Dearest GuruMaharaj
Please accept my humble obeisance at you Lotus Feet
All Glories to you and Srila Prabhupada
oḿ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaḿ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
I offer my respectful obeisance unto my spiritual master, who has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance, with the torchlight of knowledge.
I pray that this finds you in good health. I have been following your recent travel photos on Facebook from across the world and how many more souls have been fortunate to get your shelter.
Whenever I look at photos of you getting darshan of your spiritual father, His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, you are so intense. It appears to me this love and sincerity stems from your unalloyed devotion to your guru, the thought of always desiring to serve your guru's instructions. I seek your blessings to get a droplet of inspiration in my service onto you. I see myself as a stray dog who has come to his master's doorsteps without direction and purpose. As my master, I am intending to follow your directions and instruction. So please guide me in my devotional service to you. I have been spiritually weakened and want to take your shelter and blessing on this auspicious occasion of your vyasa puja to be single-pointed and focused on my goal by following you and your instructions.
I take inspiration for our previous acharyas in the disciplic succession to ensure that time in the material world is limited. I was reading the past time of Srinivas Acharya who underwent so many tribulations to get a guru and learn Srimad Bhagavadam , how many days on end he traversed from Puri to Bengal to Vridavan to seeking real knowledge from guru. It is only by your causeless mercy that you offered me initiation 4 years ago, despite me not being worthy and qualified. With the time passing by, I have been running around unfortunately, preferring material attachments, which has only caused me spiritual stagnation and strife within. You have instructed that on taking initiation should rigidly follow the instruction of the spiritual master and avoid offending other devotees, so I would want to take this to my heart and soul to imbibe this and focus on devotional service. I have recently commenced work on congregational preaching by assisting my shiksha gurus in teaching young kids and adults on Krishna Consciousness and this has made me realise to follow before I preach. It has been heart purifying experience. Please offer your blessings to ensure that I am able to present this rare and revealed knowledge as it is and spread Lord Chaitainya's message and bring more and more souls at your lotus feet.
You have commenced your visits and overseas travel to bless us all despite your delicate health. Your endeavour to please your guru and bless your devotees despite your delicate health inspires me. I have been so bodily focused, nonchalant and need your causeless mercy to make my life successful by serving you birth after birth and help grow Srila Prabhupada's movement.
Your most unfortunate, unqualified and fallen disciple,
Paramapriya Gopinath das