Brampton,
Ontario
Got A Call
Uber
picked me up for a fast drive to Brampton, to a lawyer’s office, to sign papers
for securing a new location for an ISKCON Centre. It will be ours—a unit in a plaza on Steeles
Avenue—and much larger than our current rental place on George Street. The papers were signed and a grand opening
happens on Sunday.
On my
way to the lawyers, I received a call on my cell. “Nevada” showed up on my screen. Oh,
that must be someone I met on last summer’s walk, I thought.
“Hello!”
“Yes,
hello! I met you at the Shanti Ashram near Silver City and I need some
advice. I’ve been a Kali follower for
three decades. I was given a mantra by a guru. Would you suggest I stick to that mantra to respect the Goddess?”
“Yes,
I think I remember you. It’s great that you
have a mantra and you just might
stick to it, but I’ll tell you, frankly, that I derive a lot of pleasure from
the maha mantra. You might add this mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare,
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
“Here’s
a definition of this mantra: ‘O
awesome Creator, please allow me to be of blissful service to You and Your
creation.’”
I
don’t know that my caller, a woman, would take to heart my suggestion, but at
least I had the privilege to give some advice to the powerful combination of
the sounds in the great mantra of
deliverance.
“It’s
a mantra that expresses ‘giving’ as
opposed to ‘taking’.”
She
appreciated the talk.
“Call
me anytime!” I said.
May
the Source be with you!
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