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Vyāsa-pūjā
2022

Śrīla Prabhupāda's Disciples

Hare Krishna dear Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja,

Please accept our humble obeisances on this most auspicious 73rd anniversary of your appearance!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. 

We heard about your recent trip to the USA and are most inspired by your indefatigable spirit of service at the lotus feet of His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda. 

You are truly empowered for you are traveling and preaching despite your health challenges. 

I quite serendipitously found your handwritten personal note (picture to follow in the next email) to us and another from 1996 (the great Śrīla Prabhupāda centennial year!) and was surprised beyond belief that I had come upon this forgotten treasure. 

I am ever so grateful to you Mahārāja for your loving personal dealings and your kindness upon me always! Both my parents and we were the fortunate recipients of your hospitality and mercy in Māyāpur. The safari boat trip to Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s home was most memorable indeed. 

Your disciples reflect your mood of loving and caring generosity so well and we’re fortunate to have friendship with them. 

Your desire and will to see the TOVP completed in 2024 is a powerful impetus for everyone to do their utmost to make this dream a reality. We’re very grateful for your leadership and blessings. 

We pray that we may all have the good fortune of watching you raise another "jayapatākā", the victory flag for the opening of the TOVP in 2024!!!

Thank you for your shining example of service to Śrīdhāma Māyāpur and the mission of Śrī Śrī Guru and Śrī Śrī Gaurāṅga! May we follow in your footsteps in a mood of humble service. 

Please bless us in our humble attempts to serve the TOVP.

We beg to remain 

Your humble servants,

Ambarīṣa dāsa and Svāhā dāsī 

Dear Jayapatākā Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances on this special day. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, who has made us family.

On this day that your disciples blissfully celebrate Vyāsa-pūjā, I also rejoice at having had the good fortune of meeting you as the outstanding personality and godbrother that you are, and having very kindly shared with me, even if minimally, some GBC service for our Guru Mahārāja.

I did not want the day to pass without expressing my gratitude to you for your abundant kindness to me in our now long-standing relationship.

Hoping this meets you well in the midst of the loving celebration, I remain,

Your admiring servant,

Vīrabāhu Dāsa

Sanyasis

Dear Most Respected HH Jayapataka Swami Guru Maharaja

Please accept my most humble obeisances unto the dust of your divine lotus feet on this most auspicious day of your divine appearance.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

All glories to Your Holiness

His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, revealed the timeless science of Krsna consciousness to the entire world. Following the footsteps of his spiritual master, You are also delivering the very same message of Vyasadeva to the fallen conditioned souls. This is the commitment of all exalted masters in this line. You are the eternal associate of Srila Prabhupada. As a dedicated disciple of Srila Prabhupada, Maharaja, You have taken Srila Prabhupada’s instructions to your heart and soul, you have fulfilled those instructions so expertly in spite of all difficulties. As valiant commander of the army of Srila Prabhupada, you are fearlessly marching forward and attacking the army of Kali. In spite of so many counter attacks by Kali in the form of your severe health issues, he cannot stop you. There is no power in the world who can stop you from spreading Krishna consciousness. Maharaja with your own example you are teaching the entire world how much dedicated and serious we should be for spreading the mission of Lord Caitanya Maharaprabhu. Maharaja, I humbly beg for a drop of your mercy by which I can develop a tinge of this dedication to Srila Prabhupada.

Maharaja from the initial days of my Krishna consciousness, you are guiding and taking care of me. I remember when we were in Mayapur, you were constantly guiding us and engaging us in different ways in different services. Even after we came to Ujjain, you did not deprive us from your unconditional mercy. After the departure of our Guru Maharaja, HH Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaja, you were one of the first devotees to come forward to give us shelter and support. More than us, you were feeling the separation from Guru Maharaja. I heard you could not sleep for many nights. Still you gave us your love, never let us feel alone in his absence, and always protected us from all possible dangers. The love and care which we get from you and your disciples is very inspiring and heart touching.

Maharaja, we are very grateful to you for giving shelter to many devotees from Ujjain by giving them initiation. We are indebted to you for the unlimited mercy you are showering on all of us.

Maharaja, at times when you manifest your ill health pastimes, the devotees become so anxious about you. Devotees in Ujjain regularly pray for your good health and quick recovery. Maharaja, we want your guidance and mercy for many-many years to come. Please bless us with this blessing.

Jay Lord Gauranga.

Thank you very much.

Your unqualified servant,

Bhakti Prema Swami

Dearest Guru Mahāraja,

Please accept my prostrated obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Just like during a war when there is a meeting amongst soldiers, a reflection and appreciation of one another is at hand. The last year has been quite surreal with a plethora of temporal dramas, which are simply sideshows to the real play of bhakti. Guru Mahāraja, again you have acted as an unwavering powerhouse as an aṅga of Mahāprabhu, from your consistent kathās and direction amidst your ongoing health battles, and managerial guidance in a mood of protection and preservence of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. 

What an unwavering back bone you are for the society, solidifying a future direction for all. 

It is one approach to share a ‘technique within devotion’, but you provide a ‘transcendence in realization’ needed for these troubled times; not a platform of acquiescence to the temporal, but firm ground, utilizing the times as a leverage investment in eternal service. Some of us may get distracted by mainstream trifles, but you focus only on a stand of devotion amidst an arena of commotion.

As I write, you have begun your international travels like before; showing us how the ‘impossible is possible.’

As Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mood for preaching while in New York City was ‘You can bury me on the roof top’… his determination was such; similarly, you have imbibed that demeanour pushing onward despite all restraints.

Yes, the times are chaotic, however through you we access the only shelter of eternal service towards the anti material plain. By your grace that trajectory begins now; not a future affair. Thank you for this great opportunity.

Best wishes,

Your most unworthy servant,
Bhaktisiddhanta Swami
United States of America (Gainesville)

Asia
Bangladesh

হে মহান তব গুনগানে

মোর আঁখিদ্বয় হয় সিক্ত,

তুমিই তো সেই পতিতপাবন

বিষয় ভোগেতে রিক্ত।

যাঁহার বদান্যতা তপ্ত রবিকরে ছায়াদায়ি বট বৃক্ষকেও বক্রোক্তি করে,যাহার শ্রীকন্ঠ নিঃসৃত চৈতন্য চরিত বৈষ্ণবগনের চিত্তে রসায়ন স্বরূপ। যিনি তাপক্লিষ্ট জনগণের পরিত্রানে তিতিক্ষামুর্তি

তথা রূপানুগ সম্প্রদায়ের প্রবাহিত আদর্শের দীপ্তিমান ধ্রুবতারা।ভুমিতে লুটিয়ে দন্ডবৎ প্রনতি

অর্পন করছি সেই পরমহংস পরিব্রাজকাচার্য ওঁবিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রীশ্রীমৎ জয়পতাকা স্বামী গুরুমহারাজের শ্রীপাদপদ্মে।নিত্যকাল মহিমান্বিত হোক আপনার মহিমান্বিত ব্যাসপুজা।

গুন মহিমা রচনায়,

শ্রীল জয়পতাকা স্বামী গুরুমহারাজের শ্রীচরনাশ্রিত
শ্রীমান অভয় রাজ তুফান

তাড়িনি কুমার সড়ক,কাউনিয়া,বরিশাল,বাংলাদেশ।

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনিতি নামিনে
নমো আচার্যপাদায় নিতাই কৃপাপ্রদায়িনে গৌরকথা ধামদায় নগর গ্রাম তারিণে।।

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে শ্রীমতে ভক্তিবেদান্ত স্বামীনিতি নামিনে
নমস্তে সারস্বতে দেবে গৌরবাণী প্রচারিণে নির্বিশেষ শূন্যবাদী পাশ্চাত্য দেশ তারিণে।।

শ্রদ্ধেয় শ্রীল গুরু মহারাজ,

কৃপাপূর্বক আপনার শ্রীপাদপদ্মে আমার সশ্রদ্ধ প্রণতি গ্রহণ করুন। আপনার ৭৩ তম ব্যাসপূজা মহা মহোৎসব জয়যুক্ত হোক। জয় শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ! জয় শ্রীল গুরু মহারাজ!

হে পতিতপাবন শ্রীল গুরুদেব,

আপনার মহিমা বর্ণনা করার মতো কোন যোগ্যতা ও উপলব্ধি কোনোটিই আমার নেই। তবুও আপনার আবির্ভাব তিথির এই মহান ক্ষণে আপনাকে আমার হৃদয় থেকে কৃতজ্ঞতা জানাতে চাই। আপনি আমাকে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ, সম্পূর্ণ গুরু পরম্পরা ধারা আর সর্বোপরি শ্রীকৃষ্ণের সাথে যুক্ত করেছেন। কী যে অমূল্য ধন আমি পেয়েছি, তা হয়তো সবসময় উপলব্ধি করতে পারি না, কিন্তু যখন আশেপাশের কৃষ্ণবিমুখ লোকেদের কৃষ্ণ থেকে অনেক অনেক দূরে সরে গিয়ে কেবলমাত্র এই জড়জগত আঁকড়ে ধরে সুখী হওয়ার অলীক স্বপ্ন দেখতে দেখি, তখন সত্যিই কতটা কৃতজ্ঞ বোধ করি জানা নেই। বলতে ইচ্ছে করে বারবার, “ধন্যবাদ গুরু মহারাজ, ধন্যবাদ শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ।”

হে হৃদয়ের রাজ গুরু মহারাজ,

আপনি সর্বদা আমাকে দিক-নির্দেশনা দিয়ে যাচ্ছেন। কোন সমস্যা, সংশয় বা প্রশ্ন যাই মনে মনে চিন্তা করি না কেন, হয়তো কখনও সাহস করে জিজ্ঞেসও করে উঠতে পারি না, কিন্তু আপনি আপনার উদ্ধৃতি, প্রবচন, গ্রন্থ বা কোন ভক্তের মাধ্যমে সেই সময়েই আমাকে সব আশঙ্কা থেকে মুক্ত করেন। বিগত দিনগুলিতে এটিই কেবলমাত্র আমার ধারণা ছিল। সম্প্রতি কিছু অভিজ্ঞতা থেকে বুঝলাম আপনি আসন্ন প্রতিকূলতা বা সমস্যার সমাধানও প্রদান করে দেন আগে থেকেই। আপনি সর্বদাই আমাদের নিয়ে চিন্তিত।

আপনি নিজে শারীরিকভাবে সুস্থ অনুভব না করা সত্ত্বেও কেবলমাত্র আমাদের খুশি রাখতে, আমাদের আপনার সাথে যুক্ত রাখতে গভীর রাত হয়ে যাওয়ার পরও প্রবচন, প্রশ্নোত্তর পর্ব, জুমে দর্শন চালিয়ে যান। এত করুণা আর কে প্রদান করবে? আপনি নিজেকে সর্বতোভাবে আমাদের নিকট প্রদান করে চলেছেন।

হে নিতাই কৃপাপ্রদায়িনে,

আপনি আপনার নিজ দৃষ্টান্তের মাধ্যমে বারংবার প্রদর্শন করছেন, কিভাবে গুরু-কৃষ্ণের সেবায় নিজেকে সর্বতোভাবে নিবেদন করতে হয়, কিভাবে দেহগত চিন্তার ঊর্ধ্বে উঠতে হয়, কিভাবে সর্বক্ষণ শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য মহাপ্রভুর লীলারসে ডুবে থাকতে হয়, কিভাবে সবকিছুর মধ্যেই কৃষ্ণকে দর্শন করতে হয়, কিভাবে নিজের সাধনায় অবিচল থাকতে হয়, কিভাবে গুরুদেবের নির্দেশ ঐকান্তিকতা সহকারে পালন করতে হয়, কিভাবে সর্বক্ষণ প্রচার করতে হয়, কিভাবে বদ্ধ জীবদের কৃপা করতে হয়, কিভাবে কর্তব্যকর্ম অব্যাহত রাখতে হয়। আপনি নিজে আচরণ করে আমাদের শিক্ষা দিচ্ছেন প্রতিনিয়ত।

