Saturday, August 17th 2024
Vancouver, British Columbia
Rajasuya from Brampton, arrange most of my tickets for travel. He books the best deals and I trust him so much. I insisted on economy class in order to save funds. Even a trip to B.C. can be costly. Anyways when I got to the gate for boarding to Vancouver my boarding pass changed to privilege economy. More room and breakfast. And who do I sit next to? Friends of friends so we hit it on.
Landing in Vancouver was early - 8 a.m. after a 5 hour flight and a 3 hour time zone difference. My driver, Ramanuja took me to the Iskon Burnaby temple. New management here. Happy changes !
So now, for my purpose in coming. Tomorrow is the fabulous Chariot Fest. This morning, however is time slotted for some initiations. Purnachandra of Fiji receives her second diksha. I shared the Gayatri mantras with her and explained that in addition to chanting the great maha mantra, there are these mantras meant for further purification.
The two candidates for first initiation are Andre from Quebec and he received the name Adi Purush. The other candidate, an energetic lady from Bengal, Tamolie accepted the name Bhakti Seva, which she is so happy about. Both candidates are very sincere.
The presiding priest, or Brahman, is Jaya Govinda. He’s an Irish Sullivan originally from Montreal and became a Vaishnav follower since the early 80’s.
An evening walk took Keith and I through a decent junk of Burnaby.
MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU!
5 km
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