From the life of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur:That ghost is now delivered

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SRILA BHAKTISIDDHANTA AND THE GHOST

 

From the life of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur:

 

Once when Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati was opening a new center in a house that had been given for the use of the Gaudiya Mission, a ghostly incident occurred.

He was staying in a room on the second floor. One brahmacari was in attendance, reading Srimad Bhagavatam while Srila Bhaktisiddhanta worked at his desk. That brahmacari suddenly saw a bone-hand float in through the window. He cried out and fainted.

 

When Srila Bhaktisiddhanta inquired the cause for his alarm, the brahmacari told what he’d seen, but Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati didn’t seem to take it as very important. He told the brahmacari to chant, “hare krsna !" and not to cry unintelligibly.

 

Thereafter the hand again appeared and floated into the room as if to grasp the neck of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati. This time the brahmacari chanted, “hare krsha !", and then fainted. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati revived the brahmacari, saying, “Don’t faint. Chant and read Srimad Bhagavatam.” When the hand came again, the brahmacari did just that. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta saw the hand and chanted, “Haribol!”, and the hand disappeared. He then said to the brahmacari, “No need to worry. That ghost is now delivered.”

 

— From an unpublished biography on Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati by Sri Srimad Bhakti Vikas Swami Maharaja.