PLATE THREE

“When all the devotees came to the place of Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, they saw that the same dog
was sitting a little apart from the Lord. Furthermore, Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu was throwing remnants of green
coconut pulp to the dog. Smiling in His own way, He
was saying to the dog, ‘Chant the holy names Rama,
Krsna and Hari.’ Seeing the dog eating the green
coconut pulp and chanting ‘Krsna, Krsna’ again and
again, all the devotees present were very much
surprised. When he saw the dog sitting in that way and
chanting the name of Krsna, Sivananda, because of his
natural humility, immediately offered his obeisances to
the dog just to counteract his offenses to it. The next
day, no one saw that dog, for it had obtained its
spiritual body and departed for Vaikuntha, the spiritual
kingdom.” (pp. 75-17)
