Remembering Tamal Krishna Goswami

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A devotee who dedicates his or her life in this service of Sri Guru and Gauranga, that life is auspicious and however inconceivable the passing of the devotee may be, we should understand that it is all auspicious. In Sri Bhagavad Gita, Krishna tells Arjuna the auspicious times and ways that a great yogi should leave this world and the times that are in circumstances that are inauspicious to leave this world. But Srila Prabhupad explains very clearly in the purport, for a devotee who is surrendered to Krishna, all of this auspicious and inauspicious is irrelevant. Because devotee is under the protection of Krishna and whatever Krishna does for his devotee is all auspicious as incomprehensible it may be to our material intelligence. We can really only understand the life and passing of great souls on the basis of our faith, in the words of the Holy Scriptures and great acharyas.

Remembering HH Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj

Srila Prabhupada personally trained him, more than anyone else in our society, Srila Prabhupada through his letters, through his personal association, personally trained him in every possible detail of etiquette, of preaching, of management, of accounts and he expected Goswami Maharaj to teach what he had given him, to devotees wherever he went. When Srila Prabhupada saw how strict Los Angles temple was in the regulative principles, how enthused and happy the devotees were, how completely enliven the preaching spirit was, how the distribution of Back To Godhead was the biggest in all of the world. He was so very very satisfied. Prabhupad went to London and he asked Goswami Maharaj to not only be the in charge of Los Angeles but to start temples all over the west coast. And practically every week he was starting a new centre. Centre after centre, when he saw things were having difficulty in San Francisco, he went there and established and sent new devotees. Srila Prabhupada was so very pleased, so grateful.

HH Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj - A Fearless Leader

So, it was an impossible situation to get the books and it appeared the strike was to going to go on for long long time. The most violent, demoniac people were there to uphold this political campaign. So, Srila Prabhupada turned to Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj and said, “I want you to get those books immediately”. So, he went there and he saw the situation, how could anyone, there was like thousands of kilos of books, how do you just get it out of there? So, what to do?  So, what happened is, he started going to various political parties, different ministers in Calcutta and every one of them said “Impossible! We cannot go near that strike. Nothing, nobody could reach those docks.” So, what would you have done? He could have written to Prabhupad and say “Prabhupad! impossible, it cannot be done.” But he understood Prabhupad wanted those books. This man was the very embodiment of determination, unflinching determination to serve his spiritual master.

HH Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj - An Embodiment of Unflinching Determination

During that Pandal program on several occasions, Tamal Krishna Goswami who is then a house holder, he preached to me in various very creative ways, so creative, I couldn’t understand. But he was very very compassionate, very kind, very loving. Of course, I did not join the movement then, I went back to the Himalayas and later by Krishna’s grace, I was living in Vrindavan and about six months later while living in Vrindavan, Srila Prabhupada came. So, I stayed with the devotees during Prabhupad’s visit. And Prabhupad every morning he would give Srimad Bhagavatam class and then after breakfast prasad, he would take devotees in morning to various holy places and lead us in Parikrama. We went to Barasana, Nandgaon, the seven temples of the Goswamis, Radha Damodar temple, we went to Mathura, Gokul Mahavan, various places and Prabhupad would tell us wonderful stories and the significance of the places, have us to do kirtans. Then, we would have lunch Prasad. In the afternoon Srila Prabhupada would sit in his room and just give darshan for several hours to guests, his god brothers, goswamis, brajvasis and friends that he had.

