{"id":33514,"date":"2016-11-19T07:09:36","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T06:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/153373251586"},"modified":"2017-01-26T14:36:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T13:36:45","slug":"a-special-birthday-poem-for-guru-dasan-intricate-mosaic-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=33514","title":{"rendered":"A special birthday poem, for Guru das"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36630\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads6\/tumblr_ogvl40YgkG1sbj0vuo1_500.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_ogvl40YgkG1sbj0vuo1_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_ogvl40YgkG1sbj0vuo1_500-140x187.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A special birthday poem, for Guru das<\/p>\n<p>An intricate mosaic is Guru das ji<br \/>\nExperiences life footloose and fancy free<br \/>\nBut a closer look reveals a tender heart<br \/>\nMoved by compassion, caring as an art.<\/p>\n<p>You have known the highs and lows of human life<br \/>\nRejected inherited values despite poverty\u2019s strife<br \/>\nSought to give a picture of a divine example<br \/>\nFor Prabhupada\u2019s grace you\u2019ve received ample.<\/p>\n<p>You chose not to take much of this dreary world<br \/>\nAnd to share glimpses of divinity so others may be healed<br \/>\nMay you live a very long life for our heart\u2019s sake<br \/>\nUntil Krishna your soul will gently take.<\/p>\n<p>But that, my friend, is a new beginning <br \/>\nWhere every word is a song, every step dancing<br \/>\nTo the sweet sound of Krishna\u2019s flute<br \/>\nAnd be with Prabhupada again in a spiritual suit.<\/p>\n<p>As Krishna expresses, something in the way She moves<br \/>\nPerhaps enlisted in service to Her servants, no higher Truths<br \/>\nLeave this place behind for the grateful dead<br \/>\nGoloka is for the living, let it be written, let it be said.<\/p>\n<p>Happy 75th. Birthday, Guru das November 18, 2016<br \/>\nfrom your friend, Pusta Krishna das<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/68.media.tumblr.com\/4fbe0e4b1b04b6f1aa81a857354815a0\/tumblr_ogvl40YgkG1sbj0vuo1_500.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>A special birthday poem, for Guru das<\/p>\n<p>An intricate mosaic is Guru das ji<br \/>\nExperiences life footloose and fancy free<br \/>\nBut a closer look reveals a tender heart<br \/>\nMoved by compassion, caring as an art.<\/p>\n<p>You have known the highs and lows of human life<br \/>\nRejected inherited values despite povertys strife<br \/>\nSought to give a picture of a divine example<br \/>\nFor Prabhupada&#8217;s grace youve received ample.<\/p>\n<p>You chose not to take much of this dreary world<br \/>\nAnd to share glimpses of divinity so others may be healed<br \/>\nMay you live a very long life for our hearts sake<br \/>\nUntil Krishna your soul will gently take.<\/p>\n<p>But that, my friend, is a new beginning<br \/>\nWhere every word is a song, every step dancing<br \/>\nTo the sweet sound of Krishnas flute<br \/>\nAnd be with Prabhupada again in a spiritual suit.<\/p>\n<p>As Krishna expresses, something in the way She moves<br \/>\nPerhaps enlisted in service to Her servants, no higher Truths<br \/>\nLeave this place behind for the grateful dead<br \/>\nGoloka is for the living, let it be written, let it be said.<\/p>\n<p>Happy 75th. Birthday, Guru das November 18, 2016<br \/>\nfrom your friend, Pusta Krishna das<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33514","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\/10650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33514"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36631,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33514\/revisions\/36631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}