Burlington, Ontario
The Special Season
I took three other monks on foot
to Toronto’s Old City Hall for kirtan on an interesting navigational
route. One of the fellows, Giridhari Lila, recently arrived from the Ukraine,
remarked, “You know all the good places,” to which, I replied, “I’ve been
around and taken the time to know the unique alleyways. After all, to know a
place, whether the countryside or the city, means you have to walk it.”
We arrived at queen and bay, the
Old City Hall, where chanting had begun already, with an enthusiastic person on
the drum. Radha Mohan, who hails from India, is a fabulous family man. He and
his wife, Shyama Mohini, raise their two kids in a Krishna-conscious atmosphere
involving a monthly trip to the hall for sharing Krishna in the form of sound
to the public. His approach to chanting and drumming has spunk.
Just nearby, in front of City
Hall, were four men erecting a rustic dwelling for a nativity of baby Jesus. I
was reminded of how every year I see the parallels of Christ and Krishna, and
how Christ was born in humble circumstances; in a manger with cows. This is
similar to Krishna, making His appearance in the pastoral area of Gokula, in
India, where cows roam in pleasure.
From the Old City Hall, a group
of three, including me, made our way west to Burlington and to the united
church off of Walkers Lane. There we engaged in Krishna caroling. Weekly the
ISKCON Burlington branch holds their bhakti program, and today we were
the invited guess. We received the mercy of Jesus and Gopal, which is a name of
Krishna who is the pal to the cows.
May the Source be with you!
4 km
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