Toronto, Ontario
Plaque and Statues
With pride, I read the
newly installed plaque, at the recently renovated square, at the University of
Florida in Gainesville. There is a
history of Krishna devotees distributing great lunches here for decades. The operation still goes on, with energetic
enthusiasm, to this day.
With an image-relief
of the Hare Krishna founder embossed on it, the plaque reads, “Krishna Lunch:
On July 29th, 1972, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of
the Hare Krishna Movement, addressed students here and inspired them to start
Krishna Lunch. Since then the Lunch has
nourished the UF community with millions of vegetarian meals. In 2017, Krishna Lunch and its alumni
contributed toward the renovation of the Plaza.”
It was only yesterday
morning that we strolled our way to the plaza to have a look. I came back to Toronto just in time for a
mini-installment of three gorgeous brass figurines to complete a permanent
display of Das Avatars, that is ten
incarnations or avatars. They sit down on a unique wooden platform,
which is actually the base of the bed slept on by Prabhupada when he visited us
in June of 1976.
It is a stunning
exhibit, really, located in what’s called Prabhupada’s quarters, a room with a
wall that separates my room from his.
It’s a blessing to live in this area of our building.
My last message is
about my lack of walking today. I did,
practically, a sprint down the endless corridor of the Miami Airport, but that
was about it. However, the equivalent to
walking was a massage and meaningful leg stretches by Gopal, who also resides
in our ashram in Toronto. He did splendidly.
May the Source be with
you!
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