Dear Gurumaharaja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your lotus feet!
Happy Vyasapuja!
On this most auspicious day, I would like to express my love and gratitude to you. You have given me everything – the greatest treasure – Krsna, Srila Prabhupada, Mayapur and ISKCON. Without you, where would I be? Sometimes I try to imagine what my life would be without Krsna and I just see emptiness and darkness. You have given me and all your disciples the best life! Who wouldn’t want this life filled with bliss under your shelter, the shelter of the holy name and the house in which Srila Prabhupada built for us? Gurumaharaja, it is because of your powerful influence in my life that I have found love and beauty in being a devotee of the Lord. You have shown me what the only true happiness of this world is. I pray that I will be able to share this with others as a repayment to you and Srila Prabhupada.
You are my greatest inspiration and the strongest pillar in my spiritual life. Every breath and every thought of yours is to please Srila Prabhupada in the mission of Lord Caitanya. Although your glories are unlimited, the quality that stands out the most for me is how you are unstoppable and no matter what obstacles there are, you never give up. You have proven to the world that material considerations of the body can never be a barrier to one’s spiritual life. You have always been an inspiration, are an inspiration and will continue being so for thousands of years. Every day with you is a blessing on this Earth.
Every word that you utter is about Lord Gauranga and how to expand His preaching movement. You are a powerhouse full of ideas; you have a huge vision for ISKCON, Mayapur, CDM. When I think of all the service you contribute every single day, I cannot comprehend how you manage to do everything you do in only 24 hours. Your life is all about preaching! You have opened my eyes and showed me how to dream for ISKCON - how any dream for Krsna is not too ambitious because everything is possible in Krsna consciousness! You are a visionary and your powerful mood is so contagious that I would like to make a big contribution to ISKCON – chase the rhinos. I pray that one day I may get a drop of taste that you have in Srila Prabhupada’s mission.
Every moment of your association has been the biggest blessings and impactful moments of my life – my only true happiness. I have realised that the connection between guru and disciple is from heart to heart and transcends this world. Everything that the Ministry has achieved has only been possible due to your mercy and empowerment. I have realised that if we have the desire to please our spiritual master, anything is possible, even if we may possess no qualifications. I have poured my heart into Becoming Your Devotee book, hoping to please you in some way. This offering is just the beginning; I pray that with your blessings I may continue to render more service to help you in fulfilling Srila Prabhupada’s instructions. I offer all my efforts to you; because it is only due to your mercy and empowerment that anything can happen. Whenever I see you, I automatically become inspired and determined to do more for Krsna.
From the beginning of my life, you have incessantly showered me with mercy – memories that I will cherish forever. How can I ever repay you? You have given me a purpose and until my last breath, I will try my best to fulfil this purpose of engaging children in Krsna consciousness. I have utmost faith that by surrendering my life to your lotus feet, that this is my ticket back to Krsna. I would like to serve you even life after life. The secret of success in Krsna consciousness is to please a Vaisnava and so this is my prayer every day – to dedicate my life to you so that I may please you. My life is yours, it is your property.
Please forgive me for any offenses I may have committed.
Yours in service always, your spiritual daughter,
Gourangi Gandharvika devi dasi