Before I took to my American Airlines flight to Los Angeles, and then on to Argentina, I just had to get some footsteps in at 3:00 a.m. I ventured off to the Chinese farm enclave near the ISKCON temple in Burnaby. It was quiet for sure, favourable for stepping out and mantra meditating.
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 be
On June 28th, 1974, ISKCON Founder-Acharya Srila Prabhupada was invited to speak at St. Pascal’s Franciscan Seminary in Melbourne, Australia. When a guest mentioned that St. Francis of Assisi would address living beings and other aspects of the creation as ‘brother dog,’ ‘sister cat,’ ‘sister water’ and brother wind,’ Srila Prabhupada nodded in appreciation.
“This is real God consciousness,” he said. “To accept the trees, plants, lower animals, insignificant ants even, as
