Glorious Departure of Srila Haridas Thakur
*Glorious Departure of Srila Haridas Thakur || ISKCON Almaty, Kazakhstan || H. H. Lokanath Swami*
*Date :- 06 SEPTEMBER 2025*
So uh so lord has appeared here in the form of ‘Giriraj’ This country I don’t know much geography but I but I could see so many mountains all around big-big mountain, rocks but then there’s one other little rock here We do not worship those mountains around but we worship ‘Giriraj Govardhan’ there’s a difference I think I’m trying to get that across between rock and rock and this rock and other rocks a huge difference also. And you all have become ‘Giriraj Bhakt’s, ‘Devotees Giriraj.’ Because its Gaur Nitai is here “Gaur Nitai ke Jay” “Narsimha Dev ke Jay” He also come out of the rock. Came out of the White Pillar to protect his devote “Prahlada” And now he is here to protect all of you. As you see And probably give us Prayers for Narsimha and some places deities of Narsimha protection was needed. So for that arranged Prayers and Worship of Narsimha in his form at one point. And then there’s also ‘Varaha’ “Varaha dev ke Jay”
When entire earthly planet was in difficulty in big trouble. It feel The Whole earth fell into the ocean. ‘Garbhodaka Ocean’ So earth had to be pruthvi. It’s called ‘Pruthvi Mata’ “Pruthvi Mata ke Jay” or we say mother. Earth mother earth. I think everywhere all over the world they say so that’s the understanding earth is a mother. What does mother do? Does the feeding a lot of things but feeding? Feeding the children. So we are all not just human beings but all beings in all species of life. They’re all feed. Feeding is essential (shlok) is all the all the living entities are they subsist they survive on grains. Grains or “Patram Pushpam Phalam Toyam’ of these four items ofcourse ‘Pushpam” we do not eat but ‘Patram’ Leaves vegetables, Salad ‘Phalam’ fruits everywhere. But next to the house that I’m residing right now, there’s a there’s a tree with lots of pears hanging, a ripe one’s ready to go. As if mother earth is ready to feed me also you know here fruit for you that’s how always feel like that here are the flowers for you. Here are fruits for you. Here grains for you. This for you. Sometimes the trees are loaded. So earth is certainly our mother, everybody’s mother. Let’s this is not the Topic but same mother same mother earth is also mistreated and exploited in so many ways bby her offspring or children. This is not Fair.
This is not at all fair. As a result, there’s mother earth has developed some fever and it’s rising. Temperature of mother earth is rising. You heard about that that all these climatic changes. So we are getting. What’s happening…So uh so the earth was again her earth was also being exploited by this Hiranyaksha. The demon Hiranyaksha so uh so there are many demons right now. They’re acting like they’re Hirenyaksha. So then Lord had appear as a ‘Varaha’ And he lifted the earth from the depth of the ocean. I took note that Varaha has a teeth. Your Varaha ‘Our Varaha’ is here as a teeth and ‘The Varaha Dev’ He said he was holding earth on the tip or top of his teeth tooth, tooths. So when the earth was held on the top of the the tooth, if you’re going to take a selfie or a photograph of Lord with the earth, Earth was just little spot just just here somewhere. It only covered a little. I’m just trying to point out to to you How giants giant size was Varaha. If you were to see Varaha him holding the earth probably you would not even see the Earth. It was so huge and a little more to say about Varaha So after lifting holding the earth ‘Varaha Dev’ Comes up and he sits on the bank of Jamuna at the place called “Vishram Ghat” Is it loud enough? You’re hearing in the back (guru maharaj asking devotees). Okay, you’re with us You’re getting back Okay, you’re the picture. Now lord is in Mathura sitting on one Ghat. ‘Ghat’ is a bathing place on the bank of ‘Jamuna’ and earth is still on the tooth. India, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Turkistan, all these sons are still up there and he’s sitting in Vrindavan, Mathura. The point being Vrindavan nothing changes for Vrindavan. Vrindavan, Mathura are eternal. They never fall down. They are never destroyed. They are eternal and they stay whenever they are And finally whole world is dissolved finished Vrindavan Mathura Mayapur Jagannath Puri Dham ki jayyyy
They all stay intact wherever they are stand still and eternal .
