Hare Kṛṣhṇa Dear Beloved Guru Mahārāj,
All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
All glories to Śrī Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāj!
Please accept my humble obeisances.
Nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācārya-pādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe
I feel very blessed to be one of Your disciples. Your mercy is unlimited. I wonder how You make use of any miserable situation and turn it into a favorable situation to serve Kṛṣhṇa. This clearly shows that You are on the spiritual platform and not at all on the bodily platform.
From Your lectures, I understand that chanting is the basis for all devotional service. My book reading has improved, and I study more scrutinizingly while preparing for preaching. I will support Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission to the maximum extent I can, as a commitment to You.
By Your mercy, I have been able to spread Kṛṣhṇa consciousness to at least some aspiring devotees through the Bhakti Vṛkṣa program. I have gained the courage to face the material world. Our daughter, Muthulakṣmī, is studying at the University of Exeter in the UK, and by Your mercy, she and her friends started the KCSoc Exeter during the end of her first year. Now, in her second year, they have started a weekly Bhakti Vṛkṣa class, with about 30 students participating. They are all seeking Your blessings, Guru Mahārāj.
By Your mercy, Muthulakṣmī connected to the devotee association as soon as she joined the University last year, and she is seeking Your blessings to excel in her devotional service and bring more and more students to Kṛṣhṇa consciousness.
My wife, Anantarupinī Vīṣṇupriyā Devī Dāsī, and daughter Muthulakṣmī received Your blessings during their visit to Māyāpur in July 2024. They were fortunate to have almost daily darśana of Your Holiness and to hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Caitanya-caritāmṛta lectures from You.
We started our spiritual journey in Balarām Deśa, and by Your mercy, we got connected to Balarām Deśa again after moving from Kṛṣhṇa Kathā Deśa in December 2024. We are continuing our spiritual journey under the shelter of our śikṣā-guru, His Grace Karuṇeśvara Keśava Prabhuji.
We beg for Your mercy so that we can continue to progress more and more in spiritual growth. We are getting more and more opportunities in Balarām Deśa, and we humbly beg for Your blessings to ensure that we do not commit any offenses to the Vaiṣṇavas or to the seva itself. We are learning all the sevas here and trying to do as much as we can according to our capability.
We humbly request that You shower Your blessings upon us so that we may serve Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission more and more.
Yours Humble Servant (Dīkṣā Disciple),
Sriman Śacīnandana Dāsa