Vyasa Puja Homage
April 2020
Dear Gurumaharaj,
Please accept our humble obeisances,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada,
All glories to your Holiness,
Nama Om Vishnu padaya krsna prestaya bhutale,
Srimate Jayapataka swamin iti namine,
Namah acharya padaya nitai kripa pradayine
Gaura-katha dhama daya nagara grama tarine
Dear Gurumaharaj, we are happy on this occasion of your auspicious appearance day, it is additionally special for all of your disciples since it is the 50th anniversary of your accepting sannyasa.
When i first saw you in 2001 in Krsna Katha Desh, at the house of our shiksa guru HG Bharathagraja das prabhu, it was an unforgettable experience. I could sense that “yes” indeed there is a spiritual world and i felt strongly that you have come from that place, for we have not seen anyone like you before that wonderful meeting.
At that time we were only few months into Krsna Consciousness and could not understand much from your speech, but one thing stayed in me, i could understand by your association that this Krsna Consciousness is not an ordinary path. Further on by your personal seva opportunity given by HG Vaikuntapati das prabhu and other senior devotees we could see from close association how much you were dedicated to spread Krsna Consciousness around the world for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada.
Dear Gurumaharaj i am regularly trying to hear your inspiring lectures, read your books and trying to understand your mood and mission in a much deeper way. You are a great inspiration for me and my family, and we are trying to do our bit to spread the mission of Lord Caitanya with what ever abilities we have. In you we are able to see the activities of a pure devotee of the Lord, the sthitha-prajna level is revealed in your daily life - you are a real life example of a self-realised soul fully in love with Krsna. Dear Gurumaharaj we are in our conditional existence unable to overcome the anarthas on our own strength, kindly bless us to be sincere disciples of your divine self and be of some benefit to Srila Prabhupada’s wonderful Iskcon society.
I am trying to be dedicated to your instructions of spreading Krsna Consciousness thru the Bhakti Vriksha system in Krsna Katha Desh, and we are aiming to have 222 Bhakti Vrikshas by the time your most dear project the TOVP is inaugurated in 2022. In line with this objective, few months back me and leela kirtaneswari dd started an experimental initiative of making BV modules based only on Bhagavad Gita as it is - focused on chapter sections with all the 6 angas of Bhakti Vriksha in place.
We wanted to avoid printing/photocopy of BV edifications completely as it has got an element of risk when devotees get it done outside. Additionally since Bhagavad Gita is attractive to our target audience the pious Hindu families here, we feel it would be easily adaptable. We have named it BV Gitamrita modules and are trying it out in some few new groups. Since it is based on Srila Prabupada's Bhagavad Gita as it is - one book would suffice to carry on the study.
We wanted to present a report to you on this initiative as soon as possible for your blessings and guidance. Dear Gurumaharaj we informed HG Seva Swarup prabhu of CDM ministry regarding this initiative which we felt will be apt for our unique suraksha situation here and we strongly feel it would be successful. He said “whatever brings new members to Krsna Consciousness is welcome”. We would take your guidance on how to go about it further if you feel it really worthwhile.
Dear Gurumaharaj, we wholeheartedly thank you for pulling us out of illusion and giving us a chance to gain and share transcendental knowledge and sincerely serve Hari-Guru-Vaisnavas eternally.
We remain your insignificant disciples,
sankirtan anand gaura das (2nd initiated)
leela kirtaneswari dd (2nd initiated)
gayatri (aspirant)
gowri (aspirant)