{"id":9051,"date":"2010-11-19T05:20:05","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T04:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=9051"},"modified":"2010-11-19T05:20:05","modified_gmt":"2010-11-19T04:20:05","slug":"deity-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=9051","title":{"rendered":"Deity Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

In the modern day many pastimes between devotees and the Lord in His Arca<\/p>\n

Avatar, or Deity forms are happening. There are many stories….<\/p>\n

Dreams have long been a feature of exchanges between the Lord and His devotees.<\/p>\n

In Remuna, Kshirachora Gopinath told His pujari in a dream to take the pot of<\/p>\n

sweet Kshira the Lord had hidden under his dress, and bring it to His beloved<\/p>\n

devotee Mahdavendra Puri. Madhavendra Puri, who was outside under a Banyon<\/p>\n

tree, had left the temple, feeling he had offended the Lord by desiring to<\/p>\n

taste the Kshira so he could offer it to his own Deity. (narasimhalilala. com\/<\/p>\n

remuna. html)<\/p>\n

When Govinda Gosh, one of Lord Caitanya’s dear associates, abandoned all of his<\/p>\n

service in frustration after his wife and son died, Lord Gopinath appeared to<\/p>\n

him in a dream masssaged his legs. “I don’t understand your intelligence,” the<\/p>\n

Lord Said. “One of your sons dies, and you decide,<\/p>\n

‘Whats the point in feeding the other one let him die also.'” The Lord agreed<\/p>\n

to perform the last rites and yearly pinda ceremony for Govinda, who was then<\/p>\n

very happy and got up to prepare an offering. Every year this Deity is taken to<\/p>\n

the place where He performs the annual pinda ceremony, but Pankajanghri Prabhu<\/p>\n

told me the Deity actually went there Himself at the time of Govinda’s<\/p>\n

departure. (narasimhalila. com\/ govindagosh. html)<\/p>\n

Dreams of Krishna or Guru are a great insiration for the devotee. In the cases<\/p>\n

above, they are also a great inspiration to us and future devotees, because the<\/p>\n

dreams are revealed to us through literature or verbal tradition. The devotees<\/p>\n

involved spoke about their dreams, or wrote about them, so that we could share<\/p>\n

in the ecstatic inspiration, and feel greater faith in Guru and Krishna. If<\/p>\n

they kept the pastimes to themselves, we would no know about them.<\/p>\n

In the modern day many pastimes between devotees and the Lord in His Arca<\/p>\n

Avatar, or Deity forms are happening. There are many stories in regard to Lord<\/p>\n

Nrsimhadeva in Mayapur and Lord Jagannath in Rajpur. (narasimhalila. com\/<\/p>\n

jagraj1. html) Many devotees have given their realizations, dreams and miracles<\/p>\n

they have witnessed. His Grace Pankajanghri Prabhu released them in book form..<\/p>\n

World Deity Pastimes is a new section aimed at revealing histories of other<\/p>\n

Deities, pastimes, and personal accounts Deities manifesting Their mercy.<\/p>\n

Here we have some ancient histories, as well as some from the present. One<\/p>\n

obstacle we face is that many devotees who have had experiences with Deities,<\/p>\n

don’t want to talk about it.<\/p>\n

It is more convincing to read the experiences of someone who gives their name<\/p>\n

and tells who they are, as in Mayapur Lord Nrsimhadeva’s pastimes. But if<\/p>\n

devotees won’t reveal who they are, at least they could spare us some mercy to<\/p>\n

know what happened, even if they don’t give their name.<\/p>\n

Seva Priya devi dasi, who tells of how her daughter Jagannath Lila was born by<\/p>\n

the mercy of Lord Jagannath at Rajpur, said she promised Lord Jagannath to<\/p>\n

always speak of His glories, so she has to tell everyone. She adds that<\/p>\n

devotees who read her story say their faith has been increased.<\/p>\n

(www. narsimhalila. com\/jagraj11. html)<\/p>\n

We have the chance to serve the devotees by inspiring their faith in the Lord<\/p>\n

by revealing any pastimes we have seen or experienced. If our life ends without<\/p>\n

sharing the mercy we miss that opportunity.<\/p>\n

Below are some personal accounts of dream related experiences from present-day<\/p>\n

devotees.<\/p>\n

Pujari’s Dream Come True<\/p>\n

One of the pujaris from Soho temple visited our family in Mayapur in 2009. She<\/p>\n

told us a very interesting story about Lord Jagannath in Soho.<\/p>\n

The pujaris were preparing to offer a flower set to Sri Sri Radha London<\/p>\n

Isvara. A donor had offered the funds required.<\/p>\n

During her sleep, Lord Jagannath appeared in a dream. He said, “I am God just<\/p>\n

as much as He is! I want a flower set also.”<\/p>\n

“But Lord Jagannath,” she pleaded nervously, “Someone donated the money for the<\/p>\n

flower set. We don’t have the money to buy a flower set for You.”<\/p>\n

“Don’t worry,” Lord Jagannath said. “Radharani will arrange everything.”<\/p>\n

The next day someone came to the temple and donated the money needed to buy<\/p>\n

