Vyasapuja offering 2020
Vancha kalpa tarubyas ca kripa sindhu bhaya eva ca patitanam pavnebhyo vaishanavbhyo
namo namah.
My dear Spiritual father,
Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All
glories to Your Divine Grace.
On the very auspicious day of the Vyasapuja celebration a disciple is supposed to
write an offering for the spiritual master glorifying and thanking him but I think
why just one day, this should be done every day so that we don't take our good
fortune for granted and our lessons are well learnt. I say this because in our
childhood we learnt that one way of learning things is by writing it down so if we
write down the innumerable gifts of Krsna Conciousness we have received by your
unfathomable mercy, we will feel how precious your presence is in our lives. You are
an ocean of mercy and every drop is priceless.
There is so much to learn from Your Divine Grace - like your compassion for all
living beings, your tolerance like that of a tree, your humility like that of grass,
your giving nature, your love for all your insignificant children - the list is
endless but you are a true Acharya as you do prachar by achaar, that is you teach by
example. Just by seeing you, doing all that you are doing to fulfill the
instructions of Srila Prabhupada despite Your health issues, a person is inspired to
follow your instructions even though you are not forcing or asking them to do so.
You have such a magnanimous heart that all worthy or unworthy souls can get shelter.
This year is the most auspicious year of your 50 years of Sanyasa celebration and
you are the senior most Sanyasi in our Gaudiya Vaisnava family. How fortunate I am
to have been accepted by your grace even though undeserving but it is all because of
your overflowing mercy for which I am eternally grateful.
Our first celebration of this special ocassion was in Atlanta where we had the
fortune to bathe your lotus feet. It was as if I was dreaming as it was unbelievable
to be a part of such an intimate service being performed for the Simha (Lion) of
Mayapur.
You have always been so kind to me - at times it's hard to believe my good fortune.
In mundane materialistic world when something goes wrong with some one, the person
questions ”why me?” and in your presence when I receive your mercy despite being
such an insignificant soul I question to myself “how come me?”. My dear GuruMaharaj
I can't Thank you enough as it is only and only because of your causeless mercy that
I am able to practice my sadhna even though the quality is not there. In present day
and time the fact that I am able to chant the HOLY NAME is all because of your
mercy. Please keep me under Your shelter always. Thank you so much.
On this most auspicios day I pray to Sri Sri Prahlad Nrsinghdeva, Sri Sri Radha
Madhava and Ashta sakhis and Sri Sri Panchatattava to protect You today and always.
Your insignificant daughter,
Nayanamanjari devi dasi