Regina, Saskatchewan
Words
to Reflect On
The Winnipeg show by our boys was well
received. The audience, a wide-ranged demographic,
was both enlightened and entertained simultaneously at the Unitarian
Universalist Church venue.
In Regina, we performed our “Gita” play,
along with Datta’s magic show, and then kirtan
by all at the ISKCON Centre on Retallack Street. Every place we go, we aim to
please.
Performance isn’t the only objective of our
bus program. The young teens who form
our team learn a number of things including how to be “Humble and Kind,” a song
someone pointed out to me sung by country singer Mo Grow. The boys get to take up menial tasks such as
cleaning the bunks in the bus and even the washrooms used by them wherever we
are each day. You can call it training.
Each morning we also have a sadhana session where we all sing
standard songs to honour guru and Krishna.
I also may be asked to express some words on bhakti. Today’s verse of
choice was about determination, sourced from Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 2, verse 41.
“Those who are on this path are resolute in purpose, and their aim is
one. O beloved child of the Kurus, the
intelligence of those who are irresolute is many-branched.”
And if I may, I extract from its purport
some worthy message. “Faith means
unflinching trust in something sublime.”
And another one. “The highest perfection of Krishna consciousness is
renunciation of the material conception of life.”
Finally, another statement worth noting is
as follows: “The whole process depends on perfect knowledge of the soul beyond
the conception of the body—not theoretically but practically, when there is no
longer chance for some gratification manifested in fruitive activities.” Commentary by Srila Prabhupada.
May the Source be with you!
7 km
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