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\"\"<\/a>niskincanasya bhagavan-bhajanon-mukhasya
\nparam param jigamisor-bhava-sagarasya
\nsandarsanam visayinam-atha yostams ca
\nha hanta hanta vis-bhaksanato’py asadhu<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cFor one who really wants to cross the material ocean and who wants to engage in the transcendental loving service of the Lord without any connection with anything material, seeing a materialist engaged in sense gratification and seeing a woman who is similarly interested is more abominable than drinking poison willingly.\u201d (Caitanya-candrodaya-Nataka 8.23)<\/p>\n

The letter and spirit of this verse was the very life and soul of Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji Maharaja. He never accepted anything from materialists. He used to find cloth discarded from the bodies of the dead at the burning ghat. After washing it in the Ganges he would tear it into pieces to make some outer cloth and kaupins. He would beg some handfuls of parched rice from the houses of pious and saintly grhasthas, and then he would go and soak that rice in the Ganges until it was soft.\u00a0 After adding some salt and pepper he would take that as his sustenance. He would not beg for anything more than this. He was completely without material desires.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada, the founder\/acarya of\u00a0 Sri Caitanya Matha and Sri Gaudiya Math as well as their various branches\u00a0 took bhagavata-diksa from this siddha-mahatma, this great-souled perfected spiritual master. Of course, Gaurakisora dasa Babaji Maharaja is\u00a0 a mahapurusa, a great personality, a niskincana\u00a0 devotee free from all material things; still, in connection with the shelter he accepted\u00a0 previous to manifesting his greatness as a devotee, it has been learned that he took birth in a Vaisya family\u00a0 by the banks of the river Padma near Tepakhola in a place called Bagayan.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When Babaji Maharaja was living in the grhastha-asrama,his name was Vamsi dasa. At that time he was maintaining his life by farming corn, in this way doing honest work and living a regulated life according to the principles of the scriptures along with his chaste and humble wife.\u00a0 In this way he lived for some time. Gradually he began searching for the ultimate meaning of life.\u00a0 Finally, the time for renunciation came. Breaking off his connection with his wife once and for all, he left family life behind and went to Vrndavana. There he came in connection with Bhagavata dasa Babaji Maharaja, one the disciples of that topmost Vaisnava, Jagannatha dasa Babaji.\u00a0 From Bhagavata dasa Babaji Maharaja he accepted the dress of one in the renounced order of life and thus became a Babaji\u00a0 after first\u00a0 having wandered the sixty-four miles of Vrndavana, visiting all the holy places there. At this time he maintained his life by practicing madhukari\u00a0 and sleeping under a different tree each night. He saw all the residents of Vrndavana as being the direct personal associates of Sri Krsna and offered his obeisances to every tree, creeper, insect, and locust in the holy dhama.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For many days he stayed in Barshan. There, among other kinds of service that he rendered, he would constantly make flower garlands for Radha and Krsna. In this way he enjoyed great transcendental happiness. Srila Babaji Maharaja stayed in Vrndavana for nearly thirty years, experiencing great inner satisfaction by render all kinds of service to the Master and Mistress of Vrndavana, Sri Radha and Krsna. After this time, by the mercy of the divine couple, he was ordered to go to Nabadwipa-dhama in Gauda-mandala. Seeing Nabadwipa-dhama as nondifferent from Vrndavana, Babaji Maharaja made his way to\u00a0 Gauda-mandala, the holy place of Sri Gaurasundara’s sweet pastimes.\u00a0 There, he visited all the holy places connected with Lord Gauranga.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At this time, Babaji Maharaja constantly found himself overwhelmed by different divine moods of ecstasy.\u00a0 Sometimes in one of these moods he would go to the banks of the Ganges crying \u201cGaura! Gaura!