Dear Guru Mahārāja,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe
Please accept my most respectful obeisances to the dust of Your lotus feet, all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, All glories to Your divine grace and all glories to this divine day of Vyāsa-pūjā.
Dear Gurudeva,
This year I had a lot of realization and conformations that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is acting in my life and arranging my purification. I am grateful to You Śrīla Gurudeva for all Your support, instructions, and service opportunities You are giving me even though I am not qualified to do any service.
Many time’s during tough time’s I felt lonely, as if I had no one, but Your mercy kept on flowing Gurudeva in the shape of devotee association and service engagement and much more and by trying to follow Your instructions and suggestions I can see and feel how my life is going towards the right direction.
Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for uncovering deeper meanings in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books and explaining how to apply them in our lives. Recent circumstances and struggles that I had showed me how important devotee association is and Your senior disciples are expertly guiding me and I really feel myself as member of Your big family.
I very often reflect how with so much health condition You are crossing mountains and seas to meet people around the world as well as all the online darśana and classes You are giving tirelessly in Your sincere desire to give fallen souls the art and science of bhakti-yoga.
You always meditate on how to make it easier for recipient to accept and follow the path of love and devotion.
For conditioned soul it is very hard to give up all nonsense and surrender to Lord Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet but You make all skillful arrangements, tirelessly explain, take Your time out to give disciples and well-wishers personal care and instructions, train and guide us and encourage all of us to continue our devotional service no matter what through Your instructions and You are doing so much more to fan little spark of Bhakti in our hearts.
Gurudeva You are such an amazing, kind and loving, most compassionate and inspirational personality I have ever met and out of Your causeless mercy and compassion You accepted me as Your disciple, You have always showered Your mercy on me which I don’t deserve at all and I can’t appreciate it enough. I am grateful and indebted to you and I hope in time I will be able to develop real gratitude and serving mood towards you.
By Your personal example You set a standard of such surrender as You dive into that ocean not coming up for air. Constantly endeavoring to fulfil the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda and the paramparā You travel almost unceasingly to bring people closer to Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet. If not, physically You are always most of the time preaching Online to reach out to every single one of us around the world. You are following in the footstep of the most munificent incarnation of Kṛṣṇa – Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu freely distributing love of Godhead to everyone qualified and unqualified thus being munificent Yourself.
Gurudeva, you are an ocean of auspicious qualities. Whatever activities You perform are not only filled with devotion but done with complete expertise. When I think of Your qualities it bewilders me. You maintain a contagious spirit of service to Lord Kṛṣṇa and wherever You go You pour down the mercy of Your devotion.
Dear Gurudeva, please give me the strength to follow your instructions and imbibe your fearless and uncompromising mood in serving Śrīla Prabhupāda, the Guru paramparā and Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
Please forgive me for all my offences I made to Your lotus feet knowingly and unknowingly.
Your unworthy servant,
Dīpadātri Gaurāṅgī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
United Kingdom (London - East)