(10/DEC/2014) Today Morning, when I came from the basement, Acintya Caitanya prabhu said that, Guru Maharaj made a complaint that no one is helping him to make the phone calls. I replied, I am always available! But due to Guru Maharajs health, we would like him to take rest and do not want to extend his time in all these. Then directly we went to Guru Maharajs room to discuss about this and solve it. As today is Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakuras disappearance day, Guru Maharaj was getting ready to go to the temple. We heard that in the temple they announced Guru Maharajs name in the afternoon speaker list. It was 11am and Madhava Kanta Pr came and said, In the temple they are going to start the abhishekam; we have to hurry up. So there was little bit of rush. Abhishekam! Yes! Herein Sri Sri Radha Partha Sarathi temple, like Juhu (Mumbai), they have Srila Prabhupada and Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupadas deities; so they do abhishek to him on his appearance and disappearance day. We asked Guru Maharaj to wear the winter cloth and said that we can change the cloth there in the temple before doing the abhishek. But Guru Maharaj was very stubborn. He just wanted to wear chaadar as he will be doing the abhishek. It is really amazing to see how he is not compromising anything... It is winter. so what? You are sick. so what? Abhishekam has to be performed like this way. So we have to follow like that way. Meanwhile, we started the phone call topic. Guru Maharaj said, Everyday, I want to call devotees and gave few names to whom HE WANTED TO CALL. And we decided that we will make morning two calls and evening two calls. Then he was so happy and we started for the temple. Guru Maharaj is not an ordinary personality, he can do multi tasking and he is very active. He wants to reach many devotees, give them his blessings and boost them in their Krishna Consciousness from wherever they are lacking. As all the servant group went with Guru Maharaj to the temple, Prasanna Gauranga prabhu, Subhanga Govinda prabhu, Radharaman Sevaka prabhu and myself took the auto and went to the temple. Janakiram prabhu took care of the photography. Guru Maharaj did abhishek to Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakura. Then after deity the darshan, Guru Maharaj offered his prayers to Srila Prabhupada and gave a short class in the temple hall on Srila Sarasvati Thakura. And in the class Guru Maharaj mentioned, how Thakura established the uniqueness of Vaishnavas and the important of Book Distribution. Soon after the class there was pushp abhishek to Srila Sarasvati Thakura; His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj and Guru Maharaj joined along with all the other devotees and did the puahpanjali and left from the temple. Guru Maharaj reached home and took his lunch. Janakiram prabhu fed lunch Prasadam to Guru Maharaj. Haridas Caitanya prabhu and Radhapati Gopinath prabhu assisted him. Soon after Prasadam, Guru Maharaj gave one video message to Bangalore devotees as per the request of Varada Krishna prabhu, Adidev prabhu and Harikshetra prabhu on the new launch of 4G Bhakti-Vriksha. By the end of the recording there was a sound from the Masque nearby, Allah hu Akbar.... Immediately Guru Maharaj recalled, Srila Prabhupada has said, Allah uh Akbar means para-brahman. Then Guru Maharaj went to bed late for his afternoon rest. Due to the winter, i am not feeling well. So in precaution, I took some tablet and slept. When I woke and asked Ruci Rangada prabhu, what is the time now? He said, it is 8:15pm. I just rushed and took bath and got ready, by the time Radhapati prabhu came and called me and said, Guru Maharaj is ready. In few minutes, he will be in the hall. When I went to the hall, there were many devotees sitting. I just rushed to make the setup, by the time Guru Maharaj reached the hall. All my feverish feeling, everything disappeared in that tension. Somehow, I made the setup. And Guru Maharaj started singing, seeing me rushing, he sang Pancha-tattva pranam and Hare Krishna Maha Mantra and mercifully gave few minutes more. And by his mercy, on time, the broadcasting started. There was some audio problem, I was trying to correct it. Then I sat down. Now we have to ask questions on Srila Prabhupada pastimes, which will make him remember the pastimes happened during Srila Prabhupadas presence. Actually, I was running out of questions. We are waiting for the letters what Guru Maharaj wrote to Prabhupada and the reply from Srila Prabhupada to Guru Maharaj from BHAKTIVEDANTA ARCHIVES, so that we can read out. But they said, it will take one more week to send us. So somehow, all these 35 days we covered most of the pastimes that we know, we heard before, we read in other diaries, we read in lilamrita, and few letters, now with devotees help. We are asking questions here and there, but there are lot to ask. But it should be on Srila Prabhupadas period. Whenever Guru Maharaj look at me for the next question, it is like mind will be puzzled for a minute. I used think, whole day, what to ask. I read some diaries. So, devotees please send questions, which are not discussed in this series; on the lilas between Srila Prabhupada and our beloved Guru Maharaj. After that, Guru Maharaj accepted one devotee as an aspiring disciple. Punya Sloka prabhu from Australia with his family took blessings from Guru Maharaj. Then distribution of sweets. After that Guru Maharaj was discussing with Maha Varaha prabhu for few minutes and went back to his room. I went to his room after 15 minutes and asked him, Would you like to do phone calls now Guru Maharaj! He said, Yes! And said, two calls. And we called and Guru Maharaj blessed those disciples. In one call that disciple said, I was just thinking of you and praying to you. You called me. And Guru Maharaj said, Actually, I kept you in my list to call after two days. But suddenly I thought, I should call you now itself. So you thought of me, so I called you. After the phone calls Guru Maharaj went to bed and Jaya Radha Krishna prabhu started reading Brihad Bhagavatamrita to Guru Maharaj. (Personal Diary - Shyama Rasika Dasa)
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 05:29:52 +0000