Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja
Please accept my respectful obesiences
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
All glories to you Śrīla Gurudeva!
Wishing you a happy 74th Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā 2023 Dear Guru Mahārāja.
You are so merciful to us; you know how to take care of your Spiritual kids in all aspects of life. Just by following your instructions, one can please all the Vaiṣṇavas and Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Recently we were looking for a wedding alliance for our child. We were not sure how to carry out our responsibility in looking for a match according to our requirements. After being in devotees’ association and tasting the higher taste, we didn’t know how to approach non-devotees in regard to this sensitive topic. So started enquiring about devotees from different countries, and temples.
In that process we also enquired with JPS office, then we came to know you have set up standards, instructions, and full guidelines regarding this matter. It was so useful and was our lifesaver Guru Mahārāja. You have done all the hard work and are spoon-feeding us. Without even realizing it or we are taking advantage of your instructions. We decided to stick to your instructions and used all the guidelines and come out with results that no one could comprehend. Thank you Śrīla Gurudeva without your help we were lost forever. So, we realized one can get all the benefits by just following your instructions.
The other thing we realized is that whenever we perform mundane activities like rituals and family-related obligated activities, we get so tired and unable to do much. But if we put the same amount of effort into doing the devotional service, we never get tired and, we will be ever fresh. This is amazing Guru Mahārāja. You are giving us so much mercy so that we can do more and more service to get purified. We are so fortunate to finally start to realize this.
Guru Mahārāja after reading this śloka from SB. 3.25.25
In the association of pure devotees, discussion of the pastimes and activities of the supreme personality of Godhead is very pleasing and satisfying to the ear and the heart. By cultivating such knowledge, one gradually becomes advanced on the path of liberation, and therefore he is freed and his attraction becomes fixed. Then real devotional and devotional service begin. And also saw how you at this age wrote Bhakti-vaibhava exam and got your certificate.
I also want to fulfill the desire of getting the Bhakti-vaibhava degree by reading the SB in the association of devotees. Please bless me and pray for me, so that I can be successful. We tried to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness wherever we go, like Distributing books as a gift, doing hall programs, preaching to people to take up chanting through chanting and reading groups.
Guru Mahārāja, without the devotee’s association and your association through videos, and audio lectures, life would be totally dry and meaningless. Thank you so much for providing this. Please forgive all my offenses at your lotus feet and please lift me up from the mode of ignorance to serve your lotus feet with full conviction and faith.
Your most insignificant servant,
Śrīvāsa Nitāi Gaura Dāsa (Dīkṣā)
Sydney Australia