VYASAPUJA 2020 disciple offering
Dear Guru Maharaj
Please accept my humble obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
All glories to you on this most auspicious day of your Vyasa Puja 2020
Thank you for coming to London UK in 2019. It was the highlight of that year
It is always a special spiritual experience to see you in person
A long time ago,when I was visiting the London UK temple a gentle shy German lady devotee named Revati devi dasi (disciple of Srila Prabhupada) who did service in the devotee restaurant now called Govinda’s but then it was called “Healthy Wealthy and Wise” gave me a Bhagavad Gita.
She said “ the last person I gave this to became a devotee”
I gave it back and said I could not promise I would become a devotee
but she said “ you don’t have to promise to become a devotee but take it anyway”. So I took the book and miraculously I became initiated and became a follower of Bhakti Yoga
I would like to offer you this year a gift of me distributing 52 hard bound books of Srila Prabhupada in London UK. this year. In this way it will allow a possible 52 people to become Krishna Bhaktas
Book distribution is not my full time duty/service but I am so grateful to that devotee lady who gave me the Bhagavad Gita that I try to distribute them when I can. I try and follow Lord Chaitanya’s advice “Whomever you meet, tell them about Krishna”
Who can tell about Krishna more than Srila Prabhupada ?
Let Srila Prabhupada tell them about Krishna from his books
There are many ways to distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books. Wherever there are people there are potential Krishna Bhaktas. One just has to give people a choice and giving them one of Srila Prabhupada’s books gives them that choice. I am a teacher by profession and working with other teachers.We help each other out a lot in the job. I first give prasadam and then at a later point I give prasadam and Srila Prabhupadas books as gifts for the help they have given me in my job.
I also sponsor books for others to distribute.These books go to members of the public and also to students/people in hospitals and those in prison.
I know that one of your many services to Srila Prabhupada is to expand the book distribution and I hope this little I am doing will help.
I was thinking that every one of your disciples who are working can sponsor some books for distribution. Sponsoring even one book can make one devotee and I thank Mother Revati till this day 40 years later for giving me Srila Prabhupads’s Bhagavad Gita
Thank you Guru Maharaj for initiating me in London UK all those years ago. It was in front of Sri Sri Radha London Isvara/ Lord Jagannath, Lord Baladeva and Lady Subhadra / Sri Sri Gaura -Nitai/ Sri Giri Govardhana and the Vaishnavas.
Any spiritual advancement I have made has been due to your blessings and well wishes and following your instructions. Thank you for tolerating me.
This planet is so fortunate because you are on it
Looking forward to having the dust of your Lotus feet cover all of us the next time you come to London UK
Hare Krishna!
your grateful disciple always
jaitradasa (diksha) London, England, UK