Midtown Toronto, Ontario
From Midtown
I put hours into drama practice.
It’s coming along – the production “Demon.” I’m blessed once again with a good
team, but it’s hard work. Following that came a visit to Adi Kurma’s. He’s a
good cook. He pulled together everything I like – spiced avocado, boiled
asparagus (lightly, then sauteed), sweet potato, moong dahl paratha and a
lime-mint drink sweetened with maple syrup. All offered to the Lord. Thanks
chum, I loved it!
A rush back to the temple/ashram
landed me at another Zoom call with a Gita Chat. With summer finally here
(solstice is on) and finally with the weather to prove it (27 degrees Celsius)
a walk was justified in the coolness of the night. Vallabha Hari was my
companion and one of our book distributor stalwarts, Punya, who dropped us off
midtown Yonge St. at the corner of Eglinton Ave, where construction for a new
subway line is taking an eternity.
Yonge St. can be a lively place
with decent shops of all kinds, cafés too, but not much that interests a monk
like me. It’s just good to see people out and about. Vallabha at one point
mentioned, “There’s an Indian restaurant and it has 100 percent western
clientele.”
My thoughts are that, indeed,
westerners are taking an interest in eastern cuisine and eastern thought.
The Bhagavad-gita itself is the wisdom embodiment of what is eastern,
but which, in reality, crosses all borders. The message is universal.
May the Source be with you!
5 km
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