nama om Vishnu padaya Krishna presthaya bhutale Srimate Jayapataka Swamin iti namine Nama Acharya padaya Nitai kripa pradayine Gaura katha dhama daya nagara grama tarine
Dear Srila Jayapataka Swami Guru Maharaja, All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to your divine lotus feet which is the shelter of countless persons who by that shelter are able to remain in the service of Sri Krishna. If one wants to approach the Supreme Lord, we cannot perceive him directly. So Krishna is so merciful that he sends the right spiritual master to the sincere soul who tries to approach Him, and the spiritual master wants to take the disciple back to Krishna. So I just want to express that I feel so honored to have come in contact with you Guru Maharaja.
You have mentioned in a class on Balarama's appearance day how it is stated in the Mundaka Upanisad that for spiritual realization you need to have spiritual strength (Bala). But some people misinterpret that to mean you need to be physically very strong. Srila Prabhupada was saying that in the west people are generally physically strong, but they are lacking in spiritual strength. You concluded the class by saying that you get spiritual strength by having faith in the words of the spiritual master and Krishna.
This also reminds me that with the order of the spiritual master also comes the empowerment. And again this reminds me that Srila Prabhupada followed his spiritual master very closely. Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati wanted him to go to the west to preach, and so that is what he did. So we can see that by his strong faith in the order of his spiritual master he was able to achieve all success. Similarly, you are so sincere in following Srila Prabhupada's instructions. Just to cite one example, you have played such a major part in the development of Sri Mayapur Dhama.
Many times you have mentioned that the secret of success is to please the previous Acharya's. Once, you were describing the great super human qualities of Rasikananda and Shyamananda Pandit and you mentioned that we cannot compare ourselves to these great personalities. But, by serving them, we can experience transcendental ecstasy. So you are so merciful to give shelter to so many persons, who now have the opportunity to feel the ecstasy of serving Krishna.
I am concluding by saying that I need your help, I even heard that it is not just chanting on our own endeavor, but because when we chant we please our spiritual master, that makes our advancement.
So in this offering, I am saying again and again and trying to stress how I am so grateful to have your shelter. By serving you, I can stay in Krishna consciousness and remain happy in the association of all the devotees in Srila Prabhupada's great family.
Your servant, Abhay Charan Nimai Das Gita Nagari
P.S. My service at the moment is mainly milking cows and working with oxen at Gita Nagari