Adwaita Valentine
Last Sunday it was below the average attendance at the
Sunday Open House because of the Super Bowl on TV. For some, the Super bowl becomes more
important than “Haribol!”
This Sunday the attendance was a bit down due to the lower
than average temperatures outside. With
the wind chill factor at 35 below Celsius, it became discouraging for some
regulars.
Still, with about 150 guests I’m not complaining; I’m the person
giving the presentation. It was part
slide-show, part-speaking about one of our luminaries in the lineage of bhakti,
Adwaita by name. The slide-show featured
events and experiences along the walking way.
I was relaying to the crowd the touching moments of last autumn’s walk
though New England , New
York , and New Jersey
Since it was the birth anniversary of Adwaita, a
contemporary of Sri Chaitanya, it was appropriate to speak about him. He was largely responsible for invoking the
presence of Chaitanya to the world by the power of his desire, his heart.
It was rather an interesting observation, that in my earlier
on reading of the book “Chaitanya Charitamrta” in a morning class, the word
“heart” appeared multiple times.
Coincidental, you might say, as today is also Valentine’s Day.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
May the Source be with you!
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