Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja please accept my humble obeisance at your Lotus feet.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda
Dear Guru Mahārāja, It is a great pleasure and opportunity to express our gratitude on this most auspicious appearance day of your Holiness. You have done many things to make me Kṛṣṇa consciousness, By accepted me as your disciple and guiding me in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I am eternally grateful to you. I would like to express in few words as per my capacity. During my interaction and association, I learned many lessons.
On your 70th appearance day, I have list 70 good things of yours which I learned from you in different occasions and I trying to apply in my spiritual life. you have unlimited good qualities, some are listed below.
1 Caring for others 2 In spite of undergoing difficulty not criticizing anyone 3 Eagerness to spread the glories of Śrīla Prabhupāda 4 Always in the meditation on Śrī Caitanya mahāprabhu 5 Encouraging every one to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness 6 Conducting Navadvipa mandala parikrama 7 Lover of Māyāpur 8 Unlimited desire to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness 9 Travelling and preaching 10 Always thinking of delivering condition soul. 11 Spreading the Gaurāṅga glories to every town and village 12 Founder of Bhakti vṛkṣa 13 Spiritual warrior 14 Nāmahaṭṭa establishment 15 Congregation development 16 Expert chanter of the holy name 17 Expert in the conclusion of shastra 18 Serving in the holy dhama. 19 Love to do Ganga snana 20 Always in cool in dealing the problem 21 Expert in dealing with every one 22 Associate of Caitanya mahāprabhu 23 Lover of maha Prasad 24 Bhishma panchak vrata palan 25 Instigator of Damodar month festival 26 Always in the ecstasy of Caitanya consciousness 27 Distributor of Kṛṣṇa's mercy 28 Disciple all over the world 29 Care for the most fallen souls 30 Always encourage devotees, never give up 31 Ocean of mercy 32 Para dhuka dukki 33 Humility personified 34 Spreading the culture of Kṛṣṇa consciousness 35 Most Compassionate of the fallen soles 36 Tolerating our mistakes and encouraging 37 Teacher of Caitanya bhakti 38 Fearlessly preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness 39 Inspire all category of people to Kṛṣṇa consciousness 40 Glorious Safari Yatra, visiting holy places 41 Being with devotees in their difficulties 42 Empowered Soldier of Prabhupāda 43 Author of Gaurāṅga Lila 44 Passions in dealing the difficulty 45 Magnifying good qualities others 46 Attacks every one to the path of bhakti 47 One of senior most Sanyasi of ISKCON. 48 Lover of Deity worship 49 Understand our hearts and reciprocate accordingly 50 Meeting with you does a miracle in our life's 51 You empowered us by your instructions. 52 Best among the Jagannātha cooks 53 Risk taker for Śrīla Prabhupāda 54 Always thinking big 55 extremely effective motivator of people. 56 Compassionate leadership 57 Creation and innovation in his out reach 58 Extraordinary story teller. 59 Never rejected any one 60 Forgiving our offences 61 Giving us your association 62 Guiding as in Kṛṣṇa consciousness 63 Giving us the spiritual Knowledge 64 Teaching how to Serve 65 Giving us Dhām 66 Giving time for everyone 67 Distributor of Maha Prasāda 68 Having friendly relationship with every one 69 Teaching us to not offended any one 70 Your Life is examples all of us We don't have any qualifications, by glorifying you one day we may develop good qualities and serve you better. Past couple of years I am struggling with bad health. I really need your blessing to overcome out these obstacles, realize my anartas and give us the shakti to overcome. By your mercy only we can advance in Kṛṣṇa bhakti. I really begging for your causeless Mercy.
Thank you so much your insignificant servant,
Śivānanda Śyāma dāsa,
Mumbai–Chowpatty, India
