{"id":81496,"date":"2020-01-07T11:39:41","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T10:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=81496"},"modified":"2020-01-08T11:45:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T10:45:39","slug":"remembering-a-sankirtan-warrior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=81496","title":{"rendered":"Remembering a Sankirtan Warrior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/NqaHGM2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/RIrPQao.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p> Parasuram das: In 2015 Bhaja Hari Prabhu wrote this beautiful poem, remembering the old<br \/>\ndays of Harinam with his friends and also the present days on Harinam on<br \/>\nthe streets of London, with his younger friends<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bhajahari Memorial 2020\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yaEpIdWW-rU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He thought it would be a glorious way to leave his body, on the streets<br \/>\nwhile performing Harinam.<\/p>\n<p>New Year\u2019s Eve is a very special day for us. Because there is a ban on cars<br \/>\nin the city centre, thus turning London into a Harinam party\u2019s dream.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New Year\u2019s Eve Harinam - West End, London   #2019 #NewYearsEve #HareKrishna #Sankirtan\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bj4rv1-klbI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Then a year later, on New Year\u2019s Eve we were planning the Harinam, as soon<br \/>\nas he finished his text message, (below) Bhaja Hari suffered a fatal<br \/>\nheart attack.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 8: Attaining the Supreme<\/p>\n<p>TEXT 6<\/p>\n<p>yam yam vapi smaran bhavam<br \/>\ntyajaty ante kalevaram<br \/>\ntam tam evaiti kaunteya<br \/>\nsada tad-bhava-bhavitah<\/p>\n<p>SYNONYMS<\/p>\n<p>yam yam\u2014whatever; va api\u2014at all; smaran\u2014remembering; bhavam\u2014nature;<br \/>\ntyajati\u2014gives up; ante\u2014at the end; kalevaram\u2014this body; tam tam\u2014similar;<br \/>\neva\u2014certainly; eti\u2014gets; kaunteya\u2014O son of Kunti; sada\u2014always; tat\u2014that;<br \/>\nbhava\u2014state of being; bhavitah\u2014remembering.<\/p>\n<p>TRANSLATION<\/p>\n<p>Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, O son of<br \/>\nKunti, that state he will attain without fail.<\/p>\n<p>Oh Prabhupada! I&#8217;d like to die, while out on Harinam<br \/>\nSurrounded by Vaisnavas fair, performing Samkirtan<\/p>\n<p>And as I quit this mortal frame, Lord Krsna will be near<br \/>\nFor God is in His Holy Name, so I will not feel fear.<\/p>\n<p>Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare,<br \/>\nHare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.<\/p>\n<p>London is chanting Hare Krsna, by your sweet desire.<br \/>\nYou sent &#8216;six of your best&#8217; here, to light this holy fire<\/p>\n<p>Out chanting with surrendered souls, who understood your heart<br \/>\nWe felt your presence everyday &#8211; we knew we&#8217;d never part<\/p>\n<p>Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare,<br \/>\nHare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.<\/p>\n<p>When we were young, we understood how much you wanted this<br \/>\nAll of your sons and daughters feeling transcendental bliss<\/p>\n<p>Singing, dancing, full of joy, along the Oxford Street<br \/>\nThe sweet mrdangas, chiming kartals, lightly dancing feet<\/p>\n<p>Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare,<br \/>\nHare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to go again with those that I went with before<br \/>\nTrib, Maha, Prabha, Ragubhir and of course Kishor<\/p>\n<p>Vici, Nara, Devadharma, Bengali Sweet Subhaga<br \/>\nJagat Bandhu, Rohininandan and Sakshi Gopala<\/p>\n<p>Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare,<br \/>\nHare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.<\/p>\n<p>Shambhu, Partha, Ranchor, Bhuma Boppa and Dhiranga<br \/>\nSometimes fighting, Who would sing? And who would play mrdanga?<\/p>\n<p>You said let kanisthas ring the bells inside the temple<br \/>\nBut for us, street chanting is, by far the best example<\/p>\n<p>So we went out everyday, come sunshine, hail or rain<br \/>\nTo give this tired old town a taste of Krsna&#8217;s Holy Name<\/p>\n<p>Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare,<br \/>\nHare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.<\/p>\n<p>Old days past now, new days here, the chanting still ongoing<br \/>\nYour stalwart men, Govinda, Giri &#8211; and Para keep it flowing.<\/p>\n<p>Cleansing hearts with &#8216;utsaha&#8217; as if they&#8217;re cleaning &#8216;windas&#8217;<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s join them every Saturday, Let&#8217;s &#8216;Meet them at Govinda&#8217;s&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>I want to die in Leicester Square, while out on Samkirtan<br \/>\nSurrounded by Vaisnavas fair, singing sweet Harinam<\/p>\n<p>Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare,<br \/>\nHare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/NqaHGM2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img src= \"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/flKMFjz.jpg\" \/>Oh Prabhupada! I&#8217;d like to die, while out on Harinam Surrounded by Vaisnavas fair, performing Samkirtan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81496","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\/81496","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=81496"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81499,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81496\/revisions\/81499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}