My Dear Spiritual Father,
Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.
All glories to His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda.
All glories to you on the most blessed occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā.
This year marks the Grand Celebration of your 50th Sannyāsa Anniversary, with devotees from all over the world gathering to glorify you and your endless service to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. We have witnessed how much the whole world expressed their gratitude towards your unlimited mercy. We have seen the same compassion being distributed to everyone. Your care to each and everyone of us, ISKCON devotees, knows no bounds.
The word guru-prasāda indicates that the spiritual master is very merficul in bestowing the boon of devotional service upon the disciple. That is the best possible gift the spiritual master has to offer. (Cc. Madhya 19.152)
You are the guru of the whole Bengal. You are the guru of Bangladesh. As Śrīla Prabhupāda predicted, you would preach in Bengali and would have thousands of disciples. In Bangladesh Yatra recently, we saw thousands and thousands of devotees getting ready for Harināma initiation, the biggest in history. You inspired a very powerful Nāmahaṭṭa program there and developed their congregation in that Holy Land.
Two decades ago, I heard a senior Godbrother mentioning that Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura had predicted that in the future a Jayapatākā would carry out the Holy Name Market through the Nāmahaṭṭa cells. And so you have created the Bhakti-vṛkṣa program, inspired by His Divine Grace.
Lord Caitanya’s causeless mercy is such that He advised all bonafide spiritual masters to speak about Kṛṣṇa Consciousness everywhere. (NOD p.65)
Being immersed in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, your life and teachings are but an expansion of His pastimes. The more you tell us about Lord Caitanya, the more we want to understand and realize the truth of His saṅkīrtana movement.
Śrīla Prabhupāda states that by the blessings of a Vaiṣṇava, everything is possible, and that perfection can be achieved simply by the blessings of a spiritual master (Bhāg. 5.1.10). On this occasion, I am here to ask for a single drop of your devotion, to always remain inspired and determined by your example and love.
Oh Father, I pray to remain at the cooling shade of your louts feet.
Your spiritual daughter,
Mitra Gopī devī dāsī
