Rural Output
Brampton, Ont.
Our visiting Sanyasi (monk) has been Bhakti Ragahva Swami, perhaps one of our very best examples as an ascetic. He is extraordinarily passionate about the need for establishing economic stability through agrarian living. The swami spends considerable time in Cambodia, not far from tourist attraction Ankor Wat. I understand he is planting seeds in the hearts of those who would consider planting seeds in the ground. Most of the congregation are immigrants from India working in business or professional capacities. But they were listening. It was not a case for deaf ears. What does filter trough their minds is, “how can I possibly think of becoming a farmer, or even a gardener?”
It is a fact that few people think of becoming or leading a life in rural glory and giving themselves a good physical exercise with the earth, wind, fire, water, snow, space. As a statistic 1% of Canadians are found to be operating farms.
So what is the use in talking up the “Ghandi, Weave your own cloth”, way of life? Bhakti Ragavha swami is trying to set us up for disaster preparedness. Sustainable communities is a daring and bold step into progressive life. Chances are that when we see a wholesale breakdown of modern society’s system then people will spring into action as you may not survive otherwise.
While walking with an Isralie companion through usual bustling art gallery district of Toronto I wondered, “what if it all crumbles due to a retardation of economic flow?”
As a monastic person you have little to lose but in a more philanthropic mode what will happen to everything else?
10 KM
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