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Vyāsa-pūjā 2025

Śrīmatī Lalitā Devī Dāsī (South Vrindavan - India)

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
All glories to Your Holiness, Gurudeva.

By Your causeless mercy upon this fallen soul, I continue to practice Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I am again and again being tossed in this material ocean. Your mercy is what is keeping me alive and still catching on to the powerful holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa. But through these trials and tribulations, each time I cross one—which is only by Your mercy—I can feel myself getting a tiny bit closer to You and the rest of the paramparā.

By Your mercy, the little progress I have made is the understanding that without the association of devotees, I cannot survive. Also, nowadays I realize a bit that the glory of performing any devotional service is for the Lord and Guru to glance upon me, and not for any other recognition. I also am beginning to see all the devotees around me as Your representatives.

By Your mercy, I am able to tolerate envy better now and do not get much envious. I am able to tolerate lust a very tiny bit, but still have a very, very, very long, long way to go. These days I am more regular in attending morning and evening programs, and they have become my lifeline.

I think I haven’t committed much Vaiṣṇava aparādha, as I still feel bliss in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I am still trying to be a chaste wife and dutiful mother—only by Your causeless mercy. Your causeless mercy is what is keeping me going physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, dear father.

Also, I am praying for Your mercy on ISKCON South Vṛndāvana—that it may become a shining oasis of Your mercy and be free from all obstacles.

Please protect my parents—physically, spiritually, and emotionally—as they are Your dedicated, infallible soldiers.

My preaching at NIT Calicut is currently nil. I will try to restart it, Gurudeva.

Please stay on this planet for a long time, Guru Mahārāja, as You are the hero we look to in order to continue our Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Your struggling spiritual daughter,
Śrīmatī Lalitā-devī dāsī