All glories to Srila Prabhupada!! All glories to Guru Maharaj HpS!!
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,
All glories to Gauranga.....we had a wonderful time last Sunday. We were about 90 of us and we really had a good time. By Guru Maharaj's mercy ,the weather was so pleasant. Sending Guru Maharaj some pictures taken on that day.
And you said, "But does that mean that the sacred hymns and chants are not really sacred? Are they just the chants to get things in this world, go to the realms of the Devatas? Is there something more?
And he said, "________________" Well,well just follow these instructions and I shall show you the tip of the iceberg".
So there ,I was, with a whole lot of people waiting eagerly for his instructions.His first instruction was to listen to the sounds that would soon follow...
The monk was seated in a raised platform and we were separated from the platform by a good 70 feet or so.
And this Spirit with all his outer coverings of flesh and blood did something magical. He started the invocations...." Yoga yoga Yogeshwara.....Bhoota Bhoota Bhooteshwara.....Kaala Kaala Kaaleshwara....Shiva Shiva Sarveshwara....Sambho Sambho Mahadeva.....". Again.....and again......and many, many more times....
The invocation was invigorating, as if a trillion cells suddenly woke up from deep slumber! Very soon, I saw Him as nothing but white, sparkling white light...just a ball of white light....and His chants continued...
His second instruction..." Everybody please close your eyes". We did as instructed.So slowly , I closed my eyes....and Lo!! my auditory perception became astoundingly clear...the greatest Vaishnava's vibration was all too clear...nothing short of the sounds of the distant waves in the ocean as we wait for the sun to rise! I lost my sense of time as the sounds of the roaring waves reached its cresendo ....and I was no longer aware of my material body and its surrounds. I did not know how long the bliss lasted. The monk disappeared after giving His third instruction..." keep calling out Sambho's name...till dawn".
Blissful though the chants were,there was still an unimaginable longing for yet something forlorn....something primeval.......
And as I slept off, I saw this indescribably beautiful lady with long hair, eyes looking towards East, so very beautiful..... Surprisingly the whole body was yellow and I said," Oh!! Mother!! You are so beautiful. How come you are so beautiful?" . There was absolutely no response...just a mesmerising smile....
I woke up to the sounds of ...Isvarah paramah Krsnah
sac cid ananda vigrahah
anaadir aadir Govindah
sarva kaarana kaaranam....
I remain ,
your most fallen servant,
Sarada Gaurangi DD
P.S. 1.The site of the Jackfruit tree at Kaina...from where Govindaji was carved ....
2. the First one ... BijoyGovinda 3. Madanmohan 4 Gopinath 5. Bansibadan6. Hanumanji at Bansibadan 7&8Govindajee temple...the last one to be carved..the perfect one ....the temple was closed....sending you His pic next time....enclosing the Mandap too.9Shivji at Mondum...we dress Him as a Vaishnava 10. Honouring Prasadam. 11.Last one is our Radha Damodara at Toubul
HpS - ASA -- I hope the DTC are sufficient to explain our situation. We are in continual travel from June 1st with heavy involvment at every step.
Hope Krsna can make use of us.
Thank you for your news.
Did you worship Siva, in your family, before you encountered ISKCON?
Have you read the description of his meeting with the Pracetas in the end of the Fourth Canto???