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NEWSLETTER by Kisori dd, Fiji Islands<\/span><\/p>\n

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Compiled April 18th, 2003.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This is the first newsletter about the glorious<\/span><\/p>\n

activities and personality of His Holiness Bir<\/span><\/p>\n

Krishna das Goswami Maharaj. This newsletter will<\/span><\/p>\n

cover the recent visit of Guru Maharaj to Fiji and<\/span><\/p>\n

his return to New Goloka (North Carolina, USA).<\/span><\/p>\n

I humbly beg all the devotees without whom this<\/span><\/p>\n

newsletter would not have been possible to please<\/span><\/p>\n

accept my heartfelt appreciation-Visvanath Prabhu,<\/span><\/p>\n

Gayatri Mataji, Bhaja Govinda Prabhu and Sumukha<\/span><\/p>\n

Prabhu Thank you very much.<\/span><\/p>\n

The main aims of this newsletter are to glorify Guru<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj and to bring devotees closer to him.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is intended that this newsletter be published on a<\/span><\/p>\n

regular basis therefore any current and upcoming<\/span><\/p>\n

reports from devotees around the world would be much appreciated. Please send to Kisori devi dasi at S984219@fsm.ac.fj (until further change).<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaja\u2019s visit to Fiji lasted from the 10th to<\/span><\/p>\n

the 27th of March.<\/span><\/p>\n

March 10th, 2003. Guru Maharaj arrived at Nadi<\/span><\/p>\n

airport. ( Fiji\u2019s largest international airport<\/span><\/p>\n

situated on the western side of the island). His<\/span><\/p>\n

flight landed at 5:30pm and he came out by 6:10pm.<\/span><\/p>\n

There were about 25 Lautoka devotees present to<\/span><\/p>\n

welcome him. All the devotees were very enthused and<\/span><\/p>\n

had a banner reading \u201c Fiji Yatra Welcomes you Home<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj\u201d which had been financed by Govinda<\/span><\/p>\n

Mohini Mataji who is a pharmacist by profession and a<\/span><\/p>\n

very enthused disciple of Guru Maharaj. The devotees<\/span><\/p>\n

had been doing kirtan while they waited.<\/span><\/p>\n

As soon as Guru Maharaj could be seen Bhaja Govinda<\/span><\/p>\n

Prabhu went and took his luggage after offering his<\/span><\/p>\n

prostrated obeisances and a garland of flowers. Guru<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj commented that he could hear kirtan and that<\/span><\/p>\n

there were so many devotees present.
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As soon as he came outside all the devotees garlanded him and many photographs were taken. Guru Maharaj addressed everyone generally while his luggage was loaded into Bhuwan Mohan Prabhu\u2019s (Srila Prabhupad\u2019s disciple) car. Then he said to everyone \u201c See you all at the temple\u201d and took his seat in the car. On the way to Sri Krsna Kaliya Temple, Lautoka, Guru Maharaj spoke about his visit to Sydney, from where he had come directly to Fiji. He praised the Sydney yatra commenting on the devotees and the preaching activities. He said that in 6 days he had visited 30 different houses! He then asked about preaching in Fiji and Vamandev Prabhu, the Temple President of Sri Krsna Kaliya Temple gave a short report. Guru Maharaj then said that he was feeling very hungry as he had not taken prasadam on the plane and if prasadam was ready. Of course prasadam had been prepared at the temple with his disciples eager to serve him! As soon as they arrived at Sri Krsna Kaliya Temple, Guru Maharaj went to his room in the brahmcari\u2019s<\/span><\/p>\n

ashram. He was very pleased with the manner in which<\/span><\/p>\n

his room had been prepared in terms of there being no<\/span><\/p>\n

extra floormats or excessive flower decorations.<\/span><\/p>\n

A grand reception had been planned for him at the<\/span><\/p>\n

temple which is just adjacent to the brahmcari\u2019s<\/span><\/p>\n

ashram. Guru Maharaj then went to the temple to do a<\/span><\/p>\n

quick darshan of Sri Gaur-Nitai Bhagvan, Sri Krsna<\/span><\/p>\n

Kaliya Bhagvan , Sri-Sri Radha Govindji Bhagvan (achal<\/span><\/p>\n

deities) and Sri-Sri Radha Giridhari Bhagvan (chal<\/span><\/p>\n

deities). Young devotee girls showered flowers upon<\/span><\/p>\n

his divine form as he climbed the steps. He said<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJaya!\u201d in a pleased manner.<\/span><\/p>\n

After Guru Maharaj had honoured prasad, a feet-washing<\/span><\/p>\n

ceremony was conducted by Revatinandan Prabhu and Amsu<\/span><\/p>\n

Prabhu while a soft and sweet \u201cGurudeva\u201d kirtan was<\/span><\/p>\n

led by Bhaja Govinda Prabhu. An arati ceremony was<\/span><\/p>\n

also conducted during which Guru Maharaj handed out<\/span><\/p>\n

prasadam to all the devotees present with his own<\/span><\/p>\n

hand. Svad anna trptan hari bhakta sanghan krtvaiva<\/span><\/p>\n

trptim bhajata sadaiva. About 40 devotees were<\/span><\/p>\n

squeezed into the prasadam room and everyone felt<\/span><\/p>\n

specially blessed to get prasadam in this way. He then<\/span><\/p>\n

spoke for about 15 minutes saying that he was happy to<\/span><\/p>\n

be back in Fiji. He reflected on his past few weeks<\/span><\/p>\n

which had been spent traveling continuously from India<\/span><\/p>\n

to Australia and now to Fiji. It was a short sweet<\/span><\/p>\n

arrival lecture which he concluded by saying \u201c See you<\/span><\/p>\n

all at mangal arati! Guru Maharaj looked visibly tired<\/span><\/p>\n

and he took early rest at 8:30pm.<\/span><\/p>\n

11th March,2003. At 4am lights went on in Guru<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj\u2019s room and he came out at 4:22am. The first<\/span><\/p>\n

