{"id":87390,"date":"2020-07-12T13:58:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T11:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=87390"},"modified":"2020-07-12T13:58:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T11:58:53","slug":"iskcon-ujjain-grappling-with-the-grief-of-losing-our-beloved-spiritual-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=87390","title":{"rendered":"ISKCON Ujjain: Grappling with the grief of losing our beloved spiritual father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/oLENbKQ.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dearest devotees,<\/p>\n<p>Please accept our humble obeisances.<br \/>\nAll glories to Our Beloved Srila Prabhupada!<br \/>\nAll glories to Our Dearmost Srila Bhakti Charu Swami Guru Maharaj!<\/p>\n<p>At the present moment we find ourselves grappling with the grief of losing our beloved spiritual father. Indeed, a crater of agony has been carved deep into the core of our hearts. At this painful juncture of our journey towards Krishna, we can certainly feel the words of our Guru Maharaj come to life as we personally experience the wonderful support from Srila Prabhupada\u2019s illustrious ISKCON family. The way all the senior leaders of our movement are remembering and glorifying Guru Maharaj, shows a glimpse of how much love Guru Maharaj shared with each and every devotee of ISKCON.<\/p>\n<p>In this light, we are working together to preserve and promote his legacy, his teachings, instructions and mostly his deep love for Srila Prabhupada and ISKCON as the focus of our activities now more than ever. We place ourselves humbly at your feet, seeking your kind assistance and blessings in this sincere endeavour.<\/p>\n<p>As you are aware, after our Guru Maharaj\u2019s Samadhi ceremony draws to a close, we plan to develop a pushpa samadhi for His Holiness in Ujjain. We are also planning to convert his living quarters into a museum with all of Guru Maharaj\u2019s personal paraphernalia. All the donations will be secured in fixed deposit for the ongoing service to Guru Maharaj.<\/p>\n<p>We have therefore created a depository fund in pursuance of the following related projects, which would help us take good care of them:<br \/>\nPuspa Samadhi Construction<br \/>\nMemorial museum at Guru Maharaj\u2019s quarters<br \/>\nBCS Media (Guru Maharaj\u2019s lectures, kirtans, websites, transcripts)<br \/>\nBCS Books Publication (Completing Guru Maharaj\u2019s pending books)<br \/>\nMaintenance of Samadhi temples and museum<br \/>\nAnnual festivals on Vyasapuja and Disappearance days<br \/>\nIf you wish to support this wonderful initiative, please contact:<\/p>\n<p>Sumangal Madhav Das +91 77489 99722 or<br \/>\nemail at sky@iskconujjain.com Bank Details :<br \/>\nA\/c Name :- ISKCON<br \/>\nBank : State Bank of India<br \/>\nAddress :- Madhav Nagar, Freeganj, Ujjain<br \/>\nA\/c No. :- 10441212410<br \/>\nIFSC :- SBIN0001309<br \/>\nSwift Code : SBININBB694<br \/>\nImportant : If you are sending any significant amount, please let us know before you make the transfer.<\/p>\n<p>Our humble request is to kindly keep us in your prayers, continue to guide us and carry us closer to Srila Prabhupada with every passing moment, in the sublime service of our dear-most Guru Maharaj.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you very much.<br \/>\nWith love,<br \/>\nYour servants<br \/>\nISKCON Ujjain Executive Committee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/oLENbKQ.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img src= \"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/OJRkePY.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the present moment we find ourselves grappling with the grief of losing our beloved spiritual father. Indeed, a crater of agony has been carved deep into the core of our hearts. At this painful juncture of our journey towards Krishna, we can certainly feel the words of our Guru Maharaj come to life as we personally experience the wonderful support from Srila Prabhupada\u2019s illustrious ISKCON family. The way all the senior leaders of our movement are remembering and glorifying Guru Maharaj, shows a glimpse of how much love Guru Maharaj shared with each and every devotee of ISKCON.<\/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-87390","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\/87390","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=87390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87391,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87390\/revisions\/87391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}