Vyāsa-pūjā
2018
Hare Kṛṣṇa Maharaj..
Please accept our most grateful humble at the dust at Your divine lotus feet.
All glories to His most merciful His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda.
All glories to dearest Maharaj.
Maharaj, we want to say THANK YOU for being so kind and merciful to the fallen souls like us..
You have immensely inspired me in my Kṛṣṇa consciousness and made me appreciate my Gurudeva even more by sharing pastimes of how intimate relationships You have with Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaura Hari .The pastime where Your night shift caregivers saw You wake up and laughing especially touched my heart and stays with me forever.
You have personally showed me how special and close You and Gurus are to Their Lordships and how we always remember that Śrīla Gurudeva is always with us..
We are never alone..
Thank You Maharaj.
Maharaj,Your health is something most people would give up with but You are no ordinary person.. For the pleasure of His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda, You continue persevering in Your preaching ..You inspire so much in this way and when You continue i have the strength to continue , just by watching You.. You dance in Your wheel-chair.
You sing and dance being held by Your disciples. I love kīrtan and I love Your kīrtan mood and You have SO MANY hundreds of disciples...it is just amazing..
I have met You at Durban Ratha-yātrā over ten years ago, "the King of Sridham Māyāpur" and I will always cherish that moment.. You and Your huge whompers..I also eternally thank You for giving me blessings via Your disciple and my photograph last year...that is a precious treasure for me..Thank You Maharaj..
Happy Vyāsa-pūjā Mahārāja..
With love and eternal respects and obeisances from
Your ever-grateful well-wishers,
Ānanda Vṛndāvana Dāsī and
Mum Sheila Sukdeo
Durban, South Africa
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and to Your lotus feet.
On this auspicious day of Your Appearance, I am like a dwarf who desires the moon, seeking Your great mercy for I know nothing other than that You have Kṛṣṇa and only by Your mercy can I develop pure love for Kṛṣṇa.
Today I am overwhelmed by deep gratitude for everything that You have given to all who have taken shelter of Your endless love and protection.
I pray to repay Your kindness by serving You even life after life.
Dear Gurudeva, I remain Your servant,
Bhaktin Nirvana,
Durban, South Africa
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
Dearest Gurudeva
Please accept my most humble obeisances!
All Glories to our most dearest Srila Prabhupada! !
All Glories to your Divine Grace on this most auspicious day as your Vyasa Puja! !
On this very auspicious day of your 69th Vyasa Puja celebration, your undeserving daughter seeks your causeless mercy. I have been surviving purely founded on your blessing and prayers.
Gurudeva it saddens me that I have not had your direct darshan for the past 7 years. However I do know that you are always available in the form of your lectures, via social media, and the most important to me, is in the form of your emails which I anxiously await and relish every single word. My connection with you is strongest through whatever little service I do especially making garlands for Their Lordships.
You are truly Srila Prabhupada’s teaching in action. When I read Srila Prabhupada’s books, I find your message to do service to Their Lordships and to the devotees, of being tolerant, humble and simple living higher thinking, very prominent in those nectarean books. Gurudeva I am so grateful to you and the devotees in South Africa for encouraging me to read more of Srila Prabhupadas books. At times I feel that my material conditionings are holding me back, but taking shelter of you and Srila Prabhupada’s books are helping me trample those material conditionings.
Gurudeva you are a True Gardener, who is not only looking after the gardens, but also nurturing the most precious flower of your life in such a beautiful way… dearest Gurudeva, let my appreciation for you grow continously. Let me realize your transcendental position. More importantly Gurudeva let me become a sincere and serious disciple of yours. Let me make you proud.
This year has been so trying, your health having deteriorated so much, which worries me a lot. On this auspicious day of your Vyasa Puja, I pray to Caitanya Mahaprabhu that you should be in my life years after years and my appreciation and attachment to serve you always increases.
Your daughter who is begging for your mercy,
Prahladini radhika devi dasi
Dear Spiritual Father jayapataka swami maharaj
Kindly accept my respectful obeisance unto you lotus feet
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
I beg to offer my offer my homages on the occasion of your transcendental appearance day. Gurumaharaj, I was bewildered by so material illusion that I would sing and listen material song and would ask different questions spiritually and materially. Even people of our locality feel enormous disturb and would go in reverse direction by seeing me because I would ask them unlimited questions and they could not satisfy me by giving answers, so they would not like me basically. But my mother would give proper solution and instructed to read Bhagavad Gita. At that critical stage, you gave me your darshan with special mercy, prosad, embracing and gifted the book of shrila prabhupada which turned my life in 180 degree angle. gurudev you asked me your name and told to lead devotional life .At that day you presented lectures, kirtan with ecstasy dance, showed bioscope and I realized my real identity and everybody started to become intimate in my activities. Next one day, I cried intensively to take your darshan and sang gurudev kripa vindu diya koro a dase trino peksha ati hino…
how merciful you are! You came in dream and told that no need to lament and removed my tearing and bestowed blessings. I prayed to touch your lotus feet and also prayed so that all well-wishers become devotees. Within short time they became hare Krishna devotee by your mercy. Before my initiation in pundarik dham on 16 march,2015 in Bangladesh, I prayed more and more and was in a tension. will Guru maharaj will bless me? You blessed me in dream and told me I had blessed you and you had taken me to visit some eternal place with you. I could not say English and Bangla fluently in lectures. Now you have enabled me as a speaker materially and spiritually as well as to preach Krishna consciousness spontaneously in a clear transcendental voice fluently and have given me special voice for kirtana. Although I am completely insignificant and bewilders in all cases, you save me from misdirection always.
Proti janme pita mata soboi pay
Guru Krishna nahi mele bhajana hiyay
Even every living beings got parents but they do not get the pure association to be free from material bondage. Fortunately guru maharaj you accept cordially without any qualification..emona durmati samsar bhitare poriya achinu ami…. doya kori more patita dekhiya kohilo amare giya, ohe dina jana, suno bhalo kotha ullasita hobe hiya.
You came in my life in such situation. Your presence and mercy has taken me in safe zone. Guru maharaj, please bless me so that I do not forget to serve you always life after life as a real servant. All my family members are devotees only by your benediction. In Navadwip mandala parikrama,I prayed so that my mama become devotee. you reciprocate that your mama will be a great devotee. So just go to him and instruct properly, now he is a devotee and had joined in navadwip Mandala parikrama in this year. At the time of preaching I feel some ego which you removed from mind completely by giving message.kindly mercy me so that I can fulfil four regulative principals alltime. Gurudeb, give blessing to my elder brother and father for becoming an auspicious devotee.
I offer my gratitude for giving the shelter unto your lotus feet. Again and again I bow down to your lotus feet..
Your most insignificant spiritual Son
Bhaktitattva Das,
Madan mahan Bace ,kalabagan, Dhaka
শ্রীচরণে প্রনাম গুরুমহারাজ,
আমি কখনো ভাবতে পারিনি আপনাকে লেখার সুযোগ পাব।আজই হঠাৎ রেজিস্ট্রেশন করলাম।গুরুমহারাজ আমি সবকিছুর বিনিময়ে আপনার চরণাশ্রয় পেতে চাই,আমাকে সে ঠাইটুকু দিবেন কৃপা করে।আর কোনো ঝড় আসলে আমাকে সেই বোঝার ক্ষমতাটুকু তৈরি করে দিবেন যাতে আমি ধৈর্য্য ধারণ করতে পারি। আমি আপনার,প্রভুপাদ সর্বোপরি ভগবানের সেবায় নিজেকে নিয়োজিত করতে চাই,আপনি আমাকে আশির্বাদ করুন। আপনার অসুস্থতা কাটতে কি করতে পারি কৃপা করে বলবেন।
আপনার নিত্য সেবা আকাঙ্ক্ষী, বীথি
শ্রীশ্রীগুরু-গৌরাঙ্গ জয়ত:
সকল প্রশংসা ভগবান শ্রীচৈতন্য মহাপ্রভু, পরমেশ্বর ভগবান শ্রীকৃষ্ণ ও ইসকন প্রতিষ্ঠাতা আচার্য কৃষ্ণকৃপাশ্রীমূর্তি শ্রীল অভয়চরণারবিন্দ ভক্তবেদান্ত স্বামী প্রভুপাদের, যার অনুকম্পায় (গীতার ভাষ্য পড়ার মাধ্যমে) ৮/৯ বয়সে আমার অনুসন্ধিৎসু হৃদয়ে পরমেশ্বর ভগবান শ্রীকৃষ্ণ সম্বন্ধে প্রথম উপলব্ধি আসে আর জানতে পারি আমাদেরও একটি কেন্দ্র-পয়েন্ট আছে। আর আমরা মোটেই বহু ঈশ্বরবাদী নই।
হে পরমারাধ্য গুরুমহারাজ,
অনেক আগেই আমি আপনাকে রংপুরে সাফারী’২০০৮ প্রোগ্রামে দর্শন করে হদয়ে এক দিব্য অনুভূতির সৃষ্টি হয়। আমি তখন থেকেই ২ মালা করে জপ শুরু করি। তবে পারিবারিক নানা চাপে প্রসাদ পেতে পারিনি। এর কযেকমাস পর আপনার অসুস্থ লীলায় প্রবেশের খবরে ১৬ মালা জপ করতে শুরু করি। যদিও স্থানীয় গুরু, লোকলজ্জা আর লোকেদের ইসকন সম্পর্কে নানা ধরনের নেগেটিভ কথায় দোটানায় চলে যায় কয়েকটা বছর। তবে গীতা ও অন্যান্য শাস্ত্র অধ্যয়ন করার পর, অনেকদিন অপেক্ষার পর ২০১১ সালের শেষের দিকে প্রসাদ পেতে শুরু করি।
পরবর্তীতে প্রভুর চাকরীর সুবাদে ঢাকা স্বামীবাগ মন্দিরের সংস্পর্শে আসার সুযোগ হয়। রংপুর ও ঢাকার শিক্ষাগুরুত্রয়ের কৃপায় ভক্তিজীবনে আবার প্রবেশ করি। দীর্ঘ সময় পর ২০১৭ সালের ২০ নভেম্বরে গৌড়মন্ডল ভূমির অন্যতম পবিত্রধাম সিলেট যুগলটিলা মন্দিরে আপনার কৃপাপ্রাপ্ত হই/আমার পারমার্থিক জন্ম হয়। আমার পারমার্থিক নাম হয় কৃষ্ণকান্তা কালিন্দি দেবী দাসী।
দীক্ষার পর আপনার কৃপায় ভক্তিজীবনে নতুন করে দিব্য আনন্দ ও উপলব্ধি আসতে থাকে। দীক্ষার পর চলমান অনেক পারিবারিক, সাংসারিক সমস্যাগুলো একের পর এক সমাধান হতে থাকে। সবাই আমাকে আদর-স্নেহ, ভালবাসতে থাকে। কৃষ্ণের কৃপায় বর্তমানে আমি ভগবানের জন্য ময়ূরের পাখা আর তুলসী মহারাণীর জন্য ড্রেস তৈরির কাজ করি। আর মাঝে মাঝে গ্রন্থ প্রচার করি।
হে পরম পিতা,
সময়ের স্বল্পতার কারণে আমি সবসময় অফলাইনে প্রচার করতে পারিনা, তবে উপর্যুক্ত সেবার পাশাপাশি অনলাইনে আমার প্রভুকে গ্রন্থ-বিতরণ ভিত্তিক কুইজ প্রতিযোগিতার মাধ্যমে প্রচার কার্যক্রমে সহযোগিতা করতে আগ্রহী। এমতাবস্থায়, আপনার দিক-নির্দেশনার অপেক্ষায় আছি। হরিবোল।
আপনার অনুগত সন্তান-
কৃষ্ণকান্তা কালিন্দি দেবী দাসী।
My dear Guru Maharaj,
Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet on your 69th vyasa puja day
Gurumaharaj, you are very mercyful as like Lord Nityananda but i am your most fallen son, i have no quality to serve you, please save me from all the trap of maya
Gurudev, i pray to Sri Sri Radha Madhava and Panchatatva that you get well as soon as possible and be with us always
You are my eternal dear father, please forgive me for my mistakes what i did knowingly and unknowingly
Your servant
Madhava Sankirtan Dasa(Diksha Disciple )
Comilla, Bangladesh
Hare Krsna Dandavat Pranama,
My Beloved Gurudeva
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
I have no ability and no word to express your glories with my sinful mind. I heard a Lila of you that once Srila Prabhupada wanted rose flower from you and after a long search you brought rose flower for Srila Prabhupada. I try to offer rose to your lotus feet on special festival and want to continue it.
I have been meet with you at Pundarik Dham, Chittagong on 16 March, 2015 in my Initiation Day. I never forget the moment when you gave the Japa Mala, You hold tightly the Japa Bead and I smoothly received Japa Bead from you. May be You wanted to understand that it is so hard to release from illusion but if one stay with Krsna then definitely avoid this material illusion. I am so fallen and I know Jaya Pataka Swami is the person who takes the responsibility to back Godhead this type of fallen Soul.
When you Started Kirtan at Kirtan Mela, it was really transcendental and I think Mahaprabhu has been started his Lila of Sangkirtan with all devotees again.
You know I have been passed so miserable time because it is hard to maintain devotional life staying at a construction site. The distance in Length is too much far between you and me but I think my Gueudeva Jaya Pataka Swami always stay with me.
Another Lila I heard that once you took an inflamed fry with Pleased from a devotee which he wanted to offer you but it was more fried and become black color. Really I want to.....
I really want to follow the commitment of initiation properly. I believe my Gueudeva more than Krsna and you are the person, takes the responsibility to back Godhead.
I engaged myself with many sinful activities still now and I think for me, you are faced such physical Pain. I always pray to Krsna for my Jaya Pataka Swami.
I want to offer love again and again to your lotus feet and I definitely love Jaya Pataka Swami.
Best Wishes for my Gurudeva Jaya Pataka Swami.
Your unqualified Incontinent Son
Mukunda Datta Sevaka Dasa
শ্রীশ্রীগুরু-গৌরাঙ্গ জয়ত:
সকল প্রশংসা ভগবান শ্রীচৈতন্য মহাপ্রভু, শ্রীরামচন্দ্র ও ইসকন প্রতিষ্ঠাতা আচার্য কৃষ্ণকৃপাশ্রীমূর্তি শ্রীল অভয়চরণারবিন্দ ভক্তবেদান্ত স্বামী প্রভুপাদের, যার অনুকম্পায় (গীতার ভাষ্য পড়ার মাধ্যমে) ৮/৯ বয়সে আমার অনুসন্ধিৎসু হৃদয়ে পরমেশ্বর ভগবান শ্রীকৃষ্ণ সম্বন্ধে প্রথম উপলব্ধি আসে আর জানতে পারি আমাদেরও একটি কেন্দ্র-পয়েন্ট আছে। আর আমরা মোটেই বহু ঈশ্বরবাদী নই।
হে পরমারাধ্য গুরুমহারাজ,
অনেক আগেই আমি আপনাকে রংপুরে দর্শন করে আপনার কাছেই মনে মনে দীক্ষা নেয়ার সংকল্প করি। কিন্তু বাবা, আত্মীয়-স্বজন এমনকি আমার সহ-ধর্মিনীর বিরোধীতায় তা দীর্ঘায়িত হয়, যদিও আপনার অসুস্থ লীলায় প্রবেশের খবরে আমার সহ-ধর্মিনী ঐদিন থেকেই আমার অন্যতম শিক্ষাগুরুর (গিরিরাজ কৃপা দাস) ইচ্ছার কথা জেনে ১৬ মালা জপ করতে শুরু করেছিলো! অনেক কৌশলী হয়ে, ইসকনের প্রতি তাদের ঘৃণার কারণ জানতে চেষ্টা করি। এমনকি ভক্তি জীবনেও চারটি নিয়ম পালনে শৈথিল্যও করতে হয়েছে (এজন্য আপনার ও পরমেশ্বর ভগবানের চরণে ক্ষমাপ্রার্থী)।
পরবর্তীতে ৫/৬ বছর পর শিক্ষাগুরুত্রয়ের কৃপায় ও পরিবারের সবার সম্মতিতে সস্ত্রীক ভক্তিজীবনে আবার প্রবেশ করি। দীর্ঘ সময় পর ২০১৭ সালের ২০ নভেম্বরে গৌড়মন্ডল ভূমির অন্যতম পবিত্রধাম সিলেট যুগলটিলা মন্দিরে আপনার কৃপাপ্রাপ্ত হই/আমার পারমার্থিক জন্ম হয়। আমার পারমার্থিক নাম হয় রম্যরাম দাস।
দীক্ষার পর আপনার কৃপায় ভক্তিজীবনে নতুন উপলব্ধি আসতে থাকে (অবশ্য দীক্ষার ১০/১২ দিন আগেই এরকম উপলব্ধি আসতে থাকে), অনেক শাস্ত্র না পড়েও আগেই সে সম্পর্কে ধারণা চলে আসে আর যা অনলাইন প্রচারে সে তথ্য দিচ্ছিলাম। পরে অবশ্য তাই পেয়েছি ভাগবতমে। তবে চাকরীসহ বিভিন্ন চাপে আপনাকে ৩ মাসের কথা দিলেও এখনও ভাগবতম্ প্রথম স্কন্ধ শেষ করতে পারিনি। এজন্য আপনার চরণে ক্ষমাপ্রার্থী এবং শীঘ্রই এটি সমাপ্ত করার আশা করছি।
হে পরম পিতা,
সময়ের স্বল্পতার কারণে আমি অফলাইনে প্রচার করতে সব-সময় পারিনা, তবে অনলাইনে ওয়েবসাইট বিশেষ করে সোশ্যাল মিডিয়ায় চেষ্টা করি মাত্র। আমি আগে থেকেই ইসকন ইয়ুথ ফোরাম, ঢাকায় সেবা করে আসছি। কিন্ত ইদানিং বিভিন্ন কারণে তাঁদের অনেকর অনীহা ও অসহযোগিতা, অনলাইন প্রচারে অনীহা মনোভাবের কারণে তা বিঘ্ন ঘটছে। অবশ্য আমি সোশ্যাল মিডিয়ায় প্রচারের পাশাপাশি অনলাইন/অফলাইনে (মন্দির ভিত্তিক) যাতে পুরষ্কার হিসেবে গ্রন্থ থাকবে কুইজ প্রতিযোগিতা, অনলাইন অটোমেশন পরীক্ষার মাধ্যমে প্রচার করার পরিকল্পনা করেছি। এমতাবস্থায়, আপনার দিক-নির্দেশনার অপেক্ষায় আছি। হরিবোল।
আপনার অনুগত সন্তান,
রম্যরাম দাস
ঢাকা
Joy gurumaharj, joy Srila Prabhupada
Gurumaharaj is the heart of my spiritual life.
I am always trying to be prepared to serve my gurumaharaj. You always lift me from sterile lifestyle but for my unfixed mind I m always fixing to down.
You are the sea of kindness.
Joy gurumaharaj.
Porom Araddah GURUDEVA - Śrīla Jaypatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja,
Apnar chorone Soto koti dondoboth pronoti. Ami apnar ojoggo sontan. 2016 te diksha hoy. Ar age e sopne apnak ami dorson kori. Apni pa a hete onek prochar kore amader barite bisrsm necchen. Apnar pa a foska porechilo. Ami seba korchilam. Ja sudhu sopne e ghotechilo.
Hay amar porom pitā,
Apnar kotha smoron kori khon a khon a. Apnee, eto saririk kosto sojjo kore prochar korcen ja dekhe ami gorbito hoi, Śrī Kṛṣṇa ar kache prarthona kori, tini (Śrī Kṛṣṇa ) jeno apnake saririk vabe sustho kore tole, jodio apnee mahātmā. Samanno roge,sok amak sporso korena. Karon ami dekhi amar pran prio Gurudeva eto kasto sojjo kore r ami atukuo parbona. Ar fole amar r kono kosto o dukkho thakena.
Aj a puruṣottama broto kale, apnak aro beshi mone pore. Amar kanna ase, apnar jonno. Guru Mahārāja apnak ami onek onek valobashi.
Āpnār Dāsa,
Shiṅgha Kṛpa Balarāma Dāsa
শ্রীহট্টতে তব আগমন
শ্রীহট্টে কিছুকাল পূূর্বে হইয়াছিল তব আগমন,
সেই লীলার অংশটুকু মুই করিব বর্ণন।
ভুলএুটি নিজগুণে করিও মার্জন,
তব চরণে অধমের এই নিবেদন।।
শুনিয়াছিলাম গৌরভূমিতে হইবে আগমন তোমার,
তবুও মনে শঙকা যেন জাগে বারবার।
কেনইবা না জাগিবে, এই শঙকা ?
ইত:পূর্বে অনেকবার শুনিয়াাছিলাম সেই বার্তা।।
তবু হয়নি শ্রীহট্ট ভূমিতে তব আগমন ,
অপেক্ষায় রয়ে গেল এই ব্যাকুল মন।
অবশেষে অগ্রহায়ণের শুভ এক ক্ষণে
অবতরণ করিলে তুমি শ্র্রীহট্ট ভূমে।।
তব স্বাগতমে শ্রীহট্ট সাজে নানা রঙেগ
বহুল ভক্তের সমাগম হয় তোমা সঙেগ।
শ্রীহট্টবাসীর মনে বয়ে যায় আনন্দের জোয়ার
নৃত্য গীত করে আর বাজায় খোল করতাল।।
দর্শন পাইয়া তব, হইয়াছে জীবন ধন্য,
এতো দিনে অভিলাষ আমাদের,হইল তবে পূর্ণ।
নিতাইকৃপাপ্রদাতা যখন দিলেন প্রবচন,
এ যেন অমৃতধারা, হচ্ছিল বর্ষণ।।
গৌরাঙ্গ,গৌরাঙ্গ উচ্চারিলে যখন দুবাহুতুলিয়া,
হরিধ্বনি,উলুধ্বনি দেয় সবে তাহা শুনিয়া।
প্লাবিত হচ্ছিল শ্রীহট্ট কৃষ্ণপ্রেম পাইয়া,
আনন্দের জোয়ারে সকলে যাচ্ছিল ভাসিয়া।।
প্রভুপাদ বাণী যাঁহার জীবন স্বরূপ,
পতিত উদ্ধারে তুমি ধরিয়াছ গুরুরূপ।
অধম হইয়া আমি ,পড়ে আছি এক কোণে,
কবে পাইব তব কৃপা ক্ষুদ্র এই জীবনে?
কেমনে কাটিয়া আমি,উঠিব মায়ার ঘোর!
তোঁয়া প্রতি প্রীতি কবে হইবে মোর?
প্রতিবছর শ্রীহট্টে যেন আগমন হয় তোমার,
তব চরণে কৃষ্ণপ্রিয়া,এই মিনতি করে বারবার।।
আপনার অযোগ্য কন্যা
সুস্মিতা দেবনাথ(কৃষ্ণপ্রিয়া)
My Dear Spiritual Father,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
I am your unworthy spiritual son Abhaycharan Govind Das.
Guru Maharaj I am currently residing near Nellore Andhra Pradesh. I got the opportunity to serve under the guidance of His Holiness Sukadeva Maharaj under him I am doing varies services like Village program, college program, collecting funds for Jagganath Ratha's. Recently we did the village program at village on the special occasion of Maharaj Shiv Ratri we did nagar sankirtan, book distribution people of the village we're appreciated us and around 100 books were distributed. I am planning to do college preaching in Udayagiri under his guidance and need you blessing so that I can steadily do my sadhna and preaching for the pleasure of sri sri Guru and Gauranga and also for the pleasure of SRILA Prabhupada.
Yours Unworthy Spiritual Son,
Abhaycharan Govind Dasa
My dear spiritual father,
I offer you my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. with great reverence to you
I am writing this letter though I am the most fallen soul. My dear father I love you dearly. Like Jesus Christ had 12 disciple to spread Christianity, you are one of the petals of scented golden lotus called Lord Gauranga. You came in the time of Lord Gauranga and again the Lordship have sent you to deliver the fallen soul like me. I know that I am lika a rusted iron but you are like a touchstone that can turn me in to a better devotee. The words coming from your mouth purifies the hard heart like me. You are like a doctor who operates the eyes of people like me, to give as the divine darshan of lord Gauranga. You are a messenger in the time of war who steps the war between maya and us. I her by want to say you that please deliver me and take me back to Gauranga.
Yours insignificant
Achyuta (Shelter), Gaurnagar, Mayapur, India
Dear Gurumaharaj
Hare Krishna.
Please accept my humble obeisances,
All glories to Guru maharaj and Srila Prabhupada.
This is the first time some writing this letter to you. I wish you a very very happy Krishna consciousness Vyasa puja.
May you by the mercy of Sri Radha Madhava, my life is changed and filled with happiness. I don't know. How I will thank you I got the inspiration from you. That is spite of many challenges, ups and down in my life. Which as it’s comes we should not forget Krishna. Due to some physical problems, I am not keeping well, but seeing your health, I am thinking that my problems insignificant.
Lastly I pray you to give my a drop of Mercy. so that I will try to communicate. The message of Maha prabu to some families and be a part of your mission.
Your sarvent.
Achyuta Gaura Gopala Dasa.
Krishna priya Radha Rani Devi Dasi,
ISCKON Vijayawada,
India
Dearest Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to you, Guru Maharaja.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada and his serious followers!
In the early 1990s, there was a magazine called ‘Sri Guru Mukha Padma Vakya’ which was published regularly to present instructions from you, Guru Maharaja- excerpts from your letters to your disciples, classes and anecdotes of your activities. There was one particular volume with an instruction from you which left a deep impression in my heart. You said, “People usually say, ‘Fight fire with fire’, but I always say ‘Fight fire with water’”. This has always struck me as a prominent and outstanding characteristic of you, Guru Maharaja.
I became your disciple in 1994 and in all these years, I’ve always seen that your desire to cooperate with others stands out prominently. Since the year 1999, I’ve had the fortune to assist you in various secretarial tasks, culminating in taking up the role of handling your secretarial office as your executive secretary since 2011. The variety of letters that you receive is mindboggling. Along with the good and inspiring letters that you receive, you also receive letters that are critical, confrontational and complex in various ways. In every single letter that you have received which are critical or confrontational, I’ve always been amazed by the humility and gentlemanliness with which you have responded, without exception.
In 1999, one Guru and GBC was highly critical of you. You told me, “Please invite him to your temple and serve him nicely”. On another occasion, there was another GBC and Guru who was critical of you so you sent one of my godbrothers to invite him for prasadam.
Sometimes when you write a letter, before sending it out, you would ask me, “Is this alright? What do you think?” And you do that quite often, Guru Maharaja. It surprises me each time, to see your humility and how careful you are, to maintain proper standard of etiquette in dealing with devotees.
In 1998, a prominent disciple in South India, who was leading a big yatra, came up with a deviant philosophy called Rtvikism and began to criticise you severely. I was part of that yatra and was shocked at what was going on. Some of my godbrothers and me complained to the local GBC, which was you, Guru Maharaja, and the GBC body, about the disturbance that this leader was creating. Very soon, you came to visit everybody in the yatra along with some senior Prabhupada’s disciples to sort out the problem. Some devotees expected that you would be very heavy in dealing with this leader. To everyone’s surprise, in the first class you gave after you arrived, you glorified this deviant leader for about an hour explaining how dedicated he was to Prabhupada, how he has rendered various services to you, for which you were very grateful and indebted, especially how this leader was among the first ones who arrived in Spain to help you in the hospital when you were physically attacked by a crazy man at the Madrid airport.
During that one-hour talk, I could immediately sense that although you were the target of severe attack by this deviant leader, you chose to instead look at the good qualities of that leader, glorify him, and express your indebtedness to him, Guru Maharaja. I could unambiguously understand that this is what it means to ‘Fight fire with water’.
In the year 2000, I was part of the temple management team in an ISKCON temple. A couple of us had trouble with what we perceived to be lack of principle-based management by the other members of the team. Having an aggressive nature, I began to write strongly to those members of the management team with very unpalatable words in our internal communications through e-mail. They were quite offended by the style in which I did it. At that point, a godbrother asked me a question which halted me in my tracks. He asked, “Acintya, would Guru Maharaja write letters about issues in the style that you did?” That was it. I didn’t have to think about it. You wouldn’t do it. So I spontaneously apologised to those members of the management team who had felt offended and sent a copy of that letter to you, Guru Maharaja.
You responded on December 5, 2000, “I am glad that you are re-establishing better relations with the other senior devotees in a favourable manner. I am very moved by your exalted opinion of me. I am very insignificant and a reservoir of negative qualities. So I can only see your high opinion of me as evidence of ‘Beauty is in the eye of the beholder’ or that you are a beautiful person.”
Not just with your godbrothers, you are also very careful with how you deal with your disciples. Once in 1996, when you arrived for a Rath Yatra in South India, I enquired from you whether you had received and read a letter which I had written about four weeks earlier and that I needed some specific direction from you. You responded in a strong tone, “Why don’t you become my secretary and help me to handle my correspondence?” I was momentarily stunned and then later on began to think how I can try to fulfil this. One day later, after I had attended the morning class, I went home, which was fifteen miles away, with a plan to come back for the evening class. An hour later, a godbrother came home telling me that you wanted to meet me. So I rushed back to the temple. To my great surprise, you said, “I hope you are not angry with how I spoke to you yesterday. Please forgive me.” A couple of years later, while in Mayapur, you chastised one of my senior godbrothers. A few moments later, you told him, “Please forgive me. How do you tolerate me?” There are several other instances where I have seen, where you do not hesitate to apologise even to Disciples. In 2014 January, you wrote a letter to one of your disciples about a management issue. You asked me what I thought about it. I said it looked pretty fine and gave explanations why I thought it was fine. The next few days, you spoke about the letter a few times and then you had to travel. So I presumed that you may have sent the letter. One month later, when I asked you about that letter, you simply said, “I did not send it”. So then I asked, “Why don’t you send it now?” You replied, “I think it was strong”. So you did not finally send it, Guru Maharaja.
In 2015, you had a specific bonafide desire to do something while several of your godbrothers approached you, requesting you to change your mind, because they had an equally bonafide different desire. You eventually agreed to their request. I was quite surprised because I knew how strong you were about your own desire. So I asked you, Guru Maharaja, “How did you change your mind?” You replied, “I don’t want to displease my godbrothers.”
Through all these years of being with you, Guru Maharaja and seeing your mood in serving Srila Prabhupada, I’m reminded of what Prabhupada said: “I don’t know Krishna. I know my Guru Maharaja and he knows Krishna”. Like this, your seriousness in taking Srila Prabhupada’s instructions to heart, “Your love for me will be shown by how much you cooperate together”, is a fine example of how to love Prabhupada. So I always think, we don’t know what love for Krishna means. So if we can love Prabhupada like how you love Prabhupada, then we can love Krishna.
Your insignificant servitor,
Acintya Caitanya Dasa (Diksa), Mayapur, India
Worshipable Guru maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. you are personification of the instruction of Srimad Bhagavatam, when it is mentioned that one should engage oneself with all his life – air , wealth, intelligence and words for real welfare of all living entities which is participating in sankirtan movement. Kindly bless me to become a successful instrument to spread Srila Prabhupada’s movement in Coimbatore may Lord Jagannath. Baladev & Subhadra devi provide us eternal association with you.
Your servant,
Acyuta Gopinatha Dasa (Diksa), Coimbatore, India
என்னுயிர் ஆன்மீக குருவே, தாங்களே கருணைக்கடலாவீர் தாங்கள் வைஷ்ணவர் என்பதின் உண்மைப்பொருளான ‘பர துக்க துகீ” யாவீர்.
இவ்வாறு கருணையே வடிவான நித்தியானந்தரின் ரூபத்தையே தவத்திரு ஸ்ரீல ஜெயபதாக ஸ்வாமி மஹாராஜர் அவர்களுக்குள் காண்கின்றேன். இதன் காரணமாகவே அவரிடமே தீட்சையினை பெறவும் அவரின் சீடராக இருப்பதிலும் நான் பெருமை கொள்கிறேன்.
முதன்முதலில் ஸ்ரீல ஜெயபதாக ஸ்வாமி குருமஹாராஜர் அவர்களை ஸ்ரீரங்கத்தில் ரத யாத்திரையில் தங்களை தரிசனம் செய்தேன் அப்பொழுதே தங்களின் ஆசிர்வாதம் மற்றும் கருணையும் பெற்றேன்.
அன்றுமுதல் தங்களையே ஆன்மீக குருவாக இப்பிறவியிலும் இனிவரும் பிறவியிலும் ஏற்பேன் என்று உறுதி எடுத்துக்கொண்டேன். அன்று முதல் தாங்கள் தமிழகத்திற்கு எங்கு வந்தாலும் தங்களுக்கான சேவையை செய்து தூய்மைப்படுத்திக்கொண்டேன்.
மேலும் குரு சீடர் எனும் நித்திய பந்தத்தினை மேன்மேலும் வளர்த்துக்கொண்டேயிருக்கவே விரும்புகின்றேன். அதற்கான வழிமுறைகளாக எனது சிக்ஷா குருவான பக்த திரு ருக்மிஹா பிரபு எனக்கு அளிக்கும் வழிநடத்தல்களையும் நான் நிச்சயமாக கடைபிடிப்பேன்.
எனது சேவையில் நான் புரிந்துள்ள அபராதங்களுக்கு நான் மீண்டும் மீண்டும் மன்னிப்பு வேண்டுகிறேன். உங்களுடைய கருணையின் அடைக்கலத்திலேயே நான் இருக்க வேண்டும் என்றும் விரும்புகின்றேன்.
தங்களின் சேவையை யாசிக்கும் யாசகன்
ஆதி புருஷ நித்தாய் தாஸன், துறையூர்
Ādi Puruṣa Nitāi Dāsa (dīkṣā),
Thuraiyur, India
Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances,
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
It’s my pleasure to offer Vyasa Puja offering. It’s always an inspiration to see you dear Gurudeva. With such a medical condition, your determination to serve Srila Prabhupada and ISKCON. On this auspicious occasion I would like pray at your lotus
feet to please bless me, my good wife Karunya Radhika Devi Dasi and son Shaunak.
Your most unworthy son,
Ādi Krishna Dasā,
Bangalore, India
நம ஓம் விஷ்ணு-பாதாய கிருஷ்ண-ப்ரேஷ்டாய பூ-தலே
ஸ்ரீமதே ஜெயபதாகா-ஸ்வாமின் இதி நாமினே
நம ஆச்சார்ய பாதாய நிதாய்-க்ருப-ப்ரதாயினே
கௌர-கத தாமதாய நகர-க்ராம தாரிணே
அன்பின் இருப்பிடமே அர நொடியில் பிறப்பிடமே கருணை வடிவே மாசற்ற தியாக உள்ளம் கொண்ட எனது குருவே உங்கள் பொற்பாதம் பணிகிறேன்.
அன்றும் இன்றும் என்றும் ஓயாது எங்களை ஆட்கொள்ளும் எங்கள் குருவே உங்கள் திருவடி சரணம்.
தங்கள் குருவின் கட்;டளைப்படி கோடானுகோடி பக்தர்களை உருவாக்கி பகவானின் பக்தி சேவையில் ஆட்கொள்கின்றீர்கள். அந்த பக்தரில் நானும் உங்கள் சேவகன் என்று மகிழ்ச்சி அடைகிறேன்.
பக்தருக்கு பக்தியுடன் நற்பண்பும் பக்குவமும் அளிப்பவரே பக்தியின் பழச்சுவையினை பக்தர்களுக்கு பகிர்ந்தளிப்பவரே. தம் பாத தூசியால் எம்மையும் ஏற்றுக்கொள்ள வேண்டும்.
துயரக்கடலில் துடிதுடித்துக்கொண்டிருப்போருக்கு தூணாக அமைந்து துயர் துடைக்க அவதரித்த தூயவரே, தூங்கிக் கிடந்தது போதுமென்று தூயவனுக்கான வழியை காட்டுபவரே. தூணிலும் துரும்பிலும் இருப்பவரான துளசிப்பிரியரை துல்லியமாக உணர்ந்தவரே, தம் தொண்டரின் துன்பத்தினை துரத்திடும் தாயன்பு கொண்டவரே, துன்பத்தினை தூசு போல ஏற்று பக்தியின் ஆழத்தினை பக்குவமாய் காட்டிய பிரபிரம்மனே தம் பாதத்தினை சரணடைகிறேன்.
ஜெகநாதரின் பக்தரான தாம் ‘ஜெயபதாக ஸ்வாமி” என்னும் திருநாமம் கொண்டு சகல ஜனங்களுக்கும் பக்தி என்னும் அமிர்தத்தினை பகிர்ந்தளித்து, பகவானின் பாதத்தில் பாவப்பட்ட ஆத்மாக்களினையும் கொண்டு செல்பவரே நகர கிராமங்கள் தோறும் ஹரியின் நாமத்தினை பரப்பிவரும் எம் ‘குருதேவா” தமக்கு கோடான கோடி நமஸ்காரங்கள்.
எங்கள் குருமஹாராஜர் ‘ஜெயபதாக ஸ்வாமி” தங்கள் பொற்தாமரை பாதம் பணிகிறேன்.
அத்வைத சீதாநாத் தாஸன், துறையூர்
Advaita Sītānātha Dāsa (Dīkṣā),
Thuraiyur, India
Jaya Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,
Praṇāmaṁ to my dear Guru Mahārāja. Please open my darkened eyes and fills my heart with transcendental knowledge. Only our spiritual master will guide us to know about our real identity.
My Guru Mahārāja is considered as a representative of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, without a Guru means a wandering dog.
My Guru Mahārāja is the ocean of mercy and you are the master of devotees. Please be merciful to me.
The lotus feet of my Guru is the only way by which I can get pure devotion, by His Grace one can cross the ocean of material sufferings and obtain the mercy of Kṛṣṇa. It is more pleasing to Lord if we approach Kṛṣṇa through His disciples. I bow to my Guru Mahārāja's feet with great respect.
I humbly offer this above lines as flowers unto the Lotus feet of my Guru Mahārāja.
Nama Om visnu padaya Krsna prestaya bhu-tale Srimate jayapayaka Svamin iti namine
Nama acarya padaya Nitay kripa pradayine Gaura katan damodaya Nagara grama tarine
Sri krsna Caitanya Prabhu nityananda, sri advaita gadadhara Srivasadi gaura bhakta vrnda
hare krsna, hare krsna, krsna krsna hare hare
hare rama, hare rama rama rama hare hare
En este maravilloso día de su trascendental vyasapuja, cualquier ofrenda de mi parte, será poca y llena de ofensas.
Agradezco infinitamente que su santidad haya puesto su misericordiosa mirada en esta pobre alma tan condicionada.
Y sólo ruego al señor supremo, sri krsna para que le otorgue la salud que necesitas para poder tener su amorosa asociación y puedas culminar con todos sus grandes y hermosos proyectos.
Esta humilde discípula sólo por su misericordia trato de luchar día a día por mantenerme alerta y deseosa de complacerle.
Por favor Maharaj le suplico me de su bendición, para tener la fuerza y determinación de servir a su santidad y a sus señorías, Goura nitay.
Su eterna sirviente,
Ajaya Goura Daya Dasa
Guru Mahārāja,
Please Accept My Humble Obeisance.
All Glories To Śrīla Prabhupāda.
First of all, We pray to Lord Narasiṁha Deva, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and Pañca-tattva to give you good health. Your physical well-being is the spiritual well-being for thousands of devotees world-wide. We pray to Lord Hrisikesa to protect all your limbs. We pray to Lord Dhanavantari to make all the medical treatments successful. Kindly bless us so that the Lord will hear and reward our prayers. In Gaura Pūrṇimā Festival your health was bad. Despite your bad health you were giving lectures to the audience and actively participating in Abhiṣeka, only for the benefit of others. What could be a better example of compassion than this? Guru Mahārāja, from your living example, you teach us that we are not bodies but souls. We also learn that our devotional activities cannot be checked by any hurdle or hindrance. Your activities transcend physical and mental planes. Śrīla Prabhupāda must be so happy to see your service for him. Indeed, he must be proud of you. From your example we can practically see how Saṅkīrtana movement is all-victorious all over the world. Indeed you represent "flag of victory" for Yuga Dharma. All Glories to you. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to the devotees who are serving you day and night. Kindly bless us so that we can also serve you in the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda to the best of our capacity. We have no power or words to glorify you. Kindly accept these few words of mine as a father accepts an insignificant offering from a toddler. Kindly always keep us at the shelter of your lotus feet. All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga!
namo om vishu paday krishna pristhaya bhutale srimate jayapataka swami iti namine
namo acharya padaya nitai kripa pradayine gaur katha dhama daya nagar gram tarine
My Dear Spiritual Master Please accept my humble obeisences. Happy to observe your Vyasa puja today, most awaited day in Disciples life. Being a conditioned soul possessing qualities which are tented with three modes of material nature it becomes very difficult for me to glorify souls like yours who apparently stand in material world but solely belong to spiritual realm. so I hope you accept my broken words in your glorification.
It’s been more than one and half year that I have begun serving you personally. It’s been a cloud time in terms of my Spiritual nourishment and anecdotes of your pastimes. I used to read about personal servants of Prabhupada, their pastimes with His Divine Grace and sometime dream to have such a good fortune to closely associate with you and have a preview of How a pure devotee behaves in given circumstances. Krishna by his kind nature has allowed me to serve you personally. It has been a wonderful era of my existence and I continue to aspire for this chance for eternity to come.
First of all I would beg your pardon for mistakes, blunders and offences committed so far and beg your guidence and prayers to avoid such nuisance. Your glorification shall bring forth my purification , I mean I shall truly be your disciple (disciplined and abided by your instructions)and not just a phony initiate. I desire and dream to represent you in every walk of my life.
Here I would like to shed some light on your day to day activities and my take away from them. I have been seeing you in a description of a
trinadapi sunichena taror eva sahisnuna
amanina man dena kirtaniya sada hari
Lord Caitanya tells us 'if someone wants to chant constant harinam he should seek a position of being more tolerant than a tree, Humbler than a blade of grass, should offer respect to everyone and expect nothing in return'. I had been observing your life and it’s so fits you. Never saw you getting angry, upset on person on flip side when you apparently showed your angriness it had brought those souls more closely than ever. You are a humble vaisnava - I remember Srinathji prabhu was glorifying you and when you came back to your room you said "it was humiliating". what Srinathji prabhu said was perfectly alright, truth, illustrating your hard work to build Sridham Mayapur and Prabhupadas statement on you as being a associate of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. But you have never been a person, who like to hear about himself rather you go on glorifying Guru and Gauranga through your mind, body and words. Thank you so much for encouraging me to take up to this verses purports.
Nowadays most quoted song in your lectures- Param karuna bahu dui dana Nitai Gaurchandra. Many times it takes you to ecstasy, relishing such many vaisnava songs on the highest level of its understanding- Realising and experiencing those emotions. You also hear Srila Prabhupada lecture during morning hours. Sometime you also share Prabhupada words through social media. in particular when we are in Mayapur every night you hear Gaur katha having read aloud. Chanting day in day out, during daily correspondence you always tell your Krishna conscious wisdom. taking Daily deity darshan, When your health checks on you, you still are present in festivals through Mayapur.tv. Giving lectures from hospital room, attending meeting, weekly TOVP exhibit meeting, extensive travelling, pacifying all sorts of disciples, managers, temples, yatras etc. Eating merely, Sleeping hardly, and serving tirelessly. Your life is a window to the spiritual world. I can imagine how unstoppably devotees must be serving Krishna.
I come to think of some of your anecdotes. Once we were in Bhakti vedanta Hospital rushing towards Chennai as it was an emergency situation, your both hands were having cannulas on them. you prayed to Prabhupada at ground floor and started towards your vehicle. you were weak physically so hardly could lift your legs and manage to get into a car, while four of us tried to put you safely on your seat you saw one local devotee and said "Is there anyone here for shelter", when I heard that I was completely blown away. I couldn’t understand that there is no limit to your magnanimity, on same theme I am able to recollect few more incidences I would like to share one more of them. This time we were in Kuala lumpur having you to be tapped of ascites fluid, they had drained about 11 liters, catheter was out and procedure hole was closed by kind of tape which somehow or other was not sufficient or there was sudden excess moment performed right after procedure. It started leaking through with quite a big stream when you were standing. Now here is a point it was a terrific to see, fluid coming out of belly without having doctors intervene and you started singing Hare Krishna Mahamantra. And again this time too I was mesmerized by your greatness. I just wish to serve you throughout my existence, what else will weigh more than service rendered to your holiness. You just do minimum to keep body and soul together and rest is only 'How to expand the ways and means to serve Srila Prabhupada '
There is a verse in Caitanya Bhagavata which states,
tomar ki katha tomar gramer kukur |
sei mor priya anya jan rahu dur ||
Even a dog in the village of Gunaraj khan was loved by lord Caitanya as he was a pure devotee of Krishna, just because a dog had a fortune of living in a village where in Gunraj khan lived, sambandha kripa. Similar is my situation though I am beside you physically but hardly ever have come to know about such a great chance to rip benefits from association. Recently your health had been deteriorating a lot. You still continue to represent Lord Nityananda's mercy. Health team is figuring out and praying to Krishna for a way forward, many devotees praying for your wellbeing. You also expressed your desire to come out of these physical problems and serve Prabhupada on greater scale. I have prayed and will continue to pray to Lord Narasimhadeva for your speedy recovery.
Your Servant Always
Akarsaka Caitanya Dasa (Diksa),
Mayapur, India
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obesiances. All Glories to Guru Gauranga and Srila Prabhupada.
My dear Guru Maharaj. I totally undeserve to be Your spiritual daughter. But You have been so merciful to this least fallen soul. I could feel Your blessing and protection on me every day though I am not worth it. I feel I am indebted to Your causeless mercy life after life.
Words flow in my mind when I try to meet You but the moment I get Your darshan I am blank with no words.
When I suffer from a slight headache, I create a hangamma around me. But You are baring all pains and continue to serve Gauranga. You are SO GREAT GURU MAHARAJ. In spite of all physical issues, You are approachable by emails, Skype classes etc. Your' s advise make me stay alive, composed with the thought that Gauranga has a tailor made arrangement for all under the protection of His Holiness.
Guru Maharaj. You are my only hope. Please take care of Your health. I will do my sadhana properly.
My dear Guru Maharaj. Please forgive me for my mistakes. I am too fallen and stupid that I don't know when am I going to realize completely Your causeless mercy.
I beg for Your Blessings on this least insignificant soul.
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj.
Yours servant of servants,
Alaṅkṛta Sudevī Devī Dāsī
Coimbatore, India
Jaya Gurudeva ! All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga.
Please accept my humble obesiences.
It is difficult to express my gratitude towards you my Guru Mahārāja. I am just a beginner in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and have hardly made any spiritual advancement but I can feel your mercy all around me. Without your mercy nothing is possible and so on this special occasion I would like to express my gratitude to you.
I had just aspired to be your disciple and you in turn gave me the opportunity of serving Lord Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā Ma on the occasion of Jagannātha Ratha Yatra this year in Chennai. I could not attend the Ratha Yatra, so went straight away to the mandapam where the yatra was suppose to terminate. I entered the enclosure where the bhoga was kept, since i wanted to keep the bhoga I had prepared for Lord Jagannātha and to my surprise I got involved in the beautiful devotional service and did not leave the place till the end. Initially I felt scared because all around me I saw devotees who were initiated. Soon I found myself in arranging the bhoga prepared by so many other devotees, decorated the table where the Lord was suppose to arrive, put tulasī leaf in all the bhogas kept there, swept the floor. But above all I prepared the plate of sweets and savouries which Rādhikā Mātājī wanted to offer to Guru Mahārāja. She asked me to take special care of the plate and not leave it unattended. I was already feeling blessed and was sailing in the ocean of extreme happiness. It was difficult for me to imagine how all this happened. It was a magical day and all because you took very special mercy upon a fallen soul like me and bless me.
Ever since I had submitted my shelter papers, I was praying to meet you just once and be personally blessed by you as you were in Chennai. You fulfilled that desire too. I had visited Global hospital on 23rd February 2018. To my surprised I met Ajita Prabhu and Muralī Prabhu. At that very second I knew that my desire to meet Guru Mahārāja would be fulfilled today. I requested Ajita Prabhu to please allow me to have darśana of Guru Mahārāja. And so on that most beautiful day of my life, not only I had your darśana but me and my husband got your personal blessings also. It was yet another miraculous day for me. You really listen to us Guru Mahārāja. Thank you for that special darśana.
Thank you Guru Mahārāja for showering on me your causeless mercy. May you get well soon. May you start talking and walking again without anyone’s support. May your health improves wonderfully with each passing day. And may you continue delivering the fallen souls like me.
Jaya Gurudeva!!!
Guru maharaja ki jai.
Please accept our humble obeisences.
Guru is the mother, father and the master next to the Lord. He is the destroyer of ignorance. Guru is the giver of Harinaam. His mantra never fails. He is an ocean of nectar, He removes all the sins of devotees. Our Gurudeva give us a chance to serve the Lord by His mercy. we always praying for guru maharaj's health. I would like to pay my obeisance to Hari for such a Guru, who is like the Lord himself.
By
Amala Rādhikā devī dāsī
Bhakta Vaishnav and Vidhu
Dear GuruMaharaj,
Please accept my Obesciences unto Your Lotus feet! All Glories Gurumaharaj & Gauranga !
All Glories To Srila Prabhupada!
I was anticipating to take your darshan in Coimbatore Sri Jagannath Ratha-yatra but was fortunate to have your association briefly in Chennai Rathyatra.
We were unfortunate not to have your presence in Coimbatore recently but am so excited to see you in Chennai very soon on the auspicious occasion of Vyasapuja.
I chanted 34 rounds for your health recently and pray to Lord for special mercy and blessings for your long healthy life.
Your humble servant,
Ambarish
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, All glories to you dear Spiritual father... All glories to you...
Dear Guru Maharaj, it is my greatest pleasure to see you and your tolerance... When i once saw during your vyāsa-pūjā, disciples were washing your lotus feet and you seemed to be totally unaffected... That was a shocking realisation that you are so detached... I pray that you bless me so that I too may inherit your quality of total absorbption in Kṛṣṇa consciouness.
By your abundant mercy i have noticed that I had the desire to preach... but now I am fighting a cheque bounce case and I have decided to take a break from 90% preaching. I started learning and writing online exams on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam and I relished reading Prabhupāda purports. I too got first rank few times dear Guru Mahārāja along with few more devotees in Śrīmad Bhāgavatam exams by your mercy.
Now I pray and beg to your lotus feet, soon let me get fixed in devotional service without wasting a second. I want to learn matchlessly, I want to preach purely and I want to assist you unlimitedly while being an extraordinary wife and wonderful mother...
My daughter aspires to be your disciple and has been chanting 16 rounds from several years, she too wants to be a learned disciple of yours and first class preacher and be accepted by her classmates as she is... We are only dependent on your merciful glance on her...
My husband agreed to listen to reading of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam pastimes and Caitanya Caritāmṛta pastime from day before yesterday... I roll in your footdust and beg you to please bless my husband with greatest spiritual joy who does not know what is spiritual happiness... May he taste the addiction to hear about Kṛṣṇa līlā, about Bhagavad-gītā, about pastimes from Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Caitanya Caritāmṛta and also may he get full conviction that chanting alone is fully sufficient medicine for every single problem and may he become a first class devotee and first class preacher in this life...
I beg your blessings to give me unlimited taste for learning scriptures, hearing lectures from devotees and from you which i have not been doing on a regular basis...
I lack discipline... My spiritual life is going as the wind of karma is taking right from my birth... I beg your blessings for a change... Let me stick to time table of sādhana and parallelly care for family so that nobody may get a chance to complaint about my sādhana. May I get back my money soon so that i may be able to fully indulge in preaching activities and reading and become a wonderful support for you in fulfilling your promise to Śrīla Prabhupāda and my daughter also begs same blessings once she finishes her education and I beg same blessings for my good hearted husband who is a great support for me these days.
Your servant,
Amṛta Mādhavī Devī Dāsī
Dearest Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept our respectful obeisance. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and all glories to you!
Dear Gurudeva,
Your mercy is boundless and limitless and we are devoid of words to glorify you or thank you. In spite of difficult circumstances, you continue spreading the glories of Lord Caitanya far and wide. While we often neglect or forget you, you never fail to be our eternal well-wisher, always praying to the Lord for our spiritual upliftment.
Gurudeva,
By your mercy, we are currently coordinating implementation of Bhakti Vṛkṣa in ISKCON Seshadripuram Jagannātha Mandir. Many devotees are being trained to contact, cultivate and care for new devotees through Bhakti Vṛkṣa. Slowly and steadily alongside other leaders, we are working towards the bhakti vṛkṣa goal of 500 BV by 2020.
By your blessings and the support from the temple, there is now a Bhakti Sadan in Sahakar Nagar, Bangalore, where we have the opportunity to serve. Around 40 devotees attend every Sunday evening. In the surrounding Kodigehalli, there are 4 weekly children’s programs, 2 mañjarīs and 1 bhakti vṛkṣa on going.
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
We are eternally indebted to you and will never be able to repay you for the mercy that you are showering upon us. We only pray to Their Lordships Rādhā Mādhava, Pañca-tattva and Prahlāda Narasiṁha Deva that They continue to protect you, and that They bless us so we may help you in spreading Lord Caitanya’s mission.
Lastly requesting for your blessings so that we can take care of new devotees, work alongside our peers and serve the senior vaiṣṇavas in the same mood as yours.
Your servants,
Anādi Jagannātha Dāsa & Vṛndā Mahārāṇī Devī Dāsī
Bangalore, India
Hare Krishna GuruMaharaj,
I pay my respectful obeisances unto you GuruMaharaj.
Please engage me in devotion unto you.
Please bless me so that I shall preach Krishna Consciousness to everyone.
Please bless me so that my devotion to Krishna is increased.
I pray to Krishna that Guru Maharaj should be alright.
Please bless me to build a temple for Krishna.
Thank you,
Dandavat pranams,
Anand Arjun (son of Amala Arjun Das and Manoharini Subhadra Devi Dasi)
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our humble obeisance’s unto the dust of your lotus feet. By your mercy We are still continuing our sadhana bhakti.
Gurudev!!! By your mercy we are trying to come out of the most ignorant stage which we are living in foolishly. Guru Maharaja, you are an ocean of mercy. You have guided so many normal human beings to become dedicated devotees in the Krishna conscious movemen So in this most auspicious 69th vysa pooja celebration day, we are praying to Lord Sri Padmanbha Swamy, Sri Sri Krishna Balaram, Sri Sri Nitai Gaura Sundara, Narasimhadev,Jagannath Baldev Subhdramay and Srila Prabupada for your health and give You speedy recovery from the physical illness you are undergoing. Guru Maharaja, please bless this fallen servants of yours. We want to get rid of the maya and serve you and the other vaishnavas in the best possible way.
Please give us the courage to face the problems of life and give us more energy so that we can be steady and focus more on Krishna conscious activities.
Thousands of pranams to your lotus feet
Anandadulala Gaura Dasa,
Apurva Lekshmipriya Devi Dasi
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisance’s unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Lord Gauranga! We are very fortunate that we are going to celebrate the 69th Vyas Puja of your appearance. Maharaj, with Srila Prabhupada’s empowerment you are spreading this Krishna Consciousness movement throughout the world. Despite of your bad health, you are always applying your best efforts to help Gauranga’s mission.
I always remember that day when I first met you. I got your blessings and your prayers to Krishna for me. I always remember my initiation day in Nov 2007 in Vrindavan, I took a commitment of chanting 16 rounds and following four regulative principles. Maharaj, Please bless me so that I can continue to serve you always and follow your instructions. Whenever I feel spiritually week, I pray to your lotus feet and immediately get strength to overcome the weakness. I always need your blessings to become a sincere devotee and engage in preaching activities.
I pray to Lord Krishna that your health be improved and we get a very long association with you.
Your insignificant servent
Anandmayi Manjari Devi Dasi,
Delhi
Hare Krishna Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances onto your lotus feets. Maharaj your are a movable ocean of Krishna kripa and prema. Scriptures says that even an infinitesimal moment spent with a pure devotee of the Lord can be a biggest benediction for a person. You such a such a pure devotee. You are always praying for the fallen souls like us, trying to bring us closer to Krishna, engaging us in Chaitanya Mahāprabhu's mission, by serving Śrīla Prabhupāda. Always serving as the best exam for all of us.
Thank you Gurudev for showering your compassionate and merciful glances on us and blessings your priceless association. And sending so many wonderful devotees in my life always.
Your fallen servant,
Anandamayi Rādhā Devī Dāsī (Siksha)
Vrindavan, India
My humble obeisances to you Gurumaharaj ....You have offered each and every moments, service, body, mind and soul for the spread of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness following the order of your Guru Mahārāja, Śrīla Prabhupāda. I am your most insignificant spiritual daughter struggling with material world only . With a deep desire in mind that someday with the mercy of Guru and vaishnavas I will be able to follow sincerely path of devotional service..
It hurts us Guru mahārāja when we see your physical conditions ...But seeing your desire tree Māyāpur is flourishing, construction of wonderful temple is gradually manifesting and thousands and thousands of devotees praising and getting mercy. We certainly feel enormous joy and happiness....
May lord Krishna Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī ..Śrī Nrisimhadeva ..Śrī Gaurāṅga and Panchatattva gave back your strength and energy health and mobility ....we miss your jovial mood and energy Guru mahārāja ....I beg forgiveness at your lotus feet . Bless me so that I can preach and serve and follow your instructions sincerely.....Daṇḍavats
Your most insignificant spiritual daughter,
Anandavishakha Devī Dāsī,
Mumbai, (previously Mathuradesh) India
Hare Krishna Gurumaharaj
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your Lotus Feet...
All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda
All Glories to Śrīla Guru mahārāja
I am Ānandita Jāhnavā Devī Dāsī, initiated disciple from Gurugram..
Dear Guru mahārāja, my spiritual father, I am totally incapable of writing anything for such a exalted paramhaṁsa like you..
Dear father, by your causeless mercy, you have taken me in your shelter.
You are instructing me by your divine words everyday every moment ...
Dear Guru mahārāja, I am seeking your blessings, (though undoubtedly, its always there)....So that I can serve you with all sincerity and dedication....May I be able to develop the mood of humbleness and tolerance as Lord Caitanya wants....
May I be able to follow your instructions as you want....
May I become the person as you want.....I really need your help....I am the most fallen....
Please help.....
In the service of your Lotus Feet...
Your most insignificant disciple
Ānandita Jāhnavā Devī Dāsī,
Gurgaaon, India
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda... All Glories to Guru Mahārāja!
I would like to participate in book distribution and my offering is 16 BG books.
Aneesh
Kannur, India
Hare Krishna Gurudeva ,
Please Accept my Humble Obeisances.
Whenever Happiness and Good fortune come, I know it's from You.
Whenever Difficulties and Bad times come, I know You are there for me.
Whenever there is some suffering material or spiritual, you soon pull me out of it leaving me puzzled "Was I really upset or suffering few days back??" I humbly request you to Bless me with enough Spiritual intelligence that will help me to understand your Mission and make me capable of serving
You sincerely and Eternally,
Añjana
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear Gurudeva,
Your disciple Anupama Śacīmātā Devī Dāsī, paying her respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. I am praying the ‘Jugal Jodi’ for your good health. Had you not been in my life, I would have been living the life of an animal. Because of your mercy, I came to know aim of human life. It is you only who taught us that human life is only to serve Kṛṣṇa and His devotees. I cannot express more. Only I pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva for your good health and remove all pain.
Gurudeva, my husband Shishpal Singh Bisht, who was in Army, has been retired and doing devotional service. Though he is good and fully supporting me, but without your blessings cannot move forward. He has taken Prabhupāda-asraya and waiting for shelter at your lotus feet. Please, please shower your mercy on him and make him your disciple so that we both can serve together.
Yours eternal daughter,
Anupama Śacīmātā Devī Dāsī
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Hare Kṛṣṇa!
Dear Guru Mahārāja, Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
Guru Mahārāja, although I am always worried about your physical health, I perceive that you are defying all obstacles and extending your divine mercy ceaselessly throughout the world. However, I do pray to Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaurāṅga and Lord Narasiṁhadeva for your external health betterment, and apart from my 16 rounds I chant minimum one round dedicated for your health and recovery. By the internet and Facebook facilities I do get to have your darśanas every now and then.
Guru Mahārāja, you have told that those who want to attain the service of the Lord of Vṛndāvana eternally after quitting the material body, must do Maṅgala-ārati in Brahma-muhurta. Following your advice, I try to attend through internet the Live Maṅgala-ārati either of Vṛndāvana or Māyāpur, whichever site buffers fast. Singing Vibhāvarī-śesa or Saṁsāra-dava loudly, gives me spiritual energy for the whole day. As you have described in your book “Spiritual Truths from Cyberspace”, internet can be used in the service of the Lord, and you have answered several questions over the internet, giving us all hope to be connected with you, wherever you are.
I recently heard from a senior devotee your pastime, which has strengthened my faith in the Holy Names. I came to know that in initial years you worked for sometimes in a restaurant, although you were born in an opulent family. A co-worker became unconscious, almost passed away, and everybody was perplexed what to do next? Then you stepped in immediately, and with intense prayerful voice chanted The Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra in his ears a few times and hearing you intense japa, the man woke up from his unconsciousness. He asked you what did you chant, that his subtle body which was out of his gross body and was leaving afar, was brought back and reentered in the body? Then, not only he realized the potency of the mahā-mantra, but to this day we are understanding that except for the Holy names of Lord, we have no other hope, whatsoever. When the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra falls in one’s ears, tremendous purification happens simply by hearing, then what to speak of those who are chanting every day 16 rounds.
As in your Christmas message, you expressed, that you want your disciples to develop their taste in Chanting and Hearing, and be absorbed this way in serving Lord Kṛṣṇa. Thus, I pray at your lotus feet that I can chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, with more sincerity and be a humble instrument in your mission of compassion, as a servant of your servants. I also sincerely pray to Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaurāṅga that you be making steady progress in your health and recovery, so that countless of souls like us be benefitted in many years to come, by your most purifying and powerful association.
Koṭi Koṭi Daṇḍavats and my tiny heart full of Gratitude, surrendering at your Lotus feet Guru Mahārāja!
Your insignificant disciple,
Anusuya Yaśodā Devī Dāsī
Dearest guru maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. I have committed a million sins, I m not worthy to be even your disciple. I have been very unhappy and miserable since lately, I wanted to write to you regarding the same, but I think my sufferings are nothing compared to what you are going through for us. Gurudev, without you our lives are worthless in this material world. I cannot even contemplate to survive without you. I will pray to Lord Jagannath, the Lord of this universe to keep you healthy always and your surgery be a success. I have been unable to follow ur instructions. I have fallen a lot, please guide me and help me to come back to the right path. Without you, even taking one breath is impossible. Please bless me and my family always. Thanking you forever.
All glories to SRILA Prabhupada and you, my gurumaharaja.
Forever your servant,
Apurva Gandharvika Devi Dasi
Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja
Please accept my humble obesiances. All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
Wish you a very, very happy Vyāsa-pūjā. I am very, very thankful to you for whatever you have done for us. I pray to lord Gaurāṅga so that your health become better. Please bless me Guru Mahārāja so that I can develop some taste in devotional service and I can become more determined I devotional service and I can serve the lord and his devotees nicely. Please forgive me if I have committed any offence.
Your unworthy servant,
Apūrva Nīlācaleśvarī Devī Dāsī
Dear Guru Maharaj
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to srila prabhupada
In the last 6 or 7 mails that I received from you addressed to all disciples and well wishers, you have repeatedly stressed on the point of devotees chanting 16 rounds and following regulative principles. I have tried improving them by your mercy and the mercy of the vaisanavas. I always pray to be at the shelter of your lotus feet life after life. I have been working at expanding bhakti vrksha preaching in south Bangalore and seek your blessings to continue to follow your orders and desire to preach throughout my life, life after life. If you are pleased my perfection is guaranteed. Please forgive me for all the offences and inebrieties in the past in my devotional life and bless me on this auspicious occasion of your vyasapuja to develop at least a fraction of your vaisanava qualities.
Your humble servant and son
Asoka Gaura dasa
Dear GuruMaharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All Glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga.
I have a desire to distribute Srila Prabhupada's books. Please strenthen and intensify that desire so much so that it is like oxygen for me, without which I may leave the body. Let me help you in your service to Srila Prabhupada by distributing Srila Prabhupada's books.
Your insignificant servant,
Ayush Gupta
Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept our respectful obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
On your Vyasapuja day, we wish to remember and cherish our connection with you and this glorious parampara. We could only be thankful and try to be loyal for all the fortune and auspiciousness that this parampara has blessed upon these unqualified through you.
We are fortunate to have an acharya like Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur who was so attached to his spiritual master Srila Gaurakisore das babaji and was intensely feeling that his life is useless without obtaining the shelter of his guru. His cry for babaji maharaj to accept him as his disciple; His work to fulfil the desire of his instructing father Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur; His fight against mayavada and concocted representation of absolute truth; His purity was the force that gave way to cremate his spiritual master's body in a Vaishnava way; His uncompromising bold preaching; His clarity in presenting the absolute truth ... All had pleased his previous acharyas and his living as a ray of Vishnu was a great success.
We are fortunate to have a revolutionary acharya like His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada who was instructed by his spiritual master on the first meet. He meditated on that first instruction from his spiritual master and the subsequent one which he received at the bank of Radha Kunda for throughout his life as his connection with his guru. His travelling to US at an advanced age; His struggles in Jaladuta with two heart attacks, sea sickness, vomiting and finally taking shelter of Sri Caitanya Caritamrta; His peom of surrender at the Boston harbour; His life risking endeavours to start this international society; His sleepless nights to translate precious literatures in English; His fight against maya and constantly giving good counsel to his sincere disciples; His round the globe travelling to bring about revolution in hearts of generations of men; His whole life as an example to the whole world ... Srila Prabhupada also had pleased his previous acharyas and made his living a great success.
Amongst many wonderful disciples Srila Prabhupada had left behind, we are extremely fortunate to have you as our dear spiritual father. Your very living in this planet is to fulfil the orders of Srila Prabhupada. Every thought, every action, every endeavour, every word, every travel, every lecture and every day’s every struggle of yours is to make Srila Prabhupada's word come true. You have no other desire in your life other than to please Srila Prabhupada. You take such pains and travel even today to give Gauranga's mercy in the form of His nectarean pastimes to all you meet. You are empowered personally and recognised by Srila Prabhupada as an eternal associate of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the most munificent incarnation of Lord. For your offering to Srila Prabhupada – “Jayapataka's life is not his own. It's Prabhupada's to do with as His own'', He replied “I feel very much obliged to you for your nice understanding about my mission”. Although you have pleased Srila Prabhupada with your intensions and heart, Srila Prabhupada has given you a daunting task of spreading Krishna Consciousness unlimitedly and your living is for this. I am very sure all our previous acharyas are also pleased with you, Guru Maharaj.
Now the success of our life is to please you. To please you we are putting our fight to help few families take up Krishna Consciousness; we are helping them to become servant leaders; we are fighting against our own conditionings and trying to live as a devotee, as your disciple, as a servant for your pleasure. We are positive that by your mercy and with the blessings of all Vaishnavas we will also be able accomplish something significant and please you in this lifetime by preaching Krishna Consciousness as presented by Srila Prabhupada. We have confidence in you. We have confidence in the teachings of Srila Prabhupada. We will put up a good fight against maya to prove that we are part of this irresistable army of Lord Caitanya.
Begging for your blessings on this auspicious day.
Your children,
Bandhu Madhava das
Sumati Jahnava devi dasi
ISKCON Sri Narasimha Giridhari Mandir
Bangalore
Dearest Guru Maharaj,
Please accept our most respectful obeisances in the dust of your divine lotus feet.
All glories to Your Divine Grace.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Mahārāja Kulaśekhara, a great devotee, prays, "My dear Lord, just now I am quite healthy, and it is better that I die immediately so that the swan of my mind can seek entrance at the stem of Your lotus feet. Now my mind is undisturbed, and I am quite healthy. If I die immediately, thinking of Your lotus feet, then I am sure that my performance of Your devotional service will become perfect. But if I have to wait for my natural death, then I do not know what will happen, because at that time the bodily functions will be disrupted, my throat will be choked up, and I do not know whether I shall be able to chant Your name. Better let me die immediately." It is generally accepted as above, when a person ages, physical and mental health deteriorates, and the bodily functions are disrupted. And when that happens it may not be possible to do material or devotional activities.
In the Nectar of instruction verse 3, There are six principles favorable to the execution of pure devotional service: (1) being enthusiastic, (2) endeavoring with confidence, (3) being patient, (4) acting according to regulative principles [such as śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇam (SB 7.5.23) — hearing, chanting and remembering Kṛṣṇa], (5) abandoning the association of nondevotees, and (6) following in the footsteps of the previous ācāryas. These six principles undoubtedly assure the complete success of pure devotional service. Dear Gurudev, we realize your entire glorious life is a purport to this verse. What is health? Who is healthy? We realize "enthusiasm to do missionary work and enthusiasm to show compassion to others, by distributing Love of God" is the correct definition. By this definition, in spite of your bodily functions being disrupted since 23 Oct 2008 due to stroke you are the most healthiest devotee, that we have come across in our lives, by observed ingredients you closely. Phalena pariciyate. We judge by results.
Below are some statistics of your activities since 23 Oct 2008 to 13 Jul 2017
Flight Journey : 782906 Kms
No of flights : 325
No of meetings attended : 1427
No of hours in meetings : 1953
Skype Conferences : 242
Road Journeys : 25942 Kms
Train journeys : 1629 Kms
Group Consultations : 2889
Individual Consultations : 6611
Ceremonies attended : 1061
Total lectures given : 1411
First initiations : 12069
Second initiations : 1652
Book Distribution, writing books and many more activities you are performing for Loka Kalyan. and still continue clocking all the above activities, with more and more enthusiasm. Gurudev, you are always busy working with body, mind and intelligence, to complete the tasks given by Srila Prabhupada, to you. Every minute of your life is a great miracle, giving us amazing lessons, realizations, and inspiration to entire ISKCON world, nay entire universe, into thousands of years into future generations.
Behind the above results and enthusiastic hard work actually lies your extraordinary compassion for all the conditioned souls. You have proved there are no material obstacles, while executing missionary activities in distributing the Love of God. On this most Auspicious day of your Vyasapuja 2018, we are offering 160 malas of Hare Krishna Maha Mantra and 160 Tulasi Maharani circumambulations each of us, for your long life, vigor, strength and good health, to deliver millions more through the parampara system. We take this opportunity, to seek forgiveness for the offenses committed knowingly or unknowingly.
Seeking your divine blessings to always remain in the shade of your divine lotus feet.
Your humble servants,
Bhadra Govinda Dasa,
Geeta Gamya Radhika Devi Dasi,
Vijayawada Camp.
Respected Guru Mahārāja,
Hare Kṛṣṇa! Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
On this auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I am sincerely praying to Lord Narasiṁhadeva for the quick and full recovery from your illness and for the long duration of life, so that many conditioned andfallen souls like me will get your most auspicious protection from “your lotus feet.”
1. “Lord Kṛṣṇa” has told in “Bhagavad-gītā,” “satataṁ kīrtayanto māṁ yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ, “Guru Mahārāja,” you are actually possessing, this divine quality of “endeavoring with great determination.” In spite of facing many challenges, Your Divine Grace are steadily going ahead in your preaching without getting affected by it.
2. In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, it is mentioned that “yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanā… In the same way, Guru Mahārāja, you are the possessor of all these 26 qualities.
3. Compassion is one of them. Your Divine Grace are compassionate to the conditioned souls. This is, because, Vaiṣṇavas are “Sāragrāhī śrī kṛṣṇa prapannam.” Your Divine Grace is always forced on Bhakti only.
4. Guru Mahārāja, you are true “paramahaṁsa.” I am also fortunate to have such a glorious Spiritual Master. Please bless this fallen disciple also.
5. Guru Mahārāja, I am so amazed to see your selfless character, you are always in the mood of giving yourself to others, irrespective of your health condition, whether in I.C.U in the hospital also, Your Divine Grace is somehow finding way to give Kṛṣṇa conscious to other. Haṁsa is expert in separating milk from water and will take only the milk. In the same way, you are always absorbed in Kṛṣṇa conscious and giving the same to the conditioned souls, without any botheration to the external situations.
6. Guru Mahārāja, Your Divine Grace is the auspicious quality of “bhuvi bhuvo bhārāvahantārakau” “You are always engaged in missionary activities meant to deliver all the conditioned souls in the material world Guru Mahārāja, Your Divine Grace is the best example of “Guru-muka-padma-vākya.”
7. Guru Mahārāja, I want and wish to serve your lotus feet in preaching Kṛṣṇa conscious. This is my burning desire. Please bless these most fallen souls to preach Kṛṣṇa conscious till my last end.
8. Guru Mahārāja, I beg your most auspicious blessings: 1. To preach Kṛṣṇa Bhakti. 2. To always remember your lotus feet and Kṛṣṇa-smaraṇaṁ.
Guru Mahārāja, Your Divine Grace is having all 26 divine qualities. You are valuable treasure for the entire ISKCON society. Hare Kṛṣṇa!
Your insignificant beggar and disciple,
Bhadra Rupini Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā),
Śrīraṅgam, India
নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণু পাদায় কৃষ্ণ প্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনিতি নামিনে।
নমো আচার্য পাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে গৌরকথা দামোধায় নগর গ্রাম তারিণে ।।
হে পরমারাধ্য গুরুদেব,
আজকের এই শুভ আবির্ভব তিথিতে আপনার চরন কমলে জানাই আমার অন্তরে শত কোটি প্রণাম। আমি ভগবানকে ভুলে গিয়ে মায়ার মধ্যে পড়ে হাবুডুবু খাচ্ছিলাম কিন্তু আপনি শ্রীকৃষ্ণের করুনা বিগ্রহরূপে এসে আমাকে উদ্বার করলেন। আপনার কৃপায় আমি নতুন জীবন লাভ করলাম।
আপনি এতই দয়ালু যে, কৃপা করে এই অধম দাসকে গুরু কৃষ্ণের সেবা করার সুযোগ দিয়েছেন। আমি যেন জন্ম জন্মান্তর ধরে গুরুশ্রীকৃষ্ণের সেবায় নিযুক্ত থাকতে পারি এবং আপনার শ্রীপাদপদ্মে এই আশা করি।
ইতি
আপনার নগন্য শিষ্য
ভাগবত অমৃতানন্দ দাস,
কয়েম্বাতুর
Bhagavatamamrita Dasa(Dikas),
Coimbatore, India
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Hare Kṛṣṇa! Daṇḍavat Praṇāma! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
All glories to you O Gurudeva on your auspicious appearance day. All glories to your incomparable spiritual master Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Oh Guru Mahārāja, you are trying very hardly in this conditions also to take all falling souls to take go back to god head. This shown your magnanimity. I am so fortunate to having spiritual master like you.
I am so fallen even though by your mercy I got initiation from you please bless me to always to serve Śrī Rādhā Gopīnātha and be in devotees association always. Please give me intelligence to follow your instructions every time. Please give me strength to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness some more souls.
By mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Prabhupāda and śikṣā-gurus mercy in our village some souls are chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and serving Lord Kṛṣṇa. Last year they all come to the Rajahmundry to have your Lotus feet darśana but they missed to have your darśana, This year also they coming to the Māyāpur to have your darśana this time also they missing your darśana. I am praying Lord Kṛṣṇa for them to have darśana of you.
I am praying Rādhā Kṛṣṇa and Gaurāṅga to recover early and save so many conditioned souls like me.
Your servant,
Bhāgavatī Vraja Lakṣmī Devī Dāsī
ஹரே கிருஷ்ணா!
நம ஓம் விஷ்ணு பாதாய கிருஷ்ண பிரேஷ்டாய பூதலே
ஸ்ரீமதே ஜெயபதாகா ஸ்வாமின் இதி நாமினே
நமோ ஆச்சார்ய பாதாய நிதாய் க்ருப பிரதாயினே
கௌர கதா தாமதாய நகர க்ராம தாரிணே
நம ஓம் விஷ்ணு பாதாய கிருஷ்ண பிரேஷ்டாய பூதலே
ஸ்ரீமதே பக்திவேதாந்த ஸ்வாமின் இதி நாமினே
நமஸ்தே ஸரஸ்வதி தேவே கௌரவாணி ப்ரசாரிணே
நிர்விஷேஷ ஷூன்யவாதி பாஸ்சத்ய தேசதாரிணே
ஹரே கிருஷ்ண ஹரே கிருஷ்ண கிருஷ்ண கிருஷ்ண ஹரே ஹரே
ஹரே ராம ஹரே ராம ராம ராம ஹரே ஹரே
1. உயிர்மெய் எழுத்துக்களில் நமது ஆன்மீக குரு மஹாராஜர்!
குரு மஹாராஜர் தவத்திரு ஸ்ரீல ஜெயபதாகா ஸ்வாமி குரு மஹாராஜர்!
அகில உலக கிருஷ்ண பக்தர்கள் போற்றும் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
ஆன்மீக பாதையில் ஆத்மாக்களை வழிநடத்தும் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
இனிமையாய் இதயங்களை கௌராங்கா சொல்லவைக்கும் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
ஈவதில் பக்திதொண்டினை ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணருக்கு வழங்கும் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
உலகமே வியந்துபோற்றும் பக்தி விருக்ஷா நடத்தும் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
ஊக்கத்துடன் பக்தர்களை பாராட்டி கௌரவிக்கும் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
எல்லோரின் இதயத்தினில் பகவானை காணச்செய்யும் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
ஏணியாய் இதயத்தினில் பகவானை காணச்செய்யும் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
ஐயம் தனை இதயத்தில் நீக்கி ஹரே கிருஷ்ண மஹா-மந்திரம் கூறவைக்கும் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
ஒற்றுமையாய் கிருஷ்ண பக்தி இயக்கத்தில் பக்தர்களை வளர்க்கும் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
ஓசையுடன் கைதட்டி கரத்தாள மேளம்தட்டி மஹா-மந்திரம் கீர்த்தனம் பாடும் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
ஔடதமாய் ஆன்மீக மருந்தினை வழங்கி இதயங்களில் தூசை நீக்கும் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
அகத்தில் அக்ஞான ஒளிநீக்கி பிரம்மனை, பரமாத்மாவை, பகவானை தியானம் செய்ய வைக்கும் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
என்றும் எந்த ஜென்மத்திலும் நலம் விரும்பி, பாக்யவதி முகாரா தேவி தாஸி
2. குரு மகராஜிடம் ஆசிகள் கேட்கும் பக்தை, பாக்யவதி முகாரா தேவி தாஸி!
அனைவருக்கும் அறிவு ஒளி பிறக்கட்டும் எங்கள் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
எல்லோருக்கும் அறியாமை இருள் விலகட்டும் எங்கள் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
கிருஷ்ணரின் அருள் என்றுமே கிடைக்கட்டும் எங்கள் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
கிருஷ்ணரை திருப்தி செய்ய பொருள் பெருகட்டும் எங்கள் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
என்றும் உங்கள் பக்திதொண்டுகளின் புகழ் பரவட்டும் எங்கள் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
எல்லோருக்கும் பக்தி வழியில் நலம் வளரட்டும் எங்கள் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
கிருஷ்ண பக்தர்கள் இப்பிறவியிலேயே கோலோகம் செல்லட்டும் எங்கள் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
ஹரே கிருஷ்ண மஹா-மந்திரம் எப்போதும் எல்லோரும் சொல்லட்டும் எங்கள் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
பிறக்க, விலக, கிடைக்க, பெருக, பரவ, வளர, செல்ல, சொல்லவேண்டி பிரார்த்தனை செய்யும் தங்களின் திருப்பாதம் பணிந்திடும் நலம் விரும்பியான பாக்யவதி முகாரா தேவிதாஸி!
3. குரு மஹாராஜர் அவர்களை போற்றி பாராட்டும் எண்ணங்கள்!
அன்பானவர் இதயங்களில் உலகம் போற்றும் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
ஆன்மீக ஞானம் கிருஷ்ணரிடம் வளர்க்கும் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
இதயங்களில் பரமாத்மாவை உணர்த்தும் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
ஈகையில் கிருஷ்ணருக்கு தானம் வழங்கும் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
உலகையே சுற்றி சுற்றி பக்தி விருட்சாவை வளர்க்கும் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
ஊக்கத்துடன் உடல் பலவீனம் கருதாது பக்தர்களை மூழ்கடிக்கும் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
எறும்புபோல் சுறுசுறுப்புடன் பக்தியில் மூழ்கடிக்கும் குரு மஹாராஜர்!
ஏற்றம் பெற கோலோகத்தில் இப்பிறவியே என ஹரே கிருஷ்ண மஹா-மந்திரம் கூறும் குரு
নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণু পাদায় কৃষ্ণ প্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনিতি নামিনে।
নমো আচার্য পাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে গৌরকথা দামোধায় নগর গ্রাম তারিণে ।।
হে পরমারাধ্য গুরুদেব,
দয়া করে আপনার এই অধম পতিত সন্তানের বিনম্র ভক্তি পুন দণ্ডবৎ প্রণাম গ্রহণ করুন। আপনি পরম দয়ালু তাই আপনি কৃপা করে আমাদের জড় জগতের বন্ধন থেকে মুক্ত করছেন। শ্রীগুরুদেবের কৃপা ব্যতীত জীব কোন দিনই ভগবৎমূখী হতে পারে না। শ্রীগুরুদেব আপনি ২৪ ঘন্টাই ভগবৎ সেবায় ব্যস্ত থাকেন। কৃষ্ণসেবা ব্যতীত আপনি অন্য কোন কার্য্যে নেই। তাই আপনার সেবাই আমাদের পরম স্বরূপ। ভগবান শ্রীকৃষ্ণ লীলা বিলাস যেমন অসীম আপনার অপ্রাকৃত কার্যকলাপও তেমনি অসীম ও অনন্ত, যা আমার এই জড় বুদ্ধি দিয়ে বিচার করতে পারিনা।
যস্য দেবে পরা ভক্তি যথা দেবে তথা গুরৌ।
তস্যৈতে কাযহৎযাঃ প্রকাশন্তে মহাত্মনঃ।।
হে মনা গুরুদেব আপনি কৃপা পরায়ন হয়ে অপরকে ভগবৎ ভক্তি দান করেছেন। আপনি আমাদের ভগবদ্ধামে নিয়েযেতে পারেন। আপনারই করুনার ফলে আজ আমি জগন্নাথ, বলদেব ও সুভদ্রা দেবীর সেবা করার সুযোগ পেয়েছি।
অন্য বাঞ্চা অন্য পূজা ছাড়ি জ্ঞান কর্ম।
অনুকুলে সবেন্দ্রিয় কৃষ্ণনুশীলন।
অন্য সমস্ত বাসনা সমস্ত পূজা এবং কর্ম আপনার কৃপায় ত্যাগ করতে পেরেছি। আপনার সেবার দ্বারাই প্রকৃত পক্ষে শ্রীকৃষ্ণের সেবা হয়। তাই আমি যেন নিত্যকাল আপনার সেবা করতে পারি। ভগবান শ্রীকৃষ্ণের ইচ্ছায় আপনি সমস্ত জীবদের উদ্ধার করার জন্য অবতীর্ন হয়েছেন। আমাদের হৃদয়ে ভক্তিলতা বীজ প্রদান করে সেবা করার সুবুদ্ধি দেন।
ব্রহ্মাণ্ড ভূমিতে কোন ভাগ্যবান জীব
গুরু কৃষ্ণ প্রসাদে পায় ভক্তিলতা বীজ।
বহু ব্রহ্মাণ্ড ভ্রমন করে আজ আপনার শ্রীপাদপদ্মে এসেছি। কৃপা করে আপনার শ্রীচরণে স্থান দিয়ে ভগবৎ সেবায় অধিকার প্রদান করুন।
আপনার নিত্য সেবক
ভক্তদাস
কয়েম্বাতুর
Bhakta Das(Diksa),
Coimbatore, India
Jaya Śrī Kṛṣṇa Balarāma!! Jaya Gaura-Nitāi!!
Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda!! Jaya Śrīla Gurudeva!!
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble praṇāmas. Due to your mercy I have been able to relish Kṛṣṇa consciousness with full faith and conviction. Your VĀṆĪ is so effective that the listener becomes charged up to perform devotional service. Your KĪRTANA is filled with full of devotion as it erupts soon after you start singing which fills the atmosphere with complete bliss. You are a great inspiration to many devotees who have served the movement despite not meeting you personally.
Due to your mercy and blessings the congregation in TRIVANDRUM is highly flourishing day by day and we are able to serve ŚRĪ ŚRĪ KṚṢṆA BALARĀMA with all our efforts. Your poem YADI PRABHUPĀDA NA HOITO is very beautiful and I admire it very much. Your poem shows your GURU-BHAKTI and is an instruction to us disciples how we should serve our GURU. You destroy ignorance in me soon as I think of you. You are an embodiment of mercy and always a guide to never stop me from performing Kṛṣṇa consciousness. On this auspicious occasion of your VYĀSA-PŪJĀ I pray to ŚRĪ ŚRĪ KṚṢṆA BALARĀMA for giving you good health in order to spread ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA'S message.
A KOṬI NAMASKĀRAS UNTO YOUR LOTUS FEET from one of your most insignificant servant,
Bhakta Gaura Hari (Aspirant),
Thiruvananthapuram, India
JAYA GAURĀṄGA!!! JAYA NITĀI
JAYA GURUDEVA!!! JAYA PRABHUPĀDA!!!
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my 1008 humble praṇāmas. Due to your mercy I have been able to relish the taste of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Please give me the power to fight the MĀYĀ. On the auspicious day of VYĀSA-PŪJĀ!!! I would like pray for your speedy recovery. By the grace of GURU and GAURĀṄGA I will be able to attend your vyāsa-pūjā.
GURUDEVA YOU REMOVE THE DARKNESS OF MAYA FROM OUR MINDS.
GURUDEVA YOU ARE VERY MERCYFUL
Please bless so that when I grow big I can become useful to the movement of ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA.
Bhakta Mādhava Kṛṣṇa (12 years),
Son of Gokula Gaurāṅgī Devī Dāsī and Govardhana Giri Dāsa
Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,
Happy appearance day Guru Mahārāja, please stay some more years with us Guru Mahārāja and keep inspiring us. Please forgive all my offences and give me more service so that I will be in Kṛṣṇa consciousness forever.
Your Servant,
Bhakta Raju (Shelter),
Bangalore, India
Dearest Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obesiances at Your divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrīl Prabhupāda. All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga!
I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to write to you on the auspicious day of your appearance. I would like to offer my gratitude first of all, you accepted such a fallen soul as Your disciple on this Gaura-pūrṇimā.
How much merciful You are. Besides having such a complicated health conditions, You are totally engaged in spreading mercy to people who are suffering in this world. Always thinking for movement, giving online classes, GBC meetings, dīkṣā etc. By Your behavior (ācaraṇa), You are setting example for all of world - how much merciful should be Mahāprabhu representative, how a disciple should follow His Guru's instruction, serving Kṛṣṇa unconditionally to make people to go back to Godhead. This is making me to think when I would be able to serve YOU. When I would be able to please YOU.
ekāki āmāra, nāhi pāya bala,
hari-nāma-saṅkīrtane
tumi kṛpā kori', śraddhā-bindu diyā,
deho' kṛṣṇa-nāma-dhane
Alone, I do not find the strength to chant the holy name of Hari. Please be merciful and, blessing me with a drop of faith, bestow on me the great treasure of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
kṛṣṇa se tomāra, kṛṣṇa dite pāro,
tomāra śakati ache
āmi to' kāṅgāla, 'kṛṣṇa' 'kṛṣṇa' boli',
dhāi tava pāche pāche
Kṛṣṇa is yours, and you can give Him to me, for such is your power. This wretch is simply running behind you, crying out, "Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!"
YOUR causeless mercy is only hope. I Pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to protect You and make healthy so Your mercy for fallen soul never stops. Thank you for accepting me as Your disciple. Keep me under Your shelter.
Your most indebted daughter,
Bhavānandinī Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā),
Ajmer, Rajasthan (India)
My Feelings
क्या खोया क्या पाया, ये जीवन एक माया है।
इतने पर भी क्या कहुँ, मेरे गुरु ने मुझे अपनाया है।
कृष्ण कृष्ण कहते रहते, अपने अहंकार में हम रमे रहते।
एक एक अनर्थ को दिखलाकर, मुझे भक्ति का मार्ग दिखाया है ।
उनका दर्शन करके कुछ नही सूझता, कोई प्रश्न कोई उत्तर ना रहता।
सारी जिज्ञासाओं का अंत कर, मुझे अपना स्वरुप दिखलाया है।
मेरे गुरु ने मुझे अपनाया है।
कहते है गुरु बिना गत नही, क्या इसको अंतर मे अपनाया है।
अपने पूर्व कर्मो के कारण, बारबार जन्म मृत्यु का चक्र पाया है।
पर आपने कृपा करके महाप्रभु के चरणों में,
मुझ जैसे पतित को ले जाने का बीड़ा उठाया है।
मेरे गुरु ने मुझे अपनाया है।
गौरांग गौरांग कहते कहते, जीवों पर कृपा बरसातें रहते।
प्रभुपाद के हर शब्द को, आपने जीवन का लक्ष्य बनाया है।
गुरु कृष्ण का प्रतिनिधि है, इसे सिर्फ शास्त्रो मे जाना था,
आपने अपने आचरण के द्वारा इसको जीवंत दिखलाया है।
मेरे गुरु ने मुझे अपनाया है।
Services Report
Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīman Mahāprabhu. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Your divine grace.
I am practicing to Kṛṣṇa consciousness since 6 years. By mercy of Your divine and in direction of His Grace Rādhāpati Gopīnātha Prabhujī, I had been conducting 2 Bhakti-vṛkṣa for last 2 years with 12 -15 devotees, but not completed due to some issues in Ajmer. Some of them are sincerely practicing.
Now I have been conducting two Nāmahaṭṭa since last 3 months. Simultaneously Me and my Prabhujī His Grace Mahāmitra Acyuta Dāsa had collected some amount for TOVP and Rs. 2222 also from May 2016.
It's our good fortune to get that service. Seeking for Your mercy so we would be able to continue that services again.
Thank you very much for Your divine causeless mercy to us. Always want to be in Your service.
Your most fallen daughter,
Bhavānandinī Devī Dāsī
Dearest Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.
This wonderful day has come once more in our lives to glorify and praise you to the heavens!
What a wonderful feat you have achieved dear Guru Mahārāja.
Fighting mind over body
Pushing aside all obstacles
Winning mind over body
Encouraging everyone from all walks of life
Caring for those who are fallen
Considerate to those who are helpless
Compassionate to those who are making an effort
Gentle to the weak
Firm with the flounders'
Dear Guru Mahārāja, I always pray to you when it gets difficult to progress in my service in the marriage bureau. It is such a wonderful service but fraught with frustrations at times but remembering you and your thoughtfulness to see your disciples settle down with the right partner pulls me up and move on with conviction and determination Dear Guru Mahārāja please continue to bless me in this service so I can help you to bring devotees together in happy Kṛṣṇa Conscious matrimony I pray that you will always keep under the shelter of your Lotus feet.
Your most humble servant,
Bihasya Devī Dāsī
Please accept our humble obeisances on your lotus feet.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
All glories to you my beloved father, on your divine appearance day.
I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to write to you on the auspicious day of your appearance. I am very fortunate first of all you entered in my life and heart. Often I think of where I would be without you, your disciples and your preaching center. It’s never pleasant thought not even for slight moment. In your enlightening association is hope for everyone and with all travelling, bestow the ultimate benefit upon people in general. Gurudeva, you set the example of devotion to Śrīla Gurudeva and Gaurāṅga and we wish only to humbly try to follow this example. We pray only to serve at your lotus feet even birth by birth. Please grant us the benediction that this may be so.
Thank you for your austere and sacrificial life.
Thank you for your dedication to follow your spiritual master footsteps.
May you live long life and continue your relentless preaching efforts right to your very last breath.
Always Your Servant,
Bipin Singh and Kavita Bipin Singh
Hare Kṛṣṇa, Mahārāja.
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Your Divine Self on this most glorious occasion of your Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā Celebrations.
It is my great privilege to be connected to you...
I'm connected to you through my wife, Sumālinī Lalitā Devī Dāsī, who is your initiated disciple. She is highly-qualified and represents you very well by being dutiful, chaste and very devoted to Kṛṣṇa.
Secondly, I am fortunate to be connected to you through my seva in Māyāpur with the Jayapatākā Swami Publications, where I am the editorial assistant for the Śrī Guru Prasaṅga Magazine. On a daily basis, I am exposed to hours of hearing your lectures and assisting to put the instructions contained within them into a written form. In this way, I draw much strength and inspiration from you.
Thank you very much for setting such an illustrious example of giving this lifetime in service and surrender to Guru and Gaurāṅga. Your "never-give-up" policy to devotional service serves as a beacon in my life, guiding me back to Godhead.
Thank you, and I pray that you are blessed with many more years of devotional service to your beloved Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Your servant,
Caitanya Caraṇa dāsa (JPS Publications, ŚrĪdhāma Māyāpur)
Dearest Gurumaharaj,
Kindly accept my humble obeisance at your Lotus feet. Although unqualified, person of lowest character, it's my greatest fortune that I got a chance to speak a little about you !!
Srila Locana Das Thakur's song : "parama karuna pahu dui jana Nitai Gaura Chandra... " The realization of this song, Srila Prabhupada has practically demonstrated by the ways of his personal life, Books, Sankirtan, preaching, ISKCON temples, sincere disciples and many followers, etc. To carry out this Transcendental International Business, Universally reputed, forward for next 10,000 years, he has appointed / selected highly qualified, expert disciples who are very humble and completely faithful. Without a second Your Holiness are one among those humble and faithful servants of Srila Prabhupada.
O glorious spiritual master koti koti dandavat pranam to your lotus feet. My words are definitely very insignificant to you as your Holiness is a perfect representative of Parama Karuna , Nitai Gaura ! It's has always been very much enlightenment for me whenever I get an opportunity to hear about preaching pastimes, instructions. All that I learn is how much enthusiastic, sincere, faithful, humble, very hard working you are for serving Srila Prabhupada! Apart from that the way you care for all the Vaishnavas, your plans for making rest of the world Vaishnavas are highly appreciated and are very inspiring to the next generation devotees ! Your instructions and teachings or lectures are very much satisfying, convincing to make advancement in Krishna Consciousness ! One of your 1000s of heart touching quotes : " Maya means to pull others down and keep yourself up ! " This is very simple and yet very clearly and expertly presenting of what Maya is !! Thus, in many unique ways Your Holiness is expert at guiding, encouraging and inspiring your disciples and also attracting more and more souls to receive the mercy of Parama Karuna- Nitai Gaura Chandra !
I am very much indebted to You for You have very kindly accepted me in Your loving service to Srila Prabhupada. Kindly forgive me for all my offenses. I kindly beg at Your Lotus Feet to bless me so that I shall sincerly follow your instructions and be a faithful servant of servant of servant of.... You and thus actively engage in the services so as to please You (and the Guru Parampara) !
My beloved Guru Mahārāja,
please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to You! All glories to your astonishing service! All glories to His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda!
In this blessed day of Your Vyāsa-pūjā, my mind turns to You in contemplation, my heart beats for You in dedication.
Now more than ever I see your love and dedication to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Your generosity in teaching by example. Particularly now that You are facing so may problems with your health. It is more clear to me today that you really are Śrīla Prabhupāda's and Kṛṣṇa's Victory Flag.
It is clear to me that I am totally inadequate and if I am part of this movement it is just out of Your unconditional mercy.
Thank You, my dear Spiritual Father,
Caitanyamayī Devī Dāsī
Dear Gurudeva,
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to Gaurāṅga!
Please accept my humble obesiances. It is stated in Bhagavad-gītā (9.2) The process of devotional service is su-sukhaṁ kartum avyayam that is everlasting and overjoying. In spite of Guru Mahārāja being in his dilapidated condition, his consciousness is always pure and his activities are also transcendental and are performed with happiness. It is confirmed in Vedic literature that ācāryavan puruṣo veda. However a person uneducated in Vedas, in association with great ācāryas can become familiar with knowledge necessary for self-realization. Please give me some intelligence so that at least I can attempt to glorify you although I’m absolutely not fit to do so. Despite of such bodily limitation your focus your sincerity towards fulfillment of Prabhupāda’s mission has never stopped. You still continue to deliver the most-most fallen souls like me by distributing love for godhead. You are an embodiment of mercy and humility. Like the sun never fails to spread its sunshine and energy all around even on a rainy or a thunderstorm day like that in spite of so many ups and downs in your health condition you continue to travel spread mercy and love of Gaurāṅga. You are always inspiring me in many ways.
In your shelter I always feel secured and protected away from the material miseries like a child always feels protected in his or hers parents shelter. I know, I’m not worth of being in your shelter for possessing a lot of internal enemies like greed, false ego, and lots of offences unto devotees. Please bless me with a drop of transcendental taste so that I can always serve you and Gaurāṅga even more. Your immense love for Guru and Gaurāṅga is continuously pouring and is very significant through your thoughts and activities. Please, please forgive me.
Seeking for your mercy the most, most fallen soul,
Your daughter,
Cāruhāṣiṇī Rādhikā Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā),
Chennai, India
Hare Krishna..!
Please accept my humble obeisances.....!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada........!
Jai Guru Maharaj....
My Name is Chandramouli.Gudisa, I have been in iskcon since 2005. It took me nearly 11 years to start chanting 16 rounds of Maha mantra.
I have been in very joyful mood while chanting and after completion of my chanting 16 rounds daily.
My Dear Gurumaharaj, I have seen you in secunderabad temple during your visit in the year 2016,listened your lecture,q and n section. It was very auspicious movement for me in my life. I have been with secunderbad temple association since 6 years. I could reach to chant 16 rounds from 11 times by associating with this sadhu sanga only. We have Gauranga dham center in our place and we all meet every sunday for Mangala aarathi program.
My dear Gurumaharaj,Please bless Gauranga dham. We are cleansing ourself by attending the Gauranga dham programs and secunderbad temple festivals.There are many senior vaishnavas in Gauranga dham and they all are leading us always and they are always our role models.
My Sons Renesh 8 years and Srikar 6 years are also attending Krishna club conducting by swetha mataji .she is also the devotee in gauranga dham and learning many slokhas and keerthans. They have already learnt Narasimha Pranam and Guru vandanda. Renesh also starting singing Narasimha pranam in Mangal aarathi programs.
My Dear Gurumaharaj,our wish and our prayers are you should always have good health by celebrating many birthdays and instruct us guide us and blss us always to improve the Krishna consicousness in our hearts...
and my final desire is to get initiation from you in your next visit to Secunderabad temple.
Please bless me to cleanse myself from all material contaminations and get ready for initiation.
Your humble servant,
Chandramouli.Gudisa
Hare Krishna guru maharaj. Please accept my dandavat pranams
Respected Gurudev,
Please accept my humble obeisances
All Glories to Srila Gurudeva All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to you and Gauranga.
Gurudev we often sing "Jodi Gaur na hoito, tabe ki hoito.."; for me it is:
"Jodi Gurudev na hoito, tabe ki hoito, ei potita re bachaito ke?
Sharirik kashto shohiya, Hari Nam diya, ei potita re bachailo je.
Mayar andhakar hoite taania loiya, Gurudev more bachailo re,
Jedike takai, taar mohima dekhi, jayadhwani dao re.
Gurudev tabo kripa bindu diya ei potita re karo uddhar,
Ei potita jano tomaar charane thaai paye bar-bar."
Thank you Gurudev for everything. you have given me a new lease of life. We need you to be present in this planet to give a new lease of life to everyone.
Your humble servant,
Cintamani Sakhi Devi Dasi
শ্রদ্ধেয় গুরুমহারাজ
আমার দন্ডবৎ প্রণতি গ্রহণ করবেন।আপনার প্রসন্নতা বিধান করার মত যোগ্যতা
আদৌ আমার নেই।
আমি আপনার নির্দেশ অনেক উপেক্ষা করেছি।জানি না কেন আমার এরকম হচ্ছে।আমার
পারমার্থিক উন্নতির ক্ষেত্রে আপনার কাছে একটি বাসনা পোষন করতে
চাচ্ছি।আপনি অনুমতি দিলে ব্যক্ত করবো।
আপনার অযোগ্য শিষ্য
চিত্তহারী কানাই দাস
উপজেলা বীরগঞ্জ(গ্রাম-পলাশবাড়ী)
জেলা দিনাজপুর,বাংলাদেশ
Cittahari Kanai Dasa (Dīkṣā),
Dinajpur, Bangladesh
On the Most Auspicious Occasion of the Appearance Day of His Holiness Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami, Guru Mahārāja 27th March, 2018.
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and to Your Divine Grace.
As our minister of ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry (CDM), it is always a happy occasion to glorify your extraordinary efforts in the area of congregational preaching. Since the beginning of your assisting Śrīla Prabhupāda in his mission, you had a strong inclination to expand Kṛṣṇa Consciousness beyond the limits of the temples’ premises. Your scope literally included “everyone”; you wanted gṛhasthas to preach; you wanted people preaching from their homes; you wanted a systematic outreach process that could firmly establish Śrīla Prabhupāda’s teachings in every home as much as possible. You have shown a unique way in pleasing the previous ācāryas by extending the mercy of Caitanya Mahāprabhu practically without limits.
Under the order of Śrīla Prabhupāda you have truly been a pioneer in the inundation of the world with the process of Bhakti. We remember how so enthusiastically you will travel the globe delivering seminars on the “Cell Groups”; encouraging devotees to unite and support each other; practice, preach, grow and assist the temples and beyond, without limitations due to work, family and other responsibilities.
Since the late 70’s you personally started working on a “Master Plan” that will give the blueprint of the now successful ISKCON Nāmahaṭṭa in Eastern India. Your early assistants recall how you would walk, travel by bus, cycle and under very inconvenient circumstances to reach out to distant and remote villages in the depths of West Bengal, Orissa, North Bengal and neighboring Bangladesh.
By the special arrangement of Śrīla Prabhupāda, you were sent to the land of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrīdhāma Māyāpur. Here you learnt Bengali and became totally acquainted with the traditional ways and means of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas; became a pillar of the development of the Māyāpur Candrodaya Mandir and expanded the preaching like it wasn’t seen before. With your amazing vigor and dynamic personality, villagers were swept by your enthusiasm taking to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness by the thousands. Today the Namahāṭṭa has outreached to millions after nearly 40 years of preaching. Similarly, in Bangladesh, despite the restrictions given by the Muslim government, ISKCON has supporters in the number of tens of thousands.
Most amazingly of all, you always tell us, “there is so much to do”. You want congregational training manuals translated in all languages; you want support programs for the Youth, for Children, for the unmarried, even for those who are in the last stages of life. In a recent meeting you said, “we need something for the ‘seniors’”. We replied, “Guru Mahārāja, we are working on the Youth and Children” to which you answered with a smile, “you better hurry up because some seniors don’t have much time left!”
You told us that you wanted to have in the ministry a large world map with all the different congregational programs represented by dots of different colors placed in every city or town. This is how we always have you present in our offices; knowing that you want more and better; all for the pleasure of Śrīla Prabhupāda and the ācāryas. You know better than us what they all want and how to please them.
Every year you are very fond on presenting awards to congregational preachers from around the world. You patiently take the time to select the awards’ names, work on the selection criteria and scores, hear the reports and create different ways of appreciating their service to ISKCON in the form of certificates, medallions and congratulatory letters.
It is known for your servants and secretaries that as soon as some of the officers of the CDM would enter your rooms, it will be very hard for you to stop talking. Guru Mahārāja, you have the fresh enthusiasm of an extremely playful child; preaching is like a beloved toy for you and the world is your playground. We, at the CDM not only deeply appreciate your guidance, your presence and your kindness toward all of us, but we love you for the way that you carry on this congregational mission. A mission inaugurated by your beloved Nityānanda Prabhu, continued by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura and his son, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura and manifested all around the planet by Śrīla Prabhupāda. And now you have taken their emblem and in association with the vaiṣṇavas are marching triumphantly in the conquest of many yet un-preached jīvas in every corner of the world.
Guru Mahārāja, you are not only the “minister” of the Congregation but a true inspiration for our service in the expansion of this movement.
We beg to remain eternally in your service.
Your servants at the Congregational Development Ministry
Central Office - Śrīdhāma Māyāpur.
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to your glories services to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Gurudeva really I don’t have any qualification to write your vyāsa-pūjā offering. But, below are the few phrases from our previous ācāryas songs which teach us that how important you are to us, without your mercy nothing is possible in our life.
“yāhāra prasāde bhāi, e bhava tariyā yāi
kṛṣṇa-prāpti haya yāhā haite”
It is only through Your Grace, we can cross over material existence and obtain Kṛṣṇa
ei-bāro karuṇā karo vaiṣṇava gosāi
patita-pāvana tomā bine keho nāi
O Vaiṣṇvava Gosvāmī, please be merciful to me now, There is no one except you who can purify the fallen soul.
gurudeva!
kṛpa-bindu diyā, koro’ ei dāse, tṛṇapekhā ati hīna
sakala-sahane,
Gurudeva! By a drop of your mercy make this servant of yours more humble than a blade of grass.
“manascenna lagnam guror-aṅghri-padme
tataḥ kiṁ tataḥ kiṁ tataḥ kim tataḥ kiṁ”
But, if one’s mind is not centered upon the Guru’s holy feet,
What is the use? What then? What then? What then?
Guru Mahārāja your presence was always there in every important moment in my life either directly or indirectly, I feel so blessed for it and thank you very much. It is only because of your blessing baby boy was born safe. My heartfelt thanks to you Gurudeva, for everything that you had given me.
Guru Mahārāja, I pray to you to remind my mind always that how fallen I am and Kṛṣṇa is the only refuge. Also, we beg as a family to serve you always.
Please bless the new born (Mādhava), that he remains in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and serve you and Kṛṣṇa always.
I pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva for good health and long life to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda.
prati-janme kori āśā caraṇera dhuli
I desire the dust of your holy feet in every birth I may take.
Your Spiritual daughter,
Dāmodara-priyā Rādhā Devī Dasī (Chennai)
ஜெய் குருதேவ்
என் உயிர் குருதேவா தங்களை போற்றுவதற்கு வாய்ப்பினை அளித்ததற்கு மனமார்ந்த நன்றியினை தெரிவித்துக்கொள்கிறேன். முதன்முதலில் ஸ்ரீ ரங்கத்தில் தங்களை தரிசனம் செய்தேன். தங்களின் ஆசிர்வாதம் மூலமாகவும் அதிக உற்சாகத்தின் மூலமாகவும் நிறைய கிருஷ்ண பக்தி பயிற்சி செய்ய தொடங்கினேன். தாங்களே மூல காரணமும் மற்றும் ஆன்மீக குருவும் ஆவீர். தங்களிடம் தீட்சை வாங்குதவற்கு தகுதி இல்லை. தங்களின் கருணையினால் மட்டுமே சாத்தியமாகும். கருணைக்கடலாவீர். ‘பர துக்க துகீ” யாவீர். இவ்வாறு கருணையே வடிவான நித்தியானந்தரின் ரூபமான தவத்திரு ஸ்ரீல ஜெயபதாக ஸ்வாமி மஹாராஜர் குருதேவா தங்களின் சீடராக இருப்பதிலும் நான் மிக மிக பெருமை கொள்கிறேன்.
ஆன்மீக வழிமுறையை மேன்மேலும் வளர்த்துக்கொண்டிருக்கிறேன். அதற்கான வழிமுறைகளாக எனது சிக்ஷா குருவான பக்த திரு ருக்மிஹா பிரபு எனக்கு அளிக்கும் வழிநடத்தல்களையும் நான் நிச்சயமாக நான் கடைபிடிப்பேன்.
ஆன்மீக குருவாக இப்பிறவியிலும் இனிவரும் பிறவியிலும் ஏற்பேன் என்று உறுதி எடுத்து கொண்டேன். அன்று முதல் தாங்கள் தமிழகத்திற்கு எங்கு வந்தாலும் தங்களுக்காக சேவையை செய்து தூய்மைபடுத்தி கொண்டேன்.
பதீத்த பாவன குருதேவா தாங்கள் நீண்ட ஆயுளுடனும் ஆரோக்கியமாகவும் இருக்க வேண்டும் என்று துளசி மகராணியிடம் பிரார்;த்தனை செய்து வருகிறேன்.
ஜெய் குருதேவா! ஜெய் குருதேவா! ஜெய் குருதேவா!
இப்படிக்கு,
தங்கள் சேவையை யாசிக்கும்,
தயாசிந்து ராதா தேவி தாஸி, துறையூர்
Dayasindhu Rādhā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā),
Thuraiyur, India
ஹரே கிருஷ்ண,
எல்லாப்புகழும் குரு கிருஷ்ணருக்கே
ஓம் அக்ஞான திமிராந்தஸ்ய ஞானாஞ்ஜன சலாகயா
சக்ஷூருன் மீலிதம் யேன தஸ்மை ஸ்ரீ குருவே நம:
நம ஓம் விஷ்ணு-பாதாய கிருஷ்ண-ப்ரேஷ்டாய பூ-தலே
ஸ்ரீமதே ஜெயபதாகா-ஸ்வாமின் இதி நாமினே
நம ஆச்சார்ய பாதாய நிதாய்-க்ருப-ப்ரதாயினே
கௌர-கத தாமதாய நகர-க்ராம தாரிணே
தங்களின் பாதங்களில் உள்ள எனக்கு என்னு:டைய பணிவான மரியாதை கலந்த வணக்கங்கள் எல்லா புகழும் ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதாவிற்கே
எல்லாப்புகழும் இப்பூவுலகில் தாங்கள் இப்புனித நாளில் தங்களுக:கு அர்ப்பணம்.
ஸ்ரீமத் பாகவதம் 4.30, 37
தேஷாம் விசரதாம பதப்யாம் தீர்தானாம் பாவனேச்சயா
பீதஸ்ய கீம்த ரோசேத தாவகானாம் ஸமாகமம்
போற்றுதற்குரிய பகவானே உமது தூய பக்தர்ளும் துணைவர்களும் புனிதமான ஊர்களை கூட தூய்மை செய்வதற்காக இவ்வுலகம் முழுவதும் சஞ்சரித்துக்கொண்டிருக்கின்றனர். உண்மையாகவே உலக வாழ்வினை கண்டு அஞ்சுபவர்களுக்கு இச்செயல் மகிழ்ச்சி அழிக்காதா என்ன?
இரண்டு வகையான பக்தர்கள், ஒன்று ‘கோஷ்டாநந்தீ” இரண்டு ‘பஜனாநந்தீ” இதில் கோஷ்டாநந்தீ உலகம் முழுவதும் பயணம் செய்து பக்தர்களின் எண்ணிக்கையை பெருக்குகிறார். இதுவே அவருடைய அஐச இத்தகைய மஹாத்மா உலகம் முழுவதும் சுற்று பயணம் செய்து இவ்வுலகில் உள்ள எல்லா இடத்தைiயும் மக்களையும் புனிதப்படுத்துகிறார். இதுவே பகவான் மஹா பிரபுவின் ஆசை. அவருடைய பக்தர்கள் உலகம் முழுவதும் சுற்றுபயணம் செய்து ஒவ்வொரு கிராமம் மற்றும் நகரம் முழுவதும் சுற்றுப்பயணம் செய்து இந்த கிருஷ்ண பக்தியை பரப்பவேண்டும் அதை தாங்கள் ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதரின் பாதச்சுவடுகளை பின்பற்றி செய்து காண்பிக்கிறீர்கள்.
தங்களை அடைந்ததில் நான் மிகவும் பேரதிர்ஷ்டம் nச்யது இருக்கிறேன். ஏனென்றால் இந்த மனித குலத்திற்கு தேவையான உண்மையான பர உபகாரமான கிருஷ்ண பக்தியை எவ்வாறு கொடுக்கவேண்டும் என்பதை முன்னுதாரணமாக எங்களுக்கு காட்டி வருகிறீர்கள்.
ஆதலால் தாங்கள் கிருஷ்ண பக்தியின் ஆழத்தையும் மற்றும் என்னுடைய வாழ்நாளில் நான் சந்திக்கும் ஒவ்வொருவரிடமும் கிருஷ்ண பக்தியை கொண்டு சேர்ப்பதற்கு என்னை ஆசிர்வதிக்க வேண்டும் என தங்களை பிரார்த்திக்கிறேன்.
எல்லா ஆத்மாக்களிடமும் எனக்கு ஜீவ கருணையை காட்ட அருள் புரிய வேண்டும்.
இப்படிக்கு
உங்கள் அன்பு தாஸன்
தயாசிந்து ஸ்ரீவாஸ் தாஸன்
Dayasindhu Śrīnivasa Dāsa (Dīkṣā),
Coimbatore, India
Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahārāja,
All glories to Prabhupāda, All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga!
I am very much fascinated and inspired by seeing your compassion and love towards devotees. Your strong leadership keeps all pillar of ISKCON taller and stronger. It is Lord's mercy on us we got your association Mahārāja. When I see you, I feel the presence of god and my faith on god becomes stronger.
Mahārāja please bless me so that I can remember god in all time and circumstances and engage myself in Kṛṣṇa's service as a humble servant.
Your humble servant,
Debabrata Maji
HARE KṚṢṆA
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear Śrīla Ācāryapāda,
Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet on the most auspicious day of your appearance, Guru Mahārāja. On this auspicious day of your divine descent into this world of duplicity, the heart blossoms with thoughts of gratitude to Your lotus feet which have sheltered me for so long despite my inadequacies and enabled me to live amid these souls who are sincerely dedicated to serving Your Holiness.
Thanksgiving to all of your teachings, you lift a beacon on the dark road guiding me forward. For the well-being of conditioned souls, you accepted a lot of austerity, constantly in preaching to awaken the sleeping souls.
Gurudeva, in order to fulfill our promise of spreading Śrīla Prabhupāda’s preaching movement myself and my good wife have started Bhakti-vṛkṣa at home 8 - 10 devotees regularly attend this program. Apart from this we do organize Dāmodara program because of which a considerable size of devotees and non-devotees do light lamps to Lord Dāmodara. We are also in the process of starting few other preaching programs, but for this we do request your kind blessings.
Please bless us to fulfill your instructions and expectations in the service to His Divine Grace, Śrīla Prabhupāda and the previous ācāryas.
You are an example of what a loving Vaiṣṇava is in many practical ways. Your humility, sense of gratitude, determination and joy has no comparison. Thank you for all what you give us and for sharing your magnanimous vision of how this movement should go forward to please Śrīla Prabhupāda. We are eternally indebted with your kindness towards us. To be serving you personally in this congregational service is a great fortune. Please allow us to remain eternally engaged by you in this way.
Our heartfelt and deepest prayers to Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Narasiṁhadeva and Nitāi - Gaurāṅga to keep you in good health.
Yours most fallen disciples,
Devadatta Pārtha Dāsa
Arcita Gaurāṅgī Devī Dāsī
Bhaktin Shivani
Bhakta Asutosh
Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to You.
I am really happy to be under your shelter. I can see your divine energy is protecting me in all difficulties. You are really a great inspiration for me.
You are always there with me guiding me in all situations. Its all because of your mercy that I am able to practice krishna consciousness. You are a perfect manifestation of mercy of mahaprabhu. I simply beg at your lotus feet and request you to bestow me the transcendental qualities that you have even in a minute quantity. You are executing the orders and instructions given by srila prabhupad directly and indirectly even in this most difficult situations. That is really inspiring me even more. I beg at your lotus feet again and again to have glance on this useless soul so that I may become an small instrument in making bangalore first krishna conscious city and sooner or later I may become dedicated servant in your transcendental mission.
I always wish to be your eternal servant.
Thank you so much Guru Maharaj.
Your servant,
Dharmesvara Dharmendra Das
जब मन में संशय श्रम था
भीतर मृगतृष्णा का भ्रम था
उर में कौतूहल-------------
क्या वह नव-जीवन उपक्रम था?
When my mind was full of doubts
In the heart were the illusions like mirage
And In the heart curiosity sprouts
Was it my new-life entourage?
समय भाग रहा था प्रति क्षण में
हमें लगा कर भविष्य रण में
नयन मूंद सब छिप जाता है
मानो सब जीवन बीता जाता है
Time was escaping in all the moments
By engaging me in the future’s battle
Everyone was hiding in one’s sentiments
And it seemed my life was in rattle
निस्तब्ध निशा, उर स्पंदन चेतन था
निखिल ऐन्द्रिय वशीभूत निषेचन था
कलुष, काल-कवलित निराश्वास में----
विपरीत गति अंचल-निकेतन था
The night was dark silent, conscious was the heart
Captivated were the senses in its’ gratification
Perverted, dead in time’s mouth, I was dumbly its part
Material world was made the home and circled it like an hallucination
तब प्रात हुआ एक दिवस--------
आशा का कोई प्लावन बन पड़ा बरस
प्राणों की प्रतीति में हंसा कोई हँस--------
उन्मुख उन्मुक्त हुआ जो था पूर्व विवश
Then one day rises the sun
And someone deluged on me as the hope
It seemed in the heart smiled a swan
(And) It ungrudged which had no scope
आए थे करुणा के सागर कुछ भक्त समक्ष
मैं नयन मूंद औ’ मुझे अदृष्टिगत उनका दया-पक्ष
मैं अधम! निरादर, उनका क्रंदन न सुन रहा था
निशामय अंधियारी में, विप्लव कलाप से कुंद रहा था
Before me present were devotees, the ocean of mercy
But Covered myself and was bereft of their side
I, wretched! dishonored, rejected which was worthy
(whereas) In the dark night, insurrected and fat-witted I was unsatisfied
किंतु हे करुणा-निधे! तूने अनकहा करुण-क्रंदन सुन लिया
अज्ञात मुझसे तेरी कृपा, जीवन-विजय मेरा बुन दिया
भवसागर के इन झंझातों से----------
निकाल, आश्रय मेरा अपने चरणों में चुन दिया
But O, Ocean of mercy (Gurudev)! You heard my wailing in the agony
(I was) unknown to your kripa, you made my life victorious
You excluded me from this ocean of birth and death, and tragedy
Gave shelter in your lotus feet, which is glorious
अनवगत जब अवगत हुआ औ’ अनागत से आगत
आप अद्भुत! अघ को अज की अज्ञानता से दूर करते अनवरत
श्रावित हुई यह कथा; घटा जब दैहिक कुठाराघात असीमित
कृष्ण से आस लगाए सब चिंतित, थे आप चैतन्य-निहित
You made unknown to known and removed darkness of ignorance
You, Miraculous! Constantly distributing the knowledge of the Unborn (Krishna) to conditioned soul
I heard; you had a stroke immeasurable
Worried everyone, only hope was Krishna, but you were absorbed in Chaitanya whole
चिकित्सकों ने आस थी कर दी त्यक्त
कृष्ण की स्तुतियों में आशामय भक्त
जग शून्य-शून्य सा था बना शून्य का मूर्तिमान----
किंतु विरक्त जगत से, आप कृष्ण-अनुरक्त
The hopes were shattered in Doctors as it was worsened
But the Hopeful devotees offered Krishna the prayers
The world seemed vacant, as if silence were the person
But detached were you, and enamoured by Krishna Who truly cares
संसार के इस सिंधु में उठ रही तरंगें घोर थी
कैसे कहूँ मैं, सुना है सूझती न कोई छोर थी
क्लांत थे, क्लेश में, सब थे उद्वेग में
तब प्रभो ने विनती सुनी संवेग में
Waves in the Ocean of the world seemed egregious
How can I relate, heard unseen were the Oceans’ extremes
Tired was everyone, in the tribulation, in discomposure outrageous
Then Lord heard the prayers, the impetus and means
आप मिले, हमें मिला अभय दान भी
हमें नव-जीवन मिला, वरदान भी
आप हैं अति-प्रिय प्रभुपाद के....
