Author Archives: Dandavats

By Nrsimhananda das Just a few days before he departed for the US, he called me in the wee hours of his night. “What are you doing up so early, Maharaja?” It was 2am IST. He was thinking how the society could put Srila Prabhupada more in the center. He…

By Kavicandra Swami When I was asked to speak something about Srila Bhakti Charu Swami at a kirtan program I said that he was the “personification of Vaisnava culture”. Being quite uncultured myself I could not say much more except to glorifying some o…

By Virabahu das Seeing all these reverses affect devotees, one should not be disturbed; one should simply understand that in these matters there must be some plan of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Bhagavatam’s conclusion is that a devotee is …

By Madhusevita Das Where will I find that loving smile filled with care and affection that made you feel so important though you are worthless…., that caused you to remember Prabhupada in any circumstance…, that was pure sweetness…? I am so angr…

Vaisesika Pr on Bhakti Caru Swami “how to deal with the passing of a great devotee” Towaco NJ 7/5/20Read More…(This post has been viewed 358 times so far)

Tribute to HH Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj -| 7 July 2020, Live from UjjainRead More…(This post has been viewed 331 times so far)

By Giridhari Swami I had the good fortune of associating with your Guru Maharaja during the 2019 GBC midterm meetings held in Tirupati. Numerous times throughout that visit he would give me a long, warm and loving embrace and say, “My dear old friend, …

By the GBC Executive Committee As we try to come to terms with the departure of His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami, we join you in eagerly awaiting Maharaja’s return to Sri Mayapur Dham where his samadhi will be erected. Due to the ravaging spread of C…

By Bhakti Bhringa Govinda Swami I think that now is the time for us to really take those instructions that we read in Srila Prabhupada’s offering in the Shrimad Bhagavatam to his spiritual master to heart. And that instruction is that he lives forever …

Somehow, by Lord Krishna’s too-great-to-understand plan, He has decided to so suddenly promote His selfless servant Bhakti Charu Swami into His eternal Abode.Read More…(This post has been viewed 332 times so far)

Srila Prabhupada spent his entire life’s energy to give Krishna to the whole world; and in so doing he also created so many empowered saints, men and women of such pure hearts and saintly characters. Bhakti Charu Maharaj is such an exemplary saintly so…

Ambarisa Das: Farewell my dear, dear friend. I aspire to meet you again at the lotus feet of our Srila Prabhupada.Read More…(This post has been viewed 326 times so far)

As we know, H.H. Bhakti Charu Swami’s support for the IMCPA was very substantial. By his stature among the leaders of our Society, he was able to call attention to the importance of the ministry; he supported it financially; he helped in making favorab…

Srila Prabhupada makes us understand that ‘a cent-percent devotee of the Lord is immune to the dreadful material miseries of repeated birth and death’ (SB 1.3.39, purport). And ‘service to the Lord is rendered in pure consciousness of one’s spiritual i…

Maharaja is universally loved all over the world, and the entire International Society of Krishna Consciousness mourns his passing. Nonetheless, the sorrow we feel at losing the company of such a saintly person is tempered with the joy of knowing that …

I still cannot accept the fact that you have left this world. When I had come to know about your health condition, I was sure that you will recover from it. But Krishna had a different plan. Krishna wanted you to return to his kingdom. And no one can i…

Hrdayananda Goswami says a few words on HH Bhakti Charu MaharajaRead More…(This post has been viewed 344 times so far)

By Bhakti Raghava Swami The last time we met was in the month of May, 2018, in California where we were both attending a Cow Culture Conference. It was the first time I was hearing from you about your project in Florida where you explained that in Nor…

By Bhaktivaibhava Swami I will not attempt to imagine the pain and emotions you are going through at this moment after the departure of your beloved Guru Maharaja. I can only join Anuttama Prabhu’s memory of the pain and emotions we experienced when Hi…

By Bir Krishna das Goswami Today is a day of intense mourning, the day that Srila Bhakti Charu Swami left this mortal world, and has gone to serve in His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada’s pastimes. For a pure devotee such as Bhakti Charu Maharaj there i…

