nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dearmost Srila Gurumaharaja,
Please accept our most humble obeisances at the dust of Your Divine Lotus Feet. All glories to your continued leadership to Sriman Mahaprabhu’s Sankirtan movement for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Srila Prabhupada for giving us the Your Divine Grace as our spiritual father.
acinoti yah sastrartham acare sthapayatyapi
svayam acarate yasmad acarya stena kirtitah
The acarya is thus called because he has studied and understood the meaning of the scriptures, he establishes this meaning in the behaviour of others and he practices what he preaches. (Manu-samhita).
This quality of an acharya in perfectly displayed by Your Divine Grace. In whatever way I have been blessed with your transcendental association so far, I have never experienced anything you do which is not connected with Krishna. I can remember vividly the incident where you were asked to visit a theme park to experience first-hand different kind of rides which can be helpful in building your dream project- TOVP exhibit. And, you visited Universal Studio for that purpose. But, when someone else has suggested some other theme park for you, you replied that you could not connect the later visit with Krishna. This is such an eye-opening practical example of the instruction given by Srila Rupa Goswami in Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu, “ anasaktasya visayan yatharham upayunjatah....".
Last year was a very special year for us in many respects. There was an Adhika Masha and somehow this time also, you inspired us to do some extra service by your bodily discomfort Leela. Even though we thought of doing many things, the execution again became meagre. But, your presence was very strong throughout the month. Same thing during the Kartik month. But, this time we had to go through a very anxious period as you were passing a very critical phase in your treatment. How amazingly, you took each and every discomfort, critical juncture of your treatment as a bigger opportunity to reach out to more and more people around the globe. Anyone, who hears the miracles you have displayed since you have experienced the stroke in 2008, will be attracted to you even if they are not spiritual/ religious at all.
By Your Divine Grace Srila Gurumaharaja, we have started more sincere book distribution service under the leadership of Sraddha Devi Dasi (secretary and disciple of HG Vaisesika Das ACBSP) and are trying to reach to different corporate people to accumulate a significant amount of Laxmi which can be used to distribute mass number of Gitas and other Srila Prabhupada’s books to different hotels, motels, and hospitals. Also, throughout last year, we have personally sponsored 7 sets of Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita sets, 10 boxes of Srimad Bhagavad Gita on your behalf for the distribution. Also, as a designated priest of the temple, we have conducted more than a dozen house puja where we distributed many sets of books and collected more than $500 Laxmi for the temple and if Krishna wants, the score will be much bigger this year. Now, we are thinking of starting a Bhakti Vriksha very soon to connect new devotees to the congregation. We seek your blessings in this endeavour.
Dear Father,
Who else in the present world other than you can exemplify the real meaning of the renunciation! You have forsaken every bit of pleasure for yourself. But, you have taken all kind of hardships to protect all of us fallen souls just like a big umbrella which can counteract devastating torrential rains and scorching heat of Kali Yuga. Unfortunately, even after experiencing such a miracle, we are unable to act according to your instruction wholeheartedly due to our lack of sincerity and weakness of heart. We beg at you to make us strong in the execution of our services for your pleasure, Srila Gurumaharaja. We have so many shortcomings in our personal Sadhana, and sincerity, but still, you are keeping us under your shelter to deliver us from the clutches of Mayadevi. Watching you every day on Facebook has become a big Sadhana booster in our daily routine, nowadays. We are extremely grateful to you for keeping us under the tutelage and leadership of HG Vaisesika Das (ACBSP) and HG Nirakula Dasi (ACBSP). We pray to Lord Gauranga to make your health better and better in the coming days and bring you here to the USA to give us another chance to get your most divine association in close proximity.
Eternally Sheltered at Your Divine Lotus Feet,
Koladwip Pran Das (Diksa)
Simantini Sakhi Devi Dasi (Diksa)
Bhaktin Mandali, 16 months
ISKCON of Silicon Valley Yatra
Santa Clara, CA, USA