কোনরকম যোগ্যতা, শুদ্ধতা, মনোভাব না থাকার পরেও আপনি আমাকে আপনার সেবায় যুক্ত থাকার সুযোগ প্রদান করেছেন। আপনি ভালোভাবেই জানেন, আপনার এই নগণ্য, অযোগ্য সন্তানকে আপনার হাতছাড়া করলে মায়ার সমুদ্রে হাবুডুবু করা ছাড়া তার আর কোন উপায় থাকবে না। পিতা যেমন তার অযোগ্য সন্তানের প্রতি অধিক স্নেহশীল, আপনিও তেমনই আপনার এই অযোগ্য কন্যার প্রতি অধিক কৃপাময়, একইসাথে চিন্তিতও।

“শ্রীবিগ্রহারাধন নিত্য নানা শৃঙ্গার তন্মন্দিরমার্জনাদৌ
যুক্তস্য ভক্তাংশ্চ নিযুঞ্জতোহপি বন্দে গুরু শ্রী চরণারবিন্দ।।”

আপনি অত্যন্ত কৃপাপরবশ হয়ে আমাকে শ্রীবিগ্রহসেবা করার সুযোগ দিয়েছেন। একটি প্রবচনে শুনছিলাম, আমাদের নিজেদের ইচ্ছার কারণে আমরা বিগ্রহ গৃহে আনয়ন বা সেবা করতে পারি না। কেবলমাত্র গুরুদেব সেই ইচ্ছার সঞ্চার করেন বলেই তা সম্ভব হয়। আমার কোন আগ্রহ বা যোগ্যতা না থাকার পরেও আপনি আমাকে সেই মহামূল্য সুযোগ প্রদান করেছেন।

গুরুদেব,

এত করুণা, এত কৃপা পাওয়া সত্ত্বেও আমার বৈষ্ণব দোষ দর্শনরূপ দুর্দৈব এতই প্রবল যে, তা আমাকে ভক্তিতে স্থির হতে দিচ্ছে না। যখন আপনার বরিষ্ঠ ভক্তদের কাছ থেকে তাদের উপলব্ধি শ্রবণ করি, তখন সত্যিই নিজের অধঃপতিত স্থিতি ও আমি যে আপনার উপর একটি বোঝা তা বুঝতে পারি। সত্যিই আমি আপনার উপর থেকে সেই বোঝা কমাতে চাই। আপনি শারীরিক অসুস্থতার মধ্যেও আপনার প্রবচন, প্রতি মাসের শুরুতে বিশেষ বার্তা পাঠানো, জেপিএস ই-কেয়ার মাধ্যমে ভক্তদের যত্ন নেওয়া, ইমেইলে ভক্তদের ব্যক্তিগত সমস্যার সমাধান করা- সব অব্যাহত রেখেছেন। আর আমি এতই হতভাগা যে, আপনার সকল প্রবচনে আমি অংশগ্রহণ করি না, মনোযোগ দিয়ে শ্রবণ করি না। আমি যে এখনও ভক্তিজীবনে টিকে আছি, তা কেবলমাত্র আপনার প্রার্থনার জন্যই। আমার কোন ভক্তিবল নেই। প্রতিষ্ঠাশা, নাম, যশ, উপাধি, লোকদেখানো ভক্তি - এই সবেতে ভর দিয়ে আমি দাঁড়িয়ে আছি।

গুরু মহারাজ,

আমাকে কৃপা করুন যেন আপনার দেওয়া সমস্ত নির্দেশনা উপলব্ধি করে তা পালন করতে পারি। আপনার মনোভাব যেন হৃদয়ে ধারণ করে ভক্তিতে ঐকান্তিক হতে পারি আর অন্যদেরও সাহায্য করতে পারি। আমি কেবলমাত্র আপনাকে আশ্রয় করতে চাই। আমার এই সম্পূর্ণ জীবন যেন কেবলমাত্র আপনার সেবায় নিয়োজিত করতে পারি আর একসময় কৃষ্ণকে ভালোবাসতে পারি। যদি আমি কখনও কিছু ভালো করতে পারি, তার কৃতিত্ব যেন আপনার শ্রীপাদপদ্মে নিবেদন করতে পারি। সব উপাধির বাসনা থেকে মুক্ত হয়ে সর্বক্ষণ কৃষ্ণচিন্তা করতে পারি। মায়ার বিরুদ্ধে এই লড়াইয়ে এই অধমের আপনি ছাড়া কোন আশা নেই।

আপনার নিত্য সেবিকা হওয়ার আকাঙ্ক্ষী

আপনার অধম, অযোগ্য পারমার্থিক কন্যা,

আনন্দময়ী কলাবতী দেবী দাসী (দীক্ষা)

নারায়ণগঞ্জ, বাংলাদেশ।

শ্রীশ্রীগুরুগৌরাঙ্গৌ জয়তঃ

নম ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে।

শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনিতি নামিনে।।

নমঃ আচার্যপাদায় নিতাইকৃপা প্রদায়িনে।
গৌরকথা ধামদায় নগরগ্রাম তারিণে।।
নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে।
শ্রীমতে ভক্তিবেদান্ত স্বামীনিতি নামিনে।।

নমস্তে স্বারস্বতে দেবে গৌরবাণী প্রচারিনে।
নির্বিশেষ-শূন্যবাদী পাশ্চাত্যদেশ তারিণে।।

পতিতপাবন শ্রীল জয়পতাকা স্বামী গুরুমহারাজ এর ৭৩ তম শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথি ও ব্যাসপুজা মহোৎসব জয়যুক্ত হোক। এই শুভক্ষণ উপলক্ষে, গুরুমহারাজের চরণাশ্রিত দীন সেবক এর আপনার চরণে ক্ষুদ্র নিবেদনঃ

মোর সম পতিত প্রভু, না পাইবে আর

হে গুরুমহারাজ,

বৈষ্ণব’মুখে শুনেছি- পুরাকালে শিষ্যরা তাঁদের গুরুদেবের কাছে গিয়ে গুরুকূলে অবস্থানপূর্বক ভক্তিজীবনের শিক্ষা গ্রহণ করতেন। গুরু শিষ্যের এই শিক্ষা নিয়ে নিয়ে কত কত মধুর লীলাই না আছে। তাঁরা গুরুদেবের বপু-সেবা ও বাণীসেবার মাধ্যমে শরণাগতি প্রাপ্তির চেষ্টা করতেন। বিনম্রতার সহিত সেবাকার্যে গুরুদেবকে সাহায্য করে যোগ্য শিষ্যগণ ভগবত-প্রশ্ন করার মাধ্যমে গুরুমহারাজের সন্তুষ্টি বিধান পুর্বক ভক্তিরসামৃত আস্বাদন করতেন। অথচ, জন্মজন্মান্তরের অর্জিত অসীম পাপরাশির ভারে ভারাক্রান্ত আমি এমন এক যুগে আপনার দর্শন পেয়েছি যখন সে সুযোগ আর নেই। তবে, এর জন্য তিলার্দ্ধ দুঃখ আমার মনে নেই। কেননাঃ আপনার কৃপায় আমি আপনার প্রতিনিধি হিসেবে আমার জীবনের সবচেয়ে শ্রেষ্ঠ সম্পদ, আমার শিক্ষাগুরুকে পেয়েছি। আপনার সেবায় এমন অহৈতুকি ও অপ্রতিহত ভাবে যুক্ত আপনার অগ্রগণ্য শিষ্যকে আমার মত নরাধমের জন্য প্রেরণ করে আপনি আমার উপর যে কৃপাবারী বর্ষিত করেছেন তা নেহায়েত আপনার করুণা ভিন্ন অন্য কিছু নয়। অথচ, আমি এত সহস্র ছিদ্রযুক্ত পাত্র যার সেই কৃপা ধারণের কোন ক্ষমতা নেই। আমাকে ক্ষমা করুন।

হে প্রভুপাদ সেবক,

আপনি শ্রীলপ্রভুপাদের সেই অগ্রগণ্য সেনাপতি যিনি প্রচারার্থে অসহ্য পীড়াকে মহাদেবের হলাহল পানের মত করে সহ্য করে চলেছেন, যার বেশিরভাগের জন্য দায়ী একমাত্র আমি। আমার শিক্ষাগুরু তাঁর প্রতি শিখনেই উল্লেখ করতেন, “গুরুমহারাজের হৃদয়কে অনুধাবন করার চেষ্টা কর। তুমি কতটুকু তা করতে পারছ, তাঁর উপর নির্ভর করবে তুমি কতটা ভাল ভক্তিজীবন পালন করতে পারবে, কিংবা আদৌ ভক্তি জীবন পালন করতে পারবে কিনা।” আমি অবাক হয়ে যাই গুরুমহারাজঃ যার শিষ্য এতটা উন্নত চেতনার অধিকারী, সহনশীল ও জয়পতাকাগতপ্রাণ, তিনি নিজে কতটা প্রভুপাদ্গত প্রাণ! অথচ, আমি সেই কীট, যে কিনা নিয়ত তাঁর আশা-আকাঙ্ক্ষা ধূলিসাৎ করে তাঁর চরণে তথা আপনার চরণে অপরাধ করেই চলেছি।

হে পতিতপাবন,

আপনাকে আমি স্বচক্ষে দেখেছি শুধুই একবার, তাও দূর থেকে। আপনার সুযোগ পেলেই “গৌরাঙ্গ” বলে হুঙ্কার করার প্রত্যয় সেইবার আমার হৃদয় বিদীর্ণ করেছিল। কিন্তু এই হৃদয় এতই পাষাণ যে, আপনার গৌরাঙ্গ নামরুপ লাঙ্গলের কর্ষণ সত্ত্বেও তাতে হরিনামের ভক্তিলতা বীজ জন্মায় নি। আমার শিক্ষাগুরু আমাকে বারংবার বলতেন, “গুরুমহারাজ এর অমৃতবাণী হৃদয় দিয়ে শ্রবণ কর। তোমার যদি সবটা মনে নাও থাকে, তথাপি তুমি যদি মন দিয়ে শ্রদ্ধার সহিত গুরুমহারাজের মুখনিসৃত পদ্মবাক্য শ্রবন কর। তা হলেই ঠিক সময়ে তা তোমার মনে পড়বে।” কিন্তু হে গুরুমহারাজ, আমি জগাই মাধায়ের চাইতেও সেই নিম্নযোনীজাত কুকুর, যার পাপ কার্যের সময় তা মনে পড়েও কোন অনুভূতি জাগে না। দুষ্কৃতির পরে মিছে মায়ায় কিয়দক্ষণ এর অস্থায়ী আফসোসেই তা প্রতিনিয়ত পর্যবাসিত হয়।

হে নিতাইকৃপা প্রদানকারী,

আমি সেই আপনার সেই কুলাঙ্গার পুত্র যার আপনার মহিমা অনুধাবনেরই কোন যোগ্যতা নেই, মহিমা বর্ণন তো দুরের কথা। তাই, আপনার এই ৭৩ তম ব্যসপুজার মহালগ্নে আমার একমাত্র নিবেদন- আপনার অসুস্থ লীলার মাধ্যমে আপানি যেভাবে আমাদের স্তিমিত ভক্তিশিখায় ঘৃত প্রদান করে থাকেন, ঠিক সেইভাবে প্রত্যক্ষরুপে আমার শিক্ষাগুরুকে তাঁর জীবনের নতুন আশ্রমে ভক্তিজীবন পালনে ততটাই সহায়তা করুন, যেন তাঁর সর্বদাই আপানর মহিমা ও আপানকে মনে থাকে এবং কখনোই যেন তিনি আপনাকে না ভুলে যান।

জয় পতিতপাবন শ্রীল জয়পতাকা স্বামী গুরুমহারাজ।

জয় শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ।

বিনীত নিবেদক,
অন্তু দত্ত
জগন্নাথ হল, ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়।

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীন্ ইতি নামিনে।
নমো আচার্যপাদায় নিতাইকৃপা প্রদায়িনে
গৌরকথা ধামধায় নগরগ্রাম তারিণে।।

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে ভক্তিবেদান্ত স্বামীন্ ইতি নামিনে।
নমস্তে সারস্বতে দেবে গৌরবাণী প্রচারিণে
নির্বিশেষ শূণ্যবাদী পাশ্চাত্যদেশ তারিণে।।

প্রিয় গুরুমহারাজ,

কৃপাপূর্বক আপনার শ্রীচরণকমলে আমার সশ্রদ্ধ প্রণতি গ্রহণ করুন। কৃষ্ণকৃপাশ্রীমূর্তি শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের জয় হোক! পতিতপাবন গুরু মহারাজ, আপনার জয় হোক! আপনার ৭৩-তম ব্যাসপূজা মহামহোৎসব জয়যুক্ত হোক!

