Namo Om Vishnu Padaya Krishna Presthaya Bhutale
Srimate Jayapataka Swamin iti Namine
Nama Acharyapadaya Nitai Kripa Pradayine
Gaura Katha Dhama Daya Nagara Grama Tarine
Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my respectful obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Your Divine Grace!
Today is a very important day in a disciple’s life, when a disciple reviews his/her life and the vows taken as a disciple. The spiritual master is the representative of Lord Sri Krishna and being a disciple I am connected to the disciplic succession or parampara. Just as the Guru commits to Krishna to accept a disciple, as a disciple, we make a commitment to follow the vows and serve Guru and Krishna eternally! It has been close to 30 years that I have accepted to serve Your Divine Grace and throughout this time I am so fortunate to witness, experience and be amazed by Guru Maharaj’s exceptional and great qualities. I am totally unqualified to glorify Your Divine Grace in any way and I am so dull that many a time I fail to see your greatness.
About 2 years ago, Your Divine Grace had to undergo a double organ transplant, which is not so common and against the odds at your age and many other complications. I was totally in fear at the outcome but against all odds the transplants were successful. And Your Divine Grace always attributed it to the prayers of all the devotees and even non-devotees! Yes that’s true and by this example you are teaching us the power of prayers! But more than that Your Divine Grace is such a dear devotee of Lord Chaitanya and Lord Nityananda who are protecting you. You are totally surrendered to Srila Prabhupada and have no fear and relentlessly move forward despite whatever obstacles may come and single-mindedly focussing to serve Srila Prabhupada’s mission. And then again Guru Maharaj made the endeavour to take the long journey in your fragile condition to travel to the Middle East, UK, USA and S. America. You always want to be engaged preaching and want to show your causeless mercy of giving your personal association to all devotees and disciples in all these places enlivening them in their spiritual lives. And in this trip Guru Mharaj you accepted many more disciples! This is your transcendental quality and everyday without fail you come on Live on Facebook so that we can listen to your classes, get Chaitanya lila nectar and there is also a Q&A session included. Besides this you have so many other responsibilities including the TOVP. Your Divine Grace is operating totally on a transcendental level.
But Guru Maharaj I am sleeping on the lap of Maya and struggling so much to serve your instructions, due to material desires and lack of determination. On this auspicious day I am begging Guru Maharaj to forgive me for all my offenses at your lotus feet knowingly or unknowlingly and all other offenses in due course of my services. I am always grateful to you Guru Maharaj to accept me a fallen soul as your disciple, which is your compassion and love. I am praying to Lord Nrsinghadev to always protect you.
Below are some small services that I do this past year:
1. Two house programs and in one of the house program I am following CDM Introduction to BG.
2. Since last 2 years, I have coordinated the Bhadra Purnima program at the center I serve; 2018- distributed 6 sets of SBG and in 2019- distributed 13 sets of SBG
3. Since Aug 2019, I am responsible for book distribution in ISKCON Botanical Garden, Penang.
I have plans to improve and increase book distribution but I am struggling. Please Guru Maharaj, I need your causeless mercy to pick me up so I can continue with my devotional service.
Your spiritual daughter,
Kripatita dd
ISKCON Botanical Garden, Penang, Malaysia