Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to you on this auspicious day of your vyasapuja.
It has been a very difficult 12 months for everyone around the world due to the scare & the onslaught of the pandemic. Following precautionary measures, Association of devotees has become very rare and mostly only available online. Freedom of movement has been restricted even going to local temple is still regulated. All programmes and celebration of festivals have been taking place online. Devotees have tried to make spiritual life normal as possible and have tried to make sure we don’t miss out on the regular doses of nectar. Many programmes taking place every week online and we have the opportunity if not physically but at least virtually to hear from many devotees around the world on a regular basis.
Due to the lockdowns and social gatherings at a stop, we have had more time to concentrate on our personal sadhana, do more reading and hear more classes, practice more kirtan. We also try to take your darshan and hear from you Chaitanya Caritamrta classes online. It’s so wonderful to see you always reaching out to the disciples, the disciples are also overwhelmed by your mercy. We all get very inspired to see you and hear from you. Despite your health issues you carry out your spiritual duties even better than most people with normal health.
For the past 12 months we have also had the opportunity to discuss Srimad Bhagavatam with a group of devotees online every week. This has given us the wonderful facility of focusing on lord Krishna’s different incarnations and pastimes. Srimad Bhagavatam also reveals how exalted personalities approached the lord in time of trouble. How they prayed to the lord. How they lived and how they died.
We still have a lot to learn and by your mercy we can advance more & more in our journey of Krishna Consciousness. Please bless us that we find the courage and strength to please you Gurumaharaj.
Yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo
yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto 'pi
dhyāyan stuvaṁs tasya yaśas tri-sandhyaṁ
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
"By satisfaction of the spiritual master, the Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes satisfied. And by not satisfying the spiritual master, there is no chance of being promoted to the plane of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I should, therefore, meditate and pray for his mercy three times a day, and offer my respectful obeisances unto him, my spiritual master."
Have a wonderful Sri Vyasapuja!!
Your aspiring Servants
Narayan Keshava Das , Radharani Ratiprada DD & Bhakta Arohit