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    "datePublished": "2000-11-05",
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    "description": "Govardhana The spiritual enlivenment of kartika in Govardhana awakens remembrances of ecstasy.Chanting at the Henry Street temple in Brooklyn at my first Sunday feasts. No pleasure in this world could…",
    "author": "Dhanurdhara Swami",
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# Govardhana The spiritual enlivenment of

Govardhana

The spiritual enlivenment of kartika in Govardhana awakens remembrances of ecstasy.

- Chanting at the Henry Street temple in Brooklyn at my first Sunday feasts. No pleasure in this world could compare. I gave up everything to pursue the selfless pleasure of spiritual life.
- Lord Caitanya's mercy the first time I went out on book distribution. The inundation of Lord's Caitanya's mercy was mystical. What was it? I became too busy as a teacher to continue and give it much time.
- Kirtana procession to the Yamuna every afternoon for two years without fail when I first came to Vrindaban. The next morning at mangala-arati, I would immediately and enthusiastically begin jumping when the Deities would appear, still feeling the double purification of harinama and yamuna-snana.
- A midnight bath in Radha-kunda on Bahulastami, Her appearance day. I was with Yasodananda Swami, Jagat Guru Swami, and Pradyumna. I witnessed our false egos wash away into small puddles next to us on the floor. That humility gave a taste for chanting?kirtinayah sada hari.
- Kumbha-mela in 1988. Bathing at the Triveni [the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and Sarasvati] at 3:30 in the morning, followed by mangal-arati with Lokantha Swami leading. As he sang, I was so convinced that nectar was flowing from the heavens that I would tilt my head to let it come more directly in my ears.
- Nabadvipa Mandala Parikrama, 1994. Nine days in another world.
- Kartika in Gita-nagari, 1995. Divine austerity and Radha-Damodara's mercy gives me a taste for the holy name.
- Maha-yajna, New Ekachakra Dhama, April 2000. Relief, affection, and devotion flood the dhama as the gods stop the rain to bring sunshine and auspiciousness.
- Kartika in Govardhana, 2000. Sleeping is considered dandavat-parikrama. Where else can one get such a boon in the ignorance of his day?