December 01, 2022 Free Writes Country News While we were honoring our Thanksgiving dinner yesterday, one of Louise’s chickens pecked on the door signaling Sraddha that they were ready for their prasadam. They come over excitedly two or three times a day. There are 15 of them. Then Sraddha ceremoniously walks out and throws out […]

November 25, 2022 Free Writes Thanksgiving at Ravindra Svarupa’s Tomorrow for Thanksgiving we’re going to go over to Ravindra Svarupa’s house and honor prasadam with our esteemed neighbors. We will be celebrating in the mood of real thanksgiving, not the turkey-eating, watching-the-football-game, etc. Not making plans for the Black Friday shopping spree. I’ll tell you […]

November 18, 2022 Free Writes Out-Loud Reading We invite devotees to take part in the out-loud reading we hold from Viraha Bhavan. Devotees can tune in from anywhere around the world with Zoom (Zoom ID: 617 108 1206/ Password: 108). If you don’t want to join in the out-loud reading part, you can just listen […]

November 13, 2022 Free Writes Praise of the Book Team Krsna-bhajana and Satyasara dasi (who are both here for two weeks at Viraha Bhavan) are working at a marathon pace typing essays I wrote many years ago, and they’re compiling them into three books. Some of the essays are from Back to Godhead magazine, such […]

November 04, 2022 Free Writes Ashram in an Uproar Starting today, the ashram is in something of an uproar. Krsna-bhajana and Satyasara dasi are arriving. But they can’t move into a room in the ashram because early Monday morning the workmen are beginning to remove the old furnace and oil tank, and all the work […]

October 28, 2022 Free Writes Govardhana Puja Much activity in preparation for tomorrow’s celebration of Govardhana-puja. Krsna dasi is spearheading a traditional festival with all the preparations that are mentioned in the KRSNA book. They will be offered to Govardhana Hill tomorrow. Today many milk sweets are being prepared, and people are focusing on making […]

October 21, 2022 Free Writes Govardhana Puja Krsna Kumari sent a message: “There will be a Govardhana Puja party on the 25th of October at Damodara Priya’s house.” I’m sorry to miss the party, but I don’t plan to go out anywhere, nor invite many people to the house during this flu/COVID season, which lasts […]

October 14, 2022 Free Writes Madhavendra Puri Madhavendra Puri was a pure devotee in the Madhva sampradaya. One day he was sitting at Govardhana and chanting the Hare Krsna mantra all day. Then a beautiful young boy of Vrndavana came to him and gave him a pot of milk. The boy asked Madhavendra Puri, “What […]