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<\/center><\/p>\nBy Giriraj Swami<\/strong><\/p>\n Upon awaking this morning, my heart was flooded with emotion in appreciation of Srila Prabhupada and his divine gifts to us, and I knew it was Brahmananda Prabhu\u2019s mercy. Any association with Brahmananda Prabhu\u2014whether by vani or vapuh\u2014had that effect: it enhanced my loving feelings for Srila Prabhupada.<\/p>\n While hearing Sri Caitanya-bhagavata this morning, I was struck by a verse that seemed to perfectly describe Brahmananda Prabhu. \u201cVisnu and the Vaisnavas are equal, but atheists and blasphemers think otherwise. One who worships the lotus feet of Krsna without discriminating . . . is delivered.\u201d Brahmananda Prabhu had the firm conviction that the worship and service of Srila Prabhupada was equal to\u2014if not more pleasing than\u2014that of the Supreme Lord. And he was surely delivered by Srila Prabhupada\u2019s grace.<\/p>\n Then I heard a prayer, offered to Lord Caitanya, that seemed to reflect Brahmananda Prabhu\u2019s mood in relation to Srila Prabhupada\u2014and the mood for which I aspire. \u201cBirth after birth, You are our father, mother, son, and master. May we never forget Your lotus feet. O Lord, it does not matter where we take birth, but may we always have loving devotion for Your lotus feet.\u201d<\/p>\n Brahmananda Prabhu, please think kindly upon us and keep us close to your lotus feet, that we may engage in everlasting service to our eternal lord and master in the association of all his beloved servants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Then I heard a prayer, offered to Lord Caitanya, that seemed to reflect Brahmananda Prabhu\u2019s mood in relation to Srila Prabhupada\u2014and the mood for which I aspire. \u201cBirth after birth, You are our father, mother, son, and master. May we never forget Your lotus feet. O Lord, it does not matter where we take birth, but may we always have loving devotion for Your lotus feet.\u201d Brahmananda Prabhu, please think kindly upon us and keep us close to your lotus feet, that we may engage in everlasting service to our eternal lord and master in the association of all his beloved servants.<\/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-86368","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\/86368","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=86368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98307,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86368\/revisions\/98307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Hare](\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Fv44H86uqRE\/VXnaTVCatvI\/AAAAAAAAQD8\/8XYXJDIO2_g\/s300\/2015-06-11_20-58-19.jpg\")
By Giriraj Swami<\/strong><\/p>\n