{"id":11702,"date":"2013-07-02T17:40:57","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T16:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=11702"},"modified":"2013-07-02T17:40:57","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T16:40:57","slug":"to-gandharvika-devi-dasi-acbsp-wendy-saddington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=11702","title":{"rendered":"To Gandharvika devi dasi ACBSP (Wendy Saddington)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads2\/582013-07-02-18-3658.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n<em>Gandharvika devi dasi above chanted for the pleasure of Sri Sri Radha Krishna wherever she may have been.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Krishnarupa Devi Dasi <\/strong>(ACBSP) <\/p>\n<p>Gandharvika devi dasi succumbed to oesophageal cancer on 21 June, in her Melbourne home. The diagnosis was sudden, but she decided it was time to be free of her material body and move on, declining to have medical treatment due to the advanced stage of her condition. Gandharvika has spent the past six weeks or so preparing herself by constantly hearing Srila Prabhupada chanting and devotees reading to her from his books. Her long-time friend, Gangamayi devi dasi, was indefatigable in her loving and Krishna conscious care. We will remember Gandharvika with warm fondness. Her great love for singing the Holy Name as loud and powerfully as only she could will always be in the the minds of those who had the fortune to have heard her.<\/p>\n<p>Oh singing angel<br \/>\nFearlessly giving the maha-mantra<br \/>\nTo the world<br \/>\nStanding solitary in a crowded street<br \/>\nWith your kartalasringing<br \/>\nVoice cutting through<br \/>\nThe sounds of city chaos<br \/>\nOn stage and on TV<br \/>\nBy your power you induce<br \/>\nAll to take up the refrain<br \/>\nYou love the most<br \/>\nSo that hearts are purified<br \/>\nAnd souls get delivered<br \/>\nLovingly<\/p>\n<p>Your friend and servant<br \/>\nKrishnarupa devi dasi<br \/>\n(ACBSP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads2\/002013-07-02-18-3900.jpg\"\/><strong>By Krishnarupa Devi Dasi <\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Gandharvika has spent the past six weeks or so preparing herself by constantly hearing Srila Prabhupada chanting and devotees reading to her from his books<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-memoriam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}