My Dearest Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to your divine lotus feet.
I was recently remembering that evening, many years ago. I was cleaning your bedroom. I had recently joined Krishna Consciousness, and my mind was still spinning the fan on all sorts of material and negative thoughts. You stood right in front of me, and pointing your finger at me, exclaimed, “You! Must! Be! Happy!”
Sometimes I think that happiness is something you can divide into sections. A measurable element in every aspect of our lives. Am I happy with my circumstances?, with my sadhana?, with my performance in this or that service?
But truly, happiness is more sublime and simple than that.
As Srila Prabhupada taught us, “By making Krishna happy, we become happy.”
Hare, is the Energy that connects us to the Lord in loving service. It’s the same Ananda, transcendental happiness, the internal potency of the Lord, Srimati Radharani. So, by dwelling at the feet of the internal potency of the Lord, we are Krishna conscious, we are happy.
And how to secure that shelter? Once you said, “The best one can offer to Krishna is a soul”. Living to connect others to Krishna is living in the internal potency. And you are, dear Guru Maharaja, a vivid example of it.
At last, an instruction of yours that I try to keep closest to my heart, you said, “The most important thing for a disciple is to learn the mood of the Guru”. Though there may be struggles and challenges: being an instrument of your mercy, following your footsteps and living by your instructions, is the blissful path to real happiness.
Happy Vyasa Puja Guru Maharaja!!!
Your humble servant,
Mādhurī Yamunā devī dāsī
UK (London - BV Manor)