Vyāsa-pūjā 2023
Hare Kṛṣṇa Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept our respectful obeisances unto Your divine lotus feet.
All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!! All Glories to Your Divine Grace!!
All glories to you my dear spiritual father. It is really inspiring how to lead and teach by your personal example. Whatever the circumstances and situations, you never fail to set an example for foolish souls like me. Like recently you emphasized a lot on doing different courses. Although you could have just said that you are Śrīla Prabhupāda’s disciple or a GBC or as Śrīla Prabhupāda said - “associate of Lord Caitanya”, and thus could have skipped doing the course yourself. But as Lord Kṛṣṇa is asking Arjuna in the 3rd chapter of Gītā, “even if you think you are qualified to renounce war, you should still fight and follow your dharma just to set an example”, I can see you are doing the same and thus following even Lord Kṛṣṇa As It Is. I, therefore, humbly request for your divine blessings my Lord that I should be able to apply these learnings and don’t just let them remain on mental platform.
Your desire to please Śrīla Prabhupāda inspires me to push myself also to follow you and Śrīla Prabhupāda, although I am not able to do so out of my laziness. I have also observed at times that you may be having a fever or not in a materially healthy state, but you never fail to preach. This inspires me to push myself as well to not cancel programs when I actually manage. I humbly request your blessings that I can become an instrument in preaching and spreading the glories of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Śrīla Prabhupāda. Please bless that I can have a clear understanding of our philosophy and that I can explain it in a way that person gets connected to you.
And thank you for engaging me in your services like translations, JSSS etc., which help me to hear your glories more and more and help me develop a more strong connection with you. Please bless me with intelligence so that I can be an instrument to help connect more and more devotees to you.
Always aspiring to be your servant,
Your spiritual son,
Akṣaya Gaursundara Dāsa