Yorkville, Toronto
Reflection in Favorable Conditions
I believe Prabhupada would really like the
weather we are going through. It will be a mild twenty-one degrees Celsius
(seventy degrees Fahrenheit) today, and that’s pleasant. He didn’t mind the
heat though and the sun. I was blessed to be on a walk with him (and others) at
a park in Atlanta. It was February and cold, even for residents there, but he
was all bundled up. If I’m not mistaken, he wore the long coat custom made for
him in Hawaii by Jaya Sri, an outstanding devotee from the states. She resides
in New Vrindavan, West Virginia.
When I do these strolls in Toronto, I do
think, from time to time, of our guru’s walking. He walked on the boardwalk at
Kew Gardens. The sun was just coming up and there was also the fresh air to
inhale, coming off the bay. There was quite the entourage.
One location that he was driving to was
Taylor Creek Park, off the Don Valley Parkway. No big lake there but lots of
green on both sides of the dirt trail. Although he did not roam most of the
city and was not taken to posh Yorkville (which then, ’67, was transitioning
out of a hippie haven), the place that I took to today, I still imagine him
walking with cane in hand, observing what’s around him.
There were other cities where I had seen
him walking or being driven. Detroit, Chicago and Philadelphia, apart from
Toronto and Atlanta. Guru is important in one’s life. It’s important to follow
guru with his words and, if lucky, follow him on foot, even if you have to
imagine it!
May the Source be with you!
2 km
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