Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Be SATTVIC!
One of the
brahmacharis—monks—led a group of us to a lake, twenty blocks away. “Very nice,” he said, before we embarked on
foot.
Many of the sidewalks
are uneven with tiles wide or narrow, and some cracked, but that’s all okay for
a walker. An uneven terrain is always
advantageous for foot contact, and I like the fact that streets are hosed down
with the abundant water available early in the morning. It is routine that condo owners have their
portion of the walkways cleaned. https://instagram.com/p/BbnmobQFVjS/
Eventually we made it
to the lake, a haven in a bustling city.
Trees are happy here, yet trees are plentiful also in most residential
areas. There are some brains used in
city planning.
The brahmachari who
led our group, to and fro from the ashram,
is a humble soul. The ashram here is a
storehouse of renounced young men. It
reminds me of the old days when I joined and many young Canadians took up
monastic life. Argentina is perhaps a
less perfect place. Money, political
stability and comfort are in less quantity.
Perhaps it becomes an easier fit for young folks for these reasons.
I did have to correct
the brahmachari’s walking technique since I found he was shuffling his feet,
leaving his feet to not lift high enough.
I told him, instructively, that he needed to use his knees just a little
more. “Walk in a sattvic way.” This means ‘thoughtfully’. “And be nice to your shoes.”
In the class I gave,
based on Canto 4, I emphasized the point of doing and being sattvic.
To act in goodness is the launching pad for establishing real love, bhakti.
May the Source be with
you!
7 km
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