Dear GuruMahataj, please accept my respectful obeisances. On this auspicious day of your Transcendental appearance, thousands of disciples and well-wishers direct their attention to your lotus feet.
Thousands of fortunate souls have a great fortune to occupy their minds in remembering moments in your association, remembering your instructions, your transcendental pastimes. Thousands of fortunate souls, on this auspicious day, sing your glories with great devotion. Thousands of fortunate souls overflow their feelings of gratitude and admiration for His Holiness GuruMaharaj.
Among these fortunate souls, here I am trying to express, within my limited capacity, your unlimited glories.
I am living in a temple in south Brazil, under the instructions of Hara Kanta Prabhu, as Brahmacari, for the past 5 years. By the instructions of Prabhu Hara Kanta, i had the fortune to take shelter in his Holiness Jayapataka Swami GuruMaharaj as a Diksa disciple. I am very grateful for this great mercy. Many times my mind tries to convince me to leave the movement, but when I think of the effort that Prabhu Hara Kanta makes for the benefit of so many Krishna conscious people, I am embarrassed to consider abandoning Srila Prabhupada's mission.
I realize that prabhu Hara Kanta extracts strength from your personal example, GuruMaharaj. So, when I meditate on you, on the determination and sincerity that is necessary for your body to withstand the demand for service that you impose on yourself, when I meditate on your strength dragging that body for so many years, with the desire to benefit more souls with Krishna consciousness and carrying out the orders of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada, when I meditate on your surrender I remember the vows I made at my first and second initiation. At this moment, I am embarrassed to allow my mind to consider not honoring the commitment I made to his Holiness GuruMaharaj. So, thanks to you, by your personal example, this fallen soul is having a real chance of waking up from sleep in Maya's lap. By your grace, I can dedicate this material existence that imprisons me for so many lifes, a service of the Sankirtana movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, a service of the mission of the General of devotion, Srila Prabhupada. Thanks to your boundless mercy, this conditioned soul that you received is having the opportunity to awaken pure Love for Krishna and free itself once and for all from the clutches of the three modes in material nature.
Thank you very much, GuruMaharaj, for the mercy of your association, for offering me your compassion, your shelter. I wish your blessings so that I can always be faithful to Srila Prabhupada and his genuine representatives. May I always meditate on these Mahatmas. I have the great mercy of being sheltered under the instructions of Prabhu Hara Kanta who in turn is sheltered in your instructions, GuruMaharaj, and who in turn is sheltered in the instructions of Srila Prabhupada who is the genuine representative of our GuruParampara and consequently of Lord GOURANGA.
All the glories to the transcendental day of the transcendental appearance of His Holiness Jayapataka Swami GuruMaharaj!
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's revolutionary Sankirtana movement!
From his aspiring servant,
Rasarnava Gouranga Das Brahmacari
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