{"id":10785,"date":"2012-08-17T06:47:09","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=10785"},"modified":"2012-08-17T07:41:12","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T06:41:12","slug":"monk-passes-oxford-on-trek-across-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=10785","title":{"rendered":"Monk Passes Oxford on Trek Across Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<tr bgcolor=\"\">\n<td>\n<p class=\"post_byline\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><strong><em rip-style-borderwidth-backup=\"\" rip-style-borderstyle-backup=\"\" style=\"\" rip-style-bordercolor-backup=\"\">Posted Tuesday afternoon\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby Victoria Mattan\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<\/font>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"\">\n<td>\n\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t<font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\tA 59 year old man originally from Chatham, Ontario&nbsp;is walking across the country. Bhaktimarga Swami calls himself the <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1047.ca\/assets\/images\/news\/Walking%20Monk.jpg\" style=\"width: 221px; float: right; height: 255px\">Walking Monk.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBhaktimarga Swami, who now resides in Toronto says, &#8220;I&#8217;ve walked Canada a few times. I&#8217;m on the fourth walk. I did a few other countries: Israel, Ireland, Guyana, Trinidad,&nbsp;and the Fiji Islands,&#8221; said Swami.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tYou can see him walking through Woodstock today in an&nbsp;orange coloured robe.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBut the trek is not for fundraising, just to encourage the notion of pilgrimage.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&#8220;To check the unbalanced lives that we live, I feel there&#8217;s a need to become a little more introspective and walking really does that a part from the good physical workout you get from it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHe walks 30 to 40 kilometres everyday saying it takes 6 to 7 months to travel from Newfoundland to British Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/font>\n\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"\">\n<td>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>http:\/\/1047.ca\/local-news\/4708<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<br \/>\nDaruka dasa: Here is another radio interview Bhaktimarga Swami did in Kingston, Ontario:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cfrcnews.tumblr.com\/post\/29076232296\/august-9th-travellers-professor-rick-shine-and\" class=\"h2 title\">August 9th &#8211; Travellers: Professor Rick Shine and Bhaktimarga Swami<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On today\u2019s show, we will be talking to two guests, both of whom are travellers but who espouse distinctly different causes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We will begin the show with Roz\u2019s interview with Professor Rick Shine. A biology professor from the University of Sydney, RIck Shine is currently travelling around Canada to talk about an invasive species of toad that he is studying, the cane toad. The cane toad has spread throughout Australia in the past century and has caused much destruction along the way.<\/p>\n<p>We will then air an interview with Bhaktimarga Swami, a Hare Krishna monk who is walking across Canada. From Newfoundland to British Columbia, the monk hopes to spread the message about the importance of introspection through walking, especially in the busy work culture that has blossomed in our society.<\/p>\n<p>Tune in to today\u2019s show on CFRC 101.9FM at 5pm, through livestreaming on our <a href=\"http:\/\/cfrc.ca\/blog\/\">website<\/a> or right <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/5lexcas913y6g1j\/Y7O6EcnL1Q\/August%209th%20-%20Rick%20Shine%20and%20Bhaktimarga%20Swami.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Happy listening!<\/p>\n<p>The News Collective&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/462012-08-17-07-5646.jpg\"\/><strong>By Victoria Mattan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> A 59 year old man originally from Chatham, Ontario is walking across the country. 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