Volume 3, Chapter 38 May 31 – June 3, 2001 Due to my busy schedule, my disciples have been worshipping my Laksmi-Nrsimha Deity for months. Here while on tour they have placed Them on the altar in our temple room. When I do my private morning puja, I worship my silas. But last night I [...]
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Anxiety Takes OverVolume 3, Chapter 37 May 28 – 30, 2001 The day after the attack was a Sunday. That morning we started our morning program a little late. I wanted to give the devotees a chance to rest. Many had been shaken by the events of the previous night. Devotees had not seen our injured men, [...] |
The Day of ReckoningVolume 3, Chapter 36 May 27, 2001 I woke up yesterday prepared for an exciting day, but I had no idea that before the next twenty-four hours had passed I would be forced to make two of the most difficult decisions I could have imagined. As I rose from bed, my mind was racing with [...] |
Uncertainty Fuels ConcernVolume 3, Chapter 35 May 13 – 23, 2001 As we were preparing for this year’s spring festivals, I found a major Polish newspaper in the reception room of our building containing an article expressing America’s concern about the growing discrimination against religious minorities in Europe. Under the headline, “Anti-cult Law in France: Washington Concerned,” [...] |
Polish Campaign gets Under WayVolume 3, Chapter 34 April 23 – May 12, 2001 On the flight from New York to London on April 23, I had mixed feelings. I was happy, because my tour of American temples had gone well and a number of devotees had expressed gratitude that I had taken the time and energy to visit [...] |
Devotees need ProtectionVolume 3, Chapter 33 April 12 – 23, 2001 On April 12 our party left Detroit for the New Ramana Reti community in Alachua, Florida. On the way I visited my sister Anne, who lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee. We had last seen each other five years earlier at our mother’s funeral in California. Mother’s passing [...] |
Motor City A place of PilgrimageVolume 3, Chapter 32 April 7 – 11, 2001 On April 7 our traveling party arrived in Detroit, Michigan. Several weeks ago while visiting San Francisco where I was raised, I experienced a few moments of nostalgia, seeing the places where I had grown up. I controlled myself by reflecting that since being in the [...] |
The Krsnas in TexasVolume 3, Chapter 31 April 1 – 6, 2001 While flying from Philadelphia to our next destination, Houston, Texas, I sat next to a gentleman who told me that Texans are “fiercely independent.” In a long, southern drawl he said, “We’re Texans first—before anything else.” He said that when Texas became an American state in [...] |
Family Mood at Philadelphia TempleVolume 3, Chapter 30 March 29 – 31, 2001 On March 29, Dvijamani dasa, a disciple of Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu, picked up our party in New York and drove us to Philadelphia. Dvijamani knows Sanskrit and is well versed in many Vedic scriptures. As we began the three-hour journey, I noticed that while driving he [...] |
Holy Tirtha on the Lower East SideVolume 3, Chapter 29 March 22 – 29, 2001 On March 27, Sri Prahlada, Rukmini Priya, Dauji Krsna dasi (my sixteen-year-old disciple from Vrndavana, who has now joined us), and I arrived in New York after a six-hour flight from Phoenix, Arizona. It was cold and raining, and the bleak New York skyline offered a [...] |
