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Govinda Swami: Clean Vraja Campaign Update!!
\nWhen I came home to Vrindavan I wrote a note that explained my personal crisis while being here \u2026 due to the prevailing insane situation in Vrindavan.
\nAfter my post, many friends from around the world commented, shared wonderful ideas, and offered their time, expertise, and commitment to help the ecological and heritage crisis that we are facing here in Vrindavan.
\nI started thinking.
\nHey !! Please don\u2019t laugh. I can still think .. a little
\nFirst I sat down with Indradyumna Maharaja to think of the folks we know who have been very successful in their services in Vrindavan.
\nWe first met with Padmanabha Goswami of Radha Raman Mandir, one of our oldest Vrindavan friends, who is a recognized activist for the ecology and culture of Vrindavan.
\nThen we met our Vrindavan temple president Pancha Gauda Prabhu who has so successfully served and developed Vrindavan Temple for nearly 30 years.
\nThen we met Rupa Raghunatha who is the driving force of Food For Life Vrindavan and the world famous Sandipani Muni School for underprivileged girls.
\nRupa has built schools and gives A to Z care for 1,400 young girls in Vrindavan and manages a staff of over 300 persons.
\nAnd then we met Jagatananda Prabhu, a very old friend with whom I shared my early days of Krishna consciousness in Toronto. We have probably not met since 1980.
\nJagatananda is a teacher, scholar, writer, Sanskritist, master of Bengali language, translator and the editor of the internet newspaper Vrindavan Today.
\nIn all the discussions we shared ideas and agreed that;
\nIf we wish to attain the cherished goal of restoring Vraja we will need the assistance of the varied members of civil society in Vraja .. as well as the enforcement of the law of the land by the respected officers of the Indian Government.
\nOn the first point;
\nPancha Gauda and Rupa Raghunatha prabhus both run huge organizations. At present they are both in the process of creating better professional systems to manage their organizations.
\nRupa Raghunatha has already engaged an international consultant to guide the restructuring of Food For Life Vrindavan and it has given fantastic results.
\nThis last February his consultant visited Vrindavan and guided the FFLV team in their second training.
\nAnd, while the consultant was in Vrindavan, Rupa called together a group of prominent Vrindavan citizens and spent an afternoon of consultant guided brainstorming.
\nThe conclusion of two hours of work was fantastic.
\nNow our desire is to again invite the consultant, pull more members on board, and chalk out a real plan for our work in Vraja.
\nAnd on the second point;
\nIn India, we have a Prime Minister of the nation.
\nIn each state, we have a Chief Minister.
\nThe Chief Minister of our state Uttar Pradesh is a sadhu named Yogi Adityanatha. He is the Mahant of the Gorakhpur Temple Pith and has long been involved in national politics.
\nHe is the president of an organization dedicated to the development of Vraja Bhumi .. and his vice president is a wonderful retired senior officer of the police. His name is Sri Shailesh Jha Kant Mishra.
\nHe is the direct secretary to our state Chief Minister.
\nMishraji is quite an amazing individual. He is a disciple of Devraha Baba, a renown saint who passed from this world around 1990.
\nAt the time of his passing, he is said to have been between 300 and 400 years old.
\nFive generations of Mishraji\u2019s family were disciples of Baba.
\nBaba instructed Mishraji to never purchase a house or own a piece of property during his life, instructed his wife never to purchase gold, and told him that one day he would be called to serve the sacred land of Vrindavan.
\nAnd in his retirement, he was requested by the Chief Minister to come to Vraja and serve.
\nThus for him, this is a sacred service that has been given to him by his guru maharaja.
\nThrough Pancha Gauda and Rupa Raghunatha, I have heard that Mishraji has agreed to be a part of the Vrindavan partnership development team and will assist in giving proper guidance and support to the committee.
\nHe has said that until he dies he will be dedicated to the service of Sri Vrindavan Dham.
\nAnd folks \u2026 that is very good news.
\nSo, in conclusion .. the ball is rolling \u2026 in a great direction.
\nI will keep all of you updated when I hear that there is any more information.
\nYour prayers, hearts, voices, arms, professional abilities, references, will all be needed to make this long-term dream come true.
\nHare Krishna and good morning from Vrindavan !!
\nYours in service,
\nBB Govinda Swami<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Govinda Swami: Clean Vraja Campaign Update!!
