Our Dearest and most respected Gurumaharaj ,
Namah om Vishnupadaya Krishna Presta ya Bhutale
SrimateJayapataka Swamin iti namine
Namah aacharyapadaya Nitai krpa pradaayine
Gaura katha dama daaya Natara grama thaarine
Please accept our respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Your Divine Grace !
Thank you for giving us this wonderful opportunity to celebrate your Vyasa Puja. Gurumaharaj, last year almost everyday you made zoom visits to our houses, accepted the meager offerings and offered us your most valuable blessings.
We don’t know
What it is to be seen by Your grace
As we are unaware
Of your spiritual and yogic powers
Like the kurus were of Bhishma’s !
Your zoom visits
Everyday
-Show you care
-Gives us hope that
-You ll take us back home
With You .
It’s an immense pleasure to wait for the Facebook notification alert that you are live and then see you immersed in Chaitanya Lila. So many days you were very tired and spoke each word with great effort, yet you deeply immersed yourself in the pastimes and this shows your love for Lord Gauranga. We are very fortunate to have your darshan daily and be able to cook for your Grace.
Seeing your interaction with other devotees and attention to details shows how much you care for us. Because of your encouragement, we were doing online Damodara arati and staying in Charlotte, we did Arati’s and distributed books in Australia !
By your example of virtual table, we were inspired to distribute Srimad Bhagavatam sets and many boxes of Bhagavadgita to motels. By participating in virtual festivals, we were able to personally serve The Deities and the dham.
The feather in the cap is the Jayapataka Swami app and your messages are direct relay of glorious devotional services you perform - The days are always over packed and you run from one service to another, doing everything perfectly - all this with a very challenging physical condition. What an example dear Gurumaharaj ! We shrink in shame, thinking how much more we can do!
When you were covid positive, you continued your services with same enthusiasm and you engaged many in chanting more rounds and praying more during January 2021.
You tested positive
Then tested negative,
But, being always positive
Undaunted ,
And Serving with enthusiasm
You tested, ‘ transcendental’ , throughout !
Weekly meets of Jsss Charlotte helps us to associate with your Grace. We read Vaishnava ke , newsletters and hear lectures from 90s. We are very enlivened by your association.
After an anxious, uncertain wait for six months, we moved to Toronto by December 2020. Your daily classes were and are the source of great solace and strength.
Only by your mercy were we able to continue Bhakti vrkshas, kids’ classes and book distribution. The percentage of contribution to your mission is very insignificant and hence we beg , pray, please use us to reach Krsna consciousness to many, many souls as you desire in Toronto.
Forgiveness is the first ornament of a saint and because you are forgiving the unlimited offenses, are we able to continue our devotional services.
Please forgive my offenses and elevate me to serve you in a pleasing way.
You are our Hope,
Source of our strength,
You pull us
By your determination
Never giving up !
Please bless us to continue serving with enthusiasm bringing new souls to your lotus feet.
On this auspicious day of Vyasa Puja, we are recommitting our vows of initiation and want to serve your mission.
Praying to the lotus feet of Lord Nrsimhadev for your best health, to overcome all obstacles in devotional service.
Thank you for being there for us always,
Your insignificant servants,
Lalitangi radhadevi dasi,
Sevananda Caitanya Däsa ,
Nimai and Prahlad