{"id":91318,"date":"2022-10-29T11:12:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T09:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=91318"},"modified":"2022-10-29T11:12:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T09:12:49","slug":"while-the-world-slept-srila-prabhupada-disappearance-day-offering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=91318","title":{"rendered":"While the world slept &#8211; Srila Prabhupada Disappearance Day Offering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/XMGMBrr.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<h3>Click below to start the player<\/h3>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"While the world slept - Srila Prabhupada Disappearance Day Offering\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-ji5WJNvZt0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nLate into the night, while the world slept<br \/>\nA light was being lit by a spiritual adept,<br \/>\nThat light would illuminate humanity for generations<br \/>\nShowing a spiritual pathway to people from many nations. <\/p>\n<p>After just a few hours of sleep, Prabhupada arose and contemplated,<br \/>\nWorking tirelessly at an age when most people vegetated,<br \/>\nBlessing us with a wisdom that we didn\u2019t know we were missing<br \/>\nExplaining what a world with technology and prosperity was still lacking.<\/p>\n<p>With a dictaphone in hand, pausing, deliberating, recording,<br \/>\nHe exposed the meaningless materialism in which we were residing.<br \/>\nHe spoke of a God whose love could make our empty heart full,<br \/>\nOf a devotion that could make life\u2019s challenges meaningful. <\/p>\n<p>On this sacred day, on a sublime evening of nineteen seventy-seven,<br \/>\nHe departed to be with his Lord in the supreme heaven.<br \/>\nLeaving as he had been living, in divine absorption,<br \/>\nHe showed how we all can pass life\u2019s final examination. <\/p>\n<p>When desires crowd our heart, may his teachings be our vision<br \/>\nWhen doubts cloud our head, may his example be our beacon<br \/>\nMay remembering his dedication become our driving inspiration<br \/>\nMay sharing his message become our unifying aspiration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/XMGMBrr.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img src= \"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/XMGMBrr.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Late into the night, while the world slept<br \/>\nA light was being lit by a spiritual adept,<br \/>\nThat light would illuminate humanity for generations<br \/>\nShowing a spiritual pathway to people from many nations. <\/p>\n<p>After just a few hours of sleep, Prabhupada arose and contemplated,<br \/>\nWorking tirelessly at an age when most people vegetated,<br \/>\nBlessing us with a wisdom that we didn\u2019t know we were missing<br \/>\nExplaining what a world with technology and prosperity was still lacking.<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91318","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\/91318","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=91318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91319,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91318\/revisions\/91319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}