Seva is also in the mind
Gurudeva is so kind
No it isn’t far away
We can get there in about a day
There are lotus flowers all around
No doubt this is sacred ground
Water color silk yellow and blue as the sky
with plenty of dragonflies
elegant jewel like rays
from the full rose leis
takes your breath away
just a little Bengali Mahal jadhu
Gecko and I are quick to the highway with friends to talk with. Over the main street then around to the snob hill sufferers are pointing to the hook where cruisers are in force bon fires between the lakes warm the fancy dancers in the sand Gecko takes leave and I pass the whalers down the pedaler’s ramp saluting the bear and circling the trader the wharf road takes me to the ratha-bhojana-vrksa where a line of pedalers comes up the main street I turn just before they get there staying ahead I bring the kalarupa to the sandhya where the kernel of divine love meets me during Tulasi’s kirtan he brings out his bass to anchor the singing a sight to behold
Hiranyakasipu brings the day to a close. Gold and yellow silk together in a delicate combination a gold mesh sash for Giridhar. Gandharvika’s veil with the same mesh making the yellow stand up more Mahaprabhu has a belt of all gold with some kind of mesh on the kirta with this soft nightdress Sri Guru-Gauranga Gandharvika-Giridhari find peace and rest
Make a new outfit of deep forest green
Silver grey pleats and kirta
Offer it in memory of the holy titha
for the occasion of SGM”s janmadina
if you’re going to celebrate at the math
and if the arati happens to start on time
remember me to the Thakuras there &
hope they smile hearing this rhyme
a quick trip on the highway. A couple of friends are there to talk to. In the village there is a guy with a jack-in-the-box hat with rainbow shades to go with it. As Gecko and I take a scenic way along the beach between the lakes where the geese are honking. A family is pedaling along on their cruisers. A couple of tourists are loaded for camping with tents and sleeping bags hanging from their panniers. Sufferers are crossing in front of the beach hill bridge where a bear keeps watch. Around the bend to the kutir of Bhakta Blade and Seymour’s museum where the great blue whale has children climbing on it. Back around to the sufferer thakura with his new leis and flowers at his feet. As Gecko and I circle the trader Gecko takes leave and I avoid the treacherous triangle by taking a right at the natasala. Following the redone road passing the windmill which is eerily dark after so long a time. Along the beach there is a team practicing. The pitch is on the left as I go down the big road and over the first highway. The ratha-bhojana-vrksa is calling and another team is going the opposite way. A few parishioners are Sunday-go-to-meeting past me and two guys and a dog ask where the back drive goes to when I respond to the sandhya they are happy and say they’re going that way too.
Bring any material desires you have waiting around to test your sincerity then it’s imperative to come for darsana with Sri-Guru-Gauranga Gandharvika-Giridhari wearing their Chinese red silk with creamy white and they’ll be falling all but dead, smooth as silk, safe as milk.