গুরুমহারাজ, আপনার করুনার কথা আজীবন স্মরনে থাকবে, আপনি কৃপার সাগর। আপনি নিজের জীবন দিয়েও সবাইকে কৃপা করেন। যে কিনা আপনাকে পৃথিবী থেকে সরিয়ে ফেলতে চেষ্টা করেছিল আপনি তাকেও ক্ষমা করে দেন! এহেন গুরু পেয়েও কেন আমার পারমার্থিক কাজের প্রতি আগ্রহ নেই জানিনা। সব সময় আমার লক্ষ্য নাম ও যশের প্রতি। গুরুমহারাজ, আপনার ফেইসবুকে সরাসরি প্রবচন, ভিডিও বার্তা গ্রন্থ এবং অন্যান্য সামাজিক যোগাযোগের মাধ্যমের দ্বারা আমরা যে উপকার পেয়েছি তা ভাষায় প্রকাশ করা সম্ভব না। আপনার কৃপাতে আমার ৩টা কন্যা সন্তান, তাদের ২ জন অপনার দীক্ষিত এবং অন্যজন একদোশী ও জপ করে। তারা যদি তাদের অর্জিত বিদ্যা (পড়াশোনা) শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের সেবায় লাগাতে পারে তাহলে আমি খুবই খুশি হবো। আমার দুর্ভাগ্য যে আমি তেমন কোন সেবামূলক কাজ করতে পারি না। সকালে মঙ্গল আরতিও সময়মতো করতে পারি না। আমার প্রভু আর আমি প্রতিদিন ভাগবতম পড়তে আর বিভিন্ন প্রবচন শ্রবনের চেষ্টা করছি। আমাদের এখানে খুলনা মন্দির থেকে প্রতি সপ্তাহে ভক্তি বৃক্ষের ক্লাস হয় । আমরা মাঝে মধ্যে আমাদের গৃহে ক্লাসের আয়োজন করি। আপনার কৃপাতে আমাদের বাড়ির পাশেই এখানে ছোটদের পারমার্থি ক্লাসের আয়োজনের করা হয়েছিল। কিন্তু করোনাকালীন সময় আসার ফলে ক্লাসটা আর চালিয়ে নেওয়া সম্ভব হয়নি। হে গুরুদেব আমাদের আশীর্বাদ করবেন যেন আমরা আপনার আদর্শগুলো গ্রহন করতে পারি এবং কৃষ্ণভাবনাময় হতে পারি । আমার দুঃখ এটাই আপনার মতো সদগুরু পেয়েও তার আদর্শ গ্রহন করতে পারছি না। আমাদের গুরুদেব যিনি অসুস্থ হয়েও ক্লাস দেন, প্রচার করেন, উইল চেয়ারে বসেও গঙ্গা স্নান করেন, যিনি ভগবানের নিত্য সেবক- এমন শিশুর মতো সরল আর করুনার প্রতিমূর্তিকে নিজের গুরু হিসেবে পেয়েও আমার হৃদয় পরিবর্তন হলো না।

ভগবানের চরনে নিবেদন তিনি যেন আপনাকে দীর্ঘজীবন ও সুস্বাস্থ্য শরীর দান করেন ; আপনাকে দেওয়া দীক্ষার সময়ের প্রতিজ্ঞা আমারা যথাযথভাবে পালন করতে পারি- এটাই প্রার্থনা।

আপনার নগন্য পারমার্থিক কন্যা

অপরাজিতা দেবকী দেবী দাসী (দীক্ষা শিষ্যা, খুলনা, বাংলাদেশ।)

শ্রদ্ধাঞ্জলি

ছিলাম আমি অজ্ঞানের ঘন আঁধারে
কৃষ্ণ কৃপা করিলেন মোরে তারিবারে।

পাঠালেন নিজদূত ভক্ত শিক্ষাগুরু
হরিনাম অার গ্রন্থ পাঠেতে ভকতি হল শুরু।।

কোন এক ক্ষণে নিজ হাতে তিনি সঁপিলেন তুয়া চরণে,
অাশ্রয় লইয়া পবিত্র হলাম কায়া,চিন্তা, মননে।

শুনিলাম তব অমিয় বাণী, হেরিয়া তব শ্রীরূপ
সেক্ষণে বুঝিলাম তুলিবেন টানি হতে জড় অন্ধকূপ।

কেমন লভিভে কৃষ্ণপ্রেম সবে, তাই হৃদয়ে আঁকা
প্রভুপাদ তাই দিলেন তব নাম জয়পাতাকা।

দিন ভর মজি ভক্ত সেবায় বিলাইছেন গৌরকথা,
নিজ আচরিয়া শিখাইলেন সবে প্রেমভক্তির গাঁথা।

গুরুমহারাজ তব কত করুণা পারিব না মুখে বলি
আজি শুভ ব্যাসপূজা তিথিতে লও এ অধমের শ্রদ্ধাঞ্জলি।

Devapriya Govinda Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Puṇḍarīka dhāma, Caṭṭagrāma, Bangladesh

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

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.
All glories to You and Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Guru Mahārāja, Today is your 73rd auspicious appearance day, Vyāsa-pūjā ceremony.
You have appeared to make us happy. You are wonderfully merciful. Even most fallen creature like me have obtained your mercy. You are trying to save me from the most dangerous hellish condition. You are trying to give me real pleasure of serving Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi. You are trying to help me in all aspects. But I have no love for you. Only I say that I want to love you, although I don’t have such feelings.

You are staying with us with great physical obstacles only to make us happy. You are staying with us to make us Kṛṣṇa conscious. When you say that you love us very much, I feel that that you are revealing your heart. You are a faithful servant of Śrīla Prabhupāda. To fulfill your spiritual master’s wishes you are still working so hard.

You are a real lover of Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi. For Their loving service you have sacrificed your life and inspiring many devotees to sacrifice their lives for Their loving service.

Your heart is full of compassion. You are distributing the causeless mercy of Lord Nityānanda to everyone.

But I am so fallen that I can’t love you. I want to love you more and more.

Please bless me so that I can love you.

Please bless me so that I can love Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Please bless me so that I can love Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi.

Please bless me so that I can love Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava.

Please bless me so that I can love all the devotees.

Please bless me so that I can love everything related Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava.
Please pardon me for my numerous offences.

Your fallen spiritual son,
Dvijanātha Gaurāṅga Dāsa,
Sylhet, Bangladesh.

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীন্ ইতি নামিনে
নমো আচার্যপাদায় নিতাইকৃপা প্রদায়িনে
গৌরকথা ধামধায় নগরগ্রাম তারিণে।।

প্রিয় পারমার্থিক পিতা,

আমার সশ্রদ্ধ প্রণতি গ্রহণ করুন!

আপনার ব্যাসপূজায় আমি আমার বিনম্র শ্রদ্ধার্ঘ্য নিবেদন করতে প্রয়াস করছি

আপনি আমাকে কৃপাসিক্ত করেছেন, আমাকে জড়জাগতিক বদ্ধজীবন- জন্মমৃত্যুর চক্রের অন্ধকূপ থেকে উদ্ধার করেছেন এবং অগণিত আশীর্বাদ প্রদান করেছেন আপনি শ্রীচৈতন্য মহাপ্রভুর বাণী প্রতি নগরাদি গ্রামে প্রচার করার জন্যে অশেষ ঝুঁকি এবং সীমাহীন কষ্টস্বীকার করেছেনআমি এই ভেবে অন্ধ ছিলাম যে, ইন্দ্রিয়তৃপ্তিই জীবনের মূল লক্ষ্য কিন্তু আপনি আমাদের প্রদর্শন করেছেন যে কীভাবে শ্রীশ্রী রাধামাধব, শ্রীচৈতন্য মহাপ্রভুর সেবা করাই জীবনের প্রকৃত লক্ষ্য, এবং পরমেশ্বর ভগবানই একমাত্র আশ্রয় তাই এভাবেই আপনি আমাদের জীবনের প্রকৃত অর্থ আনন্দ প্রদান করেছেন

গত ১৪ বছরে আপনি অনেক স্বাস্থ্য সংক্রান্ত প্রতিকূলতার সম্মুখীন হয়েছেন এবং তা স্বত্বেও আপনি আপনার গুরুদেব প্রদও নির্দেশনাসমূহ পালন করার চেষ্টা চালিয়ে যাচ্ছেন

আপনার পরিভ্রমণ দিনগুলো বেশ কঠিন হয়ে পড়েছে কিন্তুু আপনি মায়ার কবল থেকে বদ্ধ জীবদের উদ্ধার করার জন্য সর্বদা প্রস্তুত, সেটি ভেবে আমি চির কৃতজ্ঞ

আমি রাধামাধব অষ্টসখী, মায়াপুর চন্দ্র, পঞ্চতত্ত্ব এবং প্রহ্লাদ নরসিংহদেবের নিকট এই প্রার্থনা করি আপনি যেন সুস্থ থাকেন আর আমরা যেন আপনাকে আরো দীর্ঘদিন আমাদের মাঝে পাই আপনাকে হে গুরুদেব

আপনি বৈদিক তারামণ্ডলের বৃদ্ধি, নবদ্বীপ মণ্ডল পরিক্রমা গৌরমণ্ডল ভূমির উন্নয়ন এবং কোন না কোন পন্থায় সারস্বত শিষ্যপরম্পরাকে একত্রিতকরণ, কৃষ্ণভাবনার প্রসারকে অসীম বিবর্ধন এবং শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ প্রদও আরো অনেক নির্দেশনা বাস্তবায়ন করছেন আপনি চিন্ময় সাহিত্যসমূহ জনগণের মাঝে বিতরণ,সকল শিষ্য-শিষ্যা,শুভাকাঙ্ক্ষী, শুভানুধ্যায়ীদের প্রযত্ন এবং নির্দেশনা প্রদান করছেন যেন শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের মনোভিলাষ পূরনার্থে তাঁরা আপনাকে সহায়তা করতে পারে এবং আরো অন্যান্য সেবায় যত্নবান হয় বাণী প্রচারে উপযোগী হয়

নিত্যানন্দ প্রভু অত্যন্ত কৃপালু তিনি কারও যোগ্যতা বিচার করে দেখেন না তদ্রুপ আপনিও কৃপাবারি বিতরণে অত্যন্ত উদার অকাতরে সবাইকে কৃষ্ণপ্রেম প্রদান করছেনআমি আপনার শ্রীচরণ লাভের আকাঙ্খী হয়ে আপনার কৃপা প্রাপ্ত হতে অভিলাষ করি

আমাকে এই গভীর অন্ধকারাচ্ছন্ন বদ্ধ জীবদ্দশা থেকে আপনার সেই অমৃতরূপ কৃপাবলে ভক্তিমূলক সেবাকার্যে অবিরতভাবে যুক্ত থাকতে আমাকে আশীর্বাদ প্রদান করুন ওহে গুরুদেব” - আমাকে কৃপাবিন্দু দান করুন

আপনি প্রতি নগরাদি গ্রামে শ্রীচৈতন্য মহাপ্রভুর বাণী প্রচার করছেন আপনার আবির্ভাবের এই পূণ্য তিথিতে আমি আপনার কৃপাভিক্ষা করি

আপনার অযোগ্য সন্তান

গোপবন্ধু গোবিন্দ দাস (dīkṣā)
নারায়ণগঞ্জ, বাংলাদেশ

Dearest Guru Maharaj,

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma on your lotus feet. Please accept my respectful obeisance. I just tried to offer you a homage in this 72nd Vyāsa-pūjā. Please forgive me Guru Maharaj with your kindness for my mistakes which I have made in my homage. Guru Maharaj I am very excited to engage myself with some devotional services like Book Distributions, Collection of Śrīmad Bhagvad-gītā, Devotees Caring etc. I want your blessing for fulfilling my such devotional services. Take care of yourself Guru Maharaj. We need you for a long, long time.

