Volume 11, Chapter 10 Oct 11, 2010 Life on the festival tour in Poland this summer was austere – the cramped living facilities, the long hours, and the hotter-than-normal weather – but our three hundred devotees kept their spirits up all the way through. Many said that it had been our best tour, as proved [...]
Volume 11
Your Name Will Be ThereVolume 11, Chapter 9 Sep 25, 2010 My dear godbrother Sridhar Maharaja, Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Today is the auspicious celebration of your appearance day. Numerous godbrothers, disciples, friends and well-wishers have gathered around the world and are enjoying sweet memories of your glorious activities in spreading the [...] |
Fulfilling Your DesiresVolume 11, Chapter 8 Sep 3, 2010 Dearest Srila Prabhupada, Please accept my most humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to you! On this auspicious day 114 years ago, you appeared in this world to bestow causeless mercy on the fallen souls of this age. At the time of your [...] |
A Living GitaVolume 11, Chapter 7 Aug 5, 2010 When I flew from the United States to Warsaw at the beginning of July, Poland was still grieving the loss of President Lech Kaczynski, who had died in a plane crash in Russia in early April. His wife and scores of other senior Polish figures died with him. [...] |
In MemoriamVolume 11, Chapter 6 July 21, 2010 Dearest Aindra prabhu, Please accept our most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! We, the members of the Festival of India in Poland, would like to express our extreme sorrow and lamentation over your untimely departure from this world. We know that the Lord has a plan [...] |
Victory DayVolume 11, Chapter 5 May 7, 2010 A few days ago, early in May, I boarded Flight 677 from Warsaw to Moscow. As I looked around, I marveled at how times had changed. The Aeroflot plane was a brand-new Boeing 737, a marked difference from the one I took from England to Russia in the [...] |
Cover MeVolume 11, Chapter 4 April 1 – 10, 2010 After two months of preaching and fundraising in the United States, I was ready for a break, so when Swarup Damodar dasa, president of the Durban temple in South Africa, asked me to come in April for Ratha-yatra, I jumped at the chance. After checking in [...] |
Greatly RewardedVolume 11, Chapter 3 March 1 – 18, 2010 After my unsettling experiences in the San Diego and Vancouver airports, where I was interrogated by security officials, I again considered wearing non-devotional dress while traveling in the United States. Airport security measures have been heightened throughout the country because of terrorist threats. Passengers who arouse [...] |
Lessons from the RoadVolume 11, Chapter 2 February 14 – 23, 2010 As my flight to Los Angeles took off, I looked through the window at the disappearing Australian landscape and thought about my three-month visit to the country. “Our festival tour was intense,” I thought, “but it went by in a flash. When you enjoy what you’re [...] |
My Spiritual BrothersVolume 11, Chapter 1 November – December, 2009 With the hustle-bustle of Hong Kong behind me, I boarded a plane and settled in for the long haul to Sydney. Twenty-eight devotees from my summer festival program in eastern Europe had arrived in Australia the previous week. We would be touring the country for three months. [...] |
