The Disappearance Day of *Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Prabhupāda
(From Śrī Prabandhāvalī, *A Collection of Devotional Essays *by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja)
Today is the anniversary of the day of separation from nitya-līlā praviṣṭa oṁ viṣṇupāda aṣṭottara-śata Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Prabhupāda. It is the day of pañcamī, and he also appeared on pañcamī. He took birth in the home of Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, who is an eternal associate of both Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Just as the sage Bhagīratha brought the Gaṅgā to this world, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura was the great personality who brought the current of bhakti to this world in the modern era. When the so-called gosvāmīs were making a business out of bhakti while engaging in varieties of worldly enjoyment, when in the name of Mahāprabhu so many kinds of bogus philosophies were prevalent, such as sakhī-bekī, smārta-jāti, sahajiyā, etc. — at that time Śrīla...