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Glorification of Mahabhagavata Srila Mahavishnu Goswami - Part 1 Glorification of Mahabhagavata Srila Mahavishnu Goswami - Part 1 Date: 2010-02-25 Author: Vidyanidhi Krishna das Dear Prabhujis and Matajis, Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva. It is one month since our Gurudev left our physical vision. Days and hours are difficult to pass by but we are remembering him more and more. It is only by remembering Gurudev's glories again and again that we can purify our life and please him. I would humbly like to share the transcribed speech of H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj on 27th Jan 2010 when our Guru Maharaj H H Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj entered Samadhi. H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj spoke: vāñchā-kalpa-tarubhyaś ca kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca patitānāṁ pāvanebhyo vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ At this divinely auspicious ceremony of Srimad Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj's samadhi, I am just remembering one occasion, where H H Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj and myself gave a Bhagavad Gita Class together in Kurukshetra at Jyotisar under the very banyan tree, where Krishna spoke Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna. Maharaj spoke on the verse aham sarvasya prabhavo. When he spoke it was so good, so deep, so full of wisdom and devotion. I was feeling that Lord Krishna has come down again after 5000 years to speak this Bhagavad Gita verse through him. I remember, I was just sitting besides Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj. I remember deeply feeling that Srila Prabhupada is purposely speaking from this great man's heart. It was so good. Srila Mahavishnu Maharaj, he has so rendered his life and soul and everything to Srila Prabhupada and Sri Sri Radha Krishna. Because he did so, he was constantly, totally absorbed in pure bhakti. For years he can sit for 6-7 hours of the day just to relish Bhagavatam, relish Bhagavad Gita. And when he will speak, it would be of the same relish and same higher taste as he was hearing Srila Prabhupada and Krishna's words. And therefore he had such a powerful impact on people's hearts. In his travels to various parts of the world, I think anywhere Mahavishnu Maharaj will go, it will have such a deep impact on people's heart and people's mind, I have seen this at many places, even people who are antagonistic against ISKCON, who are developing other ideologies and they would not want to come to the temple but they would come when Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj was there and he would completely transform them and completely change them to be part of Prabhupada's society. What was that magic he had? He had deep knowledge and wisdom. When he spoke Prabhupada's books of holy scriptures, it was with such deep realization and he had such deep compassion for everyone. His love was really oceanic. He loved everyone always and was so unconditional in his love. Once I was with H H Giriraj Maharaj in San Diego, and we heard that Mahavishnu Maharaj is in San Diego. So we both went to see him in his house, and although his health was at such difficult stage, he was so joyful, so absolutely full of smile. After our exchange when Giriraj Maharaj and myself were returning, driving back to the house where we were staying, we both looked at each other and we both said the same thing. It was so much just like being with Srila Prabhupada!! He has surrendered his life so easily to Srila Prabhupada. Prabhupada is manifesting through him in such a special way. Those of you who are disciples of H H Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj and those of you who are relatives of H H Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj, please never underestimate your supreme good fortune, because potencies of his bhaava and his mercy was so connected to our parampara that you receive everything and everything more and everything else . He gave you everything. And not only did he give you but he will give you eternally, if you just appreciate and deeply grateful to the sacrifice he made for you. For the love he gave to all of you. It is the time of inconceivable sadness that he has left us. His body was very much a medium by which he spoke to us, he smiled at us, he brought such a great joy and medium by which we can serve him to show our love for him. But he did not love that body any more, he left by his own free will, and he will love each of his disciple and each of his relative more than ever before. Because that is definitely his will. In crying out of his separation, most of you had the joy of his returning to Sri Sri Radha Gopinath and Srila Prabhupada and most of his god brothers are also feeling the same thing. His Divine Grace Srila Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj ki Jai!! Thank you very much. Yours in service of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva, Vidyanidhi Krishna das Sharjah. Moderator's Note: H G Vidhyanidhi prabhuji is a very innocent, sincere and humble devotee living in Sharjah along with his wife H G Radhika mataji and their two young boys Mukund Krishna das and Rshabh Krishna das. Prabhu is an excellent host and he takes care of all the Vaishnavas who come with great love and affection and respect. He also cooks excellent prasadam and has won the heart of all the Vaishnavas because of his loving nature. He is an architect by profession and all his family members in India are chanting the Holy names of Krishna and are having nice programs in their house. He is very sincere in his service and in his love for Maharaj. In the next few days we would like to share the offerings and glorification of our Guru Maharaj H H Mahavishnu Goswami by some of the senior ISKCON Vaishnavas. Many times we underestimate the glory of our spiritual master because he has been a very loving father and very informal with us. The rememberances and glorification of Guru Maharaj by so many stalwart and exalted Vaishnavas makes us feel more and more grateful and increase our awe and reverence for him. It is impossible to replace his love for us with anything else in this world. By remembering his glories continuously, we hope that the pain of separation will alleviate and bring us more and more closer to him. Glorification of Mahabhagavata Srila Mahavishnu Goswami Part 2 Date: 2010-02-26 Author: Kalacakra Krsna das Dear Vaishnavas, Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva. Today we will share a beautiful offering of H H Janananda Goswami Maharaj unto our spiritual master H H Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj on the occassion of his samadhi on 27th Jan 2010. H H Janananda Goswami Maharaj is a senior disciple of Srila Prabhupada. He had become a devotee in London and served there in the beginning years of his Krishna consciousness (early 70's) wherein he had spent a lot of time with our Guru Maharaj. Janananda Maharaj is a very exalted devotee, traveling and preaching all over the world, the main driving force behind the World Holy Name initiative and various other wonderful projects in ISKCON. His kirtans, harinam, spontaneous skits, realizations, scholarliness in the shastras, witty nature, humility and many other transcendental qualities attracts even the most demoniac souls to the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada and Lord Krishna. Yours in service of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva, Kalacakra Krsna das H H Janananda Goswami wrote: Dear Mahavishnu Maharaja, Please accept my humble obeisances and ecstatic embraces. All glories to Srila Prabhupada who brought us together and has now separated us at least for a while. But not really. I cannot but remember many wonderful times together laughing and laughing. You were just like my favourite uncle. I love your sense of humour. Right from the first time I saw you, maybe back in 1974, I was naturally attracted to you. You used to roll up to Bhaktivedanta Manor in that little old car – what was it? After your work you would come. I remember you sitting in Prabhupada’s room quietly studying his books – practically unseen by the “busy” devotees who had “things to do”. At that time you hesitated to heed Prabhupada’s call to join him and preach. But it wasn’t long after that the call came – I was fortunate to be in Soho St. Temple when you made the move to give up you job and family life and join the temple – You were already old by our calculations– around 60. What could you do? Study and chant and pass your days away preparing for death. You could have done that but that was not your purpose. One day the devotee meant to give the class couldn’t give it and someone suggested you give. Wow – a bomb had dropped, as you unleashed oceans of transcendental nectar. That was it. Everyone knew you were alive or a very live wire. When the GBC and local Guru changed you like many were put on the line. Follow me or move along was the ultimatum. You wisely chose the second. Packing your bags with nowhere to go you stood at the homeless office in London asking for shelter. “No way” they said but in your unrelenting, yet sweet, determined mood you did not budge and when the office closed you were still there – not going anywhere. They relented and found a place for you to stay or should I say Krishna arranged it.
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