August 19, 2022 Free Writes Janmastami Preparations We are getting ready to celebrate Janmastami. The devotees at Viraha Bhavan are preparing a menu. We are making up a guest list, but we can’t handle an unlimited number of people. We’ll try to keep it at twenty. This is perhaps the most important Vaisnava holiday of […]

August 12, 2022 Free Writes Balarama’s Appearance Day We had some guests attend: Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu, Saudamani, and Ravindra’s secretary Sraddha attended. Also Janardana from across the street. Hari dasa from Schenectady was here, and he led the kirtanas. Lalita-kaisori and Atindra were here, Amit was here, and Hari dasa’s driver, Isvara Rsi, and Kamini […]

August 05, 2022 Free Writes Print My Books My request to all my disciples, not just the book production team, is that you please help me reprint all the books that are now out of print (and some that have not yet been printed at all). It’s a daunting task, but it’s my gift to […]

July 29, 2022 Free Writes Writings of the Great Vaisnavas My process in compiling the Free Write Journal each day is to begin with two “rabbits.” By rabbits I mean anecdotes, taken mainly from our life at Viraha Bhavan. Readers of the Journal will be familiar with these anecdotes telling about the devotees in our […]

July 22, 2022 Free Writes New Arrival of Tulasis Last year when we took all our tulasis in at the end of summer, they were in beautiful shape from the summertime of sunshine and rain, and our watering them with spring water. But when the cold weather came on, they weakened, even though we have […]

July 15, 2022 Free Writes Book Production Team Meeting I spoke on the phone with John Endler. He was sick on July 2nd and couldn’t make it to the festival. But he’s been busy reading and editing my books. He’s waiting to deliver to me the long manuscript of California Search for Gold. Baladeva just […]

July 08, 2022 Free Writes July 2nd Festival The kirtana was scheduled to go from 10:00-10:30, but I so much enjoyed Rama’s singing and the boys’ musical support that I asked him to continue, and he went on for an extra half-hour. Then I gave my talk, and everyone was quiet and attentively listening. I […]

July 01, 2022 Free Writes Summer Marathon We’re in a summer marathon preparing for the July 2nd festival. Anuradha has picked out fifty paintings to display. The last shipment of newly printed books arrived on Monday. Silavati is packing them up in groups of eight, with a ribbon tied around them so they don’t slide, […]