Varaderro/ Toronto
Left Feeling Good
Farewell to Cuba! Off to home! Left feeling good knowing that bhakti yoga is easily taken by people on this special island. To celebrate this year’s trip would be natural, since a small plot of land is now secured for devotional purposes, details of which will be revealed in future blog entries. Sorry to sound mysterious about this acquisition, but it is all in keeping with plans to add to the quality of life, again, in this special place.
While leaving on the Sunwing flight along with past week companions, both monastic and lay members, I had the chance to project ahead and contemplate the day forward. An anticipated visit to the Shanti Yoga Centre in Hamilton tomorrow will be an opportunity to walk the group through a Nine Devotions Workshop.
One of the outstanding features of the workshop is often the item called vandanam, power praying. A much loved prayer comes to mind, one well known is, Reinhold Niebuhr’s. In an abbreviated form it goes like this:
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.”
In our Vedic tradition, prayer is highly recognized by one contemporary of Sri Krishna. His name is Akrura, and he offered not just a petition to God, but full appreciation of the Creator’s accomplishments.
May the Source be with you!
7 KM
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