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Durban, South Africa
Zestfulness
My day started with zestful walking in the
temple of Radha Radhanath. I did circle
motions within the room while other chanters paced back and forth, and others
still just sat while fingering their beads and simultaneously moving lips to
chant. Occasionally, I would stop to
talk to a maharaja, a senior monk, or to acknowledge someone I've known, and
who had just arrived in town for the festival.
I noticed two new fellows. They
were from Cape Town. I stopped to talk.
"How are you guys? How do you like the atmosphere here? I'm Bhaktimarga Swami. And you?" My usual opening liners are such.
Both fellows have been involved in
devotional circles. One of them wanted
to learn Part Two of the verses to the guru, Prabhupada, starting with,
"Namaste."
"Come to my room; I'll write it down
for you," I said in a mood of hospitality.
"Here, have some coconut water." Then I taught him what it means. "Our guru came to challenge
impersonalism and voidism, which is so prevalent in people's mindsets
today."
"What does impersonalism really
mean," asked the chap, who sported a handsome head of dreadlocks, and who
reads Allan Watts.
"I agree with many things he says, but
we must also acknowledge the Source (God) and not just the Force (Nature). Balance is the key." https://www.instagram.com/p/BwY5hLrAwQ9/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=vk9dact2mts7
May the Source be with you!
6 km
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