thing he used to say to his servant was, \u201cHare Krsna,<\/span><\/p>\n

you ready to go?\u201d This was his daily routine.<\/span><\/p>\n

On entering the temple after paying obeisances to<\/span><\/p>\n

Srila Prabhupada, Guru Maharaj used to sit right in<\/span><\/p>\n

front of the Gaur-Nitai altar and chant, sitting with<\/span><\/p>\n

a very straight back. As soon as the curtains opened<\/span><\/p>\n

for mangal-arati, he would do quick dandvats and<\/span><\/p>\n

darshan and sing the Guru-astaka prayers in a very<\/span><\/p>\n

sweet tune which invariably made everyone dance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today he was not happy with the poor turnout of<\/span><\/p>\n

devotees at mangal-arati. This was, to some extent,<\/span><\/p>\n

due to the windy and rainy weather as a tropical<\/span><\/p>\n

cyclone had been detected some distance from the main<\/span><\/p>\n

islands.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj always sang Narshing prayer as well and<\/span><\/p>\n

for Tulsi arati two cushions and the harmonium would<\/span><\/p>\n

always be arranged for him right in front of Tulsi<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharani as Guru Maharaj would always play the<\/span><\/p>\n

harmonium at Tulsi arati. After offering all the<\/span><\/p>\n

vaisnavas his respectful obeisances, he would then<\/span><\/p>\n

would sit right in front of Srila Prabhupada and chant<\/span><\/p>\n

japa from 5:30 to 6am sharp all the while deeply<\/span><\/p>\n

meditating on Srila Prabhupada .<\/span><\/p>\n

Today he looked around to see if devotees were still<\/span><\/p>\n

sitting and doing japa with him or not. Guru Maharaj<\/span><\/p>\n

likes devotees to sit and do japa especially during brahma-muhurta, as this is a very auspicious time. At 6am after reciting the gayatri, Guru Maharaj would then retire to his room and prepare his morning class. Morning class at the temple was from 6:45 to 7:30am. Today Guru Maharaj read from SB 3:22:21.<\/span><\/p>\n

At 7:30am curtains would open for darshan and after<\/span><\/p>\n

darshan everyday Guru Maharaj would offer gurupuj to<\/span><\/p>\n

Srila Prabhupad.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj is very sensitive to noise. Whenever<\/span><\/p>\n

kartals and \/or mrdang is played loudly he always puts<\/span><\/p>\n

on his ear noise filters. Devotees were constantly<\/span><\/p>\n

encouraged, therefore, to play the musical instruments<\/span><\/p>\n

softly. In fact, in Labasa, after a really ecstatic<\/span><\/p>\n

kirtan in which the mrdang was played really loudly ,<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj jokingly commented the even the house in<\/span><\/p>\n

which he was staying had been shaking and that that<\/span><\/p>\n

kind of shaking was not really ecstasy!<\/span><\/p>\n

After gurupuj, Guru Maharaj always took a tiny drop of caranamrta (as it is usually very sweet and as we all know Guru Maharaj does not take salt, sugar or oil). Then he usually retired to his room till breakfast. At 9am breakfast was served at the temple. A large variety of fruits and yoghurt was served. Guru Maharaj really likes sliced bananas and yoghurt and he likes the yoghurt not to be too sour or too sweet. He commented \u201cThis is the best prasadam.\u201d And asked who had prepared it. Hardworking Vrajrani Mataji had prepared breakfast and she was delighted at Gurudeva\u2019s appreciation. During breakfast, Gurudeva spoke with the few devotees present inquiring about their devotional life. He also asked a lot about the local situation and who was managing what. The original plan had been for Guru Maharaj to leave for Labasa today, but due to poor weather conditions this had been postponed indefinitely till the weather cleared, much to the delight of the Lautoka devotees. Guru Maharaj then inquired about the schedule for the day. Nothing specific had been planned and Guru Maharaj was pleased as he had been so busy in Sydney that he had been unable to do good solid reading for some days. So the day was conveniently set aside for reading and resting.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just to make sure that Guru Maharaj was not disturbed,<\/span><\/p>\n

