DEAR DEVOTEES: A MESSAGE FROM SATSVARUPA MAHARAJA. “I was very disappointed that our July gathering was cancelled. But I earnestly ask my disciples to order Meditations and Poems and Daily Compositions.  The price is $10 for the former and $12 for the latter. Please be aware that Daily Compositions must be ordered from Amazon. To order Meditations and Poems, […]

Free Writes Deity Worship at Viraha Bhavan The worship of Deities at Viraha Bhavan is deep and engaging. Bala and Krsna dasi have their home Deities on our downstairs altar. They have been worshiping Them in Trinidad for 30 years. Now on our altar we have their Jagannatha Deities, their Gaura-Nitai Deities, their small Radha-Gopinatha, […]

Free Writes Random Memories of Tamal Krishna Maharaja I read poems from Soul Eyes on the Towaco Zoom channel on Saturday. But I worried about my Zoom appearance on Sunday at the memorial gathering for Tamal Krishna Goswami. I thought it was wonderful that the disciples and friends were holding this memorial meeting to keep […]

NOTE: SDG Maharaja will make a special live appearance on ISKCON of New Jersey’s Zoom channel this Saturday, October 17th at 11:30 A.M. EST (4:30 P.M. BST/ 5:30 P.M. CEST/ 6:30 P.M. MSK/ 8:30 P.M. ISK) to read original poems glorifying Srila Prabhupada. All are welcome to participate in this worldwide event. The Zoom link: […]

Free Writes COVID-19 Urgent prayers needed! His Holiness Yadunandana Maharaja has been diagnosed with COVID-19. He’s been ten days with symptoms of fever, cough, lots of muscle pain and physical tiredness. He currently resides on the ISKCON farm New Vraja Mandala in Spain. According to our news source, his health has not improved, but he’s […]

Free Writes A Matter of Faith A devotee living in an East coast USA temple wrote to me. He’s observed that new devotees, after practicing for a year, do not consider getting initiated. He is initiated, and he suggests to them that they should try to decide who they could be initiated by. But he […]

Free Writes Jayadvaita Swami’s Visit Jayadvaita Swami is visiting myself and Ravindra Svarupa for a week. Bala prepared lunch just to Maharaja’s liking: kichari, karela and okra, served with condiments. For dessert he honored a piece of pumpkin pie made by Krsna Kumari with maple syrup, and Maharaja salted it liberally (as he does with […]

Free Writes Soul Eyes We are asking Madana Gopala whether I can read poetry on his Towaco Zoom presentations. I want to read poems from the book Soul Eyes. It was written in 2010. The poems are more formal than the ones we’ve been publishing from the 1990s, mostly written in Ireland. They are looser […]