My eternal supervisor, my spiritual father, Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to you, Gurudev and your inconceivable disposition.
At first, I wish to thank you for coming into my life as the rain of mercy, flooding my existence with your love. And then I wish to offer a big congratulation for the 50th year of your sannyasa and completion of having 50.000 disciples worldwide. What an amazing accomplishment!! How much you must have pleased Srila Prabhupada!
On this auspicious day of your appearance, we get an opportunity to purify ourselves every year by scribbling a few words in the name of your glorification. Your glories are unlimited. Even to materialistic people, your performances are inconceivable; what to speak of to all the devotees? In a very insignificant attempt to glorify you, my dear father, let me express the inner feelings of my heart.
The most prominent aspect of your personality that comes very spontaneously to my mind is that you are ‘love personified’. It is very difficult to not experience ‘being loved’ if someone comes near you. Since Govinda is peacefully resting in your heart, His love is exuded through you incessantly. Like a magnet of love you draw towards you the uncountable number of iron particles who are so hard hearted. This is the magic that I experience and witness every time when I am in your association.
Prabhupada’s words…. “Books are the basis…Purity is the force…Preaching is the essence…Utility is the principle”. You are living by all 4. By your able leadership, massive book distribution and preaching are taking place and you are utilizing everything in the service of Srila Prabhupada and Lord Caitanya. But it is all happening because of your purity. Your undeviated focus to serve Srila Prabhupada’s mission is the source of your impeccable purity.
I was meditating that your consciousness is Prabhupada-mana bhava Prabhupada-bhakto Prabhupada-yaji Prabhupada namaskuru….. This consciousness probably pleases Krsna a million times more than man-mana bhava mad-bhakto consciousness because of which He is CONSTANTLY protecting you within His loving embrace. It is because we all know that He loves the devotee of His devotee much more than His own devotee. By your example you are showing us how deeply we should be focused and committed in our relationship with you.
Your fearlessness is one of the manifestations of your faith in the principle avasya raksibe Krsna. In spite of the crowd in Mayapur with threats of the virus, you are undaunted and unperturbed in your services during the festivals and Navadvipa Mandala parikrama. Your deep servitude goes beyond description as you travel through the durgama roads speaking to each of the groups of parikrama at different places, giving them your darsana and mercy despite ongoing medical ailments on a daily basis. Who else would care to even try?
We witnessed your total dependence on God during that phase of your transplant surgery and the surgery next year for BCC. Whether we happily depend or fearfully depend on the Lord, He is the Supreme Controller ultimately. But you showed us how to remain peaceful and fixed in the face of crisis reflecting your dependence on Guru and Krsna always. An acarya is one who teaches by his own example. For us, you are the exemplary acarya as you are living every moment by what we read in the sastras.
It always becomes a long message, as I fumble to put my words together and fall short of realizations. In front your glorious existence and wonderful qualities that you naturally manifest, these words are just few scattered particles of sand. Yet, I know this attempt will please you, Srila Prabhupada and Lord Caitanya. Thus I dare write something.
I offer my daily prayers.. “May the Lord keep you in good health and may you not experience any physical discomfort ever”. Have a wonderful time with your loving devotees around. Happy Vyasa puja, my dear father!
Your lowly spiritual daughter,
Ramya Vrndavana devi dasi (diksa disciple),
Vrindavan, India.