a notice was put on Guru Maharaj\u2019s door \u201cPlease do not<\/span><\/p>\n

disturb Guru Maharaj\u201d. At 3pm sharp, Guru Maharaj came<\/span><\/p>\n

out of his room for a walk, however, just after a<\/span><\/p>\n

short distance he returned, as the ground was muddy<\/span><\/p>\n

due to the recent rain.<\/span><\/p>\n

Back in his room, Guru Maharaj started making<\/span><\/p>\n

arrangements to go to Labasa where he was much looking<\/span><\/p>\n

forward to be. However, no flights were available to<\/span><\/p>\n

Labasa today due to poor weather conditions and the<\/span><\/p>\n

earliest available flight was at 6:55 am on the 13th,<\/span><\/p>\n

so arrangements were made to take this flight to<\/span><\/p>\n

Labasa.<\/span><\/p>\n

At 5pm lunch was served at Vrajendranandan Prabhu\u2019s<\/span><\/p>\n

place, who is a disciple of Guru Maharaj. Guru Maharaj<\/span><\/p>\n

was welcomed very nicely with feet-washing ceremony<\/span><\/p>\n

and arati. He liked Vrajendranandan Prabhu\u2019s family a<\/span><\/p>\n

lot as they are all aspiring disciples. While prasad<\/span><\/p>\n

was being served Guru Maharaj was chanting on his<\/span><\/p>\n

beads and a young boy, about 3 years old who was also<\/span><\/p>\n

present, was also chanting. Guru Maharaj liked this<\/span><\/p>\n

boy\u2019s innocent chanting a lot.<\/span><\/p>\n

Halfway through the meal, however, the power got cut<\/span><\/p>\n

off and candles were lighted. Guru Maharaj looked very<\/span><\/p>\n

royal sitting surrounded by pillows and being fanned<\/span><\/p>\n

with camar in the soft candlelight. Govinda Mohini<\/span><\/p>\n

could not resist and took many pictures.<\/span><\/p>\n

After prasadam, Guru Maharaj spoke quite heavily<\/span><\/p>\n

against migrating from Fiji. He spoke about Australian<\/span><\/p>\n

devotees saying that so many of the children born to<\/span><\/p>\n

devotee parents are not being able to be controlled by<\/span><\/p>\n

their parents as they were getting their bodies<\/span><\/p>\n

tattooed. He said that it was Lord Caitanya\u2019s desire<\/span><\/p>\n

that devotees remain in Fiji and preach.<\/span><\/p>\n

Evening class was at 7pm at the temple. Before the<\/span><\/p>\n

class Guru Maharaj asked in which direction the<\/span><\/p>\n

cyclone was moving. Like little children speaking to<\/span><\/p>\n

their father the devotees replied in bits and pieces,<\/span><\/p>\n

often finishing each others sentences for them.<\/span><\/p>\n

The class was on \u201cThe Search for the Best Devotee\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

from the Brhad Bhagavadmrta. In the middle of the<\/span><\/p>\n

class, a little ginger-coloured kitten wandered into<\/span><\/p>\n

the temple hall due to the rain and wind outside. Guru<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj asked \u201cWho is this new devotee? He\u2019s wearing<\/span><\/p>\n

saffron but doesn\u2019t belong to the temple hall!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Everybody laughed and the kitten was taken outside. Incidentally, the same story from the Brhad Bhagavadmrta had been recited by Srila Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj, Srila Gurudev on his last visit to Fiji. This is a very sweet and intimate story of how Narad Muni is trying to find out who serves Krsna best and how he meets so many pure devotees in his search. It is said that whoever hears this story attains pure love of Godhead! After class, Guru Maharaj again took early rest at 8:30pm.<\/span><\/p>\n

12th March,2003. The same daily routine was followed<\/span><\/p>\n

with breakfast at the temple.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today devotees met Guru Maharaj one after another each<\/span><\/p>\n

spending about half an hour with him. At 2pm all the<\/span><\/p>\n

full-time devotees living at the temple had a combined<\/span><\/p>\n

meeting with Guru Maharaj. He asked everyone if they<\/span><\/p>\n

were happy in their service or not and asked everyone<\/span><\/p>\n

to write down their complaints, the spiritual father<\/span><\/p>\n

sorting out everyone\u2019s troubles and carrying out his<\/span><\/p>\n

duties as GBC for Fiji.<\/span><\/p>\n

At 5pm dinner was arranged at Sumukha Prabhu\u2019s place.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bhaja Govinda Prabhu drove Guru Maharaj over in his<\/span><\/p>\n

car and Guru Maharaj joked with him about his car<\/span><\/p>\n

being dirty. Of course, Bhaja Govinda Prabhu had been<\/span><\/p>\n

careful to clean his car beforehand! Guru Maharaj<\/span><\/p>\n

likes Bhaj Govinda Prabhu a lot. Bhaj Govinda Prabhu<\/span><\/p>\n

is a disciple of Srila Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj,<\/span><\/p>\n

Srila Gurudev, and he meticulously serves Guru Maharaj<\/span><\/p>\n

on all his visits.<\/span><\/p>\n

At dinner all of Guru Maharaj\u2019s favourite dishes had<\/span><\/p>\n

been prepared and he encouraged Sumukha Prabhu and his<\/span><\/p>\n

good wife Manjumukhi Mataji a lot. These two disciples<\/span><\/p>\n

of Guru Maharaj along with Govinda Mohini Mataji were<\/span><\/p>\n

fortunate in being able to travel with Guru Maharaj<\/span><\/p>\n

all over Fiji. Guru Maharaj always takes a little ghee<\/span><\/p>\n

with his meals so a little bowl of ghee is always<\/span><\/p>\n

present alongside his plate except at breakfast.<\/span><\/p>\n

Evening class again was at 7pm and everyone was again<\/span><\/p>\n

bathed in the nectarean details of exchanges between<\/span><\/p>\n

Krsna and his intimate devotees. A lot of intense<\/span><\/p>\n

emotions are portrayed in this story by all the<\/span><\/p>\n

characters and it is very absorbing.<\/span><\/p>\n

13th March,2003. The morning routine was the same,<\/span><\/p>\n

except that there was no morning class as today Guru<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj was to fly out to Labasa.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the whole, Guru Maharaj was not happy with Lautoka<\/span><\/p>\n

yatra and he was not planning to return for Gaur<\/span><\/p>\n

Purnima on the 18th as originally scheduled..<\/span><\/p>\n

It was indeed a devastating departure. He told the<\/span><\/p>\n

devotees to be spiritually strong. The Lautoka<\/span><\/p>\n

devotees started praying very hard for Guru Maharaj to<\/span><\/p>\n

return as they needed a lot of spiritual guidance and inspiration and really wanted him to be present for Gaur Purnima.<\/span><\/p>\n

Labasa yatra.Radha-Vrindavancandra.<\/span><\/p>\n

13th March,2003.<\/span><\/p>\n

The morning flight landed at Labasa airport and Guru<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj was grandly welcomed by all the Labasa<\/span><\/p>\n

devotees.<\/span><\/p>\n

Labasa is unique in that one senior devotee,<\/span><\/p>\n

Hamsavatar Prabhu has constructed a large<\/span><\/p>\n

hall-Nityananda Hall as well as a house for all<\/span><\/p>\n

visiting sannyasis called Gurunivas. He had undertaken<\/span><\/p>\n

this project as a service to his guru, His Holiness<\/span><\/p>\n

Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj, Srila Gurudev.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apart from this, there is also the main temple where<\/span><\/p>\n

