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Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Maharaja's Dissappearance Day

DECEMBER 23rd, 2002.

 

 

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Maharaja spoke the following few

lines as His Message just a few days before His passing away from this

mortal world (December 23rd, 1936)

 

(Translated from Bengali by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and

published in his "Back to Godhead" magazine Vol. 1. 1944)

 

"I have most probably given many people troubles in the mind. Some

of them might have thought about me that I am their enemy because I was

obliged to speak the plain truth for service and devotion towards the

Absolute Godhead. I have given them all those troubles only for the reason

that they may turn their face towards the Personality of Godhead without any

desire for gain and with unalloyed devotion. I hope some day or other they

may understand me rightly."

 

"I advise all to preach the teachings of Rupa-Raghunath (disciples

of Lord Chaitanya) with all energy and resources. Our ultimate goal shall be

to become the dust of the lotus feet of Sree Sree Rupa and Raghunath

Goswamins. You should all work conjointly under the guidance of your

spiritual master with a view to serve the Absolute Knowledge, the

Personality of Godhead. You should live somehow or other without any quarrel

in this mortal world only for the service of Godhead. Do not please give up

the service of Godhead in spite of all dangers, all criticisms and all

discomforts. Do not be disappointed for most people in the world do not

serve the Personality of Godhead; do not give up your own service which is

your everything and all, neither reject the process of chanting and hearing

of the transcendental Holy Name of Godhead. You should always chant the

transcendental Name of Godhead with patience and forbearance like a tree and

humbleness like a straw."

 

"We wish that this mass of our body of flesh and blood may be

sacrificed at the altar of preaching the Samkirtan Movement (congregational

chanting of the Holy Name of Godhead) propagated by Lord Chaitanya. We are

not desirous of becoming a hero of work or a reformer of religion, but our

reality may be identified with the dust of the Lotus Feet of Sree Rupa and

Raghunath for that is our everything. The flow of the transcendental tide of

the attraction of devotion will never be blocked, and you with your all

energy shall devote yourself for fulfilling the desire of Sreela Bhakti

Vinode Thakur. There are many amongst you who are well qualified and able

workers. We have no other desire whatsoever."

 

"There are certainly many difficulties while we are in this mortal

world but it is not our business simply to be overwhelmed with those

difficulties or to try to overcome them only. We must know even during the

duration of our present life, as to what we shall gain after overcoming all

those difficulties of life and what shall be the mode of our permanent

existence. We must make an adjustment of all things that evoke our love and

hatred and for those that we want and do not want. Attachment and detachment

of this mortal world will engage us more and more as we become farther and

farthest from the Lotus Feet of Sree Krishna. When we are able to transcend

the position of attachments and detachments of this mortal world and be

attracted with the Holy Name of Godhead, it is then only we can understand

the import of the transcendental service of Sree Krishna the Personality of

Godhead. At the first instance the subject Krishna is startling and

perplexing to us. Every one who is called by the name 'man' is more or less

struggling knowingly or unknowingly to eliminate those invading elements

what are baffling our conception of eternal need. It is our only duty to

enter into the kingdom of eternal need."

 

"We have no love or hatred for any one in this world. All

arrangements made in this world are but temporary. There is, therefore,

unavoidable necessity for that ultimate need for every one in this world.

You should attain the transcendental loving service of the objective, being

situated in concerted action for that one aim. Let there be a constant flow

of the ideas and thoughts as conceived by Rupa Goswami and His followers. We

shall not at any time show our slightest dejection for the seven tongued

"Samkirtan" movement. If we have undaunted faith in it we shall then only

achieve all perfections. You should all therefore preach with fearlessness

and with utmost energy the message of Rupa and Raghunath under the guidance

of the followers of Sree Rupa."

 

(Translated from Bengali by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and

published in his "Back to Godhead" magazine Vol. 1. 1944)