Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my respectful obeisance’s
All Glories to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Gopīnathjī!
All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
All Glories to you Gurudeva!
Daṇḍavat Praṇāma Gurudeva,
I, Maṇibhūṣita Rādhā Devī Dāsī, your spiritual daughter, wishes you a very Happy 73rd Appearance day on this auspicious day of Kāmada Ekādaśī.
Since start of this pandemic, we all devotees were stuck with lockdown and no other way to visit temples, attend programs or seminar or visit overseas. In this difficult situation of Pandemic, Gurudeva you started giving online Caitanya-caritāmṛta classes. Initially I was lazy to listen to the lectures but when I realized that you have been giving these classes in spite of all challenges, I was ashamed of myself, and I started listening to your classes. Slowly I tried to attend your Zoom classes so I can take your darśana. It was a routine for me to attend Zoom online classes on every Saturday which was suitable for us who live in Australia.
Gurudeva every class was transcendental, and your presence was auspicious for us. It is like a festival celebration where you accept the prasāda and relish with your blessings.
Since you got sick in January, I missed your association, so tried to listen to your classes which I missed in the past.
Gurudeva, you have gone through different physical challenges for us. When you mentioned that “I am suffering because of my disciples who don’t follow their vows”.
At this stage I felt, myself responsible, that yes, I need to improve my chanting, improve my sādhana, intact with my four regulative principles.
I started doing extra rounds, listening, deity worship and singing kīrtanas, reciting 108 names of Lord Narasiṁhadeva.
I know Gurudeva, no physical challenges can conquer you, as you beyond these limitations, but the only reason I realize it, you play this pastime for one reason so we all fallen souls can improve in our sādhana. In this way you want to help us reach the ultimate goal of bhakti and go back to Godhead.
Gurudeva, this year, we got our Gaura Nitāi, I am still waiting for you to give them names. However, with your mercy and blessings, we had a small ceremony welcoming them in our home along with Narasiṁha Havan for your recovery and installation of Caitanya-caritrāmṛta books.
Gurudeva, my two boys Hrishikesh and Bharat have already started reading the books they almost finished Ādi-līlā. They have been also learning different instruments and singing kīrtana.
Gurudeva last year, with your mercy under the circumstances of pandemic, I was able to prepare a Drama name “Kṛṣṇa Got a headache”, where all kids performed at their individual homes and the videos were edited and presented to the congregation.
Gurudeva, I have been also delegated one service as women’s representative in a group five Mātājīs. Seek your blessings to do this service.
Apart from this Gurudeva, I do sometimes stitch dresses for my deities, and take Sunday School classes for the age of 8-11 years old. We are doing now Jagannātha pastimes. In Sunday school We did few workshops like yoga, gardening tulasī, kīrtana or musical workshop.
All these services are not possible without your mercy and blessings.
I do seek your guidance, support and blessings, as am not qualified to these services, but as the intelligence comes from the supreme, I pass all credit to you, Śrīla Prabhupāda and the supreme personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa.
Please keep us in your prayers. My prabhu Sureśvara Nimāi Prabhu, Hriṣīkeśa and Bharat, Please bless them, so they can grow in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.
Lastly, on this auspicious day of your appearance day, I would like to thank you for everything you are doing for me and my family, as a spiritual father.
I pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Gopīnāthajī, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava Aṣṭa-sakhī, Pañca-tattva, and Lord Narasiṁhadeva to always shower their protection and help you in spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness to the whole world.
Thank you Gurudeva again for reading this offering,
Your Dīkṣā Disciple and Spiritual Daughter,
Maṇibhūṣita Rādhā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)
Sydney, Australia