My First Meeting with HH Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj

In Mayapur, Sripad Brahmanand prabhu, one of the senior most members of our society, with tears in his eyes, he told me the reason why Srila Prabhupad asked Tamal Krsna Goswami Maharaj to go to Mayapur, as Prabhupad knew that no one else in the whole world could do it, except him. Prabhupad gave him the money, he taught him how to tie, with piece of cloth like dhoti, to make like a money belt to around him, because he knew there will be all kinds of dacoits and robbers in this area. And he went persistently for days, although there was every type of opposition, he had to oppose our own lawyers, the people wanting to sell the land, and he convinced everybody that it must be done. And then when it came the time for the transaction, they were sitting in this little office, very little office and because it was large sum of money, the persons who were buying the land, who were farmers, they had several people with spears to guard anyone from taking the money from them and they had the lawyer from the other side, every single rupee note, they had to copy by hand, the entire serial number. It took hours and hours and hours. Finally, the deed for that property was in Goswami Maharaja’s hands and he immediately went back to Calcutta, where Srila Prabhupad was waiting.

HH Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj - The Most Trusted Servant of Srila Prabhupada

When Srila Prabhupada came to America, he came to establish an entirely new frontier of preaching Gaudiya Viashnavism. No Gaudiya Vaishnava has ever been to America to establish this philosophy. It was very similar for Goswami Maharaj to go to mainland China to establish Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s Movement, a brand-new frontier, a country with over one billion people, a place where religion is in out lord, communism. In Mayapur about 30 oriental people from Taiwan came to Sri Mayapur Dham, simply to have the purifying darshan of Srila Goswami Maharaj. It became one of the highlights of the whole festival for all of us to see these people coming from the Chinese nations, chanting and dancing in the temple. Srila Tamal Krishna Maharaj, during Prabhupada’s life and after Prabhupada’s departure was the puppet in his hands, to do the impossible.  One of the most successful devotee communities in all of America and in all the western worlds is Dallas and Houston, large congregation, beautiful temple in both places. Those devotees there, year after year will personally trained and nourished by Srila Goswami Maharaj, two of the most important temples of our society in the western world.

Srila Tamal Krishna Maharaj is Puppet in the Hands of Srila Prabhupada to Do The Impossible

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This is the first CD in our Bhajan series; a small collection of Kirtans composed by our Vaisnava Saints rendered in very sweet and beautiful melodies. 
The Kirtaniyas offer this devotional CD at the lotus feet of their beloved Gurudeva - Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja and for the pleasure of all. 
Just one week after the divine departure of our Srila Gurudeva, this album was recorded in a very simple enviroment in Sri Vrindavan, India by The Kirtaniyas: Vijay Krsna das, Sarasvati dasi, Rasika dasi and engineered and mixed by Kishori Mohan Das. We are also very honored to feature Kishori Mohan Das and Sudevi dasi (vocals, mridanga, Karatalas) on the album, we look up to them as our older brother and sister

Ohe Vaisnava Thakura - (Bhajan series 1)

By Shrīmad Shrīnivas Āchārya

Perpetually immersed in singing, dancing, and heartfelt singing, Kīrtan [of the name, form, qualities, pastimes, associates, and realm] of Shrī Krishna, the six Goswāmīs embody the ocean of nectarean love. Dear to both gentlemen and ruffians, always engaged in pleasing activities, and completely free from envy, they are adored by all. They are the recipients of Shrī Chaitanya’s mercy, and they therefore remove the burden of the earth. I worship Shrī Rūpa, Shrī Sanātana, Shrī Raghunātha Bhatta, Shrī Raghunātha dāsa, Shrī Jīva, and Shrī Gopāla Bhatta [the six Goswāmīs].
 
They are distinctively expert in ascertaining the essence of all revealed scriptures, and they establish the supreme occupation of the soul, devotion to God. They are the true benefactors of the people, worshipful for the three worlds, and affectionate to those who have taken shelter of them. Due to the bliss of divine service, bhajana, on the lotus feet of Shrī Rādhā-Krishna, they have become like intoxicated honeybees. I worship Shrī Rūpa, Sanātana, Raghunātha Bhatta, Raghunātha dāsa, Jīva, and Gopāla Bhatta Goswāmīs. 

They fully abandoned at once the association of kingly aristocracy, deeming it insignificant, and out of compassion became poor, accepting only loincloths and ragged quilts. Thereafter, they repeatedly immersed themselves in the delightful, billowing waves in the nectarean ocean of rasa—the bhāvs, spiritual emotions, felt by the gopīs. I worship Shrī Rūpa, Sanātana, Raghunātha Bhatta, Raghunātha dāsa, Jīva, and Gopāla Bhatta Goswāmīs.

