{"id":11765,"date":"2013-07-22T11:12:17","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T10:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=11765"},"modified":"2013-07-22T11:15:39","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T10:15:39","slug":"id-like-to-die-on-harinam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=11765","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;d like to die on Harinam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads2\/462013-07-22-12-1146.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bhajahari das: Oh Prabhupada! I\u2019d like to die, while out on Harinam<\/p>\n<p>Surrounded by Vaisnavas fair, performing Samkirtan<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>And as I quit this mortal frame, Lord Krsna will be near<\/p>\n<p>For God is in His Holy Name, so I will not feel fear.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare,<\/p>\n<p>Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>London is chanting Hare Krsna, by your sweet desire.<\/p>\n<p>You sent \u2018six of your best\u2019 here, to light this holy fire<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Out chanting with surrendered souls, who understood your heart<\/p>\n<p>We felt your presence everyday &#8211; we knew we\u2019d never part<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare,<\/p>\n<p>Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>When we were young, we understood how much you wanted this<\/p>\n<p>All of your sons and daughters feeling transcendental bliss<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Singing, dancing, full of joy, along the Oxford Street<\/p>\n<p>The sweet mrdangas, chiming kartals, lightly dancing feet<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare,<\/p>\n<p>Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d love to go again with those that I went with before<\/p>\n<p>Trib, Maha, Prabha, Ragubhir and of course Kishor<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Vici, Nara, Devadharma, Bengali Sweet Subhaga<\/p>\n<p>Jagat Bandhu, Rohininandan and Sakshi Gopala<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare,<\/p>\n<p>Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Shambhu, Partha, Ranchor, Bhuma Boppa and Dhiranga<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes fighting, Who would sing? And who would play mrdanga?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>You said let kanisthas ring the bells inside the temple<\/p>\n<p>But for us, street chanting is, by far the best example<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>So we went out everyday, come sunshine, hail or rain<\/p>\n<p>To give this tired old town a taste of Krsna\u2019s Holy Name<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare,<\/p>\n<p>Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Old days past now, new days here, the chanting still ongoing<\/p>\n<p>Your stalwart men, Govinda, Giri &#8211; and Para keep it flowing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Cleansing hearts with \u2018utsaha\u2019 as if they\u2019re cleaning \u2018windas\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s join them every Saturday, Let\u2019s \u2018Meet them at Govinda\u2019s\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>I want to die in Leicester Square, while out on Samkirtan<\/p>\n<p>Surrounded by Vaisnavas fair, singing sweet Harinam<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare,<\/p>\n<p>Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads2\/462013-07-22-12-1146.jpg\"\/>Bhajahari das: Oh Prabhupada! I\u2019d like to die, while out on Harinam<\/p>\n<p>Surrounded by Vaisnavas fair, performing Samkirtan<\/p>\n<p>And as I quit this mortal frame, Lord Krsna will be near<\/p>\n<p>For God is in His Holy Name, so I will not feel fear <!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11765","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=11765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}