LEARNING, LISTENING
- Bhaktimarga Swami
- 7 days ago
- 2 min read
Saturday, May 2nd, 2026
Moundsville, West Virginia
The sun was attempting to burn through the fog. It succeeded although it brought on so little warmth to the day. At the Teaching Garden clear cups of corn substance were placed over the new seedlings. The chills of the last two days are unseasonable.
Personally I was charmed and warmed by the teacher in the garden Tapapunja, a disciple of Prabhupada, hails from north Michigan, but has been a resident of this village, New Vrindavana, for years. He is a true advocate of the motto “simple living and high thinking,” and it was so refreshing to hear about organic life. It brought me back to my childhood farm life. The life of seed, soil, sun and even snow were the components to country life,
While I was learning for a section of the day, including listening to Urmilla about varna and ashram, the social order of life, I had the pleasure of delivering the Bhagavatam class, quoting the great Prahlad who was convincing his young class-mates about the importance of practicing spirituality even in our youthfulness. And in the evening I had the pleasure to recite poetry as well as screening two music videos. The presentation of the video “Prabhupada’s Boys and Girls” was well appreciated on the topic of approving women as gurus.
But also endearing was feeding the local groundhog. She doesn’t have a name. Jokingly, someone suggested I initiate her. I doubted that she follows a standard regulated life, nevertheless I feel I blessed her with an honourable name of a great queen. I gave the name “Kunti Devi.” Those around me approved.
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