Georgetown, Guyana
Every Time I Visit
Every time I visit Guyana, I get treated to an all-exotic
meal by Paramatma. Well, he does the
planting and harvesting of the organic veggies and fruits. His good wife cooks them, or in the case of
fruit, prepares it with flair. The year
I walked Guyana, they hosted me to an unforgettable dinner. Last year he brought me to his farm and
showed me his yield. Just this evening,
after a lively padayatra procession in the streets, Paramatma told me of
an incident in his orchard.
"I was using my brush-cutter when I accidentally sliced
off a piece of an anaconda's tail. He
was vengeful and reared up his head getting close to mine. I was in shock. He crawled away. Then just yesterday I saw him again. He looked as if to have an infected
tail. He was no longer after me. You take risks." He went on.
Anyway, the meal was to die for.
You get mangoes and other fruits two seasons in the year.
Prior to the meal, I had a chance to speak to the crowd on
this eleventh anniversary of Gaura-Nitai deity installation. At that
occasion, I was asked to name the deities, just like I'm asked to pick
out Vedic names for babies, initiates and deities. So I named them Parama Karuna Nitai
Gaurasundar, in describing the two masters of kirtan from the 16th century and
how they are merciful.
After our kirtan, I grouped together some of our part-time
monks who were responding to my lead but in their own fashion, using shrill, high-pitched
voices. Well, I told them to rehearse
following the kirtan leader.
May the Source be with you!
5 km
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