While doing parikrama around Govardhan Hill, I was
reflecting back on all the times I have performed Govardhan parikrama in
the last so many years. I reflected that each time I have performed it,
it was always with different devotees at different phases in my life.
My companions during the parikrama and my situation during the parikrama
were all different. The only similar factor in all these parikramas was
Govardhan Himself. Being an eternal form of the Lord, He is always the
same. The more we realize Krishna and His various forms to be the
only constant factor in this changing world, we can seek our refuge in
the Lord and experience shelter and stability in a changing world.
Srila
Prabhupada, one time was sharing with the devotees life lessons
connected to his visits to Jagannath Puri. He explained that, he came to
Jagannath Puri for the first time as a small child along with his
father. He then came as a young college student. Then as a young married
man. Now, he is come to Jagannath Puri as an old man. He was explaining
to his disciples through his life, how times and situations keep
changing but Lord Jagannath and Puri Dham, the abode of the Lord have
remained as it is. In conclusion, the message is that we should try
to live our life based on unchanging, eternal, absolute truths rather
than living based on changing, temporary, relative truths.
- Achyut Gopal Das
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