Dearest Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to your divine grace. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
I would like to start my homage by thanking you from the bottom of my heart for accepting me as your disciple in 2009 in Atlanta, during the Pānihāṭi Festival.
Over the years, I have had my ups and down in my spiritual life but you have always been there for me. Your continued mercy and shelter has been my hope and protection for my spiritual life. I can’t thank you enough for this and I will be ever indebted to you for this.
Although, you have faced many physical challenges, you continue to help your spiritual master, His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda to push forward this movement of Lord Caitanya. At the same time, you continue to save countless jīvas from the miseries of this material world by accepting them as your disciples and giving them shelter at your lotus feet. Taking on the karmas of thousands of jīvas has adversely affected your physical health. But what to do. You embody the mercy of Gaura Nitāi and as such bestow this mercy upon anyone without making any distinction of qualification, as long as one desires it. All this is because you are Nitāi-kṛpā.
Guru Mahārāja, I want to be a source of eternal pleasure to you. We all know that, to please you we should assist you in whatever way it is possible in your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda. For my part, I’m trying to help you in this mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda in the following ways:
Together with my wife Varṣāṇā Citrā Devī Dāsī, we regularly hold Nāmahaṭṭa programs in our residence, the home of Nitāi Gaura Sundara, our beloved Deities.
We also go on a monthly Harināma program and try to induce the general masses to take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We distribute ‘Good Luck Cards’. These cards have a picture of Rādhā Kṛṣṇa in the front. On the back is the mahā-mantra and a brief description on the benefit of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.
We also participate in book distribution. We just had a book event this past Saturday at a yoga expo. We have another book event coming up next weekend.
We will share pictures and video clips of these events in a separate email.
Dear Guru Mahārāja, on behalf of myself, my wife Varṣāṇa Citrā Devī Dāsī, my sons Nimāi and Nitāi, I beg you to please bless us so that we can serve you nicely to your full satisfaction.
Please forgive this fallen disciple of yours for all my offences.
If you forgive me, then Gaura Nitāi will certainly forgive me. You are my only hope dear Gurudeva, so please help me.
Your most insignificant disciple,
Janeśvara Gaurāṅga dāsa
Fort Lauderdale Yātrā, Florida