One year ago, on October 14, 2025, the time had arrived for a journey I had been planning many months in advance. I had registered for Ayurvedic treatment at Govardhan Eco Village in Mumbai. But before beginning the treatment, I was eager to visit the Juhu Temple. Since 2009, I had not returned for darśana of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Rāsa-Bihārī, and now I was finally planning to do so. I had been in touch with Bhīma Read more
I’m happy to share a special update about my book, A Heart Full of Gratitude. After much preparation, we finally printed the revised and expanded second edition just one day before Rādhāṣṭamī 2026. Once again, it was a pleasure to work with designer Davinder Kumar at Samrat Offset in New Delhi.‘Teamwork means more WE and less Me.’ On Rādhāṣṭamī, after Maṅgala-ārati, I received a mahā lotus-flower garland that reached down to my knees, and I Read more
One year ago, on August 6, 2025, my dear friend Vanamali Devi Dasi accompanied me to Zurich Airport. From there, I boarded my flight to Delhi. On every flight, I take the opportunity to speak with the flight attendants. During my journey each of them gladly accepted a copy with the QR code leading to my blog and other devotional resources. One never knows how a small encounter may touch someone’s life. Each QR code, Read more
Back on the road—are you ready to continue the journey with me, leaving Asia behind for Russia, America, and Switzerland? These eight weeks of travel—one week in Russia, two weeks in America, and five weeks in Switzerland—took place between June and August 2025. How did I end up in Russia? Here in Mayapur, in front of the Pancha-tattva Deities, I was dancing enthusiastically together with another Vaisnavi. Later, while I was chanting in the park Read more
On this most auspicious day of Nityānanda Trayodaśī, it brings me great joy to share that the English audiobook A Heart Full of Gratitude, authored by Guruseva Devi Dasi and lovingly narrated by my dear granddaughter Madhurika, is now available.May this offering draw our hearts closer to Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, whose mission was the sharing of mercy.Listen to it on SoundCloud. With loving remembrance, I honor His Holiness Sacinandana Swami, who appeared on this sacred Read more
I am surprised at how much I traveled in the year 2025—Chennai, Goa, Kolkata, Vrindavan, Jagannath Puri, Russia (Moscow), America (New Vrindavan), Switzerland, and Mumbai—by leaving behind my beloved Sri Mayapur Dham, where I reside. Each journey brought its own gifts—meeting new people, visiting temples I had never seen before, and learning to take better care of my well-being. Whatever challenges arose along the way ultimately turned into success, because I continued to share sublime Read more
Hare Krishna. We are pleased to announce that the book is now available in German, and you can listen to it on SoundCloud. We are sharing the link below.
“Celebrating a Soul Who Radiates Bhakti” This post is inspired by a message from my dear friend, Vanamali, who also wrote the Foreword for my book. “PS: Today, I visited your blog. The story about A Heart Full of Gratitude is wonderful. It’s a pleasure to read. It would be great if in the future you could keep updating more posts for the blog.” – Vanamali Devi Dasi Today 27/01/2025, on this special occasion of Read more
With great fondness, I recall the events that unfolded one year ago around this time during the auspicious ‘Panihati Chida-dahi Festival’, ‘Snana Yatra’, and ‘Ratha Yatra’. In Vrindavan, in May 2023, I was blessed to meet the legendary devotee and direct disciple of Srila Prabhupada, Her Grace Daivi Shakti Devi Dasi at Mangal Arati in front of Srila Prabhupada’s Samadhi. She immediately enquired why I came to Vrindavan and recommended printing in Delhi and kindly Read more
Dear reader, I have already told you about the terrible cactus monsters in my book ‘A Heart Full of Gratitude’ (Chapter one.) I added the Cholla-Cactus story at the end for you—in case you haven´t read it yet. Here comes the ‘Kadamba flowers’ story, which is linked to the ‘Cholla cactus’ story. Please relish these astounding insights! Kadamba flowers / Cholla-cactus When I asked Fredy to recall the ‘cactus story’ which he had recorded in his diary Read more