Radha-<\/span><\/p>\n

Vrindavancandra are the presiding deities. Hamsavatar<\/span><\/p>\n

Prabhu\u2019s family of devotees has succeeded in making a<\/span><\/p>\n

large percentage of the Labasa population Krsna<\/span><\/p>\n

conscious. The atmosphere is one of a village with<\/span><\/p>\n

open-hearted people.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj had breakfast at Vrindavancandra Prabhu\u2019s<\/span><\/p>\n

place. In the evening, there was feet-washing ceremony<\/span><\/p>\n

and arati at the temple. Guru Maharaj also gave a very<\/span><\/p>\n

sweet class saying he was so happy to finally be in<\/span><\/p>\n

Labasa.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj spent the night at Gurunivas.<\/span><\/p>\n

14th March,2003.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mangal-arati was at the Nityananda hall and breakfast<\/span><\/p>\n

was served at Rasabihari Prabhu\u2019s residence. At 1pm<\/span><\/p>\n

there was a school programme arranged at one of the<\/span><\/p>\n

local schools. Before Guru Maharaj arrived at the<\/span><\/p>\n

school, a few devotees had already started doing<\/span><\/p>\n

kirtan. However, there was not much response from the<\/span><\/p>\n

students. But when Guru Maharaj arrived he made all<\/span><\/p>\n

the 500 students chant with him. He made the<\/span><\/p>\n

atmosphere spiritual. Sumukha Prabhu says,\u201dThere I saw<\/span><\/p>\n

the power of my Gurudeva.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj had been very nicely welcomed by the<\/span><\/p>\n

students with many garlands. After the school<\/span><\/p>\n

programme, lunch was at Hamsavatar Prabhu\u2019s place at<\/span><\/p>\n

5pm.<\/span><\/p>\n

15th March,2003.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today was Amardaki Ekadasi. Mangal-arati was in the<\/span><\/p>\n

Nityananda Hall. Guru Maharaj gave morning class from<\/span><\/p>\n

the SB.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lunch was at Acutya Prabhu\u2019s place where many<\/span><\/p>\n

varieties of prasad had been prepared. Acutya Prabhu<\/span><\/p>\n

and his wife Sundari Mataji encouraged Guru Maharaj\u2019s<\/span><\/p>\n

disciples to take good care of him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Evening programme was at Sridham Prabhu\u2019s place. There<\/span><\/p>\n

was a large audience present. Guru Maharaj spoke on<\/span><\/p>\n

the childhood pastimes of Lord Caitanya. Everyone was<\/span><\/p>\n

absorbed in enjoying the cheeky childhood pranks of<\/span><\/p>\n

Lord Caitanya .<\/span><\/p>\n

Tonight, the kirtan was simply ecstatic and so<\/span><\/p>\n

superheated. It just went on and on and everyone was<\/span><\/p>\n

dancing in ecstasy for almost an hour. This kirtan was<\/span><\/p>\n

more than enough to make a lame man dance! After all,<\/span><\/p>\n

it is meant for rousing us from deep slumber from the<\/span><\/p>\n

lap of the witch Maya.<\/span><\/p>\n

16th March,2003.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mangal-arati again was at Nityananda Hall followed by<\/span><\/p>\n

breakfast at Prataparudra Prabhu\u2019s place. The midday<\/span><\/p>\n

programme was at the temple. Midday class was<\/span><\/p>\n

extremely instructive. Guru Maharaj spoke on chanting<\/span><\/p>\n

and recounted a story of one lady reporter who after<\/span><\/p>\n

attending morning programme had concluded that japa<\/span><\/p>\n

period was actually the devotees\u2019 social time as they<\/span><\/p>\n

spent most of this time talking! Guru Maharaj is very<\/span><\/p>\n

strict about chanting. He does not talk to anyone in<\/span><\/p>\n

the brahma-muhurta period unless it is about<\/span><\/p>\n

Krsna.\u201dBusiness can wait.\u201d He highlighted the<\/span><\/p>\n

importance of making some material adjustments in<\/span><\/p>\n

order to chant effectively such as sitting up straight<\/span><\/p>\n

so that the lungs and the brain are filling up with<\/span><\/p>\n

oxygen well, as well as eating little the night before<\/span><\/p>\n

so as not to fall asleep while chanting.<\/span><\/p>\n

As well as being Guru Maharaj\u2019s last day in Labasa, it<\/span><\/p>\n

was also the disappearance day of Madhvendra Puri<\/span><\/p>\n

today. Guru Maharaj gave a very nectarean evening<\/span><\/p>\n

class of Madhvendra Puri\u2019s pastimes. He told of how<\/span><\/p>\n

Madhvendra Puri\u2019s deity Gopal is worshipped in a<\/span><\/p>\n

unique way by placing toys in front of it. The deity<\/span><\/p>\n

is worshipped in the mood of Krsna playing as a little<\/span><\/p>\n

boy with toys such as spinning tops, wooden figures,<\/span><\/p>\n

etc, being placed in front of him. He also told of how<\/span><\/p>\n

one deity had once stolen sweet rice for Madhvendra<\/span><\/p>\n

Puri and since then had become known as Ksircor<\/span><\/p>\n

Gopinath..<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj had given an instruction that everybody<\/span><\/p>\n

