Dear Gurumaharaja,
Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to your holiness.
I am very fortunate to offer my homage on this auspicious day of your 72nd appearance day.
I could not realize how fast the year has passed from last Vyasapuja to the current. During this period, I felt I had a much closer association with you compared to ever before. This is only due to your ever-increasing causeless mercy for the conditioned souls. I always wonder how thoughtful you are in using anything and everything in Krishna’s service. I was able to get much association with you through your daily Zoom sessions and regular updates on Jayapataka Swami App.
Dear Guru Maharaj, like how a copper wire transmitting electrical energy from the powerhouse to the household equipment, your holiness is a powerhouse of spiritual energy and you are transmitting this energy to all your disciples through the wire of Social Media, JPS App and Zoom classes. I always wonder how you make time for all your activities and at the same time not missing giving darshan to your disciples.
Dear Guru Maharaja, I wonder how much you are determined in fulfilling beyond the instructions of Srila Prabupada. This year you have completed initiating 50,000 disciples and you are determined to go beyond and deliver more and more souls by initiating them. In 1970 Srila Prabupada has given you the instructions to distribute 10,000 big books and 100,000 small books every month and you are determined to distribute these books along with interest.
Dear Guru Maharaja, I wonder how much patience you have. Recently I saw you giving online initiations to lots of devotees, who are not that good in online activities. Tolerating the mistakes of the IT Team, while taking more time compared to standard initiation process. At one point of time, it so happened that, one devotee who is getting initiated was not audible and he cannot get initiation, without begging for the same. I could see that the devotee was getting very anxious and could not understand what he could do to get the initiation. Instead of moving on to the next initiation you were determined to initiate that devotee.
Dear Guru Maharaj, I wonder how spontaneous you are. You have asked that devotee show thumbs up, if he wants to take the initiation, and I could see the anxiety disappearing and bliss manifesting on his face and your holiness initiated him before moving to the next initiation.
Dear Guru Maharaj, I wonder how much enthusiasm you have to take the holy name of the Lord and how much attachment you have for Gauranga. While announcing the initiated names, whenever the name has Gauranga in it, you raise your hands and with raised voice and enthusiasm you stress the names of Lord Gauranga with ecstasy.
Dear Guru Maharaj, I wonder how particular you are in correcting or observing your disciples even to the detailed extent. One day while giving online darshan, you have asked a mataji, “where is your Tilaka ?”. This had a deep impact on her, and I noted that, she never missed wearing tilaka after that day during online darshans.
Dear Guru Maharaj, you are a store house of all divine qualities. All these pastimes are definitely a glorification of your divine qualities, and at the same time these pastimes leave a deep contemplation with in us encouraging and inspiring us in developing these Vaishanava qualities within us.
Dear Guru Maharaj, I always hanker for personal instructions from you, but now it is clear that fulfilling Srila Prabupada’s instructions to you are the personal instructions to every disciple of yours. And on this auspicious day I commit to enrol myself to the “Instructions Project” and help in your commitments to Srila Prabupada.
Dear Guru Maharaja, on this auspicious day of 72nd Vyasa Puja, I pray to your lotus feet, to kindly forgive me for all my offences and bless me to chant with more devotion and serve you with more and more dedication. Praying to the Lord Narasimha Dev, Radha Madhava Ashta Sakhi and Panchatatva for your good and stable health and long life.
Your Spiritual Son
Prananatha Gaura Nitai Das
Kamalakshi Narayani Devi Dasi
Sahasra
(From – Mathuradesh)
