Haridasa Babaji Maharaja

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Haridasa Babaji Maharaja

Haridas Babaji first met his Guru, Swami B.G. Narasingha, in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, USA, in 1963, at the age of 12. Moved by his kindness, he carried his memory with him throughout his life. He lost contact with him in 1966, and they reunited on the island of Maui, Hawaii, in 1996. Since then, he has followed him closely and received initiation from him in 2002.

He collaborated on various projects in service to his Guru in the United States and in India. He helped establish the beautiful gardens at Govindaji Gardens Ashram. He was also the anchor man (in Swami B.G. Narasingha's words) in the founding of the Surf Ashram and the Mantra Surf Club in Mulki, India.

Under the direction of Swami B.G. Narasingha, Haridas Babaji, was the sevaite at Srila Prabhupada's historic quarters and bhajan kutir at the Radha Damodara temple for several years, where he forged very warm ties with the Goswami sevaite family. He was also instrumental in helping in the renovation of Sri Radha Damodara Mandir.

He also spearheaded the renovation of Srila Rupa Goswami's well, which had been forgotten over time. The well used by all the acharyas who lived at Radha Damodara, including Srila Prabhupada, is arguably the most important well in Vrindavan. Also while at Radha Damodara, he was given Srila Prabhupada's first printed Bhagavatams. The first to come out off the printing press. In which he gave to his guru Swami B. G. Narasingha Maharaja.

In the last two decades Haridas Babaji came to Mexico on the orders of his Guru to establish Jardines Govinda Asram and fulfill his guru's wish to manifest in his words "the most beautiful ashram in the western world" and by divine inspiration of his gurudeva, he acts as the initiating guru in Mexico.

Writings

Self-Love and Self-Deception in the Age of Kali Yuga

Self-Love and Self-Deception in the Age of Kali Yuga

Self-love, described as ‘affection toward oneself’ or ‘the consideration of one’s own happiness first before the happiness of others,’ has historically been a double-edged sword. Proponents of self-love deem loving oneself a fundamental human need, while downplaying and dismissing the more historically traditional understanding.

The Ontological Position of Srila Prabhupada’s Place of Bhajana at Sri Sri Radha-Damodara Mandira

Shortly after taking sannyasa in 1959, His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svami Prabhupada took residence at the most important temple in Vrndavana, the Sri Sri Radha-Damodara Mandira at Seva Kunja. Sri Nirmal Candra Gosvami, the present Sevaite-acarya of Radha-Damodara Mandira, who was a young man at the time, remembers when Srila Prabhupada first came to reside at Sri Sri Radha-Damodara Mandira.