By Vaisesika Dasa Let us offer true homage to Maharaja by continuing his legacy of service in our own lives. Let us commit ourselves, mind, body, and soul, to the service of Srila Prabhupada, following in the footsteps of his beloved servant, His Holin…

By Bhanu Swami HH Bhakti Charu Swami was known by all who met him as the most gentle, humble, compassionate and learned devotee. Everyone valued his association. Thus, in his absence there will feelings of great loss for everyone. But for his discip…

By Prahladananda Swami More than anything concerning the disappearance of Bhakti Caru Swami I am solaced by the appreciation of his character and service expressed by his godbrothers and leaders of ISKCON. I believe ISKCON above everything is meant t…

By Kesava Bharati Dasa Goswami We’ve just lost one of ISKCON’s most important leaders, His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami, who succumbed to Covid19 and the complications it brought on. He departed on the auspicious day of guru-purnima, which is also the d…

By Partha Sarathi Das Goswami Our ISKCON, as Srila Prabhupada has stated in a commentary in Caitanya Caritamrta, is non-different from the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Still, it’s natural for the disciples to feel separation from the spiritual …

We are deeply saddened as Om Vishnupad Bhakticharu Swami Maharaj passed beyond the veil on 4th July, 2020.Read More…(This post has been viewed 353 times so far)

CM Mamta Banerjee, condolence message to ISKCON devotees about the passing of HH Bhakti Charu SwamiRead More…(This post has been viewed 332 times so far)

Oh Brother of gentle demeanor, I am your irrefutable junior. When I look at all you’ve done, Nothing short of making that homerun, I am humbled by your limitless energy. And now you leave us that memory, Of absolute conviction to go, Where a target rec…

By Your servants at the BCS Office A short live stream of the final rites ceremony of HH Bhakti Charu Swami will start shortly. “Maharaja’s final rites will be performed on Sunday morning (Eastern US time) at a local funeral home that especially cater…

HH Radhanath Swami glorifying HH Bhakti Charu Swami with UK Devotees . Special thanks to Radha Vinod Prabhu for organizing this talkRead More…(This post has been viewed 345 times so far)

Let us offer true homage to Maharaja by continuing his legacy of service in our own lives. Let us commit ourselves, mind, body, and soul, to the service of Srila Prabhupada, following in the footsteps of his beloved servant, His Holiness Bhakti Charu S…

By Praghosa DasIt is so, so harrowing to endure the departure of someone we love. Indeed there are so many specialists who deal exclusively with helping people through such upheaval and loss. I lost my mother nearly 50 years ago and I still remember th…

By Bhakti Brhat Bhagavata Swami First Meeting with Devotees: Sarvabhavana Prabhu, who joined ISKCON recalls, “I and a friend of mine, who later became His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami, went from Calcutta to Hamburg in 1970. There we met the devotees fo…

Collective Narasimha Prayers from students of the Bhaktivedanta AcademyRead More…(This post has been viewed 839 times so far)

Yet what is even more disturbing than all the unrest, turmoil and lawlessness that has dominated the news is the fact that the world lost a very great soul last night that many don’t even know about. His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami is one of the few wh…

By the GBC Executive Committee Soon after Maharaja’s departure, a devotee came to chant and offer sacred items and prayers, including the recitation of Brahma-samhita and the Gajendra-moksa slokas. He described Maharaja’s body as youthful and effulgent…

By Indradyumna Swami Dear disciples of Bhakti Charu Maharaja, Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. On this auspicious day of Guru Purnima I want to express my condolences to all of you on the departure of y…

And Bhakti Charu Maharaj said to Prabhupada “Srila Prabhupada if you want to chastise me I deserve it but I still ask you please take this orange juice because it’s good for you. Prabhupada then said “alright give the orange juice”. Srila Prabhupada dr…

The world lost a very great soul last night that many don’t even know about.Read More…(This post has been viewed 29 times so far)