Friday 18 February 2022

Monday, February 14, 2022

Yorkville, Toronto

Valen Nitai Day

Today was Valentine’s Day and it showed, somewhat, with activities downtown as we walked a brisk one. It was assumed that lovers were out and about, in restaurants perhaps. For a Monday night, on a wintery night, to experience such a buzz of activity; it’s rare.

For those of us taking seriously our Vaishnava calendar there really is a love God, and His name is Nityananda, born in a village called Ekachakra, West Bengal, India, in 1474. As a prominent person to initiate a revolution of love, Nityananda spread Krishna Consciousness. In essence, He and companion Chaitanya identified who we should love. To put it in simple terms, love of the Creator, love of Creation, and love of all the creatures fairly well sums up the initiative.

The methodology was to go to the public, the pedestrians, people in their homes and suggest to those recipients to see God in sound and to vocalize it. “The name of Hari is important. Chant!”

To celebrate His birthday, programs were held online all over the world. I had the pleasure of singing at the Gaura-Arati. A bit out of practice, I became embarrassed, forgetting one verse out of the song.

Oh well!

At least Mahadeva, Annapurna, Vallabh and I had the pleasure to meet the elements in the form of a harsh air (yet clean), the full moon, both giving us a kiss, in a sense of love. The Valentine spirit. A walk for Nityananda.

May the Source be with you!

3 km


 

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