Dear spiritual father,
Please accept my most humble obeisances to the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
You don’t need to be in this material existence, you don’t belong in this place, however your struggle to remain here is astounding. Why? Because you are attached to the instructions and desires of your Gurudevā and previous ācāryas, and because your mercy knows no limits.
You are teaching so much with this līlā of yours, I pray at your lotus feet, that I may get it. I pray also for similar attachment to your instructions and desires, and those of the paramparā.
You mentioned in some class, that Prabhupāda said that the most important thing to get from our spiritual master is his vibration. I am not sure if I understand this completely, but I pray at your lotus feet that I may get it.
You don’t need anything from here, but we need you, not only your disciples, this planet needs your presence.
I have borrowed this text from Haridvani mātājī, your disciple, as she does have love for you, and found it most appropriate for the occasion:
“Do you know Guru Mahārāja is an excellent swimmer? He was a junior lifeguard as a teenager. His family had a summer home on a lake in Wisconsin. Swimming and playing in the Ganges was always a favorite pastime. I know of at least one instance when he saved a disciple from drowning. When he came to New Tālavana he would invariably go swimming in one of the many pukurs (ponds) with the boys. On Safari he would always take us to the swimming/bathing places along the way. Are you convinced?
You could take this symbolically, the fact that he is so strong in the water, as he is actually saving us from drowning in this dark and turbulent ocean of material existence. But do you know, if you’re the person being saved, you have to at least cooperate, do your part. It would be pretty foolish to push away the rescuer. Don’t miss the chance! Hold on tight! He is Patita Pāvana, savior of the most fallen! He has come to save us!”
jahāra prasāde bhāi, e bhava toriyā jai, Kṛṣṇa-prapti hoy jāhā ha'te
“By the grace of the spiritual master one can cross the ocean of material suffering and obtain the mercy of Kṛṣṇa.”
And confirmed by Narottams dāsa Ṭhākura.
śrī-guru-carane rati, ei sei uttama-gati
“It would be pretty foolish to push away the rescuer”, some of us sometimes have this foolish attitude… not realizing that you are here to save us, only, nothing else.
Please protect me from this foolishness.
Last year I met, after very, very long time my old God-family and I realized how much I have missed them. Certainly, there is some material attachment, but there is also something beyond matter as well. Now we are in contact again, regularly and through service. I am so happy about that. Thank you!!!!! I know it is your mercy, again.
śrī-guru-carane rati, ei sei uttama-gati
I am praying at your lotus feet that my attachment for them may only increase.
Your aspirant servant,
Mahāpremada devī dāsī,
Māyāpur, India
