Hare Krishna dearest Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my most respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga!
Wish you a very Happy 72nd Appearance Day and Vyasapuja celebration.
Truthfully, we are the ones who are blessed with you Appearance and association. I really have no words and cannot fathom the effect, the change you have brought about in our lives in such a short time. I wish we were in Krishna Consciousness long back and got more association and love for Nitai Gaura through your classes and by seeing your mood, reading your messages.
Today I was reading how you are strictly waning us on celebrating Vyasa Puja only on the tithi. You always make sure we are in the right mood and are following the proper procedure for everything we do. Guru Maharaj, through your daily messages in the JPS App, we get darshan of Mangal Arati of Sri Sri Radha Madhava Ashtasakhis, Sri Sri Pancatattva, Sri Sri Prahlad Narsimhadev and Rajapur Sri Jagannath, Baladev and Subhadra mai. You take us to so many beautiful ISKCON temples and share pictures of the deities for our darshan daily, you share daily quotes for our benefit, your Srimad Bhagavatam reading has inspired me to also try to read Srimad Bhagavatam daily.
Srila Guru Maharaj, when everyone was isolated and in despair due to COVID, you have come as the bright sun in each of our lives through the virtual Caitanya Lila classes every day and you shine light in our homes by giving each one of us your personal blessings daily. You spend so much time daily to visit, inquire and bless everyone. You care so much and are so merciful to us. What more can we ever ask for? We love you, dearest spiritual father.
I am Indu Latha, your sheltered disciple from Lincoln, NE, USA. I took shelter in November 2019 and until then didn’t realize how important it is to have a Gurudev in our life. I was madly searching for answers, seeking a spiritual master who can guide me. And finally, you have appeared in our life. I can see how my life, daily activities, my enthusiasm, the quality of chanting, personal sadhana, services, love for Sri Guru, Gauranga and Krishna, everything has improved through your association. By hearing your vani, by experiencing your grace, by being the recipient of your mercy our life is slowly being transformed. We are studying the scriptures as a family, doing Bhakti Vriksha with some people in our city, I’m serving in a daily virtual sanga - the Bhakti Sanga Japa Group, in the backend efforts, I’m trying to raise my son in a Krishna conscious way and my son is chanting 1 round daily. My Prabhu needs more inspiration to chant, he is having difficulty doing japa. But he reads and studies Srila Prabhupada books and vani.
Guru Maharaj, on your Vyasapuja day, we seek your blessings so that all of us in our family can be in full Krishna consciousness, chant more and devote our lives in the service of Sri Guru and Gauranga. I beg at your lotus feet to give me strength to serve you. You have so many projects and opportunities for each one of usand I pray to be an instrument in your service.
Aspiring to be a speck of dust at your lotus feet.
Gauranga! Nityananda!
Hare Krishna,
Your sheltered disciple,
Indu Latha
