Vyāsa-pūjā 2020

Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaj

Please accept my humble obeisances at your Lotus Feet!!

All Glories to Srila Prabhupad and his followers!!

Firstly, I pray to Lord Narsimha Deva that he grants you a long life to enable you to redeem souls all around the world as you are wont to doing tirelessly, day in and day. This actually sets an example to all of us to try to follow in your footsteps and preach the message of Srila Prabhupada in and around the place we live in.

It is now more than a year that I relocated to Bangalore after the demise of my Mother Jayanti Priya Devi Dasi, from Mayapur where I was serving in various departments in the Finance Function.

During this time here, I have been constantly reminded of the association which your disciples have given me and my family a path whereby I could remain moored in the Krishna Consciousness movement, without which we would all have been lost in the material world. I still remember how meticulously you had developed the Shyamdesh yatra in the Middle East as well as the other yatras in the region, which gave me the opportunity to remain in KC wherever I travelled in my office work.

Guru Maharaj – one aspect which strikes me very much is about how you reciprocate with Srila Prabhupad, which also serves as a reminder to all of us as to how we should reciprocate with you. As instructed in one of your lectures about how we as insignificant disciples – we should pray to Lord Narsimhadeva to give you a long life so that you can fulfil your promises to Srila Prabhupad, I have been trying to do that.

The last time I had met you personally and shared the background behind my leaving Mayapur, you had blessed me that I could write on topics of KC, which I am endeavouring to do and with that material am trying to preach in the 3 temples in Bangalore, where I am now located. I am very much grateful to you for this blessing. Also I have taken up a small seva of overseeing the Financial systems and processes in ISKCON Kanpur, and the monthly trips to that temple also gives me an opportunity to give classes – which I strongly believe I could not have done without showers of your mercy!!

Lastly, we in our family wish to thank you for showing us the great fortune and treasure of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and accepting all of us as your insignificant disciples.

Your insignificant servants,

Śyāmasundara Jagannātha dāsa (Dīkṣā)

Pushpamukhi Saci DD (Dīkṣā)

Dated: 14/3/2020