Thursday, August 18th, 2016
Surrey, British Columbia
On Joy TV
I was at the Toronto Airport in anticipation of securing
my boarding pass at the machine. I was just
waiting for the person in front of me to complete their pressing the screen, so
I could move forward, when an airport attendant, an Afro-woman, approached me to
help expedite the process. She smiled
and stretched out her
arm as if to
ask for my hard copy details for the flight to Vancouver. I handed them over.
“Where to?” she asked, her admirable braided hair tied
behind her, and glasses gracing her face.
“Vancouver!”
She pressed along and asked something unusual.
“What sampradaya?”
Sampradaya means lineage in terms of spiritual tradition.
To her question, I replied, “The
Brahma-Madhava-Gaudiya-Hare-Krishna sampradaya.” I elongated the name with “Hare Krishna” as that is more
identifiable for the public. “And
you?” I asked.
“I’m with the Sri
sampradaya.” This I found most
interesting. Time didn’t allow for more
discussion. I was happy to share sacred
words with another person.
After landing and having a decent sleep, I was driven
to Surrey where the “Joy
TV” studio is located. Harpreet Singh, a
member of the Sikh tradition, hosts the show.
Our topic was happiness. “Despite
technological advancement, we find a world which is wrought with people of
unsettling mind. Therefore inner joy is
to be sought. Outer joy is temporal.”
I also was able to highlight ‘pilgrimage’ and its benefits.
May the Source be with you!
5 km
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