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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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THIS IS CALLED PARAMPARA SYSTEM ....Srila Prabhupada December 10, 19769468750493?profile=original
"You are receiving through his servant. And in future the same knowledge will go to your students. This is called paramparā system. Eva paramparā prāp… It is not that you have become a student and you’ll remain student. No. One day you shall become also guru and make more students, more students, more. That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mission, not that perpetually… Yes, one should remain perpetually a student, but he has to act as guru. That is t...he mission of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. It is not that because I am acting as guru, I am no longer student. No, I am still student. Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught us this instruction that we shall always remain a foolish student before our Guru Mahārāja. That is the Vedic culture. I may be very big man, but still, I should remain a foolish student to my guru. That is the qualification. Guru more mūrkha dekhi’ karila śāśana. We should be always prepared to be controlled by the guru.
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The chanting of Hare Krsna is our main business; that is real initiation. And as you are all following my instruction in the matter the initiator is already there. Now the next initiation will be performed as a ceremony officially, of course that ceremony has value because the Name, holy name, will be delivered to the student from the disciplic succession, it has got value, but in spite of that, as you are going on chanting, please go on with this business sincerely and Krsna willing, I may be coming to you very soon. I have already written to Jayananda about this, so don't he impatient. Pray to Krsna that I may meet you very soon." (SPL to Tamala Krsna, 19th August, 1968)
Photo: The chanting of Hare Krsna is our main business; that is real initiation. And as you are all following my instruction in the matter the initiator is already there. Now the next initiation will be performed as a ceremony officially, of course that ceremony has value because the Name, holy name, will be delivered to the student from the disciplic succession, it has got value, but in spite of that, as you are going on chanting, please go on with this business sincerely and Krsna willing, I may be coming to you very soon. I have already written to Jayananda about this, so don't he impatient. Pray to Krsna that I may meet you very soon." (SPL to Tamala Krsna, 19th August, 1968)
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Prabhupada-Centred Harmonists

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Imagine if you will, a snow-flake-like round lotus mandala. At the center, all points are visible as extension from the essential core. The flower is One, yet it has distinctive petals. Now, transmorphing our simile; Srila Prabhupada as the center of a lotus-mandala representing the philosophical and practical positions and applications of all the devotees worldwide who have taken up the service of Si Krsna Caitanya Mahapabhu's mission, in all their glorious diversity.

Let us stretch a little further; Imagine a world-wide set of temples of Srila Prabhupada's ISKCON, in which happy brahmanas study and elaborate on the teachings of our pure and powerful Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Vaisnava sampradaya, setting a global standard of excellence. The priests daily perform initiations, a baptism of fire, into the cult of eternal service to the perfect Masters, as revealed by the unquestionably perfectfully empowered universal Gurudeva, Srila Prabhupada. These scholarly devotees are fully conversa

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