Greetings for Vyāsa-pūjā’2022 Guru Maharaj. Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda! Jaya Śrī Śrī Gaur Nitāi! and Jaya Śrī Kṛṣṇa!

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare

Your spiritual son,

Jīvana Nitāi Gaura Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Bangladesh (Noakhali)

অগ্রে প্রণতি জ্ঞাপন করি গুরুপদে

ভূলন্ঠিত দন্ডবৎ করি এই অনুক্ষণে ।।

অধম পতিত আমি ওহে গুরুদেব

দন্তে তৃণ করি দাঁড়ায় এই মনোবেশ ।।

শুভ দিনে শুভ ক্ষণে হইলে আর্বিভাব

উদ্ধার করিতে কোটি জীবেরে সব ।।

নিত্যানন্দ প্রিয় পাত্র অতি মনোহর

গৌরপ্রেম প্রচারে সর্ব অগ্রসর ।।

নামহট্ট, ভক্তিবৃক্ষ সকল প্রচারের ধারা

সুপ্রতিষ্ঠিত হইল সব আপনার দ্বারা ।।

পূর্বতন আচার্যের অভিলাষ করিতে পূরণ

সর্বক্ষণ প্রচার করছেন হে মহাজন ।।

নিত্যানন্দের অভিলাষ করিতে প্রকাশ 

অদ্ভূত মন্দিরআজ হইছে বিকাশ ।।

গৌর মন্ডলের যত বৈষ্ণব ধাম

পূর্ণরূপে

Kanan Dāsī (Narayanganj - Bangladesh)

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীন্ ইতি নামিনে।
নমো আচার্যপাদায় নিতাইকৃপা প্রদায়িনে
গৌরকথা ধামধায় নগরগ্রাম তারিণে।।

প্রিয় গুরুদেব,

আপনার শ্রীপাদপদ্মে শতকোটি প্রণাম গ্রহন করুন শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের জয় হোক। আপনার শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথি জয়যুক্ত হোক।

হে গুরুদের,আমি নিজেকে খুবই সৌভাগ্যবতী মনে করি কারন আপনি আমার পিতা।এর পরেও তার পূর্ণ সদ্ব্যব্যবহার আমি করতে পারি না।তার জন্য আমি আপনার কাছে ক্ষমা প্রার্থী।আমি যখনই কোনো দ্বিধা-দ্বন্দ্বের বা সমস্যার সম্মুখীন হই তখনই আপনি আমাকে তা থেকে উত্তোলন করেন জাদুকর এর মতো। আপনি সত্যিই আমাদের ম্যাজিকম্যান।

আপনি আমাকে মন্দির নির্মাণের মতো বড় সেবার জন্য পড়াশোনা করতে বলেছেন।আমি প্রায় সময়ই অসুস্থ থাকি এবং পারিবারিক সমস্যার কারণে পড়াশোনাতে কিছুটা সমস্যা হচ্ছে। তবুও আমি চেষ্টা করছি আপনার আদেশ পালন করতে।

আপনি সব প্রায় সময়ই বড়দির স্বপ্নে আসতেন, তখন আমি ভাবতাম কবে আপনি আমার স্বপ্নে আসবেন।তারপর আপনি বেশ কয়েকবার এসেছিলেন আমার স্বপ্নে।

একটি স্বপ্নে আমি কোনো কারনে অনেক কান্না করছিলাম আর আপনি তখন বললেন, “I am always with you”. গুরুদেব আপনি সর্বদাই আমার সাথে থাকেন তা আমি সবসময়ই অনুভব করি।

আপনি আবারো স্বপ্নে এসেছিলেন, আমাকে আর বড়দিকে একসাথে দীক্ষা প্রদান করছেন।আপনি স্বপ্নে এসে আমাকে আর বড়দিকে জপ মালা দিয়েছিলেন। কিন্তু নাম নাম দেননি।আমি চাই আপনি বাস্তবে আমাদের দীক্ষা প্রদান করুন একসাথে।

হে গুরুদেব,আপনি আমাকে আশীর্বাদ করুন আমি যেনো আপনাকে কখনো ভুলে না যাই এবং আপনাকে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এর সেবায় সাহায্য করতে পারি। আপনি দয়া করে কখনো আমাদের ছেড়ে চলে যাবেন না।আপনি সর্বশ্রেষ্ঠ পিতা।নিজের যত্ন নিবেন।আপনাকে আমাদের প্রয়োজন।

আপনার জয় হোক।

শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এর জয় হোক।

আপনার শ্রীপাদপদ্মের নিত্য সেবা অভিলাষী

কানন দাসী (চরণাশ্রিত)

নারায়ণগঞ্জ, বাংলাদেশ

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীন্ ইতি নামিনে।
নমো আচার্যপাদায় নিতাইকৃপা প্রদায়িনে
গৌরকথা ধামধায় নগরগ্রাম তারিণে।।

প্রিয় গুরুদেব,

আপনার শ্রীপাদপদ্মে শতকোটি প্রণাম গ্রহন করুন শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের জয় হোক। আপনার শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথি জয়যুক্ত হোক।

হে গুরুদের,আমি নিজেকে খুবই সৌভাগ্যবতী মনে করি কারন আপনি আমার পিতা।এর পরেও তার পূর্ণ সদ্ব্যব্যবহার আমি করতে পারি না।তার জন্য আমি আপনার কাছে ক্ষমা প্রার্থী।আমি যখনই কোনো দ্বিধা-দ্বন্দ্বের বা সমস্যার সম্মুখীন হই তখনই আপনি আমাকে তা থেকে উত্তোলন করেন জাদুকর এর মতো। আপনি সত্যিই আমাদের ম্যাজিকম্যান।

আপনি আমাকে মন্দির নির্মাণের মতো বড় সেবার জন্য পড়াশোনা করতে বলেছেন।আমি প্রায় সময়ই অসুস্থ থাকি এবং পারিবারিক সমস্যার কারণে পড়াশোনাতে কিছুটা সমস্যা হচ্ছে। তবুও আমি চেষ্টা করছি আপনার আদেশ পালন করতে।

আপনি সব প্রায় সময়ই বড়দির স্বপ্নে আসতেন, তখন আমি ভাবতাম কবে আপনি আমার স্বপ্নে আসবেন।তারপর আপনি বেশ কয়েকবার এসেছিলেন আমার স্বপ্নে।

একটি স্বপ্নে আমি কোনো কারনে অনেক কান্না করছিলাম আর আপনি তখন বললেন, “I am always with you”. গুরুদেব আপনি সর্বদাই আমার সাথে থাকেন তা আমি সবসময়ই অনুভব করি।

আপনি আবারো স্বপ্নে এসেছিলেন, আমাকে আর বড়দিকে একসাথে দীক্ষা প্রদান করছেন।আপনি স্বপ্নে এসে আমাকে আর বড়দিকে জপ মালা দিয়েছিলেন। কিন্তু নাম নাম দেননি।আমি চাই আপনি বাস্তবে আমাদের দীক্ষা প্রদান করুন একসাথে।

হে গুরুদেব,আপনি আমাকে আশীর্বাদ করুন আমি যেনো আপনাকে কখনো ভুলে না যাই এবং আপনাকে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এর সেবায় সাহায্য করতে পারি। আপনি দয়া করে কখনো আমাদের ছেড়ে চলে যাবেন না।আপনি সর্বশ্রেষ্ঠ পিতা।নিজের যত্ন নিবেন।আপনাকে আমাদের প্রয়োজন।

আপনার জয় হোক।

শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এর জয় হোক।

আপনার শ্রীপাদপদ্মের নিত্য সেবা অভিলাষী

কানন দাসী(চরণাশ্রিত)

নারায়ণগঞ্জ, বাংলাদেশ

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীন্ ইতি নামিনে।
নমো আচার্যপাদায় নিতাইকৃপা প্রদায়িনে
গৌরকথা ধামধায় নগরগ্রাম তারিণে।।

হে পরমারাধ্য গুরু মহারাজ,

আপনার পদ্ম চরনে আমার শতকোটি প্রনাম গ্রহণ করুন। এই জগতে আপনার শুভ আবির্ভাব সর্বজয়যুক্ত হোক।

হে গুরুদেব,

আপনার ঋণ আমি কখনো শোধ করতে পারব না। এই জড়জগত ক্লেশপূর্ণ। আপনি জানেন একটি ঘটনা আমাকে কতটা ভেঙ্গে দিতে পারতো। কিন্তু আপনি আমাকে এমনভাবে আগলে রেখেছেন যেন আমি কোনো অবস্থাতেই কষ্ট অনুভব না করি। ঘটনাটি আমাকে বারবার ভাবিয়েছে আপনি আমার পাশে সবসময় আছেন। আমার জীবনে আপনার গুরুত্ব আমাকে বুঝিয়েছেন।আমার হৃদয়টাকে আপনি এমনভাবে জোড়া লাগিয়েছেন যেন সেটি কোনোভাবেই ব্যথা অনুভব না করে। আপনি আমাকে একটি মেসেজের উত্তরে বলেছিলেন (আমার প্রিয় কান্তা দাস) আমি এই ঘটনার পর প্রতি মূহূর্তে অনুভব করতে পেরেছি, সত্যিই আপনার সন্তানরা কতটা প্রিয় আপনার কাছে।

হে বার্ষভানবী-মুরারীর প্রাণধন,

আপনার আশীর্বাদে আমরা কয়েকজন ভক্ত একত্রে গত ডিসেম্বর ২০২১ আপনার আরাধ্য প্রাণধন শ্রীশ্রী বার্ষভানবী মুরারী - গৌরসুন্দরের কাছে যাওয়ার সৌভাগ্য লাভ করি হ্যাঁ এর আগেও বেশ কয়েকবার আমি শ্রীশ্রী পুন্ডরীকধামে গিয়েছি,তবে ধামের মাহাত্ম্য কোনোদিন এত বিস্তারিতভাবে অনুভব করার সৌভাগ্য আমার কখনো হয়নি। কিন্তু ডিসেম্বরে আমি যখন যাই তখন প্রতিটা মুহূর্তে এটাই অনুভব করেছি আপনি বার্ষভানবীর কাছে আমার জন্য কীভাবে প্রার্থনা করেন।বার্ষভানবী-মুরারী গৌরসুন্দর এবং তাদের সেবক-সেবিকাদের থেকে পাওয়া এত ভালোবাসা কখনোই আমার পাওয়ার যোগ্যতা নেই। এই সবকিছু আমি অনুভব করেছি বা বার্ষভানবী-মুরারী গৌরসুন্দরের এতটা ভালবাসা পেয়েছি শুধুমাত্র আপনার আশীর্বাদের মাধ্যমে। প্রতিটা মূহুর্ত আমাকে এটাই বুঝিয়েছে আপনি আপনার এত ব্যস্ততার মধ্যেও আমার জন্য কখনো প্রার্থনা করতে ভুলে যাননা।

হে গুরুমহারাজ,

আমি শ্রদ্ধার্ঘ্য লিখা শুরু করার একটু আগেই, মা ভাগবতম্ প্রভুপাদ তাৎপর্যে পড়ছিল- গুরুদেবকে সন্তুষ্টি বিধান না করে তাঁর কাছ থেকে কিছু আমরা চাইতে পারিনা।

আমি এতটাই পাপী সন্তান আমি সবসময় আপনার কাছ থেকে বিভিন্ন কিছু চেয়ে আপনার উপর চাপ সৃষ্টি করে থাকি। কিন্তু আপনি কোনকিছুতে কখনো বিরক্তি প্রকাশ করেন না। বরং আমাকে সবসময় আপনার আশীর্বাদ দ্বারা অবাক করে দেন। আমার মতো একজন কুলাঙ্গার সন্তানের এত কৃপা পাওয়ার অধিকার কী আদৌ আছে?

