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Vyāsa-pūjā 2025

Rādhā Gopīnātha Sevaka Dāsa (Sydney - Australia)

My dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
All glories to Śrīla Guru Mahārāja!

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

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

I sincerely thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for all your efforts, blessings, and mercy upon me and my family—placing us on the path of bhakti and guiding us steadily toward the spiritual goal. Our hearts are filled with joy in celebrating your auspicious appearance on this most blessed day. You have appeared in this world out of your causeless mercy, just to uplift all of us—to give us a taste of the spiritual realm and take us back home, back to Godhead. Please accept our most respectful obeisances!

At times, my mind questions why my heart remains so heavy and hard, like metal. How many lifetimes will it take to melt even a little? And yet, the same mind answers—my focus on spiritual life is weak, my association with Guru Mahārāja is lacking, I am increasingly absorbed in work, taking on new challenges, and finding it difficult to fully follow the instructions, although we do ISKCON āratīs daily and strive to follow all your teachings without fail.

Nevertheless, the only hope I hold on to is my connection to you, my dear Guru Mahārāja, who is my only savior. We humbly beg you to grant us the ability to associate with and serve you and Kṛṣṇa with pure love—mentally and physically—with every breath.

This year is especially crucial for our daughter, Kṛṣṇa Bhārgavī Thobula, who will be appearing for a very challenging exam (Selective) on 4th May 2025, to enter into the Selective Schools system (specifically Penrith High School). I sincerely beg you to kindly shower your blessings upon Kṛṣṇa Bhārgavī, so she may secure a seat. I also pray for your blessings upon other devotee children—Deaisu, Aditri, and Parv—who are also appearing for the same Selective exam in May 2025 along with our daughter.

Due to the exam preparation, we were unable to accompany Sāṅkīrtana Narottama dāsa and Ānandamaya Gopīnātha dāsa Prabhujis to Śrīdhāma Māyāpur in January 2025. However, we certainly plan to visit Māyāpur-dhāma and seek your lotus blessings, especially as I turn 50 years old on October 25th. I am very excited about the opportunity to meet you in person. This plan can only be fulfilled by your blessings.

We sincerely pray to Śrī Śrī Narasiṁha Bhagavān to always keep you in good health, to continue making many new devotees, and to empower you further in fulfilling the glorious mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Your humble servants (from Sydney),
Rādhā Gopīnātha Sevaka dāsa
Jiveśvarī Haripriyā Devī Dāsī (wife)
Kṛṣṇa Bhārgavī Thobula (daughter)