Friday, February 7

Report by Kadamba Kanana Swami

This afternoon (19 October), I left Australia. It was a good tour with so many different programs. First up, we headed north for a home program in Burleigh Heads. There is a cafe there and most devotees who are involved with the cafe came to the program. It was nice; everybody was young and enthusiastic. Then we had a kirtan program in New Govardhana. My stay at New Govardhana was too short – just two days but it was nice and peaceful, in a pleasant room. Devotees were enthusiastic about the programs; there was a lot of kirtan. We had a good time. There is a WWOOFer (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) village, where about 40 volunteer workers from all over the world are staying for a while. I did a program with them and that was fun.

Then next morning, we had to return to Sydney for a boat program. I like boats and water and kirtan, so it was a winning combination! We are going to do it again.

I did a great variety of programs all over Australia – Sydney, Gold Coast, Murwillumbah , Melbourne, Canberra‎ – university programs, home programs, hall programs, Indian programs, Western programs, meditation programs and yoga programs. My stay in Melbourne was very dynamic.

This morning, we had a program in Govinda Valley for an audience of Australia’s leading yoga teachers – very nice, quality people who are serious about the mode of goodness. ‎It was nice to meet them and share something about Bhakti Yoga. Emmanual, the flute player, had brought all these little percussion instruments, chimes and created amazing musical effects. It created a nice atmosphere.

Now, I am ‎on the way to Tirupati for a few days of meetings about Mayapur. Then Govardhana Puja in Vrndavana as well as some small parikrama and singing for the Deities.

Okay, time to board the next plane!

 

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2 Comments

  1. “Then next morning, we had to return to Sydney for a boat program. I like boats and water and kirtan, so it was a winning combination! We are going to do it again…”

    hmmm….we have to set up a Boat Session with Maharaj in Durban….

  2. Rajasekhara dasa on

    Wow, thank you for sharing with us, All glories to Your dedicated service Maharaj 🙂