Special mercy

For one who is serious with the Harinam mantra given by Sri Guru all challenges that happen in his life, devotees will see it as Krishna arrangement.

Yesterday I was doing the last arati of the day at 9pm and the temple was empty, just me and Krishna.
Famous RadhaGokulananda, worshiped by thousands of devotees gave me the opportunity to serve them in such an intimate way.

After the arati I chanted sacred mantras whilst placing them into their beds.
Whilst removing Krishna crown and Radharani’s camara and placing them into bed decorated with flowers i reflected;

Gopa Kumar received a mantra from Guru and simply by chanting Gopala mantra he fulfilled all his desires.He wanted to worship Jagannath in Puri. He chanted mantras given by Guru carefully and soon he became in charge of the whole worship of Lord Jagannath.
Simple village boy was adopted by King Of Orissa and given charge of nitya seva of Lord Jagganath.

There are so many senior Vaisnava pujaris in our community but somehow I have been given the opportunity to perform nitya seva for the famous Sri Sri RadhaGokulananda.

After I put Deities to rest and turned light on the altar I offered my obeisances and before leaving I looked at Srila Prabhupad in the temple room.

He looked happy with me.

Srila Prabhupad wanted devotees to experience Krishna magic.
He would often say:simply by carefully chanting the Hare Krishna mantra given by Sri Guru you can achieve perfection.

I offered my respects to Srila Prabhupad and with that meditation left to take rest and prepare for another day of Krishna magic.

Your servant
Ananta Gopal Das