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Writer's pictureBhaktimarga Swami

HOMAGE TO THE 70'S GROUP

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024

Yorkville, Toronto


I joined Krishna consciousness in ’73.  The following is an homage to those residents in the ashram that I remember.


I was molded by the group on the street Gerrard

In those early days we worked together very hard

For the mission of our dear Srila Prabhupada

Our guru and magnanimous representative of God

 

We had given up the opportunities for a college degree

Instead laid a foundation for a spiritualized humanity

It meant very long hours in the heat and the snow

Out to the public to give what few did know

 

I recall how we didn’t fight or squabble

Although at times there was challenge and trouble

In our neighbourhood in shady Cabbagetown

Drunkards and druggies would stumble around

 

One of our girls got kidnapped one day

Bonding us more, compelling us to pray

There was the ghost that came out of the attic

But our kirtans continued to remain ecstatic

 

The Sunday Love Feasts were most revolutionary

A ten-course meal ­– yummy and extraordinary

You could swear that we were deep in heaven

Though the building was old at one-eighty-seven

 

There were easily forty of us all crammed in

No space to roll on the floor when tucked in

We had one minute to take our shower

A kind of bootcamp, we gained personal power

 

In ‘75 we received a visit from His Divine Grace

When we viewed a church in a very nice place

At address two-four-three on Avenue Road

For us it would be the ultimate spiritual abode

 

He approved the purchase, all went for the move

It was felt on all counts things would improve

They did, for the most part, in this special location

All got married while I kept to my single vocation



MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU!
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