उनकी कृपा देते आप और उपादान भी
We got you, and also the shelter from fear
And we came to new life, and came the blessings
You are the one, who is Prabhupada’s dear
You give his mercy to us, and the aid which brings (the mercy)
जयति हे नाथ! आप ही हो अब सम्हार लो
हे गुणाधार! आप मेरे कर्णधार! विचार लो
इस मानसिक विप्लव में हे प्रभो! आधार दो
क्रूर-कुविचारों के कुठाराघात में शक्ति दो, साभार दो
All glories to you my master! You are the only one who I can hold (to)
O my fortune maker! You are my only helmsman! In reality
O my Lord! In this mental tribulation give me base which I can hold (to)
Save me from cruel-dystrophy of thoughts and give humility
हे नाथ! मैं अधम, मैं दुष्कर्म का छात्र हूँ
मैं हूँ तुम्हारा, इसलिए फिर भी दया का पात्र हूँ
मेरी करुण क्रंदन सुन लीजिये........
अविदित, अज्ञात, दुविधा में, मैं किस मात्र हूँ
O my Lord! I am fallen, and a student of vices
I am yours, and therefore eligible for your mercy
Please listen to my wailing and life-crisis
Ignorant, obscured, bewildered, don’t know am I at all worthy
क्लांत हुआ प्रतीत होते आपके अंग और वेष हैं
मुख पर कृष्ण-प्रेम-स्वेद का फिर भी उन्मेष हैं
चैतन्य-प्रेम-पद्म आपके प्राण-आधार.....
मर्म-वेदना से भरे, धीर, चैतन्य-अनुराग ही शेष हैं
It seems tired are your bodily parts
But your face is radiated with Krishna-Prem’s nectar
Lotus of Chaitanya’s love is your soul and heart
Full of compassion, sober, and Chaitanya-devotion is only your reflector
हे प्रभुपाद-प्रिय! प्रभुपाद-कथा में गदगद-हृदय-निःसृत पुलकित
ओतप्रोत हो, भाव-विभोर-विह्वल अविरल आह्लादित
आप सदैव नवल नीरद-सा मन-पट पर छा जाते हैं
पीड़ास्थल पर शीतल बन कर तब आंसू बरसाते हैं
Srila Prabhupada is very dear to you (and you are Prabhupada’s darling)! In Prabhupada-katha You show symptoms of ecstasy
Full of bliss, filled with emotions and exultations
You are like new monsoon clouds (and resides) in my heart and give serenity
For my wailing heart you come as salvations
हे करुणा-सागर! आप मलयज-मारुत प्रेम-भरा छविवंत हैं
चैतन्य-प्रेम-कंज-किंजल्क-वाहना प्रकृति मनोज्ञ वसंत हैं
करुणा कर मुझ पर! प्रभंजन-वेग में, मैं उद्वेग में......
भवसागर के वेग में, आप ही कर सकते अन्त हैं
O ocean of mercy! You are king of love and carries (love) as breeze
You are carrier of pollens of lotus of Chaitanya-Prem like nature’s heart knows the spring
(Another meaning: you are carrier of pollens of lotus dust of His lotus feet and you know the heart of devotees as spring knows the heart of nature and distributes pollens by its breeze)
Have mercy on me! As I am in hurricane coming from seas
I am in the ocean of Birth and death, But I know you can end it’s sharp sting
ज्वाला का यह ताप मुझे झुलसा रहा
त्रस्त-पथिक मैं, दृग-पथ में भ्रांत, कुम्हला रहा
हे करुणा-निधे! यह करुण-क्रंदन सुन लीजिये
हे नाथ! थोड़ी-सी दया कर मेरी रक्षा कीजिए
The intense heat of material world is searing me
I am tired traveller, illusioned by different paths (and difficulties of those) so am desiccate
O treasure of Compassion! Be compassionate in hearing me
O my master! Have some pity on me and protect from this state.
Dharamatma Nimai Dasa
Hare Kṛṣṇa!
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to You.
I am really happy to be under your shelter. I can see your divine energy is protecting me in all difficulties. You are really a great inspiration for me. You are always there with me guiding me in all situations. It’s all because of your mercy that I am able to practice Kṛṣṇa consciousness. You are a perfect manifestation of mercy of Mahāprabhu. I simply beg at your lotus feet and request you to bestow me the transcendental qualities that you have even in a minute quantity. You are executing the orders and instructions given by Śrīla Prabhupāda directly and indirectly even in this, most difficult situations. That is really inspiring me even more. I beg at your lotus feet again and again to have glance on this useless soul so that I may become a small instrument in making Bangalore first Kṛṣṇa conscious city and sooner or later I may become dedicated servant in your transcendental mission.
I always wish to be your eternal servant.
Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja.
Your servant,
Dharmeśvara Dharmendra Dāsa (Dīkṣā),
Bangalore, India
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracārine
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
On this most auspicious appearance day of your Divine Grace, I offer my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet, His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja All glories to Your Divine Grace.
Many thanks for your example of surrender and service to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Caitanya’s mission with the sincerity you are serving Śrīla Prabhupāda is extremely praiseworthy-and that's a wonderful example for all of us to learn how to serve a spiritual master.
Your un-tired service to Kṛṣṇa and His devotees in spite of your health condition does boost me when I am low or lazy in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. I was having good association when I was in Gulf with the devotees of Kṛṣṇa, but had to leave Gulf due to personal reason. Here I don’t get the association that I used to get in Gulf, but I hope I could get your MERCY to overcome the tricky MIND which sometimes pulls me away from Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.
I feel extremely fortunate to have such a wonderful Vaiṣṇava as my Guru. I wish that Guru Mahārāja stays with us for a long, long time and continues to shower his mercy upon us.
Please help me Guru Mahārāja,
Your insignificant humble servant,
Dina Pāvana Mukunda Dāsa (Dīkṣā)
Calicut -India
Dear Gurumaharaj,
Please accept my humble obeiscences.All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The very first day I heard your glorifications from my God Sisters i had decided that you will be my Spiritual Master though i did not even knew at that time how to choose a Guru.Gurumaharaj you are always inspiring by your actions.Inspite of your health issues you have been preaching tremendously all over the Globe.You are only thinking of how to deliver the fallen souls.Whenever i read a verse from Bhagwat Geeta where Krishna tells about a pure devotee who is always thinking about him i remember you.Thats why you and your life is a living Bhagvat Geeta.You just ask people to chant whether some one is qualified or not.You are preaching across all the villages and small small towns to give Krishna prem.Who can be more mercifull than you.You are empowering so many Grihastas across the Globe to engage in devotional service.Your dedication to Srila Prabhupada is extraordinary.My mercifull spiritual Master you are the desire tree by whose darshan all sins are removed.Your glance itself gives mercy to people.
I pray to Gauranga that one day I can become an instrument in your hands and be able to serve you and all the senior devotees.I beg for your mercy Gurumaharaj.And my prayers in the lotus feet of Krishna that you get well soon.
Your Servant of the servant of the servant,
Deepa Biswas
How fortunate i am to have lived this life,
and be able to try and serve,
How fortunate to have obtained your causeless mercy,
though not possessing anything to deserveHow fortunate to have relished the Lord’s pastimes,
to have tasted its ecstatic nectar,
How much sweeter , how very blissful they become,
when heard from your lips ,O Master.Ignoring limitless pain and nightmares,
far and wide thou preach
For the sound of Kartala and Mridanga,
Till Vaikuntha they must reachFeeling compassionate upon us fallen souls,
you accept all our sins
But for your mercy Gurudeva,
our deliverance has no other meansWho else could have rescued us,
and flooded our hearts with love
Who else could have shown us the light,
And inspired us to serveHankering the shelter of its cooling shades,
Unto your lotus feet we cling
Diptiman Gaurahari and Diptimayi Vishnupriya prays,
Forever your glories we may sing...- Offering by
Diptiman Gaurahari Das & Diptimayi Vishnupriya Devi Dasi
Initiated disciples of Srila Guru Maharaj
Services we are engaged in - We run a preaching website named 'The Gaudiya Treasures of Bengal', where we have written about the pastime places of Lord Gauranga and His parshadas in and around Bengal. The website introduces our Vaishnava acharyas to its readers, narrates their beautiful pastimes and also provides an easy 'How to Reach' to their respective pastime places. The Facebook Page dedicated to this website currently has more than 10,000 followers. This website is an insignificant initiative to assist Guru Maharaja , propagate the glories of Sri Gaurasundara throughout the entire world. In addition to this service, both of us also do book distribution regularly.
Hare Kṛṣṇa Prabhu....
As I am new to ISKCON don’t know about the formalities I should keep while sending an email...
Joining ISKCON is a long await come true as I was waiting to study Bhagavad-gītā... Along with me my family too is enjoying the satsaṅgas...
May Lord Kṛṣṇa shower all His mercy to all the ISKCON members. Thank you!
Faithfully,
Dr. Nisha Renjith
Hare Kṛṣṇa, Dear Guru Mahārāja, Your Holiness Śrīla Jayapatākā Mahārāja. Please accept my humble obeisances unto Your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
I want to ask a question. I dedicate the fruits of all of the austerities that I perform: additional 10 rounds of japa (if possible I chant them while circumambulating Tulasī), following sādhana etc. - to Jayapatākā Swami for His health. Am I allowed to do so?
Also one more set of Gaura Nitāi small size deities came to me, could You please give Them names?
I've been in Kṛṣṇa consciousness since 1995, I'm 71. I live in Russia, in a small town called as best. I worship deities at home - Nitāi Gauracandra. During wintertime I live in the Yekaterinburg temple, perform the service that Kṛṣṇa sends to me.
Your servant,
Gaṇamātā Dāsī
ஹரே கிருஷ்ணா. எனது பணிவான வணக்கங்கள் ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதர் மற்றும் குரு மகராஜருக்கு.
நான் 4 மாலை ஜபம் செய்ய உறுதி எடுத்துக்கொண்டிருந்த சமயத்தில் குரு மஹாராஜர் கோவை வந்திருந்த பொழுது அவரிடம் தீட்சை பெற விருப்பம் உள்ளவர்கள் பெயரை கொடுத்து அவரிடம் வந்து ஆசிர்வாதம் வாங்கிக்கொள்ளுங்கள் என்றபொழுது நானும் சென்று என் பெயரை கொடுத்து ஆசிர்வாதம் வாங்கி வந்தேன். அப்பொழுது நான் இருந்த மனநிலையில் நாமெல்லாம் எங்கே தீட்சை வாங்கப்போகிறோம் என்று நினைத்திருந்தேன். ஏனென்றால் கிருஷ்ண உணர்வை அவ்வளவு சீரியஸாக எடுத்துக்கொள்ளாத நேரம். மேலும் பெளதிக வாழ்க்கையில் முழுவதுமாக ஈடுபாடு கொண்டிருந்தேன். சிறிது காலத்திற்கு பறிகு கிருஷ்ண பக்தியில் முழுவதுமாக ஈடுபட்டு குருமகராஜிடம் தீட்சை பெற்றபொழுதுதான் உணர்ந்தேன். அவருடைய கருணையை. எந்த விதத்திலும் தகுதி இல்லாத மிக தாழ்ந்த நிலையில் உள்ள என்னை இந்த அளவிற்கு கொண்டுவந்து என்னை கிருஷ்ண பக்தியில் ஈடுபடுத்த வைத்தது அவருடைய கருணையும் ஆசிர்வாதமும் ஆகும். அதன்பின் என்னால் முடிந்த சேவையை நான் கிருஷ்ணருக் செய்து கொண்டிருக்கிறேன். கோவை கோவிலில்
ஒருமுறை குரு மஹாராஜர் கோவை வந்திருந்த பொழுது எனக்கு அவரிடம் பேச சந்தர்ப்பம் கிடைத்தது. நான் அவரிடம் நீங்கள் அதிக நாட்கள் கோவையில் இருக்க வேண்டும். நாங்கள் உங்களுக்கு சேவை செய்யவேண்டும் என்று கூறினேன். அதற்கு அவர் கிருஷ்ருக்கு சேவை செய்யுங்களேன் என்றார். நான் கூறினேன் அவருக்கு சேவை செய்வதைவிட அவருடைய பக்தர்களுக்கு சேவை செய்வதை அவர் மிகவும் விரும்புவார் என்று கூறியதை கேட்டு குரு மஹாராஜர் மிகவும் சந்தோஷத்துடன் சிரித்து ஹரிபோல் என்று கூறி என்னை ஆசிர்வதித்தது என் மனதில் பசுமையாக நிற்கிறது.
அவர் உடல் நிலை பாதிக்கப்பட்ட பொழுது கூட அவர் வருடம் தவறாமல் கோவையில் நடைபெறும் ரதயாத்திரையில் கலந்துகொண்டு பக்தர்களுக்கு ஆசிர்வாதம் வழங்குவதை பார்த்து நான் ஆச்சர்யம் அடைந்துள்ளேன். மேலும் நாம் இந்த உடல் அல்ல, ஆத்மா என்பதை முழுவதுமாக உணர்ந்த ஒரு உயர்ந்த ஆன்மீக குருவாக நான் அவரை பார்க்கிறேன்.
நான் ஒரு முறை மாயாப்புர் பரிக்ரமா சென்றிருந்தபொழுது தினசரி அவரை சந்திக்கும் ஒரு பாக்கியம் எனக்கு கிடைத்தது. தினசரி செல்லும் வழியில் அவர் ஏதாவது ஒரு இடத்தில் வந்து எல்லோரையும் சந்தித்து சொற்பொழிவு நிகழ்த்துவார். சில இடங்கள் அவ்வளவு செயகர்யமாக இருக்காது. இருந்தாலும் அவர் உடல் உபாதைகளை பொருட்படுத்தாமல் வந்து பக்தர்களுடன் உரையாற்றிவிட்டுதான் செல்வார். அவரை தரிசிக்கும் பொழுதெல்லாம் நம்மை அறியாமல் ஒரு உற்சாகம் வரும். அவர் கிருஷ்ணருக்கும் அவரது குரு ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதருக்கும் செய்யும் சேவையை நினைத்து மிகவும் வியந்திருக்கிறேன்.
அதேபோல் ஒரு குடும்பத்தலைவர் போல் அனைத்து பக்தர்களின் தேவையை அறிந்து அதை நிறைவேற்றும் மனப்பான்மையை பார்த்து ஆச்சர்யப்படுவேன்.
ஒருமுறை மாயாப்புரில் மதியம் பிரசாதத்திற்காக பக்தர்கள் காத்துக்கொண்டிருந்தபோது, அங்கு சிறிது வெயில் ஆக இருந்தது. அங்கு வந்த குருமஹாராஜர் உடனே சிப்பந்திகளை கூப்பிட்டு அங்கு சாமியானாவை போடச்சொன்னார். அவர்கள அதை செய்த பிறகுதான் அங்கிருந்து சென்றார்.
என்னை பிறப்பு இறப்பு சக்கரத்தில் இருந்து விடுதலை கொடுத்த குரு மஹாராஜர் அவர்களுக்கு என்னுடைய பயிவான வணக்கங்கள். நான் தெரிந்தும் தெரியாமலும் செய்த குற்றங்களுக்கு அவரிடம் மானசீகமாக மன்னிப்பு கேட்டுக்கொள்கிறேன். நான் ஸ்ரீ ஸ்ரீ ராத கிருஷ்ணருக்கும் ஜெகந்நாதர், பலதேவர் மற்றும் சுபத்ரா மாதாவிடம் தொடர்ந்து சேவைசெய்ய அவருடைய கருணையை யாசிக்கிறேன்.
குரு மஹாராஜர் உடல்நிலை தேறி பல ஜீவன்களை கிருஷ்ண பக்திக்கு கொண்டு வரவேண்டும், அவருக்கு நீண்ட ஆயுளை கொடுக்கவேண்டும் என்று முழுமுதற் கடவுள் கிருஷ்ணரிடம் என்னுடைய பிராத்தனைகளை தொடர்ந்து நான் செலுத்துவேன்.
கணபதி வைஷ்ணவ தாஸன்
Ganapati vaiṣṇava Dāsa (dīkṣā),
Coimbatore, India
குருவருள் திருவருள்!
ஜெய் ஜெய் 69வது வியாசபூஜை தித்திப்புநாள்!
ஈரேழு உலகெங்கெனும் நோக்கினும்
எம்முடைய குருவிற்கு நிகர் எமது குருவே!
கருணைமயமானவர் அறிவுமயமானவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் உதாரணமயமானவர்!
சீடர் குழாமுக்கு உயிரானவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் அன்புமயமானவர்!
பிரபுபாதரின் தவப்புதல்வரானவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் கிடைத்தற்கரியவரானவர்!
இயற்கைத்தாயின் நல்வரமானவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் பொக்கிஷமானவர்!
மனிதகுலத்திற்கே நல்உதாரணமானவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் சத் புருஷனானவர்!
உள்ளத்தெளிவின் உருவமானவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் ஞான வடிவானவர்!
பார்போற்றும் புகழுடையவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் பெருமையளிப்பவர்!
விருப்பு வெறுப்பற்ற நிர்மத்ஷரானவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் காழ்ப்புணர்ச்சியற்றவர்!
விருந்ததேவியின் கடாக்ஷமயமானவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் வழிகாட்டியானவர்!
ப்ரஹலாதரின் உள்ள உறுதியுடையவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் ஆதாரமானவர்!
துருவரின் விடாமுயற்சியுடையவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கு வெற்றியின் நாயகனானவர்!
ப்ருதுவின் சீரிய குணமுடையவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் சுபிக்ஷமானவர்!
ஜடபரதரின் பற்றின்மையை கொண்டவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் நல் விளக்கமானவர்!
கபிலரின் பிரதிநிதியானவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் உற்ற நண்பனானவர்!
சம்புவின் அருள்பெற்றவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் ஆஸூதோஷரானவர்!
பிரம்மதேவரின் ஞானவடிவானவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் வேதவடிவானர்!
நாரதரின் ஆசியானவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் சமநோக்குடையவர்!
பாகவத தர்மத்தின் சொரூபமானவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் பிரேமையானவர்!
பக்தர்களின் இதயமானவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் உயிர்மூச்சானவர்!
எளியோரையும் விடுவிப்பவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் பரமரட்சகனானவர்!
நல்லோரின் தேடலானவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் வாழ்வானவர்!
ஸ்ரீமதி ராதையின் அன்பிற்குரியவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் அமிர்தமயமானவர்!
நீலமேக ஸ்யாமாவின் உற்றனானவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் ஆனந்தமயமானவர்!
கந்தர்விகா புதல்வியின் அனைத்துமானவர்!
ஈரேழு உலகிற்கும் நல்வரவானவர்!
வாழிய வாழிய நின் நற்புகழ்!
பாரெங்கும் போற்றட்டும் நின் தயை!
வாழிய வாழிய நின் தாமரைப்பாதம்!
பாரெங்கும் பரவட்டும் நின் நறுமணம்!
வாழிய வாழிய நின் பொற்காலம்!
பாரெங்கும் வளரட்டும் நின் நிழலிலே!
வாழிய வாழிய நின் கருணாகடாக்ஷம்!
பாரெங்கும் பெற்றுய்யட்டும் இடையறாதே!
வாழிய வாழிய நின் திருவருள்!
பாரெங்கும் பரவட்டும் நின் குருவருள்!
வாழிய வாழிய எம்குருவின் 69வது வியாச பூஜை மஹோத்ஸவம்!
பாரெங்கும் போற்றட்டும் எம் குருவின் தன்னிகரற்ற பராக்ரமத்தினையே!
அனைத்து சீடர்களின் கோடானுகோடி உளமார்ந்த வந்தனங்கள்
தீனபந்துவான நம் குருவின் பொற்காத கமலங்களுக்கே உரித்தாகுக!
குருவே சரணம் குருவின் திருவடியே சரணம் சரணம்.
குருவின் பொற்பாத சேவையை என்றென்றும் யாசிக்கும்
காந்தர்விகா மோஹினி தேவி தாஸி
Gāndharvikā Mohini Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā),
Sunadavasudeva Dasa
Gowri
Shivesh
Thuraiyur, India
नमः ॐ विष्णु पादाय, कृष्ण प्रेष्ठाय भूतले श्रीमते जय पताका स्वामिन् इति नामिने ।
नामाचार्य पादाय निताई कृपा प्रदायिने । गौर कथा धाम दाया नगर ग्राम तारिणे ॥
परम पूजनीय गुरुमहाराज की जय । श्रील प्रभुपाद की जय ।
परम पूजनीय गुरुमहाराज मै राम केशव दास आपका आध्यात्मिक पुत्र आपके श्री कमल चरणों में दण्डवत प्रणाम, कोटि कोटि धन्यवाद व आभार व्तक्त करता हूँ कि आपने इस अधम जीव को अपनी शरण प्रदान की, मनुष्य जीवन को जानने व भगवान की सेवा मे अग्रसर किया।
गुरु महाराज यह मेरा सौभाग्य है कि इस 69th व्यास पूजा के पावन अवसर पर मुझे आपका गुणगान करने का सौभग्य मिला। वैष्णवो के दर्शन हमें पवित्र करते हैं वैष्णवो की कृपा से ही भक्ति में आगे बढ़ा जा सकता है।
गुरु महराज आप हमेशा पतित जीवों के उद्धार के लिये तत्पर रहते हैं। योग्य न होते हुए भी अनेकों जीवों को अपनी शरण में लेकर कृपा प्रदान करते हैं तथा कृष्ण की सेवा में लगते हैं।
गूरू महाराज पिछले काफी वर्षों से आपका स्वास्थ ठीक न होने के कारण आपका काफी समय हस्पतालों मे व्यतीत हो रहा है परंतु वहाँ रहते हुए भी आप अपने गुरु श्रील प्रभुपाद को दिये वचनों का पालन करते हैं। सन्यास धर्म व भक्ति के नियमों का पालन करते हैं। सारे विश्व मे फेले भक्तों को केसे ज़्यदा भक्ति मे लगाया जाये व केसे प्रचार कार्य के नये नये तरीके ढूँढ़े जायें के लिये कार्यरत रहते हैं। भक्तों के लिये पुस्तकों का प्रकाशन करा रहें हैं जो हमारा मार्गदर्शन कर हमारी जिज्ञासाओं को शांत करतीं हैं हमें भक्ति मे बने रहने व आगे बढा़ने मे मदद कर रहीं हैं।
आपका हर कार्य सभी भक्तों के लिये एक शिक्षा/आदेश है कि चाहे केसी भी विपरीत परिस्थितियॉ क्यों न आयें हमें अपने गुरु के निर्देशों का अक्षरशः पालन करना चाहिये।
आपका बिना अपने कष्टों की परवाह किये प्रचार कार्य करना सभी को प्रेरणा देने वाला है।
गुरु महाराज मायापुर मे आपका दिल बसता है। नव्द्वीप परिक्रमा में आप ज़्यदा से ज़्यदा भक्तों को अपना संग देकर कृपा प्रदान करते हैं।
आपका सेवक,
राम केशव दास।
साहिबाबाद, गजियाबाद,UP (India)
My dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisance unto your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to you (His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja)
Happy vyāsa-pūjā Guru Mahārāja! This day is a very auspicious day of your entire disciples and for a disciple no day is better than their spiritual master appearance day because all the disciples open their heart of gratitude on this day. But I can’t say a word I am fool nor possess feeling in the heart because trying to serve your mission outwardly but my mind is full of material desire.
So please I pray to you to help me sustain in my own spiritual life and also help me to be fixed in my spiritual owes and sādhana. I don’t have anything to show my gratitude to you because you gave such a precious things to me. My desire is to serve your instructions according to my ability. Please bless me.
My only wish and prayer is you should recover soon and give your mercy like which you gave to us to so many new disciples.
Your insignificant humble servant,
Gaura Premī Devī Dāsī.
JAI SRI KRISHNA BALARAM !! JAI GAURA NITAI !!
JAI SRILA PRABHUPADA!! JAI SRILA GURUDEV!!
Dear GuruMaharaj,
Please accept my humble pranams. Due to your mercy i have been able to relish krishna consciousness with full faith and conviction. Your VANI is so effective that the listener becomes charged up to perform devotional service.
Your KIRTAN is filled with full of devotion as it erupts soons after you start singing which fills the atmosphere with complete bliss. You are a great inspiration to many devotees who have served the movement despite not meeting you personally.
Due to your mercy and blessings the congregation in TRIVANDRUM is highly flourishing day by day and we are able to serve SRI SRI KRISHNA BALARAM with all our efforts. Your poem YADI PRABHUPAD NA HOITO is very beautiful and i admire it very much . Your poem shows your GURUBHAKTI and is an instruction to us disciples how we should serve our GURU. You destroy ignorance in me soon as I think of you.You are an embodiment of mercy and always a guide to never stop me from performing krishna consciousness . On this auspcious occasion of your VYASAPUJA I pray to SRI SRI KRISHNA BALARAM for giving you good health in order to spread SRILA PRABHUPADA'S message.
A KOTI NAMASKARAS UNTO YOUR LOTUS FEET.
from one of your most insignificant servant,
Bhakta Gaura Hari
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept our respectful obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories unto you Śrīla Gurudeva.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracārine
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Gurudeva, having had the opportunity to hear about your glories from some of your sincere and dedicated disciples and hearing their realization about your glories, we could not even comprehend your greatness. You have been an epitome of mercy, for you have accepted us as your disciples. How fortunate are we that we have been blessed by having you as our spiritual father, in spite of us not even having an iota of qualities that the śāstra enjoins for a disciple to possess. As much as being emphasized by Rūpa Gosvāmī in Bhakti-Rasāmṛta-sindhu that 'one who observes discipline, he is called disciple', we definitely have a long way to go to even call ourselves your disciple. Added to that, we now have huge responsibility of bring up our daughter Khishori, who is now 1 year and 8 month old, in a nice Kṛṣṇa conscious environment.
On this auspicious occasion of your 69th vyāsa-pūjā, we seek your blessings, so that we may become useful in assisting you in your mission of serving Śrīla Prabhupāda, the promise that we made during initiation but were never able to do proper justice all these years.
Your useless spiritual children,
Gaurāṅga Prasada Dasa and Śrīguru Sevanandi Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā), Bangalore, India
Dear Gurumaharaja, Happy Vyasa Puja!
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to You! All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
On this most auspicious day I would like to express my gratitude to you, Gurumaharaja. There are no words to fully express your glories, your qualities, your preaching activities, and my gratitude to you. Gurumaharaja, you are my inspiration for my Krishna consciousness and for everything I am doing and would like to do in my spiritual life. Because of your love for Srila Prabhupada, compassion and mercy for the entire world, your preaching activities, and your mood and mission I get inspiration to try to contribute to your mission, which is ultimately Srila Prabhupada’s and Lord Gauranga’s mission.
Your love for Srila Prabhupada and Lord Gauranga is so immense that no matter what your bodily condition is, nothing stops you in your service. Every moment, every step, every word is dedicated to Krishna. Not a single moment is wasted or think about yourself, you are Patita-pavana the most merciful that even when you are in the hospital you are preaching to the doctors and nurses. Nothing can stop Gurumaharaja.
When I see you or even think of you, I understand that all my petty problems are nothing because my real problem is that I am in this material world and how will I come out. When I think of you, I get hope, inspiration, happiness, enthusiasm that I can do it in this life, by your mercy. I get determination and want to surrender my life to Krishna. All insignificant thoughts and problems vanish and I know the only thing that matters is to make Gurumaharaja happy and then my life will be of use and a success.
If I can please you, Gurumaharaja I will consider my life successful. Because all my goals, service, everything in my Krishna Consciousness is for you and because of you. I am so grateful, you have given me everything. What life is better than a life in Krishna Consciousness? You have allowed me to live in Mayapur Dham which means everything to me, I never want to leave. A life in Krishna Consciousness in Sridham Mayapur, fraught with Kirtan and other programs, association of devotees, and a life filled with opportunities for service, this is the perfect life. This is perfection. This is only due to your mercy and blessings.
I am ever indebted to you, Gurumaharaja, so I would like to dedicate my life to your mission. You are a powerhouse full of ideas and projects for the CDM, inspiring us to do more and more for the all the devotees and communities around the world. I have taken up the Children Services Section and this is my connection with you Gurumaharaja. This is how I want to dedicate my entire life, to put Krishna, Srila Prabhupada and you in the centre. I have many ideas for my service, but nothing is possible without the mercy and blessings of Guru and Krishna. Please bless me that I can do something big for Krishna, something big for you, just like Srila Prabhupada said, Chase the Rhinos, do something big for Krishna.
Please always keep me under the shelter of your lotus feet. Please forgive me for any offenses I may have committed to your lotus feet.
Your disciple and spiritual daughter,
Gourangi Gandharvika Devi Dasi,
Sridham Mayapur
My dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my most respectful obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracārine
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
I am Gāyatrī, a simple servant of yours. Please bless me so I can remain fixed and steady in my Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Please bless me, so I can get up early and chant my rounds and become a good chanter and a good preacher.
Please bless me so that I can be consistent in rendering devotional service and eating prasāda always.
I am the most fallen soul. Now, I am living only by Your Grace and blessings.
I need your mercy to chant 16 rounds easily. By your mercy I also want to get initiated into the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava paramparā.
Guru Mahārāja, I am so thankful to you.
Guru Mahārāja. Please bless my husband and son also to come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I feel it would be easy to follow Kṛṣṇa consciousness if whole family is in the same path.
This is my only humble request. Please bless me so that I can be amidst devotees most of the times in order to overcome Māyā.
By your mercy I also want to chant quality rounds daily. By your mercy I am aspiring to read
Śrīla Prabhupāda books on a daily basis and make it a routine.
Thank you again and again for your mercy.
With praṇāmas,
Your insignificant servant,
Gāyatrī (Aspiring),
Chennai, India
Name: Giteshvari Vishnupriya dd
City:New Delhi
Country:India
Initiated On: 1st April 2015
In: ŚRĪ DHAM MĀYĀPUR
HARE KṚṢṆA!
All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All Glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga! All All All Glories to You Dear Guru Mahārāja!
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe
Please accept my heartfelt respectful obeisances at Your Lotus Feet Dear Guru Mahārāja.
Beloved Spiritual Father,
I wish You and myself a very blessed Vyāsa-pūjā. I thank Your Holiness to be present on Mother Earth bearing innumerable pains and sufferings just so that I and many like me can receive Your loving mercy and try to aim going back to Godhead. Just by Your darśana and association. I do not know how many mountains of sins KṚṢṆA must be removing from my destiny. Your existence for sake of us. . . the purity of Your devotion and sādhana is destroying uncalculated sins I have committed. I am grateful to You for Your mercy and though being unworthy of having You as my spiritual master. . . You still accepted me and are giving out causeless mercy at every step and every day of my life.
Dearest Beloved Guru Mahārāja
When I look at Your simplest day to day actions. . . I only learn n observe humbleness and unconditional love pouring for me. The quality of never criticizing anyone. . . in fact not even a non-living thing. . . is what I have always observed from You. This is so difficult and austere. At this point and many more. . . I realize the 3rd offence to be avoided during Chanting “to disobey the orders of Spiritual Master or to consider the Spiritual Master to be an ordinary person” To not criticize something. . . someone. . . some situation is so very austere. . . which I immediately and easily do it. It’s a great austerity.
I wish to GOD, I can imbibe in me particularly this quality from You from the many millions of other qualities You possess. I am learning and want to get these values from Your Holiness my Spiritual Father. I am only understanding and realizing how much disciplined life of austerity you follow.
After chanting and finishing all my prayers and saṅkalpa prayers. . . I have a habit to watch videos of infant babies. . . I randomly came across a video of You while browsing. . . This video hit me very hard and straight pierced through my heart. I had tears in my eyes when I saw n listened to it. I watched it again and again. . . many times.
In the video I see you are in not good health. . . almost half of your body weight shed away… this video was probably before 2016 when the major transplant happened. You said if there is anybody who has done any offense to me. . . accidentally. . . knowingly or unknowingly. . . I pray to KṚṢṆA to forgive you all. I pray to LORD to bless you taste for Chanting and devotional service to HIM. This made me cry.
How much more merciful can one be than You Dear Guru Mahārāja. Here, I am hurting You and harming by speaking small, small lies. . . doing offences to Vaiṣṇavas. . . not chanting attentively many and most times. . . criticizing people, situations, everyone.
Following the regulatory principles. . . but also breaking them in subtle ways. . . all knowing that this will harm my Dear Guru Mahārāja. . . And still committing these aprādhas. . . And here I see You with selfless flowing love and mercy. You are merciful than even KṚṢṆA. Even He doesn’t have this great heart as big as You have.
I saw that video again and again. . . don’t know how many times and also saved and shared this video with Kairava Candrika so that we can see it again and again and again and again, and again. . . and remind ourselves to at least try to make ourselves worthy of having You as our Spiritual Master.
You will not be happy with me but even right now when I am writing this year’s glorification to You. Just the previous night I again spoke lies to the Train TT coach.
Here again a miracle happened which You do to save Your disciples. This miracle is again one of the innumerous ones happening in my day to day life where I seek Your shelter n protection after making blunders. I confess to You this incident. . . but I am learning to correct myself and work towards being a better disciple.
I am travelling from Delhi to Udaipur back to back since 2 nights 2 days at a stretch for 3 destination weddings clashing with one another. Due to this Mamma n myself had to split into these 2 cities to take care of work.
The flight prices had soared. . . And no confirm railway tickets available anymore coz it’s same day travelling
I could not get a confirm railway ticket n the only way I had was to travel on a confirm seat but in someone else’s name. The person was from my team itself n she stayed in Udaipur to continue working here. . . . And I took her aadhar card and travelled in the train on her ticket. When TT came for checking. . . he found out. The penalty for the 2Ac ticket charge + penalty for not having my own name ticket was amounting to approximately 7000 Rs I was prepared to pay the penalty as has no choice to reach on time next day. . .
But I dint even think at that time. . . that this will cause harm to You. . . Because in a way. . . it was a lie. . . but I still did it. Now the TT was also angry and I did not have the courage to speak to him. At that time I started praying to You. I recited Your praṇāma-mantra and begged for forgiveness for this sin.
The man sitting next to me. . . assured me to not panic and said let him have a word with the TT. He tried to speak with him and sort it out. My prayers to You were getting intense. . . I feared due to the blunder. . . And what if he doesn’t let me travel on that confirm seat. The man and TT had long time conversation. . . The TT came out to belong from the man’s own Rajasthani community. . . same caste. . . they called it some Meena caste. . . . TT got pacified after the man’s interference. He took Rs 500 only and let me travel on same ticket. I am embarrassed to share this with You knowing what You would think of me for lying. . . but I realized that day I must avoid even slightest of lies as they are harming You. Causing You bad health. I ask You for forgiveness. Your mercy is so tremendously live n always with me. . . You are always saving Your disciples. . . And teaching them to correct themselves where we are going wrong.
Last Vyāsa-pūjā offering I had shared with Your Holiness that we are preparing for a surprise for You on the 1st day of PURUṢOTTAMA Month on 18July 2023.
We regret and apologize that it could not happen. I pray to You for Your causeless mercy to allow myself Kairava Candrikā Mummy and Papa to present this surprise for You.
We need Your mercy to let that happen. We pray to You to make it happen in May 2026 the coming next PURUṢOTTAMA Month. Without Your mercy. . . nothing is possible.
Dear Guru Mahārāja. . . Thank You for finding me and accepting me. You know everything. . . my flaws and my faults. I sincerely want to become a good disciple and want to serve You. By serving You I experience true happiness. Please engage me in Your service and I do everything that pleases You. Many many gratitude to You. Thank You!
Your undeserving servant and daughter,
Gīteśvarī Viṣṇupriyā Devī Dāsī
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
Dear Śrīla Gurudeva and our spiritual father,
Please accept my most humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Gurudeva, All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
On this auspicious occasion of your 69th birthday (the Vyāsa-pūjā) celebrations 2018, I pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to be merciful so that you regain your health and to give you long and healthy life and give you all protection so as to enable you to continuously distribute Kṛṣṇa-prema to innumerable fallen conditioned souls and lead them to their real home, back to Godhead.
Guru Mahārāja, please forgive me for any offences I may have committed knowingly or unknowingly and beg for your blessings for my spiritual advancement and to serve guru Mahārāja and Kṛṣṇa in a better way. In fact, I am unable to glorify you Guru Mahārāja as I am an ignorant and fallen conditioned soul. However, I try to make an attempt to glorify you, as you are my beloved spiritual father.
Guru Mahārāja, I always remember your spiritual activities. Though you are not able to do anything alone, you are very eager and serious about distributing Kṛṣṇa-prema to more fallen conditioned souls. To prove this I quote a sentence from your health update – “With these serious health problems by strictly following the regulative principles and helping him to make more devotees with his known heroic attitude, he wants to actively continue his preaching and performing his services for Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Caitanya. Thus we request everyone’s prayers for him to fulfill his performance.”
Śrīla Gurudeva, please bless us and our Nāmahaṭṭa group so that we can overcome the present impediments and improve our ability to preach the glories of Guru and Gaurāṅga to the conditioned and fallen souls like me. Help me to be free of all offenses so I develop a taste for the Holy names which you have instructed me to chant. You know everything I do; therefore I pray that everything I do – my behavior, my devotional service – be a source of pleasure to you.
We are living in South Vṛndāvana and doing services to their Lordships, Rādhā Vṛndāvana Kṛṣṇa, Jagannātha, Baladeva, Subhadrā Mayī and Gaura-Nitāi on a day today basis. We also conduct three Bhagavad-gītā classes in a week and just started Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam class. To continue our preaching here in Kerala we pray to Guru Mahārāja’s blessings so that we could succeed in our endeavor as Kerala is a very difficult place for preaching.
My family joins me to wish you Guru Mahārāja many, many happy returns of the day.
Your humble and most fallen spiritual son,
Gokula Gopīnātha Dāsa (Dīkṣā Disciple)
Rāsa Vilāṣiṇī Rādhā Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā Disciple)
Vaṁśidhara Mohana Dāsa and Śyāmapriyā Gopikā Devī Dasī (Dīkṣā Disciples)
Nithin and Vandanā
Kanhaiyā, Śrī Hari and Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Place : South Vṛndāvana (Mathuradeśa)
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
My dear spiritual father,
Please accept my respectful obeisances unto Your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Your Divine Grace whose example of full surrender to and total absorption in the pastimes and instructions of Lord Chaitanya and Srila Prabhupada - even in this very difficult and demanding external health condition - is giving Your followers an inexhaustible supply of spiritual inspiration and reason enough to serve ISKCON with all our energy.
Srila Prabhupada's purport to SB 1.5.24 contains this heavy statement: "Without being self-controlled, without being disciplined and without being fully obedient, no one can become successful in following the instructions of the spiritual master, and without doing so, no one is able to go back to Godhead." There was also the Vyasa Puja glorification by HH Bhakti Madhurya Goswami Maharaj where Maharaj clearly distinguished who is a real disciple from who is an "initiate".
Guru Maharaj, You are most merciful and tolerant of your children's faults, but 13 years since first initiation, I am still a poor shadow of an initiate. I perform my so-called service mindlessly, chant inattentively and sometimes fail to complete 16 rounds, do not read Srila Prabhupada's books regularly, struggle to control my sinful thoughts, harbor lust, anger, pride and ego in my heart, and still have the attitude that I am the enjoyer. With all this, I dare to call myself your disciple and think of myself as an "all-right" devotee. How long shall I cheat myself and others like this? Time is running out. And yet, the desire to never give up come what may, the desire to drag my consciousness uphill towards Krishna Consciousness, the desire to one day consciously, mindfully live every moment thinking, feeling and acting as a happy instrument in Your service to Srila Prabhupada and Nitai-Gauranga - this desire is somehow still alive. And every year or two, somehow Lord Chaitanya is allowing me entrance into Your beloved home, Sri Mayapur Dham. Why all this continued blessings? Guru Maharaj, all this is due only to Your unconditional love and kindness upon all of your children, and among them me too. There is no other logical explanation possible.
Sometimes, the problem with receiving unconditional mercy is that thankless people take it for granted. But to be a gentleman, the receiver should at least try his best to reciprocate. Guru Maharaj, on this occasion of Vyasa Puja, may I begin to sincerely reciprocate with You, although I should know well that the debt to the spiritual master can never be repaid in a zillion lifetimes. As per Your recent instructions sent from the Chennai hospital, let me begin to reciprocate by reaffirming my commitment to chanting 16 rounds daily without keeping pending japa except in rare emergencies, following the four regulative principles always, keeping a daily sadhana program of aratis and studying Srila Prabhupada's books as well as hearing Prabhupada's and Your lectures regularly. Once these are ensured, I also wish to gradually try my best, in whatever humble way possible, to execute Your desire to see Srila Prabhupada's and Lord Chaitanya's names made famous in Kochi, the place I happen to live in.
Guru Maharaj, we are now trying to gradually develop the small ISKCON extension center in Kochi as an offering to Your lotus feet. Some very simple-at-heart, sincere devotees are gradually increasing their devotional commitments for personal practice and preaching. We were fortunate to take some of these devotees last month to Sridham Mayapur during the time of ILS and Kirtan Mela. All the devotees were visibly affected, charmed by the Mayapur atmosphere overflowing with such Gauranga-prema even an insensitive neophyte cannot but perceive. Everyone was in wonder, how by Srila Prabhupada's strong desire, Your Divine Grace along with some other veteran devotees have been transcendentally empowered to transform a rice field into such a vibrant international spiritual city where devotees from 160+ countries were visiting at the time we were there.
So these devotees are now very fired up from the Mayapur experience. Now a lot of effort in devotee education, training and care is required. Children's preaching is picking up, that also has to be organized. Book distribution, Nagar Sankirtan, College and Corporate preaching are all important. In addition, certain outreach programs we did in nearby areas shows that there is tremendous potential for Bhakti Vriksha preaching here. HG Srivas Krishna Chaitanya Prabhu has kindly agreed to guide and train local devotees in organized Bhakti Vriksha preaching. HH Bhakti Vinoda Swami Maharaj, HG Jagat Sakshi Prabhu, HG Satyamedha Prabhu and others are taking care of us. There is so much to do, and the energy, the intelligence and resources to do any of these things can come only by the mercy of Lord Balarama that flows through the disciplic succession and is made available by Your Divine Grace to those who are desirous of seeing You and Krishna pleased, albeit with our so many faults and imperfections.
Along with my parents, HG Ananta Srikrishna Prabhu and Gitesvari Gopika devi dasi and my sister Mahalekshmy, I offer my grateful, prostrated obeisances unto Your lotus feet on this most auspicious occasion of Your Vyasa Puja. We pray to Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Sri Pancha Tattva, Sri Mayapur Narasimhadev, Tulasi Maharani, Sri Hanumanji, the previous acharyas in our Guru Parampara and to His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada that They kindly bless You and all of us Your children by enabling Your complete physical recovery and by allowing us to have Your personal association for many decades to come. Thank you Guru Maharaj, kindly forgive my so many offenses and continue to keep me under Your protection. I pray that someday I may qualify to be a disciple. Regardless of when that happens, let me serve You, even life after life.
Your eternal servant,
Gopal Gaura Guru das (diksha)
Kochi, Kerala, India
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
My dear Guru Deva His Divine Grace Jaya pataka swami Maharaja,
Please accept my humble respectful obeisances .
All glories to Srila Prabhupada .
All glories to Gurudeva and Gauranga.
On this vyasa puja day I am praying their Lordships Sri Sri Jagannatha,Baladeva, and Subhadradevi and Sri Narasingadeva to keep you always in good health. On this 69th appearance day of yours, I submit my glorification to your lotus feet . Please accept and bless me Guru Maharaja. Guru Maharaja you are a pure devotee of supreme lord Sri Krishna,hence all good qualities are already manifested within you. I cannot glorify your unlimited wonderful qualities in this glorification . However it is my duty as a disciple to glorify you on the vyasa puja day of yours with few things here.
Youare very very merciful. Here I would like to share my realization :Maharajah You gave me second initiation during the year 2007 on ratha yatraday at coimbatore.After that, a few days later You appeared in my dream and chanted Sanskrit slokas in my ears with fast speed ,which i could able to hear properly and I was wondering about this dream and not able to understand why this is happening to me. The next day morning I went to temple to have darshan of SriSri Sri Jagannath BalaDev and Subhadra Devi, Head Pujari called me and asked me to do Arathi to the deities, from that day on wards i could able to do puja services to Their Lordships.All this is because of Your blessings and mercy. This incident made me to understand How Krishna gives Guru and Guru gives Krishna.SrilaPrabhupada states in Srimad Bagavadam by doing loving devotional services to Guru And Krishna one can go back toGod head and he can be peace-full and bliss full.Therefore I request You Guru Maharaja bless and guide me to execute loving devotional services to you and Supreme Lord even life afterlife. Like this many more to Glorify You. I could not because of limitations. Guru Maharaja please forgive me for my offences knowingly and unknowingly done. Please bless me in chanting Hare Krishna Maga mantra to advance with taste. Finally once again pray for Your good health To Lordships Sri Sri Sri Jagannatha Baladeva Subhadra Devi And Sri Narashinga Deva so that You can guide and save many more souls to go back to God Head even in this life time itself Which is Your main goal and to please Srila Prabhupada. 69th vyasa Puja celebrations for HHJayapataka swami Guru Magharajki jai, Srila A.c. Baktivedanta swami Prabhupada ki jai . Gouranga Mahaprabhuki jai, Nithyanantha prabhuki jai. Hare Krishna.
Your servant
Gopathi Govinda dasa (.Diksa)
Coimbatore.India
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Dearmost Guru Mahajara,
Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga ! All glories to the great Sena-pati Bhakta, Srila Prabhupada ! All glories to your Holiness, the foremost General of Srila Prabhupada's army !
On the most auspicious occasion of your divine appearance day, we pray to Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Sri Sri Panca Tattva and Sri Sri Nrsimhadeva to protect your Holiness, so that the war against maya may continue unabated and your Holiness continue to save millions more from the blazing fire of material life.
We hope to continue with our insignificant services to please our spiritual father and pray for your blessings to bring our minds in union with your desires, just like you have done. Dearest Guru maharaja, you are truly the embodiment of 'guru mukha padma vakya citete koriya aikya'.
Well wishers like your Holiness is the most needed people in this world today, so we ferventy pray to Lord Sri Krishna that the world continues to benefit by our presence .
Begging for your mercy at all times,
We remain,
Your humble servants,
Govardhana Giri Dasa,
Gokula Gaurangi Devi Dasi
Bhakta Gaurahari
Bhakta Madhavkrishna
My Dear spiritual father,
Please accept my respectful and humble obeisances of your lotus feet. Being a lonely lady I came to Jagannātha temple without much devotion and expectation. Because I last my only son in an accident which made very impressed. I got separated from my husband at very early stage of my married life and now I am in 70s with my nephew‘s financial support I live alone.
I am very fortunate to meet you in a function – held in Coimbatore Jagannātha temple – your feet touched my head when I paid obeisances to you. After that incident I felt very peaceful and my Kṛṣṇa conscious was progressing slowly and steadily. Regularly I do maṅgala ārati, Tulasī-pūjā, Deity worship, chanting and reading without pending. Apart from thus I do service for Lord Jagannātha like cooking his bhoga, prepare juice and snacks for him on regular basis. Few years back I came to Māyāpur and stayed for a month during Dāmodara month. At that time I prayed that I must get at least a flower from yours hand but by Lord Kṛṣṇa’s mercy I received a garland from you. Which made me very, very happy and blissful.
Again and again I got your mercy. Only with you and Lord Kṛṣṇa’s love, blessings I am able lead my life. I always feel you are there with me eternally. Please bless me to engage in your devotional service.
Give me your blessings for do devotional service.
Yours spiritual daughter,
Govindha Yaśodā Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā),
Coimbatore, India
My Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to your glorious service to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
I am your unqualified son. I absolutely do not have any knowledge or qualification to even understand your greatness, what to speak of glorifying you. However, with your mercy only, for my own purification, to please you, I should speak a few words like child breaking words. I want everyone know how merciful you have been to this insignificant soul - how you have brought me to the lotus feet of Śrīla Prabhupāda and given me a chance to associate with wonderful devotees by staying at Jahnudwip voice.
It is you Guru Mahārāja who just by glancing upon this pour soul saved me from drowning in the material world. I would like to quote the famous verse from Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛita (Madhya 22.54)
‘sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-çāstre kaya
lava-mātra sādhu-saṅge sarva-siddhi haya“The verdict of all revealed scriptures is that by even a moment’s association with a pure devotee, one can attain all success”
Prabhupāda gave a one-line purport to this verse, “According to astronomical calculations, a ‘lava’ is one eleventh of a second.”
Yes, by one eleventh of a second, you changed me and many others!
Yes, I was saved by your mere sight even in dream, you advice me to take shalter of Srila Prabhupada through you. By your living example I am so inspired that how you want to teach all of your sheltered soul to become Gabhir Jaler Mach(Fish of a deep water).
I would like to quote the famous verse from Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (11.9.29) which is very relevant to your mood of Gabhir Jaler Mach in the glorius mission of Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahapravu.
labdhvā su-durlabham idaṁ bahu-sambhavānte
mānuṣyam artha-dam anityam apīha dhīraḥ
tūrṇaṁ yateta na pated anu-mṛtyu yāvan
niḥśreyasāya viṣayaḥ khalu sarvataḥ syāt"After many, many births and deaths one achieves the rare human form of life, which, although temporary, affords one the opportunity to attain the highest perfection. Thus a sober human being should quickly endeavor for the ultimate perfection of life as long as his body, which is always subject to death, has not fallen down and died. After all, sense gratification is available even in the most abominable species of life, whereas Kṛṣṇa consciousness is possible only for a human being."
Srila Prabhupada also quote this verse and teach us "Dont take any risk, finish this Krishna Consciousness Business in this Life Only."
Kṛṣṇa is the most merciful; however, devotees are more merciful than the Lord. That’s why Nityānanda Prabhu was more merciful than Mahāprabhu. He delivered personalities like Jagāi and Mādhāi, who didn’t have any chance of Mahāprabhu’s association. Śrīla Prabhuada is even more merciful because he delivered hundreds of Jagāi Mādhāi. You are his true disciple and got his full blessings. You have travelled all the nooks and corners of the world to bestow your mercy upon thousands of Jagāi Mādhāi not by killing them but by killing there demonic nature. You have given up your youth, risked your health to travel to all the remote villages of Bangladesh and India, dangerous places like Russia and Middle East, and all over the world and transformed thousands of people. Who in this present world is as merciful as you? There is no one! Absolutely no one!.....you are always carrying burden of love given by Srila Prabhupada through many instruction.
This year by your blessings and mercy I have completed most blissfull event in Krishna Consciousness,Navadwip Mandal Parikrama . I was totally intoxicated to chanting always Gourangaaaa.....Gourangaaaaaa....Gourangaaaaaaaa. I was also amazed by seeing your dedication to serve Mission Of Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahapravu.
I offer my humble obeisances to your lotus feet again and again. Please bless me so that I can always be attached to you and Śrīla Prabhupāda. Please bless me so that I can always be conscious under your sheltered devotees by following rules and regulation more properly. Please make me an instrument in your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Your unqualified son,
Gunograhi Gouranga Dasa,
(ISKCON KOLKATA)
Dear Srila Guru Deva,
I have been reading Srili Prabupadas Book about the his journey towards preaching in America. Tears came to eyes constantly how grateful I am today to have the apportunity to be associated with ISKCON for the past 9 years. I have no words to express your mercy which showered on me on 09 Sep 2016( Radhastamy Day) the same day my Gurrumaharaj was also initiated. I have no qualification whatsoever but I firmly believe I can assist Srila Prabupada's mission in whatsoever capacity till the last breath of my life. Gurumaharaj in Chennai I am blessed but I could not see him but I am praying regularly for Gurumaharaj health so that you can make hundreds and thousand of divotees throughout the world. Because of the confidence you have invested in me I am able to take BG classes on Saturday and Sunday in two places and also assisting for Book distribution programme.
As I have read in Srila Prapupadas Book I am sharing his words one day it would become true and I will strive very hard to fulfill the mssion.
When will that day come when a temple will be established in every house in every corner of the world?
When will the high-court judge be a Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava with tilaka beautifully decorating his forehead?
When will a Vaiṣṇava winning votes be elected president of the land and preaching be spread everywhere?
All glories to Guru & Gauranga
Hari Bol
Hari Parameshwara Dasa
All glories to Sri Gurudev
All gloires to Srila Prabhupada
Gurudev, Please accept my respectful obeisance unto your lotus feet.
I was listening to one of your Vyasapuja lectures delivered on Apr 20, 1986. I noted few important points.
Point 1:
"Vyasa Puja means to worship the entire Guru Parampara"
This gives me a lot of faith and confidence. If i just try to fulfill your instructions, i will be able to please Srila Prabhupada, all the previous acharayas all the way up to Supreme Lord Sri Krishna.
Point 2:
"Just as he(Srila Prabhupada) said
1. to distribute ten thousand big books and hundred thousand small books every month. Told me to expand the preaching unlimitedly.
2. He told me to develop the Kingdom of God that he had given, Mayapur Dham.
3. He also told me that I should travel, that I had to take the curse of Narada muni, the curse that he had."
and many more...
This you spoke in 1986 and i am hearing you speak the same even up till now. It is an intense meditation.
You are teaching us a very important lesson through this. Meditating on Sri Guru's instructions and making it the only purpose of existence is the perfection of life.
Point 3:
"I take it anything that Prabhupad expressed is actually the desire of Krishna manifested through Prabhupad, whether Prabhupad tells it to me or to someone else it is of the same absolute nature"
Here i am learning the absolute nature of Guru Vani. Every word that emanates from the lotus lips of Sri Guru is mercy that can purify us and take us back to Godhead if followed with utmost care.
Point 4:
"I feel so helpless when I have to do some important work that I am forced to depend upon the mercy of Prabhupad, I don’t see any other way of doing something."
In this point you are very mercifully reveling the Secret of Success. May i develop a drop of this quality and depend on your mercy for fulfilling your divine instructions.
Though all the instructions given by Srila Prabhupada to you and all that you have very mercifully spoken in your divine lectures and audience are to be meditated and worth sacrificing my life. I tend to meditate on your one instruction more than others. That is "Make Bangalore first Krishna Conscious City". It is a massive task. I don’t know how will we even begin executing this instruction. But the greatest faith giving assurance is your causeless mercy. Gurudev, only by your mercy this massive task could be achieved.
Begging forgiveness for my offences
Begging forgiveness for all my actions which influenced negatively in fulfilling your mission
Begging forgiveness for all my actions which did not favor co-operative spirit among devotees
Begging your mercy so that, i can constantly think of your instructions and act cooperatively and assist all the devotees in fulfilling your divine mission
Your insignificant disciple,
Hariksetra Dasa
நம ஓம் விஷ்ணு-பாதாய கிருஷ்ண-ப்ரேஷ்டாய பூ-தலே
ஸ்ரீமதே ஜெயபதாகா-ஸ்வாமின் இதி நாமினே
நம ஆச்சார்ய பாதாய நிதாய்-க்ருப-ப்ரதாயினே
கௌர-கத தாமதாய நகர-க்ராம தாரிணே
‘பகவான் ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணருக்கு மிகவும் பிரியமானவரும் அவரது தாமரைப்பாதங்களில் தஞ்சமடைந்தவருமான என்னுடைய குருதேவரின் தாமரைப்பாத கமலங்களுக்கு என்னுடைய கோடிக்கணக்கான வணக்கங்களை மீண்டும் மீண்டும் சமர்ப்பிக்கின்றேன்.
நித்யானந்த பிரபுவின் கருணையை பெற்ற என்னுடைய குருதேவரே, உங்களுடைய தாமரைப்பாத கமலங்களுக்கு என்னுடைய பணிவான வணக்கங்களை சமர்ப்பிக்கின்றேன்.
என்னுடைய குருதேவரே உங்களை போற்றுவதற்கான வாய்ப்பினை நல்கியதற்காக நான் மனமார்ந்த நன்றியை தெரிவித்துக்கொள்கின்றேன்.
ஸகல மரியாதைகளையும் தங்களுக்கே சமர்ப்பிக்கின்றேன். பல குற்றங்கள் புரிந்து இருப்பினும்கூட, என்னை மன்னித்து எனக்கு தீட்சை அளித்தீர்கள். குருதேவரே தங்களுடைய தாமரைப்பாத கமலங்களுக்கு என் பணிவான வணக்கங்களை தெரிவித்துக்கொள்கிறேன்.
என்னுயிர் ஆன்மீக குருவே தாங்களே கருணைக்கடலாவீர். தாங்களே வைஷ்ணவர் என்பதின் உண்மைப்பொருளாவீர்.
குருதேவரே நீங்கள் கிருஷ்ண உணர்வை வழங்குவதின் மூலமாக மக்களை காப்பதைபற்றிய எண்ணத்திலேயே எப்போதும் ஆழ்ந்திருக்கின்றீர்கள்.
உங்களுடைய சேவை அளவிட முடியாதவை. வரலாற்றில் இதுவரை காணாத அளவில் தங்களிடம் மட்டுமே கணக்கில் அடங்காத பக்தர்கள் அடைக்கலம் பெற்று அற்புதமான கிருஷ்ண உணர்வை தங்களிடமிருந்தே பக்தர்கள் பெற்றுள்ளனர்.
உடல் ஒருபோதும் பிரச்சாரத்திற்கு தடையில்லை என்பதினை நிரூபித்து காட்டியுள்ளீர்கள்.
தாங்கள் எப்போதும் இரக்கமும், கருணையும் கொண்டவராவீர். ‘குருதேவரே” எனது சாஷ்டாங்க நமஸ்காரங்களை தங்களுடைய தாமரைப்பாதங்களில் சமர்ப்பித்து நான் தெரிந்தோ தெரியாமலோ செய்துள்ள குற்றங்களிலிருந்து என்னை ‘மன்னித்தருளும்படி” வேண்டுகின்றேன்.
குருதேவரே நான் பக்திசேவையில் ஒவ்வொரு அடியிலும், முழு நம்பிக்கையுடனும் உறுதியுடனும் செயலாற்ற வேண்டும். எக்காரணத்திற்காகவும் ஒருபோதும் நான் தளராமல் இருப்பதற்காக என்னை மன்னித்து ஆசிர்வதிப்பீராக.
தங்களுடைய கருணையை எப்பொழுதும் எனக்கு தந்தருள வேண்டும் என்று பணிவன்புடன் வேண்டிக்கொள்கின்றேன்.
ஹரே கிருஷ்ணா
இந்திர சகி சேவிகா தேவி தாஸி, துறையூர்
Indra Sakhi Sevikā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā),
Thuraiyur, India
Dear Maharaja, Please accept my humble obeisance.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to you on this auspicious day of your vyasapuja.
I am a college student,who by the mercy of your glorious disciples, was able to come in contact with the supreme thing:Krishna consciousness.and also with you.I have myself seen and heard your unlimited glories in spreading the mission of Mahaprabhu.
You are a living example of the fact that "we are not the body,we are soul."I would humbly request you to pray for me,so that I can serve the mission of Srila Prabhupada,by efficiently practising and spreading Krishna Consciousness.
Your insignificant servant,
Indranil Chatterjee
(BACE,Kalyani).
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dearest Srila Guru Maharaj
Please accept my most respectful and humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you, Guru Maharaj!
My understanding from Srila Prabhupada’s purports to SB 1.5.6: “A tangible change in one’s life - an important symptom visible after initiation by the bona fide spiritual master.” Since Initiation in 2007, when I look back, I realise how incredibly my subtle body is been tamed down and how you have blessed me with an ocean of spiritual realizations. In the midst of devotional service, in the association of devotees, I was always able to face the challenges, some of them very tough, with the firm faith that my Guru Maharaj knows what’s best for me and all these challenges are only for my purification. In fact, every one of the challenges I faced, only increased my faith and surrender in you, Guru Maharaj.
Whenever you had been to Coimbatore, you have lovingly engaged me, though not qualified, in many of your personal sevas. With the most transcendental and subtle feelings, emotions, reciprocations & experience that you have mercifully bestowed upon me during such sevas, I have always realized that I will serve Krishna also, in the same way.
When I try to understand, through Bhaktivedanta purports, the intricacies of the material nature and the deep subtleties of devotional service, I realise : “ yogyata-vicare, kichu nahi pai, tomara karuna sara – Upon examining my value, I find that I have none; your mercy is essential to me.” Please be merciful upon me, my beloved spiritual father, give me protection & shelter at your lotus feet and guide me in the principles of devotional service, eternally.
On this most auspicious day of your Vyasa Puja, I pray to you, Guru Maharaj, that let me always be a willing instrument in your hands to serve Srila Prabhupad’s movement.
Praying to Sri Radha Shyamsundar and Sri Narasinghadev for your good health,
Your humble servant
Isvara Sakti Devi Dasi.
নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণু পাদায় কৃষ্ণ প্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনিতি নামিনে।
নমো আচার্য পাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে গৌরকথা দামোধায় নগর গ্রাম তারিণে ।।
হে আমার পরম আরাধ্য গুরুদেব, কৃপা পূর্বক আমার দণ্ডবৎ প্রণতি গ্রহণ করুন। আমি অত্যন্ত অধপতিত হওয়া সত্যেও আপনার কৃপা বারি থেকে আমাকে আপনি বঞ্জিত করেননি। সেই জন্য আমি অনন্ত কাল কৃতজ্ঞ আপনা কাছে। আমি যেন কখনোই আপনার শ্রীচরণের করুণা থেকে বঞ্চিত না হই। আপনার বিশেষ করুণার ফলেই আজ আমি সহ সারা পৃথিবীর অনেক জীবাত্মারা শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের এই মিশনে অংশ গ্রহণ করতে পেরেছি। সাধু সঙ্গে কৃষ্ণ নাম করার সুযোগ পেয়েছি। আপনি আমাকে আর্শিবাদ করবেন যাতে আমি নাম অপরাধ থেকে মুক্ত হতে পারি।
শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ আমাদের প্রতি করুণা পরবশ হয়ে আপনাকে পাঠিয়েছেন এই বাংলায়। তাই আজ আপনার বিশেষ করুণার ফলে সেবার অযোগ্য হওয়া সর্তেও আমি এখন সরসরি আপনার সেবা করার সুযোগ পেয়েছি জে.পি.এস আরকাইভস্ এর মাধ্যেমে। দেবামৃত নিতাই প্রভু এবং শ্যাম রসিক প্রভুর বিশেষ অনুপেরণায় আমরা চেষ্টা করছি আপনার শ্রীমুখপদ্ম বাক্য থেকে নেওয়া কিছু কোটর্স দিয়ে একটি ৩৬৫ দিনের ক্যালেন্ডার তৈরি করতে, আপনি দয়া করবেন যাতে করে আমরা আপনার এই বানীগুলি জগৎ জীবের কাছে পৌছে দিতে পারি।
গুরুমহারাজ আজকের এই শুভ ব্যাসপূজা তীথি দিবসে আমার বিশেষ নিবেদন এই যে, শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ বলেছিলেন আপনি হচ্ছেন গৌর-ধন-জন। তাই আপনার কাছে আমার এই নিবেদন :
মায়াপাশে বদ্ধ মোরে দেখিয়া পতিত জন।
করুণা করিয়া রাখিও চরণে গৌর-ধন-জন ।।
আপনার অযোগ্য সন্তান
ঈশ্বর বিশ্বম্ভর দাস
Om Guruve Namaḥ!
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
I always pray to Lord Kṛṣṇa for your good health. I am very lucky to have you as my Guru Mahārāja. At the age of 12 I have lost my father and mother. But very lucky I have got you as my father and also mother.
I am very pleased to get you as my Guru Mahārāja.
J. Bharathi (Shelter)
Śrī Rangam, India
Dear Gurumahārāja, please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.
Being a faithful Rūpānuga and dear disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda, you are always greatly attached to serving the mission of Lord Caitanya in this world.
śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale
svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam
Around twenty years back, you were going for the inauguration of Śrīla Rūpa Sanātana Smṛti Mandir and I was one of the servants travelling in the bus with you. We packed many japa mālās for you to chant and give them out to the devotees getting initiated. On the way, you asked whether the japa mālās were offered to the deities. We were uncertain about this. By then we came near Chand Kazi Samādhi. Then you told me to go with all the japa mālās and touch them to the trees in Chand Kazi Samādhi. I went and touched the japa mālās to the Neem tree and Champaka trees in Chand Kazi Samādhi. What was uncertain about the japa mālās was easily turned into a certain act of devotional activity. Thus, you are always constantly in touch with the pastime places of Lord Caitanya and are establishing the importance of these pastime places by your activities. The devotees who got those japa mālās must be greatly fortunate having gotten the potency from Lord Caitanya and Bhakta Chand Kazi and thus the mission of Lord Caitanya is established in this world.
After that you were satisfied and started chanting on the japa mālās, but you noticed that I was not chanting like you. Therefore, you mercifully engaged my restless mind by telling me to massage your head which I did. Thus, you fulfilled the statement of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.2.16) that states: O twice-born sages, by serving those devotees who are completely freed from all vice, great service is done. By such service, one gains affinity for hearing the messages of Vāsudeva.
In Navadvīpa Maṇḍala Parikramā we were fortunate to serve you by carrying your big karatālas, kamcas, slippers and other paraphernalia. Once, during the hot day of the Parikramā, we could not bear to see you walking bare feet on hot paved path and were repeatedly bringing your slippers to wear. You were upset with us for this and were determined to walk bare feet just to set an example for everyone. When we reached the camp, your feet were cracked and bruised, and we got on opportunity to nurse. But despite your apparent suffering, you were still blissfully engaged in serving your dear Lord Caitanya. You were answering the mails that were brought by the secretaries. You were completely oblivious to the pain in the feet, being blissfully engaged in pleasing Lord Caitanya. Even when you return from walking during the Parikramā your service does not stop. Usually we go to take rest, bath or take prasāda, but you will go around the line of devotees sitting for prasāda and personally show your love and care by interacting with everyone. You would even personally give sun-cream to devotees whose skin is burnt in hot sun. While taking bath you would encourage your god-brothers to take bath in Ganga. When some of them said that they don’t have kamca, you offered to give out your own kamcha not considering that they are gṛhasthas.
It was inconceivable for us as to how you are blissful despite the apparent pain in the foot during parikramā. But a couple of months back, you sent the following message to enlighten us that though you do feel the pain but remembering the pastimes of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Gaurāṅga and His associates your experience sublime experience blissfully:
Some people say I don't feel pain. My body is overwhelmed with pain. Srila Prabhupada said that sometimes the spiritual master suffers, carrying reactions of the disciples through dreams - sometimes, in other ways. I've had horrible dreams on occasions and sometimes, I feel physical pain. Remember how we are not the body. Through the body and the senses, we experience physical pleasure. Through the body and senses, we experience material suffering. Youth is more enjoyable. Disease and old age have more suffering. In spite of great physical suffering, I remember pastimes with Srila Prabhupada, pastimes of our Lord Gauranga and His associates, and the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna. There is a sublime experience. Which makes all the suffering seem insignificant. It's difficult to describe. This suffering makes it difficult to fulfill all the instructions of Srila Prabhupada.
Even this year, while you were in Chennai in the hospital undergoing treatment, as usual you were constantly contemplating about the Navadvīpa Maṇḍala Parikramā and various services that is reflected in various messages that you have been sending regularly:
Parikrama of Navadvipa Dhama, this year, has five groups. One international group, one Hindi group, one Gita Course group, and two Namahatta groups. So far, everyday, I visit all the five groups by internet and give a short class. The mayapur.tv shows the international group. Last night, got a fever. Supposed to be discharged today but doctor saw I got a fever and they're trying to figure out why I got a fever. I'm attending GBC meetings on the internet whenever I am conscious.
In another message, you are instructing the disciples to progress in devotional service:
I want disciples to progress in their devotional service so that they can experience the bliss, chant the names of Krsna and experience transcendental happiness. In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krsna mentions many a time that we are not the body. This was repeated by Srila Prabhupada in a countless number of lectures. In this material world, we experience pleasure and pain through the senses but in the spiritual world, one is prasanna, always blissful. In the spiritual world, we try to please Krsna. Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda give us Their causeless mercy.
I asked about Nityānanda Prabhu taking Jīva Gosvāmi in the Parikramā and about the period of that Parikramā. I had doubts that we in ISKCON are not following the auspicious period of Parikramā. Then you showed me that there are other Parikramā periods as well and recently you have practically inspired some devotees to conduct such Parikramās, viz., Pañca-krośa and Aṣṭs-krośa Parikramās in addition to the regular Gaura Pūrṇimā and Kartika Parikramas.
Please forgive my stupid offenses and continue to guide me in performing pure loving devotional service unto your Lordships Rādhā Mādhava and Gaurāṅga.
Your Servant,
Jayarādhākṛṣṇa dāsa
To my Eternal Spiritial Master Srila Jayapataka Swami,
Hare Krsna Gurumaharaja! Please accept my humble obeisances and all glories to Srila Prabhupada.All glories to you on this most Victorious day to celebrate your auspicious appearance in this world!
I humbly beg at the lotus feet of Srila Rupa Goswami and the line of all Vaishnava acaryas for the blessings to be able to express the love and appreciation that I feel for you, which often feels well beyond words.
Next to Lord Sri Krsna Himself, Gurumaharaja I find you to be the sweetest most playful, clever, and humorous person that I know. I am so grateful that I have you to train me up and make me strong, so that I can become conversant in this science of Krsna Consciousness.
You being my eternal master and I your servant, every day you teach me something new. Above all I am most grateful to you for being such an excellent master because you have sincerely taught me the very deep lesson about chastity, loyalty, and obedience to the orders of the spiritual master. I will carry this lesson with me to eternity and never forget it.
I am terribly fallen and degraded, and I love your chastisement and ability to try educate me in the proper conduct of a Vaishnava. The most ecstatic and blissful moment of my life was when after your darshan, I got to beat my stubborn head with your shoes! I offer my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet because you have succeeded in making me realize that this material world is a terrible, miserable, and disgusting place and I that I do not want to ever come back. I understand now that my only business in this material world is to serve and please you and the Vaishnavas!
On your most auspicious 69th Vyasa Puja to you I offer my whole heart. I humbly beg at your lotus feet for your mercy to have my heart thoroughly and honestly cleansed. I want that only you and Lord Krsna may reside in my heart, and that everything else in this world will be secondary to that. I do not want anything more in this world than to have my heart and mind fixed on serving your beautiful lotus feet. I humbly pray that I can have my heart cleansed, so I can become a cute little soft hearted cuddle bear and receive the mercy of Caitanya Mahaprabhu! To Become a Caitanya Cuddle Bear, cute and loving!
I also humbly pray that my godbrothers and godsisters can also completely give all of their hearts to you as well. I pray that this year will bring good health and unity to our whole JPS family! It is time for Caitanya’s Cute Cuddle Bears to Unite and give Krsna prema to the whole world! Cuddle Bears Unite!
Hare Krsna Gurumaharaja! I am your wish fulfilling tree and I pray that I may eternally be able to successfully carry out all your orders in perfect surrender.
Your eternal servant,
Jayada Harini Devi Dasi
குருதேவா,
அணுவளவும் பரம்பராவில் இருந்து பிறழாதவரே...
‘யோக்யதா விசாரே கிச்சு நாஹி பாய்
தோமார கருணா ஸார”
அணுவளவும் தகுதியற்ற இந்த தாழ்ந்த உயிர்வாழி தங்களின் கருணையை மட்டுமே நம்பி தங்களின் வியாச பூஜை புகழாரத்தில் பங்கு கொள்கின்றான். இதுவும் தங்களின் காரணமற்ற கருணையே ஆகும்.
தாங்கள் அற்புதங்கள் நிகழ்த்துபவரில்லை, ஒவ்வொரு ஜீவராசியும் கிருஷ்ணரிடம் மீண்டும் சென்றடைய வேண்டும் என்றே செயல்படுபவர், என்றாலும் தங்களின் ஒவ்வொரு அசைவும் மிகவும் அற்புதமே. அதற்கு காரணம் தாங்கள் என்றுமே ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதரின் பிரதிநிதியாக விளங்குவதே.
ஒருமுறை தங்களை தரிசிக்க துறையூரிலிருந்து சென்னை ஏர்போர்ட் வந்திருந்தோம். வரும் வழிதோறும் தங்களுக்கு அர்ப்பணிப்பதற்காக தாமரை மலரை, கந்தர்விகா மோஹினி தேவி மாதாஜி எதிர்பார்த்து தேடிக்கொண்டே வந்தார்கள். ஆனால் கிடைக்கவில்லை. அதனால் அவர்கள் மிகவும் வருத்தப்பட்டு விமான நிலையம் வந்து காத்திருந்தார். எதிர்பாராத விதமாக அருப்புக்கோட்டையில் இருந்து வந்திருந்த பக்தர்கள் ஒரு தாமரைப்பூவை கொடுத்து இதை நீங்கள் குருமகராஜருக்கு அர்ப்பணியுங்கள் என்று கூறினார். தாங்கள் விமானநிலையத்திலிருந்து வெளியே வந்து கொண்டிருந்தீர்கள். பக்தர்கள் கூட்டத்தில் தங்கள் அருகில் வருவதே பெரிய விஷயமாக இருந்தது. எப்படியோ அந்த தாமரை மலரை உங்களுக்கு சமர்ப்பித்து விட்டார்கள். பிறகு சிறிதுதூரம் தங்களை பின்பற்றி வந்தோம். அப்பொழுது தாங்கள் தங்கள் கழுத்தில் இரண்டாவதாக இருந்த ஒரே ஒரு தாமரை மலர் மாலையை எடுத்து சிறிது தொலைவில் நின்று கொண்டிருந்த கந்தர்விகா மோஹினி மாதாஜியை கை நீட்டி அழைத்தீர்கள் அருகில் வந்ததும் அந்த மாலையை அளித்துவிட்டு ஒரு ஊடுருவக்கூடிய தீட்சண்யமான பார்வை பார்த்தீர்கள். இன்றும் அது எங்கள் அனைவருக்கும் நினைத்தாலே சிலிர்க்கும் ஒரு பார்வை குருதேவா.
நான் எல்லாம் அறிவேன், எப்போதும் உங்களுடனேயே இருக்கின்றேன் பயப்படாதே என்று அந்த பார்வை கொடுத்த தைர்யம் மட்டுமே இன்றும், என்றும் எங்களை வழிநடத்தும்.
குருதேவரிடம் பிரார்த்தனை செய்வது எப்படி என்பதும் எமக்கு தெரியாது. தங்களின் கருணையால் தாங்கள் ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதரிடம் செலுத்தும் பிராத்தனைகளை கொண்டே நாங்களும் தங்களிடம் பிரார்த்திக்கின்றோம்.
ஸம்ஸாரே கௌர பிரேம விருஷ்டி
ஹோ பிரபு! தோமார் ஆக்ஞா சிலோ தாஸ
ஓ எமது நித்ய குருதேவா! என்னையும் தங்களின் உத்தரவிற்கு கீழ்படியும் சரணடைந்த சேவனாக்குவீராக.
குருதேவா தோயா கோரோ,
க்ருஷ்ண பக்த யே பார் கோரோ,
த்வார் தோயா அஸம்பவ் ஸம்பவ் ஹோய் ரே
குருதேவா! கருணையுடன் உங்களது கருணையை எனக்கும் வழங்கியருளுங்கள். இந்த வாழ்விலேயே நானும் பரமபுருஷராகிய ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணரின் தூய பக்தனாகும் வரமருளுங்கள். உமது கருணையினால் இயலாததும் கூட எளிதாக இயன்றுவிடும்.
என்றும் தங்களின் நிலையிழந்த சேவகன்,
ஜெயந்த கௌராங்க தாஸன், துறையூர்
Jayanta Gaurāṅga Dāsa (dīkṣā),
Thuraiyur, India
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
My Dear Gurudev,
I hope this small offering will get a small place at you lotus feet and make my heart big.
It is a honor for me to write something on your vyasa puja. I feel so unfortunate that i couldn't take your association and meet you when you came to Bangalore in the montha of December ,2016. But I am really thankful to you that you are showering your blessings on me, Last time when you visited Bangalore I was in Mayapur, very sorry gurudev. I prayed to Narashimhadev for your speedy recovery though i am not capable of.
Gurudev i would like to give a good news that beause of JSSS Matrimonial,com i got married to HH Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj's Disciple . His name is Paawan Nitai Das. I would like to say that behind this Marriage Anandi Jagannath Pr and Vrinda Maharani Mataji from Bangalore and Nilambari Padma Mataji from Baroda played the major role .Gurudev by your blessing I got really a nice family. My in laws are also intiated from HH Bhakti Charu Maharaj. As they are in ISKCON movement it is making my materil life and a good support in my spiritual life. After marriage i have shifted to Surat from Bangalore. Here , we have a preaching center , where me and my new family attends magal arati and daily sadhna till Bhagvatam class and sunday feast. This preaching center is under the guidance of HG Radha Charan Prabhu. the devotees here are really caring and good. Here they run a couple program every friday eve named as ''FOLK". Her all youg grhsthasattend class with their kids, this something new which i saw here. It is very nice and interesting. the best part of this program is all the the couples are initated from different gurus. But they showlove and care very nicely. All together take the holy name name of the lord, do kirtan and enjoy the association of devotees.
This place is new and i need your blessing to adjust here and serve the devotees here to please the lord. Here I am missing Chaitanya Avtari Pr and Rasamayi Mj ,which is very precious . Here i have enetered to a new life i.e Grstha life, new beginning, new devotees, new city and new people. So that i can keep my shiksha gurunames always on top. So that where I am their names should be fly high. Here i am geeting chance to preach i am really happy that i can bring prabhupada 's teaching to the kids.
I want to you to keep showering your blessing like always to thati can take up my new life in a smooth way. Kindly be with us bless us so that we have krishna conscious children to take forward prabhupada mission to the next generation. Thats all i want to say. Thank yor for everything.
Your Servant,
Jyotirmayi Kousalya Devi Dasi
நம ஓம் விஷ்ணு-பாதாய கிருஷ்ண-ப்ரேஷ்டாய பூ-தலே
ஸ்ரீமதே ஜெயபதாகா-ஸ்வாமின் இதி நாமினே
நம ஆச்சார்ய பாதாய நிதாய்-க்ருப-ப்ரதாயினே
கௌர-கத தாமதாய நகர-க்ராம தாரிணே
தவத்திரு ஜெயபதாக ஸ்வாமி மகராஜ் வியாச பூஜைக்கு பக்தா;கள் போற்றுவதற்கான வாய்ப்பு கிடைத்தமைக்கு மிக்க மகிழ்ச்சி அடைகிறேன். எனக்கு குரு மஹாராஜரை பற்றி அதிகம் தெரியாது. மஹாராஜரைப் பற்றி நிறைய பக்தர்கள் புகழ்ந்து சொல்வதை கேட்டு இருக்கிறேன். நான் 2017 ஜனவரியில் குரு மகராஜரிடம் தீட்சை பெற்றேன். அப்போது தான் குரு மகராஜரை நேரில் பார்க்கும் பாக்கியத்தை பெற்றேன். இதற்கு முன் குரு மகராஜரை பார்த்திராத துர்பாக்கியசாலியாக இருந்தாலும், முதன்முதலில் பார்க்கும்போது தீட்சை பெற்றதை நினைத்தால் மிகவும் சந்தோஷமாக இருக்கிறது. அதன்பிறகு சென்னையில் தேரின்போது பார்க்கும் வாய்ப்பு கிடைத்தது. குரு மஹாராஜர் கொடுக்கும் சொற்பொழிவு ஆங்கிலத்தில் கொடுப்பதால் என்னால் கேட்கமுடியவில்லை. என்றாலும் அவரது சிஷ்யர்கள் மூலமாக கேட்டு அறிகிறேன். குரு மஹாராஜர் திருச்சிக்கு செல்லும் போது ஸ்ரீராம் வீட்டில் சிலமணி நேரம் தங்கி ஓய்வெடுத்து வருவார்கள். அப்படி அவர்கள் தங்கி ஓய்வெடுத்த வீட்டில் நாங்கள் குடும்பத்தோடு ஒரு வருட காலம் குடியிருந்தோம். அதை நினைத்தால் மிகவும் சந்தோஷமாக இருக்கின்றது. குருமஹாராஜர் வந்து 35 ஆயிரத்துக்கு மேல் சீடர்களை உருவாக்கி இருக்கிறார். அவர் மேலும் நிறைய பக்தர்களை உருவாக்குவார் அப்படி உருவாக்க நான் பகவானிடம் பிரார்த்தனை செய்கிறேன். மேலும் குரு மஹாராஜர் இப்போது கொஞ்சம் உடல் நலக்குறைவாக இருக்கிறார் என்பதால் மனதிற்கு கொஞ்சம் வருத்தமாக இருக்கிறது. அவர் நலம் பெற்று கோவை மாநகரம் வரவேண்டும் என்று பக்தர்கள் ஆவலாக உள்ளோம். குரு மஹாராஜரின் கருணையால் தான் தீட்சை பெற்றேன். நான் முடி அளவிற்கு பகவானுக்கும் பக்தர்களுக்கும் செய்வேன். நான் பக்தியில் மேலும் உயர்வு பெறுவதற்கு உங்கள் கருணையை பெற விரும்புகிறேன். குரு மஹாராஜர் வாழும் காலத்தில் நான் வாழ்கிறேன் என்பது நான் செய்த பாக்கியமாக நினைக்கிறேன்.
இந்த பாவி பெருங்கடலில் இருந்து நம்மை விடுவித்து ஆன்மீக உலகமான பகவானின் கோலோக விருந்தாவனத்திற்கு கரையேற்ற வந்த கருணை கடலாக திகழ்கிறார் நம்ம குரு மஹாராஜர் தவத்திரு ஜெயபதாக ஸ்வாமி மஹாராஜர் என்பது அளவிற்கு அதிக மகிழ்ச்சியை கொடுக்கிறது. (பக்தர்களுக்கு)
குரு மஹாராஜரை பற்றி சொல்ல இந்த வாய்ப்பு கிடைக்கபெற்றமைக்கு நன்றி சொல்ல கடமைபட்டிருக்கிறேன்.
ஹரே கிருஷ்ண,
இப்படிக்கு,
கலாவதி சுகோபி தேவி தாஸி
Kalavati Gopika Devī Dāsī (Diksa),
Coimbatore, India
எனது ஆன்மீக குருவான அருள்திரு ஜெயபதாக சுவாமின் குரு மஹாராஜர் தாமரைப்பாதங்களுக்கு என்னுடைய பணிவான வணக்கங்கள்.
ஆன்மீக உலகங்களின் சிகரமாக கோலோக விருந்தாவனம் விளங்குவது போல ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதரின் தெய்வீகமான சீடர்களின் சிகரமாக விளங்கும் எனது குருதேவரின் மேன்மையை விளக்க இயலாதவளாக இருப்பதால் எனது குருதேவரின் தாமரைப்பாதங்களுக்கு என்னுடைய பணிவான வணக்கங்கள்.
ஸ்ரீல பக்தி சித்தாந்த சரஸ்தி கோஸ்வாமியின் சீடர்களில் அவரின் ஆணைகளை சிரமேற்கொண்டு நிறைவேற்றிய தன்னிகரற்ற சீடராக விளங்கிய ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதரின் ஆசிர்வாதங்களை முழுமையாக பெற்ற குருமஹாராஜர் தனது குருதேவரைப்போலவே உலகம் முழுவதும் கிருஷ்ண பக்தியை பிரச்சாரம் செய்துகொண்டே இருக்கும் கருணை கடலாக விளங்குகிறார். அவரின் தாமரைப்பாதங்களுக்கு எனது பணிவான வணக்கங்கள்.
எனது குருதேவருக்கு நான் செய்யும் வாணி சேவைகளை இன்னும் நன்றாக செய்ய முயற்சி செய்வதின் மூலமும், எனது அத்தாரிட்டியும், எங்களின் நலன் விரும்பியும், என்னை வழி நடத்திச்செல்பவரும், எனது குரு மகராஜரின் பிரதிநிதியாக செயல்படும் ருக்மிஹா பிரபுவின் அறிவுரைகளை கேட்டு அதன்படி நடக்க முயற்சி செய்வதின் மூலமும் குரு மகராஜருக்கு எனது சேவைகளை அர்ப்பணிக்கின்றேன்.
அங்கீகரிக்கப்பட்ட குரு சீட தொடரில் வருபவர்களான ஸ்ரீல பக்தி வினோத தாகுரர், ஸ்ரீல கௌர கிஷோரதாஸ பாபாஜி, ஸ்ரீல பக்தி சித்தாந்த சரஸ்வதி கோஸ்வாமி, ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதர் போன்ற மாபெரும் பக்தர்களின் சீடத்தொடரில் வரும் நம் குருமஹாராஜர் அருள்திரு ஜெயபதாக சுவாமி குருமஹாராஜரின் ஆயிரக்கணக்கான சீடர்களில் நானும் ஒருத்தியாக இருப்பதை நினைத்து பிரமிப்பாகவும், இந்த நல் அதிர்ஷ்டத்தை சரியாக பயன்படுத்திக்கொண்டு அதற்கு தகுதியுள்ளவளாக ஆக்கிகொள்வதற்காவும், எனது குரு தேவரின் தாமரைப்பாதங்களில் வேண்டி பிரார்த்தித்துக்கொள்கிறேன்.
இப்போது இருக்கும் உடல்நல குறைவிலும் எப்போதும் பிரச்சாரம் செய்துகொண்டே இருக்கும் குரு மஹாராஜர் நான் இந்த உடல் அல்ல என்பதை நடைமுறையில் நமக்கெல்லாம் வாழ்ந்து காட்டிக்கொண்டிருக்கிறார். ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதருக்காக தனது வாழ்க்கையே அர்ப்பணித்தும், ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதாரை தனது உயிர் மூச்சாகவும் ஏற்று நம்மிடையே நடமாடிக்கொண்டிருக்கும் குரு மஹாராஜர் நமக்கெல்லாம் சக்தியையும், உற்சாகத்தையும் கொடுத்து கொண்டிருக்கிறார். அவர் நம்மிடையே இன்னும் பல வருடங்கள் இருக்க வேண்டும் என்றும், இந்த கலியுக மக்களை கறையேற்றுதவதற்காகவும், குரு மகராஜரின் நலன் வேண்டி அவரது ஆயிரக்கணக்கான சீடர்களின் பிரார்த்தனைகளை ஸ்ரீ ஸ்ரீ கௌரநித்தாய், ஸ்ரீ நரசிம்ம தேவர், ஸ்ரீ ஸ்ரீ ராதா மாதவர் ஏற்று அருள்புரிய வேண்டுகிறேன்.
எனது குருதேவரின் பாத சேவையில் நான் என்றென்றும் இருக்கவேண்டும், அவரின் ஒரு துளி கருணைக்காகவும் எப்பொழுதும் அவரது பாத கமலங்களின் அடைக்கலத்தையும் வேண்டி இந்த மங்களமான வியாசபூஜை நாளில் குரு மகராஜரின் தாமரைப்பாதங்களுக்கு மீண்டும் மீண்டும் எனது பணிவான வணக்கங்களை சமர்ப்பிக்கிறேன்.
கவிரூபா கோபிகா தேவி தாஸி, துறையூர்
Kavirupa Gopika Devī Dāsī (Diksa),
Thuraiyur, India
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
We offer our humble obeisances at your lotus feet Guru Maharaj . You are very merciful. You have given this fallen conditioned souls shelter at your lotus feet even we do not have any qualification . You are so kind, magnanimous beyond comparison. Even though you know that your sufferings are due to non seriousness of some of your disciples in following the rules, you have been magnanimously giving initiation to more and more conditioned souls. That shows your compassion towards conditioned souls. You are a great inspiration to everyone how one should engage in the service of the Guru, Gauranga and Supreme Lord, your lilas, past times are example, eye openers to everyone.
We seek your mercy in our spiritual progress and our humble endeavours to help you and Srila Prabhupada in spreading the mission of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
We also seek your forgiveness to all offences, mistakes committed, if any, knowingly or Un knowingly by us at your lotus feet.
Your humble servants
Kirtaneswara Gaura Dasa
Utkarshini Gopika Devi Dasi
Dear Guru Maharaj
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace! All glories to Srila Prabhupad!
Its beyond my capacity to understand you, to glorify you. You are very dear associate of Lord, you are so merciful, so compassionate that at your health risk also you take the trouble to travel all over the world and distributing you mercy without any discrimination. and therefore I also the received your causeless mercy although i didn't deserve.
How unfortunate are those who have no idea of Krishna Consciousness. But most unfortunate is myself as I've no attachment to Lord's Holy Name and Devotional services although staying in devotee's association. My mind remains uncontrolled and ever lingers around sense objects hence I'm unable to focus in my services.
On this auspicious occasion, I pray unto your lotus feet to always be merciful unto this wretched soul, to empower us to engage in lord's services in devotee's association.
Yours unworthy servant,
Krishna Kripa Sindhu Das
ஜெய் கௌராங்கா என்றும் உங்கள் அன்புடன் கிருஷ்ணாங்கி கோபிகா தேவி தாஸி
அன்பும், பண்பும், கனிவும் பொழியும், பொறுமை, தயை, கருணை, புகழ் நிறைந்த தவத்திரு ஜெயபதாக சுவாமி மஹாராஜ் குரு தேவரே உங்கள் பெருமையை சொல்வதற்கு எந்த தகுதியும் இல்லை. இருந்தாலும் உங்கள் கருணையின் மூலமாகவும் ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணரின் தாமரைப்பாதங்களின் உதவியால்தான் உங்கள் புகழை சொல்ல விரும்புகிறேன். குருதேவா எப்படி நீங்கள் எப்பொழுதும் அன்று மலர்ந்த ரோஜாவைப்போல் புன்முறுவலுடன் இருக்கிறீர்கள். குருதேவா உங்கள் தள்ளாத வயதில்கூட என்றும் இளமையாக இருக்கின்றீர்கள். நீங்கள் மேலை நாடுகளிலும், வெளி மாநிலங்களிலும் உள்ள கட்டுண்ட ஆத்மாக்களை விடுவிக்க எப்பொழுதும் பிரயாணம் மேற்கொண்டு ஜடப்பற்று, பெளதிக பற்று உள்ள கட்டுண்ட ஆத்மாக்களை விடுவிக்க எப்பொழுதும் முயற்சி செய்துகொண்டே இருக்கிறீர்கள். உங்களது கருணை யாருக்குமே வராது. தங்கத்தின் மதிப்பை கண்டு பிடிக்கமுடியும். குருதேவா ஆனால் உங்கள் மதிப்பை கண்டுபிடிக்கவே இயலாது. குருதேவா நீங்கள் எங்களுக்கு கிடைத்தது ரொம்ப ரொம்ப நாங்கள் அதிர்ஷ்டம் செய்து உள்ளோம். குருதேவா, எங்கள் வாழ்க்கையில் இருண்டு இருந்த எங்களுக்கு வெளிச்சத்தை உண்டு பண்ணியிருக்கிறீர்கள். குருதேவா எப்பொழுதும் உங்கள் பார்வை எங்களுக்கு கிடைக்க வேண்டும். குருதேவா நான் உங்களை முதன்முதலில் கோவை ரதயாத்திரையில் தான் உங்களை பார்த்தேன். உங்களின் ஆன்மீக குரு ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதரின் மூலமாக நான் 16 மாலைகள், 4 கட்டுப்பாட்டு விதிகள் மூலமாக எனக்கு தீக்ஷை கிடைத்தது. எனக்கு தீக்ஷை கிடைத்தது எனக்கு மறுபிறவி இல்லாமல் ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணரிடம் செல்வதற்கும், அடைக்கலம் தருவதற்கு உதவியாக இருக்கும். இந்த தீக்ஷை திருவிழா உங்கள் புகழ் மூவுலகிலும் பரவவேண்டும். இன்னும் எண்ணற்ற கட்டுண்ட ஆத்மாக்கள் இருக்கின்றார்கள். எல்லோரையும் விடுவிக்க நீங்கள் நீண்ட ஆயுளுடனும், ஆரோக்கியத்துடனும் இருக்கவேண்டும் என்று ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணரின் தாமரைப்பாதங்களில் நான் வேண்டிக்கொள்கிறேன். உங்கள் சேவையை வையகம் முழுவதும் போற்றவேண்டும். குருதேவா நீங்கள் உங்கள் ஆன்மீக குரு அ.ச.பக்தி வேதாந்த சுவாமி ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதர் காட்டிய வழியில் உங்கள் சேவையை கிராமந்தோறும், நகரந்தோறும் நீங்கள் வழிகாட்டியாக இருக்கின்றீர். அதுபோல் உங்கள் சேவையை நாங்கள் எப்பொழுதும் கடைபிடிக்க வேண்டும் என்று எங்களுக்கு பக்தி சேவையை கொடுக்குமாறு தாழ்மையுடன் பணிவன்புடன் கேட்டுக்கொள்கிறேன். மக்களின் சேவையே மகேசன் சேவை என்பார்கள். அதுபோல் ஆன்மீக குருவின் சேவையே சீடர்களின் சேவை என்று ஒத்துக்கொள்ள வேண்டும். மாதா, பிதா, குரு, தெய்வம். குருவை எப்பொழுதும் போற்றி புகழ வேண்டும். எனக்கு குரு கிடைத்தது பெரும் அரிய வாய்ப்பு. ஆன்மீக குரு ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணரின் பிரதிநிதியாவார். அவர் எப்பொழுதும் சாஸ்திர, சம்பிரதாயங்கள் மூலமாக கடைபிடிப்பவர் ஆவார். ஆச்சார்யர்கள், சீடப்பரம்பரை மூலமாக நமக்கு கிருஷ்ண உணர்வை உணர்த்துகிறீர்கள். குருதேவா உங்கள் கருணையின் மூலம் எல்லா மக்களும் நாடுதோறும், கிராமந்தோறும் நாம சங்கீர்னத்தை விநியோகம் செய்கிறீர்கள். ஆன்மீக குருவே நீங்கள் இல்லாமல் ஸம்ஸாரக்கடலை கடக்க இயலாது. ஆன்மீக குருவே உங்களை சாதராண மனிதராக நினைப்பதும் குற்றம். உங்களின் கட்டளைகளை மீறுவதும் குற்றம் ஆகும். உங்கள் புகழ், கருணை கடலின் அலைகள் போல வீச வேண்டும். ஹரே கிருஷ்ண ஹரே கிருஷ்ண கிருஷ்ண கிருஷ்ண ஹரே ஹரே/ஹரே ராம ஹரே ராம ராம ராம ஹரே ஹரே பார்புகழும் பாரத மண்ணில் உங்கள் நாம சங்கீர்த்தனம் கொடிகட்டி பரவட்டும். எல்லா வளமும் தவத்திரு ஜெயபதாக ஸ்வாமி ஆன்மீகு குருவிற்கே. எல்லா வளமும் தவத்திரு ஜெயபதாக ஸ்வாமி ஆன்மீக குருவிற்கே. எல்லாவளமும் ஸ்ரீ கௌரங்காவிற்கே. எல்லா வளமும் ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதாவிற்கே.
கிருஷ்ணாங்கி கோபிகா தேவி தாஸி, துறையூர்
Kṛṣṇangi Gopika Devī Dāsī (Diksa),
Thuraiyur, India
গুরুকৃপা
দর্শনেই উদ্ধার
পতিত পাবন গুরুমহারাজের মহিমা কীর্তন করা আমার মতো অধমের পক্ষে সম্ভব নয় । কিন্তু গুরুদেব আমাকে যে বিশেষকৃপা প্রদান করেছেন তার মহিমা কীর্তন করা আমি আমার গুরুদায়িত্ব মনে করছি । তাই গুরুদেবের কৃপায় আমি তাঁর মহিমা কীর্তন করার চেষ্টা করছি । জয় পতিত পাবন গুরুমহারাজকি জয় ! আমার ভক্তি জীবনে আসা সম্পূর্ণটাই ভগবানের ইচ্ছা এবং গুরুদেবের বিশেষ বিশেষ কৃপা। আমি ২০১০ সালে প্রথম মন্দিরে যাই । তখন একদিন শুনলাম একজন মহারাজ এসেছেন । তাঁকে দর্শন করলে পুণ্য লাভ হয়। একথা শুনে আমি ভিড়ের মধ্য দিয়ে দেখলাম একজন অসুস্থ লোক হুইল চেয়ারে বসে আছেন এবং তাঁকে কঠোর নিরাপত্তা দিয়ে নিয়ে আসা হচ্ছে । তখন আমি কিছুই বুঝতে পারিনি । তখন আমার কোন প্রকার প্রতিক্রিয়া হয়নি। তারপর অনেক দিন কেটে গেল।
২০১১ সালের শেষের দিকে আমি একদিন অমৃতের সন্ধান নামে একটি বিভাগের কক্ষে বসেছিলাম তখন গুরুমহারাজের একটি চিত্রপট আমার দৃষ্টি আকর্ষণ করে। চিত্রপটটি আমার খুব ভাল লাগে। তখন আমার শিক্ষা গুরুকে আমি জিজ্ঞেস করি ইনিকি আপনার পিতা, কারণ একি রকম বেশ ভূষা। তিনি হেসে বললেন হ্যাঁ, তিনি আমার পিতা । তখন আমি ভেবেছিলাম তিনি তার জন্মদাতা পিতা। তখন বললাম আমি এই ভদ্রলোককে দেখতে চাই। আমার শিক্ষাগুরু বললেন উনি এখানে থাকেন না। তিনি যখন আসবেন তখন দেখা যাবে। বেশ কিছুদিন পর আমি মন্দিরে গিয়ে দেখি মন্দিরে তেমন ভক্ত নেই, আমি তখন জানতে চাইলাম সবাই কোথায় গিয়েছেন তখন জানতে পারলাম যে ঐ ভদ্রলোক এসেছেন তাই সবাই উনাকে দর্শন করতে গিয়েছেন। তখন আমি বললাম আমিও উনাকে দর্শন করতে যাব ।
তারপর গুরুমহারাজকে দর্শন করার জন্য অপেক্ষা করতে থাকি। কিন্তু গুরুমহারাজ অসুস্থতার কারণে আসতে পারছিলেন না। গুরুমহারাজ না আসার কারণে আমি খুব কষ্ট পাচ্ছিলাম এবং খুব কান্না করছিলাম কিন্তু আমি বুঝতে পারছিলাম না কেন একজন অপরিচিত লোকের জন্য আমি কান্না করছি। আমি গুরুদেবের কাছে যাওয়ার চেষ্টা করছিলাম, যখন গুরুদেব আসলেন তখন তিনি প্রথমেই তাঁর কৃপাদৃষ্টি আমার উপর দিলেন এবং আমাকে বার বার তাঁর প্রসাদী মালা দিতে চেষ্টা করলেন কিন্তু সিনিয়র গুরুভ্রাতারা তা নিয়ে নেন তখন গুরুমহারাজ আমার সামনে এসে আমাকে মালা পড়িয়ে দিয়ে হরে কৃষ্ণ বলে চলে গেলেন । তখন আমি খুব কান্না করছিলাম কিন্তু আমার ভিতরে আনন্দ এবং প্রশান্তি কাজ করছিল। মনে হচ্ছিল যে আমার পরম প্রিয়জনের সান্নিধ্য পেলাম যা আমাকে অনেক অনেক আনন্দ প্রদান করছিল । অতঃপর আমার প্রতীক্ষার অবসান ঘটিয়ে গুরুমহারাজ দর্শন দিলেন ।
তারপর গুরুমহারাজ প্রবচন দিলেন। গুরুমহারাজের প্রবচনের পর প্রশ্ন-উত্তর পর্ব ছিল। আমি তখন একটা প্রশ্ন লিখলাম আমি কেন শ্রীকৃষ্ণকে ভগবান বলে বিশ্বাস করব।সেখানে নিয়ম ছিল প্রবচন সম্বন্ধীয় প্রশ্ন হতে হবে।যেহেতু আমি নবীন ছিলাম তাই নিয়মটা আমার জানা ছিল না। আমার এই প্রশ্ন পড়ে কর্তব্যরত সিনিয়র গুরুভ্রাতা প্রশ্নটা গুরুদেবকে না দিয়ে ফেলে দিলেন। তখন গুরুমহারাজ উনাকে বললেন তুমি কেন ওর প্রশ্ন ফেলে দিয়েছ, ওটা আমাকে দাও আমি ওর প্রশ্নের উত্তর দিব । গুরুদেব যে অন্তর্যামী এটা তার একটা দৃষ্টান্ত ।
আমি গুরুমহারাজকে ২০১২ সালের নভেম্বর মাসে দ্বিতীয় বার দর্শন করি। গুরুমহারাজ তখন আমাকে স্বপ্নে দর্শন দিলেন এবং বললেন তাঁর একটি বালতি এবং গামলা লাগবে। সপ্ন দেখার পর,পরের দিন আমি মন্দিরে গেলাম এবং আমার শিক্ষা গুরুকে আমার সপ্নের কথা জানালাম। তখন প্রভু হেসে বললেন কিনে আনলেই হয়। তখন গামলা এবং বালতি কিনে গুরুমহারাজের সেবকের হাতে দিতেই প্রভু আমাকে বললেন আপনি কিভাবে জানলেন গুরুমহারাজের স্নানের বালতি এবং হাত ধোয়ার গামলা লাগবে। তখন আমি বিস্মিত হলাম এবং ভাবলাম এটা কিভাবে সম্ভব। এটা অবিশ্বাস্য।
আমার জীবনে গুরুমহারাজের বিশেষ কৃপা এবং করুণা। গুরুমহারাজের কারণেই আজ আমি সব প্রতিকূলতা ও সব বাঁধা-বিপত্তি কাঁটিয়ে এই পর্যন্ত আসতে পেরেছি। ঐ দিন সন্ধ্যায় আমি গুরুমহারাজকে দর্শন করার জন্য সামনে গিয়ে দেখি ভক্তরা উপহার দিয়ে গুরুমহারাজের কাছ থেকে আশীর্বাদ ও প্রসাদী তেল গ্রহণ করছেন। তখন আমার মনে হলো আমি গুরুমহারাজকে উপহার দিলে আমিও গুরুমহারাজের কাছ থেকে প্রসাদী উপহার পেতাম। এই চিন্তা করে আমি দূর থেকে গুরুমহারাজকে প্রণাম করে চলে আসছিলাম তখন গুরুমহারাজ পিছন থেকে বললেন লাবণ্য এটা আমার মেয়ে। তখন আমি আমার নামটা স্পষ্ট শুনতে পেলাম এবং দাঁড়িয়ে পড়লাম, নিজের কানকে বিশ্বাস করতে পারলাম না। তখন আমার শিক্ষা গুরু পাশ থেকে বললেন গুরুমহারাজ বলছেন এটা আমার মেয়ে। গুরুমহারাজ আমাকে ডেকে নিয়ে উনার চরণের কাছে বসালেন এবং আগে আমাকে জিজ্ঞেস করলেন তুমি ভালো আছতো, তারপর আমাদের দুজনকে একসাথে জিজ্ঞেস করলেন তোমরা ভালো আছতো। আমাকে বললেন আমি তোমাকে চিঠি লেখি, তুমি আমার চিঠি পাও? আমি বললাম,হ্যাঁ। আমি আপনার চিঠি পাই। তারপর আমার সাথে অনেক কথা বললেন এবং আমাদেরকে উনার আশীর্বাদী দণ্ড দিয়ে কয়েকবার আশীর্বাদ করলেন।আমি অনেক আনন্দের সাথে ফিরে এলাম।
গুরুমহারাজ চলে আসার আগে আবার আমাকে সপ্নে দর্শন দিলেন, আমি দেখলাম গুরুমহারাজের হাতে বড় একটি জ্বলন্ত প্রদীপ (নৃসিংহ দেবের সামনে রাখা আছে এমন একটি প্রদীপ) নিয়ে জগন্নাথদেবের মন্দিরের সামনে দাঁড়িয়ে আছেন এবং আমার হাতে দিয়ে বলছেন আমি এটা তোমাকে দিলাম, তুমি এটা রাখ। এইভাবেই গুরুমহারাজ তাঁর হাত থেকে মূল্যবান উপহার পাওয়ার বাসনা পূরণ করলেন ।
গুরুমহারাজের অনেক লীলা আমরা শ্রবণ করি কিন্তু তা আমরা উপলব্ধি করতে পারি না। আমার জীবনে যখন গুরুমহারাজের এই লীলাগুলো ঘটেছিল তখন আমি উপলব্ধি করতে পেরেছি যে গুরুদেব অন্তর্যামী এবং তিনি সকলের প্রতি সমভাবাপন্ন,তিনি কৃপালু এবং ক্ষমাশীল। তিনি পতিত পাবন। তিনি জন্মে জন্মে আমার গুরু ছিলেন তাইতো তিনি এই জন্মেও আমাকে আমার সঠিক পথে নিয়ে এসেছেন। আমাকে অন্ধকার থেকে আলোর পথ দেখিয়েছেন। আজ আমি আমার হৃদয় দিয়ে উপলব্ধি করতে পারি যে গুরুদেবের কৃপা ব্যতীত আমি এখানে আসতে পারতাম না এবং ভগবানের ধামে বাস করতে পারতাম না। তিনি আমাদের রক্ষাকারী কারণ তা না হলে আজ আমরা হারিয়ে যেতাম। তিনি আমাদের নতুন জীবন দান করেছেন। তাঁর এই কৃপা আশীর্বাদ নিয়ে আমি সামনের দিকে অগ্রসর হতে এবং পারমার্থিক জীবনে সাফল্য অর্জন করতে কৃপাপ্রার্থী ।
হরে কৃষ্ণ-।
লীলারানী তুঙ্গবিদ্যা দেবী দাসী
জে পি এস পাবলিকেশনস্
শ্রীধাম মায়াপুর
Dear Srila Gurudev ,
On this auspicious day of your holy appearance please accept our respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
All glories to Sridham Mayapur
During Gaur Purnima 2018 we had a great fortune to visit Sridham Mayapur. Still relishing the sweet memories of Kirtan Mela, Sravan Utsav Mela, darshan of devotees & senior disciples / Sanyasis of Srila Prabhupada & sumptuous prasadam.
The whole dham was surcharged with Nagar Sankirtan by devotees from all over the world. Premanandani Devi & I felt that we have reached home & there are all kinds of wonderful arrangements but our spiritual father was not present hence we dint feel real happiness in our heart. So we were in a kind of mixed situation. Premanandani Devi, however, was fortunate to get your side glance mercy.
Gurudev , we are hankering & praying to the Lord to see you in Mathura desh soon. Your mercy comes to us like the waves of the ocean in the form of your glance (Drishthi), words and instructions, Sparsha (Your danda) and Narshimha oil blessing. We see from the scripture that Lobho Matro Sadhu Sanga sarbo Siddhi hoi and we can see that how although our heart is so much contaminated by the material desire but by your association even for a moment we develop Seva Bhavna. So we see the sadhu prabhav on us.
Your glories are unlimited. You are param Vaishnav, extremely learned & you have gentle values & sweet behavior.
After association with you everybody walks away with a smile on their face because your dealings are on the basis of love.
In Mathura desh we have seen your prem Krodh meaning your love mixed with anger, when we failed to follow your instructions. We know that our intelligence has crashed like the little kitten who gets trapped in a mouse trap & bleed to death So please bless us dear gurudev so that we remain fixed in the service of your lotus feet & develop Krishna Nishtha. Bless us so that we can understand your inner desires & empower us to implement them as an instrument in your hand.
Premanandani & I with our sevadharnis are trying to preach in Muscat to educated Bengalis from Kolkata & in Bhakti Desh we are cultivating a large community of Hindu Sinddhi business community. The Bhakti Desh temple for which you had done the Bhumi pooja has now developed into a nice preaching center.
Hindi, Malaylam & Bengali devotees have regular preaching programs throughout the week.
Premanandani Devi’s late father Sriman Govinda Biswas has donated a small plot of land in Berhampur to Premanandani Devi. With your blessing we want to construct a preaching center & develop a congregation of devotees around the center.
Wishing you once again a very happy Krishna Conscious birthday & praying to Shrimati Radharani for your good health & protection.
Your Spiritual children
Madan Mohan
Premanandani Devi
Tulsi
Partha & all our Bhakti desh members & BV members from Muscat.
JAI GAURANGA !!! JAI NITAI
JAI GURUDEV !!! JAI PRABHUPADA !!!
DEAR GURU MAHARAJ ,
Please accept my 1008 humble pranams .Due to your mercy I have been able to relish the taste of krishna consciousness. Please give me the power to fight the MAYA. On the auspicious day of VYASA PUJA !!! I would like pray for your speedy recovery. By the grace of GURU and GAURANGA I will be able to attend your vyasa puja .
GURUDEV YOU REMOVE THE DARKNESS OF MAYA FROM OUR MINDS.
GURUDEV YOU ARE VERY MERCYFUL .
Please bless so that when I grow big I can become useful to the movement of SRILA PRABHUPADA .
BHAKTA MADHAV KRISHNA (12 years) ;
Son of Gokula Gaurangi Devi Dasi and Govardhana giri Dasa .
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எனது அன்பிற்குரிய குருதேவரே! உங்களுடைய மிகப் பெரிய ஆன்மீக சாம்ராஜ்ஜியத்தில் உள்ள பல ஆயிரம் சேவகர்க்குள் ஒரு சேவகர்க்கு சேவை செய்யும் சிறிய சேவகன் தங்களுடைய சீடன் எழுதும் அன்புப் பரிமாற்றம். குருதேவரே! உங்களுடைய கருணையினாலும், ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதர், வைஷ்ணவர், பஞ்ச தத்வ, ஸ்ரீ ஸ்ரீ ராதா மாதவ அஷ்டசகி, நரசிம்ஹ தேவரின் கருணையினாலும் மாயாப்பூரில் சேவை செய்ய இந்த சேவகனுக்கு வாய்ப்பு அளித்தமைக்கு மிகவும் நன்றி. குருதேவரே! உங்களுடைய உடல் நிலை நன்றாக இருக்கும் போது , சீடர்களிடம் நேரூக்கு நேர் அன்பு பரிமாற்றமும் மற்றும் ஒரே சமயத்தில் பத்து சீடர்களை அனைத்து கொள்ளுவார் என்று உங்களுடைய சீடர்கள் சொல்லக் கேட்டு நான் மிகவும் மகிழ்ச்சி அடைந்தேன். ஆனால் எனது உள்ளத்தில் நான் மிகவும் துர் பாக்கிய சாலி என்று என்னுவேன். அந்த சமயத்தில் நான் உங்களுடைய இல்லை என்று. ஆனால் உங்களுடைய மிக உயர்ந்த கருனையாலும் உங்களுடைய சேவகர் ஷ்யாமரசிக பிரபுவின் கருனையாலும் JPS Archives-வில் சேவை கிடைத்தது. அப்போது ஷ்யாமரசிக பிரபு எனக்கு முதல் சேவையாக 2000-வது ஆண்டு முதல் 2016-வது வரை உள்ள உங்களுடைய புகைப்படங்களை whatsapp எனும் இனைய தளத்தில் செய்திகள் அனுப்ப புகைப்படங்களை தேர்வு செய்யும் சேவை எனக்கு அளித்தார் . அப்போது உங்களுடைய உடல் நிலை நன்றாக இருக்கும் போது உள்ள புகைப்படங்களை தேர்வு செய்தேன். அத்தருனத்தில் ஒவ்வொரு நாலும், ஒவ்வொரு நேரமும் உங்களுடன் இருந்த உணர்வுகிடைத்தது. நான் மிகவும் மகிழ்ச்சி அடைந்தேன். உங்களுடைய கருனையின் முன்பு பெரிய கடலும் சிறு கடுகு .
"ஏபே ஜாஸ குஷுக் த்ரிபுவன"
உமது புகழ் மூவுலகங்களிலும் பரவுவதாக.
தங்களுடைய சேவகன்,
மாதவ சுமங்கள தாஸன்
மதிப்பிற்கும் மரியாதைக்கும் மிகுந்த கருணை உள்ளம் படைத்த குரு மஹாராஜர் அவர்களுக்கு எனது பணிவான வணக்கங்களை தெரிவித்து கொள்கிறேன்.
குருமஹாராஜர் எனக்கு ஆன்மீகத்தில் மிகவும் வேகமான முன்னேற்றம் வேண்டும். முழு ஈடுபாட்டுடன் ஜபம் செய்யும் ஆற்றல் வேண்டும். அதற்கு தங்களுடைய கருணை வேண்டும். இந்த பிறவியிலேயே தீட்சை பெற்று அதை முறைப்படி பயிற்சி செய்து குருவிற்கு எந்த அபராதமும் நேராமல் கோலோக விருந்தாவனத்திற்கு சென்று சேர தங்களுடைய ஆசிh;வாதத்தை வேண்டுகிறேன்.
என் மனதில் உள்ள அனர்த்தங்களை நீக்கி, எப்பொழுதும் தங்களையே நினைத்து, தங்களுடைய பாத கமலங்களை அடைய உங்களுடைய ஆசிர்வாதத்தை வேண்டுகிறேன்.
மீதமுள்ள இப்பிறவியை கிருஷ்ண உணா;விலே கழிக்க தங்களுடைய கருணையை வேண்டுகிறேன்.
மஹாலக்ஷ்மி, ஸ்ரீ ரங்கம்
Mahā Laksmi (Aspiring), Śrīraṅgam, India
ஹரே கிருஷ்ணா
எல்லாப்புகழும் குரு மற்றும் கௌராங்கருக்கே
என் அன்பிற்குரிய ஆன்மீக குருவே என் தந்தையே. தவத்திரு ஜெயபதாக ஸ்வாமி ஸ்ரீல குருதேவரே உங்களுக்கு என் பணிவான நமஸ்காரங்கள்.
தங்களை பற்றி எழுதுவதற்கோ, பேசுவதற்கோ எனக்கு எந்த ஒரு தகுதியுமில்லை. இருந்தும் பகவான் ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணர் மற்றும் ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதா மற்றும் உங்கள் கருணையினால் ஒரு சிலவற்றை கூற முயற்சிக்கின்றேன். மகத்தில் பிறந்த மகானே. என் ஆன்மீக குருவே. தங்களை பற்றி எழுதுவதற்கு என் மனம் துடிக்கின்றது. ஆனால் எழுத்துகள் வரவில்லை.
தாங்களே இந்தியாவின் மிகப்பெரும் பொக்கிஷம். தாங்கள் இன்றி மாயாப்புர் இல்லை. மாயாப்புர் இன்றி நீர் இல்லை. நான் முதன்முதலில் தங்களை தரிசனம் செய்ததே என்னுடைய குருஆஷ்ரயா அன்று தான். என்னுடைய பாக்கியம் நான் முதலில் தரிசனம் செய்யும்போதே எனக்கு நீங்கள் ளநடவநச வழங்கியதான்.
ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதரின் நவரத்தினங்களில் ஒருவரே என் ஆன்மீக குருவே. ஜெகந்நாதருக்கு மிகவும் பிரியமானவரே. ஜெயபதாக ஸ்வாமியே என் ஆன்மீக குருவே. நீர் அமெரிக்காவில் பிறந்தாலும் நீர் இந்தியரே. சிம்மத்ததின் சிங்க ரூபமோ நீர். என் ஆன்மீக ருவே. ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதரை உயிர்மூச்சாககொண்ட என் ஆன்மீக குருவே. தத்துவத்தின் தத்துவமே. என் ஆன்மீக குருவே. உங்கள் உடல் உபாதைகளை பொருட்படுத்தாமல் எந்நிலையிலும் ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதரின் உபதேசங்களை கொண்டு பக்தர்களிடம் செலுத்துவதிலேயே முன்மையாய் இருக்கிறீர்கள் என் ஆன்மீக குருவே. ஆன்மீக குருவே நீர் என் வாழ்க்கை ஒரு வெற்றிடமே. கருணையின் அவதாரமே என் ஆன்மீக குருவே. பிறவிதோறும் நீர் மட்டுமே என் ஆன்மீக குருவாக வேண்டும். எனக்கு உங்களிடம் தீக்ஷை வாங்குவதற்கே தகுதியற்றவன் நான். இருந்தும் என் குருநாதரே நீர் அதையும் வழங்கினீர்கள். உங்களிடமிருந்து நான் பலவிஷயங்களை தெரிந்து கொள்ளவேண்டியிருக்கிறது. நித்தியானந்த பிரபு கருணையின் அவதாரம். நீர் கருணையின் கருணா அவதாரம். நான் உங்களிடமிருந்து பலமுறை கேட்ட ஒருசொல், மாயாப்புர் தாமத்தை விரிவுபடுத்துவது மற்றும் கௌடிய மடங்களை இஸ்கானுடன் இணைப்பது மற்றும் ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதரின் புத்தகங்களை விநியோகிப்பது மற்றும் பக்தி விருக்ஷா. பக்தி விருக்ஷவை முதலில் ஸ்ரீ நித்தியானந்த பிரபு தான் நிறுவினார். ஆனால் அது 500 வருடங்களுக்கு முன்பு. தற்போது பக்தி விருக்ஷாவின் உயிர்மூச்சே என் ஆன்மீகவே. நீங்கள் எங்கு சென்றாலும் முதலில் பக்தி விருக்ஷா பக்தர்களுக்கே முதல் தரிசனம்.
இப்படிக்கு,
தங்களின் உண்மையுள்ள சேவகன்
மஹா யோக நரசிம்ம தாஸன், ஸ்ரீரங்கம்
Maha Yoga Narasimha Dasa (Diksa), Srirangam, India
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Shrila Prabhupad …!!! All Glories to Shri Guru and Shri Gauranga…!!!
Kindly accept my following broken words as your glorification.....
About 18 months ago, I had to relocate from Mathuradesh to Vadodara. I remember that while writing Vyas puja offering to you last year, I was feeling very guilty because by then, I could not start Bhakti Vriksha or any other regular preaching program for new comers. Gurudeva, I mentioned about my grief, then, in my offering.
Your Holiness have so kindly and mercifully reciprocated with me over this grief and provided all that is necessary to start a Bhakti Vriksha. I remember that in your visit, your Holiness at Ujjain last year, you blessed all the devotees came from Vadodara at least three times. You heard my deepest prayers….!!!! Soon you have sent some souls and engaged me, my wife and daughters in Bhakti Vriksha preaching. By your mercy, about 25-30 souls attend this program happening on each Saturday evening. Also, recently, we had Shrdhhavan seminar. Around eleven members have committed for 1 round of chanting every day. This program is happening under guidance of your dear disciples and supported by temple authorities.
I am very grateful for such lively reciprocation. It gives me immense strength to increase my efforts in taking this program ahead. Not only that but to start conducting more preaching programs and reach out to few more souls.
As my subtle sinful tendencies still continues to exist and my material desires continues to remain strong, I know how much unqualified I am for doing all this transcendental services for the pleasure of Lord Krishna, Shrila Prabhupad, and you, your Holiness. I know this is only due to your mercy.
Dear Gurudeva,
In recent times, your health is concern to all of us, your spiritual sons and daughters. Your physical condition does not matter to you at all, as we have been seeing for last many more months and years. However, I also know that in a way, we are responsible to put you in such a painful condition.
Dear Gurudev, you are about to be treated for lever transplantation. My heart tells me that Lord Krishna and you are having some past –times in order to make us all serious in our sadhana. This is my understanding. However you know everything as it is, which is beyond my understanding.
I pray to Lord Nrsinghadeva for your health recovery because that is in our interest and also in the interest of so many souls which are waiting for your glance upon them. When Sun-god rises every day, he distributes his light without discrimination. He purifies everything. He vanquishes all sinful activities that take place in the womb of darkness of night. He spreads light and gives meaning to the eyes. Eyes are useless without light. In the same way, you distribute your mercy and compassion without discrimination. You truly represent, legacy, of Lord Nityananda, Lord Caitanya, our great achrya parampara and our dear Shrila Prabhupad. As son god gives meaning to the eyes, you, Dear Gurudev, give meaning to the life of your disciples like me. When that day will come, when I will at least fractionally but truly represent you, as your son?