Crowded with sweetly cooing cuckoos, swans, and cranes, as well as groups of peacocks, Vrindāvan a is shining beautifully with trees that have many transcendental gems inlaid beneath their roots. There, day and night, the Goswāmīs intensely worship Shrī Shrī Rādhā and Krishna, thus endowing all the souls with the ultimate benefit of life. I worship Shrī Rūpa, Sanātana, Raghunātha Bhatta, Raghunātha dāsa, Jīva, and Gopāla Bhatta Goswāmīs.

They would pass their time by daily chanting a fixed number of holy names, singing particular songs, and offering regulated obeisances [prostrating themselves to the ground like a stick in reverence thousands of times in a day to all the Saints, Deities, and Lord’s pastime places]. Thus they fully conquered the urges of eating, sleeping, recreation, and so forth. Always considering themselves to be unlimitedly lowly and insignificant, they became enchanted in sweet rapture by remembering Shrī Rādhā-Krishna’s qualities. I worship Shrī Rūpa, Sanātana, Raghunātha Bhatta, Raghunātha dāsa, Jīva, and Gopāla Bhatta Goswāmīs.

Wandering along the banks of Rādhā-kunda or the Yamuna, and sometimes at Vamshivata, they would be forever seized by limitless transcendental states, intoxicated by the utter madness of prema. Blissfully overwhelmed, they would jubilantly sing about the exalted qualities of Shrī Hari. I worship Shrī Rūpa, Sanātana, Raghunātha Bhatta, Raghunātha dāsa, Jīva, and Gopāla Bhatta Goswāmīs..

“O Rādhā, queen of Vrindāvan a! O Lalitā! O son of Nanda Mahārāj! Where are You? Are You beneath the wish-fullfilling trees of Shrī Govardhana Hill? Or are you in the forests on the banks of the Kalindi river?” Thus calling out, greatly overwhelmed in separation, they would wander throughout the length and breadth of Vraja-mandala. I worship Shrī Rūpa, Sanātana, Raghunātha Bhatta, Raghunātha dāsa, Jīva, and Gopāla Bhatta Goswāmīs.

Six Goswamis Ashtakam - Eight Prayers to the Six Goswami Saints

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The Sweetheart Of The Gopis - "Vande Krishna Nanda Kumara" is performed by Jahnavi Harrison.
The song lyrics and English translation follow....

VANDE KRISHNA NANDA KUMARA:
Traditional Bengali bhajan:

(1)

vande kṛṣṇa nanda kumāra
nanda kumāra madana gopāla
madana gopāla mohana rūpa
mohana rūpa nanda kumāra

(2)

govinda hari gopāla hari
govinda hari gopāla hari
jaya jaya deva hari
jaya jaya deva hari
jaya jaya deva hari
jaya jaya deva hari

(3)

jaya prabhu dīna doyāla hari
govinda hari gopāla hari
govinda hari gopāla hari

(4)

jaya rāma hari jaya kṛṣṇa hari
jaya jaya śacī nandana gaura hari

1) I worship Krsna, the son of Nanda Maharaja (Nanda Kumara)! Nanda Kumara! Enchanter protector of cows, Madana Gopala! Madana Gopala! The One with the Enchanting Form (Mohana Rupa)! Mohana Rupa! Nanda Kumara!

2) Govinda Hari! Gopala Hari! All glories to the defeater of the demigods, Hari!

3) All glories to the Lord who is merciful to the fallen souls! Govinda Hari! Gopala Hari!

4) All glories to the Reservoir of Pleasure (Rama)! Hari! All glories to the All Attractive One (Krsna)! Hari! All glories to the son of Sacidevi, Gaura Hari!

