Rama Das Passes Away

12-16-2000, 08:07 AM

Rama Das Prabhu was a wonderful and dedicated devotee of Lord Krishna.
May we all learn from his example of dedication.

Rama Das Passes Away

BY DEENA BANDHU DASA

USA, Dec 15 (VNN) — Rama das - pujari from LA - passes away. Please
accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

On dvadasi night at 10 pm, Ram Das left his body very peacefully here
in Vrindavan in the company of his wife Krishna Kumari. Kavichandra M
had just been there giving him Reiki and they were laughing and
joking, but he was extremely weak. After KM left, he took his milk
and pills. Then around 10 pm, he told Krishna Kumari that he was very
thirsty, so she made some juice.

After he drank it, she could hear gurgling in his lungs like they
were filling with fluid and she knew it was the end. It was just the
2 of them there. She told him to chant, and he was telling her that
it is 10 pm, you must be tired please go to bed, it's very late. I'll
be alright. He kept repeating this concerned for her. She kept
telling him Ram Das chant Krishna, chant Krishna, and she began
chanting. Srila Prabhupada's happening tape was playing in the
background. That brahmacari, Kala Venu had just one hour before
brought a large lamination of Srila Prabhupada's torso and it was on
the window sill directly in front of him. With husband and wife alone
chanting together, very peacefully he passed on to the arms of Lord
Krishna in a matter of minutes, fully conscious and without any
trouble.

Yesterday we took him to the Jamuna. Most devotees were out on
Marathon, but whatever Godbrothers and a few others were there and we
consigned his mortal remains to the flames on the bank of Kalindi. He
was a very big boy and Acyuta had to run and bring another load of
wood to finish off.

In a day or two we will have a memorial meeting, since her place is
very small, I was hoping we could use your living room.

In service to Sri Sri Krishna Balaram,

Deena Bandhu dasa