Indradyumna Swami’s Facebook posts for December 2017
December 31st 2017 : Happy New Year
My Dear Kirtanananda,
Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 31, 1968, and I thank you for your good wishes for the New Year. Please accept the same from my side. So far as we are concerned, our New Year is every day because Krishna belongs to the nitya-lila. Nitya-lila means that all of His Pastimes are going on in either of the so many universes. It is just like the rising of the sun. In your country the sun is supposed to rise at 6:30 at the present moment, but at any time you can inquire in some part of the world and there it is the same 6:30 and sunrise. While you are in this meridian, in another country it may be 6:30 AM, and the sun is rising.
[ Srila Prabhupada letter to Kirtanananda, January 12, 1969 ]
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December 26, 2017 : A Parade In Honor Of The Bhagavatam
On the invitation of Pundarik Goswami of the Radha Raman temple in Vrindavan, myself and several devotees journeyed to Nathdwar in Rajasthan for a festival program. After taking darshan of the famous deity of Sri Nathji we participated in a parade, along with several marching bands, through the city in glorification of the Srimad Bhagavatam. The sacred book was respectfully carried on the heads of several devotees along the way. Throughout the route people came out of their homes, offices or stores and throw rose petals on the Bhagavatam. When the parade concluded there were discussions on the Bhagavatam in a large tent which were attended by many thousands of people. That evening my Russian disciple, Vrindarani dasi, performed Odissi dance for the large crowd. People were amazed by her talent. Afterwards many people came up to me and complimented Srila Prabhupada and the work he did in spreading Krsna consciousness around the world. All glories to His Divine Grace!
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