Our dearest Guru-Mahārāja,
Daṇḍavat-praṇāma!!!
PAMHO
Please Accept My Humble Obeisances
All Glories to you, to Śrīla Prabhupāda and to all our paramparā-ācāryas!
Hare Kṛṣṇa!
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
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to you on this auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā.”
My Spiritual growth.
Its by only and only your mercy that I have got initiated, otherwise I was never qualified to get it. From the stage of aspiring, everytime I did your darśana, I got developments in bhakti. In early days, when I started chanting, I was stuck on 8-9 rounds a day for couple of months, and had considered in mind that, reaching 16 rounds for me is not possible. With just your darśana, I was able to reach 16 from 9 rounds. Such is your great mercy.
After couple of years of initiation, I thought that I will start reading ŚB. and Cc. when I will reach the age of 50, since I have enough time in life… But, around April 2021, When I had some stomach problem and I visited doctor. As per doctors, I will surely be having cancer soon. I was shocked listening to this…. The question came in my mind that when I will start reading such a massive Śrīla Prabhupāda books…. I started reading in the same month of April with 1 śloka of Bg. every day, sometime ŚB, sometimes Cc. and sometime Cb.
By your mercy and Gods grace and blessing of senior Vaiṣṇavas. Today I have reached reading.
1. Bg. – reading 1 paragraph everyday – reading 2nd time.
2. ŚB. Condensed – Completed reading (expect Ch. 29-33)
3. Cc. – Completed reading on 07.03.2023.
4. Cb. Condensed – completed.
5. Cb. Full – Completed reading Ādi Khaṇḍa and Madhya Khaṇḍa. ……Antya Khanda in process.
6. Art of Chanting – in process – 200 pages approx. completed.
7. Mahābhārata with ŚP commentary (started 01.01.2023) – 250 pages completed.
8. Lord Caitanya and his associates – In process.
Reading all these books I understood that pure chanting is the essence of all. Hence, I beg your mercy, so that I can also do one day śuddha-nāma and get kṛṣṇa-prema.
Meeting challenges
I have health issues, financial issues, family issues, but the best part of all this is I can take out time for reading. Still, I face lot of mind disturbance while chanting. Request your blessings.
Carrying out your orders.
I deeply regret that I am not able to preach. I try to do it as possible, but giving class with motivating people for KC, I feel difficulty. Request your blessings.
I apologies if I have committed any mistakes in writing above as I am not eligible to write.
YS
Śyāma Candra Dāsa
Dāmodaradeśa
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