Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances!
All glories to your beloved spiritual master, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda!
This year, I would like to offer you my attempts to attentively listen to your lectures. I have organized a small group of four devotees, who are also your disciples, where we strive to listen to your new lectures and discuss them in order to deepen our understanding, help each other grasp their depth, and, of course, strengthen our connection with you.
Through this service, a vast space for inner work has opened up! It turns out that following the guru’s instructions is not always easy—even when they are pleasant! Even when they are simple! The ego resists so much.
But we continue to meet every Tuesday since August 13, 2024! That means we have held 26 meetings over these months. Some weeks were more successful, when we listened to many of your lectures. Other weeks, we were all covered by illusion and didn’t listen to anything. But these meetings help us stay focused and, at least once a week, redirect our attention back to you and your instructions.
You approach the process of giving lectures with great responsibility and love. And I dream that one day I will be able to listen to them with the same eagerness and seriousness, fully imbibing your message, your mood, and your determination!
Dear Guru Mahārāja, thank you for setting an example of how to live and strive for a life in Kṛṣṇa consciousness—for service, for active and unwavering stance! I am deeply inspired by your example and am also trying to take responsibility for my own spiritual journey, following in your footsteps.
On this wonderful day of your appearance, I would like to offer you all the prayers I have made for you this year. All my service, which I have tried to carry out under your guidance. And all my attempts to remain at your lotus feet, following in your footsteps!
I deeply need your prayers and blessings to serve in the way that you desire.
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances!
All glories to your beloved spiritual master, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda!
This year, I would like to offer you my attempts to attentively listen to your lectures. I have organized a small group of four devotees, who are also your disciples, where we strive to listen to your new lectures and discuss them in order to deepen our understanding, help each other grasp their depth, and, of course, strengthen our connection with you.
Through this service, a vast space for inner work has opened up! It turns out that following the guru’s instructions is not always easy—even when they are pleasant! Even when they are simple! The ego resists so much.
But we continue to meet every Tuesday since August 13, 2024! That means we have held 26 meetings over these months. Some weeks were more successful, when we listened to many of your lectures. Other weeks, we were all covered by illusion and didn’t listen to anything. But these meetings help us stay focused and, at least once a week, redirect our attention back to you and your instructions.
You approach the process of giving lectures with great responsibility and love. And I dream that one day I will be able to listen to them with the same eagerness and seriousness, fully imbibing your message, your mood, and your determination!
Dear Guru Mahārāja, thank you for setting an example of how to live and strive for a life in Kṛṣṇa consciousness—for service, for active and unwavering stance! I am deeply inspired by your example and am also trying to take responsibility for my own spiritual journey, following in your footsteps.
On this wonderful day of your appearance, I would like to offer you all the prayers I have made for you this year. All my service, which I have tried to carry out under your guidance. And all my attempts to remain at your lotus feet, following in your footsteps!
I deeply need your prayers and blessings to serve in the way that you desire.
Your lucky disciple,
Jugalasevā Devī Dāsī
Saint Petersburg, Russia