asa-e, Janma, mrtya, jara, vyadhi

From A Family News Group

• 10.15AM - Hare Krishna, everyone. Ashish Prabhu is in the ICU in Lucknow. Let’s please keep him in our prayers.
• 2.15PM - Ashish Prabhu left his body

HpS - ASA -- In 1938, one little boy of six years old, and his sister of seven, along with their mother and aunt, said good bye to their daddy at the San Francisco port. He was going by ship to work on an oil contract in China for three years, and they were very, very sad.

Yet, it did not mean that he ceased to exist, nor that there would not be very responsible mail, telephone, telegraph communications.

Then after three years he returned and you can imagine the greeting party at the dock then, and the presents.

https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/11/4-5/

We can focus on the separation from the family member or we can focus on the next destination he has achieved.

Christians preachers long have chastised their followers for the hubris of predominant lamentation on the departure of a congregational member.

https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/antya/11/ Starting Text 53

I have the image of Ashish being born into Gaura-lila in Nabadvipa as a boy the same age as Nimai when Nimai was going around causing all kinds of delightful havoc for young girls, His Mother, neighboring ladies, big Pandits etc.

Of him in ecstasy at the youthful energy in his body, and his attraction for Nimai along with his friends, the other boys.

Even just a little contact with the mercy of Gauranga qualifies one to approach the supreme abode of Krsna, no?

Hare Krsna. Hare Rama.

Ashish Ji, Ki Jaya!