Venables Valley, British Columbia
Some of What Went On
There is a slippery dynamic to the roads which
run through the village of Saranagati.
Ride offers were given by motorists but I insisted on using my
legs. The few destinations I reached
were ridiculously short in distance, in any case. I do love this village of residents who are
all bhakti yogis, but if I would offer one criticism, people here should
do more trekking between their homes. These rural homes are not set particularly
close to each other, yet they are close enough that walking between them could
do a heckuva lot of good, health-wise. Let
us become less car dependent is what I would suggest.
Soon we were off to the seminar room in what
is called the “ISKCON temple". We
discussed topics concerning the use of plastic in our centres and
households. We dove deep into discussing
violence, domestic or otherwise, and also sexual misconduct by leaders.
On the brighter side, we found the
presentations by the group “Krishna Vancouver” to be most inspiring. The group takes to heart that, as our guru,
Prabhupada, expressed, we need not be stereotypical in the way we share Krishna
Consciousness. He implied we must find
innovative ways to do so, but at the same time not compromise our core
values. We discussed tithing and came up
with the terminology MMG, which stands for "My Monthly Gratitude".
At the end of the day of meetings, I walked
to the home of Manu and Satarupa for evening kirtan. This was sweet.
May the Source be with you!
3 km
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