Dear Gurudev, also I expect to be away from my family in recent future in order to earn livelihood. This decision is taken after guidance and consent of local sr. devotees here in Vadodara. I pray that such commitment will not become obstacle in preaching programs as well as in daily sadhana. I beg for your blessings for that.
Through this offering, let me commit myself to be very serious, agile and sincere in conducting my sadhana. I beg for your blessings in fulfilling my commitment. I express my deepest gratitude unto you, Your Holiness. I am also grateful to all senior devotees of Baroda and also of Mathuradesh who have always engaged us in various devotional services. I also pray on behalf of all Baroda Bhakti Vriksha members for everyone’s spiritual progress.
Once again, I pray to Lord Nrsimhadeva for your smooth medical treatment and earliest health recovery. We all need you for many more years….!!!!
Your servant,
Mahanand Caitanya Das (Diksha Disciple )
Preetimayi Radhika DD,(wife)
daughters - Raspriya Radharani Devi Dasi and
Riya
Baroda, India.
प्रभुपाद जी की पताका लहरा रहा चहुँ ओर।
गौरंगा गौरंगा के जय घोष का मचा शोर।।
गुरु महाराज को शारीरिक कष्ट की नहीं कोई परवाह।
बस बद्ध जीव का हो उद्धार, है यही चाह।।
अपने शिष्यों का,बद्ध जीवों का, मन उत्साहित करते।
सभी को कृष्ण भावना भावित होने के लिए प्रोत्साहित करते।।
गुरु महाराज हैं आपार गुणों की खान।
उनके विषय में कुछ कहने को सक्षम नही ज़ुबान।।
आज व्यास पूजा के दिन गुरु महाराज को शत् शत् नमन।
आप की कृपा से सभी बद्ध जीवात्माओं की अज्ञानता का रहा हैं दमन।।
Maharani Yashomati Devi Dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances in the holiest dust of Your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and You, His divine son.
The great acharya, Srila Vasu Ghosh composed the song yadi Gour na hoito tabe ki hoito. If Lord Gauranga did not come to this universe, who would understand the glories of Srimati Radharani? Following suit, you wrote the beautiful song yadi Prabhupada na hoito which asks the essential question: if Srila Prabhupada did not come to this world how would we go through our lives? But all we can think on Your Vyasa Puja day is yadi Acharyapada na hoito tabe ki hoito? If You did not come to this earth to assist Srila Prabhupada, who would understand the importance of Lord Nityananda's primary goal: the preaching of bhaja Gauranga kaha Gauranga Laha gaurangera nam re: worship Gauranga, chant Gauranga's name and take Gaurangas name as your heart and soul. Since you always emphasize this request of Nitai in all of your teachings, we always feel overwhelmed when remembering the Nitai Kripa Pradayine part of Your pranam mantra.
We remember the time You were recounting the intense love Raghava Pandit had for Lord Nityananda. While describing the ecstasy He felt upon beholding Nitai's transcendental Form, You suddenly shouted out Nitai's Holy Name with such intensity, Your voice completely choked and tears were gushing from Your eyes. We are totally convinced that Your love for Nitai is not something that can be artificially achieved by anyone else. You are completely connected to Him in the most confidential way.
Your commitment to Srila Prabhupadas service is beyond compare. When He gave You the service of developing Mayapur, You never took a backseat and delegated it to others. You worked hard to transfer bricks for the development of the temple and guesthouse. You also worked hard day and night to procure the Nitai Pada Kamala boat and build up the traveling sankirtan parties here that brought so much pleasure to Srila Prabhupada. Even now, You ignore all bodily discomforts in order to disseminate the transcendental knowledge in Srila Prabhupada's books to us fallen souls.
This past year, there has been one book that has been a lucid guide for us regarding the glories of the Holy Name market and the phenomenal workings of reciprocation within Krishna consciousness. That book is Sri Godruma Kalpatavi, which You have mercifully brought to the attention of the Vaishnava community. Your commentaries on these tenets were highly insightful. Together You and Bhaktivinoda Thakur elucidated the currencies for buying the different gradations of chanting the Holy Name. In this marketplace, sraddha is the smallest unit of currency but it is sufficient to purchase the Holy Name. Prem is the highest unit and commensurates with sarva yukta nama, or the Holy Name imbued with all loving mellows. But throughout this all, we are just thinking that association with a pure devotee like You is akin to a large donation bank where You are freely giving out any unit of money one desires. Those who see Your steadfastness to Srila Prabhupada's mission will certainly develop sraddha, and those who dive deep into Your transcendental vani will certainly develop prema without excessive endeavor.
Your entire life is a perfect example of Nitai Gaura consciousness so we are completely inept at glorifying You sufficiently. When Anantadev, who holds innumerable universes upon His head, can not reach the end of Nitai Gauranga's glories, how are we, insignificant jivas, supposed to glorify even an iota of Your glories when the pure devotee of The Lord is even more glorious than The Lord Himself? Therefore, please forgive our feeble attempt and bless us to be able to serve Your senior disciples who are imbued with Your potency and qualities.
Your most fallen servants,
Mangala Madhav das and
Nityanandi dasi
Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my respectful Obeisances.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to unto your lotus feet!
Srila Gurudeva, I am not at all qualified however for my own purification I would like to share few words.
First, I would like to pray to Lord Jagannath, Subhadra Mai, Baladeva, Gaur Nitai and Lord Narasimha Deva to protect and bless you so that you gain good health and continue to guide us.
I sincerely pray to bless me so that I can serve the Lotus Feet of Gurudeva and serve Gurudeva in fullfilling Srila Prabhupada mission. Its your causeless mercy that I have got an association of devotees. I am currently appearing in Class 10 exams and I sincerely request your blessings and mercy so that I can fullfill my responsibility as a student and become a good devotee by consistenly Chanting and Serving.
Please help me and guide me to overcome my anarthas and become a nice devotee, in the service of Guru and Gauranga.
Your insignificant aspirant
Mangalam Moondra (aspirant)
Bangalore, India
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
My dear Spiritual Father,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace and the vyasapuja event. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Lots of memories are coming into my mind about your most wonderful glories and qualities. But I consider the most significant and impressive one was the moment, 21 years back, when you decided to put me, by initiating, in the list of the souls whom you want to deliver from this ever-tormenting material world. This itself is enough for me to surmise the unfathomable depth of your compassion towards anyone. I am the most fallen within the fourteen worlds. My wicked mind made me go through all nonsense and useless activities life after life. Even in this life, with my stupid and fallen nature, I would have gone astray and far away from the beautiful life which Srila Prabhupada had kindly gifted us. Notwithstanding your causeless mercy stretched up to me to rescue from this whirlpool of material existence. But I am so unfortunate that even though I got this rarest opportunity to make my life successful by drowning myself in the ocean of Gaura-prema, which you are distributing so magnanimously, yet I am not able to utilize that opportunity properly.
My dear Gurudeva,
You know everything about me, even better than me. If you were not be there I wouldn't have survived in my devotional life. After completion of my academic study, when I was almost getting far away from the cooling shelter of the Lord by engaging myself in finding a material career, you dragged me on the hair to the lotus feet of of Lord Gauranga, gave shelter into the holy land of Sri Mayapur and engaged me in the service of your divine grace. Being fortunate to get the opportunity of serving you closely from your office, I got ample opportunities to uplift myself in the path of perfection. But my durdaiva is that I again could not make it. I am still struggling with lots of anarthas at the bottom of heart. I beg mercy and strength from you to overcome my laziness to be sincere in improving myself.
Sometimes I would feel that I am not able to do any vapu-seva for you. Though you have given me an important service at your office as well as stated in a meeting with the office, "office is my like my heart as you all are doing the services which I want to do. Office is my expansion". Yet the thought of receiving some vapu-seva was stirring into my mind. I approached you one evening at your room on the lotus building rooftop and asked you about my feelings at that time. You replied, "it's OK, I know you are busy in the office." Interestingly you gave me little opportunity to serve you right that moment to move you to the washroom. Similarly, I got number of opportunities on some other occasions to serve your divine grace personally in Mayapur, Kolkata, Coimbatore and in Bangladesh. But every time the thought came up to my mind that, am I really doing something useful to please you? Over the years, I have realized from various lectures of yours that your ultimate desire is that you want all your disciples should get back home, back to Godhead and this Krishna consciousness should be preached to every single souls. This way a disciple can please you he most.
My beloved Guru Maharaja,
In January 2018, in a mail, you wrote to me, "Thank you for helping me. I give you blessings for having strong faith and ruci in the holy name and for desiring to see the jivas have faith in the holy name." On this very special day of your vyasapuja celebration, I prostrate at the dust of your lotus feet and beg strength to be able to apply these two things in my personal life. Please always keep me under the cooling shelter of your lotus feet, so that I can always offenselessly chant the holy name with a heartfelt mood of 3rd verse of siksastakam, serve sri sadhu guru vaisnavas and help others towards a sincere devotional life.
As I told earlier, you know my heart, my nature, my inabilities. So please make me yours, use me as an instrument at your hand to serve Srila Prabhupada and Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, chastise me always if I ever get deviated, make me realize the glories of the cintamani dhuli of Sri Navadvipa dhama, ultimately bless me with a craving heart to cry piteously while chanting and remembering the names and glories of Sri Hari-Guru-vaisnavas.
On this most auspicious day, I beg at the dust of your lotus feet to kindly forgive me for all my offenses at your lotus feet and thus don't let me go away from the shelter of your divine grace.
May Lord Sri Narasimhadeva and Sri Gaura-Nitai always keeps you in good health.
Your most unworthy and insignificant fallen son
Mani Gopal dasa,
JPS Office,
Sridham Mayapur
என்னுடைய அன்பும் பாசத்திற்கும் உரிய குருமஹாராஜர் அவர்களுக்கு,
என்னுடைய இதயம் கலந்த வணக்கங்களையும் நன்றிகளையும் தங்களுடைய தாமரைப்பாதங்களில் சமர்ப்பிக்கின்றேன். இந்த பொன்னான திருநாளில் எந்தவித உபயோகமும் இல்லாமல் மிருகமாக வாழ்ந்துகொண்டு இருந்த எனக்கு தங்களுடைய தாமரைப்பாதங்களில் அடைக்கலம் கொடுத்தமைக்கு கோடானு கோடி வணக்கங்கள் அளித்தாலும் முழுமை பெறாது. என்னுடைய ஆன்மீக பக்தி வாழ்வில் முதலாவதாக ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதரும், 2007 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஜனவரி 7 ம் தேதி முதன்முதலாக இஸ்கானில் தங்களையும் சந்தித்தேன். அன்று முதல் இன்று வரை தங்களுடைய காரணமற்ற கருணையின் மூலம் என்னுடைய பக்தி சேவை தொடர்ந்து கொண்டுள்ளது. ‘வந்தேகம் ஜகத் குரோ” முழு அண்டத்திற்கும் குரு ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணரே. எல்லா ஜீவராசிகளுக்கும் அடைக்கலம் கொடுப்பதற்காக கருணைவாய்ந்த ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணர் தன்னுடைய குணங்களை ஒவ்வொரு நபரின் மூலம் வெளிப்படுத்துகிறார். இதில் கருணை, தாராளமனப்பான்மை, சாந்தம், பொறுமை, உறுதி மேலும் பல தெய்வீக குணங்களை பெற்ற தங்களை என்னுடைய வாழ்வில் குருவாக பெற்றமைக்கு என்னுடைய அன்பும் பாசமும் கலந்த வணக்கங்களையும் நன்றியையும் தெரிவித்துக்கொள்கிறேன்.
தங்களுடைய தாமரைப்பாதங்களில் இருந்துகொண்டு ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதா மற்றும் ஸ்ரீ சைதன்ய மஹாபிரபுவின் எண்ணங்களை நிறைவேற்ற ஒரு கருவியாக இருந்திட இந்த உபயோகமற்ற ஜீவன்மேல் கருணைகாட்டி, ஆசிர்வாதங்களை வழங்கிட கோடானுகோடி முறை வேண்டிக்கொள்கிறேன்.
தங்களுடைய நிரந்தர சேவகன்,
மணி முகுந்த தாஸன்
Manimukunda Dasa(Diksa),
Coimbatore, India
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Our beloved Spiritual Father,
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. All Glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga.
Please accept our most humble and respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.
Guru Maharaja, on this most auspicious and glorious day of your Vyasapuja, we sincerely pray to their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Madhav Asta Sakhi Vrinda, Sri Narsimhadeva and Sri Sri Pancatattva for your complete recovery at the earliest.
Guru Maharaja, by your personal example, your divine grace is inspiring all of us that in any condition Lord Caitanya's mission of spreading the Krishna Consciousness shall not slow down. Your divine activities of spreading the glories of the holy name for saving the fallen conditioned souls from material nesciences, even in challenging situation shows your unlimited compassion for the humanity. Your divine example is the best example for all of us to get inspired and increase our preaching services for the divine pleasure of Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga.
Guru Maharaja, I am happy to inform you that after receiving special blessings and empowerment during your visit to Ujjain and listening to your instruction that your disciple should engage in preaching, majority of the initiated devotees from Bhakti Vriksha have started preaching. Since last two years we are trying to collect donation for Srimad Bhagavad Gita distribution and distribute at reduced price in nearby villages of Baroda. We got good response and villagers also expressed their desire to understand Srimad Bhagavad Gita. So, HG Navadvip Guardham prabhu and HG Asimguna Ranachhor prabhu have started programs in two villages. HG Mahananda Caitanya prabhu and HG Preetimayi Radhika mataji are already doing Bhakti Vriksha, They started BV with 10 members and within 5 months have reached to 30+ enthusiastic members. HG Maha Gopika mataji and HG Jayada Vrajalila mataji together have started ladies program, HG Kavipriya Gandharvika mataji has also started one program, HG Nilambari Padma mataji is doing children program very nicely and trying to connect their parents also with Krishna Consciousness. HG Nareswar Krishna prabhu and family is also engaged in doing Bhakti Vriksha. Though they have only one regular member they are continuing program with enthusiasm to please your divine grace. HG Hriday Gaurhari prabhu is also planning for Bhakti Vriksha. Gurudeva, please bless all these devotees that they continue their efforts to please you.
Guru Maharaja, it is only your causeless mercy that we all are engaged in the transcendental loving devotional service. Guru Maharaja we beg you to keep us at the dust your lotus feet always.
Srila Gurudeva, we beg for your forgiveness for whatever offences we have committed and committing everyday unto your divine lotus feet. Please forgive us and kindly shower your blessings on us so that we can serve your divine grace with unflinching faith and devotion, without committing offences.
Your spiritual children,
Mantresh Gauranga das,
Nitya Yogini devi dasi and
All Bhakti Vriksha Members
Dear Spiritual Master,
Dandavats Pranams at your lotus feet Guru Maharaj. We still remember the day on which you bestowed your mercy of Harinama Diksha in Apr-2012 at Sri Laxmi-Narasimha Temple, Bangalore. Koti Pranams for purifying our family. Kindly be merciful unto these fallen souls. Whenever we see you, we are vibrantly charged with your aroma of Holiness.
gurudev! kripa-bindu diya, koro’ ei dase, trinapekha ati hina
With your blessings upon us, we started worshipping Gaura-Nitai Deities. Please please please Guru Maharaj bestow your choicest piece of good fortune unto me. We are from Bangalore Yatra coming to seek your Darshan and blessings on your Vyas Puja in Chennai on 271th March 2018.
Seva through Bhakti Vriksha: We were entrusted with higher responsibility for taking care of the Bhakta Janas in Bhakti Vriksha. Presently we have 6 BV programs going on with a vision of expanding rapidly for next year. Parabhakti Radharani DD (your diksha disciple) is taking care of all ladies. But in my house, the Bhakti Vriksha is not much encouraging Guru Maharaj, only 3 or 4 people are attending; kindly bless us to serve you nicely. And our two sons are chanting and nicely doing service in BV and Temple. With your grace our family is in Shradha Kutir. Desiring to make it as a Bhakti Centre under the leadership of HG Varada Krishna Prabhu.
The programs we have done, Kartika Damodar Program (8000 souls offered lamps); Book Distribution (2001 BGs books distributed in 2017 Marathon); Outreach, Vyuha Programs, Spiritual Picnics, Congregational Expansion are all offerings to you Guru Maharaj at Your Lotus Feet. Kindly bless us.
Your Dasa Dasanudasas,
Mathurapati Madhusudan Das (Diksha),
Parabhakti Radharani Devi Dasi (Diksha),
Hare Krishna Srila Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All Glories to Your Divine Grace.
First and foremost, I would like to thank you Srila Guru Maharaj for accepting me as your spiritual daughter. It has been 13 years since You initiated us in Kuala Lumpur in Dec 2004. I am working towards the requirements of brahmana initiation and have a fervent desire to take the 2nd initiation so that I can develop brahminical qualities by your mercy and continue to render devotional service Srila Guru Maharaj.
We had the fortune of transcribing some of your lectures Guru Maharaj and now we are assisting the team of devotees to make a book consolidating your lectures for the pleasure of Srila Guru Maharaj, Gauranga, Krishna and all the vaisnavas. I want to give my best to this service.
We were able to distribute some Bhagavad Gitas, Krsna Book and small books during the Gita Marathon in December by your mercy Srila Gurudev. With the blessings of Srila Guru and Gauranga I was able to distribute few Bhagavad Gitas in office and distributed one Bhagavad Gita to my boss in office.
On this auspicious occassion of Your Vyasapuja, we would like to offer prayers to Lord Nrsimha Dev, Lord Chaitanya and Lord Krishna to keep you in the best of health.
Praying for your mercy and blessings so that we perform our material and spiritual duties with the right attitude and service mood for the pleasure of Sri Guru, Sri Gauranga, Sri Krishna and the vaisnavas and obtain the goal of life, which is Krishna Prema, in this life. My husband, HG Harinamakrishnadas pr and daughters Dhanya and Dayita join in my prayers and offering to you Srila Gurudev.
Your spiritual daughter,
Medhavinisakhi dd
நம ஓம் விஷ்ணு-பாதாய கிருஷ்ண-ப்ரேஷ்டாய பூ-தலே
ஸ்ரீமதே ஜெயபதாகா-ஸ்வாமின் இதி நாமினே
நம ஆச்சார்ய பாதாய நிதாய்-க்ருப-ப்ரதாயினே
கௌர-கத தாமதாய நகர-க்ராம தாரிணே
‘குரு மஹாராஜர் கீ ஜெய்”
‘குரு மஹாராஜர் பாத கமலங்களை நான் சரணடைகிறேன்.”
நான் முதல்முறையாக இஸ்கான் பக்தர்களோடு கோயம்பத்தூர் ரதயாத்திரைக்கு சென்றோம். அப்போது குருமகராஜரின் உபன்யாசம் பந்தலில் நடந்துகொண்டிருந்தது. அவரது கணீரென்ற குரலில் நான் கேட்டபோதும் எனக்கு இனம் புரியாத உன்னத உணர்வு ஏற்பட்டது. என் மனதில் ஒரு சந்தோஷம். அவரை திரும்ப திரும் பார்க்க மனம் தூண்டியது. ஜெகந்நாதர் இரத யாத்திரை முன்பாக அவர் பரவசத்துடன் பாடி ஆடிய என் கண்களைவிட்டு அகலவில்லை. அவருடைய கண்களில்தான் அவ்வளவு கருணை. பக்தர்களுடன் பாடி ஆடி பரவசத்துடன் சுற்றி சுற்றி வந்தார். அவருடைய பார்வை படாதா என்று பக்தர்கள் கூட்டம் அவர் பார்க்கும்போது எல்லாம் சுற்றி சுற்றி வந்தனர். குருமஹாராஜர், குரு மஹாராஜர், குருமஹாராஜர் என்று கோஷம் போட்டனர். அவருடைய உபன்யாசத்தை கேட்டபோது பக்தி இல்லாதவருக்கு கூட பக்திவந்துவிடும். அவர் கிருஷ்ணரைபற்றி கூறும்போது அந்த அபிநயத்துடன் கூறுவார். நாம் அந்த லோகத்தில் இருக்கிறமாதிரி உணர்வு ஏற்படும். திடீரென்று அவர் ஹரிபோல் ஹரிபோல் என்றும் கௌரங்கா, கௌரங்கா என்றும் கூறுவார்.
பேட்டரிக்கு சார்ஜ் போட்டதுபோல் நமக்கும் சார்ஜ் ஏறும். அவரைப்பார்க்கும்போது கருணையே வடிவான நித்தியானந்த பிரபுவின் சகாவாக நான் காண்கிறேன். நித்தியானந்த பிரபுவின் கருணையை நான் அவர் கண்களில் கண்டேன். குருமஹாராஜர் அவர்கள் எனக்கு ஆன்மீக குருவாக கிடைத்தது நான் செய்த பாக்கியம். இந்த பாவப்பட்ட பெளதிக வாழ்க்கையில் இருந்து எனக்கு ஆன்மீக வாழ்க்கைக்கு வழிகாட்டியவர். ஆன்மீக குரு என்பவர் அங்கீகரிக்கப்பட்ட குரு பரம்பரையில் வந்தவராக இருக்கிறார். பிரம்மதேவரில் தொடங்கி நாரதமுனிவர், வியாசதேவர், மத்வாச்சார்யர் மற்றும் மாதவேந்திரபுரி பரம்பரையில் வந்தவர்களாக உள்ளோம். அவர் தன் உடல்நிலையை பற்றி கவலைப்படாமல் பிரச்சாரம் செய்கிறோம். பக்தர்களுக்கு பகவத்கீதை பாகவத வகுப்புகள், சைதன்யரைப்பற்றி பக்தர்களுக்கு எடுத்துச்சொல்கிறார். குருமஹாராஜர் பகவான் கிருஷ்ணருடைய சேவை செய்பவராகவும், பகவான் சேவையை தவிர வேறு எதுவும் தேவையில்லை என்றும் பெளதிகத்தில் உள்ள ஒவ்வொருவரையும் பகவான் சேவையில் ஈடுபடவும் பகவானின் பக்தர்களாகவும் மாற்றுகிறார் தன்னுடைய பிரச்சாரத்தினையும் செய்கிறார்.
ஆன்மீக குரு இல்லாமல் அவருடைய கருணை இல்லாமல் நாம் பகவான் கிருஷ்ணரை அடையமுடியாது. நம்முடைய வாழ்வில் ஏஏற்படும் முன்னேற்றம் எல்லாம் குருவின் கருணையால்தான். அவர் இல்லாமல் எதுவும் நடைபெறாது. அவருடைய கருணை கிடைக்காவிட்டால் நாம் வெறும் ஜடம்தான். அதற்கு மதிப்பு கிடையாது. என்னுடைய குருமஹாராஜர் என்னை கிருஷ்ணரிடம் கூட்டிச்செல்வார். அவரை குருவாக அடைந்தது நான் செய்த பாக்கியம். அவரிடம் நான் தீட்சை வாங்கினேன். அவருடைய அளவற்ற கருணையினால் பிராமண தீட்சையும் பெற்றேன். பிராமண தீட்சை வாங்கிய இரவு வெகுநேரம் ஆகியும் பக்தர்களோடு உரையாடினார். அவர் உடல்நிலையை பற்றி கவலைப்படவில்லை. பக்தர்களிடம் இருப்பதை மிகவும் சந்தோஷமாக இருந்தார். அவர் காரின் அருகில் நின்றபோது குருமஹாராஜர் காரில் ஏறினார். குருமஹாராஜர் அருகில் சென்றேன். அவர் காரில் ஏறியபின் அருகில் சென்றேன். என்தலையில் கை வைத்து ஆசிர்வாதம் செய்தார். ஒருமுறை கோயம்புத்தூர் அவருடைய பக்தர்கள் எல்லாம் சேர்ந்து பார்க்கபோனோம். அப்போது அவர் எல்லோருக்கும் பூக்கள் கொடுத்தார். எனக்கு கிடைக்கவில்லை. நான் தனியாக நின்று இருந்தேன். பிறகு குருமஹாராஜர் என்னை கூப்பிட்டார். அருகில் சென்றேன். பெரிய மல்லிகை மாலை கொடுத்து ஆசிர்வாதம் செய்தார். அவருடைய கருணையால் என்னுடைய ஆன்மீக வாழ்க்கை தொடர்ந்து கொண்டு உள்ளது. அவர் பாதங்களை எப்போதும் சரணடைந்து உள்ளேன். அவர் பல்லாண்டு பல்லாண்டு பல்லாயிரத்தாண்டு பலபோடி நூறாயிரம் ஆண்டுகள் வாழ நான் கௌரங்களை பிரார்த்தனை செய்துகொள்கிறேன்.
பணிவுடன்
மேக ஸ்யாமள தேவிதாஸி
நான் ஸ்ரீ ரங்கத்தில் சேவை செய்து வருகிறேன். என் குடும்பத்தில் நான் மட்டுமே பக்தராக உள்ளேன். என் கணவர் எனக்கு உதவியாக இருப்பார். அவருடைய கனவில் குரு மஹாராஜரை பார்த்தேன் என்று கூறினார். சமீபத்தில் நடந்தது பக்தர்கள் புடைசூழ குருமஹாராஜர் இருந்தார். நான் அவரிடம் சென்று அவர் பாதத்தை வீழ்ந்து வணங்கினேன். என்னை ஆசிர்வாதம் செய்தார் எனக்கூறினேன். பரவாயில்லை உங்கள் கனவில் குருமஹாராஜரை பார்த்துவிட்டீர்கள் எனக்கூறினேன்.
Mega Shyamala.Devi.Dasi(Diksa)
SriRangam, India
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Hare Krishna!
I offer my most respectful and humble dandavat pranams at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Jagad-Guru, Srila Prabhupada and all glories to your loving divine grace.
I wish you a very happy vyasa-puja and pray to Srimati Radharani for many happy returns of this auspicious day. Guru-Maharaj, this past year has been full of realizations and new spiritual experiences by your blessings. Keeping you at the centre of my life, each day I can feel how your causeless mercy flows unconditionally in the upkeep of my devotional service. Although it’s been 3 years since Lord Krishna mercifully sent you as my master and saviour, that first darshan of your divine grace is still afresh to my vision.
Guru-Maharaj, you have made all arrangements not only for your disciples but for humanity at large through your many innovative ways of getting your association through your lectures, live internet broadcasts, activity reports and etc. In every activity of yours, you never fail to strengthen our commitment and conviction to Srila Prabhupada and his ISKCON. This year, due to health you were not there in Mayapur during parikrama. I heard HH Lokanath swami maharaj saying that Jayapataka swami is not here physically but his heart his here. I actually realized it, you did not miss any chance to give your association through calls, no matters how’s health. In a very exemplary way, you teach us the mood of becoming an eternal sisya by displaying your unconditional pure love for Srila Prabhupada. Please Guru-Maharaj, instill in our hearts a drop of that mood of servitorship for your divine grace as you have for Srila Prabhupada. I was reading the book Prabhupada charanashrya which is the collection of Vyasa puja offering to srila prabhupada by you. After reading those homages I cried to see the love and faith you have for srila prabhupada. You have surrendered your life to your spiritual master in order to fulfill the mission of Caitanya mahaprabhu. Gurudeva, your life examples are straighten to many lives.
On this auspicious day, I pray to remain a speck of dust at your lotus feet, O my beloved Guru-Maharaj. Wishing you the most wonderful vyasa-puja celebration again and again.
Gurudeva, I will be very happy if fallen soul like me, will be able to serve in any way.
Your insignificant servant
Megha Rupa Radhe Devi Dasi
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj
Please accept my humble obeisance at Lotus feet
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
This year Vyasa Pooja Celebrations are very important and unforgettable to me.
In 2008, I attended Vyasa Puja without even knowing the significance of the same but today when I realised how important it is to celebrate your birthday, you are there in South India due to treatment.
Dear Spiritual father,you are futuristic, you asked me if I know to cook when I came to invite you for my marriage, I said yes, when after marriage my Prabhu is happy with !y cooking, I realised how important & significant your query was. It's just because of you and nothing else.
Dear father every time a girl gets married she goes to her in law's place am very lucky to come back here where you my spiritual father and eternal father Gauranga mahaprabhu resides always.Its just your mercy working on me for I knew nothing of why am here till this minute and if am qualified to be here.
Oh my lovely spiritual father, the saviour of all mankind, it's important for you be in good health as Mahaprabhu has commissioned you to send back as many unfortunate souls to His Lotus feet and to witness all he project you have started in this regard. so ibeg you dear Spiritual father, please take care of your health. Ofcourse your health resides in our Sadhana that we have promised you, I swear that I will take it seriously for your sake.
Awaiting to serve you & Srila Prabhupada in the land of Mahaprabhu
Hari bol
Your servant of servant
Mitravinda Radhika Devi Dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble beisances.
All Glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
It's really my pleasure to offer this homage to your divine grace.I am currently an Engineering student at Kalyani residing at BACE . Dear Guru maharaja, you are showering Gauranga's mercy through over 50 thousand hands. Fortunately, I received your mercy through HG Nitai Chandra Nimai pr who has brought me into Krishna Consciousness. Currently I am trying to assist him in youth preaching along with graduation . Please Bless me Guru Maharaja, that I get the anarthas in the core of my heart replaced by genuine concern for living entities suffering without KC. May thereby I become an instrument of your dedicated disciples spreading Gauranga's message.
Insignificant Servant of your servants,
Mohit Kumar Mahato
Hare Krishna
All Glories to Guru and Gauranga
All Glories to Srila Prabhupad
My Beloved Guru Maharaj
My sincere prayers to Lord Narasimha for your health and welfare so that your tireless service to the Prabhupad mission is uninterrupted
It is my privilege for being a part of your 69th Sri Vyasapuja ceremony and my humble offering in this regard.
At the outset I sincerely thank Lord Krishna and Srila Prabhupad for giving us a wonderful Guru maharaj and my sincere gratitude to you Guru Maharaj for being your disciple..
Gurumaharaj, since 17 years to best of my ability I am trying to serve you in various services, like collection for Guruvayur property, Trivandruam centre and Coimbatore. Till June 2017, I was serving in Srivasangan, Sharjah UAE
as yatra leader and I myself was handling three Bakti Vriksha too. While being there we have supported various services in Kerala and also was instrumental in starting Kannur BV resulted now to be a full fledged unit and conducted 11 Rata yatras..
Now fully focussing in developing a centre in Kanjikode, where our ISKCON community is taking shape. Out 21 members, 3 members started constructing houses and soon we need to start our Sankirtan hall too, for which we need your blessings and prayers. We already started BV and with your mercy it is going well and 60-70 members are being participated.
Gurumaharaj please bless me to to make this community a milestone in Kanjikode so that more fallen souls are come unto the Lotus feet of Lord Krishna.
What ever little services being rendered are just in view of your causeless mercy, in absence of which I do not know what a Vaishnava life is
and my ultimate destination
I sincerely wish and pray that every breath I use for the pleasure of Krishnas service which can only be achieved with your blessings
Sincerely wish service life and life for which please empower me to do so with humble pranamas & prayers
Murari gauranga dasa
Kanjikode
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my most humble dandavat Panama. On your divine vyasa puja day, I humbly pray for your blessings and forgiveness for all the offences I have committed knowingly and unknowingly. Though I was not eligible to be your disciple, it's because of your causeless mercy and your disciples mercy that you have accepted me as your servent. I am struggling in my both material and spiritual life. But I am sure, shortly in future, I pray and aspire that i may dedicate more of my life and energy in assisting your beloved disciples in your mission & service. I also pray, pls help me to over come out of struggles and stumblings I am presently facing. I do not have any hope other than your causeless mercy.
My sincere prayers to our beloved deities Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Dev, Sri Sri Gandarvika Giridhari, Sriman Mahaprabhu for your good health.
Hare Krishna,
Your fallen servent,
Murari Madhava Dasa,(Diksa)
ISKCON SNGM Bengaluru
My Dear Gurudev ,
Hare Krishna
Please accept my humble obeisance
All glories to Srila Prabhupada...
All glories to you....
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
First of all I would like to offer my humble obeisance unto my instructing spiritual masters & all the devotees by whose mercy I have got your shelter.
I am very lucky having you as my spiritual master. I know your health is not going well even you meet the devotees and inspire them. You are leading such a great example how to preach in a difficult situation. Your only concern is that how to make every people Krishna conscious in the world. Recently we meet you in Delhi Liver Hospital and you very nicely give answers to our questions. I heard that you undergo an Angiography treatment in Chennai. yet you gave online classes regularly regarding NAVADVIP MANDAL PARIKARMA and went to Mayapur in Gaur Purnima to give encouragement to devotees.You are taking so much pain to spread the message of SHRI CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU and following the instructions of SRILA PRABHUPADA. I pray to NARSIMHA DEV, please get you well soon. At last I want your blessings for myself and for my family so as to follow your instructions as my life and soul.
Yours Humble Servant,
Nadia Laxmi Priya Devi Dasi (Diksha)
New Delhi India
Our Dearest Spiritual Father,
Please accept my humble obeisances. My humble obeisances to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada, who opened our eyes and gave us the light of spiritual knowledge and spiritual enlightenment.Srila Prabhupada has shown us the right path to go Back to Godhead in this lifetime.
Gurumaharaj, you take care of each and every disciple disregarding your health.I still remember your concern, when I was leaving Damodardesh 5 years back without my prabhu and along with my 2 daughters, you were asking how we would be able to manage everything by ourselves. All because of your mercy and blessing, am I managing. Unto such a spiritual master, my humble obeisances. Only because of your continuous mercy, are we remaining on the devotional path, otherwise, we would have been struggling in the material life. You have taken all the efforts to wipe out the reaction of bad karmas which we have knowingly or unknowingly done in life.
Gurumaharaj, we pray to Radha-Madhav deities and Lord Narasimha to lessen your suffering and to keep you remain healthy for spiritual life so that you become the reason for spiritual enlightenment for others.
My family needs your causeless mercy so we can preach Srila Prabhupada's mission. Kindly forgive us for any offenses committed unto you knowingly or unknowingly.
Your servants of servant's,
Nalini Rukhmini Devi Dasi,
Bhakthin Saswathy, and
Bhakthin Srinidhi
ஹரே கிருஷ்ண ஹரே கிருஷ்ண கிருஷ்ண கிருஷ்ண ஹரே ஹரே
ஹரே ராம ஹரே ராம ராம ராம ஹரே ஹரே
நம ஓம் விஷ்ணு பாதாய கிருஷ்ண பிரெஷ்டாய பூதலே
ஸ்ரீமதே பக்தி வேதாந்த ஸ்வாமின் இதி நாமினே
நமஸ்தே ஸரஸ்வதி தேவே கௌரவாணி ப்ரசாரிணே
நிர்விஷேஷ ஷூன்யவாதி பாஸ்சத்ய தேசதாரிணே
நம ஓம் விஷ்ணு-பாதாய கிருஷ்ண-ப்ரேஷ்டாய பூ-தலே
ஸ்ரீமதே ஜெயபதாகா-ஸ்வாமின் இதி நாமினே
நம ஆச்சார்ய பாதாய நிதாய்-க்ருப-ப்ரதாயினே
கௌர-கத தாமதாய நகர-க்ராம தாரிணே
தெய்வத்திரு ஸ்ரீல ஜெயபதாக ஸ்வாமி க்கு
தங்கள் திருவடியில் தஞ்சமடைந்த தங்களால்
தீட்சை கெற்ற பக்தன் சமர்ப்பிக்கும்
சிறு பிரார்த்தனை!
அகில உலக கிருஷ்ண பக்தி இயக்க
தலைவர் தெய்வத்திரு அ.ச.பக்தி வேதாந்த
ஸ்வாமி பிரபுபாதாவினால் ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணரின்
வெற்றி கொடியாக திகழ்வாய் என
ஆசிர்வாதம் பெற்ற எங்கள் குருவே!
குருவின் ஆசிகளோடு ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணரின்
சங்கல்பத்தின் படி எங்களுக்கு கிருஷ்ண
பக்தியை வெளி நாட்டிலிருந்து
இந்திய மகா தேசத்திற்கு அனுப்பப்பட்ட
மா மனிதரே எங்கள் குருவே!
குருவின் கட்டளையை ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணரின்
கட்டளை என கொண்டு வாழ்வை
அர்ப்பணித்த எங்கள் குருவே!
தங்களது அளப்பற்ற சேவையை
போற்றி முற்பிறவியில் இந்தியாவில்
மகாபிரபு சைதன்யரின் சீடராக
ஸ்ரீ நித்யானந்த பிரபுவின்
அனுக்கிரஹம் பெற்ற ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதாவினால்
புகழாரம் பெற்ற எங்கள் குருவே!
மகாபிரபு சைதன்யரின் வங்காள
போதனைகளை ஏற்று இந்திய மற்றும்
வெளிநாட்டு மொழிகளை கற்று
இந்திய பூமியை தாய் வீடாக
ஏற்று சேவை செய்யும்
எங்கள் குருவே!
பூலோக வைகுண்டம் என
போற்றப்படும் ஸ்ரீ ரங்கத்தில்
திருச்சி மாவட்ட ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ண
பக்தர்களின் நீண்ட நாள்
கனவை நினைவாக்கி ஸ்ரீ சைதன்யரின்
( ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணரின்) காலடிபட்ட
ஓர் இடத்தில் ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணருக்காக
கோவில்கட்ட நிலத்தை பெற்றுத்தந்த
எங்கள் குருவே!
இந்த தென்னிந்திய புனித பூமியில்
கோவில் கட்ட முக்கிய கிருஷ்ண
பக்தர்கள் அனுப்பி எல்லா
வித உதவியும் செய்துவரும்
எங்கள் குருவே!
ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதவின் விருப்பப்படி
ஸ்ரீ சைதன்ய மகாபிரபு அவதரித்த
மாயாபுரில் மிக பிரமாண்ட
அளவில் உலகத்திற்கே ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ண
பக்தியை மூழ்கடிக்க அல்லும் பகலும்
உடல் உழைப்பை தந்து தங்கள்
உடல் நலனை சிறிதும் பாராமல்
உழைத்துவரும் எங்கள் குருவே!
எங்கள் வாழ்வில் ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ண
உணர்வை தங்களின் ஆசிர்வாதத்தால்
அளித்துவரும் எங்கள் குருவே!
பிரச்சாரமே சாரம் என வாழ்வில்
உறுதி பூண்டு நாடு முழுவதும்
உலகம் முழுவதும் பயணம் சென்று
வீடு வீடாக சென்று கிருஷ்ண
உணர்வுகொள் என பிரச்சாரம்
செய்து இன்று ஸ்ரீ நித்தியானந்த
பிபுவின் பிரேம அவதாரம்
எங்கள் குருவே!
ஸ்ரீ சைதன்ய மஹாபிரபுவும்
ஸ்ரீ நித்யானந்த பிரபுவின்
லீலைகள் போல, ஜகாய், மதாய்
போன்ற பாவிகளை விடுதலை செய்தது
போல உலகம் பூராவும், காமம்
போதை மற்றும் நான்கு விதமான
பாவங்களை செய்துவரும் மனிதர்களை
ஸ்ரீகிருஷ்ணரின் அன்புதொண்டில்
இணைத்து ஹரே கிருஷ்ண
மகாமந்திரத்தை பிரச்சாரம்
செய்யும் எங்கள் குருவே!
எனது வாழ்வில் ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ண
உணர்வை தங்களின் ஆசிர்வாதத்தால்
பெற்ற பக்தன் என்ற முறையில்
தாங்கள் எல்லா உடல்நலமும்
பெற்று நீண்ட நாள் வாழ்ந்து
உங்கள் பிரார்த்தனையில் நானும்
பங்குபெற்று உங்களுக்காக தினம்
தினம் பிரார்த்தனை செய்யும்
உங்கள் பக்தன், தங்கள் பாதம் பணிந்து
வேண்டிக்கொள்கிறேன்.
நமோ நரசிம்ஹ தாஸன், ஸ்ரீரங்கம்
Namo Narasimha Dasa(Diksa),
SriRangam, India
எனதன்புள்ள குருமஹராஜ் அவர்களுக்கு,
தங்களுடைய தாமரைப்பாதங்களில் அர்ப்பணிக்கும் எனது தாழ்மையான மரியாதைகலந்த கோடானுகோடி வணக்கங்களை தயவுசெய்து ஏற்றுக் கொள்ளுமாறு இருகரம் கூப்பி வேண்டுகிறேன்.
எல்லாப்புகழும் குரு மற்றும் கௌராங்கருக்கே உரித்தாகுக!!!!!
எல்லாப்புகழும் ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதருக்கே உரித்தாகுக!!!!!
என்னுடைய முதல் சேவை உங்களை போற்றுவதேயாகும். இந்த அவதார வியாச பூஜை திருநாளில் உங்களை போற்றுவதில் நான் மிகவும் மகிழ்ச்சியடைகிறேன்.
நீங்கள் எனக்கு கிடைத்த பொக்கிஷம் (கற்பகவிருட்சம்) ஆவீர்..
நான் உங்களுக்கு, ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதருக்கும் என்னால் முடிந்த சேவைகளை செய்துவருகிறேன். மேலும் இந்த சேவை என் ஆயுட்காலம் மற்றும் அடுத்தடுத்த ஆயுட்காலமும் ( நீங்கள் எப்போது கீழ் உலகிற்கு வந்தாலும் அப்போது நானும் உங்களுக்கு சேவை செய்ய விருப்பப்படுகிறேன்) தொடரவேண்டும் என்று இந்த நன்னாளில் நான் உங்களிடமும் மற்றும் ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதரிடம் வேண்டி கேட்டுகொள்கிறேன்.
இப்படிக்கு
தங்களின் சேவகர்களின் சேவகர்களின் சேவகர்களின் சேவகர்களின்
சேவகர்களின் சேவகன்
நந்தலாலா கிஷோர தாஸ்
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Mayapur.
Dear Guru Maharaj
Please accept my humble obeisance unto your lotus feet.
I am fortunate to become a disciple of you and by your mercy I got an opportunity to learn and understand about Lord Krishna. Whenever I get a chance I am serving my spiritual master submissively and helping my Guru and his mission as well. I am preaching Krishna Katha and YARE DEKHA TARE KAHA KRISHNA UPADESHA !
Your obedient sercant
Narothama krishnadas
ஓம் குருவே நம
எங்கள் குரு மஹாராஜரின் வியாச பூஜை
கொண்டாடுவதில் எனக்கும் ஓர் ஆனந்தம்
கௌராங்கரிடம் உள்ள கருணை
எங்கள் குருதேவரிடம் நிரம்ப இருக்கிறது.
இப்படியான குரு எமக்கு கிடைத்தது
வரப்பிரசாதம்.
நடராஜ கோவிந்த தாஸன், ஸ்ரீரங்கம்
Nataraja Govinda Dasa(Diksa),
Srirangam, India
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All Glories to Śrīla Guru Mahārāja!
Please accept our humble obeisances at Your lotus feet on this auspicious occasion of Your 69th Vyāsa-pūjā. Śrīla Prabhupāda has given the Kingdom of God in your hand asking you to develop it. Since then You are sincerely working on it in spite of your bodily encumbrances. By Lord Gaurāṅga's Mercy You are going to complete the long cherished desire of Śrīla Prabhupāda in time. Even now also you are very enthusiastically following the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda wholeheartedly and You are very concerned for the fallen souls. You are really situated above the bodily platform. Because of your mercy we are conducting Satsaṅgas every Sunday and special study classes for aspiring devotees. We pray for your health and chant extra rounds of mahā-mantra. Around 70 devotees attend the class every Sunday.
With sincere prayers for your well being,
Your humble servants,
Bṛhat Caitanya Dāsa, Silātala Nivāṣiṇī Devī Dāsī, Priyamvada Mādhavī Devī Dāsī and Anirudha Parāyaṇa Dāsa and all the devotees form Nemmara Nāmahaṭṭa, Palakkad.678508
என் அன்புள்ள ஆன்மீக தந்தை அவர்களுக்கு,
தயவுசெய்து என்னுடைய மரியாதை கலந்த வணக்கங்களை ஏற்றுக் கொள்ளுங்கள்.
நம ஓம் விஷ்ணு-பாதாய கிருஷ்ண-ப்ரேஷ்டாய பூ-தலே
ஸ்ரீமதே ஜெயபதாகா-ஸ்வாமின் இதி நாமினே
நம ஆச்சார்ய பாதாய நிதாய்-க்ருப-ப்ரதாயினே
கௌர-கத தாமதாய நகர-க்ராம தாரிணே
உங்களிடம் சிஷ்யையாக இருப்பதற்கு மிகவும் திருப்தி கொள்கிறேன் குரு மஹாராஜர்.
ஓ, போற்றுதலுக்குரிய குரு மஹாராஜர்,
தாங்கள் பகவான் சைதன்ய மகாபிரவுவின் உண்மையான பிரதிநிதி குரு மஹாராஜர். நீங்கள் மட்டுமே எங்களுக்கு, ஆத்மாவிற்கும், உடலுக்கு உள்ள வித்யாசத்தை பற்றி முதன்முதலில் எடுத்துரைத்தீர்கள் குரு மஹாராஜர். மற்றும் கிருஷ்ண உணர்வில் இருந்தால் எங்கள் வாழ்வை எப்படி வழி நடந்த முடியும் என்பதை பற்றியும் கற்றுக் கொடுத்தீர்கள் குரு மஹாராஜர்.
ஓ, குரு மஹாராஜர்,
தாங்களே எல்லோருக்கும் முன்னோடியாக இருக்கிறீர். எப்படி தங்களின் குருவின் கட்டளைகளை இந்த முடியாத நிலையில் நிறைவேற்றுகிறீர்கள் என்று நடைமுறையில் நீங்கள் எங்களுக்கு எடுத்துக்காட்டாக இருக்கிறீர்கள் குரு மஹாராஜர் உங்களின் ஆன்மீக சக்தியின் மூலம் என் தூய்மையில்லாத உடலுக்கும், ஆத்மாவிற்கும் சக்தியளித்தீர்கள். நீங்களே எங்களின் உண்மையான தந்தை ஆவீர் குரு மஹாராஜர்.
ஓ பதிதபாவன குரு மஹாராஜர்,
துன்பம் வரும் நேரத்தில் தங்களை நினைத்தாலே எல்லா துன்பங்களும் தூசி போன்று மறைகின்றன குரு மஹாராஜர்... எனவே தங்களின் பாத கமலங்களில் விழுந்து மன்றாடி கேட்டுக் கொள்கிறேன் குரு மகாராஜர். இந்த ஆதரவின்றி தவிக்கும் ஆத்மாவிற்கு தங்களின் கருணையை அளிப்பீர்களாக குரு மகாராஜா. மற்றும் இந்த முக்கியமற்ற சிஷ்யையை எப்பொழுதும் தங்களுக்கும், தங்களின் சிஷ்யர்களுக்கும் சேவை செய்யுமாறு மற்றும் கடல் போல் இருக்கும் அனர்த்தங்களிலிருந்தும் வெளி வருமாறும் ஆசிர்வதிக்க வேண்டுகிறேன், குரு மகாராஜா, இவ்வாறு எப்பொழுதும் உங்கள் சிந்தனையில் இருக்குமாறு வாழ்த்துங்கள் குரு மகாராஜா!
இப்படிக்கு,
உங்களின் சிஷ்யை,
நிகுஞ்ச ராதிகா தேவி தாஸி
Nikunja Rādhikā Devī Dāsī (Diksa),
Chennai, India
My Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupad. All Glories to Srila Gurudeva.
Guru Maharaj, Wishing you a Very Happy Krishna Conscious Birthday. On the most auspicious occasion of your Vyasa Puja my sincere and insignificant prayers to Lord Narasimhadev to protect you from all calamities. I am sure that you will come out stronger and with added vigour to continue in the mission of spreading Krishna Consciousness.
Guru Maharaj, every year it is at the last moment that I manage to pen a few words and make an attempt to glorify you, even though I am not qualified to do so. I feel ashamed at this feeble effort of mine inspite of knowing well in advance about your Vyasa Puja dates. Please forgive me and hopefully, with your Prayers and Mercy, I should do better next time.
Guru Maharaj, your health condition has been deteriorating in the last few months but still you have only one thing in mind - to give as much association as possible to devotees and to give the Mercy of Lord Chaitanya to whoever you meet. All the wonders of the world pales into oblivion when I see your determination and resolve to fulfill the words of Srila Prabhupad. The TOVP is one classic case and no other achievement by anyone in this world stands a chance to match the grit exhibited by you. Guru Maharaj, you are truly an empowered soul and not from this world.
Guru Maharaj, my so called devotional services are filled with anger, lust, pride and hatred which I know are impediments to spiritual life. I am not able to pull myself away from these and not able to concentrate properly on my small services as well as chanting. Request you to please give me an iota of your Blessings so that I can do the services in the way in which it pleases you.Guru Maharaj, keep getting constant health updates and I know that it is because of fallen devotees like your health is failing. Your constant travel must be energy sapping but you are not worried. Your anxiety is to reach out to more people, to give more love of Krishna, come what may.
Guru Maharaj, please Bless all the members of our congregation here in Secunderabad and my wife and son, so that all of us can do devotional service and live up to your word. My prayers once again to Lord Narasimhadev to protect you and give all the strength. Let him take my life as it is worthless and useless and add the balance of my life to your life.
His Divine Grace Jayapataka Swami Maharaj Ki Jai.
Your fallen son,
Neela Madhava Krishna Das (Diksha Disciple)
Secunderabad
My dear Eternal father,
Please accept my humble obeiscences unto your divine Lotus feet,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear Guru Maharaja, in yours one of last health update and tweets you were emphasing the importance of following the initiation vows, and helping you makie new devotees, these two things would surely pleasing to your health,desires of Srila Prabhupada and previous Acharyas. Guru deva in this regard I am trying to serve your divine grace by following four regulative principles,chanting atleast 16 rounds, circumambulating tulasi Maharani atleast 8 times. Guru deva I am trying to preach to the college boys here in kalyani, Nadia, WB. So far 4 devotees shelterd,6 devotees chanting 16 rounds regularly,following 4 regs, 2 devotees chanting 10 rounds,following 4 regs,,average 10 devotees chanting 1to 2 rounds and attending weekly meetings.
Guru Mharaja I am fervently praying to your Lotus feet to empower us to preach in more organized and systematic way for your sole pleasure and pleasure of Srila prabhupada.
On this most auspicious occasion of yours 69th Vyasa puja i am offering to your lotus feet this small humble poem.
1)
O' my Dear Spiritual Father
unlimited Ocean of mercy
I am your blind little toddler,
show me the way that you see.
2)
Your faith on prabhupada is irrevocable
sitting on the boat of prabhupad's instructions
rescuing the souls drowning and vulnerable.
3)
In San franscisco joined Thakur Jayananda
immediately was absorbed in blissful sevananda
and same day you float in pure namananda
Salute "O" thy victory flag of Nitayananda.
4)
Then you followed your eternal father
paschatya desha deliverer, our grandsire
to whom you adore and world admire
Srila prabhupada infused you with sankirtan fire.
5)
Prabhupada went to states and you came to Bharat
Srila Prabhupada's dancing white Airavat
Kolkata street Sankirtan and Membership program
Dancing white elephants chanting Hare Krishna Hare Rama.
6)
Sri dham Mayapur you came on Prabupada's order
Started building spiritual city of Vaikuntha standard
Self farming and Prabupada's Book distribution
offering sugar cane juice to Prabhupada's full satisfaction.
7)
Time was difficult when Prabhupada unmanifest
ISKCON started dwindling with survival quest
you stood as Sumeru holding Prabhupad's Lotus feet
thus you showed and taught many sankirtan feats.
8)
Bhakti Vriksha, Namahatta and building congregation
Persuit of fulfilling Srila prabhupad's Obligation
Tirelessly preaching going countless nations
history does kirtan of yours divine sessions.
9)
Sadhavo hrdayam mahyam
saddhunam hrdayam tv aham
mad anyat te na jananti
naham tebhyo manag'api. SB(9.4.68)
10)
Keeping in the heart your dear Nitai Gaur
wandering around the planet knocking every possible door
transcendental eagerness of preaching more and more
and Spreading the glories of Sri dham Mayapur.
11)
Ruthless time came when you got the stroke
world stopped with prayers and helpless smoke
countless devotees prayers pitifully spoke
Nitai-Gaur-Narasimha let your dear again be rock!
12)
Lord given us again most precious association
Again to rode sankirtan-chariot without hisitation
inspite of difficulties roaming every state and nation
Salute "O" thy Gaura's karuna manifestation.
13)
Have pity on me yours foolish servant
Dont know the way how Bhakti to present
praying for the mercy yours karuna recipient
Accept me O father as your humble instrument.
14)
O' my Dear Spiritual Father
Unlimited Ocean of mercy
I am your blind little toddler,
show me the way that you see!
Yours most insignificant Servant
Nitaichandra Nimai das
நம ஓம் விஷ்ணு-பாதாய கிருஷ்ண-ப்ரேஷ்டாய பூ-தலே
ஸ்ரீமதே ஜெயபதாகா-ஸ்வாமின் இதி நாமினே
நம ஆச்சார்ய பாதாய நிதாய்-க்ருப-ப்ரதாயினே
கௌர-கத தாமதாய நகர-க்ராம தாரிணே
பிரியமான தவத்திரு குருமஹாராஜர்,
தங்களின் புனிதமான அவதாரமாகிய இந்நாளில் தங்களுக்கு இந்நாளில் நான் பணிவான வணக்கங்களை தங்களின் தாமரைப்பாதங்களில் ஸமர்ப்பிக்கின்றேன். தங்களின் தாமரைப்பாதத்துக்கு தண்டவாத் பிரணாம் எல்லாப்புகழும் ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதருக்கே.
தங்களின் அயராத சேவைக்கு என் மனமார்ந்த நன்றிகள். தங்களின் புகழை ஓரிரு வார்த்தைகளில் கூறிவிட முடியாது. தங்களின் திடஉறுதி, தன்னம்பிக்கை, விடாமுயற்சி, கருணையான அன்பு, அக்கறை கொள்தல், மனதால்கூட யாருக்கும் எந்த கெடுதலும் நினைக்காத பால்போன்ற வெண்மையான குணம், இன்றும் சொல்லிக்கொண்டே இருக்கலாம். தங்களுடன் நேரில் அதிகம் நட்பு இல்லை.
மிக ஆச்சர்யமாக உள்ளது. தாங்கள் உடல் அல்ல ஆத்மா என்பதை ஒவ்வொருவருக்கும் புரிய வைக்கின்றீர்கள். தங்களுடன் அருகில் இருந்து சேவைசெய்யும் பக்தர்கள் மிக பாக்கியசாலிகள். தங்களால் எத்தனை ஆத்மாக்கள் தங்களின் ஆன்மீக பாதையை தொடர்பவர்களாக இருக்கிறார்கள். எத்தனை தடைகள் வந்தாலும் இடைவிடாது தொடரும் தங்களது பிரச்சார சேவை வேறு எவராலும் சாதிக்க முடியாது. சொல்வதைவிட செயல்புரிவது மிக உன்னதமானது. தங்களின் கனிவு, கருணை, தீட்சையான பார்வை, ஒரு முடவனை கூட நடக்கவைத்து பக்தித்தொண்டில் சிறப்பாக முன்னேற முடியும். தங்களின் தாமரைப்பாதங்களில் பலசமயம் ஆன்மீக முன்னேற்றத்திற்கு உதவி கோரினால் உண்மையில் உடனே வழிநடத்துகிறீர்கள். தங்களின் கருணையே கருணை.
தாங்கள் எங்கு சென்றாலும் அந்த இடம் மிக புனிதமானதாகி அங்குள்ள அனைவரையும் பக்தர்களாக மாற்றுகிறீர்கள்.
இந்தப்பிறவியிலல் தங்களை ஆன்மீக குருவாக அடைக்கலம் பெற்றமைக்கு தங்களுடன் சங்கம் கொண்டதற்கு மிக பாக்கியசாலியாக நினைக்கிறேன். பகவான் ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணரால் சக்தி அளிக்கப்பட்டு இருக்கிறீர்கள் என்பதில் துளிகூட சந்தேகமில்லை. மிகப்புனிதமான இந்நாளில் எனது சேவையில் புரிந்துள்ள அபராதங்களுக்கு நான் மீண்டும் மீண்டும் மன்னிப்பு கேட்கிறேன். நான் எப்பொழுதம் உங்களுடைய உபதேசங்களை பின்பற்றுவதாக இருக்கவேண்டும் என்றே விரும்புகிறேன். எப்பொழுதும் உங்களின் கருணையையே வேண்டுகிறேன்.
தங்களால் இந்த உலகில் உள்ள மனித சமூகம் முழுமைக்கும் நன்மை பயக்கும். எத்தனையோ ஆத்மாக்கள் தங்களால் வழிநடத்தி செல்லவேண்டும். தயைகூர்ந்து இந்த உலகைவிட்டு சென்றுவிடாதீர்கள். நீங்கள் இங்கு இருக்கவேண்டியது மிகமிக அவசியமாகும் எங்கள் அனைவருக்கும்.
தங்களுடைய புகழ் மூவுலகங்களிலும் பரவுவதாக, தங்களின் இப்புனித நன்னாளில் நீடூழி வாழ பகவான் ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணரின் தாமரைப்பாதங்களில் மற்றும் ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதரிடம் பிரார்த்தனை செய்கிறேன்.
ஹரே கிருஷ்ணா.
தங்களின் பணிவான சேவகி,
நித்திய யோகினி விஷ்ணுப்ரியா தேவி தாஸி, துறையூர்.
Nitya Yogini viṣṇupriya Devī Dāsī (Diksa),
Thuraiyur, India
Dear Srila Jayapataka Swami, Guru Maharaja. Please accept my humble and respectful obaisances at your divine lotus feet again, again and again.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear Guru Maharaja, today we went to the birth place of Srila Haridas Thakur and certainly were praying for your physical full recovering, thus you will be able to be there personally with these thousands of devotees. This year safari in Bangladesh has been very much more sweet and powerful. Your surrender disciples like Caru Chandra prabhu had been doing amazing preaching. He is just like a thunderstorm of pure Krsna Katha and Srila Prabhupada Katha. I was hearing him and remembering you.
Guru Maharaja, I also was praying to develop love and attachment to the holy name and to have an afflicting faith in your divine words. Thus I'll maybe able to appreciate your amazing examples as a complete surrender disciple.
Dear Guru Maharaja you has giving us everything Srila Prabhupada gave to you. Though we are infinitesimaly small and unqualified. Only by your causeless mercy Guru Maharaja we could see only what you see, we could love and serve with our life and soul only that what you love and serve and we will breath only with the purpose of pleasing Srila Prabhupada by passing you.
Guru Maharaja I beg you that never even for a moment you go away of my mind and heart.
Please Guru Maharaja, forgive my countless offenses just as a wonderful father does with an small ignorant child. I just want to serve you eternally wherever you want me to be.
Thank you Guru Maharaja for always be so merciful to all us, fallen souls.
At your divine lotus feet.
The fallen and falsely proud for nothing.
Ojasvini Radhika Devi Dasi
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Param Pujya Gurudeva,
Please accept my respectful obeisances (dandavat pranam).
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to you on the auspicious occasion of your Vyasa Puja.
Though I am not qualified to glorify you Guru Maharaja, I will try my best to do so. With your blessings, I hope that I will be able to write something in your glorification.
I am indeed fortunate to have you as my spiritual father. It is just your causeless mercy that you have accepted me as your disciple. I am always hankering to hear your glorification, and every time I hear your glorification at the weekly JSSS meeting at Mayapur or any other occasion I feel more and more inspired to serve you. I would like to imbibe your mood in serving your Guru Maharaja and be able to serve you in such a way that will be pleasing to you. Whenever I tell any devotee that I am your disciple, they invariably remember your qualities and glorious service and out of their regard for you treat me with respect, but I feel that I do not deserve it, as I have not yet imbibed your qualities or your service attitude. Just as you have mentioned in some of your lectures, when we are running in a race, we always focus on those who are running ahead of us, similarly, when we are not feeling very enthusiastic we should look up to the example of our acharyas and senior devotees. But if I can simply follow your example I will never run out of enthusiasm to continue to serve in Srila Prabhupada’s mission for your pleasure.
’sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’—sarva-śāstre kaya
lava-mātra sādhu-saṅge sarva-siddhi haya
Simply by associating with a pure devotee, one becomes wonderfully advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I have experienced this in my life. By your mercy and the mercy of devotees, I am practising Krsna consciousness along with the members of my family – mother, wife and my three children – under the guidance of H G Caitanya Avatari Prabhu and H G Rasamayi mataji. I have been practicing Krsna consciousness for the last seven years, and now I am able to slowly appreciate the importance of sadhu sangha and how much it has helped me and my family progress in Krsna consciousness. Similarly, I hope that by your mercy I will also be able to understand and appreciate what we sing in the Guru Vandana every day “cakshu-dan dilo jei, janme janme prabhu sei,divya jnan hride prokasito”. I am not very well educated, and it is difficult for me to understand the sastras. Only by your mercy will I be able to understand the main purpose of Krsna consciousness and become determined in my service, without being deviated by my anarthas and other unimportant issues. It is my desire that whatever responsibilities I am given I should complete them for the pleasure of Guru and Gauranga in the best possible way.
I have started making some efforts to preach to the Marwari community in Bangalore, and with your blessings, I have developed several contacts. However, I find that my enthusiasm is wavering, due to which I am not able to cultivate the contacts that I have developed with the same enthusiasm that my seniors had when they cultivated me and helped me become a devotee.
I am living in a community of vaishnavas, it is my desire to dedicate my entire life to your service and continue to serve the vaishnavas without committing any Vaishnava aparadha.
I seek your blessings for my mother, wife and my children so that they can continue to be engaged in Krsna consciousness and advance in their spiritual lives.
I know that I am not worthy of seeking any blessings from you, however, I have faith that you know what is best for me and that you will bless me appropriately.
I would like to express my heartfelt and sincere thanks to you for everything in my life.
Your useless servants,
Om Krsna das,
Sumukhi Nandini Devi dasi,
Geeta Jangid,
Kunjeshwari Jangid,
Karuna Jangid and
Doyal Nitai Jangid
গুরুদেব ! আমার ভরসা শুধু তুমি ।
মায়া অন্ধকার ঘোর, অনর্থ সাগরে মোর,
দশা বড় হইয়াছে করুণ ।
সদা হাবুডুব খাই, একমাত্র আশা তাই,
ধরিলাম তোমার শ্রীচরণ ।।
গুরুদেব ! কবে হবে সেই দিন মোর ।
ভোগের প্রবৃত্তি যত, মোর চিত্তে আছে কত,
তাহার ইয়ত্তা কেবা জানে ।
নিবৃত্তি হইবে যবে, নিষ্কপট চিত্তে তবে,
তাকাইব তব মুখপানে ।।
নিষ্কাম-নিষ্কপট হইয়া, নববিধা ভক্তি লইয়া,
তব আজ্ঞা করিব পালন ।
পার্থিব সুখ-দুঃখ ছাড়ি, তবপাদপদ্ম ধরি,
নিরন্তর করিব সেবন ।।
ভাগবতের বিচার-লেশ, একান্ত অভিনিবেশ,
জীবেদয়া হইবে উদয় ।
হরিনামে রুচি হবে, অপরাধ দূরে যাবে,
যদি হও এদাসে সদয় ।।
লালসা করয়ে তাই, পদ্মমুখ নিমাই,
তোমার দয়া লঙ্ঘিবে সীমানা ।
সারা বিশ্ব দেখুক আজ, ওহে গুরু মহারাজ,
ওড়াও তোমার জয়ের পতাকা ।।
পদ্মমুখ নিমাই দাস, শ্রীধাম, মায়াপুর ।
গুরুদেব ! আমার ভরসা শুধু তুমি ।
মায়া অন্ধকার ঘোর, অনর্থ সাগরে মোর,
দশা বড় হইয়াছে করুণ ।
সদা হাবুডুব খাই, একমাত্র আশা তাই,
ধরিলাম তোমার শ্রীচরণ ।।
গুরুদেব ! কবে হবে সেই দিন মোর ।
ভোগের প্রবৃত্তি যত, মোর চিত্তে আছে কত,
তাহার ইয়ত্তা কেবা জানে ।
নিবৃত্তি হইবে যবে, নিষ্কপট চিত্তে তবে,
তাকাইব তব মুখপানে ।।
নিষ্কাম-নিষ্কপট হইয়া, নববিধা ভক্তি লইয়া,
তব আজ্ঞা করিব পালন ।
পার্থিব সুখ-দুঃখ ছাড়ি, তবপাদপদ্ম ধরি,
নিরন্তর করিব সেবন ।।
ভাগবতের বিচার-লেশ, একান্ত অভিনিবেশ,
জীবেদয়া হইবে উদয় ।
হরিনামে রুচি হবে, অপরাধ দূরে যাবে,
যদি হও এদাসে সদয় ।।
লালসা করয়ে তাই, পদ্মমুখ নিমাই,
তোমার দয়া লঙ্ঘিবে সীমানা ।
সারা বিশ্ব দেখুক আজ, ওহে গুরু মহারাজ,
ওড়াও তোমার জয়ের পতাকা ।।
পদ্মমুখ নিমাই দাস, (দীক্ষা)
শ্রীধাম, মায়াপুর ।
Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my respectful obeisances.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to unto your lotus feet!
Srila Gurudeva, I am not qualified however for my own purification I would like to share instances that have been inspiration to me and the entire world.
Srila Gurudeva, it is my sincere prayer to Jagannath, Subhadra Mai, Baladeva, Gaur Nitai and Lord Narasimha Deva to protect and bless you so that you recover from your currect health condition and gain good health to serve and fulfill Srila Prabhupada mission.
Thanks for accepting me as your disciple though I am not at all qualified. In this occassion, I sincerely pray to bless me so that I can serve the Lotus Feet of Gurudeva and serve Gurudeva in fullfilling Srila Prabhupada mission. I request your mercy and blessings for me to advance in Krishna Consciousness by expanding the horizon of Bhakti Vriskha, Strengthen my devotional practice in association with Senior Devotees, Sastra and touch souls in multiple ways - Book distribution, Translation, Preaching, Inspiring Youths/Teens, Initiating KC programs that assist in bringing more souls in Krishna Consciouness movement. I sincerely pray to bless me so that I stay firm and grow in executing the devotional service including 4 Regulative principles and 16 rounds.
Inspite of your ill health you visited multiple times in South India to bless all devotees and inspire them to continue to serve in the mission of Srila Prabhupada. Your message continue to inspire and guide me. Your recent message from Chennai Hospital on the importance of Chanting and how this can remove anarthas over the period of time is very insightful. The message for Grihastha was very inspiring - bringing all family members to chant and practice yukta vairagya - to use everything in Krishna’s service. You have emphasized multiple times the importance of reading Srila Prabhupada books . I seek your blessings so that I can read consistently , understand and apply to strengthen the devotional service.
With Srila Gurudeva causeless blessings, Myself, Spouse (Initiated name - Premapurna Radhika DeviDasi) and 15 yr old Son (Name - Mangalam) has got an opportunity to stay in association with Sr Devotees. I sincerely pray to bless me and family, so that we can serve the lotus feet of Srila Gurudeva in fullfilling Srila Prabhuapdada mission in reaching out to many souls.
Please keep me engaged in serving you and Gauranga, even though I don't have any ability. Please help me and guide me to overcome my ashakti, strengthen my faith and chanting and become a nice devotee, in the service of The Lordships
Your insignificant disciple
Parampurush Jagannath Das (Diksha)
Bangalore, India
Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaj
Please accept my most respectful obeisances at Your divine lotus feet.
We are very fortunate, we took Harinam diksha from Your divine grace. May be it’s because of our piety from the past life. Your mercy will be there with us all the time. With your association we are getting many Krishna Consciousness blessings. Even such a physically challenged condition, you are giving Krishna Bhakti to everyone, which is inspiring us so much. We are trying to follow Your path, since the initiation we are trying to bring many souls into ISKCON and giving Krishna Bhakti.
Even Your health is not supporting, you are giving Krishna Bhakti to all fallen souls. We are praying Lord Sri Krishna to give You good health and distribute Krishna Bhakti to many souls.
We meet you first time in ISKCON Gunter temple opening celebrations. From that day onwards, we are trying to take your association; finally we got Harinam Diksha in 2017 at ISKCON Tirupati and following Your footsteps.
Your Humble Servant,
Patri Vraja Gopa Dasa,
Namahatta Pudivada,
Andhra Pradesh, India.
ஸ்ரீ ஸ்ரீ நிதாய் வேணுவன சந்திரா, ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதா, சிக்ஷா குரு, தீட்சை குரு, மற்றும் அகில உலக இஸ்கான் பக்தர்கள் அனைவருக்கும் எனது வணக்கத்தை தெரிவிக்கிறேன். எனது தீட்சை குருவின் வியாச பூஜை நன்னாளில் எனக்கு போற்றுதற்குரிய எந்த தகுதியுமே இல்லை. ஆனால் சீடர் குருவை போற்றவேண்டும் சாஸ்திரத்தில் இருக்கிறது நான் போற்றி புகழ்கிறேன். எனக்கு இப்படி ஒரு வாய்ப்பினை கொடுத்த வைஷ்ணவ பக்தர்களுக்கு உள்ளமார்ந்த நன்றியினை தெரிவிக்கிறேன். எனது தீட்சை குருவின் வியாச பூஜை நன் நாளுக்கு மீண்டும் நன்றி. சூரியனை போன்றவர் ஒளி விளக்கு அவர் பல்லாண்டு பல்லாண்டு நீர் வாழ்ந்திடவே நாங்கள் பற்களில் வைக்கோலிட்டு பரந்தாமனை வேண்டி நிற்கிறோம்.
ஓ ஆன்மீக வெற்றிக்கொடியே வாழ்க நீர் பல்லாண்டு,
ஓ தெய்வீக தவ புதல்வரே வாழ்க நீர் பல்லாண்டு,
ஓ ஜெயபதாக ஸ்வாமி மஹாராஜர் வாழ்க நீர் பல்லாண்டு.
எனது குரு ஆனவர் ஒரு தாய் தன் குழந்தையை பார்ப்பது போல் எனது குரு ஆனவர் அனைவரையும் அன்புடனும் பாசத்துடனும் கட்டி காத்து அரவணைக்கிறார். கட்டுண்ட ஆத்மாக்களை விடுவிக்கும் விடிவெள்ளியாக எந்த நேரமும் துடித்துக்கொண்டு இருக்கிறார். எப்படியோ இருந்த என் வாழ்க்கையில், இருள் சூழ்ந்த என் வாழ்க்கையில் தீப சுடரை ஏற்றிவைத்து சூரியனை போல் ஒளி பிரகாசமாக மாற்றிவிட்ட என் குரு, கிருஷ்ணருடைய வைஷ்ணவ பக்தர்கள் அனைவருக்கும் எனது இதயம் கசிந்த உள்ளம் உருகிய கோடானு கோடி நன்றியினை என் குருவின் தாமரை பொற்பாதங்களில் சமர்ப்பிக்கிறேன்.
‘ஓம் அஞ்ஞான திமிராந்தஸ்ய ஞானாஞ்ஜன சலாகயா சக்ஷூர் உன்மீலிதம் யே தஸ்மை ஸ்ரீ குருவே நம:”
நான் இருள் மிகுந்த அறியாமையில் பிறந்துள்ளேன். என் குருநாதர் அறிவு எனும் ஒளியால் என் கண்களை திறந்தார் அவருக்கு நான் பணிவான வணக்கங்களை அர்ப்பணிக்கின்றேன்.
குரு என்பவர் உண்மையில் பகவத்ஸ்வரூபமாக ஆராதிக்கப்பட வேண்டியவர். ஏனென்றால் அவர் பகவானுடைய அந்தரங்க தாஸன் என்பதை சாஸ்திரங்களும் எல்லா ஆன்மீக அதிகாரிகளும் ஒப்புக்கொள்கிறார்கள். அப்பேர்பட்ட ஆன்மீக குருவின் தாமரைப்பாதங்களுக்கு எனது மரியாதை கலந்த நமஸ்காரங்கள்.
யஸ்ய ப்ரஸாதாத் பகவத் ப்ரஸாதோ குருநாதரின் கருணையால் கிருஷ்ணரின் அருள் கிட்டுகிறது. இப்படியாக அதிகாரப்பூர்வமான குருவிடம் சரணடையும் போது கடவுள் நம்மை ஏற்றுக்கொள்கிறார். தம்முடைய குருவின் வார்த்தையை தன் உயிர் மூச்சாகவும் பேச்சாகவும் ஏற்று வாழ்கின்றார். ஜெயபதாக ஸ்வாமி மஹாராஜருக்கு ஜெய், ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதருக்கு ஜெய், வாழ்க வாழ்க வாழ்க, உள்ளமார்ந்த நன்றி நன்றி நன்றியினை பணிவன்புடன் தெரிவித்துக்கொள்ளும் சேவகி,
பெளர்ணமாசி மம்தா மாயி தேவி தாசி, துறையூர்
Paurnāmasi Mamata Mayi Devī Dāsī (Diksa),
Thuraiyur, India
Dearest Guru Maharaj.
Koty Dandavat.
All glories to your Divine Guru Maharaj.
Jai Sri Sri Guru Gouranga.
For us your disciples we firmly believe that Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has given us one of His dearmost devotees, to follow and treasure. You are for us 'devotee care', and in your eyes everyone is a devotee, in your heart you believe, every soul in this planet is a potential devotee of Lord Gouranga.
I remember with inspiration seeing your servants pack your bags when you were ready to start your World Tours, Japas, Nrsmha Oils, cassettes and videos of your classes, books, Ganga water, GBC papers, batteries, multi cables and chargers, slide projector etc etc everything needed to give mercy and inspired the devotees, in your hand luggage you carry little bags of Krishna Prasadam candy for the chokidars, for the drivers, for the miriad of hands that come to your window, on the ride to Kolkatta only joy and laughter so much enthusians to carry on the fruits of Prema across all borders, from there more prasadam for the security guards at the airport, for every single soul who extend a hopeful hand towards you. I always wonder and obserbed with delight how your demeanor changes when you met a new person, a family member of some of your disciples or anyone who interacted with you, inmediatly you become even more charming and attentive to their questions, eager to share your Divine friendship extending a must needed spiritual blessing to souls who see in you a new hope to be able to believe.
But most of all you always travel with Lord Chaitanya and His Divine associates in your heart, you bring your unflinching faith in Srila Prabhupad, your full love and surrender to Srila Prabhupada ISKCON.
In 1981 you came for first time to South America, you pass thru Bogotá Colombia for one night and was and is the most single memorable event in my life. Your arrival at the little and crowded Temple was such a grandiose event, when you pay dandavat to Srila Prabhupad you cover the whole width of the Temple room. I was against the wall with my eyes full of tears obstructing your divine darshan. With your eyes close you transport us to Sridham Mayapur, you spoke about the transcendental features of Lord Chaitanya and Nityananda, you describe how tall Their golden forms where, adorn with Lotus eyes all the way to their ears, how they danced so sweetly like inside a honey jar….In detail you narrated all the wonderful bodily signs only found in great personalities…But looking at you was like seeing all this characteristics also in your presence….In my heart I knew I have found my Spiritual Master, until then I was feeling very sad that I did not have the chance to met Srila Prabhupad personally I was devotedly reading his books and following his guidance since 1973, when I join I founded out that actually he left this World, this was pretty devastating and even though I was fully engaged in book distribution and trying to apply his teachings I was still not sure how to continue without him…..But after that wonderful moment in your presence, hearing about lord Gourasundara and Sri Nityananda Ram, my enthusiasm and faith was restore. Even now every day when I think of you I am cheerful and eager to go out of the Dham and find those fortunate souls who are waiting there by the will of Providence. You are our link to Srila Prabhupad and the previous Acharyas and meanwhile is life in this body I desired to represent you properly with kindness and perfect sidhanta as a member of Srila Prabhupad ISKCON. If I can get a glimpse a reflection in my heart of even a drop of your compassion for all the living entities I can one day please you and please His Divine Grace.
Now again your Vyasapuja day is coming, in receant years in Mayapur has become very difficult almost impossible to just stand and give an offering from the heart, like we always did. To many devotees not enough time, so we always went to Malaysia to celebrate with our godbrothers there who also love you so much, there we spoke from our heart to your Lotus feet feeling always so thankful. This time we are coming to Chennai to see you Guru Maharaj even though you live in our hearts and permanent memory. Hope I get the opportunity to glorified you. Otherwise at least this record words may serve as a token of our eternal gratitude and love for the unlimited Gouranga Bhakti you distribute so freely.
Always desiring to please you.
Your insignificant servant.
Prahlad Nrsmha das Adhikari.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
My Dear Spiritual Father,
Hare Krishna !!! Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet on this most bleassed day of your appearance, my dear father of your "Maha Vyasa Puja" day. Please give me the intelligence to glorify you in a befitting way.
Gurudev, There is no other like you, your kindness, tolerance and forgiveness are exhibitions of the causeless mercy that you showing to your fallen disciple
In Srimad Bhagavatam it is clearly stated that simply by satisfying the spiritual master one can achive the supreme success in life.
Guru maharaj, although you always engage yourself in distributing Nitai Kripa to delivered the fallen soul like me. So many times in my letters you replyed and stated that " you am fallen, very very fallen". Oh My saviour, yes i am most fallen son, of yours, please save me from this situation.
Having no other shelter except your lotus feet, your disciple begs you to protect him from his fearful situation of this material world.
If only i could please you by my service, for then krishna would be pleased and destroy the darkness born of ignorance within my heart, with the shining lamp of knowledge and by using the knowledge in krishna's service, surely Balarama would give me the strength to serve "Sri Sri Radha-Madhava" purely
In Chaitanya Charitamrita you translate the word "Pangu", lame man, as "having no spiritual legs to stand on." When will i ever get the mercy of lord "Nityananda Prabhu" to stand on own two feet for serving lord "Gouranga"
Today is the most auspicious day of all time Guru maharaj and i want to thank you with all the sincerity i can muster for not neglecting me and forgiving me the most astonishing opportunity to become happy forever and go back to my real home
Your most fallen disciple,
Pranesvara Nitairama Dasa(Diksha Disciple)
Sridham Mayapur
Hare krishna!
Guru maharaj ki jai!
Please accept my humble obeisances.
I am an aspiring devotee of your holiness,from cochin centre,kerala.I wish to offer all my services to your lotus feet maharaj!
I am chanting 16rounds for past 2 years,observing fasting on ekadashis with 20rounds,regular doing service at centre,organised few book distribution programs,Nagara sankirtan and discources of senior devotees inside and outside cochin.
Request your holiness to do more services unto your lotus feet.
your's servant
Prashobh
গুরুকৃপা প্রার্থনা
নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে ।
শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনীতি নামিনে ।।
নমস্তে সারস্বতে দেবে গৌরবাণী প্রচারিণে ।
নির্বিশেষ শূন্যবাদী পাশ্চাত্য দেশ তারিণে ।।
পরম আরাধ্য গুরুদেব, আপনার ব্যাস পূজা উপলক্ষ্যে আপনার অসীম গুণ মহিমা কীর্তন করার নূন্যতম যোগ্যতা আমার নেই । আপনি অপার করুণাময় । আপনার কৃপাবারীতে আজ আমি মহাপ্রভুর সংকীর্তন আন্দোলনের ক্ষুদ্রতম অংশ হতে পেরেছি । আপনি আমার মতো ক্ষুদ্র অধঃপতিতকে আপনার শ্রীচরণতলে আশ্রয় দিয়ে আমাকে নব জীবন দান করেছেন । আপনি আমাকে আপনার সেবায় নিয়োজিত করে আমাকে যে সুযোগ প্রদান করেছেন তাতে আমি চিরকৃতজ্ঞ । আমি আমার মানব জীবন সার্থক বলে মনে করছি । আমি আপনার কাছে সবিনয় প্রার্থনা করছি আপনি আমাকে আপনার কৃপা আশীর্বাদ প্রদান করুন যাতে আমি সর্বত্র আপনার বাণী পৌঁছে দিতে পারি । আমি আমার জীবনের শেষ মুহূর্ত পর্যন্ত আপনার ও শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের সেবায় নিযুক্ত থাকতে অভিলাষী এবং যে সমস্ত মানুষ এখনও ভক্তি জীবন থেকে দূরে আছেন তাদের কাছে আপনার কৃপা ( গ্রন্থের মাধ্যমে ) পৌঁছে দেওয়ার সর্বাত্মক মনোবাসনা পূষণ করছি । আপনি আমাকে আপনার করুণা ও কৃপা প্রদান করুন যাতে আমি আপনাকে সন্তুষ্ট করতে পারি আমার সেবার দ্বারা ।
আপনার কৃপা পার্থী
প্রতাপরুদ্র প্রাণ দাস
শ্রীধাম মায়াপুর
জে পি এস পাবলিকেশনস্
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Amado Guru Maharaja
Hace 29 años por su misericordia tengo la dicha de cantar los Santos Nombres, pertenecer a la familia más numerosa del universo, y sentir que esta vida tiene sentido porque esta bajo su refugio y guía.
Gracias infinitas doy al Señor Gauranga por permitirme permanecer a la sombra de sus pies de loto y poder servirlo. Oro continuamente porque asi sea hasta el fin de mis días y pueda yo servirle, y ser digna de su compasión y amparo.
Millones de gracias amado Guru Maharaja por aceptar esta alma caida; oro tambien por tanto fervor al Señor del universo que muchas más generaciones se liberen con sus palabras y su presencia.
Ofrezco mi humilde servicio en aras de su salud y pronta recuperación.
Su sirvienta
Prayojana Prema Devi Dasi
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
To my beloved spiritual father,
Dear Gurudeva,A
Please accept my most respectful and humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All Glories to Shrila Prabhupad …!!! All Glories to Shri Guru and Shri Gauranga…!!!
On this most auspicious day of your Holiness, Vyaspooja, I pray to Their Lordships Shri Shri Radha Madhav Ashtasakhis and Shri Narsimhadeva to always protect you and give you good health.
Dear Gurudev,Through your personal example everyday, you teach us how to become fixed in Krishna Consciousness, no matter what..!!!! Your eagerness to serve Shrila prabhupad, even in such trying conditions and your complete faith in guru parampara are truly amazingly inspiring us fallen souls for whom your Holiness has sacrificed his good health and suffering on account of our weaknesses. We beg you to please forgive us.
Guru Maharaj,Every year, I try to glorify you. I am completely unqualified and fail to see the unfathomable compassion your Holiness has for all jivatmas. Wherever you are, hundreds of people get attracted to your pure self…!!! Everywhere you preach the cult of Shri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Lord Nityananda, so selflessly, let it be nurses, doctors, staff, families, kids, youth, well-wishers, new comers, relatives, actors, singers, even priest from different temples and people from all various sects.It is like flood of mercy is flowing through you. So crystal clear, pure, magnetic and divine..!!!! All of us naturally love you so much!!!!!!!
Recently, a new Bhakti Vriksha has started at home. Many souls sent by you are interested and it is only because of your causeless mercy and blessing that my prabhu received in Ujjain when you visited there. Tears come in our eyes, when we experience how you so kindly keep us engaged in devotional services, though we are at a new place. Oh.. Gurudeva…!!!..we feel your care, affection and presence.
Though your Holiness is undergoing a treatment in Chennai still as usual you arrived in Mayapur for Gaur paurnima festival to serve Their Lordships, to serve your God brothers and God Sisters, all guests, gave initiations to fortunate souls. Your mood of service, working in unity and co-operation, kindness, humbleness, humorous nature and gratitude towards Shrila Prabhupad, and all those who are working hard to build the temple of Vedic Planetorium is exclusively incomprehensible. Your Holiness keeps giving and extending yourself so much in spite of such discomforts!!! You are a true Acharya!!!!!!!!!! We pray to you Gurudev to kindly give us this courage and hope to stand up and preach, even when we fall hard and reach rock bottom.
We are so fortunate to have such a spiritual master as you. We beg for your mercy to do the devotional services to the best of our capacities.
Gurudev,I beg you to please forgive us for all our offences, help us to be very serious, do our sadhana sincerely and give up all unwanted desires…. Please let our faith in Shri Guru, Shri Gauranga and Vaishnavas grow stronger and stronger.
I pray for all our seniors who have always guided us without whom we would not have continued in Krishna Consciousness, all congregations everywhere, all our Bhakti vriksha members, parents and relatives, my prabhu Mahananda Caitanya das, daughters Raspriya Radharani devi dasi and Riya for whom I beg your mercy so they can inspire today’s youth. Oh.. Gurudev…!!! Please please shower your mercy so we all preach, preach and just preach..!!!!
Your insignificant daughter
Preetimayi Radhika Devi Dasi ( Diksha Disciple )
Vadodara, India
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Beloved Gurudeva,
Please accept my most respectful obeisances on this most auspicious and merciful day of your appearance!
Gurudeva, you stand as a perfect example of a perfect devotee. Your devotion, devotional sentiments and services are sheer poetry. You are like a towering light guiding the people of Kali Yuga who are in utter darkness about their real identity.
Because of these irrefutable truths, it is very imperative that you live for many more years with us.
Day by day, it is becoming harder to reach out to the people of Kali who have made sense gratification as their only religion.
The demons are disturbed by this movement of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Srila Prabhupada, and so are trying their best to stop this movement and also cause harm to the devotees.
We need so much to keep our faith strong and undisturbed in this great war to establish the Yuga Avatara Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu as the most prominent Lord and shelter for this age.
Gurudeva, your surrender to the will of the Lord is mind boggling. Not once have you appealed to the Lord to free you from this ill health. Rather you go on relentlessly doing your devotional services with so much difficulty while also going through austere regimens to cure your body just to serve Srila Prabhupada better.
Devotees the world over are of course praying for your good health and recovery. Once when some devotees told you about seeing you walk normally in their dreams, you remarked that you will start walking when Krishna wants! This gives us hope to expect this miracle now, sooner than later.
We want it penned in history that just as Lord Narasimhadeva appeared to deliver His devotee Prahlada from all dangers, Lord Narasimhadeva manifested His presence by giving energy and long life to His pure devote HH Jayapataka Swami!
We as disciples realize more than ever now, the value of your mercy in saving us from being Kali chelas, and how much we must express our gratitude to you by being first of all committed in our Sadhana, services and preaching and in helping you in your mission, and also in cooperating with our god siblings as well as other devotees in ISKCON.
Gurudeva, this is our earnest appeal to you, and especially to Lord Krishna, if He so desires:We pray that you recover completely, be fully healthy and more active once again in your preaching and travelling!
We want to fight behind you to defeat the forces Kali and to establish Krishna Prema!To destroy all pride and cynicism, envy and hatred.
Certainly you, Srila Prabhuada and Nitai Gaura want only this!
There is certainly more awareness building up all over the world about how we need to unite together in our services to you. So many sincere JSSS programs are going on in different parts of the world. Disciples and followers are getting more committed to their Sadhana, services and preaching. Hope we can offer you a garland of devotees working cooperatively for your pleasure!
On this most blessed day, I humbly beg you to bless me , my husband Vijay Venugopal das and our sons Pradeep and Ananth to be fully charged up with your Divine energy to be useful instruments in your mission. Please protect us from all demoniac forces.
Please also bless all the devotees who we are trying to care, train and help in their services, on behalf of you.
Your spiritual daughter,
Prema Padmini dd
GURU MAHARAJ PLEASE ACCEPT MY HUMBLE OBESCIENCES,
Firstly thank you for accepting me as your disciple. One should not miss any opportunity to glorify their Guru, so today on this auspicious occasion I feel fortunate to glorify my Guru, who is so special in all the ways. Gurudev you have served as an example for all of us on how one should serve his Guru. I hope by your mercy I can also serve you throughout my life.
I always admire your unique quality to GIVE GIVE GIVE and specially GIVE the holy name to each and everyone. I can never forget one incident when you were in Delhi, and I had gotten an opportunity to visit. Our temple president, HG Varadakrishna Prabhu was explaining about our BV to you. I was actually very nervous, and while he was speaking to you, you kept your hand close to your chest and told me, ‘ I am very proud of you, my spiritual daughter.’ That time my emotions were a mixture of shyness as well as extreme joy. I really felt fortunate to be present there and spend these precious moments with you.
Gurumaharaj your giving mood always has a message, on how we should behave with our godbrothers and godsisters. If we constantly strive in making each other feel comfortable, then it easy to maintain a healthy Krsna conscious community.
Thank you for all these special realizations. I will work on and stretch myself to the best of my abilities to preach and practice what you have taught us by your own example. Whenever I think about, see, listen to your lectures and kirtans, one song keeps popping up in my mind. I used to sing this song when I was in college. At that time, it only had material meaning but now it also has spiritual significance. The song goes,
WHERE IS THE TIME TO HATE?
WHEN THERE IS SO LITTLE TIME TO LOVE?
So, come on devotees, let's CHANT CHANT CHANT HARE KRSNA
Come on devotees, lets DANCE DANCE DANCE TO HARE KRSNA
Come on lets honor KRSNA PRASAD PRASAD PRASAD,
ALWAYS TOGETHER.
On your sixty-ninth Vyasa-puja, I pray to their Lordships, Sri Sri Gandharvika Giridhari, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Sri Sri Lakshmi Narsimhadev for your long life, to serve and inspire all of us in your mission to please Srila Prabhupada. Gurudev I am eternally thankful to you for everything you are doing for me.
Please forgive me for any mistakes I have unknowingly committed.
Your spiritual daughter,
Premamayi Indulekha Devi Dasi
Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my respectful obeisances.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to unto your lotus feet!
Srila Gurudeva, I am not qualified however for my own purification I would like to share instances that are inspiration to me and the entire world.
First, I would like to pray to Jagannath, Subhadra Mai, Baladeva, Gaur Nitai and Lord Narasimha Deva to protect and bless you so that you recover from your currect health condition and gain good health to serve and fulfill Srila Prabhupada mission.
Thanks for accepting me as your disciple though I am not at all qualified. In this occassion, I sincerely pray to bless me so that I can serve the Lotus Feet of Gurudeva and serve Gurudeva in fullfilling Srila Prabhupada mission. I request your mercy and blessings for me to advance in Krishna Consciousness. I sincerely pray to bless me so that I stay firm and grow in executing the devotional service including 4 Regulative principles and 16 rounds.
Inspite of your ill health you visited multiple times in South India. I got a chance to attend Guru Ajna in Madurai and received your blessings. I sincerely pray to bless me and family, so that we can serve the lotus feet of Srila Gurudeva in fullfilling Srila Prabhuapdada mission.
Please help me and guide me to overcome my anarthas and become a nice devotee, in the service of The Lordships
Your insignificant disciple
Premapurna Radhika Devi Dasi (Diksha)
Bangalore, India
Hare Kṛṣṇa, dear Guru Mahārāja,
Śrīla Prabhupāda ki jaya!
Śrīla Guru Mahārāja ki jaya!
My humble obeisance to His Holiness Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja!
Hare Kṛṣṇa, Guru Mahārāja thank you for being our guru and I am grateful that you will always be our well-wisher. Will surely pray for your soon recovery though we all know how much Kṛṣṇa loves you and the love you have for Him. You have been showing us ways on how to please Kṛṣṇa and guru. It is my pleasure in taking the path you have shown us. Thank you for every little things, that I have gained spiritually and for the things I have lost materially.
Yours servant,
Priyadarṣiṇī
To be a devotee of Kṛṣṇa rest of my life and pray daily.
Glorious Guru Mahārāja!
I want to chant sincerely and come under your shelter. I want to read Bhagavad-gītā thoroughly for understanding Bhagavad-gītā clearly and practice in my life. I need you ĀŚĪRVĀDAMS. HARE KṚṢṆA!
Yours faithfully,
S. Priyadarṣiṇī
(12TH STUDENT)
I offer my humble obedience at the dust of your lotous feet All glories to your divine grace my beloved Gurudeva!
Dear Gurudeva I always try to please you but I can't because I don't have knowledge. Is any other way to please you without preaching??? Just I started to read Prabhupāda's book please bless me so I can preach. Oh my beloved you are my spiritual father Gurudeva I am not initiate yet but I always feel you as a my spiritual father. I don't know when I initiate I am waiting for the day. And it is my desire to take dīkṣā only from you. I use to do as always one round extra chant for your recover and I really want to became a serious servant of your.
Oh my beloved Gurudeva I am from Assam Bongaigaon here also a little centre "Rādhā Ramaṇa Sevāśrama". Please bless me Hare Kṛṣṇa!
Your Daughter,
Puja Sharma
Dearest and most Respected Gurumaharaj,
Please Accept My Most Humble obeisances at the dust ofYour lotus feet
All Glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga
All Glories to Gurumaharaj
There is so much to offer inYour praise but a useless soul like of mine is so unfit even to do so,when i first got the mercy to aspire in 1999there areso many nectars i got to learn from You like a kidwhich still iam You with Your affection and care have stood by this fallen soul under allcircumstances setting an example to never give up with practical solutions,Younot only gave me the most special treatment care but You continued to shower Your blessings till today,in return of nothing at all,i hope i am ableto geta pinch of Your most extraordinary qualities Humility being the topmost followed by no giving up attitude,and muchmore
,I pray to Sri Gauranga to keep You in best health always and i beg Yourmercy that this fallen useless spiritual daughter makes You really proud one day Happy Vyasa Puja.
Yours useless special spiritual daughter
Pujya visnupriya devi dasi
Wandering through the universe by winds of sweet free will,
Caught up in this quagmire of material filth,
Day and night I cried out loud,
From agonising pain.
And I can see it's over now.
My happiness regained.
You've worked miracles through our lives.
And if your's is one,
It's no big surprise
And when you chant the holy names,
I feel certain that my life, will never be the same.
Filled with love, love of God.
You are taking us to the Lord,
If you haven't saved us,
Who can we name
As our saviour,
The giver of krsna prema.
Thank you, gurudev! I feel this debt can never be repaid!
I will cry for mercy to night! For your shelter for the rest of my life......
Aspiring to be a microscopic particle nestled in the comforting shelter of your lotus feet,
Your daughter,
Punyasri Balaipriya Devi Dasi
Hare Krishna
All Glories to Guru & Gauranga
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada
Please accept my humble respectful obseiances dear Spiritual Father
Reading your recent health updates have tried sincerely to pray to Guru Parampara, Narasimha Dev and Gauranga to keep your pain minimum. In the Bhakti Vruksha Classes we have made it mandatory to recite together Shikastakam and Naramimha Kavacha for your health improvement.
Daily, my Prabhu - Prasannatma Balaram Das (Brahminical Initiated), myself and most of the Bhakti Vruksha members do Tulasi Parikram 4 times for your health and read the Narasimha Kavaca for your quick recovery.
Your unlimited mercy which is elixir of life, showering on fallen souls like me is indeed which keeps me going with all the ups and downs of this Kali Yuga
Guru Maharaj with your prayers and mercy have been able to keep all my initiation vows. Seeking your mercy to help me improve on the quality of my chanting.
Also beg you to pray for our new Bhakti Centre at Kormangala Bangalore, which is an infant and for which HG Vijay Venugopal Das & HG Prema Padmini Devi Dasi are striving their best to manage the new fledgling.
Also seek your prayers and blessings for all our Bhakti Vruksha members and our family members for uniterrupted and increased spiritual advancement.
Dear Guru Maharaj humbly request you to bless my son Abhinav Vasist to keep his spiritual practices intact and to improve on his Sadhana.
Seeking your shelter and blessings always Guru Maharaj
Trying to be servant of your servant
Purna Nandhini Madhavi Devi Dasi
Purna Nandhini Madhavi Devi Dasi(Diksha),
Bangalore India
Dear Gurudeva Śrīla Ācāryapāda!
Please allow me to offer my most respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.
The entire lifetime of the spiritual master is glorious, but this particular day is most glorified because on this day you descended into this material world in order to reclaim the fallen conditioned souls. I am one such fallen soul and my senses are continually dragging me to Māyā’s camp.
I do not have any intelligence, and it is only by your grace that I somehow or other remains in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, although my bad qualities and behaviour constantly check my advancement in spiritual life.
My dear spiritual master, I am going to take a step in gṛhastha āśrama. Please bless me that we both serve you always. Please grant that my actions may not be egocentric, but rather cantered on service to you and Lord Kṛṣṇa. You are bestowing your mercy on everyone without cause; therefore it is hardly necessary to make a special request. Please pardon my disturbing you with my unlettered expressions and lack of perspicuity. The pure devotee is glorified in the three worlds and is most dear to all.
All glories, all glories, all glories to my beloved spiritual master Śrīla Ācāryapāda!
Please accept this diminutive offering from the most useless servant of your servants.
Pūrṇimā Sharma
Hare Kṛṣṇa!
All Glories to Śrīla Guru Mahārāj!! All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!
All Glories to Śrīla Gaurāṅga and All Glories to Śrīla Nityānanda!
Dear Gurudeva please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Guru Mahārāja, we proudly say that we are disciples of Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja, when ever some one asks us.
I am chanting extra one round of mahā-mantra every day in addition to my regular sixteen rounds for your health improvement and to raise the fallen souls like us.
When I left the job in Mathurādeśa, you ordered me to go to the tribal area and preach. With your blessings, I am still continuing my preaching in tribal area (Shobhakota, Kodeli, Lagisipalli, Kondapad villages of Vishakapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh) as a result nearly 10 members took the initiation. I usually visit these places every two/three months and stay with them for about few days along with them. I take pleasure in preaching such remote places. These days I am also distributing medicines which are needed by them. I am also collecting the used cloths (hundreds of kilos) from Hyderabad and others to distribute to the needy devotees of tribals. It is possible because of your causeless mercy and blessings.
In next tribal convension in Māyāpur, I try my best to attend along with some of the tribals of above places to take your blessings.
Humble Servants,
Rādhā Kanhaiyā Dāsa and Amala Gaṅgā Devī Dāsī
Dear Guru Mahārāja!
Please accet my humble obiesances at your feet in this very blessed day. You are very dear to the Supreme Lord. Thank you for being present in my life, planting a hope in my heart that I will find a sane corner in my voyage toward the kingdome of eternity in serving you.
ātma-nivedana, tuwā pade kori',
hoinu parama sukhī
duḥkha dūre gelo, cintā nā rohilo,
caudike ānanda dekhi
I have become supremely joyful by surrendering myself at your holy feet. Unhappiness has gone away and there are no more enxieties. I see joy in all direction
(Ātma-nivedana by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura)
Your very low servant,
Rādhā Mādhava Sakhī Devī Dāsī
Respected Gurudeva,
Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! Gurudeva on the most auspicious appreance day of Your Holiness, I would like to thank His Divine Grave A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda that by his blessings, I came to know about ISKCON and got the opportunity to know about you.
Oh dear Gurudeva I am highly indebted to Śrīla Prabhupāda so much that through his books I came to know who is guru, how we can get his shelter and could serve him.
Oh Gurudeva it's because of the mercy of Śrīla Prabhupāda that a fallen soul like me got connected to the paramparā by becoming your disciple.
Oh Gurudeva, Śrīla Prabhupāda said that I followed my spiritual master word by word, Your Holiness showed how to do this by your personal example.
Oh Gurudeva, Śrīla Prabhupāda gave you the Kingdom of God (Śrīdhāma Māyāpur) to develop it, you developed it, developing it and distributing it to the whole world.
His Holiness Bhakti Tīrtha Swami Mahārāja once said "The time will reveal who is Jayapatākā swami". We all are realizing that.
Gurudeva as we know that the ācāryas are very merciful on their appearance day. I don't want to loose this opportunity to beg from you that please bless me that your instructions to me will be my life and soul.
Please forgive me for all the offences I did unto your lotus feet,
Your servant dog,
Rādhā Ramaṇa Sevaka Dāsa
Dear Gurudeva,
All glories! All glories to Your Divine Grace!
Śrīla Prabhupāda's servant in exemplary ways
An epitome of care, compassion and mercy
Obeisances, obeisances at your lotus feet.
All glories! All glories to you O master!
A glimpse of you, and our spiritual progress is faster!
You show us the power of devotional service
Adore, Adore ye! Vyasa's perfect representative.
All glories! All glories to your divine qualities!
Transcendentally enthused ever, no matter your bodily frailties!
Serving Śrīla Prabhupāda, each and every moment
Chanting Gaurāṅga! Gaurāṅga! In torrents and torrents!
All glories! All glories to you, Guru Mahārāja!
You are one of Lord Caitanya's entourage
You live to teach us, you teach us to live...
To never give up and Gaura-prema distribute and give.
All glories! All glories to you O Vaiṣṇava Ṭhākura!
By your transcendental actions, millions you allure,
You reach out to the spiritually needy and dim
For you always remember Kṛṣṇa and never forget Him.
All glories! All glories to you dear Gurudeva!
To follow in your footsteps our paths are paved
For your every word and action so transcendentally profound
Is the one and only shelter for us, so materially bound.
All glories! All glories to you, dear well-wisher!
From this 'saṁsāra-dāvanala', us disciples, you usher
Leading us to Goloka, while Śrīla Prabhupāda, you follow
When will I learn to serve Gaurāṅga, in the transcendental mellow?
All glories! All glories to you, O amazing preacher!
Your heart is so pure, filled with Gaurāṅga nectar
To help you to preach in some small little way
Strength and intelligence I beg, beg you everyday.
All glories! All glories to you our spiritual guide!
So that all our family members, your orders abide
And value all Vaiṣṇavas & never never offend them,
I pray for your blessings, O transcendental gem.
All glories! All glories to you, epitome of mercy!
You're tolerant of our callowness, yet determined to set us free...
So to follow my vows strictly, each and every day
And to somehow please you, at your lotus feet I pray.
All glories! All glories to you, dear saviour!
You teach us all proper Vaiṣṇava behaviour
By your merciful compassion, we came to Māyāpur
Thank you! Thank you again, our dear dear guru.
All glories! All glories to you my dear father!
Careless to recognize your mercy, sometimes I falter,
Striving to be determined and to follow your orders
I beg and beg for your blessings, your unworthy daughter...
Rādhā Ratī Devī Dāsī
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our respectful obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!All glories to Your Divine Grace!
On this auspicious day of your appearance, we pray to Lord Krishna for your good health. We want you to live for more than 100 years like Sripad Ramanuja Acharya and spread Krishna bhakti more and more.
There are no words to glorify your qualities. But for the sake of writing, if one were to write, one quality that melts our hearts is your mercy on fallen souls like us. We need your blessings always.
Guru Maharaja, though I do not get to go to the temple and take part in direct services for the movement, I try to do services to Lord Sri Sri Radha Shyamasundara at home. Shyamasundara is our main family member and every good or bad thing which happens, He is the main person I spend a lot of time speaking to. Daily I try to decorate Them with fresh flowers. Also take part in a Srimad Bhagavatam study group daily and hear lectures on Krishna conscious topics. And to serve devotees whenever someone kindly visits our home.
I pray that may my heart be filled with yours and acharyas' glories and the messages of Srimad Bhagavatam.
We so much want to see you back like how we used to see you. Wishing you the best of health!
Your insignificant servants,
Radhesvari Bhakti Devi Dasi
Balasubramanian
Senior devotees and their experiences with you have brought great respected on you and I am fully sad as I did not get the opportunity to serve you personally. I feel so happy because once I had an opportunity to cook for all your servants. When you all come to Coimbatore for our Ratha-yātrā I am eagrly waiting to get initiation from you. Dear Guru Mahārāja I will do my level best to fulfill your wishes in spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness I always get your blessing Guru Mahārāja I will always pray for your good health.
Daṇḍavat praṇāms Guru Mahārāja,
Yours Sincere Devotee,
R. Rādhikā
All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All Glories to Śrīla Gurudeva!
Our most Beloved Guru Mahārāja,
I am very grateful for accepting me as your disciple on Dec 27, 2016 in Medchal farm, Hyderabad. Upto then I was following all regulative principles but I was very much addicted of drinking tea which I could not come out of. I was feeling very much guilty but at the same time I could not stop, in 2016, I was sincerely praying you, Guru Mahārāja that I am not able to stop, You only can help me come out of this.
Within few days I came to know that You have suddenly planned to come to Hyderabad. I felt very happy that I can find a solution. Within 3 days you have given me dīkṣā.The next day after dīkṣā my head was paining so much that I just prayed to you and slept. Within an hour I got up with absolutely no pain. From then I never felt like drinking tea. I always feel that your sudden program to Hyderabad was just for my sake.
I circumbulate Tulasī Mahārāṇī 8 rounds daily - 4 rounds for your good health, 4 rounds for my spiritual progress. I always pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava to give my life span also for our beloved Guru Mahārāja and You should LIVE LONG LONG TIME for delivering the fallen souls like us.
Your insignificant disciple,
Rādhikā Gopālinī Devī Dāsī
Hare Krishna Gurumaharaj,
Happy birthday gurumahaj, please stay some more years with us gurumaharaj and keep inspiring us. Please forgive all my offences and give me more service so that I will be in Krishna consciousness forever.
Your Servant,
Bhakta Raju
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Our dear most, merciful worshipable Eternal spiritual Master,
Please accept our humble respectable obedient obeisances dandavat pranam to Guru Maharaa’s lotus feet. All Glories to Shree Shree Guru and Gauranga. Sreela Prabhupaad maharaj ki jay.
We, The hare Krishna Sathsamgam, Chalad Road, Kuzhikkunnu Junction, Kannur, Kerala is taking this opportunity to wish and pray long live boom from lord Krishna and Gaura Nithai to protect our beloved father, Spiritual Master, Gurudev, in this 69th Vyasa Puja 2018 celebrations.
We pray with our heart and soul to Shree Shree Panchatatva, Shree Shree Radha Maadhava Ashta Sakhi, Shree Shree Narsimhadev, Shree Shree Jagannatha, Baladev and Subhadra Mahaarani to protect and strengthen from Guru Maharaaj’s illness and enemies.
With a small Namahatta at Kannur city, we are doing everyday temple activities. Most of the days two or three devotees staying in this centre and do the seva for our Nithai Gour Sundar Bhagavaan. On Special occasions devotees gather and do devotional activities upto our standards. Now this centre is in a rented property. Financially we are very poor. But some of the efficient good- hearted devotees donating and our book distribution also we make Lakshmi for the temple daily routine expenses. 99% of this namahatta devotees are labour class people. They run autorikshaw, building works, carpenters, electrical and plumber job workers. Still we have a good reputation from whole kerala. That because of our heartest respect to our beloved Guru Maharaaj’s mercy only. Otherwise, we are zero.
We have a good range of books in our hand. Every Sunday we distribute sreela prabhupaada books. Back to Godhead magazine in Malayalam language called Bhagavath darshanam- everymonth we are buying from Coimbatore 200 copies. Every Sunday devotees taking some books and selling in their community. Some mathaji devotees like shyama radhika devi dasi and rajashree sathyabhaama devi dasi and shreemathi shreekala mathaaji also taken keen interest in book distribution. Otherthan any temple festivels going near by we have devotees to take some books and try to distribute it widely.
We had a vision and plan to make more devotees. That is our main goal and try to join them our Guru Maharaaj’s army. We always try to communicate with H.D.G sree Bhakthi vinoda swami Maharaaj for any doubts and help. Maharaaj is alsways welcome assist and happy with our activities.
This year we are planning to buy one second hand minibus to distribute sreela prabhupaada books widely. Other plan is to open an exclusively hare Krishna restaurant in the Kannur city. Our most devotees needed that one. Because of working class people getting Krishna prasaadam is very difficult. February 2017 onwards we are distributing atleast 10 krishna prasadam packets on Sunday noon to orphans and needy beggers in the Kannur city. Before we give the prasadam definitely we are telling them and together we do hare Krishna maha manthram japam atleast 3 times.
All these things to work, first we need to get Guru Maharaaj’s merciful blessings to all of our devotees working behind this project. May lord sree Krishna and sreela prabhupaada always protect our Guru Maharaaj in this mission.
Guru Maharaj's humble, obedient servant,
Rakhala Raaja Kannai Das: With my heart and soul for the well beings of every living entity that jayapathaaaka(flag) always blow like a sunaami to give deeksha mercy and take everybody back home back to godhead. Begging to Shree Gaura Nithai to give my Guru Mharaaj a very long life.
Raghava caitanya Das: Hare Krishna Guru Maharaaj. I am a downward pathithapavanana. Please try to save me and put it in my Guru Maharaaj’s lap and take me back to godhead.
Vichitra Caitanya Das:Shree Guru Maharaaj begging for mercy. This poor orphan always crying for the shelter of Guru Maharaaj’s lotus feet.
Rajashree sathyabhama devi dasi: Praying for sree Krishna to give My eternal spiritual father a very long life for the benefit of fallen soul’s protector.
Shree Krishna shree kaanta das: Shree Guru Maharaaj please give me more seva into my Guru Maharaaj’s lotus feet.
Wish Guru Maharaaj a happy 69th vyasa puja,
Jagannatha patitha pavana Das,
Ajay Caitanya Chandra Das,
Bhaktha vinod,
Narendran, Saran,
Jithu,
Amaresh,
Chandramohan
Guru Ashraya devottee.
Bhaktha Ganesh,
Shaji,
Vinod,
Shajil .
kannur, Kerala, India
Dear Gurumaharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisance’s at the dust of your lotus feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupad .
All glories to Gauranga.
Thank you for accepting me as your disciple .Although I am not qualified to be.
When I was introduced to you by H.G Amrita Sakhi mataji ,in Bangalore long back in 2008.You asked me many questions .Like how many rounds your chanting ?how long? What are you studying ? Why you took MDS ?
Some of the questions I could answer .But,the last question although I answered made me speechless and bewildered & made me thing back.Thats when I realised ! What is a Guru? A Guru is one who brings his disciples out of ignorance .
Gurumaharaj I cherish your precious association .So memorabale .Long back ,when my personal situation was not feasible to go to dhams especially Mayapur.Through your divine words & vision ,I could cherish Mayapur .The best part is you carried Mayapur & Vrindavan dhams wherever you went to preach.So encircling you was circumbulating the Dhams .
By your mercy could go to dhams finally after marriage many times.Got married to a devotee and practising krsna consciousness also because of your blessings and prayers on this fallen soul.
Gurumaharaj ,when I hear about your health condition ,now.I feel sad and guilty.That your suffering because of our sins .Especially my giant like sins as big as Mount Meru.”I am sorry!”.I have been a spoilt child always ,always giving you trouble .Please pardon me .
I pray for you always & chant almost everyday .Preach too .In the hope & positiveness that you recover soon & come back & call out and make us also shout in ecstasy with raised hands .”Gauranga!!”.
I am eagerly waiting for that day with finger crossed & many are .
Thank you ! for all the Love & care .My life is nothing but made up of your blessings and mercy.
Your spiritual daughter & son,
Ramani Vishaka devi dasi
Jagan Mohan Caitanya Dasa
Hare Krishna,
Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeiscences,
All Glories to Srila Prabupada,
All Glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga,
While tossing in the waves of this material ocean, full of miseries and distress, you lifted me up with your lotus hands. You bestowed your mercy without my knowledge, though I was quite unworthy of it. I remember the first time I met you personally, you caught hold of my hand and did not leave it for a long time. I did not realize the transformation that it bought in me, until many years passed by. Looking back, now I realize that indeed you were so merciful that you held my hands to pick me up. I am grateful to so many vaishnavas who were compassionate upon me and helped in connecting me to my spiritual master, without whose help I would have lost and drowned in the bhava sagara.
I try hard to remain afloat with your blessings. I pray that I can be a useful instrument in your hands so that I can be of some help in serving the mission of Srila Prabupad and Mahaprabhu. I pray that I get the necessary intelligence to understand your transcedental mood and desires and could align my thoughts and deeds accordingly. I pray that I get the qualification that I can always remember my spritual master and the Supreme Lord at all times.
I feel very unqualified to sufficiently glorify you. But I always wonder how you are so much fixed up in Krishna Consciousness and able to always remember Lord Gaurasundara and Lord Nityananda. You are so much determined that you seem to disregard all your externall physical discomforts to serve the mission of Mahaprabhu. You are so merciful that you always keep your disciples in your prayers and always think of their welfare.
I pray for your blessings that I become more serious in my sadhana and can get an iota of your dedication and determination that you have to serve your spiritual master.
I pray that Lord Gaura Sundara continue to shower his mercy upon you so that you continue to get the strength to save many more fallen souls.
Your insignificant servant,
Ranachora Govinda Dasa
Dear Guru Maharaj Please accept my humble obeisances
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada, the Acarya of the Golden Age
All glories to You dear Gurudeva, Who carrying forward the mission of the Acarya to reinstate the conditioned souls in their original svarupa
First I would like to take the blessings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the golden avatara, the personification of mercy, by whose remembrance difficult things becomes easy.
kathañcana smṛte yasmin duṣkaraṁ sukaraṁ bhavet
vismṛte viparītaṁ syāt śrī-caitanyaṁ namāmi tam
Even though unqualified to write the offering and yet we don’t expect that we can ever be qualified as being conditioned since time immemorial, it is so difficult to understand the glories of associate of Lord Caitanya. But still the Lord being merciful has given us this golden opportunity, simply by meditating on the wonderful qualities and activities of Your divine self we can get freed from the ignorance.
The attempt of Glorifying you not only becomes a means for our purification and fulfill our responsibility as a disciple but also becomes an inspiration for the future generation of Your divine self. Many of us knew Srila Prabhupada only through his stalwart disciples… Unlimited books are coming up where each individual who interacted with Srila Prabhupada has unlimited glories.. So we would also like to being part of this great history of attempting to do so.
Though our attempts would be with full of faults but just by such attempts we get purified. Whatever words we would use to glorify would seem to be mundane so we would like to glorify you through the prayers of Narrottam Das Thakura, all these qualities we can see you manifest in your day to day activities. It is nothing amazing for you but for us it is a live example of the activities of spiritual world, many times we fail to recognize your glorious attributes.
ei-baro karuna koro vaishnava gosai
patita-pavana toma bine keho nai
0 Vaishnava Gosvami, please be merciful to me now. There is no one except you who can purify the fallen souls. You are our only hope otherwise we seem to be hopeless. Many times we are just lost in our ignorance but you take the responsibility of purifying us and somehow engage us in Krishna’s service… You take full responsibility in giving us the mercy of Gaura nitai and acaryas and purify us. The tweet messages you send us everyday even from your toughest situation of body is simply to pave our path back to godhead.
jahara nikate gele papa dure jay
emona doyala prabhu keba kotha pay
Where does anyone find such a merciful personality by whose mere audience all sins go far away?
Who can exchange their twenty years of life span just by accepting our karma. Normally for any good or pious or transcendental activity one receives 100 times the benefit depending upon our intensity But Guru Maharaj you had reversed the situation you are accepting our karma and suffering, not sure whether your sacrifice is valued.. with your investment of life there is negative returns.. Where can we find such mercy… we ar so much stone hearted not able to understand your mercy.
gangara parasa hoile pascate pavan
darsane pavitra koro—ei tomara gun
After bathing in the waters of the sacred Ganges many times, one becomes purified, but just by the sight of you, the fallen souls are purified. This is your great power.
I have heard many devotees and non-devotees who visit the rath yatra programs and other programs of Your are simply attracted to Krishna just by Your darshan.. This your great power to attract the conditioned to engage us in pure devotional service.. many times I felt that my japa is improved when we take darshan of you..
hari-sthane aparadhe tare hari-nam
toma sthane aparadhe nahi paritran
The holy name delivers one who has committed an offense to Lord Hari, but if one commits an offense to you, there is no means of deliverance.
How can we expect any means of deliverance by offending you, but the greatness of Yourself is you don’t take the innumerable offenses we commit at your lotus feet because of your compassionate nature.
tomara hridoye sada govinda-visram
govinda kohena—mora vaishnava paran
Your heart is always the resting place of Lord Govinda, and Lord Govinda says, "The Vaishnavas are in My heart."
Every single moment you are simply absorbed in Gaura lila and devising ways and means to execute the instructions given to you by Srila Prabhupada.
prati-janme kori asa caranera dhuli
narottame koro doya apanara boli’
I desire the dust of your holy feet in every birth I may take. Please consider Narottama yours, and be kind upon him.
Oh dear Gurudeva, let me aspire the strength and determination to perform some worthy service in assistance of your mission of spreading the Sankirtan movement.
On this auspicious occasion of your Vyasa Puja, I would like to reconfirm my vows that I took during initiation and pray to Lord that I never become slackened in my sadhana. Let me remain grateful to whatever glorious service You have awarded this insignificant soul in the mission even though most unqualified.
Oh dear Gurudeva, you being the true follower of Pancha tattva, as your sole purpose of living is to spread the holy name far and wide. Praying to you that let me also become a squirrel in my attempts to do some preaching program and please you.
I would like to share some personal realization
Last year we have to leave Mayapur for some reasons with heavy heart and we were in Wada for our service but somehow within six months we returned back to Mayapur but wondering how come it is possible, once Gurudeva was enquiring about our services, I just expressed my gratitude to Guru Maharaja and thanking him, its because of your mercy we are back in Mayapur, Gurudeva just put his hand close to his heart and told us “I always wish that” these words were not just words it has just changed the whole course of our life. Me and my husband were eternally grateful for all those sweet moments we received from Gurdeva
Praying for their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Sri Pancha Tattva, Sri Prahlad Narasimhadeva and all the previous acaryas and Srila Prabhupada for awarding you the best of health of execute the mission of Srila Prabhupada more efficiently.
Yours most fortunate spiritual daughter,
Rasa priya gopika devi dasi, (Diksa)
Vraja Krishna das, (Siksa)
Sridham Mayapur, India
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Dear Gurudeva,
All Glories to Shrila Prabhupad …!!! All Glories to Shri Guru and Shri Gauranga…!!!
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
On this most auspicious day of your Holiness’ Vyasa Puja, I pray to Their Lordships and to you to kindly stay with us for, as long as possible as. It is because of your unconditional mercy on us that person like me, can try to get closer to Krishna.
Your Holiness, despite of your physical condition you continue to travel worldwide to preach and spread the holy name to all. Your ever compassionate mercy is showered on all those who come in contact with you, even for the slightest moment. Preaching to the doctors and nurses, who even started chanting by associating with your holiness for just few moments…!!!
Whenever, I have the good fortune of having your darshan that moment is so nice and magical, that I forget about everything else, but after some period, my very own conditioned self is back.
I feel very miserable that I am not able to help in your mission of spreading Krishna consciousness and so I humbly ask you to kindly shower your mercy on me so that I could be of some use in this grand mission. Although, I am actively participating in various services at home during Bhakti Vriksha programs and whenever possible in congregation but my wish is to start some preaching activity for young girls of my age.
I am not capable to glorify your holiness properly. Also, I ask for forgiveness for all the offences that I have committed and continue to do so, and also ask for blessings so that I can become serious in Krishna Consciousness and try to serve your holiness and Shrila Prabhupad.
Please kindly bless me so that I become more attached to your holiness and lord Krishna rather than other things.
I am very thankful and grateful to you as your holiness kindly accepted someone like me as your disciple / spiritual daughter, few months back , on 17th April 17 at Ahmedabad.
I feel very fortunate to be under protection knowing that your holiness is always there to guide me and bring me back on track. During initiation, I felt so impure to be standing there, in front of the yajna and receiving the holy beads, but you very kindly and lovingly handed me the beads, accepting this unworthy soul as your daughter.
Although please bless me so that I never take this for granted. Thank you Gurudev, for accepting me, for without your holiness, I don’t know what I would be.
As you may be aware dear Gurudeva, that I am pursuing a career in Achitecture ( Bachelor in Architecture) and thus my graduation studies are taking lot of time every day. I wish to have my regular weekly preaching program for young girls or wish to at least do sankirtana in the garden along with few other young devotees in order to attract new souls.
There is no way that I can ever repay this but my dear gurudev please bless me so that I do not become a liability and a burden to you and instead help you in your mission, be an asset, be a soldier in this huge army.
I am so worthless that although it being your Vyasa puja, instead of glorifying your holiness, all I’ve done is asked for blessings. Please again bless me so that I can improve in that.
Your most worthless daughter,
Rasapriya Radharani Devi Dasi ( Diksha Disciple )
Vadodara, India
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
I offer my humble obesiances on your lotus feet.
