Bhakti Wisdom

A long-haired devotee, his body covered with various devotional tattoos, sat next to me during lunch. He kept speaking about his desire to become initiated.  Why do you want to accept initiation from a spiritual master?” I asked him casually.  Confused about my question, he replied: “I don’t know! It…

Dear Srila Prabhupada, Almost every day, whenever I don’t have altar service, at 5:15 am, I enter your darshan room. The table light on your desk is on, illuminating the rest of the room. I’m alone with you, face-to-face with a pure devotee of Krishna, a Jagat guru, saviour of…

It was early afternoon when I completed my service. The whole morning I spent in meetings and doing admin work.  “Did I become a sadhu to be a manager?!” I asked myself. Dealing with management and everything else that comes with it is not very nourishing for me.  “Are you…