April 30, 2021 Free Writes The First Sign of a Devotee On a morning walk in 1976 in Melbourne, Prabhupada said that a devotee is always happy. One of the disciples ventured to say that a devotee is more unhappy than a materialist because he’s aware of his unhappiness. Prabhupada said, “Then that means he […]

April 23, 2021 Free Writes Gurukula I have been asked by a now-grown up ex-gurukuli for my memories of what it was like to be an adult leader in the gurukula at Dallas. We were very enlivened that soon we had enrolled a hundred boys and girls living in the gurukula buildings. One of the […]

April 16, 2021 Free Writes The Passing Away of His Grace Visnu Aradhanam When I thought of speaking about Visnu Aradhanam after his passing away, my first idea was to speak on the twenty-six qualities of a devotee, and I think I will speak of those now, because Visnu exemplified them. But first I want […]

April 9, 2021 Free Writes Letter from Manu I received a letter from Manu dasa in Ireland. I am relieved that he likes my new books. This is what he wrote me: “I am in the middle of reading Seeking New Land, and I am enjoying it thoroughly. The intro by Rev. John Endler was […]

April 2, 2021 Free Writes Gaura-purnima Tomorrow is Gaura-purnima and we are busy readying for the festival. We are cleaning the guestroom, putting up new curtains and cooking feast preparations that can be done in advance. We are working at special cleaning projects, such as the temple room, the kitchen and the bathrooms. The talks […]

March 26, 2021 Free Writes Gaura-purnima We are preparing to observe Gaura-purnima in our ashram. We expect eight people will be invited to attend. From across the street, we expect Ravindra Svarupa, Saudamani and Sraddha to come. We hope Lalita-kaisori and her husband Atindra will also attend. Haridasa is trying to arrange that our Gaura-purnima […]

March 19, 2021 Free Writes My True Love I no longer have a working connection with the GBC. My attention is turned to the press workers who serve with my books. There’s John Endler, who compiles material from my vintage manuscripts, and Krsna Bhajana and his wife Satyasara, who type up manuscripts and do proofreading. […]

March 12, 2021 Free Writes Going to the Forest I know a devotee who left his marriage because it had become unbearable and impossible to practice Krsna consciousness there. His wife committed adultery. She started drinking wine, eating fish and eggs and occasionally smoking marijuana. She also led the children away from a strict practice of […]