ANOTHER SUPER SATURDAY

Bhaktimarga Swami
3 days ago
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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 a trail near our hosts’ home. Our hosts, Damodara and Svarnangi, gave us a free reign on the program for the guests, local folks. It is always auspicious to begin with a chant. Since a number of children were in attendance, I decided to open up the Krishna book and make it interactive. It worked. No one fell asleep. In fact, an alertness began.

One of the items that especially caught attention, apart from the kids, is how Krishna doesn’t always immediately respond quickly to one’s prayers. You have to work at it. He wants to know how sincere you really are. That relationship with Krishna is not so cheap.

Our bellies were full. It was time to press forward to the next engagement. That was in Burlington where a weekly group of devotees meet. My team of four, all bachelors, began the kirtan in the upstairs of the United Church. Then, a message followed from 3.14 and 15 of the Gita about offering food to Krishna and make it consecrated. Food is usually a topic that’s popular. It is one of the primary practices in the bhakti tradition to consume what is as sacred as could possibly be.

“Purity is the force,” our guru, Prabhupada, used to zay.