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Monday, March 1, 2010

Gaura Purnima Festival - Lord Caitanya's appearance day

Happy Birthday Lord Caitanya, born on the day of the full moon in Feburary 1486. He was also known as Gaura (the golden one). It was he who started chanting Hare Krishna. Read about him here

My dear friend, Krishna Balaram Das, a deeply knowledgeable and pure young bramacari from Vrindavana - sent me this beautiful verse in honour of Caitanya Mahaprabhu's special day.

"All glories to that inconceivable Lord who descended to bestow the gift of perfect love for His own lotus feet. He is an ocean filled with many kinds of sweetness, and He always bears the fragrance of fresh youth. In His form as Çré Caitanya He has realized the last extreme of transcendental experience, the love residing eternally in the gopés."
brhad bhagavatam 1.1.1