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Vyāsa-pūjā 2025

Markku Zuban (Helsinki - Finland)

Your Holiness Guru Mahārāja,
My respectful obeisances at Your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to Your Divine Grace!

You know this world, You know this age, You know the people of Kali-yuga. You also know the spiritual world, and You know Kṛṣṇa and His opulences. Yet still, You touched my foolish head and bestowed Your mercy upon me.

I can only admire Your greatness and wonder how this is possible. You have Kṛṣṇa’s gift of grace, and You have chosen to use it on this most unqualified candidate.

I know You are more merciful than Kṛṣṇa Himself. You have suffered much for the sake of others. That is why I will keep my principles, and I pray to Kṛṣṇa for Your health and strength—that You may remain with us in full physical vitality.

Today is Your 76th Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava, and indeed, Your age is quite advanced. We also know the world’s terrible situation. We do not know when we may be forced to fly to the sky. Thank God we have Kṛṣṇa in our hearts and minds.

With Your great help, we are able to survive. By respecting Your hard work and deep devotion to Your master, Śrīla Prabhupāda, we are shown a shining example of how glorious a devotee of Kṛṣṇa can truly be.

I feel myself so insignificant and helpless.

From Your example, we are always reminded to glorify our master and to constantly chant the great mahā-mantra:

Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa,
Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/
Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma,
Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare

Your unqualified candidate,
Markku Zuban
Helsinki, Finland