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2019, June 12 is the divine Appearance Day of Srimati Gangamata Gosvamini, a great lady-saint in our disciplic succession of spiritual masters

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on June 12, 2019 at 9:00


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The Glories of Srimati Gangamata Gosvamini

 
There was a beautiful girl in East Bengal named Saci devi, and she was the daughter of the King of Putiya. From the beginning of her life she heard about Lord Krsna, and from that time onward she gave her entire heart to Him. From the time she was about five years old, she used to worship Krsna, sing to Krsna, play with Krsna, and do everything with Him. When she was about sixteen years old she became maddened for Him.
 
Saci devi was not only beautiful, but she was very intelligent and used to study Sanskrit and Bengali. Her father and mother were worried for her marriage, but she totally refused to marry. She told her father, "My marriage has already been done. There is no need of another marriage. Don't be worried. I will go to Vrndavana and I will meet my beloved there."
 
She took her Deities and was ready to go to Vrndavana alone, on foot, which was a three to four thousand mile journey. There were no airplanes or any modern conven
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Gour Govinda Swami and Srila Prabhupada -

Posted by Welcome on October 21, 2009 at 15:00

Jun 05 Prabhus, there have been those who say that Srila Gour Govinda Swami's and Srila Prabhupada's teachings differ. Little difference in emphasis there may be, but let us examine the case more closely. Let us compare a little about Srila Prabhupada and Gour Govinda Swami:

Gour Govinda Swami came from an Oriya Vaisnava family of famous kirtaniyas and devotees of Gopala. He grew up in a simple rural village. Although a schoolteacher, his exposure to the world was via a smaller community. Gour Govinda Maharajah was a very intelligent but simple and traditional village saint. Srila Prabhupada was also born into a pure Vaisnava family, Bengali, but in the big metropolis of Calcutta. He schooled in the colleges in the capital city. A Gandhi-ite in his youth, he was accustomed to broad and even revolutionary ideas, and impressed by the expanded liberal mercies of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami.


Does anyone expect all devotees to be identical? That is not realistic; they will have

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