Free Writes Giriraja dasa Brahmacari Glen Teton was first introduced to Krsna consciousness when Prabhupada and his devotees held a program at Glen’s college, Brandeis University, in 1969. Glen arrived at the program late, after our first kirtana and Prabhupada’s speech. I was leading the second kirtana when he arrived. Our devotees asked him if […]

Free Writes The Atma The soul (atma) doesn’t die when the body dies. In the second chapter of Bhagavad-gita, Krsna says as one passes from boyhood to childhood to youth and old age, so the soul doesn’t perish at the time of death but takes a new body. Those who are sober are not bewildered […]

Free Writes Srila Prabhupada-lilamrta Facebook Note I received a Facebook message from a devotee named Kusum Sarovar Priya dasi. She wrote that her temple president from Mauritius has repeatedly asked the devotees to read Srila Prabhupada-lilamrta. Kusuma-sarovara reluctantly started reading and finished Volume 1. She started to have some little taste and then Volume 2 […]

Sugar Sugar is considered an unhealthy food. But Krsna likes sweets. When Lord Brahma was making his repentant prayers to child Krsna, Krsna was standing casually before him with a handful of a mixture of sugar candy, yogurt and milk. Prabhupada also gets sweets in his diet. 1966 I arrived late at the devotees’ gathering […]

Random Looks at the Srimad-Bhagavatam Instructions by Maharaja Prithu (4.21.28-29) “This is confirmed not only by the evidence of the Vedas but also by the personal behavior of great personalities like Manu, Uttanapada, Dhruva, Priyavrata and my grandfather, Anga, as well as by many other great personalities and ordinary living entities, exemplified by Maharaja Prahlada […]

Free Writes Rainstorm The weather was warm and dry for our entire program at the meeting on July 6th. The devotees had just finished honoring Krsna prasadam when a windstorm arrived, blowing the leaves on the trees. But the devotees managed to finish their prasadam. Then suddenly from the sky heavy rainfall came down. There […]

Radha-Govinda Krsna-dasi dressed Radha-Govinda in new outfits yesterday. I asked her what was the color scheme of the dress, and she replied that it was gray and yellow. Later Baladeva told me he thought it was silver and yellow. For myself, I thought it was green and yellow. At any rate, They look very beautiful […]

Hasya Hasya refers to Krsna’s laughing pastimes. Once, the cowherd boys told Krsna to close His eyes and open His mouth and they would give Him a sweet. Krsna obeyed, but the boys put a flower in Krsna’s mouth. The joke was on Krsna. Once, Krsna disguised Himself as Radharani’s husband, Abhimanyu. He entered Radharani’s […]