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EDITORIAL August 15, 1999 VNN4505 Comment on this story Glorious Beyond Expression BY MADHURA KRSNA DAS EDITORIAL, Aug 15 (VNN) — Praying at the Golden Lotus Feet of my beloved Guru Maharaj and all those in the line of Sri Rupa Goswami to engage this insignificant servant favorably in whatever your Divine plan may be In glorification of the Pure Personality of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar dev Goswami Maharaj. When embarking into the fathomless ocean of a nitya parisad of Divinity, the mind must surrender at the mere daunting thought of its finite capacity to express the infinite, in the absurdity of imperfection giving some addition to perfection for how can one add to one that is already perfect. There is neither beginning nor end of the glories of this eternal lover of God. The mere microscopic insight our vision was afforded by the grace of God was but a glint of God's glance of mercy upon the floundering jivas of this world. The mind explodes into infinite horizons of the inconceivable. If it's cintya, it's already falling short. The Paramahamsa Nitya Siddhas revel and swoon in the nectar of the pure revelations of this God intoxicated personality, now and forever. Not as though he was in a particular time and space, of course that is simultaneously a reality, but a less relishable one beside his eternal presence in the heart of a surrendered soul and at the lotus feet of his beloved master where those eternal unmanifest pastimes continually unfold. In my last dharsan before Srila Guru dev left this world, in answer to an inner prayer of how we can live in separation when our Guru leaves our association, he told "so far yet so near just as Srila Rupa Goswami asked this of Mahaprabhu upon leaving His company in Jagannath Puri to do service in Vrndavan, Mahaprabhu stated, "I will always be there with you in service to Me." And there Guru Maharaj told that the disciple must always wait like the cataka bird in anticipation of the pure descent of sustenance from above, their only diet is pure Hari Katha they won't take from any dirty ponds on the ground, "do or die" feast or fast, the lightning may come and destroy, the hurricane may howl but my only hope of life comes from these drops of nectar. In this way Srila Rupa Goswami was consoled and given a full heart of confidence to fulfill his mission. The chaste ananya bhakta like faithful lover holds cent per cent to those eternal instructions engraved on their soul like some laser wand, not distracted by the temptation of any hallucinatory alternatives coming in our gurus place. Srila Guru Maharaj, my worshipable Lord and master, the supreme merciful manifestation of the crown jewel of all pure devotion, Srimate Thakurani. The bestower of prema bhakti through Radha gayatri. The very life and heart of those surrendered souls who subsist on the ambrosia of Love Divine. The current of She who is Sri-Sridhara. The mind and tongue are paralyzed when attempting to conceive befitting praise for such a savior of the fallen. Only the Lord and His exclusive servitors could crystallize such pure sentiment into language. Like the personified Vedas I apologize for even trying to express your beautiful existence that flies way beyond the realm of calculation and discovered language. The play of the sweet absolute is joyfully manifesting all auspiciousness around and through your person. You are the treasure house of all perfected vaisnava qualities. The gateway to and the guardian of all revealed conclusions of the Absolute Truth. Only those whose eyes are anointed with the salve of divine love can possibly conceive your glorious identity, whose Golden form of concentrated ecstacy dances in Sri Rupas courtyard. You are the intimate friend of both the richest and the poorest. Who engages in your inconceivable nitya-seva? Many have come in your name, but who do you personally choose to serve in that Gupta-Govardhan domain. Even if all the renowned great poets and sages souls were combined to express the unique glories of your mahatma, they would fall short, hence we stand like a glow worm endeavoring to illuminate the milky way. Owing to your intimate proximity to the source of all sound any vibration that emanated from your lotus heart penetrates into the heart of your stunned audience striking chords of ever-fresh wonder. Such wisdom mixed with divine love makes perfection for our hearts, minds, and especially our soul, usually drowning your captivated audience in spellbound rapture. Up until the present most of us are still trying to catch what was thrown