krsna Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Dear Maharajas, Prabhus and Prabhvis, Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Many of you know our dear godsister Kaumadaki devi dasi through her years of devoted service at the BBT or Legal Department in Los Angeles. She was diagnosed over 7 years ago with stage 4 ovarian cancer. Kdd is now in her final days in a hospice facility in Burnaby, BC, just 1.5 miles from the temple. She is being lovingly cared for by our godsister Kriyashakti devi dasi. Please read the latest update from Kriya below. Thank you for your time. with gratitude, Nirakula dasi Dear Friends My respects and regards to all. Jai Srila Prabhupada. Kaumadaki dasi has made a turn in the road on this journey. This change has been happening gradually over the past week. She now has random moments of wakefulness in a dreamlike/ coma state. This is all happening on a cellular level as her body is beginning to shut down. The short poem that she wrote, responding to Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur was a superhuman effort of determination and will on her part. Her eyesight was failing and her hand could barely hold the pen. If I surprise her with an unexpected "Hare Krsna! Radhe Radhe !" when I enter the room ...her eyelids flutter and she responds like a little parrot....sometimes. Each day is different... but Mother Earth will soon feel the burden of another wonderful devotee who has left us. Srila Prabhupada is chanting bhajan 24/7 as per her request....as always. I have put a small earphone in one ear to make it the most prominent sound in her consciousness. Everyday, since I have been here, I protect the room with Nrsingha oil from Mayapur Dham. The nurses all comment "how nice it smells in here." Several times during the day, I shower mist her with the sacred waters of Radha Kunda. If there was ever a time for us to collectively petition and pray to our Srila Prahupada to please take her hand and guide her ....it is now. Please pass this request along. Begging to remain in service, Kriyashakti dd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbrahma Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 I know Kaumadaki from New Dwaraka when she was Rameswara's secretary. She is a Prabhupada disciple who has managed to stay in ISKCON all these years - she is indeed a loyal devotee of the Lord. I will pray for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krsna Posted July 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Hare Krsna Dear Friends, Please accept my most humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, our ever well wisher. On this day of July 3, 2008 @ 5:45 PST our dear godsister Kaumudaki dd, disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, has been lovingly guided by her spiritual master to exit this material world, carried by the transcendental sound vibration HARE KRSNA HARE KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE. In loving service I beg to remain... Kriyashakti dd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♣♣♣ Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 My Prayers and respects go out to Kaumadaki and Murli... I used to stay at their house often as a guest when I would visit LA over the years, Murli is one of my very old friends and Guru Bhais from the old days in LA... Kaumadaki of course was one of the most sweet, sincere and caring souls that ever walked this planet, I stayed with them a while while she was going through chemo some years back and you would not think she was going through such a thing with the way she acted, always maintaining a positive demeanor and being her usual sweet self. I hate to bring up a negative, but I want to set the record straight, Kaumadaki was certainly always devoted to Srila Prabupada but did not stay in Iskcon all these years as cbrahma says. She will be missed by many, and we are all at a loss! Dravina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♣♣♣ Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Kaumadaki and Murli at Hospice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krsna Posted July 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 "Transition” by Kaumadaki dd Transition comes And life moves on – A sunset here, And there, the dawn. (Kaumadaki dd left her body July 3,2008) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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