Lord Jagannath’s flowers, and the devotees enthusiastically prepared a flower<\/p>\n

set to Lord Jagannath also.
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Most Wonderful Dream as told by Kaisori devi dasi<\/p>\n

This is the most wonderful dream I have ever had of a Deity of Krishna. We were<\/p>\n

living at St. Augustine, so we would drive to Alachua temple .<\/p>\n

This was during a time when I was going through a lot of tests, in spiritual<\/p>\n

life, in life in general. I dreamt that I was in the car driving to the temple<\/p>\n

with my husband and my mother was also there. We were driving and then we<\/p>\n

arrived at the temple.<\/p>\n

As soon as we saw the temple I see this mataji coming out of the temple room,<\/p>\n

and she says to me, “Take advantage. Krishna is still outside.” And I said to<\/p>\n

her, “What do you mean Krishna is still outside?”<\/p>\n

She said, “The Deity, Shyam, He’s right in the center of the temple room. He<\/p>\n

came out!”<\/p>\n

I said “Ok. I have to go see that.” So I rushed to the temple, and there He<\/p>\n

was! The Deity of Shyam was right in the middle of the temple room!”<\/p>\n

I offered my obeisances and I started walking close to Him. Then once I was<\/p>\n

really–literally this close–suddenly He became Himself. He was no longer a<\/p>\n

Deity, He was Shyam. And then He smiled at me.<\/p>\n

And He said, “Kaisori, don’t worry so much about things. It’s not good for<\/p>\n

you.”<\/p>\n

He said, “Whenever you have a problem, or anything that worries you, just come<\/p>\n

and tell me and I will take care about it.”<\/p>\n

It was very very beautiful. That’s the most beautfiul dream I have every had.
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Lord Balaram’s Appearance Day, New Mayapur<\/p>\n

As told by Vaiyasaki Prabhu.<\/p>\n

We were in New Mayapur in France for Lord Balaram’s Appearance Day. Sri Sri<\/p>\n

Krishna Balaram are the main Deities of the temple, and Lord Balaram is the<\/p>\n

only Lord Balaram Deity in Europe. It is a big festival. Every temple has their<\/p>\n

big yearly festival. That’s their big one.<\/p>\n

I gave class and there was a big kirtan. Right on the final day, in the<\/p>\n

evening, the devotees presented a play in French. So a few of us went back to<\/p>\n

the temple for sayana arotike rather than sit and see a play in French. There<\/p>\n

were a few devotees there in the temple, maybe about ten. I led the kirtan, the<\/p>\n

consch blew, but the pujari didn’t close the curtains, so I just kept chanting.<\/p>\n

Then the pujaris started putting the Deities to rest like they do after closing<\/p>\n

the curtains. They brought in the beds, they took off all the garments. They<\/p>\n

did everything. They put Them to rest, said all the mantras with the curtains<\/p>\n

wide open. So I just carried on chanting. Then when the pujaris were finished<\/p>\n

they blew the consch and closed the curtains.<\/p>\n

This is unusual that the pujaris put the Deities to rest with the curtains<\/p>\n

open. It’s very unusual. So I said the premadvani prayers, and I said to<\/p>\n

everbody, “We really got Lord Balaram’s mercy!”<\/p>\n

Anyway, I went home. That night I had a dream. I was walking in some temple. I<\/p>\n

don’t know where it was. I didn’t recognize it. Just me and Prabhupada. We were<\/p>\n

walking and I said to Srila Prabhupada, “I think that we got Lord Balaram’s<\/p>\n

mercy.” Srila Prabhupada said, “Yes, you definitely got Lord Balaram’s mercy.”<\/p>\n

Just then I woke up. I was like wide awake, and I thought “Wow!” I looked at my<\/p>\n

clock and it was one o’clock in the morning. I thought “I’ve got to go back to<\/p>\n

sleep,” but I couldn’t. So I just chanted sixteen rounds.<\/p>\n

This happened about ten years ago.(year 2000)
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To share some pastimes or Deity histories, please write to me<\/p>\n

at amogha. acbsp @pamho.net.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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

In the modern day many pastimes between devotees and the Lord in His Arca Avatar, or Deity forms are happening. There are many stories….Dreams have long been a feature of exchanges between the Lord and His devotees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9051","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=9051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}