Tues. June 17/08 - Saranagati, British Columbia, Canada
When visiting the rural community of Krishna Conscious folks set in the mountains you cannot help but have nature staring you in the face. Recent rains have given the space a fresh “green”. Redirected water from higher elevated mountain sources have fueled the existing lakes and created more of them. Sadly though the contemptuous pine beetle continues to ravage the Pine trees and some fir. The otherwise green masters of this natural domain are turning to a dry brown. Since my last visit to the valley in December of 2007 I see a marked increase in deceased trees.
Residents have told me that July the area becomes more dry and the epidemic grasshoppers set in to feast on the ground vegetation. Remarkably these residents retain a kind of resilience and seem to transcend the powerful forces of grueling nature.
My walk through the valley brought me to the homes of Yamuna and Dina Tarine, early takers to Krishna Consciousness, then Nimai and Guru Carana Padma, a couple from Quebec, Yoginatha and Udaya Kirti an American and Russian couple as well as Partha and Uttama, a Canadian couple, stalwarts of the tradition. Each place is an experience of devotional hospitality.
The day ended at the summer home of Kalakanta, who breaks here from the Florida heat. Rasaraj and Kulushekar, a veteran of sorts from the days of ’68 in Montreal also attended a gathering of souls most of persons mentioned above in the evening. Basically we all discussed how we all could increase our service in devotion to humanity and how the rural setting of Saranagati is so conducive for its execution.
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