I am very fortunate that I have got this wonderful opportunity to glorify you on this auspicious occasion.Guru Maharaj, Although your health is not good , you are always engaged in preaching to save fallen person like us.You follow devotional rules & regulations very strictly.Guru is representative of Lord & Guru takes us from darkness to light.By mercy of Guru we can get mercy of Krishna.Guru maharj, you always take care of others. You are successful as you have firm faith in Guru & Gauranga.Guru maharaj, I pray to lord that i can assist you and help you in your mission....
Your fallen servant
Ras rani kamla devi dasi
Dear Gurudev,
Kindly accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
All glories to you Srila Gurudeva
I start writing homages praying to Krishna to help me glorify his dear devotee appropriately.
There are no words to describe you Gurudev but I would try to mention a small drop of the vast Ocean.
I look at you and Just Wonder:
-The affectionate knot of the family is so hard to cut and how at a very young age when the parents are the life and soul of the child, you left everything just to serve Srila prabhupad
- How you survived the hardships of the foreign land with a foreign language, foreign climate and poverty and how you turned everything foreign into your very own.
- How you survived just on monotonous radish for months together, so that you could reveal the variegatedness of Sridham Mayapur to us insignificant conditioned souls.
Srila prabhupada would often quote that there is no material impediment to spiritual progress and you proved it unlimited times.
And you kindly accepted a sinful girl like me as your daughter and took my sins on yourself. How can I pay you back Srila Gurudev even a little bit? Please forgive me Gurudev for being an irresponsible daughter and help me achieve 'As father as daughter' to you, as you proved 'As father as son' to Srila prabhupada. Begging at your Lotus feet that I may never be rejected despite my frailties.
I thank Krishna for sending Srila Prabhupada to us, and i thank Srila Prabhupada for giving us you, dear Gurudev and i thank you for giving me my sisters who accept me despite my being the sinful me.
Your irresponsible unworthy daughter,
Ratiprada Radhika Devi Dasi
Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaj!
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada and his disciples.
First of all, please accept my heartiest prayers and well wishes on your 69th Vyasa Puja. I am eternally grateful to you blessing me with Harinam initiation. Till now, I have been happy engaged in inderect services to you: developing software for Mayapur development, building a team of devotee youths to contribute and collaborate in these projects, helping my wife in holding her Bhakti Vriksha activities, distributing prasadam, etc., but after initiation, I am developing a desire to render some personal vapu services unto you. I can cook some delicious Vaishnava versions of Paneer dishes, Indo-Chinese Schezwan dishes, grain free noodles, etc. for you, wash your clothes, clean your room, etc.
Please bless me so that I can be qualified to engage in your service and the service of Srila Prabhupada's mission of spreading Krishna Consciousness across the globe.
Your servant,
Ratnabahu Nityananda Dasa
My most dear spiritual father His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Acharyapada,
Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Your Holiness.
It was one of the most hairs rising experience when I received an email from you on 04th September 2005 with blessings on my material birthday. In that email you had mentioned “This human life is very short in kali yuga and we want whatever the remaining period of your life to be Krsna conscious and after the end of your life you go back to Krsna. We want you to be happy in your Krsna consciousness and blissful and peaceful throughout your life”. Gurudev, who else other than your Holiness, can shower such blessings with most beneficial instruction?
During a discourse in April 2004 at Damodardesh, you had stressed on the importance of proliferating ‘Bakti Vriksha’ as that is the simplest yet successful model to deliver the message of Srila Prabupada and Lord Caitanya Mahaprabu. Though I had endeavored to serve you since 1999 at Shyamadesh and Gaurangadesh, your instruction in 2004 and email on Sept 2005 gave me the impetus to reach out the parents and relatives of the Bal utsav children and start few more BVs in English, Tamil and Sourashtra languages. Some of the BV members have been very fortunate to become your disciples. While many of your disciples are delivering by far excellent service unto you, I consider myself greatly blessed to perform insignificant miniscule service at your lotus feet.
Guru Maharaj, your golden words: “This material world is such a place that unexpected difficulties sometimes appear” are eternally true. During the period from 2005 to 2015, there were several challenges, mostly material. However in all difficult situations, both material and spiritual journeys, I always felt your presence close to my heart and guiding every step.
In the September 2007, you had instructed to support and serve HG Sarvaisvarya Dasa, Coimbatore temple president (now HH Bakti Vinoda Swami). O dear spiritual father, it has taken 10 years to complete my material family obligations by your blessings while serving at Gaurangadesh. In July 2017, as if destined by you, I had to wind up my life at Gaurangadesh and relocate to Coimbatore.
HH Bakti Vinoda Swami mercifully accepted me to serve under him by developing facilities management program initially for the upkeep of Sri Jaganath temple. He also instructed me to support him in the upcoming Kovai Chandra – Sri Radha Krishna temple complex as well as the ambitious vocational training institute in Coimbatore.
Gurudev, though I had gathered 20 years of experience in facilities management in materialistic environment, I now feel totally unqualified when it comes to serving in spiritual environment. I am extremely afraid if I can live up to the expectations of HH Bakti Vinoda Swami, who is a great visionary and an exalted devotee. It is only your causeless mercy and empowerment shall bring out anything that would be of worth to serve your mission at Coimbatore and Kerala, as a servant of your servant.
Gurudev, every word you speak, every word you write are eternal instructions. I don’t have words to describe the power & potency of your Grace. On this most auspicious and holy occasion of your appearance, I would like to refer the verse from Cc., Antya 4.46,47 and beg your causeless mercy.
sei bhakta dhanya, ye na chade prabhura carana
sei prabhu dhanya, ye na chade nija-janadurdaive sevaka yadi yaya anya sthane
sei thakura dhanya tare cule dhari' ane“Glorious is that devotee who does not give up the shelter of his Lord, and glorious is that Lord who does not abandon His servant. If by chance a servant falls down and goes somewhere else, glorious is that master who captures him and brings him back by the hair.”
Gurudev, you have performed miracles all over the world continue till date. The ambitious Kovai Chandra project needs your magical gesture for its timely completion. Every devotee here in Coimbatore and surrounding towns are very excited to witness a very grand opening ceremony amidst the auspicious presence of your Holiness. We submit our most humble prayers at the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada, Lord Sri Narasimhadev, Sri Panca Tattva and Sri Radha Madhava for your speedy health recovery and a very long life to save many more millions of jivatmas.
Your insignificant spiritual son & servant,
Ratnakar Gauranga Dasa
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
ஹரே கிருஷ்ண,
எல்லாப்புகழும் குரு கிருஷ்ணருக்கே.
நம ஓம் விஷ்ணு-பாதாய கிருஷ்ண-ப்ரேஷ்டாய பூ-தலே
ஸ்ரீமதே ஜெயபதாகா-ஸ்வாமின் இதி நாமினே
நம ஆச்சார்ய பாதாய நிதாய்-க்ருப-ப்ரதாயினே
கௌர-கத தாமதாய நகர-க்ராம தாரிணே
அன்பிற்குரிய குரு மஹாராஜர் உங்களுடைய தாமரைப்பாத கமலங்களுக்கு எனது பணிவான வணக்கங்கள்.
எல்லாப்புகழும் பிரபுபுhதருக்கே.
என் வாழ்க்கையில் குரு மஹாராஜர் கிடைத்ததற்கு நான் மிகவும் மகிழ்ச்சிகொள்கிறேன்.
முதன்முறை நான் ஜெகந்நாதர் கோயிலுக்கு வரும்போது எனக்கு ஜெகந்நாதர், பலராமர், சுபத்ரா யார் என்றுகூட தெரியாது. ஆனால் மனதில் இனம் புரியாத ஒரு மகிழ்ச்சி கிடைத்தது. நான் எங்கெல்லாம் தேடி அலைந்தேன். ஆனால் குருமஹாராஜர் அவர்கள் கருணையால் நான் உண்மையான இடத்திற்கு வந்துள்ளேன் என்று எனக்கு மட்டற்ற மகிழ்ச்சி.
ஒருமுறை நாங்கள் குடும்பத்துடன் கிருஷ்ணர் கோவிலுக்கு இஸ்கானிற்கு வந்தோம். அப்போது கூறினார்கள் இன்றும் 1 மணி நேரம் இருங்கள். குரு மஹாராஜர் வருகிறார் என்று கூறினார்கள் நாங்களும் வெயிட் பண்ணினோம்.
அப்பொழுது குருமஹாராஜர் அவர்கள் வந்தார்கள் என்னையறியாமலேயே அவருக்கு நமஸ்காரம் செய்து மிக மிக ஆனந்தமடைந்தோம். இது வாழ்க்கையில் மறக்க முடியாத நிகழ்ச்சியாக அமைந்தது. மறுபடி பாகவதம் கிளாஸ், பிரசாதம் இப்படி ஒவ்வொரு நிகழ்ச்சிகளும் மறக்கமுடியாத நிகழ்ச்சியாக உள்ளது.
நான் தங்களை அடைந்ததில் பேரதிர்ஷடம் செய்துள்ளேன். ஏன் என்றால் மனித குலத்திற்கு தேவையான உண்மையான பர உபகாரமான கிருஷ்ண பக்தியை தந்துள்ளீர்கள்.
தங்களின் கருணையில்லாமல் கிருஷ்ண பக்தியை பிரச்சாரம் செய்ய இயலாது.
ஒவ்வொருவரிடமும் கிருஷ்ண பக்தியை கொண்டு சேர்ப்பதற்கு என்னை ஆசிர்வதிக்க வேண்டும் என்று தங்களை பிரார்த்திக்கின்றேன்.
இப்படிக்கு
உங்கள் தாஸன்
ரத்தனாங்க ராம தாஸன்
Ratnanga Rama Dāsa (Diksa),
Coimbatore, India
Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaj
Please accept my most respectful obeisances at Your divine lotus feet,
With Your mercy, after the Harinam initiation I am very happy and doing chanting very happily. I have taken first blessings from you in Mayapur and took Harinam Initiation in Trivandram. You are so merciful, even though you are facing many health issues, you are giving Krishna Bhakti and Initiations to many devotees. Before initiation I was completely materialistic, after initiation I am thinking in spiritual way and I always very happy.
Your Humble Servant
Ratnangini Satya Devi Dasi.
My dear most merciful Gurumaharaj,
Please accept our humble respectable obedient obesiances dandavat pranam to GURUMAHARAJ 's lotus feet.
Very very thankful for making understanding the meaning of
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
by your first dharsan to this unqualified fallen soul.
Also same day due to your merciful love got blessing which is on janmastami function 2016 at chennai ISKCON temple.
From the heart we say unlimited times THANK YOU.
please give strength to pray to the lotus feet of Nitai-Gaura,RadhaKrishna for keeping you in good health.
Begging for your blessings for doing service for the pleasure of Guru and Gauranga.
Thank you Gurumaharaj,all Vaishnavas and Lord for having granted us your invaluable association
Yours insignificant servant
Rengit Sobha and Reshiha
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept our Humble obeisances at your lotus feet on the most auspicious day Sri VyasaPuja .
All glories to Your Divine Grace .
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Srila Devaki Nandan das Thakur a great Devotee of Lord Caitanya mahaprabhu , said “ Each devotee of lord Caitanya has a great potency with which they can liberate a universe ”, you are of that kind of a spiritual master.
Guru Maharaj, just by your presence you influence thousands of people in positive Krishna conscioius ways . Your are an individual who has depth in Krishna conscious, full of inner character, you don’t attempt to be something which you are not. You respect every person on planet earth as valuable and worthy because you see them as part and parcel of Krishna. I have never seen you focus on trivial things, always meditating on how to glorify Caitanya Mahaprabhu , Srila Prabhupada’s movement.
Guru Maharaj, I am amazed to see the amount of patience you have, your life lived speak for itself. There’s not a time nor place where I have seen you speaking about yourself, it is always KC subject matter or devotee care.
Guru Maharaj, from past thrity years I have been observing your wonderful qualities. You always pray fervently to Mahaprabhu for others spiritual welfare as you strongly believe that He will really does answer prayers; you step out of your comfort zone and trust Krishna to equip you for the task of preaching; you influence people in positive Krishna conscious ways; and you always support devotees in their adverse circumstances.
Guru Maharaj , you have the special blessings of Srila Prabhupada and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, it is very difficult to preach for one who has serious health problems, but you are setting an example and teaching to all of us that one can preach in any situation, whether one has good health or no health .
It is said that Lord Nityananda is so intoxicated with love of Krishna that He doesn’t care to make distinctions between who is qualified and who is not , and distributing Krishna prema to everyone . Similarly you are showing unlimited mercy on conditioned souls by engaging them in Krishna’s service.
In establishing the congregational preaching firmly, you have devised wonderful programs like "BHAKTI VRIKSAS", Shraddha kutir and Damodar festival for public in an organized manner. Today we see the results around the the world, congregation is growing like wild fire, all credit goes to you.
By your exemplary behavior and gentle encouragement , all of us are engaged in Krishna’s service . We beg at your Lotus feet on this most auspicious occasion to shower your mercy on all of us to continue our preaching activities in Tirupati and Andhra Pradesh through Book Distribution, congregational and other preaching programs.
Patita Pavana Gurumaharaj ki Jai .
Thank you so much,
Your eternal servants,
Revati Raman Dasa & devotees of
ISKCON-Tirupati.
Hare Krishna!!!
All Glories to Srila Prabhupad!!
All Glories to Guru and Gauranga!!
My dearest Spiritual Father,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your very holy feet.
Gurumaharaj, today is your 69th Vyasa puja. Words are not enough to let you know how much indebted I am to your Holiness, for accepting me as your disciple. It is my past punya karma that I have Gurumaharaj as my spiritual Father. It is not easy on your health now Gurumaharaj, but still you are guiding many of us through your wise counselling. Whenever, I am struggling with some sevas or my sadhanas, I pray to you, and I get the answer as soon as I open the Bhagavad Gita or the Srimad Bhagavatham.
I am here in Kochi now, and I conduct classes for children on Krishna Consciousness. I also help in coordinating other mathajis to take classes for children in different places around Kochi. We also conduct a Summer Camp for children every year where many children come and learn to chant the Mahamantra and recite the Bhagavad Gita. Every year I coordinate the Gita Chanting Competition and Puranic Quiz competition for school children. Gurumaharaj, I am very keen to do more for spreading Krishna Consciousness. You are always a very great inspiration for all of us.
I know I am not a very pure person, Gurumaharaj, but I want to be a good servant to you. Please help me Gurumaharaj! You are doing so much for fallen souls like me, by sending us such precious advises, and you are always praying for us, inspite of your ill health. Please f orgive me for my lapses Gurumaharaj. I have only you to help me out of this material life. I cant thank you enough for your love and care towards me, a stupid old fool! I cannot thank Srila Prabhupad enough, for giving us such a loving Spiriyual Father. I am praying to Lord Narasimha Deva to protect you always and help you get better.
Your most humble and stupid servant,
Rukmini Prema Devi Dasi
Dear Gurumaharaj
Please accept my respectful obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. All Glories to your holiness.
On this most auspicious day of your appearance day, I would first like to offer my deepest love, gratitude & obeisances unto your lotus feet.
You are such a loving father who's going thru so much pain just to save us & fulfil the orders of Srila Prabhupada - no matter what the odds are.
You're the living epitome of the verse from the Nectar of Instruction, Verse 3 -
"utsāhān niścayād dhairyāt
tat-tat-karma-pravartanāt
saṅga-tyāgātsato vṛtteḥ
ṣaḍbhir bhaktiḥprasidhyati"
1. Enthusiasm (utsāhāt): In spite of going thru such bodily pains you are ever enthusiastic to spread the teachings of Lord Caitanya in every way. You preach to anyone and everyone - even in hospitals you preach & help conditioned souls get connected to Krishna. You travel everywhere in spite of the doctors telling you to rest, and you defy logic - because of your deep love to please Srila Prabhupada.
2. Confidence (niścayāt): You instil so much confidence in us through your association and teachings. Just by seeing the way you live for Prabhupada... gives us so much confidence. When Srila Prabhupada gave you the name "Jayapataka", he already knew that you were the brave commander guiding taking us all to "victory". Just by being under your divine shelter, gives us hope for a bright future.
3. Patience (dhairyāt): Gurumaharaj, you are an embodiment of patience and compassion. Going through so many health challenges, numerous hospital visits, following the instructions of doctors and pushing hard to keep your body in a healthy condition requires super-human levels of patience. Even to go to sleep every night, you go through so much of inconvenience. All this without a single complaint. I feel like crying Gurudev when I think of how much you are taking on for us!! You are so patient in every way.
4. Acting According To Regulative Principles (tat-tat-karma-pravartanāt): Every second and every breath you live, is for Srila Prabhupada. You remember every single interaction that you have had with Srila Prabhupada and you have been doing your best to follow those innumerable instructions given you by Srila Prabhupada. You are not just living according to regulative principles Gurudev, but you are living for giving the highest pleasure to your spiritual master. What an amazing example of how a disciple should be. You are the ideal disciple Gurumaharaj!
5. Giving Up Association Of Non-Devotees (saṅga-tyāgāt): Just by your sheer presence, all inauspiciousness is vanquished, what to speak of any non-devotees. In fact, you give your association to so many so-called "non-devotees" and transform them into pure devotees like a "touchstone" by your love and compassion. You emobdy the mood of Nithyananda prabhu, and have transformed hundreds and thousands of "jagai's and madhai's" in this world. Gurumaharaj, just being in your association, either in vani seva or vapu seva, we are assured to be protected from the illusory energy.
6. Following The Footsteps Of Previous Acharyas (sataḥ vṛtteḥ): Gurumahraj, you are a shining example of one who's perfectly following in the footsteps of the previous acharyas. Through your divine inspiration and vision, Mayapur is becoming a worldwide revolution with the TOVP rising. You are a shining warrior who's helping fulfil the prophecy of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. You are not just following the footsteps of the previous acharyas, but you are manifesting their desires to come true.
Gurumaharaj, my only prayer on this amazing day is that I may be able to please you more, serve you more and follow in your footsteps in the minutest way - as how an ideal disciple should be. Today, I once again commit myself completely unto you. I love you Gurumaharaj!
Please forgive me for the numerous offences that I might have committed knowingly or unknowingly.
By your blessings, I would like more strength in devotional service - my sadhana and preaching abilities.
I especially require your blessings Gurudev on the launch of "The Digital Preacher" online course, which I have crafted for the devotees of our movement, to exponentially grow using the power of social media.
This year, my second child will be born. It's only by your blessings that this soul is coming into our life.
I would like to commit to you, that Vanita and I will do everything in our fullest capacity to give both our children the perfect conducive environment for them to grow & become into wonderful devotees with the right mindset and skillsets to serve you and the mission of Srila Prabhupada - with even more vigour.
I pray to Lord Nrsingadeva for your protection always.
The TOVP is rising. You need to be with us Gurudev!
Gurumaharaj Ki Jaya! Srila Prabhupada Ki Jaya!
Hare Krishna!
Your eternal spiritual son,
Shabda Hari Dasa
Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja!
Dandavat Pranama,
Please accept my humble obesciences. Last year I got initiated in Krsna Katha Desa and after that I can find changes in my sadhana. My interest in book reading has increased. What ever I have learnt being a KKC sevika I am explaining kids. Being in Krsna consciousness I understood the value of my life. I always pray lord to give u strength to awake fallen souls like me.
Your Servant,
Sacipremi Prabha Devi Dasi
Dear Guru Maharaj,
On this most auspicious day of your appearance, I offer my humble obeisances at your Lotus feet.I came Mayapur first time just to meet you, havig no attraction to RadhaMadhav or Panchtatava, just wanted to meet you, coming Mayapur I realise that Mayapur is your heart and you are heart of Mayapur. Even you were not in nawadwip Parikrama this time but your heart was in Mayapur. Despite of your bad health, You were giving classes in all Parikrama parties at many places daily from hospital over phone. Simultaneously, you were so concerned about the welfare & facilities for devotees doing Parikrama. Nobody Can feel so much concerned as u feel for Iskcon Mayapur. Nobody could have done the things you done for developing Mayapur, which shows your surrender to Srila prabhupada's instructions. Srila Prabhupada’s instructions are your life and soul. Serving him is your only goal. My Father, You are not living for yourself, You are just living to deliver us. My Father, I missed you alot in mayapur & in navadvip parikrama this time, as for me, wherever you are, its mayapur.
I feel sometimes, How can be someone so compassionate? But you are not ordinary, you are the associate of Lord Nityananda. Whatever the condition be, nothing can stop you & your preaching mission. Being so merciful you want to distribute love of Godhead in every nook and corner of world despite of your health conditions. This amazes me how you connect everything to Krishna and explain in the way that other person can understand easily.
Who has given this most fallen soul shelter, if you were not there? You have picked up me when I was at the most difficult phase of my life. Thank you for saving me always from this suffering world. Who else could given this most fallen soul, the love and attraction for gauranga. Loving you gives me little love for Ganuranga. You, being specially empowered by Lord Chaitnya distributing his love & mercy every village & every town by giving shelter to so many fallen souls. Inspite of bodily pain & suffering, you are still accepting so many disciples just to deliver them , How can anyone be so merciful like you..! Who is ready to take all pains for taking his disciples back.
O my father,
You are my inspiration. You are an example of the philosophy, we say daily, we are not this body, we are spirit soul. I am indebted to you for ample of things.You initiated me & accepted me as your spritual daughter, which changed my life and added a purpose to my life. Giving such a beautiful name "Sadguru Sevananini" so i can always remember you through my name.As Krishna presents everywhere, I can also feel your presence everywhere by your shelter and protection. I realized few months back, that there is no difference between you and your lamination. Whatever I desire as a daughter in front of your lamination, you reciprocates as a loving father of mine. I feel so fortunate to have you as my spiritual father and extremely blessed by being just your disciple. Guru Maharaj, I am ignorant of the troubles you are facing just because to deliver this fallen soul ( as a father undergoes to protect and maintain as child ) and take back to godhead. Please forgive me for all my offenses knowingly, I am so fallen that nobody would have ever accepted me if you were not there.You are the ocean of Mercy. I beg for your Mercy so I may always able to imbibe the mood of being servant of servant of servant of all Vaishnavas, can follow your instructions and my initiation vows throughout my life.
I pray to Lord Narasimha Dev daily for your good health as I just can't live without you and your service. O Gurudev. Please always engage me under your Lotus feet.Need your special blessings always for my family and for my sister's & mine marriage. We Love you alot my dear father.
Yours beloved Daughter,
Sadguru Sevanandini Devi Dasi
All Glories to Shree Guru Maharaaj,my spiritual master,
All Glories to Sree Sree Guru and Gauranga. Shreela Prabhupaad maharaja ki jay.
Please accept our humble respectable dandavat obeisances to Guru Maharaaj’s lotus feet.
As instructed by Guru maharaja I am in Kasargode, kerala iskcon centre. I am the main pujari and care taker of this temple. Sree Radha Madhava is the main deity here.
Every Sunday 50 devotees attending in this centre. We are trying to participate more and more people. I am doing some naama sankeerthanam on Sunday evening at nelesvaram , one ayurvedic yoga centre for the last 11 years. Another one is at kangangad near my native home. we are doing some bhagavath gita class and harinaama sankirthanam. All these activities doing and Krishna seva I am getting through my Gurumaharaj’s mercy only.Gurumaharaaj’s lotus feet dust shall bestow upon my family and me to do more seva towards Krishna consciousness in the coming years .
I am taking this opportunity to wish our eternal father Gurumaharaaj for the 69th vyasa puja celebration with devotion. Begging to sree Krishna this fallen soul sanathana harinaama dasa and ujjala shakthi devi dasi to give my guru maharaja more shakthi and devotion for the coming years.
With love and devotion .
Under Guru Maharaaj’s aspiring servant of servant
SANATHANA HARINAAMA DAS
UJJALA SHAKTHI DEVI DASI
BHAKTHA SREE RADHA
Nama Om Vishnupadaya Krishna Prestaya Bhutale Srimathe Jayapataka Swamin Iti Namine!
Namo Acharya Padaya Nitaya Kripa Pradayine Gaura Katha Dhama Daya Nagara Grama Tarine!!!
My Dear Most Guru Maharaj,
I offer my loving and respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet!
"Vyasa Pooja" :- your appearance on this earth, has brough all auspiciousness to my life and to so many such helpless souls. I wish you live long and healthy, to save more and more of such suffering souls.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada, who as a Sena Pathi Bhakta, has created Stalwart warriers. And You are the undefeatable warrier of Srila Prabhupad's army. I am astonished to see your determination and fixedup-ness at the service of Srila Prabhupada. Despite there are unlimited arrows coming from all directions, i can see that you are swiftly performing service with more and more strength due to your unalloyed surrender to Guru and Gauranga!
My dear spiritual father you are a ocean of mercy! only by your causeless mercy, i am able to witness a live Bhagavatam happening in the history of this world which has never happend or heard before! What a Glory What a Glory!!!
Jaya! Jaya! Jatpataka Swami Jaya! Jaya!
Jaya! Jaya! Gaura Bhakta Vrind Ki Jaya! Jaya!
My Dear Guru Dev, despite i understand that being your servant eternally is my constitutional position, i am bewildered about my dutities! On this auspicious day i beg you to keep me at your lotus feet, bless me with fixedup-ness at your service. Bless me with Enthusisasm, direction and clarity.
You are my life and soul and very purpose of my existance! So Kindly engage me in your service and empower me to fulfill the purpose of my life in this existence!
YOUR dear spiritual daughter,
Shantha Gopi Devi Dasi...
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. You have sacrificed your entire life to please srila prabhupada and guru Parambara and accepted most fallen soul like me as your spiritual daughter. Although I cannot repay you in anyway but by following strictly all rules and vows during initiation and assisting you in spreading krishna consciousness I can show my gratitude. On this auspicious occasion I would like to offer my sincere prayers unto you, seeking your blessings and guidance in spreading krsna consciousness to everyone thereby somehow or other please you with whatever little service I can do with your cause less mercy and by supreme personality of godhead krsna.
Sarojini kalindhi Devi Dasi,
Chennai, India
Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.
All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Dear Guru Maharaj,
This is my first Vyasa Puja offering letter that I am humbly submitting at your divine lotus feet after getting initiated by you on 21st July 2017 at Tirupati. Though I am most fallen, sinful and not at all qualified, your holiness has showered your causeless mercy and accepted me as your disciple. It was my happiest and blissful moment in my life for getting initiation from your holiness. I am forever indebted to you for your causeless mercy for taking me under your care at your divine lotus feet.
Dear Guru Maharaj, I cannot explain in words how much happiness and bliss I would cherish for this feeling of you are my spiritual father. I humbly seek your blessings and mercy so that I can fulfill my responsibility of a spiritual son in serving you as per your wishes. In spite of most challenging physical and health conditions, your holiness keep on shouldering the burden of uplifting many many fallen souls for taking them back to Godhead. Whenever I think of this, tears would roll down from my eyes. I heard some of your recent past times through some of your senior disciples and I saw some recorded videos, which describe your compassion for fallen souls, your immense love for Supreme Personality of Godhead and love for Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and determination in serving your Spiritual Master. It is really inspiration for me and I humbly seek your blessings to cultivate those divine qualities.
Thank you very much for giving me a very nice association of devotees such as HG Caitanya Avatari prabhu, HG Rasamayi mataji, HG Vaishnavanda Nitai prabhu and all the devotees in our New Rajapur Jagannätha dhäma, who are very kindly tolerating me and engaging me in your services. With their help, guidance and support I could make some progress in spiritual life and take up the Krishna Conscious process in my life.
I humbly seek your blessings and mercy so that I can continue to serve you eternally at your lotus feet as per you wishes, and to keep up my Sadhana strong everyday with good quality and without committing mistakes and offences, so that I can serve more and more to ISKCON organization and our New Rajapur Jagannatha Dham yatra.
Your Humble and Insignificant Servant,
Sarvajaya Jagannatha Das (Diksha Disciple)
from ISKCON Bangalore - New Rajapur Jagannatha Dham (ISKCON NRJD), India
(under the care of HG Chaitanya Avatari Das, HG Vaishnavanand Nitas Das)
শ্রী শ্রী গুরু গৌরাঙ্গৌঃ জয়তঃ
হরে কৃষ্ণ! প্রিয়তম গুরু মহারাজ.. আপনার শ্রী চরণ কমলে অনন্ত কোটি বার দণ্ডবৎ প্রণাম জানাই । পুনরায় আপনার শ্রী চরণ কমলে অনন্ত কোটি বার দণ্ডবৎ প্রণাম জানিয়ে ৬৯ তম ব্যাসপূজা উপলক্ষে শ্রদার্ঘ্য হিসেবে আপনার গুণকীর্তন করার ক্ষুদ্র প্রচেষ্টা আমার । পরমেশ্বর ভগবান শ্রী কৃষ্ণ এবং শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এর অসীম কৃপাবারি বর্ষণ করেছেন আমার উপর, ফলশ্রুতি আপনি আমাকে গত ইংরেজী 29-08-2017 তারিখ শ্রী শ্রী রাধাষ্টমী'র শুভ ক্ষণে আমার মতো একজন পাপী ব্যক্তিকে দীক্ষা দিয়ে আপনার শিষ্য হিসেবে গ্রহণ করে কৃষ্ণ ভাবনামৃত অনুশীলন করার একটা সুযোগ দিয়েছেন এবং এই "দুঃখালয়ম্ অশাশ্বতম্" জড় জগত থেকে আপন আলয় ভগবদ্ধামে ফিরে যাওয়ার মার্গ দর্শন করছেন । আপনার এবং কৃষ্ণ এর প্রসাদে যে ভক্তি লতা বীজ আমি পেয়েছি, তা যেন সযতনে আপনার কৃপায় অনুশীলন করে যেতে পারি এমন আশীর্বাদ প্রার্থনা করি । ইসকন প্রতিষ্ঠাতা আচার্য কৃষ্ণ কৃপাশ্রীমূর্তি শ্রীল অভয় চরণারবিন্দ ভক্তি বেদান্ত স্বামী প্রভুপাদ এর সুযোগ্য ও প্রিয়তম শিষ্য আপনি । শারীরিক বিভিন্ন সমস্যা ও প্রতিকূলতা সত্ত্বেও আপনি আপনার গুরদেব স্বামী শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এর প্রচার কার্য সারা বিশ্বে ছড়িয়ে দিয়েছেন । আপনার কৃপা থেকে নগর গ্রামও বাদ পড়ে নি, আর আমিও আপনার সেই কৃপা থেকে বাদ পড়িনি । বর্তমান বিশ্বে আপনার মতো অণুপ্রেরণাদয়ক এই মুহূর্তে কেউ নেই, যাঁর উপদেশ মূলক বাণী যে কোন ব্যক্তির জীবন কৃষ্ণ ভাবনার অমৃত দিয়ে পরিপূর্ণ করে দিতে পারে । আপনার গুরদেব আপনাকে শ্রী ধাম মায়াপুর এর উন্নতি বিধান করার যে নির্দেশ দিয়েছেন, তা অত্যন্ত সুন্দর ভাবে করেছেন, যেখানে বহু মানুষ ভগবদ্ভক্তি অনুশীলন করার সুযোগ পাচ্ছেন ।আপনার প্রত্যেকটা উপদেশ আমাকে দৃঢ় ভাবে কৃষ্ণ ভাবনামৃত অনুশীলন করতে সাহায্য করছে ।এই "ঘোর সংসারে" পড়ে আমার জীবন একেবারেই অতিষ্ঠ হয়ে উঠেছে, দুঃসহ, দুর্বিষহ হয়ে উঠেছে, আত্মহত্যা করার মতো পরিস্থিতি হয়ে হয়ে ছিল, সেই সময় আপনি আপনার মহান কৃপাময় হাত বাড়িয়ে আমাকে দীক্ষা দিয়ে আমার জীবন রক্ষা করেছেন ।সংসার দাবানল" থেকে উদ্ধার পাওয়ার জন্য আমি আপনার শ্রী চরণ কমলে আশ্রয় নিয়েছি । এখন আপনার কাছে করজোড়ে প্রার্থনা করছি যাতে আমি আপনার নির্দেশ সারাজীবন ধরে পালন করে যেতে পারি ।আপনার আনুগত্যে কৃষ্ণ ভক্তি অনুশীলন করে যেতে পারি । কারণ "কৃষ্ণ সে তোমার, কৃষ্ণ দিতে পার, তোমারও শকতি আছে" । আমি আপনার প্রচার কার্যে সহায়তা করতে পারি এমন আশীর্বাদ করুন । আপনার শক্তি নিয়ে যেন আমি চলতে পারি । আপনার হাজার হাজার শিষ্য শিষ্যার মধ্যে আমিও আপনার কৃপা ভিক্ষা করছি । আপনার গুণ মহিমা ভগবানের মতোই অনন্ত ও অসীম । "এবে যশ ঘুষুক ত্রিভুবন" অর্থাৎ সারা জগৎ জুড়ে আপনার যশ ও মহিমা প্রচারিত হোক । নমঃ ঔঁ বিষ্ণু পাদায় কৃষ্ণ প্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে ।শ্রীমতে জয় পতাকা স্বামীন্ ইতি নামিনে । নমঃ আচার্য পাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে ।গৌর কথা ধামদায় নগর গ্রাম তারিণে ।।শ্রী শ্রীমৎ জয় পতাকা স্বামী গুরু মহারাজ কি জয় । আমি ভুল ত্রুটির জন্য গুরু মহারাজ ও অন্যান্য বৈষ্ণব মহাজনের কাছে ক্ষমা প্রার্থী । শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ, শ্রী গুরু মহারাজ, অনান্য বৈষ্ণব মহাজন এবং ভগবান শ্রী কৃষ্ণের শ্রী চরণে পুনরায় অনন্ত কোটি দণ্ডবৎ প্রণাম জানিয়ে আমি আমার প্রিয়তম গুরু মহারাজ এর শ্রদার্ঘ্য নিবেদন সমাপ্ত করছি । হরে কৃষ্ণ! হরিবোল!
Hare krishna.
My beloved spiritual father and srila gurudev,
All glories to Sri Guru and gauranga!
All glories to srila Prabhupada!
please accept my most humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
On this auspicious occasion of your 69th appearance day, my sincere prayers unto Sri Sri Jagannath baladev Subhadra Devi and Sri Sri Gaura Nitai to keep your grace in good health so that many more souls gets your divine mercy. As a stone rolls down in river to get its rough edges into smooth similarly a person having wordly attachments gets attached to Krishna only by the mercy of a spiritual master. You have suffered to the extreme level and even in this condition still you keep up the promises and renders service fulfilling the mission and vision of srila Prabhupada. You are karuna Sagara. You are my one and only shelter.
Your spiritual daughter,
Satarupa vrnda Devi dasi
Dear Guru maharaj
Please except my humble pranam at your lotus feet. Though I don't have much words to glorify you but just for my purification I will try to say something about you.
Gurudev as I have made a rule to hear your Bhagvatam classes from Iskcon desire tree site everyday And from the last one and half month I am doing so. As from last few messages which I have received from you where you are clearly telling us to be more active in our devotion . I am overwhelmed and amazed by seeing your love for Sri Goura Chandra and holy dham sridham mayapur in spite of your serious health situation you have decided to come to mayapur to attain Gour Purnima festival 2018 .
As we are in a institution that's why normally can't get your direct association. Guru maharaj on the very auspicious day of your appearance . I would like to pray that I can serve you and your instructions through my authority and I can get attachment to your lotus feet and serve srila Prabhupada, Sri Sri Radha Govinda Goura nataraj and Jagannath Baladeva and Subhadra maharani .Get well soon we need so much.
Your humble servant
Sevanidhi Balaram Das
My Dearest Beloved Guru Deva,
Please accept my most humble obeisance’s at your lotus feet.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
This is my humble offering to your grace on this auspicious day of your holy appearance. How could I not lay my life for Srila Prabhupad’s mission as he has given me “YOU”? You have given your whole life to your beloved spiritual master and with your causeless mercy I also want to do the same. I am astonished how your grace has accepted such a fallen and foolish daughter like me.My heart beats fast even while writing this. A meritorious spiritualist from the brigade of Srila Prabhupad has actually taken me into his shelter….Seems like impossible! because I am a nobody but your compassion knows no bounds. First time ever in my life I have understood the meaning of this word “Fortunate”. Whenever I think of you Gurumaharaj I get puffed up…”He is my spiritual master,H.H. Jayapataka Swami Maharaj.”It still sometimes feels like a dream that how could a devoted child of legendary Srila Prabhupad, an elevated Vaishnava, a fabulous transcendentalist could even glance at this insignificant soul? Your grace’s commitment and devotion for the mission is not hidden from anyone. Maharaj, your body doesn’t cooperate still you’re unstoppable…..such a phenomenal dedication, anybody would be a dead person with such excruciating pain in one’s mortal body but time and again you’ve proved that you’re not the body and thus beyond any experience of physical pain. Undoubtedly you’re going through immense pain but you astonishingly choose to overcome, your steadfastness for the causes is so so inspiring. I must be someone specially blessed,I can’t believe my destiny to have you Guru deva as I just don’t deserve you and you know it, still you keep replenishing my cup with so…so much mercy. I was burning in the scorching rays of the materialism when suddenly I experienced magnanimous shady parasol of gentle protection and compassion over me. I instantly knew that it were “you” O my dear dear spiritual father please please hold me eternally, I don’t want to go anywhere out of your mercy orbit.
I was benedicted the service of translation of “Vaishnava Ke?” and in the course of translating it I saw myself transforming. I increasingly felt the strength being bestowed upon me as the book reached its completion. Your Grace is always present as a protective shield around all your children. You’re an Acharya, a true Acharya practices what he preaches. You’re neither in any sort of public limelight, highlights of news nor a celebrity on T.V like other Godmen of Modern world. But you’re one of the brightest suns of Srila Prabhupad’s Galaxy. Gurumaharaj please strengthen me more and more to increase my faith many folds. I take resort unto you and surrender completely. My heart is full of overwhelming gratitude for you, Lord of my life I rely on you completely and depend solely on you to take me to the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda. I tell my family members that “I am not coming back after this life, you know why?” because my spiritual father’s name is H.H. Jayapataka Swami Maharaj and he is most munificent to all the most fallen souls.”
May I just please you even half of how you pleased Srila Prabhupad. I offer my useless life to you today, as you and you alone can give it a meaning.
I am not yet initiated, so counting days eagerly to become a small unworthy spark of an effulgent majestic fire.
Thankyou Gurumaharaj
Thank you, Thank you very much for all the pains you’re taking in your material body for all of us. All glories to ‘You’.
All glories to your auspicious and divine appearance day.
Soul Hugs,
Your unworthy (sheltered) Daughter,
Shalini,
Ajmer (Rajasthan).
গুরু গৌরাঙ্গ জয়তু
শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের জয়
নমঃ ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীন্-ইতি-নামিনে।
নমঃ আচার্যপাদায় নিতাইকৃপা প্রদায়িনে
গৌরকথা ধামদায় নগর-গ্রাম তারিণে।।
হে পরমারাধ্য গুরুদেব,
অনুগ্রহপূর্বক আমার সশ্রদ্ধ প্রণতি গ্রহন করুন । আমার কোনো যোগ্যতা নেই আপনার গুণ-মহিমা কীর্তন করার । কৃপাপূর্বক আমাকে অনুমতি দিন ।
বারো-তেরো বছর পূর্বে আমি একবার পরিবারের সঙ্গে শ্রীধাম মায়াপুরে গেছিলাম । সেখান থেকে আমরা রাজাপুর জগন্নাথ মন্দির যাই। শ্রীশ্রী জগন্নাথ বলদেব ও সুভদ্রা মহারানির দর্শন লাভের পর আমরা আপনার দর্শন লাভ করি। সেখানে সেই সময় চেন্নাই থেকে অনেক ভক্তের সমাগম ঘটে এবং ওনারা আপনার সঙ্গে কিছু ছবি তুলছিলেন । তখন আমি ও আমার ভগিনী খুব ছোট ছিলাম বয়সে । বাবা আমাদের আপনার আশীর্বাদ নেওয়ার জন্য আপনার কাছে নিয়ে যান। আপনি তাতে হয়তো অসন্তুষ্ট হন এবং বাবাকে বলেন "দেখছো না আমি ফটো তুলছি "। আপনার শাসন আমাদের আশীর্বাদ স্বরূপ । সেই রাত্রে আমরা কাটোয়া ফিরে আসি। রাত্রে আমি স্বপ্ন দেখি আপনি আমাদের গৃহমন্দিরে এসেছেন এবং আমাদের আশীর্বাদ করছেন ।
হে গুরুদেব! আপনি এভাবেই আমাদের আশীর্বাদ করুন যেন আমরা যেভাবে যেখানেই থাকি শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ ও আপনার সেবাকার্যে সহায়তা করতে পারি এবং সবসময় রাধারানি ও কৃষ্ণের চিন্তা করতে পারি। আমার অপরাধ হলে কৃপা করে আমাকে ক্ষমা করুন ।
ইতি
পদরজাকাঙ্খী
শ্রেয়সী ।
Dear Guru Maharaja,
please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to you and Srila Prabhupada!
I would like to place my sincere thanks to HH Bhakti Vinod Swami Maharaja for enabling me to connect with you, despite me being very very unqualified and useless. Though not able to do much direct seva to the movement due to age, I try to worship Lord Jagannatha in my home as nicely as possible. And He has become part of our family. And we daily pray for your good health and chant extra rounds. I like reading Srila Prabhupada's books, especially Srimad Bhagavatam.
There is always a guilt in me that I have not done any seva to you and we are so much wanting to have you back in Coimbatore and hear you call out Gaurangggaaaaaa again! And do some service to please you.
I certainly have faith and confidence that Lord Nrsimha deva can do miracles and we hope to see you back in great health soon!
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja...
your spiritual daughter,
Shyamanandi gopi devi dasi
Neelakantan
All Glories to Shree Guru Maharaaj, my eternal spiritual master and father,
All Glories to Sree Sree Guru and Gauranga. Shreela Prabhupaad maharaja ki jay.
Please accept our humble respectable dandavat obeisances to Guru Maharaaj’s lotus feet.
I am taking this opportunity to wish and live long years for Guru maharaja’s 69th vyasa puja celebrations.
I am doing pujari seva in iskcon Kannur temple. Beside that just I have started one namahatta centre in Thrikkarippur thalauk coming under kasargode district. Some people and more childrens are coming and listening to our philosophy. We are planning childrens class and attending people bhagavath gita class and harinaama sankeerthanam. People are interested here, even though hard political area.
Please give Guru Maharaaj’s blessings to my family and do service to Krishna and take back to godhead.
With happy mind we are also participating in the vyaasa puja event elebrations.
Gaura Premaanande ..Hari…Haribol.
Guru Maharajaa’s humble obedient servant of servant,
SHYAMA SUNDARA CAITANYA DAS
SHYAMA PRIYA DEVI DASI AND FAMILY.
Hare Krishna
Srila Prabhupad ki jai!
HH Jayapataka Swami Gurumaharaj ki jai!
Dearmost Gurudev please except my humble obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet.
On this auspicious day of your vyasapooja I really feel to thank you very much for excepting this unworthy servant of yours as your disciple.Only due to your causeless mercy I am being able to do some part of devotional service. If Gurudev you would have not been there then I cannot even imagine in which hell I would have been now.
Thank you so much for keeping me in the very safe shelter of your mercy.I beg you to please continue to bless me and my full family.
Yours unworthy servant,
Srigauranga Priya Devi Dasi
My dear and wonderful Guru Maharaja,
please accept my respectful and affectionate obeisances! All glories to you and Srila Prabhupada!
Guru Maharaja, my fingers refuse to commit typing this year's Vyasa puja offering because heart is feeling so very sad..but doing it as a duty..….. as I am typing this as you are taken for a scan in Gleneagles hospital. Its very poignant feeling to see you wheeled away to the scan centre….memories flood back of you walking with so much power and poise with hundreds following you from behind. Your powerful danda which dispels Kali far away…..why all this should happen to you and me to see it is one of the questions which I have for Krsna if and when I get to meet Him…
Amidst all this, is your unwavering spirit of service and commitment which shines out like a silver ray from a dark cloud. What an example!!! What an example!! What an example!! For all times to come, you are an example of how a disciple should be dedicated to the orders of one’s spiritual master. It also gives us a beautiful telling picture of the strength of the relationship which you carry with your spiritual master, our Srila Prabhupada…
ekākī āmāra, nāhi pāya bala,
hari-nāma-sańkīrtane
tumi kṛpā kori', śraddhā-bindu diyā,
deho' kṛṣṇa-nāma-dhanekabe heno kṛpā, labhiyā e jana,
kṛtārtha hoibe, nātha!
śakti-buddhi-hīna, āmi ati dīna,
koro' more ātma-sātha
This is one prayer I would like to pray to you. Please bless me with the strength to struggle and practice genuine bhakti as a balanced individual in this world, a conviction in the loving heart of the Lord, and feelings of personalistic love in my relationship with you and the whole parampara acharyas and other living entities, and may I always be a source of pleasure to vaisnavas - seniors, equals and juniors, and other living entities as well.
Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja…
Hoping to see you back normal health and walking on your own… :)
your struggling son,
aspiring to be a loving servant of a servant of a servant,
Sri Nrsimha Dasa
My most beloved Gurumaharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to you on this auspicious day of your Vyasapuja.
I cannot forget the day you initiated me behind closed doors in Muscat in the presence of HG Vijay Venugopal Prabhu, Prema Padmini Mathaji, Mantresh Gauranga Das Prabhu and Vraja Pran Prabhu . I was literally crying and you gave me your Mahaprasadam. Few months later HG Padmini Mathaji called me up saying that you had referred my name while talking to devotees in Russia. I could not believe that you remembered this insignificant soul. That day I cried again. Thank you Guru dev for accepting this fallen conditioned soul as your disciple.
10 years have elapsed since then. I feel ashamed that I have wasted a lot of time not being able to keep up to the promises I made to you.
I sincerely pray to Srila Prabhupad and Lord Chaitanya that you overcome your present health situation. Your mood is filled with genuine compassion and love. Gurudeva, inspite of your present health conditions you continue to serve Srila Prabhupad and Gauranga so beautifully. I humbly wish to try to follow your example.
Srila Gurudev, please bless me so that I always remain in your service and help you to the best of my ability to fullfil Srila Prabhupad's desire in spreading the message of Lord Chaitanya.
Your most insignificant servant,
Sri Radha Shakti Devi Dasi,
ISKCON Kochi.
Hare Krishna Gurumaharaj!
Please accept my respectful obeisances and my offering on your Lotus feet.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All Glories to Guru and Gauranga!
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Oh! My Gurudeva!
Oh! My Gurudeva!
You are an epitome of mercy ;
which made our hearts go after Krsna so crazy.
You are so compassionate on this useless soul,
to teach me that Krsna is my Goal.
You came all the way from Goloka,
to take us all to Krsna Loka.
You are in the smaran of Guru and Gauranga!, day and Night;
which inspires us to fight Maya with no plight.
Your darshan can dissipate all the pains and hurdles,
and near you stand the disciples' huddle.
No one is as rich as my Gurumaharaj,
Mayapur is under his samraj.
Gurumaharaj give more pastimes to realize and relish,
for this fortunate foolish!
Your humble servant,
Srividhya Rangaram – Shiksha
Dear Gurumaharaj
Please accept my humble obeisances at yoir lotus feetf Just because of your cause less mercy you accepted me and my better half as spiritual children on last year Radhastami.
Since then dramatic change in our lifes.we could feel your presence in our daily life.
With your causelessc mercy we improved preaching at Bangalore to fulfill your preachimg mission ofoBangalore to bexome first Krishna Conscious city in the world . We need your mercy to make 8 families to chant 8 rounds by this Radhastami.
My parents and your spiritual children Anjaneya Ramachandra Dasa & Vrindavana VenkataV lakshmi Devi Dasi are helping me in conducting BV every weekwand take of devoteses nicely to progress in KC and chants extea 8 rounds for your health improvement
Our family prays to lord Narasimha dev to give good health for you to continue Caitanya mahaprabhu mission to help more fallen souls to reach krishna.
I request you gurudev to shower mercy for our preaching activiteis are fruitful to fulfif your mission
Yours humble servant,
Srikanta Srinivasa Dasa
Dear Father
Please accept my humble obeisances at Your divine Lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupad. All glories to You, dear father.
This time I came to our home, Sridham mayapur for Gaur Purnima to get the greatest fortune of being connected to you through initiation. Again due to Your unconditional, selfless love to us all, You have kindly accepted me. I am ever indebted to You, Gurudev, for having accepted me. We were worried every moment till the moment of receiving beads from Your Lotus hands, I had anxiety, whether it will happen. Though your physicul health was fluctuating so much (which no one knew except the close servants and other main devotees), you changed all the plans and made it happen, our connection to Your lotus feet. Finally we got to cling onto Your lotus feet to cross this turbulent ocean.
I cannot say anything but tell that I am indeed one of the most fortunate souls in the entire creation to get connected to You. I should cherish this fortune evry moment of my life. Many more devotees, my dear close friends also are yearning for this fortune to happen. Hence all over the orld everyone is ernestly praying for Your good physical health, Gurudev.
I pray to Nityananda Prabhu that I may be one of the most sincere disciples of Yours forever, engaging at every moment in Your service. Please accept me as Your instrument in whichever menial service you like, Gurudev.
The preaching at NIT calicut is still going on by Your mercy alone, by new generation devotees. Please shower one more drop Gurudev that it goes on there for many many more years to come under Your guidance through me or any other fortunate devotee.
My age is becoming very ripe for entering into Grihastha ashram. For a soul in female body, it is a rule, no Gurudev... By a drop of Your mercy I hope this soul may get opportunity to serve a sincere servant of servant of .... Yours in the role of wife. I pray to Lord Nityananda to protect us from becoming Grhamedhis ( preys of sense gratification) so that every moment we dedicate to serve Your lotus feet.
By Your mercy South Vrinadavn Project is running smoothly with 2 brahmacharis and rest around 25 resident grihasthas and supervision from Balramdesh. The deities are looking very very beautiful day after day. The project is running smoothly only by the flow of Your mercy as our efforts are all faulty and we are working for this project due to unlimited mercy from You, father. I wish remembering this mercy of Yours I may dedicate to serve this project better. I am fortunate to be blessed with association of a senior godbrother (my material father0 and senior godsister (material mother) who are themselves your wonderful instruments who always meditate on serving South Vrindavan with heart and soul.
Now when we get a moment break, I call out to GAURANGA, GAURANGA, GAURANGA, GAURA, GAURA, GAURA GAURA , GAURA NITAI NITAI NITAI NITAI NITAI NITAI............NRSIMAHADEV NRSIMAHADEV NRSIMHADEV, HARE KRISHNA MAHAMANTRA, to protect my father, give Him good health, every organ, every part of His body should work perfectly well. He should live long, much longer than what has been destined right now. I pray to Srila Prabhupad, to have mercy on us, we need our father on this planet, please. We have lot of demigod temples also around. To all of them I ernestly pray for Your health and long life.
My heart, heartbeat, life and breath is for You, dear father. We love You, father. NRSIMHADEV KI JAY!!!! NRSIMHADEV KI JAY!!!! NRSIMHADEV KI JAY!!!! The VICTORY FLAG OF PRABHUPAD WILL BE SUCCESSFUL AGAIN...........
A fortunate servant of servant of servant of ....servant of Yours
Srimati Lalita Devi Dasi (Srilalite)
Respected Gurumaharaj,
Hare Krishna.
Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto Your Lotus Feet.
All glories to Your Divine Grace.
All glories to SrilaPrabhupada.
On this auspicious day of Your Vyasa Puja, I am sincerely praying to Lord Nrsingadeva for the quick and full recovery from Your illness and for the long duration of life so that many conditioned souls like me will get Your valuable association.
Spiritual Master is “Praptasya Kalyana Gunarnavasya”, an ocean of auspicious qualities. Gurumaharaj, even though I do not have least bit qualification to glorify Your transcendental qualities, I am doing it for my self purification.
Srila Vasudeva Datta had expressed his deep desire to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu that he is ready to undergo all the sinful reactions of the people in the material world and he requested Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to take all of them back to Goloka Vrindavana. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very pleased with his behavior. In the same way, Your Divine Grace is very much interested in all your Disciples going back to Godhead in this life itself. For that sake, You are ready to undergo their karmic reactions. Your Divine Grace is having the same mood of Srila Vasudeva Datta. Symptom of a pure Vaishnava is his genuine compassionate quality for the suffering living entities. Gurumaharaj, Your compassion towards all of us is unimaginable. Being a Disciple of Yours, I will maintain strictly all my vows given to Your Divine Grace at the time of my initiation.
While practicing Bhakti, Neophyte devotees will put their faith in various fields i.e., instead of depending on Krishna, they will depend more on various external supports. It is mentioned in Bhagavad Gita that “Mam ca yo ‘vyabhicarena bhakti yogena”. Gurumaharaj, You are always performing Avyabhicarini Bhakti, that is, you will never invest your faith in the material fields in any situation. Even though Doctors have warned that Your Divine Grace should avoid crowded place due to your serious health problems, still Your Divine Grace went ahead to Mayapur for Gaura Purnima festival. This shows that you are always 100% depending on Gauranga Mahaprabhu in all types of situations. I am getting tremendous encouragement by seeing your transcendental behavior.
It is mentioned in the Bhagavad Gita “Nirvairah Sarva-bhutesu”. Pure devotee is not at all having any enemy in the whole world. Gurumaharaj, Your heart is very broad-minded. You are always in the mood of accommodating everyone inside Krishna Consciousness. Whoever comes to Your Divine Grace’s Lotus Feet seeking for some help or blessings, Your Divine Grace will never reject them and will do something in such a way that they are finally benefited. You will never treat anyone with hostile mentality. Your Divine Grace do not have a tinge of enmity with anyone in the whole world. This shows that You are truly possessing the quality of “Nirvairah Sarva-bhutesu”. This is because You are always keeping Lord Gauranga very strongly in Your heart.
I learned from Your Divine Grace’s behavior that our action preaches strongly than our words. We may speak big big philosophy, but if we don’t behave accordingly, then it will not inspire the conditioned souls. Lord Krishna attracts everyone by His unlimited transcendental qualities. In the same way, Gurumaharaj, You are also attracting everyone by Your perfect transcendental behavior. Whenever You are present in some temple or in some other preaching, immediately majority of the people are coming closer to Your Divine Grace to talk to You something or to hear from You or simply to have darshan of You. Since You are not envious of anyone, You are popular both with the gentle and with the ruffians. This is because Your Divine Grace is possessing pure Krishna Consciousness internally. I have seen this many times. Gurumaharaj, please bless me also with a tinge of Gauranga Prem.
Srila Prabhuapada was always Nidosa i.e., faultless. We can never see any fault or mistake committed by Srila Prabhupada during his whole life time. He was always perfect in all his preaching efforts. This is because Gauranga Mahaprabhu was very pleased with Srila Prabhupada’s pure devotion and the Lord was always giving right guidance from within his heart. In the same way, Gurumaharaj, You are very very dear to Lord Gauranga and You are very perfect in all Your behavior and activities. Whatever Your Divine Grace does, they are all-pleasing to everyone. I am very fortunate to have such a glorious Spiritual Master.
Srila Prabhupada is writing in The Nectar of Instruction that an Uttama-adhikari devotee is always thinking of how to expand the Krsna Consciousness Movement. As mentioned in Sri Caitanya Caritamrita, Madhya Lila, 22.78-80, Gurumaharaj, You are Sarvopakaraka, i.e., You are always thinking of doing welfare work for every one. Your Divine Grace is always thinking of how to spread Lord Caitanya’s glories throughout the world through many innovative ways. I have experienced this quality of Yours personally. During Your 2016 Vyasa Puja, I approached Your Divine Grace and expressed my inclination to accept Sannyasa. Your Divine Grace immediately grabbed this opportunity and interviewed me for Sannyasa eligibility and granted me Your merciful sanction, even though You were having very tight schedules. Later I came to know through Your senior disciples that Your Divine Grace is very keen that Your brahmacari disciples should go for Sannyasa when they are in the Movement for a long period. This shows Your transcendental quality of “bhuvi bhuvo bharavahantarakau” i.e., You are always engaged in missionary activities meant to deliver all the conditioned souls in the material universe.
Your Divine Grace will never postpone anything in performing Your devotional services. Whenever anything comes to You for getting Your valuable input, You will immediately attend to it and will give Your timely decisions. You are very clear about Your role and there is no ambiguity or procrastination in Your side. This shows Your transcendental quality of “apramatta” i.e., without inebriated. I have seen this many times personally. This shows that You are always very enthusiastic in performing devotional services for Srila Prabhupada’s Movement. Gurumaharaj, You are a perfect teacher and we are all learning many things from Your personal behavior.
I read from Srimad Bhagavatam that “bhayam dvitiya bhinivesatahsyad” i.e., fear arises when a living entitiy misidentifies himself as the material body because of absorption in the external, illusory energy of the Lord. Gurumaharaj, even though Your physical condition is very dangerous, You are not at all afraid of anything and going ahead steadily in spreading Lord Gauranga’s glories teaching all of us that we are not this body and we are spirit soul, servant of Lord Krishna. This shows that Your Divine Grace is always Krishna Conscious and are not at all coming inside the bodily concept. This is the quality of a true Sannyasi, abhayam sattva-samsuddhir….. Gurumaharaj, please bless this conditioned soul with Your causeless mercy so that I can be eternally engaged in devotional services under Your perfect supervision.
Your insignificant disciple,
Srinivas Hari Dasa (Diksha)
COIMBATORE, Tamil Nadu
My dear Spiritual father,
Our respectful humble obeisances at your lotus feet,
Guru Maharaj, although we feel ourselves most unqualified to glorify you, on your 69th vyasapuja, we still wish to take this great opportunity to talk about you. By speaking about a great vaishnava like you, we get purified.
We are really fortunate to become your disciple on Aug 29, 2017 radhastami day at mayapur. We received greatest blessings from your divine grace, connected to Srilaprabhupada and lord chaitanya through you and we received mercy of glorious guru parampara. We are not qualified to become your disiciple but it is only your causeless mercy you have accepted us as your disciple. Gurumaharaj because of your blessings we have wonderful senior vaishnavas association and guidance, with that we have started bhakti vriksha on Oct 28, 2017 through book distribution and damodar arati programme. On this day we recommit ourselves to read Srila prabhupada books also hear Srila prabhupada lectures on daily basis and chant minimum 16 rounds. We will distribute Srila prabhupada books on holidays. We beg your blessings so that we can understand Srila prabhupada mood and we will be a small instrument in distributing lord Gauranga mercy.
Recently your nectarian lecture on gaurapurnima day at mayapur, you spoke that I came here to take your association it was heart touching words made our eyes wet. You are most compassionate personality gurumaharaj you care for every living entities. You are always in the mood of serving and fulfilling Srila Prabhupada mission. So kindly bless us we should also get the mood of serving your divine grace and Srila prabhupada mission eternally.
Your loving son & daughter at your service
Sripati Suresa Das (Diksa disciple)
Vraja Srirupa Devi Dasi (Diksa disciple)
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj!
Pleasse accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabupad! All glories to you!
" Happy Vyasa Puja Guru Maharaj "
I am very happy to know that your Vyasa Puja celebration will be in chennai. I will try my best to participate in that and get your blessings.
I am daily circumambulating Tulasi, 4 rounds extra for your good health. My prayers to Lord Gauranga and Lord Nithyananda for your recovery.
You are grate inspiration for all of us. Despite of your health issues , your strong desire to serve Srila Prabupad is amazing.
You dedicated your life for ISKCON and delivering more fallen souls by your endless preaching and initiation.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you so much for accepting me as your deciple and being with us always Guru Maharaj.
My undersntanding to please you is 'Preaching!' . I will try my best to preach about krishna consciousness and please you. Requesting your blessings for the same.
Thank you Guru Maharaj!
Again my sincere prayers for you
Your etternal Servant,
Sriprada Gaurangi Devi Dasi
Srivas Krsna Caitanya Das & Kamalakshi Radha Devi Dasi, Sri Krsna Balaram Mandir, Trivandrum, India (2018)
Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept our humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Guru Maharaj, it is a greatest pleasure that we are getting an opportunity to offer our homages unto your lotus feet on behalf of Your vyasa puja. If we are asked for the reason for our existence in Krsna Consciousness, we can plainly say it is only because of Your mercy and our gratitude towards that.
So again and again we pray to their Lordships Sri Sri Krishna Balaram that our life be wholly dedicated for our Gurudev's mission specifically in bringing more and more souls close to Srila Prabhupada's Lotus feet.
We are working for Bhakti Vrksha and Congregational Development in ISKCON Bangalore, Trivandrum, Coimbatore and Cochin. We should be instrumental to serve you in these places and bring up more devotees and happier devotees.
We are seeking blessing from your Divine Grace that to bring up your spiritual grand daughter Vrindavani nicely in spiritual life.
We pray to Sri Narasimhadev for your good health and long life.
Your Servants,
Srivas Krsna Caitanya Das
Kamalakshi Radha Devi Dasi
(Diksha Disciple)
ISKCON Trivandrum
My Dear Guru Maharaj,
Kindly Accept my humble and respectful obeisances,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga
Thanking you again and again accepting a unworthy person as your disciple, I am indebted to you. Gurudev by your blessings I am able to practice right path to progress in practicing Krishna Bhakti. I always think that how to serve you and which way I can do my best to please you. Last year I was joined Brahamcari ashram in Mayapur under your devine shelter. By Lords arrangement and your blessings, I am serving in Mayapur. I am confused what next now I am brahamcari is this enough? But you always inspires me by your activities with my tiny brain I cannot understand most of the activities, in SB 10.80.34 begetting good children or the second birth obtained by ritual initiation into Vedic culture. Although both of these are praiseworthy, Lord Kåñëa here states that faithful service rendered to a bona fide spiritual master is still higher. when I am in danger I remember, this faith driven me many times. During Radhastami day you mentioned I have given my life, now I am sanyasi which way I can please the Srimati Radharani by giving gifts and bringing new souls to Sri Radhakrishna.
Gurudev, by your mercy, I am ready to accept any challenges to please you and Srila Prabhupada and Sri Sri Gauranithai and Devine Couple Sri Sri Radhamadava.
Gurudev please show your mercy on this useless servant to be qualified servant to a bonafide spiritual master.
Your Insignificant Servant,
Srivatsa Syamasundara Dasa,
Mayapur.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please Accept My Humble Obeisances,
All glories to You,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada,
All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga
Few months back, by the sweet will of the Lord, I happened to come across a verse from Srimad Bhagavatam (8.7.44):
tapyante loka-täpena sädhavaù präyaço janäù
paramärädhanaà tad dhi puruñasyäkhilätmanaù
“It is said that great personalities almost always accept voluntary suffering because of the suffering of people in general. This is considered the highest method of worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is present in everyone's heart.”
It gives me both pleasure and pain simultaneously. Pleasure because this verse reminds me of You, the great personality who has voluntarily accepted such extreme physical suffering for the sake of delivering the fallen souls of this world, for the sake of extending the compassion of Srila Prabhupada and previous acharyas. And pain because such extreme physical suffering is intolerable to my eyes and I’m unable to help you in anyway.
Your desire to shower mercy upon the people of this kali yuga has bypassed all the considerations of your physical health. A normal person undergoing such difficulties would get tormented by his mind and continuously think of leaving his body and would certainly pass away soon. A devotee undergoing such difficulty would think of Krishna, of returning back to Him and entering into the His nitya lila. You are an associate of Lord Chaitanya as Srila Prabhupada said. You could have just desired to return back to the nitya lila of the Lord and the Lord would have called You immediately. But, your strong desire to preach His message didn’t allow the Lord to do so. It’s no surprise to me. The Chaitanya Charitamrita tells us of this. Haridas Thakur, because of his deep prayerful mood and intense desire to forgive the people who had been beating him through the marketplaces, saved them from the wrath of the Chakra of the Lord. The Chakra couldn’t do anything. Finally, Lord Himself had to take the beatings upon. Vasudeva Dutt, because of his strong desire to deliver the fallen soul of the universe by taking all their sufferings upon himself, made the Lord cry tears and the Lord had to deliver the whole universe.
You are very dear disciple of Srila Prabhupada. Service to Srila Prabhupada and fulfilling all His instructions is of supreme concern to you. Therefore, even after so many years you remember all the instructions that Srila Prabhupada gave you. Yours supremely strong desire to fulfill all the instructions of Srila Prabhupada has conquered over all considerations and has kept you in this world.
I have heard from many devotees that the Supreme Lord makes the words of a pure devotee come true. Krishna Himself tells to Arjuna to make the promise that His devotee never perishes. This way He would be bound to fulfill the promise. I saw this happening in front of my gross eyes. I would like to describe this incident.
During the occasion of the Ratha yatra celebration this year on Jan 12, 2018 in Chennai, you were delivering a lecture in Kuchalambal Hall. I, fortunately, was present there, trying to drink every word you were speaking. You were speaking about significance of Ratha Yatra in the beginning of the lecture. I heard you mentioning that people, usually, go to temple to see the Lord but on the day of Ratha Yatra, the Lord comes out to see His devotees. This was very surprising to me. I had heard about the significance of Ratha Yatra as Lord coming out in the streets to give His darshan to those fallen souls who don’t come to temple to take His darshan. I had heard this from not one but many devotees. So, I was thinking how this can be true, may be Guru Maharaja said it just like that. I ignored your statement.
However, little later in the course of your lecture what was revealed to me made me cry tears at my heart. Something happened which I had never seen before. Just when kirtan was going on in the mid of your lecture, Lord Jagannath was brought by some devotees in front of you. He was moving up and down, back and forth. And, after a while He was taken back to the altar. I was puzzled. I was thinking these devotees are behaving like neophytes, doing whatever they want with the Lord. After all, we can’t treat the Lord like a toy, taking Him here and there as per our wish. I was thinking it’s an offence to do that. I couldn’t see the sweet will of the Lord. My foolish mind didn’t allow me to understand what was going on. But I didn’t want to find faults with those devotees either. So, I suppressed my thoughts and prayed to the Lord that please reveal if I need to learn something from this. And, I continued hearing your lecture.
This incident was clinging to my mind even after the lecture got over. After about an hour when I was revising what you spoke in the lecture from my notes. I saw that the Lord comes out to see His devotees….. That’s it. The Lord had fulfilled my prayers by revealing why that whole incident had happened. The Lord in order to fulfill the words that you spoke came to see one of His beloved devotees, Srila Jayapataka Swami. He was dancing in ecstasy out of His sweet will. It was certainly difficult for you to move on your wheelchair among hundreds of people who simply want to touch your feet to get mercy. So, the Lord Himself came to see you. He fulfilled the words that you spoke, and you took His darshan too. It wasn’t that some devotees treated Him like a toy and brought Him in front of you. The Lord came by His own sweet will. I recollected how the same Lord in Puri doesn’t let the Ratha move an inch if He doesn’t desire to move. Sometimes He doesn’t allow others to take Him out of His altar. This is all by His sweet will. If He does it there in Puri, the same Lord is in Chennai. No one can move Him if it is not as per His will. If it is His will, He will inspire someone to carry out that order even if there are 100s who wouldn’t want to treat the Lord that way.
My foolish mind didn’t allow me to conceive all these at that instant. It was quite later that the Lord revealed all these to me. This pastime made me realize how every word of the spiritual master is of supreme value for the disciple. I seek your blessings that may I be able to understand and apply what you speak in your lectures. It taught me also to not judge others by externals. I saw the loving reciprocations of the Lord with His devotee. I saw how much the Lord loves you.
I’m eternally indebted to you Guru Maharaj for giving me the shelter of your lotus feet, for accepting me as one of your disciple. I had no qualification. I’m not advanced either. I’m just a beginner in Krishna Consciousness. Now that you have accepted me, please give me a little of your mercy and please empower me that I can utilize your mercy cent percent. I’m struggling with so many anarthas. I don’t have real taste for Bhakti. What I do is only a show-off and my heart is filled with hypocrisy and duplicity. There is no hankering in the heart for devotional service. So, naturally when there is free time, I waste them in sense gratification not thinking of the value of time and rarity of human form of life. I doze off many times while doing Japa and reading Srila Prabhupada books. On the other hand, my mind becomes fully awake with full attention to any mundane subject matters. When will I develop a little taste for performing devotional limbs? Please reveal my wrong-doings and give me strength and wisdom to overcome them so that I be able to perform devotional service with heart.
I’m eagerly waiting for your compilation of the new book on Lord Caitanya. The world needs it very much. I need it the most. I’m waiting for the book on your biography to get released too.
I’ve tried to hear some of the lectures that you delivered in 90’s and later. I wish to hear all the recorded lectures you’ve delivered, understand and apply them. I seek your blessings to be able to do that.
Please bless me to develop a little of the affection that you carry for Lord Gauranga and Sridham Mayapur. Please reveal to me how I can serve you best.
Your Unworthy Disciple,
Sucaru Murari Dasa
Dearest Gurumaharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Gurudev, you are my only savior and this past year, I have realized this a little better. I’m foolish and unable to glorify you properly, I would first like to express my gratitude for anyway, always accepting even my fault ridden attempts of service so kindly. I am engaged in blissful service of the Lord despite my severe incompetency only because of your mercy Gurudev. Your mercy upon me is my only real fortune – I have faith but hope to realize this truth in totality someday. All the inspiring stories of stalwart Vaishnavas of the past – Ramanujacharya, Madhvacarya and so many others, we feel we are witnessing the same being present during your pastimes here. My father regularly reminds me that we are very fortunate to be present at the same time on this planet as you. Every one of your quotes is a guiding beacon, every pastime of yours is a lesson for us. I am grateful to Nityananda prabhu for so kindly allowing us to be in your presence and experience His mercy from you.
Gurudev, I have been faced with several situations the past year, and your mercy has allowed me to make responsible Krsna conscious choices. I pray to Krishna to increase my attachment to your lotus feet and towards your service. The past year, the services my family has rendered has increased by your mercy. We were able to attach my online Bhakti Vriksha and Bhaktivedanta club programs to the local ISKCON Sri Sri Jagannath Mandir. Your instructions are guiding us and when we even as much attempt to try to follow it, we see success – this is proof that we are NOT the doers but are instruments in your divine hands. Gurumaharaj, I am extremely disappointed that I have not been able to deliver the app service in time. But you kindly blessed me to encourage me. Despite my failure, you encourage me so lovingly, I can never fathom the unlimited nature of your mercy. I am chanting Lord Nityananda’s 12 names everyday, specifically for the app. Your disciples, secretaries and my family who are also your disciples keep me encouraged and engaged in your service. So, I feel your mercy on me constantly. I pray to Krishna that I can give up material desires, so I can serve Your Divine Grace with single minded determination and no distraction.
I beg to Narasimha Dev to kindly protect Your health, we worship Him regularly for you Gurudev. I beg for forgiveness for your physical body suffering my sins could have caused – it’s not forgivable but I am attempting extra rounds and prayers to purify myself in order to help your health Gurudev. I beg at your lotus feet to kindly keep me engaged in your service under all circumstances eternally.
Your humble servant,
Sulakshana Gopi Devi Dasi
Hare Krsna
Dear Gurudev
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
On this most auspicious day of your Vyasa Puja, I'm praying to Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Panca Tattva, Narasimha Deva, our beloved Jagannath, Baladeva, Subhadra Maya and Srila Prabhupad to give You good health so that you can continue to preach to fallen souls like me.
Gurudev, as Rukmini fell in love with Krsna just by hearing His glories and Devahuti fall for Kardamba muni, just by hearing your Glories I wanted to meet your divine self. I was eager to meet you, wanted to know who you are. After a year of waiting, on 24 May 2001 I had a chance to meet you at Sri Jagannath Mandir in Kuala Lumpur , sitting on vyasasana and giving Srimad Bhagavatam class. I didn't understand anything accept the word Krsna. As a Hindu background I met so many swamijis but you were different. I had a chance to speak to you on that day and that moment i knew you are the one. You changed my life from that moment. And I accepted you as my Gurudev, and you accepted me as Your spiritual Daughter. Thank you, Gurudev.
You gave me so much wonderful association everytime you came to Malaysia through your genuine care for this daughter of yours. Even though we don't have that much of association nowadays, every time when I'm in the need of your guidance you come in my dreams and guide me, and tell me what to do. It is that said Guru and disciple are linked heart to heart, and this is the proof.
When I was in Durban, South Africa for 2 years and 8 months, the separation from you was the most painful thing. But that separation made me a strong person, and I was determined to be your worthy daughter whilst I was there. By your grace, I won first prize in December Book Marathon in New Jagannath Puri Phoneix Durban Temple. I was 6 months pregnant. I only managed to do it by your mercy.
While I was in South Africa, a devotee asked me, "Who's disciple are you?" I proudly said, "His Holiness Jayapataka Swami." She immediately tried to touch my feet and said, "You're a disciple of such a wonderful Guru Maharaja!" From that day till this moment I'm contemplating that point, "Yes! You're a wonderful Guru Maharaja... but am I worthy to be your disciple? No, I'm not! But Im trying, and will keep on trying to be worthy....with your mercy, Gurudev.
Gurudev, by your wonderful mercy, you brought us to Mayapur. Now I'm staying here with my, husband - Caitanya Carana Dasa - who is currently doing seva with JPS Publications (he's the editorial assistant for Sri Guru Prasanga Magazine), and my daughter ' Jagannath Priya. Please bless us to be worthy to be in Mayapur, and serve the Dham and the Devotees.
Your insignificant Daughter,
Sumalini Lalita Devi Dasi
Sridham Mayapur.
My Dear Spiritual Father,
Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada and all glories to you.
I am absolutely helpless and incapable of describing even an iota of your glories but with your endless mercy upon me, I am attempting to pen few words. Each letter might be an ocean of faults but I beg your forgiveness for all my deficiencies.
Even a single ray of light was rare for me until your Holiness showered me a with a full glown sun and lightened me through initiation. Even if that was not sufficient for this unqualified disciple, you continued your deluge of mercy upon me by allowing me to serve you in your office. I would be definitely labeled as the most miser person if I am not satisfied being with your expansion.
May my initiation vows are not drowned by the illusory waves and may your boat of mercy always protect me from this. I am a selfish perpetual mercy seeker from you but I do not have really any other choice than to surrender myself under your lotus feet.
Please bless me so that I can take at least one leaf from your vast book of preaching and can implement even a portion of that.
Last but not the least, I pray for your good health and quick recovery. Although you are indifferent to these so-called miseries but it is required for you to get well soon for the fallen souls like me.
Your insignificant servant,
Sumedha Gaurkrsna Das
Mayapur
All glories to Sri Sri Guru and SriGouranga.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
All glories to Srila Prabupada
All glories to Srila Gurudeva
Dear Gurudev
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.
You are distributing the mercy of Lord Chaitanya . And you are saving us from all material miseries to take back to godhead. You are so kind and always there for caring us.
Gurudev
On this auspicious occasion of your birthday please shower your mercy up on me and bless me so that my attention always remains fixed in only being a true servent of yours
Jay Gurudev
Your fallen servent
Sumuki Sachimata Devi Dasi,
Kannur , Kerala
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Please accept my humble obesiances unto your lotus feet.I am very fortunate that i have got this wonderful oppurtunity to glorify you on this auspisicious ocassion.You have enlighten my life with your enlightment spiritual stick by taking me from the world of darkness or ignorance through the path of perfection.You are serving Srila prabhupad and fulfilling all his instructions as your life & soul.You are always there for all of us either through your physical appearance or through spiritual apperance.Morover meeting with you makes all of us very happy and Spiritually motivated. Along with all this you are engaged in varous services such as TOVP,Navdvipa mandal parikrama,Preaching & especially Devotee Care.
I am very fortunate and feel very proud that by your causeless mercy you have accepted me as your disciple but at the same time I have regret that I am not serving you properly and not carrying out your instructions sincerely.So please bless me on this auspicious occasion of Vyasa puja that I can serve you and carry out vows of initiation sincerely and seriously as my life and soul.
Your fallen servant,
Susakha Mukund Dasa
My dear Gurumaharaj,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. I am so happy to write yet another vyasa puja offering to you Gurumaharaj. I sincerely pray from the core of my heart that you stay with us and inspire us all for many more years and many many people receive your mercy and blessings.
Gurumaharaj it is just because of your cause less mercy and magnanimity that I am getting to be in Srila Prabhupada's movement. Gurumaharaj please allow me to be in your shelter for birth after birth and serve you selflessly. Gurumaharaj please bless that I always remain attached to your lotus feet Please accept my most humble obeisances Gurumaharaj
Humbly
Your lowly spiritual daughter,
Suvarnangi Radha Devi Dasi
Hare Krishna Guru dev , I'm Shyama Radhika Devi Dasi your desiples.im very glad to hear that your vyasa Pooja is approaching soon,very very happy that you will celebrate it from Chennai.I need your mercy to join your vyasa Pooja celebration.please bless me guru dev.
Because of your mercy I have got ladooGopal-RadhaDamodar ,my little son damuu .we use to celebrate his birthday every year,many devotees use to join,and sankeerthan , class,prasad distribution used to be there.Now he is 4 year old
I have got a great oputunity to do many seva's in sathsang and padayathra it's all because of your mercy,please give your blessings to do more and more seva's.
We use to chant more rounds from home for your fast recovery I'm sure that you will be recovered completely and will make more devotees.
Always need your blessings.
Jai Guru Maharaj.
Jai Srila Prabhupada.
Śyāma Rādhikā Devī Dāsī
Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,
All glorious to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga! All glorious to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Gurudeva! We are so happy that our guru is very enthusiastically serving his guru. Though you suffer from many things, but still you are eagerly spreading the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda (spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness) hence I can take a lesson from your life.
We are not getting your close association but still your instructions clearly guide the association.
Our humble prayer is that I have to engage in the service and the Lord by following your lotus footsteps. Haribol! Jaya Gurudeva!
Yours humble servants,
Thangavel, Nirmala, Shankar, Gowtham, Deena Dayalan (Aspiring),
Coimbatore, India
My Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupäda!. Due to Srila Prabhupad's causeless mercy we are very fortunate to have you as our spritual father. All glories to Srila Prabhupad !
On the glorious day of your appearance, I offer my millions of most sincere, most humble & most respectful obeisances at your lotus feet again and again and again.
This menial & insignificant disciple of yours wants to offer homage to you on the ocassion of your Vyasa Puja. There are no doubt's that you are delegated as Lord Chaitanya's representative to take His Sankirtan movement to every town and village. And with the current health condition's, a normal human being would have failed many times. No one in this world is build so much strong & determined to carry the instructions of his spritual master the way you have done and still doing it. Oh my spritual father, Jaypataka Swami guru maharaj, I pay my greatest obeisances and throw myself at your feet and pray for your blessings.
I have also observed how truly dedicated your healh care team takes care of you. They are such a fortunate souls and I pray to Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to bestow their mercy upon you and on your caretakers and bless them with good health as well.
May your glories be sung throughout the three worlds.. Gaurangaa.
Your unworthty servant,
Tusht Gaur Das & Vilasini Vrindavani Devi Dasi
Iskcon Dwarka, New Delhi
My Dear Spiritual Father,
Please accept my humble obeisances!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Guru Maharaj, Wishing You a very Happy 69th Vyasa Puja.
Taking this opportunity to offer my gratitude and glorifying your qualities.
In any and every action You are kind to everyone,
Always humble never have we seen You quarrel with anyone.
Never have You differentiated you treat everyone equally,
Ignoring how You are treated you treat everyone respectfully.
Benevolent to all never have we seen You discriminate,
Compassionate to all transcendental knowledge You disseminated.
You are friendly to everyone leading them to Krishna,
Poetic You connect anything and everything to Krishna.
You are truthful always fixed in the absolute,
Faultless in Your thought, words & deeds to You we salute.
Grave You are always focused on the ultimate goal of life,
You speak only about Krishna and are silent otherwise.
Always self-controlled away from the six bad qualities for sure,
You practice & preach being externally & internally clean thus pure.
Your surrender is steady never have we seen you deter,
You are always Peaceful bodily discomforts doesn’t interfere.
Never interested in the prestigious position you have no material hankering,
You are indifferent towards material possessions received as an offering.
You are mild never asking or demanding anything materialistic,
Simple engaging everything in Krishna’s service you show is realistic.
Sane with minimum needs and abundant giving’s you never get tired,
In spite of the many offerings to you, you do not eat more than required.
You expertly present the scriptures based on place time & circumstance,
You are most charitable freely giving out Gaura Prema in abundance.
You are free from material desires completely attached to Krishna,
You are desireless only hankering to serve Guru and Krishna.
Please bless us that we may be always engaged and serve in the right mood & consciousness!
I offer my sincere prayers to Srila Prabhupada and Lord Krishna to kindly allow you to stay with us in good health for many many years to come.
Your eternal servant,
Vamsidhara Visala Das
Dear Spiritual Guru,
Please accept our respectful obeisance on to your lotus feet.
I feel myself unqualified to write a offering to you. But I am still doing it, as a disciple must glorify and thank his spiritual master on his Vyāsa-pūjā. Here is our humble attempt.
Guru Mahārāja, You are a great source of inspiration for us in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. We could see that your eagerness to preach following Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions, are imbibed my many of your disciples. Today we are in this transcendental process and chanting the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa because of the association with your disciples. We are eternally thankful to you.
Please bless my Son (Chaitanya), Daughter (Samhita) and my husband (Suresh) to become a Krishna Consciousness. Bless them to have a very good education and to have bright future.
Please help me to chant Hare Krishna with concentration and focused. I also request guru maharaj to bless my husband to have peaceful workflow place, and with your blessing if you can arrange to send us overseas would be great. We are trying the same for many years, however we are not able to get through. Guru Maharaj please bless as always.
We pray to you that kindly bless us so that we can also be instrumental and contribute to this missionary activity of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.
Your servant,
Veena
Suresh (my husband)
Chaitanya (my Son)
Samhita (my daughter)
Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaj
Please accept my most respectful obeisances at Your divine lotus feet.
I have taken Hari Nama Diska in 2017. With your association, with the blessings of Sri Chaitanya Maha Prabhu and Srila Prabhubada, I am trying to fulfill your desire in my home village Pudivada.
Through Namahatta I am dristributing Harinam. I am trying to preach everyone to chant Hare Krishna Maha mantra. With you mercy I got the opportunity to distribute spiritual knowledge to everyone.
There is a lot of difference in me, before initiation life and after initiation life. Now I am having lot of mental peace, I am seeing every living entity is equal, I am showing mercy and love on other living entities. I am trying to accept good things and bad things equally. Accepting everything as the will of Supreme Lord.
Your sincerity towards Srila Prabhupada's instruction is inspiring us so much. You have given us energy, opportunity, favorable situation to deliver fallen souls through ISKCON, we are very much thankful to you.
Your Humble Servant
Veera Pracharak Nitai Dasa,
Namahatta Pudivada,
Andhra Pradesh, India.
Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda!! Todas las glorias a guru y Gauranga!!!
Acepte mis humildes reverencias mi adorable Guru Mahārāja, dejenme fijar esta mente en usted, mi querido Guru Mahārāja que es lo mas querido para el señor Kṛṣṇa, porque esta totalmente entregado al servicio a Kṛṣṇa, solo atraves de usted, uno puede desarrollar apego a oir, cantar y a observar los principios regulativos, para desarrollar firme mi servicio a Kṛṣṇa. Con fe apego y devocion, solo por su misericordia Guru Mahārāja yo puedo seguir en este sendero. Porque usted esta siempre orando por sus discipulos, por ello me siento eternamente endeudada con Śrīla Prabhupāda y usted que es mi inspiracion dia a dia para esforzarme, mejorar y llegar algun dia a prestarle un servicio sincero. Como usted nos ha enseñado a servir a su propio guru, me siento cada dia mas entusiasta en ser parte de esta hermosa familia que es ISKCON. Por ello me postro a sus pies de loto que iluminan a esta alma ignorante, llena de malas cualificaciones que sin su misericordia estaria perdida en este mundo material. Todas las glorias a sus pies de loto y a su excelsa personalidad que nos brinda todo lo auspicioso. Ss Jayapatākā Swami ki jaya!!!
Su aspirante a sirviente,
Bhaktina Victoria
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna. Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and his followers. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
I would like to first of all express my gratitude for engaging me in the service of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the parampara acaryas and Srila Prabhupada in the association of their followers. I am not very qualified to please Your Divine Grace and Srila Prabhupada. But out of your kind mercy, you have given me a busy schedule of services in Srila Prabhupada's movement. I am convinced that without rendering services to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu through the parampara acaryas in the association of their followers, it is impossible to develop factual renunciation from matter, spiritual realization and a taste for chanting and hearing the holy names of Lord Krsna.
Your Divine Grace's dedication to Srila Prabhupada's movement is more than exemplary. Normally, those (even those carrying out their daily duties in Krishna consciousness) in a health crisis like that of yours would become negatively affected to such an extent that there would hardly be a question of his being enthusiastic to preserve and increase Srila Prabhupada's movement. We at ISKCON can learn from these significant lessons taught by Your Divine Grace, in order to deal with the inevitable miseries of material existence -- disease, old age and death -- without being affected in the least by them while being absorbed in Krsna-bhakti-vicara, Krsna-bhakti-acara and Krsna-bhakti-pracara.
Jaya Guru Maharaja!
Yours in the service of Srila Prabhupada and his followers,
Vidvan Gauranga Dasa
My dear Spiritual Father HH Jayapataka Swami Guru Maharaj
Please accept my humble obeisances
All glories to Guru and Gauranga
All Glories to Srila Prabhupad
First of all I thank your holiness from the core of my heart for accepting me as your spiritual daughter. Your holiness is always been a big motivation every day. Your dedication to this movement and Srila Prabhupad is very glorious. You always remember and think of your disciple’s wellbeing than your own self. Your holiness takes care of each and every disciple and make sure they are in right path. Who will get such a lovable caring father. Thank you!! Thank Srila Prabhupad and Krishna for giving you to this fallen soul. Even though your health condition is bad, I always see more and more enthusiasm in propagating this Krishna conscious movement. There is no doubt that Srila Prabhupad told you were one of the Sakas of Lord Nityananda. You are the ocean of mercy like Nityananda Prabhu in giving Krishna Prema. I always wonder how your holiness carry all your spiritual duties perfectly in all good and bad conditions/situation. Your holiness is an best example and inspiration for many of us. I got your holiness mercy only through the mercy of your disciples.
I would like to thank all of them for giving me such a great spiritual father. You are always been an inspiration throughout my life Guru Maharaj. Whenever I face any hardship in my spiritual life all these days, I will only remember your holiness and I will cross over the situation easily with the help of my God sisters and God brothers. I also thank you for giving such a great treasure Krsna consciousness to this fallen soul. Even after hearing so much instructions of your holiness on the holy name and Krishna Bhakthi, still I could not get the taste for holy name and many times I feel bad for the same. I still try to follow your holiness instructions to get taste of Holy name and try to give the treasure to others. Please bless me so that one day in my lifetime I should also taste the nectar of holy name and give it to others by which I can help Srila Prabhupad movement being an instrument. I also pray to Lord Narashinga Dev that your holiness should cross over all the bodily suffering soon and should come back and inspire us more in Krishna Consciousness so that we can bring more souls to Krishna Bhakthi. I am writing this Vyasa puja offering for the first time and I don’t know if this is a right way to glorify your holiness. Please forgive this fallen soul if I had made any mistake in this. I will definitely try to improve and correct the same in the coming years. I badly wanted to participate in Vyasa Puja this year in Chennai so that I can see your holiness directly. But due to my family situations I will not be able to come. But I pray that in coming years I should participate with my whole family my husband and daughter. My husband (Balasubramani) is a non-devotee and he has less interest towards Krishna consciousness and my daughter (Srinithi) is 2 years old. I pray your holiness to bless both of them that they should get Krishna bhakthi in their lifetime and they should also become good Vaishnavas and take up Krishna consciousness soon so that as a family we will serve you Guru Maharaj. Once again Thank you Guru Maharaj.
Yours servant,
Vihasya Radhika Devi Dasi
My dear spiritual father,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Please accept my respecful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Your Divine Grace!
This year, your health situation has reached such a state that it shows, without a shadow of doubt, your unlimited purity, because you are facing the situation without the slightest turmoil, self-pity, reduction in your loving service to Srila Parabhupada, and indeed, with amazing humour! You are completely disconnected from your body, and your mind remains completely tranquil and clear.
You have mentioned repeatedly that those of your disciples who are violating the regulative principles are the main cause of your ill health.
I am thinking beyond this now, and have realised that it is my duty, as your disciple, to root out my mode of passion, which clearly stands out as a black mark in front of your purity. How can I be complacent and assume that 'only Guru Maharaja can be so pure', and continue as before?
I am now therefore every day actively working to remove this mountain of dirt from my heart, bit by bit. I do this by constantly trying to vibrate ths sound of the Holy Name of Lord Gauranga under my breath. By doing my loving service to you with the sole aim of pleasing you. By completely avoiding any attempt to convert any part of my service to gain a position of name, fame, or authority. By treating my service as a responsibility which I have taken, and not an authority which has been granted to me. By never doing anything to reduce the service of my godbrothers out of fear that it may threaten my illusory authority.
But I can succeed in this only with your mercy, dear spiritual father! Please shower your mercy on my, Prema Padmini, Pradeep, and Ananth, and destory the obstacles in our path to pure loving service to you, whether created by others, or by our own minds.
Your fallen spiritual son,
Vijay Venugopal Dasa
All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Sri Gouranga!
All glories to Srila Prabupada...
All glories to dear Gurudeva..
My dear Gurudeva,
The representative of Sri Gouranga Mahaprabu . Please accept my humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet .
O dear father,
You are the perfect father who looks after his thousands of sons and daughters in every moment . You are saving us from all material miseries to take back to godhead. You are so kind and always there for caring us .
O dear Gurudev
Please shower a drop of mercy up on us .By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benidiction of krsna .without the grace of the spiritual master one cannot take any advancement
On this auspicious occasion i beg for your mercy and please bless me with success in this Hare Krishna movement
Your fallen son
Viikram Gouranga Dasa
Hare Krishna dear Gurudev,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet,
It’s my great pleasure that I am getting the opportunity to offerVyasapuja homage to your divine graceon this very auspicious day.
Due to your causeless mercy this year I could successfully landed myself in brahmacariashram of Kolkata ISKCON temple. This entering into a life of celibacy is not a kind of emotional decision but it is an inspired desire by seeing the life and mission of your divine grace. Although so many thoughts of gross and subtle form of lust are sprouting in my consciousness but I know that I can be saved by your mercy. As a vaishnavaachraya has said that this lust is a highway robber and that time the name of vaishnavas are more powerful than the name of Krishna. This is the only hope that I have. Outside world specially in Kolkata maya is bombarding herself so profusely. A feeble person like me can be swayed away any moment. Still I am not calling out for your shelter helplessly. Please give me strength, conviction and remembrance to have you in my heart. You are supremely merciful because you are giving out the mercy of NityanandaPrabhu, the message of lord Gouranga and dham to the conditioned soul.
Your dedication and one pointed attention to please your Gurudev HDG A. C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, has stolen my heart and has set my goal to help you in fulfilling the instructions of SrilaPrabhupada to you. Although not qualified enough still I like to have this long cherished desire in my heart. Kindly bless me so that I can be an instrument in your hand.
I got the service of assisting HG Premananda Chaitanya Prabhu in Jhanudwip VOICE project and in next semester (i.e. from august’18 onwards) developing youth preaching at Mahisbathan area in kolkata.
Your divine grace had desired thatthe Book Distribution in Kolkata should increase. This year Marathon we distributed around 64,000 MBB and secured 7th position in World Sankirtan Ranking. As PDC devotees (8 in numbers) we distributed 1,024 MBB as we pledged.
Please bless and empower me so that I can become a loyal and submissive soul to you and guru parampara.
Your insignificant servant,
Virabhadra Sundara Dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare
Please accept my humble Obeisances
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada
Dear Guru Maharaja,
At the outset, I wish to offer my humble pranams to your lotus feet, as another year has gone by since I came under your loving care and spiritual protection.
During this past year, you have continued your glorious journey of giving Krishna to newer sets of people across continents. Be it the people in US, Bangladesh, the Middle East, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Australia or our own India. All this, in spite of the monumental health challenges that are only increasing with every passing day. You epitomise the act of how one should serve and adhere to the instructions received from one’s Spiritual Master oblivious of all trying situations that one may encounter – good, bad or otherwise.
During this year, we realise you had to, unfortunately, spend a major portion of your time in hospitals in Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi and other cities. While a normal person would have closed all doors and sought time-off for some well-earned rest and recuperation, through your team of devotees, you were ever caring and concerned for your disciples based through the world. Empathising with the concerns that all your devotees must be enduring for your speedy recovery, your cryptic communication every day through the JSSS site and the FB provided all of us a sense of the fatherly love towards the lost children (us).
Your concern for all your devotees/disciples, oblivious of your own physical challenges in the most trying circumstances, really is humbling and earthly words cannot describe the sense of guilt that one experiences for not doing even a fraction of what we are capable of doing.
During the year, we had the opportunity of getting your divine association on a number of occasions. These included our visits to Chennai and Mayapur (during Bhishma Pancaka). We happened to be around during the 5 days (during the Pancaka), when you travelled for the bath at the Ganges. Great moments, indeed. We did miss your towering presence during the ILS in February 2018. Of course, we had the pleasure of your virtual association from Chennai through the Internet.
The chance opportunity to perform some Vapu service to you and being in your close proximity at Mayapur albeit for all of 15 minutes is something I will cherish for the rest of my life. As the scriptures say, even a kshana’s association with an exalted devotee will help us in our spiritual path. I consider this meeting (and serving you) as one of those moments in my life.
As an update, we as a family, continue to do some insignificant contributions to various ISKCON projects. Preaching, at a personal level, has been very limited. I feel I am only contribution a fraction of my abilities. My mind still meanders to activities that are more directed to pleasing the senses at the mundane material platform.
Will continue to strive for more opportunities in the future.
I wish to again express my gratitude and thankfulness to you for accepting someone like me under your spiritual care and guidance. I hope and pray that I am inspired further and able to imbibe even a fraction of the above-stated qualities of yours.
We continue to pray for your speedy recovery so that you can continue with your mission to spread the word of the Lord to more people. Please feel free to order me to take up any service which can help your mission albeit even in a small way.
Your humble servant
Vishweshwar Govinda Das
Dear Gurumaharaj,
Please accept my humble respectful obeisances.
All glories to Your Divine Grace.
I am eternally grateful to you for your blessings and kindness. Though unqualified to glorify you still by Your mercy only I can say a few words, which will purify me further to understand your glories.
Like Lord Krishna’s qualities are unlimited, similarly qualities of devotees who have dedicated their life in the service of Krishna are also unlimited.
I was reading your Offering to Srila Prabhupada on his Vyasapuja in 2010 you were relishing your interactions with Srila Prabhupada.
You were feeling separation from Mayapur dham and missing the Parikrama, You also told about the current progress of TOVP
You told that since you are not able to visit your disciples around the world, you are requesting Srila Prabhuoada to bestow mercy on them
You wrote that it is very difficult to preach to the westerners; they are very much immersed in their own tamas and rajas point
of view, trying to be happy. Hence you are very appreciative of all the miracles Srila Prabhupada has performed in bringing the western people to Krsna consciousness, and you are trying to encourage the devotees everywhere to engage in the preaching activities .
In whole of the offering you never mentioned about your pain and suffering. I am amazed and it is so inspiring to see the dedication and surrender of Your's for Srila Prabhupada.
By your example you have proved that devotional service is independent. and it is not depended on any situation.
Lord krishna becomes the property of pure devotees due to their love for him. Hence only The pure devotee can give Krishna to others. We are personally observing this miracle when you travels and preaches all over the world and making people krishna conscious.
You have no regrets about anything and with anyone except doing more devotional service and saving people all around the world. Such pure heart and non enviousness cannot be seen in Material world.
I heard many times devotees speaking from scriptures that when calamities comes to devotees they thanks The Lord for it. It was incomprehensible for me but after seeing you I understood how is this practical.
We have read about pure devotees in scriptures like Srimad Bhagavatam, but you are the living person Bhagavata and hence it is very easy for ISKCON devotees all over the world to follow Krishna consciousness, otherwise where is the Hope.
Gurumaharaj We need you and your blessings every time in our life otherwise we don't have any other hope.
So on this most auspicious day of your appearance, I would pray to Lord Narasimhaev for your protection and quick recovery so that we can see you in a healthy condition as you use to be before the stroke and a long, healthy life so that you can deliver more and more people all around the world.
Please bless us that we can never deviate from our path of devotional service to Lord Krishna and we can always follow the instructions of our Spiritual master under all circumstances and can go Back home back to godhead in this very lifetime. I cannot do this on my strength and endeavor. it can be possible only by Your blessings.
Thank you again and again for everything.
Your Servant eternally,
Vrajakrsna das (Siksha Disciple)
Rasapriya gopika Devi dasi (Diksha Disciple)
ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ্ পরমহংস পরিব্রাজক আচার্য শ্রীল জয়পতাকা স্বামী গুরুমহারাজ,দিব্য ৬৯ তম ব্যসপূজার এই দুর্লভ লগ্নে আপনার এই পারমার্থিক সন্তানের প্রণাম কৃপাপূর্বক স্বীকার করুন। আপনার শ্রীচরণে এই অভাগার ব্যক্তিগত নিবেদন। তব পদছায়া ........... শরণাগতি কি ব্যাপার আমার তো নেই জানা, তোমায় দিতে নারি গুরু আমি ভক্তির ডালা। কত জন্মের দুর্বাসনা যে হৃদে মাঝে মোর, বুঝতে নারি গুরু আমি নিতান্তই অবোধ। সাধু-শাস্ত্র-তব বাক্য সবই মিলে যে প্রচূর, মূর্খ আমি করিনা গুরু এতটুকু আদর। কিভাবে যে বুঝবো আমি ভক্তির বিষয়? সদাই নিই আমি গুরু মায়ারই আশ্রয়। এমনই প্রবঞ্চক আমি সদাই যে বাতুল, ভক্তি ছাড়ি গুরু আমি করি শুধু ছল। সত্য,শৌচ, দয়া, তপ লেশমাত্র নেই, কেমনে ঘুচিবে মোর গুরু এই তাপত্রয়? অনেক ভেবেছি আমি যে অনেক কল্পনা, তথাপি পাইনি গুরু আমি সুরাহা এককণা। প্রতিক্ষণে, প্রতিদিনে দেন যে যে মন্ত্রণা, পালন না করে গুরু বাড়াই শুধু যন্ত্রণা। সাধন-ভজন ভুলে করি যে আমি হেলা, এভাবে গুরু অন্ত হবে মোর জীবনভেলা? নিজবলে যদি করেন মোরে একটু দয়া, অধম এ বিনোদে গুরু পাবে তব পদছায়া। ...
ব্রজবিহারী বিনোদ দাস
Dear Guru Maharaj!
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Jaya Panca Tattwa Jaya Senapati Bhakta!
Jayapataka Swami jaya ISKCON Guru Vrnda!!
All glories to Panca tattva! All Glories to the Senapati Bhakta, His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada!! All glories to Srila Jayapataka Swami Guru Maharaj!!! and All glories to all Guru Vrndas of ISKCON!!!
Dear Guru Maharaj! Your glories are as unlimited as your mercy is unlimited! I am not qualified to glorify you. However, by your unlimited mercy, even a most fallen person like me can glorify you. Taking advantage of this, my humble submission at your lotus feet are few lines from my mind.
You are the representative of Govinda and perfectly situated at the divine lotus feet of Our beloved Srila Prabhupada! Your glory is beyond the conception of ordinary living being.
By distributing the mercy of Nittai through pastimes of Gaura Hari, you make the chanters feel the true eternal happiness - an experience that no one had in the material existence!
By calling out Gauranga Gauranga and Nityananda, while engaging us in the same line, you are reducing our offenses and adding taste to our chanting and other devotional services.
You are a reservoir of all auspicious attributes. Your characteristics, activities and name are always auspicious. You are indeed every desciple's dearest life.
As the spiritual master of all your desciples, and siksha Guru to many devotees You are one of the most revered personalities in the world.
Your speaches during parikrama this year reveals that though physically you were in Chennai, actually you were present in the parikrama and further in safari. This also reveals me the truth that you are moving on the surface of the earth carrying Mayapur Dham along with Radha Madhav and Panca Tattva and other Gaura Bhakta Vrinda in your heart.
You are very dear to Srila Prabhupada, and up the hierarchy till Lord Caitanya, and because of you, they recognise us (your desciples), as we are attempting and struggling to become vaishnavas.
Your speeches of pastimes of Lord Caitanya, always brings about a transformation in the heart of the hearer. And attraction towards Guru and Gauranga increases. However, as the maya is very powerfull, it is difficult to sustain those transformations always, and again and again forgetting the pastimes, and tendency to be engaged in the material activities increases. It is extremely difficult, despite attempts to constantly remain in the service at your lotus feet. Owing to our faults, am witnessing you are getting deprecated of your limbs which is intollerable to all the vaishnavas.
So, kindly don't cast me away from your lotus feet even though am slipping off due to my slackness and ignorance, and maintain this ignorant fool at your lotus feet as I don't have any other shelter.
At the end of my offering, on this most auspiscious day of my life I beg from you dear Guru Maharaj, please energise me, engage me and make me do what you desire me to do. Kindly bless me to be fully obsorbed in your thoughts and increase love for You, Srila Prabhupada, Nittai-Gauranga and Radha-Madhav unlimitedly within my heart.
Your Eternal Servant and Spiritual Son
Brajeshwar Gaura Dasa.
Respected and Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my respects!
Guru Maharaja, first and foremost, my sincere prayers to Lord Krishna for your good health. I am so much wanting to see you improve greatly in your health. Wishing you a quick recovery.
I am 75 years now. After all these years of teaching students about material science, of late, am trying to teach Bhagavad Gita to a group of people in Coimbatore. This is primarily due to the blessings of you and HH Bhakti Vinod Maharaj. At this age and juncture in my life, the inspiration to preach comes from Srila Prabhupada, who took up the mission of his spiritual master at an elderly age.
I would like to seek your blessings so that I may continue this service of sharing the message of the Lord with all utsaha without any bit of sluggishness, and may I be an instrument of Krishna’s love to reach out His message to more and more people and expand Krishna Consciousness.
Once again I would like to sincerely thank you, HH Bhakti Vinod Maharaja and other vaishnavas/vaishnavis, for showering me with so much mercy and kindness.
praying for your good health,
Your spiritual daughter,
Vrinda Rohini Devi Dasi
My Dearmost Srila Gurumaharaja, My Glorious master,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at the dust of your Divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Srila Gurumaharaja.
Though I am not qualified to glorify Srila Gurumahraraja who is an eternal associate of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, I beg for blessings to glorify Your Divine Grace.
Thank you Srila Gurumaharaja, for another year of mercy and another year of opportunities to serve Your Divine Grace’s lotus feet. As the years pass by I am more and more convinced how much Srila Gurumaharaja is living for others and how much Srila Gurumaharaja is concerned for others.
When I see new people, who have never met Srila Gurumaharaja have so much attachment to Srila Gurumaharaja that increases my faith in Srila Gurumaharaja and inspires me to cling on Srila Gurumaharaja’s lotus feet more and more.
Whenever we do any kind of preaching I am convinced again and again that it is actually Srila Gurumaharaja who is doing preaching and bringing them towards Krishna. Because on my own I have no capabilities to convince anyone. Last year it was really wonderful how Srila Gurumaharaja gave mercy to so many of the Bhakti Vriksha members. And I saw most of them were in tears of joy after having Srila Gurumaharaja’s darshan.
Thank you Srila Gurumaharaja for giving us the Bhakti Vriksha system of preaching. The system is so nice that it can keep one fully engaged in service and protect one from maya.
His Grace Mahavaraha prabhu in few occasions mentioned that “if you want to please Gurumaharaja do Bhakti vriksha” and I pray at your divine lotus feet that our endeavours in serving Srila Gurumaharaja is successful.
I pray that Srila Gurumaharaja spend more time here and give shelter to many more souls.
I beg blessings that I do devotional service with right attitude. Please bless me to be a devotee and please bless me to follow your instructions and serve Your Divine Grace. I pray that I cause no harm to Srila Gurumaharaja at any time. I pray that I never take it for granted the mercy , the love and the care that I receive from Srila Gurumaharaja.
I also beg blessings for my mother Tapasvini Yasoda devi dasi so that she be able to serve Your Divine Grace more. And I also beg blessings for my father to take up Krishna Consciousness and I have strong faith that just because he has so much respect for Srila Gurumaharaja that would definitely save him.
Thank you very much Srila Gurumaharaja for keeping me always in the association of so many nice God brothers and god sisters who always help me to be in Krishna consciousness.
I beg forgiveness for all the offences that I commit at your divine lotus feet.
Please always keep me at the shelter of Your Divine lotus feet dear Gurumaharaja as I do not want to be anywhere else other than at the dust of your Divine feet.
Thank you very much.
Trying to serve your Divine lotus feet,
Amrita Sakhi Devī Dāsī (Diksha)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Your Divine Grace!
These past few years have been very sobering for me. They have made me face my faults and weaknesses and realize that I am not a great disciple I wanted to be. I am a bit of a dreamer and I used to imagine becoming this perfect follower who always does everything the best way, who never fails the test, never breaks a vow, never makes mistakes... well, reality has proven to be very different for me. But the more I got to know my limitations, the more I realized how kind and merciful you are to accept such a flawed being as your disciple... Who else would have done it!? Even after your stroke, you keep on travelling and inspiring the whole world to take up Kṛṣṇa consciousness. You have mentioned many times how painful your condition is, how much suffering you are experiencing and yet you never stop in your efforts to please Śrīla Prabhupāda by following so fastidiously instruction of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu:
yāre dekha, tāre kaha 'kṛṣṇa'-upadeśa
āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra' ei deśa"Instruct everyone to follow the orders of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa as they are given in the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. In this way become a spiritual master and try to liberate everyone in this land."
You never falter, take a break, blame the illness, find excuses... You just continue doing what you have promised your spiritual master you will do. That steadfastness, determination, loyalty, integrity, these are only few among many extraordinary qualities that you possess and that we can only pray to achieve to some degree in our existence. I thank daily my lucky stars for bringing me to your lotus feet because I would be so lost without you. I am so grateful to Śrīla Prabhupāda for bringing this movement to the Western world and allowing us a chance to get to know Kṛṣṇa and serve Him. Every day we can see examples of people completely lost in their world of desires, hankerings, superficial enjoyment and above all suffering. And every time we remind ourselves that it is only by mercy of Śrīla Prabhupāda and His faithful followers that we got a chance to get out of this misery. Your Divine Grace has continued this grand work of our Founder Ācārya along with your exalted Godbrothers and Godsisters and I feel privileged to be a part of this extraordinary spiritual family.
I have mentioned in my previous letter about the challenges I was facing and I wanted to update you that by your mercy and the mercy of dear God-family I have been improving the performance of my devotional service. I know I still have a long way to go but at least I am back on track and it makes me very happy. I read Śrīmad Bhāgavatam daily, I give Bhagavad-gītā class once a week at a house program, I do temple service and try to remember Kṛṣṇa in everything I do.
I pray to Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaurāṅga that whatever mistakes I make, I pay the price and not Your Divine Grace. I pray that Your Divine Grace will recover from this illness and continue inspiring us and guiding us back home to Godhead for many, many years to come.
At the end I would like to borrow a line from the famous song “Ohe Vaiṣṇava Ṭhākura” by Srila Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura to offer as a humble prayer at your lotus feet.
ekākī āmāra, nāhi pāya bala,
hari-nāma-sańkīrtane
tumi kṛpā kori', śraddhā-bindu diyā,
deho' kṛṣṇa-nāma-dhane“Alone, I do not find the strength to chant the holy name of Hari. Please be merciful and, blessing me with a drop of faith, bestow on me the great treasure of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.”
I humbly beg for forgiveness for the offences I have committed and I promise to strive to become a better disciple, one closer to that ideal that you personify.
I remain your dedicated servant,
Amṛta Gaurāṅgī Devī Dāsī
My dearest Spiritual Master,
Please accept my most respectful obeisances at Your Divine Lotus Feet. My life air is only subsisting with simply by the merciful eternal blessing of Your Divine Grace. Time is eternal with that come this humble servant of Your Divine Grace to beg unlimited merciful glimpse of Your Divine Grace to be able to have this rarest opportunity to be with the devotees of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Gauranga. Your Divine Grace has Gauranga and ONLY Your Divine Grace can give us.
Let me begin my homage to Your Divine Grace by reflecting my pledges from last year. It had been a very trying and also a very sobering period; seeing Your Divine Grace struggling with so many health issues and yet showing the prove of Your Divine Grace’s spiritual potencies by enthusing us in many different ways to continue to preach and take up this devotional services seriously. My heart pains when Your Divine Grace reminding all your spiritual children to follow up the vows taken during initiation and chanting seriously.
All these years, Your Divine Grace has been leading us and now teaching us by example how we should fix our mind at the base of instruction to practice and preach this devotional cult. There is no any other parallel situation at present in the world that we could compare with to comprehend Your Divine Graces greatness. Your Divine Grace defy all material laws to continue to be with us and bestow unlimited compassion upon all the conditional souls so we could be attracted to devotional life. I am stupefied with these wonderful qualities that Your Divine Grace exhibiting in order to safe all of us, eternally condition souls. I am having so many defects and unwanted desires which is obstructing my service to Your Divine Grace. How am I to surpass this Anartha-nirvirti stage which comprises zillion of zillion life time of karmic reaction that constantly impeding my little endeavours? My only hope is the shelter of the lotus feet of Your Divine Grace to subdue my mind and draw it toward devotional service.
Guru Maharaja, Not a moment passes without Your Divine Grace meditating on how to fulfil Srila Prabhupada’s desires and keep up His Divine Grace’s legacy of expanding preaching the glories of Sri Dham Mayapur. Give me a drop of that nectarean service at your lotus feet so that I could be a tool in this service eternally. Let my mind be drawn towards Mayapura dham as my eternal abode in the service of Guru and Gauranga.
There are another two main instructions that Your Divine Grace had given me of which one is a part of last year’s pledge to re-engaged my preaching activities with students at all levels. In year 2005, Your Divine Grace blessed the Bhaktivedanta Student Center (BSC) in Penang which was the base for university and college student activities but due to my own personal shortfall, it had become defunct since the year 2010, when I had dengue fever and my mind never recovered from that. As per my promise last year, I am trying to reactivate this center with new student energy. I am begging Your Divine Grace to shower me with spiritual strength to revive and expand this student preaching. With the help of ISKCON Penang Botanical Garden center, we are doing some student outreach program together with few other devotees by having children program and school/college/university prasadam distribution.
Guru Maharaja, another specific instruction given to me 27 years ago is that I should be ready to take to vanaprastha asrama near future which actually already exceeded the time period that Your Divine Grace indicated. Even though, I have been living as single person for the last 10 years, it never dawn to my mind that this is actually the working of my karma to follow Your Divine Grace’s instruction to get ready to attempt vanaprastha vows. Now, I am starting an extensive research on this asrama to understand exactly the principles that I should follow and at the same time trying to apply these principles accordingly. I need guidance and also similar minded devotees to help each other to execute this mission of my life. By observing some of the principles I am begging Your Divine Grace’s blessing that my chanting could improve from mechanical chanting towards meditative. I am trying my best hard to concentrate during this chanting and one thing I am doing is to focus when I am doing my gayathri mantra which is especially helping me to improve my concentration. All these years, I had been doing things routinely and would want to change that attitude. Let this chanting of Hare Krishna, the great mantra for deliverance become the air of my life.
Guru Maharaja, one last thing but not least, I have also taken a mission to lend a helping hand to an ailing god-sister to execute a task given to her by Your Divine Grace. She had made many attempts with various parties and other senior members to fulfil the task given to her but come to square one. Recently, she requested me to assists her and gave to me the detailed information of the task. It is a mammoth task to accomplish and without the complete blessing of Your Divine Grace and all the previous acharyas, it is not possible for me to handle the intricacies involved. I only agreed to be involved in this task to facilitate with the authorization of my local authorities.
I also had the blessing of HH Bhakti Vrajananda Maharaja, previous ISKCON Malaysia President, who had told me a few years ago to engage those devotees who had gone away from Srila Prabhupada with activities to be favourable toward ISKCON. The task I am involved now is very much related to this directive given by Maharaja. I hope I could be useful in fulfilling Your Divine Grace’s desire to bring together everyone to the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada.
I am praying to Sri Sri Pralada Narasimha, Sri Pancatatva Bhagavan, Sri Sri Jaganatha Baladeva Subhadra and Sri Sri Radha Madhava Asta Sakhi daily to always protect Your Divine Grace from any of my offenses and failures. Let Their Lordship penalize me for all my shortcomings and release Your Divine Grace from the burden of taking the reaction of my limitations. Let Their Lordship give me the intelligence and spiritual strengths to overcome all my deficiencies in serving v. I am praying again and again, Oh my mind Oh my mind, when will you reform and obtain the shelter of My Spiritual Master’s Lotus Feet.
mukam karoti vachalam pangum langhayate girim
yat-kripa tam aham vande shri-gurum dina-taranamparama-ananda Madhavam sri Caitanya isvaram
Humble servant of your servant,
Chaitanya Hari Das,
Penang, Malaysia.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Our beloved Guru Mahārāja,
On your divine auspicious Vyāsa-pūjā day, I would like to beg for your pardon at your lotus feet for my offences.
What a great fortune to have a merciful spiritual master, Your divine grace ocean of mercy, going around the world tirelessly saving fallen soul like myself. I promise to follow all the regulative principles seriously.
I am praying every day to Rādhā Mādhava and Nitāi Gaurāṅga and to Śrīla Prabhupāda for our beloved Guru Mahārāja’s good health.
I am so ignorance; I don’t know how to express all thinking that I want to write to you.
I still remember when you interviewed me for my initiation back in 1980’s. You told me that you would communicate heart to heart. Every day I have so much to inform you. A few pastimes treasured. My niece well expressed her feelings in her offerings to you.
ALL GLORIES!! ALL GLORIES TO GURU MAHĀRĀJA!!
Your Very Fallen Disciple,
Dhaniṣṭhā Devī Dāsī
Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Gaurāṅga. On this appearance day, I am reminded of the mercy that Nityānanda showed the proud brāhmaṇa who was rejected by Mahāprabhu. How merciful was Nityānanda Prabhu to disregard the faults and very freely give mercy of association to the most fallen. I am reminded of this pastime because I see myself as a fallen jīva and you Gurudeva as non-different then the personification of Nityānanda Prabhu.
I pray every day for your health and your mercy. The thought of your determination to serve Guru and Kṛṣṇa only bring me hope and encouragement. Without the blessing of a pure devotee, one cannot approach serving with heart and soul.
I am humbly begging for your blessing to somehow develop the desire to please you to the fullest and one day even to come close to satisfy your lotus feet.
I am with great humility submitting myself to your mercy to be able to serve you properly.
Your most fallen servant,
Dhruva Kumāra Dāsa (Dīkṣā),
Penang, Malaysia
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
All glories all glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Guru Maharaj!
Dear Guru Maharaj,
They said distance makes the heart grew fonder and that is exactly true when it comes to you. Waking up everyday anticipating news from your team to know your health and thinking what can I do to ensure I don’t contribute to the condition of my Guru Maharaj never escaped my mind. Maharaj, last year, around the December, I was fortunate enough to head to Vrindavan Dham and immerse myself in the glories and past time of Sri Krishna by your mercy. Walking pass the place Sri Krishna played, killed the demons and performed his rasa lila, I could only thank one person who had given me this opportunity. You my Dear Spiritual Father. But the trip couldn’t have ended on a better note Maharaj. When we was in Delhi to take our flight back to KL, we decided to stay few days at ISKCON Delhi. And that decision was proven to be one of the best decision, as I wouldn’t have able to meet you otherwise. They was so much I wanted to proudly tell you Guru Maharaj. But your Darshan alone was amazing that I felt blessed getting to see you right before starting a new year!
Guru Maharaj,
I would also like to take this opportunity to report a program that I managed to do over here in Malaysia. Over 3 years Guru Maharaj I was staying in another state of Malaysia, Kelantan whereby it is a Muslim dominant area and has a population of only 2% Indian community. My devotional service plunged into a deep hole. Coming from KL where my main service was the Deity Kitchen seva as well as handling the Gokul Garden of Sri Jaganath Mandir it was a abrupt stop. But just as stated in Bhagavatam, Krsna puts us to test just to see how resilient we are, and taking this as a challenge a decided to groom up my service right here at Kelantan. Every major festival, I would cook up sweets and cake and offer to Krsna and distribute it among my Muslim friends, giving them a taste of prasadam. I would also occasionally organize a feast, preparing few course of banana leave prasadam sending everyone home satisfied.
However Guru Maharaj,
The peak was when I decided to conduct a Damodara program here involving the Indian Community here in Kelantan. There was a center of Shridi Baba which had the deity of Hanuman. Using that place the Damodara program was conducted where everyone was actually chanting the Holy Name of the Lord with Damodaraastakam being sung. I managed to get my friends to help me out in this service as it was the auspicious month of Damodara. Everyone benefited so well that I couldn’t help but think, I have definitely made you proud Maharaj. Over the span of 3 year here Guru Maharaj, I have managed to cultivate few of my friends to pic up chanting and even had friend became a devotee. You have always emphasized the importance of association and today I a realized mind I finally understood what it means. Thank you Guru Maharaj for that.
All of this would not have been realised if not for the dedication and sacrifice of my good mother who taught us the important of spiritual education as well as service while maintaining our material education and still shining. She took it as a challenge to bring up all her 4 children in a Krsna Consiousness environment even with many hurdle.
Guru Maharaj, I pray to Sri Narshinga Dev to constantly protect you for you are always my roaring lion pounding to save your children and leading us to Krsna and for without you, we are nobody.
Divya Vrndavana Devi Dasi
Dear Srila Gurudeva,
Please accept my most respectful obeisance to your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabupada. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
tapyante loka-tāpena
sādhavaḥ prāyaśo janāḥ
paramārādhanaṁ tad dhi
puruṣasyākhilātmanaḥIt is said that great personalities almost always accept voluntary suffering because of the suffering of people in general. This is considered the highest method of worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is present in everyone’s heart. ( Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.7.44 )
Srila Gurudeva, your enthusiasm to deliver the fallen abominable conditional souls like me from the repeated cycle of birth and death is simply beyond imagination. Despite of your serious health condition, Gurudeva, you are taking so much of voluntary suffering just to give everyone the most precious love of godhead. You are traveling every corner of earth to freely distribute the mercy of Lord Nityananda. You do not see any previous qualification. Gurudeva, you are carrying Sri Sri Nitai Gauranga within your heart and turning every place you visit into a most sacred place on the universe.
Just by your merciful glance, hearts of living entities are purified. By your presence, auspiciousness and great fortune appear. The words which emanates from your lotus mouth, dispels illusion and clear my consciousness. Taking your divine association is perfection of my life. The dust of your lotus feet bestows pure devotional service and your lotus feet is my most worshipable object. I am so fallen and unqualified! How can I ever understand your unlimited glories?
What is the use of this body when I don’t serve your lotus feet. O my spiritual father, please give me a drop of your mercy. Maya is so powerful and I am constantly being beaten by her. I am begging and falling at your lotus feet. Please Gurudeva, give me the shade of your lotus feet. Please forgive all my offences and please shower your blessing to become your genuine servant by becoming the servant of those who serving you so sincerely.
Aspiring to remain eternally at your lotus feet,
Krishnaprema Pradayaka Dasa
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Dearest Srila Guru Maharaj,
Hare Krishna. Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to Srila Guru Maharaj.
mukhaṁ karoti vācālaṁ panguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
It is the biggest blessings for me, to be given an opportunity to offer my homage to Srila Guru Maharaj on this most auspicious day of your Vyasa Puja, for I am not worthy and unqualified to speak anything about you.
