Scarborough, Ontario
To the Bluffs
This was a very inspiring day, one where we were
commemorating the birth anniversary of one of our outstanding teachers in the bhakti
lineage, Madhavacharya. He was a great scholar who challenged the philosophy of
Mayavada with his doctrine on dvaita, personalism. He was born in
1238 and passed away in 1317.
It was perfect to be outside in the joy of the
day as we had scheduled a visit to the spectacular Scarborough Bluffs. Our
Bhakti Academy trainees and I took a brisk walk by the shores of massive Lake
Ontario to bond between each other and all that nature provides. We looked at
sumac, chicory, Russian olive trees, wild grapes, chokecherries, poison ivy,
pines, maple, oaks, cedars and swamps.
It was just great to bump into Manoharini, a
god-sibling, and her husband Bill. They located, in the shade, an ideal spot
for kirtan with a guitar on the sand, so we indulged. How sublime that
was!
One of the boys remarked on the paradise
nature of the situation, “If the material world is a reflection of the
spiritual world, then I wonder how super-excellent that spiritual world is,
when this place is so special.”
With the outing over, I jumped into a weekly Zoom
class on the Gita, 3.33. The message is powerful, about acknowledgment
of one’s psychophysical nature and then channeling that in the service of the
Lord.
May the Source be with you!
5 km
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