And all the past times keep happening there
Varah Dev ki Jay
Today this disappearace day of namacharya Shri Haridas Thakur … Haridas Thakur ki Jay
On this day some 500 years ago in the presence of Chaitanya mahaprabhu Haridas Thakur was there at his bhajan kutir in Jagannath Puri
Please call siddha bakul siddha bakul
bakul is the kind of tree
They make a toothbrush for Jagannath from this bakul tree branch
And Jagannath when he gets up in the morning he hey brushes his tooth with the bakul branch
One day Chaitanya mahaprabhu he had gone for the darshan of Jagannath Jai Jagannath
And then he took one that morning toothbrush of Jagannath and that was bakul Branch
And then he used to visit Haridas Thakur every single day
As you know Haridas Thakur was born in the Muslim family and hence as was the tradition of this place holy place only Hindus are allowed.
So Haridas Thakur was not allowed go take darshan .
Maybe some of you also a muslim background or a Christian background then very similar for your sake
Chaitanya mahaprabhu has come hari bolllll
To meet you to give you Darshan
And he is going everywhere all over the planet Chaitanya mahaprabhu is going and also Giriraj Govardhan going varaha going Narasimha they are going you cannot come to lord has come to you
So Haridas Thakur not allowed to enter Jagannath Mandir and take darshan but
jei gaur sei krsna sei jaganath
Chaitanya mahaprabhu is Jagannath , krsna so Jagannath in the form of Chaitanya mahaprabhu is to go to Haridas Thakur place to give him Darshan . This is the magnanimity of gauranga
Namo om maha vadanyaay so anyway on that one morning mahaprabhu took that toothbrush bakul branch and upon arounding at
Before it was not known as sidhha bakul but that particular morning lord planted that branch in the ground and quickly they grew into a shady tree and then Haridas Thakur was getting cool shade of this bakul tree otherwise all day long chanting 300000 names of lord he would be in the middle of scorching heat
So the lord arranged some protection shade for him
So the final day had come for Haridas Thakur and finally that final day on the final date Chaitanya mahaprabhu had gone as usual to meet to give Darshan to Haridas Thakur it was arranged previously that morning was going to be last morning last day for haridas thakur occur in this world in that body of Haridas.
So all those devotees all those associates of Chaitanya mahaprabhu they were having wonderful amazing kirtan chanting and dancing and roaring kirtan .
Haridas Thakur he was lying down and mahaprabhu was next to him standing finally Yehh this final moment is coming so please listen to this don’t miss okay do not sleep
The claimax is coming claimax
So Chaitanya mahaprabhu places his Lotus foot only one not foot on the chest of Haridas Thakur
Yehh
You know what he has done what did he do ??
I want to know where are you seeing that ??
You may also like lord doing something similar when your , my last ay comes .
So Haridas Thakur immediately grabbed a Lotus feet of Chaitanya mahaprabhu with his both hands
That’s that was act number 1 okay then only few more attention
A next thing was Haridas Thakur eyes you have eyes his eyes were fixed on lotus face of Chaitanya mahaprabhu drinking the nectar of the beauty of gaurangas lotus face
And one more thing is going to happen you know what .. I will tell you just listen .
And Haridas Thakur well earlier his mouth was kind of closed or shut, then he opened his mouth .
Last word utters was sri krsna Chaitanya
Hari bol…….
So all that happened there is more but all this much happened that morning on this day 500 year ago
Who has departed
namacharya Haridas Thakur has departed .
Namacharya Haridas Thakur is also called Brahma haridas Thakur.
Why ??
Anyone???
Bramha has appeared as hariras Thakur
Brahma has Acharya Brahma is like Adi Aacharya original Acharya the first Acharya of the disciplic succession he is also called adi kavi
tene brahma hṛdā ya ādi-kavaye muhyanti yat sūrayaḥ
Lord had imparted knowledge unto the heart of Brahma and empowered him as a chariot the same and we belong to that disciplic succession bramha madhva gaudiya Vaishnav that’s all that you are you are all bramha madhav gaudiya samprday bhakton ki Jay
So bramha who is more known for a being knowledgeable because he was the one…. first one lord imparted knowledge to him he was known for knowledgeable person .
