Dear Beloved Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet!
All Glories to Guru, All Glories to Gauranga!
Srila Prabhupad ki, Jaya!
Gurumaharaj, I cannot begin to describe my gratitude towards Your involvement in my taking up to Krishna Consciousness, more seriously, last year (2020). It was on a Zoom video call, amidst the raging pandemic, that Your words shone like the rising sun, and strengthened my conviction towards Srila Prabhupada's mission. Soon after the zoom call, I had sent You an email about my realizations. In the middle of all your other, and bigger responsibilities and engagements, You selflessly replied to my email and gave me instructions that not only brought so much clarity in my thought process, but You also sent so many instruments my way who would go on to ensure my spirituality was treading the right path.
Gurumaharaj, ever since your divine intervention in my life, I feel so much indebtedness that I am unable to repay or reciprocate, by even the tiniest bit. I am ashamed, yet so touched, that You were constrained to reply to my correspondence which would have been a mindless email amongst the other more important concerns.
Gurumaharaj, earlier this year (February 2021), I lost my father (your disciple – Shyamsundar Jagannath Das), to a heart attack. After the passing of my father in February 2021, you selflessly paused your other pressing engagements and got on a Zoom Call to give Your instructions to my family and me, at that juncture. It will take me this entire lifetime to grasp every word of your instructions on that video call, but I hope and pray to Your lotus feet that I am able to at least carry out Your instructions, with immense and blind love towards You.
Gurumaharaj, during my father’s lifetime he took a keen interest in sharing Your expansive preaching activities, despite Your numerous health conditions, and credited all his successes to You. Because I am so foolish, and my understanding capacity is so little, I am only now realizing (after over two decades in Srila Prabhupada’s movement) the real meaning of your teachings and instructions. But Gurumaharaj, there is so much joy in the heart that by Your grace and causeless mercy, a nobody like me, has now an opportunity to understand love for Krishna, even if it is after 20 years in Srila Prabhupada’s movement.
Your insignificant servant,
Anusha Murti
Bangalore Iskcon Seshadripuram – Vaishnavi Forum
