Lord Chaitanya- only shelter for the forlorn, for the most fallen

  The following incident took place in late 1940s. An Indian citizen named Durga Yadhav was suffering from typhoid since many weeks. One fine day his body temperature went very low, he became cold and this continued for several hours. The doctor and his family members thought he was dead. But to everyones amazement Durga Yadhav came back to life again and shared an extraordinary experience with his family. He said when he was lying on the bed, one time 10 strange men came to him. They pulled him forcefully to take him to some place. When to tried to escape, they cut his legs. Then he was taken to a place where there were more 40 to 50 more men. Those men after scanning through some papers understood that they brought the wrong person. They asked Yadhav to go back, then he showed them his cut legs. They then brought him some pairs of such cut legs and Durga Yadhav identified his own. His legs were attatched like before. Those people then brought him back and made him enter his...

One day while in a rapturous trance, Lord Gauranga unknowingly trod on a sleeping tigeIr, who stirred and awakened. "Now we are finished!" Balabhadra, Lord Chaitanya's companion thought. But Gauranga ordered the tiger, "Get up! Why are you sleeping? Chant Hare Krsna!" The tiger rose and started chanting Hare Krsna, suffused with transcendental joy. Another time, while Lord Chaitanya was bathing in a river a herd of mad elephants arrived. The Lord splashed them with water and asked them to chant Hare Krsna. When the water touched their bodies the elephants began chanting "Krsna Krsna!" Some of them danced, some fell to the ground, and others screamed in ecstasy.                       Often Mahaorabhu's sweet singing would attract deer to come and follow Him. One day some tigers joined the party, and when Chaitanya ordered them to chant Hare Krsna, the tigers and deer dance...

This year completes Srila Prabhupada's 35th death anniversary. He's just an angle who came to reclaim fallen souls like us.  He's our ever well-wisher. Being grateful I scribbled out some line honouring and expressing gratitude for this causless mercy and compassion. Jaya Prabhupada! (Read more about Prabhupada http://www.iskcondesiretree.net/page/srila-prabhupada ) His Divine Grace In this dark world of ignorence, where there is only vice and grievance; You descended to give us, the priceless treasure of Krsna Consciousness. Being conditioned, we always lived in illusion, You resuscitated us with deep compassion. Your soft heart melted, when you beheld us in pain, thinking how foolishly we'r letting this rare human life go in vain. You left your mother and Your nation, just for the sake of giving us liberation. We were always the servant of our senses. But being merciful, You revealed us this life's very essence. You...