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By Radhanath Swami<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWhen we love those who love the Lord, the Lord reveals his love to us. Krishna sends his loving devotees to this world, so that we can transfer our attachment.\u201d- Radhanath Swami<\/p>\n Shivananda Sen, he was taking all the 200-300 devotees from Bengal to Puri. They were walking so many days. And a little dog just started following. And that dog\u2026 he wasn\u2019t a kind of pedigree, beautiful kind of dog. He was just the kind of dogs that you find in the streets of India. He followed. He followed. And Shivananda Sen just saw with such compassion \u2013 \u201cIf this spirit soul in this dog, if he sees Lord Chaitanya, how much he will benefit! I must serve him nicely.\u201d \u201cAnd the devotee was not materially attached to the dog. This is the fine line we have to be very careful. He was attached to the atma of that dog.\u201d \u2013 Radhanath Swami<\/p>\n So, one may say, \u201cIf he was attached to the atma, then why was he feeding the body of the dog? Why was he so concerned with proper meals, proper transportation? He had to pay for him to go on boats.\u201d Because the body is the medium by which we could serve the atma. But what is the intent? A mother and father have to care for their children, have to care for the physical [health] of their children. But is the motivation to liberate their souls? \u201cBy serving this person\u2019s body I can actually somehow or other give Krishna to their soul.\u201d And if that\u2019s what will really do, then the body is the medium. Yes, Shivananda Sen was very concerned with the body of the dog. But his purpose was to bring him to Lord Chaitanya, so he could get that mercy. And somehow or other, because of that kindness, the dog became attached to him. Shivananda Sen, he was taking all the 200-300 devotees from Bengal to Puri. They were walking so many days. And a little dog just started following. And that dog\u2026 he wasn\u2019t a kind of pedigree, beautiful kind of dog. He was just the kind of dogs that you find in the streets of India. He followed. He followed. And Shivananda Sen just saw with such compassion \u2013 \u201cIf this spirit soul in this dog, if he sees Lord Chaitanya, how much he will benefit! I must serve him nicely.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85017","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=85017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96685,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85017\/revisions\/96685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSo, the dog became dear to Shivananda Sen. The dog didn\u2019t do any seva. All he did is just follow, and whatever else dogs do. And when Shivananda Sen was delayed and he had to give dog a special meal. So, he made some special rice, only for the dog. But while he was gone, they forgot to give him that special rice.
\nSo, he came back, \u201cWhere is dog?\u201d
\n\u201cWe don\u2019t know\u201d
\n\u201cDid you feed him his special rice?\u201d
\nThey said, \u201cWe forgot\u201d.
\nShivananda Sen was looking everywhere, couldn\u2019t find him. When he finally came with all the party to Puri, he went to see Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Shivananda Sen was alone. He went to the Gambira and he saw two people all alone, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and the dog. How did he get there? It\u2019s a mystery! It was just the two of them. Lord Chaitanya had some green coconut pulp.
\nAnd he said to the dog, \u201cChant Krishna! Krishna!\u201d
\nAnd the dog chanted, \u201cKrishna! Krishna!\u201d
\nSri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu took a bite of the green coconut pulp, and took it out of his mouth, and threw it at the dog. And the dog jumped up and had it.
\nThen Mahaprabhu said, \u201cChant Krishna! Krishna!\u201d
\nThe dog went, \u201cKrishna! Krishna! \u201d
\nIt kept doing like that. They were having a pastime together.
\nShivananda Sen, it describes, he bowed down to the lotus-like paws of the dog. That was how he honored that dog. And we read in the Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita, the next day dog was nowhere to be found. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu sent him to Goloka Vrindavan, the spiritual world. What was his qualification? This dog, he wasn\u2019t doing any intense sadhana. He wasn\u2019t doing any puja. He was attached to a devotee.<\/p>\n
\n\u2013 Radhanath Swami<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"Hare](\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-fsiggZ66bFQ\/VUS3W54__-I\/AAAAAAAAOsw\/55Ch2RvSRrw\/s0\/2015-05-02_13-39-08.jpg\")
By Radhanath Swami<\/strong><\/p>\n