Dear Guru Mahārāja
Hare Kṛṣṇa! Please accept my most respectful obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to your divine self!
It gives me great pleasure to write a Vyāsa Pūjā Offering to you. It gives me immense happiness to think that I have served you as the manager in your office for the past 4 years and want to serve till my death, if you will permit me and also if my health permits.
When I see your schedule which Mahavarāha Prabhu sends everyday in the What’s App group, I compare your activity with mine and thereby gain some energy. I am amazed how you are able to handle so much in a day. I am NOT able to do even a fraction of what you are doing each day. Plus you also travel to various places and give initiations to a lot of devotees.
When I was in Dubai (Gaurangadeśa) it used to be very hectic and I had wanted a life with a little bit of a free time. So in 2018, after consulting with His Grace Śrīvallabha Prabhu who in turn discussed with you, and after suitably grooming someone to hand over Yātrā responsibilities we landed in India after a tenure of 14 years in GaurangaDeśa Yātrā. After moving into Māyāpur, I realized that there is no free time for me.
After moving to Māyāpur I realized that I should have spent more time in Dubai developing GaurangaDeśa Yātrā more. Since there are no preaching opportunities in Māyāpur per se I found that I have lost out on preaching skills and I am also forgetting many of the ślokas that I have learned over the years.
Māyāpur is a nice place, very quiet with very little distractions. I am slowly getting into the habit of attending maṅgala-ārati regularly and I love doing it. After doing so, I feel the whole day is very spiritual. Somehow, by Kṛṣṇa’s grace here in Māyāpur I have developed the habit of eating only Prasādam. But, I have a problem – I am not able to eat rice. I feel bloated with just eating a small quantity of rice.
By your mercy, I have been able to convince and bring to Māyāpur a few families as a part of development of Gaurāṅgadeśa Yātrā. Since, in Dubai we wont get permanent visas, the devotees have to move back to India. So, we and all the few families have bought our houses in Mahāvana Apartments and moved to Māyāpur. The Gaurangadeśa Yātrā devotees in Māyāpur have secured places in various Māyāpur departments and are doing wonderful services to Gaurāṇga. In the next few years there are some more devotees who will move to Māyāpur to take up more services.
I have a small problem Guru Mahārāja. We are two sons for my mother. My brother has settled in the USA and have acquired US citizenship over there. We are in Māyāpur. My brother is afraid because if my mother falls sick in USA it is very very expensive for treatment. So he is afraid to take her there. My only daughter is in Canada and she with her husband and daughter met you while they were here a few months back. My mother is now refusing to relocate to Māyāpur so that I can take care. She is 82 and lives alone in Chennai. She is also your initiated disciple. I do not want to leave your services and your lotus feet. Please give me direction on what to do.
On the occasion of your 74th Vyāsa Pūjā, I pray to Lord Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Pañcatattva, Śrī Prahlāda Nṛsiṁha to give you more years of dedication preaching Kṛṣṇa Consciousness to me and all over the world, thereby fulfilling your promise to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Your eternal servant always
Rāmānanda Gaura Dāsa