Thursday 8 December 2022

Sunday, November 27, 2022

Scarborough, Ontario

Wrong Song

Although temperatures were reporting above freezing, the intermittent raindrops were cold, and the general overcast nature of weather was rather dismal. That didn’t stop people from being true pilgrims and visiting our center in both Scarborough and Toronto. As mentioned before, Sundays are busy days, which in someway restricts me from getting on the pavement to walk.

The crew, or rather congregation, is a lively one. Our fearless leader, Dwarka, recently became hospitalized, putting her out of physical service to the community. However, members of that community stepped up to compensate for the vacancy. That’s what I mean by the word “lively.” Also, the fine kirtan led by Madhava and Annapurna really drew the emotions; sentiment of devotion.

The Toronto community means a lot to me, although also on my mind are places like Cleveland, Buenos Aires, Vancouver, etc. and others. I just happen to live in Toronto and that’s why I’m attached, to some degree.

My talks in both Scarborough and Toronto were on the topic, “This song can’t be wrong,” in reference to the oldest song in the world, “Bhagavad-Gita.” Sometimes unscrupulous, so-called pandits take this song and distorted it. It reminds me of a song by Melanie Safka, entitled, “What have they done to my song, Ma?”

May the source be with you!

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