ঠিক তেমনি আমি অবাক হয়েছিলাম আপনি যখন আমার জন্মদিনে এত বড় কেক কেটেছিলেন,আমি সেটির ছোট্ট একটি ভিডিও পেয়েছিলাম এবং আবারো জুম কেক কাটা এত আশীর্বাদ দিচ্ছিলেন। আমি তখন আশেপাশে অন্ধকার এবং আলো হিসেবে শুধু আপনাকে দেখছিলাম।আরো বেশি অবাক করেছেন যখন আপনি এতো ব্যস্ততার পরেও সদূর মায়াপুর ধাম থেকে আমার জন্মদিনের এত উপহার আমার বাড়িতে বাংলাদেশে পাঠিয়েছেন। প্রতিটা উপহার আমি যত্ন সহকারে পেয়েছি। আপনি আমাকে আশীর্বাদ করবেন যেন আমিও আপনাকে উপহার দিতে পারি আমার আচার এবং প্রচারের মাধ্যমে। আমি যেনো নিজেকে আচারের দ্বারা তৈরি করতে পারি প্রচারের জন্য।

হে পরমপিতা,

আমি অনুভব করতে পারি আপনার এত আশীর্বাদ বর্ষণ দ্বারা- আমি এই পারমার্থিক জীবনে থাকতে পারছি। আমাকে অনুগ্রহপূর্বক দৃঢ়তা প্রদান করুন, যেন আমি কোনো বৈষ্ণবের দোষ দর্শন না করি,কোন বৈষ্ণব অপরাধ যেন না করি।আমাকে ধৈর্য প্রদান করুন, যেন আমি এই জড়জগতের দেওয়া কোন ক্লেশ দ্বারা বিব্রত হয়ে ভক্তিজীবন ছেড়ে না যাই। যেনো আমার হৃদয় এবং মুখ সবসময় আপনার গুনমহিমা কীর্তনে ব্যস্ত থাকে।

হে গুরুদেব,

আপনি যে স্বপ্নদর্শনে আমাকে গঙ্গাদেবীর পূজা করতে বলেছিলেন এখন আমরা গঙ্গাদেবীর সেবা করছি। যদিও আমি সবসময় করতে পারিনা। আমাকে আশীর্বাদ করুন যেনো আমি নিষ্ঠা সহকারে গঙ্গাপূজা করতে পারি। আপনি এই গৃহে নিঃসন্দেহে বিরাজমান।কিন্তু আমি চাই আপনি স্বশরীরে এই গৃহে পদার্পণ করুন।আমি অল্প অল্প করে রান্না শিখছি আপনার সব প্রিয় রেসিপিগুলি এবং কেক বানাতেও শিখেছি।আমি চাই আপনি সরাসরি সেগুলি গ্রহণ করুন।গুরুমহারাজ, আমাদের বাসায় এখন অনেক সুন্দর নিতাই গৌর-সুন্দর আছে।তারা বিভিন্ন লীলা করেন সিংহাসনে বসে বসে, আর তিরোপতি বালাজীও।আমি নতুন এখন তুরবান বাধা শিখেছি।আপনি আশীর্বাদ করুন যেনো আমি ভক্তিসহকারে,প্রেম দ্বারা বিগ্রহসেবা করতে পারি।

হে পিতা,

যদিও আপনি আপনার দিব্য দৃষ্টি দ্বারা সবসময় আমাকে পর্যবেক্ষণ করে থাকেন, আপনি জানেন আমি আপনার কতটা অপরাধযুক্ত সন্তান।আমি আত্মসমর্পণ করছি আপনার পদ্মচরণকমলে,আমাকে কৃপাপূর্বক আপনার পাদপদ্মে আশ্রয় প্রদান করুন।আপনি ঠিক যেভাবে প্রত্যাশা করেন আমি যেনো সেভাবেই আচরণ করি।

হে গুরুদেব,

আপনাকে হৃদয়ের গভীর থেকে জানাই অসংখ্য ধন্যবাদ এভাবে পাশে থেকে আগলে রাখার জন্য।আমাকে আশীর্বাদ করুন যেনো আমি ১৬মালা জপ করি এবং চারটি বিধিনিষেধ পালন করি এবং আপনাকে সাহায্য করতে পারি যেনো আপনার কাছ থেকে দীক্ষা নিবো বলে আপনাকে বিব্রত না করি। নিষ্ঠা সহকারে আচারের পরেই যেনো আমি এবং কানন একসাথে আপনার সামনে গিয়ে আপনার শ্রীহস্ত থেকে সরাসরি দীক্ষার জপমালা গ্রহণ করতে পারি।আমার পুরো পরিবারের জন্য আশীর্বাদ করবেন যেনো আমরা সবাই একত্রিতভাবে ভক্তিজীবন পালন করতে পারি।

আপনার শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথির জয় হোক।

শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এর জয় হোক।

আপনার পদ্মচরণ সেবার নিত্য অভিলাষী ঋণবদ্ধ কন্যা,

কান্তা দাস (চরণাশ্রিত)

নারায়ণগঞ্জ, বাংলাদেশ

Dear Gurudeva,

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

I am feeling so happy to meditate your charming glories through writing Vyāsa-pūjā offering this year again, though your glories are not limited to words. You are the only shelter for the fallen soul as me because you also accept those who have no qualifications.

“We don’t ask Kṛṣṇa for any material desire” Your each and every speech and activities mention how you remain Kṛṣṇa conscious always. “Always think Kṛṣṇa, never forget him” Your desires are always Kṛṣṇa centric.

My Life, you are always utilizing your all moments in the divine service of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Though you have many physical issues, you are engaging with the services of giving lectures, book distribution services, devotee caring and preaching. Really, you have something different Śrīla Guru Mahārāja!

During Covid-19 pandemic situation, you have brought all the devotee together through your Zoom program. Every day of the week, you have visited the devotees in different areas. Your thinking, chanting, talking, walking, sleeping, smiling, preaching basically your everything is very attractive and also inspiring and you are always in the mode humble serving.

“The material world is a nice place-Give up this hope and please back to Godhead” By delivering this type of message you are always aware all about the effect of illusion and jealousy because you know about the actual needs of people at this modern age.

My Support, I have come across several incidents in the last year, I think I have been saved from the deadly effects of these events because of you and your unlimited mercy. According to the nature of a fallen soul, I always behave randomly as disobedient without understanding your importance.

I have very few opportunities of devotional association due to my job. So, this is very difficult for me to get the mercy from devotee and yet I know that you always give mercy and try to keep in your shadow. Without your causeless mercy, I have no existence and really impossible to alive, my existence!

I apologize for my all offense to you again and my as usual regular prayer to you that I can be able to chant 16 rounds Harināma māha-mantra, maintain 4 rules, take 3-time mahā-prasada maintain varṇāśrama dharma properly. Please keep me in your unlimited merciful frontier, my Gurudeva!

May Rādhā Mādhava always stay with you to serve more Śrīla Prabhupāda and your deeds be immortal!

Happy Appearance Day, my shelter Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami!!!

Your worthless son,

Mukunda Datta Sevaka Dāsa

Sirajganj, Bangladesh

Śrī Śrī Guru Gaurāṅgau Jayatāḥ

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

mukham karoti vacalam pangum langayate girim
Yat kripa tam aham vande Śrī gurum dina tarinam
Paramananda Mādhavam Śrī Caitanya Isvaram

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my prostrated obeisance’s unto the dust of your divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to you Gurudeva! All glories to yours 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā ceremony.

Gurudeva, I was in the dark ocean of māyā and miseries. You came as Kṛṣṇa a himself in my life as my spiritual master and mostly as my father when I needed you most. In this material world where nobody cares for others you have given me shelter at your lotus feet. On this auspicious occasion of yours Vyāsa-pūjā ceremony it’s my good fortune to write something about your glorification although I am not qualified enough to describe any drops of yours glory from the ocean like glories of yours because of your mercy.

Gurudeva, your only target is to deliver the fallen soul from the suffering of the material world. But I am such a fallen child of yours that didn’t understand anything of any yours qualities. You provided me initiation but as a disciple I always disobey and misuse your causeless mercy. I am so fallen and engaged myself in sense gratification instead of devotion, this is the main reason for your physical issue. I am so unsteady and cheater and perform knowingly and unknowingly Vaiṣṇava-aparādha. Every second of your life is a lesson to us. Instead of many physical limitations every day you give us the Caitanya līlā class and then virtual home visit. All these activities are so encouraging and inspiring that if I have enough intelligence to understand any of your qualities then there would be no question of distraction any time from devotional life. Please bless me so that I can learn something from you.

Gurudeva, your only goal is to satisfy Śrīla Prabhupāda. Please bless me so that I can gain at least a little bit of this particular quality of yours to satisfy you. Gurudeva, please bless me so that I can remain fixated on yours and Kṛṣṇa’s service and help you at least a little in accomplishing Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission. By your causeless mercy I get so many things in my life that I didn’t actually deserve. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for helping me and guiding me from inside and outside.

Please forgive my offences that I did knowingly and unknowingly to your lotus feet and please bless me to become yours sincere disciple.

Happy 73rd Appearance day Dear Guru mahārāja!!!

Yours insignificant son,

Narahari Priya Dāsa (Dīkṣā Disciple)

Sylhet, Bangladesh

Śrī Śrī Guru Gaurāṅga Jayataḥ!

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānanda-mādhavam śrī caitanya īśvaram

Dear Spiritual father,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto the dust of your divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to you Gurudeva! All glories to yours 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā ceremony.

Gurudeva, hope you are doing well by the mercy of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva and Śrī Śrī Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā Mahārānī and Śrī Narasiṁhadeva. I am fine by your causeless blessings. On this auspicious occasion of yours Vyāsa-pūjā ceremony it’s my good fortune to write something about your glorification. Gurudeva, though I am not qualified enough to describe any drops of your glory from the ocean like glories of yours but today as I am saying something from yours glories it’s because of yours mercy.

When life was full of distress.

I was unaware of why am I suffering?

You appeared with unlimited real happiness, oh my dear spiritual master, Guru Mahārāja!

When I was doubtful to whom I should keep faith or whom I should not.

I was confused with who the cheater is or who is the protector?

Who provides the ultimate shelter oh my dear spiritual father, Guru Mahārāja!

When I was fed up with material happiness.

Everything seems meaningless.

You appeared with the ray of hope, oh my dear ultimate well-wisher Guru Mahārāja!

When I didn’t find any types of inspiration.

Your nectarine lecture teaches me what real determination is.

Thank you so much my dear superhero, Guru Mahārāja!

When my mind is conspiring about somebody, thinking good or bad;

Remembering your caring nature I also try to cultivate the culture of forgive and forget.

Thank you so much my dear ultimate guardian Guru Mahārāja!

When I am fighting with my anger, lust, and greediness,

Remembering your humility, I also try to tolerate everything

Thank you so much my dear Ācāryapāda Guru Mahārāja!

When I am tired by fighting with māyā, nothing like works,

Your sweet smile or one of word can heal everything,

Thank you so much, oh the victory flag of Śrīla Prabhupāda, Guru Mahārāja!

When life was full of ignorance

You appeared with louder kīrtana ‘Gaurāṅga’, ‘Nityānanda’.

By seeing you I can imagine how merciful the Lord Nityānanda is.

Thank you so much, oh the deliverer of sinful souls, Guru Mahārāja!

Thank you so much my dear spiritual father for giving me shelter in your lotus feet. Actually I have not enough words to express my thankfulness and gratefulness to you, Gurudeva. I want to do at least a little in your mission, please bless me Guru Mahārāja! Please bless me Guru Mahārāja, so that I can remain fixed in yours and Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.

Gurudeva please forgive my offences that I did knowingly and unknowingly to your lotus feet and please bless me to become your sincere spiritual daughter.

