nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Hare Kṛṣṇa, dear Guru Mahārāja,
please accept my humble obeisances at Your lotus feet!
All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga!
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
On this occasion of Your auspicious appearance day I will mention only few areas of my appreciation of how much You are doing for all of us; but the list could be limitless. Every week I hear about Your glories on our JSSS meetings and get to know new and new things. I can really confirm that by hearing about the glories of guru by His mercy also our determination in service and faith is growing. I am very grateful to have association of all those wonderful devotees who are coming to bring us messages about Your glories.
I very much appreciate Your list of requirements for initiation which is subject to my daily meditation. I am realizing that just by this meditation we can be better devotees in all aspects because we know what is important and can focus on it. One tangible example how my meditation on Your requirements changed my life is that I focused on having regular service and this consequently triggered positive changes also in other areas of my life. By Lord’s mercy devotees gave me some responsibilities and I pray I can execute them for Your pleasure.
Thank You for Your daily messages on Telegram, Jayapatākā Swami App, Facebook and other media including forth-nightly e-zine which comes on Ekādaśī which keep me more Guru and Kṛṣṇa conscious. I am also grateful when I meet You in ISKCON campus and can offer You my obeisances. It was the second year that I could follow Bhīṣma-pañcaka by Your mercy and I was happy to see You also coming to encourage and inspire us. I consider myself very beginner and therefore am happy to be here in Māyāpur in Your association and other devotees to have strong impressions from performing devotional service.
Recently I approached devotees from the e-care team because I had some doubts in how to move forward with certain areas in my life and I wanted to know how You approach these things. Or in other words I needed authorized advice for important life decisions because then I feel secure and sheltered and can move forward. It was very pleasant to know about Your recommendations how we should solve our life situations. These discussion apart from JSSS were also very valuable source to more understand Your mood. I am very grateful for that.
Thank You also for Your daily effort to deliver us the message about Lord Caitanya’s pastimes and QandA sessions to dispel our doubts. I heard from Your servants how much it is important for You to give us regularly Your association despite the condition of Your body. Thank You, Guru Mahārāja!
And ultimately please forgive me for all this non-sense which I am doing when Māyā catches me. There are still so many things that I can improve and I don’t want to be that person who would cause You any suffering.
I daily pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva that He will protect You and remove obstacles from Your service and hope that I will be Your worthy spiritual son.
Thank You very much, Guru Mahārāja!
Seeking Your blessings,
Bhakta Peter Hropko (sheltered disciple)
Serving in Māyāpur, ISKCON campus Harināma group
