Tamal krishna goswami samadhi zendejas

Her body was just being brought out of the room, and was carried by stretcher to the bank of the Ganga via the Big Kitchen gate. A small group of about 25 friends and well-wishers accompanied her, singing softly. Some devotees had already prepared wood for her pyre. More onlookers gathered as Gaura Hari Prabhu and company dug a shallow hole in the soft Ganga mud and stacked the wood for burning.

The time came to place her body on top and I helped move it from the stretcher to the pyre. I stepped on the mattress on which she had been lying and was dismayed to find the sole of my foot covered in blood. Her body had just been cleaned and had only been on the mattress for a short time, which reveals the extent of her injuries. Her husband, Kalasamvara Prabhu, who had been injured in the accident, was there to peform her last rites.

He was bandaged in several places and using crutches. He struggled bravely to circumambulate the pyre and nearly tripped over in the soft mud a couple of times. That he had to carry a burning stick at the same time made it even more difficult. In the presence of a crowd of about devotees and onlookers, he lit her pyre. We all watched as the flames rose quickly and consumed the body of a great Vaisnavi.

It was the most auspicious of places and the most auspicious of situtions, with so many devotees chanting the holy names of the Lord and praying for her. There was no time for further reflection, however. Evening was already approaching, and lights had been put up near the samadhi pit. In retrospect it would seem that he is now having eternal darshan of Srila Prabhupada; but we who are left here are bereft of his darshan.

The procession slowly descended the Samadhi steps and pushed through the crowds to the freshly-dug pit. It was a chaotic scene with hundreds of people clustered around trying to peer into the pit to see the last rites. Many were looking on from the top of the Samadhi. Maha Vishnu Swami looked like he could go on all night. Then, slowly, everyone began to disperse, at least in body.

In spirit, I think everyone was elevated to the transcendental platform for days afterwards. By now it was already dark, and, as the rules go, the devotees involved in handling the bodies went to bathe in the Ganga with all their clothes. After bathing I managed to scrounge a bit of prasadam at the deflated Gurukuli tamal krishna goswami samadhi zendejas being held that evening.

Several times I passed by the samadhi site and saw devotees still gathered, chanting and praying there till maybe 10 pm. The next day was another one surcharged with super-spiritual emotions. The pitiful, teary speeches of his disciples and Godbrothers, the soul-stirring bhajans in the mood of separation, and the sombre mood of reflection and contemplation all created an atmosphere unlike any I have ever experienced.

It was the most spiritual experience I have ever had. Even today, whenever I look back on those days, petty troubles and desires seem to melt away into insignificance. In Januaryhe accepted the renounced order of life, sannyasa, in Jaipur. Born in Harlem New York, he began associating with the Krishna Consciousness movement in and was accepted as a disciple by A.

Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in San Francisco, the same year. Immediately he emerged as a leader and assumed various positions of leadership. Inhe was awarded sannyasa, the renounced order of life, in Jaipur, India and assumed the title of Goswami, meaning controller of the senses. He then moved to England to pursue a Ph. Julius Lipner, he wrote his dissertation on the theological teachings of Srila Prabhupada.

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