have some questions to ask tonight as noone ever had<\/span><\/p>\n

any questions. One question raised was that if one has<\/span><\/p>\n

a picture of Krsna at his home and is doing worship,<\/span><\/p>\n

if this was enough and could be used as an excuse not<\/span><\/p>\n

to serve the deities at the temple. Guru Maharaj<\/span><\/p>\n

replied that it was not the same thing at all because<\/span><\/p>\n

temple deities are installed and worshipped in a<\/span><\/p>\n

regulated manner and when the temple deities are<\/span><\/p>\n

worshipped it is also sankirtan as the deities are<\/span><\/p>\n

preaching deities. It was also Prabhupad\u2019s instruction<\/span><\/p>\n

that grsthas should live close to the temple and serve<\/span><\/p>\n

the deities. Also when one serves in the temple, he<\/span><\/p>\n

also serves the devotees, whereas when he serves at<\/span><\/p>\n

home, then service of devotees is neglected.<\/span><\/p>\n

As it was his last class, Guru Maharaj was very sweet<\/span><\/p>\n

and open and said that his heart is actually in Labasa<\/span><\/p>\n

with the devotees all the time and that he has the<\/span><\/p>\n

best time in the world when he\u2019s in Labasa. He<\/span><\/p>\n

compared Labasa to Vrindavan and Suva to Dwarka, Suva<\/span><\/p>\n

being full of opulence.<\/span><\/p>\n

17th March,2003.<\/span><\/p>\n

After mangal-arati, Guru Maharaj took an early flight<\/span><\/p>\n

to Lautoka for Gaur Purnima. Although Guru Maharaj had<\/span><\/p>\n

not wanted to return to Lautoka so much for Gaur<\/span><\/p>\n

Purnima, he returned to conduct an opening ceremony<\/span><\/p>\n

for the new prasadam hall, restaurant and accomodation<\/span><\/p>\n

block being constructed at Sri Krsna Kaliya Temple.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj arrived at Nadi at 9am.<\/span><\/p>\n

Breakfast at Gauri Mataji\u2019s place was very relaxed<\/span><\/p>\n

where Guru Maharaj enjoyed the association of his<\/span><\/p>\n

godbrothers and godsister. He led a very sweet kirtan<\/span><\/p>\n

and commented that this house was the most Krsna<\/span><\/p>\n

conscious house of all. Today, Gurudeva asked everyone<\/span><\/p>\n

to be seated and to be served at the same time as he<\/span><\/p>\n

was served. He usually likes everyone to take prasadam<\/span><\/p>\n

the same time as he does.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the day he met a few devotees and rested .<\/span><\/p>\n

Late lunch was at Sri Kesav Prabhu\u2019s place and, as<\/span><\/p>\n

usual, a large variety of preparations had been made.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj was very sweetly welcomed by a<\/span><\/p>\n

foot-bathing ceremony and then an arati conducted by<\/span><\/p>\n

Manju Mukhi Mataji, who became quite emotional while<\/span><\/p>\n

doing arati. After this, as he was being fanned by Sri<\/span><\/p>\n

Kesav Prabhu, while taking prasadam, he talked with<\/span><\/p>\n

Sri Kesav Prabhu about how he had entered devotional<\/span><\/p>\n

life. All the devotees sat around listening to Guru<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj speak.<\/span><\/p>\n

Evening class at 7pm was at the temple when the story<\/span><\/p>\n

from the Brhad-Bhagavadmrta was completed tonight.<\/span><\/p>\n

18th March,2003.Gaur Purnima.<\/span><\/p>\n

A large number, around 60 devotees were present for mangal-arati today. At 9:15am , signing of the temple contract took place by the sponsor and the foundation-laying ceremony took place under the expert supervision of Guru Maharaj. Guru Maharaj put cement first followed by all the devotees while he sat and watched shaded by an umbrella held by Hamsavatar Prabhu. At 10:30 am, a big harinam had been organized in the city and Radha-Giridhari Bhagwan, splendidly dressed for the occasion, bestowed unlimited mercy on all the fortunate people in the city today. Guru Maharaj was relentless in covering as many streets as possible with the Lord\u2019s mercy as he led the military procession against maya. The weather had now become hot with the sun blazing in the sky and it was amusing to see Guru Maharaj walking ahead and his servant usually running to catch up to hold the umbrella over his head! At 1pm, about 600 plates of prasadam was distributed in Lautoka city thus further spreading the Lord\u2019s mercy. For the rest of the day, Guru Maharaj met with a few devotees . The evening programme started at 7pm and consisted of abhisek of Gaur-Nitai Bhagvan followed by arati, class, and finally drama. The class was very absorbing and extolled Lord Caitanya\u2019s mercy \u2013how he had delivered Jagai and Madhai and later absorbed their sins and become dark in colour like Krsna, how he had appeared and why as well as how Advaita Acarya used to pray for his appearance. The drama prepared by the Lautoka devotees dwelt on the entry of Kaliyuga, how it changed people\u2019s lives and made them sinful, King Pariksit\u2019s offence and finally how Lord Caitanya\u2019s appearance rectified people\u2019s lives again by harinam. Guru Maharaj broke fast in his room before taking rest.<\/span><\/p>\n

19th March 2003.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just after mangal-arati, Guru Maharaj left for Suva by<\/span><\/p>\n

plane. At 7:15am, he had arrived in<\/span><\/p>\n

Suva and was joyfully greeted by about 25 devotees.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj went straight to Jairam Prabhu\u2019s place.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jairam Prabhu is the Suva Temple President and Guru<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj will be staying here while in Suva. Guru<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj was given the room that used to be used by<\/span><\/p>\n

His Holiness Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj, Srila<\/span><\/p>\n

Gurudev.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jairam Prabhu\u2019s entire family are very nice strong<\/span><\/p>\n

devotees, all firmly fixed in Krsna consciousness and<\/span><\/p>\n

they always serve Guru Maharaj with much love and<\/span><\/p>\n

attention. Guru Maharaj enjoys their association a<\/span><\/p>\n

lot.<\/span><\/p>\n

A quick foot-bathing reception was done by Bhimsen<\/span><\/p>\n

Prabhu and Visvanath Prabhu. Breakfast was served at<\/span><\/p>\n

9am and as usual Guru Maharaj ate basically fruits. He<\/span><\/p>\n

also really enjoyed the semolina idlis made by<\/span><\/p>\n

Ragabhumi Mataji.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, Guru Maharaj rested as he tired from the Gaur<\/span><\/p>\n

