Vyāsa-pūjā 2018

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe

Dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept our humble dandavat pranams!  All glories to you!  All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

We are dwellers of rain starved parched deserts of the US Southwest, so do our hearts parched due to our anarthas and short comings.  W.hen on a rare occasion of  your  association, like your visit to Los Angeles in May'2016 for Srila Prabhupada festival, we received much needed nourishment to recharge our devotional life. Your visit to Los Angeles gave us an opportunity experience at first hand how merciful and compassionate you are to all of us your disciples and how loving you are to all your god brothers and god sisters. The two days we spent in your association and in association of our god brothers and god sisters is the most joyful and sheltered time of our past 22 months.  Our hearts longing for such a joyful association perpetually.

In addition to our personal sadhana, we are endeavoring to serve you in your service to Srila Prabhupada thru preaching in downtown Phoenix, book distribution, home programs, serving devotees  and supporting ISKCON projects. Results of our preaching efforts are fairly limited due to our lack of maturity and firm commitment / conviction. But what ever little success, it is only due to your mercy. We must always remember our only source of success is you.

We are learning many practical insights from your lectures and writings. One such insight comes to our minds is there must not be a separate devotional life (Bhakti) and material life(Bhogi) and must be only devotional life. As grhastas working to earn money and juggling family obligations, we are struggling to have only devotional life. Living in this bhati-bhogi orientation is the main source of our perplexities and impediments.

But you are  living   of 100% devotional life and 100% of time, living by the highest standard. You are 100% following Srila Prabhupada's instructions and spreading Krishna Prema all over the world. When we mediate on  Mahaprabhu's instruction to Lord Nityananda and Srila Haridasa Thakura, your glorious services comes to our mind. 

śuno śuno nityānanda, śuno haridāsa,

sarvatra āmāra ājñā koroha prakāśa,

prati ghare ghare giyā koro ei bhikṣā,

bolo kṛṣṇa, bhaja kṛṣṇa, koro kṛṣṇa śikṣā

"O hear Me, hear Me Nityānanda! Hear Me Haridāsa! Simply disseminate My order everywhere. Go from house to house and beg [the residents as follows]: 'Speak about Kṛṣṇa, worship Kṛṣṇa and teach [others] about Kṛṣṇa.'" [Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-līlā 13.8-9]

We are so fortunate that we are under your protection as your disciples. If we can hold on tightly to your lotus feet and follow your instructions  we can undoubtedly overcome bhogi orientation and cross over impediments to firmly establish ourselves solely in devotional life and in your service.  Your mercy, instructions and shelter are our only hope and our only objective.

Guru Maharaja, we petition to Sri Sri Radha Madhava Hari, Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, Sri Sri Nimai Nitai, Sr Sri Krishna Balarama, if they are willing, for successful upcoming liver and kidney transplant, speedy recovery and keep you in our midst for many years to come and guide us in our devotional service.

Your undeserving spiritual children,
Raganuga Gaura dasa & Sobhini Devi dasi (Diksha)
 USA