{"id":8656,"date":"2010-07-19T07:55:59","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T06:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=8656"},"modified":"2010-07-21T18:16:04","modified_gmt":"2010-07-21T17:16:04","slug":"namacharya-aindra-prabhu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=8656","title":{"rendered":"ISKCON Namacharya Aindra Prabhu"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Amogha das<\/strong><\/p>\n

“When devotees announced we should pray for him, I thought “rather we should pray TO him, that we might also get dedication to chanting Krishna’s holy name and go back to Godhead.”<\/p>\n

Namacharya Aindra Prabhu by Amogha das<\/p>\n

In one of my favourite classes by Srila Prabhuapada, he indicates that the Bhagavad-gita is not a book of knowledge that can be understood simply by study. Krishna says, “tesam satata yuktanam bhajatam prithi purvakam… dadami buddhi yogam tam” “I reveal Meself to My devotees who are always engaged in worshiping Me with love.” That is Krishna’s special favour to His devotees.<\/p>\n

You cannot see Krishna. Just like at night you cannot see the sun. If you are in the darkness of night and you demand to see the sun, you cannot. But in the morning when the sun comes up of its own accord, you can see it.<\/p>\n

By reading the Bhagavad-gita you can find Krishna. If you are so fortunate that you find Krishna, surrender to Him! Become a faithful servant of Krishna. Render loving service under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master. Then He will be pleased with your service, and He will reveal Himself. Only then you can understand what are the loving pastimes of Radha and Krishna, the pastimes of Nityananda and Gouranga, everything. They cannot be understood just by reading books.<\/p>\n

His Grace Aindra Prabhu is an example of a faithful servant of Krishna, who constantly rendered loving service by chanting His holy names for many many years in the transcendental land of Vrindavan. Through his service He became dear to devotees all over the world even if they never met him. Surely he pleased Srila Prabhupada, Radha Shyamasundara and Nitai Gouranga.<\/p>\n

When devotees announced we should pray for him, I thought “No, we should pray TO him, that we might also get dedication to chanting Krishna’s holy name and go back to Godhead.”<\/p>\n

Srila Prabhupada gave special significance to life of Jayananda Prabhu. I don’t think anyone will disagree if I say that we should honor the life of Aindra Prabhu by refering to him as Namacharya Aindra Prabhu. In our modern times, he stood out in the world for his extraordinary dedication to chanting the holy names, as Haridas Thakur did during the pastimes of Lord Caitanya.<\/p>\n

I am not sure who to approach about this in our GBC, but I think all devotees will agree that he deserves this title.<\/p>\n

your servant, Amogha das.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Amogha das<\/strong><\/p>\n

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