Weekend In the Valley
Venables Valley, British Columbia
It’s a fine mountain air that you breath here in the village of Saranagati situated in the valley. The bears are plentiful. You don’t always see them. They leave traces - dung, a reddish tone form the berries and the rose hips they consume. These are their last desperate days, efforts of fattening up before the six month sleep in their chosen hole.
Bears are one of the opulences of the rural places and the fall is the best time of the year to spot them. The human residents of Saranagati have told me that a very champion bear (as far as achieving his food goal) has been around, a 500 pounder. Another one known in the valley as Scruffy has this unusual scraggly hair which gets deposited here and there, another sign that bears are very alive and active.
There is no question, the humans here are outnumbered even with the weekends arrival of Vaishnavas from across Canada duty-bound in attending their Canadian AGM. Important matters reached the table in our indoor setting, a country-style temple built by 72 years old Kulashekar, a monk hailing from Quebec. Presentations were delivered on such topics as pastoral abuse and it’s converse the five acts of showing love.: 1) shared activity 2) words of appreciation 3) meaningful service 4) hugging 5) giving gifts.
I particularly have an affinity for any deliverables by Partha and Uttama from the Grhasta Vision Team. This outstanding couple always remind us of moral values and obligations which is the backbone of spirituality.
7 Km
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