S rila Gaura Kisora Das Babaji Maharaj – Disappearance
Today is the most auspicious disappearance day of Srila Gaura Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj. He is the spiritual master of Om Vishupada Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur, spiritual master to HDG A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. In Chaitanya Math at Sridham Mayapur, we have His samadhi sthan.
While staying in Vrindavan he used to make a flower garland every day for Rai and Kanu (Radha-Krishna). After thirty years of rendering intimate services to Radha and Krishna in Vrindavana, He felt inspired by the Divine Couple to see Shri Navadwipa Dhama. He visited all the lila sthanas of Lord Gauranga in Gaura Mandala. Often, he used to sing one bhajana which means, “By receiving Nitai’s mercy one gets Gauranga’s mercy, which makes one eligible for Krishna prema. With Krishna prema one can attain the service of Srimati Radharani and the gopis.” During his stay here at Navadwipa, Gaura Kishora underwent various transformations of spiritual moods. Sometimes he danced on the bank of the Ganges chanting, “Gaura, Gaura”, while at other times he would lie on the ground in an unconscious state. He joyfully moved throughout the groves located on the bank of the Ganges, considering them sites of the divine sports of Radha-Govinda. Occasionally, he went to Godruma to listen to Bhaktivinoda Thakura recite Shrimad Bhagavatam.
He once advised a Calcutta doctor who wanted to open a free health clinic in Navadwipa Dhama: “If you really want to live in Navadwipa Dhama, then give up your desire to run a free clinic for healing sense enjoyers. If you want to render substantial service, then renounce everything except what promotes Hari bhajana. All other kinds of duties and services simply bind one to the ghastly cycle of karmic reactions.”
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