Buenos Aires, Argentina
Togetherness
In our Vedic lifestyle, a common theme is ‘team’. You do things together. Our approach to spiritual life has little to do with a yogi sitting under a banyan tree in solitary meditation. Rather, we bond together to accomplish work for the mission. We're like a bunch of beavers.
For instance, I'm working with a group of committed individuals dedicated to rehearsals in the play, "El Gita", which involves all the ins and outs of making the drama ‘gel’. It is real team work. And each day since I came to the temple campus, I've observed so many men and women volunteering their energies to assemble this weekend's Chariot Festival. It's a lot of hard but fun work. Also, when I find the extra hours to just get away for a ‘walk ‘n chant’, as soon as someone hears that I'm about to exit the gate, they will just drop everything and tag along until I detect someone behind me. Their footsteps are obvious. I turn around and there's suddenly a smiling partner pacing along. There is all this companionship that makes you feel not alone. https://www.instagram.com/p/B49jzpuACqt/?igshid=gzdj226uhv0m
It was taught by Chaitanya, the walking, singing, dancing monk, that the key to spiritual success lies in the sangha. Sangha refers to the company of sadhus or holy folks. He implied that it is the safest place to be, and that it is the beginning, end, and middle of our spiritual life. We surround ourselves in team-ism.
Even as I write this blog on this busy day of the festival, at an outdoor table, the community members are moving things all around in preparation for the great party about to take place. We need each other together.
May the Source be with you!
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