by you, let alone receive and retain this enlivened grace as it is continually unfolding. Moments appear like eternity as living revelations of the revealed truth danced in the consciousness of all in your presence. Engraving these priceless gifts in our lives forever. So many worshippers of beauty and seekers of grace have found the long sort solace and real home comfort in that oasis of the all-accommodating heart of our beloved Guardian of devotion. In the divine lighthouse of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math where your living samadhi itself is a sanctuary to the soul, giving many a wandering pilgrim in the dark night of the soul refuge from their troubled waters. Where your infectious affection pervades the atmosphere like a warm and friendly personal breeze. Your presence lives on in a timeless dham and also the hearts of all busily fulfilling your will, all happily serving in an active beehive of dedication, reflecting all good qualities therein. None more so than the extended mercy of his Divine Grace, Srila Bhakti Sundara Govinda Dev Goswami Maharaj . One can hardly speak of Srila Guru Maharaj without simultaneously glorifying his beloved and dearmost chosen servant and confidante in the same breath. For those that were truly close to both saw them as part of the same life force. Inconceivably one yet different. The conditioned souls mind just isn't equipped for this, for it's a mystical soul transmission. An affair of the soul beyond the reach of common mundane understanding and suffice it to say Guru Maharaj's own testament is the only confirmation needed to establish this undeniable reality of their most intimate bond. Every living word from your lotus mouth bestows pure transcendental bliss fulfilling all souls honest desirable aspirations. Like a vast deep ocean of divine grace Of which just one drop is enough to inundate the whole human race Somehow by some unseen mystic chemistry You wove us into your hearts perfect tapestry Plundering the store house of your gurudev's treasure. Forever expanding their eternal pleasure Filling the sacred hunger of the spirits appetite to over-flowing The perfect example of humility, ever showing Ever so gentle, kind, caring, compassionate and wise Shining in one twinkle from your love drenched eyes. We find more potency than the whole brahmajyoti Sri Gandharvika's vision is seen in the heart of her beloved devotee Simply by your glance sinful lives are disinfected Hopeless souls are once again resurrected Criminal exploitation is all corrected Loving relations are all perfected In the light of those sweet and humble glances The whole spiritual world around Gauranataraj dances Soft like a rose and purifying like thunder Arm in arm with our all merciful Nityananda Sri Gadadhar, Srinivas, Rupa and Ray Ramananda All madly sporting in those twin chandan lakes of wonder The eyes of the paramahamsa where the absolute is reflected And all His holy entourage can there be detected For love of all is in the love of One The One by whom all live and lives by none Guarded by the invisible veils of yogamaya The hidden treasure of sweet reality's desire May I throw myself into that naked flame of your sacrificial fire Like a crazed hungry moth, into the light Praying to bathe in the grace of your all merciful sight In Transcendent waves of the purest katha Emanating grace like the gentle morning star Imposing adhoksaja's glorious splendor on the paralyzed minds of static limitation Revealing infinite luminous oceans of divinity's revelation Dissolving the dark mysterious clouds of this finite mind Revealing ever new glories of a most precious kind To share immortal bliss of pure conscious existence In the unborn spirits reciprocation of inestimable inner wealth Then like some imploding star withdrawing into the deep abyss of Mahavisnu's pores Through to the transcendental Goloka shores The very life and soul of the devotees hearts, left us, vacant in the vortex of your absence Even the breast of our Divine Mother earth herself tremouring punctuating your departure The world's greatest loss becomes the Lord's great gain Even though the world suffers a temporary blackout Like Rahu appearing to devour the effulgence of the sun or Aghasura swallowing the cowherds Simultaneously our beloved Lord and masters rejoice in your reunion with them May your Grace live on in our hearts forever Praying to remain the affectionate servant of your servant eternally The insignificant Madhura Krsna das Comment on this story  Contact VNN about this storySend this story to a friend
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