Comments on: Gardening for the Soul

By: Babhru

Babhru — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:00:28 +0000

What a delightful article! Having done a great deal of gardening for over 40 years, I find much to like in this article. I think my gardening has helped shape me as a person and as a devotee. Like Citta Hari, I have found that working with the plants and the dirt has helped me so much that I often wonder if I can be happy without them. And I have also always liked Mahaprabhu’s identity as a gardener. I certainly look forward to reading Wirzba’s book.

By: Citta Hari dasa

Citta Hari dasa — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:10:55 +0000

I love this article. Mahaprabhu asks his followers to become gardeners like him, and by his grace we can. Externally, to work the land is an inherently wholesome undertaking, and heals the gardener in the process on both physical and psychological levels. I have found that it’s very hard to have a crazy mind while working with plants outdoors in the fresh air. Tuning in to the cycles of the seasons and the elements of sun, rain, wind, etc. gives one a sense of stability and place even while those elements are busy shifting. And of course the outward gardening experience of attentiveness to the needs of the plants runs parallel with our inner cultivation of the bhakti lata. Few things in life are anywhere near as satisfying.

By: Living Entity

Living Entity — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:37:27 +0000

I really enjoyed this article. I never really thought that deeply about gardening before, but this article really deepened my conception of how gardening is such a sattvic activity that it induces the mind to evolve spiritually.
Great article!
I am trying to become a better gardener.
I have some seedlings coming up for my Fall/Winter garden.
Visualize beautiful gopis girls in Vrindavan working their gardens and singing songs of the adventures of Sri Krishna.
Gopis are also gardeners.