September 03, 2021 Free Writes Tributes Book I especially liked the homage by Jayadvaita Maharaja. It was titled, “Thoughts.” The title reminded me of the philosopher/theologian Pascal’s Pensees and my own “Lists,” where I put numbered subjects of ten or twenty random thoughts. I like that Jayadvaita Swami’s homage. I don’t like the long, long […]

August 27, 2021 Free Writes Reality Check Our recent addition at Viraha Bhavan has been big strong Purusa dasa. But now from so much lifting up of my body, he has developed a sharp pain in his back. Recently he has been going to see the chiropractor, but now the chiropractor is going on a […]

August 20, 2021 Free Writes Revolution Last night I suddenly had an opening, an inspiration to write again. I haven’t been writing by hand for many months, and the books we’re publishing were written over twenty years ago in Ireland and India. So I am very happy to present this “revolution” and pray that it […]

August 13, 2021 Free Writes 50th Anniversary of the Installation of Radha-Gopivallabha Yesterday I took part by Zoom in the 50th anniversary of Prabhupada’s installing Radha-Gopivallabha in the Boston temple in 1971. I was present, and so the 2021 Boston temple president thought it was important that I take part and share some memories. When […]

August 6, 2021 Free Writes Hospital Ordeal It started the night before. I had chills which required three blankets, and I could not pass urine and was constipated. In the morning Baladeva phoned Ryan Marshall, our primary care provider, and told him I was not passing urine or stool and I was coughing, vomiting and […]

July 30, 2021 IMPORTANT UPDATE: Dear Readers of Free Write Journal, On Wednesday, July 28, Satsvarupa Maharaja briefly went to the hospital to treat a flare-up of a urinary tract infection and pneumonia. He did not stay overnight but is now back at Viraha Bhavan, where he has been recovering and writing.  Free Writes Stuyvesant […]

July 23, 2021 Free Writes Prabhupada Lilamrta in Spanish Guru Prasad Maharaja, the GBC for Latin America, phoned me and informed me that the BBT has translated the Prabhupada-lilamrta into Spanish. This is very good news. They will have an inauguration ceremony on August 1st. To acknowledge this great achievement, Maharaja invited me to talk […]

July 16, 2021 Free Writes Prabhupada-lilamrta Pancharatra Prabhu has sent out questionnaires to senior devotees asking their opinion about the role of Srila Prabhupada as the Founder-Acarya and the role of diksa-gurus and siksa-gurus in ISKCON. My humble opinion is that if the devotees of ISKCON would read the seven-volume unabridged Srila Prabhupada-lilamrta, they would […]