Mayapura, West Bengal
A Day’s
Steps and Questions
From my room, #506 in the Gada Building, the
Samadhi Auditorium is a walking distance of 0.6 km. I go back and forth completing that
measurement at least twice in a day. In
the morning, I trek along a 2.5 km stretch with a group of companions as we
chant the maha mantra. In addition to that I walk to the room where
I meet with my peers at least twice.
Then I walk to eat.
This moving from one building to the next is
like being a student on a campus. I get
my mileage in, I get my breaks and I get some exercise in. https://instagram.com/p/BfFJMXTFZgS/
I imagine locals do the same. There is little obesity in the villages of
Bengal. Those of us who are foreigners
appear in more bad shape. It’s not
surprising. We represent the ‘developed’
world, while places like India are on the list as ‘developing’. I don’t know when a nation crosses the
line. One interpretation for the ‘developed’
world could be when one becomes self-indulgent, spoiled and has earned the
prize as a fat cat.
Anyway, I can’t be too critical. Even “The Walking Monk” may have a few
excessive pounds than necessary. It’s
something I’m not proud of.
I’m asked one question by someone almost every
day in Mayapura. “What’s your next walking venture?”
My answer to that is, “I plan a week on the
famous Camino in Spain, as well as starting a trek on Canada’s oldest foot path—The
Bruce Trail.”
May the Source be with you!
6 km
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