Toronto, Ontario
Light and Serious
I liked our discussion this
morning at the Bhagavatam class, from Canto one, wherein two questions
were posed by the last of the Yadus, King Pariksit. Question one lodged towards
the sage, Sukadev: What should I be doing with my life despite any
circumstances? The Second question gets more specific: What is the best
way to spend the remaining days knowing I will die soon?
With our usual younger temple
members, the Bhakti Academy, on a few days outing, I was in the company of a
smaller mature group when we concluded based on the guru’s, Prabhupada’s,
words, under all circumstances we are to get spiritual. One way is to immerse
ourselves in the Absolute, in Krishna. The answer to the second question is the
same as the first but, because it poses something more critical, it calls for
even more intense meditation on the Lord.
So that discussion brought about
a richness to the morning. By afternoon, I got a surprise from a visitor. Brian
Gonzales came around. He was one of my first assistances on the first walk that
I ventured on in 1996. I gave him a copy of The Saffron Path, where he
became part of the content in the chapter where I speak about all the things
that made me laugh on the road. Yes, there were a few occasions we got to
knee-slapping sessions of joy. Spiritual life has its moments of gravity and
its times for lightness.
May the Source be with you!
4 km
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