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Fest SEA 1968-10-21 Disappearance of Keshava Maharaja
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ANNOUNCER: Next is a class
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on the disappearance of His
Holiness Keśava Mahārāja,
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given by His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,
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recorded on October
21st, 1968, in Seattle.
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PRABHUPĀDA: One has to
accept the renounced order
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from another person who
is in renounced order.
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So, I never thought that I shall
accept this renounced order of life.
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In my family life, when I was in
the midst of my wife and children,
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sometimes I was dreaming
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my spiritual master: That he’s
calling me, and I was following him.
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When my dream was
over, I was thinking.
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I was little horrified.
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“Oh, Guru Mahārāja wants
me to become sannyāsī.
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Oh, how can I accept sannyāsa?”
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At that time, I was feeling
not very satisfaction
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that I have to give up my family
and have to become a mendicant.
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At that time, it was
a horrible feeling.
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Sometimes I was thinking,
“No, I cannot take sannyāsa.”
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But again I saw the same dream.
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So in this way, I was fortunate.
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My Guru Mahārāja pulled me
out from this material life.
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I have not lost anything.
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He was so kind upon me.
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I have gained.
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I left three children; I have got
now three hundred children.
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So I am not loser.
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This is material conception.
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We think that we shall be
loser by accepting Kṛṣṇa.
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Nobody is loser.
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I say from my practical experience.
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I was thinking that “How can I
accept this renounced order of life?
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I cannot accept so much trouble.”
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So…
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But I retired from my family life.
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I was sitting alone in
Vṛndāvana, writing books.
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So this, my Godbrother, he insisted
me, “Bhaktivedanta prabhu…”
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This title was given
in my family life.
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It was offered to me by
the Vaiṣṇava society.
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So he insisted me.
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Not he insisted me; practically
my spiritual master insisted me
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through him, that “You accept.”
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Because without accepting
the renounced order of life,
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nobody can become a preacher.
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So he wanted me to
become a preacher.
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So he forced me through this
Godbrother, “You accept.”
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So unwillingly, I accepted.
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And then I remembered that he wanted
me to go to the Western country.
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So I am very… I am feeling now very
much obliged to my—this Godbrother,
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that he carried out the
wish of my spiritual master
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and enforced me to accept
this sannyāsa order.
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So this Godbrother, His Holiness
Keśava Mahārāja: He’s no more.
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He, ah…
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He has entered Kṛṣṇa’s abode.
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So, I wish to pass a resolution
of bereavement and send them.
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So…
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And I have composed one verse
also in this connection in Sanskrit.
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So you all present… You sign
this; I shall send it tomorrow.
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The verse I have
composed: It is in Sanskrit.
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vairāgya-vidyā-nija-bhakti-yogam
[Cc. Madhya 6.254]
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This Kṛṣṇa consciousness
is vairāgya-vidyā.
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Vairāgya-vidyā means to become
detestful to this material world.
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That is called vairāgya-vidya.
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And that is possible
simply by this bhakti-yoga.
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vairāgya-vidyā-nija-bhakti-yogam
[Cc. Madhya 6.254]
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vairāgya-vidyā-nija-bhakti-yogam
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apayayan mām
[Vilāpa-kusumāñjali 6]
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So this… Just like medicine.
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The child is afraid
of taking medicine.
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That also I have experienced.
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In my childhood, when I
became ill, I was very stubborn.
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I won’t accept any medicine.
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So my mother used to force medicine
within my mouth with a spoon.
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I was so obstinate.
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So anyway, similarly, I did not want
to accept this sannyāsa order,
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but this Godbrother forced me.
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“You must.”
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Apayayan mām.
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Apayayan mām, he forcefully
made me to drink this medicine.
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Anabhipsu andham.
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Why I was unwilling?
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Anabhipsu means unwilling.
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Andham.
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Andham means one who is
blind: Who cannot see his future.
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The spiritual life is the brightest future,
but the materialists cannot see to it.
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You see?
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But the Vaiṣṇavas, the spiritual
master, they forcefully: “You drink.”
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You see; apayayan mām anabhipsu
andhām śrī-keśava-bhakti-prajñāna-nāma.
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So, this my Godbrother: His name
is Keśava—Bhaktiprajñāna Keśava.
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Kṛpāmbudhi.
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So, he did this favor upon me
because he was ocean of mercy.
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So, we offer our obeisances
to Vaiṣṇava, kṛpāmbudhi.
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vāñchā-kalpa-tarubhyaś ca
kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca
[Śrī Vaiṣṇava-praṇāti]
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The Vaiṣṇavas, the representatives
of the Lord: They are so kind.
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They bring the ocean of mercy for
distributing to the suffering humanity.
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Kṛpāmbudhir yas tam ahaṁ prapadye.
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So, I am offering my respectful
obeisances unto this… Ah… His Holiness,
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because he forcefully made
me adopt the sannyāsa order.
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So he is no more in this world.
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He has entered Kṛṣṇa’s abode.
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So I am offering my respectful
obeisances along with my disciples.
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On the first day of my
sannyāsa, I never thought…
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But I remembered that I’ll
have to speak in English.
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So I remember on that sannyāsa day,
when there was a reception; so I…
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First of all, I spoke in English.
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So, it is all arrangement
of Kṛṣṇa—higher authority.
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That we…
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We are writing like this,
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“Resolved that we the undersigned
members and devotees
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of International Society for Krishna
Consciousness Incorporated,
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in a condolence meeting
under the presidency
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of His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami,
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today, the 21st of October,
1968, at our Seattle branch,
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express our profound bereavement
on hearing the passing
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of His Divine Grace
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Oṁ Viṣṇupāda Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktiprajñāna
Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja,
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the sannyāsa guru, preceptor of our
spiritual master, and on October 6th, 1968,
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at his headquarter residence
in Nabadwip, West Bengal.
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We offer our respectful
obeisances unto the lotus feet
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of Śrī Śrīmad B. P. Keśava
Gosvāmī Mahārāja
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with the following verse composed on
this occasion by our spiritual master.”
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This verse I have already
explained to you.
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So, I wish that you all sign this and
I’ll send it tomorrow by air mail.
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- Have you got pencil?
GIRL: Yes.
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