{"id":15629,"date":"2015-02-19T07:55:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T07:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=15629"},"modified":"2015-02-19T09:30:13","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T09:30:13","slug":"farewell-to-uncle-jnanagamya-prabhu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=15629","title":{"rendered":"Farewell to uncle Jnanagamya prabhu"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Sri Radha Govinda Dasi<\/strong><\/p>\n

A writer, speaker, movie maker and fighter of Srila Prabhupada\u2019s ISKCON is no more with us.<\/p>\n

The cremation took place in the all auspicious holy dham Mayapur yesterday the 17th of Feb at the Ganga, while some 150 devotees sang the holy name.<\/p>\n

His desire to leave his body in Sridham Mayapur was fulfilled and his inspiring association will be greatly missed.<\/p>\n

A few months ago on the Mayapur Forum there was discussion on devotees getting sick, their health care and death; Jnanagamya prabhu, in his usual combination of utmost sincerity and witty mood, wrote \u201cDo Not Remove from the Dham! Just chant and be happy until I wake up or start to get cold and smell worse than I regularly do. Then burn away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Humourous, dedicated, practical and compassionate; befitting his name, Jnanagamya Prabhu had a very deep love for Srimad-Bhagavatam. He prepared and delivered well scripted classes with great attention to details. With loving gratitude he would recite the \u201com ajnana timirandasya\u201d prayer followed by the English translation each time he gave class and he would often comment that it\u2019s important to say the translation as it helps to enter a meditative mood.<\/p>\n

He attended the Bhagavatam class regularly and after the class he often gave the speakers a very encouraging comment or would ask a practical question based on the class. He would also sometimes add a point or two in very sincere and humble way, which showed his undivided attention and a mood of helping and serving in any way he could. By his example, he truly inspired others to attend the class and study and prepare for the same.<\/p>\n

It is only due to Jnanagamya Prabhu\u2019s persistent efforts, encouragement and determination that women are allowed to give Srimad-Bhagavatam classes in Mayapur, fulfilling Srila Prabhupada\u2019s vision. It wasn\u2019t an easy task. We are extremely grateful for his humble and thankless service convincing not only the management but also encouraging the ladies to give lecture.<\/p>\n

He often brought up realizations or points about how the best way to study was to prepare for giving classes, and how everyone should try to do it. He believed that if women preachers are given the chance to speak and are trained in such proper devotee environment, then they would feel more prepared to capitalize on other opportunities when presented.<\/p>\n

He was very sensitive to the needs of the devotees and was willing to go out of his way to fight for a cause. He did not mind to speak up what he thought was right, which was a sign of his humility: He did not care about being appreciated or honored; but it mattered more to him to say the right thing. <\/p>\n

He would generously contribute to different outreach project like food for life or book distribution. He was seen personally distributing Bhagavad-gita on Gita Jayanti with great enthusiasm. He said he had enjoyed the experience very much.<\/p>\n

Even with his failing health, he would be seen at Mangala arati and Srimad-Bhagavatam class. He loved Srila Prabhupada’s class on Ekadashi so much that he is said to have been very disappointed when Prabhupada\u2019s class was not shown. He would say that he had been waiting for fifteen days to watch the video class in the temple.<\/p>\n

He was creative and passionate, his trailer of the movie \u201cCelibate in Chelsea\u201d- a Romantic comedy film, is hilarious and reflects his humouristic and artistic side. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EF520mkrNVk<\/p>\n

Praying that a shadow of a fragment of his good qualities may fall upon this worthless but grateful servant of his, I remain his servant<\/p>\n

Sri Radha Govinda Dasi <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"HareBy Sri Radha Govinda Dasi<\/strong><\/p>\n

A writer, speaker, movie maker and fighter of Srila Prabhupada\u2019s ISKCON is no more with us. The cremation took place in the all auspicious holy dham Mayapur yesterday the 17th of Feb at the Ganga, while some 150 devotees sang the holy name. His desire to leave his body in Sridham Mayapur was fulfilled and his inspiring association will be greatly missed. A few months ago on the Mayapur Forum there was discussion on devotees getting sick, their health care and death; Jnanagamya prabhu, in his usual combination of utmost sincerity and witty mood, wrote \u201cDo Not Remove from the Dham! <\/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-15629","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\/15629","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=15629"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15641,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15629\/revisions\/15641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}