232. Best Wishes

A day ago, as I opened the mailbox, there were no marketing junk materials or bills, surprisingly…just this lonely postcard…waiting to be picked up…and that I did. The front cover said, “With the holy angels & all the company of heaven, come let us adore Him” I thought of Krishna The inside cover had a [...]

225. The Soul Poster

I am at the dentist for regular checkups and I noticed this poster at the reception table. What a good idea ! Basically around the poster, titles of various problems or symptoms related to loneliness  are indicated and for each one of them, there is a verse from the bible giving a solution to that [...]

224. Sunday Out and about

Good morning ! That’s what it was in Melbourne yesterday. Beautiful well lit and warm morning for a good part of the day. Birds, humans and devotees all looked happy as the sun shone on us. Nrsimha Kavaca Prabhu presented a great and enliveling bhagavatam class explaining why bhagavatam is such an important literature for [...]

220. His expert blessings

In the Melbourne temple right now listening to Bhagavatam class on 1.1.20. An interesting point and example was given in the class that got me thinking: If a burglar sincerely prays to Krishna that he be protected in his stealing endeavors and if a household prays sincerely that they be protected from a burglar, how [...]

206. Going Forward with Prabhupad lectures

2 weekends ago, I had the chance once again to attend another farm retreat by His Grace Bhurijan prabhu and His Grace Jagattarini mataji. The lectures were so thrilling and thought provoking. Basically I have no words to describe what I heard and what I feel. Anyways, few days later I had the chance to [...]