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Saturday, November 29th, 2025 Collingwood/Burlington, Ontario We were warned of an oncoming snowstorm.  Collingwood, our destination, is often dumped by winter weather rages coming from Georgian Bay.  It is what makes this town a popular ski resort area.  By our good fortune only a few white flakes had left less than a powdery look over the landscape.   Being a few minutes early for a sangha  engagement, my driver, Pradeep, and I decided to kill some time with a few steps on

Friday, November 28th, 2025 Ramsden Park, Toronto When you have been around in a village for over fifty years, you certainly get to know people that shared some of that space with you.  I don’t live in a village, but in Midtown of a major city in North America.  It does seem like the feel of a small town, though being in a temple atmosphere where so much is going on.  The place, 243 Avenue Road, is like a magnet drawing new interested people and also revered servers-of-the-te

Thursday, November 27th, 2025 Ramsden Park, Toronto     My philosophical injection for today after a catch up on rest from an air flight endurance test was over our Gita Zoom call.  Those early verses from Chapter Two of the Bhagavad-gita which translates as The Song of God , do somewhat rock the boat for Krishna’s dear friend, Arjuna.  Krishna exerts His might, asserting action and setting aside “impotence,” “impurity,” and “weakness of heart.”  Arjuna was declining to supp

Wednesday, November 26th, 2025 Buenos Aires/Sao Paulo   My visit to Argentina came to an end.  It is difficult to part from such a pleasant yatra , a community.  Every place I visit has its own flavour.  That’s what makes the life of a nomad monk fairly exciting.  For a last morning walk by the rusty old trains, our group of ten (myself included) took a bench break.  When I counted that we were ten in number, I announced, “We are the Das Avatar s.”  With that we chose our cho

Tuesday, November 25th, 2025 Buenos Aires, Argentina   Today’s forecast tells us it will be 27º Celsius, making it a jump from the comfortable 20º of the past few days.  The morning at 5:15 AM is just the perfect hour or two for that walk in a converted park from an old train line.  You can still see the tracks exposed over the manicured grass.  It’s spring, so the fragrances of the tilo tree are strong and invigorating.  Robins, parrots, and hawks or falcons soar by.  I am a

Monday, November 24th, 2025 Buenos Aires, Argentina Today in Argentina marks the National Sovereignty Days, and therefore, the day off is for the public which is enjoying a holiday.  People go to the countryside and city parks to bond with family and friends.   For us devotees who just pulled off a grand fiesta, Ratha Yatra, it became a day of rest.  But with guests staying over from other Argentinian cities outside of Buenos Aires, it was the temple program as usual starting