Purnima festivities. He also chanted and read in<\/span><\/p>\n

preparation for the official evening reception and<\/span><\/p>\n

class at the temple.<\/span><\/p>\n

At 2pm, Guru Maharaj went to see the new Suva temple<\/span><\/p>\n

project site. He was much pleased with the progress<\/span><\/p>\n

made ..<\/span><\/p>\n

The temple hall was packed for the evening reception<\/span><\/p>\n

programme with about 200 guests and devotees. Guru<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj thanked everyone for being engaged in Krsna consciousness while he was away. He spoke about feeling very nice and satisfied being with everyone. Class was from the Caitanya Caritamrta about the pastimes of Lord Caitanya\u2019s sankirtan party and the Kazi\u2019s attempt to stop the sankirtan.<\/span><\/p>\n

20th March,2003.<\/span><\/p>\n

Morning programme was at Jairam Prabhu\u2019s place.<\/span><\/p>\n

Morning class today was from SB Canto 5, Chapter 5. on<\/span><\/p>\n

the Teachings of Lord Rshabdev. Breakfast was served<\/span><\/p>\n

by Vilasini Mataji.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the daytime, Guru Maharaj was busy with visits<\/span><\/p>\n

by Vasudeva Prabhu and Bhagwati Mataji.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aristanemi Prabhu had invited Guru Maharaj for late<\/span><\/p>\n

lunch today and as Guru Maharaj wanted to get some<\/span><\/p>\n

exercise, he decided to walk there. It was about a 45<\/span><\/p>\n

minute walk with the hot sun blazing down, so when<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj arrived, he decided to shower first<\/span><\/p>\n

before respecting prasad.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hiranyangi Mataji very quickly gave Guru Maharaj a new<\/span><\/p>\n

towel and soap as well as a room to change.<\/span><\/p>\n

Immediately after a quick shower, Guru Maharaj sat<\/span><\/p>\n

down to take prasad. Everything had been prepared very<\/span><\/p>\n

nicely and Guru Maharaj again enjoyed his big-time<\/span><\/p>\n

favourite of daruka which is a local Fijian asparagus.<\/span><\/p>\n

He joked, \u201cI hope I can take some daruka to<\/span><\/p>\n

Krishna-loka for Krishna when I go back home to<\/span><\/p>\n

Godhead.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The evening programme today was at the Fiji School of<\/span><\/p>\n

Nursing. The topic was \u201cYoga for the Present<\/span><\/p>\n

Civiliasation.\u201d A bigger audience had been anticipated<\/span><\/p>\n

, but many students had gone home for their<\/span><\/p>\n

mid-semester break, so there were about 50 interested<\/span><\/p>\n

nursing students. Some of these students attend the<\/span><\/p>\n

regular cell programmes held at the Nursing School.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj spoke about astanga yoga and compared it<\/span><\/p>\n

to bhakti yoga. He proved how bhakti yoga is practical<\/span><\/p>\n

and applicable, yet at the same time, the principles<\/span><\/p>\n

of astanga yoga are still there, so that the audience<\/span><\/p>\n

did not feel as though they were missing out on<\/span><\/p>\n

astanga yoga.<\/span><\/p>\n

21st March,2003.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mangal-arati as usual at Jairam Prabhu\u2019s place.Morning<\/span><\/p>\n

class was continued from the SB with Lord Rshabdev\u2019s<\/span><\/p>\n

teaching-mahat sevam- service to the devotees being<\/span><\/p>\n

the thrust of the class.<\/span><\/p>\n

Breakfast today was at Acarynidhi Prabhu\u2019s place ..<\/span><\/p>\n

Acarynidhi Prabhu did quick foot-bathing reception and<\/span><\/p>\n

arati. One amusing coincidence was that when Guru<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj arrived, a recorded gurupuj kirtan was playing<\/span><\/p>\n

which had actually been sung by Guru Maharaj himself.<\/span><\/p>\n

So while arati was offered this track continued to<\/span><\/p>\n

play and everyone laughed at Guru Maharaj\u2019s comment<\/span><\/p>\n

that now he could have his own gurupuja and he had led<\/span><\/p>\n

the kirtan himself! Vasudeva Prabhu and Bhagwati<\/span><\/p>\n

Mataji also came for breakfast today.<\/span><\/p>\n

After breakfast, Guru Maharaj caught up on his emails<\/span><\/p>\n

and reading. Again, Vasudeva Prabhu visited Guru<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj today in regards to the new temple project.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj also spent most of the day video editing<\/span><\/p>\n

His Holiness Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj\u2019s Pusp<\/span><\/p>\n

Samadhi tape which will be shown in the evening<\/span><\/p>\n

programme tonight.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lunch was at Jugul Kisora Prabhu\u2019s place. They had<\/span><\/p>\n

prepared a nice lunch. During lunch, Guru Maharaj<\/span><\/p>\n

discussed the need to set up an education institute<\/span><\/p>\n

for training up devotees in the philosophy of Krishna consciouness. Jugal Kisora Prabhu and his wife Radha Sangh Mataji are very nice sankirtan devotees. Guru Maharaj said that Srila Prabhuipad has written the books primarily for reading and secondarily for distributing. Evening programme at the temple was nice with Guru Maharaj showing video clippings of the GBC meetings in Mayapur as well as the ISKCON project at Mayapur including Srila Prabhupad\u2019s Pusp Samadhi, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