Yours insignificant daughter,

Prāṇapriyā Rādhikā devī dāsī (Dīkṣā Disciple)

Sylhet, Bangladesh

Offering letter to Śrīla Jaypatākā Swami Gurumahārāja on 73 vyāsapūjā

Śrī Śrī Guru Gaurāṅga Jayataḥ

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim

yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam

paramānandaṁ mādhavaṁ śrī caitanya iśvaram

Dear Spiritual father,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto the dust of your divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to you Gurudeva! All glories to yours 73rd vyāsapūjā ceremony.

Gurudeva, hope you are doing well by the mercy of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Pañcatattva and Śrī Śrī Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā Mahārāṇī and Śrī Narashiṁhadeva. I am fine by your causeless blessings. On this auspicious occasion of yours vyāsapūjā ceremony it’s my good fortune to write something about your glorification. Gurudeva, though I am not qualified enough to describe any drops of yours glory from the ocean like glories of yours but today as I am saying something from yours glories it’s because of your mercy.

When life was full of distress.

I was unaware of why am I suffering?

You appeared with unlimited real happiness, oh my dear spiritual master, Gurudeva mahārāja!

When I was doubtful to whom I should keep faith or whom I should not.

I was confused with who the cheater is or who is the protector?

Who provides the ultimate shelter oh my dear spiritual father, Gurudeva mahārāja!

When I was fed up with material happiness.

Everything seems meaningless.

You appeared with the ray of hope, oh my dear ultimate well-wisher Gurudeva mahārāja!

When I didn’t find any types of inspiration.

Your nectarine lecture teaches me what real determination is.

Thank you so much my dear superhero, Gurudeva mahārāja!

When my mind is conspiring about somebody, thinking good or bad;

Remembering your caring nature, I also try to cultivate the culture of forgive and forget.

Thank you so much my dear ultimate guardian Gurudeva mahārāja!

When I am fighting with my anger, lust and greediness,

Remembering your humility, I also try to tolerate everything

Thank you so much my dear Ācāryapāda Gurudeva mahārāja!

When I am tired by fighting with māyā, nothing like works,

Your sweet smile or one of word can heal everything,

Thank you so much, oh the victory flag of Śrīla Prabhupāda, Gurudeva mahārāja!

When life was full of ignorance

You appeared with louder kīrtana ‘Gaurāṅga’, ‘Nityānanda’.

By seeing you I can imagine how merciful the lord Nityānanda is.

Thank you so much, oh the deliverer of sinful souls, Gurudeva mahārāja!

Thank you so much my dear spiritual father for giving me shelter at your lotus feet. Actually, I have not enough words to express my thankfulness and gratefulness to you, Gurudeva. I want to do at least a little in your mission, please bless me Guru Mahārāja! Please bless me Guru Mahārāja, so that I can remain fixed in yours and Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet.

Gurudeva please forgive my offences that I did knowingly and unknowingly at your lotus feet and please bless me to become your sincere spiritual daughter.

Yours insignificant daughter,

Prāṇapriyā Rādhikā devī dāsī (Dīkṣā Disciple)

Sylhet, Bangladesh

 শ্রী শ্রী গুরু গৌরাঙ্গ জয়তু 

শ্রী শ্রী জয়পতাকা স্বামী গুরুমহারাজের ৭৩তম ব্যাসপূজায়,গুরু দেবের অযোগ্য ও অধম সন্তান প্রিয়শি আচার্য্য এর শ্রদ্ধাঞ্জলি।

হে পতিত পাবন শ্রীল জয়পতাকা স্বামী গুরু মহারাজ কৃপা করে এই অধম পতিতের সশ্রদ্ধ্য প্রণাম গ্রহণ করুন।২০১৭ সালে নবেম্ভর মাসের ১৮ তারিখ সিলেট যুগলটিলা মন্দিরে,এই অধমকে আপনার অগাধ কৃপা বারির কৃষ্ণ প্রেমরুপ জলের ন্যায় আপনার শ্রী চরণে আশ্রিত করেছিলেন।ঐদিন আমি প্রথম আপনার দর্শন লাভ করেছিলাম।তখন মনে হয়েছিলো আপনার সঙ্গে আমার জন্ম-জন্মান্তরের কোনো দিব্য সম্পর্ক রয়েছে।

হে পিতা,আপনি অসীম করুনা ময়।তাইতো আমার মতো এই আধম পাপীকে আপনার চরণে আশ্রয় দিয়েছেন।আপনার শ্রী চরণে একটিই মিনতি,এই পতিতকে "আপনার ও কৃষ্ণের" সেভা করার সুযোগ দান করুন।সত্যি যদি আপনি না হতেন,তবে নদীতে ভেসে যাওয়া খড়-কুটোর মতো আমিও ভেসে যেতাম।কৃষ্ণ প্রেম ও সেবা লাভ করা ছরাই আমার জীবন ব্যাথ্য হয়ে যেত।

               শ্রী গুরুদেবের চরনে প্রার্থনাঃ

হে শ্রীল জয়পতাকা স্বামী! তুমি দয়া করো মোরে।

        রাধা-কৃষ্ণের চরণ যেন সদা চিত্তে স্ফুরে।।

তোমার চরণে থাকি,বৈষ্ণবেরও সহিতে।

        এই তো বাসনা মোর সদা উঠে চিত্তে।।

বৈষ্ণবের ও জ্যেষ্ঠ যেঁহো,তাহার চরণে।

         মোরে সমর্পিবে কবে সেরার কারণে।।

তবে সে হইবে মোর বাঞ্ছিত পূরণ।

           আনন্দে সেবিব দোঁহার যুগল চরণ।।

কৃপা করে, করে ছিলে আশ্রিত মোরে।

            সেবামৃত দিয়া এবার সিঞ্চন কর মোরে।।

       

আপনার শ্রীচরণে আশ্রিত
প্রিয়শী আচার্য্য (Priyaśī Achārjee)
Bangladesh (Comilla)

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে

শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীন্ ইতি নামিনে।

নমো আচার্যপাদায় নিতাইকৃপা প্রদায়িনে

গৌরকথা ধামধায় নগরগ্রাম তারিণে।।

প্রিয় গুরুমহারাজ,

সর্বপ্রথম গুরুমহারাজ আপনার শ্রী চরণকমলে জানাই আমাদের ভক্তিপূর্ণ দণ্ডবৎ প্রনাম।আমরা আপনার দীক্ষা শিষ্য/শিষ্যা (রামানন্দ নিমাই দাস, অর্ধাঙ্গিনী- সর্বাঙ্গসুন্দরী রাধিকা দেবী দাসী ও কন্যা-মাধুরী রাধা দেবী দাসী)।গুরুমহারজ যদিও আমাদের কোন যোগ্যতা নেই তবুও আপনি কৃপা করে আমাদেরকে পাপময় জড়জাগতিক দুঃখ-দূরদশাগ্রস্ত জীবন থেকে মুক্ত করে কৃষ্ণভাবনাময় জীবন দান করেছেন। গুরুমহারাজ বদ্ধজীবের প্রতি আপনার করুনা অপরিমেয় ।তবুও আমরা আপনার মহিমা উপলব্ধি করতে পারি না,আপনার সেবা করতে পারিনা।আমরা আপনার শ্রীচরণে অনেক অপরাধ করছি কৃপা করে তা ক্ষমা করে দিন।গুরুমহারজ আমরা যেন, আপনার শ্রীচরণে থেকে চিরকাল আপনার সেবা, চারটি নিয়ম ও কমপক্ষে ভালো ১৬ মালা জপ এবং করতে পারি সেই আর্শিবাদ প্রার্থনা করছি ।

ওহে, গুরুদেব তব শ্রীচরণ সেবি যেন আমি জনম জনম

আপনার আযোগ্য দাস/দাসী

রামানন্দ নিমাই দাস (দীক্ষা,বাংলাদেশ, ঢাকা

সর্বাঙ্গসুন্দরী রাধিকা দেবী দাসী (দীক্ষা,বাংলাদেশ, ঢাকা)

মাধুরী রাধা দেবী দাসী(আশ্রয় আকাঙ্খি)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja.

Please accept my respectful obeisance to your lotus feet.

All glories to you.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Please accept my respectful obeisance to your lotus feet on your glorious appearance day. You dedicate your life for Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission, please bless me Guru Mahārāja so that I can help you in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s transcendental service.

I know I’m the most fallen soul but you are so merciful that you have accepted me ang have shelter in your lotus feet in 2020 at Gareya, Ṭhākuragaon, Bangladesh. Guru Mahārāja, due to my faulty desire and idleness, sometimes I broke my promise of chanting 16 rounds, please bless me so that I can serve you and Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu and be strict in my Bhajan.

By your mercy Guru Mahārāja, I am Trying to spread Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Kṛṣṇa Consciousness movement in my campus, Dhaka Medical College among the MBBS Students. Here we have a Nāmahaṭṭa and every Thursday student attend at the evening, read from Bhagavad-gītā and chant for one round. We have also festival like Gaur Pūrṇimā and Dāmodara festival. Please bless me Guru Mahārāja so that I can help you in preaching.

I have a little desire in my heart Guru Mahārāja. Though I am not qualified at all, will you please accept me as your spiritual son?

Your insignificant servant,

Roddro Ranjan Dāsa (sheltered disciple)

Swamibag, Dhaka, Bangladesh

হে পরমআরাধ্য গুরুমহারাজ,

আপনার শ্রীচরণকমলে এই দূরাচারী,নিকৃষ্ট আত্মার অনন্তকোটি সশ্রদ্ধ প্রণাম। করুণাপূর্বক আপনি তা গ্রহণ করুন গুরুমহারাজ।শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের জয় হোক।জয় হোক আপনার।জয় হোক আপনার ৭৩ তম শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথির।

হে পতিতপাবন গুরুমহারাজ,

আপনার শ্রীচরণকমলে কৃতজ্ঞতা প্রকাশ করার মতো কোন ভাষা আমার জানা নেই। এই অধঃপতিত,পাপিষ্ঠা,অতি নিকৃষ্ট আত্মাটির কোন যোগ্যতা ছিল না আপনাকে নিত্য পিতা হিসাবে পাবার।কেবল আপনি অহৈতুকী করুণা প্রদান করেন বলে আমাকে আপনার কন্যারূপে গ্রহণ করেছেন।গুরুমহারাজ,আমি আপনার নিকট চিরকৃতজ্ঞ।

হে নিতাইকৃপা প্রদানকারী পিতা,

বার বার আপনার শ্রীচরণকমলে আমি অপরাধ করেই যাই।আপনি করুণাময় বলে বার বার আপনার এই অধঃপতিত,অপরাধী কন্যাটিকে ক্ষমা করে ভক্তিজীবনে টিকে থাকার বল প্রদান করেন। কেবল আপনার করুণাবলই আমাকে এখন পর্যন্ত ভক্তিজীবনে টিকিয়ে রেখেছে।আপনার করুনাবলই আমার সম্বল। আপনার করুণা ছাড়া প্রতি মুহূর্তে আমি অত্যন্ত অসহায়,।আপনার করুণা ছাড়া এক মুহুর্তেই আমি ধ্বংস হয়ে যাব গুরুমহারাজ।আপনার করুণা ছাড়া আমার জীবন সম্পূর্ণ অন্ধকার।

হে স্নেহময় পিতা,

আপনার স্নেহ,করুণার কোন তুলনা হয় না। এই জড়জগতে যদি কেউ আপন বলে থাকে তা আপনি।আজকে যদি আমি অত্যন্ত নিকৃষ্ট অবস্থায় অধঃপতিত হয়ে যাই, জড় জগতের সবাই আমাকে ঘৃণা করবে,আমার সঙ্গ হয়ত ত্যাগ করবে। কিন্তু আপনি এই একমাত্র যিনি আমার জন্য কষ্ট পাবেন,প্রতি মুহুর্তে সাহায্য করবেন, কৃষ্ণকে আমার জীবনে দিতে চাইবেন।আপনার অহৈতুকী করুণার কোন তুলনা হয় না গুরুদেব। করুণাপূর্বক আপনার এই অহৈতুকী করুণা থেকে আমাকে কখনো বঞ্চিত করবেন না গুরুমহারাজ।

