Peterborough, Ontario
Monk Marries Couple
No walking today. I
spent time in travel to Peterborough by wheels, with driver, Ananda Gauranga,
and co-passenger, Sushil. Our mission to
this really nice rustic place of 2.5 acres was to marry a couple. He is from a Hindu background and she, a
Christian background.
On the marriage application form, he is listed under
denomination as atheist and she, as agnostic.
Now that may look like something very unusual, but it is an age where
science rules, and where it is God. Nevertheless the groom was insistent that I
be the minister to marry him and his partner.
Our relationship goes back twenty-five years, when at the age
of six, he was painted all blue, and was playing the role of baby Krishna,
while I was a blind saint. We performed
with other actors in several venues. The
play "Nandulal" was well liked wherever we went. His parents were so proud of him then, and now,
on his wedding day. He has gone on to
become a physician, as is his new wife.
My short message to the happy community attending was: "Romance
has a short shelf-life. Service between
two people is lasting."
After the couple kissed, signed papers and presented gifts,
Ananda and Sushil were kind enough to take me to visit my biological brother,
Jerry, a resident of Peterborough, a modest city of 80,000. It was precious time to catch up on life with
him. The six of us siblings were
actually close, and we were a ‘normal family’ growing up in post-war
Canada. We all maintained a firm belief
in the Supreme, but after talking to Jerry, frankly I'm not sure of his
allegiance, though he has devotion and is my bro.
May the Source be with you!
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