Brampton, Ontario
The
Girl and the Gita
Cinnamon buns, pudlas—an eggless omelette—dilled
scalloped potatoes and beetroot-carrot juice were on the menu. “And black beans as we have on the east
coast,” remarked cook and host, Nirmana, at her home shared by three
generations of family.
Nirmana is a regular Canadian girl who
became a registered nurse and married into an Indian family. She and her husband, Sahil, have a beautiful
one-year-old daughter, Manjari. I'm
indeed happy for her. I recall first
meeting her in New Brunswick when she first showed receptivity to bhakti yoga. I was giving one of those “Tales from Trails”
presentations, when, in Woodstock, at a wellness centre, a young woman came to
hear. One thing led to another and it
all led to an attraction for a different lifestyle.
She is such a qualified person and at the
same time has a simple nature. She
reminds me somewhat of the verses we read today from the Gita, chapter 17. Here they
are—three of them—verses 14, 15 and 16:
“Austerity of the body consists in worship
of the Supreme Lord, the brāhmaṇas, the spiritual master, and superiors like
the father and mother, and in cleanliness, simplicity, celibacy and
nonviolence. Austerity of speech
consists in speaking words that are truthful, pleasing, beneficial, and not
agitating to others, and also in regularly reciting Vedic literature. And satisfaction, simplicity, gravity,
self-control and purification of one’s existence are the austerities of the
mind.”
May the Source be with you!
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