Govardhana sila is for daily worship

[Paramananda das]

dear devotees
Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga

When Srila Raghunath das Goswami joined Lord Caitanya he went through a great deal to join the Hare Krishna Movement , everytime he wanted to join ISKCON his father send men to kidnap him ,and bring him back . Some may say wait ISKCON was first started in 1966 by Srila Prabhupada, but my Gurudeva Srila Narayana Maharaja used to joke that even we in Gaudiya math are also part of Srila Prabhupadas ISKCON, because International Society of Krsna consciouness. So he joked that Krsna first started ISKCON when He initiated Lord Brahma but Srila Prabhupada took this movement in the Guru parampara and brought it to the west and then to the east and back to India and even to the fareast and everwhere Srila Prabhupada travelled on all continents to spread Krsna Consciouness.
Finally by the mercy of Lord Nityananda Prabhu ,Raghunath das Goswami was able to get rid of the "deprogrammers" , actually Srila Raghunath das Goswamis father had also met Lord Caitanya, but he was so attached to wealth and material enjoyment that he did not want Srila Raghunath das Goswami to join the Hare Krishnas .When Raghunath das Goswami finally reached Jagannatha Puri , he became extremely renounced and he started to chant at least 64 rounds daily as did all the associates of Lord Caitanya , Lord Caitanya personally gave him His own Govardhana sila .One Vaisnava had brought this Govardhana sila from Vrindavana to Lord Caitanya and while Lord Caitanya was chanting His daily 192 rounds in the Gambhira He rupped the Govardhana sila with His lotusthump leaving an imprint and He bathed the Govardhana sila with His tears of love.If you go to Vrindavana please also visit Radha Gokulananda temple next to Radha Ramanji , there is also the Samadhis of Srila Visvanath Chakravati Thakura, Srila Narottama das Thakura and Srila Lokanath das Goswamis.SO a sacred place we must all visit . On the alter there is also that Govardhana sila given to him by Lord Caitanya. Lord Caitanya told Raghunath das Goswami to daily offer Govardhana eight tulsi manjaris and offer Govardhana Sila ,Sandesh or Gaja sweets ( you find those Gaja Sweets a lot in Jagannatha Puri as they are also a favorite of Lord Jagannath )

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Both Lord Jagannatha and Govardhana can assume huge quantities of prasadam .At Govardhana there is a place called : "Give me more" Anniore the village of Anniore is next to Govinda Kunda . Here Govardhana hill personified told Krsna and the rest of the Vrijabasis , Feed me more .The reason Govardhana can order even Krsna around is because Govardhana is also Krsna , non different from Krsna . When you are offering worship to Govardhana you are directly worshipping Krsna. Srila Prabhupada also explains this in his Krsna book ,that Govardhana is non different from Krsna .
In Brahma Vaivarta Purana ,Srila Vyasadeva narrates that in Goloka Vrindavana , Govardhana manifested from Sri Krsnas heart and started to grow and grow and grow .Unlimetedly tall so though it is the SPiritual world and everything is unlimeted in the spiritual world , even then Krsna made Govardhana stop from expanding ( it is inconcievable but still Srila Vyasadeva had given us this explanation , Kusakrata Prabhu kindly translated many parts of Brahma Vaivarta Purana while he lived at ISKCON LA for many years)

The glories of Giri Govardhana are unlimeted but still for the pleasure of the vaisnavas and vaisnavis I hope to one day be able to write down so many things about Govardhana and the importance of Govardhana worship .Srila Prabhupada when he got ready to leave this world wanted to go on Govardhana Parikrama .
Srila Raghunath das Goswami writes in his Manah Siksa that every day we must worship Govardhana hill this worship is no just for once a year on Govardhana puja day .
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada encouraged some of his disciples along with chanting 64 rounds to also daily worship Govardhana sila .I will write more about the glories of Govardhana and in the future use these things when I make a book about Govardhana , it will be there in PDF form also so everyone can read it for free.
When Srila Prabhupada was a grhastha he used to take his children on Govardhana Parikrama when he could though I am npt sure how many times this took place, but sastra says if you walk around Govardhana even one time you will go to Krsna loka .( when it does not say but sooner or later ) .Srila Raghunath das Goswami and Srila Sanatana Goswami are famous for having doing Govardhana daily .Especially Srila Sanatana Goswami tried to complete Govardhana Parikrama even in his old age.Sri Krsna came to him personally and said :" Sanatana , please do not walk around Govardhana anymore I will give you my feet imprint and daily when you walk around that 7 times you will get the benefit of Govardhana parikrama ". That Govardhana sila is in Radha Damodara temple in Vrindavana and when you walk around that temple 7 times you get benefit of a full Govardhana Parikrama. Due to health reasons I could not go to Vrindavana for fews years now due to some health issues but I sometimes walk around my Govardhana silas 7 times and I remember many places at Govardhana .Srila Prabhupada said we have to create Vrindavana everywhere.Tamal Krsna Maharaja did this also in ISKCON Texas by installing a huge Govardhana sila and have Him worshipped daily , it is nice when temples have Govardhana silas on the alter.Ramabhadra in New York asked me in 2010 if I could help him get Govardhana sila for the alter at ISKCON Brooklyn . He then somehow got a Govardhana sila later but I told him that please if you install Govardhana Sila on the alter of Sri Sri Radha Govinda , you will have to close the Bingo hall with gambling of meat and wine.there.He got furious , and said ,YOU ARE BANNED FROM RADHA GOVINDA TEMPLE, YOU NEED TO BE ON PROSAC,He yelled and screamed at me like a madman. He refused to close it but thanks to Govadhana Sila ,this Bingo hall was closed 3 years later by the IRS . Internal revenue service, US tax . Now he is trying to sell the temple and go away from ISKCON and start his own movement. So sometimes when some temple presidents have a lots of false ego and become like Indra they ban devotees from the temples for no good reason.Indra was drunk by power ,so one must be careful when one holds position in ISKCON and not turn offensive because these offences will not be tolerated by Govardhana Hill , who also appears personally as the Govardhana Silas but that is another pastime I will explain another day.Thanks for reading and hope you have a wonderfull day in Krsnas service
your humble servant
Paramananda das