Dear Gurumaharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisance’s unto your lotus feet. Wishing you a very Krishna Conscious 74th Vyasa Puja. I can only pray that you stay very healthy and continue inspiring us with your instructions to spread the love of Guru and Gauranga.
I was very fortunate to have been initiated by you on 4th Jan 2020 at Atlanta, USA. It was almost more than 2 years I had met you. Since you were not well the darshan and travels were restricted. Today almost after a year of initiation, I feel that things have changed a lot, I feel more empowered to engage in devotional service and also assist in spreading Krishna’s message to the common people. Wherever I go, I make a point to influence the people around me about the spiritual realm of life. Fortunately, they also reciprocate to my small talks and feel inspired to adopt a Vedic style of living. In fact just few days back, I was talking to an American who is my neighbor about Krishna consciousness, I did tell him what the real purpose of life is and why it is so important to use this human life in serving the Lord. He seems to be impressed. I asked him to visit our Seattle ISKCON temple for darshan and prasadam. All this empowerment is the result of your blessings.
Always I am reminded of your words that you have a personal one to one relationships with all your disciples, this gives me loads of relief as I am so far from you. Nonetheless, I always feel the separation from you and want to meet you as soon as possible.
Though I went through many material challenges the whole of last year, your blessings and instructions esp. on “Never Give Up’ always inspired me to hold strings and walk the tight rope. You are my only Hero.
I try my best to listen to your evening classes on past times of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, but unable to attend on regular basis. Please bless me to increase the taste for hearing. Though, I do read all your daily instructions that you publish on social media.
Gurudev, I am longing for your darshan. Praying that situations must get better and we meet soon. Please bless me and my family to continue with more strength to engage in services of the Lord. We need your love, mercy and protection. Also, I am seeking blessings for our Seattle congregation. The temple is growing very fast, though it is not in the heart of the city, we still attracted close to 1000+ souls on Gaura Purnima this year. I have been as active as I can in the temple activities esp. in deity services and prasadam distribution services as well.
Wishing you again a very happy Vyasa Puja. My sincere prayers to Sri Sri Radha Madhava and Lord Narasimha Dev for your long life and health. I hope very soon we meet.
Your humble servant,
Navadwipa Nanda Dulal Das
Seattle, Washington, USA