The Story of a Retreat
The main thing about my stories is that they are improvised and that they aim for Krsna consciousness. I’m not sure about the audience orientation except it’s for myself. I intend them as some kind of service to my spiritual master and to devotees of Krsna. That’s about it.
The Qualities of Sri Krsna
Srila Rupa Gosvami enumerates the sixty-four transcendental qualities of the Supreme Lord Krsna. These qualities appear in Chapters Twenty-one and Twenty-two of The Nectar of Devotion, Srila Prabhu-pada’s summary study of Bhak.ti-rasdmrta-sind.hu. The devotees, who are never satiated with hearing the Lord’s glories, relish these descriptions.
The One-Hour Writing Session, 6
Strange dream: Krsna gave me strength not to reveal my secret thoughts even when Godbrothers were prying. I was freed from the desire to be “# 1″—the best disciple—which disease seemed to plague others. Anyway, it is a troublesome disease, to compete and not be a humble devotee. Could I do something wonderful for His Divine Grace? We’d all like to. But it can’t be done by fighting one another. Going alone, I write honestly and gain certain powers.
The One-Hour Writing Session, 5
I wrote this advice years ago when I was just starting free-writing, maybe even before Shack Notes. At that time, I wasn’t able to do it for more than a few minutes. How have built up to the one-hour session. But the advice still reads refreshingly to me.
The One-Hour Writing Session, 4
A few years ago, I thought of writing on the themes in Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s Saranagati. I was attracted to them because in Saranagati, Bhaktivinoda Thakura confesses and laments his fallen nature. He takes the position of an eternally conditioned soul, and through his songs, leads us to perfection…
The One-Hour Writing Session, 3
Those who can contact their inner voice are rare. Most of us can contact it from time to time in our lives but few strain to hear it and then act upon it. Certainly those who contact that voice and articulate it are rare and especially when a devotee does it it is valuable.
The One-Hour Writing Session, 2
I would like to write an introduction to a second volume of selected one-hour writing sessions. What shall I say? Say, “Just give it an introduction.” I like to read them. It is chatter to encourage the fellow as he limps alone along.
The Karttika Papers 1994
Looking tor themes m my life for writing. Not literary/ ideas for a story, but the real life. For me, however, writing and life go together. For example, in 1986 I started traveling in a motor home for the purpose of writing Lessons From The Road. The literary plan came first and die lifestyle followed.
The Dust of Vrindaban
O Krishna, our kingdom is now being marked by the impressions of Your feet, and therefore it appears beautiful But when You leave, it will no longer be so. “There are certain particular marks on the feet of Sri Krishna which distinguish Him from others…
The Daily News - All Things Fail Without Krsna
In 1976, my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, asked me to write a book. He called me into his room in the Detroit temple and said, “I want you to write another book. It should be about how all things fail without Krsna.” Prabhupada gave a few examples of what he meant, how worldly schemes collapse due to the lack of Krsna consciousness.
