Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Have legs, will travel!
Have beads, will chant!
Along the ridge I went, chanting softly. Right next to the Canadian Pacific Railway
Line is this ridge which became my very own trail for the moment. Carefully plodding ahead the terrain is great
for the feet as it is happily uneven. I
even had to dodge some gopher holes as this is prairie dog country.
The overnight frost, showing its whiteness vanished within
minutes to turn to a wet dew.
When Kasyapa and Panchami first arrived in Saskatoon from
Toronto a mere 2 1/2 years ago, the reception to their regular homespun satsang
(spiritual gathering) was a trite cool.
Now it is more than lukewarm.
Who's responding? Well, some of
the parents of the friends of their two kids Jaya, 12, and Radhika, 6. Also, some of the local ladies who are
recipients of Panchami's cooking lessons.
Some newly-dispatched-from Toronto immigrants from Gujarat, largely
young men, have heard about the programs.
Fresh from Dubai is an already trained and enthusiastic couple. And this evening Mac came, a Saskatchewan
born fellow, an accountant and friend of a regular visitor, a doctor from South
Africa. Jackie, also from Saskatoon,
comes along with her hubby, a Mauritian, Vishal and son, Krish. I'm getting to know everyone.
From humble beginnings to this. The thaw has begun. In July our youth bus tour will perform
kirtan, dance and drama for the first time.
My evening talk at Kasyapa and Panchami's home, centered
around the topic of transcendence and detachment from this world. We had selected chapter 4, verse 20 to correspond
with today's date. And very fortunately
the questions coming from the thirty of so guests were phenomenal.
I applauded this couple for being so forthright in their
determination to land this consciousness of Krishna in this rather remote city
of Saskatoon, which is very much a kind of boom town. From gloom to boom, you can't feel the gloom
of a predicted doom for the year 2012 as Mayan calendars say.
10 Km
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