Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu.
All glories to your 74th Divine appearance day. Your lectures, videos and quotations have helped me to increase my faith in You, Śrīla Prabhupāda and chanting. I am more attached to the process of bhakti-yoga and detached with the results, leaving it to Kṛṣṇa. I have understood that the holy name is the only reality in this temporary world and my relationship with You and Kṛṣṇa is eternal.
Guru Mahārāja, I have read books such as Justin Davis by His Holiness Hṛdayānanda dāsa Goswami, Your Ever Well-Wisher by Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami and Miracle on Second Avenue by Mukunda Goswami. I am now realizing how much struggle Śrīla Prabhupāda took in establishing ISKCON everywhere. With your causeless mercy, I am now strictly following four regulative principles, chanting 16 rounds attentively every day and chanting Gāyatrī. It has made me more focused on my sādhana and work. I work at Australia Post as a Mail Officer and live with gṛhastha devotees. We have Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi and Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā Deities and we worship them every day. Now I am getting more taste in reading books and listening to lectures. I also make a point to read your newsletters every fortnight and I get more and more knowledge out of it.
Guru Mahārāja, please bless me so I can progress in my devotional life putting Kṛṣṇa in the center doing every activity which pleases Him the most. Please bless me so I can be detached with the results and be attached to the process of bhakti-yoga. I have made a habit of listening to the lectures by one of your godbrothers His Grace. Cāru Prabhu who resides in Spanish Fork, Utah. Your quotations, newsletters and His lectures have saved me tremendously and as a consequence, I am able to relish the nectar of the holy name. I have learnt that I have joined this movement so I can follow your instructions and thereby one day with your blessings become an expert preacher and preach to the conditioned souls the science of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I have realized that material happiness is insignificant compared to spiritual happiness.
Guru Mahārāja, please bless me so I can travel to Spanish Fork Utah and serve His Grace Cāru Prabhu and also in the upcoming months, Kṛṣṇa willing, I can come to Māyāpur or some other place and get your causeless mercy of serving You too. I would like to follow in your footsteps and become an instrument in the hands of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and dedicate my life. Please bless me for more devotee association, studying scriptures, increased chanting, faith in the holy names and I can travel to other temples and communities so I can develop radical faith and enlarge my vision for my spiritual life. Please bless this poor ignorant foolish soul who is entangled in this material world. I was looking for material happiness like a foolish person and with devotee’s blessings found You and Cāru Prabhu.
‘sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’—sarva-śāstre kaya
lava-mātra sādhu-saṅge sarva-siddhi haya
(Cc. Madhya 22.54)
“The verdict of all revealed scriptures is that by even a moment’s association with a pure devotee, one can attain all success.”
Thank you very much,
Your lowest servant,
Parama Puruṣa Nitāi Dāsa,
Brisbane, Australia