145. Part 7 : Weekend away with HG Bhurijan Prabhu

Once the ecstatic kirtan was over. His Grace Bhurijan prabhu kept aside his mrndanga and began to prepare for his class – a class of 3 days that would leave us wondering, thinking, speechless and truly inspired. From his shoulder bag came out papers with notes, stationery kit and some medicinal tablets. The furniture around [...]

144. Part 6: Weekend away with HG Bhurijan Prabhu

No…we are not yet done with this series on “Weekend away with HG Bhurijan prabhu”. Infact, I might have another 3-4 more posts on this. The last few days leading upto the weekend that went by, was too busy for me. I was tired and just couldn’t pen down anything. Excuses? Yup. Plenty of them. [...]

143. Part 5 – Weekend away with HG Bhurijan Prabhu

Part 5 – The early hours with His Grace Bhurijan Prabhu My first trip to Sri Vrindhavan Dham was in August 2007. I was new to ISKCON and this made the trip even more special. One of the highlights of that trip was the Sri Goverdhan parikrama. I had organized a taxi to pick me up from Krishna [...]

142. Part 4 – Weekend away with HG Bhurijana Prabhu

Part 4 – Honouring Prasada After the morning’s exhilarating class by HG Jagattarini mataji, would come the much anticipated time for breakfast. Infact, we would be waiting for breakfast since the previous night’s dinner. In the Chitanya Caritamrta, in the summary given by Srila Prabhupada in Chapter 4, one can find the following lines : Sri [...]

141. Part 3 – Weekend away with HG Bhurijana Prabhu

Part 3 – HG Jagattarini mataji’s class The series of class on the morning’s of Saturday, Sunday and Monday would begin with a lecture from HG Jagattarini mataji. She would start with a beautiful kirtan to which the entire room participated very enthusiastically. One of the benefits of meeting many exalted vaishnavas is the opportunity [...]