Sudbury, Ontario
Walking a Bit of the Past
There are places in Sudbury I just had to
revisit as part of my personal “memory lane.” First of all Ramsey Lake, a sixty-five
feet deep and eight kilometre-long body of water within the city limits; a
place I would gravitate to fourty-nine years ago.
Damodara, my host in the city, drove a few
of us to Cambrian College, where I attended as a fine arts student. Two boys
accompanying us are current students in the computer science field. The campus
has expanded since my time.
Finally, I just had to set my feet at the
downtown corner where Bonimart used to stand. It was here that I met five
Krishna monks. Ayodya Pati (now with the name B.B. Govinda Swami), Visvakarma,
Drupada, Dustadura, and Satyahit were those fine, young devotees who first
treated me to Krishna. They were chanting at that corner on a wintry night near
Christmas. I could see they were very determined, swaying in the cold playing
drums and hand cymbals. I received a hardbound Bhagavad-gita for five dollars.
I invited them to stay in my apartment overnight. Those few hours with them
changed my life forever.
Now, our evening was spent at Damodara’s
home with a dozen students from India, all of whom want to start a new life
here. They wanted to hear about my “Tales from Trails,” so that is what I
delivered.
My message to them was “study hard, work
with attention to detail, settle down and keep Krishna in the centre.”
May the Source be with you!
5 km
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