Free Writes Visitors A South American devotee brought his brother, his brother’s wife and their three small children for lunch. They were a disruption to our ashram. They were not qualified to sit and hear our one-and-a-half hour out-loud reading, so the two men talked loosely of the early years of ISKCON in their part […]

Free Writes Fundraising Campaign I put my heart and soul into writing books. The cycle is complete when my disciples reciprocate. It is a two-way loving exchange. By donating to the fundraising campaign to pay for printing the books, by purchasing and reading the books, by distributing the books to others, we serve together in […]

Free Writes Gauranga: because His body has a golden hue; because He is in the mood and complexion of Radharani (sri-krsna-caitanya, radha-krsna nahe anya.) Nimai: because He was born under a neem tree, and the ladies wanted to protect Him from evil spirits. Nimai Pandita: because He manifested Himself as a great scholar and teacher, […]

Free Writes Radha-Govinda Dresses I wrote to Sastra and thanked him again for all the outfits he brought from Vrndavana for Radha-Govinda. I told him it is the perfection of my eyesight to see Them in new dresses every third day. Some of the viewers of the photos we post ask, “Do you change Them […]

Free Writes Year-End Review Before addressing 2020 aspirations, a review of what happened in the year just passed. I continued printing two books a year and was very steady in posting my Free Write Journal. My legs grew weaker, and that wasn’t good. My pulmonary disease (COPD) coming as shortness of breath, is chronic, but […]

Free Writes Christmas 2019 Christmas Eve At the holiday season there are more suicides. People who have no homes, family or money are shut out from the materialistic hype of Christmas tree, eggnog with rum, etc. They become depressed outsiders rather than turn to the “Vyasa-puja” of Jesus Christ. This year there is a surprising […]

Free Writes Arca-vigraha I now have two favorite arcas: Radha-Govinda (my ishta-devata) and my 1982 blown-up photo of Radha-Kalachandji. I confess I love Them both equally. Radha-Govinda have the advantage of owning seventy sets of beautiful outfits; They wear a new one every third day. But I can see Radha-Kalachandji more closely, in larger size. […]

Free Writes Bhurijana He is sending me videos of a seminar he and his wife Jagattarini held in Melbourne, Australia. His subject was “The Day King Kamsa Died,” and he wrote me that his wife did a “tasteful” presentation of “the beautiful rasa dance.” (I am especially fascinated to hear that one.) Bhurijana and Jagattarini […]