\nWhen I came home to Vrindavan I wrote a note that explained my personal crisis while being here … due to the prevailing insane situation in Vrindavan.
\nAfter my post, many friends from around the world commented, shared wonderful ideas, and offered their time, expertise, and commitment to help the ecological and heritage crisis that we are facing here in Vrindavan.
\nI started thinking.
\nHey !! Please don’t laugh. I can still think .. a little
\nFirst I sat down with Indradyumna Maharaja to think of the folks we know who have been very successful in their services in Vrindavan.
\nWe first met with Padmanabha Goswami of Radha Raman Mandir, one of our oldest Vrindavan friends, who is a recognized activist for the ecology and culture of Vrindavan.
\nThen we met our Vrindavan temple president Pancha Gauda Prabhu who has so successfully served and developed Vrindavan Temple for nearly 30 years.
\nThen we met Rupa Raghunatha who is the driving force of Food For Life Vrindavan and the world famous Sandipani Muni School for underprivileged girls.
\nRupa has built schools and gives A to Z care for 1,400 young girls in Vrindavan and manages a staff of over 300 persons.
\nAnd then we met Jagatananda Prabhu, a very old friend with whom I shared my early days of Krishna consciousness in Toronto. We have probably not met since 1980.
\nJagatananda is a teacher, scholar, writer, Sanskritist, master of Bengali language, translator and the editor of the internet newspaper Vrindavan Today.
\nIn all the discussions we shared ideas and agreed that;
\nIf we wish to attain the cherished goal of restoring Vraja we will need the assistance of the varied members of civil society in Vraja .. as well as the enforcement of the law of the land by the respected officers of the Indian Government.
\nOn the first point;
\nPancha Gauda and Rupa Raghunatha prabhus both run huge organizations. At present they are both in the process of creating better professional systems to manage their organizations.
\nRupa Raghunatha has already engaged an international consultant to guide the restructuring of Food For Life Vrindavan and it has given fantastic results.
\nThis last February his consultant visited Vrindavan and guided the FFLV team in their second training.
\nAnd, while the consultant was in Vrindavan, Rupa called together a group of prominent Vrindavan citizens and spent an afternoon of consultant guided brainstorming.
\nThe conclusion of two hours of work was fantastic.
\nNow our desire is to again invite the consultant, pull more members on board, and chalk out a real plan for our work in Vraja.
\nAnd on the second point;
\nIn India, we have a Prime Minister of the nation.
\nIn each state, we have a Chief Minister.
\nThe Chief Minister of our state Uttar Pradesh is a sadhu named Yogi Adityanatha. He is the Mahant of the Gorakhpur Temple Pith and has long been involved in national politics.
\nHe is the president of an organization dedicated to the development of Vraja Bhumi .. and his vice president is a wonderful retired senior officer of the police. His name is Sri Shailesh Jha Kant Mishra.
\nHe is the direct secretary to our state Chief Minister.
\nMishraji is quite an amazing individual. He is a disciple of Devraha Baba, a renown saint who passed from this world around 1990.
\nAt the time of his passing, he is said to have been between 300 and 400 years old.
\nFive generations of Mishraji’s family were disciples of Baba.
\nBaba instructed Mishraji to never purchase a house or own a piece of property during his life, instructed his wife never to purchase gold, and told him that one day he would be called to serve the sacred land of Vrindavan.
\nAnd in his retirement, he was requested by the Chief Minister to come to Vraja and serve.
\nThus for him, this is a sacred service that has been given to him by his guru maharaja.
\nThrough Pancha Gauda and Rupa Raghunatha, I have heard that Mishraji has agreed to be a part of the Vrindavan partnership development team and will assist in giving proper guidance and support to the committee.
\nHe has said that until he dies he will be dedicated to the service of Sri Vrindavan Dham.
\nAnd folks … that is very good news.
\nSo, in conclusion .. the ball is rolling … in a great direction.
\nI will keep all of you updated when I hear that there is any more information.
\nYour prayers, hearts, voices, arms, professional abilities, references, will all be needed to make this long-term dream come true.
\nHare Krishna and good morning from Vrindavan !!
\nYours in service,
\nBB Govinda Swami<\/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":[152],"class_list":["post-60232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media","tag-nectar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60232","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=60232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60233,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60232\/revisions\/60233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}