May 19, 2023 Free Writes TKG’s Last Vyasa-Puja Talk I just heard the lecture Tamal Krishna Goswami gave on his last Vyasa-puja date. He dedicated his entire talk to speaking about the initiating gurus in ISKCON. He mentioned so many names that he had to make his talk on each on brief, but his presentation […]

May 12, 2023 Free Writes Nrsimha Caturdasi We observed Nrsimha Caturdasi at Viraha Bhavan today. The devotees cooked extra preparations and made a feast. They also observed that it was the anniversary of Srila Prabhupada awarding me sannyasa in 1972. We switched our reading in the out-loud reading group from Sri Caitanya-caritamrta to the Seventh […]

May 05, 2023 Free Writes Ananda Kisora Ananda Kisora, my siksa disciple, is doing good service for me based in Italy. He daily posts on Facebook three excerpts from my weekly Journal. He accompanies them with selected photographs or paintings which are relevant to the writings. He sends me the postings every day in my […]

April 28, 2023 Free Writes Harinama Krishna Kripa is here today. He met up with Vicaru. They both know each other well because both have traveled around the world doing harinama in many cities and countries. Krishna Kripa is very dedicated to going out every day. He seeks out good climates. He encourages the devotees […]

April 21, 2023 Free Writes Weather Alert Baladeva went to the farm store to pick up apples. The place was packed because there had been a couple of hot days in a row. Every year it happens like this. The people buy whatever looks beautiful, plants and flowers, but it’s actually a month too early. […]

April 14, 2023 Free Writes Book Production Team Meeting Tomorrow, Saturday, April 8, we’re having our Zoom book production meeting. We expect that Krsna-bhajana, Satyasara dasi, Lal Krsna and Manohara (and Baladeva and myself) will show up on the Zoom. We have already mentioned in this Journal what books are expected to be ready for […]

April 07, 2023 Free Writes “Little Life” I just found out that something I posted online from my book Japa Transformations received 23,000 readers. I intended it for a small readership, but it exploded. I also wrote a Journal, Worshiping with the Pen, to be published this summer in fifty copies. I wrote it to […]

March 31, 2023 Free Writes Disciples in Vrndavana Some of my disciples are visiting Vrndavana. Some are staying two weeks, some are staying five weeks. I appreciate that most of them are trying to tune in and participate in the out-loud readings on Zoom, which originate in New York. For the devotees in Vrndavana to […]