By Raga Marga devi dasi
We are all right. By your blessings, as before we go out for Harinam every day. And I think, some attachment is growing in my heart. When I do it daily, I become like a drunkard and can not live without a dose of the Holy Names. It’s my ceto-darpana-marjanam, daily bath, daily purification of the soul. And it’s so wonderful!
As usual, we go to different places. Recently we started to discover also new places. One day we went to Navadvipa, but instead of going on our standard way – to Parama-tala, Dhamesvara Mahaprabhu’s temple, Jagannatha Babaji’s Samadhi or some street around, we turned left and walked along many new streets. It took 4 hours, but anyway it was inspirational. Another time we went to Harihara-ksetra! It was planned by our youth – Krisnadas Kaviraja (Sastra’s son), Gauranam (an Australian brahmacari) and Kamesvara (an African boy). Maybe they didn’t really count kilometers and just had this idea. We went along the Gurukula road to Jalangi, then after rowing across we turned left and did this long way to Harihara. People, especially children, were very happy to see the Harinam, some of them followed us. It was an event for local people. Finally we reached Harihara, took darshan, rested for a while. A crowd gathered, and we inspired them to chant. So we started our journey back after sunset and walked with a rapid step. And the way back was really tough. I felt myself like a solder on a march. The only salvation was the chanting. Pitch-darkness fell, and we missed our turn to Jalangi. So we did all the way to ghat near the Ganges, and, tired but happy, reached Mayapur after 8 pm.
Another time, with Kavi Karnapura das, and later with Krsnadas as well, we went to Hamsavahan-Siva temple. Very nice parikrama. People came out from their houses with all the family members, looking at us. Some vaisnavas chanted with us, children were happy. And we are happy. Every day we see people chanting, smiling, dancing, raising their hands up, bowing down to our Sri Sri Nitai Mayapur Candra Deities, hearing us. Though sometimes I a little lament that I can not go to Polish Tour to my Srila Gurudeva, I think here we have the same bliss, and I’m happy to do this seva here, in the Holy dham.
Briefly about preaching programs we attended. In June – for 4 days to Kolkata, that was prestigious tourist fair, and we presented Mayapur. On Ratha-yatra – to Jamshedpur (16 hour from Mayapur, where Lord Caitanya was dancing with animals in the forests of Jharkhand), with a bus of brahmacaris from Nama-hatta department, it was only second Ratha-yatra in that city, it was very successful. On Ulta-rath – to Malda (7 hours from Mayapur, Ramakeli, Rupa and Sanatana’s place), with our Harinam team, we were in front of Baladeva’s chariot, it was incomparable continuous chanting for 5 hours.