Mayapura,
West Bengal
Abhay Means Fearless
Abhay
is a young monk who travels throughout Bengal with a travelling party to
disseminate the Bhagavat philosophy by distributing or selling BBT books. He is
the only western boy on the team. The rest are local Bengalis. He’s not
scholarly, but rather simple. And as far as his physicality is concerned he’s
as strong as a bull and has a build like Tarzan.
He
can also climb trees like Tarzan. Yes, I’ve used him in productions in the past
because of his athletic nature, especially when I saw him climb a tree and jump
to the back of one of the elephants. He did so with ease. His mother, Ramanti,
who’s in charge of the two elephants, was there at the time and was not too
happy about the move.
Abhay,
who’s in saffron, dressed like a monk, came to my side today and said, “I don’t
know, the elephants seem to not like me anymore.”
“I
wonder why, Abhay. Maybe you’ve been too rough with them. Elephants never
forget!” I told him.
“That
may be true,” he admitted. “I saw the article about your traveling in the
latest Padyatra magazine and my mind is teased. I would like to travel like
that and see more of nature.”
I
told him I can’t guarantee tall trees or animals who would mind bronco-busting
activities. Better you stick to spreading the philosophy and the epics of
Vyasadeva.
May
the Source be with you!
5 km
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