Feb 162017
Yesterday at our ashram in Carpinteria we celebrated the appearance day of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, Srila Prabhupada’s spiritual master, whose divine instruction led to Prabhupada’s coming to America and spreading Krishna consciousness—the teachings of Lord Chaitanya—all over the world. And we were happy that Balarama das, Sripada Tamal Krishna Goswami’s former servant, secretary, and pujari, also joined us.
Balarama shared with us many of his wonderful experiences with Tamal Krishna Goswami—and one instruction of Goswami Maharaja’s really struck me: “If you get a chance for advanced association, drop everything—whatever you are doing—because such association is very rare.”
Hare Krishna.
Yours in service,
Giriraj Swami
