Saturday,
September 24th, 2016
Markham,
Ontario
Burning
Food
Jai
Sri is a meek and simple kind of guy.
He’s a monk residing in our ashram
in Toronto. It was his birthday today.
“What’s
your age?” I asked him.
“It’s
probably 70,” he said jokingly.
That
makes him the seniour-most person living on our premises. Oh, and then there’s God Himself who outdoes
us all in longevity. In the deity form
presiding in our temple, we have Krishna who stands in the three-fold bending
form, with the ceremonious flute in hand.
Back
to Jai Sri. He became the reason for the
ice cream cake served and honoured at the home of Ramananda Ray in
Markham. It’s rare to see the few residing
monks all getting time off to gather together.
Pizza was also on the menu.
Oh
yes, it was offered to become prasadam. The Jews have their kosher, the Muslims their halal,
the Christians have their communion. The
Krishna-ites have their prasadam,
sanctified food.
It
was time to walk off the prasadam, to
burn calories and karma.
Karuna
Sindhu and I took to Danforth Avenue, not only to walk, but also to visit
another congregant for more food. Holy
Moses! (Excuse me.) Holy Krishna! When
does the eating end?!
The
walking is indeed a justification for dealing with food at times. Adventure too. One fellow saw us and took his head-phones
out just to tell us, “You guys, there’s a UFO circling the CN Tower. You’ve got to see it, man.”
May
the Source be with you!
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