Montreal, Quebec
With a Book On the Way
On the second day of the Chariot
Fest we had more joy. As always one of the main features is people. Why are
festivals put on in the first place? In order for people to have a leisurely
time. Just for gaining a balance in life some recreation is required. In the
context of Krishna Consciousness chanting, dancing, having some good prasadam
and philosophising are tension relievers.
Another area of activity that
offers comfort is what our dear Srila Prabhupada gave us; books to read and
encouraging his students to write on their realizations. I brought with me a
copy of Blazing Sadhus or Never Trust a Holy Man Who Can’t Dance:
by Achyutananda Das, as I knew the weekend drive to and from Montreal/Toronto
eats up a good twelve hours plus.
The driver of our
four-car-caravan vehicle was Brhat Mrdanga who heard about the book and
encouraged me to read aloud whenever I could on the journey and back. Well, he
was having the greatest laugh and so was I. not all Vaishnava literature is so
rigid and stiff. In particular, this one highlights the authors journey to bhakti,
devotion, when he stumbled upon Swamiji (Prabhupada) on the lower east side of
New York.
If I could quote from the outside
cover, “Do you know what just happened in there? Do you know what he just did?
He gave me the answers to the most cosmic, theological, universal, eternal
questions ever asked! And like it was just matter-of-fact! Then he thanks me
for asking! I gotta tell people about this.”
May the Source be with you!
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