All glories 
      to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga  
     
      
        Srila Sanatan Goswami 
         
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His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj
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  Srila Sanatan Goswami's Samadhi
      
       From   Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion Vol.I, Chapter Six, section: Dare not criticise those under charge of Krishna.      
       
        
                      Srila Sanatan Goswami contracted sores all over his body due
            to the contact of bad water in the jungle when he was returning from
            Vrindavan to Puri. Mahaprabhu used to welcome him by embracing
            him, but Sanatan would try to withdraw. He objected, "Don't touch
            me! This is the body of a sinful man." The sores were oozing and
            emitting a bad odour, but Mahaprabhu embraced him forcibly.
            Sanatan had decided, "I shall either leave this place or I shall invite
            death by falling under the wheel of the cart of Lord Jagannath." But
            as the Lord in the heart of all, Mahaprabhu knew Sanatan's mind. He
            chastised him, and embraced him, forcibly. All the sores disappeared, and Sanatan's body immediately became like gold.
             
             
            Mahaprabhu said, "Sanatan, you are a Vaisnav. Your body is not
            defective. Aprakrta-deha tomara 'prakrta' kabhu naya. Krishna is
            testing Me. I am a sannyasi, and He is examining whether there is any
            partiality in My dealings with a Vaisnav simply because of his
            externally having so many sores. He is examining whether I will
            shrink from the association of such a Vaisnav and cast him aside. But
            your body is already pure, and only for the purpose of testing the
            public, Krishna has created this; and if I cannot see this, I will have
            failed His test and will have been deceived by Krishna. It is a mere
            show, it is nothing; your body is pure because you are a Vaisnav, a
            devotee of Krishna. This impurity is only an appearance in order to
            serve Krishna's divine purpose. Wherever there is Vaisnavata, true
            saintly devotedness, there can never be any contamination. Only to
            test my devotion has Krishna sent you to Me in this condition." So
            Mahaprabhu embraced him and demonstrated that he was absolutely
            pure. 
             
            Whether externally pure or impure, the whole principle is that our
            exclusive devotion for Krishna is the only necessity. In the ordinary
            sense, the gopis are also sinners. They crossed the laws of society and
            the sastras, so they are 'sinners'. But they hold the highest position of
            purity by their exclusive devotedness to Krishna and no other. They
            cannot help but to serve Krishna cent-per-cent, even at the risk of
            crossing the entire code of morality. They are considered to be the
            highest devotional ideal. 
             
            But that sort of devotion is not so cheap that everyone will go on with
            their activities in this world, taking advantage of such ideals. That
            won't do. The real measure of devotion must be there, not that anyone
            may do anything passing in the name of pure devotion, like the
            prakrta-sahajiyas. That can't be allowed. 
                       
           
         
       
       
          
          From  Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion Vol.II, Chapter Seven, section: The Appearance of Sri Raghunath Das Goswami. 
      
        Sanatan Goswami, the caretaker 
          
            
                  gramya-katha na sunibe, gramya-varta na kahibe 
                   bhala na khaibe ara bhala na paribe 
                   amani manada hanya krsna-nama sada la'be 
                   vraje radha-krsna seva manase karibe 
                 
                "Don't indulge in worldly talk, don't hear worldly talk. Try your best to
                avoid mundane matters. Don't eat delicious dishes, but take whatever
                ordinary food may come of its own accord; and don't dress luxuriously.
                Always try to take the Name of Krishna with the attitude of giving respect
                to others, without expecting respect from anyone. Be humble, but never
                aspire after respectful dealings from others. In this way, try to take the
                Name of Krishna constantly. And within, try to serve Sri Sri Radha-Krishna
                in Vrindavan. Mentally, be in Vrindavan rendering Service to Sri Sri
                Radha-Krishna-lila.'' 
                 
                Mahaprabhu told Raghunath that this was the essence of His advice to
                him. Then, He again took Raghunath's hand and offered it to the hand
                of Svarup Damodar. He said, "I am giving you to the charge of
                Svarup Damodar. He is the best Spiritual Teacher. He will take care of
                you." 
                 
                After Raghunath's arrival in Puri, Mahaprabhu stayed there
                continuously for sixteen years. After that, Mahaprabhu departed from the
                world. Raghunath left Puri and went to Vrindavan, thinking, "I have
                what is to be had; now I only want to see Vrindavan Dham once, and
                then I shall leave this body by jumping from the highest peak of
                Govardhan." With this idea he went to Vrindavan, but there he came
                into contact with Sanatan Goswami and Rupa Goswami - he found the
                beginning of a new life. He thought, "What is this? Mahaprabhu has not
                departed - He is living in them." 
                 
                Mahaprabhu delegated Rupa and Sanatan with the power to preserve
                the devotional current they had received from Him, and to present it in a
                new light. They were asked to prove by drawing upon different
                scriptures that Mahaprabhu's teachings are the very gist and purpose of
                all the scriptures. As in Bhagavad-gita, vedais cha sarvair aham eva
                  vedyah: "The attempt of every revealed scripture is to show Me as the
                highest centre - I am the Absolute." So Mahaprabhu said, "Krishna is the
                Absolute. With the help of the different scriptures and historical
                reference - by all means possible - try to prove that Krishna is Svayam
                Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and that Vraja-lila, Vrindavan-lila, is the highest achievement." 
                 
                The two brothers had already begun that work when Raghunath came
                into their association, and he found, "Oh! Mahaprabhu is here." He
                abandoned the idea of leaving this world, and joined Rupa and Sanatan
                as their disciple. Mahaprabhu had already ordered Sanatan Goswami,            "My followers are very poor and helpless. You'll have to look after them
                whenever they come to Vrindavan. You'll have to be the caretaker of all
                my disciples that come to Vrindavan." So Raghunath came to Sanatan
                Goswami, and Sanatan took care of him. 
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