January 17, 2019 All I can think of to write is about the Caitanya-caritamrta that we are reading. That isn’t good. I must have other things for variety. Things about Viraha Bhavan, or thoughts on my mind. I am distracted by different troubles some of my disciples are having, but it’s not worth putting into […]

January 12, 2019 4:25 A.M. POEMS/From Every Day, Just Write. Caitanya-candrodaya has several times referred to the book as a “retrospective.” When a famous artist exhibits his paintings done over a period of years, they call the exhibit a retrospective. My book is a retrospective of my poetry. It was written in the late 1990s. […]

January 4, 2019 I’m looking at Radha-Govinda. I mentioned to Krishna dasi that I thought Radharani’s blouse was slightly crooked. She explained to me that this was the way it had to be because She is in a dancing pose with Her head tilted. I was satisfied by her explanation, and I can take darsana […]

December 31, 2018 5:15 P.M. Talking with Manohara about the year’s end. He said that we devotees, because of our sadhana, are not much affected by worldly changes. I remembered 19 years ago, the Y2K phenomenon. Many people believed the change in the millennium would bring about catastrophic events; the computers would break down, communications […]

December 24, 2018 Tonight, Christmas Eve, we are going to a neighborhood gathering of devotees at Saci-suta’s house. It is mostly a social event, no lecturing and maybe even no kirtana. Just exchanges of gifts and honoring of prasadam. All grhasthas with children. It is a friendly group with no pressure, and all devotees. Last […]

December 17, 2018 This is the twenty-first week of the Journal. It gets posted weekly on two websites. Should I compile them and publish as a book? Then I have Prabhupada Reflections, the daily entries I wrote during 2016, the 50th anniversary of Prabhupada’s coming to America. They are substantial pieces, reflections on Srila Prabhupada. […]

December 11, 2018 There are about one and a half weeks left for Christmas shopping. We have purchased most of our gifts for Stuyvesant Falls neighbors. Keli-lalita puts on a kind of Christmas party with special prasadam and exchanges of gifts, which are wrapped and placed under the Christmas tree. Keli’s oldest daughter, Kaulini, has […]

December 5, 2018 This is the 19th week of the Journal. On Vyasa-puja day I learned that many disciples don’t read it. In some cases they don’t know how to operate a computer, or they are too busy, or they never heard about it. An exiled devotee wrote me and said he appreciated the Journal, […]