Mayapura, India
The Commencement
Weather conditions are so nice, although a little coolness is felt on our feet
from the tile floors. "Get your
socks," I recommended to Corrado while we were pacing around in the Prabhupada
Samadhi. He came back with a hoodie as a
second layer. His feet were fine. https://www.instagram.com/p/B8QNIRzDnXy/?igshid=l7k2ndkqjolq
So around and around we went, chanting softly on our japa
beads as we revered the murti (image) of our guru on our right, while walking
in a clockwise direction.
A pujari priest came to offer a sweet, a piece of
burfi, a pleasant-tasting cooked-down milk.
This milk is 100 percent ahimsa (slaughter-free) sourced from a
happy cow. This is a standard routine—the
kindness of a priest—receiving some mercy from God in what is called prasadam.
My meetings for leaders have not yet begun, but practices
for our drama have commenced. We have
become active with three major components to a drama's formation: movement,
voice and character. And it is a
collective effort that is allowing the story of Bhishma to unfold. People with backgrounds
in martial arts, dance and voice are contributing to the production.
"We are opening the scene with a three-layered cake,
meaning that our first image reveals Krishna bearing the divine chakra
or disc. Behind him are a row of dancers
representing the Ganges River. Out of
its waters emerges layer Number 3: three princesses and a mighty warrior by the
name of Bhishma."
And that's how we start,” I expressed again.
"We have to honour time, disciples and fun. We must open our ears to all that needs to be
heard. Let's keep that spirit."
May the Source be with you!
4 km
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