\u201d and dancing, then fainting in ecstasy. On the banks of the Ganges there was a a small forest grove. There he would wander, lost in ecstatic remembrance of the divine pastimes of Radha and Govinda. Sometimes he would wander in the jungle oblivious to his own bodily existence, dressed only in his kaupina, and sometimes he would simply wander about naked. From time to time he would quietly chant the holy name with the help of his mala, his rosary of tulasi beads.\u00a0 And from time to time he would chant japa using a knotted cloth as beads to count the names on. From time to time he would go to Svananda-Sukhada-Kunja in Godruma. There he would stay on the porch of Bhaktivinoda’s place and hear from his lips the sacred message of Srimad-Bhagavatam. For his own part, Bhaktivinoda himself was very eager to render such a service to Babaji Maharaja, who would accept nothing material, and whose service was difficult to get.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How difficult it was to get the service of Babaji Maharaja is illustrated by the following example. Once the Maharaja of Kasi Bazaar, Manindra Chandra Nandi Bahadur, sent someone to fetch Babaji Maharaja to his royal palace. At that time Babaji Maharaja said, If I were to go to the king’s palace, the desire for riches would arise within me. So, in the king’s company mutual ill-feelings would develop between me and the king. If the king wants to be my friend, tell the king to leave behind all his material opulence and the objects of the enjoyment and come here where I am. He can live here with me, and live just as I am doing. He can make a small covering\u00a0 out of a straw, like those used for covering the boats used by the fisherman. There the two of us can live\u2014the king and I\u2014and together we can worship Hari in great ecstasy.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Babaji Maharaja use to say that one who wanders here and there to gratify the tongue, eating anything and everything in pursuit of enjoyment (bhojana) will find that his worship, his bhajana is in vain. In other words: one who wants bhojan\u00a0 will spoil his bhajan. Once a devotee named Haren Babu in his bhajan-kutir in Nabadwipa-dhama\u00a0 accepted some festival\u00a0 prasada in his bhajan-kutira.\u00a0 For this reason, Srila Babaji would not speak to him for three days. On the fourth day he said,\u00a0 \u201cIn your bhajan-kutira you have accepted \u201cfestival prasada\u201d given by low-class harlots and beautiful women. Because you have eaten things without regard for where they have come from, your bhajan is useless.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Once on the anniversary of the disapperance of Srila Sanatana Goswami, Srila Babaji Maharaja said, \u201cThis afternoon we shall have a great festival, a mahotsava, for this holy day marks the passing of Srila Sanatana Goswami.\u201d His servant, who was nearby at the time, heard him and asked, \u201cWhere will you get the things we need for a festival?\u201d\u00a0 Srila Babaji Maharaja explained, \u201cWe have no need of anything. We may fast and chant the holy name of Krsna, and in this humble way we shall enjoy a great festival.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One day, a resident of agaratala named Sri Nirendra Kumara Sena came to visit Srila Babaji Maharaja. He wanted to know the siddha-pranali, the path of perfection. Srila Babaji Maharaja told him, \u201cYou cannot know Bhagavan through your fanciful imagination. If you\u00a0 go on chanting the holy name, you will gradually realize the internal meaning of its syllables\u2014the svarupa of the holy name will manifest itself.\u00a0 The sadhaka at that time will also realize his own internal self.\u00a0 At that time also, the sadhaka will awaken to his particular divine service to Sri Krsna, the service that will be dear to his heart upon attaining perfection.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Once a certain Doctor told Srila Babaji Maharaja that he wanted to come and live in Nabadwipa Dhama so that he could heal people for free. At that time, Srila Babaji Maharaja told him, \u201cIf you really want to live in Nabadwipa, thengive up your desire to set up a free clinic; give up your plans to help the sense enjoyers by healing them. If you want to render some substantial service, then give up everything except what promotes haribhajan.\u00a0 All other kinds of service and duties simply bind one to a ghastly karmic reaction.<\/p>\n