Srila Guru Maharaj,
When I was just a five year old kid, I would wait for you at the temple porch, very eager to get your blessings whenever you would return from the japa walk session just before deity greetings. Srila Guru Maharaj would smile so widely and so sweetly and would put your bead bag on my head as you step into the entrance. At times Srila Guru Maharaj would put your danda. And as kids, we would jump and be so happy. That feeling is so blissful! That love has been planted at the core of my heart eternally. That memory has never fade and it is full of sweetness. I really miss those moments of my life. It is our greatest fortune to have met Srila Guru Maharaj at that tender age and to have been taught about Srila Guru Maharaj’s qualities. And in my mind and heart, it was Srila Guru Maharaj who is my spiritual master, then, now and forever.
There was a period in my life, where my spiritual life was in ambiguity. When Srila Guru Maharaj asked me on this, I tried to avoid discussing about it. But Srila Guru Maharaj was so merciful to me, immediately helped me and that turned my life to one hundred percent better from what it was.
During Srila Guru Maharaj’s last visit to Malaysia in September 2017, some of your secretaries spoke during the JSSS Meeting at Kuala Lumpur. One of the glorifications that they had mentioned that really touched my heart is that Srila Guru Maharaj is not only a spiritual father to the initiated disciples, so much so that they get confused who are actually the disciples because Srila Guru Maharaj’s heart is full of compassion for all living entities. Also that all the other devotees they have equal amount of respect and love for you as their spiritual master, they come approaching “Guru Maharaj, Guru Maharaj…” . One of the secretaries said that once at an airport, a lady was sitting on a wheelchair and she was really sick but no one took notice of the lady except for Srila Guru Maharaj. Then, Srila Guru Maharaj said to enquire on how we can help the lady. In 2015, when Srila Guru Maharaj was admitted in the ICU (New Delhi), Srila Guru Maharaj wanted someone to read Chapter 15 of the Bhagavad Gita, to the person who was next to Srila Guru Maharaj, who was leaving his body. In September 2017, when a devotee met with accident in Malaysia, Srila Guru Maharaj was also admitted at Sunway Medical Centre for a procedure, but Srila Guru Maharaj prayed for the devotee’s life and safety. Srila Guru Maharaj’s love and care is for everyone equally. Srila Guru Maharaj is selfless, always so merciful, always thinking of reaching out and helping everyone to give them Krishna Consciousness.
Below is an excerpt from the Bhaktivedanta Purport of Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 21 Text 47:
Prahlāda Mahārāja is the topmost example of a Vaiṣṇava, who is always compassionate toward sinful persons suffering a hellish life within this material world. Kṛṣṇa is therefore known as para-duḥkha-duḥkhī kṛpāmbudhiḥ, or one who is compassionate toward others’ suffering and who is an ocean of mercy. Like Prahlāda Mahārāja, all pure devotees of the Lord come to this material world with full compassion to deliver the sinful. They undergo all kinds of tribulations, suffering them with tolerance, because that is another qualification of a Vaiṣṇava, who tries to deliver all sinful persons from the hellish conditions of material existence.
For the past few months, Srila Guru Maharaj had been writing on your health and so much pain that Srila Guru Maharaj is going through. When I was writing this Vyasa Puja homage, it was the period of Srila Guru Maharaj going through the angiogram procedure in Chennai. It really breaks my heart every time to get a message on Srila Guru Maharaj’s health and I am not able to handle it. It weakens my spirit. How do you do it Srila Guru Maharaj? We can’t even tolerate simple pain, can’t tolerate injuries to our body, what to speak of so many health procedure, complications, so many test and hospitalisation? When I seek for spiritual advice for some of my personal problems from Srila Guru Maharaj’s god-brothers, one of them told me that you have the best example, the best living example, who is your spiritual master, who is showing example to everyone, not to give up. HH Srila Radhanath Swami Maharaj spoke in Mayapur in February this year, HH said that “And, one of the greatest inspiration of my spiritual life is to see how HH Jayapataka Maharaj has truly imbibed that spirit of compassion, that spirit of giving Lord Caitanya’s message to the world, in his physical state, it is practically impossible to do anything, and yet even in this condition for the last several years.. Now he is in the hospital, still, with all his being, he is sharing the message of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with the world. He is truly following the footsteps of Srila Prabhupada. Let us offer our sincerest gratitude to him, by loudly chanting “Jayapataka Swami Maharaj Ki! Jai. Srila Prabhupada Ki! Jai”.
How would I describe this feeling, it is very intense love. This bond between spiritual master and disciple is so pure, full of love, that it is immeasurable to anything else to that we experience in life. It is irreplaceable by any form of relationship, it is eternal, ecstatic and sublime. This relationship is full of sweetness and it is the best gift given by the most merciful Lord Nitai Gaurasundar. And everything that we do, we think first about our spiritual master. Srila Prabhupada says in the purport of Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Adi Lila 1.46 “In all the ancient literatures of devotional service and in the more recent songs of Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura and other unalloyed Vaiṣṇavas, the spiritual master is always considered either one of the confidential associates of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī or a manifested representation of Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu.” I really wish that I can always meet you on countless time every year, like how it used to be before, like how you used to visit Malaysia before. I am hoping so much that things will be better. It is my daily hope, wish and prayer.
This beggar, Malini Priti devi dasi prays to Lord Narasimhadeva for your health, protection and longevity and so that all Srila Guru Maharaj health procedures will be minimized. We ultimately depend, beg the mercy of Sri Sri Nitai Gauranga to be upon Srila Guru Maharaj. The Lordships are so compassionate towards all of us, especially me who is so fallen that I don’t deserve at all to have a spiritual master like you, but They are so merciful and kind towards me for giving me a transcendental soul who has compassion and love for the whole wide world as my spiritual master. Srila Guru Maharaj, you are the warrior of Srila Prabhupada’s movement and the anchor of our spiritual life. Thank you for lifting me up from this dirt of the material world, accepting me as your spiritual daughter and encouraging me in all ways to make progress in my spiritual life.
On this auspicious day of your Vyasa Puja, I beg on my knees to Srila Guru Maharaj to please forgive me for all my offences. Please help me to be better person, to have compassion and love for all, to have a gentle heart, to always be tolerant, never ever to leave this spiritual family of Srila Prabhupada, constantly be engaged in services Sri Guru and Gauranga till my last breath, to always read and understand Srila Prabhupada’s books, never ever to give up despite all challenges and circumstances and always remained sheltered at your lotus feet. Happy Vyasa Puja Srila Guru Maharaj. You are the love of my life, my dearmost spiritual father.
Patitapavana Srila Guru Maharaj Ki! Jaiii!!!!!!
Your unworthy servant and most fortunate spiritual daughter,
Malini Priti devi dasi (Diksa)
Sri Jagannatha Mandir, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj.
Please accept my humble obeisances unto Your Lotus Feet.
All Glories To Srila Prabhupad.
All Glories To Srila Prabhupad's Victory Flag.
With so much of gratitude, I would like to Congratulate Your Divine Grace on 69th Vyasa Puja day. I'm so fallen. My conscience sometime kills me. And yet, You are extremely merciful to accept me your disciple. I'm speechless with your mercy, O Guru Maharaj. My only desire is to come to Mayapur to be your servant for atleast 1 minute. I'm still not been able to travel abroad due to bankruptcy. I'm so unfortunate. I'm working on the settlement and hope to be your servant for 1 atleast minute Guru Maharaj.
Your humble and yet useless servant ,
Patita Tarana Jagannatha Das
Ipoh Malaysia
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet, All Glories to Your Divine Grace on this most auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā day. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Gurudeva I am not to glorify qualified You with my limited intelligence but with Your causeless mercy even fallen soul like me can attempt to glorify You far Your Vyāsa-pūjā.
On this most auspicious appearance day allow me humbly to please glorify You far Your most wonderful service and selflessness. You are constantly travelling and preaching tirelessly following the orders of Your spiritual master Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Gurudeva thank you for accepting me as your disciple, even though I am a fallen soul, with Your causeless mercy You pick me up an accept me as your disiple and give me Kṛṣṇa conscious in this life time.
What great boon I could gain? It’s all Your mercy Gurudev. I will be always there to serve Your mission on Śrīla Prabhupāda’s movement in whatever little way I can. With your mercy I am hopeful without Your mercy, Without Your mercy I am helpless.
All glories to Your Divine Grace and all glories to Your Divine appearance day on Vyāsa-pūjā celebration.
Your fallen servant,
Rajah Kṛṣṇa Dāsa
Respected Guru maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada, All glories to your good self.
There are no words to glorify your good self. This is the poem which I tried to do the impossible. Please accept it as my offering unto your lotus feet on the auspicious occasion of 69th Sri Vyasa puja.
Victory Flag
You got the name Jaypataka
From your beloved Srila Prabhupada
You made your name significant
By being victorious in all aspects
Decade ago Lord Krishna tested you with
"brain stroke"
You bounce back to the preaching by defeating that "stroke"
You remain calm even in the middle of calamity
Just to show us the example of life with humility
You remain peaceful even in peak of bodily suffering
That you do to give us example of living as tolerant being
Where ever you travelled, you always tried to tell about "Lord Chaitanya"
You are the living example of representative of "Lord Chaitanya"
By only seeing you, living entities will get purified
But this fallen Acarya Ratna Dasa desire to be in your favourable service life after life.
Acarya Ratna Dasa (diksa)
Kathmandu, Nepal
Travelling doctor of His Holiness Jaypataka Swami Guru Maharaja
Hare Krsna Dear Gurumaharaj!
Please accept my humble obeisances!!
We would like to wish you a happy appearance day. It has been 3 years that I am back here in Nepal. By your mercy, I am able to do some devotional service here. With your blessings and senior devotees help I am conducting Bhakti Vriksha since two years. And since last year, we, team of devotees, have started a local Centre (ISKCON Unit) in our city. The number of devotees engaging in the Centre has also increased.
One of aspiring devot
It has been a challenge for me to adjust my work and my sadhana and service since I started a new job. But with your mercy, I could see that the Bhakti Vriksha devotees and devotees in the Centre started to take more responsibilities. I could see that there is an ease to execute the services. Still I am looking forward to work on my sadhana and services in a better way. And all the strength comes from you and you are my strength. Please engage me as your tool to serve you and Krsna.
Gurumaharaj, please shower your mercy upon this useless soul and my family so that we can be Krsna Concious and engage ourselves to service you in the mission of Srila Prabhupada and engage all the Bhakti Vriksha members and Centre members to serve the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
Trying to Serve,
Bal Nimai Das (Diksa)
Lalitpur, Nepal
My Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to you!
Happy Appearance Day GuruMaharaj....
we all your disciples are eternally indebted to this day and itn is a day of great fortune to all of us when you decided to come and help us from this suffering in this material world.
physically you might have been away
Guru is paramatma manifestation you have been so merciful to reciprocate in such a way...
your selfless love and care has made us stay
Inspiring thousands and thousands
taking away their karma
your physical body challenges but your dedication to Prabhupada's instructions gives you the strength
your life and soul is Prabhupada's mission
Enriched with Gaura prem
you distribute it at every moment of your association
SrilaPrabhupada said we are not this body but spirit soul.
you have lived and taught us this by your example.
with our own endeavour we r useless
your compassion and prayers
are our only saviours.
you overlook our shortcomings and gave us the holyname
may our mana bachan karma be under your tame
your desire is to see everyone chant and hear Krishna's name
may us your followers can help you fulfill your game.
The kingdom of God is where you reside
Being the servant of you be our only Pride.
Report of the service:
GuruMaharaj I was serving in BhaktivedantaClinic in bhaktapur,Nepal as physiotherapist and general Manager ..we medical team of iskcon nepal wish to serve srila prabhupada's mission through this project but it has not been so steady and facing lots of crisis..
I myself had to leave this sewa and come to chitwan, another city in nepal to get sustainable job. Here I have a sewa in chitwan centre of taking care of the matajis to get matured ..
I want to be of little assistance in fulfilling the instruction of Srila Prabhupada to You to preach in Nepal...
if it pleases you we want to help people in nepal through Bhaktivedanta hospital addressing their physical,moreover spiritual need and make people Krishna Conscious here.
Be strong and make devotees you said..wherever i would be I want to serve you productively to give you utmost satisfaction ,as per as your desire GuruMaharaj.
It is a tragedy that I have limited understanding and limited vessel which here limits the glorification of your unlimited causeless mercy.
Only by mercy of Sri Guru and Gauranga one is able to glorify them
and I know you have already bestowed it to all your disciples who followed your footsteps and instructions and i beg I can follow your footsteps and my thinking feeling willing acting give you immense satisfaction...
i wish to make this the only aim of my life.
trying to be your insignificant useful servant
namanistha madhavi devi dasi(Dikshya)
kathmandu,Nepal
Hare Krishna,
Please accept my respectful obeisances.
All glories to Guru and Gauranga!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I am ramani gaurangi devi dasi,from bhaktapur ,nepal. Last year in july 2017,i was privileged to get initiated from Guru Maharaj at ISKCON Nepal,budhanilkantha temple. Recently,i am working as a medical officer in Bhaktivedanta clinic and Dhulikhel hospital,Nepal.
Guru Maharaj,my words are really insufficient to offer my gratitude towards you. You gave birth to my spiritual life and whatever little service i could do these days are all due to your mercy.You are bestowing your mercy for empowering us in every simple and difficult situation even though physically, you are at a distance from us. You are enlivening us in spiritual practice at every moment of our life constantly through your messages,classes and blessings.You taught the whole world through your own life that devotional service is a pure spiritual practice.This has encouraged us and helped us increase our faith in Krsna Consciousness day by day.
Its really difficult Guru Maharaj to work in this material world with non devotees and at the same time practice spiritual life but with your blessings we are able to associate with devotees regularly and engage in the service of Lord Jaganath.
Thank you Guru Maharaj for accepting this insignicant person as your disciple and connecting me in the family of Srila Prabhupada.This is my good fortune actually to receive this special mercy.Please bless me Guru Maharaj as without your blessings, i am nothing.
By your mercy and blessings,life has become so blissful and meaningful.Everything is given to us by you.On this special day,on your appearance day, i would like to offer you my deep gratitude and respectful obeisance.i would like to offer you my determination to always serve in the mission of Srila Prabupada.i would like to offer you a vow to always engage in activities that would help to give holy name of Lord Sri Krsna to other people.
But again,only by your blessings we can carry out our services.
With respectful obeisances
Your insignificant servant
Ramani gaurangi devi dasi
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
My dear most merciful GURU This is the first time I am writing vyasa puja offering to you. I am not qualified to glorify you and speak about your transcendental qualities
So,Please allow me to pay humble and respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet and to you on this 69th"APPEARENCE DAY".MAy I place this little offering at your scared lotus feet.
Today is your auspicious APPEARENCE DAY.Therefore I am praying at your lotus feet,please drag me forcibly on the path of devotional servive, make me eager and confident and let me taste at least one single drop of LORDSHIP SRI SRI RADHAGOVINGAHARI SRI SRI GAURANITAI and SRI SRI SRI JAGANNATH BALADEVA AND SUBHADRA MAHARANI'S prema.I am very folish and rotten fellow and very obstinate without tollerance,patience,without love.I want to be a sort of realist and I mess around with tiny particularism.But,Patitapavana hetu tava avatara,you have specially come to this world to mix me up with the dust of Sri Gaura Hari's lotus feet. mo sama patita prabhu na paibe ara...There is no one fallen than me, please pick me up.
Gurudev!
kṛpā-bindu diyā, koro' ei dāse,
tṛṇāpekhā ati hīna
sakala sahane, bala diyā koro',
nija-māne spṛhā-hīnaGurudeva, O spiritual master! Give to this servant just one drop of mercy. I am lower than a blade of grass. Give me all help. Give me strength to bear all the trials and troubles,and free me from all the desires for personal honor.
Gurudev,you are as much as the supreme lord because you are the most confidential servitor and representative of lor KRISHNA.By your mercy I can receive the benediction of KRISHNA AND RADHARANI, and without your grace(mercy) one cannot make any advancement.
brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva guru kṛṣṇa prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to associate with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of Krishna.By the mercy of guru one gets Krishna and by the mercy of Krishna one gets guru .By the mercy of both Krishna and the spiritual master, such a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service.
Guru-Maharaj,when I get your association ,I feel like an overwhelming pleasure.So,I always pray for your mercy to help me serve at your lotus feet offencelessly.
Thank you my dear spiritual father,
Your's spiritual son ,
Siddhantamani Prabhupada Dasa, (Diksha) ISKCON HARE KRISHNA DHAM
Kathmandu,NEPAL
Dearest Gurudev,
Please accept our respectful obeisance at your lotus feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada, Guru and Gouranga.
Dearest Gurudeva,
Please accept our inept effort to glorify You and all that is dear to You. The recent year has bought many great changes in our lives as we moved to Singapore from Melbourne and we are settling into our new congregation and routine. As the Singapore congregation is a small but thriving centre as compared to Melbourne’s established temple and congregation, It has provided us insight into how it might have been for You in the early years of Establishing ISKCON. How much hardship and austerity You have faced in Your life to follow In Srila Prabhupada’s mood of service to the entire world. How brave and fearless You have been in the face of great obstacles and immense pain...just for us... Just so You could follow the instructions of Your Guru. What you are going through for us is not just hard, it’s impossible.
But just like Your spiritual father, you are adept with making the impossible, possible!
Even though it seems too little, We want to offer our heartfelt thank-you for everything you do and go through so that we can grow to be better disciples. We want to be better for you. We want to share in Your burden and be everything you want us to be.
Please bless us Gurudev so somehow we can also help you in your mission. Please bless us with a tiny fraction of your fearlessness and dedication for it only because of You, our saviour that we have this path of Bhakti available to us.
Pls accept our loving obeisances at your Lotus feet,
With love and indebtedness,
Yours sincerely,
Vignanasa Narasimha Das &
Rathnanga Lakshmi Ramya Devi Dasi &
Lochan Kesava
My humble obeisances to Guru Mahārāja,
On this special day itself, I neither see you nor be in front of you but I pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva for your health. Give your blessings to improve in Kṛṣṇa-seva.
Your Grand-daughter,
Duwaraka
ISKCON
ŚRĪLANKA-COLOMBO.
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
nāma oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka-svāmin iti nāmine
nāma ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma tārine
Hare Krishna dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.
All glories to you Guru Mahārāja!!!
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!
Śrīla Gurudeva, on the occasion of your Vyāsa Pūjā this year, I pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Gopīnātha, Gaura Nitāi, Jagannātha Baladeva Subhadrā and Narasiṁhadeva to protect you and bless you with good health.
We miss having you every year in Sydney. This time, I saw you at Chennai Ratha-yātrā. I was so engulfed in thinking that someone was not taking care of me. I could not even come near you and I was cursing myself that I do not have the burning desire to serve you. I felt that it was the worst day of my life. How could I lose the desire to be in your proximity? Despite being so engrossed in my selfish thoughts, you were so merciful that you gave me an opportunity to help Saṅkīrtana Narottama Prabhu in cooking for you the next day.
Every time I see you, I introduce myself by telling my name and where I come from. The next day when I saw you, I did the same thing. Each and every time you tell me that you stayed at our place to indicate that you already know me. I am such a fool that you keep reminding me patiently every time that you know me and I do not have to introduce myself. When will the ignorance be removed from my mind and when will I stop doubting whether you will know me? When will I throw my useless thoughts and completely surrender to your lotus feet? It seems so farfetched to me that I do not have the chance in this lifetime. But, you are my only hope and only through your mercy, this ignorance of mine can be removed. Please bestow your mercy upon this useless son so that I can be somehow or other useful to you.
A few days back, I was reading one of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s purports in Śrīmad Bhāgavatam about the descriptions of characteristics of Purañjana. Śrīla Prabhupāda makes this statement in the purport “As he tries to satisfy his senses more and more, he becomes more and more entangled.” Gurudeva, this is exactly my situation. I am so attracted to material sense gratification there is no way out for me.
In the same purport, Śrīla Prabhupāda quotes Śrīla Vidyāpati to explain about material sense gratification.
tātala saikate bāri-bindu-sama suta-mita-ramaṇi-samāje
tohe visari mana, tāhe samarpala ab majhu habo kon kāje
O Lord, completely forgetting You, I have offered my mind unto the society of women, children, and friends - but this experience has been just like offering a drop of water unto the burning hot sands of the beach.
Even after reading these statements, I am so ashamed to admit that I am attracted to materialistic sense gratification. I do not even have the sincerity to beg for your mercy. How can I possibly be relieved of this great misery? Somehow or other, please drag me out of these useless attachments and help me to become a worthy disciple.
Dear Gurudeva, this is only the tip of the iceberg to show that I am filled with countless faults. Myself, my wife Sriguru Bhakti Devī Dāsī and my son Bhakta Acyuta have been trying hard to bring many souls unto your lotus feet with the help of our Bhakti Vṛkṣa devotees despite so many obstacles. Everyone is very sincere to please you except me. My sincere heartfelt prayer to you to bestow your mercy upon them so that all of them can be fixed in your service. On this auspicious day, it is my sincere prayer that please help myself, my wife and my son to remain in the service of your lotus feet without succumbing to the materialistic pleasures. I also sincerely pray to Lord Narasimhadev to always protect you so that more and more conditioned souls can be delivered by your mercy.
Your fallen and unworthy servant begging for your mercy,
Ānandamaya Gopīnātha Dāsa (Diksha Disciple)
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaj!
Please accept my humble obeisances!!!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!!
With your mercy I received an opportunity to meet you in Sydney during your visit in Jan 2016 when you stayed at Anandmaya Gopinath Das prabhu’s place. To be honest I hadn’t realized then, how rare and valuable that opportunity was to associate with you even for few moments. As now I am growing in bhakti a bit, all due to your mercy Guru Maharaj, I am deeply longing for the opportunity to serve you.
It has been my personal realization, while attempting to engage in any spiritual activity, that whenever I intend to satisfy anyone except Guru and Krishna, my satisfaction has always been limited, partial and incomplete and on occasions it has given me dissatisfaction. But you have been an excellent example who has illustrated by own activities that one should always be determined to please Guru and Gauranga. In spite of several difficulties at various levels, you have never shown any sign of reducing your intensity to serve Srila Prabhupada and this quality has inspired me to follow your footsteps. I know for a fallen soul like me it will take several yugas to even start having determination like you Guru Maharaj, but someday with your mercy even that will happen.
Please enable me to receive the mercy showered by you Guru Maharaj and bless this fallen soul so that I am always engaged in your and Krishna’s service.
Please accept this humble attempt to glorify you Guru Maharaj!
Ankur Sorathia (Aspiring)
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet! All glories to Your Divine Grace.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
Is been 15 years since I meet you for the first time in Lima Peru, and because of your mercy since then, I am still around devotees and doing some service. Thank you Guru Mahārāja for everything you are doing and for all your prayers. We are very fortunate.
Wish Guru Mahārāja happy 68th Vyāsa pūjā,
Your spiritual daughter,
Bhakti Candrikā Devī Dāsī
Hare Krshna Dearest Guru Maharaj,
Dandavat Pranam
All glories to you, Srila Prabhupada, Brisbane Sri Nitai Gauranga and Mayapur Sri Radha Madhava
I am the offending aspiring son of yours, who has and is having challenges in keeping a consistent sadhana of minimum 16 rounds of japa a day and causing you so much pain.
I also lost my initiated beads that you gave me nearly 2 years back. So if there is any process in JPS office to get a new initiated beads or even 1 bead of Tulsi from your hands, please advise me so I can try my level best to obtain it.
Many times even today, I just wished Krishna Katha Desh (KKD), where I re-connected with my Krishna consciousness should have rejected me in 2014 from getting Harinaam diksha from you, so that I would not have hurt you so much all these years. As I was pre-maturely serving my siksa guru in your service to Srila Prabhupada to please the Lord, I had to accept Harinaam diksha without qualification and spiritual experience.
However, I have come to understand that just like a Vedic marriage, there is a process for getting connected to a bona-fide spiritual master but not so clear one for breaking up. And at least a marriage last a life-time, but my connection with you lasts forever, even in the spiritual world if I ever step into that realm.
I have seen many devotees make a commitment to keep their chanting in check by reporting externally or keeping a record of it. So yesterday, I again started reporting my chanting rounds to my siksha guru in KKD, His Grace Hari Kirtan Ranjan Das Prabhu, through whom Sri Krishna and you brought me in touch with ISKCON devotees. I pray to you and Nitai Gauranga that I will continue to chant properly and give the daily report to Hari Kirtan Prabhu, so I may be chastised and corrected timely, until I leave this body.
Guru Maharaj, I also did not write or speak a homage last year (2017) due to my transition from KKD to Brisbane for the 2nd time (the last was in 2015) in terms of job, country, devotees I associated with etc, working like an "donkey" and my shyness of speaking in unfamiliar crowd.
I like to share with you my spiritual roller coaster rides I have been experiencing over these two years due to my decisions and actions over these 2-3 years of not fully surrendering to you and their Lordships.
I moved to Brisbane from KKD in May 2015 to migrate the family, mainly for the material education benefits for the 2 children I was gifted, Kayshinie (daughter, now 13) and Guhanesh (son, now 12). As I could not get a job in Brisbane, I went back to KKD in January 2016 where I was offered a job with a past employer. I was there for 1 year and 2 months.
In KKD as a part-time brahmachari, while my wife (Shantini) looked after the kids and worked very hard in Brisbane, I slowly built up a consistent sadhana of chanting my rounds, doing simple arati daily, reading Srimad Bhagavatam in Tamil to my mother (Jayarani) through Skype in Malaysia and attending Friday classes and little other seva for KKD devotees. Hari Kirtan Prabhu asked me to preach Bhagavad Gita and help him with some Bhakti Vriksa (BV) in English which I tried my best, including starting up a BV for high school students. I had a chance to serve Tulsi maharani who was growing for a while behind our backyard and circumbulating it for your health.
In addition, I got some chances of singing Guru Vandana at the Friday Srimad Bhagavatam class and also took 2-3 Srimad Bhagavatam preaching sessions in Tamil mixed with English in KKD. As I was earning quite well in KKD, I was able to contribute some laxmi to ToVP.
I was happy to compile a report to you in 2017 on the 2016 KKD Yatra Retreat where HG Vaikunthapati Prabhu was the chief guest. I hope you understood and enjoyed it. I was introduced to HG Tapan Meshra Prabhu from Mayapur Congregational Development Ministry, who asked me to do some powerpoint / research seva offline for two presentations to GBC / Ministry. However, I have not been working well with him as I was not focused and did not engage well.
Here in KKD, during 2016 and 2017, I was so happy that you fulfilled my desire by giving Harinaam diksa and shelter to many aspiring disciples who were very austere and consistent in KC such as HG Krishna Prabhu and his wife (Chennai), Rajendran Prabhu and Lakshmi Priya Mataji, PappuRaj Prabhu and Rajeswari Mataji, Karupiah Prabhu and Revathi Mataji, Sumathi Mataji (KKD) , Arjun Prabhu and Manju Mataji (Kanaiya Desh).
However, I failed to support you and Hari Kirtan Prabhu in motivating 3 aspiring disciples, HG Mahesh Prabhu and the siblings, HG Gananen Prabhu and Abishini Mataji into maintaining their chanting and book reading sadhanas to move closer to shelter. These were devotees that I abandoned when we left KKD for Brisbane. More so, the two prabhus have gone into business. HG Abishini Mataji who is physically not in the best of health and shape, is finding it difficult to find a marriage suitor and works to support her parents and brother. Instead, I got angry with them for talking badly about other disciples of yours. I am at lost on how to support these 3 devotees.
Another happy moment was that you mercifully gave HariNaam diksa to Shantini with a beautiful name, Dasi Sriradha Santirupa Devi during Sri Radhastami last year.
Once I came to Brisbane in March 2017, with the help of Sriradha, I was given weekly temple book table seva during Saturday feast quite consistently. In November 2017 onwards, I was given a bigger seva of administering the temple book distribution process and with all the local devotees marketing skills and some administration processes from my end, we did 10-20% better than last year's HDG Srila Prabhupada marathon distribution. I am still engaged in this seva, and although I cannot distribute books directly, I am trying to support other devotees in book distribution. I pray for your blessings in learning how to distribute books directly and continuing to increase distribution of Srila Prabhupada's and his disciples.
We managed to also hold your Vyasa Puja celebration at the temple last year and this year we are enthusiastically planning for same, under the guidance of HG Murari Hari Prabhu and Sukesvari Rani Mataji. We hope to compile a report with pictures to you of the celebrations. We also tried to hold monthly JPS Sishya Seva meeting at one of your disciple's home, but it has been very difficult to get them together. We created a whatsapp group to share your messages daily, sharing messages from the enthusiastic devotees from KKD and Malaysia yatra. I need guidance of how to guide aspiring devotees in Brisbane to take up shelter and be ready for HariNaam diksa here. There is one Bengali mataji who has failed many times to get HariNaam diksa, her name Mayarani.
On my job side, I started driving taxi (Uber) and did a course on elderly care to earn laxmi to live in Australia. However by the Lord's mercy, on the last day of my elderly care training and being posted to a elderly care home, I got a similar job which I have been doing for the last 20 years. So now we are more settled economically and are trying to buy a small home to convert our rental payments to loan payments.
I also helped in cooking seva when requested. Recently it has become more consistently as I help Sriradha Santhirupa in fortnightly evening cooking for Brisbane Sri Sri Nitai Gauranga.
The temple management asked me once to be involved in monthly once Srimad Bhagavatam preaching in February 2018, however, I said no as I was getting involved in too many seva and feared not doing any seva properly. I was also given 3 couple devotees and encouraged to start up a Bhakti Vriksa in October 2017. We did the Science of Self Realisation module last year in the devotees home on Sunday evenings, but this year I am having difficulty re-starting the sessions. Please advise me and give me your blessings to re-start these sessions.
The ToVP funding team visited Brisbane for raising funds in December 2017 and we were able to give a small amount of laxmi this month.
Recently the Brisbane has been trying to become more organised and having strategic meetings to set goals, mission and vision, and coordinate all the preaching seva. I am invited to be part of these monthly meetings and I have been given a seva in February 2018 to collate the interest of the Brisbane ISKCON yatra well-wishers and members in serving Srila Prabhupada's mission. I am personally not happy with the way the local temple manages it funding and expenditure, especially being from a finance and auditing background. However, I pray these meetings and my efforts in my seva in showing accountability and responsibility will set good examples on how an organisation should be run. My dream is that ISKCON Brisbane yatra has a very strong back-end support system in the areas of finance, administration, facilities management, scheduling of seva etc.
So in short Guru Maharaj the following are areas I need to improve:
- My chanting and reporting my sadhana at least 16 times daily
- Circumbulating Tulsi Maharani daily at least 8 times
- Helping Sriradha in keeping the children motivated in KC whilst letting them enjoy some materialistic perks and focusing them on getting a fulfilling job
- Helping Sriradha continue her seva enthusiastically
- Book distribution administration expansion seva
- Re-starting and expanding the Bhakti Vriksa
- Starting up the collation of interests of ISKCON Brisbane yatra well-wishers and devotees
Please forgive me if I offended you in anyway in this homage report. It talks a lot of what I did, because I know what I think, say and do affects your health, well-being and service to Srila Prabhupada and Their Lordships Nitai Gauranga and Sri Radha Madhava.
Yours in the service of Srila Prabhupada,
Das Gangesvara Caitanya
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dandavat Pranams Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances !
All glories to Your Divine Lotus Feet !
On this very auspicious occasion of your divine appearance day, I take special pleasure in offering this homage, as a tiny attempt to glorify you.
With extremely challenging physical situation since October 2008, the past times your holiness performing is just a transcendental display of your magnanimity, determination, patience, compassion, devotional expertise and other divine qualities. If we meditate on just of your very few achievements in this lifetime, then we see how much you are dear to Srila Prabhupada and previous Acharya’s for having sacrificed every moment of your life in their service. As one of our senior Godfamily member mentioned in his book that you are broadcasting deceptively simple but deep instructions that requires sober mind to understand and follow Guru Maharaj. As HH Bhakti purushotam Maharaj states that you foresee atleast 10 years and providing instructions that are just impeccable.
In the last year, I was able to achieve some small milestones by your mercy Gurudeva. By becoming active in the Bhakti Vrksha nearby, we are able to cultivate couple of new families. Also, you have accepted Kirtimati Padma as your spiritual daughter during the auspicious occasion of this year’s Gaura Purnima festival. This has induced my parents, who are now living with us, to become more serious in KRSNA consciousness. Kirtimati Padma also taking care of Saadhya very well in nourishing her with spiritual education, such as sloka memorisation and KRSNA stories recitation.
Earlier in 2011, on our marriage day His Holiness Bhanu swami presented us with Laddu Gopal but, I waited for last 7 years, to have my wife mature more in Bhakti process and now I felt that time has come and thereby on 28th Feb this year, we invited HH Bhanu swami to perform Abhishek and have diety installation performed by welcoming Supreme Lord Gopal.
I am beginning to support in one of the temple project for preaching activities in western suburbs, as the population around this area is growing drastically than other parts of Melbourne. Other areas of my service at this stage, is to support God family members in the lines of devotee care and gradually help them in some way or other in their devotional practises, that ultimately supports your preaching mission. Time has been bit of challenge on this service Gurudev, and hopefully with more help from devotees and intelligence, we can do some substantial work. I remember this devotee care is something in your thoughts for welfare of the entire community of devotees under ISKCON’s shelter.
Just like all other yatra’s across the globe, we are also certainly missing your divine yatra to Melbourne in recent times and Lords Willing we look forward to your betterment of health and pray for that Mahabhagavat association at Sri Sri RADHA BALLABHA mandir here again.
As days pass by and material situation improves, maya is trying to creep in via different channels and distract us from bhakti. We also tend to forget to take shelter of sadhu, Shastra & Guru and then regret later.
Begging you Srila Gurudev to bless this fallen soul, so that he may try to understand your inconceivably exalted position and endeavour to serve unconditionally.
Aspiring to be your servant,
Guru Gauranga Krsna Dasa
Dear Srila Gurudeva,
My humble obeisance unto your lotus feet,
All glories to Srila Prabupad who had not only given us Krsna but also our Guru,
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga!
My prabu and I respect you from the bottom of our heart. I love you so much, we have been doing extra rounds for your well-being, for the past 2 years or so (since you came to Melbourne last time when we were told to do extra round for your well-being),
Since we met you for the first time in Melbourne temple in 2013, and up until now, our love for you have increased so much
I always remember to circumbulate Tulsi 8 times whenever I see Tulsi maharani, and I pray to Tulsi Maharani to provide all the spiritual benefits( if it were to be any) derived from that circumbulation to my Guru Maharaj only
I understood (with my little knowledge) how much you desire from your disciples to follow your mood and mission which is ultimately Srila Prabupad's mission and further up Lord Caitanya Mahaprabu's mission.
I do sometimes see you in my dreams and that makes me feel more connected to yourself and I love that feeling.
I am childishly saying all these to you which proves that how much neophyte still am I
I often feel and realize that I have got a lot to do to follow your mood and mission in practice, and I don't know when will I actually please you, but I am surely praying to Krsna to help me on that so I can please You always!
I was hoping to get initiated when I was in India recently and when it didn't happen, I understood (with my insignificant knowledge) that the situation proved me (again) how unqualified am I, and that gave me the opportunity to work on my Sadhana even more seriously. In a deeper sense, there must be a reason why that happened, although I was very sad when experiencing it.
I am happy to wait to become your dear disciple when you desire (but please continue to shower your mercy though)
Another Childish thing I wanted to share with you (even I tried to seek your permission on this but my attempt was failed), I recently desired to worship Little Dharu Brahman Jaganath deities at home, and I got them now, we will welcome them during our house warming. Please give us your mercy and blessings, so we can take good care of them very nicely, and may that please you also,
Kindly forgive us if we have committed any offenses, and Please bless us so we can serve you eternally
Thank you so much,
May Lord Nrsimha always give protection to you!
Your useless servants (and please bless us so we become your useful servants)
Iswariya, Vinoth and Vallabha
All Glories to you Guru Maharaj!
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada and All Glories to this great Sankirtan movement of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu!
It’s Tuesday 30th January 2018, in Australia it is Nityananda Trayodasi. I wake up at 2.55am and I realise it is an opportunity to start this day well, to receive the mercy of Lord Nityananada. So I am chanting early, preparing the temple room at Govinda Valley for the devotees and making a garland for Lord Nityananda. So much mercy I am getting today! Chanting extra rounds (32), asking for special protection, for you, Guru Maharaj and ISKCON, the transcendental body of Srila Prabhupada. Later that day I read on the internet: without the causeless mercy of Sri Nityananda nobody can obtain the mercy of Sri Krishna and without a connection made through a genuine Guru. Lord Nityananda is the representation of the spiritual master. Wow! So much mercy I have just received by the Grace of Sri Nityananda! So much gratitude I have to express. How can I repay all that mercy I received to be connected with you Guru Maharaj?
A genuine Guru, a genuine connection with Srila Prabhupada, with all the Guru Parampara, with Krishna, by the causeless mercy of Sri Nityananda! So fortunate I am…and we are! I also read that you, Guru Maharaj, are telling ‘I am a hurt warrior but I am still fighting’. Guru Maharaj , you are our general in front of us, fighting and fighting on the battlefield against Maya. You are truly a hero, Guru Maharaj; our hero! You are truly an Acarya; Acaryapada, like we were calling you before, when you mercifully accepted me as your disciple in September 1980 in Lima, Peru. You have saved me, Guru Maharaj! From that time I have tried to give my best in serving you, Guru Maharaj, in serving Srila Prabhupada and his great movement, ISKCON. To try to pay back something in exchange of so much mercy I have received. I am very sorry that I am not a scholar; I cannot really give honor to the name you gave me, Guru Maharaj, Kanu Pandit…. I am not a Pandit. One devotee, Mahodaya in Lima, Peru was joking about this; not Kanu Pandit but Cannot Pandit! It is true, sorry for that, Guru Maharaj. I have even tried to serve you as a temple president in Peru but I don’t have enough intelligence, or maybe not enough surrender to and dependence of the mercy of the Lord; not enough purity! I was struggling so much, so much anxiety. But now I am in Australia, since November 2006, in this project Govinda Valley. I am still trying to give my best here, according to my nature, my dharma. I do my best as a handy man; fixing and fixing stuff (which I find next to the road). That is the ability Krishna gave me. Working with the volunteers who are young travellers, backpackers, most of them Westerners, trying to share the philosophy of Krishna consciousness according to their receptivity.
Recently you told us in one of your messages that some of your disciples have found some scriptures written on palm leaves in an old temple of India. They speak about you, Guru Maharaj! There is the name of your father and mother, Guru Maharaj and it says that you will sacrifice twenty years of your life for accepting so many disciples. After hearing this you made this comment: ‘I don’t mind to lose twenty years of my life, if this can help my disciples to be Krishna conscious. But what is the use of this sacrifice if my disciples do not become Krishna conscious; if some are not following properly the four regulative principles and are not chanting 16 rounds every day’. Guru Maharaj, so much sacrifice you do for us, your disciples, only to try to continue, to try to finish the sacrifice that Srila Prabhupada started to change the face of this world. Thank you again and again Guru Maharaj, thank you again and again Srila Prabhupada!
Yours in service,
Kanu Pandit Das,
Isarani Devi Dasi,
Syamasundar and his family and
Devaki Mayi.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet on your Vyasa puja day. All glories to your divine Grace and all glories to Srila Prabhupada and all previous acharyas.
Guru Maharaj, Your divine qualities are countless. As insignificant souls we would not be able to fathom your qualities. For our purification and glorifying one of the commanders of Srila Prabhupada’s army let us enumerate some of the wonderful qualities by which you attract everyone towards you, Srila Prabhupada and ultimately to Lord Sri Krishna.
1) Dependency on Srila Prabhupada: At all circumstances you show your dependency on Srila Prabhupada and previous acharyas. All the activities in your life are according to the instructions of Srila Prabhupada.
2) Your divine grace's constant absorption in spreading the Kṛiṣhṇa consciousness movement.
3) Preaching vigorously: In spite of many health and physical restrictions, your divine grace do not mind and worry about the inconveniences and fully give yourself for preaching and spreading the glories of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
4) Your divine grace is always reaching out for the new people and try to encourage them in participating preaching programs.
5) Your divine grace is always finding good qualities in people, bringing them out and engaging them in Krishna consciousness.
6) Your divine grace is very practical, personal and gradually bring the disciple to higher levels of Krishna conscious realizations.
7) Your divine grace is very merciful and whomever you meet whether in the hospital or airport or casual walk you try to give them the benefit of Krishna conscious association.
8) Your divine grace’s enthusiasm and commitment to the projects like TOVP, congregational preaching, Bhakti Vriksha are so great that you continue to involve yourself despite your health conditions.
Guru Maharaja, you are always selfless and try to deliver anyone who comes to your shelter. Recently we read one of your message to disciples about selecting life partner / match. Your message was so compassionate that as a spiritual father, you enumerate various ways of handling this. We were very much touched by the elaborate details you have provided in the message.
On this day of your divine appearance let us pray that we remain loyal to you, Srila Prabhupada and all acharyas and try to understand your mood of preaching and try to assist you whatever little possible ways.
Please allow us to pray to Sri Sri Narasimha Deva to protect you so that you continue delivering more and more conditioned souls to Lord Sri Krishna's shelter.
Please forgive our countless offenses and bless us so that we may remain in the association of devotees.
Your insignificant servants
Karunanidhi Krsna dasa
Lajja Lalitha devi dasi & family
Melbourne, Australia Yatra
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
Dear Guru maharaja.
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Today in this auspicious day of your appearance, I feel very fortunate to have met you But also unfortunate, that I didn't take the chance to spend more time with you and to cerve you directly, but I will be trying to do my best to cerve you even from distance.
I will like to express my gratitude to you today for your very determine and and steady efforts to preach and to carry out Prabhupadas mission to distribute books and to finish the project in Mayapura, the Planetarium. You are unstoppable in the mission for Spreading Krishna consciousness all around the world. By your causeless mercy, we are able to cerve you and Krishna. Please give me your blesings that one day I can assit you in a small way, In your service to Srila Prabhupada.
Your aspiring fallen servant
Krishna Bhakti Devi Dasi
Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,
Please Accept My Humble Obeisances !
All Glories to Sri Sri RadhaGopinath,
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada,
All Glories to you Gurudev,
And All Glories to my God Sisters and God Brothers.
Dear Gurudev, My Dandavat Pranam
I, Manibhushita Radha Devi Dasi, your spiritual daughter,wishes you Happy 69th Birthday on this auspicious day of Kamada Ekadashi.
GuruMaharaj, last time I met you was in Mumbai,Juhu temple ,while you were busy with GBC meetings and I had a short visit to Mumbai to see my mother. When I realized that you too in Mumbai, I remember about IDC course where trainer mentioned, whenever one gets an opportunity to see their Spiritual Master, always hang on to, as you would never get this chance. And I tried my best to get your darshan and association via senior vaishnavas. I never thought I would have darshan of yours and everything worked so well that I got your personal darshan with personal service to you too .I couldn’t have asked more than this. That shows how merciful you are to your disciples.
Maya is so strong, every step is danger; fear is just a part of life, fear of loosing family, this body, and many things, all illusion of material life. And what makes me realize that I have to surrender and always cling onto the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord. In such situation I have no other way but to keep hanging onto your lotus feet to save me from this ocean of nescience (material world), and always remember the supreme person.
Once while handling kids , I have just give up and pray to you, Gurudev these are your grand childrens ,Please look after them and give them some intelligence or give me intelligent and patience to handle them, and surprising it works ,somehow or either they are normal.
Gurudev,first time in my life I was able to give Sunday Feast Class ,and the topic I chose was a Spiritual Master, all I seeked guidance and support from you. And surprisingly any points related to the topic just kept coming in front of me either through SB classes or any discussions or quotes. So Thank you so much for being with me and supporting me in this presentation .I want to pray to you to save me from the pride and arrogance which could attack me after doing any service to the Lord.
So Gurudev ,I am so thankful to you for this priceless and invaluable blessings which you offering towards your spiritual daughters and sons.
Gurudev, I don’t know how I can express my gratitude towards you .Only thing I am doing is praying to Sri Sri Radha Gopinath for well being .I am doing one extra round and total of 8 rounds circumulation to tulasi maharani,dedicated for your health.
May Sri Sri Narshima dev,Radha Madhav-Astha Sakhi, and Panchatatva always protect you and help you in spreading the message Srila Prabhupada.
Please forgive me and correct me,If I have offended or used inappropriate words in writing this offering.
Thank you Gurudev again for reading this offering
Yours Aspiring and Fallen servant/daughter
Manibhushita Radha Devi Dasi
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
All glories to Sri Sri Radha Krishna, Sri Jaganath,Baladev, Subhadra Maharani, Sri Caitanya Maha Prabhu and Nityananda Prabhu.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada and All glories to your ecstatic service to him.
All glories to your Vyasa Puja celebration.
All glories to You dear Guru Maharaj.
It is our realization that you are our teacher, spiritual master and father and ever well wisher. You are our constant companion through your lectures, books, pictures and teachings.
We beg for your devine blessings on this auspicious day, so that we can become fully committed and fully surrendered in the service of Sri Sri Radha Madhav and Vaishnavas and satisfy them.
We do not have enough words to glorify your transcendental activities, nor the capacity to realize how deep is Your love for all the devotees.
We are conducting Bhakti Vriksha classes and Sankirtan in our ashram Gauranga Bhavan and other houses in Swan Hill. We strictly follow the 4 regulative principles.
My father in law passed away recently and simply by remembering you gave us the strength to carry on through this difficult times. We received lot of support and encouragement from ISKCON Kolkata and Durgapur.
On this auspicious occasion of your appearance day we pray to Lord Narashimha Dev for your good health and well being for many years to come.
We aspire to receive 2nd initiation from you in the future.
We remain your most insignificant servants and the most needful of your special mercy.
Your humble servants
Pranesvara Nityananda Das
Premavati Jahanava Devi Dasi
Australia
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracārine
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!
Beloved Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept our humble obeisances at Your lotus feet. Although your disciple for 2 years, this is the first time I have decided to write this homage to you. All these years my father has been writing to You on behalf of us. Guru Mahārāja, you have been merciful upon me and taken me as your disciple.
Your determination to spread Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission in this physical condition has inspired and pained me at the same time. On this Vyāsa-pūjā I offer my sincere prayers to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to somehow improve your health condition. I have not been able to serve you well as a disciple. Please forgive me Guru Mahārāja.
With your blessings I got married in 2016 to Kīrtimān Kṛṣṇa Dāsa (disciple of His Holiness Devāmṛta Swami) and moved to Melbourne, Australia. I have been given the opportunity here to be involved in some activities of the temple. We have moved closer to the temple and have been participating in University preaching programs and some youth preaching.
We have monthly JSSS meetings organised by senior devotees and receive updates on Your health and travel.
Guru Mahārāja, we also want to tell You that we are expecting a baby. We humbly seek your blessings to be able to bring up the child in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Your humble servants,
Priyamvada Mādhavī Devī Dāsī and Kīrtimān Kṛṣṇa Dāsa
My Dearest Spiritual Father,
Please accept my most respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
I just want to express my gratitude to you for all the sacrifices you have made for Śrīla Prabhupāda, Mahāprabhu, devotees and this movement.
On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā please accept this little offering at your lotus feet in the form of a poem.
* * *
Your smile is so beautiful
Your heart is so soft
Without you in my life I was lost
My desire is to serve you always
My desire is to please your heart
Your love for everyone is like an ocean vast
Many witness your sacrifice
Many witness your enormity
The mere presence of yours grants people serenity
When I think of you I feel ecstatic
When I think of you I feel emotion
Thinking of you my heart fills with devotion
Preaching is your mission
Giving Kṛṣṇa to every soul
O dear devotee of Rādhārāṇī, to please you is my life's goal.
Māyāpur is your residence
Gaurāṅga is your Life
Prabhupāda is your master and his love in your heart is rife
Kṛṣṇa is in Goloka
You are so near
My dear Guru Mahārāja the shelter of your lotus feet removes all fear
* * *
Begging for your mercy and forgiveness for any offences I may have committed at your lotus feet.
I beg for your blessings for strength so I can become a sincere devotee of the Lord.
May with Lord Narasiṁhadeva’s mercy you recover very fast as we all desire your personal association for many many more years to come.
Your most insignificant servant,
Puṇya Śloka Kṛṣṇa Dāsa
My sincere obeisances to Srila Prabhupaad.
My sincere obeisances to Srila Jayapataka Swami Maharaj.
My sincere obeisances to dear devotees.
I am the fallen soul, living in this world,
making everyday life bitter and foul, by gaining more pride.
Never a limit to my mind, it goes unimaginably beyond,
unknowingly making ready for my next life stand, to suffer repeatedly in the material bond.
There comes a light, bringing rays of hope in this life,
took birth for us for our upliftment, taking all our sins to engage us in the spiritual life.
HE suffers for us day and night, coming in our journey by holding our hands tight,
stepping and helping in our paths in perfect, showing the way to the blissful bright.
HE is one and only my Guru Maharaj,
I respect and offer my sincere obeisances to my Guru Maharaj.
Your Humble and Sincere Servant,
Rakesh Thobula Ramulu and Jyothi Kasture
Sydney, Australia
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept our daṇḍavat praṇāms on this special and auspicious occasion of your appearance day.
All Glories to you Guru Mahārāja! All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
We are eternally grateful and indebted for all what you have done for us and doing for us. We continue to pray and beg Lord Kṛṣṇa, Narasiṁhadeva and Śrīla Prabhupāda for looking after your wellbeing and recovery so you could continue to be an inspiration and of guidance all of us longer. Guru Mahārāja, you do not see any difference between disciples, devotees, non-devotees. You have been showering your mercy indiscriminately. We have seen and been the beneficiary, personally.
Please forgive us for any offences we may have committed knowingly or unknowingly.
We seek your blessings on our humble attempt of preaching to Sri Lankans with our home program and in our continued services to Rādhā Vallabha, Jagannātha Baladeva Subhadrā and Gaura Nitāi at Mahāprabhu Mandir at Melbourne. With your blessings we would also like to engage in some form of direct preaching activities in Sri Lanka few years down the track.
Guru Mahārāja, I also seek your blessings in my personal attempt to learn and sing some Vaiṣṇava bhajanas and kīrtanas. Please bless us with some of your innate qualities like unconditional love and humility, so we may not offend Vaiṣṇavas in our dealings.
We pray to Lord Kṛṣṇa to shower his mercy and protect you.
Happy Appearance Day Guru Mahārāja!
Your Disciples,
Rādhā Venudhāri Dāsa, Kānta Tuṅgavidyā Devī Dāsī, Sanjiv and Preimi
Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet!
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
I was recently listening to the video of HH Radhanath Swami and it reminded me of you Guru Maharaj. He was saying:
"I have never ever,ever seen anyone love anyone for what they have.
No one will love you for your money. They may give you some superficial respect or they may envy you.
No one will love you for your skills.
No one will love you for your fame or prestige.
People will love you for your compassion.
People will actually respect you from the heart only for what you give,for your character, for your values, for your humility, for your compassion
This is leadership. When we really understand that there is nothing more valuable than connecting with our true selves.Because , unless there is a spiritual connection our compassion and our values could be very unsustainable.Unless we have a deep, inner reason..."
Dear Guru Maharaj, who can be as compassionate as you are? Out of compassion you traveled whole your life , day after day , from city to city, country to country ,village to village to spread the greatest mercy upon suffering humanity. Out of compassion every day till the last drop of your strength you preach and give your precious association. All of us we sometimes get really, really tired and we all know that feeling and no one will put himself to the point of exhaustion on regular basis , day after day, month after month, year after year ,but you Guru Maharaj, you are doing that even after many decades, even with such health challenges!
The extent of your compassion and sacrifices you are doing for the welfare of everyone is unfathomable for small and conditioned living entities like us.
How can a small person like myself describe the full glory of your compassion , your humility ,your character and values? Your inner beauty? Your dedication to Srila Prabhupada and faithful following in all circumstances ?
As far as humility is concerned: your activities in bhakti yoga were very humble : maintaining the temple in Montreal, plowing the fields in Mayapur, living in a grass hut, doing any service which was necessary to be done. You remained humble even as a most prominent leader in our society. The power never corrupted you as a leader and guru. Fame and prestige never bewildered you. You always worked for the real benefit of the others, serving Srila Prabhupada and Their Lordships.
Your contribution to bhakti yoga ,Srila Prabhupada and ISKCON, started as snow ball and turned into avalanche,big avalanche which covered the whole world. This is due to the power of your purity, power of your compassion ,mercy, humility and tireless work.
Thank you for teaching us how to really love. If it wasn't for your care, love and compassion what would have happened to us?
With deepest appreciation, gratitude and love I thank you for everything you have been giving us.
Aspiring to eternally remain in your service, humbly at your lotus feet
Your Servant
Rasa Vilasini dd (siksa disciple)
All Glories to Srila Gurudev!
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear Gurumaharaj, Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet, We moved to Melbourne 1.5 years ago from Mathuradesh. Every year we are drawing closer and building deeper love, respect and reverence for you, I feel terrible that I do not have any physical photograph clicked with you and i feel sad that i cannot produce one with this homage as was requested by JPS seva team.
We hear great stories of you here in Melbourne on how you used to spearhead the panihatti festival in Melbourne Mahaprabhu Mandir for years and the tradition just continues with your remembrances and all devotees just miss you during Big festivals here. everywhere your glories are sung with great love more than any other feeling. We feel fortunate to have your blessings and being your disciple.
As per your blessings last year, we were able to start a Bhakti Vriksha in Elwood Suburb of Melbourne - Australia with 10 souls attending but mostly indians, by your blessings all are enthusiastic and show good interest in learning and slowly are developing taste for chanting. Was able to conduct few Damodar programs in few houses with 75 Ghee lamps offered. We are also participating in Book distribution with whole family along with my 5 year old daughter Aaradhya, attaching her picture and seeking your blessings for her growth in devotion for Krsna and to be able to serve you and Srila Prabhupad with her kirtans in future.
Personal sadhana still needs to improve a lot, any evening programs ruins the next day sadhana and seek your blessings to give me energy to improve my quality of chanting. There is ample scope to expand Bhakti Vrikshas in Melbourne as not many are following weekly modules and developing a Vriksha model. Already by your mercy few Bhakti vrikshas have started to implement weekly modules starting this year and response is quite good with members showing much interest in interactive sessions which happens through weekly module system. Temple President Aniruddha prabhu however insists on Western preaching, currently everyone in our Bhakti Vriksha is indian origin. By your blessings I got the opportunities to serve as part of servant leadership group in Melbourne (JSSS Mel) The leadership group is striving hard to keep all devotees together and render services collectively to make a difference and please you.
Recently I heard Radhanath Swami Glorification of your Holiness that "sometimes Krsna puts His pure devotee in difficulty to Glorify His devotee", then I was thinking for there could have been other ways to Glorify and this persisted with me for while and then realized that this way of Glorification is chosen by Krsna because We mundane people do not understand Your Glories unless you go through this turmoil...
I also felt that Krsna would have felt compelled to do something to Glorify you as you are very Humble and many are not able to grasp your Humility. I do not know how I can serve you, but at the moment I am just moving ahead by observing your messages and live talks in general and just trying to contribute as much as I can along with my family (Suchitra Priya Sakhi DD and Aaradhya).
Please bless us that we perfect our lives this lifetime itself and Go Back Home Back to Godhead Bhakti Vriksha member names needing your blessings:
- Prakash 2. Priyanka 3. Amulya 4. Priya 5. Vishnu 6. Sukanya 7. Pravin 8. Sreepad
Your insignificant disciple,
Ravikula Ramacandra Dasa (Diksa), Melbourne, Australia
Dear beloved Gurumaharaja,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to you on the occasion of your 69th Vyasapuja.
We are very fortunate that you are our spiritual father. You have dedicated your every breath in service of Srila Prabhupada and have set an example for all time to come. Just by observing your activities at present, one can understand that you are perfectly situated in transcendental consciousness and are an example for others to understand that one is not his body. Despite your external circumstances, you are rendering uninterrupted and unmotivated devotional service by your travelling and preaching around the world and distributing the mercy of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to the desiring.
Please accept our heartfelt gratitude for your personal blessings which you gave us with your Jagannath stick during your last visit to Melbourne to purchase a residence in Sridham Mayapur. In December 2017, we performed a house warming ceremony and much to our astonishment, one of the photos taken by my father captured the Yagna Purusha, who appeared in the fire of the sacrifice. The yagna itself was conducted by one of your disciples HG Nanda Pran Dasa, who is a resident Brahman Pujari at the Gangamata Temple in Prabhupada Ghat. It was only by your blessings, presence of Vaishnavas and the purity of HG Nanda Pran prabhu that such an amazing incident has occurred. This has bolstered my Shraddha and encouraged my whole family to take up Bhakti more seriously. We have attached a photo for your pleasure. Please bless my parents, Sripati Sridhara dasa and Santida Mahalaksmi devi dasi that they can take shelter of Sridham Mayapur soon.
In the last year, my wife and I have both completed Bhakti Sastri course and have now commenced Bhakti Vaibhava course. We have been desiring to start a Bhakti Vriksha program for some time now, but have not been able to do so due to our lack of sincerity and purity. Please bless us that we may rise above our anarthas and engage sincerely in the service of Mahaprabhu. In this regard, we have also set up a beautifully carved teak wood carved altar at our home to welcome Gaura Nitai and Jagannath Baladev Subhra deites. Please bless us, so with your permission we may welcome them and serve them with love and devotion.
We pray for your health, so you may complete the many important services given to you by Srila Prabhupada.
Your fallen servants,
Saccidananda Balaram Dasa and
Rani Revati Devi Dasi
Melbourne, Australia. 10th March 2018
Attachments: Photo
Hare Krishna to you dear Gurudev,
Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupad.
All glories to you.
Wishing you the most Krishna Conscious birthday on this auspicious day.
Dear Gurudev, one of my god sisters told me how you asked her who would be there to help her when she needed someone the most. It seems she started to think about her parents, her family etc etc, when you told her, " Only your Guru and Krishna will help you when you need help the most."
These words are ringing in my ears since then.
In Srimad Bhagavatm , 2.1.4 we read,
dehāpatya-kalatrādiṣv
ātma-sainyeṣv asatsv api
teṣāṁ pramatto nidhanaṁ
paśyann api na paśyatiPersons devoid of ātma-tattva do not inquire into the problems of life, being too attached to the fallible soldiers like the body, children and wife. Although sufficiently experienced, they still do not see their inevitable destruction.
You are my most trust worthy relative, who is eternally my well wisher.
Recently I heard the definition of the word VISHWAS - Swas means breathing, Vishwas - special peaceful breathing knowing fully well that my Gurudev and my Krishna are there for me, I need not fear, hanker or lament. Gurudev, you are my VISHWAS.
Whenever I read your name in Srila Prabhupad's Lilamrta, my heart swells with pride that my Gurudev is so loyal to his Gurudev. My Gurudev has faithfully followed Srila Prabhupad's instructions and continues in all the most difficult circumstances.
Gurudev you chose to speak on verse 10.13.13 from the Bramha Vimohana Lila, when you were asked to speak during the International Leadership Sangha.
tān dṛṣṭvā bhaya-santrastān
ūce kṛṣṇo ’sya bhī-bhayam
mitrāṇy āśān mā viramate-
hāneṣye vatsakān ahamWhen Kṛṣṇa saw that His friends the cowherd boys were frightened, He, the fierce controller even of fear itself, said, just to mitigate their fear, “My dear friends, do not stop eating. I shall bring your calves back to this spot by personally going after them Myself.”
Gurudev, you are an epitome of this verse. You care for everyone, just like Krishna cares for HIs friends, you ignore your bodily needs. His Grace Jananivas Prabhu had tears in his eyes when he glorified you and said that you live for others.
Gurudev I love and admire your tenacity, your strength, your wit and humour, your loyalty to Srila Prabhupad, your resourceful nature, your talents, your linguistic skills, your far sightedness, your scholarship, your sharp memory, your surrender, your tolerance, your non judgemental nature, your co operative spirit, your benevolence, your compassion, your magical blessings, your untiring efforts to spread Krishna Consciousness and all the other most beautiful qualities which I am not even aware of due to my dull consciousness.
I cannot thank you enough for not forsaking me and for engaging me in the service of Srila Prabhupad's mission.
My dear Gurudev, I pray to Sri Narasingdev to always protect you and bless you with strength at all levels so that you may fulfill Srila Prabhupad's instructions to you.
At the same time I cling on to your lotus feet and beg for blessings so that I may remain in your service and follow your instructions, so that you can qualify me to take me to Srila Prabhupad.
Thank you for being such an inspiration to the whole of ISKCON and the whole world. We all love you Gurudev.
Your mercy case
Sharanmukhi Devi Dasi
Hare Krishna Guru maharaji,
Dandavat pranam!
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and his sincere followers.
Guru maharaj, thanks for accepting us as your disciples. Only because of your causeless mercy it was possible. Otherwise we have no qualification. We are always amazed by your dedication to Srila Prabhupada's instruction. This is one of the things we should inspire from you. Just by seeing you we get inspired. When we came to Gaura Purnuima in Sridham Mayapur this year, we had a wonderful darshan of you, thanks for the opportunity to meet you. We never understand how do you cope up with the health as you especially travelled to mayapur despite of your condition just to benedict us with your mercy.
We seriously pray Nrsimha Bhagavan for your health and hope to serve you better and better.
Hare Krishna!
Your humble servants,
Sivapati Gauracandra Das &
Praphulla Jahnava Devi Dasi
Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to you !!!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada !!!
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
I was born in the darkest ignorance, and you opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer my respectful obeisances unto you dear master.
Spiritual Master is confidential servant of the lord. Though I am totally absorbed in material things, I am extremely blissful that you have accepted me as your daughter. Let this privilege of being your servant remain eternally. Let my husband, son Achyuth and myself remain eternally your servant.
I have never understood what is charismatic or compassionate nature until I saw you.
I am happy to be a beggar before you and kindly beg you for the following few things from you for this Vyasa pooja.
- I have heard from you that nothing makes spiritual master happy till the disciple become pure devotee. I sincerely desire that myself, my son Achyuth, my husband, Sankirtan Narottam das, my mother and father become pure devotees so that you are happy.
- Let the holy name stay in our heart forever. Let us continue chanting more sincerely, seriously, humbly and with all concentration
- Let us follow our 4 rules and regulation so that it pleases you and Gauranga
- Though we are trying to do Bhakti Vriksha it is a big struggle for us. However, you have instructed us to fill the house with Bhakti Vriksha. I sincerely desire to do this. However, I do not have the energy or the purity to complete this. Krishna is the master of mystics. I am begging you to give me the strength and purity so that I am able to complete this small service that you have given me.
- Whatever teachings I am getting from you, please let it manifest on me
- Let me learn my services more deeply
- Let me help many devotees so that they grow in their pure devotion
Though I am a greedy beggar, my spiritual master is glorious, he is unlimitedly compassionate. I am confident that you will bestow all these on me.
I am begging to the Lord to make you healthy and physically like before so that you can make me and others who are spiritually diseased to their healthy constitutional position.
Your humble servant,
Sriguru Bhakti devi dasi (Diksha Disciple)
My dear Srila Gurumaharaj.
Please accept my humble obeisances,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
All glories to Your divine grace.
On this auspicious occasion of your 69th Vyasapuja, I beg for your mercy to offer my humble homage.
Gurumaharaj, with the treatments you are undergoing there, is a lot of pain involved and I have never seen anybody in my life who can tolerate such bodily pain. This proves You are the mountain of tolerance. Last year was very tough for me Gurudev. During that time I remembered how you are tolerating the difficulties and you have encouraged me to depend on Krishna, You are teaching by example. On the other hand, I feel I am the cause of your suffering Sorry Gurumaharaj please forgive all my offence and I beg for mercy to overcome all my anarthaas, sinful actions.
Only recently I came to know that you have written so many books, you have given so many instructions, suggestions which are very useful for me in my sadhana, but I am such a fool I came to know only now. So, I beg for your mercy so that I may be able to read and understand these books and practice these instructions.
Dear Gurudev, I missed your “vapu” service for the second year. Must be because of my countless offences on to your lotus feet. I feel a longing for the ocean of your mercy. I am hankering desperately for this service Gurumaharaj, please give me your mercy to do this service again and again.
Gurumaharaj with your recent email messages you touched my heart. I feel as though you are talking about me. Please continue to give me the instructions. You also said instructions are given only when one is capable of fulfilling them.
I beg at your lotus feet for the abundant mercy, as I am the most fallen. All glories to Srila Gurudeva.
Your Insignificant servant,
Srivasa Nitai Gaura Das.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dearest Gurudev,
Please accept my humble and respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you Srila Gurudev!
First of all, on this most auspicious occasion, I would like to wish you a very Happy Appearance day! I also humbly pray to Sri Sri RadhaMadhva, Sri Sri RadhaGopinath, Pancha Tatva and Nrshimha Dev to bless you with good health.
Spiritual master is the representative of Vyasa Dev because he is delivering that same knowledge that is coming down by disciplic succession. He delivers that exact same knowledge without alteration. A disciple can approach the Supreme Lord only through the bonafide spiritual master.
yasya prasadad bhagavat prasado
yasyaprasadan na gatih kuto ‘pi
dhyayan stuvams tasya yasas tri-sandhyam“By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction of Krsna. Without the grace of the spiritual master one cannot make any advancement.”
The disciple is therefore indebted to the spiritual master for taking him out from the material ocean and accepting him into his fold as worthy recipient of the mercy of the previous spiritual masters. The disciple considers the spiritual master to be non-different from the Supreme Lord Himself and thus offers him respects accordingly.
Guru Maharaj, on this special day of your Vyasa Puja I thank you from core of my heart for accepting me as your spiritual son and giving me this opportunity to glorify a pure devotee of Lord. Though, with my intellect I am not suitable to glorify you but somehow or other by your mercy, each year I get the conviction to attempt to write to few lines in your glorification.
Guru Maharaj, we often read in scriptures that a first class disciple strictly adheres to the instructions of the spiritual master and renders service submissively. The relationship between the spiritual master and the disciple is of a very subtle nature and is perceived and realized by the disciple as he develops the spiritual finesse through following the instructions of the spiritual master by serving him fully. This has been exemplified to the topmost degree by you whereby we witness your unflinching service to your spiritual master Srila Prabhupada. Your love for Srila Prabhupada is unadulterated and unconditional so much so that even in this physically challenging condition you have fully surrendered your life in serving Srila Prabhupada’s mission of spreading Lord Chaitanya’s message to every nook and corner of this world. This is why for so many years you have been tirelessly travelling the globe distributing the love of God and appearing as the top most frequent flyer (Emerald member) of One World.
Whatever service the spiritual master accepts he does so on behalf of the Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna. Pleasing the spiritual master, therefore, directly pleases the Supreme Lord. This simple yet mysterious understanding is the crux of the whole relationship between the spiritual master and the disciple. Guru Maharaj you have displayed this relationship to utmost perfection with your commitment in serving Srila Prabhupada. I often pray and wish that one day I gather enough courage in my heart to fully surrender myself unto your lotus feet in whatever service I perform. Though being a practicing bhakta I am trying in my own menial ways to serve you but it is no where close to your standard of you serving Srila Prabhupada.
Guru Maharaj, for a normal jiva like me it is completely unfathomable as to how you have so much energy and vigour to be always fully motivated and thinking of the Lord 24x7 under all circumstances. I have had the good fortune of rendering some personal service to you and have witnessed that how even while in deep sleep you always crave for Lord Gaura Hari and chant – Gauranga Gauranga Gauranga top of your voice feeling the immense separation from the Lord. Your desire to spread His glories and willingness to travel the globe even in this challenged physical condition is beyond comprehension. Every year when we read your travel itinerary I wonder how do you do it? Even last year in December your sheer willpower to travel to the South America and Australia with such fragile health condition, one can only understand this by seeing Lord’s special transcendentals powers being manifest in your body taking you beyond the bodily conception of life.
Guru Maharaj the more and more I get to hear you, the more and more I get to see you I feel that how fortunate I am to be associated with you. Guru Maharaj I am not 100% committed in serving you so, I beg at your lotus feet to please bestow some sincerity upon me so I can use this precious life in fully serving you. Though the norm is that on someone’s birthday we are supposed to give gifts to the person whose birthday it is but being fully spiritually bankrupt I have nothing to give rather I fall at your lotus feet begging you for your mercy to make me sincere.
Your spiritual son,
Venkat Madhava Dasa,
Sydney, Australia
My humble obeisance to our beloved Guru Maharaja
Dear Guru Maharaja, Still I remember your first blessing up on us and to our son when he was his mother’s womb 4 years back. Whenever we recollect about the occasion our eyes fill with tears and that re assures our hope to go back to back to godhead. I always tell my son that you are his spiritual grandfather and you will take him to Golaka for a cycle ride.
Every day we are praying to Narashima and Radha Vallabha for your health improvement. There are millions of fallen souls like us waiting for your mercy to pass this misery of material world. You are my spiritual father, well-wisher. You are the one motivates me to push forward in Krsna Consciousness. I really beg you Guru Maharaja, please come to Melbourne soon and please give us the great opportunity to associate with you again and again.
Please forgive me for my offenses Guru Mahārāja Thank you for giving me shelter at your lotus feet and please bless me to serve and please Your Divine Grace and Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Your insignificant servants
Vinothkumar Jahanathan
Iswariya Natarajan
Vallabha Saran
Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaja!
Dandavat Pranams!
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to your grace! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
We were part of Sydney yatra till June 2017 and recently moved to Melbourne as I had to change job. It was tough decision for us to leave Sri Sri Radha Gopinath and Bhakti Vriksha team that we were hosting under the guidance of HG VijayGopikesh Prabhuji near the temple. Everything was arranged by your grace and the mercy of Sri Sri Radha Gopinath that we transitioned Bhakti Vriksha team to HG Harinama Kalpavriksha Prabhuji who recently moved to Sydney from Bahrain and stays near the temple in North Sydney and close to our family.
In Melbourne, we are living in Glen Waverley suburb, which is 30mins drive from temple and we are attending weekend programs for children in Albert Park temple. I am yet to join or restart attending Bhakti Shastri classes and Prabhupad dressing service here in Melbourne. HG Chandra Vallabhi Mataji is guiding us for children's progress in Krishna consciousness and we are trying to assist her in various programs that she does for children. HG Ananda Vallabha prabhu became very close to our children Sarath Chandra and Harsha as Prabuji is with every child here at temple. HG Guru Gauranga Prabhu, HG Ravikula Prabhu became good family friends.
I want to share my two recent experiences for your pleasure. Last year when we visited India, we took my wife Madhula's sisters and family members to Tirupati balaji temple and visited ISKCON Tirupati where we subscribed them for monthly magzines. One of the family visited with us started following Ekadashi and chanting Hare Krishna maha mantra. My wife Madhulata is motivated by the power of Prabhupad's books when her sister's family started chanting and following Ekadashi sincerely. One of my fathers friend recently went through heart surgery and staying only at home, who started chanting when we are connected with him through whatsapp and through my father's encouragement. It was known that he broke all the four regulative principles throughout his life but started chanting 4 rounds in the morning and 4 rounds in the evening and reporting daily to my father on phone call. He says that he is getting good sleep as he started chanting. We are really amazed how fortunate he is to start chanting towards the end of his life. My sister Jaya and family are also connected with ISKCON devotees in Tanuku (Andhra Pradesh) identifying them by Tulasi kanti mala on the road and attending the programs there conducted by ISKCON Tirupati on regular basis. I understand that your mercy is flowing through out Andhra Pradesh in to towns and villages.
With your mercy I am completing my 16 rounds of chanting daily and do Tulasi parikrama at the temple. Just last week, we received Tulasi plant as gift from a colleague and we are doing Tulasi parikrama daily now. I am trying to improve my chanting with the motivation from team of devotees lead by HG Sharanmukhi Mataji in Sydney yatra in Japa group. We are yet to start serrvices to you and Srila Prabhupada in Melbourne yatra. We are very excited by the association of many sincere god brothers and sisters serving Srila Prabhupada and your grace in Melbourne. Sarath Chandra and Harsha our two boys are learning various slokas from Bagavad Gita and Srimad Bagavatam in weekend classes from HG Chandra Vallabhi Mataji. Now both of them learnt chapter 7, 10 and 12 in full and learning Kunti prayers. We participated in Snana Yatra and Panihati festival and was able to do service under the guidance of HG Navadvipeswara Mataji. I felt close to you through your recent health updates and very touched by your recent messages.
I believe whatever service we could do so far and wanted to do is only your mercy and through God Brothers guidance and association and is not possible with our little endeavoring. I have a desire to serve Prabhupad's mission in big way and progress in my personal Sadhana while helping Madhulata, Sarath Chandra, Harsha, my parents Ramarao, Krishna Veni and other relatives, though I am not sure of purpose bringing us in to Melbourne yatra. We missed your physical association in Sydney and Melbourne from last two years. We pray to Sri Sri Radha Gopinath and Radha Vallabha for your good health and quick recovery.
Please forgive us for our offenses and enable us to serve you in the mission of Srila Prabhupada. I pray at your lotus feet and beg for your guidance to progress in our services to Srila Prabhupada and ISKCON through Melbourne yatra while developing taste in chanting, improving in our Sadhana and following four regulative principles.
Your humble servants,
Virabhadra Nityananda Das,
Madhulata.
Sarath Chandra,
Harsha.
My dear spiritual father Srila Jayapataka Swami Maharaja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
I offer my obeisances to Your Divine Grace’s lotus feet on the occasion of your Vyäsa-püjä celebration.
I wondered why we all adore you so much, then I started meditating on the beautiful qualities you exemplify.
Here are few of the unlimited qualities which my little brain could understand and capture.
Is it that Austerity you take to travel all around the world to save fallen souls without worrying about yourself?
Is it that personalism that touches the heart of many conditioned souls and provide them the spiritual relationship that helps them reach their ultimate goal.
Is it that expert leadership which identifies that ability in each one of us and engages us in the most memorable and rewarding service to serve you and Lordships.
Is it that compassion in you, where you spend hours hearing to individuals problems or giving group darshan. There is none who is not satisfied after seeing you.
Is it that expert preaching, where you use multiple languages to connect to different sects of audience and by giving the right message to individuals who needs it at the right time.
Is it that motivation you provide which helps even a neophytes to get inspired and take up Krishna Consciousness.
Is it that humour in you which makes the atmosphere lively and even the hardest situations seem lighter.
Is it that determination to carry out the most mammoth tasks even in the most challenging times?
Is it that cooperative mood which teaches us to tolerate each other limitations and work together towards the common goal of pleasing Srila Prabhupada and Yourself.
Is it the goodwill nature that you are kind to even people who challenge you.
Is it because you lead by example, we are able to learn the exact detail of how everything is to be performed by just watching you
Is it because you are grateful that you thank us even for the smallest service we render.
Is it because you are a visionary that you think years ahead and plan the future
Is it because you carry Gaura in your Heart, that you simply attract people from all walks of life all over the world.
The list is endless!
Like this each one of us grow by observing the good qualities in you, so I am hoping that a little bit would rub off in our consciousness.
Last year has been rewarding in terms of service I was able to perform. Supporting congregation book distribution, coordinating matajis sunday feast lecture, mangala-arati sweet preparation, cooking prasadam to senior vaishnavas . Thank you for providing me the blessings to perform the services. I beg you to bless us so we continue to do the service with right guidance and right attitude.
Praying for your quick recovery dear Gurudev!
Your servant always,
Vraja Vinoda Devi Dasi
Diksha, Sydney-Australia
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dearest Gurudev,
Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you Srila Gurudev!
First of all, on this most auspicious occasion, I would like to wish you a very Happy Appearance day! I also humbly pray to your beloved Sri Sri RadhaMadhva, most merciful Sri Sri RadhaGopinath, Pancha Tatva and Nrshimha Dev to bless you with good health.
Gurudev, as I sit to write this Vyaas Puja offering only one word comes to my mind when I am trying to glorify you which is- perfection. Perfection personified in every respect. Be it foremost as a disciple of Srila Prabhupada- who have time and again displayed how you are a first class disciple executing each and every instruction with full diligence given by your spiritual master. An exclusive example of this is when Srila Prabhupada asked you to go and develop Sri Mayapur Dham. I would spend many days enlisting the various projects that you embarked on following this instruction from Srila Prabhupada. Most of which you delivered with utmost excellence. Your colossal contribution to the ToVP project and your attention to detail in ensuring the ToVP exhibit meetings were flawless.
Your perfection as a sincere God brother as you try to serve your God-brothers and God-sisters in every way you can even amidst this unfathomable health crisis is nothing but a true example of someone who has attained perfection in every way.
Your perfection as a Sanyasi and initiating guru. You took sannyas at a very tender age of 21 on the most auspicious day of Sri Radhashtmi so, this year we will celebrate your 48th Sannyas anniversary which in itself, is an astonishing achievement. Your perfection as an initiating guru or more appropriately as a spiritual father, to many of your spiritual children is beyond comprehension. Your love for us is nothing but pure and unconditional. Even besides knowing that your children are the primary cause of your suffering yet you never fail to shower your unconditional love on each one of us. Clearly knowing that the karma of your unqualified children are adversely affecting your health yet all we see in your eyes for us is love- unconditional love. Gurudev, I have had the honour of transcribing your personal emails and often such emails would be an exchange of ideas, discussions and guidance between you and your disciples. I can’t even fathom how many of us fall at your lotus feet with such bizarre and inexplicable situations yet with your transcendental wisdom somehow or other you manage to put us all back on the path which leads straight to loving the supreme personality of Godhead and putting him in the centre.
Gurudev, your perfection as a visionary leader and as a loving grandfather to the next generation devotees is worth highlighting. Even in this age you are always well aware of the latest developments and always have brilliant ideas to utilise any means in the service of the Lord. Social Media is a perfect example- how you have used a complete material thing, transformed it into a spiritual platform whereby you touch millions of lives with your transcendental knowledge- A quote a day keeps Maya away! In one of his offerings to you, HH Radhanath Maharaj once mentioned how you are always concerned about the youth in our movement and always helping the second generation devotees and their families without any prejudice like a true Vaishava.
Gurudev, as for my personal experience with you then I am eternally indebted to you, klife after life for accepting me as your spiritual daughter and giving this rarest of the rare opportunity to go back home after wandering around life after life. Your mercy upon me and my family is like Endowment Fund. A fund one is not entitle to but given out of sheer mercy. I have no qualifications, no merits yet I am a proud recipient of your causeless shower of mercy. This year you accepted my material father as your spiritual son making my material family complete official JPS family! My gratitude has no bounds for it has no match to your mercy. Your mercy and blessings is the most prized possession of my life. “My spiritual father you are Krpa-Sindhu (ocean of causeless mercy).
Gurudev, like every year, on this special day of yours, once again I genuinely pray to you that never for a moment, even in my dreams, I become ungrateful, unfaithful or forgetful of your causeless mercy. Just as a father takes pride in seeing his children grow, you take great pleasure in seeing us advance in our spiritual lives. GM as you often say that advancement implies becoming free from selfish material desires and rendering service, but I somehow cannot free myself from such selfish desires alone. I need your mercy... Please help me Gurudev to strengthen my faith, my intelligence and bestow me wisdom so I could serve you and assist you and become a valuable instrument in your cherished service of fulfilling Srila Prabhupada’s mission. Gurudev, please empower me that I not only become a good mother but also act as friend and guide to Anaiya Siddha Radhika by ushering her way on this sublime path. Lastly, I beg you for your blessings again allowing me to fulfil my initiation vows with purity, grace and truthfulness.
GM there is no purity in my prayers, yet, I make an attempt to pray to the Supreme Personality of Godhead to bless you with perfect health so you can preach all over the world- with each passing day may Their Lordships bestow upon you renewed conviction and determination to help Srila Prabhupada spread the holy names of Gauranga to every town and village....Gaura Katha Dhama Daya, Nagar Grama Tarine!!
Your most fallen Spiritual Daughter,
Yutheshvari Radha Devi Dasi,(Diksha Disciple)
Sydney, Australia
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to your Divine Grace! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā day, I feel immense gratitude to you for accepting me as your disciple. I feel extremely unqualified to have you, who are so pure, so great, so merciful, and so dear to Kṛṣṇa, as my spiritual master. I just take it as your causeless mercy on this conditioned soul (me).
Śrīla Prabhupāda has said that Kṛṣṇa is the property of his pure devotees, and that only they can deliver Him to other devotees. In this way, I feel that Kṛṣṇa, and especially Nitāi-Gaura have been captured by you by your unconditional devotional service. Their Lordships belong to you and you can deliver them to anyone whom you see fit. Therefore, I will strive with all my heart to please you, so that you may cast the mercy of the most munificent Nitāi and Gaurasundara on me and then my life will become perfect.
By your mercy, I can get the mercy of Nityānanda Prabhu, and by his mercy, I can get the mercy of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu. And then I may be able to relish the confidential nectar of the pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Śrīmatī Rādhārani.
Śrīla Prabhupāda has said that you are an eternal associate of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. This fact is clearly observable from your life. Without being an intimate associate and servitor of Lord Caitanya, how is it possible to be as merciful and compassionate as you are? You are an ocean of mercy and the store house of Kṛṣṇa Prema! There is no end to your compassion and no limit to the spiritual bliss and ecstasy that can be obtained by associating with your vapu and vāṇī. Ānander sīmā nāi!
One speck of dust from your lotus feet can deliver the whole universe, but only those who sincerely strive to assist you in your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda can take advantage of this.
Guru Mahārāja, it pains my heart to see you in so much physical discomfort. You have taken the resultant actions of your disciples’ sinful activities upon yourself and are thus having to face this circumstance. Yet still you continue initiating disciples and giving out the mercy of Nitāi-Gaura to everyone you meet. Who can fathom your glories which are unlimited?
I pray sincerely to Rādhā-Mādhava Aṣṭa sakhī vṛnda, Pañca-tattva and Prahlāda Narasiṁhadeva to kindly ease your material pains and discomforts so that you may more peacefully continue to fulfill the instructions Śrīla Prabhupāda gave you.
Your insignificant disciple,
Cāru Gaurāṅga Dāsa (Dīkṣā),
Brussels, Belgium
Dear Śrīla Jayapatākā Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances! All glories to your lotus feet! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
I humbly beg to write you this letter on the occasion of the sixty-ninth Vyāsa-pūjā anniversary of Your Divine Grace’s appearance.
Who could have imagined that our planet would become so quick so much harassed and would burn like that!? Who could have imagined the people being so much deluded, pained and bewildered like they are in big numbers!? Like that it is a tsunami of bad feelings and pain rotating. All humanity is at the edge and many are driven by fear and horror.
With all of this Lord Caitanya’s movement is like the shining goldmine inside a dark rock. And more and more qualified preachers will come up. Hopefully they will have a drop of your compassion, strength and love.
That you are tirelessly preaching, organizing, helping, advising, explaining, initiating, saving! and giving yourself is the expanding force of our shining golden movement. This house of Śrīla Prabhupāda has got walls and seats and devotees have places to go and be at home. They have friends from all nations with the one and only interest: going back home back to godhead, taking up nectarian devotional service, building up their uniqe relationship with the Lord again.
In this world of today the time factor has become a torturing instrument as a reaction to people’s greed and slapdash go to earn the fruits of action. They are forced to act under the modes of passion and ignorance. Goodness is becoming rare.
Only by the torchlight of knowledge of the Vedic scriptures they will have access to the path of liberation. They may rise over the modes of nature and develop love of God. Although, I am fighting with matter and time very hard accepting the rest of my expiring karma, I am certain and full of hope and gratitude for having attained such a wonderful spiritual master like Your Divine Grace. You are investing in me and helping me so much. I always gain strength just by looking at your picture. Without you I would be lost and could not be peaceful. I your grateful disciple love you very much and hankering for your eternal service and association. I bow my head down to your lotus feet and wishing to give my utmost best to please you. I wish you being happy with your spiritual children. I shall understand and seriously take up this great gift of being allowed to follow you, worship you and help you serving Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Please bless me that I may continue in that endeavor.
Your unworthy spiritual daughter,
Anuttama Rādhikā Devī Dāsī
Hare Krishna, Dear Gurudev!
Please accept my humble obeisances! All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Every time, when I want to write You about my "great service" to You, the greatness of it simplifies to the size of an ant !!!!
From the moment, 2013 when You appeared in my life and showered upon me Your unconditional mercy till today I went through different phases.
In the beginning, I needed so much your personal attention to myself, your direct association, but even then I couldn't stay a long time close to You. From the beginning, I heard the strong voice in my heart: "So, dear Sasi, you have got enough mercy, now you have to transform it into the devotional service"
I feel such a power and such a strength within You!! It is like a tsunami, which carries my small boat to an island of my spiritual path, of my way to live engaged in the devotional service. Your tsunami brings me always to the right island, where I can use my skills, my knowledge, empowered by Your mercy to serve others!
In 2015/2016/2017 I went through the storm in the ocean of my material life. I thought my boat would be completely destroyed. But Your waves of mercy have brought me to the islands of wellwishers and instead to serve I had to learn how to accept care and protection. I had to learn the functions of my boat and how to deal with it in a proper way, that it can serve longer and better.
I dream that one day my small boat will become a big ocean liner with a Victory Flag on it - Jayapataka, always carried by Your tsunami waves of Mercy, of Your great example. A big ocean liner - because it is Your Mood - to make service to Srila Prabhupada on an unlimited scales.
Now I am still a little, weak boat. But I feel that it started with small steps to fulfill its mission - to serve!
In September 2017, on Sadhu Sanga festival in Russia, I came to You with 2 pleas:
1. Friends in Krishna Consciousness to practice and serve together
2. Prema Bhakti
These wishes are prayers of Gour Govinda Swami when he had received sannyasa. It made a klick in my heart. Such a great Vaisnava ask for friends to serve together - so long I had the same wish, but have not asked. And I thought maybe I can start to think, what does it mean to pray for Prema Bhakti.
I received answers and Your kind Blessings immediately!
Very soon in Frankfurt, I met people, who became my friends and together we learn how to become a team in Service to the Mission of Srila Prabhupada.
The great happiness, which I see as a glimpse of Prema Bhakti manifests to me in the moments, when I was fully engaged, according to my nature, serving from the heart, totally absorbed in the service, serving with friends.
Of course, I understand, that I am too far from that state of Prema Bhakti. But these experiences allowed me to wish this fortune and take my own responsibility for achieving Prema Bhakti!
I learn to take my responsibility in following my promises to You, in following your instructions, in trying to understand Your Heart, to get infected by Your mood, to understand my conditional and unconditional nature and engaged it totally in the service for You.
I see, that it is happening very slowly. But it is happening!!
I take my responsibility to continue. Always.
And all my small attempts, like an ant, will become smth great only because of You, only because for You.
And if my small boat may become one day a big liner, then only with a Victory Flag - Jayapataka - in the service of Srila Prabhupada!!!!
Without You, dear Gurudev, I am only able to die every day.
With You, I feel, that I really live.
I want to live with gratitude,
as your dedicated follower and servant
Sasirekha Gopika d.d.
My dear Spiritual Father, dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to the dust of your lotus feet!
Hearthbase: Sridhama Mayapur
Homebase: Bhaktivedanta College, Budapest, Hungary
Camp: Bhaktivedanta Ashrama, Govardhana
I am so fortunate. I can serve You personally so many times. Before I was really sad because I thought I will never have the opportunity to do so. But than I realised that while worshiping the arca vigraha of the Lord I directly serve You. Because it is not me who is doing the worship but You, dear Guru Maharaja, I am only assisting to You. So this way I am serving You directly. And this realisation has given even more taste for deity worship. Since by Your grace I am allowed to do this beautyful service I really like it. I try to improve every possibility to practice it. And since I have had this realisation I am more eager to do it.
You are so glorious dear Guru Maharaja! You are not only preaching the glories of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, His Dhama and His associates, but by having so many disciples You also literally personally serve Their wonderful forms in every town and village.
Dear Guru Maharaja, thank You so much for this wonderful opportunity! And thank You for everithing I can not describe in words!
Hare Krishna!
Your grateful servant,
Gaurasundara Krpamoya Dasa
My beloved Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Speaking about Your Grace signifies a deep transcendental experience and it is most auspicious. Please, in the day of Your Vyasa Puja, allow me to glorify you with these verses that sing of your glories.
In places where no one else wants to go
With people that no one else wants to talk to
In journeys no one else wants to traverse
There you will find my Gurudev
A vision that goes beyond any scope
Surrendered with deepest meekness and love
Compassion that heals the heart and brings faith
You’ll find in my Gurudev
I worship you my Gurudev
Please give us strength
You’re in our hearts
at every step of the way
They say he doesn´t live for himself
But to save the souls that roam astray
Giving them the rare gift of Divine Love
This, they say of my Gurudev
The goal of our lives is to give
to others the same mercy we’ve received
The best you can offer Krishna is a soul
It’s what I’ve heard from my Gurudev
I worship you my Gurudev
Please give us strength
You’re in our hearts
at every step of the way
Your lowly servant,
Madhuri Yamuna Devi Dasi
Dearest Spiritual Father, Srila Jayapataka Swami,
Please accept my most respectful obeisances at Your divine lotus feet, my secure shelter. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, Your heart and soul.
You are the Light of my life! You always impress me and awestruck me with Your behavior, surrender, humility and especially Your loving dealing with devotees. You are a super hero!! Fighting physical illness and insurmountable obstacles…. I am speechless when I think of what You have done in the past and what You are doing now!!! And with such a small brain I cannot really contemplate Your greatness, I am just stunned and I can only bow down to You and turn to see You as my very dear real father, full of love, which is saving me from the ocean of repeated birth and death and is still accepting my imperfect service. I pray to become qualified to cook for You properly, with BQ and all what is needed to make You happy. I failed and fail many times and what do I get from this cooking service that sometimes You allow me to do? Just bliss, an addictive bliss!!! And translating Your books is also addictive, Thank You for engaging me.
I feel Your care and presence always and I never ever felt abandoned, indeed in all the challenging times of my life You have come and uplifted me. You give me strength, confidence and I humbly thank Krsna for having sent You in my life, That’s the greatest fortune I ever received and despite being a conditioned fallen soul, this life has acquired a golden meaning having received the transcendental stamp to be one of Your fortunate disciples. I am very unqualified and you know it very well, but I have full faith that by Your mercy even an insect like me can see her heart transformed because of Your loving care and desire to take me back to Krsna’s lotus feet, as You do for every single disciple to whom endlessly give Your life.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You.
Your grateful aspirant servant,
Akarsini Radhika Devi Dasi
Hare Krishna my dear Gurumaharaj, my dear spiritual father,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Dear Gurumaharaj, here is Adbhuta-Narasimha Hari dasa,
Happy birthday dear father.
We are always happy and proud to have a true master like you. A real disciple of Srila Prabhupada and diffuser of the glories of Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga.
In these difficult days, your example gives me hope.
In those chaotic years of the Kali era, I take refuge in you to gain strength.
In moments of doubt, I remember your mercy with me, this stupid soul.
Faced with material and spiritual disappointments, the difficult path of material life, I see your actions and I feel honored.
Every year I look for words to express my thanks and respect for what you have done and do for me, but there are no words to thank for such a divine gift. I can only say thank you and honor you with all my heart and effort.
Sometimes I feel joy, sometimes anger, sometimes sadness, sometimes pride, fear and hope, but in the face of everything, I know that I can count on a true teacher who through your example and kindness serves as reference, you.
I thank Srila Prabhupada for giving me the chance to meet you and Sri Krishna for this blessing.
Thank you so much for saving my life.
Thank you very much for existing.
Thank you very much for your example.
Thank you so much for everything.
Your little servant
Adbhuta-Narasimha Hari Dasa
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
All the Glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srila Acaryapada GuruMaharaja ki JAYA!
Vyasapuja 2018 ki JAYA!
Beloved spiritual father Guru Maharaja
Please accept our humble obeisances unto Your devine Lotus Feet.
In this day of Your Vyasapuja we glorify You with much affection and love for your dedication and determination, and infinite mercy towards the devotees.
The love you have for your disciples and other vaishnavas is unforgettable and attractive.
With the delicate health you are having, you continue to preach, you always stay in our heart, you are present in your messages, you are present in your instructions, you are present through conferences and social media, you are present in the dreams unlimitedly in all the occasions.
Also we others always feel your presence and we want to be by your side.
The greatest and most loving Spiritual Father we have now.
It is the daily inspiration of our life, mercifully continues giving Krishna consciousness , the greatest gift is Krishna Prema.
You are the perfect instrument of the Golden Avatar Nitai Gauranga.
With your example and unlimited devotion you are serving our beloved Srila Prabhupada, we have an impeccable example for us, your disciples.
With all our heart we pray to Narasimhadeva, Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Sri Sri Pancha Tattva, who always protect and care for You at all times.
Guru Maharaja we humbly shelter and thank You for all the mercy without cause you gave us all this time, always hoping to serve You
Your insignificant disciples
Asokanitai d. Gopanandini d.d and
baby Dulalgaura.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
My Beloved Guru Mahārāja, Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami,
Please accept my most respectful and humble obeisances at your lotus feet. On the occasion of your blessed Vyāsa-pūjā I take the opportunity to thank Your Grace for coming to this particular material world and fight against Maya to rescue as many souls as possible, thank you for accepting me too among those many souls. Even if Māyā is very strong and confuse me and allures me, still you character is so marvelous that force to remain awake to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Please, if you so desire, forgive my lethargy and take control of my mind allowing me to do some useful service at your lotus feet and at the lotus feet of your wonderful master His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Eternally grateful and praying to remain your servant always,
Your unqualified disciple,
Devakī Rūpa Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā),
Florence, Italy
My Beloved Spiritual Father and Savior, please accept my respectful obeisances to Your Sacred Lotus Feet!!
All glories to Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaurāṅga! All glories to the most Loved His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda, Your beloved Master and our eternal benefactor. All glories to You!!! Please accept my most heartfelt wishes in this auspicious day of your eternal Sacred Vyāsa-pūjā.
In this particular day we remember the Spiritual Master as savior, benefactor and as the most great friend of the fallen souls and of his disciples. I would like to say that a part from today my thought also goes to You for all the days of my life that You have kindly enlightened and for having completely changed my heart.
It is only by Your mercy and Śrīla Prabhupāda that I met and undertook this wonderful spiritual path.
How can we describe Love with words? That love that You abundantly, causelessly and profusely bestow upon us as a shower of nectar! Like the bright sun which up in the sky does not discriminate to whom to donate his benevolent and vital rays, You gave me back life awakening me from the eternal slumber.... How can I, from such humble position glorify Your feats, understand or explain with words Your desire, which I see is immense, to see us happy!?? How can I say how much fortunate I feel to have met You and received the mercy and the possibility to spend some wonderful moments with You, and now I have so many wonderful memories which I shield in the garden of my heart.
From You I have received the possibility to serve and correct my mistakes. You, which gently and strongly protect us and correct us on the path, You which guide me and sustain me despite the physical distance, You who many time forgave my immaturity, gave me trust and helped me with Your devotion and wisdom to advance on the path of Bhakti, You who always pray hard so we can all be saved and be happy. It is difficult to find the words to say how wonderful You are, how Your qualities conquer the most hard heart, Your tenderness and kindness would transform the most dark heart. Thank you for having tolerating me all those years, You tolerated my defects, my unconsciousness, my mental inconstancy and in times of great need You showed me Your love. I know You are there for me and for all of us and I really hope that in this same life, proceeding with enthusiasm and gratitude, I will be able to conquer at least a bit of the greatest love of whom You always speak on the path of Bhakti!, "Kṛṣṇa-prema!", and to participate even if in small part in spreading Nitāi Gaurāṅga's mission which You distribute with such zeal despite the most difficult sacrifices. But more than anything I would like to serve You and to remain in the spiritual dimension where time stops and I can stay with You despite my limitations and defects.
I thank You for Your splendid example in our lives and in mine, otherwise useless life.
You are my most dear Spiritual Father, thanking You from the core of my heart I offer again and again my respectful and heartfelt obeisances to Your Holy Lotus Feet. I also thank my son, who day by day helps me to be grounded and to be more serious in Kṛṣṇa consciousness so I can focus more in my sacred service to You.
Your aspirant servant and spiritual daughter always,
Ekarādhā Devī Dāsī, (Dīkṣā),
Brescia, Italy
Most beloved Guru Maharaja, My most dear Spiritual Father, His Divine Grace Jayapataka Swami, Please accept my most respectful and humble obeisance’s, All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada,with great joy I am able to write again another Vyasa Puja letter, to be able to try to glorify Your Divine Grace, although I am without capacity to do so in the rightful manner, so please excuse all my failings to be able to do such a difficult task.
Whatever I say or do could Never ever glorify You enough most beloved Spiritual Father.
Guru Maharaja, You have Shown me so many times your wonderful loving nature that it overwhelms me, if I think to how many times you taken me under your glance , and how You personally taken care of me , in so many ways.
Actually Your Grace gave me so much mercy, that I can never repay You, Your only request is that we chant and continue our sadhana and read, bringing new persons to Krishna Consciousness.
Never once lamenting of all the austerity, but You continue everday showing to us, all your strength and wonderful personality , while in the process of trying to satisfy everyone’s desires, just to be able to have you come personally to them .
You are traveling around the world in such a condition that no human being could ever be able to bear, I have witnessed Guru Maharaja how much your pain increases physically, and it makes me cringe with pain in my heart to see how much you are actually doing for us all , however You have the desire so strong for your beloved disciples to take up this Krishna Consciousness and to give to others that you are willing to suffer so many painful situations , just to be able to encourage us all .
This is the greatest mercy I have witnessed.
Guru Maharaja, Thank you for allowing me all these years that You have and are giving to me, and to be able to serve you.
How is it I seem to do so little, when Guru Maharaja you are Giving me so much . I am completely indebt to You life after life and my only wish, is to be able to serve You Guru Maharaja lifetime after lifetime, if You are not there then I have no more interest and My life becomes really unbearable and useless.
Literally Guru Maharaja I can’t even think of a second without Your Presence, So please bless Me that I can eternally keep My Mind firmly Fixed on Your Instructions, your mercy and love that you have gave and all the pastimes I was able to share with You , and to be able to continue to remain eternally at Your Lotus feet to be able to serve You life after Life .
I pray that I can continue to serve in any possible way, and please forgive any offences I may of made over all the decades and may I bow humbly at your lotus feet over and over again.
Thank You, for showing me this great fortune and treasure of Krishna Consciousness, in helping me be able to take part, in accepting me as Your disciple, which I am so humbly honored to be part of your spiritual family .
Thank you Guru Maharaja.
Your eternal servant and spiritual daughter,
Lilavilasini devi dasi ( RKC Terni ITALY)
My most humble obeisances to my spiritual master His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja, which despite the difficulties created by the material nature, continues incessantly to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness over this planet, following perfectly the instructions given by His spiritual master Jagat-guru His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
My dearest master, I follow the news about Your health, the continuous travels which You do despite the doctors'will who want that You take rest, care and checkups.
You have so many disciples all over the planet and You don't want to leave us alone, You feel the desire to give us instructions, Your mercy is impressive and plus You are still accepting disciples who ask for mercy. I have got Your book "Showers of Nectar", it is so beautiful and I will get more copies to distribute to people so they can know with deeper attention Śrīla Prabhupāda's books, published to allow the all world to know Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Despite Your fragile health You are absorbed in spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness in the way Śrīla Prabhupāda thought You and You do so by transmitting spiritual strength to us.
guru-mukha-padma-vākya, cittete kariyā aikya,
āra nā kariha mane āśā
“Make the teachings from the lotus mouth of the spiritual master one with your heart, and do not desire anything else."
At the moment I feel a bit lonely, through Your news and instructions You are kindly asking to Your disciples to follow the relative principles, chant 16 rounds and circumambulate tulasī, a sincere disciple wants to satisfy his spiritual master and desires that His material health improves and prays Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu (Kṛṣṇa and Rādhārāṇī combined) so the guru can stay as long as possible with his disciples. My respectful obeisances,
Your insignificant servant,
Puruṣa Śakti Dāsa
Dear spiritual father, Jayapatākā Swami Ācāryapāda, the devoted son of our beloved Gurudeva Śrīla Prabhupāda, all glories to You on this Vyāsa-pūjā celebration!
Please accept my humble obeisances to Your lotus feet! I am very thankful, that Kṛṣṇa’s unlimited mercy through Nitāi-Gaurāṅga’s saṅkīrtana mission keep me under Your, His dear bhakta’s, merciful guidance. I beg the Lord to help You to fulfill all Your transcendental desires, plans and doings for the benefit of the conditioned souls and to allow me also to take part in it.
This year I published two books (in Latvian language) about myself and my husband’s living and service in West Bengal, Māyāpur project (1997-2001): West Bengal terracotta Temples and Ramus in West Bengal - my stories, also about Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, Śrīla Prabhupāda, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Vedic knowledge.
There were published my articles in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness magazine Rasa (in Latvian and Russian languages). With support of friends and well-wishers I organized an exposition of my husband’s (Mādhava Prema Dāsa) paintings in one of Riga’s center galleries thus giving chance to devotees to preach in the very midst of Riga, the capital of Latvia. There were kīrtanas, lectures as well as the distribution of prasāda.
Now I am 64 and, if Śrī Kṛṣṇa wills, time has come to return back to my real home Śrīdhāma Māyāpur. I will left my house for the devotees, to engage it in service for Śrīla Prabhupāda’s ISKCON mission.
In Māyāpur I will continue writing articles for the magazine Rasa will send photos and tell about the devotional life in India, West Bengal, Māyāpur.
Also I want to make a project of small terracotta Temple and drawings for exterior terracotta plates for it, so that devotees from all around the world could take this project and build this Temple to spread Gaurāṅga’s mission.
Thank You so much, dear Gurudeva, for Your eternal shelter, inspiring, joyful, unlimited creative energy in the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s colorful pastimes! With hope to return in Śrī Māyāpur and to see You again eye to eye,
Your insignificant devotee,
Audārya Dhāma Devī Dāsī.
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet!
All glories to Your Divine Grace.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
I wish to Your complete healing and quick recovery because I am sure to happen it. You are like huge lighthouse illuminating our Path to Krishna consciousness. Thank You endlessly for Your blessings to my better hearing Maha mantra and readings shastras. Please forgive me for all my because I am still conditionned soul.
Always thinking on Your lotus feet
remains Your insignificant servant,
Madhava Gaura das
Dear Beloved Guru Maharaja, Srila Acaryapada! Please accept our most respectful obeisance's unto Your lotus feet today, the most auspicious day for us, the day of Your Vyasa Puja.
This description from Caitanya Charitamrita perfectly fits You and our Founder Acharya Srila Prabhupada.
You are the glorious follower of previous Acharyas. By your mercy only we would be able to continue to expand Gaudiya VaisnavaSampradaya and go back to Goloka Vrindavan.
"Similarly, if one is true to Gaura-Nitāi's service in the disciplic succession, he can even excel Nityānanda Prabhu's service. This is the process of disciplic succession. Nityānanda Prabhu delivered Jagāi and Mādhāi, but a servant of Nityānanda Prabhu, by His grace, can deliver many thousands of Jagāi's and Mādhāi's. That is the special benediction of the disciplic succession. One who is situated in thedisciplic succession can be understood by the result of his activities. This is always true as far as the activities of the Lord and His devotees are concerned. Therefore Lord Śiva says:
ārādhanānāṁ sarveṣāṁ
viṣṇor ārādhanaṁ paraṁ
tasmāt parataraṁ devi
tadīyānāṁ samarcanam
"Of all types of worship, worship of Lord Viṣṇu is best, and better than the worship of Lord Viṣṇu is the worship of His devotee, the Vaiṣṇava." (Padma Purāṇa)
By the grace of Viṣṇu, a Vaiṣṇava can render better service than Viṣṇu; that is the special prerogative of a Vaiṣṇava. The Lord actually wants to see His servants work more gloriously than Himself. For instance, on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra, Śrī Kṛṣṇa provoked Arjuna to fight because all the warriors on the battlefield were to die by Kṛṣṇa's plan. Kṛṣṇa Himself did not want to take credit; rather, He wanted Arjuna to take credit. Therefore He asked him to fight and win fame.
tasmāt tvam uttiṣṭha yaśo labhasva
jitvā śatrūn bhuṅkṣva rājyaṁ samṛddham
mayaivaite nihatāḥ pūrvam eva
nimitta-mātraṁ bhava savyasācin
"Therefore get up and prepare to fight. After conquering your enemies, you will enjoy a flourishing kingdom. They are already put to death by My arrangement, and you, O Savyasācin, can be but an instrument in the fight." (Bg. 11.33)
This year I was trying to expand and organize congregation preaching together with other devotes. I hope that this is the way have can I please You.
Please bless me so that I can never leave Krishna Consciousness and develop pure love for Krishna.
Happy Vyasa Puja my most beloved Spiritual Father!
Your grateful servants,
Abhinandana Nitai Dasa (Diksa), Vraja Prema Devi Dasi (Siksa),
Visnupriya Dasi and Giriraj dasa,
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Hare Krishna!
Please accept my respectful obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to your lotus feet!
Dear Guru Maharaja thank you very much for your constant and untiring efforts to help us and inspire us in our spiritual life.
Although i have no words to express all the love and admiration towards you i would like you to know that you are present every day in my prayers and that all your activities, messages and reports are the ones that renew every day my enthusiasm and faith in the krishna consciousness.
I will always be grateful to you for being my guide and giving me refuge after the departure of my beloved guru, H.H Bhakti Tirtha Swami, and every second i have had of your association will remain forever in my mind and my heart.
I pray to Krishna to allow me to see you and hear you a million times more!
Your eternal servant
Pushpa Priya dd.
Дорогой Гуру Махарадж, дорогой Духовный Отец!
Пожалуйста, примите мои почтительные поклоны в пыли Ваших лотосных стоп.
Слава Шриле Прабхупаде!
Позвольте в этот самый важный для учеников день Вашего явления предложить Вам скромное прославление Ваших же удивительных качеств, подобно тому, как Матери Ганге предлагают Ее же воду.
Последнее время я читала Ваши давнишние дневники, описывающие Вашу проповедническую деятельность по всему миру, и это заставило меня думать о том, как Вы отдавали и отдаете всего себя без остатка преданным, вдохновляя, поддерживая и занимая их в служении Шриле Прабхупаде, как терпеливо Вы преодолеваете все препятствия и переносите неудобства. Это удивительно, как дороги Вы столь многим вайшнавам,как они любят Вас и служат Вам, как лично, так и всем сердцем выполняя Ваши исполненные сострадания наставления.
Даже сейчас, когда Вы совсем мало путешествуете, Вы неустанно продолжаете проповедовать, делясь свои духовным опытом и вкусом к служению Шри Шри Гуру и Гауранге, служению Святой Дхаме, Святому Имени и вайшнавам.
В своей книге "Ответы на вопросы о Сознании Кришны" Вы говорите, что по словам Господа Кришны тот, кто кто объясняет и проповедует послание Бхагавад гиты, является для Него самим дорогим преданным, и нет никого дороже, чем он, и сами являетесь воплощением этого служения, стоящего выше всех материальных условий.
Я бесконечно благодарна за то, что Вы дали мне духовную жизнь и молитесь о моем благополучии. Пусть по Вашей милости на меня прольется хотя бы капля сострадания Ваших преданных слуг, и так я буду пытаться сделать всю свою жизнь подношением Вам.
Пожалуйста, простите мне ошибки и оскорбления.
С глубокой благодарностью и признательностью,
Ваша незначительная духовная дочь
Ананда-майи Камала деви даси
(Харьков, Украина)
Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept our respectful obeisances. All Glories unto you. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
We wish you wonderful Vyasa Puja Celebrations this year. We pray for your health and well being.
You have been beacon and great support to us. We have had opportunity to take association through your lectures and disciples.
You are a beaming inspiration to us all. We are ever grateful to be your disciples.
Please kindly shower your kindness and mercy upon us-so we can sincerely serve you with all our heart and soul.
Our Nottingham Namahatta needs your kind Prayers and blessings. We have wonderful devotees serving sincerely.
We pray that we keep serving these wonderful devotees and not committing any offence unto their lotus feet.
Please kindly keep us in your prayers. Also pray for our children Haribaladeva and Nadia Laxmi-so they one day take up this process seriously.
Guru Maharaj on this 69th vyasa Puja day-please kindly look after your good health. Please do visit our Namahatta at Nottingham.
Thank you Guru Maharaj for everything. All Glories unto you. All Glories.
Your Aspiring Servants,(Diksha Disciples 2008)
Acyuta Rupa Dasa and Ragavalli Devi Dasi,
Nottingham, UK
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
My dear Guru Maharaja:
Please accept my obeisances again and again. All glories to you, most wonderful, determined and kind Spiritual Master! All glories to your effulgent Spiritual Father, Srila Prabhupada!
Remembering you at this time of year is especially joyful. I am thrilled that you were at home in Sridham Mayapur for Gaura Purnima. The all-auspicious appearance day of our Lord is the best time to be in Mayapur, and the fortunate souls who hanker for your association only wish to see you there, relaxed, joyful and always serving the devotees with great care and enthusiasm. My greatest and most cherished memories of Mayapur shine in my heart, and it is by your compassion only that I, too, consider that cintamani-dusted land to be my only real home. In my mind, there is no other devotee in our movement who loves and serves the Dham the way you do.
Reading Sri Caintanya-caritamrta this evening and meditating on what I would like to say to you on this blessed occasion of Vyasa-puja, I came across two verses that caused me to remember you with so much affection and fondness. Here are the slokas that brought you into my mind’s eye:
prataparudera ajanaya padicha-tulasi
jagannathera prasada-vastra eka lana asiFollowing the orders of Maharaja Prataparudra, the temple superintendent, named Tulasi, brought one of Lord Jagannath’s used cloths.
bahu-mulya vastra prabhu-mastake bandhilo
acaryadi prabhura ganere parailaThis valuable cloth was wrapped around the head of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The other devotees, headed by Advaita Acarya, also had cloths wrapped around their heads. (CC, Madhya 15, 27-28)
Among your unlimited sublime qualities is your love for the beautiful and festive aesthetics of our glorious Vaisnava culture. I adore how you respect and love the Lord’s remnents, and the playful and dashing way you wear the Lord’s garlands, cloth and other articles reveals your great attachment to the Lord. These two verses stimulated so many impressions I have in my heart of being in the Holy Dham with you and your disciples and begat a new understanding of the totally transcendental way you traverse this planet. May these realisations melt your fallen and ungrateful daughter’s icy heart.
Praying to be in your service eternally,
Amrta Gopala Dasi
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear Śrīla Gurudeva,
Please Accept Our Respectful Obeisances
All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All Glories to Your Divine Grace!!
I am writing this homage on the Gaura-pūrṇimā day. It’s the best day to beg for mercy from the pure representative of Ādi-Guru – Śrī Nityānanda Mahāprabhu.
Every year there is something very unique I get to realize about your divine grace which I get to put it in writing in homage as an offering and beg for your blessings to develop that similar mood at least a minute fraction, so that I can be an effective servant in the way you want me to serve you. This year the uniqueness which I am getting to realize about Your Divine Grace is Caitanya Mahāprabhu – Gaurāṅga!!!
Yes. How you always exhibit the fact – Mahāprabhu can do anything and ONLY HE can do anything in this day and age for all conditioned souls like me. I generally used to offer my prayers to Kṛṣṇa, Narasiṁhadeva or many other avatars and I also in the corner do offer my prayers to Caitanya Mahāprabhu BUT I don’t have that firm faith that only HE can turn things around for me let it be in preaching or in normal day to day life. Now - This twist in focus has actually kick started in this year Guru Mahārāja and I can say All the Glories go to your Divine Grace for that!
Actually, Śrīla Prabhupāda opened my eyes through his life example and through his books about the importance of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and convinced me to start chanting the Holy name. BUT I really got to understand the importance of Caitanya Mahāprabhu and the power of Love of Kṛṣṇa only from your Divine Grace – through your lectures and loving personal dealings with all of us. I never seen anyone who can be so selfless and simple in heart when it comes to dealing with people and developing genuine relationship with people. The amazing beauty is how you able to make anything and everything in connection to Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Kṛṣṇa on practical grounds. That’s very unique!
So all these association of your divine grace and without a doubt the association of your empowered personally trained senior disciples of your divine grace – has really touched and transformed my heart to develop some faith in Caitanya Mahāprabhu – who is the One and Only Merciful Lord for this day and age who can be with anyone and everyone to give love of Kṛṣṇa - Easily!
BUT I also realize now, this association I am having with your Divine Grace is not some association with some person. It’s actually with the eternal associate of Caitanya Mahāprabhu and in fact it’s becoming more and more evident to the entire world now that without a doubt you are an empowered eternal associate of the Lord who is just here for the benefit of all the whole human race performing the extended pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu… and how fortunate are we to have so many personal association of your divine grace and on top of it getting so many chances to do services of various types for your pleasure. This is something unexplainable and extraordinary causeless mercy on us!! By your divine grace mercy we are getting so many Bhakti-vṛkṣa service opportunities in UK and Europe now, which is so dear to your divine grace. As we are getting more opportunities to serve, by your mercy, Mahāprabhu is also very kindly revealing to us how to take more shelter of Him and show Him out to everyone boldly the supremacy and beauty of Divine Lordships Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaurasundara. That’s the only panacea for this crazy world!
In this most auspicious occasion of your divine grace’s vyāsa-pūjā – please bless us Guru Mahārāja with Nitāi Gaura Prema so that we can be intoxicated in the service of Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu by serving your lotus feet BUT not just that, please bless us we be empowered to distribute this nectar to unlimited number of souls in UK and Europe and all over world... So that they get connected to Nitāi Gaura!
I have heard from your divine grace lectures and your senior disciples how this mood of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is very much bottled inside in Bhakti-vṛkṣa. Just by doing Bhakti-vṛkṣa and inspiring/training others to do Bhakti-vṛkṣa, how we actually exemplify the mood of Mahāprabhu and receive his mercy through your divine grace. So we please beg your divine grace for special mercy so that on tangible note - we can actually give Mahāprabhu to everyone through getting them be part of Bhakti-vṛkṣa and get to start this Bhakti-vṛkṣa in as many cities and towns as possible in this western world for westerners and all types of people. So that people get to be connected with Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrīla Prabhupāda and be a helping hand to develop Śrīla Prabhupāda’s spiritual family – ISKCON in every town and village.
All I can say is Thank you Guru Mahārāja for being there with us all these years and many more years to come – to show us how to love and give love to others following in the mood of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as humble servants.
We pray every day to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Prahlāda Narasiṁhadeva, Jagannāthaa Baladeva Subhadrā, Pañca-tattva and Śrīla Prabhupāda for quick recovery of your divine grace health and for many, many more years of healthy life, so that your divine grace can travel all over the world with ease, to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda to your full hearts content.
Please forgive us for all our offences and mistakes we have done knowingly and unknowingly Guru Mahārāja. We pray at your lotus feet to please bless and empower us so that we can be a first class disciple in your service for eternity. So that we can be of some help in your divine grace’s mission than being a burden.
Happy Vyāsa-pūjā Celebrations Guru Mahārāja!
Śrīla Gurudeva ki Jaya!
Your servants,
Aravinda Kṛṣṇa Dāsa and Yamuneśvarī Devī Dāsī
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances on your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
I am very fortunate first of all you entered my life and heart. Often I think of where would I be without you, your disciples and your preaching centers. It's never a pleasant thought, not even for a slight moment. In your enlightening association is hope for everyone and with all your travelling you bestow the ultimate benefit upon people in general.
Wishing you good health, and strength to go through - all the treatments.
Thank you for your austere and sacrificial life,
Thank you for your dedication to follow your spiritual masters’ footsteps.
Thank you for bringing me back.
Aspiring to be your eternal servant,
Aushra
Hare Kṛṣṇa, my dear Guru Mahārāja!
Please, accept my humble obeisances at Your lotus feet.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to you! All glories to all the vaiṣṇavas!
My sincere prayers to Śrī Śrrī Gaura Nitāi to give you immense strength and power to preach and deliver many, many ignorant souls like me, by giving Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Your grace kindly gave me initiation in 2014 with a spiritual name – Bṛhat Gaura Hari Dāsa. I did not quite understand the meaning of the name, later I got to know Bṛhat means Big or Great. For a while I was even proud of the name and started thinking big, without even understanding - you wanted me to be the biggest servant of Gaurāṅga. It was with such an ignorance I have started my spiritual journey.
I was recently watching your class on devotee care for ILS meeting. You gave the class online from Chennai, where you were clearly very weak and pushing yourself to even talk. Though you spoke only for a few minutes, the very few minutes were very touching and showing your mood for preaching and compassion. Only over the last couple of years I was able to somewhat understand your mood of preaching and your love for your disciples. I beg your mercy to understand this and follow your instructions for the rest of my life.
I only have a few offerings to report this year. By your mercy your disciple and my wife, Utkarṣiṇī Sīmantinī Devī Dāsī started 2 Bhakti-vṛkṣa classes this year. Though we have only 4 devotees attending the program so far, they are progressing very well and they have a strong desire to get initiated soon. She is also teaching children at our local ISKCON temple. I am also actively taking part in “Food for Life” program over the last 12 months where we distribute about 65 plates of prasāda on the first Saturday of every month and harināma on the 2nd and the 4th Saturdays.
On this auspicious occasion of your 69th Vyāsa-pūjā, I only beg you to shower your mercy, so we could fulfill your desires and take your instructions to our heart and act in such a way that we will continue to be the recipients of the causeless mercy of Lord Gaurāṅga that flows through you unlimitedly.
Your humble servant,
Bṛhat Gaurahari Dāsa (dīkṣā disciple)
"HARE KṚṢṆA"
Prāṇamante Nivedana His Holiness Jayapatākā Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances on your special day, my Daṇḍavat Praṇāma at your Lotus Feet
How are you Mahārāja? How is your health? May Lord keep you well and strong always.
I am having wonderful association with Bhakti-vṛkṣa group of devotees from East London area and am very grateful to you for your mercy upon me arranging such a wonderful opportunity for me to be in Kṛṣṇa conscious atmosphere in my local area in London.
I wish you a very happy and healthy appearance day on 27th March 2018.
Please forgive me for not being able to send you my gratitude for allowing ISKCON devotees to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness in Shillong, Meghalaya among the Khasi the tribal people in that State.
His Grace Śrī Jīva Prabhu and His Grace Karuṇāpati Prabhu are struggling hard and trying to settle properly but they are short of devotees to help, support, connections and experience to expand the Kṛṣṇa conscious there.
Please can you arrange some help for them? I am not keeping very well with old age problems.
I pray to Lord Kṛṣṇa for your good health and always keep well.
Yours Servant,
Damayantī Devī Dāsī (Dipti Chakrabarti) from London
Disciple of His Holiness Bhakti Cāru Swami Guru Mahārāja)
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Dear, beautiful, treasured and most beloved Gurudev, I hope your special day is very happy for you and that are feeling better. I have never been more impressed with anyone than I am with you. The strength, courage and fortitude you show every day is an inspiration to me and to everyone who knows about you.
You are a write so well, your book Gauranga is the best telling of the stories that I have ever read. You are clever, kind, wise, accepting and funny. The way you have advanced the TOVP is amazing, things that should be all but impossible happen in a flash when you put yourself to a task.
I love you with all my heart, every time I see your picture I melt with love on the inside and often find I have almost started to cry at your photographs.
When I saw you in Birmingham U.K and took shelter you accepted the blanket I had crocheted for you and told me you could tell it was made with love. You said I was your spiritual daughter now. I have thought about these things all the time since then. I was so proud and happy. I wanted to do everything in my power to make you happy and safe.
I love you Gurudev and I hope you have a great year. My very best wishes and love, now, then and always,
Your Servant,
Deena
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Śrīla Gurudeva.
Firstly I pray to Narasiṁhadeva for quick recovery. Ee can see you are taking so much pain for all of us.
By your mercy I got chance to be part of bhakti Vṛkṣa member in East London.
