April 22, 2022 Free Writes The Flower Season Is Now! It’s so nice that we’re getting our own flowers from the back yard, planted by devotees. There will be different waves of flowers blooming, one after another. Now is the time for the hyacinths. They are of many colors. Blue, pink, light pink, red, yellow, […]

April 15, 2022 Free Writes Loneness For a long time I have been leading a life of loneness. I distinguish it from the word “loneliness.” I read about it in books of Christian practitioners who led lives like hermits. And in Gaudiya Vaisnavism we also have the life of the babaji. I just read Rupa […]

April 8, 2022 Free Writes Zoom Meeting of the Production Team Krsna Bhajana sent some possible agenda items. One item was to review progress on the “Prabhupada Set.” He says Prabhupada Meditations, Volumes 1-2, and Prabhupada Meditations, Volumes 3-4 are in preparation for printing in two weeks. This is my favorite set of books, done […]

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 […]