April 1, 2022 Free Writes Guru-Stumper Sometimes devotees ask me obscure questions which I call “guru-stumpers.” The other day a devotee asked me about animals that are sacrificed in the yajna. Prabhupada says they are not actually killed, but they are just rejuvenated. But an old animal is sacrificed and rejuvenated and comes back as […]

March 25, 2022 Free Writes “Little Life” Three medical appointments on two days this week. Tomorrow will be a busy day. I have to fast from regular breakfast because I have an early morning appointment to check my blood levels for diabetes and the functionality of my liver, kidney and thyroid. After fasting and doing […]

March 18, 2022 Free Writes Gaura Purnima at Viraha Bhavan We had a small gathering of guests for Gaura Purnima at our ashram. It was a smaller gathering than we expected. Five people who said they would come didn’t show up. Kamini dasi, Baladeva, Sraddha-dasi prepared the feast, and Krsna dasi did all the pujari […]

March 11, 2022 Free Writes Book Production Meeting We had our book production meeting on Zoom today at 11:45 A.M. In attendance were Krishna Bhajana, his wife Satyasara dasi, Lal Krishna dasa from Oxford, John Endler from Hartford, Connecticut, Baladeva as manager and secretary, and me as author. I announced that since 2022 was the […]

March 4, 2022 Free Writes Praying for the Devotees in Ukraine I am praying for the devotees in Ukraine in this time when the Russians are making war on their country. Many women in the country are fleeing to Poland and other countries as refugees. But the men are being asked to stay back and […]

February 25, 2022 Free Writes 40th Anniversary of the Opening of the Trinidad Temple Today I spoke on Zoom to the audience at the Trinidad temple, where they are observing a three-day festival. They first showed me a video of the temple. It looked very clean and beautiful. I saw the full-sized Prabhupada murti, and […]

February 18, 2022 Free Writes The Myth of Closure Kirtan Rasa gave me a book The Myth of Closure by Pauline Boss. The author says that when a survivor’s dear one dies, we should not seek “closure.” Some professionals recommend “closure,” meaning that one should make a deadline on grieving and get on with life. […]

February 11, 2022 Free Writes Rama Raya’s Ecstatic Harinama I watched an extraordinary harinama video of Rama Raya and a group of men chanting in the Atlantic Avenue subway station, one stop from the ISKCON Brooklyn temple. They go there two days a week and chant for hours. Rama Raya played a large harmonium, and […]