One Hundred Happy Ideas
I was happy to find this affectionate reference to Srxla Prabhupada and even considered stealing the booklet from the library (I couldn’t borrow it because I wasn’t a student). I left the library without the book and the dream then took a turn for the worse, with me getting lost, wandering without shoes, and trying to find a Hare Krsna center. No one I met would help. Finally, I woke up.
My Stories, Volume II
The spiritual master is showering us with the rainfall of mercy and it’s putting out the forest fire of repeated birth and death. The story is that he lectured in Melbourne to seminarians in April, 1972 and I read it today. I listened from the viewpoint of one who wants to always follow the preaching acarya. I want to be who I am and yet be his follower exclusively. Is that so difficult? That’s what I’m trying for.
My Search Through Books
Srila Prabhupada smashed Western culture and said it was no culture at all. Yet many millions of people live in Western culture, embrace it, and are educated in it. Those who join the Krsna consciousness movement have also been influenced by it. Therefore, devotee-writers must face the existence of Western culture in its various forms, either to expose its bankruptcy, or in some cases, to appreciate its traces of morality and God consciousness.
Mukunda-Mala-Stotra (The Prayers of King Kulasekhara) by Srila Prabhupada & his disciples
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