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This beautiful recording of the traditional Bengali bhajan written by Bhaktivinoda Thakur was recorded by Ramdas Abhiram Das (Kevin Yee) in Florence, Italy in his painting studio. 

He sang and played all the instruments on this piece - flute, santoor, sarod, tabla and more...

This beautiful recording has never been publically released, but is uploaded with a desire to share the lesser known, but no less sublime, creative work of this lifelong devotional artist, who passed away in July 2020. 

I feel extremely indebted to Ramdas and his wife Dhrti, for their many decades of artistic service. Their paintings have offered inspiration and spiritual connection to countless people all over the world, and as teachers, they have gifted their students with instructions to be treasured for life.

I was grateful to study with them for a month in India in 2007. Though many years ago, the experience is one I have returned to time and time again for fresh inspiration and guidance. 

More on Ramdas:
Born in 1951 in Maui, Hawaii, as Kevin Albert Yee, Ramdas Abhiram Das, graduated with a degree in Fine Art from California State University at Fullerton. He began his career by doing illustration work, first for an international publishing company and later for the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT). In 1980 he relocated to Florence, Italy, where he studied at the Academia de Siena and the Academia de Arte Firenze and learnt the art and techniques of fresco and egg tempera. He was the Art Director for the Italian BBT for six years. Though trained initially in classical art and illustration, over the years he has developed his own style, marked for its spontaneity and mystique. Narratives set amidst nature, he has painted more than 300 oil paintings and his work has been exhibited in Italy, France, Belgium, England, South Africa, and India.

Teaching in India: https://vimeo.com/58238789

To view more of the artistic work of Ramdas and Dhrti: www.sosacredart.com

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Radhanath Swami is a Vaishnava sanyassi (a monk in a Krishna-bhakti lineage) and teacher of the devotional path of Bhakti-yoga. He is author of The Journey Home, a memoir of his search for spiritual truth. His teachings draw from the sacred texts of India such as The Bhagavad-gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, and Ramayana, and aim to reveal the practical application of the sacred traditions, while focusing on the shared essence which unites apparently disparate religious or spiritual paths.
Born Richard Slavin, on December 7, 1950, in his teens he came to confront a deep sense of alienation from suburban Chicago life and the civil injustices of mid-century America. At the age of nineteen, while on a summer trip to Europe, his internal struggles culminated in a commitment to search for God wherever it might lead him. Meditating on the Isle of Crete, he felt a supernatural calling and the next morning set off alone to find spiritual India. The Journey Home documents his odyssey as a penniless hitch-hiker though Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and finally India. There he lived as a wandering ascetic, first amongst the forest dwelling Himalayan yogis and later amongst a wide variety of gurus and spiritual practitioners throughout India and Nepal. Ultimately, he was led to the holy town of Vrindavan, where he found his path amongst the Bhakti-yogis.
In Vrindavan he found the teacher he was searching for in A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977) the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), and representative of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, (the Krishna-bhakti tradition stemming from the 16th century mystic avatar Sri Chaitanya). In choosing Bhaktivedanta Swami, as his guru, Radhanath Swami felt compelled to shear his matted locks and reenter Western society with a mission to share the sacred wisdom he had received. This return exemplifies the form of devotional yoga which is at the heart of Radhanath Swami’s teachings, a spiritual practice expressed as tangible action meant to bring about personal fulfillment and benefit the world.
At the the age of 31 he took the monastic vows of a Vaishnava sanyassin and became known as Radhanath Swami.
Today Radhanath Swami travels regularly throughout India, Europe and North America, sharing the teachings of Bhakti-yoga. He resides much of the year at the Radha Gopinath Ashram in Chowpatty, Mumbai. For the past twenty-five years he has guided the community’s development and has directed a number of acclaimed social action projects including Midday Meals, which daily serves more than 260,000 plates of sanctified vegetarian food to the children of the slums of Mumbai. He has also worked to establish missionary hospitals and eye camps, eco-friendly farms, schools and ashrams, an orphanage, and a number of emergency relief programs throughout India.