হে শ্রীলপ্রভুপাদগতপ্রাণ,

শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ আপনার জীবনস্বরূপ।শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের প্রতিটি আদেশ আপনার জীবন।আপনি এই শরীরে এখন পর্যন্ত জড়জগতে অবস্থান করছেন কেবল শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের সেবার জন্য। গুরুমহারাজ, আমাকে করুণা আশীর্বাদ প্রদান করুন আমি যেন আপনাকে ভালবাসতে পারি। আপনার শ্রীচরণকমল দৃঢ়ভাবে আঁকড়ে ধরতে পারি। আপনার প্রতিটি আদেশ পালনে দৃঢ় হতে পারি।আমার সব অপরাধ করুনাপূর্বক ক্ষমা করে আমাকে ভক্তি বল প্রদান করুণ গুরুদেব।

হে পরম করুণাময় গুরুদেব,

আমাকে করুণা আশীর্বাদ প্রদান করুন গুরুমহারাজ যেন দীক্ষার সময় আপনাকে করা প্রতিজ্ঞাগুলো দৃঢ়ভাবে পালন করতে পারি। আমাকে কৃষ্ণভাবনামৃত প্রদান করুন হে গুরুদেব। আপনার শ্রীচরণকমলে অনন্তকোটি সশ্রদ্ধ প্রণাম।

ইতি,

আপনার অতি নিকৃষ্ট পারমার্থিক কন্যা,

রত্নমালিনী চিত্রা দেবী দাসী(দীক্ষা)

দিনাজপুর, বাংলাদেশ।

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীন্ ইতি নামিনে।
নমো আচার্যপাদায় নিতাইকৃপা প্রদায়িনে
গৌরকথা ধামধায় নগরগ্রাম তারিণে।।

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে ভক্তিবেদান্ত স্বামীন্ ইতি নামিনে।
নমস্তে সারস্বতে দেবে গৌরবাণী প্রচারিণে
নির্বিশেষ শূণ্যবাদী পাশ্চাত্যদেশ তারিণে।।

প্রিয় গুরুমহারাজ,

কৃপাপূর্বক আপনার শ্রীচরণকমলে আমার সশ্রদ্ধ প্রণতি গ্রহণ করুন। কৃষ্ণকৃপাশ্রীমূর্তি শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের জয় হোক! পতিতপাবন গুরু মহারাজ, আপনার জয় হোক! আপনার ৭৩-তম ব্যাসপূজা মহামহোৎসব জয়যুক্ত হোক! গুরুমহারাজ, আপনার ফেইসবুকে সরাসরি প্রবচন, ভিডিও বার্তা গ্রন্থ এবং অন্যান্য সামাজিক যোগাযোগের মাধ্যমের দ্বারা আমরা যে উপকার পেয়েছি তা ভাষায় প্রকাশ করা সম্ভব না।

আপনার কৃপাতে আমার ৩টা কন্যা সন্তান, তাদের ২ জন অপনার দীক্ষিত এবং অন্যজন একদোশী ও জপ করে। তারা যদি তাদের অর্জিত বিদ্যা (পড়াশোনা) শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের সেবায় লাগাতে পারে তাহলে আমি খুবই খুশি হবো। আমার দুর্ভাগ্য যে আমি তেমন কোন সেবামূলক কাজ করতে পারি না। ৩ বছর আগে আমার মিনি ব্রেইন স্টোক হয়েছিল এবং এজন্য এখনও প্রতিদিন ৮/৯ টা ওষুধ পেতে হয়। সকালে মঙ্গল আরতিও সময়মতো করতে পারি না। আমার মন চায় আমি শুয়ে থাকি, বিশ্রাম নিই। এই অসুস্থ হওয়ার আগে আমি আমার প্রতিবেশি, আত্বীয় যাদের দেখতাম সবাইকে তুলসী মালা পড়তে, জপ করতে বলতাম, একাদোশী থাকতে বলতাম। এছড়া আমি ইসকন খুলনা মন্দির নির্মাণে কিছু অনুদান দিয়ে সহযোগিতা করেছি। গুরুমহারাজ, আমার সহধর্মিণী (আপরাজিতা দেবকী দেবী দাসী) প্রতিদিন ভাগবতম পড়েন এবং আমাকে শ্রবণ করান। আমি নিজে তেমন অধ্যায়ন করি না। আমাদের এখানে খুলনা মদির থেকে প্রতি সপ্তাহে ভক্তি বৃক্ষের ক্লাস হয় । আমরা মাঝে মধ্যে আমাদের গৃহে ক্লাসের আয়োজন করি। আপনার কৃপাতে আমাদের বাড়ির পাশেই এখানে ছোটদের পারমার্থি ক্লাসের আয়োজনের করা হয়েছিল। কিন্তু করোনাকালীন সময় আসার ফলে ক্লাসটা আর চালিয়ে নেওয়া সম্ভব হয়নি। হে গুরুদেব আমাদের আশীর্বাদ করবেন যেন আমরা আপনার আদর্শগুলো গ্রহন করতে পারি। আমার দুঃখ এটাই আপনার মতো সদগুরু পেয়েও তার আদর্শ গ্রহন করতে পারছি না। আমাদের গুরুদেব যিনি অসুস্থ হয়েও ক্লাস দেন, প্রচার করেন, উইল চেয়ারে বসেও গঙ্গা স্নান করেন, যিনি ভগবানের নিত্য সেবক- এমন শিশুর মতো সরল আর করুনার প্রতিমূর্তিকে নিজের গুরু হিসেবে পেয়েও আমার হৃদয় পরিবর্তন হলো না।

ভগবানের চরনে নিবেদন তিনি যেন আপনাকে দীর্ঘজীবন ও সুস্বাস্থ্য শরীর দান করেন ; আপনাকে দেওয়া দীক্ষার সময়ের প্রতিজ্ঞা আমারা যথাযথভাবে পালন করতে পারি- এটাই প্রার্থনা।

আপনার নগন্য পারমার্থিক পুত্র

সুধা নরহরি দাস (দীক্ষা শিষ্য, খুলনা, বাংলাদেশ)

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānanda-mādhavam śrī caitanya īśvaram

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my prostrated obeisance unto the dust of your divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to you Gurudeva! All glories to your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā ceremony.

O the Compassionate Father,

It’s my pleasure to write something to you. I have no quality to glorify you. You are embedded with all the precious qualities of a pure devotee. I got initiated in 2016 since then I can feel how merciful you are that you give shelter to such a fallen soul like me.

O the Source of Inspiration,

I don’t do any service properly just try to escape from services and become disturbed by very small things. But when I think that having so many physical issues my Guru Mahārāja never stops preaching and never give up; then I get inspiration. You are our true inspiration.

O The Shelter of Unsheltered,

When I feel helpless and confused about what to do and what not to do, then reciting your pranam mantra I become fearless. Guru Mahārāja when I write an e-mail adding many of my problems then you solve problems and motivate me recalling the verse-,

“tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā
amāninā mānadena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ”

O The Ocean of Mercy,

Guru Mahārāja you are super caring for all of the living beings just not only your disciple. Sometimes I think “maybe Guru Mahārāja don’t know about me or never care for me”- just like a complaining little girl! But when I got to know you opened “JPS E-care”, “Jayapatākā Swami APP” and “Zoom virtual home visit” for connecting all of us, and regularly you prayed for us then I realize how merciful our Gurudeva is!

O Worthy Soldier of ISKCON,

From your updates, we can see how you are preaching worldwide. You never leaves a second to preach Kṛṣṇa conscious movement.

O The Dependable Protector,

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam

“I offer my respectful obeisance unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of the fallen souls. His mercy turns dumb into eloquent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains.”

You are the most reliable and comfortable shelter for us. I wish to meet you someday and get your divine darśana again. You are so kind and compassionate for me that you gave me with so many wonderful devotees association. But I’m so contaminated that never able to realize your mercy upon me and often committed devotee offenses. Please forgive all of the mistakes which I had made earlier. I have no quality to glorify you I want to request you that please utilize me in your service. When I may able to fully addict to your divine kīrtana, esthetic dancing, and all of your inspiring lectures then my life will be fulfilled with spiritual joy. Gurudeva, please bless me that I can chant my 16 rounds properly, maintain 4 regulative principles, develop the desire to perform duties, services properly, and become loyal to you. I need your blessings all time.

“tava kṛpā kaṇā āmār sambal
tava kṛpā binā nāhi anya bal”

Your insignificant daughter,

Sudhamta Jāhnavā Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā Disciple),

Khulna, Bangladesh

হে পতিত পাবন আমাদের পরম আরাধ্য গুরুমহারাজ, আপনার রাতুল রাঙ্গা চরনে আমাদের সশ্রদ্ধ দন্ডবৎ প্রণাম। হে নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনী, আমাদের জন্ম জন্মান্তরের আরাধ্য, আপনার কৃপা লাভ করার কোন প্রকার যোগ্যতাই আমাদের ছিল না তবুও আপনি আমাদের প্রতি অহৈতকি কৃপা প্রদান করেছেন। হে গুরুদেব আমরা স্বামী-স্ত্রী দুজনই বেসরকারি চাকরি করি এবং প্রায় সময় আমাদের নিত্য সাধন ভজনে বিভিন্ন অজুহাত এসে দারিয়ে যায় এবং আমাদের তা সম্পন্ন করতে একটু বেগ পেতে হয়। হে আমাদের পরম আরাধ্য গুরুদেব আপনার ৭৩ তম শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথিতে আপনার রাঙ্গা চরনে আমাদের এই শ্রদ্ধার্ঘ্য যেন আমরা যেকোন পরিস্থিতিতে আপনার দেওয়া আদেশ ৪টি নিয়ম, প্রতিদিন কমপক্ষে ১৬ মালা জপ এবং অল্প পরিমান হলেও যেন শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের প্রচার কার্যে নিজেদের যুক্ত রেখে আপনার ভার কিছুটা হালকা করতে পারি এই কৃপা আশির্বাদ প্রর্থানা করি। আপনার শিশ্য এবং শিশ্যা ।

সুহাস্য মাধব দাস (দীক্ষা) এবং

দিব্যদূতি মাধবী দেবী দাসি (দীক্ষা)

(ঢাকা)

হে গুরুদেব মহারাজ, আপনার শ্রীচরনপদ্মে আমার দন্ডবৎ প্রনাম গ্রহন করুন।

আপনার শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথির জয় হোক।

আমার এ ক্ষুদ্র শ্রদ্ধাঞ্জলি আপনার চরনে সমর্পন করলাম।

ওহে গুরুদেব তোমার চরন আমার জীবন

হে চরন বিনা নাহি আমার অন্য ধন।।

আমার মন ,দুষ্টু জন।

তোমারও বানী দন্ডদাতা হয়ে,

করে বন্য মনের শাসন।।

আমি দেহ নই আত্মা, গীতা ভাগবতে এ জ্ঞান জানি।

তোমার আচরন উজ্জল দৃষ্টান্ত, সদা বিজ্ঞান মানি।।

প্রভুপাদের চরনে তোমার সমর্পন সদা বিরল জগতে।

এমন সমর্পন জগতের শিক্ষা হয়ে রবে যুগে যুগে।।

তিতীক্ষব কারুনিকা সুহৃত সর্বদেহিনাম।

জগতে ঘোষিত আজ জয়পতাকা নাম।।

হে মনের আসক্তি তোমার চরনে বর্ধিত হোক দিনে দিনে।

পূজিত হোক তোমার চরন আমার নয়নের কোনে।।

শত শত জীবের কান্ডারী তুমি গুরুদেব মহারাজ।

তোমার দাপটে সকল অশুভ ভিগ্ন হয় নাশ।।

পতিত অধম আমি নাহি কোন বল

তোমার চরনে কাদিঁয়া কাতর আমি সুকোমল।।

আপনার অযোগ্য সন্তান,

সুকোমল নিত্যানন্দ দাস(দীক্ষা)