But in the age of Kali of course knowledge is always there but the process to for liberation final liberation I am getting love of God here is to chant the holy names of the lord hare Krishna hare Krishna Krishna hare hare Ram hare Ram Ram hare hare
So lod Chaitanya mahaprabhu who is Krishna himself
He wanted Brahma to become Acharya of the Holy name also .
So lord is the one Chaitanya mahaprabhu gives this title of namacharya Haridas Thakur or bramha Haridas Thakur he diaparts in the very presence of the lord Chaitanya mahaprabhu they this departure is also compared to it is similar to grandfather vishma ‘s departure
Grandfather vishma was lying on the bed of arrows in kurukshetra .
And then he wanted to live he had a power that he could leave the body any day anytime that he wants to as per his choice . He had a choice. And he has such a benediction to she wanted to leave particular day
It’s called of course called makar Sankranti Day
Makar Sankranti 14th of January the sun is migrates and transmigrates from Southern hemisphere to the Northern hemisphere there is a one particular day that migration is completed or something like …
Save the news spread grandfather bhishma leave on this day this particular day .
Lord Krishna was in Hastinapur with Pandavas .
This was so on after battlefield of kurukshetra Krishna was there.
Their grandfather Bhishma was there .
In fact on that day of the battle
Grandfather Bhishma was shot with arrows
And then he was lying on the bed of arrows so after several month why lord was with the Pandavas and in Hastinapur they received the news that grandfather Bhishma is ready to leave
as Chaitanya mahaprabhu knew or it was decided that Haridas Thakur is going to be leaving next day that day Chaitanya mahaprabhu had come there similarly Krishna find out that grandfather Bhishma is leaving body in kurukshetra on particular day . He took all the Pandavas with him . And lord went to see him off byeee
So like Haridas Thakur was lying on the some kind of bed .
Grandfather Bhishma was lying on the bed of arrows and Krishna comes abs stands before positions himself in the way that grandfather bhishma could take his Darshan could be in the view .
So while Grandfather Bhishma was taking darshan of the lord and remembering the lord.. he was specially remembering the lord
In kurukshetra while he was driving the chariot of Arjun.
Those were kind of immediate memories of grandfather bhishma’s memories of Krishna from kurukshetra battle and he was offering prayers lying on the bed of arrows and his offering his prayers to the lord and the prayers also are being heard by 100 and thousands the news had spread of grandfather bhishma’s departure so many RajRishi and DevRishi and mahrshi had assembled.
So earlier the kings had arrived for the battling now the sages had arrived and then knew that there is going to be pravachan .
Some katha some prayers by grandmother bhishma we want to hear all that
So grandfather Bhishma was in the 1st canto of Bhagvatam chapter number who remember???? Is it 9 ???
The chapter called grandfather Bhishma’s Stutis or the prayers in the very first Canto so there’s kunti maharani’s prayers are there that is 8th chapter or something. And then grandfather Bhishma ‘s prayers famous prayers are there .
So those prayers who uttered while he was taking darshan uttering this prayers
So while offering prayers taking darshan of the Lord possibly why not? Maybe Lord has stepped forward he was there for sometime you could have touched there is something appreciation of good devotee, good boy. So that touch has happened. The prayers are being offered and personal darshan of Lord is also available and then Last breath and it departs. So “Namacharya Haridas Thakur” departure is compared with in ‘Chaitanya Charitamrita’ briefly compared with grandfather Bhishma’s departure. Grandfather ‘Bhishma Dev ke Jay’. Who’s also one of the 12 Mahajans and Haridas Thakur is Great Acharya of the Holy Name.
So we pray on this day Haridas thakur departure day for have some mercy upon all of pray us. So that we could keep chanting. Holy names of the Lord “Name Ruchi Jive Daya” Vishnav’s Heaven. And one should this is small statement says one should have ‘Ruchi’ liking,love for the holy name. One should also seven serve the Vishnav’s. ‘Jive Daya’ be kind, compassionate.
Extend your helping hand to faithful people, new people. Wanting to come closer to Krishna on the Way to Krishna. the Help them, Help them (Hari Hari…) So all these kinds of thoughts and culture has come all the way to Kazakhsta. “Nitai Gaur Premanande Hari Bol” We should Thank “Gaurang” Thanks “Namacharya” ‘Shri Haridas Thakur ke Jay’ Thanks ‘Srila Prabhupada ke Jay’