Vraja-līlā
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The men and I waited outside while the senior women bathed Vraja Līlā’s body in Rādhā-kuṇḍa water, dressed her in a clean sari and prepared her for the cremation ceremony. When they were finished we returned to the room and had kīrtana by her body. Just at that moment, Tamal Krishna Goswami and Girirāja Mahārāja arrived and came into the room. Tamal Krishna Mahārāja led the singing of prayers to the departed Vaiṣṇavas. Then he asked that the senior devotees present say something. I requested him to speak first. The following are excerpts from some of the realizations expressed while we waited for official permission to take Vraja Līlā’s body to the Yamunā River for cremation.

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