Sunday, March 16th, 2025
Montreal, Quebec
It’s a stimulating episode always when travelling, to say the least. You meet people from all walks of life with their stories, at least, opinions – some strong, some balanced, some biased, some unbiased. My travels take me east to Montreal. On the way, I met Patrick, and we talked about demographics and their ever-changing nature. Particularly, he was expressing concern for what he perceived as the declining white race.
I also met a local who worked in a cheese factory but shifted to music. And in that car from one of those ride-share arrangements, was a Chinese woman, settled in Canada for many years, who brought up the point that the country has changed much culturally and politically. Sitting next to me in the vehicle was a young chap from India who works in a mine in Labrador City, population 10,000 and very remote. He said it’s not that easy to be vegetarian there, being so far from so-called civilization, although nature is all around in its usual beauty.
When I arrived at the Metro station in Montreal for pickup, I opened my world to devotee life. To take me to the temple were Lazaro and Ajita, the driver. At the destination point, I immediately went for darshan, the viewing of the deities, Radha Manohara. Beautiful, as usual. Then came a plate of asparagus. Yummy!
Eventually, evening rolled in and the Sunday program where I was invited to give the talk. I volunteered to speak on the life and contributions of Chaitanya, which is always a pleasure.
A long drive and long talks with individuals formed the bulk of the day. I realized I hadn’t walked a real pace, so I jumped outside to the melting of snow and got some steps in.
MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU!
10,051 STEPS
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