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Sin No More, Chant!
It’s almost a sin to not take advantage of the ocean’s water
at Varadero. Hayagriva and I obliged
before our trip to Habana along with Nanda and Umesh.
After a two hour cab ride to the city, we were heartily
greeted by a group of enthusiastic devotees who were also recently blessed with
the senior company of Manonath Prabhu, an Italian born student of our guru,
Srila Prabhupada. The Cuban community of
devotees crave for anyone who can give them some attention. They will be the first to admit that they
want regular training in the teachings of Sri Chaitanya’s philosophy, regarding
surrender to the Supreme, Krishna, through the system of kirtan, chanting.
Kirtan crowned the day for us. The venue for this joyous expression was the
art studio of Leo D’Lazaro at 501 Esq. Villegas. With his innovative art pieces all around,
attendees sat in lotus pose, anticipating a “Saturday Night Fever” of a
different kind. Frankly, most of the
people there were our people, familiar with the chant, yet you could feel how
they approached the sacred sound with freshness once we geared up in levels of
surrender, speed, and volume.
A Danish couple heard our chanting from their rented space
through their balcony just kiddie corner from the art studio. They took interest and gravitated over to our
little hub. A professional photographer
also snooped over to our open doors venue and let his curiosity go wild.
My challenge was leading the mantra while drumming on the
mridanga drum. Much work is to be done here in Cuba
The task is on to discuss the implementation of such
things. While returning to our rented
space, we tracked through a city square where all the young folks could catch
their internet communication, hence their connection to the greater world is realized.
May the Source be with you!
6km
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