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Just now returned at 7:00 PM from the funeral ceremony of our beloved Godbrother Sriman Gopiparanadhana Prabhu at Govardhana. They bade his body at about 3:00 PM; offered bhoga and arati to him and with the kirtan procession carried his body on the Govardhana Parikrama marg, passed by Manasi Ganga, to the cremation place. Many local residents, especially in the first beginning stretch, were stepping out of their shop or home and offering their humble respect to him.
At the cremation place they l
I just received the most disturbing news that our Godbrother, Gopiparanadhana prabhu left his body a few hours ago here in Govardhan. I don't know anything else but am headed over there now and will meet Pancagauda prabhu and others. I will report more as soon as I knowаа I've just returned from his house, which is next door to Iskcon Govardhan Mandir. I will give a short report here and in the comment below as told by his wife. He was seen early in the morning and was 'fine'. One devotee was wa
I remember Gopiparanadhana prabhu from when he moved into the Henry Street, Brooklyn Temple.
From the beginning he was sober, serious, focused and a very nice devotee.
He made many lasting contributions to Srila Prabhupada's mission and he will not be forgotten.
Gopiparanadhana prabhu ki jaya!
Giriraja lal ki jaya!
For Gopiparanadhana Prabhu ...
The charms of Vrindaban thy heart regale, unknown the wheel of time doth roll !!
He reasons ill who tells that Vaishnavas die when thou art living still in sound.
The Vaishnavas die to live and living try to spread a holy life around !!
Now let the candid man that seeks to live follow thy way on shores of time,
then posterity sure to him will give Like one song in simple rhyme!
Exciting Dance!
Q: How are we to make sense of the enormous mountains described in the Fifth Canto? Some of them, including the Himalayas, are said to be 80,000 miles high.
A: One might well doubt that even a scientifically uneducated person in ancient India would have thought that the Himalaya Mountains of our ordinary experience are 80,000 miles high. After all, such persons traditionally made pilgrimages to Badarikäçrama on foot. We suggest that the cosmic mountains of the Fifth Canto are higher-dimensional;
samahuta bhismaka-kanyaya ye
sriyah savarnena bubhusayaisam
gandharva-vrttya misatam sva-bhagam
jahre padam murdhni dadhat suparnah
samahutah -- invited; bhismaka -- of King Bhismaka; kanyaya -- by the daughter; ye -- all those; sriyah -- fortune; sa-varnena -- by a similar sequence; bubhusaya -- expecting to be so; esam -- of them; gandharva -- in marrying; vrttya -- by such a custom; misatam -- carrying so; sva-bhagam -- own share; jahre -- took away; pa
Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my head ?
Once there was a man who asked GOD for a flower and a butterfly. But instead GOD gave him a Cactus & a Caterpillar. The man was sad, he did not understand why his request was mistaken.
Then he thought: Oh Well, GOD has too many people to care for, and decided not to question. After sometime the man went to check up on his request that he had left forgotten.
To his surprise, from the thorny ugly cactus a beautiful flower had grown.A
Once there was a man who asked GOD for a flower and a butterfly. But instead GOD gave him a Cactus & a Caterpillar. The man was sad, he did not understand why his request was mistaken.
Then he thought: Oh Well, GOD has too many people to care for, and decided not to question. After sometime the man went to check up on his request that he had left forgotten.
To his surprise, from the thorny ugly cactus a beautiful flower had grown.A
Driving Ahead
Suppose I am driving a very nice car, but I am simply absorbed in the machine only. I have forgotten my destination, where I have to go, and I am busy studying the car. What is the use? You may be driving a good car, but you must know how to reach your destination. That is your main business. Knowing how the car works is secondary. Your main business is knowing how to utilize the car so you can reach your destination. That is intelligence.
So, we have fallen into this material condit
Suppose I am driving a very nice car, but I am simply absorbed in the machine only. I have forgotten my destination, where I have to go, and I am busy studying the car. What is the use? You may be driving a good car, but you must know how to reach your destination. That is your main business. Knowing how the car works is secondary. Your main business is knowing how to utilize the car so you can reach your destination. That is intelligence.
So, we have fallen into this material condit
How our Bhakti should be ?
Bhakti should be animitta – without motive. Actually, Krishna can fulfill all our wisheswithout difficulty because He is Almighty and full of all opulences. If we want material happiness from Krishna, it is certainly not difficult for Him to grant it. He can also give Mukti – liberation – but it is foolishness to ask anything from Krishna except Bhakti. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura used to say that asking God for mukti or anything else other than Bhakti
Hare
nihantum asuran yato mathura-puram ity-asau
tadagamad-rahah-kamo yasyah sa’sau hareti ca
Sri Krsna went to Mathurapuri in order to destroy the demons. However, due to being captivated by the love of Radha, He later returned. Therefore She is known as Hara.
Jiva Goswami
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Dear Gurudeva, |
Lord Vishnu takes oblation to the forefathers through his Lotus feet at Gaya
First of all they visited Gaya, then Kasi, then Prayaga. Finally, with great pleasure, they came to Mathura.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Madhya 5.11
" Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu showed this by His example when He went to Gaya to offer obl
How can we enter into devotional service ?
Devotional service is dependent on the mercy of Krishna and His devotees. Unless we surrender to the lotus feet of a pure devotee, it is not possible to come to the platform of pure devotional service. By his own efforts a bee cannot taste the honey within a bottle. The bottle must be opened by a superior. If the bee simply licks the outside of the bottle, thinking “Now I am tasting honey,” then he is in illusion. Similarly, no one can enter into
