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Srila Lokanath Goswami Prabhu

From Affectionate Guidance by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda
Dev-GoswamiMaharaj.
ChapterSeventeen:InPraiseofSrilaNarottamDasThakur.

Narottam had been having many dreams in which Mahaprabhu

instructed him to go to Vrindavan and take shelter of the lotus feet of
His confidential devotee Srila Lokanath Das Goswami who would give
diksha to him. He also told Narottam to find Srila Rupa Goswami, Srila
Sanatan Goswami and Srila Jiva Goswami and to keep their holy
association. After arriving in Vrindavan, Narottam found that Rupa and
Sanatan had already left the world but he found there Srila Jiva
Goswami, Srila Lokanath Das Goswami, Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj
Goswami and many other great Vaishnavas who gave him their
company. Narottam became the student of Jiva Goswami and
petitioned Lokanath Goswami to give him diksha. Lokanath refused
him.
Lokanath Goswami had decided that he would never accept any
disciples and he lived in an extremely austere way in Vrindavan, living
underadifferenttreeeverynight.
Narottam felt great sadnessuponbeingrefusedbySrilaLokanath,
and he told him, "I can only take my initiation from you. Sriman
Mahaprabhu has told me that you will give me diksha, so until then I
will wait." Narottam tried to serve his Guru but the Goswami would
allow no one to serve him. Narottam thought, "If he will not even stay
under the same tree for more than one night then what kindofservice
can I do for him?" After a while Narottam noticed that Srila Lokanath
Prabhuwouldalwaysgotothesameplacetopassstoolandhebeganto
think that although Lokanath had refused to give him any service for
over two years, if he could clean that place every day then at last he
would have some service. Narottam was fixed in his resolve that he
must take diksha from SrilaLokanathGoswami,asthiswastheorderof
Mahaprabhu.

Very soon Lokanath Goswami began to notice, "I come here every day
to pass stool and it seems that someone is cleaning thisplaceafterme.
Whocanbedoingthis?"SoonenightfromahiddenplaceLokanathsaw
that at midnight Narottam is coming and very happily cleaning that
place. Lokanath knew that Narottam was the son of the famous King
Krishnananda Datta. He was greatly astonished and confronted
Narottam, "Why are you, a prince of high noble birth, coming each
night and cleaning this dirty place?" And Narottam replied, "Prabhu, I
need your mercy. Without your mercy I cannot live. Your vow is that
you will not accept any disciples, but by the order of Sriman
Mahaprabhu, it is my vow that I must have your connection. I don't
know when you will give me your mercy but you must accept me as
your disciple." So after refusing Narottam eighteen times, finally Srila
LokanathDasGoswamitookNarottamDasandgavehimdiksha.
Narottam received instruction from Srila Jiva Goswami, Srila
Kaviraj Goswami and many other goswamis who were there in
Vrindavan. He was a great pandit and all the devotees headed by Sri
Jiva, recognising his qualification, bestowed upon him the title of
'Thakur'.

From Golden Staircase by Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami

Maharaj.
ChapterTwo:TheEyetoseeSriGuru,section:
FullSatisfaction,AbsoluteRealisation

So the absolute consideration is possible from any position.

Although all servitors are fully satisfied where they are, in their own
position, they realise the supremacy of Vrindavan. Tatastha-vichara
(impartial consideration) is always there, and between the relative and
the absolute, the absolutealwaystakestheupperhand.Sarva-dharman
parityajya: The absolute or 'revolutionary' consideration is firmly
established above the relative or 'constitutional' one when Sri Krishna
says in Bhagavad-gita (18.66), "Just abandon all dharmas, all
considerations of socialadreligiousduties-eventheonesthatIMyself
have established in the various scriptures and described here in My
previous instructions to you - and just surrender wholeheartedly to
Me."
Everywhere, the absolute consideration prevails. In connection
with Guru, Narottam das Thakur hashisGurudev,Lokanath,butstillhe
aspires: "When will the day come when Lokanath will take me by my
hand and guide me to Srila Rupa Goswami? When willhesurrenderme
to Srila Rupa Goswami and give me some engagement there in that
camp?" In this high type of expression, the absolute consideration is
alsothereunderground.

From Sri Guru and His Grace by Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar
Dev-GoswamiMaharaj.
ChapterThirteen:LivesofTheSaints,section:
BabajisandPreachers

Srila Gaura Kisor Das Babaji Maharaj did not preach, but his
disciple, our spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur
Prabhupad, preached with great magnitude. Srila Lokanath Goswami
did not preach at all, but we findthatthepreachingofhisonlydisciple,
Srila Narottam Das Thakur, was most extensive. So, a Vaisnav should
not be judged only by theamountofworkthatheshowsoutwardly.His
success is at the disposal of the divine will. Krishna awards service toa
particular person according to Hisownchoice,andenablesthatperson
tocarryoutthatservice.Therearemanyexamplesofthis.

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