{"id":12229,"date":"2014-01-05T11:28:04","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T10:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=12229"},"modified":"2014-01-05T11:28:04","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T10:28:04","slug":"more-than-100-years-of-a-divine-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=12229","title":{"rendered":"More than 100 years of a Divine Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Iksvaku dasa<\/strong><\/p>\n

This year, ISKCON\u2019s Congregational Development Ministry is commemorating the 100th anniversary of \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura\u2019s disappearance. The legacy left from his missionary work is still prevalent in our society due to his systematic preaching methods revolutionizing the preaching field in his days and setting a universal perspective in spreading K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Consciousness. <\/p>\n

His establishing the \u201cNama-Hatta\u201d, or the \u201cMarket of the Holy Name\u201d, was his contribution to fulfill \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu\u2019s desires, particularly in the area of congregational expansion. This \u201cNama-hatta\u201d preaching organization or what could be defined as the Congregational Marketing was in fact a system founded by Lord Nity\u0101nanda in Navadwipa dhama and elaborately described by \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura in his magazine \u015ar\u012b Godruma Kalpatavi. This congregational initiative constitutes a milestone in reviving the Vaisnava tradition and making K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Consciousness widely accepted in the subcontinent. <\/p>\n

Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura\u2019s achievements are particularly important because of establishing the presence of the Gau\u1e0d\u012bya-samprad\u0101ya (line of succession) despite the ruling of the British Raj in India. Not only are his achievements glorious but also -due to his influence- those of his son, \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktisiddh\u0101nta Sarasvat\u012b \u1e6ch\u0101kura, who continued his father\u2019s line of spreading extensively K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s teachings. Although many glorious deeds of \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura could be praised here, we would like to make this anniversary an opportunity to emphasize his missionary heritage passed down to us through the disciplic succession.<\/p>\n

\u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da left this preaching-legacy to be carried on for generations to come. In a conversation in Los Angeles in June 1975, he commented on the great privilege of taking up the work of Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura:<\/p>\n

Vi\u1e63\u1e47ujana: When Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura stated that he was leaving this planet with his work unfinished.<\/p>\n

Prabhup\u0101da: Then let us finish. We are descendant of Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura. So he kept unfinished so that we shall get the chance to finish it. That is his mercy. He could have finished immediately. He is Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava, he is all-powerful. But he gave us chance that “You foolish people, you all also work.” That is his mercy. So we should pray to Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura that “We are your grandchildren, great-grandchildren, so we have got some right to beg some mercy from you. The grandchildren get some indulgence from the grandfather. So I pray like that.” It is Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura ‘s mercy. A Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava can… K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a doesn’t require anyone’s help. Still, He is asking, “Surrender to Me.” He doesn’t require anyone’s surrender. But it is for him good, one who surrenders. Not K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is in need of anyone’s service. He is complete. But He comes as if He is in helpless condition and asking for us to surrender. So that is for his good. One who is surrendered, he’ll get the result. K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is self-sufficient. Similarly, Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura is self-sufficient. But if he said that “I (am) keeping unfinished,” that means he gave us the chance, the opportunity. So we should always pray to Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura to be merciful upon us so that we can execute his unfinished task. That should be our… And never we should think that “What Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura could not finish, I have finished.” Don’t think like that. It is not like that\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Iksvaku dasa<\/strong><\/p>\n

This year, ISKCON\u2019s Congregational Development Ministry is commemorating the 100th anniversary of Srila Bhaktivinda Thakura’s disappearance. The legacy left from his missionary work is still prevalent in our society due to his systematic preaching methods revolutionizing the preaching field in his days and setting a universal perspective in spreading Krishna Consciousness. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12229","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=12229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}