nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
My Dear Spiritual Master, Pl accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet! All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga! It’s a Great pleasure and honor to give my offerings to your lotus feet on the auspicious 69th Vyasa puja. I very much understood and aware that I have no qualification to glorify your Holiness; however it is my humble attempt to purify my own consciousness.
Guru Maharaj! You are so enthusiastic personality to carry out the orders of your Spiritual Master His Divine Grace AC Bhakti Vedanta Swami Prabhupada and the Previous Acharya’s. I heard from the senior devotees a lot about your service in Sridham Mayapur development activities. Whenever I am hearing the name of Sridham Mayapur, the film is running in my mind is that your riding a bi-cycle joyfully carrying cement bags in the back seat for the construction works. I always remember your Holiness conversation with HDG Srila Prabhupada regarding happily executing the orders of the spiritual master. Once, your holiness asked Srila Prabhupada, Srila Prabhupada I am deriving happiness while doing service….Is that Sense Gratification? Prabhupada answered your question in one word “NO”. My dear Gurudeva your holiness is demonstrating how the disciple should completely surrender to his Spiritual Master.
When Srila Prabhupada asked your holiness “Do You Want to take sanyasa?” Your Holiness replied “Prabhupada, whatever you Like” You have surrendered yourself completely to your spiritual master and serving him happily. My dear Gurudeva you are demonstrating how should give one’s life and soul to the mission of spreading Krishna Consciousness in all circumstances with full of enthusiasm. Guru Maharaja, I am fortunate enough to touch your Holiness lotus feet few times. What else more fortunate things available in all three worlds other than getting the bliss of touching and serving the lotus feet of the Glorious Spiritual Master.
You are so merciful Guru deva… Following the footsteps of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, previous acharyas and Our beloved spiritual Grand father HDG AC bhakti Vedanta Prabhupada you freely distributing love of Krishna to everyone without considering any Qualification. You simply distribute the love of Krishna to everone. I read Srila prabhpada lilamrata book. In that when devotees asking Srila Prabhupada to name devotees who can Initiate … Srila Prabhupada said “Include Jayapataka He is so Pure” Srila Prabhupada used to say that Purity is the force … Gurudeva by that force you made a rascal like me can able to chant the holy name of the Lord. Otherwise how is it possible for me to chant the lords Holy Name “ Hare krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna hare hare Hare rama Hare rama Rama rama hare hare”. Your Holiness purity forced me to chant the lords Holyname and Thousands and Thousands are benefitting like me… Sastra says a mere Glancing of a pure devotee can change the life of a materialistic people and by your glance, Thousands and thousands of people benefitting, because of your extensive preaching by travelling all over the world.
Hearing or reading Lord Chaitanya’s Pastime is nectar and When we are hearing or reading from your holiness you are taking us very closer to Lord Chaitanya. I can’t explain the feelings we are having when we hear or read Chaitanya lila from your holiness
My dear Gurudeva with your mercy I can able to chant the lords Holyname and able to tell few people about the glories of Maha Mantra during Bhakti Vriksha program once in a week. As your holiness wrote the story of The tobacco disease often Quoted by HDG Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura about a boy who taken to chewing a tobacco. Eventhough He was a boy of just twelve years , somehow he got into the habit of chewing tobacco and it caused sore throat. Then he went to the doctor and the doctor said “ your sore is very serious and if you don’t stop taking tobacco you can get cancer of the mouth” He also adviced him to take milk. The boy Started to take milk but he could not give up tobacco. So the Sore was not cured fully. Some of his friends said “ The doctor has warned you that you would get cancer.Why don’t you give up tobacco” He replied “ Doctor told me to take milk and I am doing so. When I am taking milk, I can also go on with tobacco. I don’t mind taking milk but I also want to go on taking tobacco” In this way I am practicing some amount of spiritual life and at the same time having lot of anarthas which are detrimental for the process of bhakthi. Guru maharaj this story is exactly fit for me. This is the present condition of mine. On this auspicious day I seek your blessings to overcome all the anarthas I am having which are not favourable to Krishna Consciousness.
My dear Gurudeva I read in the Sri Guru Mukha Padma vakya and I wish to recollect of your memories with Srila Prabhupada on this Auspicious day. You are writing “ In vrindavana 1977, Prabhupada held his hand up which was totally emaciated, there was nothing but skin and bone. Prabhupada said, “This is because I have so many unqualified disciples” My dear Gurumaharaj in the same way as mentioned above, your holiness is also taking lot of sufferings and struggles because of the unqualified disciple like me
In this auspicious day, I take a vow again to practice Krishna Consciousness very seriously and lovingly and begging for your causeless mercy. My dear Gurudeva make me qualified to receive your blessings and purify myself and to do some service with Cooperative mood with devotees to spread Krishna Consciousness and the Holy name of the lord
Your Humble Servants
Namavatara Krishna Das,
Kasthuri Saki Devi Dasi,
Prdeeksha and Harshita.
