“The original inhabitants of Vrindaban are attached to Krishna spontaneously in devotional service. Nothing can compare to such spontaneous devotional service, which is called ragatmika-bhakti. When a devotee follows in the footsteps of the devotees of Vrindaban, his devotional service is called raganuga-bhakti.†(p 53) Following in the footsteps of the devotees of Vrindaban by […]
“All of Me, namely my actual eternal form and My transcendental existence, color, qualities and activities—let all be awakened within you by factual realization, out of My causeless mercy.†Sb. 2.9.31 (p 44) This is really the only way to attain God realization—through God’s causeless mercy. God’s mercy is given through the guru, through the […]
I have been using cannabis spiritually since 1965. I really believe that it is one of the great sacred plants given humanity by God to help us become God conscious. Back in the 60s, Allen Ginsburgh taught us to chant Om Shiva Shankara Hara Hara Ganja before smoking for protection and a better high. High […]
Last week, a neighbor recommended I speak to Roger Christie, Cannabis Sacrament Minister and Counselor with The Hawai’i Cannabis Ministry. I looked him up on the web and read his site quite thoroughly. I was impressed. He seemed like a very sincere, intelligent, dedicated crusader for freedom of religion. He has done remarkably well in […]
My initiator guru, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami said there was no need for ekadas-bhav initation in which one is given a spiritual identity by a guru, one would realise one’s own spiritual identity in due time. Gauranga Das Babaji advised me to never leave Vrindaban because everyone there was engaged in meditating on Radha Krishna and […]
I am trying to be faithful to the broadness of spirit found in the writtings of Srila Bhaktivinode. I am well aware of the faults of Christianity, yet there are lessons to be learned from them as the former mainline Christian denominations have learned and changed and adapted. Christianity is certainly not a Western religion, […]
My wife just called from work to tell me about an incredible thing that happened this morning. She broke her rule of never picking up men hitch-hikers. The guy she picked up was the devotee from the Bob Marley festival that I had thought of approaching. They talked a lot and were on the same […]
My ministry is going quite well here, although it is a slow start since I still have work to do around home finishing up certain projects. I’m not getting much writting done yet either. Here’s an example of a day of ministry yesterday. I got up around 5:30, chanted a couple of rounds, had a […]
I must point out, that one thing I differ with the Sahajiyas on is not caring about the next life, such as going to Goloka to be with Radha Krishna. I teach that persons can have it all–we can enjoy our life here in the material world and go to the spiritual world. For me, […]
I’ve been following this discussion with great interest Gaudiya Repercussions -> Vaisnava Sahajiya II While I have no formal training as a Sahajiya, I seem to have ‘naturally’ become one. For example, being in the present: I haven’t chanted Hare Krishna mentally throughout the day for forty years. I replaced it with Om and a […]