SRILA GAURA KISHORE DASA BABAJI

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Creado por juancas  del 16 de Abril del 2012

Padyavali Devi Dasi

SRILA GAURA KISHORE DASA BABAJI

SRILA GAURA KISHORE DASA BABAJI

namo gaura-kisoraya

bhaktavadhuta-murtaye

gauranghri-padma-bhrngaya

radha-bhava nisevine

"I bow to our guru, Śrīla Gaura Kisora Das, the pure devotee beyond social class; the bee in the lotus of the feet of Śrī Gauranga, who deep in his heart serves Śrī Radha forever"

Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Thakur sang the glories of his revered gurudeva, Śrīla Gaura Kisora Das Babaji Maharaj, saying:

"ALL SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE IS CONTAINED WITHIN A PARTICLE OF HE DUST OF HIS LOTUS FEET."

On November 17th, 1915 Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji Mahārāja, on the auspicious Utthana Ekadasi, left this world. His body was placed into a samadhi tomb, but sixteen years later, due to flooding, the samadhi had to be moved. There was a clamour of local babajis trying to claim the samadhi, but the bold Bhakti Siddhānta Saraswatī (Varsabhanavi-devi-dayita dasa) told everybody frankly, "I am the only disciple of Paramahamsa Babaji Mahārāja. Even though I have not accepted sannyasa, I am a celibate brahmacari and by the grace of Babaji Mahārāja I am not secretly addicted to abominable habits or involved in fornication as some monkey-like people are. If there is someone amongst the people here present who is a renunciate of stainless character, then he can have Babaji Mahārāja's samadhi. We have no objection to that. He, who within the last year, or the last six months, three months, one month or at least within the last three days, has not had illicit connection with a woman will be able to touch this spiritual blissful body. If anyone else touches it he will be completely ruined." Hearing these words, the Inspector of police, who had come to judge for a fair and honest decision said, "How will evidence be had for this?" Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī replied, "I have faith in their word." At this, one by one all the bogus babajis slipped away without a word. 

SRILA GAURA KISHORE DASA BABAJI

In 1898 when Bhaktivinoda's son, who was now residing in Godrumadwipa in Navadwipa Dhama, first came in contact with the person who was to be his spiritual master, Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji Mahārāja, the crest jewel of avadhutas was wearing a tigerskin hat and carrying a basket with puja paraphernalia inside. He offered the boy four or five pieces of rope for chanting his rounds on, and a tilak stamp for marking the body with Hare Krsna carved on it. Bhaktivinoda later told his son, "You must take initiation from Babaji Mahārāja, and don't return to this house if you don't." Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji used to walk across a bridge at the same time daily, so on one occasion Bhaktivinoda's son, Siddhanta Saraswati, blocked his path and in all humility said, "If you don't give me initiation then I will finish my life by throwing this useless body off this bridge." Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji Mahārāja didn't want any disciples - he himself had taken siksa from Bhaktivinoda, and this was Bhaktivinoda's dear son! Siddhanta Saraswati told him how his father had instructed him to become Babaji Mahārāja's disciple or not return home, so in 1900 Babaji Mahārāja gave him the name Varsabhanavi-devi-dayita dasa. He then gave his new initiate the tiger skin hat and basket that had been given to Gaura Kisora by his spiritual master Bhagavat dasa Babaji, which he in turn had received from Jagannatha dasa Babaji.

Gaurakisora never accepted any material object from anyone. For his clothing he used the discarded loin cloths from corpses left on the bank of the Ganges. For food, he would collect rice by begging, soak it in river water, and garnish it with salt and chilly. He never asked favors from anyone and lived a fully detached life, devoid of all possessions…

Srila Gaurakisora lived on madhukari, begging and slept beneath a tree. He would lie prostrate, offering his humble obeisances to the residents of Vraja, considering them as embodiments of Lord Krsna. He even offered his obeisances to the flowers, trees, and land around him. He spent about thirty years at Vraja mandala serving the deities there... 

His only clothing was a strip of cloth around his waist and often went totally naked. He chanted japa on beads or sometimes knotted a cloth and used that as a substitute for japa beads.

His only possessions were the Tulasi beads around his neck and the japa mala he kept in his hand. Sometimes he wore no Tulasi mala on his neck and would chant on knotted cloth as beads - such was his renunciation...

Srila Gaurakisora never delivered discourses openly, yet his spotless character drew everyone to him. Upon meeting Gaurakisora, even a staunch materialist would become inclined take up Haribhajan. 

Giribabu and his wife once ardently requested Gaurakisora to stay in their house at Navadvipa. Gaurakisora was moved by their sincere devotion and finally agreed to oblige them on the condition that he would live only in their toilet room where he would perform Hari bhajan. Giribabu tried to persuade him to change his mind but Gaurakisora remained firm. Giribabu reluctantly arranged to have the toilet thorougly cleaned and Gaurakisora used it for Haribhajan. A realized soul can practice Haribhajan anywhere in an unconcerned manner, and wherever he resides, that place becomes Vaikuntha.

Once Babaji Mahārāja turned up at the Yoga Pitha (Lord Caitanya's birthplace) at two in the morning. Amazed, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī enquired how he got there in the pitch black of night. Babaji Mahārāja replied, "Someone brought me here." "Who could have brought you such a distance at this time?" enquired Bhaktisiddhanta. Finally his mind concluded, "It must have been Krsna who personally brought you here or else how did you cross the Ganges? How did you find your way across the dark fields?" But Babaji Mahārāja would not answer more than, "One person brought me across the river, that's all." 

One day Srila Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji Mahārāja wrapped his body and two feet with a cloth. Sitting covered like this he said, "Many persons, after being informed by others, come here to collect the dust from my feet. I tell them I am not a Vaisnava. If you go to the vicinity where there are Vaisnavas with their feet pretentiously decorated and extended to touch, you can have unlimited dust. How can I bless you? I don't have barfi or sandesh or rasagulla, or even sweet words. How can I bless you? Nowadays people are interested in spiritual masters who can give these things - wealth, good wife, sweet words - these cheating things are now taken as anakula (favourable)." 

Gaura Kisora Das Babaji Maharaj was the embodiment of worldly detachment and devotional attachment. He was the babaji disciple of Srila Bhagavat Das Babaji Maharaj, who was the babaji disciple of Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj. 

ALL GLORIES TO HIS GLORIOUS DISAPPEARANCE DAY!!!

 — con Aaron Matthew Thomason y Ramanya Dasa.