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Thursday, January 8th, 2026 Tampa/Sarasota, Florida All the while that I’ve been in Florida for the last five days, I have been keeping up with my regular Zoom classes on the subject of the Gita . One of the Thursday attendees is Arjuna from Tampa, yet he is not virtually with me today, but physically. He is my driver to Tampa, and then Sarasota, the place of sandy white beaches and the legacy of the Ringling Bros. Circus. Through our driving, I could see that Florida is very

Wednesday, January 7th, 2026 Gainesville, Florida What was most astounding about my visit to this area is the occurrence of a long lost important document being suddenly found! That document I’ve been missing for years (maybe 25) was an actual book, a volume of letters compiled from our guru,  Prabhupada. A woman from the community said, “Is this recognizable to you?” And from her hand to mine was that book I thought was stolen, a book that had broken up my set. “Where did yo

Tuesday, January 6th, 2026 Alachua, Florida The dawn had not yet come, so it was still dark out, but the sandy back road I’m walking on allowed me to see where I’m stepping. In Florida, there’s always a concern about alligators. It is supremely quiet. Since yesterday, a trace of gout was felt on my left toe, something of a sensation I didn’t have since 2017, nine years ago. In the past, blackberry juice became my cure, and so I was on that diet since yesterday. My God, it hel

Monday, January 5th, 2026 Alachua, Florida It was my second day of fewer steps taken. I’m kept busy. From Titusville I was driven by Jaya Gopal to the Alachua ISKCON Temple. There, I participated in the AM sadhana serving our guru, Prabhupada, in homage to him. Then I delivered a class from Canto 4 of the Bhagavatam . I naturally had a concern. A well of religious seriousness experience. There are a good number of residents living here that are seniors to me. What can I do to

Sunday, January 4th, 2026 Orlando, Florida Before I made it to this hot spot for tourists I was sent to a special security department at customs, the Toronto Airport. My finger prints were taken. I had been arrested in the U.S. in the past. In hindsight it is true. During the winter months long ago, some of us brahmachari s (novice monks) were stopped by police as we didn’t have a permit for distributing religious literature. Along with two other monks we were put in jail in

Saturday, January 3rd, 2026 Brampton/Whitby In my 52 years as a monk it was the first baby shower I ever attended that I can remember. That first was today. My disciple/student, Sukavak, whom I’ve known since birth, is having a baby in two months, rather his wife, Dola. Let’s put it this way, sperm and egg meet and before you know it there will be a delivery of a miraculous kind having nothing to do with Amazon, but something that excites both Mum and Dad. The procedure for b