Mukunda-Mala-Stotra (The Prayers of King Kulasekhara) by Srila Prabhupada & his disciples

11/29/2015

Of the many hundreds of poetic Sanskrit stotras—songs of glorification offered to the Supreme Lord, His devotees, and the holy places of His pastimes—King Kulasekhara’s Mukunda-mala-stotra is one of the most perennially famous. Some say that its author conceived it as a garland (mala) of verses offered for Lord Krsna’s pleasure.

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May Apples 1996

11/29/2015

May Apples 1996

I’ve suspended my A Poor Man Reads the Bhaga-vatam for now. So you could write a collection of Writing Sessions. Several times a day, the writing practice method. You could be serious and capture sad or lonely feelings. Some diary reportage, repartee, fly by night. Some thinking, “This may be used later.” But some freedom from that.

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Life with the Perfect Master

11/29/2015

Life with the Perfect Master

I HAVE A PERSONAL story to tell. It is a about a time (January – July 1974) I spent as a personal servant and secretary of my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder-tfctfrya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Although I have written extensively about Srlla Prabhupada, I’ve hesitated to give this account, for fear it would expose me as a poor disciple…

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Last Visit to Stroudsburg

11/29/2015

Last Visit to Stroudsburg

I m out on my first morning walk in The Woods in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, and very happy and grateful to be starting off another mini-retreat, at least thirteen days, and I have so many projects I like to do. But of course, the heart of it is to serve Krsna…

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Kartika lights

11/29/2015

Kartika lights

It’s October 1st and I’m writing with a knit hat on my head. The question is, can you break a longstanding habit of inattentive chanting? I think, “Yes, you can.” He gave the example of learning to play the mrdanga the wrong way (or holding the tennis racquet the wrong way). You have to break down to the elementary thing you did wrong.

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Japa Reform Notebook

11/29/2015

Japa Reform Notebook

THE ESSENCE of this little book is self-explanatory. But I would like to admit the limitations of Japa Reform Notebook and also suggest how devotees can best use it. In chanting the holy name of the Lord, there are three stages of development: the offensive stage, the clearing stage, and the transcendental stage.

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Here Is Srila Prabhupada

11/29/2015

Here Is Srila Prabhupada

Here Is Srlla Prabhupada was written using the “free-writing” technique. (I also used this method in writing Shack Notes.) Free-writing is a method by which the writer gets past his or her internal editor and just records everything that comes to mind. By not stopping the flow of surface concerns, the writer soon finds himself delving below the surface into deeper areas of himself.

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ITM Notebook

11/29/2015

ITM Notebook

My back and forth thoughts on listening to CIMP (jazz) are recorded in EJW 16 in early October. Some days I’d be very sober and renounced; gradually I gave in or accepted it. I felt it could aid my life as an artist (writer) in Krsna consciousness. The love, the life, the art these men express through music. The improvisation.

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He Lives Forever – Seven Lectures on Separation from Srila Prabhupada

11/29/2015

He Lives Forever - Seven Lectures on Separation from Srila Prabhupada

I think every ISKCON devotee will always remember where he was and what he was doing at the precise moment he learned of Srlla Prabhupada’s departure. At our Nairobi temple we were just about to begin mangala aratl when a call came from far away Los Angeles from Srlla Ramesvara Maharaja. It was probably as difficult for him to tell me the news as it was for me to accept it…

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Guru Reform Notebook

11/29/2015

Guru Reform Notebook

This is one man’s confession and public apology. In Harinama Cintamani, by Bhaktivinoda Thakura, public confession is recommended to counteract offenses against the holy name. For example, if one commits the offense of interpreting the holy name, Bhaktivinoda Thakura advises…

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