A lway s E m b r a c e d
by
Kåñëa
They Were Amazed to See Him Always Undisturbed Most of the Western devotees that had been sent there to assist him were unable to tolerate the austere conditions. They were amazed to see him always undisturbed, eating only once a day, and hardly sleeping. He would simply translate, preach, chant, and write in his notebooks day and night.
Struck by His Depth of Sincerity Çrédhara däsa (USA) had the following to say about his godbrother Çréla Gour Govinda Swami Mahäräja: “I met His Holiness Gour Govinda Mahäräja on a number of occasions and I was always struck by his depth of sincerity and devotion to Çréla Prabhupäda and his mission. I always thought His Holiness Gour Govinda Mahäräja to be like some Vaiñëava sädhu right out of the pages of Çréla Bhaktivinoda Öhäkura’s Jaiva Dharma. He was very humble, pure, simple, renounced and fixed on remembrance of Rädhä-Kåñëa and Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu and all of His pure devotee followers; an assembly to which he belonged.”
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