Biography # 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In 1849, Srila Gaura Kishora Dasa Babaji left\u00a0grhasta<\/em>\u00a0life after the death of his wife. He moved to Vrndavana and took initiation from Sri Bhagavata Dasa Babaji, a disciple of Sri Jagannatha Dasa Babaji. For over thirty years Gaura Kishora Dasa stayed in Vrndavana performing\u00a0bhajana<\/em>\u00a0under the trees at Giri-Govardhana, Nandagrama, Varsana, Radha-kunda, Surya-kunda, Raval, Gokula.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sitting in seclusion, he chanted 200,000 names of Krishna\u00a0every day (128 rounds of\u00a0japa).<\/em>\u00a0He felt painful separation from Radha-Govinda and cried profusely. As he wandered through the\u00a0dvadasa vana<\/em>\u00a0(12 forests) of Vraja, he would loudly chant the holy names in a deep voice full of lamentation. He would also relish the following bhajan:<\/p>\n

kothay go prema-mayi radhe radhe!<\/em><\/p>\n

radhe radhe go jaya radhe radhe! dekha diya prana rakho radhe radhe! tomar kangal tomay dake radhe radhe! radhe vmdavana-vilasini radhe radhe!<\/em><\/p>\n

radhe kanu-mano-mohini radhe radhe! radhe astha-sakhir siromani radhe radhe! radhe vrsabhanu-nandini radhe radhe!<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “0 Radhe Radhe! Where are You, 0 Goddess of ecstatic love? 0 Radhe Radhe! All glories to You, 0 Radhe Radhe!<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0 Radhe Radhe! Please show Yourself to me and thereby maintain my life. Your most despicable fallen servant calls out to You, 0 Radhe Radhe!<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0 Radhe! Oh artful enjoyer of Vrndavana. 0 Radhe Radhe! 0 Radhe! Oh enchantress of Kanu’s (Krishna) mind. 0 Radhe Radhe!<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0 Radhe! Oh crest jewel of Your eight main girlfriends. 0 Radhe Radhe! 0 Radhe! Oh delightful daughter of Maharaja Vrsabhanu. 0 Radhe Radhe!”<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Srila Babaji Maharaja’s mood of renunciation was unparal\u00adleled. Sometimes he ate mud from the banks of Radha-kunda or the Yamuna. Other times he took\u00a0madhukari<\/em>\u00a0from the Vrajavasis.\u00a0Madhukari<\/em>\u00a0is a babaji’s daily practice of begging a little food from one to seven houses, just as a bee collects a drop of honey from each flower. He saw all the Vrajavasis (residents of Vrndavana) as being the direct personal associates of Radha and Krishna. As a result of this vision, he would pay respects to every person, cow, animal, bird, tree, creeper, insect, ant in the holy dhama.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 While staying in Varsana he made a flower garland everyday for Rai and Kanu (Radha-Krishna). After thirty years of rendering intimate services to Radha and Krishna\u00a0in Vrndavana, Babaji felt inspired by the Divine Couple to see Sri Navadvipa Dhama. He visited all the\u00a0lila sthanas<\/em>\u00a0of Lord Gauranga in Gaura Mandala. In Navadvipa, he used to sing one\u00a0bhajana<\/em>\u00a0which means, “By receiv\u00ading Nitai’s mercy one gets Gauranga’s mercy, which makes one eligible for\u00a0Krishna\u00a0prema.<\/em>\u00a0With\u00a0Krishna prema<\/em>\u00a0one can attain the service of Srimati Radharani and the\u00a0gopis.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gaura Kishora Dasa Babaji was the embodied form of Sri Rupa-Raghunatha’s renunciation. Completely detached, he would wash discarded cloth to cover his body. He drank from a rejected clay pot. Parched rice mixed with Ganges water or simply some mud from Ganga’s bank sustained his life.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He carried two books written by Sri Narottama Dasa Thakura;\u00a0Prarthana, Prema-bhakti-candrika.<\/em>\u00a0On\u00a0Ekadasi<\/em>\u00a0he didn’t eat or drink a drop of water. Recognizing him to be a\u00a0mahabhagavata,\u00a0<\/em>many tried to serve, but he never accepted.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Regularly, he associated with and heard\u00a0Srimad Bhagavatam\u00a0<\/em>from Srila Thakura Bhaktivinoda in Svananda sukhada kunja in Godrumadvipa. Constantly absorbed in\u00a0bhajana,<\/em>\u00a0Srila Babaji Maharaja had no desire to make disciples. On the request of Bhaktivinoda Thakura, however, he reconsidered. Upon seeing the true humility and deep attachment of Thakura Bhaktivinoda’s son for\u00a0bhajana,<\/em>\u00a0Srila Gaurakishora Dasa Babaji accepted one disciple-Sri Varsabhanavi-dayita Dasa (Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura).<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To keep mundane people from approaching him for material boons he once resided in the lavotories at the Kuliya Dharmashal-la (in Koladvipa) for six months. When public officials came offering to build him a proper\u00a0bhajana kutir,<\/em>\u00a0Babaji Maharaja locked himself inside and said he already had one. He believed that associating with materialistic people was much worse than the smell of stool in the latrine.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gaura Kishora Dasa Babaji advised a Calcutta doctor who wanted\u00a0lo<\/em>\u00a0open a free health clinic in Navadvipa Dhama: “If you really want to live in Navadvipa Dhama, then give up your desire to run a free clinic for healing sense enjoyers. If you want to render substantial service, then renounce everything except what promotes Hari\u00a0bhajana.<\/em>\u00a0All other kinds of duties and services simply bind one to the ghastly cycle of karmic reactions.”<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Babaji Maharaja spoke gravely to a newly married man: “A Vaisnava wife is extremely rare and difficult to find in this world. If one has the good fortune of having one, he should see it as a benediction from Krishna. The wife worships the husband as her lord and master. Similarly, the husband should worship the wife because she is\u00a0Krishna\u00a0dasi, a servant of\u00a0Krishna. In this way, the husband can protect his devotional enthusiasm by not considering his wife to be his maidservant, but she is always the maidservant of Krishna.”<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “One who wants\u00a0bhojana<\/em>\u00a0(eating palatably) will spoil his\u00a0bhajana,”<\/em>\u00a0was a favorite quote of Srila Babaji Maharaja. In other words, eating here and there simply to gratify the tongue\u00a0(bhojana)<\/em>\u00a0destroys any attempts to worship Krishna\u00a0(bhajana).\u00a0<\/em>Once a devotee ate some festival\u00a0prasadam<\/em>\u00a0in his\u00a0bhajana kutir.\u00a0<\/em>Babaji Maharaja would not speak to him for three days. On the fourth day he said, “You accepted “festival\u00a0prasadam”<\/em>\u00a0given by low class harlots and beautiful women. Because you took food without considering its origin your\u00a0bhajana<\/em>\u00a0is useless.”<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The essence of Srila Gaura Kishora Dasa Babaji’s instructions:<\/p>\n

