Vraja Lila, Chapter 8 Days passed and her situation got worse. She started to go blind, being able to see objects only directly in front of her eyes. She was very eager to chant Hare Krsna, but her japa became increasingly difficult because of her weak voice. So she asked me to chant in her [...]
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A Message to her GuruVraja Lila, Chapter 7 Day by day we could see she was getting worse. Because the end was nearing, we decided to inform Srila Gurudeva that there was little hope left for her and request him to come to Vrndavana. Manasi Ganga called Srila Gurudeva on October 5th. Upon hearing the news, Gurudeva said he [...] |
The Most Critical SituationVraja Lila, Chapter 6 The next morning after Srimad-Bhagavatam class I returned to the dharmasala where we were living. Vraja Lila would usually sleep until 7:00 a.m. because of her poor health. When I entered our room I saw that she was in intense pain. She told me she had received an electric shock from [...] |
Praying for Attachment to her GuruVraja Lila, Chapter 5 While living in Vrndavana she was always expressing the desire to deepen her relationship with her spiritual master. She often praised my good fortune, that although she had received only one letter from him I had received many. She suggested that due to her lack of faith for him he never [...] |
Living in VrndavanaVraja Lila, Chapter 4 Gandharvka Giridhari: When we arrived in Vrndavana in November 1993, we visited many temples. From the very beginning, the Gosvamis in charge of those temples took notice of Vraja Lila, and she became the object of their affection. This was especially true at the Radha-Damodara and Imli Tala temples. On our [...] |
Spiritual InitiationVraja Lila, Chapter 3 Indradyumna Swami: I accepted Vraja Lila Dasi as my disciple in May 1992. Seeing that she was a very sincere devotee who didn’t have long to live, I gave her brahmana initiation only a few months afterwards. Six months later, Gandharvka Giridhari dasi, my first Russian disciple, who had been taking [...] |
Coming to KrsnaVraja Lila, Chapter 2 Gandharvka Giridhari: Several days after Vraja Lila received a copy of Bhagavad-Gita and visited the temple, there was a big Ratha-yatra in Moscow. She went to the festival out of curiosity and arrived just before the parade began. Indradyumna Maharaja was lecturing to a large crowd that had gathered around the [...] |
Vraja LilaVraja Lila, Chapter 1 Vraja Lila Dasi was born in Russia on December 19, 1974. She came into contact with the Krsna consciousness movement in August 1991. In an article she wrote for a devotee youth magazine just before her passing away, she recounts how she first met the devotees. “Devotees are always trying to [...] |
IntroductionVraja Lila On October 13, 1994, my dear disciple 19-year-old Vraja Lila Dasi left her body in Sri Vrndavana-dhama. By the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and Lord Krsna I was by her side, along with many other Vaisnavas, chanting the holy names. One year before, while suffering from leukemia, she had gone to Vrndavana assisted [...] |
