All glories 
      to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga  
     
      
        Srila Lokanath Goswami 
      
         
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        Srila Lokanath Goswami's Samadhi, 
        Vrindavan
           
       
      From Affectionate Guidance by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. 
       Chapter Seventeen: In Praise of          Srila Narottam Das Thakur.
      
        
          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 under a different tree every night. 
             
            Narottam felt great sadness upon being refused by Srila
            Lokanath, 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
            kind of service can I do for him?" After a while Narottam
            noticed that Srila Lokanath Prabhu would always go to
            the same place to pass stool and he began to 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 Srila
            Lokanath Goswami, as this was the order of Mahaprabhu. 
             
            Very soon Lokanath Goswami began to notice, "I come
            here every day to pass stool and it seems that someone is
            cleaning this place after me. Who can be doing this?" So
            one night from a hidden place Lokanath saw 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 Lokanath
            Das Goswami took Narottam Das and gave him diksha. 
             
            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. 
        Chapter Two: The Eye to see Sri Guru, section: 
          
            
              
                Full Satisfaction, Absolute Realisation 
                           
                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 absolute always takes
                the upper hand. 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 social ad religious duties - even the ones that I
                Myself 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 has his Gurudev,
                Lokanath, but still he aspires: "When will the day come when
                Lokanath will take me by my hand and guide me to Srila Rupa
                Goswami? When will he surrender me to Srila Rupa Goswami
                and give me some engagement there in that camp?" In this high
                type of expression, the absolute consideration is also there
                underground.               
             
            
           
             
         
          From Sri Guru and His Grace by Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. 
          Chapter Thirteen: Lives of The Saints, section:
         
        
          
              Babajis and Preachers 
                 
                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 find that the preaching of his
                only disciple, Srila Narottam Das Thakur, was most extensive. So,
                a Vaisnav should not be judged only by the amount of work that he
                shows outwardly. His success is at the disposal of the divine will.
                Krishna awards service to a particular person according to His own
                choice, and enables that person to carry out that service. There are
                many examples of this. 
           
          
         
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