It was many years ago, perhaps 14 or 15 years. On his annual visit to Detroit, His Holiness Romapada Swami Maharaja gave the morning Srimad Bhagavatam class at the home of one of the congregation's devotee living in the suburbs. It was yet another enthralling...
During the GBC Meetings at the ISKCON Tirupati temple, I had the fortunate opportunity to serve and associate closely with His Holiness Romapada Swami. By Maharaja’s association I was inspired to do various services and run errands for him from morning to night. In the morning,...
As far as I can remember, I remember His Holiness Romapada Swami always being at the front of the sankirtan movement. I can see older pictures from before I joined the Krishna Conscious movement, of His Holiness Romapada Swami sitting in an assembly of devotees...
"Just like our Romapada Swami, he has got no disease. If you're watching now, we're going to have big Sankirtan marathon. He’s going out every day; these devotees are going out 10-12 hours. A day going all over the city asking people please give a...
A sadhu’s (saintly person) words are very powerful. We do not know when they can shatter our false ego and how the message of Krishna penetrates our hearts. Until this happens, the only thing we need to do is to sincerely hear. By hearing from...
In June 2004, as a new recruit at Accenture (a management consulting firm), I was sent to Chicago for a two-week training at Accenture’s head training center. As a fairly new practicing devotee, I arranged a visit to Sri Sri Kishore Kishori Temple to take...
The following story is inspired by a collection of Vyasa Puja [Guru’s Appearance Day Celebration] letters from Subala Dasa, a disciple of Romapada Swami. Ratra Yatra [Festival of Chariots] time was always very busy for Romapada Swami, and because we were a part of his crew,...
During Romapada Swami Maharaja’s visit to Minneapolis in Winter 2011, a devotee asked me if I would like to drive Maharaja to the airport. It seemed like a good idea. I wanted some time with him to ask many questions about bhakti that had been...