Still I remember you came to London and you blessed me with Jagannātha tooth stick after that I can see your mercy and I started Bhakti-vṛkṣa program.
Now I am in India, Udaipur my city and here we started four Bhakti-vṛkṣa program initially we were facing difficulties but after again we met you in Ujjain and got blessed by you then only Bhakti-vṛkṣa program going good here.
I can see your mercy everywhere.
Because of your mercy only my wife is also doing 16 rounds and following everything; when she saw you first time in Ujjain, she was fully overwhelmed by your darśana.
Thanks for giving us everything and please empower us so that we can help in Prabhupāda and your mission. Please help me so that I can help Bhakti-vṛkṣa groups properly in my city. Please bless my wife Kalpana also so that she can become a Bhakti-vṛkṣa servant leader in future and help in your mission. Please shower your mercy at my city.so that we can make more and more leaders through Bhakti-vṛkṣa programs. Recently we got land for the temple in Udaipur, our city also. So please bless us so we can help in to make nice Kṛṣṇa temple.
Please do visit my city as you said last time that you want to have Śrīnāthjī Darśana. Thanks.
Your Servant,
Deepak, Kalpana, Bhakt vatshal
Please accept my humble obesciences. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to HH Jayapataka Swami Maharaj.
My Gurudeva I am writing this to you on the occasion of your Vyasa Puja.
In June 2016 I went to Birmingham UK to help clean a devotees home specially for your visit. Then my sister and I came and knelt at your lotus feet and offered you a crochet blanket that we made for you.
You accepted us to be your sheltered disciples, you called us your daughters and we both really really feel that.... you are our spiritual father and we both love you so much. I am hoping that one day soon I might be able to take initiation from you.
We have an altar at home and we regularly pray and offer food and other nice things to Krishna. My sister Deena is the cook , I am trying to serve by book distribution and mainly Harinama.
I travel to London at 05.00 almost every Saturday by train and spend the day distributing books and every Saturday night I do Harinama, travelling back in the early hours of Sunday. I always dedicate my Harinama to you Guru Maharaj.
This year I promise to do Harinama 69 times for Guru and Gauranga.
I hope you will feel better this year and that you will have a lovely day on your Vyasa Puja.
We both did online puja to Narasimha Dev for you and we got a marvelous gift sent by mail from Mayapur which is a booklet about Narasimha and His pastimes.
I am wanting to place myself at your feet because I feel safe and loved there .
With love, devotion and endless gratitude,
Diane Caunt
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept our humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All Glories to you Gurudeva.
Guru Mahārāja on this auspicious occasion of your 69th Vyāsa-pūjā we pray with our heart to Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava Aṣṭa-sakhī, Śrī Śrī Narasiṁhadeva, Śrī Śrī Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā Mahārāṇī to protect and strengthen our Guru Mahārāja from all the illness.
Gurudeva we are from Nottingham, we have a small Nāmahaṭṭa group gathering every Friday evening, we attend Nāmahaṭṭa regularly and help to run the weekly program. We celebrate festivals by inviting our colleagues and neighbors. We do Harināma every once in a month, we participate in Prabhupāda book Marathon as well.
We have our nearest ISKCON temple in Leicester, we visit the temple in special events, festivals etc. Recently as a team from Nottingham we went to clean the temple kitchen before Gaura-pūrṇimā.
Gurudeva with your blessing we have restarted our outreach program once in a month in our home, we wanted to do it in more frequently once in 15 days in the future.
Recently I have attended Bhakti Vṛkṣa session in London conducted by Her Grace Prema Padminī Mātājī. With the support of Aravinda Kṛṣṇa Prabhu and Yamuneśvarī Mātājī, East London, we would like to start Bhakti-vṛkṣa in our home, but because of my wife’s duty structure we are not able to do any program every week, hence we are doing outreach once in a month, hoping to do this more frequently and changing it into Bhakti-vṛkṣa. Please bless us Gurudeva so that we can do a little service to you in this way.
I, Gaṇāśraya Nitāi Dāsa regularly recite Narasiṁha Kavaca and 108 names of Lord Narasiṁhadeva since few years now for your health, I also circumambulate Tulasī Mahārāṇī four times extra for your health. My wife also does this whenever she is not working, she couldn’t do it regularly because of her long shifts.
Please bless us Gurudeva so that we can do more service to our Nāmahaṭṭa and the devotees here.
Begging to Gaura Nitāi to give our Gurudeva a very long life,
Your servants,
Gaṇāśraya Nitāi Dāsa Adhikārī
Gitāñjali Jāhnavā Devī Dāsī
Nottingham, England
Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,
We beg you to please accept my most humble obeisance at your divine lotus feet.
All Glories to You our Divine Grace. All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracārine
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Hare Kṛṣṇa,
Guru Mahārāja by your unconditional mercy we both got initiated last year in 26th Sep 2017 in Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK temple.
The day was very, very blissful. After Initiation I and my wife (Sulocana Vraja Gopī Devī Dāsī) came to offer you Guru Dakṣina and my wife offered you Yajña Mahā-prasāda Apple.
You took and eat the apple and gave us your Mahā Mahā prasāda which was really touching to both of us. As how wonderfully you touch everyone's heart so nicely that get touched very deeply into heart.
Again on same Initiation day I learned from you as what is called patience and tolerance means. We wanted to offer you dakṣina and you requested nearby devotees to get a basket to collect all dakṣina and when you were saying the devotees were not able to understand your words that you asking for basket.
You had to repeat 3-4 times but you were in the same mood without getting a slight disturbance or anything. I was shocked how can anyone be same calm in your position and that made be understand what is called as patience and tolerance.
Dear Guru Mahārāja, we can experience the power of Holy name soon after initiation and it was very blissful. We beg you for your blessings and please forgive for our offenses which we do knowingly and unknowingly and we want to engage our life in devotional service nicely and please bless us so that we can also engage in preaching activities in correct mood.
We are doing regular Bhakti Vṛkṣa at our house in London (Hounslow) every weekend and we could only do this service because of your blessings.
Once in your visit to UK, I told about that our preaching are only because of you and you had asked me how do I feel. I could not express my words that time but later I remember that I wanted to say that "ānander sīmā nāi durānada dūre jāy" So we beg that we want to engage nicely with proper mood to please you our Dear Guru Mahārāja.
We wish you a very blissful Vyāsa-pūjā Dear Guru Mahārāja and Praying to Lord Narasiṁha for your good health always and protect you in all conditions.
We wish to personally attend your Vyāsa-pūjā sometime.
Your most fallen and insignificant servants,
Gopāla Gaṇāśraya Dāsa
Sulocaṇā Vraja Gopī Devī Dāsī
(Baby) Bhakti Devī
Dear Guru Maharaj
Please accept my humble obeisances on your 69th Vyasa Puja. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Bhagavad Gita 4.2 Transcendental Knowledge
evam parampara-praptam
imam rajarsayo viduh"This supreme science was thus received through the chain of disciplic succession, and the saintly kings understood it in that way."
Thank you for providing the book of your collected lectures 2016 Vyasa Puja called “Towards Krsna’s Abode” . When I read it I feel your spiritual presence and it is very calming. The devotees’ responsible for the transcription of your lectures should be showered with blessings for doing such a good transcendental job!
One evening I was on the internet and it suddenly stopped working.The internet service provider was contacted and they said they were having a problem. This reminded me of a saying my class teacher use to use quite a lot “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket “
I suddenly realised that many devotees are only dependent on the internet for access to Srila Prabhupada’s books as well as your lectures and if this ever stopped working they would be without sadhu sangha (association) Sadhu meaning parampara association.
We live in the kali yuga period of time where conflict is the norm and increasing. History has shown us that in times of war governments severely restrict access to information. My suggestion is that each devotee should at least have a handful of books in hard copy form so they are not entirely dependent on the internet for parampara knowledge.
Srila Prabhupada used the example of Lenin’s distribution of literature as an example of how effective mass distribution of new ideas can influence the masses. If the internet had existed at the time of Lenin and his followers only used the internet would it not have been easy to stop his influence by restricting mass access to the internet ?
I have presented the above suggestion before your transcendental vision because
“Your Lordship is my only means of getting out of this darkest region of ignorance because You are my transcendental eye, which, by Your mercy only, I have attained after many, many births.” Srimad Bhagavatam 3.25. 8
On this most auspicious day of your Vyasa puja I humbly request a blessing for my nephew Tristan Govinda. I have been cultivating him since he was a child. I took him and his brother Hari to the temple in London on Lord Nityananda’a appearance day when they were children and from then on regularly for the Deity greeting/guru puja/class/prasadam.
Some years ago Tristan Govinda developed muscular cramps accompanied by severe pain when he tries to move. Even the top doctors cannot diagnose what it is. To avoid the cramps and pain, he spends most of his time sleeping and he has to be carried around the house.When he is awake he chants and reads. His parents are in complete despair as to what to do as they are powerless. I also don’t know what to do. He is now 19 years old and the problem is still there.
I joined ISKCON in 1980 and since then, one of the things I have been trying to do is to help my relatives become devotees of Krsna, but to no avail. My nephew Tristan Govinda is very popular with all the relatives and I think he would greatly influence them all. He is a good speaker. So on this most auspicious day of your Vyasa Puja I humbly request some blessing for him to remove this health obstacle so he can go forward in his development into a faithful Vaisnava.
Please forgive all offences, my requests were not for my self but to give transcendental benefit to others .
Thank you for all your transcendental instructions and prayers throughout the years. Looking forward to many more years of your leadership.
Every step you take, every word you say is a victory in spreading the holy name to every town and village.
Your disciple
Jaitra dasa(diksha)
London UK
Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda All glories to Your Divine Grace On this auspicious occasion of Your Vyāsa-pujā
Guru Dev thank you for engaging me in the service of running a Bhakti Vriksha group under the guidance of Aravinda Krishna Prabhu and Yamuneswari Devi Dasi.
Because of this great service we are able to participate in all the services dear to Srila Prabhupad primarily book distribution and assisting in organising festivals.
The Bhakti vriskha model so quickly connects us to our Supreme Father and then engages everyone in devotional services and as a consequence of this we learn to work with other devotees in a co-operative mood which helps us to be humble, tolerant and gets rid of all our unwanted bad qualities like ego, pride, lust, greed and envy. It helps us to develop good qualities like compassion. All devotees regardless of whether they are men or women, old or young we all learn to cook, clean, etc. We systemmatically read Srila Prabhupad's books and because we have to share this knowledge we have to ensure that we understand it otherwise it will be difficult to explain it to others. This is the beauty of the bhakti vriksha. We can undertake many courses in ISKCON but none can surpass what you have given us in Bhakti Vriksha. I have personally been able to develop qualities such as talking with confidence to total strangers, going to people's homes and conducting Damodar programmes and other outreach programmes. Because of undertaking this service we become very dear to Krishna 18.68 as it says in Bhagavad Gita 18:68 For one who explains this supreme secret to the devotees, pure devotional service is guaranteed and at the end he will come back to Me.
Guru Dev please help me to follow all the advice contained in the Bhakti Vriskha syllabus, our local leaders and help me to engage all the members in devotional service so that they can progress in their spiritual life.
I pray to Lord Narasimha Dev to protect you always and to bestow upon you good health so that you may continue to guide us and keep ISKCON safe.
Your aspiring servant,
Kusumamodharani Devi Dasi
Dear Gurumaharaj
Please kindly accept my obesciences.
I also pay my obesciences to Srila Prabhupada and unto the lotus feet of Sri Nityananda and Gauranga.
I was a little child when Krishna showered his mercy onto me through my grand father who used to read Gita everyday and I just sit beside him. I don't even remember any hearing from his reading but I believe Krishna put me onto this path by his extreme mercy.
Until 44 years I was covered by Illusion of maya until last day of Damodar month of year 2016 I got a call from my wife that some people are coming to our house for a Puja in the evening. I was excited that some auspicious event is going to happen today.By mercy of Krishna and Devotees On that day they asked me if we would like to host Bhakti vriksha in our house and without a second thought me and my wife agreed.
From that day on our Krishna consciousness journey started and we learned so much with the mercy of Devotees who come to run the BV.
But I am such a worst sinister that even after two years attending BV I cannot even chant eight rounds a day and still attracted by materialistic things even though I have full consciousness that these are venoms.
I remember when I first touched your feet and you blessed me with your magic stick. After that I had two more occasions when I got the mercy from Krishna to have your darshan but I remained dumb and fool to not realise that those were my life's most fortunate moments.
I'm not eligible to even write to you directly but since you are most merciful and I believe that only with your blessings I can move forward onto my spiritual journey.
i am like a lowest of the lowest of the living beings and it will take yugs of efforts to purify myself but I'm determined to advance my journey with keeping association with pure Devotees and do my services I'm bestowed by ISCKoN Devotees.
please have mercy onto this poor soul so I can find my guru and do my service to please guru and Krishna forever in future live and forever. I have only this desire.
Yours,
Manish Bhatia
Dear Guru Maharaj,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
GuruMahraj I am indebted to you for showering your blessings and mercy on me many times . For many years I have been trying to start BV, now with your Blessings and Mercy during your last Visit to UK in 2017, with support of Arvind Krsna Das, Yamuneshwari Mataji, Padmini mata ji and Shailash Prabhu, we have finally started Preston BV ( 21st January 2018) , every Sunday evening.
It is amazing that you are always in touch with your devotees thru Social media. I am very happy that we have regular updates and are able to see you always.
We are all praying for your good health.
You have taught us that we should be always constant in our devotional services, regardless of our personal challenges. So despite my husband having chemo therapy for his Cancer, I am also trying my best that we keep Preston BV program going. Our Vision is starting from Preston to grow for the North West UK.
Please keep showering your mercy so that I am able to offer more services .
Hopefully I will be able to attend your 2019 Vyaspuja.
Always seeking Your blessings and mercy.
Your Humble Servant,
Meenakshi Madhavi Devi Dasi
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
My Dear Spritual Father Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisance
All glories to Shrila Prabhupada .
Thank you very much Guru Maharaja for giving me an opportunity to write a Vyas Pooja offering to you .Praying to krishna for your good health and speedy recovery , thank you for updating us regularly about your health .
My dear Guru Maharaja you have always played an important role in guiding me in my spritual life , i can always feel your mercy on our bhakti vriksha members.
Thankyou very much Guru Maharaja for guiding us, its purely because of you mercy that even my mother(Durlabha)is advancing nicely in her spritual life,
she is in singapore at the moment and she is blessed with the opprtunity of doing service at the temple and got good devotee assosiation ,
and looking forward to take initiation from you ,she has already taken shelter before,please bless her so that she can take initation from you very soon .
This year my Bhakti Vriksha group has expanded into 5 groups ,Guru Maharaja i beg for your mercy on them so that they can do bhakti vrisha nicely and help all their members to grow in krishna conciousness including themselves and their family.
I beg for your blessings on me as well so that I can serve you and my sisksha gurus and the entire guru parampara nicely,
please remove any material obstacles that come in my way to serve you and Krishna.
mukhaṁ karoti vācālaṁ panguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
so with your mercy I have faith the even the dumbest person like me can bring leaders to serve you and our Aacharyas , please continue to shower your blessings on me and keep me under the shelter of your lotus feet .
Dear Guru Maharaja I don't have an art of writing a Vyas Pooja offering so please forgive me for any offences that I must have done while writing this homage to you or even in my spiritual practice knowingly or unknowingly , but I will always try to put the best of my efforts to please my siksha gurus and you dear Guru Maharaja .
Your Spritual Daughter
Nikunja Sakhi devi dasi
East london.
Hare Krishna
My Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisance’s at your lotus feet. All glories to your divine grace and Srila Prabhupada. On this auspicious day of your divine descent into this world of duplicity, the heart blossoms with thoughts of gratitude to Your lotus feet.
When I started practicing Krishna consciousness in 2013, there were many challenges and impediments. But, with the association of devotees and mercy of lord Shri Krishna, I was able to overcome challenges and advance in spiritual practices. When I met you for the first time, you gave me a garland, which was so blissful, and later on I took shelter of your lotus feet. Listening to your words gives me so much boost to improve my spiritual practices. There are still some challenges, but it becomes easier to handle it because of your merciful presence in my heart.
Therefore, on this auspicious day, I implore you to continue to shelter me under your lotus feet.
Your Sheltered Servant,
Rohit Singh
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances at the dust of Your lotus feet.
All glories to Your Divine Grace! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Dear spiritual father, your whole life is dedicated to serving Srila Prabhupada and saving the suffering souls, even after the stroke you never stopped. Unable to walk, with great difficulty in speaking and communicating, but you never give up! You are travelling all over the world in your wheelchair and connecting to ever more people on this planet, delivering the suffering souls. Srila Prabhupada never gave up, even after suffering from two heart-attacks on Jaladuta. And my dear spiritual father, you never give up! This is our family tradition.
My dearest god-brother Maha Varaha Prabhu once told me that we need to flood every media and every possible channel with the message of your life, the message of Srila Prabhupada’s mission.
This is my thought day and night, how to serve Your Divine Grace in the most effective way, broadcasting your message and propagating Srila Prabhupada’s teaching exponentially, on every media channel and social network.
Several years ago, once in London, you had instructed me to serve at ISKCON Newcastle. Since then I’ve always tried my best to fulfil your instruction and finding ways to preach to local western people. There was a phase when I was going out on Harinama on my own, almost every day, to different places and towns, sometimes not so safe, but I always felt your presence, you were always there with me.
I remember one time I was doing Harinama in a town on my own in North-East of UK, it was not such a friendly place, and I had Prabhupada’s books on the table. But by your blessings and Krishna’s mercy things took a different turn, so many people came, took books and gave plenty donations. All the books got distributed. Then it started raining with dark clouds. But I couldn’t stop kirtan, continued singing. There were people standing under sheds and in shops, clapping cheerfully; many of them had Prabhupada’s books in their hands. It was raining heavily, and tears were rolling from my eyes, I felt you were with me dear Guru Maharaja, I felt my eternal father was right next to me.
Similarly, on many occasions, while preaching I experienced the power of your instructions. I was always praying and dreaming that we would have more people on Harinama in Newcastle. By your mercy, things have improved so much after all these years and now we go out on Harinama sometimes with 20-30 devotees. Last year we did a Harinama in front of 56,000 local English people and they loved singing Hare Krishna!
Dear Guru Maharaja, every day I pray that Krishna may allow me to serve you eternally, may He allow me to be at your lotus feet eternally; and may Krishna allow me to serve you effectively in a way that pleases you most and is in line with your eternal service to Srila Prabhupada’s mission!
Thank you, dear Guru Maharaja!
Your insignificant servant and spiritual son,
Satya Medha Gauranga dasa
Newcastle, UK
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
I offer my most respectful and humble obeisance’s at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Jagad-Guru, Srila Prabhupada and all glories to your loving divine grace.
Happy Appearance Day Dearest Gurumaharaj!!!
There are not enough words to describe how lucky I feel to have your causeless mercy even after being so fallen. Knowing that I have got your blessings and prayers is what keeps me strong in my Krishna Consciousness through challenges and has given me the ability to preach successfully to 2 colleagues at university this year.
Although I hardly get to see you in person, I feel my love for you getting stronger and stronger day by day as I recite your pranam mantra daily whilst offering bhoga in front of your picture and perform tulsi arti circumambulating tulsi 8 times for your protection. Your heart felt lectures and quotes have been my main guide this year and magically enough it seems like your daily quotes and the lectures I choose to listen to are directed to answering my personal questions.
I pray that I can be of service to you this year by helping you in fulfil you promise of distributing a 100,000 books a month for Srila Prabhupad.
I pray to remain a speck of dust at your lotus feet eternally.
Please visit London soon, my heart longs to see you to uplift me spiritually. I hope to visit you in Mayapur every year after finishing my final year at university this year by your mercy and your blessings and to complete the Navadvip Madal Parikrama yearly until possible,
Lots of Love Always,
Your Servant and Sheltered Disciple,
Shreya
Most Worshipable and Dearmost Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obesiences and Dandavt Pranam at your Lotus Feet!
All Glories to you Srila Guru Maharaj!
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I will be in debt for ever for your unlimited mercy, from me just attending Damodar Arti, than joining Bhakti Vriksha till you accepted me as one of your spritual daughter in Sep. 2017 at Bhaktivedanta Manor, London.
Guru Maharaj, though as your instruction i always pray to Sri Narsimha Dev and to Sri Radha Madhav and Sri Gaur Nitai to protect you and bless you for your super speedy recovery. But however, daily basis my prayers at your lotus feet also Guru Maharaj that you must take care of your health very nicely for me and thousands of your disciples all over the world. because only by your mercy i am survinvg in this difficult era of this world. This is like first time i am writing on hommage page my offerings, thogh there is lot and lot to talk to you Guru Maharj to express my gratitude, but unfortunatley its not coming in exact words. Just please keep shower your Blessings upon me as we starting new cycle of Bhakti vriksha by end of March 2018. By your blessings in my sector there will be 3 Bhakti Vrikshas. There are few challanges for new upcoming leaders, like maintianing their Sadhna, communicationg with new people and connecting them to Bhakti vriksha, managing regular enthusiam for all relevant bhakti vriksha festivals and other serives. please bless us so under the guidance of our Circle Leader HG Yogeshwar Gopinath prabhu and our mentor HG Arvind Krishna Prabhu we can offer you nice grown giant Bhakti Vriksha in London.
Thank you for everything Guru Maharaj!
Your Spiritual Daughter
Ujjawala Lakshmi Priya
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
My dear spiritual father Srila Gurumaharaja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!
It has been a great fortune for me to write the offering to your glorious 69th Vyas puja.
It has been a nice year with your merciful association in London in 2017 and spiritual energy is flowing in my life by your mercy. By your mercy the association of devotees in East London has been flourishing very nicely and we are very nicely connected to each other and cooperatively serving in the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
I am feeling really ecstatic and blissful just by learning about your divine grace service to Srila Prabhupada and how nicely you served and inspired thousands of devotees to take up Krishna Conscious in their life. It is a biggest deliverance. I really want to follow your instructions and serve in this glorious mission to help you dear Guru Maharaja. Apart from my own spiritual growth my family members also started taking Krishna Conscious path very seriously. My wife has been doing services in East London by serving Bhakti Vriksha to bring your victory flag higher and higher. She is facing challenges in her preaching but she is quite determined to serve you and by your mercy she is getting energy to preach. My daughter Shruti loves reading from Gauranga Book and the way you have made all pastimes of Lord Caitanya so easy that she enacts them every day and shares with all her friends too. due to that she is getting the taste of preaching and sankirtana movement. We are so much indebted to you Dear Guru Maharaja for giving such a great nectar of Krishna Consciousness.
It was a great pleasant time when you visited London in year 2017 and blessed all of us unlimitedly. We are still relishing those wonderful moments and feeling the bliss and spiritual ecstasy. Your Divine grace, you are always guiding and caring for each and every disciple and well-wishers personally. This is really heart touching and amazing. Just by taking your Divine Grace’s glimpse, many people changed completely and they are trying to follow the path of Krishna Consciousness. Our retreat site manager was moved just by looking at you and now trying to learn more about Krishna now a days.
Guru Maharaja, your tireless preaching despite your physical situation really inspires all of us to fulfil the mission of Srila Prabhupada. We are praying to Lord Narsimhadev to give you long and healthy life so that many more people can be benefited by your association.
Please bless me and all our group members that we can bring more and more souls to Krishna consciousness this year in London as an offering to Srila Prabhupada by following your instructions.
Thank you very much.
Your insignificant servant
Yogesvara Gopinatha Das (diksha disciple)
London, UK
Querido Guru Mahārāja, por favor acepte mis más respetuosas reverencias, todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda, todzas las glorias a Su Divina Gracia.
Otro año más me encuentro escribiendo un intento de ofrenda sin saber en cuales palabras se transformarán mis pensamientos y sentimientos.
Siento que este año se pasó volando, me parece ayer cuando escribí mi anterior ofrenda mientras me planteaba algunos objetivos para mejorar como aspirante y ahora me doy cuenta que el tiempo transcurrió y la única meta que cumplí, de todas las que me propuse hace un año, fue ahorrar un poco para ayudar a mis hermanos a glorificarlo este día tan especial, y me arrepiento de no haber hecho más.
Estoy lejos de ser la discípula que quiero ser, digna de su Misericordia. Más de una vez me sentí insignificante, inservible para ayudarlo a Usted o a mis hermanos que con mucho compromiso realizan diferentes proyectos. Mi rol de madre me aleja de los programas, de mis hermanos y del Templo. Ya no puedo hacer servicio en la cocina o en Bhakti Vṛkṣa como antes, ni siquiera tener un buen sādhana en casa y así glorificarlo diariamente, me dedico únicamente a cuidar a mis hijos, en los cuales trato de ver a Kṛṣṇa, tratarlos como si de Kṛṣṇa y Rādhā se trataran, aunque no siempre lo logro. Lo único que pude hacer por Usted este año es guardar cada moneda que llegaba a mis manos, y con cada una de ellas recordarlo con mucho cariño, aunque sea un fugaz momento en el caos que es mi vida. Y aunque siento que lo que hice es muy poco, me pone muy feliz, porque significa que no lo he olvidado, que puedo pensar en Usted aunque sea unos cuantos minutos al día, que sigue ocupando un lugar especial en mi vida, que Maya no me arrastró por completo.
Me encantaría, dentro de un año, escribirle que fui más útil para Su misión o para Sus discipulos; que ya no me siento tan desconectada del sentimiento que inicialmente me motivaba en mi vida espiritual, que finalmente me encaminé nuevamente en mi sādhana y que al menos en mi rol madre puedo ser digna de ser su discípula... pero de momento solo puedo ofrecerle este pobre intento de ofrenda, una mínima ayuda al enorme trabajo que mis hermanos espirituales hacen para festejar su Vyāsa-pūjā y todo mi cariño hacia Usted.
Como cada año le pido disculpas por ser un desastre y le agradezco por un año más de compromiso constante a Śrīla Prabhupāda e inspiración para todos nosotros. Ojalá algún día sea una persona merecedora de haber recibido su atención.
Feliz Vyāsa-pūjā querido Guru Mahārāja!
Su aspirante a discípula.
Bhaktina Hebe González (Shelter),
Buenos Aires, Argentina
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
...Cuando Śrutakīrti era sirviente personal de Śrīla Prabhupāda, en ocasiones se sentía avergonzado porque los devotos le ofrecían enormes muestras de cariño a Śrīla Prabhupāda, mientras que él sólo sentía falta de amor. Especialmente cuando llegaban a algún aeropuerto, docenas de devotos se ponían a bailar y a cantar llorando y tirándose al suelo en increíbles escenas de amor a Prabhupāda. En una de estas ocasiones, mientras acompañaba a Śrīla Prabhupāda, Śrutakīrti empezó a sentir mucha lástima de sí mismo. Pensaba que todos aquellos devotos cantaban y bailaban y que él, sin embargo, que estaba andando junto a Śrīla Prabhupāda, no sentía verdadero amor. Y esto comenzó a preocuparle. y ocurrio esto..
Un día, mientras le daba su masaje, Śrutakīrti se lo dijo a Prabhupāda.
—Śrīla Prabhupāda, todos los devotos lo quieren tanto que me hacen sentir muy mal. Yo no tengo amor. Cuando estoy con usted veo a todos cantando, bailando y llorando, y yo que tengo tanta asociación no siento que el amor esté ahí.
Él esperaba que Prabhupāda le diría o haría algo, pero no dijo nada. De modo que el sirviente siguió dándole su masaje hasta que terminó. Luego Prabhupāda tomó una ducha, y después de ponerse el tilaka y cantar el gāyatrī, llamó a Śrutakīrti a su habitación.
—¿Te gusta servirme? —preguntó.
—Sí, Prabhupāda —dijo Śrutakīrti—, me gusta muchísimo.
—Eso es amor. Todos saben hacer muchas cosas: cantar, bailar o saltar. Pero tú estás realmente haciendo algo. ¿No es eso amor?
—Supongo que sí, Śrīla Prabhupāda.
—Entonces haz servicio —dijo Prabhupāda—. Eso es todo lo que hace falta. Y eso es lo que significa amor: hacer servicio.
después en una entrevista con Śrutakīrti dāsa el conto que Śrīla Prabhupāda creó la expresión «devoto Daṇḍavat para describir al devoto que ofrece profusas muestras de respeto y adoración al maestro espiritual pero que no las complementa con una verdadera actitud de servicio. Pero si el servicio comienza y termina con esas reverencias formales, entonces Prabhupāda considera que esa persona no es un devoto importante, sino un «devoto Daṇḍavat». Sentir o decirle al guru que deseas seguirlo completamente es algo muy favorable, pero debe ir acompañado de servicio práctico.
QUERIDO GURU MAHĀRĀJA, USTED YA SABE, QUE YO NO SIRVO NI PARA CANTAR, NI BAILAR, NI SALTAR...Y QUE TAMPOCO ESTOY HACIENDO MUCHO SERVICIO EN ESTE MOMENTO, ESTOY VIEJO , MI CUERPO NO ME AYUDA, ESTOY MAÑOSO Y LLENO DE MALAS COSTUMBRES
PERO LO UNICO QUE LE PUEDO OFRECER POR AHORA PARA DEMOSTRARLE MI AMOR Y MI AGRADECIMIENTO POR HABERME ACEPTADO Y DARME REFUGUI EN SUS PIES DE LOTO... ES OFRECERME A USTED ASI COMO ESTOY, NO ES MUCHO,PERO ES TODO LO QUE TENGO..
ROGANDOLE SU MISERICORDIA, PARA PODER RENDIRME Y CUALIFICARME EN ALGUN MOMENTO PARA LLEGAR A SERLE UTIL EN ALGO, Y NO SER MAS QUE UN TRISTE DEVOTO DAṆḌAVAT …..LE DA SUS SINCERAS REVERENCIAS, UN ASPIRANTE A LLEGAR A SER EL SIRVIENTE, DEL SIRVIENTE DE SU SIRVIENTE...
Citraratha Kṛṣṇa Dasa, (Dīkṣā)
Buenos Aires. Argentina
Su Santidad Jayapataka Swami, Gurumaharaja ki, Jaya.
En este nuevo aniversario de su trascental aparición hago el insignificante y respetuoso intento de glorificarlo. Por favor acepte mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias, postrado al polvo de sus pies de loto, orando por sus bendiciones y también poder llevarlas a la práctica en mi vida diaria. Gurumaharaja usted nos está enseñando con su ejemplo personal como cumplir con la misión de su maestro espiritual, A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, cumpliendo cien porciento sus deseos que son las divinas instrucciones que le han sido otorgadas, 108 son las principales y usted vive para complacer a Srila Prabhupada. Orando a sus pies de loto para que yo también pueda complacerlo a usted y a Srila Prabhupada con mi insignificante servicio. El Bhagavad Gita (12.18-19) dice:
samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca
tathā mānāpamānayoḥ
śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu
samaḥ saṅga-vivarjitaḥ
tulya-nindā-stutir maunī santuṣṭo yena kenacit
aniketaḥ sthira-matir
bhaktimān me priyo naraḥAquel que es igual con amigos y enemigos, que mantiene la ecuanimidad en medio del honor y el deshonor, el calor y el frío, la felicidad y la aflicción, la fama y la infamia, que siempre está libre de relaciones contaminantes, que siempre es callado y se satisface con cualquier cosa, a quien no lo preocupa ninguna residencia, que está fijo en el plano del conocimiento y que está dedicado al servicio devocional, esa clase de persona es muy querida por Mí.
El CC. madhya lila 22-54 proclama:
‘sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’—sarva-śāstre kaya
lava-mātra sādhu-saṅge sarva-siddhi haya
El veredicto de todas las Escrituras reveladas es que incluso por un momento de relación con un devoto puro, se puede alcanzar el éxito completo.
En el Srimad Bhagavatam (9.4.68) el señor declara:
sādhavo hṛdayaṁ mahyaṁ
sādhūnāṁ hṛdayaṁ tv aham
mad-anyat te na jānanti
nāhaṁ tebhyo manāg api
El devoto puro siempre está en lo más profundo de Mi corazón, y Yo estoy siempre en el corazón del devoto puro. Mis devotos no conocen nada aparte de Mí, y Yo no conozco a nadie más que a ellos. Existe una relación muy íntima entre los devotos puros y yo. Los devotos puros que tienen pleno conocimiento nunca dejan de estar en contacto con lo espiritual, y en consecuencia son muy queridos por mí.
Todas las glorias en su auspiciosa y trascendental aparición de su santidad Jayapataka Swami. Gurumaharaja ki jaya.
Si insignificante aspirante a sirviente
Jagadbandhu Das.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Por favos Gurú Majaraj acepte mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias
Gurudev, no tengo ni una cualidad para poder glorificaron como el señor merece.
Este es un día muy esperando para los hermanos espirituales.
Conmemorando su advenimiento todos nos reunimos con gran alegría para hablar sobre sus glorias. Un día como hoy fue la llegada de nuestro amado maestro espiritual quien llegó con su conocimiento comprender a la Suprema Personalidad de Dios de una manera muy simple ,natural y amorosa y de esa manera transmitir con tanto amor y contagiando a las personas a rendirse al servicio devocional amoroso a krishna
Gurudev lamento tanto no tener la constancia de estar constantemente consciente de lo importante que es tener la bendición de que el señor se encuentre en este mismo momento en el mismo planeta que nosotros compartiendo la refulgencia de las misma luna dorada de cada noche y del sol radiante de cada día . Aunque nos encontremos a grandes distancias su energía se irradia por todo el mundo.
Una vez el señor nos dijo que SRI Mayapur Dham es su morada eterna, de la misma manera oro a diario a SRI SRI Gaura Nitay que mi gurú Majaraj viva eternamente en mi corazon, y en el de todos los hetmanos/as espirituales y de personas que tengan la gracia de conocerlo y de oír sobre sus glorias.
Gurudev sabemos que en estos últimos años el señor está pasando por grandes austeridades para poder seguir dando su asociación y sus instrucciones, y también soy muy consciente que gran parte de esa carga tan pesada es por mis faltas, siento mucho dolor de no poder sevirlo correctamente. Solo con sus bendiciones podemos seguir avanzando en nuestra vida espiritual en dirección a SRI SRI Radha y Krishna. Por favor señor imploro cada día para no cometer ofensas hacia los Vaishnava y es solo usted quién puede iluminarnos y exclarecer nuestra s mentes para dejar de lado el falso ego y mejorar nuestra condición.
Por favor gurú Majaraj demos las fuerzas y las bendiciones para lograr mejorar nuestro servicio, y así tal vez algún día poder obtener la misericordia de poder complacerlo.
Estaremos orando mucho para que el señor Nrishima Dev lo proteja y le de una larga vida para poder seguir recibiendo su asociación.
Pido disculpas nuevamente por la informalidad de mi ofrenda. Con todo mi corazón ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto.
Su sirviente eterna
Vraja Gopi Sudevi Devi dasi
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracārine
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All Glories to Guru Mahārāja's vyāsa-pūjā!
Guru Mahārāja…
Śrīla Prabhupāda's books and also having contact with Prabhu Hara Kānta Dāsa Brahmācarī's programs meant the beginning of a new life for me, and such mercy was immensely increased when I received the grace of being accepted as a disciple by Guru Mahārāja.
In this new life that we receive by accepting vaiṣṇava dīkṣa we have the opportunity to associate with the most incredible people among all, the devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Even within the Vaiṣṇava context, it's an enormous grace to be connected with ISKCON, which has the mood of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and is the home of Śrīla Prabhupāda and his service to Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Prabhupāda.
And even within the context of ISKCON, it's special to have the opportunity to receive the mercy of taking shelter at the lotus feet of a pure devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa, such as Guru Mahārāja, who is so surrendered and loyal to the mood and to the lotus feet of Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Śrī Nāthjī Prabhu, from Mumbai, many years ago declared in a class that he witnessed Śrīla Prabhupāda enthusiastically exclaim among many devotees that "Jayapatākā Dāsa Brahmacārī" (at that time) is an associate of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who has accepted birth in the West to help him at ISKCON.
Such statement from Śrīla Prabhupāda has been proven by the transcendental activities of Guru Mahārāja since the beginning of your appearance on Earth.
How can we adequately describe the glories of a mahā-bhāgavata?
We may only try and also be sincerely and deeply grateful for your protection in this world of miseries and threats to a life of purity and culture.
Therefore I try to invoke within my weak heart all feelings of gratitude that I'm capable of to thank you for this special grace, Guru Mahārāja.
Guru Mahārāja instructed me to serve His Holiness by remaining at the service designated to me by Hara Kānta Prabhu, which is, above all, the distribution of Śrīla Prabhupāda's books. Due to my weakness, I couldn't remain fixed in this service throughout the years, and presently I'm not able to gather enough strength to dedicate myself to this service as I should and as I would like to, and so I've been busy mainly in other services also designated to me by Hara Kānta Prabhu.
Also under his instruction, recently I've moved with my wife, Tungavidyā Premā Devī Dāsī, and our children, Seva-priyā and Sarasvatī Rādhā, from the Curitiba temple to the temple at Itajaí, which is also among the set of temples conducted by Hara Kānta Prabhu.
I'd like to beg for your blessings, Guru Mahārāja, so that I may overcome all grave difficulties that disturb my service and trust in our culture; so that I may also adequately surrender at your lotus feet, Guru Mahārāja, and at the lotus feet of Śrīla Prabhupāda, by becoming more loving, meek and humble towards the Vaiṣṇavas in general, my wife and children and all living entities; and also so that I may ever more understand and assimilate the preaching mood desired by Śrīla Prabhupāda, Guru Mahārāja and Hara Kānta Prabhu.
I beg for your blessings, Guru Mahārāja, to Hara Kānta Prabhu, who is so neglected and misunderstood by the leadership in Brazil, so that Lord Kṛṣṇa, if He desires so, may make his preaching, which is so loyal to Śrīla Prabhupāda, to be recognized and expanded as it's deserves.
I beg for forgiveness for all my offenses, Guru Mahārāja, and also for the blessings so that I may redeem from all my offenses towards other vaiṣṇavas.
Again, thank you very much for all the mercy, From your spiritual son who needs your mercy,
Ekacakra Prāṇa Dāsa (Dīkṣā)
Itajaí, Brazil.
My beloved Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at Your lotus feet
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
On this auspicious day, I want to wholeheartedly thank you for the causeless mercy that You are spreading upon each and everyone of us, Diksa disciples, Siksa disciples, and well-wisherṣ. Thank You for being my shelter, my strength, and anchoṛ. Thank You for having accepted me as Your disciple. Each and every single day, I try to understand the essence of the deep meaning of being a true disciple, and I can understand that I still have a long path to walk, a lot of cleansing of the heart to do,and perhaps it might take me lifetimes But,this very lifetime, I will do my best to offer it to You in a very sincere way. Thank You for teaching me to never give up, and to be strongly determined and fixed in my goalṣ. Thank You for not leaving me alone, and for keeping me engaged in devotional constantly, helping me to occupy body, mind, and soul, always one-pointed to Guru, Hari, and Vaishnavas Seva.
I feel deeply fortunate to have Your shelter, and to have You as my eternal Spiritual fatheṛ. Every word of Yours is our hope, and strength to walk this path back to Godheaḍ. You are an eternal inspiration in the life of every soul who has the good fortune of crossing His path with Your presence. All glories to You, and Your exemplary sublime life. All glories to You! All Glories to You! All glories to You!!!
With love and gratitude,
Your daughter,
Sarangi Radhika Devi Dasi.
Dear Your Holiness Jayapataka Swami
Please accept my humble obeisances
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada
All Glories to Sri Sri Guru & Gauranga
Words will never be enough to describe You, NitaiKripa, GauraKatha, the sweetness and love and care and guidance and shelter of so many devotees around the world. May I always be able to serve You properly whenever possible. May I always remain sheltered. May You have a wonderful Vyasapuja and may the blessings of the Supreme Lord increase Your health in a way that You can continue Your preaching work, as You wish. May You be happy, healthy, peaceful and blissful.
Your eternal grateful servant,
Bhagavati Devi Dasi & family (that just adore You)
First, I offer my humble obeisances to your lotus feet.
By the mercy of fallen souls, the spiritual master descended upon this material world to enlighten fallen souls. Guru Maharaj, even in difficult conditions caused by the body, is always occupied in the glorification of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna, and also occupies his disciples in service properly.
The spiritual master, is a powerful transcendental messenger of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who destroys ignorance and establishes the message of the Supreme Lord without change.
By Krishna's mercy, I can associate with Jayapataka Swami's disciples, including Hara Kanta Prabhu. And it is very motivating to see such purity in his rendered services, and such enthusiasm in worshiping the spiritual master.
By your example, we can see how to be good disciples, through youir nectary pastimes with Srila Prabhupada, we can see the intimacy that a disciple has with his spiritual master. Today, people from all over the world can visit Mayapur Sridhama, which was initiated by Prabhupada, and finished by Gurudeva.
By the grace of Guru Maharaj we still have in today's times, through his classes, books and etc; We still have an idea of ISKCON 50 years ago, with Prabhupada's preaching humor. With Gurudeva I have a great debt. In Krishna consciousness, I have the position of servant of the servant, in which I am very happy.
I desire strength to continue engaged in devotional service to offer to His Holiness Jayapataka Swami.
From his aspiring servant,
Bhaktin Aradia Rama.
First, I offer my humble obeisances to your lotus feet.
By the mercy of fallen souls, the spiritual master descended upon this material world to enlighten fallen souls. Guru Mahārāja, even in difficult conditions caused by the body, is always occupied in the glorification of Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, and also occupies his disciples in service properly.
The spiritual master, is a powerful transcendental messenger of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who destroys ignorance and establishes the message of the Supreme Lord without change.
By Kṛṣṇa's mercy, I can associate with Jayapatākā Swami's disciples, including Hara Kānta Prabhu. And it is very motivating to see such purity in his rendered services, and such enthusiasm in worshiping the spiritual master.
By your example, we can see how to be good disciples, through your nectary pastimes with Śrīla Prabhupāda, we can see the intimacy that a disciple has with his spiritual master. Today, people from all over the world can visit Māyāpur Śrīdhāma, which was initiated by Prabhupāda, and finished by Gurudeva.
By the grace of Guru Mahārāja we still have in today's times, through his classes, and books etc. We still have an idea of ISKCON 50 years ago, with Prabhupāda's preaching humour.
With Gurudeva I have a great debt. In Kṛṣṇa consciousness, I have the position of servant of the servant, in which I am very happy.
I desire strength to continue engaged in devotional service to offer to His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami.
From his aspiring servant,
Bhaktin Aradia Rama (Shelter),
Itajaí, Brazil
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Su santidad guru Mahārāja por fabor acepte mis mas humildes y respetuosas reverencias, soy el peor de sus disipulos no tengo cualidades para poder servirlo sin embargo usted me vrinda su abrigo y su proteccion. Aun en los momentos dificiles padre espiritual nos bendices con su instruccion. Y la asociacion de esta gran familia de hermanos espirituales.
No tengo como agradecer tanta misericordia. Seguimos orando por su pronta recuperacion. Le deseo Feliz vyāsa-pūjā. Guru Mahārāja Ki Jaya Hare Kṛṣṇa.
Dayarama Gaurahari Dasa (Dīkṣā),
Curitiba, Brazil
All Glories to its transcendental appearance! All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Gaurāṅga's Saṅkīrtana Movement!
Through the Mercy of Kṛṣṇa and his devotees I am having the opportunity to know your Life which is perfect because it is completely dedicated to serving the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances at your lotus feet and bless me so that I may develop attachment to the chanting of the holy names and never turn away from the distribution of books in the company of devotees.
Thank you for the mercy of teaching us by example of earnestness and untiring determination to loving service to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Your insignificant servant,
Ekacakra Nitāi Dāsa
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Gurudeva, accept my respectful and humble obeisances.
It is explained in the scriptures that, by the mercy of Guru and Krsna, a donkey can cross mountains, a blind man can see stars in the sky and a mute speak ooquently. This I perceived in my own life, because, by the mercy of His Divine Grace, this poor blind servant, dumb and foolish became fortunate.
One of the greatest qualities of His Holiness is the fulfillment of the instructions of his spiritual master, dedicating his life and soul. The movement of Sankirtana is the lived example, even with difficulties, His Holiness is always engaged in turning people Krsna conscious.
Dear spiritual master, pour your blessings upon me so that in this life, I can be able to become aware of my true position, as an eternal servant of Lord Krsna and his associates. Forgive me for my offenses.
Your servant,
Ekatma Nitai Goura Dasa
Glories to you Jayapataka Swami authentic representative of Lord Krishna Caitanya!
You stand out as one of the most faithful representatives of Srila Prabhupada.
Today on this glorious day of your transcendental appearance in this world,we have the opportunity to feel closer to you, accompaning in your surrender to the Sankirtan movement.
Jayapataka Swami, the great revolutionary of preaching, with bhakti-vriksa intelligently penetrated Krishna consciousness in the most repressive countries. . Serving as a foundation, the 50% that Srila Prabhupada left for us.Your great acts of preaching do not create confusion, but rather great admiration.
Please bless me so I can be a worthy representative of your great person.
I am accompanied by young people very surrendered to Srila Prabhupada.
This life is a great blessing, I am grateful for so much mercy for this fallen,
desiring a great viyasa puja, his aspiring servant,
Hara Kanta das
Dear Guru Maharaj!
I offer my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet, all glories to Srila Prabhupada ..
Thank you Guru Maharaj for accepting me as a disciple, thank you for the mercy without cause. Thank you for allowing me to connect with the guru-parampara through your holiness. Thank you for allowing me a space in Lord Caitanya's movement. Thank you for giving me an opportunity to try to serve Srila Prabhupada. Thank you for giving me an opportunity to try to serve Radha and Krishna. Your holiness is an inspiration to all devotees! A great acarya who teaches us day by day by example. Although your body is suffering, your consciousness remains intact, 100% connected with guru and Krishna.
His holiness reveals to us what it is like to live a life of the spiritual world here on earth (To act as an eternal servant of Krishna, and to enjoy this transcendental bliss).
His holiness is a special sent of Lord Gouranga to accompany his general Srila Prabhupada.
Sorry I could not be more helpful.
Please bless me that I may surrender and serve your holiness more and more.
Your would-be servant,
Krishna Ratna
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear Gurudeva, in this very special day of your transcendental appearance, I can only thank you for so much causeless mercy. Day by day you surprise us by the example of austerity and love for Srila Prabhupada. Your body and consciousness are completely transcendental.
Last year, on this same date, we were with you in Sri Mayapur Dham. It was like a dream and we didn’t want to go away from you. I would become ecstatic every time you would take the Darshan of the deities and didn’t want to miss the opportunity to receive your mercy, your Lotus hand in my head.
The anxiety to offer you some personal service was also immense. At least, I could wash a knife with the saying “JPS” at your kitchen, and I got very happy.
I beg to Lord Krsna so as the years pass, I don’t forget these precious moments I was so close to you. You are my inspiration to make me try to help this Harinama-Sankirtana Mission.
You, even very ill, initiated many devotees at the Gaura Purnima, I got really surprised and really scared to lose you. Please, gurumaharaj, give me intelligence so I can understand. I know we will never lose you. Moreover, here where I leave (Curitiba Mandir) has the same mood His holiness preaches.
When we came back from Mayapur, it was like we didn’t have left there. You are present specially in my godbrothers and in Hara Kanta prabhu, your loyal servant.
Grudeva, I ask for your divine blessings so our daughter, Gaurapriya, may stay on this same path, so she can realize the beauty of Krsna Conscious life and so, reach it.
My gurumaharaj, please, accept my most humble obeisances unto your lotus feet, which, in this day, many devotees have the mercy to bath. In your last year’s vyasa puj, chant Sri Sri guruastakam in your transcendental presence was a really merciful experience.
I hope someday to satisfy you.
Your meaningless servant,
Lila Kamalini Devi Dasi.
I am eternally grateful to you for teaching us by example of how to become one sincere and dedicated devotee. My mind is still my worst enemy, the road is long, and I am very slow ... but with your inspiring example, it becomes much clearer, it lights our way ...
The greatest mercy came to me in the form of holy names and association with the Vaishnavas.
My life followed a dark path, at that moment I remember that I prayed sincerely for the direction. Krishna took me to the feet of a great Vaishnava who practically saved my life, cared for me as a son, guided me and taught me the path of devotion.
And as a safe path from the trail back home, he guided me to his feet ...
I am eternally grateful.
Thanks to the effort, dedication, blood and sweat of the dedicate souls that serve Krishna, this knowledge has come to me and to many people in this world.
Helping us in many ways and giving us the greatest treasure. The awakening of our love for God.
I am a fool, but still, if I can be of use in this mission, gurudeva, take care of me ...
Wishing to become a sincere devotee.
Lilesvara Gouranga Dasa
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
My dear Gurumaharaj,
Please, accept my humble obeisances.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All Glories to the Assembled devotees.
In this auspicious day of your appearance, I offer glories unto you, who is demonstrating unlimited mercy towards the fallen souls, and among those I am the most fallen.
His Holiness does not consider efforts to illuminate all the conditioned souls that associate with you, and makes it through your example and dedication on spreading the Sankirtan movement of Sri CaitanyaMahaprabhu. Because of that, I offer my most humble and respectful obeisances unto you.
Your preaching is described as “heavy” even by the heaviest preachers; your mood is transcendentally soft, as described by the loyal servants of Srila Prabhupada; your gravity is pointed by the gravest devotees; your magnanimous mercy is felt by everyone, even by this fallen rascal which is deprived of intelligence.
By your mercy, one may realize how even the attacks from Mayadevi, this pure devotee of the Lord, are demonstration of Krsna’s mercy so we can surrender with more sincerity to Him and to Guru, but, without your mercy, gurudeva no advance is possible.
I have no qualifications, but, in this special day, I offer my faith and trust, in the process of Krsna consciousness and also, my desire to be able to serve you with more determination. In this way, I pray so my godbrothers, specialy those who are deprived of the holy association of the vaisnavas, so Krsna give them strength and wisdom to become fixed in the four principles and on the chanting of their beads, which is the minimal commitment we have to please His Holiness.
With your blessings I may cross the ocean.
From your most fallen servant,
Mahananda Murari Dasa
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Gurumaharaj, please, accept my most humble obeisances.
In this auspicious day of your appearance, I can only thank you for the great mercy you are giving us.
This mercy, like a tree, has many branches. Among them, there is the Bhakti Vrksa and the congregational preaching projects you started. Also, another branch is the love you give to even the devotees who abandoned the association of the vaisnavas, by going, if needed, personally to their homes and give them association and illumination.
Another branch is the book distribution one, as you always mention, “100.000 small books, 10.000 big books per month”, as Srila Prabhupada ordered you. Another branch is of your determination on fulfilling SrilaPrabhupada’s desire. There is also a branch for you austerity in living through such difficult body condition with a fixed consciousness on the service to Srila Prabhupada. Moreover, there is a branch for all the service of expanding ISKCON and Krsna consciousness you made throughout these years; and also a branch for the love and caring you give to your disciples, even while in pain or during a busy agenda, I beg so I won’t forget the few minutes we got the mercy to have your association, when you asked how were we, if we were confortable in mayapur and would listen with so deep attention, and gaze us so deeply. This gaze enters in my heart and wanes all material darkness, just as I remember it.
As lord Gauranga’s Devotional Service tree, the tree of SrilaJayapataka Swami Gurumaharaj’s mercy has uncountable branches, which I have not much intelligence to name or describe.
I feel greatefull to you, gurudeva, for, by distributing your mercy, saved me, and gave me such special godbrothers and such special siksa guru (which is your siksa disciple), Hara Kantaprabhu. I only ask for your blessings so I can always remain in their association, trying to serve you and them in this transcendental Sankirtana mission. I beg you to become useful in your service of spreading this Krsna Consciousness movement.
Your useless servant,
Mahaprabhu Dayasindhu Dasa
I offer my humble obeisances to the lotus feet of His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Gurumaharaj, to Jagad guru Srila Prabhupada and all Parampara and vaisnavas.
Gurumaharaj!
Your example and surrender are the real blessings that His holiness gives us, since those inspire us to be more serious and more sincere in our spiritual path.
You showed loyalty to your spiritual master Srila Prabhupada, giving your life to fulfill his desire and complete his mission. By your mercy and dedication, many ISKCON projects are being successful (mayapur, Bhakti Vriksa, namahatta, etc). I pray to Krsna and the devotees so I can be eternally loyal to your service.
Your tireless determination and spiritual strength are symptoms of your great compassion, since even with such severe diseases and having so many disciples his holiness transcendentally dedicates intimate attention to the devotees.
I am grateful to your mercy for having accepted me and allowing me to execute devotional service. I am very ignorant and fallen, so I have no qualifications to glorify you. I only pray to your lotus feet so I can have the benediction of being loyal to your service life after life. I beg for your blessings so I can keep distributing books my entire life and always rise the distribution.
Your humble servant,
Manohara Saciputra Dasa brahmacari.
All Glories to Sri Sri guru and Gouranga
Dear Guru Maharaj, in this special case of appearance of His Holiness, I offer my humble reverences through this letter.
I want to thank you for giving me a reason to stay alive, If not by your mercy, today I would still be living in a hellish condition.
Many thanks Guru Maharaj for given Krishna to so many people.
You are sacrificing yourself for your disciples and this act is an example of your compassion, those who are intelligent embrace this opportunity with all as strength and will return to Krishna in this life.
I am also writing in the spiritual life, I have not much intelligence, but my good fortune and that I have Prabhu Hara Kanta as Guru Instructor, and by your mercy, a fool without intelligence as I, can find some way of helping in the distribution of Srila Prabhupada's books and thus, get rid of all miseries and help other people to also receive this grace.
Thank you very much Gurudeva and forgive my failures.
Your servant life after life,
Muralidhara Syamasundara Dasa.
My dear Guru Maharaj, please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
The lotus feet of the guru are the only shelter for the conditioned souls who are wandering in this material world in search of temporary pleasures. Very kindly you show everyone that worldly pleasures are only a source of miseries, you show things as they really are, you make innumerable arrangements to introduce, even a little Krishna consciousness in the forgotten souls.
Gurudeva, you show us the right way to return home, you follow this path, giving all your disciples a great source of enthusiasm, in fact, Gurudeva is expert in arousing spiritual enthusiasm, in all of who is fortunate to have a second of their association. I am devoid of intelligence, but please Gurudeva, give me at least enough intelligence so that I will never forget all that my masters have done for me, the guru is one, I do not want to forget, or fall back into sinful activities, please bless me so that, following your instructions, even in such a distant country, I can keep on doing some service to your lotus feet,
Your insignificant servant,
Nitai Ulas Dasa
nama om visnu padaya krishna prestaya bhutale Srimate jayapataka swami iti namine ofereço minhas respeitosas reverencias a Sua Santidade Jayapataka Swami Maharaj que é muito querido pelo senhor Krishna por ter se refugiado em seus pés de lótus namacarya padaya nitay kripa pradayne goura katha dhama daya nagara grama tarine
You are attached to the lotus feet of the previous acaryas, especially Srila Prabhupada, and are freely distributing the mercy of Lord Nityananda and leading the discussions about the name, abode and other transcendental attributes of Lord Gouranga to all cities and villages.
aim gurudevaia vidmahe krisnanandaya dimaih tan na guru pracodaya
Let us meditate on our spiritual master who is being welcomed by krishna's blissful consciousness, enthusing himself to enthuse us.
My dear spiritual father, please accept my humble and sincere obeisances.
This vyasa ouja offering is a special opportunity (for a neophyte devotee like me) of meditation on the spiritual master's efforts, the sincere devotee who acts just like an instrument in the hands of Nitay-Goura.
His Holiness accepted birth in the material world only to serve the mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and through the process of serving with intensity and devotion as instructed by Srila Prabhupada he has swum in the sweetness of audarya rasa, giving refuge to so many conditioned souls and leading them to lotus feet of Nitay-Goura!
His attachment to the transcendental abode of Navadwipa, the respect and conduct that inspires even in the Vaisnavas of other lines, his intense enthusiasm for traveling around the world to enthuse the devotees, the strong employment of his intelligence, the cration of means for carrying the mercy of Nitai - Goura to more and more people are some of the characteristics that make his glorious.
His Holiness has acted as hard to save as conditioned souls. We can easily understand that Lord Krishna is very attached to His Holiness, and that He lives personally in his body;
tomāra hṛdoye sadā govinda-viśrām
govinda kohena-mora vaiṣṇava parā goFor lack of faith, determination, character and intelligence, so many disciples have been negligent with the vows that make us apt to receive his mercy!
I can speak from my personal experience: at the time of the initiative, I was very determined, I was in good condition, and I was with strength and strength. Later on leaving the bramacary asram, when an arrangement was made for me to associate with a devotee, I ended up being negligent and crashed and got away from the devotees more than once! But because I have never stopped of singing my rounds of japa, by his mercy and by the mercy of my instructor spiritual master, Sriman Hara Kanta das bramacary, I was able to practice the process again with seriousness.
Recently His Holiness has informed us of the great physical pain he experiences due to sinful reactions from journals and is a problem with a problem. The fact is that this happened to me, and His holiness runs the risk that some disciple slip, and consequently hurt because of the sinful reaction, but still, His Holiness has accepted more and more disciples, giving all to save as fallen souls who are wandering in the material world.
His Holiness is swimming in the waves of the ocean of mercy, that are these two brothers: Nitay-Gouracandra. His holiness is like a hangover from the ocean bursting with a material life and dragging many conditioned souls into bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu!
Guru Maharaj, when we visited Sri Mayapur-dham, you told us that you daily prays to the deities to keep their disciples and friends enthusiastic to preach and keep in the company of devotees. I am sure that your prayers have saved me many times. Please forgive me for having attacked His Holiness through my past misbehavior.
Wishing to remain faithful, and one day aspire to become a full-time book distributor, this Phalguna Nimai Dasa prays: "My spiritual father, hold my hand so that I do not escape from the senapati bhakta of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and always keep me busy in nama-sankirtana! "
All glories to Sri Sri Guru & Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to the auspicious day of the Vyasa Puja of our beloved Gurudeva His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Gurumaharaj!
Dear Gurumaharaj, please accept my humble and obeisances.
Gurumaharaj, countless are your glories, you have been incessantly pleading to spread the sankirtan movement around the world, even manifesting the pastime of not being in a favorable corporeal condition, you show that a pure devotee of Krishna is totally away to material conditions and that his consciousness is always fixed in the service at the lotus feet of Guru, Gouranga and Srila Prabhupada.
This year, I had the mercy of coming to spend your Vyasa Puja in your eternal abode Sri Dham Mayapur, I was very impressed to see the power of ISKCON here. Srila Prabhupada, left you many instructions: to develop Mayapur, to distribute unlimited books, etc., and you as a faithful servant made it your life and soul. Through your wonderful example, many ISKCON disciples and devotees around the world are inspired to become more serious about the spiritual life and bring this Krsna consciousness to others.
I ask for your blessings, so that I may become a fixed preacher of krishna consciousness in the West, and somehow assist in the fulfillment of your missions within this sankirtan movement, may this be my life and soul! Even though I had no qualifications, Lord Nityananda gave me the mercy of being your servant.
Please Gurumaharaj, be merciful to me and allow me to serve you eternally, if you are not merciful to me, I will only cry and I will not be able to keep my life!
Your fallen servant,
Radha Krishna Gouranga
I would like to ask for a blessing from Gurudeva because I am a very fallen devotee and wish a trancedental anniversary! Hare Krishna ...
Radha Priya
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Gurudeva, by your mercy, uncountable living entities that were previously wandering in this material nature, chewing the chewed, are now being occupied in the transcendental loving service to the supreme lord Hari. By your causeless mercy, thousands of nityabadas are surrendering their lives and submitting their souls to the HarinamaSankirtanayajna, trying to satisfy Lord Caitanya’s desire, by this way ceasing the endless cycle of repeated birth and death.
By your fix faith on SrilaPrabhupada’sinstructions,and by your firm determination in fulfil him, Srila Bhakti SidhantaSarasvati Thakur’s Brihatmridanga is echoing here in Brazil, as well in many other places around the world. By your immaculated example, many sincere souls are getting inspired to dedicate all their energy in spreading the congregational chanting of the holy names of the Lord.
Gurumaharaj, you are SrilaPrabhupada’sbonafide representative and a loyal servant, because of that, I have an immeasurable gratitude and an eternal debt to you, since you accepted me as your disciple.
I beg for your blessings so can always have enthusiasm to distribute SrilaPrabhupada’s books, and so I can be occupied life after life in preaching, chanting the glories or Lord Krsna, fulfilling Lord Caitanya’s desire and serving the vaisnavas’ lotus feet throughout all eternity.
Observing that even with so many difficulties and physical problems how you kept fixed in your preaching work, I feel inspired to submit my whole life to you, having your instructions as my life and soul.
Being Lord Krsna’s pure devotee, and lord Caitanya’s associate, you are completely transcendental to Maya, and therefore is qualified to conduct me to Krsna’s lotus feet, by occupying me, eternaly, in the service to the Vaisnavas.
I offer my most humble and respectful obeisances to you, that is the source of all inspiration of SrilaPrabhupada’s followers.
Let, in this auspicious day of your transcendental appearance, your glories be chanted throughout the three worlds.
Jayapataka Swami Gurumahrajki Jay!
Srila Prabhupada ki Jay!
From your useless and unqualified servant,
Rasarnava Gauranga Dasa
Dear Gurumaharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Sri Sri Goura Nitai. All as glories to Srila Prabhupada. All as glories all as glories to your transcedental appearance day!
This year my husband and I had the fortuneof having your darshan before the Gurna Purnima. Seeing you personally has shown me how much you are affectionate and cheerful even in a very delicate corporate situation.
Thank you very much for dedicating your life for saving us gurumaharaj. Only your presence purifies the whole universe. And please forgive me for not being able to reciprocate with this mercy.
A few days ago a spiritual god-brother commented on how the glories of the guru are propagated by his disciples. And I was thinking about this ans I realizated that even with so many disciples we fail at this point because there is no way to express all your greatness and infinite compassion.
Please bless me with service to your lotus feet for all eternity. I know that any demigod would give all of his opulence for becoming your disciple and recieve the mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Your fall and eternal servant,
Tulasi Kripavati Devi Dasi.
Dear Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
You are incredibly powerful, and I will never be able to repay the amount of mercy that you are giving to me.
You came to this world just to help these fallens souls to go back to Godhead, and you are doing it so nicely.
You always says that we must to go back to Godhead in this lifetime and you are kindly helping us to surpass this ocean of miseries.
I want to humbly help you with your magnanimous mission, please, let me be one instrument in your hands.
Your servent,
Vaishnavi Vrinda dd
Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja por favor acepte a sus pies de loto mis mas sinceras y respetuosas reverencias.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
amado padre espiritual en su profunda devoción por sacarnos de este difícil mundo material, su lucha tenaz y ardua contra maya se ha visto expuesto a dejar su cuerpo todo por ayudarnos como también aceptar la ingratitud de muchs discípulos en occidente. Que nos cuesta ser sinceros para establecer una perdurable y armoniosa relación de entrega a Sus Divinos pies de loto honrando las gracias a Kṛṣṇa y a su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedante Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda por su Vyāsa-pūjā 70, el cual nos permite ser inspirados bajo su sombra divina en continuar el sencero espiritual para que muchas otras entidades vivinetes puedan ser tocadas por su grata y misericordiosa compasión de lograr hacer la vuelta al Supremo. Solo por la misericordia de Guru y Kṛṣṇa todo es posible, gracias Guru Mahārāja por amarme tanto sin que yo lo merezca. Me postro a Sus divinos pies loto.
Su sirviente no cualificado
Aprameya dāsa
e hijas
Rādhā Kṛṣṇa y
Nitāi Gaura-priyā
Porfavor acepte mis humildes y respetuosas reverencias todas las glorias sean a srila prabhupada.
Querido Guru maharaja felicidades en su día!
Este es el decimo vyasapuja que tengo la oportunidad de celebrar acompañada de los devotos y de su presencia en mi vida soy muy afortunada por tan linda oportunidad.
Doy infinitas gracias a srimati radharini y sri krishna por permitirnos tenerlo un año más en este mundo, infinitas gracias a usted por ser el mejor ejemplo de devoción y superación frente a grandes adversidades, usted es el mejor ejemplo de amor por su maestro, de misericordia , mil gracias por ser mi gran inspiración y ejemplo a seuir.
Guru maharaja en estas palabras quiero manifestarle lo mucho que lo quiero lo importante que es usted en mi vida, que cualquier acción no virtuosa que haya cometido o que haya sido causa de que otros las cometan o que me haya recocigado llevada por el engaño de la ignoracia y de alguna otra modalidad la reconozco frente a sus piea de loto y pueda ser perdonadas por usted.
Por ultimo porfavor concedame la fortaleza inpiradora para poder realizar todo y cuanto sea posible para convertirme en su sirvienta e inpiracion y que miw actos puedan servirlo y servir a radha y krishna a srila prabgupada y pueda ser útil a los devotos y a iskcon
Quiero que sepa que acá en cali apoyo el programa del templo con cualquier servicuo que se me sea permitido, también ayudo a los devotos que lideran food for life, que el año pasado pude participar en la Convención vaisnava en Guayaquil y pude estar en varios yatras guayaquil, Perú, chile dónde participé en el ratha yatra junto a mi Mami programa que me encanta y sri jagannatha, baladeva y subhadra y usted son los dueños de mi corazón. También stoy participando en el grupo de logistica para presentar la película de srila prabhupada en mi país todo esto es mínimo y tan sólo lo puedo por su gran inspiracion y ejemplo y misericordia .
Le pido al señor que le vrinde mucha salud y protección y fortaleza em esta etapa y que nos siga bendiciendo con su presemcia lo amamos y lo necesitamos.
Si le puedo servir en algo porfavor no dude en solicitarlo hare krishna
Rendida a sus pies su aspirante a sirvienta
Kamalini Visnupriya Devi Dasi.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Gouranga! Todas las Glorias a Su Divina Gracia Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada!
¡Todas las Glorias a Guru Maharaja!
Le ofrezco mis más sinceras y respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto, mi familia y yo somos sus devotos desde siempre. Yo tengo un pasatiempo muy cómico con su persona, cuando nací en la ceremonia de granos yo le mordí el dedo muy fuerte, Usted exclamó: "este niño será muy grande!".
Ahora tengo 22 años y sigo en conciencia de Krishna, estoy cursando estudios de medicina ayurvedica y espero ser un gran devoto por su misericordia. Deseo de todo corazón que su salud mejore.
Su humilde sirviente
Dhanvantari Espinoza Freitas
(Hijo de Prabhu Goura Varna y Madre Yasorupa)
Srila Prabhupada Ki Jay!
Mis más nobles reverencias a Su Santidad Jayapataka Swami, Que el Ser Supremo Krishna lo bendiga toda la vida.
Su fiel servidor
Ganga Mantri Das
(Discípulo de SS. Hanumatpresaka Swami)
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
om ajñana- timirandhasya jñanañjana-salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namah
¡Todas las Glorias a Guru maharaja!
El día de su Vyasapuja, es el día más bendito para un discípulo sincero, pues en su persona se puede aclarar que es conciencia individual y conciencia suprema, además de muchos factores que son desconocidos para un alma condicionada como yo. Se dice que la misericordia de la Suprema Persona viene por medio del Maestro espiritual, por fortuna genuino, que se puede comprobar por sus actos ejemplares. Pidiendo siempre la misericordia para mantenerme y servir a sus pies de loto y a los pies de los vaisnavas. Toda Gloria, Toda Gloria!
Jayapataka Maharaja ki jay!!
Gita Misra Das
Amado Gurudeva
Es este glorioso dia de su Vyasapuja, deseo glorificarlo a usted, al mas grande sirviente de Srila Prabhupada. Quien es un devoto puro de Krishna y esta siempre inmerso en los pasatiempos de Sri Sri Goura Nitay.
No existen palabras suficientes para describir su grandeza espiritual.
Mi ofrenda para usted es el servicio de Food for life que estamos llevando a cabo en la cuidad de Quito Ecuador, en compsñia con algunos devotos,entregando Prasandam a las almas necesitadas.
Su mas inutil sirviente
Jayanta Krishna das
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Querido y apreciado Guru Mahārāja, le ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias y agradezco al Señor Caitanya Mahāprabhu por venir y enseñarnos a glorificarlo por medio del canto de sus Santos Nombres, a Śrīla Prabhupāda por venir de la India a Occidente siguiendo la orden de su Maestro Espiritual y de esa manera enseñarnos estas grandes y trascendentales instrucciones. Yo valoro mucho todo el esfuerzo de Śrīla Prabhupāda y lo que hizo, en especial el haber hecho discípulos tan especiales y puros como Usted mi Guru Mahārāja, Gracias mi Guru Mahārāja por permanecer en ISKCON, gracias por ser como es. Usted Guru Mahārāja está siempre en mis oraciones y al igual que mis hermanos espirituales le pido a Kṛṣṇa por su salud.
Yo tomé refugio de Usted hace 4 años. Mi mamá y 6 hermanos lo admiran mucho, conocimos el templo por primera vez en el año 1994.
Aspiro a su misericordia para servirle eternamente a sus pies de loto.
Que Krishna lo bendiga y favorezca siempre.
Guru Mahārāja ki jaya!
Su sirviente,
Bhakta Juan José Luzuriaga
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Srila Prabhupada Ki Jay!
Guru Maharaja Ki Jay!!
Querido Guru Maharaja sinceramente no tengo palabras para agradecerle todo lo que ha inspirado en mí desde que tengo uso de razón y lo puedo recordar.
Un día como su Vyasapuja no puede pasar desapercibido para ningún devoto, sé el esfuerzo que hace para continuar con la prédica, su compasión por almas como la mía es incomparable, tengo la gran misericordia de poder servir al señor Jaggannath Baladeva y Subhadra, el Señor Nitay Gourango y a los devotos en el templo de Guayaquil Ecuador.
Yo sé que hago muy poco pero le prometo que lo hago de corazón.
Para mi familia Usted es una gran inspiración y soñamos con que algún día, en alguna vida podamos tener la misericordia de ser iniciados por usted y poder seguir difundiendo las glorias del Maha Mantra.
Realmente tengo muchas cosas en mi corazón que quisiera decirle, pero tal vez no sé cuáles son las palabras apropiadas para dirigirme a Usted, estoy aprendiendo muchas cosas para poder mejorar en mi servicio, Mi torpeza y mis malas cualidades no me permiten avanzar, mi miedo y mis deseos son fuertes, le oro a Krishna con todo mi corazón para no poder caer, para no rendirme y que me regale un poquito de su misericordia y fuerza para continuar.
De parte de mi familia y mía le mandamos de los profundo de nuestros corazones nuestras humildes reverencias.
Sus eternos hijos espirituales
Pamela, Marisol,
Diego, Carlos
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
¡Todas las Glorias a Su Santidad Jayapataka Swami Maharaja!
Guru Maharaja por favor acepte mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias.
En el día de su Vyasapuja quiero agradecerle infinitamente por toda la misericordia que me ha brindado. Es gracias a usted que estoy ocupada en servicio devocional y viviendo intensamente mi vida espiritual. Agradezco de corazón su esfuerzo por continuar día a día a pesar de todas las adversidades y estoy haciendo todo lo que puedo para tratar de reciprocar aunque sea un poco lo mucho que Usted me da.
Cada día oro a Nitay Gourango poder apegarme cada vez más a sus pies de loto y que pueda ser digna de ocuparme en su servicio, siempre ruego poder llegar a ser una buena discípula y serle útil de alguna manera.
Es tan grande el sacrificio que Usted hace día a día por servir a Srila Prabhupada y a los Vaisnavas , por inspirar a los devotos y cuidar de ellos, yo ni siquiera puedo llegar a comprender cuán grande es el sentimiento que lo motiva a seguir adelante, pero me doy cuenta que ese sentimiento es tan puro y fuerte que lo ha llevado a dar todo de sí para ayudar a tantas almas a progresar en la vida espiritual, dándoles de alguna manera esos mangos del amor por Dios que Caitanya Mahaprabhu distribuye sin condición alguna.
Oro poder mantenerme ocupada en su servicio por toda mi vida y nunca volver atrás, usted es la única persona en la que puedo refugiarme ya que yo no tengo ninguna fuerza espiritual para luchar contra la energía ilusoria.
No he tenido la oportunidad de recibir tanta de su asociación personal pero siempre atesoro en mi corazón esos pocos y dulces momentos que pude estar cerca de Usted y pido a Krishna nunca olvidarlos.
Usted es un gran ejemplo de Determinación, Fuerza, Fe, Compasión, Pureza y Amor,
¿Cómo no sentirse afortunado de estar vinculado a tan magnánima persona?
¡Guru Maharaja Ki Jay!
Su eterna sirvienta
Rukmini Sakti Devi Dasi
Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Todas las glorias sean a Śrī Guru y Śrī Gaurāṅga,
Todas las Glorias sean a mi padre eterno Jayapatākā Swami,
Todas las glorias para los devotos Del Señor Kṛṣṇa.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a Su Divina Gracia Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja, quien es muy querido por Él Señor Kṛṣṇa, debido a que a tomado refugio a Sus pies de loto.
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Le ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a Su divina Gracia Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja, quien esta dedicado a servir los deseos, instrucciones, y pies de Loto de Su Divina Gracias A.C. Bhaktivedadnta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los ācāryas previos, El está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Nityānanda Prabhu, y distribuyendo las glorias de los pasatiempos, instrucciones y morada trascendental de Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Él esta predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa a todos los habitantes, tanto de aldeas como pueblos, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.
-Gurudeva, por favor, le ruego una y otra vez acepte mis respetuosas reverencias.
Solo por su misericordia infinita un alma condicionada como yo puede tener la esperanza de encontrar luz en un mundo lleno de oscuridad. Su conocimiento disipa cualquier duda en cuanto a las condiciones materiales, regido por la bondad, la pasión y la ignorancia.
Tal cual las escrituras lo describen y cantan sus glorias, cito el Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6to canto capitulo 15 verso 16.-
तस्माद्युवां ग्राम्यपशोर्मम मूढधियः प्रभू ।
अन्धे तमसि मग्नस्य ज्ञानदीप उदीर्यताम् ॥१६॥
tasmād yuvāḿ grāmya-paśor
mama mūḍha-dhiyaḥ prabhū
andhe tamasi magnasya
jñāna-dīpa udīryatām
*tasmāt* — por lo tanto; *yuvām* — ustedes dos; *grāmya-paśoḥ* — de un
animal como un cerdo o un perro; *mama* — yo; *mūḍha-dhiyaḥ* — que soy muy
necio (por no tener conocimiento espiritual); *prabhū* — ¡oh, mis dos
señores!; *andhe* — en ciega; *tamasi*— oscuridad; *magnasya* — de quien
está absorto; *jñāna-dīpaḥ* — la antorcha del conocimiento; *udīryatām* —
que se encienda.
Texto.- Ustedes son grandes personalidades, de modo que pueden darme
conocimiento verdadero. Soy tan necio como un perro, un cerdo o cualquier
otro animal callejero, pues estoy sumido en la oscuridad de la ignorancia.
Así pues, les pido que, por favor, enciendan la antorcha del conocimiento y
me salven.
-En palabras de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedantha Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Extracto
del Significado-
Ésta es la manera de recibir conocimiento. Debemos entregarnos a los pies
de loto de una gran personalidad que nos pueda impartir verdadero
conocimiento trascendental. Por esa razón, las Escrituras dicen:
tasmad gurum prapadyeta jijñasuh sreya uttamam:
«La persona que desea comprender el objetivo supremo, el máximo beneficio
de la vida, debe acudir a un maestro espiritual genuino y entregarse a él».
Sólo quien está verdaderamente deseoso de recibir el conocimiento que
disipa la oscuridad de la ignorancia es apto para acudir a un guru o
maestro espiritual.
Tad-vijñanartham: Debemos acudir a un guru para entender la ciencia
trascendental de la vida espiritual. Se dice en las Escrituras:
om ajñana-timirandhasya
jñanañjana-salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena
tasmai śrī-gurave namah
«Nací en la más oscura ignorancia, y mi maestro espiritual abrió mis ojos
con la antorcha del conocimiento. Yo le ofrezco respetuosas reverencias».
Ésta es la definición de guru.
*Aquel que ilumina a su discípulo y le salva de pudrirse en la oscuridad de
la ignorancia del mundo material, es el verdadero guru.*
- Así pues Gurudeva, yo no soy nadie para recibir su protección, y sin
embargo por su misericordia infinita y sin causa a todas las entidades
vivientes De Krisna, usted me acepta, y es por medio de usted que puedo
pretender servir al sirviente de su sirviente, con el deseo de que se
complazca con mi servicio y así comenzar a desarrollar las cualidades
necesarias para servir a La pareja divina Rādhā y Krisna.
Su amor por las almas caídas no tiene límites, esta siempre al servicio de
su amado maestro espiritual AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda, como
una copia fidedigna en vida de su obra y enseñanzas.
Estoy profundamente agradecida por todo lo que me da, desde su resguardo,
conocimiento y misericordia, hasta por permitirme tener la relación de
padre eterno e hija espiritual.
Gracias Guru Mahārāja por elegir servir al Señor Caitanya, en condiciones
no muy gratificantes físicamente, como siempre cada paso que da, cada
palabra que sale de su boca es un ejemplo a seguir la perfección de la vida
misma.
Mi querido Gurudeva usted es Krisnaika sarana, está completamente refugiado
en Kṛṣṇa, Por lo que es experto en volverse instrumento de Su Amor, donde
lo único que hace es mantener el servicio a Krisna y compartir su
conocimiento trascendental con las almas caídas.
Sin más que decir, quedo eternamente anclada a su servicio, esperando que
la presente le encuentre con mejor salud. Pidiendo a Krisna Su misericordia
para mantener su presencia constante en mi mente y corazón.
Atte. Su aspirante a sirviente Bhagavati Subhadra Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā)
Jalisco, México.
Hare Kṛṣṇa!
Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda! Todas las glorias sean a usted Guru Mahārāja!
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
por favor Gurú Māharāja acepte mis humildes reverencias.
Gurú Māharāja en este 69 Vyāsa-pūjā tengo la gran misericordia de poder ser su discipula, y como siempre me siento muy contenta de poder escuchar los pasatiempos de los vaiṣṇavas con usted.
Al igual de contar mis realizaciones con usted, pues siempre estaré eternamente agradecida con Śrīla Prabhupāda por haber viajado a occidente y difundir los santos nombres del Srī Kṛṣṇa y por haberlo encontrado a usted en su camino, usted es una alma que solo estaba esperando a Śrīla Prabhupāda para ayudarlo a ejecutar su mision, le agradezco por haberle puesto, Jayapatākā Swami! Porque hace que mi paramatma reaccione a esa vibración y me provoque lágrimas de amor, le doy gracias por haberle dado la instrucción de la distribuir 10mil libros pequeños y 100mil grandes porque uno de esos llego a mi casa y me espero por décadas, le doy gracias por haberle dado la instrucción de dar iniciación a devotos, porque gracias a eso yo he podido refugiarme en sus pies de loto, le agradesco a usted Guru Māharāja por su gran determinación en su servicio e impulsarnos e inspirarnos a seguir la misión de Śrīla Prabhupāda con su gran ejemplo, le agradezco por haberme aceptado como su discipula sin merecerlo, le agradezco por todos mis hermanos espirituales tan llenos de sus cualidades, le agradezco por qué mis ojos se regosijan al ver su refulgencia y su opulencia, y mis oídos al escuchar su prédica.
Agradezco a Kṛṣṇa por haberlo enviado a este plano, yo espero Guru Māharāja que con el servicio que hago que aunque es poco, crianza de mis hijos concientes de Kṛṣṇa, en el cuarto de flores y siempre mantener ese ambiente en la casa junto con mi esposo e hijos, y canto 4 rondas extras para usted espero realmente pueda poner una pizca para su servicio y complacencia.
Pido a Srī Narasiṁhadeva que siempre lo proteja mientras usted desee permanecer en mundo.
Su eterna sirviente,
Baleśvarī Revatī Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā)
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,
All glories be to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga,
All Glories be to my eternal father Jayapatākā Swami,
All the glories for the devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja, who is very dear to Him Lord Kṛṣṇa, because He has taken shelter at His lotus feet.
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja, who is dedicated to serving the wishes, instructions, and lotus feet of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedadnta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda and the previous ācāryas, He is freely distributing the mercy of Nityānanda Prabhu, and distributing the glories of the pastimes, instructions and transcendental abode of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He is preaching Kṛṣṇa Consciousness to all the inhabitants, both of villages and peoples, thus liberating them from the conditioned material life.
-Gurudeva, please, I beg you again and again to accept my respectful obeisances.
Only by his infinite mercy can a conditioned soul like me hope to find light in a world full of darkness. His knowledge dispels any doubt as to the material conditions, governed by goodness, passion and ignorance.
As the scriptures describe him and sing his glories, I quote the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Chapter 6 Chapter 15 Text 16:
तस्माद्युवां ग्राम्यपशोर्मम मूढधियः प्रभू.
अन्धे तमसि मग्नस्य ज्ञानदीप उदीर्यताम्
tasmād yuvāḿ grāmya-paśor
mama mūḍha-dhiyaḥ prabhū
andhe tamasi magnasya
jñāna-dīpa udīryatām
tasmāt - therefore; yuvām - you two; grāmya-paśoḥ - of an animal like a pig or a dog; mama - me; mūḍha-dhiyaḥ - that I am very foolish (for not having spiritual knowledge); prabhū - oh, my two masters!; andhe - in blind; tamasi- darkness; magnasya - of whom he is absorbed; jñāna-dīpaḥ - the torch of knowledge; udīryatām - let it light up.
You are great personalities, so you can give me true knowledge. I am as foolish as a dog, a pig or any other street animal, for I am immersed in the darkness of ignorance. So, I ask you, please, light the torch of knowledge and save me.
In the words of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedantha Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Extract of the Meaning: This is the way to receive knowledge. We must give ourselves at the lotus feet of a great personality that can give us true transcendental knowledge.
For that reason, the scriptures say: tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta jiñāsuḥ śreya uttamam:
"The person who wants to understand the supreme goal, the maximum benefit of life, must go to a bona fide spiritual master and surrender to him."
Only one who is truly willing to receive the knowledge that dispels the darkness of ignorance is apt to go to a guru or spiritual master.
Tad-vijñānārtham: We must go to a guru to understand the transcendental science of the spiritual life. It is said in the scriptures:
om ajñana-timirandhasya janañjana-salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai śrī-gurave namah
"I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer you respectful obeisances.
This is the definition of guru: *He who enlightens his disciple and saves him from rotting in the darkness of ignorance of the material world, is the true guru.*
So Gurudeva, I am no one to receive your protection, and yet by your infinite mercy and without cause to all the living entities of Kṛṣṇa, you accept me, and it is through you that I can pretend to serve the servant of your servant, with the desire that he be pleased with my service and thus begin to develop the qualities necessary to serve Divine couple Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.
His love for fallen souls has no limits, he is always at the service of his beloved spiritual master AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda, as a trustworthy copy in life of his work and teachings.
I am deeply grateful for all that he gives me, from his shelter, knowledge and mercy, even for allowing me to have the relationship of eternal father and spiritual daughter.
Thank you Guru Mahārāja for choosing to serve Lord Caitanya, in conditions not very physically rewarding, as always every step he takes, every word that comes out of his mouth is an example to follow the perfection of life itself.
My dear Gurudeva, you are kṛṣṇaika-saraṇa, you are completely sheltered in Kṛṣṇa, so you are an expert in becoming an instrument of His Love, where all you do is maintain service to Kṛṣṇa and share your transcendental knowledge with fallen souls.
Without more to say, I remain eternally anchored to your service, hoping that the present will find you with better health. Asking Kṛṣṇa for His mercy to keep his presence constant in my mind and heart.
Your would-be servant,
Bhāgavatī Subhadrā Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā)
Jalisco, México
¡Todas las glorias a Sri Guru y Gauranga!
¡Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!
Hare Krishna querido Guru Maharaja:
En este auspicioso día de su vyasapuja, solo quiero agradecerle por haberme aceptado misericordiosamente como su hija espiritual. Esa es una deuda que tendré vida tras vida y que jamás podré pagarle. Agradecerle por haber aceptado ser instrumento del Señor para rescatarme del oscuro agujero de esta existencia. Aun cuando no me encuentro capacitada para entender y recibir su misericordia, usted solo quiere lo mejor para todos nosotros; a veces contra nuestro propio entendimiento y voluntad, usted tiene el poder para re direccionar el viento que nos empuja a nuestro destino y hacer que se torne favorable, solo para ir de vuelta a casa, de vuelta con Krishna.
A medida que pasa el tiempo, me voy dando cuenta de lo difícil que es el camino de la devoción, de las pruebas que aparecen y que parecen insuperables.
En estos momentos, cuando su salud se encuentra muy delicada, puedo apreciar –con lo poco de inteligencia que tengo– que usted se encuentra más allá de mi comprensión: su determinación por cumplir sus servicios con Srila Prabhupada, a pesar de las limitaciones de su cuerpo y los extremos dolores que siente físicamente; su bienaventuranza interna, con una meditación constante en Mayapur y las glorias de Caitanya y Nitai, todo eso hace que realmente cualquier problema en el mundo material, se reduzca a una insignificancia.
Mi deseo sincero es complacerlo siempre, partiendo desde las cosas más simples y elementales, pues la senda espiritual no se trata de números o del volumen del servicio, todo se reduce simplemente a una cosa: limpiar nuestro corazón. Ceto darpana marjanam.
Orando porque el Señor Nrsimha lo proteja siempre y manifieste Su maravilloso y glorioso lila ante nosotros.
Su insignificante hija
Kamalaksi Kesavi Devi Dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Which ordinary human being is able to perform such trascendental activities?
Which common man's heart can be a reservoir of so much love and compassion?
Which person in the whole world may have that amount of dedication and devotion?
What kind of treasure is the one you save in your heart, that gives you so much strength?
In my limited and dullish condition, I aspire to serve you lifetime after lifetime and to keep your instruction in the deepest region of my heart.
Today I fall onto your lotus feet begging for forgiveness of my mistakes and for always having them as my shelter.
My heart, overwhelmed by lust and material desires, does not know what devotion in. But by achieving just a drop of your mercy I'll be able to always be absorbed in sravanam kirtanam.
For ever in debt and grateful, your servant,
Sarvesvara Acyuta Dasa (Diksa)
Montevideo, Uruguay.
P.S: In the present I'm being part of a traveling sankirtan program in Mexico and South America in charge of Aravinda Prabhu (BBS), trying to follow your instruction of distributing Prabhupada's books.
Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja!
Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
Happy vyāsa-pūjā Gurudeva! On this very auspicious day of your vyāsa-pūjā, I would like to send my best wishes and prayers for your wellbeing. May Lord Narasiṁhadeva protect you forever in the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda and shower you with mercy, so that you may lead us in the service of the Lord –Śrī Kṛṣṇa; the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
You are our father, mother, and our only key to our goal in going back to Godhead.
oṁ saha nāvavatu
saha nau bhunaktu
saha vīryaṁ karavāvahai
tejasvī nāvadhītamastu
mā vidviṣāvahai
oṁ śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ
Your most fallen and humble servant,
Dhīra Nitāi Dāsa and Family
Dear Guru Maharaj,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
All Glories to you on this most blessed event of Sri Vyasa Puja and All Glories to our beloved Srila Prabhupada.
In his instructions to Srila Rupa Goswami at Prayaga, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught,
brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva
guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja
“According to their karma, all living entities are wandering throughout the entire universe. Some of them are being elevated to the upper planetary systems, and some are going down into the lower planetary systems. Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to associate with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of Kṛṣṇa. By the mercy of both Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual master, such a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service.”
I don’t know how long I have been tossed up and down the waves of material misery and for how many lifetimes endlessly. It’s my great fortune that by the divine intervention of Srila Prabhupada’s books and your mercy that there is a hope for me to get out of this material tabernacle.
Over the past year I have tried to follow a few of your instructions judiciously. In your recent trip to Detroit in the summer last year you had requested that all disciples meet atleast once a month. By encouragement of serious godbrothers I have somehow tried to facilitate these meetings over the past month. Sometimes we were very fortunate to have the association of Senior devotees and at other times we relished the association of each other by discussing topics related to Krsna consciousness.
In your instructions you constantly emphasised how Srila Prabhupada wanted you to distribute atleast 10,000 big books and 100000 small books every month and you specifically wanted your disciples to take up this mantle from Srila Prabhupada to assist you in ensuring that this is followed. Over the past one year I have also tried in my little way to go out atleast twice a month on Sankirtan. In the process I’ve participating in distributing a few books, full sets, Harinaam outings and home programs. The friendships I have made while serving together on Sankirtan are the ones that have been relishing my devotional creeper.
I have been praying to delve deeply into sastra for some time now. By your mercy I was able to teach Bhakti Sastri at ISKCON Toronto, this has forced me to go deeper in my study of Srila Prabhupada’s books. It has helped me to gain a deeper understanding of the philosophy and how to apply these sublime teachings in my life. I look forward to continuing my study through participating in the Bhakti Vaibhava course that would be happening soon.
As ISKCON’s Congregation Minister the Bhakti Vrksa concept is very dear to you. By your mercy every Friday my family and I have been able to have regular Friday programs and assisting in cultivating about 4 families in and around the Etobicoke area where we live. We relish our association with these devotees and are hoping that more and more devotees join us in regular sanga.
Another feather in Srila Prabhupada’s cap is the formation of a new centre in the GTA viz. ISKCON Milton. Along with 4 other families, my family and I started preaching programs in Milton around a year ago and today we have around 10 – 12 families that join us for regular programs and atleast 80 – 100 people during festival days. Srila Prabhupada was the maha senapati bhakta whom Lord Caitanya sent to distribute the Holy Name in every town and village. And your pranama mantra also has the same mood to distribute the Holy Name of Lord Gaura in every town and village. By your mercy I am able to assist you and Srila Prabhupada in spreading the Holy Name in the Milton and greater Halton region. Please give me your mercy that I can continue doing this service which is very dear to you.
Srila Narrotam das Thakur says:
gaura-prema-rasārṇave, śe tarańge jebā ḍube,
se rādhā-mādhava-antarańga
“If one says: "Let me dive deep into the waves of the nectarean ocean of the transcendental loving movement introduced by Lord Caitanya", he immediately becomes one of the confidential devotees of Radha and Krsna.”
By your mercy dear Guru Maharaj, I have also got entrance into Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON, which is non-different from the confidential pastimes of Lord Caitanya. If you give me your blessings and permission for me to dive deeply through service I’m also hopeful that Srila Narottam das Thakur’s prophecy will become true in my life. Although I have innumerable faults and many shortcomings all these things will come to pass with your mercy. My shelter in this material world are your two lotus feet, the Holy Name of Sri Hari and my services in ISKCON.
On this occasion, praying that the Supreme Lord bestow His mercy and recuperate your ailing health.
Your spiritual son,
Narahari Dev das
ISKCON Milton
Hare krishna Gurudev,
My dear Spiritual father,
All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga.
All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada ,The Founder Acarya of ISKCON.
All glories to His Divine Grace Jayapataka Swami Acharyapad Guru Maharaaj, My Spititual father.
All glories to Sri Lord Sri Krishna, The supreme personality of Godhead.
Please accept our dandavat koti koti pranam unto our Gurudevu and spiritual master.
On the occassion of 69th Appearance day of our Gurudev, first we beg to Sri Sri Narsimhadev Please bring my Gurudev maharaj's Health condition as normal.
With gurumaharj's and krishna's mercy life is going with krishna seva.All my family initiated devotees and bhakthas pray for lord Krishna and Ahobila Narsimhadev for a speedy recovery of illness and good health.
May lord krishna bless our gurumaharj to live more and more years to guide with us to continue a sincere spiritual life and take to back home back to godhead.We are engaging and supporting kannur both hare krishna centres.
We offer our humble obeisances on this ausupecious day of appearance and pray to sreela Prabhupad and Krishna to give Gurumaharaaj a long life to inspire of those of thousanda and thousands of fallen souls to join with the wonderful life of Krishna consciousness.
All glories to our spiritual father, master, Gurudev.
Vijay Bhagavan Das
Revati Radha Devi Dasi.
Bhaktha Anagha Kuppadakath
Bhaktha Anjana Kuppadakath.
(All are from Toronto, Canada)
Atulya Rukmini Devi Dasi from Dubai.
Usha Ulsaahamayi Devi Dasi-Kannur, kerala.
Hare krishna Guru maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Gurudev though i got initiated by you last year (2017 - Detroit), it almost feels like i have grown up knowing you, serving you and moving along with you wherever you went along the length and breadth of mathuradesh. I came into Krishna consciousness in mathuradesh and i also developed my relation with you in this life in mathuradesh. Although when i was small i was immature and i didn't know the value of guru, but i was very happy doing service for you, sitting next to you while you eat, because you would entertain all of us kids and also secretly be expectant of some sweet from your plate. Most of us kids were excited when you come to mathuradesh, because we would come home and change and come visit you wherever you had taken up residence (Mostly Venugopal Prabhu's house). I would be happy to come see you and stay with you. I was also happy to skip my studies at the same time on the pretext of seeing you. And no one really pestered me to study or do anything else. You were gurudev a reason to escape my studies which i really didnt like doing but even in those days of immaturity i liked being very much with you. No one ever stopped me from entering your room when you were taking rest or were having a conversation because i was small (12-13 years old then) and i didn't pose any danger of disturbance for you or anybody in that room. i would quietly come and do my service. I once remember me and this other boy (Udayan aka Partha), were massaging your feet from inside study table. And we joyfully doing it. Massaging your lotus feet was our constant service. As kids we were excited holding your saffron side bag with the huge whompers. We were excited holding your walking stick and tapping devotees heads with it. We were so much excited going to the farms and jumping into the pool with you. Farm programs was my favorite pastime whenever you came to mathuradesh and i would always be looking forward for it.
Gurudev now when i am somewhat little matured, i can understand that all that i was thinking as "Fun" and "enjoyment" when i was with you was actually the causeless mercy provided by you via the parampara. I honestly never paid much attention to your lectures in my childhood days, either because i was fanning you or simply waiting for the time when you would make us laugh or simply waiting for the program to end so i can give you the sweet prasad from the bowl so you can give it to all the devotees. Fast forward 15 years, now i listen to your lectures from 80's and i can understand them with my limited brain and they are so full of nectar. I felt ashamed that i was not able to grasp the many stories from gaur lila when i was young, felt bad that i let go of an opportunity to understand the pastimes of gauranga. Neverthless Gurudev i am listening to your lectures while going to and from work and i really enjoy and appreciate the devotees who preserved this treasure.
Gurudev, i moved to Toronto, in the year 2006 and i have been residing there since then. Unlike mathuradesh where i was able to get your darshan every year, i get to see you every couples of years and sometimes we come to the US to visit you. I came to atlanta to visit you during panihatti festival (ISKCON 50) in 2016. One of the reasons i had travelled was to seek permission and blessings from you for marrying your disciple Daskina vrajagopi devi das (Iskcon south bangalore - Jagannath mandir). While travelling to Atlanta from Toronto, i was telling your pastimes to one another god-sister when i was young and was telling her, "Now i don't think they will me near guru maharaja, because of his health and also because i am no more a kid. They will look at me as an adult and won't let me in." But i also told mataji that i would be very happy to see guru maharaja after so long. When i came into the house where you were residing, one of the devotees asked me to carry the table into your room and i instantaneously lifted the table and thought atleast i will get to see you upclose before being ousted out. But then by your mercy, as soon as i came in with the table, they locked me in the room with you and other disciples.There was already a devotee askign other devotees to leave because you were about the have your meal, using the presence of mind, i just pretended to do something and immediately a devotee gave a bowl to keep it underneath your mouth while Vasudev prabhu was feeding you. You just turned around and saw me and that's it my visit to atlanta was fulfilled and i was engaged in your service.
I was supposed to talk to you about marriage and all that, but i felt so content with the service that i didn't mention it. Later on Kalasudha mataji mentioned it you and you just asked me why i didnt take initiation from you yet and whether i was following the 4 regulative principles or not. In the year 2017, i came to detroit and took initiation from you gurudeva and a week later i got married in bangalore. Post initiation i understood that association with your "Vani" was very important and essential, so i started listening to your lectures and under the guidance of senior devotees i started transcribing your lectures as well. Currently, i am putting my efforts to bring together all your disciples from Toronto and maintain a forum where we can communicate your instructions exclusively to all the disciples. This service was already accomplished by other senior disciples, i just built upon their accomplishments. Right now we created a page, containing information related to your disciples of toronto and their activities here such as monthly JSSS meet, yearly vysasapuja meetings, Bhakti Vriksha reports, information for aspiring disciples, your exlclusive instructions. Our aim is to provide you brief reports of the activities happening in toronto particularly pertaining to the your disciples.
Gurudev after initiation i feel energized in krishna consciousness, but there is a lot to improve and with your mercy i will. I am trying to read scriptures scrutinizingly and learning from the association of devotees. I also want to chant more sincerely gurudev and i am trying to accomplish chanting in the early hours rather than late at night. Whenever i feel a lack of dedication, i think about your dedication and your sincerity because of which we all are here. Everyday before i leave home, i take your blessings, so as to keep me rooted in krishna consciousness and not deviate and not be overcome by pride or any such quality. Gurudev i want an opportunity to serve you as your servant and i am always longing for your big embrace which i have been fond of since childhood.
Lastly my dear gurudev, i offer Bhaktivinod Thakur's song "Ohe Vaishnava Thakura" as an offering to you with all my heart. Within my experience from childhood to now, you really are "doyara sagara" and i am the witness.
please accept my humble obeisances again and again.
Your servant
Sudarshan Gopal Das
On behalf of
Radha Govinda Hari Das (Father)
Sowmya Gaurangi Devi Dasi (Mother)
Dakshina Vrajagopi Devi Dasi (Wife)
Pooja Ravindranath (Sister)
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya
jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena
tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
Hare Krsna!
Ananta Koti Dandavad Pranam unto your lotus feet.
Thank you for your mercy by giving association of your devotees. Thank you for your mercy by bringing our family into Bhakthi vrksa program where we have started to learn the path to come back home to Godhead.
Thank you for your causeless mercy on such insignificant worthless persons.
We humbly pray to you to provide our family members guidance through the obstacles on our way back home since we have no idea how to navigate them.
Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare
Your Aspiring Servents,
Abhishek, Gayathri and Mythili
Minneapolis, USA
Dear Srila Gurudeva,
Please accept my respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet.
All Glories to You.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to your heart and soul Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nithyananda Prabhu.
Year 2017, another platinum moment of my life and to cherish forever that I got to travel and serve you in person for 17 days. The kind of personal association that I had with you and your personal servants are forever to remember to cherish. No words to describe. This is in addition to Year 2016 when you visited Minneapolis and changed the ISKCON's footprint in Minnesota altogether. Devotees are cooperating together to serve Srila Prabhupada now. I have got immense energy that my Spiritual Master is with me and I can go ahead and preach to whatever extent possible.
First and foremost please forgive us (Susevini Gurugauranga DD (wife) and me) if we have committed any offence unto your divine feet and to your dear personal servants.
I am like a hard nut to crack in listening to the instructions. Most of the times, I need to realize on my own than heeding to the instructions. This is true even with respect to my chanting. I never budged to my Siksha guru on his request to start chanting for many years but until I stood before Mahaprabhu in Mayapur and started feeling the change. I beg you to please inspire me to follow instructions firmly. Please make my faith more firm and love stronger towards the Lord and Lord's dear devotees.
I pray to Lord that the health crisis that you undergo now is temporary and you will emerge as the king of the Mahaprabhu's empire. I pray to Lord Narasingadeva to heal and sooth your health issues. But I know that nothing stops you from preaching the Lord's glories and your mission to Srila Prabhupada.
I am very much grateful to you for accepting me as your humble servant. I seek your blessings so that I can preach more effectively. I know nothing and I am an instrument in your hands to preach Lord’s glories. As always please bless our family (Susevini Gurugauranga Devi Dasi and two children (Dhanya and Haripriya)) and keep us in your prayers.
Your insignificant humble servant
Amani Gauracandra Das.
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my respectful obesciences.
I am really getting amazed at the endeavor you are giving to expand Krishna consciousness movement at this stage.
I always think how you are able to get that much endurance to be always part of lord's service.
I am not even getting a word to say anything by seeing the austerities you are performing everyday to increase the taste for Gauranga.
I will pray that Krishna should give you strength to rejuvenate your services(making more devotees) post your operation.
If possible please come to Minneapolis to inspire and deliver us with your blessings.
Your unqualified aspiring servant,
Arun Souri
Minneapolis
Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet.
All Glories to You!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to your heart and soul Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nithyananda Prabhu!
I had an opportunity to get your darshan during my Atlanta temple visit for "Jagannath Yatra celebration". By lord's mercy, the moment my taxi stopped in front of the temple and i stepped out of the taxi, I saw you in person first time. You were on your afternoon fresh air round, with devotees, around temple garden. I was blessed with the rare opportunity to offer my humble obeisance by touching your lotus feet. :)
Thank you for being the beacon of Krishna Prem and helping fallen souls like us to find our way out of this vicious trap of maya.
I humbly seek your blessings for me and my family (Mittal Patel and my 2 children [Luvya and Dhanvi]) so that we can advance in our spiritual life and can serve with devotion to "guru and gauranga". Please keep us in your prayers.
Your insignificant humble servant,
Ashish Patel
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
My dear Sri Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
I’m the most fallen, sinful rascal with no knowledge, think myself as most wise, have no control over my mind, tongue, lust, anger, greed etc. I am the most egoistic rascal that I always think others as rascal and do not give respect to them including my wife, parents & in laws. I have heard that Krishna is merciful but it’s very hard to reach Him. Rather than Krishna Gauranga Mahaprabhu is more merciful and whomever Mahaprabhu does not reach Lord Nityananda Prabhu reaches to them with his unconditional causeless mercy. But I’m so fallen that I am unable to accept the mercy of Lord Nityananda. Therefore, I am seeking mercy from your lotus feet and aspiring to be your disciple, because you are distributing Nitai Kripa causelessly.
By mercy of Acharya Chandra Das prabhu, son of your disciple I have received the priceless Holy name. I had good fortune to sit in your class at Mayapur Dham. But unfortunately, I do not remember anything except your loud chanting of “Gauranga” as I was sleeping in the class. I am such a rascal that even after staying in devotee’s association for 2-3 years I have escaped and started sinful life again. I know you never forgot me and that’s why you have sent your disciples to me and brought back under the umbrella of Bhaktivriksa.
I have heard in one of your lecture that “Krishna prasade Guru mile” therefore I have requested to Lord Jagannath to find out Guru for me as I am confused and have no prayers to offer and don’t know what to do. Within few days I have received call from your disciple Sri Amani Goura Chandra Das, he pickd me from my home given class, given tasty prasadam and told me about your causeless mercy and I got convinced immediately. After this you came to me personally, given me shelter to your holy lotus feet although I was not able to follow the rules & regulations. Also, you have blessed my wife & child (that time he was in womb for 2.5 months). Whatever I could follow today, it’s only by your causeless mercy. The quality association whatever I am getting it’s only by your divine grace.
Dear Guru Maharaj, I am trying to serve You, Srila Prabhupada, Lord Gauranga & all devotees, trying to learn mridangam & harmonium. Please bless me so that right words come to my tongue at right moment with right spirit for the glorification to you, Prabhupada and Lord Gauranga, perfect sweet sounds come out when I touch mridangam. Please bless me so that I can offer some prayers to Lord Gauranga & Nityananda, get little taste to Holy name and be compassionate to all living beings & show love to them.
Again and again I bow down to your lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
Your insignificant most fallen aspiring servant,
Biplab Ghosh
Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept our humble obeisance! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
This is our first Vyasa Puja offering to your lotus feet. We found ourselves incapable of this offering all these years since you gave us our first initiation in front of Rukmini Dwarkadish temple in 2012 in Los Angeles, CA USA. With your mercy and encouragement by devotee groups, this year we are able to gather some courage to offer the Vyasa Pooja offerings at your lotus feet.
We husband (ChandraVadan Gauranga Das) and wife (Ashta Sakhi Madhavi Devi Dasi) live in Sacramento area, CA from last 20 years. We serve our deities PremaGaura NitaiChandra (name given by you) at our home with Tulsi parikrama as recommended by you. We are able to chant 16 rounds daily and some extra rounds for your health. On regular basis we read daily Bhagawad Gita, Srimad Bhagawatam, Narshimha Kavacham and other Srila prabhupada’s and his disciple’s books.
With Krishna’s mercy, we are part of the book distribution team (Non-profit: Team Yamuna Mayi) in Sacramento. We go out to the local events i.e. Kids day at park, Strawberry festival, Banana festival, Color festival and/or Earth day to introduce the attendees to Srila Prabhupad’s books. We also cook Prasadam to distribute to prospective new comers during the Sankirtan. We also invite festival attendees to come visit us and learn about Bhagwat Gita and have free vegetarian feast during our regular Sunday program. At Sunday program we also teach small kids Hindi/Sloka’s and other related activities.
We get books supply from BBT LA in small trucks or vans and store them in our garage. We collect funds in our non-profit to support continuous book distributions of BBT books. Some pictures are attached for your pleasure. Slowly but steadily our goal is to fully serve Srila Prabhupada’s mission as our service. I hope you will continue to shower your mercy upon us knowing we need the most so that we can continue to stay focused.
Yours,
ChandraVadan Gauranga Dasa,
Ashta Sakhi Madhavi Devi Dasi,
Bhaktin Vishakha
Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept our humble obeisance! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
This is our first Vyāsa-pūjā offering to your lotus feet. We found ourselves incapable of this offering all these years since you gave us our first initiation in front of Rukmiṇī Dvārakādīśa temple in 2012 in Los Angeles, CA USA. With your mercy and encouragement by devotee groups, this year we are able to gather some courage to offer the Vyāsa-pūjā offerings at your lotus feet.
We husband (Candrvadana Gaurāṅga Dāsa) and wife (Aṣṭa-sakhī Mādhavī Devī Dāsī) live in Sacramento area, CA from last 20 years. We serve our deities Prema Gaura Nitāi Candra (name given by you) at our home with Tulasī parikramā as recommended by you. We are able to chant 16 rounds daily and some extra rounds for your health. On regular basis we read daily Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Narasiṁha Kavacam and other Śrīla Prabhupāda’s and his disciple’s books.
With Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, we are part of the book distribution team (Non-profit: Team Yamunā Mayī) in Sacramento. We go out to the local events i.e. Kids day at park, Strawberry festival, Banana festival, Color festival and/or Earth day to introduce the attendees to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books. We also cook prasāda to distribute to prospective new comers during the saṅkīrtana. We also invite festival attendees to come visit us and learn about Bhagavad-gītā and have free vegetarian feast during our regular Sunday program. At Sunday program we also teach small kids Hindi/śloka’s and other related activities.
We get books supply from BBT LA in small trucks or vans and store them in our garage. We collect funds in our non-profit to support continuous book distributions of BBT books. Some pictures are attached for your pleasure. Slowly but steadily our goal is to fully serve Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission as our service. I hope you will continue to shower your mercy upon us knowing we need the most so that we can continue to stay focused.
Your Humble Servant,
Candravadana Gaurāṅga Dāsa
Aṣṭa-sakhī Mādhavī Devī Dāsī
Bhaktin Viśākhā
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
My dear Sri Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
I am insignificant fallen soul, have no qualifications, no words to say, no service attitude to perform, no bhakti in my heart, no taste to Holy name aspiring shelter to your lotus feet. By mercy of Lord Jagannath I have got married and we are aspiring to be your disciple. By your divine mercy I am blessed with “Suputra” and your divine grace has given name “Nilamadhav”.
Please bless me with little taste to Holy name, give me words so that I can glorify you, Gauranga & all other devotees. Please give me devotion & service attitude so that I can serve you, Lordship and raise my son in Krishna Consciousness. Also, please shower your divine blessing to my son Nilamadhav for healthy, Krishna conscious, long living life in the service of you, Jagannath & all devotees.
Again, I offer my dandabat pranam to your lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
Your aspiring servant,
Chandrima Debnath
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda
śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda
Hare krsna Gurumaharaj,
All glories to you
Happy vyasa puja
I am but a 11 year old girl who took aspiring from you 4 years ago.
But I still Chant only 1 round a day
I have no taste for chanting. Please help me.
As much as I have wished for shelter I have never taken the steps
suitable to reach that goal. I have heard about your glories many times from my mom.
I hope that I shall see you many more times in the future.My sister is 8 years old amd also is aspiring from you. She Also Wishes You a Happy vyasa puja
Once again Happy Vyasa Puja Dear Gurumaharaj
Your Aspiring Servants
Dhanya Arulprakasam( age 11, Minneapolis, Daughter of Susevini Guru Gauranga Devi dasi and Amani Gauracandra das)
Haripriya Arulprakasam ( age 8, minneapolis, Also Daughter of Susevini Guru Gauranga Devi dasi and Amani Gauracandra das)
Dearest Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of Your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Your Divine Grace!
Guru Mahārāja on the most auspicious occasion of Your Divine Appearance, my repeated petitions to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to keep this Great General of Mahāprabhu’s Saṅkīrtana Army in the best of health for many more decades to come.
Guru Mahārāja You are the beacon light of Lord Nityānanda’s mercy having descended to reclaim fallen souls like myself. Lord Caitanya’s personal beauty attracted many people to take up devotional service, similarly Your sweetness is one such instrument which draws people close to You and thereby to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Time and again Your care and unconditional love has kept me sheltered in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. I often wonder what good fortune I did to deserve this, but then I understand that’s it is simply Your causeless mercy.
Guru Mahārāja, You have given me so much personal attention, always encouraging the smallest of my endeavors. My wedding that is about to happen in a few days is also Your benediction. Guru Mahārāja, You have always blessed me with the best that I don’t have any excuse holding me back from doing my best in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Guru Mahārāja I beg for your blessings so that I can live up to all the benedictions that You have so kindly bestowed upon me and dedicate my life completely in Your service.
Guru Mahārāja, this year, we saw You go through health challenges and You expressed concern about disciples not following their initiation vows. Guru Mahārāja I pray that chanting a minimum of 16 rounds daily and following the 4 regulative principles be the topmost priority of my life. I beg for Your mercy so that I can improve the quality of my chanting and get some taste for the Holy name.
Guru Mahārāja, for your pleasure, we have been doing kids classes in Omaha for the past couple of years and as You had predicted, we have seen good success in adult outreach as well through this program. We would like to expand our preaching efforts and start a Bhakti-vṛkṣa soon with Your blessings. Guru Mahārāja kindly bless us to keep increasing our services and purify our consciousness, so that one day the very purpose of our existence will be for Your exclusive service.
Begging to always remain in the shelter of Your lotus feet,
Your unworthy spiritual daughter,
Divyāṅgī Lalitā Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā)
Omahā, USA
Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaj
Please accept my most respectful obeisances at Your divine lotus feet,
All glories to your Divine Grace,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva
guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja"........Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to associate with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of Kṛṣṇa. By the mercy of both Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual master, such a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service." (CC Madya 9.151).
With your mercy we got the seed of devotion, getting inspiration through your association (through your lectures and books) and trying to grow in devotion day by day.
Without your mercy we can't even put one step forward in our spiritual life. With your instruction we are trying to serve you to bring more souls near to Krishna. We are sincerely begging for your blessings and empowerment to bring more souls near to Krishna and Guru.
We are praying to Sri Sri Radha Shyama Sundar and Srila Prabhupada for you good physical health.
Your insignificant Servant,
Gopi Kantha Krishna Dasa
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear Gurumaharaja,
Please accept our most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to your Divine Grace. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
In the sastra it is said:
yasya deve parā bhaktir yathā deve tathā gurau
tasyaite kathitā hy arthāḥ prakāśante mahātmanaḥ"Unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master, all the imports of Vedic knowledge are automatically revealed."
Shvetashvatara Upanishad 6.23
guru Krishna rupa han shastrer pramaney.
guru-rupe Krishnakripa karen bhaktagane.According to the deliberate opinion of all revealed scriptures, the spiritual master is nondifferent from Kṛṣṇa. Lord Kṛṣṇa in the form of the spiritual master delivers His devotees.
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ädi-līlā 1.45
To understand Krishna and his devotees, we need complete surrender toward the spiritual master and serve him with same attention and sincerity as we would do to serve the Supreme Lord Krishna Himself. In fact, serving Guru is more important than serving the Supreme Lord Himself. This is the foundation of all Vedic knowledge. Unless one understands the position of spiritual master as a direct representation of the Supreme Lord, he won’t be able to approach pure devotional service s at any time.
Srila Gurudeva,
Last year we had the good fortune to have Your Divine Grace personal darshan during your visit in Los Angeles, US. Many devotees from different parts of the world gather to get your blessings and rare association. As usual, it became a great conference of many god siblings and we had a completely ecstatic yatra in your presence. Each and every bit of it was full of joy. But in the midst of all these rejoicings, Your Divine Grace taught us many lessons through your personal Leela. You were extremely tired on account of removal of your accumulated body fluid just prior to your visit to the US, but still, you gave all of your time to rest of us. Many of your Godbrothers had many hours of meeting with you and they all left satisfied after the discussion. We saw you everywhere: in your quarter, in your god siblings’ apartment, in the temple hall taking darshan or giving a lecture, giving your darshan to your disciples and well-wishers 2/3 times a day, traveling to Laguna beach temple and bless that congregation- what not! We can’t fathom how much energy you possess. Just being with you can become very hectic for people like us who work sometimes 2-3 shifts to meet the deadline for demanding office works. The difference is that by doing mundane work we become exhausted but by being with you we become rejuvenated.
Dear Acharyapada,
Last year, we got your special mercy through getting mantra diksha from you. Even though we are not qualified enough to get this benediction, you accepted us because of our interest in deity worship. We are really grateful for your acceptance to our request. At the late evening, when you were uttering the mantras to our ear, you seemed very exhausted. We felt so bad by thinking that for the sake of us, you are keeping yourself awake and spending so much energy to bless us with those divine mantras. But another experience we want to share with you. When you were uttering the mantras, we felt the world had stopped us. We had nothing but the sound vibration from your lotus mouth. This was an amazing experience for us. We are also grateful to you for blessing our daughter when she was in the womb and immediately after she was born. It will be always one of the most cherished memories of her when she will understand what she had been bestowed upon.
Dear Father,
It always amazes us how you have embraced each and every detail of Vedic culture in your life. Your attention to every detail chores you do we can see nowhere these days. Especially, it is almost impossible for a person to maintain this high standard who is traveling round the clock to different parts of the world. Your eagerness to preach to everyone at any situation has given you a very special position as an Acharya in the line of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and your glorification will be sung by devotees all around the universe many millennia to come.
Hey Patita Pavan (Deliverer of the most fallen souls),
We are not able to become your disciples. When we see around us, almost every disciple of yours is supercharged with your enthusiasm to preach to each and everyone through a various different faculty of preaching services. But we are not able to embrace any of them wholeheartedly. Our lack of sincerity do not allow is to fulfill our initial vow that we would help you to fulfill Srila Prabhupada’s instructions. Please make us an instrument so that we can do something in your service to Srila Prabhupada. Please empower us to execute our sadhana more rigidly and strongly. Please take full control of our heart and make us dance as you wish.
Gurumaharaja,
We pray to Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha-Madanohan, Sriman Mahaprabhu, and Sri Sri Laxmi-Nrsimha Dev, Sril Prabhupada, and all the previous acharyas to protect you from all kind of physical sufferings and make you completely cured so that you can preach more vigorously all around the globe. We are the flagship of Sankirtan movement, where ever you will go, millions of people will automatically follow you. We want to see you jumping and dancing in front of the kirtan rally as the commander in chief of Srila Prabhupada’s army.
All glories to your Divine Grace!
Eternally Sheltered at your Lotus Feet,
Koladwip Pran Dasa,
Simantini Sakhi Devi Dasi,
Rai Mandali Sikder
Dear Guru Maharaj,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
yadyapi āmāra guru — caitanyera dāsa
tathāpi jāniye āmi tāṅhāra prakāśa
Although I know that my spiritual master is a servitor of Śrī Caitanya, I know Him also as a plenary manifestation of the Lord. ( CC. Adi 144 )
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your divine lotus feet. All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga!. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! . All glories to you in this most auspicious day of your Vyasa Puja!
Dear Guru Maharaj, on this auspicious day of your Vyasa Puja, I fervently pray to you for mercy, guidance, protection, and empowerment so that I may be able to serve you.
Gurumaharaj once again your divine vyasa puja allows me the opportunity to glorify you in a very limited way due to my disqualification, although your fame is unlimited in the three worlds.
On this auspicious day of your divine appearance I have another opportunity to reflect upon the significant impact you have had on my life and the life of others, giving us inspiration, enthusiasm and knowledge. It is too an opportunity to reflect upon your dedication to Srila Prabhupada’s service and how you empower others to take the same dedication. You are an example of firm determination to serve Guru and Lord Krishna. You are Srila prabhupada’s victory flag!
You are a true representative of Lord Gauranga and Lord Nityananda . Since 1968 you are working tirelessly round the clock to preach Krishna consciousness all around the world and you do it with perfect joy and devotion.
I’m so thankful and so fortunate that I meet your divine grace when I was young. I’m realizing know that I misuse that good fortune all these years. I will try to do better dear Guru maharaj.
Thank you for being present every day in my life. Thank you for not giving up on me. Please let me bow to your lotus feet by your mercy I can achieve Lord Krishna’s mercy, without your mercy I’m lost.
mahaprabhoh kirtana-nritya-gita-
vaditra-madyan-manaso rasena
romancha-kampashru-taranga-bhajo
vande guroh shri-charanaravindam
Chanting the holy name, dancing in ecstasy, singing, and playing musical instruments, the spiritual master is always gladdened by the sankirtana movement of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Because he is relishing the mellows of pure devotion within his mind, sometimes his hair stands on end, he feels quivering in his body, and tears flow from his eyes like waves. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.
You insignificant servant,
Koti Chandra Dasi
From La Paz Bolivia (Diksha)
Alachua, Fl. USA
Hare Krishna Guru Mahārāja. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to your service. Congratulations on 69th holy vyāsa-pūjā day. You are so sincere and dedicated to Śrīla Prabhupāda that you continue on through much difficulty. I am always glad to see you and your continued preaching service to the whole world from Facebook posts. I am glad to see that ISKCON Māyāpur is being built up even more.
By your mercy I have continued rereading Śrīla Prabhupāda's books out loud everyday. I humbly beg and pray for your mercy that I continue this service and my daily sādhana. Thank you for saving this fallen soul. It is by your mercy that I have even continued in Kṛṣṇa consciousness this far. My connection to you is everything. You connect me with my grandfather Guru Śrīla Prabhupāda and Kṛṣṇaa Bhagavān. On this holy vyāsa-pūjā day please give me your mercy so that I may continue my service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Jay Guru Mahārāja.
I and all the devotees continue to pray for you to recover your health. All the sincere devotees prayers and mercy of the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa and you are able to be discharged from the hospital to celebrate your most auspicious vyāsa-pūjā. Thank you for all your service. Jaya Guru Mahārāja!
Your Servant,
Lalitā Praneśvara Dāsa
Dearest Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my most respectful and humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. I wish you a very happy vyāsa-pūjā and pray to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī for many happy returns of this auspicious day.
There is nothing that I could say to glorify you that has not already been said beautifully and eloquently by my senior godbrothers and godsisters.
Each year more, You continue to amaze the the world with your unwavering dedication for your beloved Śrīla Prabhupāda! Your preaching message is direct and powerful, yet your demeanor with us is compassionate, you hold true to Lord Caitanya’s mood.
Guru Mahārāja, you never fail to strengthen our conviction in Kṛṣṇa consciousness through your perfect example, in which you always teach us with your every action that we are not these bodies, as you demonstrate your amazing spiritual personality.
Thank you for your unconditional love.
I feel most fortunate to have had your wonderful association in this life time, you are my torch light, my Guru, my spiritual father and friend, I find clarity and spiritual strength in your teachings through lectures, kīrtana and japa.
