Sonal Narang

    Sadhu Bhusanah Gurudev ! A couple of days back, in his morning Japa meditations , Guru Maharaj chuckled like a little child and addressed his disciples - ‘You are the soldiers of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s Senapati bhakta, Srila Prabhupada. Where are your bullets ? Come on , put your hand inside your bead bags and shoot with your beads – Hare Krsna , Hare Krsna , Krsna ,Krsna, Hare, Hare , Hare Rama , Hare Rama, Rama, Rama, Hare , Hare.’ His beatific smile reminded me of the following verse - sadhunam sama-cittanam                        mukunda-caranaisinam     (SB 10.10.18) Saintly persons [sadhus] think of Krsna twenty-four hours a day. They have no other interest. HH Lokanath Swami, an ananya bhakta devotee of the Lord, has the wisdom, unlike most of us, to transform the reversals of life into blessings. Following in the footsteps of mahajans   Guru Maharaj continues, unaffected and unabated, in his devotional service, in spite of all the baseless and grossly misc

  What’s all this really about ?? Picture this! An allegation is made 30 years back, which is investigated thoroughly and post multiple interviews and tests, a verdict is given. In spite of a spotless record thereafter, the incident is painfully dredged up again. The decision of the GBC is forced under scrutiny and demands to be revoked, simply because someone spotted H H Lokanath Swami Maharaj’s picture on the internet and decided to call him a child molester. The alleged victim, a grown woman now, has not spoken up , though fully capable of doing so but certain other so called ‘do – gooders’ suddenly decide to protect the reputation of ISKCON , which funnily enough , was never under the scanner ! The previous GBC investigation is termed inadequate and there is a demand for re-investigation by the International Child Protection Office , merely on the basis of certain irresponsible, offensive and derogatory statements on social media .   Srila Prabhupada explained that

  His Holiness  Lokanath  Swami  Maharaj –  God  Incarnate    A sea of devotees, men in dhoti- kurta  and women in  sarees  , tiny bright smiling faces of children adorned  with the  V aishnav   tilak , all swaying together   to soul stirring music , orchestrated to perfection by an invisible conductor  in the vibrant ,  dome shaped temple hall  –this celestial vision greeted my eyes on a fateful rainy evening in Ahmedabad , five years ago  . And then , lo and behold,  my eyes rested upon the source - s eated in the  centre  , clad in saffron , a peaceful and effulgent persona  , leading the mellifluous  kirtan  , slow in the beginning ,speeding  up  to an ecstatic crescendo . That was my first  darshan  of my most merciful Spiritual Master, His Holiness  Lokanath  Swami  Maharaj , one of the initiating Gurus of  Iskcon  . “Sage  Pra buddha  to  King  Nimi   :  ‘My dear King, a disciple has to accept the spiritual master not only as  the  spiritual master, but also as the representativ

His Holiness Lokanath Swami Maharaj , ISKCON   Forgiveness, Tolerance , Truthfulness , Purity ,Knowledge and Faith in the transcendental service of the Lord –these are some of the qualities epitomizing His Holiness Lokanath Swami Maharaj , an exalted Vaisnava and a completely surrendered devotee of Sri Krsna in ISKCON.  Born as Raghunath Patil, on the auspicious day of Asadhi Ekadashi, 5th July 1949, Tuesday, in the tiny, remote hamlet of Aravade , located 400 kms south east of Mumbai, his childhood was nurtured in an isolated rural community , lying off the beaten track . Abhimanyu heard the narration of ‘cakravyuha’ while he was in the womb of Mother Subhadra ,however, Maharaj, in the womb of his mother, heard the holy names of the Lord like ‘Rama Krsna Hari’, ‘Panduranga’ and ‘Vitthala’. An academically bright student, he completed his high school education from Tasgaon ,a small city 10 kms from his village, followed by community college at Sangli and then proceeded to Mumbai for fu