My Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Koti Koti Praṇāms, please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.
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
On this auspicious day please accept my greetings at your Lotus Feet dear Guru Mahārāja and also seek for your blessings Guru Mahārāja.
Guru Mahārāja you continue to inspire us everyday, no matter the obstacles that you face. Through Māyāpur TV, I was fortunate enough to hear Your divine grace’s live kīrtana during the kīrtana mela.
Guru Mahārāja, I started university this year at Manipal Dubai and I am pursuing BCOM with ACCA. University is going well Guru Mahārāja, I am trying to fulfill the instructions that you have given to preach about Kṛṣṇa every chance that we get. I got connected to one girl who used to attend ISKCON programs but then had some issues in her family and then the whole family stopped attending our programs. During Kīrtana Rasa time I got connected to her and she is keen to attend the programs, and now she is chanting one round every day. In the past year, I have been given various opportunities to serve the Vaiṣṇavas.
At the beginning of this year in the presence of the yātrā leader and senior devotees, I took shelter under Your Divine feet, begging to take Dīkṣā from you soon Guru Mahārāja.
My sādhana is more consistent now. I am chanting my 16 rounds every day, reading the Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and reading Śrīla Prabhupāda's books. I am following the 4 regulative principles and attend our Nāmahaṭṭa here in Gaurāṅgadeśa every week. I sincerely pray at Your Lotus feet so that I can increase and do quality sādhana.
Guru Mahārāja, please forgive me for any offenses I may have committed knowingly or unknowingly and I beg for Your blessings for my spiritual advancement and to serve you and the Lord in a better way. Please continue to guide me to serve the devotees with utmost love and care.
Together with my family, I pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and aṣṭa-sakhī, Śrī Prahlāda Narasiṁha, Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva and Śrī Śrī Jagannātha Baladeva and Subhadrā Maharani and devotees to continue to give You improved health and for us to serve You and Your mission forever. I once again pay my respectful obeisances unto Your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja, and wish to celebrate many more such cherished occasions in the future.
Your insignificant servant
Vaiṣṇavī Rādhā Kṛṣṇan (Shelter)
Gaurāṅga deśa yātrā (Dubai)