Dear His Holiness Japataka swami Guru Mahārāja
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe
Please accept my humble obeisance’s in the dust of your lotus feet
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda
śrīmad-guror aṣṭakam etad uccair
brāhme muhūrte paṭhati prayatnāt
yas tena vṛndāvana-nātha sākṣāt
sevaiva labhyā januṣo’nta eva
One who, with great care and alteration, loudly recites this beautiful prayer to the spiritual master during the Brahma-muhurta obtains direct service to Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of Vṛndāvana, at the time of his death.
I am Kṛṣṇa, Son of Gururāja Nityānanda Dāsa and Bhaktipriyā Bhāratī Devī Dāsī. I recently completed my Masters in Quantitative Finance from University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. I completed my studies with a very good grade/CGPA by your grace, mercy and blessings.
Guru Mahārāja by your grace and blessings I have been able to study at this prestigious university. I am grateful for that Guru Mahārāja.
In the month of December, I was worried about subleasing my apartment in Buffalo and shifting to New York City.
By your blessings and grace I was able to find someone to lease my apartment in the final days of December 2022 and I shifted to New York City on the 3rd January 2023.I had been searching for someone to take over my lease in Buffalo for like 2 months and had lost hope to find someone, but by your mercy, grace and blessings I found someone just after 6 days of completion of my studies in Buffalo in the month of December 2022.
I completed my Master’s studies in Buffalo on 18th December 2022 and I found someone on 24th December 2022 and that person signed the lease on 24th December 2022 itself. The next day 25th December 2022, there was a huge Buffalo Blizzard that lasted till 30th December 2022 and had killed numerous people in Buffalo, where people lost electricity & gas connection and some people even froze to death in their cars. This Buffalo blizzard had no impact on me because of your mercy and unconditional love.
After subleasing my place, there was a huge problem of finding a place to stay in or near New York City and I had to find a place to stay by 1st January 2023. Somewhat scrolling and searching in Facebook Marketplace I found a house in Jersey City that was like 6mins walk to the house where the ISKCON Gītā Life classes are held, and I had been attending the Gītā Life online classes from Buffalo from the month of July 2022. Now this online class had become an In-Person class right from the month of January 2023. I am able to join in kirtans and have some great sumptuous prasādam with other devotees.
After arriving in New York City, I was able to stay in the ISKCON Brooklyn temple for 2 nights and engage in devotional service with other devotees. Along with this I visited all the important places where Guru Mahārāja Prabhupāda had introduced Kṛṣṇa consciousness in this New York City like the Matchless Gifts and Tompkins Square Park.
For the last 2.5 months, I have been engaging in Lord Kṛṣṇa’s service, regularly associating with other devotees, a regular visitor to the ISKCON Brooklyn temple and have been having the sumptuous prasādam.
I hope you bless me to regularly serve Kṛṣṇa here in the ISKCON Brooklyn Temple, continue to associate with the devotees and scale new heights in devotional service to Kṛṣṇa here in the ISKCON New York City Brooklyn Temple.
This ISKCON New York City Brooklyn Temple has become like home where positive or negative thoughts come in Mind, I come and take darshan of Śrī Rādhā Govinda. After taking darśana of Śrī Rādhā Govinda it just gives me another level of self belief and confidence.
Please bless me Guru Mahārāja so that I can continue to serve Śrī Rādhā Govinda here at ISKCON New York City Brooklyn Temple.
Guru Mahārāja’s Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava kī jaya,
Hari Bol Hari Bol Hari Bol!
Your Ever Humble Servant
Kṛṣṇa (Sujayeendra Kulkarni)