“The Divine Name of Krishna offers the one and only shelter. One should never try to remember Radha-Damodara’s transcendental pastimes by artificial methods. Constant chanting of the Divine Names will purify the heart. By chanting Hari Nama the syllables of the maha-mantra\u00a0(Hare Krishna Hare Krishna\u00a0<\/em>Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare)<\/em>\u00a0will gradually reveal the spiritual form, qualities, pastimes of Sri Krish\u00adna. Then you will realize your own eternal spiritual form, service, and the eleven particulars of your spiritual identity.”<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In\u00a0pursuance of Babaji Maharaja’s statement, “drag my dead body through the streets of Navadvipa,” a group of so-called ad\u00advanced devotees proposed to commit the said sacrilege. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, however, challenged them:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “According to\u00a0sastra,<\/em>\u00a0one who has had carnal association with a loose woman within the last twenty-four hours is contaminated, and therefore not qualified to touch my Guru Maharaja.” Hearing this bold statement, the black-hearted brahmanas made a hasty retreat.<\/p>\n

On 19 November 1915, Srila Gaura Kishora Dasa Babaji Maharaja joined the eternal blissful pastimes of Gandharvika-Giridhari. His beloved disciple, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, established his\u00a0samadhi<\/em>\u00a0on the banks of Sri Caitanya Matha’s Radha-kunda, near Lord Caitanya’s Yogapitha in Srid-hama Mayapur.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In Vraja\u00a0lila<\/em>\u00a0he serves Srimati Radharani as Guna-manjari. His\u00a0pushpa samadhi<\/em>\u00a0stands besides the Radha-Kunja Bihari Gaudiya Matha near Radha-kunda.<\/p>\n

[This article and more information at\u00a0\u00a0www.stephen-knapp.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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