Dear Gurumaharaja,
Happy Vyasapuja!
Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your divine lotus feet!
This past year I have had countless impressions in my heart where I have personally witnessed and experienced your patience to listen to our struggles and problems, your compassion of wanting to help and inspire everyone in their Krishna consciousness, your equipoised nature, your care for everyone in this world and how you feel others’ hearts and your unwavering determination to serve Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON even when there are obstacles and when it is so easy to step away. You are an ocean of good qualities that I have only begun to comprehend at a surface level. The more I hear about your glories and the more I receive your association, the more I realise how fortunate we are to be in your association, how fortunate we are to have in front of us the ideal example of what it actually means to be a devotee, how to love Krishna, how to love the dham, how to serve Srila Prabhupada and how to be a cooperative ISKCON member.
You are addicted to Gaura-lila, you are addicted to service, you are addicted to serving Srila Prabhupada and you are addicted to preaching. It is completely mesmerizing to witness your love for Mahaprabhu and Srila Prabhupada. Your presence alone inspires and transforms hearts. How could we not become inspired in our Krishna consciousness when we are in front of you? It is impossible!
Although you are a front-line warrior in Srila Prabhupada’s movement and are engaged in major projects, you always find the time to take care of us, to take care of me a little devotee. Thank you for planting this bhakti seed within my heart. Thank you for watering this seedling throughout my life with your blessings, mercy and love. Thank you for personally taking care of this seedling to make sure it grows nicely. Thank you for protecting it from the rains and sufferings of this material world. Thank you for inspiring this seed to develop the desire of wanting to grow into a healthy tree and bear fruits and flowers to offer to your lotus feet. This tiny seed is completely dependent on your mercy.
You are my life’s compass and my source of enthusiasm and inspiration. Without you, my life is a blank page with no meaning. Dear Gurumaharaja, thank you for giving me everything – a chance in this life to love Krishna. Thank you for allowing me to live in the dham and serve your lotus feet. Thank you for encouraging me in Bhakti Kids and for giving me a purpose in this life. You have given me the best life in the universe, and I pray that my appreciation for it will continuously increase. You have given me everything, all I have to do now is do my part and follow your instructions and footsteps.
I do not feel that I am capable of understanding if I am pleasing Krishna, so my goal in this life is to try and please you Gurumaharaja. Not only please you but make it to your proud list. That would be my life’s success. Because like this I know that I would be in Krishna’s list too. Please bless me so that I may always be a receptacle worthy of receiving your blessings and mercy. Please bless me so that I may always remain connected to your heart. Please bless me that I may understand your mood as this will assure that I always moving in the right direction as you desire. Please bless me that no matter what happens, I may always find the beauty and love present in Krishna consciousness. Please bless me that my inspiration and faith never waver and that my desire to serve you and this movement always increases.
Thank you Gurumaharaja again and again. You are my hero.
Please forgive me for any offenses I may have committed unto your lotus feet.
Your spiritual daughter,
Gourangi Gandharvika devi dasi