On the morning of Dec 23, 1936, one week before Srila Bhaktisiddhantha Saraswati Goswami Thakur left this world, he gave special instructions to his disciples.These should be of supreme interest to all devotees who desire spiritual advancement.
1. All of you please preach the message of Rupa and Raghunath with great enthusiasm. The ultimate object of our desires is to become specks of dust at the lotus feet of the followers of Rupa Goswami
2. All of you remain united in submission to the Lords' form as the repository of devotion, seeking to satisfy the transcendental senses of the one, non-dual supreme consciousness. Make your way through this impermanent, transitory life in whatever way you can, keeping the goal of worshipping the Lord foremost in your minds. Don't abandon this goal, even in the face of hundreds of dangers, insults or persecutions.
3. Don't loose your spirit if you see that the majority of people cannot accept the principle of selfless service to the supreme lord.
4. Our true being and identity is to be the dust at the lotus feet of Sri Rupa Goswami, life after life.
5. In the material world, we continuously come into contact with difficulties. There is no need for us to be bewildered by these difficulties, nor should it be our objective to remove them. Rather we should think of what will be left to be attained after all these obstacles are removed, We must learn about our eternal life while we are still in this world. Our only real obligation is to go beyond duality and to enter that realm of eternal fulfillment.
6. In this world, no person should be a special object of attraction or aversion. All arrangements we make here last only for moments. Our only unavoidable necessity is to seek out the ultimate goal of life.
7. Work together with a single purpose-to win the qualifications to serve the original repository of love for Krishna, Srimati Radharam.
8. May the current of ideas propagated by Rupa Goswami flow throughout the world.
9. May we never under any circumstances become indifferent to the seven tongued sacrificial flame of the holy name. If out attraction to the holy name continually increases, we will achieve all perfection.
10. Remain exclusively faithful to the followers of Rupa Goswami and preach Rupa and Raghunath's teachings enthusiastically and fearlessly.
1. All of you please preach the message of Rupa and Raghunath with great enthusiasm. The ultimate object of our desires is to become specks of dust at the lotus feet of the followers of Rupa Goswami
2. All of you remain united in submission to the Lords' form as the repository of devotion, seeking to satisfy the transcendental senses of the one, non-dual supreme consciousness. Make your way through this impermanent, transitory life in whatever way you can, keeping the goal of worshipping the Lord foremost in your minds. Don't abandon this goal, even in the face of hundreds of dangers, insults or persecutions.
3. Don't loose your spirit if you see that the majority of people cannot accept the principle of selfless service to the supreme lord.
4. Our true being and identity is to be the dust at the lotus feet of Sri Rupa Goswami, life after life.
5. In the material world, we continuously come into contact with difficulties. There is no need for us to be bewildered by these difficulties, nor should it be our objective to remove them. Rather we should think of what will be left to be attained after all these obstacles are removed, We must learn about our eternal life while we are still in this world. Our only real obligation is to go beyond duality and to enter that realm of eternal fulfillment.
6. In this world, no person should be a special object of attraction or aversion. All arrangements we make here last only for moments. Our only unavoidable necessity is to seek out the ultimate goal of life.
7. Work together with a single purpose-to win the qualifications to serve the original repository of love for Krishna, Srimati Radharam.
8. May the current of ideas propagated by Rupa Goswami flow throughout the world.
9. May we never under any circumstances become indifferent to the seven tongued sacrificial flame of the holy name. If out attraction to the holy name continually increases, we will achieve all perfection.
10. Remain exclusively faithful to the followers of Rupa Goswami and preach Rupa and Raghunath's teachings enthusiastically and fearlessly.
