Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble and respectable obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to your auspicious appearance day.
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
As your name says you are the victory flag in the hands of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Śrīla Prabhupāda has given you various instructions. You have been tirelessly working, meditating all the time, how to fulfill those instructions. One of those instructions is to develop the kingdom of God i.e.; Māyāpur and TOVP. From the information I got from the senior devotees is that Māyāpur once upon a time was a place of decoits and thieves. In such times devotees were in the condition of carrying weapons with them to protect their lives. Such a place was now converted literally into Vaikuṇṭha where everyone one of them are devotees. It was possible only by Your Divine Grace.
Your compassion for the baddha-jīva’s like me is unlimited. When you were completely down with your bad health, still you were preaching lying on the bed. But I’m so unfortunate that I cannot take advantage of your live lectures. You have negotiated with the lord twice for your life just to fulfill the instructions of your spiritual master. You are the perfect example of the verse “Guru-mukha padma-vākya, cittete kariyā aikya”.
Whenever I feel low, I just have a look at you on the YouTube giving lecture or hear about you. Immediately, I get lot of enthusiasm. Just to set an example to others you have written the Bhakti-vaibhava exam and received a big certificate.
Now I am serving as a fulltime devotee in ISKCON Whitefield under the Guidance of His Grace Harikṣetra Prabhujī. I have been asked to taken up youth/collage preaching service intended to make an insignificant effort to fulfill your instruction “TO MAKE BANGALORE A KṚṢṆA CONCIOUS CITY”.
So Guru Mahārāja I am seeking your blessings and mercy that I can follow the instructions, render service for the pleasure of you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, Guru-paramparā, Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Your Insignificant servant,
Cāru Kṛṣṇacaraṇa Dāsa
Bangalore, India.