22nd March,2003.<\/span><\/p>\n

Usual morning programme. A harinam and picnic had<\/span><\/p>\n

been planned for today.<\/span><\/p>\n

Breakfast was at Nandvraj Prabhu\u2019s place where a<\/span><\/p>\n

Gujerati-style breakfast was served. Guru Maharaj<\/span><\/p>\n

tasted everything a little but mainly ate his standard<\/span><\/p>\n

fruits. Bilvamangal Prabhu who stays in the flat<\/span><\/p>\n

downstairs to Nandvraj Prabhu had invited Guru Maharaj<\/span><\/p>\n

before breakfast by a foot-bathing ceremony and also<\/span><\/p>\n

had a light discussion with Guru Maharaj. He is<\/span><\/p>\n

aspiring for second initiation from Guru Maharaj.<\/span><\/p>\n

As it was a hot day,Guru Maharaj decided not to move<\/span><\/p>\n

around with the harinam party in the sun but to join<\/span><\/p>\n

the devotees in the prasadam tent from where prasadam distribution was done. So Guru Maharaj reached Navua Town, which is about a 45 minute drive from Suva city right in time to lead chanting for about an hour. By then prasadam distribution was also over so everyone left for the beach. On the way to the beach, Guru Maharaj visited Sravaniya Mataji who had just returned from India for a chat. The devotees including Vasudeva Prabhu were already in the water, so Guru Maharaj joined them immediately. Guru Maharaj spent about an hour in the water. While devotees were coming out of the water one by one, Guru Maharaj had a meeting with Parsuram Prabhu. After everyone had had lunch, Guru Maharaj started singing bhajans accompanying himself with his guitar. Everyone was immersed in transcendental ecstasy and felt that the sun should not set today. Then it was time to go back to Suva. Late lunch was at Bhakta Ravin\u2019s place who is aspiring initiation from Guru Maharaj. Prasadam was very nice and Guru Maharaj joked that if Bhakta Ravin promised to give him daruka all the time then he could give him initiation in return! Guru Maharaj spoke lightly about how to keep up initiation vows and how Srila Prabhupad used to chant his 16 rounds-4 rounds before breakfast, 4 before lunch , 4 before dinner and 4 before going to bed. He said one can therefore chant 16 rounds very easily. Everyone was a bit quiet due to the tiredness of harinam and picnic and Guru Maharaj took early rest tonight.<\/span><\/p>\n

23rd March,2003.<\/span><\/p>\n

Usual morning programme except that the SB class was<\/span><\/p>\n

given at the temple as it is Sunday. In morning class,<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj spoke very strongly about being<\/span><\/p>\n

responsible and spoke about ideal grstha asrama. The<\/span><\/p>\n

temple hall was packed with about 100 devotees for<\/span><\/p>\n

morning class. Visvanath Prabhu says that it was<\/span><\/p>\n

probably the heaviest class he had heard of Guru<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj.<\/span><\/p>\n

Breakfast today was at Radhapati Prabhu\u2019s place. After breakfast, Guru Maharaj went to visit Vilasini Mataji\u2019s husband in hospital as he had suffered a spinal cord injury last year. Guru Maharaj led a soft kirtan by his bedside for about 15 minutes. Guru Maharaj had also visited him in hospital in Sydney. At midday, Guru Maharaj gave the Sunday feast lecture at the temple and also led arati kirtan. At 3pm , the National Council Meeting was scheduled and this meeting actually went on till 6pm, so lunch was delayed an hour. Lunch was at Indradyumna Prabhu\u2019s place. Indradyumna Prabhu is a very nice disciple of His Holiness Bhakti Caru Maharaj. After lunch, Guru Maharaj was very relaxed. He sat with all the devotees and completed his rounds then spontaneously asked for the Krsna book to read from it. It was a very scenic and familial atmosphere as he sat reading surrounded by all his children and grandchildren. Dwarkadisa Prabhu and Jivanatha Prabhu were massaging Guru Maharaj\u2019s feet as he read. Guru Maharaj felt very relaxed and was enjoying the family atmosphere.<\/span><\/p>\n

24th March,2003.<\/span><\/p>\n

Usual morning programme. Breakfast was at Krishna<\/span><\/p>\n

Kanta Mataji\u2019s place. Guru Maharaj spent the day<\/span><\/p>\n

reading for tonight\u2019s lecture at the University of the<\/span><\/p>\n

South Pacific which had been organized by Bhimsena<\/span><\/p>\n

Prabhu. The topic for the lecture was \u201cWhy Bad Things<\/span><\/p>\n

Happen to Good People.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj went for a walk at 4:30pm.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lunch was at Sugriva Prabhu\u2019s place and Radha Sakhi<\/span><\/p>\n

Mataji had made pizza for Guru Maharaj.<\/span><\/p>\n

The evening programme was delayed to 8pm as there was<\/span><\/p>\n

an exam being conducted at the lecture theatre. Guru<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj started off the lecture with a very academic presentation on the history of world religions and their different perspectives on the topic under discussion. He then concluded with a Krishna conscious perspective. Then there was a nice kirtan led by Guru Maharaj in which everyone present participated. Prasadam was then served. Some interested people met Guru Maharaj at the book table and asked questions. The entire programme had been funded by the University Student Council of which Bhimsen Prabhu is a board member. The student Council appreciated the programme and requested more programmes of a similar nature in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

