When the Breeze of Bhakti Blows
It can become difficult to breath in between sugar cane
fields. It was such a relief to come
upon a harvested, cleared-away crop, where the wind could breeze through. It also helped being on and elevated part of
the land. A cool ventilation became our
reality when this morning’s group reached the highest plateau. Ahhh!
So nice!
The group – twenty members of the Vedic Cultural Centre in
Flacq – invited us to their guru puja, the ceremony to honour the guru, Srila
Prabhupada. That was followed by a class
I was asked to give on the subject of “the rarity of devotion.” It's an intriguing topic and one that
receives apparent contradictions. The
Vedic literatures claim that bhakti (devotion) is hard to come by. Still we hear statements in the Gita where Krishna expresses that many, many people have become
purified by knowledge of the Absolute.
One thing I can say for certain is that there was no
shortage of devotion in the performance of our youth group this evening. Those “stiff, ironing-board” volunteers I
spoke of earlier (no derogatory intent there) really loosened up in the drama “Krishna Is...”
They excelled.
My purpose in devoting so much time to the youth wherever I
go is to infuse in them a bhakti experience as well as to empower them as
team-playing, future leaders.
It's an attempt at succession planning.
May the source be with you!
5 km
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