Author Archives: Ananda Vrindavana Dasi

“Can it be a good thing, this darkness? / A kind of light that shows me things / I like to hide from in broad daylight”

Where do we go and what do we do for shelter and for relief?

“As we slowly dig ourselves out / of the gleaming deep casts of snow / I begin to think of what other parts of our lives / could be snowed under and need to be reclaimed.”

“It’s a cold rain on this cold morning / Raining cats and dogs they say  / Why not raining birds and bees / Or better yet let it rain love and kindness.”

A good chariot driver sees things others may not, can prompt the right moves, and be there to encourage and support as the warrior makes difficult fighting decisions.

Nature is kind and playful. And her beauty is powerful.  

“Calling Krishna together as we head home / Making others stop in wonder at our joy”

I am now older and wiser in the practice of Krishna Bhakti and yet it still moves me, still delights, still informs.