25th March,2003.<\/span><\/p>\n

Usual morning programme. Breakfast was at Jairam<\/span><\/p>\n

Prabhu\u2019s place.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today is the final day for Guru Maharaj in Suva. So<\/span><\/p>\n

during the day, Vasudeva Prabhu came for final<\/span><\/p>\n

discussions before Guru Maharaj left. Vasudeva Prabhu<\/span><\/p>\n

is Srila Prabhupad\u2019s disciple and is the main<\/span><\/p>\n

coordinator for the new temple project in Suva.<\/span><\/p>\n

Navabhakti and Aryamani Matajis\u2019 came to see Guru<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj for some advice and to give daksina.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lunch was at Jivanath Prabhu\u2019s place. Today, Guru<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj again requested that everyone be served at<\/span><\/p>\n

the same time as he was. Plates were prepared for all<\/span><\/p>\n

the devotees that could fit into the prasadam room and<\/span><\/p>\n

when everyone sat down, all the plates were brought in<\/span><\/p>\n

at once and everyone was served together. Guru Maharaj<\/span><\/p>\n

liked this style of serving. This was how His Holiness<\/span><\/p>\n

Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj, Srila Gurudev, had<\/span><\/p>\n

trained his disciples. Everyone started taking<\/span><\/p>\n

prasadam together.<\/span><\/p>\n

Evening programme was at the temple and it was Guru<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj\u2019s final address to all the Suva devotees for<\/span><\/p>\n

this trip. Guru Maharaj thanked everyone for the nice association and said that his heart pained at the thought of him having to leave tomorrow. He spoke very little but rather chanted a few bhajans with harmonium. Everyone was a little down that Guru Maharaj is leaving tomorrow and they would now get darshan after 6 months at Radhastmi<\/span><\/p>\n

26th March,2003.<\/span><\/p>\n

A quick morning programme was conducted as everyone<\/span><\/p>\n

had to leave early for the airport. There were about<\/span><\/p>\n

40 devotees present at the airport. Everyone offered<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj garlands and he distributed one back to<\/span><\/p>\n

each devotee as prasadam. Finally, Guru Maharaj had to<\/span><\/p>\n

say goodbye. He hugged all the male devotees and<\/span><\/p>\n

thanked all the mothers with folded palms for their<\/span><\/p>\n

service saying that he had put on a few extra kilos<\/span><\/p>\n

due to their service! Some devotees started crying at<\/span><\/p>\n

the physical separation but Guru Maharaj assured<\/span><\/p>\n

everyone that he would be back for Radhastmi which he<\/span><\/p>\n

is going to celebrate in Suva. And Guru Maharaj walked<\/span><\/p>\n

to the security areas and finally into the aircraft ,<\/span><\/p>\n

waving to all the devotees. The devotees stood<\/span><\/p>\n

watching until the plane disappeared in the early<\/span><\/p>\n

morning clouds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj arrived at Lautoka at 9:30am. Although no initiation ceremony had been planned for this visit, Guru Maharaj, out of his causeless mercy decided that there was no reason for two young aspiring disciples to wait any longer. Therefore, an initiation ceremony took place this evening at the Sri Krsna Kaliya Temple!<\/span><\/p>\n

27th March,2003.<\/span><\/p>\n

Usual morning programme at Krsna Kaliya Temple. All<\/span><\/p>\n

day today devotees were coming and meeting Guru<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj as it was his last day in Fiji. Everyone was<\/span><\/p>\n

feeling so sad that he would be flying out today.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj distributed a lot of his socks and other<\/span><\/p>\n

personal items to quite a number of fortunate devotees<\/span><\/p>\n

and a lot of devotees gave him new socks as presents.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said that he gives away socks and Krsna provides<\/span><\/p>\n

him with new socks.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj always likes leaving in plenty time for<\/span><\/p>\n

the airport so that all the official business can be<\/span><\/p>\n

done quickly and he can spend time with all the<\/span><\/p>\n

devotees, so he left Lautoka at about 6:30pm. Before<\/span><\/p>\n

he left he came into the temple and did final darshan<\/span><\/p>\n

of their Lordships and Srila Prabhupada.<\/span><\/p>\n

A large number of devotees went to the airport to see<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj off as everyone was eager for final<\/span><\/p>\n

association, instructions and opportunities to serve.<\/span><\/p>\n

After checking in, everyone went and sat with Guru<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj in a clear spot in the airport building. Guru<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj sat in a chair with all the devotees sitting<\/span><\/p>\n

at his feet surrounding him. It was an impressive<\/span><\/p>\n

sight indeed which amazed and impressed a lot of<\/span><\/p>\n

onlookers. One European lady was so impressed that she<\/span><\/p>\n

also took off her shoes and joined us sitting<\/span><\/p>\n

cross-legged on the floor!<\/span><\/p>\n

Guru Maharaj saturated everyone with his presence. He<\/span><\/p>\n

spoke to each and every person and reciprocated very<\/span><\/p>\n

lovingly to each of their inquiries. He gave general instructions and advised young devotees to get an education. But one thing that noone present will ever forget is the prasadam-lila! Guru Maharaj happened to glance at the prasadam packed for him for his journey and asked to see it. All the prasadam had been packed in identical containers by Jaya Lalita Mataji who had lovingly made each preparation. Guru Maharaj actually wanted to lessen the weight carried by him so he started to take out each container to see what he could give away. As he opened the container the devotees yelled out which preparation it contained. After sniffing the contents, Guru Maharaj put the container aside to take with him. This happened for each container with the devotees yelling with increasing glee as Guru Maharaj opened a new container because they all knew that all the preparations were absolute favourites of Guru Maharaj. There was much loving laughter as pizza, daruka, bean, jackfruit, capattis were all put aside one after another for Guru Maharaj to take with him. Finally, as there were 2 containers of pizza, one container was distributed to the devotees present who shared the little pieces lovingly among themselves. After this some devotees gave gift-wrapped presents to Guru Maharaj. Like a little boy, Guru Maharaj opened them at once. He has this habit of opening all his presents at once which is so endearing! Then it was time for Guru Maharaj to leave. All the devotees walked with him up to the departure gate. He hugged all the male devotees many of whom put their heads on his lotus feet and said \u201cHaribol\u201d with folded palms to all the Matajis. As many devotees as could fit into the narrow space craned their necks to get a last look as Guru Maharaj disappeared into the insides<\/span><\/p>\n

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