Montreal, Quebec
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I spent some time conversing with my Quebec
friends, including Gokul, Bhakti Lata from Jamaica, Gord from northern Ontario
and a few more. Anubhava is one of my
favourite Canadian leaders. He administrates,
but maximizes more on ‘doing’. Currently,
he’s doing carpentry and making extra space above the auditorium stage.
Madri came to Krishna Consciousness about
four years ago. She arrived with plenty
of insecurities in life but much of that is now behind her. She has built up so much confidence. She keeps herself occupied. She’s blossoming. I'm happy for her.
Gokul and I lunched together. They make good prasadam here in Montreal—although eggplant curried veggie preps don’t
always hit the mark for me. It was something I consumed in the evening.
I was satisfied to deliver two talks today
here in the ISKCON temple/ashram, the second one concentrating on one of those
beautiful flowing verses from the Bhagavad-gita. From Chapter 2, verse 20—I will avoid the
Sanskrit or Roman transliteration for brevity’s sake and in English, not
French. Sorry.
“For the soul there is neither birth nor
death at any time. He has not come into
being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and
primeval. He is not slain when the body
is slain.”
The verse was discussed. We had our eggplant and we went to rest.
A thought came to mind, as crazy as it was. I had the image of Napoleon; his right hand concealed
in his waistcoat. Was he secretly
chanting on japa meditation beads?
May the Source be with you!
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