Too Many Birds with One Stone

Have you heard the saying “two birds with one stone”? 

The Lord Lifts My World

The stories of Varaha in the Bhagavatam are a mixture of His Red Incarnation and His White Incarnation. 

I Am A Toy

Krsna!  I have no idea what I am doing in this life.  All my plans are based around my senses, thus they are whimsical and dismayed.  Why don’t You take a tighter grip on me?  Why am I so resilient?  

End of Damodara (2011)

Thus ends the month of Damodara.  I engaged in additional chanting on this final day and pondered the month’s experiences.  

My Prabhupada’s Disappearance Day

Dear Srila Prabhupada,

Please accept my humble obeisances.  All glories to you.

It has come to pass that it is again the yearly remembrance of your disappearance. 

To Prabhupada 2011

Dear Srila Prabhupada,

Please accept my humble obeisances.  All glories to you.

Yearly I try to write something for your Vyasapuja celebration, hoping to capture some look at my spiritual progress in relation to your causeless mercy.  Sadly I do not see so much progress on my side as much as I see causeless mercy from yours.  You have given me so much but I am too miserly to embrace it all and appreciate it fully.  Now I come to another Vyasapuja, wondering what to write and what to say.

Knowledge of Surrender

Krsna!  Today I spoke about surrender and I realized I have nothing but theoretical knowledge. 

Caitanya Caritamrta

I want to avoid the pride issue but Srila Prabhupada instructed us to write something when we finish reading his books.  I would write and simply keep it to myself but what is this but talking to the mind when perhaps something I say may be beneficial to someone.  Today Friday 13^th, May 2011 I have finished my reading of Caitanya Caritamrta.

Liberation In Name Only

Oh Lord, I see a theological fallacy in your divine philosophy.  It is said that Vaisnavas never actively seek out the five kinds of liberation (salokya, samipya, sarupya,sarsti and syujya) but are simply content on serving Your lotus feet.  This is all well and nice but how can this be true?  It seems that the obvious fact that You and Your name are the same has been neglected.

Who is this Gopa?

My dear friends, who is this cowherd boy whose beauty rivals both Krsna and Balarama?