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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

Sunday, November 23rd, 2025 Buenos Aires, Argentina     I dined with some awfully nice people at the Ratha Yatra site.  There was a purple-clad Anglican minister who had been to Manitoba and Saskatchewan in Canada describing them as “beautiful.”  The Indian Ambassador indulged in the prasadam  that was churned out of Govinda’s Restaurant in Tigre.  Inderveer Kaur enjoyed the meal.  She is the only female leader of the Sikh faith in not only Argentina, but the whole of South A

Saturday, November 22nd, 2025 San Paulo, Brazil   The above location was merely a one-hour stopover before reaching Argentina at midafternoon, hence, most of the day was in the air or at an airport.  One thing I observed is that few people show happiness withing the air culture, although anticipation may be up for prospects once they land.  One item that contributes to the glumness of flying is the restricted movement.  The plane is not the place to have a good run or walk. 

Friday, November 21st, 2025 Ramsden Park, Toronto   There is a lot of dust in the air from the floor sanding, and double the collective amount from some kind of stripping of the old stairway.  Three layers of hard paint is a hard job which is actually a sign of devotion.  You can say that there is a lot of devotion in the air – progressive devotion.  Improvements are being made on our building – the temple/ ashram .  And there is still so much work needing to be done.   I wis