Please accept my humble obeisences Gurumaharaj
All glories to Srila Prabhupada and to You my dearest Spiritual Father.
mukam karoti vachalam
pangum langhayate girim
yat-kripa tam aham vande
shri-gurum dina-taranam
"I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of the fallen souls. His mercy turns the dumb into eloquent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains."
"I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of the fallen souls. His mercy turns the dumb into eloquent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains."
My dearest Gurudev, words cannot justly express my gratitude and love that I have for you. You are my hero, saving me with your mercy from the clutches of maya by giving this poorly conditioned soul an opportunity to learn and grow to become a devotee of our Supreme Lord Krishna. You have immense strength and percervance and unwavering faith in Guru and Guaranga, to follow Srila Prabhupada's instructions to spread the holy name throughout the world. Your mission to bring everyone under the shelter of Iskcon, the house Srila Prabhupada built for everyone to live in.
I am certainly not qualified nor deserve your fatherly care and protection and I pray that one day I can be of some use to you and spread Krishna consciousness as best as I can. I miss you dearly Gurudev and I sincerely pray daily to Lord Nrsimhadev and Tulasi Maharani to protect you and keep you well physically. You are already super strong spiritually.
Even though you are physically very far away from me, however you are still very close to me. I constantly think of you and know that wherever I am, you are with me, guiding me and protecting me in my devotional service. This relationship of ours is eternal and you are my constant.
Everytime I do devotional service, I always offer half the benefit on your behalf Gurudev. I am most grateful that even though it is lockdown, I have been given so much opportunity to do devotional service at the temple.
Both Upendra and myself are doing our Bhakti Sastri course, we only have Nectar of Devotion to complete the course. It was an amazing learning experience and it gave us a better understanding. This I will definitely use in my devotional practice. I know that this endeavor is to polish me up so that I can be a better version of myself with the hope that I can one day go back home to Goloka Vrindavana.
There were many difficult and challenging times that I had to face however I now see as my purification and I hold on tight to also remain in Iskcon and never forget Krishna. Devotee care is very important and I will try to always practice this at home and in our devotee community. I love distributing books and maha prasad wherever I get an opportunity to talk to people about Lord Krishna.
Intensive care ICU is your time to spread the holy name so this I learnt from you Gurudev,that every place is an opportunity to spread the holy name which is the antidote to cure this world terminally ill from this ocean of material existence.
Taking my first initiation at the airport was amazing. Thank you again for your shelter and offering me the bliss of devotional service and love for Krishna.Your love is contagious and I am am so glad that I contracted it.
My dear Gurudev may we meet again soon. Love you always.
Your eternal spiritual daughter and servant
Kasturi Manjari Kripa devi dasi