December 30, 2022 Free Writes Going Bhakta Aakash has been personally serving me for a while and was going to stay on but he heard that an ice storm may come tonight and so he left Viraha Bhavan a bit suddenly.  He decided to get an early bus and Kathi gave him a ride to […]

December 23, 2022 Free Writes Krishna Kripa Has Left He left last night. He’s going to spend a couple of days with his family and then he’s back on Harinam. The people are out passionately Christmas shopping. There’s only one full week left.  The devotees are out chanting all year, spreading good cheer, but especially […]

December 16, 2022 Free Writes Little Life Our khichri Hindu bhakta, Amith, moved in with his belongings on Tuesday. He is already trained to do the morning and evening personal services with me. He also helps Krsna Dasi during the day when he’s not working. He is very sweet and helpful. He likes reading Prabhupada […]

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 […]