Dear Gurumaharaj.Please accept my most respectful obeisances. All
glories to ISKCON founder Acharya Srila Prabhupada!
Nama Om Vishnu padaya Krsna presthaya bhutale
Srimate Jayapataka swamin iti namine,
Nama Acharya padaya Nitai kripa pradayine
Gaura katha dhama daya nagara grama tarine
I am so grateful that on this most auspicious day of Gurumaharaj's 72
Vyasapuja aniversary, I can attempt to mention some glorification of
Gurumaharaj.
So I have heard from a class of Jananivas Prabhu that one of the best
qualities of Krishna is His quality of mercy.
And so we see that due the instructions given by Srila Prabhupada,
that Gurumaharaj has carried so much of that mercy,Gurumaharaj has
initiated at least 50,000 thousand disciples.And not only did
Gurumaharaj initiate so many disciples but every one of his disciples
has had some kind of personal care and given so much inspiration in
their Krishna consciousness. So that is definitely a sign of a lot of
mecy! I am so grateful to have taken initiation from Gurumaharaj too!
It is mentioned in CC Antya 7.11 kali-kālera dharma — kṛṣṇa-nāma-saṅkīrtana
kṛṣṇa-śakti vinā nahe tāra pravartana- “The fundamental religious
system in the Age of Kali is the chanting of the holy name of Kṛiṣhṇa.
Unless empowered by Kṛṣṇa, one cannot propagate the saṅkīrtana
movement.So how much Krishna has blessed Gurumaharaj is inconceivable.
A verse also comes to mind from CC Madhya 7.128 where it is mentioned,
yāre dekha, tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśaāmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra’ ei
deśa-“Instruct everyone to follow the orders of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa as they
are given in the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. In this way
become a spiritual master and try to liberate everyone in this land.”
And so in this connection I have also heard that the," seniority" of a
devotee can be seen by how many devotees he has made and also it is
mentioned how the pure devotee is compared to the touch stone and to
whomever He comes in contact with, theat person becomes a devotee.So
like this,it is quite inconceivable how you continue the give out the
mercy unlimitedly to all the fallen conditioned souls struggling in
this temporary material wold which is full of miseries.
Recently, very unfortunately, HH Bhakti Charu Maharaj has left us
Physical and so you Gurumaharaj was so kind in giving so much time to
be available in responding to all kinds of concerns in this regard for
the all the disciples of Maharaj,so they may continue to carry on
strongly in their devotional life of Krishna consciousness.When
someone had asked how is it that Krishna says that," my devotee shall
never parish." You had mentioned that Maharaj is with Krishna and it
is the desire of Krishna and so Krishna has another plan for Maharaj.
So, touching again to the quality of mercy,We have heard from a song
written by Lochan das Takur, parama karuṇa, pahū dui jana nitāi
gauracandra
saba avatāra-sāra śiromaṇi kevala ānanda-kanda- The two Lords,
Nitai-Gauracandra, are very merciful. They are the essence of all
incarnations. The specific significance of these incarnations is that
They introduced a process of chanting and dancing that is simply
joyful.
-So like this Gurumaharaj,You are always spreading the glories of the
lord in His most merciful form.For example you had mentioned that in a
temple you had notices that most people congragate in front of Radha
Krishna and Ram Sita Laxman Hanuman but actually the guest should be
informed that by the mercy of Nitai Gaur, one gets the mercy of Radha
Krishna and Ram Sita Laxman Hanuman and so on. So following in the
same mood of their Lordships, you are giving out the mercy
unconditionally.This is so wonderful!
I may not know the extent of Gurumaharaj's qualities but so many of
Gurumaharj's Godbrothers have glorifies Gurumahaj too.And of course
Gurumaharaj has encouraged us to treat his Godbrothers with the same
respect as him.
So with a few words said I take this opportunity to ask for
forgiveness for any of my offenses made. And Gurumaharaj has also
mentioned that when one is Initiated then one should follow the four
regulative principals and chant 16 rounds of Japa but also Gurumaharaj
has encouraged that one take up some service to serve the mission of
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu given to us by Srila Prabhupada. And so, with
any little mercy I have been able to receive, I pray I can nourish on
that mercy and serve the Mission of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. And as I
have heard it from Vrajalila Mataji say.We should make Krishna
available to as many people as we can.
Your insignificant diciple,
Abhay Charan Nimai Das.