Author Archives: Satsvarupa dasa Goswami

Radhastami 1966

He Gave Us the Gayatri Mantra

Why Didn’t I Keep a Diary in 1966?

Our Pride in Prabhupada

Wisps of ’66 Memories

Thoughts of Swamiji from Five Blocks Away

The Fear of Prabhupada’s Presence

Prabhupada Will Claim Us 

Levels of Prabhupada Consciousness

Prabhupada’s Emphasis on Guru

Prabhupada: A Public Yet Private Presence

Recapturing the Wonder of the Early Days

“Swami’s Flock Chants in Park to Find Ecstasy”

Radha and Krishna

“Attend Swami Bhaktivedanta Lecture on Bhagavad-gita”

A View of Tompkins Square Park

Japa Lesson

Flooded By Memories of Swamiji

Lunch With Swami: Eat more! 

With the Swami in the Temple

Offering Obeisances to the Spiritual Master

The Power of Faithful Hearing from One’s Spiritual Master

Diving Into Kirtana With Swamiji

What Would Prabhupada Do?

A Short Walk to the Spiritual World

My Life Until Swamiji (cont’d)

I Want to Celebrate All the Things in My Life Until Swamiji

1966 Wisps

As We Knew Him

Depending Deeply on Prabhupada

Hearing Prabhupada Face to Face

Following the Saint

Removing the Fear of Prabhupada’s Presence

Package Deal

Doubts

Swamiji’s Converts

Srimati Radharani

The Clumsiness of Those Early Days

“Cool” Swamiji

“Betting” Our Whole Life on Swamiji