oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
To my dearest, beloved Guru Mahārājā,
Please except my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga! All glories to Jagad-Guru, Śrīla Prabhupāda and all glories to your loving divine grace!
Wish you a very happy appearance day dear Guru Maharaja!!!
Thank you very much for everything you do for me and for showering your mercy upon a fallen soul like me! I can never express just how much your prayers and blessings mean to me and how much I love you. It is only because of your prayers and blessings that I have completed my university studies well and found my first permanent job this year. As I hear more of your never-ending transcendental pastimes from God brothers and sisters, they make me realise even more how lucky that I am to have the opportunity to take shelter of the guidance of an exalted personality like yourself to save my from this miserable material world. Thank you very much for your enlightening daily Caitanya Lila classes you prepare for us despite your recent bodily discomforts, I really look forward to hearing them and I can feel your presence with me when I hear and see them, as they magically answer some of my personal questions without me having to even ask.
During the book marathon I managed distribute 127 books with your mercy and have been able to serve in Food For Life regularly last year.
A few words that come to my mind when I think of you are: extremely merciful, selfless, completely transcendental, loving, unstoppable, magnanimous, compassionate, determined, and humorous. But the list of your qualities are never ending.
This year is probably going to be the most special and memorable year in my life. I can't wait to take shelter under your lotus feet and to officially call you my spiritual father as I step a step closer to you by taking initiation.
This year I pray I have the strength to always be fixed in my Kṛṣṇa Consciousness as this year marks the real start of my Kṛṣṇa Conscious journey and that I will never ever do anything to displease you.
Lots of Love Always,
Your sheltered disciple and the most insignificant soul,
Shreya Lakhani, Sheltered Disciple,
Bhaktivedanta Manor (UK)