Respected Gurudeva!
Please accept my Respectful obeisances unto your Lotus feet!
All Glories to Your Divine Grace!! All Glories, All Glories, All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and his wonderful ISKCON Movement!!!!
At the outset, Let me offer millions upon millions of prostrated obeisances unto your Lotus feet ! I have no words to express my gratitude to YDG for giving me shelter at your lotus feet and engaging me in devotional service.
The devotional services I got by your mercy are my life and soul and means for me to go back to Godhead. I always pray and beg for your blessings so that I am engaged till the end of my life in Kṛṣṇa’s service with proper consciousness which comes purely by the mercy of Guru and Kṛṣṇa only.
Śrīla Prabhupāda writes in his commentary to Bhagavad-gītā (2:41) that one should accept the instruction of the Spiritual Master as one’s mission in life.
YDG has blessed us with a letter recently clearly explaining how we should perform devotional service for Kṛṣṇa in Srirangam. YDG kindly gave us a Vision and the Mission to reach that Vision for the pleasure of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Caitanya, Which are as follows:
YDG has instructed all Devotees to use their abilities fully in the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Every devotee should enthusiastically serve Kṛṣṇa cooperatively without committing offenses to each other and YDG categorically mentioned that this will please YDG.
Śrīla Prabhupāda has said, we can show how much we love him by how well we cooperate together and YDG also requested all devotees here to not do anything which will have a negative impact on effective preaching of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
YDG strongly advised that all ISKCON devotees should read Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books systematically and get the degrees Bhakti Śāstri, Bhakti Vaibhava, Bhakti Vedanta as Śrīla Prabhupāda desired so.
The ultimate instruction to us in Śrīrangaṁ was that “We can make Śrīrangaṁ a special center in South India”. By saying so, YDG encouraged us by kindly including Yourself in this vision.
YDG has encouraged everyone to participate in this glorious project in Śrīrangaṁ by saying “And anyone who can offer any service, any contribution, any help to this effort, they should be welcomed and appreciated. “And instructed us to welcome any devotee from anywhere if they are interested in being a part of it and YDG would be very pleased with them for their glorious service!
In the following words, YDG glorified Śrīrangaṁ Dhāma and asserted the importance of this Divine place on earth known as “Bhuloka Vaikuṇṭha” or “Vaikuṇṭha on earth”.
“We want to fulfil Śrīla Prabhupāda's dream and Lord Caitanya's order. Lord Caitanya stayed here in Śrīrangaṁ for 4 months in the rainy season during his tour in South India. ·Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmi was one of the six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana, and he came from Śrīrangaṁ. Śrīrangaṁ is a very special place for us. ·The Deity apart from being very old is authorized as a special significance for Lord Caitanya's followers.So, let's do something wonderful in Śrīrangaṁ and make many people devoted to Lord Krsna.”
Now it is our humble prayer that Your Divine Grace bestows causeless mercy upon all the devotees here to wake up to the importance of this project in Śrīrangaṁ and serve cooperatively to please Your Divine Grace. We are simply depending upon your mercy to fulfil your desire in Śrīrangaṁ.
Your insignificant servant, Always,
Nandaputra Dāsa
ISKCON Srirangam/ Trichy