I pray for more opportunities to serve you dear Guru Mahārāja in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission in any way I can and to receive your wonderful association again.
I hope that my small service in raising Kṛṣṇa conscious children pleases you.
Praying to Lord Jagannātha and Lord Narasiṁhadeva to keep you in good health daily.
Thank you for everything you do!
Your most fallen spiritual daughter,
Lalitā Śyāma Devī Dāsī
My dearest Gurumaharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Your Grace! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Please accept our heartfelt prayers unto the lotus feet of Lord Narasimhadeva for crossing over this tough patch of ill health.
Looking back, as far as we know,your life is filled with himalayan tests, one after the other,from all fronts and we have seen you succeeding everyone of them in flying colors. We see you remain steadfastly fixed at the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada, accepting the true identity as His servant. Seeing your example , studying your life, we are inspired.
In 2006, when you visited Chile,during the reception, you spoke about your travels so far and services and the planned itinerary for the next three months. It was a race against time, mind boggling! So much in so less time!
You are global, yet personal. You never miss the details. You know about your disciples better than the computer! You care for us, pray for us, protective of us and are determined to take us back to Godhead with You, holding us by our hands!
And your heart of love keeps growing, always ready to accomodate more!
In 2014, when you were speaking on Srila Prabhupada s early pastimes in Mayapur and India over skype, I asked a question. I forgot what it is , but what remains cemented in my heart is your expression. You asked the reader who asks this question and when he told my name,you asked where I live now. When he answered that I am from Charlotte, you made an expression that you finally found me. I kept moving to different countries and hadnt been writing to you. But you had me in your thoughts and you were probably wondering, not seeing me around.
I realized that such a truly insignificant disciple also matters so much to you. As an unfailing servant of Lord Achyuta,you always protect us by your thoughts, prayers, instructions and association! We are simply fortunate!
Although I am one among half a million godsiblings, your genuine care on me makes me feel I am your spiritual daughter and have a unique place as everyone else. Just a few moments of your association is a source of great strength.
In your Christmas message, you had mentioned that ‘Now, if I have to say what I want for my Christmas day gifts, I want that my disciples and all the devotees develop their taste for chanting the holy name and their extreme laulyam for serving Lord Caitanya, Lord Krsna and entering into Their eyernal pastimes.”
Usually, Christmas gifts are always given, even if its beyond one’s capacity.
I realize I am don’t have taste for chanting or serving .How will I give you these gifts? How can I ignore what you want?
All I have in my basket is tiny amounts of Bhakti vrksha services, kids class services, book distribution, working with devotees for outreach programs .
When I searched for where I can purchase these gifts from, I saw you having these in unlimited amounts and offering them to Srila Prabhupada!
Begging you dear Gurumaharaja to bestow us with taste for chanting and extreme laulyam for devotional service so that we can serve you to please your grace.
Because of your extreme ‘laulyam’ for serving Srila Prabhupada, you always feel you have not served enough. You inspire us to be your instruments to reach out to countless suffering souls.
Whenever you speak about Srila Prabhupada, we can get a peek into the fathomless ocean of love and service and the sweet,transcendental, reciprocative, spiritual relationship between your Grace and His Divine Grace.
When someone
Can’t stand,
Can’t walk,
Can’t talk,
Can’t see,
Can’t hear,
Can’t even sit straight,
What makes him
Run a marathon,
Talk a sermon,
See through the souls,
Hear their thoughts
Make others steady
Is his unconditional love
For his Spiritual Master.
Yes,Love is blind
Blind to one’s own suffering,
Love brings bliss, just serving!
Without a trace of that love,
Dear Gurumaharaja,
How can I serve you,
Assist you in serving
Your heart’s master?
Please forgive my unlimited offenses committed daily.
Please lift me up from the quagmire of offensive chanting and offensive services.
Offering my insignificant prayers for your good health and traveling for preaching.
Eternally grateful to you for accepting me in this glorious parampara, constantly tolerating me, patiently waiting on me to become a pure devotee.
Your insignificant servants,
Lalitangi Radha devi dasi, Charlotte, USA
Sevananda Chaitanya Dasa,
Nimay and Prahlad
Dear Guru Maharaj
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Please accept my most humble obeisances
We have the blessing of having you another year in this planet to learn how to serve you and help you in this incredible preaching journey you embraced with so much devotion dedication and loyalty to the instructions of your dear Guru Srila Prabhupada
I am daily humbled by your perseverance in spite of all the tribulations you undergo dear Guru Maharaj you are an example to everyone and I pray to continue being under your shelter and that by your causeless mercy I can follow your instructions and join you and be of any help in your spiritual army
I pray for your health everyday reciting Nrisimha Kavacha stotram
May you enjoy much this your most glorious magnificent appearance day in the planet dear Guru Maharaj surrounded by all your dedicated loving disciples that love you so very much like myself and my dear husband Jaya Rama
Gouranga Gouranga !
Your insignificant servants
Madhira Devi Dasi and Jaya Rama Das adhikari
Hare Krishna Srila Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All Glories to You and your lifetime of service to Srila Prabhupada and his mission.
All Glories to your most auspicious Vyasa Puja!
Guru Maharaja, words fail us as we try to write an offering for you this year. Each year, we realize more and more just how special and power your mercy is and how fallen we are that we are unable to truly serve you and take in all that mercy and share it.
Last year, we were witnesses of that overflow of mercy when you gave a very special message for the devotees of the Austin/Round Rock yatra as we had shared with you about the opening of our new store front temple. In your message, you urged us to work together to please Srila Prabhupada with continued preaching of the holy name through Kirtan and books. Despite of being in so much physical discomfort, you are still there to give blessings and inspire us even with just your glance.
Guru Maharaja, even with just a moment's association with yourself, there is an overflow of mercy that comes, so much that at times we feel like misers - keeping all that mercy to ourself and not sharing it with others. There is so much strength in that mercy that we can get in that short physical association we have with you that we are now inspired to share that mercy with more and people.
Guru Maharaja, as powerful your physical association is, we are coming to realize that there is EVEN more power in listening to your classes, reading your books and trying to follow your instruction. Recently, we were hearing classes from the 80s that your divine self gave on Caitanya Bhagavata in Atlanta and we realized just how much of yourself is there in those classes. We are eternally grateful to you for sharing all that lost knowledge with us.
Guru Maharaja, we have a long way to go to be able to serve you properly. We have a long way to go to follow your instructions perfectly. And we have a long way to develop the desire to hear and chant. However, by your mercy we have faith, hope, encouragement and strenght. We hope that we are able to continue to serve you and help you on your mission to help Srila Prabhupada.
On this most auspicious occasion of Vyasa Puja, we make a promise to your divine self that we will make a renewed effort in our sadhana and service and continue to share the glories of Mahaprabhu with everyone. We pray to Lord Nrsimha deva to shower his blessings upon your divine self.
Your servants,
Mahasundari Madhavi dasi and
Rupasagara das (VDA)
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
My dear Spiritual Father and Guru Majaraja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet on your most auspicious appearance day.
You are such a dedicated and loving servant to your Spiritual Master and ISKCON's Founder Acharya H.D.G. Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. You always set a perfect example and guide for your disciple's to emulate and follow. Thank you for your deep concern for the fallen masses to extend the true hand of friendship to save them from repeated birth & death and establish a deep love in their heart for your kind self and dear Lord Sri Krishna. Thank you for all your hard work and dedicated service to the holy Dhama of Sri Mayapur. Such a wonderful spiritual city you pioneered in the early 1970's. It is evolving into such a wonderful place to raise a family in a deep spiritual culture. So many devotees & pilgrims have developed such a love for this holy Dhama.
I look back through the history of the world and feel so fortunate to be living here in Mayapur at this pinpoint of time in history when this new Temple of the Vedic Planetarium is becoming manifest as predicted by Lord Nityananda to effect such a deep change in the world when it opens. Thank you Gurudeva for trusting my wife and I in your vani seva to safeguard and protect your wealth of recorded vani to digitize and disseminate your spoken word worldwide. It is happening in a big way now with so many books & monthly magazines going out in different languages by your empowerment. On different web sites your photos, audio recordings, written word, Vyasa Puja books, and videos are being widely distributed worldwide.
The month of February, I was on a marathon to get your "Jayapataka Swami Official" You Tube Channel to break new records. The goals were by Gaura Purnima, by your mercy, when you would be here in Sri Dhama Mayapur;
1. To get over 1000 videos posted on your channel. Today at 1044 videos
2. To get over 3000 subscribers. Today at 3156 with the help of your Facebook page.
3. To go over one quarter million total views. Today at 241,273 total views.
4. To get over 100,000 minutes viewed every 30 days. Today at 108,370 minutes viewed.
5. To get over 15,000 views every thirty days. Today at 17,584. Guru Maharaja,
Your other wish was to have a You Tube Channel that was not just about you and your worldwide preaching, but videos in general about ISKCON's various preaching efforts. So my wife, Caitanya Rupa devi dasi set up "NIMAINITAI" You Tube channel in 2008. This year the activity on the channel has skyrocketed for a spiritually dedicated channel. By your mercy we have achieved the following results;
1. 2468 videos posted mainly from ISKCON's World Headquarters in Sri Dhama Mayapur.
2. 27,989 subscribers.
3. 10,851,831 total views worldwide.
4. 2,030,220 minutes watched every thirty days. During the winter season it was over 4,000,000 minutes.
5. 555,595 videos viewed every thirty days. During the winter season it was over 1,000,000 views.
So Caitanya Rupa devi dasi and I, Pandava dasa thank you for engaging us in devotional service. We pray by your mercy & blessings, Guru Maharaja, to be able to remain here in this most sacred Holy Dhama of Sri Mayapur for the rest of our lives to safeguard your Vani Form and distribute it worldwide from Japataka Swami's Archives.
Please bless us to remain fixed in this service and in the shelter of your lotus feet Eternally
Your small insignificant son and daughter,
Pandava dasa & Caitanya Rupa devi dasi.
Please accept my most respectful obeisances.
All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All Glories to my most dearest Śrīla Gurudeva!
Hare Kṛṣṇa!
Dearest Śrīla Gurudeva!
I would like to wish you a happy Vyāsa-pūjā, on this most auspicious day I pray for your mercy and blessings to continue serving your lotus feet.
Śrīla Gurudeva you are the most amazing, compassionate, kindest most loving Spiritual father.
You are Śrīla Prabhupāda’s warrior although you have so much of health challenges you still go on fur-filling Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission.
Gurudeva you are my life and soul and my inspiration every time I think of you it inspires me to do my services attentively to please you.
I pray to you to please forgive me for all my offenses.
Gurudeva please give me your blessings to continue to please you.
Gurudeva I pray to you that I may serve you life times after life times.
Gurudeva you are always so merciful to me.
I love you Śrīla Gurudeva.
Gurudeva thank you so much for everything.
Without your mercy I don’t know we are I will be.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Śrīla Gurudeva,
Your Servant,
Rādhā Kṛpāmayī
Please accept our most respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories unto you, unto Śrīlā Prabhupāda, and unto all the āchāryas in our Paramparā! On this auspicious occasion of your 75th Vyāsa-pūjā Appearance day, we humbly express our heartfelt gratitude to The Supreme Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and to Śrīlā Prabhupāda and unto you our ever well-wishers, for providing us with shelter under your merciful guidance.
Your unconditional acceptance of us, in the matchless spirit of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, fills our hearts with deep and immense gratitude.
Śrīlā Prabhupāda, in his purport to SB 7. 15. 45, writes: “It is said in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11. 20. 17):
nṛ-deham ādyaṁ sulabhaṁ sudurlabhaṁ
plavaṁ sukalpaṁ guru-karṇadhāram
mayānukūlena nabhasvateritaṁ
pumān bhavābdhiṁ na taret sa ātma-hā
This human form of body is a most valuable boat, and the spiritual master is the captain, guru-karṇadhāram, to guide the boat in plying across the ocean of nescience. The instruction of Kṛṣṇa is a favorable breeze. One must use all these facilities to cross over the ocean of nescience. Since the spiritual master is the captain, one must serve the spiritual master very sincerely so that by his mercy one will be able to get the mercy of the Supreme Lord.
A significant word here is acyuta-balaḥ. The spiritual master is certainly very merciful to his disciples, and consequently by satisfying him a devotee gets strength from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore says, guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja: one must first please the spiritual master, and then one automatically pleases Kṛṣṇa and gets the strength with which to cross the ocean of nescience. If one seriously desires to return home, back to Godhead, one must therefore become strong enough by pleasing the spiritual master, for thus one gets the weapon with which to conquer the enemy, and one also gets the grace of Kṛṣṇa. Simply getting the weapon of jñāna is insufficient. One must sharpen the weapon by serving the spiritual master and adhering to his instructions. Then the candidate will get the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. ”
Dear spiritual father, following your instructions to us, ever present in our hearts, we are striving every day every moment to adhere to all the regulative principles and uphold the vows we made to you at the time of our initiation 28 years ago.
Kindly allow us to present a brief report of our humble attempts to please you through our preaching efforts for 2023 through Bhakti Yoga Tempe, a college preaching center in Tempe, Arizona which we started in 2018 with your divine blessings.
—begin report – Bhakti Yoga Tempe Center Report 2023
Our main theme and focus this year for Bhakti Yoga Tempe Center was to re-energize the kīrtana activities around the Phoenix Valley, that had seen a perceptible dip. And to broadcast Kṛṣṇa’s message to as many students at ASU campus as possible. Here are the steps taken and the frequency.
Monthly Phoenix Valley Kīrtana Nights in 2023: [ x 12 events ] -Third Friday evenings; in different homes around the Valley -50+ people average attended each, several first-timers invited by the hosts got the nectar of the Holy name +prasādam
Purushottama month 2023 - weekly Friday Kīrtana nights x 4
- we had Purushottama month kīrtana every Friday night in different homes around the valley
- 50+ attended each + prasādam
- Co-ordinated and participated in Chappan Bhoga for Lord Śrī Jagganātha, Śrī Baladeva and Subhadrā (89 items)
Kārtik Month 2023 - weekly Kīrtana nights x 16
-we had Kīrtana programs every Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights around the Valley +prasādam
- most auspicious month with ghee lamps (800+ ghee lamps offered to Lord Śrī Dāmodara)
- Co-ordinated and participated in Chappan Bhoga for Lord Śrī Jagganātha, Śrī Baladeva and Subhadrā (75+ items)
Discover India Festival 2023 during Kartik month x 1
-Ghee lamp diyas were offered by festival visitors to Lord Śrī Dāmodara
-The Mayor of Scottsdale and city council members offered ghee lamps among other dignitaries
6-hour Mini Kīrtana Fest 2023 x 1 We organized a 6-hour Mini-Kīrtana Festival at Bhakti Yoga Tempe for ASU students and other newcomers + prasādam
Bhakti Yoga Festivals 2023 [ x 50, in-house, every Saturday]
-Oriented for westerners 2023
-Traditional back-to-basics format of japa, kīrtana, KC presentation, qanda, + prasādam.
-Designed mainly for Arizona State University students, and people we meet on our Harināma outings.
Book distribution efforts 2023 (several times a year) - Our ASU Club (K. R. S. N. A Club) held many book tabling events in the key concourses of ASU campus
- 80+ boxes of Śrīlā Prabhupāda’s books was distributed in the campus in 2023 through BYT
Bhagavad-gītā Childrens Weekly Zoom class [ x 50, every Sunday]
-we continue to have our weekly children’s Śrīmad Bhagavad Gitā class every Sunday afternoon for the last 15 years
-children made an annual presentation at the Śrī Gītā Jayanti celebrations held at BYT
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam + SP Lilāmrita Ladies Zoom Reading Club @7 - 7:30pm [365 days a year] We continue with our daily 30 minute ladies reading group on zoom without a break of a single day. Verse-by-verse call and response, translation, full purport, discussion - started in January 1, 2021 We are currently reading the 8th canto Chapter 12 and purports We are reading Śrīlā Prabhupāda Lilāmrta once a week (Mondays)
—end report – Dear Guru Mahārāja, with your continued blessings, we are working to expand our programs at Bhakti Yoga Tempe, so that we can provide more and more souls especially from the western countries with the opportunity to receive the causeless mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
We also seek your mercy and blessings for our 2 children who are practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness and have taken āsraya and who have been helping us in our efforts, and pray to you that they are able to make more and more progress in their devotional life in the coming years. We seek your continued guidance and spiritual strength to serve you better, and express our sincere apologies for any shortcomings on our part. We fervently pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava-Hari, Śrī Śrīnāthji, and Śrī Nitāi-GauraHari deities of Phoenix Arizona, to bestow Their mercy upon us through your divine grace. We pray to Śrī Kṛṣṇa that He keep you in our direct vision for many many more years to come, and bestow you with better and better health, so we may have the opportunity to please you by carrying out your instructions to deliver the message of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to the conditioned souls.
Yours sincerely,
Rādhā-Prānarāja dāsa JPS
Anupama-gopī devī dāsī JPS
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our humble dandavat pranams! All glories to you! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
We are dwellers of rain starved parched deserts of the US Southwest, so do our hearts parched due to our anarthas and short comings. W.hen on a rare occasion of your association, like your visit to Los Angeles in May'2016 for Srila Prabhupada festival, we received much needed nourishment to recharge our devotional life. Your visit to Los Angeles gave us an opportunity experience at first hand how merciful and compassionate you are to all of us your disciples and how loving you are to all your god brothers and god sisters. The two days we spent in your association and in association of our god brothers and god sisters is the most joyful and sheltered time of our past 22 months. Our hearts longing for such a joyful association perpetually.
In addition to our personal sadhana, we are endeavoring to serve you in your service to Srila Prabhupada thru preaching in downtown Phoenix, book distribution, home programs, serving devotees and supporting ISKCON projects. Results of our preaching efforts are fairly limited due to our lack of maturity and firm commitment / conviction. But what ever little success, it is only due to your mercy. We must always remember our only source of success is you.
We are learning many practical insights from your lectures and writings. One such insight comes to our minds is there must not be a separate devotional life (Bhakti) and material life(Bhogi) and must be only devotional life. As grhastas working to earn money and juggling family obligations, we are struggling to have only devotional life. Living in this bhati-bhogi orientation is the main source of our perplexities and impediments.
But you are living of 100% devotional life and 100% of time, living by the highest standard. You are 100% following Srila Prabhupada's instructions and spreading Krishna Prema all over the world. When we mediate on Mahaprabhu's instruction to Lord Nityananda and Srila Haridasa Thakura, your glorious services comes to our mind.
śuno śuno nityānanda, śuno haridāsa,
sarvatra āmāra ājñā koroha prakāśa,
prati ghare ghare giyā koro ei bhikṣā,
bolo kṛṣṇa, bhaja kṛṣṇa, koro kṛṣṇa śikṣā
"O hear Me, hear Me Nityānanda! Hear Me Haridāsa! Simply disseminate My order everywhere. Go from house to house and beg [the residents as follows]: 'Speak about Kṛṣṇa, worship Kṛṣṇa and teach [others] about Kṛṣṇa.'" [Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-līlā 13.8-9]
We are so fortunate that we are under your protection as your disciples. If we can hold on tightly to your lotus feet and follow your instructions we can undoubtedly overcome bhogi orientation and cross over impediments to firmly establish ourselves solely in devotional life and in your service. Your mercy, instructions and shelter are our only hope and our only objective.
Guru Maharaja, we petition to Sri Sri Radha Madhava Hari, Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, Sri Sri Nimai Nitai, Sr Sri Krishna Balarama, if they are willing, for successful upcoming liver and kidney transplant, speedy recovery and keep you in our midst for many years to come and guide us in our devotional service.
Your undeserving spiritual children,
Raganuga Gaura dasa & Sobhini Devi dasi (Diksha)
USA
Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obesiences at your lotus feet!
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All Glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga!
Dear Guru Maharaj,
This insignificant eternal Servant of yours wish you a very very happy Appearance day. I pray to Lord Narsimha Deva for your good health and wellbeing. If Lord so desire please take all my devotional credits, if at all I have any, for to give good health to my Guru Maharaj!
Dear Guru Maharaj for me you are a personification of Compassion. Without discrimination you give your mercy to all the jivas no matter what cast, creed, and colour they are from. I haven't seen any spiritual master like that inside or outside of ISKCON. All Glories to you.
Dear Guru Maharaj, My only desire in life is to please you and Srila Prabhupada. During my stay in Vrindavan since last two years I was meditating on how to please you and Srila Prabhupada and what contribution I can make in our ISKCON movement which is so dear to srila prabhupada. Lately Krishna gave me this inspiration to go to west and preach to westerners. I discovered that there is a great need for western preaching in Iskcon now. I could see, indian preaching I was doing in Vrindavan at a university, so many Brahmcharis are ready to take it up.
So I took this challenge and started this new western adventure with your permission here in San Francisco, USA. I am working with Navina Neerada Pr as a team of five Brahmcharis. Every day we go out for Book distribution and side by side we are running this Mantra Lounge in downtown where we invite all these westerns for a kirtan, small talk, discussion and vegan dinner. Also we are trying to register these music meditation clubs at few famous universities around Bay Area. Through these clubs we have plan to run weekly programs at Universities. We also distribute good number of books at universities. Response is good. but ofcourse Maya is very strong here so sometime its very challenging to penetrate in their lifestyle. We are trying our best.
Please give us your mercy and blessing so that we can become an instrument in the Lords mission and able to please your holiness and Srila Prabhupada.
Your insignificant servant,
Rohininandana Balaram Das
Hare Krsna Dear Beloved Gurudev,
Please accept our most humble and respectful obeisances at Your lotus feet.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All Glories to Your Divine Grace!
Every day we thank Krsna for giving us an opportunity to be a part of Your Family and for giving You as our Spiritual Father.
brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva
guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja
Though we are not qualified, you have accepted us as your disciples and given us the seed of bhakti lata and we are very grateful to You for that.
Dear Gurudev, Your compassion, Your enthusiam, Your sincerity, Your dedication to Srila Prabhupada in spreading the mission of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is very motivating, encouraging and inspiring, it makes me question the amount i am stretching myself to serve You.
Dear Gurudev, You have always followed in the footsteps and teachings of Srila Prabhupada, You have dedicated Your whole life and soul in fulfilling Srila Prabhupada's wishes. You have never made any distinction when giving Your mercy, You are ready to shower Your mercy on anyone even though they are not ready to receive it. You are so compassionate that You have taken so much risk sacrificing Your own comforts in order to help conditioned fallen souls like us.
Irrespective of your health condition you continue to travel and preach and make more and more devotees all over the world.
Everywhere you go, you leave a sense of happiness and devotion in the hearts of the people you come across. Even when you are in the hospital you were preaching and praying for the well being of others instead of thinking of your own health, such is your unlimited compassion. we pray to Krsna that you continue to give us Your association for many many years to come.
Dear Srila Acharyapada, Your mercy is constantly helping us stay alive in Krsna Consciousness, You have helped and saved us from so many troublesome situations and You continue to do that everyday.
we strongly believe that it is only by Your grace that we can make any advancement in our bhakti.
by Your mercy we were able to distribute several big and small books this past year along with the help of other devotees.
we were also very happy and fortunate to get personal seva opportunities to serve You and the devotees traveling with You during panihati festival.
On this most auspicious day of Your Vyasa Puja celebration, we beg You to please forgive us for our offenses and please continue to bestow Your mercy upon us so we can continue improving in our sadhana, so we can always remember Krsna, to develop the intelligence to understand the scriptures, strength to follow Your instructions and to be of some use in Your mission of serving Your Guru Maharaj Srila Prabhupada and be a source of pleasure to You.
Your aspiring servants,
Saciprana Gaurahari Dasa
Ramya Shubhangada Devi Dasi
Hari Das
Nitai
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Jay Srila Gurumaharaj,
Please accept our respectful obeisances
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada
All Glories to Your Divine Grace
We, Satyaraj Govinda Dasa and Acyutapreyasi Tulasi Devi Dasi living in Tallahassee, FL beg you to accept our most respectful prostrated obeisances at your lotus feet.
We moved from Minneapolis to Tallahassee, FL in December 2017 and feeling very much separated from the associated of our siksha gurus in Minneapolis.
On hearing about your health conditions, We are feeling very guilty and depressed because we too contributed to the cause of your sufferings. Every day we’re praying at your lotus feet to help us to do our sadhana as promised to your Grace. Without the mercy of your Grace and our siksha gurus, our life would have been pathetic. Once again thank you for your causeless mercy on accepting us as your servants.
By your blessings and guidance from my mentors we organized 2 public programs, Nithyananda Trayodasi and Gaura Purnima by inviting around 40 people. Also I taught Sikshashtakam to 9 kids who beautifully recited on Gaura Purnima for the pleasure of the Lord.
We do not have words to express our gratitude for giving us HG Caitanya Avatārī prabhu (NRJD, Bengaluru), HG Rasamayī mātājī(NRJD, Bengaluru), HG Vaiṣṇavānanda Nitāi prabhu(NRJD, Bengaluru), HG Amani Gauracandra prabhu(Minneapolis) and HG Susevini mathaji(Minneapolis) as mentors who are tolerantly guiding us to progress in our spiritual life.
We sincerely and badly need your unlimited mercy to preach Krsna consciousness to the people here at Tallahassee through Bhakthi Vriksha and kids classes. Whatever our siksha gurus taught us, the time has come to put those in practice and bring many many souls at your lotus feet.
Please bless us that we should always be engaged in Krishna Consciousness 24 / 7 and inspire many people to take up the process of Krsna consciousness and bring our kids, family and people around us at your shelter so that you can take them back to Krsna.
We always pray to Lord Narasinga Deva, Srila Prabhupada, Jaganath Baladev Subhadra , Sudharsana, Radha Madhav and Gaura Nitai to keep you in good health so you can deliver thousands and thousands of fallen souls like me.
Your humble servants,
Satyaraj Govinda Dasa,
Acyutapreyasi Tulasi Devi Dasi (wife)
Krsna Caitanya (8 year old son)
Jahnavi (3 year old daughter)
Nama om Vishnu padaya Krishna prasthaya bhutale srimate jayapataka swami iti namine
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!!
All glories to Guru and Gauranga!!!
Dear Gurumaharaj,
please accept our most respectful obeisances onto the dust of your lotus feet ,as you are an ocean of mercy appeared in this material world to deliver the fallen souls from this material world.
On this auspicious day of your divine appearance,we are trying to glorify your transcendental activities even though we are not eligible to glorify you.By causeless mercy of Krishna we got your personal association for first time in New Jersey at Saksad haridas Prabhuji's home.
We are so thankful to you for kindly accepting the most fallen souls like us as your disciples and for giving us shelter at your lotus feet.We are praying humbly so that we would be able to serve you eternally through your dear servants .
Bhakthi vriksha program which was leaded by Saksad haridas prabhuji & Sri sakti mataji really helped in showing us a way to utilize this human birth to go back to godhead as we are suffering in this material world life after life. Thank you so much Gurumaharaj for introducing BV programs especially for house holders which is helping us to turn towards Krishna Consciousness.
We are chanting the 16 rounds and following four regulative principles for last one and half year even though there are several obstacles in our path only by your causeless mercy upon us.Please shower your mercy upon this most fallen souls to be always in the association of devotees and to surrender completely to your lotus feet and Krishna .
Please always bless us so that we may not deviate from our service to you and Krishna and please protect us from clutches of maya as we are always struggling with our internal enemies.
We beg for your forgiveness for our offenses to your lotus feet knowingly or unknowingly.We are always looking forward for your visit to New Jersey .
Your most fallen servants,
Seshu,
Sravani &
Sahishnu
My dear most merciful Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet! All glories to srila Prabhupada! All glories to your divine grace. All glories to you on this auspicious occasion of your Vyasa Puja.
Dear gurumaharaj, On the auspicious day of your appearance in this world, I offer my heartfelt prayers to Lord Jagannath for your healthy, long life for many more years.
Guru-Maharaj, you have made all arrangements not only for your disciples but for all the devotees to get your association through your lectures, updates through twitter, live internet broadcasts and by your messages through your disciples. You inspire us everyday by doing this inspite of inconveniences in your physical health. In every activity of yours, you never fail to strengthen our commitment and conviction to Srila Prabhupada and ISKCON. In a very exemplary way, you teach us the mood of becoming an eternal sisya by displaying your unconditional pure love for Srila Prabhupada. Please Guru-Maharaj, instill in my heart a drop of that mood of surrender for your divine grace as you have for Srila Prabhupada.
Guru Maharaj, This year am really blessed to take initiation from you in Atlanta. You have given your causeless mercy to help me advance in my spiritual life.
Inspite of your busy schedule, you were kind enough to give time in Chennai and provide your kind blessings for progressing in spiritual life. By your causeless mercy we are having preaching program Bakthi Vrksha programs, book distribution and rath Yatra in Charlotte.
On this auspicious day, I pray to remain a speck of dust at your lotus feet, my beloved Guru-Maharaj. Wishing you the most wonderful vyasa-puja celebration again and hope that I will be in your personal association to celebrate this day and directly get the nectar of your association.
Srila Prabhupada ki jaya!
Srila Guru-Maharaj vyasa-puja Mahotsav ki jaya!
Your most fallen insignificant servant,
Sevananda Caitanya Dasa
Dear Guru Maharaj
Please accept our most respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. All Glories to you.
Happy 69th Vyasa Puja Dear Guru Maharaj.
Please accept our sincere gratitude and unlimited thanks for the unconditional love and the causeless mercy that you are showering on us. Hunbly begging to Their Lordships our deities Sri Sri Jagannath Baladev and Subhadra, Sri Nitai Gauranga, Sri Laddu Gopal and Sri Nrisimhadev for your good physical health and make you resume your world travels. Please forgive our offences that we knowingly or unknowingly committed.
Missing your caring enquiries a lot nowadays.
Your spiritual daughter and son,
Sri sakti Devi Dasi &
Saksad Hari Dasa
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
mukhaṁ karoti vācālaṁ panguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
parmananda madhavam sri caitanya isvaram
My Dearmost Spiritual father Srila Gurudeva !
Please accept my most respectful obeisances !
All glories unto you ! All glories unto Srila Prabhupad!
I was hearing from you today that Guru first gives mercy and it’s the disciples turn later on to reciprocate to the Guru by following the instructions properly and to lead a life that would be pleasing to the Spiritual master and previous acaryas. You have always led us by example when it comes to reciprocating to Srila Prabhupad. The Glorious “Victory Flag” of the “Senapati Bhakta” Although you have rightly absorbed and penetrated the mercy to me I am struggling to follow you and lead a life that would bring glory to you. Please help this rascal daughter of yours to have firm faith in you and follow the instructions given by my seniors H.G.Caitanya Avatari Prabhu and H.G.Rasamayi mataji and H.G. Vaisanavananda Nitai Prabhu. This Vyasa puja I beg you to award me unalloyed love to your lotus feet so that I understand and appreciate the pain you are going through for our sake and I can act in a way that may please you.
For me approaching Krsna and Radha is very far distant as I am unable to comprehend anything about them. I feel comfortable in praying to you. As you are the most confidential servitor of the Lord. Most merciful “ Ashraya vigraha” of the Lord. You have always lived for others. For the same sake, I pray to you to please stay with us Healthy for long and please don’t let sufferings come near you. I feel it is your discretion and that you have volunteered to take up sufferings. Also, you want us to realize the extent of your sacrifice.
Thank you for allowing me to be your daughter. By your mercy I hope to develop the sense of gratitude for whatever mercy I have received and spread the mercy to others and please you by actively preaching to as many people as possible.
Your insignificant daughter,
Susevini Gurugauranga Devi Dasi,
Minneapolis.
Dear Guru maharaj
Koti koti Dandavat Pranams.Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Sril Prabhupada, Founder Acharya.
I sincerely pray Lord Nrisingadev to bestow his mercy to give you good health and long life so I get opportunity to serve Krishna with your valuable instructions. Every vyasapuja I think to have your Darshan atleast once a year either in india or when you come here in US. EVeryday when I hear any lecture or have darshan of Lord I remember upon you that my shiksha guru is a real gift of Krishna that enabled krishna consciousness in me and introduced you to my spiritual life.
Please bless me that I become.more sincere in serving vaishnavas and capable of fulfilling your mission with your valuable direction. I pray to you to give me more strength sana blessings from lord to withstand the conflicts and give a spiritual vision to see Krishna in anyone.
Please I beg show your mercy that I know more about Krishna and his glories and get the taste of chanting.
Lastly please let me know how i can serve you better get your instructions and devote my life to the pleasure of Krishna and Radharani's feet. I take you Guru as my role model drive all motivation with your talks , actions and divine thought and beg Gauranga to keep our relationship eternal. My goal is to follow Lord Chaitanya powerful teachings of Krishna Bhakthi mentioned in Shikshastakam along with his message in Nectar of instruction and Nectar of Devotion. I beg you to give me your mercy to be unflinched in following Lord Chaitanyas teachings and fulfill your mission. May lord Jagannath, Subhadra Mai, and Baladev shower their mercy upon you.
Jai guru maharaj
Begging for your mercy for initiation
Yours servant,
Sudhakar Ghandikota
Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept our respectful obeisances at your lotus feet!
All glories to Guru and Gauranga! All Glories to Srila Prabhupad!.
All Glories to you Gurudev!
Wish you a very very Happy Vyasa Puja! Hope your health is improving as we write this offering. We are regularly hosting Bhakti Vriksha in Dallas area at our home every Friday under the guidance from HG Sarvajaya Madhava Prabhu. We have lot of small kids in our Bhakti Vriksha, We are conducting Bhagvad Gita shloka classes for them and grow them spiritually. We have second Bhakti Vriksha branched off at Ashutosh Prabhu & Mannat mataji's home - you visited both our homes from outside when you visited dallas USCIS for your green card renewal. Our desire is to expand Bhakti Vriksha all over Dallas area and humbly serve you by making Gauranga Maha Prabhu more popular.
Smallest service we can do for you is that we are chanting 16+ rounds and following 4 regulative principles and doing tulasi parikrma regularly so that your health can improve and we all can continue to serve srila proabhupad.
Please bless us with devotional service so we can understand and follow your service mood! Thank you for your great example.
Thank you for accepting us as your desciples and giving us the mercy of Gaura Nitai. We are eternally indebted to you!
Gauuuuuraaangaaaaa!!! Nityaaanandaaaaaaa!!!
Your Humble Servants,
Tribhanga Krishna Das – Diksha disciple
Ratnavali Padma Devi Das - Diksha disciple
Reet Grover - Daughter, 8 yrs
Krish Grover - Son, 4 yrs
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Dear Srila HH Jayapataka Swami Gurudeva,
Please accept my respectful obeisance and Vyasa Pooja offerings at your divine lotus feet.
All Glories to you.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All Glories Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nithyananda Prabhu.
I and my wife Suman, have been attending the Bhakti Vriksha program under the able guidance of Shri Amani Guracandra Das and Smt. Susevini Gurugauranga Devi Dasi in Minneapolis for the last couple of years. We recently, relocated to San Diego and are continuing our Bhakti Vriksha program online on regular basis. 2017 will remain a memorable year for me, Suman and our two kids (Krishna and Vikrant), as we had the great fortune to associate with you in person in a couple of occasions (New Orleans and Atlanta). Furthermore, due to the causeless mercy Caitanya mahaprabhu and blessing from you, I have taken shelter under your lotus feet and practicing my Sadhana. I feel really elated thinking about the fact that you have showered unconditional mercy on a worthless person like me.
I will pray for your speedy recovery to lord Narasimha deva and take up your instructions with at most sincerity and dedication.
Please bless our family (Sarada Suman Bhaskaruni, Krishna and Vikrant Pegadaraju) and keep us in your prayers.
Your humble and insignificant servant,
Venkatramana Pegadaraju
Dearest Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances to the dust of your merciful lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grave, my kind savior! All glories to your beloved Śrīla Prabhupāda!
I am extremely grateful for all the love, attention, care, kindness, guidance, instructions and association you have given me all these years. I'm very grateful to you and to Kṛṣṇa. I'm aware I don't deserve such a mercy and yet here I am your disciple. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
The first time we met face to face, I was one more in a big group of devotees at your room door at the Bronco temple in Lima Peru. You said to me in front of everybody: Victoria has abandoned me! in Spanish. (I had thought about taking initiation from another nice Guru, but when you came I felt in my heart that it was you who I wanted to take initiation from). Oh My Kṛṣṇa! At that moment I felt like a little match next to the sun! How you knew the desire of my heart to take you as my Guru Mahārāja! So from that moment I feel so fortunate that you showered your mercy on me. During the next 30 something years I have been a very happy recipient of your love and mercy. And wonderful, wonderful association. Thank you Guru Mahārāja! So many nice pastimes with Your Divine Grace. Thank you! If I would be intelligent and determined by now with all that mercy I should be a pure devotee.
You want all your disciples and all the devotees and all the non-devotees to go back to Kṛṣṇa, to be engaged in pure devotional service. Like Jananivāsa Prabhu says: You live for others. Everybody is trying to squeeze some happiness out of this existence, but your happiness is to please Śrīla Prabhupāda and see the conditioned souls getting closer to Kṛṣṇa. You are amazing! Your life is amazing! The depth of your love for Kṛṣṇa and the depth of your devotional service is beyond my comprehension.
You are always with Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa is always with you. How wonderful that is and how unparallel your mercy is that you accepted me as your disciple. Thank you Guru Mahārāja!
I remember many wonderful pastimes with Your Divine Grace. They are all so beautiful! This one is one of my favorites. We were in Atlanta, many years ago and you had ordered some new watches online that had arrived. So immediately everybody in the room started to think what will happen with the watch (mahā) that you were wearing for about a year or so! I really, really wanted it. You were leaving that day and once at the airport, another mātājī and I started asking about the watch and see if we could have it, so the rest of the big group decided they also wanted the watch, you sometimes were teasing us moving your Seiko mahā watch like a pendulum in front of us what increased the desire to have that watch in everybody's heart even more. The pleads went on for a long time, some gave up, but the other mātājī and myself were more determined. Then her daughter said: Guru Mahārāja don't give it to anybody otherwise everybody will be envious. And at that point I knew that I needed special help, so at that time I was dressing Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi, Parama Karuṇa, every day, so I started praying to Them that if it was Their desire I could have your mahā watch and at that moment, something amazing happened: I could see you, I could see all the devotees around you wanting the watch, the airport, but I could not hear anything. And few seconds later or so, I see you giving the other mātājī the new watch that you have just put on and I knew you were going to give me the old mahā one I wanted. You walked towards me with the watch in your hand, I was crying a river by then, and you put the watch in my hand and then you said pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva for me. Best day of my life needless to say! I know Gaura Nitāi told you about my prayer. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Just by looking at us, your disciples, you know where we stand spiritually and you are always helping us to make more advancement. You still love us and encourage us no matter how many material anarthās we may have. So I thank you for that also Guru Mahārāja.
I can't conceive a life without your blissful, loving, wonderful full of mercy personal association. So as you instructed me I pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva for you. I pray to the most merciful Lord Narasiṁhadeva to please give you a very, very, very healthy free of any discomfort long life so we can continue experiencing the presence of Kṛṣṇa through you. You are my life and soul. Thank you for everything Guru Mahārāja and please forgive all my offenses.
Your loving insignificant servant forever,
Vijaya Rādhā Devī Dāsī
Hare Krishna!!
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Dear Guru Maharaj!! The Ocean of Mercy!!
We offer our humble obeisance to dust of your Lotus feet. Divine Grace Please accept.
Happy appearance day Guru Maharaj!!!
We are such an dum living beings who don’t know how to glorify their Spiritual master, please forgive all the offences we have made knowingly and unknowingly and bless us to write this offering message.
Divine Grace, you have showered and showering your causeless mercy upon us even before we come in contact with you, through Bakthi Vriksha your brain child, with your Blessing along with guidance & support from H.G Chaitanya Avatari pr, H.G Rasamayi mathaji & H.G Sankirtan Narotham pr, we are able to chant 16 rounds. We offer our Humble obeisance to your Lotus feet again for giving us an opportunity to chant the Holy Name. Please shower your mercy on us to do Quality chanting.
On June’16 at Atlanta, we got an opportunity to have your darshan first time in person, which so many very high-quality devotees haven’t get yet. Your Divine grace is freely giving the mercy for this unqualified living beings.
On June’16 at Atlanta, I was curious to offer a service to you but it didn’t happen, Your Divine grace, I got an opportunity in June’17 for the same service at same place. I don’t have the knowledge to write more on this. Unlimited Thanks Guru Maharaj for giving that opportunity.
Your Divine grace have done Aksharaabhyaasam for my daughter Pavithra on 04th June’17 at Atlanta and also accepted us, as your sheltered disciples though we don’t have any quality to be in your Lotus feet. This clearly shows how merciful you are on us.
Dear Ocean of Mercy!! please forgive us once again for all the offences we have made knowingly and unknowingly by thoughts, words, action and by any other means. Please bless me to control my mind. Kindly Bless and shower your mercy upon my parents, sister, her husband, son Saranga and also upon us once again to bring up Pavithra as Krishna Conscious Kid and to grow as Krishna conscious family and to be in your service.
We sincerely pray to Lord Narasimhadeva to always protect you and for speedy recovery post surgery. Please comeback soon. We are eagerly waiting to see you travelling and Preaching all over the world which is dearer to you.
Guru Maharaj ki Jai!!!
Guru Maharaj Ki Jai!!!
Please accept this no quality Homage.
Your Insignificant unworthy servants,
Vinoth Damodharan (sheltered disciple)
Rekha Vinoth (sheltered disciple)
Pavithra Vinoth (Guru Maharaj Ki jai)
Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Dearest Srila Gurudeva.
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your Lotus Feet. All glories to you! All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Srila Gurudeva, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my soul and heart for your role in my life. You have impacted me for the good more than any other human on Earth. From you, I learned how to be tolerant, compassionate, and kind, (at least as much as I have these but I am still trying to improve). From you, I got the idea to always without fail, look for the good in every person and not think on any negative traits.
I have gratitude and give thanks for every single part of you in my life. I give great thanks for the person who introduced me to you. I give thanks for Your kind and necessary guidance and just the times I traveled with you and learned from being in your association.
I give thanks for every single one of your disciples. I give thanks for every single person in New Orleans and especially for all of the experiences that I have been fortunate to have here. I consider Sri Vrindavan Dham, is wonderful at first, quick mercy, rose flower garlands, sensory overload of amazement, but quick entry into troubles like health concerns,etc. So to me, Sri Mayapur Dham at first is easy to discount—where is the quick mercy like in Sri Vrindavan Dham? I wondered. But I believe that Sri Mayapur Dham covers itself, protecting the mercy to see if the person is enough tolerant and humble enough to get the mercy. Gradually with time, and steadiness, some mercy can come to such a person as myself. Srila Gurudeva, you were the main giver of that mercy of Sri Mayapur Dham to me. You directly gave me mercy flowing from Sri Sri Panca Tattva and Sri Nrsimhadeva Bhagavan. For that, I thank you forever.
New Orleans devotees most remind me of the Dham Vasi of Sri Mayapur Dham, and unto them all I give my thanks. They can see with time if a person is tolerant and humble enough to deserve entry into devotional mellows. I pray I will be qualified in their eyes, but if not, I will remain a servant to them all nevertheless.
Any difficult times, I also take as mercy, since any correction or advice coming from any senior devotee is rare and to be treasured. I offer my respects and thanksgiving to everyone who has corrected me and helped me become more humble and tolerant. To react in any other way means that I would not be following you as a disciple.
Dearest Srila Gurudeva, you have come as a savior of the fallen, friend of the poor and hopeless and given us hope. I just want you to know that I have become more serious in Devotional Life, and am starting to treasure more and more the moments I have had with you, the way you have guided me in a real daily way for so many years. I pray that the Lord keep you with us for much longer, but I will try to do my part to not rely on your personal association to keep me strong. I will do my best, as I am able, to dedicate to one of the projects that Srila Prabhupada asked you to impliment. I want you to know that I see you as the strongest relationship that I have on this Earth. With tears,
I vow to always remain, your eternal servant and follower, and eternal daughter,
Yasoda Saci Devi Dasi
Дорогой Гурудев! Мы снова празднуем радостное событие в нашей жизни — день Вашего Явления!И снова у меня не хватает слов, чтобы выразить Вам признательность за Вашу нелегкую миссию — помогать людям возвращаться к Кришне. И опять я счастлива от того, что Кришна был милостив ко мне, послав встречу с Вами. Вы тогда сказали мне :»Живи для Кришны», но я не знала -как это — жить для Кришны? И только видя ,как живете Вы, я начала понимать это. Гурудев, позвольте мне учиться у Вас как нужно любить Кришну и Его преданных и благословите меня на преданное служение Прочитав Ваши слова о том, что Вы готовы отдать 20 лет своей драгоценной жизни за то, чтобы мы могли вернуться домой к Кришне, я все время думаю .что на это способны только Вы, а мы всегда будем у Вас в долгу. И этот долг мне не суметь вернуть Вам никогда. Просто быть хотя бы чем-то полезной Вам в Вашей миссии,я считаю для себя большой удачей. Пожалуйста, позаботьтесь о своем здоровье. Ваши ученики очень любят Вас и Вы очень нам нужны. Пусть Господь Гауранга прольет на Вас свою милость и операция по пересадке печени пройдет удачно. Я молюсь за вас Кришне каждый день и очень надеюсь, что Он позволит нам увидеть Вас в России еще не раз. Позвольте быть Вашей ученицей и продолжать служение Вам, Кришне и преданным.
Ваша незначительная духовная дочь Аланкара Мадхави д.д.
Alaṅkāra Mādhavī Devī Dāsī (Diksa), Moscow, Russia
Дорогой Гуру Махарадж! Примите, пожалуйста, мои смиренные поклоны в пыли Ваших лотосных стоп. Вся слава Вашей Божественной милости! Вся слава Шриле Прабхупаде! Дорогой мой духовный отец! Близится самое благословенное событие в году! Это день Вашей Вьяса-пуджи! В этот день ученики подводят итоги своей духовной жизни. Дорогой Гуру Махарадж! Практически каждый день я наблюдала и продолжаю наблюдать за Вашими поездками и проповедью. Вы целиком и полностью отдаете себя служению Шриле Прабхупаде. Вы никогда не теряете время зря. Чтобы Вы не делали, все это выполняете как служение и постоянно думаете о благе всех живых существ. Ваш потрясающий пример решимости в духовной жизни вдохновляет сотни и тысячи людей по всему миру. Каждый, кто слушает о лилах Нитай Гауранги или о жизни Шрилы Прабхупады из Ваших уст, может почувствовать, как их сердца наполняются духовным счастьем и вдохновением. По милости моих духовных братьев и сестер Вы каждый раз открываетесь по-новому. Слушая, как они с любовью говорят о Вас и своем служении Вам, мое ржавое и холодное сердце наполняется живительной влагой. Раз в две недели мы с мужем ездим в храм на мангала арати. Также стараемся вставать рано утром дома и пытаться воспевать более внимательно свои круги, поклоняемся Божествам, обходим Туласи, каждый день читаем книги Шрилы Прабхупады( утром и вечером), проводим у себя нама-хатту. Пытаемся служить преданным и обсуждаем Нектар Наставлений.. Еще хожу на женские встречи, где мы читаем и обсуждаем Шримад Бхагаватам, прохожу курс бхакти-шастры. Также Вы милостиво заняли в служении преданным санкиртаны. Нам выпала огромная удача принимать и кормить этих замечательных преданных во время марафона Шрилы Прабхупады у себя дома. Я совершенно бесполезна и только благодаря Вам могу что-то делать и быть полезной. Дорогой Гуру Махарадж! Мне очень хочется развить такую же решимость в преданном служении как Вы! Пожалуйста, благословите Вашу неразумную ученицу быть Вам полезной и помогать в расширении миссии. Дорогой духовный отец! Пожалуйста простите меня… Когда Вы были на Садху-санге в России в прошлом году, я была погружена в проблемы, ходила грустная, не смотря на то, что Вы были рядом. Мой эгоизм и огромная зацикленность на себе не дали мне прочувствовать всю ту милость, которая выпала всем нам, тк мы целую неделю могли получать Ваше общение! Теперь, когда накатывают проблемы, стараюсь проповедовать своему уму и вспомнить, что у меня есть Духовный учитель!!!
Дорогой Гуру Махарадж! Не хватает никаких слов, чтобы описать всю глубокую благодарность Шриле Прабхупаде, за то, что он милостиво послал мне Вас. Спасибо Вам, за то, что Вы подобрали меня, приняли в семью и дали прибежище у Ваших лотосных стоп. Спасибо большое Вам за то, что занимаете это падшее существо в служении. Мне очень хочется относиться к своей духовной жизни серьезно. Бывают сложности, но у меня есть твердая вера в то, что по Вашей беспричинной милости и милости Нитай Гауранги смогу преодолеть все трудности, развить привязанность к чистому, бескорыстному, непрерывному, любовному служению Шри Шри Нитай Гауранге!
Your diksa disciple,
Ānanda Kiśorī Devī Dāsī,
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Дорогой Гуру Махарадж! Примите, пожалуйста, мои смиренные поклоны в пыли Ваших лотосных стоп. Вся слава Вашей Божественной милости! Вся слава Шриле Прабхупаде! Дорогой мой духовный отец! Близится самое благословенное событие в году! Это день Вашей Вьяса-пуджи! В этот день ученики подводят итоги своей духовной жизни. Дорогой Гуру Махарадж! Практически каждый день я наблюдала и продолжаю наблюдать за Вашими поездками и проповедью. Вы целиком и полностью отдаете себя служению Шриле Прабхупаде. Вы никогда не теряете время зря. Чтобы Вы не делали, все это выполняете как служение и постоянно думаете о благе всех живых существ. Ваш потрясающий пример решимости в духовной жизни вдохновляет сотни и тысячи людей по всему миру. Каждый, кто слушает о лилах Нитай Гауранги или о жизни Шрилы Прабхупады из Ваших уст, может почувствовать, как их сердца наполняются духовным счастьем и вдохновением. По милости моих духовных братьев и сестер Вы каждый раз открываетесь по-новому. Слушая, как они с любовью говорят о Вас и своем служении Вам, мое ржавое и холодное сердце наполняется живительной влагой. Раз в две недели мы с мужем ездим в храм на мангала арати. Также стараемся вставать рано утром дома и пытаться воспевать более внимательно свои круги, поклоняемся Божествам, обходим Туласи, каждый день читаем книги Шрилы Прабхупады( утром и вечером), проводим у себя нама-хатту. Пытаемся служить преданным и обсуждаем Нектар Наставлений.. Еще хожу на женские встречи, где мы читаем и обсуждаем Шримад Бхагаватам, прохожу курс бхакти-шастры. Также Вы милостиво заняли в служении преданным санкиртаны. Нам выпала огромная удача принимать и кормить этих замечательных преданных во время марафона Шрилы Прабхупады у себя дома. Я совершенно бесполезна и только благодаря Вам могу что-то делать и быть полезной. Дорогой Гуру Махарадж! Мне очень хочется развить такую же решимость в преданном служении как Вы! Пожалуйста, благословите Вашу неразумную ученицу быть Вам полезной и помогать в расширении миссии. Дорогой духовный отец! Пожалуйста простите меня… Когда Вы были на Садху-санге в России в прошлом году, я была погружена в проблемы, ходила грустная, не смотря на то, что Вы были рядом. Мой эгоизм и огромная зацикленность на себе не дали мне прочувствовать всю ту милость, которая выпала всем нам, тк мы целую неделю могли получать Ваше общение! Теперь, когда накатывают проблемы, стараюсь проповедовать своему уму и вспомнить, что у меня есть Духовный учитель!!!
Дорогой Гуру Махарадж! Не хватает никаких слов, чтобы описать всю глубокую благодарность Шриле Прабхупаде, за то, что он милостиво послал мне Вас. Спасибо Вам, за то, что Вы подобрали меня, приняли в семью и дали прибежище у Ваших лотосных стоп. Спасибо большое Вам за то, что занимаете это падшее существо в служении. Мне очень хочется относиться к своей духовной жизни серьезно. Бывают сложности, но у меня есть твердая вера в то, что по Вашей беспричинной милости и милости Нитай Гауранги смогу преодолеть все трудности, развить привязанность к чистому, бескорыстному, непрерывному, любовному служению Шри Шри Нитай Гауранге!
Your diksa disciple,
Ānanda Kiśorī Devī Dāsī, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Дорогой Гуру Махараджа, примите пожалуйста мои смиренные поклоны. Вся слава Вашей Божественной Милости. Вся слава Шриле Прабхупаде.
Для меня это первая Ваша Вьяса-пуджа. Медитируя на Вашу личность, Вашу милость и желания, я стала подводить итоги того, что же произошло, какие изменения в моей жизни и в сердце случились, за это не долгое время с фестиваля Садху-Санга 2017г, когда Вы по своей беспричинной милости разрешили мне читать Вам пранама-мантру.
Когда я впервые увидела Вас на фестивале, я поразилась Вашей необыкновенной силы магнетизму. Я забыв обо всем, куда и зачем шла, просто пошла за вами со всеми этими людьми, которые окружили Вас. Мне не нужно было ничего больше, ни фотографий, ни благословений, ни что бы меня заметили, я просто хотела идти за Вами сколько можно. Позже, попав на Вашу лекцию, я была ошеломлена еще больше. Когда Вы начали читать лекцию, я почувствовала нечто, что больше никогда не чувствовала. Это было не предаваемое словами ощущение счастья. С того момента в моем сердце появилось горячее желание держаться за Ваши лотосные стопы и никогда не отпускать их. Это был самый счастливый день в моей жизни. Я поняла, что встретила духовного учителя, который приведет меня к Кришне.
С тех пор, каждый день вспоминая о Вас, совершая поклоны Вам, я вспоминаю о Вашей милости. С каждым днем все больше узнавая о Ваших качествах от Ваших учеников и размышляя о них, я вдохновляюсь помогать Вам в Вашем служении Шриле Прабхупаде. Меня покоряет Ваша неистовое стремление, не смотря ни на что, проповедовать. Не смотря на состояние Вашего здоровья, вы продолжаете принимать множество учеников, давая им свою милость, возможность вернуться домой к Богу. Я даже не могу представить каких физических усилий Вам это стоит.
К сожалению, не могу на данный момент предложить Вам больших достижений в моем служении Вам. То, что я делаю, столь не значительно, что даже говорить стыдно. Для Вашего удовлетворения мы с мужем готовим напиток на каждую программу в нашем городе. Так же я активно участвую в проекте вайшнавского детского сада, там мы стараемся дать деткам все, что бы они стали преданными. Очень надеюсь, что, когда подрастут мои сыновья, по Вашей милости я смогу еще больше служить Вам, распространять книги и участвовать в харинаме на падаятре.
Гуру Махараджа, я Ваша слуга, я горю желанием помогать Вашей великой миссии. Вы дали мне шанс, жить духовной жизнью, и я чувствую Вашу духовную защиту. Желаю Вам восстановления тела и долгую жизнь, так как благо для мира, которое исходит от Вас неизмеримо.
Ваш слуга,
актини Мария.
Bhakti Maria
ятроттамашлока-гунанувадах
прастуяте грамья-катха-вигхатах
нишевьямано‘нудинам мумукшор
матим сатим яччхати васудеве
Кто же эти великие чистые преданные, о которых мы говорим? В кругу таких преданных Господа никогда не услышишь разговоров на мирские темы — о политике, жизни общества и т.п. Чистые преданные беседуют только о качествах, воплощениях и деяниях Верховной Личности Бога. Они всегда прославляют Господа и поклоняются Ему с неослабным вниманием. Общаясь с чистыми преданными и смиренно внимая их беседам, даже тот, кто желает слиться с бытием Абсолютной Истины, со временем откажется от этого намерения и посвятит себя служению Господу Васудеве. («Шримад-Бхагаватам», 5.12.13)
Дорогой Шрила Джаяпатака Свами Гуру Махарадж, пожалуйста, примите мои смиренные поклоны в пыли Ваших лотосных стоп. Слава Шриле Прабхупаде!
Гуру Махарадж, позвольте выразить вам наше признание в день Вьяса-пуджи. Ваше искреннее и самоотверженное служение Шриле Прабхупаде - это воодушевляющий пример того как ученик посвящает свою жизнь выполнению указаний Духовного учителя. Благодаря вашим наставлениям и вашему примеру Кришна и служение Ему становится реальностью и нашей жизни. Гуру Махарадж, позвольте выразить вам наше признание в день Вьяса-пуджи. Ваше искреннее и самоотверженное служение Шриле Прабхупаде - это воодушевляющий пример того как ученик посвящает свою жизнь выполнению указаний Духовного учителя. Благодаря вашим наставлениям и вашему примеру Кришна и служение Ему становится реальностью и нашей жизни.
В этот самый благоприятный день Вашей Вьяса-пуджи я хотел бы выразить свою благодарность Вам. Сегодня мы, Ваши ученики, поклоняемся Вам как совершенному представителю изначального гуру и составителя Ведических писаний ради блага падших душ Кали-юги, Шрилы Вьясадевы. За последние пять тысяч лет его послание не изменилось и Вы, Гуру Махарадж, совершенным образом передаете его в своих наставлениях и на своем примере показываете как их выполнять. Поэтому Вы — ачарья для ваших учеников. Будучи великим вайшнавом, твердо утвержденным в постижении Абсолютной Истины, Вы обладаете океаном благих качеств (кальяна-гунарнава).
но меня чаще всего и больше всего затрагивают четыре Ваших качества. Первое — это Ваша непоколебимая вера в святое имя. Вы бесстрашно и непрерывно проповедуете славу святого имени и делитесь с другими своей привязанностью к Нему. Второе — Ваша безоговорочная преданность Шриле Прабхупаде и его миссии. Несмотря на то, что вам уже 69 лет, судя по всему Вы даже не помышляете об отходе от активной проповеди. Несмотря на Вашу тяжелую продолжающуюся вот уже почти 10 лет болезнь , Вы продолжаете свою активную проповедь : летаете на фестивали, на встречи с Вашими учениками, даете прибежище новым ученикам. Этим Вы еще раз показываете нам, вашим последователям, правильное отношение к духовной жизни и к тому , кто нам её дал — Шриле Прабхупаде. Вы все время, как Вы сами, говорите «опять в пути». В этих двух качествах четко проявлена Ваша бескомпромиссная преданность Шриле Прабхупаде. Третье Ваше достояние — Ваша простота. Вы показываете на практике, что духовная жизнь проста, нужно просто иметь веру в наставления духовного учителя и просто следовать им. Я так благодарен Господу Кришне за то, что у меня есть такой духовный учитель как Вы! И четвертое качество — Ваше терпение и невозмутимость. У Вас огромное количество учеников, многие из них радуют Вас своими достижениями, но многие также доставляют Вам хлопоты. Тем не менее, Вы не разочаровываетесь в них и продолжаете терпеливо помогать им, несмотря ни на что. Более того, заранее понимая, что не все будут хорошими учениками, Вы все равно даете шанс всем и продолжаете принимать учеников, в надежде на то, что они будут слушаться Вас и — что еще более важно — услышат Вас. Эти качества затрагивают мое черствое сердце, дорогой Гуру Махарадж.
На своем примере Вы показываете, что духовная жизнь — естественна и проста. Духовная жизнь по определению должна быть простой, поскольку все, что естественно, не может быть сложным и запутан- ным. Но это лишь для тех, кто сам прост. Ваша простота — это самая редкая и ценная вещь в мире, пос- кольку она делает жизнь простой, и духовные высоты больше не кажутся неприступными. По счастливому стечению обстоятельств меня привлекли Ваша простота, доброта и Ваша любовь и заботливость. Пусть это чувство, которое Вы пробудили в моем сердце, не уходит оттуда никогда, ибо вместе с этим чувством меня не покидает ощущение Вашего присутствия, а в Вашем присутствии моя запутанная и унылая жизнь становится простой и исполненной надежды.
Сегодня, в этот священный день, я молюсь у Ваших стоп и у стоп Ваших спутников и последователей о том, чтобы самому развить хотя бы частичку этих качеств и сделать что-то для Вас и для Шрилы Прабхупады, в пусть даже неуклюжих попытках отблагодарить Вас. Я молюсь о том, чтобы стать настоящим учеником и только радовать Вас. Я молюсь о том, чтобы следуя Вашему примеру, полностью посвятить свою жизнь миссии Шрилы Прабхупады. Я искренне верю, что в этом и есть высшее совершенство.
Подобно тому, как за всеми процессами, происходящими в это мире, стоят великие личности, уполномоченные на это Верховным Господом, точно так же процесс духовной практики каждого ученика поддерживается его духовным учителем – личностью, которой мы дороги, которая молится за нас, и только благодаря этому в нашей духовной жизни и нашем служении все происходит. Духовный учитель получает благословение из океана милости. Подобно тому как облако, проливающее дождь, гасит лесной пожар, духовный учитель гасит пылающий огонь материального существования и спасает людей, охваченных этим пламенем. Такой духовный учитель - океан благих качеств, и я в глубоком почтении склоняюсь к его лотосным стопам. (Шри Шри Гурв-аштака, стих 1)
В материальном мире невозможна деятельность духовная, это противоестественно для этого мира, здесь невозможно повторять Святое Имя, служить Богу. И только по милости Шрилы Прабхупады и духовных учителей мы можем совершать свои попытки в воспевании Святых Имен Бога, только по милости парампары мы можем выполнять служение Господу в этом мире. Все наше служение Шри Кришне, Вьясадеве, принимает духовный учитель. Он делает его совершенным, благодаря тому, что вкладывает туда свою любовь к Кришне, таким образом очищая от несовершенств, передает по парампаре, и Кришна его принимает.
Наш духовный учитель – тот, кого мы должны благодарить за духовную силу, благодаря которой у нас есть решимость продолжать путь к Богу. И Вьяса-пуджа, День Явления духовного учителя – самый сокровенный и самый важный день в жизни ученика. В этот день к ученику приходит особая милость, необходимая для духовной жизни. Процесс бхакти-йоги, наша духовная практика, построена на самопожертвовании. Мы пытаемся пожертвовать своими личными интересами ради интересов миссии духовного учителя, Шрилы Прабхупады. Без самопожертвования невозможно строить взаимоотношения с гуру. Все мои достижения в духовной жизни я получил благодаря Вам. К сожалению не могу похвастать какими-то выдающимися достижениями, весь тот небольшой багаж того что я достиг в преданном служении я обязан Вам. Я помню все мгновения непосредственного общения с Вами. Когда Ваш взгляд как рентген полностью выявлял и обнажал моё недостойное поведение как ученика и мою гордость и и мне было так стыдно что я готов был сгореть от этого. Это дает мне понимание насколько мой ум обманывает меня в очередной раз, что значит действовать полагаясь на свои ум и чувства , а не как настоящий ученик. Я также помню и ваши одобрительные и вдохновляющие улыбки, которые являются подтверждением моих правильных действий и придают мне вдохновения и энтузиазма. Гуру Махарадж простите меня что я такой неразумный. Благословите меня чтобы я мог служить Вам, совершая как можно меньше ошибок. Я хочу всегда оставаться в обществе преданных! Еще я хочу пожелать Вам крепкого здоровья! Чтобы Господь Чайтанья , который поддерживает всю вселенную дал Вам силы в Вашей проповеднической деятельности, в миссии, которую Вы получили от Шрилы Прабхупады! Благословение Кришны можно обрести лишь по милости духовного учителя. Без его милости любые попытки достичь совершенства обречены на провал. Поэтому я должен всегда помнить о своем духовном учителе и прославлять его. Не меньше трех раз в день должен я склоняться в глубоком почтении к лотосным стопам своего духовного учителя. (Шри Шри Гурв-аштака, стих 8) Спасибо Вам за все, что Вы для меня сделали, и спасибо за Ваше спасительное участие и присутствие в моей жизни.
Пытающийся стать Вашим учеником Сахишну Гаура дас Екатеринбург.
Sahisnu Gaura das diksa disciple,
Ekaterinburg, Russia
Your Divine Grace Srila Jayapataka Swami!
Dear Guru Maharaj!
Please accept my respectful obeisances at dust of your lotus feet
at this auspicious day of your Vyasa-Puja!
Your Divine Grace Srila Jayapataka Swami!
Dear Guru Maharaj!
Please accept my respectful obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet
at this auspicious day of your Vyasa-Puja,
A disciple should see guru as svarupa-sakti-pusta-krsna-parikara – eternal associate of Sri Krsna, who is supported not by material nature, but by svarupa-sakti – internal energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Only this way disciple develops guru-bhakti. Otherwise, he will consider guru as an ordinary person, committing aparadha and destroying own devotional service.
Dear Guru Maharaj! I’m infinitely grateful to you for the most amazing evidence of your non-material existence in this world, which makes easier to become confident in svarupa-sakti-guru-sraddha, naturally advancing in guru-bhakti. Witnessing your last few years’ preaching, it is impossible to doubt that you are supported by “Personal” Sakti of Bhagavan. It is obvious, just because any human being with two eyes can see, that simply there is no sufficient material and bodily resource, required for the immense activity, you perform all around the world. You have overcome not only old age and diseases of material world, but even death: your beloved disciple Caitanya Candra Caran Prabhu some time ago realized it, while witnessing your expression of will to responsible GBC members considering placement of your samadhi within Mayapur area.
Staying above the laws of material world, you wonderfully glorify Lord Gauranga’s lilas with such a power, that natural affection to Mahaprabhu and His associates immediately brakes in one’s heart, making an etched imprint. Your Gauranga-katha is like a documentary “report” from a witness of those pastimes. Therefore, how possible it is to doubt in the fact of your direct service to the lilas of Lord Caitanya as krsna-parikara – His eternal associate?!
Dear Guru Maharaj! I’m endeavoring to grow the seed of your personal instruction – to deliver transcendental knowledge about the difference between consciousness and body to intellectual elite of modern civilization. I believe that, by the mercy of your powerful blessings, this (in some context - impossible) task will be successfully realized for the benefit of intricated by modern science people. I hope, that like you keep in your heart personal instructions of Srila Prabhupada, and therefore follow them perfectly, I will succeed in keeping forever and following your instructions too.
With all my strengths I only have, I wish you the most generous mercy of Sri Sri Panca-tattva and health for many years of unparalleled preaching that would surprise and fascinate all conditioned souls!!!!
Attempting to become your true servant,
Vasushreshtha Dasa.
Мой дорогой Гуру Махарадж, примите пожалуйста мои смиренные поклоны в пыли Ваших лотосных стоп. Вся слава Вашему Святейшеству! Вся слава Его Божественной милости Ачарье-основателю ИСККОН и БиБиТи Его Божественной милости А.Ч. Бхактивенданте Свами Шриле Прабхупаде!
Дорогой Гурудев, все новости, истории, рассказы о Вас. Это то, что поддерживает меня на духовном пути. Это то вдохновение, которое сопровождает меня в попытках служения Вам. Ваше неустанное, непрекращающееся ни на секунду, служение Шриле Прабхупаде, Его миссии это то, что вызывает желание делать что-то для этого великого движения, которое дал нам Шрила Прабхупада. Я очень счастлива, что попала в семью, состоящую из Ваших учеников. И всё это по Вашей милости! Находясь в этой семье я вижу, что я не одна, я вижу сколько любви исходит от всех духовных братьев и сестер и эту всю атмосферу создали и поддерживаете Вы. Ваша любовь, которая распространяется абсолютно на всех, она не ограничивается Вашими учениками, Ваша забота и поддержка, которую Вы отдаёте всем это то, что очень вдохновляет и это одно из качеств, которое очень хочется развить в себе.
Дорогой Гуру Махарадж, год назад я спонтанно Вам говорила своё подношение, на Вашей Вьяса-пудже, которая проходила у нас в городе. Тогда я попросила у Вас прибежища и Вы пролили на меня свою беспричинную милость. Нет тех слов, которыми бы я смогла выразить Вам свою благодарность! Очень хочется постоянно становиться лучше для Вас. Спасибо Вам, дорогой Гурудев за Ваше терпение. Не имея пока достаточной квалификации и качеств, я выполняю своё служение не совершенным образом, но я чувствую как Вы меня принимаете и поддерживаете на моём уровне. Я обещаю стремиться выполнять доверенное мне служение наилучшим образом. Спасибо Вам, дорогой Гурудев за Вашу любовь, которую я ощущаю в Ваших словах, когда читаю Ваши послания нам!
Дорогой Шрила Гурудева, очень хочется сделать что-то приятное для Вас в этот день, хочется Вас порадовать. Но у меня нет таких даров, которые могли бы Вас обрадовать, всё что у меня есть, это мои скромные попытки сделать что-то для миссии Шрилы Прабхупады. По милости преданных в храме у меня есть служение, я стираю и подготавливаю одежды Шрилы Прабхупады, а также по пятницам провожу пуджу Шриле Прабхупаде. Мы с мужем состоим в киртан группе, играем на музыкальных инструментах. На воскресную программу делаем сладости и раздаём их после программы. Совсем недавно, по милости преданных, я начала помогать переодевать Божества Нитай-Гаура Натарадж в храме. Дорогой Гурудев, примите пожалуйста это скромное служение, которое мне доверено благодаря Вам, как моё подношение Вам. Дорогой Гуру Махарадж, я буду продолжать стараться улучшить служение, которое у меня есть и также принимать то, что придёт в будущем.
Дорогой Гурудев, простите меня пожалуйста, за все оскорбления, которые я совершаю выполняя служения. Я вижу сколько всего мне ещё нужно улучшить в себе, из-за множества плохих качеств, которые я в себе накопила, я каждый день совершаю много оскорблений, простите меня пожалуйста. Простите пожалуйста, что не всегда могу справиться со своими анартхами. Я очень хочу стать лучше, чтобы Вы были довольны мной, чтобы не причинять Вам беспокойств и не приносить трудностей. Я буду стараться!
Дорогой Гурудев, хотя я совсем этого не заслуживаю, но я очень молюсь, что Вы прольёте на Вашу некчёмную слугу свою милость и примите меня в семью Шрилы Прабхупады как свою ученицу. Потому что без Вас я не смогу ничего! Без Вашей милости мне не добраться до лотосных стоп Шрилы Прабхупады.
Дорогой Гуру Махарадж, я молюсь, чтоб Ваше тело причиняло Вам меньше боли и беспокойств. Желаю Вам самое главное здоровья! Мои нижайшие Вам поклоны!!!
Ваша незначительная слуга, Занахова Эльвира
Zanakhova Elvira
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
On this Joyous occasion of your 69th Vyāsa-pūjā let me take this opportunity to glorify you. My glorification falls short of words, and the pen runs dry to glorify such a magnanimous personality like you.
It is indeed my good fortune to have such a glorious spiritual father. Over the years that I have interacted with you, served or cooked for you, I have only felt myself feel smaller and smaller in your presence. You have patiently and kindly corrected me in the many blunders I have committed in my service to you. I was indeed very fortunate to have been able to serve you on the many occasions that you visited Dāmodara-deśa and Gaurāṅga-deśa.
Śrīla Prabhupāda found a great stalwart in you to conduct this spiritual mission he had undertaken. You have taken his mission to heart and are toiling with so much effort to fulfill Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. We are all eagerly awaiting the opening of the TOVP in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur which will be a feather in the cap of your glorious journey of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.
Your health is of great concern to us and we wish that you would not push yourself to the limit. In spite of your recent ill health, you prove to me time and again that you are on a pure spiritual platform and the body is just material and you are above the three modes and in pure śuddha-sattva platform.
Much of the suffering that you are enduring is caused by disciples who are not doing their chanting or their sādhana properly. Hence it is an onus on all your disciples that they follow standards and not increase your pain and suffering. I pray to Lord Caitanya who is so dear to your heart to remove these obstacles and help you in alleviating your pain and suffering.
It is said that the spiritual master is more merciful on his Vyāsa-pūjā day. On this joyous day of your Vyāsa-pūjā I beg you to bestow your mercy upon me so that I can progress in my Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and not fail you or let you down as a disciple by being caught by Māyādevī's snare.
I pray to Lord Caitanya and the Pañca-tattva Deities, Lord Rādhā Mādhava and the Aṣṭa-sakhīs, Lord Narasiṁhadeva and Śrīla Prabhupāda to protect you and keep you in good health.
Your Fallen Servant,
Citra Mālinī Devī Dāsī
Gaurāṅga-deśa
"nama om vishnu padaya krsna presthaya bhuthale srimate jayapataka swamin iti namine
nama acharya padaya nitai kripa pradayine gaura katha dhama daya nagara grama tarine"
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,
My worshipable Spiritual master and my beloved Spiritual father,
Please accept my humble obeisance unto the dust of your Lotus Feet.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada
All Glories to you.
On this glorious day of your appearance on this planet I am trying to gather a few words to try and say something to glorify you. Although the best of the poems, best of the language will fall short to glorify the spotless jewel studded personality you have, still I would try to say a few words to glorify the colossal personality you are as this is your desire which is ultimately instruction and duty for me. Kindly forgive me for any mistakes I commit.
Srila Gurudev, I was tossed around into the dangerous whirlpool of the material ocean for billions of life until in this life I was fortunate to have been accepted by you as your disciple. I was fortunate not because I did something or I deserved this fortune. But I got fortunate due to your causeless mercy on this fallen soul engrossed in sinful way of living and trying to find pleasure in it. Srila Prabhupada once said to his disciples that it was he who created their good fortune, similarly it is you who created my good fortune by accepting me in your spiritual army. But unfortunately I haven’t been able to yet realize how precious this mercy of your is, how rare this opportunity is. You have been magnanimously giving me numerous opportunities and I have been stupidly wasting each and every opportunity you have given me, to the extent that you have fallen sick due to me and my karma. Time passed by so quickly that so many years have been wasted and yet I don’t feel the urgency to follow your instructions to serve Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu.
You are so filled with love for both Srila Prabhupada and for us, that with one hand you are trying to push his movement forward while on the other hand you are holding on to us even though our karmas are clinging on to you like leeches sucking the life force out of you. Yet like a loving father you never let go of us. Actually you love your Guru so much that you have given up your life in dedication to him, but the rascal I am, I haven’t yet realized what Guru is let alone loving him and that is the reason I am so selfish that rather than giving up my sinful habits of still desiring pleasure out of this material world and dedicating myself to your words I am still clinging on to it tightly. My senses are so polluted that I trust the material world more than your words.
Srila Narottam Das Thakur says,
guru-mukha-padma-vākya, cittete koribo aikya, ār nā koriho mane āśā
But for me my heart desires for everything else other than following your instructions. This is such a grave offence unto your lotus feet for which a million lifetimes atonement would be less, yet you are so great that this year in your instructions to your disciples you very lovingly spared us from this atonement and just requested us to get back to our sadhnana properly which you will consider as an atonement from our side. This is the proof of how you are Nitai Kripa pradayine, how you reflect the mood of Srila Nityananda Prabhu of being so merciful of forgiving the grave mistakes we do just as he forgave Jagai & Madhai. A god sister of mine once told me that how you are exactly saving all of us from this dangerous material world by accepting all our sins just as Sriman Vasudev Datta did for all the living entities.
In Chaitanya Charitamrita its stated
guru krsna-rupe hana sastrera pramane
guru-rupe krsna krpa karena bhakta-gane
According to the deliberate opinion of all revealed scriptures, the spiritual master is non-different from Krishna. Lord Krishna in the form of the spiritual master delivers His devotees. This is further clarifies in
This is even furthermore confirmed in Sri Caitanya-Caritämrita (Antya 2.6) which explains the mood and method of Sri Caitanya Mahäprabhu: ‘
loka nistäriba’—ei isvara-svabhäva:
“‘I shall deliver the fallen souls.’
This statement characterizes the Supreme Personality of Godhead.” A few verses later ( Antya 2.13–14), we find a description of His method for delivering people who could not meet Him personally:
tä-sabä tärite prabhu sei saba dese
yogya-bhakta jiva-dehe karena ‘ävese’
sei jive nija-bhakti karena prakäse
tähära darshane ‘vaishnava’ haya sarva-deshe
“To deliver people in regions throughout the universe who could not meet Him, Sri Caitanya Mahäprabhu personally entered the bodies of pure devotees. Thus He empowered living beings (His pure devotees) by manifesting in them so much of His own devotion that people in all other countries became devotees by seeing them.” This passage describes how Lord Caitanya empowered you to deliver fallen souls like myself, and even after reading such instructions I don’t realize your value nor the value of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s mercy. This is definitely my incapability and establishes my unworthiness to be your disciple.
Before I end I beg you to kindly forgive me for all the knowing and unknowing mistakes I have committed unto you and once again requesting you to kindly pull my senses out from the attachment of worldly desires so I can see clearly the path of your instructions and follow it word by word considering it to be my life and soul.
Wishing to someday be the dust at the flower at your Lotus feet.
Your Insignificant servant,
Akinchan Dāmodar Dāsa
Hare Krsna
Dandvat pranam
People in this world, their hearts are very cold
They suffer and destroy, their foolishness you behold
They live just to die, no conception of the soul
Personification of darkness, forgetful of the real goal
O Ocean of Compassion!, not able to see them rot
You flooded the world, with Krsna-prema that you got
The sun set and rise, the wind blows and rest
You are beyond this duality, you are even beyond the best
Beyond the bodily limitation, the Victory Flag keeps rising high
Your mood to serve acaryas, forcing ignorance to cry
Bringing Tsunami of mercy, and bodily conception's famine
Sending souls back to Krsna, who cant think beyond I, me and mine
You gave us the Gem, we were mad after broken glass
Without your benediction, Maya, we cant even think to surpass
Praying unto you, bless me to be a worthy son
Make me your instrument, and help me to serve Srila Prabhupad's mission
Your servant
Akshay Gaursundar Dāsa
Dearest Guru Maharaj.
You are our spiritual father. My humble obeisance at the dust of your lotus feet. Hare Krishna. All glories to Jagad Guru Srila Prabhupada and all glories to your loving divine grace. We wish you a very happy Vyasa Puja. We pray to Lord Krishna and Srimathi Radha Rani for your good health and long life. I have no qualifications to write. I have no qualifications to be part of the divine realm of things, yet you gave me your blessings and diksha. I can only tell you that I need your blessings to progress more in the service of Srila Prabhupada and Guru bhakti. I need to do more in spiritual activities and I feel that my bhakti still needs to be improved.
Gurudeva, Gurudeva, Gurudeva, I feel like crying thinking of you and your dedication to the Prabhupada mission, I am truly inspired and motivated to do more thinking of you. I am not able to write further... you are so caring, loving and transcendental. I wish to fall a billion times at your lotus feet. Please forgive me for all my wrong doings, you can read my mind. My deepest gratitude for you. My life is progressing because of your blesssings.
Your unqualified servant,
Amala Arjuna Das
Dear Guru Maharaj Sastanga dandavat pranam.
By your mercy my devotional service is going well.
I pray for Radha Madhava for your good health.
Happy vyasapooja guru maharaj.
Your insignificant Servant,
Amani Nityānanda Dāsa (Diksa), Avatari Desh
Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare
ALL GLORIES TO ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA
namo oṁ vishnupadaya krsnapresthaya bhūtale śrīmate jayapatākā swamin iti nāmine
nāma ācārya paḍaya nitāi kṛpā pradayine gaura kathā dama daya nagara grāma tāriṇe
All glories to most merciful dear Guru Mahārāja!
Guru Mahārāja you are being one of the most powerful manifestation of Śrīla Prabhupāda on this earth.
You are always engaged in your services to spiritual master. This is your life and soul; To follow foot step of your spiritual master Śrīla Prabhupāda. You are teaching us by setting an example to how to serve guru. This shows us that how one should take spiritual master and his instruction to one's life. You are saying that "Give yourself to Kṛṣṇa", "leave for Kṛṣṇa" there is nothing else one should do other than working for Guru and Gaurāṅga.
You are empowered by Śrīla Prbhupada and Śrī Caitanya mahāprabhu. Despite of bodily changes you are continuously engaged in the mission of Prabhupāda and keeping your all the promises which you gave him. Your uninterrupted services to guru and Gaurāṅga are the great inspiration to us. We pray to Lord Narshimha to help you for your continual services.
With Your and Yatrapati His Grace Rādhā bhava Prabhu's mercy upon us we here in Shyamadesh getting opportunity to take active participation on various celebration of festivals. We find ourselves fortunate in such participation, these experiences are transcendental. Weekly Śrīmad Bhagvatam Classes by His Grace Rāma kṛṣṇa Prabhu are power booster for our spiritual life. He charges us to render sevas to Vaishanava, You and Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and we feel blessed. Dear Gurudeva you have given all this with your causeless mercy.
With Your and Rāma kṛṣṇa Prabhuji's mercy at our Bhakti vriksha (JPS Blessings) at our house number of participants are increased. Lot of devotees are coming forward for rendering various sevas and becoming purified.
I am submerged into ocean of sense gratification and material miseries and not yet Krishna Conscious but still you have permitted us to render such deviation services.Kindly bless us so that we can serve all Vaishnavas, your Holiness and Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava in true spirit and be protected from Nam, Sevā and Vaishnava offesnses.
O beloved Guru Mahārāja, please pardon us for any offences committed by us, knowingly or unknowingly and purify us.
Śrīla Prabhupāda ki Jai! Śrīla Guru Maharaj ki Jai!
Your Spiritual Children,
Anantarūpa Gaurāṅga Dāsa,
Vraj Vilāsinī Sakhi Devī Dāsī,
Khushali,
Dev
Dear Guru Mahāraja,
Hare Krishna! Daṇḍavats!
Dear Guru Maharaj, with your mercy Krishna Kathā Desh Yatra is fully charged-up in serving your mission of spreading Krishna Consciousness. Many new Devotees have joined us, who are being developed through Bhakti Vriksha, Namahatta & regular counselling on Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. All this we were able to execute because of your blessings & causeless mercy. You have been our inspiration to keep us moving ahead with preaching activity in Krishna Kathā Desh.
Last year, in the month of June 2017 when you visited Kṛṣṇa Kathā Desh, I got your mercy & blessings to perform Paada Pūjā of your Lotus feet along with my wife Rupesvari Revatī Devī Dāsī. I also got an opportunity to perform Guru Pūjā, which was dream come true to me in my life.
I pray for your health & look forward to having your darshan during Vyāsa-pūjā this year.
My wife Rupesvari Revatī Devī Dāsī, mother Paramanandinī Rādhikā Devī Dāsī, daughters Parvathi & Sāvitrī join me in wishing you a Very Happy 69th Appearance Day.
Hare Kṛṣṇa!
With warm regards,
Your servant,
Aniruddha Gopāla Dāsa,
Kṛṣṇa Kathā Desh (Yatra President)
Hare Krishna,
Please accept my humble obeisances .
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga all glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to Jayapataka swami guru Maharaj.this year 69th Sri Vyasa puja of our dear Guru Maharaj. Last June when I got brahminical initiation, I had the opportunity to see guru Maharaj very close for a very long time. when I look at your body I felt really bad. even though you are not in this bodily concept, I am still in it. that time I felt that your suffering so much because of a fallen soul like me. that day I thought I will follow all your instructions precisely. but till date, I still keep doing many mistakes. by your and Lord Krishna's mercy, I want to do my sadhana very well. only by your wellness can many fallen souls in this world like me can be saved. therefore by the mercy of your guru Srila Prabhupada and Gauranga may you get well soon.
Your unworthy disciple,
Anukula Radhika Devi Dasi
Dear Guru Maharaj,
I offer most respectful and humble Dandavat pranams at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. And all glories to divine grace Jayapataka Swami Guru Maharaj.
I wish you a very happy vyasa puja, on this wonderful day of your appearance into this world.
Especially when we came to Krishna kathadesh first time, I just realized what you are, by seeing your disciples dedication and hard work. I just observed how truly dedicated your disciples are. And you have such love for disciples, you teach them well by wonderful classes. And I learnt much by your wonderful disciples.
And I also realize that your grace is always available in the form of your disciples and in the form of the system called Bhakti Vriksha. And many souls inspired by this system in many countries. Where would be all these souls without you Maharaj?
You are such a great devotee empowered by Lord Krishna.
So I wish a lot of health and strength to deliver a fallen souls like me on this auspicious day. Again wishing you the most wonderful Vyasa-Puja celebration.
Shrila Prabhupada ki jai.
Shrila Guru Maharaj Vyasa - Puja Mahotsav ki jai.
Your most fallen child,
Aruna Mataji.
Dear Gurudev,
Hare Krishna!
Dandavat Pranam!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to you O Gurudeva on your auspicious appearance day.....
In kaliyuga,it is very difficult to practice devotional service. This was my realization until you blessed me as an initiated disciple in 2015.Gurumaharaj, you proved each day, how you are protecting me as an umbrella from all the vicious acts of Maya. Please keep me at your lotus feet always...
In 2017, you have given me a chance to serve you personally on your arrival at Krishna Katha Desh. It was the most precious moment in my life when you gave your garland to me during my discourse about our chakra activities. Your personal presence gave us a wonderful momentum to go ahead with our preaching activities. Your energy and enthusiasm to serve your Guru is really an eye opener to me. Your visit realized me about my insignificant seva and reminded me to progress much more to contribute a drop in your ocean of services.
Whenever we are facing problems in our preaching activities, we remember you and get the inspiration from your tireless journeys and preaching activities in wheel chair. You are proving the principles of Bhagavad Gita by your practical life-You are not your body –You are a pure soul…
Gurumaharaj, by your mercy, our BV activities are progressing .During each struggle, you are guiding us with your wonderful solutions! Now I am confident to move ahead by catching your hand. Please bless me to continue my sadhana and services in a better way to please your heart.
On this auspicious occasion of your Vyasa Puja day, I pray to Lord Narasimha Dev to bless you with long life for enlightening millions of fallen souls like me.
Your insignificant disciple,
Bahu Karuna Nitai Dasa,
Krishna Katha Desh
Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,
Daṇḍavat praṇāmas. Please accept my humble obeisences, and all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Guru Mahārāja I am not qualified to talk about your glories and the services you are rendering to all your disciples and Śrīla Prabhupāda and Kṛṣṇa.
In spite of facing many medical challenges and health issues your only goal is to spread the message of Lord Caitanya and elevate the fallen soul like me. Because of your kind mercy to accept me under your shelter I am able to take few steps in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
I am now living I Dāmodara deśa under the guidance of Gaurāṅgadeśa yātrā and rendering a small service under prasāda committee. Because of your guidance and senior devotees I am trying to advance little by little in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
I am chanting 16 rounds minimum daily and reading whenever possible the scriptures. Also I am attending the Bhakti-vṛkṣa class regularly. Also I listen to kīrtanas and lectures whenever I find time. With your mercy I am confident that I will advance more in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
My humble request to you is to shower your mercy to advance more in Kṛṣṇa consciousness by rendering more service and also start preaching what is stated in scriptures and told by ācāryas. Without that I am sure I will not be able to advance and it will not please Kṛṣṇa also.
Dear Guru Mahārāja I will try my level best not to commit any offence and also follow the 4 regulative principles.
I am currently aspiring for initiation and hoping to get the same if you desire to take me as your disciple.
It is Kṛṣṇa's mercy only I got yourself as my spiritual guru and I am confident that with your guidance I will advance in spiritual life.
Your humble servant,
Balaji Muthu Narayanan
Dearest Śrīla Guru-Mahārāja,
We offer our most respectful and humble Daṇḍavat praṇāmas at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Jagad-Guru, Śrīla Prabhupāda and all glories to your loving divine grace.
We wish you a very happy vyāsa-pūjā and pray to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī for many happy returns of this auspicious day. Guru-Mahārāja, the last year has been full of realizations and new spiritual experiences by your blessings. Keeping you at the center of my life, each day I can feel how your causeless mercy flows unconditionally in the upkeep of my devotional service. Although it’s been 5 years since Lord Kṛṣṇa mercifully sent you as my master and savior, that first darśana of yours is still fresh in my mind.
Guru-Mahārāja, you have made all arrangements not only for your disciples but for humanity at large through your many innovative ways of getting your association through your lectures, live internet broadcasts, activity reports, social media posts etc. In every activity of yours, you never fail to strengthen our commitment and conviction to Śrīla Prabhupāda and his movement. In a very exemplary way, you teach us the mood of becoming an eternal śiṣya by displaying your unconditional pure love for Śrīla Prabhupāda. Please Guru-Mahārāja, instill in our hearts a drop of that mood of servitor-ship that you have for Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Guru Mahārāja, the way you are serving the movement of Śrīla Prabhupāda, notwithstanding your physical condition, is a perfect example of “guru-mukha-padma-vākya, cittete kariyā aikya”. In one of your lectures you told “Don’t try to see God but act in a way that God will see you”. I will only be able to achieve this by rendering service to you with all my heart. Please Guru Mahārāja, instruct, chastise and guide me to become a better servant. Just as Lord Kṛṣṇa’s glories are unlimited, so are your divine glories. For a dull minded person like me, it would take many lifetimes to properly glorify you.
My beloved Guru Mahārāja, I pray to continue to receive your mercy and hope that someday, we will be in your personal association to celebrate this auspicious day and directly get the nectar of your association
Your insignificant children,
Bandhu Baladeva Dāsa
Ratnāṅgī Revatī Devī Dāsī
Dear Spiritual Father,
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja!
Please accept my humble obeisances. Guru Mahārāja, there are literally no words to describe how merciful you are to the fallen conditioned souls in Kali Yuga. In spite of being in this condition, you just want to please Śrīla Prabhupāda by fulfilling the instructions given by him. You are the best example to show that we are not this body and we are the spirit soul and parts and parcels of Kṛṣṇa. You are taking the message of Śrīla Prabhupāda as your life and soul and you still continue to give lectures for the pleasure of Gaurāṅga and Śrīla Prabhupāda.
I often offer my extra rounds of circumambulating Tulasī Mahārāṇī to you. I pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to protect my spiritual father so he can continue to fulfill the instructions given to you by Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Please bless me so that I can become a dust particle in your lotus feet.
Your insignificant servant,
Bhakta Gautham Shaji (Aspiring)
Kṛṣṇa-kathā Deśa
Dear GuruMaharaj,
Nama omvisnupadaya krsnapresthaya bhutale
srimate HH Jayapataka swamin iti namine
Please accept my humble obeisance’s in the dust of your lotus feet
All glories to SrilaPrabhupada
yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo
yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto 'pi
dhyāyan stuvaḿs tasya yaśas tri-sandhyaḿ
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction of Krsna. Without the grace of the spiritual master,one cannot make any advancement. Therefore, I should always remember and praise the spiritual master.
At least three times a day I should offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master.Hari hari Bol—These verses completely dedicated to you Gurumaharaj.
Really I am very much fallen Soul, not having any Qualification to enter in to any spiritual whelm .
By Your causeless mercy and you are so compassionate so that you have accepted this menial soul as your Disciple
—one of my most wonderful moment that the time you have given me the initiation---
Actually in the Month of June—Here Qatar is facing the Diplomatic crisis—
and all the flights were cancelled from UAE, Bahrain, Egypt.
Here we are eagerly waiting in KKD to take an initiation…
We were having an intense , so intense desire and a strong faith on Lord Krshna,
and narasighadev, Mahaprabhu and our most beloved Grand father ,
AC Bhaktivedanta srila prabhupad mercy and also here wonderful efforts done by our Temple President and MSD leader devotees , by their continuous sincere efforts—all our dream comes true.
You and your Disciples came to KKD even though with your critical health condition, -
-you are completely living for us – you are Such a great soul —
and in the Initiation ceremony you have given me name as
“Bhaktipriya Bharati DD” with a wonderful smile and I will never forget your smile.
I myself promising you Gurumaharaj – Sincerely I will put effort to support srilaprabhupad mission.
Please bless me always to Serve- Hari—Guru—Vaishnavas with uninterrupte,d Unmotivated efforts. UNalloyed services—
Please Bless me and my Family with your Causeless mercy to be advanced to get the Krshna prema to back to Godhead.
Your ever menial servant
Bhaktipriya Bharati Devi Dasi
Hare Kṛṣṇa dearest spiritual father,
Please accept my respectful obeisances! All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
All glories to you on your auspicious 75th appearance day! I would like to offer my respectful obeisances unto your merciful lotus feet Guru Mahārāja and seek blessings on this auspicious day of your milestone 75th appearance day! Gurudeva, I am always spellbound seeing and reading your daily activities. This day is an excellent opportunity for me to glorify your multifaceted qualities. Though your list of qualities is endless I would like to describe a few with the acronym MERCY. Magnanimous Gurudeva, your magnanimity is matchless in every aspect. You are magnamiously compassionate in accepting disciples, so that each one of us are delivered from this material world. You are magnanimous to forgive anyone and everyone even though we commit offenses. And I have no words to describe your magnanimity in humbleness, which is evident always. You are magnanimously merciful Gurudeva! Enthusiastic What to say of your enthusiasm Guru Mahārāja, it is simply amazing! You are enthusiastically distribute Mahāprabhu’s glories daily without fail even when you are so tired. I personally witnessed this during the mahā-abhiṣekam time. You had GBC meetings continuously, you were there from start till finish participating in the mahā-abhiṣekam event. And above all you gave a class on that day with your realization of the great event. You are enthusiastically showering mercy Guru Mahārāja! Radiant You beam with radiance when you see new devotees. You radiantly describe to them how joyful it is to do devotional service. Your radiance is multifold when you see your disciples serving Śrīla Prabhupāda so nicely and thus helping you in spreading love of Godhead. You are radiant when you describe the glories of Mahāprabhu, which is evident in everyday class. Your radiance showers mercy Gurudeva! Chivalrous Gurudeva, you are a chivalrous fighter, fighting every moment against the challenges you are facing every day with your health. You preach by your actions showing that we are not the body. You are teaching us how to be a chivalrous fighter against Māyā which is distracting us every moment from love of God. Yearning Your laulyam towards serving Śrīla Prabhupāda is fathomless. Every breath you are always thinking how to please your spiritual master. This present safari to Vṛndāvana shows your eagerness to install the lotus footprint at various places in Vraja dhāma thus spreading the glories of Mahāprabhu and Śrīla Prabhupāda. Dearest Guru Mahārāja, I earnestly beg unto your lotus feet to please shower me and my family with your mercy as you have always been doing. Also please guide me so that I can please you and serve Śrīla Prabhupāda in spreading the glories of Mahāprabhu. Earnestly begging for your mercy.
Your spiritual daughter,
Bhuvana Pūjita Rādhikā Devī Dāsī, Balarāmadeśa
om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namah
Respected Gurumaharaj,
Kindly accept our most respectful obeisance unto your lotus feet.
All glories to your Holiness, all glories to Srila Prabhupada. On this auspicious occasion of your vyasapuja celebrations, first of all we offer our prayers to our Lordships to keep you physically healthy and fit to fulfill all your desires that are aligned in line with the previous Acharyas. We look forward to have your darshan on the Vysasan on the Vyasapuja day which is going to take place on this auspicious day in Chennai.
Dear Gurudeva, it is wonderful to read your small and transcendental instructions to your disciples’ that are posted in various electronic medias which we take into our hearts. However, it is disheartening to hear and realize how much sufferings your physical body is undergoing at this critical situation. When you were healthy and strong you did completely dedicate your body, mind and soul in the service of your Guru Maharaj to bring up the Mayapur Dham from the very scratch. You were very found of doing everything by yourself, may be by walk, by bicycle, jeep, truck or whatever available became your modes of transport for carrying various materials for developing Mayapur Dham. You were very particular in handling Lakshmi for building a temple for Lakshmi-Pathi and your skill and dexterity in bargaining before any purchase is well praised. What we can do in all our life is very very insignificant for you as compared to your services to your Gurudeva. However in this humble state of our existence we dedicate whatever extra rounds of mala daily we do that may be 5 or 6 or sometimes 10 to your recovery, Guru Maharaj. Every morning, I make it a point to chant few rounds of Dhanwanthari mantra and Mrithumjaya mantra with a hope that would benefit you knowing well that these are very very insignificant. Guru Maharaj, you mentioned that “there are no sufficient words to describe the relationship which evolves between the spiritual master and the disciple when the disciple achieves pure devotional service. That is the greatest gift that one can get from the spiritual master. Pure devotion to Krsna is desired even by Brahma, Siva, great Rsis etc. But one can get that priceless gift from the spiritual master by his mercy…...” We humbly meditate on your lotus feet for that mercy….Gurudev….knowing very well that we can never repay for that. With your blessings we are able to support the book distribution at two occasions i.e. during December Marathon and during your Vyasa Puja celebrations. For December marathon Mathuradesh participated with 325 Bhagavad Gitas, through BBT Kerala. And for your Vyasa Puja last year Mathuradesh devotees contributed 5700 BGs which was top of the list in whole Iskcon yatras. This year we are trying to achieve better than last year with the wholehearted support from your disciples’ in Mathuradesh. So far we reached a figure of 4247.
Our humble prayer is that Guru Maharaj may kindly bless all these pure souls who have sponsored Bhagavad Gita on the occasion of your vyasapuja these years and the December Marathon. With your blessings, we have started a new preaching centre in a labour camp wherein about 25 devotees are attending and few have already taken Shiksha Levals. Another labour camp preaching is reactivated wherein about 15 devotees are attending. These are in addition to our regular BVs and study classes.
We also humbly seek your blessings to all our members so that they all steadily advance in devotional service and become your eternal servants. Please bless us and our children so that we all develop more attraction towards your lotus feet and serve you better.
We also seek your blessings to our son Monu who is at the age of entering into grihasta ashram. Kindly forgive us for any offenses knowingly or unknowingly committed by us.
Yours insignificant children,
Budhi Krishna Das (Diksha disciple),
Sakhi Kalavathi Devi Dasi (Diksha disciple),
Monu & Unni (aspiring)
Mathuradesh (Oman)
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Hare Kṛṣṇa Gurudeva!
Please accept my respectful obeisance unto your Lotus Feet. All devotees who are glorifying you said that you are more merciful; yes, really you have shown mercy to even this fallen soul. In 2017 Guru Mahārāja visited Kṛṣṇakathā Deśa, I went over there to get his causeless mercy and I did not offer anything to him, I heavy heartedly felt that I did not bring anything to Gurudeva. Guru Mahārāja went for bath in swimming pool and I was present there due to another devotee’s mercy. Suddenly he looked at me and showing my shirt he said something. I enquired about this to one of the devotee who was present with him, he said that Guru Mahārāja wants a shirt similar to the one which I was wearing, I became surprised of the happenings then I felt that I and Guru Mahārāja were connected and Guru Mahārāja was giving causeless mercy on me.
I am more fortunate that I am one the disciples. Hare Kṛṣṇa,
Trying to be your humble servant,
C. Ganesan
Antardvīpa, Kṛṣṇa-kathā Deśa
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Hare Kṛṣṇa! Daṇḍavat Praṇāma! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
All glories to you O Gurudeva on your auspicious appearance day...
All glories to your incomparable spiritual master Śrīla Prabhupāda...
All glories to Śrī Śrī Nitāi-Gaurāṅga and their saṅkīrtana Movement...
All glories to Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa for sending you here...
Please accept our humble obeisances at your merciful lotus feet. On this occasion of your 69th Vyāsa-pūjā celebration, would like to pray to the Supreme Lord for giving you more energy and compassion in showering your great mercy to more and more fallen souls like us to reach the lotus feet or go back home.
You are just an inspiration to the whole humanity that you are travelling around the world by reaching out to the devotees deliver the fallen souls back home through your divine love and compassion.
Your Humble Aspiring Servant,
Campakalatā Premamayī Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā),
Kṛṣṇa Katha Desh
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga! All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
Firstly I would like to wish you 69th Kṛṣṇa Conscious vyāsa-pūjā Guru Mahārāja. We pray to Lord Kṛṣṇa for your long life and good health.
Due to your compassion on conditioned souls like me and your continuous efforts and struggles, we are enjoying best possible in spirituality even in difficult places like Kṛṣṇakathā Deśa in current difficult time of market recession. Obviously 2017 was most joyful year for me as I got the opportunity to have direct interaction with you. Your trip to Kṛṣṇakathā Deśa boosted my spiritual energy by taking your shelter.
With your blessings and under guidance of my śikṣā-guru His Grace Rādhāpati Śyāma Prabhujī and Her Grace Ujjvala Kālindī Mātājī, we are taking opportunities to serve you and Prabhupāda directly or indirectly in various activities.
With instructions from my śikṣa-guru, we are hosting Bhakti-vṛkṣa at our home which is now in 10th week. Most of the Bhakti-vṛkṣa members are in to the ocean of holy name nectar with minimum 16 rounds. Please, bless them so that they take your shelter at the earliest. If I have some more kṛpa of yours, I desire to start another Bhakti-vṛkṣa soon.
With the motivation of my śikṣā-guru, I am getting involved in to the serving of Gau-mātā. I took the service to sell the Gau-mātā products in our dvīpa and also at my village. My have a long term plan to have Gau-śālā at my place in India so that I can take up direct service of Gau-mātā.
I am eagerly awaiting to take your dīkṣā. Guru Mahārāja, I beg you to consider my request and grant me so that my actual spirituality starts. Praṇāmas to your lotus feet!!!
Yours menial servant,
Candra Shekar,
Koladvīpa, Kṛṣṇakathā Deśa
My Dearest Guru Mahārāja,
I offer my humble obeisance. Guru Mahārāja your glories are unlimited and you set an example for the coming generation in this universe. Guru Mahārāja by seeing you I get more inspired in my devotional service in spite so much physical difficulties and health issues you go vigorously attend and preaching the message of god. Recently I have seen a video from Māyāpur where you were coming back to Māyāpur from yātrā and all devotees were excited to see you back this inspire me a lot and reminds be that how much I am indebted to you for giving me a chance to be in Kṛṣṇa consciousness family. Guru Mahārāja I request and need your mercy, blessing to continue my sādhana more attentive, focused and continue taking Bhakti-vṛkṣa along with family members support.
Guru Mahārāja may Lord Jagannātha, Baladeva, Subhadrā mayī and Narasiṁhadeva protect you from danger and bless with good health. Guru Mahārāja with your kind mercy I request to give blessings to continue my sādhana with full dedication and faith in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and bless my family to progress in devotional service and get initiated at the earliest.
Guru Mahārāja ki jaya!
Your humble servant,
Dayā Nidhi Dineśa Dāsa (Dīkṣā),
Kṛṣṇa Katha Desh
My dearest Guru Mahārāja,
All glories to you! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
Please accept my humble obeisances at your Lotus feet.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
I consider it as a great honor and privilege accorded to me, to submit this homage at your lotus feet. Please permit me to do so even though I am in no way eligible for the same.
I realize that everything which has lately happened and is happening in my life is a reflection of your mercy and blessings. I humbly request for your continued mercy and blessings for me and as well as for all the devotees of Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa for our sustained progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
I always seek and look forward for your support, guidance and protection from all aprādhas and dangers, so that I may make quick progress to be worthy and fully qualified to serve Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. I am aware that without your mercy and blessings, I can never make any progress in my spiritual endeavors.
I consider myself very fortunate on receiving Initiation from your Holiness and to be accepted as your disciple, on 21 June 2017 in Kṛṣṇa-katha Deśa, Qatar. For me it was a miracle. I have no doubt that it was made possible by your mercy alone. I never imagined, I will ever be initiated as long as I am in Kṛṣṇakathā Deśa, because of being employed with the "air force" and bound by military regulations.
However on this particular occasion I was sent abroad on military duty and was expected to be back by only July end or early August. But by your mercy, all of a sudden the entire scenario changed and early morning of 5th of June we were ordered to return back within 48hrs to Kṛṣṇa-kathā Deśa. Rest everything was like a dream for me. It was like some invisible force guiding me, everything happened so quickly and automatically, I found myself seated along with other devotees for initiation. It was a dream come true. It is all your mercy and blessings. Here I realize how merciful you are. I have no words to express my sincere gratitude and no words will ever compensate for this special mercy. I will remain always indebted to your Holiness and to all my śikṣā-gurus and senior devotees of Kṛṣṇa-kathā Deśa.
My dear Guru Mahārāja, I am an ardent fan of yours from the time I joined ISKCON and came to know about you. I have seen you always leading from the front like a great soldier. It seems nothing ever stops you from serving Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. What else if it is not your mercy that in spite of all your physical impediments you reach every nook and corner of the world to spread the message of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and also to pick us up the fallen and conditioned souls from the murky waters of this materialism and put us into the service of Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa. You are a great source of encouragement for all of us. I bow my head at your Lotus feet.
Off late by your mercy I am assisting my God brother and sister Bahu Karuṇa Nitāi Prabhu and Sucāru Jāhnavī Mātājī in conducting Bhakti-vṛkṣas. I consider it as a great opportunity given to me for serving you and also to enhance my spiritual knowledge, thus helping me to anchor myself more strongly in your service and in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.
Dear Guru Mahārāja please be merciful and kindly bless me and other members of Kṛṣṇa-kathā Deśa in all our endeavors to spread Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and also to give us the taste for chanting and serving.
I hope and pray to Lord Kṛṣṇa to give you all the strength and protection so that we can always remain under your direct guidance and blessings and serve you. All Glories to your Divine Grace
I remain your humble servant,
Deva Deva Gaura Dāsa (Dīkṣā),
Kṛṣṇa Katha Desh
Hare Krishna,
All glories to Sri Guru & Gouranga,
All glories to Srila Prapupada,
All glories to Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisance.
Dear Gurumaharaj;
I born in darkness and I am not eligible to get mercy from you and Krishna,fortunatly or believing in previous karma, I got a connection with our founder acharya Srila Prapupad and thus followed by Gurumaharaj's Disciples,even I am not at all eligible for that. Last Vyasapuja I offer to you maximum will progress in Krsna Consiousness and in your visit in Krishna Katha Desh I am sheltered in your lotus feet.
Last two years we are planning to visit Mayapur and not able to visit due to material struggles.In my mind there is a desire to meet Gurumaharaj in Mayapur and only in your mercy! Gurumaharaj came in Krishna Katha desh and got sheleted unto your lotus feet.
Your dedication,humbleness and service even though in your physical struggles you are doing wonderful seva for your Guru and Gouranga;
"What an amazing sipiritual personality you are?". you are really a role model for each deciples of Iskcon.But I can't follow you fully and wholeheartly due to this material bondage, as a Wife,Mother,sister, etc..
Please guide us to do more in service in your lotus feet.
"Lord declaired- By worshiping my devotees one attain more intence love for me than worshiping me directly."
I have firm faith that; If I remain engaged in your service, everything will come to me; "Krishna Prema".
On this auspicious occassion , I humbly remember and giving obeisances to His Divine Grace Srila Prapupada and All Guru Parampar, Gurumaharaj,Sikha Gurus, and all Guru Brothers and Sisters.
Thanking you,
Your Humble Servent.
Dhani Rejeendran
Hare Kṛṣṇa,
I Dharanipal Nayani Aspirant, Indian but living in Kṛṣṇa-kathā Deśa.
My śikṣā-guru is Rādhāpati Śyāma Prabhu.
My sincere obeisance to Guru Jayapatākā Swami.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,
I accept as a guru, Because who open my eyes from darkness. As an aspirant I promise to follow four regulative principles. I inspired So much in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Hari nāma saṅkīrtana udhyaman ki jaya!
Dharanipal Nayani (Aspirant)
Kṛṣṇa-kathā Deśa.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracārine
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my respectful and humble obeisance at your lotus feet. I am very fortunate that with your mercy I have got a very kind and generous spiritual master like you. Even in this most challenging physical condition you are so merciful to all of us by giving your physical presence here in UAE every year.
Guru Mahārāja, you are teaching us that we are not this body, we are the eternal soul through your own life. I am so thankful to the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa for sending you, a pure devotee of the Lord, to this material world in order to deliver the fallen souls like me.
Gurudeva, by your causeless mercy, and by the guidance of our śikṣa-guru, His Grace Rāma Kṛṣṇa Prabhujī and His Grace Śacī Yaśoda Mātājī, we are continuing our Bhakti-vṛkṣha class and children class and the cell members are nicely progressing in devotional service, and most of them are so much service oriented.
I fall at your lotus feet, kindly bless us, so that I may find a way to please you more and more. I am sincerely praying to Śrī Śrī Narasiṁhadeva to keep you healthy and begging to get your association frequently.
You humble servants,
Dina Pāvana Mādhava Dāsa
Ramya Rādhikā Devī Dāsī
Mādhavan
Śyāmadeśa
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale
svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam
My Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
All Glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.
Guru Maharaja, it is nearly a year back now since I came in contact with you. I had taken shelter & attended the Diksha ceremony when you had been in Damodara Desh last January 2017
I am really very fortunate that I had an oppurtunity to do Vapu SEVA & serve you , I deeply want to thank & pay obeisances to all the Vaishanavs who gave me this Golden Oppurtunity of Serving You .GuruMaharaj when I look back, I realize that I am completely a different person now. Slowly but surely there has been a transformation - both external and internal. But for your shelter and guidance, I would have been rotting in this material world, knowing not how to engage my energies in Krsna Consciousness. Somehow, you picked me like a fly stuck in honey, and carefully placed me in the love and care of the devotees in Damodara Desa (Dubai)
I experience that without the guidance and blessings of ones spiritual masters there can be no progress in spiritual life - yasya prasad bhagavat prasadan. I am realising by Krishna's mercy that I am very fortunate to of come into your good association and thus have the opportunity to engage in devotional service.
On this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja, I beg for you to please continue to have me as one of your sons. Please allow me to remain within your family, and please let me continue to try to serve you, though I am riddled with many faults. Please shower your blessings to me & my family & everyone
Your aspiring servant,
Dinesh Israni
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your divine lotus feet.
All Glories unto you on this auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-Puja. All Glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.
I would like to utilize this opportunity to glorify your endless mercy and to reflect on your demeanor upon all the Vaishnava devotees. I admire your Vaishnava qualities and admire all those your inspire. I admire your passion and love for Srila Prabupada’s Mission.
I pray that I always remain attached to the shelter of your lotus feet be hanging on to your lotus feet, so that you could help me and my family get liberated from this materialistic world and take back home, back to God head.
I sincerely thank you for showering your special mercy upon me and my family for making our lives into Krishna conscious lives. We intent to progress day by day keeping the vows of chanting 16 rounds of maha matra japa regularly. Now we have taken shelter during your last visit to Shyamadesh on January 2017 and seeking to get initiated under your lotus feet.
Our life has changed after getting the guidance from our Bhakti Vriksha cell leader DinaPavanaMadavdas and RemyaRadhikadasi who are under the guidance of our dear Siksha Guru HG Ramakrishna Das and Sacci Yashoda devidasi. I would like to extend the support to inspire others to join Bhakti Vriksha and change their life into Krishna conscious life. And also become part in the preaching to relatives and friends and distribute books as much as I can.
Under your shelter and seeking your blessing to upgrade and progress in Krsna Consciousness. Requesting your blessings, so that we will become your spiritually worthy children and will be able to assist your mission of spreading Krishna consciousness.
Your insignificant servant,
Dinu Damodaran Thampi
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble and respectful obeisance on to your lotus feet. I would like to utilize this opportunity to glorify your powerful and endless mercy upon all the Vaishnava devotees. You have inspired me and many other devotees to endeavor the mission of our GuruMaharaj, His divine Grace AC Bhakti Vedanta Swami Srila Prabupada. I sincerely thank you for showering your special mercy upon me and my family for making our lives into Krishna conscious lives. We intent to progress day by day keeping the vows of chanting 16 rounds of maha matra japa regularly. Now we have taken shelter during your last visit to Shyamadesh on January 2017 and seeking to get initiated under your lotus feet.
Our life has changed after getting the guidance from our Bhakti Vriksha cell leader DinaPavanaMadavdas and RemyaRadhikadasi who are under the guidance of our dear Siksha Guru HG Ramakrishna Das and Sacci Yashoda devidasi. I would like to extend the support to inspire others to join Bhakti Vriksha and change their life into Krishna conscious life. And also become part in cooking prasadam and distribute books as much as I can.
Under your shelter and seeking your blessing to upgrade and progress in Krsna Consciousness. Requesting your blessings, so that we will become your spiritually worthy children and will be able to assist your mission of spreading Krishna consciousness.
Your servant’s servant,
Divya Dinu Damodaran
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble and respectful obeisance on to your lotus feet. I would like to utilize this opportunity to glorify your powerful and endless mercy upon all the Vaiṣṇava devotees. You have inspired me and many other devotees to endeavour the mission of our Guru Mahārāja, His divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda. I sincerely thank you for showering your special mercy upon me and my family for making our lives into Kṛṣṇa conscious lives. We intent to progress day by day keeping the vows of chanting 16 rounds of mahā-matra japa regularly. Now we have taken shelter during your last visit to Śyāmadeśa on January 2017 and seeking to get initiated under your lotus feet.
Our life has changed after getting the guidance from our Bhakti-vṛkṣa cell leader Dina Pāvana Mādhava Dāsa and Ramya Rādhikā Dāsī who are under the guidance of our dear śikṣā-guru His Grace Rāma Kṛṣṇa Dāsa and Śacī Yaśodā Devī Dāsī. I would like to extend the support to inspire others to join Bhakti-vṛkṣa and change their life into Kṛṣṇa conscious life. And also become part in cooking prasāda and distribute books as much as I can.
Under your shelter and seeking your blessing to upgrade and progress in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Requesting your blessings, so that we will become your spiritually worthy children and will be able to assist your mission of spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Your servant’s servant,
Divya Dinu Damodaran (Shelter),
Śyāmadeśa
Dear Guru Maharaj,
By Your blessings, an unqualified person like me got association of great Vaishnavas and help from right people who can take me to the ultimate destination. You are an inspiration for all those people like me who uses cheap excuses to reject devotional service due to physical discomfort & laziness. Please bless our family to get more and more Vaishnava seva, otherwise, we are wasting our time in sense gratification.
We take inspiration from your lotus feet about how least important, the bodily comforts in front of devotional service to Guru/Lord. As we do not know, when we leave our bodies, please bless us, so that, we will be able to chant the Holy Name of the Lord at the time of death.
Regards
Trying to be servant of servant of Krishna.
Durga Prasad Sunku,
Harshika Sunku,
Gopika Ramana Sunku
Our Dearest Spiritual Father,
Please accept our humble obeisance at the dust of your lotus feet.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
All glories to you Gurudeva on your auspicious appearance day...
All glories to your incomparable spiritual master..Srila Prabhupada...
All glories to Sri Sri Nitai-Gauranga...and their Sankirtana Movement...
All glories to Sri Sri Radha and Krsna for sending you here...
On this most auspicious day of your divine appearance, we beg the words to glorify the wonderful exalted personality who is a Vaikunth Man with unlimited divine qualities. As we are young children of yours without any strength and intelligence, we beg you to accept our offering at your lotus feet.
We humbly beg you to forgive us for our unlimited offences and mistakes. We are very fortunate to take shelter of Your Lotus Feet and remain in Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s Sankirtana movement.
HH Jayapataka Swami Gurumaharaj is the spiritual master who spread the holy name of Lord Krishna according to his spiritual master Srila Prabhupada’s instructions. Following the footsteps of his spiritual master Srila Prabhupada, our guru maharaj leads his life as ”Simple living and High thinking” Following the footsteps of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu ,he spread the mission of Sankirtan movement and their Lilas.
It is very difficult to believe that even in your present physical condition,you are extending your preaching all over the world. Gurudeva, You have proved that you are not this body.
Gurudeva, whenever I (Gaurapriya sachi devi dasi) met you, I was touched by your kindness, mercy and great spiritual power. I still remember that I met you in Madhuradesh, I came to take Shelter from you with my husband and several other devotees, I could not help crying when you gave me the mercy by touching my head. Before that, I never thought that I would cry and have so much strong and special feelings for you. In the following days' association with you, this kind of feeling became more and more strong and I could not help myself.
During our visit to Mayapur to attend Maha abhishekam, we have felt the feeling,care and affection of a father to his children and how much our spiritual father loves his children even in this physical condition .
Only because of your causeless mercy we got the opportunity for few services in the Dham and for maha abhishekam during that trip.
We beg from your holiness the causeless mercy to bless our family the taste in holy name forgiving all our offenses. Please kindly help us realize the mood and personality of the holy Dham Mayapur. Please bless us with the spiritual strength and mercy from Sri Sri Pancatattva. We pray to Lord Nrsimhadeva to give you healthy long life to deliver more and more fallen souls like us.
Your humble servants (spiritual daughter and son)
Gaura Priya Saci Devi Dasi.
Sadbhuja Viswambara Dasa
Krishnakathadesh - Rudradwipa
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
My Dearest Gurumaharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada,
All glories to your Divine Grace.
First of all, Let me wish You a Happy Happy Happy Krishna Conscious Birthday. It is the day of great happiness, ecstasy, and celebration for Your disciples all around the world. We have been coming to meet you on your birthday to Sridham Mayapur for the past two years, But this time we couldn't make it since I have my Class XII Board Examination going on. On this very auspicious occasion, all i want to do is beg Lord Gauranga and Lord Narsimhadev to bring You back to better health and physical conditions and ask them to allow me to be under the shelter of Your lotus feet forever. You love for Gauranga is immense. I have always admired the way you become ecstatic at the say of the word "Gauranga" and have heard you shout His name with all that love and devotion.This is what I think makes You be so merciful to your disciples, like Him. My family and I are the receivers of your causeless mercy in the last two years since my parents' initiation. It was the greatest of the greatest fortune, receiving You and serving You during your visit to KKD, last June 2017.
Life has brought me to a temporary halt in living under the safe, pampered and Krishna conscious world of KKD where, with a little endeavor we could perfect our sadhana and perform immense devotional service to the Lord, thus enabling us to receive the mercy of Guru and Gauranga. Shortly, I would be moving out of KKD to pursue my higher studies in India, where completing a day's sadhana is a hard nut to crack. Since I am a school going student, my daily for most of the days is incomplete, which I would wish to compensate in the coming few years. I humbly request my dear Gurumaharaj, to bless me so that I can carry on with my sadhana uninterruptedly. All that I would like to ask is to have a drop of Your causeless mercy which would definitely keep me going on the right path for the rest of my life. It would surely be the guiding light when I am encountered with challenges and problems as it has been till date.
Wishing to find refuge in You and Lord Nityananda,Wishing to hold on tight to both of Your Lotus feet, Wishing to assist you and serve you in this mission until the very end of my life, With all the love in my heart for You, dear Guru Maharaj, always praying to the Lord that You stay happy, healthy and safe every moment, no matter how far we are. Ready to do anything for your happiness, Gurumaharaj.
Always at your service,
One tiny soul among the millions of souls aspiring to receive you merciful glance,
Your insignificant granddaughter,
Gayathri Babu, (Sheltered)
Krishna Katha Desh.
Dearest Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All Glories unto Your Lotus Feet.
Guru Mahārāja, I am the son of His Grace Śaṅkhadārī Viṣṇu Dāsa and Her Grace Govindeśvarī Lakṣmī Devī Dāsī. It has been seventeen years since I have been involved in ISKCON. I feel like I have not spent enough of that time doing spiritual activities especially reading Śrīla Prabhupāda books and serving the devotees. Many times I have heard you say in classes and in lectures that how important Śrīla Prabhupāda books are and that we should read them. I thank you for this continues instruction on this as it has helped me to make to try and read more books. At the movement I have completed reading Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1st canto and Bhagavad-gītā. I have also completed reading Śrīla Prabhupāda Līlāmṛta 1st volume which make me understand how much effort has Śrīla Prabhupāda have taken to print his books and also the effort and struggle he has taken to build up this movement International Society for Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. This book has really helped me build my relationship with Śrīla Prabhupāda and has made me become closer to him.
Guru Mahārāja, I need your blessings that I would keep reading the books daily and with your blessings I am preparing to get initiated soon.
I am always your servant and please always be my Spiritual Master.
Yours Insignificant Servant,
Gijeesh Shaji (Shelter)
Damodardesh
Hare Kṛiṣhṇa,
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada !!
All Glories to you Srila Gurudeva!!
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Please accept my Humble obeisances ...
