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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
http://gaudiyahistory.iskcondesiretree.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Sita-Thakurani-2-208x300.jpg 208w" sizes="(max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px" />According to Gaura-Ganodesha-Dipika, Shri Sita Thakurani is Yogamaya. The Gaura-Parshada-Charitvali says that in Krishna Lila, she was Purnamasi, the mother of Sandipani Muni, grandmother of Madhumangal and Nandimukhi and a disciple of Narada Muni. (Gaura-Ganodesha-Dipika, however, says that Paurnamasi in Krishna-lila became Shri Govinda Acharya in Chaitanya lila.) (In the image: Deity of Shrimati Purnamasi, Shri Vrindavan Dham).
Shri Sita Thakurani is to be worshiped just as much as Sachi Devi herself, as the mother of the universe. She is the eternal wife of Shri Advaita Acharya. She was the daughter of Shri Nrishinga Ba
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15) Only at the time of Sri Gurudeva's disappearance can one recognise the actual identity of his disciples. One can then understand who has approached Sri Guru with what intention.
(16) Even after taking shelter of a sad-guru's lotus feet, some disciples secretly strive to occupy the seat of Sri Gurudeva at the time of his disappearance. Their acceptance of the shelter of Sri Guru's feet was merely deceit. They are, in fact, hostile and inimical to guru.
(17) Moreover, some disciples try to misappropriate the opulence and paraphernalia intended for the service of Sri Guru-Gauranga. This is not understood while Sri Gurudeva is still present, but after he has disappeared from this world, it assumes a terrible form. Know these disciples to be hypocrites, enjoyers and offenders.
(18) Even at the time of Sri Gurudeva's manifest presence, some try to control their godbrothers instead of regarding them as worshipable. Thus they become
