Author Archives: Dandavats

I am very happy to hear about your preaching engagements. The Glastonbury music festival seems like a wonderful way to attract people to Krishna consciousness. During the early days when I was able to spend more time in England, I used to go to that fe…

In August 1965, Srila Prabhupada, under the instruction of his spiritual master Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur, traveled with a mission to share the timeless wisdom of Krishna consciousness with the Western world. Srila Prabhupada sailed from C…

By ISKCON GBC Strategic Planning Team “One day I became aware of the door being opened, and I turned to see Srila Prabhupada’s lotus feet walking into that closet room. . . . He placed his hand on my head and inquired, ‘Yamuna? How are you doing?’ Fi…

By Lokanath Swami When I heard the news of Maharaja having tested positive for COVID-19, I was left speechless. Daily at that time of the morning I am on a zoom Japa conference. I made the announcement to the participants in much disbelief. I checked…

Covad-19 Crisis – ISKCON Food For Life Distribution from Worldwide Donations during the Pandemic Read More…(This post has been viewed 349 times so far)

By Bhakti Vijnana Goswami It is an irreparable loss for all of us. One thought though gives me some solace – he was not of this world. He was like a lotus flower, which grows from the mud in the water, but still is completely unaffected by the muddy en…

It is still an unbelievable shock for me to know that I will not be able to associate with you the way I used to. I can visualise you walking so elegantly as if you are floating and this quality of effortless grace permeates every aspect of your person…

I am praying to my worshipful Lord, Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Jiu, for engaging Srila Charu Maharaj in the service of his Gurudeva, His Divine Grace Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada eternallyRead More…(This post has been viewed 325 times so fa…

By Sivarama Swami Listening carefully to all of your instructions, we can understand how closely you followed the disciplic succession. Some of your statements were very close to Srila Prabhupada’s words, and some took the basic principles that Srila P…

By Badrinarayan Swami The vacuum felt by Bhakti Charu Maharaja’s departure is immense. And that is how it should be. These feelings of separation are the proper testimony to Bhakti Charu Maharaja’s life—so exemplary, so well lived. What more can we say…

By Ravindra Svarupa das At the time that I was voted onto the GBC, ISKCON and its governing body was undergoing an excruciatingly difficult period of trial and testing. However, there were compensations for all our trials and tribulations, and for me t…

By Radha Krishna das Mathura-vasa – you were not only living in the Holy Places in India but wherever you went you turned that ordinary place into places of pastimes. Even on your last journey, you were working so tirelessly on establishing a new farm…

By Giriraj Swami One of your most prominent qualities while you were physically with us was your deep love for Srila Prabhupada. Very soon after you met him, he included you in his personal staff and made you his secretary for Bengali and Hindi corresp…

By Bhakti Gauravani Swami Bhakti Charu Maharaja was a true touchstone. Whoever came in contact with him was given an opportunity to experience a life-changing transformation. I experienced the magic of his presence for the first time in 1979 when we m…

By Sesa Das Can you picture our dear Vaisnava gentleman His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami as a sword-wielding, eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, general on the battlefield, a courageous soldier in the thick of battle, waging war on behalf of ISKCON? A …

Attachement for hearing Krishna-katha from the mouth of a pure devotee is everything!Read More…

LIVE from Srila Prabhupada Puspa Samadhi Temple – Smaran Utsav of His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami Sri Mayapur Dham – July 6, 2020Read More…(This post has been viewed 330 times so far)

• For Bhakti Charu Maharaj, taking care of ISKCON was like taking care of Srila Prabhupada’s body. For him it was non-different. • His behavior was very refined and he was a real gentleman. • He said: If you love Prabhupada, you will work to make ISK…

HH Giriraj Swami – Serving the Guru in Separation Towaco NJ 7/6/20Read More…(This post has been viewed 326 times so far)

Jayadvaita Swami – Remembering Bhakti Caru Swami Towaco NJ 7/6/20Read More…(This post has been viewed 326 times so far)

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…