Please accept my Pranam
Dear Guru Maharaj,
Thank you very much for accepting me .By your mercy ,now I am able to understand the importance of choosing the spiritual path and I am trying my best to keep myself engaged in Lord’s services .Please bless me so that I can be a better servant of you .Though I am not able to take advise from you personally ,I am realizing your presence through the devotees and I am trying to absorb the knowledge from them and I realized your presence when I had difficulty in keeping myself steady in my Sadhana. The article which I read about you increased my faith and after that I am not finding any excuses to keep me away from my Sadhana .With your own life you taught us nothing is impossible .Please forgive me for the mistakes which I did unknowingly .. By your mercy My Prabhuji also now realized the importance of doing Bhakthi yoga and started chanting . Please bless all of us to become pure devotees and become an instrument in your hands to help you in your mission
Our prayers for your good health and long life to save many more souls from the ocean of birth & death.
Services: Offering our residence as a venue to conduct Bhakti Vriksha classes on every Friday evening at 7 pm and encouraging all relatives to attend the classes. Preparing prasadam for all the attendees.
Thanking you once again
Aspiring to be the servant of your servants,
Ginni Soman (Aspiring),
Shyamadesh, UAE
Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,
Daṇḍavat praṇāmas! All glories to Prabhupāda. All glories to you Guru Mahārāja.
My humble obesicance at your lotus feet. Guru Mahārāja, I am very fortunate to be under your guidance and shelter, in this age of kali I was most fallen and had no hope. I’m not qualified even for your mercy, But only through your mercy I’m living a human life, after coming under your shelter my life is got a meaning, purpose and goal to live. I’m very happy to serve your lotus feet in mission Guru Mahārāja.
Your ocean of mercy came down to deliver the conditioned souls
Your mercy is inconceivable to my mind
I wonder how you shower so much mercy on us.
I’m in bhoga seva, Guru Mahārāja. My desire is to engage myself more in yātrā service. Please bless me to always engage myself in Lords service; please bless me so that I can remember you and Lord Kṛṣṇa always.
Guru Mahārāja my deep desire is to someday I want settle in Māyāpur and serve there in your mission. Please bless my family.
Your humble servant,
Gitanjali Premkumar
Beloved Gurudeva,
Please accept my most humble obeisance unto your lotus feet. All glories to Gaurāṅga. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
In this auspicious occasion of your 69th divine appearance day, I am fortunate to get this opportunity to glorify you, although I am quite insignificant to glorify you. Of course, it is a proud moment for a disciple when he is in the platform of glorifying his spiritual master, at the same time it is the duty of every disciple to glorify their spiritual master in his divine appearance day.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.15.26 says:-
yasya sākṣād bhagavati
jñāna-dīpa-prade gurau
martyāsad-dhīḥ śrutaṁ tasya
sarvaṁ kuñjara-śaucavat
“The spiritual master should be considered to be directly the Supreme Lord because he gives transcendental knowledge for enlightenment. Consequently, for one who maintains the material conception that the spiritual master is an ordinary human being, everything is frustrated. His enlightenment and his Vedic studies and knowledge are like the bathing of an elephant.”
Dear Gurudeva, you are declared by Śrīla Prabhupāda as the eternal associate of the Lord Śrī Caitanya. Your in-exhaustive enthusiasm and keenness in taking up multiple responsibilities and developmental tasks in promoting the cult of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, is one of the factors of inspiration to all who come in contact with your divine self. You were always willing to accept instructions from Śrīla Prabhupāda and your relentless efforts to accomplish the missions, even in the present health conditions, are exemplary to all. Your divine leadership and un-adultered faith on Prabhupāda has been translated into the establishment of a number of devotee congregations and temples around the world.
Although we are missing you physically, we are always living with your instructions and advices. I thank you for being merciful towards me, and for the abundance of spiritual support extending to us throughout our journey. Your endless love and devotion to Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda makes me feel all the more determined and devoted towards pleasing you.
Please reveal to me how I can be a better devotee and of better service to you. I feel helpless and dependent on your mercy.
We pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva, for bestowing their immense mercy on you for your good health and long life, to continue to rescue us from the imminent dangers.
Your humble servants,
Gopa Vṛndapāla Dāsa (Dīkṣa),
Mathuradeśa, Oman
Dear Guru Dev Maharaj
Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada All glories to Our Guru parampara
All glories to Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Sri Nityananda Prabhu
We are sending this message to express our gratitude towards our beloved spiritual master HH Jayapataka Swami Gurudev Maharaj
On this auspicious occasion of the 69th Vyasa pooja ceremony.
We can only to pray to Lord Krishna and Sri Narasimha Dev to protect and give the long duration of life So that Unlimited fallen souls like the can get the opportunity to take the guidance and purify their existence and become the servants pure Vaishnavas.
Yours Most insignificant Servants,
Goparaja Krishna Das [Diksha disciple]
Nalini Gopika Devi Dai [Diksha disciple]
Dhanush Gopalkrishnan [Guru Asraya]
Keerthana Gopalakrishnan
Hare krishna,
Thanks for His Holiness Jayapataka swami Gurumaharaj for his causeless mercy for giving as chance to go back to golaka
I get a precious chance to see guru maharaj during his visit in kkd,2017
I observed is,
In his challenging health , gurumaharaj travelling all over world to remove our karma and sinful actions
In his challenging health and hot weather,
He given a wonderful speech,
He seriously listened our devotees presentation and asked his doubts,
He love much to collect the beautiful art works and drawings given by kkc childrens
He blessed the aspiring devotees like me
Also i like to share that,
Even before i am seeing gurumaharaj, i got more inspired on him, due to his mercy and his management, we got the wonderfull kkd siksha gurus who taken care us in every situations of life, daily care, i learned humbleness, i learned guru’s importance, i learned purpose of life, i learned supreme god.
Once again thank you gurumaharaj for giving this wonderful oppurtunity and bless us, to serve for our gurus
Hare krishna
Gopi anand
Hare Kṛṣṇa!
My Dear Guru Mahārāja,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracārine
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ
paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande
śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
"I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of the fallen souls. His mercy turns the dumb into eloquent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains."
dhyāna mūlam guru mūrtī
pūjā mūlam gurur padam,
mantra mūlam gurur vākyam,
mokṣam mūlam guru kṛpa
TRANSLATION: The Guru's form is the best to meditate upon; the Guru's feet are the best for worship; the Guru's word is the mantra; the Guru's Grace is the root of liberation.
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to you and all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
On this auspicious day, I take this opportunity to glorify my spiritual master His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja, sharing remembrances of the great soul who guides everyone back Home to Godhead. It is my humble tribute of my eternal debt towards him.
You came here to purify us and by doing this you have given me the true gift of life in having the opportunity to serve the devotees in our Yātrā.
You are ocean of mercy. You have distributed the love for Kṛṣṇa without discrimination and gave the practical means to engage and remain in the service of Guru and Gaurāṅga.
The path of devotion is often challenging and I am being tested in every turn of my journey, but by taking shelter in your instructions and under your guidance and protection, there is a great hope for success.
Every year I am surprised and marvel the way you expertly manage this movement and all your disciples. Not only that, you take time to listen and write to queries and difficulties your disciples ask for.
I feel unqualified to act as guides to any one and therefore only pray that you will give us the intelligence to serve in the right way. By the flow of your mercy, I would like to remain engaged in serving and assisting my God-brothers and God-sisters.
Through your personal experience, I have realized how important each and every devotee is and how it is important to take care of such Kṛṣṇa’s devotees.
I pray that you shower me with your mercy, so that I can also in a small way try to help build a strong community based on personal love and care.
I have been given a lot of responsibilities these past few months. I am in much need of your mercy, so that I can carry out nicely these services you have given me. I also need your mercy, so that I can give more time and attention to my devotional practices as it is this would allow me to continue in your service for a long period of time.
I have a humble request. This request is just not mine, but I am requesting on behalf of all the devotees of Gaurāṅga Deśa Yātrā. We would like to have His Grace Rāmānanda Prabhu and Her Grace Śacī Jananī Mātājī to continue in guiding us in this Yātrā itself for few more years. His Grace Rāmānanda Prabhu has planned to move to Māyāpur. Even though it is very good opportunity for him, his presence here is very much important. I need all your magical powers and instructions to change his mind to continue his service in Gaurāṅga Deśa Yātrā happily.
We continuously pray at the feet of Lord Rādhā Mādhava and Lord Narasiṁhadeva to keep you in good health, so that we continue to learn to serve, pray and love one another in the mood of cooperation at your divine lotus feet.
Your eternally fallen daughter,
Gopīgaṇa Gītā Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā)
Gaurāṅga Deśa
Our Dear most Spiritual Father,
Please accept our most respectful obeisances. All Glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga! All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All Glories to you, Dear Guru Mahārāja!
On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, we all pray to Śrī Śrī Prahlāda Narasiṁhadeva to protect and bless you with good health.
We do not have words to express our gratitude for giving us the association and guidance of your disciples Parameśvara Gaura Prabhu and Mātājī and Lohidākṣa Kṛṣṇa Prabhu and Mātājī, who is inspiring us all the times.
All Bhakti-vṛkṣa devotees got many personal blessings just by a merciful glance/touch of yours. One of the devotee child started talking, skin disease was cured, almost lost job was saved, severe gynec problem disappeared- we have no words to thank you for your causeless mercy. Please bless us so that we improve our sādhana standards and remain forever in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Dear Guru Mahārāja, we beg your forgiveness for all the innumerable offenses committed at your lotus feet. Kindly shower your mercy, so that we can fulfill your instructions and expectations and be a part of your mission in serving Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Your humble servants,
Gopinath. T, Śyāma Smithā, Shashang and Sneha along with bhakti Vṛkṣa devotees,
Sudheer Ayyappan and family
Biju Kummath and family
Rateesh Kotheri and family
Ambili Menon and family
Well-wishers and Neighbors
Hare Krishna!
Please Accept my Humble Obeisances
Srila Prabupad ki jai!
Srila Jayapataka swami guru maharaj ki jai!
Shri Gurubhyo Namaha!
We would like to express our sincere respects and gratitude to our beloved Guru Maharaj on the special occasion of Vyasa Puja.
It was a deep pain of one year for us here as we were under three types of miseries, but somehow with your causeless mercy and blessings of his divine grace Srila Prabupad , yours and all senior vaishnavas, we could bounce back and continue our devotional service (Chanting) without any interruption. Felt the blessings of Shri Chitanya Mahaprabu too that today that we could write this homage to you.
Our heartfelt thanks to everyone under the guidance of you and to my family who always feels and wishes that your blessings and support be there with all of us all through our lifetime.
Long Live Guru Maharaj.
Guru Gaura Gopala Das
Parameshwari Padma Devi Dasi
Abhinav Gurusankar
Ankita Harini Gurusankar
Dear HH Japataka swami GuruMaharaja,
Nama om visnupadaya krsnapresthaya bhutale
srimate HH Jayapataka swamini tinamine
Please accept my humble obeisance’s in the dust of your lotus feet
All glories to SrilaPrabhupada
sākṣād-dharitvena samasta-śāstrair
uktas tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhiḥ
kintu prabhor yaḥ priya eva tasya
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
The spiritual master is to be honored as much as the Supreme Lord, because he is the most confidential servitor of the Lord. This is acknowledged in all revealed scriptures and followed by all authorities. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master, who is a bona fide representative of Sri Hari [Krsna].
I got your Mercy you have accepted me as your Disciple and Gave me the initiation in KKD and named as ‘Gururaja Nityananda Dasa” in June-2017.
I will promise that I will Chant 16 Rounds and follow 4 regulative Principles.
Please help me to become more advanced in devotional services.
On this auspicious occasion I beg for your mercy so that I will be able to humbly assist pioneers like you in spreading the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
We will pray for your good health and longevity to elevate the so many fallen souls like me
Gurumaharaj's Vyasa puja Mahotsava ki jay
Please reveal to me how I can be a better devotee and of better service to you.
I feel helpless and dependant on your mercy.
Your Humble servant
Gururaja Nityananda Dasa
To my beloved Guru Mahārāja,
Daṇḍavat praṇāmas and my humble obeisenses ,
You are super soul sent by the supreme Lord to Śrīla Prabhupāda with full of mercy towards your disciples. I am very much astonished to see how you are doing your causeless services despite your health issues to fulfil this mission. I am very much blessed and proud to be your humble disciple.
Kindly shower some mercy on me to increase my sādhana level which helps to progress me in this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.
Thanking you,
Your humble servant,
R. Harī Kṛṣṇan,
Aspirant devotee
Hare Krishna guru Maharaj.
please accept my humble obeisances.
I'm very grateful for you have accepted me in your shelter. without your this mercy I'm nowhere, I would have been lost in this material world. I would have been destined to take millions and millions of birth. There is no limit of the mercy you have shown to this unqualified jiva. yet I'm not able to realize its value and wasting my human birth in all other materialistic activities. I beg you on this auspicious day to give me the strength to keep my spiritual vows and be more focused on the service of Srila Prabhupada.
I would like to start an institute for Krishna Katha Desh as Mayapur institute and VIHE. Right now we are having crash courses done here by faculties coming from MI. But there is a need for a full-time institute to cater to the growing need of the yatra. Need your blessings, advise, opinion and permission.
Your servant,
Harikirtan ranjan das
Krishna katha desh
Jai Jai
Sri JayaPataka Swami Guru Mahraj Ki...........jay,
Pranam
Guruji we have relazation every moment becouse of your mercy, Krishna always in our heart Mahraj
Hare Krisha
Hare Krishna!!
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to Srila Gurudeva.
Please accept my most humble obeisances on your lotus feet.
Our deep feelings of gratitude always form the basis of our offerings to Your Divine Grace on this glorious day of your appearance. Realizing how blinded I am by the darkness of material nature, I can see how lucky I am to have the shelter of a Spiritual Master such as you, my dear Gurudeva. Though I'm stubbornly attached to Maya, you continue to ushering me towards Krishna. This is no special treatment; rather you treat everyone this way, devoid of discrimination.
When instructing Yudhistira Maharaja, Yamaraja explained "Mahajano yena gatah sa pantah: one should follow in the footsteps of great personalities".
We experience that without the guidance and blessings of ones spiritual masters there can be no progress in spiritual life - yasya prasad bhagavat prasadan.
Dear Gurudeva, I am realizing by Krishna's mercy that I am very fortunate to of come into your good association and thus have the opportunity to engage in devotional service. You have been very kind to all fallen conditioned souls and inspires us in Krsna's service. I am taking the opportunity of the most auspicious event of your Vyasa-puja to try and express my gratitude.
I am going to the next phase of my material as well as my spiritual life. So kindly bestow your causeless mercy upon me to face the different aspects of this material world which I have never come across so far. Dear Gurudeva, so kindly keep me under the shelter of your lotus feet and bless me to continue more in serving and getting your divine association. I don’t know what is good or bad for me gurudeva. You are the only one who can guide me the correct way, which is the one and only hope for me in my life.
I am now appearing for my XII standard examinations which are a very crucial part of life. After that, I am supposed to move back to India for future studies. Kindly be with me in all good and bad times as a constant pillar of knowledge, guidance, and support.
I always pray to Lord Nrisimhadeva for your good health and also to give us an opportunity to have your darshan and serve your lotus feet Gurudeva.
Your most insignificant spiritual daughter,
Indulekha (d/o Malini kanti devi dasi and Sukirti Krishna das)
Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja!
I offer my respectful obeisances unto you. You are our spiritual master who opened our eyes with the torch of knowledge.
You keep inspiring us by your preaching mood by traveling all over the world in this state of affairs is bad health. Please bless me to progress in spiritual life and follow your instructions throughout my life.
Sometimes māyā keeps attacking me and I fall down. I cry sometimes for the sin which I commit. Guru Mahārāja I sincerely and truthfully want to follow 4 regular Principles read all scripture progress and preach your and Prabhupāda message.
Please bless me,
Your Humble Servant,
Jagannātha Jagadīśvara Dāsa
Dear Gurudev,
All glories to Srila Prabhupad and I offer my respectful and humble obeisance’s onto your lotus feet.
My name is Jay, i am student studying in Nottingham Trent university, London, United Kingdom, born and brought up in Mathuradesh.
Oh, Gurudev your enlightenment is just as the same source of light as it was when 500 years ago Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu had set his abode in this kaliyuga. Despite your ill health, the way you are carrying out your services to fulfill Srila Prabhupad’s mission is something beyond imagination. Your dedication towards this mission of Krishna Consciousness is immeasurable, weather that be the very establishment of Sri Dham Mayapur, Namatta or the Temple of Vedic Planetarium. And your blessings has that power that can help to give life to a fallen soul. Gurudev, when it comes to memories there are many. But just to share a small instance which happened in recent. Three years from now when you had visited Mathuradesh. That was the first visit of your’s after you had fallen ill. You had given us a beautiful class and after receiving your darshan you were exiting the building and I was just standing outside your car in which you were traveling. I was scared of you because of which I was standing at a distance but in mind I was praying and telling Krishna, please bless me now in such a way so that I can seek my Gurudev’s blessings personally. You were staring at me for quite a time and right after 2min you called me.
Gurudev: Whats your name?
Me (Ur servant Jay): Jay, Maharaj.
Gurudev: Oh! We have something in common that is your first name Jay and my name is the same.
(Everyone inside the car says Haribol!!!!!)
Then you had given me your hand and I had that good fortune of holding them. When I got hold of those hands they were as soft as cotton and as moist as silk. And a thought came in mind that if my dear Gurudev’s hand’s are so soft just like cotton then how would my Lord Sri Krishna’s hands be like?
To continue with the conversation………………….
Gurudev: where are your parents?
Me: Gurudev, they had some work so I have come on their behalf to seek your blessings.
Gurudev: What are you studyng?
Me: Gurdev, I have just finished my 12th grade and I am planning to go for higher studies to London, can you please bless me.
Gurudev: blessed me with his hand over my head, just like a father does to his son. And then you left.
Just one year after I had got a chance in 5 university’s and I went off to London and everything was sorted with all your blessings. I am in my final year now. So Gurudev your blessings has that power of making impossible things to possible. Gurudev I need your blessings always. Please Gurudev please bless me always so that I can help you in fulfilling the mission of Srila Prabhupad.
In the end I would just like to thank you and say this as a son that please at first I would like to say sorry to you for all my mistakes and then can you please tell Krishna also to forgive me for all my sins and forgive me just like a child. I LOVE YOU, GURUDEV AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE SO FAR AND WISHING YOU A VERY HAPPY BIETHDAY AGAIN MAY KRISHNA BLESS YOU AND GIVE YOU ALL THE HAPPINESS AND MAY YOU GET WELL SOON.
Your servant and your disciple,
Jay Nath,
Mathuradesh,Oman
My dearest Gurudev,
Hare Krishna.
Please accept my humble obeisences.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga.
Myself and Mathaji have been practicing Krishna Consciousness under your great command for the past 6 years. You simply transformed our animal life to a human life. Because of your causeless mercy, almost every person in the family of both of us and several others have started chanting the holy name of Krishna. All these living entities are experiencing considerable changes in their lives. This would not have been possible without your blessings and causeless mercy.
We are deeply sad to see your health situation and we all are praying Krishna regularly to give your health back so that you can continue to save millions of suffering people of this world.
My personal request to Krishna is that he gives 10 years of my life span to you Gurudev.
Your most insignificant servants,
Syamilee Prema Devi Dasi and
Jay Gopal Krsna Dasa
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
mukhaṁ karoti vācālaṁ panguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
"I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of the fallen souls. His mercy turns the dumb into eloquent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains."
Dhyana Moolam Guru Murti Puja Moolam Gurur Padam,
Mantra Moolam Gurur Vakyam,Moksha Moolam Guru KripaGuru Gita - Skanda Purana Dialogue between Shiva and Uma (Shakti)
Translation: The Guru's form is the best to meditate upon; the Guru's feet are the best for worship; the Guru's word is the mantra; the Guru's Grace is the root of liberation.
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisance unto your divine lotus feet
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to you on this auspicious day of your vyasapuja.
I do not know how to glorify you on this auspicious day but shall make an attempt, for this is a day when disciples can sing Guru’s glories. GuruMahārāja, from the day of your stroke till today you never gave up on your health and you are constantly inspiring and encouraging your disciples and well-wishers in progressing in Krishna consciousness. Even now, Despite your fragile health condition you could be in mayapur on the occasion of Gaura purnima, it very clearly shows us all your love for lord Gauraga and Nava Dweep. and also it gives us immense strength and confidence that our gurudev is with us. Gurumaharaja, You always teach us by example that in any condition not to leave the lotus feet of guru and Krishna. I beg at your lotus feet for your mercy to serve you more.
Your grace has showered mercy on me by initiating me and my husband in august 2016 in mathuradesh, and only by your mercy we are able to chant 16 rounds and follow 4 regulative principles. Please give us strength to follow your instructions sincerely so we could humbly assist you in the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
Please forgive me for my offenses Guru Mahārāja Thank you for giving me shelter at your lotus feet .Please reveal to me how I can be a better devotee and of better service to you.
I feel helpless and completely dependent on your mercy.
Kindly bless us and our cell members to progress in Krishna Consciousness along with their family members.
Your insignificant servants
Kamalakshi Narayini Devi Dasi
Prananatha Gaura Nitai Dasa
Bhaktin Sahasra
Hare Krishna Dandavat Pranams Guru Maharaj.
please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet’s
Dear Guru Maharaj,
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga !
All glories to Srila A.C. Bhakti Vedanta Swami Prabhupada!
All glories to His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Guru Maharaj!
Please accept my humble obeisances.
I am very much thankful for your causeless mercy on this fallen soul and given diksha during last year Vyasa pooja at Sridham Mayapur and showing the way to practice Krishna Consciousness . Dear Gurudev, after diksha by your mercy chanting has become so sweet. When chanted with initiated beads for the first few weeks , I felt His Holiness your presence inside the chanting bag because you yourself chanted the beads and received it from your holy hand. For the next few days I felt presence of srila Prabhupada inside the bag because this bead came under the disciple succession. Next few days by your mercy I felt the presence of Lord Krishna in the chanting bead because He is first spiritual Master in the Parampara and also present in the beads as nama rupa . By your mercy I became aware that while chanting , by chanting in mouth [vacha] ,manasa by hearing and feeling presence of Gurudev,Srila Prabhuapda and Lord Krishna inside the chanting bag .While touching the beads by hand during chanting, feeling like touching the louts feet of Gurudeva, Srila Prabhuapda and Lord Krishna .By your caseless mercy, I felt all the above and became aware of it. Before Dikha I did not feel this at all.
After Diksha each bead taste like sweet ball and You have given beads made of Gaura prema and coated with your divine mercy on that .
Thank you very much dear Gurudev for mercifully accepting me as your disciple. In the whole world we cannot find merciful Guru like yourself.
My prayers to Lord Hari to get good health very soon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your humble servant,
Karunanatha Govind Dasa,
Krishnakathadesh
Dear Guru Maharaj,
You are named Jayapataka by his divine grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swamy Prabhupada, knowing well that you would be real victory flag on the Ratha of Krishna conscious moment throughout the world. You proved it by your immeasurable services in all the branches of ISKCON moment and completely being devoid of all inferior desires. I am an insignificant baby of your mind born daughter(Bhaktivriksa) from a spiritually untamed part of the world (Krishna kata desh). You are the personification of the verse “ Yasysti bhaktir bhagavaty akincana sarvair gunas tatra samasate surah…”with your all godly qualities you are distributing Krishna Prema to many fallen souls in this mundane world even though your health crises are changing after you.
TOVP Temple in Mayapur Dham is the most desires of Srila Prabhupada. It was so beautifully carved with chisel of your austere life you spend there in the earlier days. We cannot assume Mayapur Dham without thinking of your presence Guru Maharaj. We can feel your spiritual excellence in every nook and corner of Mayapur Dham. You are giving a chance to each and every one to be a part of upcoming TOVP temple and we are eagerly waiting to get it opened by your merciful hands soon.
Your quality of “ Trnad api sunicena taror api sahisnuna…” is exemplary to all the devotees of the Lord. Your unparalleled loving and pleasing service to all the living entities, make them to get attracted to Supreme Lord’s lotus feet and to your humble nature as bumble gets attracted to towards nectarine flowers. Your reverential willing service to Srila Prabhupada mission give all necessary motive force to all the devotees of the Lord.
Your insignificant disciple praying to ever stay in the shower zone of your mercy.
Krishna Damodar Dasa,
Veera Veni,
Sai Lakshitha
Our Dearest GuruMaharaj,
Please accept our humble obeisance at Your Divine Lotus Feet,
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Sri Vyasa Puja Mahotsva ki Jai.
It is extremely inspiring to see Your profound determination and enthusiasm to fulfill instructions of Srila Prabhupada. Your intense love and devotion at the Lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada is a practical example of a Guru Disciple relationship. You are blissfully and happily living every moment in Krishna Consciousness under any circumstances. This shows us that leading a Krishna Conscious life is all about happiness rather than austerity.
You are a personification of infinite kindness. Through Your Nama-haööa preaching program, Holy Name is spreading to thousands of places, even smaller than villages worldwide. Just by seeing You, many people lives have changed like us. We feel Your love, care and blessings every instance through wonderful devotee association around us.
When we remembered You, we have personally experienced lot many magical moments that changed many adverse circumstances in our lives. We are indebted for Your shelter.
Our prayers to Sri Sri Narasimha Deva to always protect You. We beg for Your blessings for all devotees around to serve You and Srila Prabhupada. We beg for Your forgiveness for offenses committed knowingly or unknowingly.
All Glories to Your Divine Grace.
Your eternal servants and spiritual children,
Madhupati Gopinath Dasa,
Rasavati Madhavi Devi Dasi
Hare Krishna,
Dandavat pranams!
Please accept my humble obeisances,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear GuruMaharaj last year you have visited KKD, although your health was so fragile, you still have come to visit us. You involved me in your direct service of feeding you directly. Although I am not qualified in any means, you were so compassionate on me and accepted prasad with my hands.
You are spreading Krishna consciouss in the most pleasing way to Srila Prabhupad and you are truly concerned about every living entity. You showed us what is actually Jive Daya means by the example of serving an unknown patient in Kolkatta while you were admitted in the same hospital for treatment and the patient next door was confirmed by doctors as most critical and any time soul can leave the body. Then you immediately arranged all devotees around him made him drink Ganaga Jal / Tulasi water made everyone chant Hare Krishna mahamantra. You did this with muslim patient as well. By these examples I could understand the meaning of what Jive Daya actually is.
Also now a days we get your personal messages of requesting all devotees to follow the 4 regulative pricniples and chating maha mantra 16 rounds without fail. I fully comply this instruction and I have been doing all this plus an extra 2 rounds for your good health from the last two years. I promise you that I i will always keep up my standard in this regard.
May the supreme lord provide you good health and let you stop this painful sufferings! We are reading Narasimha Kavacam / Brahma Samhita in the congregation at my residence at JPD dham for your good health.
Your humble servnats,
MahaPrabhu Gauranga Dasa,
Susevini Laxmi Priya Devi Dasi
Anuradha
Krishna Kruti
Hare Krishna!
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
My beloved spiritual father,
Please accept my most humble obeisances on your lotus feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to Srila Gurudeva.
I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to glorify you on the very auspicious day of your divine appearance. Often I think of where would I be without you. It's never a pleasant thought, not even for a slight moment. Your enlightening association is the only hope for everyone and with all your traveling you bestow the ultimate benefit upon the fallen conditioned souls. Although the austere and sacrificial life of your divine grace, dedication to follow the footsteps of your spiritual master gives me amazing inspiration still I fail to follow your valuable instructions.
Gurudev, your mood is filled with genuine compassion and love. You strongly desire and endeavor to facilitate Lord Caitanya's mercy to reach everyone’s heart. The result of the kirtana which has been singing and ringing for many steady years is a dynamic culture of sweet, wonderful enthusiastic devotees, fully sold-out to the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
Although you are physically not very comfortable, in order to eradicate the sufferings of all humanity, you constantly keep on distributing Gauranga to all.
In Srimad Bhagavatam (8.7.44)
tapyante loka-tāpena sādhavaḥ prāyaśo janāḥ
paramārādhanaṁ tad dhi puruṣasyākhilātmanaḥIt is said that great personalities almost always accept voluntary suffering because of the suffering of people in general. This is considered the highest method of worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is present in everyone's heart.
There are different kinds of welfare activities in this material world, but the supreme welfare activity is the spreading of Krishna consciousness. ...if one tries to spread Krishna consciousness all over the world, he should be understood to be performing the best welfare activity. The Lord is automatically very pleased with him. If the Lord is pleased with him, what is left for him to achieve?
Gurudeva, you are truly expert at Vaisnava dealings, knowing exactly what to say to soften the hearts of your disciples and inspiring them to give more in their service. You are showing to us the power of the Holy Name to purify both the mind and body from all material contamination, for ever-increasing engagement in devotional service. For this, I am eternally grateful for your divine grace… I pray that the instructions you have so kindly given me become one with my heart, so I can serve you selflessly with sincerity and devotion, assisting you in your service to Srila Prabhupada.
You wonderfully displayed the qualities of a pure Vaisnava, which are nicely described in the Srimad Bhägavatam
(3.25.21):
titikṣavaḥ kāruṇikāḥ suhṛdaḥ Sarva-dehinām
ajāta-śatravaḥ śāntāḥ sādhavaḥ sādhu-bhūṣaṇāḥThe symptoms of a sādhu are that he is tolerant, merciful and friendly to all living entities. He has no enemies, he is peaceful, he abides by the scriptures, and all his characteristics are sublime.
You are the embodiment of all these qualities….
As Sri Vaishnava Thakur says through “Gurudev, Kripa bindhu diya” …
Gurudeva, O spiritual master! Give this servant just one drop of mercy so that I can chant the holy name offenseless and to reach up to your expectations….
I always pray to Lord Nrisimhadeva for your good health and also to give us an opportunity to have your darshan and serve your lotus feet Gurudeva.
Your most insignificant spiritual children….
Malini kanti devi dasi,
Sukirti Krishna das ,
Hari and
Indulekha….
Hare krishna Gurumaharaj,
Please accept my humble obesiances.
(yadi) Jayapatakaswami na haita tabe ki haita...
(e) jivana bahita kise?
This is my status , if you have not accepted me as your disciple and not shown the path of devotional service, what would have been my position
in this kaliyuga. Very difficult to imagine. Thank you for accepting me as your disciple although i am not qualified.
Right now i am engaged in conducting 1 BV class and as Youth co ordinator for mathuradesh yatra.
Kindly pray for me that in this lifetime i should make atleast one disciple to your lotus feet.
My sincer prayers to lord narashingadev to protect you to deliver the fallen souls like me.
Haribol,
Your humble servant,
Mohana rupa shyama das.
Dear GuruMaharaj
Even though I was born in human form I was not knowing what is the important of this life.Earning money and eat and sleep were routine. It was you Gurumaharaj shown the way of spiritual and it is real the purpose of this human form.You accepted me as a aspirant and gave me hope for this life to visualize Lord Krishna
I pray to Lord for your good health so we can be guided further
Your's
Mohandas Polekar
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Daṇḍavat pranāma,
You accepted me as aspirant and made my life useful in path of Kṛṣṇa service
Sooner I will take shelter and progress in taking initiation with your mercy
I pray Lord Kṛṣṇa for your good health.
Pramodini Polekar
om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namah
Please accept my humble obeisance at the dust of your lotus feet …
All glories to His Divine grace Srila Prabhupada …
All glories to our beloved and respectful His Holiness Jaya Pataka Swami Guru Maharaja …
This year we are celebrating your divine grace 69 years appearance day on this earthly planate. This day is very auspicious day not only for your disciples but also for all living entities in this earthy planate. Scriptures state that when Sri Krishna develops very much merciful and compassion mood at that time he sends His pure devotees to this material world to deliver conditioned souls. These pure devotees are personification of mercy of Lord Sri Krishna.
We are so worry about His Holiness your physical condition and pray …
However, His Divine Grace Your most challenged physical condition has not deterred your determination to preach, and this is proof that your preaching is - UNCONDITIONAL - not dependent upon any material circumstances and is thus pure and pleasing to both Srila Prabhupada and Lord Sri Krishna!! It shows Krishna’s message that “I am the soul Not the Body …”
You are that mercy personification of Lord Sri Krishna. Your merciful nature has become clearer to everyone after your health crisis. You are so merciful even if after health crisis you are travelling to preach Krishna conscious around the world for delivering the fallen souls. This is very amazing to see how you are extending yourself for preaching in spite of your physical difficulties. Our all spiritual Leaders and His Devine grace Your God Brothers says, "Jaya Pataka Swami has proved that he is not this body..." It is very clear that you are beyond bodily concept of life and have full control over your mind for engaging in the service of Lord Sri Krishna.
Shastra says," Vaisnavas are para dukha dukhi" and His Holiness You are good example of this verdict of shastra. Now we can see it vividly through His Holiness Your life style ...You feel so concerned for the fallen souls of this material world that you do not care for your physical condition.
After my initiation from You, Divine Grace I could increase my sadhana, preaching, chanting, book distribution includes Jails (prisons) and public places in India as well as Damodar Desh.
Every year I am getting the chances to do “public preaches” during popular festivals of ancient temples in Kerala …”
All good results of above are dedicating to His Holiness Your Lotus feet …
Still I remember with tears … “When I was try to serve you in the night at the residence of His Grace Srivallabha Prabhu … Whenever His Holiness you open the eyes from His holiness Your sleep, the same time His Holiness you were very conscious of chanting and was continuing JAPA with the Counter”.
Also, “His Holiness You are very conscious and alert for administrative part and was discussed various subject with His Grace Sri Vallabha Prabhu …”
I am not qualified to bless His Holiness You … But I wish and submitting my prays to the Lotus feet of Lord Krishna … “May Lord bless us so that His Holiness you will be with us, physically present (with full healthy by physically as well as spiritually) many years to guide us and bless us in our devotional life and support ISKCON and fulfill the mission of His Devine Grace Srila Prabhupada …
I am very kind of His Holiness You and Thank you so much for everything that His Holiness you have done for us …
Your Humble Servant,
Muralinath Krishna Dasa,
Damodar Desh
Dear HH Japataka swami GuruMaharaja,
Namaomvisnupadayakrsnapresthayabhutale
srimate HH Jayapatakaswaminitinamine
Please accept my humble obeisance’s in the dust of your lotus feet
All glories to SrilaPrabhupada
śrīmad-guror aṣṭakam etad uccair
brāhme muhūrte paṭhati prayatnāt
yas tena vṛndāvana-nātha sākṣāt
sevaiva labhyā januṣo’nta eva
One who, with great care and alteration, loudly recites this beautiful prayer to the spiritual master during the Brahma-muhurta obtains direct service to Krsna, the Lord of Vrndavana, at the time of his death.
I am Krshna Son of Gururaja Nityananda Dasa and Bhaktipriya Bharati DD.
I have taken Aspiration in your lotus feet
I heard so many Glories about you Gurumaharaj—you came from the west
Really its an amazing and you are the most beloved Disciple to Srilaprabhupad.
When I was in 12 th std – I had a full faith on Lord Krshna and you that you will show me the better path-it happened also…
At present I am Studying in NITK—Mangalore—Pl bless me that I should come
Personally and Serve you—because I missed 3 times
One day I saw a small video clip about 3 mins- you had been to Bangladesh
So many devotees more than 5000 devotees running Behind your car—some of them are Dancing,Doing Bhajans, children are doing nartan and so many Matajis crying With joyfully taking your name” Gurumaharaj ki jai “—it was amazing-I was thinking Real Shyamasundara comes infront of them-They Could not able to recognize but they are seeing Lord Krshna within you —I was speechless
Pl bless me so that I should also get that taste—you are so Great Gurumaharaj Gurumaharaj's Vyasa puja Mahotsava ki jay
Hari Bol Hari Bol Hari Bol
Your Ever Humble Servant
Krshna( Sujayeendra.G.Kulkarni)
Hare Kṛṣṇa to Dear Guru-Mahārāja, Daṇḍavat Praṇāms to your lotus feet
vāñchā-kalpa-tarubhyaś ca kripa-sindhubhya eva ca
patitānāṁ pāvanebhyo vaishnavebhyo namo namaḥ
All the glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All the glories to Guru Mahārāja!
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear Guru Mahārāja Happy appearance day to you…
We thank Kṛṣṇa for protecting you in all your struggles to keep your health good to enlighten by showing the spiritual path to many souls.
We pay our humble gratitude to you and Śrīla Prabhupāda for giving us the most beautiful form of life which allows us to practice and achieve the love of godhead. Your dedicated life always encouraging our devotional life, especially whenever I recall the beautiful moments happened during your visit Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa in 2017, it stimulates my spiritual consciousness.
Guru Mahārāja ! We love you so much for all you have done for us. It is our turn to show our gratitude by following your instructions. If at all anything good we are doing in this life, it is only because of your causeless mercy and the guidance of your sincere disciples Rathapati Prabhu, Ujjwala Mataji, Saci Prana Prabhu and many senior devotees. With their guidance only we are in progress to get the Kṛṣṇa Prema.
We just always wanted to be under the divine shelter of your lotus feet with complete surrendered and follow your instructions. But we are hardly struggling to be enthusiastic in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. We feel guilt for not being able to do attentive chanting without offenses. Seeking your blessings for us so that we can enhance our sadhana to progress more in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and render more services to the movement.
Your Humble Servants,
Nagaraj and Nadhiya
Nagaraj Durairaj,
Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa, Middle East
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
My Dear Spiritual Master, Pl accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet! All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga! It’s a Great pleasure and honor to give my offerings to your lotus feet on the auspicious 69th Vyasa puja. I very much understood and aware that I have no qualification to glorify your Holiness; however it is my humble attempt to purify my own consciousness.
Guru Maharaj! You are so enthusiastic personality to carry out the orders of your Spiritual Master His Divine Grace AC Bhakti Vedanta Swami Prabhupada and the Previous Acharya’s. I heard from the senior devotees a lot about your service in Sridham Mayapur development activities. Whenever I am hearing the name of Sridham Mayapur, the film is running in my mind is that your riding a bi-cycle joyfully carrying cement bags in the back seat for the construction works. I always remember your Holiness conversation with HDG Srila Prabhupada regarding happily executing the orders of the spiritual master. Once, your holiness asked Srila Prabhupada, Srila Prabhupada I am deriving happiness while doing service….Is that Sense Gratification? Prabhupada answered your question in one word “NO”. My dear Gurudeva your holiness is demonstrating how the disciple should completely surrender to his Spiritual Master.
When Srila Prabhupada asked your holiness “Do You Want to take sanyasa?” Your Holiness replied “Prabhupada, whatever you Like” You have surrendered yourself completely to your spiritual master and serving him happily. My dear Gurudeva you are demonstrating how should give one’s life and soul to the mission of spreading Krishna Consciousness in all circumstances with full of enthusiasm. Guru Maharaja, I am fortunate enough to touch your Holiness lotus feet few times. What else more fortunate things available in all three worlds other than getting the bliss of touching and serving the lotus feet of the Glorious Spiritual Master.
You are so merciful Guru deva… Following the footsteps of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, previous acharyas and Our beloved spiritual Grand father HDG AC bhakti Vedanta Prabhupada you freely distributing love of Krishna to everyone without considering any Qualification. You simply distribute the love of Krishna to everone. I read Srila prabhpada lilamrata book. In that when devotees asking Srila Prabhupada to name devotees who can Initiate … Srila Prabhupada said “Include Jayapataka He is so Pure” Srila Prabhupada used to say that Purity is the force … Gurudeva by that force you made a rascal like me can able to chant the holy name of the Lord. Otherwise how is it possible for me to chant the lords Holy Name “ Hare krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna hare hare Hare rama Hare rama Rama rama hare hare”. Your Holiness purity forced me to chant the lords Holyname and Thousands and Thousands are benefitting like me… Sastra says a mere Glancing of a pure devotee can change the life of a materialistic people and by your glance, Thousands and thousands of people benefitting, because of your extensive preaching by travelling all over the world.
Hearing or reading Lord Chaitanya’s Pastime is nectar and When we are hearing or reading from your holiness you are taking us very closer to Lord Chaitanya. I can’t explain the feelings we are having when we hear or read Chaitanya lila from your holiness
My dear Gurudeva with your mercy I can able to chant the lords Holyname and able to tell few people about the glories of Maha Mantra during Bhakti Vriksha program once in a week. As your holiness wrote the story of The tobacco disease often Quoted by HDG Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura about a boy who taken to chewing a tobacco. Eventhough He was a boy of just twelve years , somehow he got into the habit of chewing tobacco and it caused sore throat. Then he went to the doctor and the doctor said “ your sore is very serious and if you don’t stop taking tobacco you can get cancer of the mouth” He also adviced him to take milk. The boy Started to take milk but he could not give up tobacco. So the Sore was not cured fully. Some of his friends said “ The doctor has warned you that you would get cancer.Why don’t you give up tobacco” He replied “ Doctor told me to take milk and I am doing so. When I am taking milk, I can also go on with tobacco. I don’t mind taking milk but I also want to go on taking tobacco” In this way I am practicing some amount of spiritual life and at the same time having lot of anarthas which are detrimental for the process of bhakthi. Guru maharaj this story is exactly fit for me. This is the present condition of mine. On this auspicious day I seek your blessings to overcome all the anarthas I am having which are not favourable to Krishna Consciousness.
My dear Gurudeva I read in the Sri Guru Mukha Padma vakya and I wish to recollect of your memories with Srila Prabhupada on this Auspicious day. You are writing “ In vrindavana 1977, Prabhupada held his hand up which was totally emaciated, there was nothing but skin and bone. Prabhupada said, “This is because I have so many unqualified disciples” My dear Gurumaharaj in the same way as mentioned above, your holiness is also taking lot of sufferings and struggles because of the unqualified disciple like me
In this auspicious day, I take a vow again to practice Krishna Consciousness very seriously and lovingly and begging for your causeless mercy. My dear Gurudeva make me qualified to receive your blessings and purify myself and to do some service with Cooperative mood with devotees to spread Krishna Consciousness and the Holy name of the lord
Your Humble Servants
Namavatara Krishna Das,
Kasthuri Saki Devi Dasi,
Prdeeksha and Harshita.
माय डिअर गुरूदेव...
आपके चरणों में मेरा कोटि-कोटि प्रणाम।
एक शिष्य के लिए इससे गौरव की और क्या बात हो सकती है कि वह अपने गुरुदेव का पावन अविर्भाव दिवस मनाए जो उसकी आत्मा और जीवन है । गुरुदेव मेरे पास आपकी प्रशंसा के लिए कोई उचित योग्यता भी नहीं है। गुरुदेव मेरे माता-पिता ने मुझे जन्म दिया और हाथ पकड़कर चलना सिखाया, पर हे गुरुदेव आपने मुझे नया जीवन दिया है मेरा हाथ पकड़कर इस भवसागर से निकलने का मार्ग दिखाया है पर मैं मूर्ख अज्ञानी अपने स्वार्थ में इस तरह लगी हुई हूं कि मुझे इसका भी बोध नहीं हो रहा कि कितनी कठिन मेहनत से उसके इस आध्यात्मिक पिता ने अपने स्वास्थ की पर्वाह न करके उसे आश्रय दिया है और कृष्ण नाम की महिमा को बताया है। मुझे पता है कि बिना आपकी कृपा के मैं इस भवसागर को पार नहीं कर सकती इसलिए हे गुरुदेव अपनी अपार कृपा दृष्टि मुझ पर बनाए रखिएगा मुझे नहीं मालूम कि इस भवसागर से कैसे पार निकलना है गुरुदेव आप इस अनर्थ के समुद्र से निकलने में मेरी सहायता करिए आप जानते हैं कि मैं कितनी मुर्ख हूं मुझे इस माया के जाल से निकाल कर इस आध्यात्मिक जगत में आने में मेरी सहायता कीजिए। हे गुरुदेव मैं अपने मन, शरीर और वाणी को कृष्ण के नाम को फेलाने में लगा सकूं और कृष्ण भक्ति से कभी विमुख ना होऊ ऐसा मुझे आशीर्वाद दीजिए। हे गुरुदेव आप की अपार करुणा मई कृपा जो आपने मुझपर की है उसे व्यक्त करने के लिए मेरे पास शब्द नहीं हैं बस आप मुझे यह आशीर्वाद दीजिए कि मैं इस कृष्ण भावना मृत संघ को आगे बढ़ा सकूं और आपके आदेश का पालन कर सकूं ।
आपकी आध्यात्मिक पुत्री
नित्यसेवा निधि देवी दासी
Dear Guru maharaj ,
Last year ,on the vyasa puja day i have got your blessings and initiated from you. that day i never forget in my life and it is one of the major event in my life. After initiation i felt that i have more responsiblities in my spirittual path , I wanted to serve you and my siksha gurus insisted me to take bakthi viriksha classes .but i searched the people for bakthi viriksha ,I didnt find any body . then i felt without your mercy i cannot do anything in spirutual. so i begged and cried for your mercy in everyday Guru ararti . Finally i got your mercy and started bakthi viriksha classes. Now 40 weeks have been completed . And also i had a great oppurtunity to serve you by the mercy of my siksha gurus when You arrived at KKD last year .I have got the oppurutunity to have the dust of your lotus feet and mahaprasadam of your lotus feet nail. really i fortunate to have these mahaprasadam. still i want to serve you more .
On this vyasa puja day I beg krishna to give you a good health to serve your spirutual master and i will follow the initiation vows and your instruction seriously .
Guru maharaj ki Jai
Your servant,
Parama Pavana Govind Dasa
Hey Gurudev
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All Glories to Gurudev
All Glories to Srila Prabhupad
I am not eligible to be your desciple, yet you have showered mercy upon me and accepted me as it is. I was started chanting with 4 rounds, within 2 months i jumped to chant 16 Rounds daily because of your causeless mercy, Hey Gurudev please be mercy upon me, and empower me to propoagate the holy name as per my insignificant capacity and contribute as desire of lord Sri Krishna Chainya Mahaprabu.
Please bless me to chant prescribed rounds early in the morning itself, and folllow regulative principles throuougt the life.
Your Humble Servant
Paramesh
We pay our sincere homage for the 2018 Vyasa puja.
Dandavat Pranam.
P R Pradhan
(Siksha)
Guru Mahārāja,
You inspired us to make better life being in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Happy appearance day.
Your servant
Prabakaran
Dear Gurumaharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
On your most auspicious appearance day, please accept my repeated obeisances. Please forgive my offenses. Honor and thank the Lord for sending His pure devotee to deliver us and encourage to do the same.
Hare Krishna
Your servant.
Praveen Chandran
Dear GuruMaharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisance and All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Once a devotee had asked Srila Prabhupada “What good fortune must we have had to hear the names of Lord Krsna and associate with you Srila Prabhupada”, Prabhupada after thinking for a while, pointed his cane at the devotee and replied “We are your good fortune”. In this way I realized that I do not have any good qualities or luck, but simply because of your causeless, boundless mercy you have taken the effort to engage me in your service and at all points have kept me in Krsna Consciousness.
Gurumaharaj, in looking back, I have just begun to realize how in every step and stage of my life you have personally been present and guided me and blessed me to be attached in service of Srila Prabhupada and have somehow made sure that I am irrevocably bound to the Hare Krsna movement by being attached to your lotus feet. There are times when I was spaced out in Krsna Consciousness and not sincere in my service but just at the right time I would feel your presence and instruction that will pull me back and wake me up again. From my anna prashan ceremony until my engagement, I don’t remember a single major life event where you weren’t present and by some arrangement it will always happen that you are present just at the right moment and guide me in staying focused on Krsna Consciousness.
If I am able to do anything today materially or spiritually in my life it is all because of your mercy. I realize that I have been born in a Krsna Conscious family who from my grandparents on, are all your disciples and have been rendering important services to spread the movement of Lord Caitanya. Thus I am obliged and indebted to you to use everything that I have, my mind, body and soul in your service to spread the message of Prabhupada all over. My only desire is to attempt to repay you in a any way possible by rendering service to you and dedicating my life to your mission. Even for that I would require your blessings.
This year, on the auspicious occasion of your Vyasa Puja ceremony, I humbly beg you, dear Gurumaharaj, to accept me as your disciple and further enable me in serving my siksa Gurus, You and Srila Prabupada in Lord Caitanyas message and give me an opportunity to take part in these extended pastimes.
Your Insignificant Servant,
Bhakta Pundarika
Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaj
All glries to Sril Prabhupada
All glories to your lotus feet.
Dear Guru Mahārāja, I am happy to be under your care. You given me a feeling of security by reciprocating to my prayers. You forgive my anarthas, You make me to realize my anarthas and You given me opportunities to correct my anarthas and how to overcome it. I thank Srila Prabhupada and Gaurāṅga who has gifted us with such a merciful Guru who teaches us what Faith,Humility and Determination means by His mind, words and actions. You are the greatest example for me to realize what i am and bless this worthless soul to remain in serving your words.
Your Servant,
Pandurang.
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
"I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance, with the torchlight of knowledge.
mukhaṁ karoti vācālaṁ panguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
"I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of the fallen souls. His mercy turns the dumb into eloquent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains."
Guru Maharaja, kindly accept this humble offering at your holy feet.
Guru Mahraja Words are inadequate to describe your glories especially your Guru Bhakti, by witnessing your tireless preaching services and your compassion to save the suffering/ conditioned/ fallen souls and your enthusiasm to spread sankirtana movement and your great supports to complete the TOVP & Mayapur Institute projects, these all are just a gist of your unfathomable Guru bhakti to His Divine Grace A.C. BhaktiVedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.
Guru Maharaja, your compassion toward us is a great witness that you are mercy personified of Lord Nitaynanda prabhu. Your sincerity, enthusiasm to serve Srila Prabhupad and the determination to distribute Lord Caitnaya Mahaprabhu’s mercy to all the conditioned and the most fallen souls without any discrimination are indicating your unfathomable divine nature. This insignificant servant, just begging to have a few drops of such Guru Bhakti to serve & please you Guru Maharaja. Never realized before what’s Guru bhakti? (but theoretically aware of it, by hearing from kathas/ histories of devotees), but being exemplary and your dedicated life towards Srila prabhupad’s instructions and serving ISKCON Society for almost five decades, you taught us the real meaning of Guru Bhakti, it is our great fortune, your grace, that you have accepted the most unqualified as your disciple, where shall we have Such Merciful personified other than you Guru Maharaja?
Begging at your holy feet pray that your grace always keep us at your divine shelter that we should always be with association of Pure devotees and not to commit any mistakes/offenses even unintentionally and to practice our daily sadhana in the mood of “ Trinad api sunicena taror api sahisnuna amanina maanadena kirtaniya sada Hari”. seeking your blessings to engage this servant’s body, words and mind in your services to please your grace and the disciples of Srila Prabhupad and services of Hari katha/ Hari nama Sankirtana to public and devotees which alone can save the people from all sufferings in this kaliyuga.
Guru Maharaja, we always beg at your lotus feet to provide us the Spiritual Strength that we all God Brothers & God sisters will serve together to receive your causeless mercy and to spread the glories of Krishna Consciousness every part of the world from hamlets to metropolis as your victory flags may spread all the continents on earth and fulfill Sri Caitanya MahaPrabhu's Instructions & Prophecy.
It was my great fortune to participate in Bhisma pancaka Vrata during kartik month 2017 at Sridham Mayapur, We are always aspiring to enrich the divine qualities by your mercy and deepen in devotional services to follow your footsteps. (By your blessings had the opportunity to distribute more than 4000 small books during cousin’s marriages). Gurudeva, begging for your mercy to empower us to distribute more and more Srila Prabhupada Books in near future by following your footsteps and please Srila Prabhupada and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Guru Maharaja On this most auspicious occasion of your Holiness 69th Vyasa Pooja, pleading at your lotus feet to keep us always at your shelter and shower your causeless mercy, guidance and blessings to please you, Srila Prabhupad and our Vaishnava Acharyas and the dear devotees of Supreme Lord Krishna.
Your Insignificant Eternal Servitor,
Purushottam Prasad Das, (Diksha Disciple),
Damodar Desh Yatra,
Dubai-UAE
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,
Dandavat Pranam,
Happy Appearance Day Guru Maharaj.
Your Servant,
Radha Raja Madhava Das
My Dear Respected Gurudeva,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your Lotus feet and all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and to Gurudeva.
Wishing my very dear spiritual master a colorful and blissful Vyāsa-puja day of 27th March 2018.
Trust this note finds Gurudeva in better state of health after your treatments at Chennai Hospital.
My sincere prayers to Lord Narasiṁha Deva that our Gurudeva recovers to the good old days levels where we could sing and dance with Your Holiness for many hours.
Each step you now take with so much determination to get back into physical shape cannot be ever compensated by us.
The profound mercy and energy levels Gurudeva leaves behind at each program is beyond words and totally Blissful.
This is purely due to the immense amount of compassion your holiness carries for all his disciples.
We too greatly look forward to have your physical presence in Śyāmadeśa again.
Gurudeva we are all doing extra rounds and praying in Śyāmadeśa for your full recovery.
Your Spiritual daughter and my Mother Rohiṇī Rādhikā Devī Dāsī, wife Sheela and sons Govinda and Aravind also request their humble obeisances to be accepted at your lotus feet for your Vyāsa-pūjā occasion.
All glories to Gurudeva.
Your humble and insignificant spiritual son,
Rādhābhāva Gaura Dāsa
HARE KRISHNA DEAR GURUMAHARAJ,
Please accept my humble obeisance.
All glories to Srila Prabhupad,
All glories to your lotus feet.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
I don’t know how to glorify you. I don’t have no quality for that, but your unconditional mercy showered on me Iam very eager to glorify you. It is only Lord Krishna’s mercy that I could get darshan of GURU MAHARAJ during your visit in Krishna katha desh.
When joined in Krishna conscious, Bhakti Vriksha, I was not aware about the importance of GURU.
After that I wish to get darshan of You, it happened wonderfully!
Then the second time I wish to visit Mayapur Dham to get sheltered by Gur maharaj.But it was not happened.
We all know that Guru Maharaj’s health condition is not allowing to travel. but my heartily wish to get sheltered is fundamental for me . but my desire was not doubtful and strong.
One day i heard from my siksha Guru Bahu Karuna Nitai Prabhu that Guru Maharaj is visiting Krishna katha desh ! I have no words to explain my happiness. I got sheltered and got blessings.
I Surrendered myself through Gurumaharaj .
Dandavat Pranam,
Radhamani Vijayan, (Shelter)
Krishna katha desh.
Dear Gurumaharaj,
Reading the medical complications that you are going through pains my heart. It makes me feel very sad and I am in tears thinking of your immense physical pain and extreme discomfort that has only arisen due to your intense sacrifice by accepting so many disciples. You have only done this for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupad and Krsna.
You are pure and sinless. You are an associate of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. You have come from the spiritual world, solely to take us back. You have come to this filthy mortal world to take us back to godhead. To deliver me and others, you accepted all physical discomforts.
Despite your intense and unimaginable discomfort, I have seen you many many times, continuously blessing devotees. Even healthy persons will not do this due to fear of discomforts or misfortune that may come upon them. However, you are extremely compassionate.
I have no words to express my sincere gratitude to you, gurumaharaj.
The only small contribution that I am able to contribute is by assisting you in Srila Prabhupad's mission of book distribution and preaching.
Your insignificant disciple,
Radhapati Krsna Dasa
69th Vyāsa-pūjā Homage, 2018
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Guru Mahārāja, my spiritual father,
Please accept my most humble obeisance to the dust of your lotus feet. In the year 2017, I and my family were so fortunate to have your personal darśana in June, 2017 during your visit to Kṛṣṇa-kathā Deśa Yātrā. During that visit, you travelled from US, though time travel to Kṛṣṇa-kathā Deśa is very long and also due to the political instability of the country prevented many to visit Kṛṣṇa-kathā Deśa, but you still decided to visit Kṛṣṇa-kathā Deśa Yātrā. This mere act of taking risk, shows how compassionate to your disciples and eagerness to uplift all from worldly attachments. We will never forget this Guru Mahārāja and during your visit, you made sure that all the devotees are satisfied.
Your commitment to Śrīla Prabhupāda is extraordinary and exemplary. You have declared war against the Māyā following your spiritual master’s instructions and you kept always very successful (Jayapatākā) by defeating māyā in all respects. During your health crisis, Māyā thought she defeated you by keeping you in the wheel chair. But, you again bounced with more and more successes, even in wheel chair with increased enthusiasm, without showing any tinge of your bodily suffering. Finally, māyā succumbed by seeing your devotion to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.
Your mission by congregation preaching through Bhakti-vṛkṣa program is a serious expression of your commitment to your Śrīla Prabhupāda. You visited, visiting, all these days to give the message of Lord Gaurāṅga to increase/spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness all over the world.
As mentioned in Śrī Gurvaṣṭaka, it is said that
yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo
yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto ‘pi
dhyāyan stuvaṁs tasya yaśas tri-sandhyaṁ
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
“By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction of Kṛṣṇa. Without the grace of the spiritual master, one cannot make any advancement. Therefore, I should always remember and praise the spiritual master. At least three times a day I should offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus”.
Though I am not remembering and glorifying you, unqualified, not loyal and no honesty in dealings, but we are given an opportunity through our śikṣa-guru His Grace Vaikuṇṭhapati Prabhujī, to have you as our spiritual master. We seek your mercy and blessings to advance in spiritual life and to serve the mission you promised to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
We moved our accommodation to new place, and many of our group devotees lost their jobs, left Kṛṣṇa-kathā Deśa due to oil and gas industry crisis. But by your mercy, blessings, could consolidate to make our group this year and multiplied again into 3 groups with Kola-Cakra- Mathurā, Vṛndāvana and Dvārakā. All of us are always, surviving by your mercy only Guru Mahārāja.
Guru Mahārāja on this special day of yours, I humbly beg you for the following benedictions that:
1. To give humble state of mind to follow your instructions to my heart and soul without any deviation and to help you in Śrīla Prabhupāda mission.
2. To fulfill the desire of Kṛṣṇa-kathā Deśa Yātrā 222 -2022 Bhakti-vṛkṣa in Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa. I also seek your blessings and empowerment for the fulfillment of challenge in taking up 10 Bhakti-vṛkṣa groups in our cakra in the 2018.
3. To give us success in our effort in new Bhakti-vṛkṣa in a new place (Dukhan) Bhakti-vṛkṣa. These tasks are only possible by your causeless mercy. I seek permanent shelter at your lotus feet, again and again. Guru Mahārāja,
Guru Mahārāja, My entire family (wife, Ujjvala Kālindī Devī Dāsī, your aspirant children, Amṛta and Aniruddha and my mother Varādhātri Paurṇamāsī Devī Dāsī) joins me on the auspicious day of your 69th vyāsa-pūjā, in praying to Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi, Narasiṁhadeva and Pañca-tattva for your complete recovery of your health so that you will be in your best of spirits and also complete the “Lord Caitanya” book which would be a greatest treasure for entire Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava community in future.
Your insignificant disciples,
Rādhāpati Śyāma Dāsa
Hare Kṛṣṇa!
All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!
All glories to Śrīla A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda!
All glories to His Holiness Jayapathaka Swami Guru Mahārāja!
Please accept my humble obeisances.
My Dear Eternal Father,
Because of your mercy alone I got initiation from you. I am feeling more secured in your hands. I heard people saying that Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja knows each one’s heart very well. Whenever I undergo difficulties I pray to you and always you have uplifted me. My initiated name starts with Rādhikā, I was craving for that name. I was extremely astonished by seeing how you fulfill even such a minute desire by reading one’s heart.
Also I meditate and plead you to make happen all my family members both new and withdrawn (especially Venugopāla) to engage in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
I am obliged to serve you by nurturing Kṛṣṇa Consciousness to our KKC (Kṛṣṇa-kathā Deśa) children. Unfortunately I am inadequate to deal with, seeking your inconceivable mercy to carry out my responsibilities.
Yours Servant,
Rādhikā Rajeśvarī Devī Dāsī
Dearest Gurudev,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your Lotus Feet.All glories to Srila Prabhupad &Srila Gurudev
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
I live in Middle East ,some time very difficult to balance devotional life please help me to become more devotional.On this auspicious occation I beg for your Mercy.
GuruMaharaj Vysa Pooja Mahotsav Ki –jay
Please reveal to me how I can be better devotee and of better service to you.I feel helpless and depedentent on your Mercy
Your useless servent
Ragesh PR
Qatar.
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
All glories to you O Gurudeva on your auspicious appearance day...
All glories to your incomparable spiritual master..Śrīla Prabhupāda..
All glories to Śrī Śrī Nitāi-Gaurāṅga...and their Sankirtana Movement...
All glories to Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa for sending you here...
Please accept our humble obeisances at your merciful lotus feet..
On this auspicious day of your Vyasa puja, we pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva, Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi and Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa to improve your health and spread Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission uninterrupted and uplift many souls of this world.
Thank you for your causeless mercy on such insignificant worthless persons. We humbly request our dear father to give us guidance since we have no idea how to progress and make our life successful. Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Also please bestow your mercy on all your children so that all could do devotional service and develop pure love for Kṛṣṇa and stay at the shadow of your divine lotus feet.
Happy Vyasa-puja to our most beloved Spiritual Father!
Your Servants,
Raghurāma Lakṣmana dāsa,
Subhāgya Citrā devī dāsī,
Bhakta Rahul and Bhakta Rohit
Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear Gurumaharaj,
Please, accept our humble obeisance’s again & again in the dust of your lotus feet,
All Glories to HH Jaya pataka swami guru maharaj,
All Glories to Sri Gauranga,
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada,
The spiritual master is to be honored as much as the Supreme Lord, because he is the most confidential servitor of the Lord. This is acknowledged in all revealed scriptures and followed by all authorities. I offer my respectful obeisance’s unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master, who is confidential servitor and a bona fide representative of Sri Krishna.
Thanks for your causeless mercy for accepting us as your disciples & giving us your blessings.
Dear Guru Maharaj, we have no enough words to glorify you & we have no capacity to understand your deep affection & love towards supreme lord & all jivas. But we are very fortunate & our life became blissed because you have given us shelter at your lotus feet.
Even in this physical condition you are only concerned about other jivas & you are infinitely compassionate. By your personal example, you are showing the entire world how a bhagavatha preaches and cares.
Last year by your mercy I was able to get your vapu seva during your visit to Krishna katha desh. It was my life’s memorable event to have your close association, during this event I am able to understand a drop of your dedication to Srila Prabhupada mission, this small drop itself is like an Ocean to me.
Dear Guru maharaj, by your mercy & guidance of our shiksha guru’s, In the year 2016 we have started skype BG session to some of relatives and friends in india, some of them taken up chanting seriously and now they have connected to Radha Parta sarati temple and having regular program with temple devotees. Now this year we have started new manjari program as guided by our shiksha guru’s and following the method developed by congregational development ministry, program called “Gita for everyone”, please shower your mercy so that this new program started will bring new souls near to Krishna and you.
Thanks for all the causeless mercy shown on us. Recently from one lecture I learned one of the key to progress in Devotional service is “Perfect Chanting and Perfect Dealing” but I am week in both.
Please bless & empower us to become a small atom in propagating your mission, please forgive all offences at your lotus feet.
We pray to Lord Narasimadev for your faster recovery.
With prayers,
Your ever-humble servants,
Ramesvara giridhari das & Shyama priya Radha Devi Dasi.
Son: Vishal
Dearest Gurudev,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your Lotus Feet.All glories to Srila Prabhupad &Srila Gurudev
nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale
srimate Jayapataka Swamin iti namine
namo Acharya padaya Nitai kripa pradayine
Gaurakatha damadaya nagara grama tharine
nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine
namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
nirvisesha-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare
I don’t know how to glorify you ,I have no quality to glorify you but if you give me your un conditional mercy then I will be able to write
GuruMaharaj I am spiritually un well don’t know any thing please Gurumaharaj forgive me for my guiltiness and give kripa.
Please GuruMaharaj give to your un qualified daughter just one drop of your mercy
Your insignificant Humble servant
Ranjini Ragesh
Qatar
Hare Krsna Dear Maharaj,
Please accept my humble Obeisances
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada
All Glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga
All Glories to Yourself on Wonderful and Auspecious Appearance day
Dear Maharaj,
I always very much moved when I hear about how you reciprocate with so many devotees even in your very challenging situations. Every time I hear the pastimes with devotees, I would see how you are carrying Srila Prabhupad's compassion within your heart. We are very grateful to you for all your enthusiasm and spirit of compassion even in this condition. You are very much inspirational to many devotees, especially for me. Many times you directly and indirectly encouraged me through you disciples in KKD and all around the world, Your commitment to Srila Prabhupad and towards ISKCON is very inspirational and encouraging to all of us.
Recently I was in Sri Vrindavan Dham, and I met few devotees very first time. When I told that i came from KKD, they were describing how much they have some special reciprocations with you. I was very happy to hear from them and I was grateful to Lord that Krsna has kept me in the loving association of your disciples. I am very grateful to you for all your love and compassion that you are showring towards me through your disciples. We did special prayers for your health at Sri Sri Krsna Balaram Mandir, Raval, Gokul, Barsana, Nandaganv, Vrinda Kund, Mathura, Ter Kadamba, Shadgoswami temples and Seva Kunj. Very grateful to you and the team of devotees who are giving us the update on your health and other activities.
We pray to Lordships that you continue encourage and inspire us towards the commitment to Srila Prabhupad and for your speedy recovery of your health.
Your insignificant lowly servant
Rasaraja Gopa Dasa.
Dear GuruMaharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisance at Your Divine Lotus Feet,
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Sri Vyasa Puja Mahotsva ki Jai.
I am very very fortunate to offer humble Vyasa Puja offering at Your Lotus Feet.
Though I am not qualified, You are very merciful upon me. I had Your darshan in Tirupati temple this year. That day it was very inspiring to see Your enthusiasm to visit all people who were gathered.
You encouraged many new people in the gathering . This would have perfected many lives in fraction of seconds. Your love and care for all, especiallly new ones will inspire them to practice Krishna Consciousness very easily. Those were the magical moments. If I develop atleast a pinch of this caring attitude, it will help me in serving Srila Prabhupada mission in some small way.
Your profound determinaton to address Parikrama Parties and visiting Sri Dham Mayapur for Sri Gaura Purnima festival is a learning experience for me. Through this I learnt that when one have strong determination to do something in Krishna Consciousness, Lord will make sure it will happen.
You always create magical spiritual atmosphere everywhere.
My prayers to Sri Sri Narasimha Dev and Sri Sri Pancatattva to protect You every step to fulfill Srila Prabhupada mission. Begging pinch of Your mercy for my family for spiritual progress. Seeking Your forgiveness for all my offenses.
Your eternal servant and spiritual daughter,
Rasarani Padma DD
Dear Guru Maharaj,
I am Rasesvari Harini devi dasi from Krishna katha desh . On the vyasa puja day i will pray to Krishna to give you good healh and speedy recover from the present health issues. i will follow the initiation vows sincerely.
Your servant,
Rasesvari Harini Devi Dasi
Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaj
Please accept my humble obeisances
All glories to your Lotus feet
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
We are very very fortunate to have the Glories, Compassionate, Merciful and perfect Spiritual Master who is the obedient follower of Srila Prabhupada in our life. Your glories are unlimited without any end. You are perfectly living in atma platform without worrying about your body as Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita we are atma not this body. Kunti Maharani prays to the lord in Srimad Bhagavatam, She says the Ganges water goes to the ocean without any hindrance similarly even though your body is not co-operating well with your travel schedule still you are very very enthusiasm to travel everywhere and distributing the message of Sri Krishna Caitanya Maha Prabhu to save the conditioned Soul from the clutches of maya without any hindrance. Entire world is struct with wonder how you are travelling this much even though your body is not fit.
You are ocean of mercy and compassionate because i m totally rascal without any good qualities still you are accepted me as a disciple and initiated me to chant Gayathri Mantra (Second Initiation). Dear Gurudev kindly forgive me for the offences knowingly and unknowingly i have committed to you as well to other Vaisnavas.
During one lecture u mentioned people are more interested in social media and you advised the devotees to preach in social media. So even though i don't have any qualifications still i have started giving class by your causeless mercy and blessings in various social media and several people are giving good response. I wish to offer the following service to you for your pleasure and Srila prabhupada pleasure.
1. I have recently created you tube channel " Krishna Bhakti Tamil" for preaching in Tamil Language ...As on now we have +700 Subscribers, 25K Views, 70K Minutes watch duration's.
2. I m giving daily Bhagavad Gita Lecture in Tamil Language Sloka by Sloka in whats app...now we have 80 whats app groups and Reaching the Lecture 10K People everyday. Many are participating well.
3. I have created Face Book page "Bhagavad Gita Tamil" where i m posting Bhagavad Gita slokas daily text by text including purport... Now we have 4500 Likes.
4. After seeing our preaching's, the follower of Narendra Modi the Prime Minister of India ask us to part of their Face Book Page as a admin to post Bhagavad Gita daily in Tamil..Now we are posting daily in that page where close to 100K People are following this page..
Kindly begging your blessings and prayers so that We can practice our sadhana well and preach effectively at large as per Guru Sadhu Sastra without any deviations. i understood very clearly that i m totally unqualified to speak daily so your blessing and prayers are only my hope.
We will pray to Srila Prabhupada and Caitanya Mahaprabhu to give you very good health for long long time so that u can save the world
Nowdays my mother started chanting one round Hare Krishna Maha Mantra and my father also showing more interest in Krishna Bhakti. Kindly bless them so that they can practice Krishna Bhakti well.
Kindly seeking your blessings for my Children's so that they can be in good health and become good servant of the servant of the Srimathi Radharani.
Hari Om tat sat
Your Insignificant Eternal Humble Servant
Rasika Govinda Das - Braminical Initiated
Madavi Isvari Devi Dasi - Harinam Initiated
Bhaktin Krishna Priya - Aspiring
Bhaktin Yamuna - Aspiring
Abu Dhabi - UAE
Dear Spiritual Father,
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga
All Glories to Srila Prabhupad
All glories to you divine grace
Kindly accept my humble obeisances to the lotus feet of my Guru Maharaj.
I saw a self realized soul through my Guru Mahraj.without any desire for material benefit,immerced in 24 hours bahgavat seva, without considering his illness,I bow down to my Gurumahharaj who has dedicated his life at the lotus feet of radhamadhav and sri gaura nithai to spread krishna consciousness all over the world.
Giving meaning to Nagara grama tharine, he is spreading Krishna consciousness in each and every nook and corner of the world.My
GuruMaharaj has showed me the real meaning of Lawa mathra sadhu sangha,With one glance of his look, he tries to elevate millions of devotees to the lotus feet of Krishna.
By his own life, he has taught the utmost secret that we are not this body. I offer my millions and millions of pranams to the lotus feet of sri hari for the opportunity given to me to come across a spiritual master like Jayapataka swami and to be born as his child.
Fifteen years back, we came to know that you love all the living beings equally. During your visit to KKD, we have given a Garland in which there were lots of insects. You literally took all the insects one by one and left it in the table. This was a lesson to me that we should love each and every specious and allare part and parcel of the supreme lord Eighteen years back, I met with my spiritual Father and I am so thankful that I got an opportunity to serve my spiritual father. one senior devotees gave me a clicker to chant. later I came to know that it was guru maharaj’s clicker.From that day I started chanting 16 rounds and I got all the mercy. I am so blessed to become a disciple of such a merciful spiritual master.
I should always remember the sloka yasya prasade bhagavat prasade yasya prasade na gati kutopi.
My spiritual master is the person who taught me how a vaishnava should love the other living beings through his own life examples.
Even though he has thousands of disciples, by following the footsteps of his guru srila bhakthi vedanta swami srila praphupad , he travels all over the world to spread the Krishna consciousness.
We have not heard anything else from his vani except spiritual matters.
My Guru Maharaj is a person who adopted the great philosophy”Small living and high thinking.”
Your humble servant,
Ravi Gauranga Das
Hare Krishna,
All glories to Sri Guru & Gouranga,
All glories to Srila Prapupada,
All glories to Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisance.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
ഹരേ കൃഷ്ണാ .
ഭഗവാൻ കൃഷ്ണന്റെ ഏറ്റവും പ്രിയപ്പെട്ട ഭക്തനും ,ലോക ഗുരുവും ഈസ്കോൻ സ്ഥാപിത ആചാര്യനും ആയ ശ്രീലാപ്രഭുപാദരുടെ ശിഷ്യനും,ഞങ്ങളുടെ എല്ലാമെല്ലാമായ ഹിസ് ഗ്രേസ് ജയപതാകസ്വാമി ഗുരുമഹാരാജിന് 69th വ്യാസപൂജയുടെ എല്ലാ ആശംസകളും നേരുന്നു.
ഈ ഉപാസന എഴുതുന്ന സമയത്തുള്ള ആരോഗ്യപരമായ എല്ലാ ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുകളും മാറട്ടെ എന്ന പ്രാർത്ഥനയോടെ.
ഈ കലിയുഗത്തിൽ ഒരു മനുഷ്യജന്മത്തിൻറെ ലക്ഷ്യവും ധർമവും എന്താണെന്നു എല്ലാവരെയും അറിയിക്കാനും ഉദ്ബോധിപ്പിയ്ക്കാനും രാജ്യ,മത,ഭാഷ,സംഘടന എന്നീ ഒരു തരംതിരിവുമില്ലാതെ ശ്രീ ചൈതന്യ മഹാപ്രഭു നയിച്ച വഴിയിലൂടെ നമ്മെ കൈപിടിച്ചു നടത്തിക്കുകയും ,സത്സംഘങ്ങളിലൂടെ എല്ലാ ശിഷ്യന്മാരെയും ഒന്നിപ്പിക്കുകയും ശ്രീലാപ്രഭുപാദരുടെ ആജ്ഞയും ആഗ്രഹവും നിറവേറ്റുന്നതിനായി അഹോരാത്രം ചിന്തിക്കുകയും പ്രയത്നിക്കുകയും ചെയ്ത എന്റെ ഗുരുമഹാരാജിന് പ്രണാമങ്ങൾ.
ഒരു മനുഷ്യജീവിതത്തിന്റെ എല്ലാ ഭൗതീക സുഖസൗകര്യങ്ങളും മാറ്റിവെച് ശ്രീലാപ്രഭുപാദരുടെ അന്ജയാലും അനുഗ്രഹത്തൂടെയും ബംഗാളിലെ ഒരു വനപ്രദേശത്തെ ഇന്നത്തെ മായാപുർ എന്ന മനോഹരമായ കൃഷ്ണലോകം സൃഷ്ടിച്, അവിടത്തെ വളരെ താഴ്ന്ന ജീവിത രീതി തുടർന്നവരെ വൈഷ്ണവരാക്കി കൃഷ്ണപ്രേമത്തിന്റെ മഹത്വവും ലോകം അവിടേക്ക് ശ്രദ്ധിക്കുന്ന തരത്തിലേക്ക് മാറ്റുന്നതിനു മുൻകൈ എടുത്ത എന്റെ ഗുരുമഹാരാജിന് പ്രണാമങ്ങൾ.
ഒരു ഗുരു സ്വന്തം ഭൗതീക ശരീരത്തിന്റെയും മനസ്സിന്റെയും എല്ലാ ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുകളും വകവെക്കാതെ തൻറെ ഗുരുനാഥന്റെ ആജ്ഞകൾക്കു അനുസരിച് തൻറെ ശിഷ്യരേയും ലോകത്തെയും എങ്ങനെ കാലദോഷങ്ങക്കു മേലെ ഭഗവാൻ കൃഷ്ണനെ പ്രാപിക്കുകയും സേവിക്കുയതും ചെയ്യാം എന്ന് പഠിപ്പിച്ച എന്റെ ഗുരുമഹാരാജിന് പ്രണാമങ്ങൾ.
എൻറെ ജീവിതത്തിന്റെ കഴിഞ്ഞ മൂന്നുവര്ഷങ്ങളിൽ ഭഗവാൻ കൃഷ്ണനെ ഒരു ചോദ്യത്തിനും ഇടനൽകാതെ മനസ്സിൽ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിക്കുകയും,നാമെല്ലാവരും ഭഗവാന്റെ അംശമാണെന്നും എല്ലാവരും എന്നിലേക്ക് തിരികെവരണം എന്നാണ് ഭഗവാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നതെന്നും അതിനായി നമ്മളെ സജ്ജരാക്കാനും ഗുരുവിന്റെ അനുഗ്രഹങ്ങൾ എന്നും മഴ പോലെ വർഷിക്കുകയും, ഗുരുസേവനത്തിന്റെ മഹത്വങ്ങളിലൂടെ ഞങ്ങളുടെ കഴിഞ്ഞകാല ദോഷങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് മുക്തിലഭിക്കുന്നതിനു നിരന്തരം പ്രാർത്ഥിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്ന എന്റെ ഗുരുമഹാരാജിന് പ്രണാമങ്ങൾ.
ഭൗതീകമായ ചുറ്റുപാടുകളിൽ ഒരുപാട് ഉപാധികളോടെയും പേടിയോടെയും ഭഗവത്പ്രേമത്തിനായി പരിശ്രമിക്കുന്ന ഞങ്ങൾക്ക്, ഈ കാലദോഷങ്ങൾ ശരീരസുഖങ്ങൾക്കും ദുഃഖങ്ങൾക്കും വേണ്ടിയുള്ളതാണെന്നും പരമാത്മാവും പരാമനിയന്താവും ആയ കൃഷ്ണനുമായുള്ള ബന്ധം ഗുരുവിന്റെ അനുഗ്രത്തോടെയാണെന്നും എനിക്ക് മനസ്സിലാക്കിതന്ന ഗുരുമഹാരാജിന്റെ ഭക്തി വൃഷാ ക്ലാസ്സുകൾ എന്നും എനിക്ക് അത്ഭുതവും ആശ്രയവും ആയിരുന്നു.
പ്രിയപ്പെട്ട ഗുരുമഹാരാജ് അവിടത്തെ വാക്കുകളിലൂടെയും അവിടത്തെ ആശ്രയത്തിലൂടെയും,ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് ചെറിയ സേവനങ്ങൾക്ക് അവസരം നൽകി ശ്രീലാപ്രഭുപാദരുടെ അനുഗ്രഹങ്ങൾ നൽകുകയും,ഭഗവാന്റെ സേവനത്തിനു അവസരം നൽകുകയും,എന്റെ കുടുംബത്തെയും സമൂഹത്തെയും കൃഷ്ണാവബോധത്തിലേക്ക് നയിക്കാനും ,നാമജപത്തിലൂടെ ഈ ഭൗതികജീവിതത്തിൽ നിന്നും പുറത്തുകടക്കാനും ഭഗവാനെ കുറിച് എന്നാൽ കഴിയും വിധം ചുറ്റുമുള്ളവരോട് പറയാനും എല്ലാവര്ക്കും മഹാമന്ത്രം നൽകാനും , ശ്രില പ്രഭുപാദരുടെ പുസ്തകങ്ങൾ എല്ലാവരിലേക്കും എത്തിക്കാനും ഈ ഭൗതിക മായാ ലോകത്തിന്റെ ദുഃഖങ്ങൾ മറികടക്കാനും അതിലൂടെ എന്റെ ഗുരുമഹാരാജിന്റെ ശ്രില പ്രഭുപാദരോടുള്ള കർത്തവ്യത്തിൽ ഒരു ചെറിയ ഭാഗമാവാനും പരിശ്രമിക്കും എന്ന് വാക്ക് തരുന്നു.
ഗുരുമഹാരാജിന്റെ ഈ വ്യാസപൂജാദിനത്തിൽ എന്നെയും കുടുംബത്തെയും ഈ ഇസ്കോൺ കുടുംബത്തിലെത്തിച്ച വൈഷ്ണവരെയും ഞങ്ങളെ സ്വീകരിച്ച ശിക്ഷഗുരുവിനെയും കുടുംബത്തെയും ഇവിടെ സത്സംഗിലുള്ള എല്ലാ വൈഷ്ണവർക്കും പ്രണാമങ്ങൾ അർപിക്കുന്നു.ഞങ്ങളുടെ ഈ മാറ്റത്തിനു കാരണമായതും ഗുരുവിന്റെ പദാരവിന്ദങ്ങളിൽ അഭയം പ്രാപിക്കാൻ അവസരം നൽകുകയും ചെയ്ത അവിടത്തെ ശിഷ്യന്മാരെയും സ്മരണയോടെ ഓർക്കുന്നു.
Your Humble Servant.
Rejeendran K R
Dear Gurumaharaj, Please accept my humble obeisances,
On this very auspicious day, I want to thank you for the unlimited mercy you have bestowed upon me. You have not only inspired me but many others. I take your blessings to my heart and I respect the dedication you have towards the mission of spreading Krishna consciousness. I will endeavour to preach Krishna consciousness and humbly continue the mission of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. This is my aspiration and I will do my very best to do this. I am not close to being qualified, however, under your guidance and Lord Mahaprabhu’s mercy, I am hoping to do spread Krishna consciousness.
I will never forget the time you came to Malaysia (in 2017) and spoke about the Nectarian pastimes of Gauranga Mahaprabhu. I was so blissful hearing the beautiful pastimes of Gauranga. We were all so satisfied with the way you narrated the story. There are no words to describe it. Your visit to Malaysia was very nice and I really enjoyed it. I pray to Krishna for the success of the upcoming medical procedure. You have Guru and Gauranga on your side. Haribol!
Your humble servant,
Rohit Nambiar (14 years old) (Aspired)
Dear Gurumaharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisance. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Recently, I have been extremely busy with my studies and every time it starts to feel difficult, I think of you and it really inspires me to push through. Whenever I hear you are not feeling well, I always chant and do kirtan with even more determination, because that is the only way that I can serve you at the moment. Therefore, in this way you inspire me to be better every day.
In the future, I aspire to serve you in a better way because at the moment I am still unqualified and useless. Gurumaharaj, knowing that you are always watching over all of us – even though I am not qualified - really gives me comfort and watching you face all of your problems without faltering is actually absolutely amazing.
Your insignificant servant,
Roshni R Nambiar
Dear Sri Gurudeva,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Pranam unto thy lotus feet. Thank you so much for showering your Holiness causeless mercy and extinguishing the forest fire of material anxiety.
Your determination to serve Srila Prabhupada is so amazing. I pray unto to you kindy give me the dint of that determination to serve you dear Gurudev and Srila Prabhupad. By your causeless mercy you kept me safe under thy loving care to follow your instructions. I feel it is your causeless mercy[ Kripa siddhi] protected me and gave me strength to follow the vows that were taken during initiation ceremony.
I am overwhelmed by the love your Holiness exhibited for your disciples all over the world.The recently released books written by you ‘On the path of limitless joy- darkness dispelled, Showers of nectar’ gave me spiritual guidance and solace in times of trouble, The words in your book inspired me so much to that extent I could not help to contain within me but to share it in a Whatsapp group called SriGurumukha Padma Vakya’for Antardwip chakra devotees in Krishna Katha Desh. Your classes are so nectarian especially Sri Krishna Namastakam I often hear that before chanting japa.
Sri Gurudev You are the Ocean of mercy ,the compassion personified who distributes the causeless mercy of Sri Nitayananda Prabhu to this fallen soul . Dear Acharyapad kindly empower us to start Bhakti Vriksha classes. Kindly bless our family Karunanatha Govinda Das, Sankeerthana and Radheshyam to be the useful instruments unto you in fulfilling the mission of Srila Prabhupad and Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Your humble Servants
Rupavathi Jhanava Devi dasi,
Sankeerthana,
Radheshyam
Hare Krishna Dandvats Pranam. Please accept my humble obeisance’s. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
This is Sabari Sai, from KKD Qatar.
I have joined Iskcon a year back and now lot of changes in my life with regards to Spiritual Vision.
Even though, we don’t have temple in QATAR and lot of restrictions with regards to Deti worships, Satsanga, Spiritual Festival celebration...etc. with mercy of Guru Maharaja & Prabhupada blessings everything going in cake walk. Regular BG, SB classes, counselling’s from our Sheikhs a Guru, Prasadam really helping us towards spiritual growth. Am wishing and praying an ISKCON Temple to build in QATAR and lot of Soul should get purified to go back to godhead. I, wish soon I, should get shelter and followed by initiation from our Guru Maharaja.
Sabari Sai,
Krishnakathadesh
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Respectful obeisances to my dear GuruMaharaj!
It is heart breaking to see your current condition and I sincerely pray to Lordships Radha Madhav and Lord Narasimha Dev to give you highest protection ever given to any devotee so far.
Your enthusiasm is very admiring and inspiring to me, however, I am unable to put a minute percentage of your service attitude in me. I have many spiritual desires but only in the mind and nothing in actions. My material attachments are somehow dominating my spiritual attachment and I pray you humbly to give me and my family a special bendiction of being steadfast in our sadhana. Especially my son Ruthwik needs a special boon to become a normal child and reduce his inattention and hyperactivity.
My wife Jiveswari is very concerned that, she is unable to take up any devotional service except chanting and one time deity worship and Ekadashi vrata, this is due to the health condition and this is the biggest challenge in our life for spiritual progress.
Sometimes, it is our great worry that whether would we be able to sustain spirituality and balance our material and spiritual life. I feel I am committing more aparadhas these days to devotees and hence I am unable to enjoy the spiritual bliss like before.
It is my spiritual desire that I should be along with my wife and son so that we all serve the lordships and improve our sadhana together.
Also it is my strongest desire to contribute my part by conducting many bhakti vrikshas and purify my self by engaging in this service which pleases you most.
Please empower me to become your ideal disciple without compramising on the Vaishnva qualities and please accept my humble insignificant services I am inolved in as a token of my love towards you.
Your humble servant,
SaciPrana Caitanya Dasa,
Jiveswari Visnupriya Devi Dasi,
Son : Ruthwik Kumar Mudigonda
Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please Accept My Humble Obeisances,
All Glories to You ,
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada,
All Glories to Sri Guru & Sri Gauranga
All Glories to your Vyasa Puja Festival
This is my 2nd year after surrendering to your Lotus feet. Though the year has been very tough in terms of material challenges, your blessing was the only power that kept me going. Kindly request your blessing and guidance always to progress in my spiritual life.
Trying to serve you in a small way by preaching to a small group of people, kindly shower your mercy on them so that they may soon be in your shelter. On the auspicious occasion of Vyasa puja we are planning to start a study Session aimed towards taking serious people towards Diksha. Hope it becomes a success with your and Prabhupad’s Blessing.
Could not do much in terms of preaching or book distribution last year. Just managed to inspire few devotees to distribute 1500 Bhagavad Gita. Dear Gurudev, please accept it as my humble offering. Kindly make me more strong towards preaching and book distribution. Without your mercy this insignificant soul cannot do even a tiny service.
Please forgive me for all the sins I committed after taking the vow of initiation. I just pray that I will take all the sins .Please bless me to improve my Sadhana and never to forget Guru and Krishna at all times.
Sincerely pray for your health and chant more rounds for you.
Will want to do all possible things to help you in your mission towards Srila Prabhupada.
Your Most Fallen Disciple,
Sahasra Sirsha Dasa
Dear Gurudev,
Hare Krsna,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada and to your Holiness,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
O gurudeva I pray to Lord Narasimha dev to protect you from this specially critical health situation if he so pleases, as only the Supreme Lord and yourself know the unknown reasons behind all the happenings.
Your “desire to fulfill the desire” of your legendery spiritual master His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada is itself a legend now. I personally take great inspiration from your “desire to fulfill the desire” of your spiritual master.
Your remarkable seva to fulfill the desire of Srila Prabhupada is a testimony in ISKCON SOCIETY on how a disciple can achieve unparalleled transcendental achievements even in this Kali Yuga.
I am sincerely trying to fulfill your desire of having maximum number of Bhakti Vrikshas possible in KKD given the present conditions.
O Gurudeva kindly bless this disciple of yours to develop a desire to fulfill your desire.....
Thank you very much for all the causless mercy bestowed on all the devotees and disciples of krsna katha desh...
Wishing to remain your humble eternal servant,
Sankirtananand Gaura Dasa,
Krisnakatha desh
Dear Beloved Spiritual Father, Gurumaharaj
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus Feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Guru maharaj, I understand that this is first time that you will be in Chennai instead of Mayapur Dham on Vyas puja day. Since I read your message on 7th March about liver and kidney transplant, I am extremely worried and pray to Lord Narsimha Dev to protect you so that you can protect millions of fallen souls from the clutch of maya.
We always talk about your mercy towards fallen souls as you are the one who is taking all the bad karma and suffering on bodily plateform. I always feel your presence in my heart. I am very grateful and thankful to you and the senior devotees who helped me achieve krshna consiousness. I wish to follow your instructions sincerely and contribute towards the mission to spread KC to please Srila Prabhpad.
I strongly feel that you and many other disciples of Srila prabhupad have come to this world to deliver so many millions of people all over the world, you are highly compassionate to jiva.
I know that one cannot have the title of “your servant” without acting and behaving properly. I hope I can always show my respect and love for everything you have given me by upholding my sacred vows to chant sixteen rounds a day and follow the regulative principles.
Guru maharaj, tears were flowing in my eyes when you allowed me and my family to see you last June in KKD while you were completely on bed rest due to your health situation. You never say NO even in such a physical condition if anyone wants to get your glimse. When you asked ‘How are you’ it was really painful to say “Fine” seeing you in that condition.
I sincerely pray in lotus feet of Shri lord Narsimha, Shri Rada Madhava, Panch Tatava for your fast recovery so that you can fulfil the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
Your insignificant servant,
Sarvajay Gaur prema Dasa,
Krishnakathadesh
All glories and glories to Srila Prabhupada
All glories and glories to Srila Gurudeva Jayapataka Swami Maharaj.
Please accept my respectful obeisances and pushpanjali at your lotus feet.I am very thankful to engged me in Krishna service.Please shower your courseless mercy upon my family for engaging Krishna seva with strong faith,
And also my prayer is a temple in palakkad centre (Kerala) town as a blessings from you and mercy from Krishna.
With Love,
Your Servant,
Shyba Meenakshi Sundaram.
Vyasa puja – Homage to our beloved His Holiness Jayapataka Swamy Guru Maharaj
All Glories to Srila Prabhupad
All Glories to Srila Jayapataka Swamy Guru Maharaj
Since me got the Spiritual initiation by your mercy, really I got the spiritual strength
Now I preach about Lord Krishna with so confidence
I am able to face the material world so courageously
Now I get the strength from you to improve my devotional service to the higher level
I am able to spread Krishna consciousness to at least some of the mundane people with your mercy
I am very fortunate with your mercy to understand myself (servitor) and the goal of life (eternal position)
Your humble servant,
Sriman Sachinandana Das
Vyasa puja – Homage to our beloved His Holiness Jayapataka Swamy Guru Maharaj
All Glories to Srila Prabhupad
All Glories to Srila Jayapataka Swamy Guru Maharaj
Please accept my humble obeisances unto you
I can feel my upliftment in level of devotional service before and after spiritual initiation
You have removed my Agnana and lit the knowledge in me
I pay my respectful obeisances unto you for providing me the second birth (real birth)
I feel upliftment in my purity level after got the initiation
I got confidence in spreading Krishna consciousness to other through your quote – “Inspite of the rapids, so many fishes are swimming upstream. So when we see that everything is Krishna’s energy and when we become one of the fishes in Krishna’s energy, we can swim upstream”
You will be always saying that the level of devotional service to Lord Krishna will determine the level of closeness to Lord Krishna and with your mercy, I will do more and more devotional service to Lord Krishna.
Also You will be always saying that the level of Devotional service, You could do to Lord Krishna is with the mercy of your Guru. In the same way, the level of increase in Book reading in me is purely because of your mercy that I could able to read more and more.
With your mercy, my determination is streamlined and I am able to increase my devotional service to Lord Krishna.
Your humble servant,
Ananda Rupini Vishnu Priya Devi DSasi
VYASA PUJA-HOMAGE TO HIS HOLINESS JAYAPATAKA SWAMI GURU MAHARAJ
GURUMAHARAJ THE BEST
Guru Maharaj you are the best
You are my spiritual treasure chest
I am dragged to Krishna by your mercy
Now Krishna is all I see
You fix my stranded pieces of spiritual collage
And I am pulled away from this material mirage
Now I understand that Krishna should be spoken at every breath
Which will prevent the cycle of birth and death
You are the path leader back home back to godhead
Further by whom Krishna consciousness has spread
You are a perfect example of determination
Which strengthens my focus to Goloka station
Your humble servant,
A.Muthulakshmi (Grade-8)
Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
I am so blessed to be under your shelter, for the last 34 years since 1984. I am very fortunate to be in touch with Krishna consciousness from Dubai, in 1982 and more fortunate when I relocated to Chennai to be under your shelter when I had the good fortune of meeting you when you made many trips for Ratha Yatra during Pongal and also in search for a land for ISKCON Chennai. From there, our family shifted back to Dubai, with your blessings when you indicated that you were the GBC for ME and blessed us to go and start a congregation there. All this when we were not even initiated. You had directly inspired us to get initiated and my parents and myself were amongst the first batch of initiates in Dubai, UAE.
My attraction for Krishna is still too far away, and my disqualifications are many. I can only think of this quote from Srila Prabhupada, from his letter to Brahmananda 3/10/69 “actually we are all conditioned souls so our demand for Krishna to accept us is unreasonable. From my personal point of view, I think that I am so sinful that I cannot even approach Krishna to show me any favor. But I HAVE ONLY ONE HOPE – MY SPIRITUAL MASTER – HE IS VERY KIND. SO SOME WAY OR OTHER HE IS DRAGGING ME TOWARDS KRISHNA. THAT IS THE ONLY HOPE. Sri Caitanya Charitamrita says therefore : guru Krishnae. By the mercy of the Spiritual Master, and by the mercy of Krishna, one gets into Krishna Consciousness. Narada Muni is our original Spiritual Master and he has dragged so many fallen souls towards Krishna, and we are also hoping to be dragged by Him through the disciplic succession. Otherwise, IF WE STUDY OUR OWN QUALIFICATION, THERE IS NONE – RATHER I HAVE GOT SO MANY DISQUALIFICATIONS”.
You are my only hope, and I rely on your dragging me towards Krishna and Srila Prabhupada and feel I need you to be with us, to not just drag me, but drag our entire family and congregation and the thousands of your disciples and many more thousands to be. At the same time, we will also help you in dragging more souls towards you and towards Srila Prabhupada and towards Lord Krishna and that too by your mercy.
This has been a year where there have been various medical complications in your health and after due deliberations and trying out various treatments, we are clear on the need for transplant and have confidence in Chennai for this. Your Doctors team has been wonderfully working together from all around the world in your service. Amidst all this we have seen you full in spirit as always. You have also written a few times that you are sometimes experience pain, though we are aware that you are transcendental to your body.
SB 8.7.44
tapyante loka-tāpena sādhavah prāyaso janāh
paramārādhanam tad dhi purusasyākhilātmanahIt is said that great personalities almost always accept voluntary suffering because of the suffering of people in general. This is considered the highest method of worshipping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is present in everyone’s heart.
We have firm belief that your lila has been well specified in this above verse and even this is the topmost method that you use to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
I am blessed that you have involved me in multiple projects, namely JPS Seva Committee, Biography project, Memorial land project etc. in addition to services in ME and Damodar Desh yatra. I would like to pray that our endeavors to reach out to more people and save many more fallen conditioned souls are blessed by yourself. Our prayers are to you to solicit the Lord’s mercy for such service to be successful
Srila Prabhupada writes in a letter to HG MAdhudvisa pr on 2/14/70 – “such sincere prayer should be submitted not directly to the Lord but through the via-media of His bonafide servitor or representative.
As a member of the Seva Committee of JPSSS, I also will strive to improve devotee care and support to various services to you from the global disciples of yours. We are also laying the foundation for a larger project in your memory in Sridham Mayapur.
Damodardesh yatra’s activities have been going on very well and the exemplary programs we perform have been attracting a steady audience and penetration and we are striving to raise the bar in each of the areas of activity.
We want to focus on reading and sadhana this year and will initiate many programs to achieve good results.
I would like thank you for inspiring me to be in your service. Somehow you have engaged in in service of Srila Prabhupada and Lord Caitanya and for little that I do, in an unorganized way, the credit and respect that I accrue often I see is far more that what is deserved.
My children are growing well and happy in Krishna Consciousness and I look forward to them progressing in gaining siksa/diksa and also gradually come upon to support mainstream preaching. And all this is possible also due to the able support of your daughter and my wife Sita Charu dd.
We pray to Sri Sri Radha Madhava & Asta Sakhi, Sri Prahlad Nrsimha, Sri Sri Pancha Tattva and Sri Sri Jagannatha Baladeva & Subhadra deities and all the holy dhams and devotees to continue to give you improved health and for us to serve you in person and serve your mission forever.
Your servant,
Śrī Vallabha Dāsa
Congregation Leader – Dāmodara Deśa
Dear Gurumaharaj ,
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
All glories to you divine Grace
kindly accept my humble obeisance to the lotus feet of my Gurumaharaj
I am very insignificant ,I have no caulification to glorify you.you are doing amazing service to fulfill Srila Prabhupada's desires at this conditions of your body.my body also giving me too much suffering ,that time I am always remembering you Gurumaharaj.
in last year Vaasa Pooja you promised us in the top of lotus building ,I am ready to come in Krishna Katha Desh ,you make the arrangements and tell me,I will come,and in the month of June you fulfilled our desires!
june 20 ,you arrived !the same day I was got a bite from a scorpion in the same place,3 months I suffered with too much pain and last option they did surgery in my leg,still also it's paining.dr said that "you are lucky otherwise it cause to your death,the poison is directly affected to the heart."it was not my fortune Gurumaharaj ,it was your causless mercy.i told everybody ,it was happen with my Gurumaharaj's presence,it is for my good only.
now I completed SB 4th canto ! I was surprised ,how I completed 4th canto,I am sure ,this is also your causless mercy Gurumaharaj .we are not qualified at all to touch SB and BG,in our busy schedule I am finding some time to read SB,even though my neck is too much paining after reading SB.i completed Bhakti sastri course ! In Friday too much busy Gurumaharaj ,morning SB class cooking ,after BV cooking ,and taking children's class ,some times BV, all the day very busy, body is not cooperate to do like this Seva but your mercy I am empowered to do all this Seva without any complaint.
Gurumaharaj I feel ,I have to go more and more to make me eligible to get your blessings ,please forgive me for the aparadhas I am doing knowingly and Unknowingly ,please empower me to fully absorb in your sevas and make me humble to all the jivas.
Please empower me Gurumaharaj to fulfill your instructions ,in taking up Bhakti Vriksha's,distributing SP books,devotee care and improving my sadhana,please bless me Gurumaharaj to not do any aparadhas at the feet of all your disciples and senior vaishnavas ,so that I can improve spiritually and support to my husband and kids,who are already following your instructions.i humbly beg you Gurumaharaj to forgive us for our unlimited aparadhas . Iam very fortunate to take shelter of your lotus feet and remain in Lord chaitanya mahaprabhu's Sankirtan movement .
i am praying to our Karuna nitai premanananda Gaura to improve your health ,I am sure Gurumaharaj ,Lord Narasimha Dev and Radhamadhav always protect you.
this year we cannot attend your Vyasa Pooja celebrations ,unfortunately my daughters 12 th std exam falls on the same day,hope this year we will meet in Mayapur during our BV spiritual tour,we are eagerly waiting to see you Gurumaharaj ,with all my prayers at your lotus feet Gurumaharaj for your better health,and I am wishing you a wonderful HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
With sincerely
Your insignificant servant,
Sucaru Jahnava Devi dasi,
Krishna Katha Desh
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your Divine Grace!
Beloved spiritual father, please accept my most humble and respectful obeisance unto the dust of your lotus feet. On this auspicious 69th divine occasion, disciples celebrate and glorify your incredible glories all over the world. In fact, nobody can describe your glories. Guru Mukha Padma Vakhya Citatai Koria Aikya- you exactly following the instruction of Srila Prabhupada by expanding Krishna consciousness unlimitedly every look and corner with great enthusiasm even this present situation which is really exemplary and amazing. Through your dedication to fulfilling Srila Prabhupada’s mission, you himself setting an example for your disciples to show how the most unfavorable situation also one can dedicate their life to executing the orders of a spiritual master.
Dear Gurudev, (Kayena Manasa Budhi), exactly, by physically, mentally and intellectually you always engaging in Krishna consciousness and inspired others also be engaged in Krishna consciousness, I still remember that memorable movement, where you helplessly requesting the team doctors to allow you to participate the first public programme after the stroke, arranged/invited by HG Radharath Maharaj in pune and you agreed to attend that programme, but the team doctors initially not agreed, but your constant begging request that I am a sanyasi with out satsanga how I can servive my life, and immediately the head of the doctor had a discussion with his team members and finally allowed you to attend that program and that day on words, still, you are continuing your glorious marathon preaching journey tirelessly. Through your lectures, visit and association you always inspiring/ booming his disciples. One of the kirtan mela in Mayapur dham you are singing harinam kirtan and dancing with devotees hours and hours and the whole crowd roaring like anything, from this, you want to teach us that we are not this body, spirit soul, nothing can stop the urge of souls. Dear Gurudeva, you are a great acharya and a true bonafide representative of Lord Krishna which you always exhibit your thinking, feeling and through actions. Your contribution to iskon, Mayapur dham are unlimited which have been instructed by your spiritual master Srila Prabhupada and at the full extent, you try to fulfill his orders in a very humble and magnanimous way.
Millions of devotees very eagerly waiting for your association which gives immense transcendental pleasure to them. Dear Gurudev, On this divine 69th birthday we, the mathuradesh devotees unanimsely praying Lord Narasimha deva to protect you from all sort of calamities and give good health, long life, and spiritual strength so you can fulfill the desire of Srila Prabhupada, here in mathuradesh our Mc members are doing their level best for preaching and by your mercy we are getting lot of out reach programme also, pl shower your mercy all of us this auspicious occasion so we can also do our best support to help your mission in a very grand way. Finally, We, wishing from our core of heart Ananta Koti Harekrishna to you Dear Gurudeva on this your Divine 69th Vyasa Puja Celebration. Dear Gurudev, pl keep all of us, under the shade of your divine lotus feet.
Haribol.
Your humble insignificant children,
Sukirthi Krishna Dasa,
MKDD, Hari, Indu, all our mc members and
Maturadesh devotees.
Dear Guru Maharaj,
Hare Krishna! Dandavat Pranam!
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupad. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
All glories to you O Gurudeva on your auspicious appearance day...
All glories to your incomparable spiritual master..Srila Prabhupada...
All glories to Sri Sri Nitai-Gauranga...and their Sankirtana Movement...
All glories to Sri Sri Radha and Krsna for sending you here...
Please accept our humble obeisances at your merciful lotus feet..
Oh Guru Maharaj you are the most merciful and compassionate to all jivas who are wondering in the miserable material world with their necence like a kite without thread wondering in the sky
your merciful hands become support to so many souls to come out from their ignorance and realizing their swarupa and happily living and serving to supreme Lord krishna like thread is supporting kite greatly fly steadily in the sky.
I am very fortunate, with krishna and our siksa Gurus mercy you are accepted me as your disciple and given great support for happily living with children to serve Supreme Lord Krshna.
I can not repay you how much serving us and sacrificed all your life for Guru and propagating Sankeertana movement in all over the world but we will try our best to please Krishna and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to spread Krishna conciousness.
I am very happy with our siksa gurus mercy I got opportunity to serve you personally while coming KKD yatra in june, 2017.
we pray daily to Supreme Lord Krshna and Narashimha dev to give you good health and early recovery for giving Krshna conciousness to many more souls.
Your menial servant
Suryapati Krshna das
Krshna Katha Desh.
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances unto the dust of Your Lotus feets!
All glories to You! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Gurudeva, you are an ocean of mercy & am a tiny fish on the shore of that vast ocean, who doesn’t know the depth & deepness of that vast ocean. Due to your causeless mercy, you have accepted me under your shelter 10 years back. During this period there were lot of ups and downs in my devotional path. Various challenges & pressures in material life, but your causeless mercy was the only hope for me to overcome those hurdles.
I was conducting one BV for bachelors but due to nonconsistency of their time, couldn’t continue it. But those who can manage their time joined with the family BV where 4 families are attending. By your mercy they are taking up Krishna consciousness seriously. One mataji is chanting 16 rounds and others are slowly increasing their rounds.
As part of Gauranga Desh Yatra, I have assigned the seva to take care of outreach & follow up committee under the guidance of senior devotees. In 2017 we could reach 30 + houses out of which couple of people are attending our Friday satsung programs and some are attending nearby Bhakti Vrisha programs. Some others started sending their kids for children classes.
Gurudeva, Please make me instrumental in helping your mission to serve your beloved spiritual master Srila Prabhupada by which I will become more purified. Kindly forgive all the offences I have committed knowingly and unknowingly and become more serious in my sadhana and enthusiastically serve your mission and our yatra.
I also beg your mercy for my family’s advancement in Krishna Consciousness and they also take shelter of your lotus feet at the earliest. They started chanting & my elder daughter frequently visits Lord Jagannath temple at Coimbatore.
Our spiritual community in Palakkad, Kerala, which you have named as ‘Goloka Vrindavan Residents association’ has started a Namahatta program in a temple premise which is very closed to GVRA. Each Sunday around 50+ people gathers and there is group chanting, Bagavad Gita class & Krishna prasadsa.
Gurudeva, on this very auspicious occasion of Your Vyasa Pooja, I pray to Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Lord Prahlad Nrsimhadev, Sri Panca Tatwa & Srila Prabhupada to shower their special blessings on You to overcome your physical difficulties to continue your ever ending desire to spread Krishna consciousness throughout the world.
Your humble servant,
Suvarna Gopala dasa
Gauranga Desh, Dubai
Dear Most Repsected Guru Maharaj,
please accect my respectfull obediences, my pranam to your lotus feet.
We are not qualified /write about your glorification, still with the mercy of Guru and Krishna especially from your mercy to save the fallen sole like us, we get more more inspirations when we get the message or photos/ audio/video messaage of yours. we pray to the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna and Naraswimha Deve to give more health to lead us many more years and years and spread the message of Caitanya Maha Prabu.
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.
Begging to remain always under the shelter of your lotus feet
Your Servent,
Sudheer Ayyappan
Simi Sudheer
Akarsh Sudheer
Kalama Sudheer
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
mukhaṁ karoti vācālaṁ panguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisance at your Lotus feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to Your Divine Grace and Gauranga on this auspicious day of your Vyasapuja.
Your compassion to the fallen souls, humility, tolerance and sincere service always inspires me the most. You are the embodiment of these qualities and a living example in demonstrating that we are the souls and not the bodies with your dedication in carrying out your guru’s instructions even in this bodily difficult conditions. Despite the condition, you are considerate of shortcomings and focus on uplifting the consciousness of fallen souls like me.
I have to admit that out of my ignorance without knowing your grace is always available for the fallen souls wherever you are I sometimes wished to be in direct association with yourself for guidance and support when my journey had few challenges with material conditionings trying to hold me back from the spiritual growth. Please accept my apologies.
Your grace is always available in the form of your sweet and deep lectures, in the form of your disciples, and in the form of the systems that you have instituted in support of your disciples. It’s up to me to take shelter of this grace to fight back the shortcomings in the path of spiritual growth. It’s up to me to see all the activities in this mission as part of this grace and engage in them with sincerity.
When I look back a year from now with your grace and your disciples support, managed to introduce few colleagues and others to this mission who are making steady progress in their spiritual path. Have joined the Bhakti Shastri and Bhakti Vaibav classes being conducted by Mayapur Institute for the yatras in the Middle East. Also taken advantages of opportunities whenever available in spreading Krsna Consciousness in the known circle. I beg your mercy and empowerment to become a sincere instrument in spreading the message from Baghavat gita and Srimad Bagavatam to wider society.
Dear Gurumaharaj, please once again accept humble obeisance of this fallen soul at your lotus feet and bless me to support your mission.
Your humble servant,
Syama Vrajapati Dasa
Dear Gurumaharaj;
Please Accept my Humble Obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
All glories to Guru and Gauranga
One year passed taking shelter from you; always feel your presence and your protection though facing a tough situation in life materially now but I’m able to face those circumstances because of your mercy and blessings.
I would like to have your blessings and mercy to continue my Sadhana mainly in reading books and chanting.
I beg your pardon me for all the sins committed by me knowingly and unknowingly. Please bless me to be a good devotee and to get initiated from you very soon.
Harekrishna!
Yours servant,
Tara
Dearest Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. All Glories unto Your Lotus Feet.
Guru Maharaj, it has been four years since I have been involved in ISKCON. The years have gone by so fast that I feel like I have not spent enough of that time doing spiritual activities especially reading Srila Prabupada’s books. Many times I have heard you say in classes and in disciple meetings that how important His books are and that we should read them. I thank you for this continues instruction on this as it has helped me to make the endeavour to try and read more books. At the moment I am reading Srimad Bhagavatam. This book has really helped me build my relationship with Srila Prabhupada and has made me become closer to Him.
The first time I saw you when you came in Doha last year. Since that day I am thinking how I can follow your instruction and do this properly. Please guide me in how I can become a good devotee.
Please accept my dandavats obeisances at your lotus feet on this day of your Vyasa Puja. May I always take shelter and guidance from you.
I have much to report to you Srila Gurudev, I will reveal my heart to you as I feel pained that misinformation always travels faster than the truth and in this age of Kali very few know the meaning of revealing ones heart in confidence.
I have no doubt about my aspiration to be your disciple.I am always your servant and please always be my Spiritual Master.
I think of you everyday
I think of all the words you have spoken
I reflect of your sacrifices
I reflect on your demeanor
I admire your vaishnava qualities
I admire all those that you inspire
I admire your resolve, passion and love for Srila Prabhupada’s Mission
I remember your gracefulness
I feel your compassion
I am humbled by your intelligence
I bask in your radiance
I savour your mercy
If only I can become even one small iota of all the things that you are and represent, I might be saved.
I am such a fallen and conditioned soul that I do not qualify to sing your glories. I thank Lord Sri Krishna and HDG Srila Prabhupada for delivering me unto your lotus feet.
Thank you for giving Jayasree and I aspire at the dust of your lotus feet and I thank you for all the mercy that you have showered upon us.
I pray that I always remain attached to the shelter of your lotus.
Please forgive me for any offense I might have committed in my attempt to glorify your divine personality.
Your insignificant servant
Ullas T.Velu
With Jayasree, Ujwal Udjith and Udaykrishna
Krishna Katha Desh (Doha Qatar)
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dear beloved Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances
All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga
Guru Mahārāja, you are so great and merciful and most sincere disciple to Śrīla Prabhupāda. You show your mercy to all the disciples. Recently, my family was shifted from Doha, Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa to Bangalore and there was a problem of getting seat in Bangalore. Every day me and my mother used to go all the schools to get the seat but all of them used to tell it’s too late for admission. My mother and I had strong faith in you, Guru Mahārājand Śrīla Prabhupāda and Kṛṣṇa that we will get the seat. But it was tension period for me as I was no longer in old school and now I was not getting any school. Because of your causeless mercy ,I got the seat in Śrī Caitanya School ,which is one of the reputed schools in Banglore. During the admissions in that school, there was no test conducted and all the works was done by the principal only and all this happened because of your blessing upon me.
Such a miracle that the principal doing all the admissions, such that there was no hassels can only be possible by you, Guru Mahārāja
I pray Lord Narshimhadev for your good health and help to fulfil Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission and guide menial servants like us to progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Thank you for your causeless mercy upon menial servants like me
Your humble servant,
Vaishnavi Gururaja rao Kulkarni,
Śrī Jagannātha Mandir,
Bangalore, India
Dear Gurudev,
Please accept my humble obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda
śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda
Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare
I have been into ISKCON for nearly two decades, reading and understanding is not my best ability, my only way to please Guru and Gauranga is through prasadam. For me, a guru means a merciful father who has saved me from all the miseries. You are so merciful knowing that even after my disadvantages of not being able to read, write or learn any of the scriptures you have me as your disciple, I try to listen to lectures, but has been difficult lately... My only sadhana practice is to chant 20 rounds a day and cook bhoga for the lord, nothing else, all these are up to my least capabilities please accept this fallen soul's prayers, although I am an unworthy candidate for your mercy, yet you desire to spread the mercy throughout the world without any hesitation.
Your insignificant servant,
Veda Valli Devi Dasi
Hare Krishna. Krishna gave all fine thinks in life and make me to be his beloved person. Gurumaharaj is an inspiration to me to follow ISKCON.
I wonder by seeing his willpower and making his full effort for Krishna Consciousness. Even a cold or fever is making me to forget Krishna and making me to worry about this body. Buy Gurumaharaj with this much of problem in health but never ever stop chanting and never stop his preaching. My mind getting purified while thinking about Gurumaharaj. Willing to meet Gurumaharaj at least once in my life and get his blessings. May Krishna give all health to Gurumaharaj and make us to get more blessings from Gurumaharaj.
Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
Dear Spiritual Father,
Please accept our humble obeisance’s on to your divine lotus feet. On this auspicious occasion of your 69th. Vyas Puja, please accept our glorification unto you, though we are not capable of glorifying you. We, as conditioned souls need your causeless mercy and guidance at every step of our spiritual endeavor.
Guru Maharaj, you are a real Khsatriya having decided to fight against Maya. Your bodily conditions have not deterred even now to inspire many disciples all over the world. You are a true parmahamsha, onto whom we beg your shelter & mercy. Guru Maharaja, in the Chaitanya-charitamrita, it’s rightly said :
‘Brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva
guru-krishna-prasade paya bhakti-lata-bija’The living entity wanders in different species of life on different planets throughout the universe. If he is fortunate, he meets the pure devotee of the Lord, who sows the seed of devotional service in his heart. In this way, the door to liberation is opened to him. ( Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya-lila 7.19.51)
Guru Maharaj, you came into our life as a spark to enlighten us and take us far away from the material disaster. You are the real father to show us the real meaning of this human form of life. You are the one to break the bondage of this material attachment of our life. You are the cause of disbanding us from the clutches of Maya. Therefore kindly accept our gratitude on to your lotus feet.
Guru Maharaj, you have stood by the teachings in the Bhagwat Gita and Srimad Bhagwatam, wherein you have imbibed Kunti Maharani’s prayerful mood to Krishna. Your bodily discomfort does not come in your way of devotion unlike us, fallen souls. You have proved that this body is illusion. You have stood by Srila Prabhupads word ‘Daya Bhak’ to undergo all sorts of turbulences in one’s life without deviating from the path of Bhakti.
Guru Maharaj, we have been quite fortunate to have your vapuh association for many times previously. Yet this thirst does not seem to be quenching. Infact the real vapuh association of a Guru is to abide by the instructions by the disciples which we are not capable of yet with your mercy, you decided to accept us under your shelter.
Guru Maharaj, please bless our childrens, Sanjay who is now 18 years old, and studying in university. He regularly attends bhakti vriksha class in Indianapolis and also currently heading the Vedic society as the club president as instructed by HH Rompad Maharaj. He has been quite successful to attracting quite number of students into the movement. At the same time, we are also conducting skype sessions remotely grooming them.
Guru Maharaj, I would like to mention one of the incident that took place last year. My wife, Suguna Vrinda dd, have been conducting skype sessions to number of pregnant ladies in Dubai as well other part of the world and one of them specifically in Melbourne, who was referred to us through a devotee. For almost 6 months, Srimad Bhagwatam was being recited to her and by the end of 8th Month, the lady stopped eating non-vegetarian food and got quite inclined to devotional services and continues to do so even now after the child’s birth. Her parents visited Dubai few months back and during their visit expressed their gratitude and was thankful to Iskcon for doing such a wonderful service of true human upliftment. They also mentioned how the recitation and spiritual guidance helped their daughter from emotional trauma that she was undergoing. This is due to your blessings and mercy Guru Maharaja.
Guru Maharaj, in the process of practicing Krishna consciousness, we have committed so many sins knowingly or unknowingly. Kindly forgive us, as we are your children’s needing your attention, guidance & mercy all the time.
Though we are incapable of glorifying you, we would like to take this opportunity to wish you a speedier recovery.
At the dust of your divine lotus feet,
Vinaya Mukunda dasa,
Suguna Vrinda devi dasi
Sanjay Vinod Menon
Saksh Vinod Menon
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaj
Please accept our humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. All Glories to you.
om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjan- salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namah
On this auspicious day of your appearance, we pray to Sri Sri Radha Madhav and Sri Sri Panchtatva for many happy returns on this auspicious day. You will be undergoing many medical procedures in the coming months and we sincerely pray from Sri Narsimhadev to protect you.
Guru maharaj couple of months back I had some medical problem and so much pain and I was not able to bear that, then I was thinking that you are going thru lots of pains for so many years and still travelling and delivering Krishna/Gaura Katha for the benefit of all us fallen souls.
In 2007, Guru Maharaj you instructed me to be part of your team and arrange spiritual yatras. I am trying since then every year to coordinate one spiritual yatra from damodardesh every year. This will be our 12th year. This year we have planned to go Bade Char dham covering Rameshwaram, Puri, Dwarka and Badrinath and then to Vrindavan. This time we have 70 devotees joining this yatra. This is from 13th July to 28th July and we seek your blessings for this yatra.
With your blessings and with the help of my father Shri Daya Ram Gupta ji, retired Sanskrit professor and a true Vaishnav, we were able to print a book with all 700 shlokas of Bhagwad Gita with easy pronounciation in Sanskrit. This book was inaugurated by your God Brother HH Loknath Swami on the day of Gita Jayanti in Damodardesh. I am sending few books with HG Srivallabh prabhu for your blessings on the Vyasa Puja day. We are distributing it free to all who want to read from Devnagri Script. I hope it will help devotees for correct Sanskrit pronounciation of Bhagwad Gita Shlokas.
Now our next project is to come out with a book with easy Sanskrit pronounciation for all stutis mentioned in Srimadbhagwatam. Already typing is done and it is under proof reading (Sample is being send to you Guru Maharaj thru Srivallabh Prabhu).
We are very fortunate souls to get your Holiness as our spiritual master otherwise we would have been absorbed by one or the other materialistic philosophies and never would understand what is our duty and what is the aim of life.
I am finishing my offerings with this prayers of Srila Vishvanath chakravarti thakur :
sāksād-dharitvena samasta-sāstrair
uktas tathä bhävyata eva sadbhih
kintu prabhor yah priya eva tasya
vande guroh sri-caranäravindam
The spiritual master is to be honored as much as the Supreme Lord, because he is the most confidential servitor of the Lord. This is acknowledged in all revealed scriptures and followed by all authorities. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master, who is a bona fide representative of Sri Hari [Krsña].
Your humble servants
Vraja Lila nath Das and Shyama Mohita devi dasi
Damodardesh yatra
To my dear Guru Maharaj,
Please Accept My Humble Obeisances to Your lotus feet.
All Glories to Guru and Gauranga.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupad.
I feel so fortunate that i am your disciple. Furthermore last year you have given me brahminical initiation though i feel i am not at all qualified.
Thank you so much, Gurumaharaj for giving me the mercy.
When You came and visited our yathra last year, I feel very very happy to have Your presence. I really wish you can visit us very often. It is very very painful deep in my heart to see how much of bodily discomforts You are going through all these years. Still you are fighting like a warrior just to follow Your spiritual master's instructions. As i can see you are not at all disturbed about Your body as long as you can deliver all the fallen souls.
Soon You will going through a major surgery, Only thing i as a insignificant disciple is to follow your your instruction and pray hard to Sri sri Radha Madhava and Narasimha dev to protect you in every way possible and recover and come out of it as soon as possible.
As I am the most unqualified spiritual daughter please accept my respectful obeisances again and again, seeking your blessings and mercy so that i can carry on my service to You and Srila Prabhupad until the end of my life in this material world.
Thank you so much, Gurumaharaj,
Your spiritual daughter,
Vrndavana Sundari Devi Dasi
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!
Congratulating you on your 69th successful year in devotional service to the Lord and spreading Kṛṣṇa conscious all over the world. Very thankful to you because you have given me such life in this material world which I can't recognize.you are the sun and moon for me. Please bless the most fallen condition soul so I can continue my service to Guru and Gaurāṅga.
Your servant,
Yogeśa Gopīnātha Dāsa