হবিগঞ্জ, বাংলাদেশ।

মোবাইল ঃ ০১৭৪৫০৪৯৯৭১

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে। 

শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনীতি নামিনে।।

নমো আচার্যপাদায় নিতাইকৃপা প্রদায়িণে,

গৌরকথা ধামোদায় নগর-গ্রাম তারিণে।।

 

প্রিয় গুরুমহারাজ, 

কৃপা করে আমার সশ্রদ্ধ প্রনাম গ্রহন করুন। শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের জয় হোক। আমি কৃষ্ণের নিকট অত্যন্ত ঋণী, যিনি আমাকে আপনার চরণের আশ্রয় প্রদান করেছেন।

হে পরমারাধ্য গুরুদেব, 

"আপনার শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথী জয়যুক্ত হোক।" ত্রিভুবনে সর্বত্র আপনার মহিমা কীর্তিত হোক।

হে পরমদয়াল,

আমি সত্যিই অনুভব করতে পারছি না, আপনি এত যন্ত্রণা অনুভব করা সত্ত্বেও শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের প্রচারে নিজেকে অপ্রতিরোধ্য করে তুলেছেন এবং সর্বদা আমার মত বদ্ধ জীবদের প্রতি আপনার করুণা বিতরন করছেন। আমার প্রতি কৃপাবারি বর্ষণ করুন, যেন এই জীবনে অন্তত আপনাকে অনুভব করতে পারি। সর্বদা গ্রন্থপাঠ, তুলসীসেবা, প্রবচন সবকিছুর মাধ্যমে আমাদের কৃষ্ণভাবনায় যুক্ত করছেন, যা আপনার করুনার অনবদ্য প্রকাশ।

হে আচার্যপাদ,

আমার শ্রদ্ধেয় শিক্ষাগুরু শ্রীমান মিত্রগোপা প্রভু চলে যাওয়ার পরে আপনি করুনা করে আবারও আমাকে আপনার পরমপ্রিয় শিষ্যদের সাথে যুক্ত করেছেন, যা আপনার অবর্ণনীয় কৃপা। যারা সর্বদা আমাকে ভক্তিজীবনে সাহায্য করছেন।

হে নিতাইকৃপা প্রদায়িনে,

আপনার প্রচারকার্যে সাহায্য করার জন্য আমি নিজেকে তৈরি করতে চাই। যা শুধুমাত্র আপনার বিন্দু করুণায় সম্ভব। বেইস এবং অন্যান্য মাতাজীদের মধ্যে শ্রীচৈতন্য মহাপ্রভুর বাণী প্রচার করতে চাই, দয়া করে আমাকে আপনার যন্ত্র হিসেবে গ্রহণ করুন।

"শ্রীরূপমঞ্জরীপদ, সেই মোর সম্পদ......

সেই মোর জীবনের জীবন।"

হে গুরুদেব, 

আপনার চরণপদ্ম যেন আমার মন্ত্রমহৌষধি হয়।

আপনার পারমার্থিক কন্যা

সুমাধুরী সুদেবী দাসী(দীক্ষা) 

স্বামীবাগ, ঢাকা।

 

। । শ্রী শ্রী গুরু গৌরাঙ্গ জয়তু ।।

নমঃ ওম বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে।

শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনিতি নামিনে।

নমঃ আচার্যপাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়ীনে।।

গৌরকথা ধামদায় নগর গ্রাম তারীনে।।

আমার জন্ম জন্মান্তরের হে পরম আরাধ্য আধ্যাত্মিক পিতা সর্ব প্রথমে আপনার রাতুল চরণে জানাই আমার শত সহস্র কোটি দন্ডবৎ প্রনাম।

হে পিতা আপনার প্রদেয় জ্ঞান আলোয় আলোকিত হয়ে , আপনার আবির্ভাব তিথি বা ব্যাসপূজা মহোৎসব - ২০২২ এ আমার উপলব্ধি

আপনার শ্রীচরণে সমর্পণ করছি। যথার্থ ধারায় গুরু পরমপরার মাধ্যমে ভগবান মহাপ্রভূর সেনানী ভক্ত ইসকন এর প্রতিষ্ঠাতা শ্রীল অভয়চারণারবিন্দ ভক্তিবেদান্ত স্বামী প্রভূপাদের এক অনবদ্য সৃষ্টি আপনি জয়পতাকা স্বামী মহারাজ। হনুমানজীর হাতের ধ্বজ এর মতো দিব্য গুণাবলী আপনার মধ্যে বর্তমান। বর্তমান সময়ে আপনার প্রচার কার্যক্রমই তার সবচেয়ে বড় প্রমাণ। সমস্ত পৃথিবী যেখানে করোনা মহামারীর ভয়ে তটস্থ , আপনি সেখানে ভয়কে জয় করে অভিনভ পন্থায় জুম মিটিং এর মাধ্যমে প্রভূপাদের আদেশ অক্ষুণ্ন রেখে কৃষ্ণ আন্দোলন আরো বেগবান করে তুলেছেন । সম্প্রতি প্রকাশিত আপনার দীক্ষিত শিষ্য ও শিষ্যার চার্টে দীক্ষিত শিষ্যের সংখ্যা জ্যামিতিক হারে বৃদ্ধি পেয়েছে। তাই আমরা দ্বিধাহীন চিত্তে বলতে পারি যে , আপনি শুধু আমাদেরই গুরুদেব নয় গোটা মনুষ্য জাতির এক মহান পথ প্রদর্শক। কারণ ক্রান্তিকালে বা সংকটময় মুহূর্তে মনুষ্য জাতির কি করনীয় সে বিষয়ে এক উজ্জ্বল দৃষ্টান্ত রেখেছেন । কয়লার কলুষতা কালো রং অগ্নির পরশে যেই রূপে হয় হরণ , আপনার পরশে আমাদের মত সেই রূপ অধম পতিত জনের মনের মলিনতা হয় ক্ষরণ ।

হে পতিত পাবন গুরুমহারাজ আপনি যেভাবে নিতাইয়ের কৃপার মতো পতিত জনকে উদ্ধার এর ব্রত নিয়েছেন । আমরাও যেন ব্রত নিয়ে আপনার বানী ও বপু সেবার মাধ্যমে আপনার পদরেণু প্রাপ্ত হয়ে আমৃত্যু পর্যন্ত আপনার সান্নিধ্য লাভ করে এই দুর্লভ মনুষ্য জীবন সার্থক করতে পারি । এই প্রার্থনা জানাই আপনার রাতুল চরণে ।

হে পতৃদেব আপনি জড় দেহে বিভিন্ন

প্রতিবন্ধকতার সম্মুখীন হয়েও সর্বদা চিন্ময় স্তরে

অধিষ্ঠিত থেকে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের প্রত্যাশাকে

বাস্তবে রূপদান করেছেন ।এর পাশাপাশি আপনি আমাদেরকে শিক্ষা দিচ্ছেন যে , কলিহত আর্ত পীড়িত মন্দা ভাগ্যে জর্জরিত সকল মনুষ্য জাতিকে সকল পরিস্থিতিতে নিরন্তর হরি ভজন করার মূলমন্ত্র ।

হে পরমারাধ্য গুরুদেব আপনার গুণ মহিমা কীর্তন করার ক্ষমতা নাহি মোর কিছু । তথাপি কভু নাহি ছাড়ি আপনার পিছু । আপনার জীবনাদর্শন যখনই করি অবলোকন তখনই আমার হৃদয় পটে ভেসে ওঠে ভগবান শ্রীকৃষ্ণের সেই বানী -

সততম্ কীর্তয়ন্তঃ মাম্ যতন্তঃ চ দৃঢ়ব্রতাঃ ।

নমস্যন্তঃ চ মাম্ ভক্তা নিত্যযুক্তাঃ উপাসতে।।

হে পতিত পাবন গুরুমহারাজ আপনার চলার পথে সকল অমঙ্গল নিরসন কল্পে প্রতি প্রত্যুসে সূর্য দেবকে প্রনাম , বৃন্দাদেবীকে প্রদক্ষিণ , বৃন্দা পত্র ভগবান শ্রীনৃসিংহ দেবের চরণে সমর্পণ এবং শ্রী শ্রী রাধা গোবিন্দের শ্রী চরণে দুই মালা নাম জপ সমর্পণ করে নিজের তপস্যা ও নিত্য সেবার কাজে সম্পৃক্ত হই ।

হে গুরুদেব আপনি যেভাবে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের প্রত্যাশাকে বাস্তবায়ন করেছেন , আমরাও যেন সেই ভাবে আপনার প্রত্যাশাকে বাস্তবায়ন করতে পারি । এই প্রার্থনায় ----

আপনার কৃপা ধন্য

সুন্দর গৌর - নিতাই দাস

ঢাকা , বাংলাদেশ ।

জয় পতিত পাবন গুরুমহারাজের ৭৩তম আবির্ভাব তিথি কি জয় ।

জয় শ্রীল অভয়চারণারবিন্দ ভক্তিবেদান্ত স্বামী প্রভূপাদের ১২৫ তম আবির্ভাব তিথি কি জয় ।

জয় অনন্ত কোটি বৈষ্ণব বৃন্দ কি জয় ।

হরে কৃষ্ণ গুরুমহারাজ,

আমার প্রণাম গ্রহণ করুন।আপনার শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথির জয় হোক।

আমি বিজয়া দাসী। আমার বয়স ৭ বছর। আমি দ্বিতীয় শ্রেণীতে পড়ি। আমি আপনাকে প্রথম দেখেছিলাম মায়াপুরধামে।এছাড়াও আপনাকে আমি জুম এ অনেকবার দেখেছি।আপনি আমাকে আমার জন্মদিন এ আশীর্বাদ করে বলেছিলেন “কৃষ্ণে মতি অস্তু”।সেজন্য আপনাকে অসংখ্য ধন্যবাদ। আপনি অনেক সুন্দর। আমি আপনাকে অনেক অনেক ভালবাসি।আমি আপনার কাছ থেকে দীক্ষা পেতে চাই। আমাকে আশীর্বাদ করুন যেন আমি ভক্তিজীবন পালন করতে পারি।

আপনার জয় হোক।

শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের জয় হোক।

আপনার ছোট্ট সেবিকা,

বিজয়া দাসী (শুভাকাঙ্ক্ষী)

নারায়ণগঞ্জ, বাংলাদেশ

Vijaya dasi (sheltered disciple)
Narayanganj, Bangladesh

শ্রী শ্রী গুরু গৌরাঙ্গৌ জয়তঃ

শ্রীশ্রী শ্রীল জয়পতাকা স্বামী গুরুমহারজের ৭৩তম ব্যাসপূজায় গুরুদেবের অযোগ্য ও অধম সন্তান ব্রজেন্দ্র গোপাল দাস এর শ্রদ্ধাঞ্জলি।

আধাঁরে আলো

ব্রজেন্দ্র গোপাল দাস

আমি নিজেকে জেনেছিলাম আমি হিন্দু,

     এখন জানি আমি সনাতনী।

আমি জেনেছিলাম এই দেহ আমার সব,

     এখন আমি জানি আমি শ্বাশত্ব।

আমি জেনেছিলাম দেশ সেবা বড় সেবা,

     এখন জানি গুরু-কৃষ্ণের সেবাই শ্রেষ্ঠ সেবা।

আমি জেনেছিলাম বিদ্যালয়ের ভৌতিক জ্ঞান,

     এখন জানছি গীতা, ভাগবতের পারমার্থিক জ্ঞান।

আমার সঙ্গ ছিল বন্ধুদের আড্ডা খানা,

     এখন চেষ্টা আমার সাধু সঙ্গ করার।

আমার কথন ছিল রাজনৈতিক, সিনেমার গল্প,

     এখন বুঝতে পারছি কৃষ্ণ কথায় আমার পরম গতি।

আমার চিন্তায় ছিল অর্থনৈতিক উন্নতি,

     এখন বুজতে পারছি প্রয়োজন পারমার্থিক উন্নতি।

ক্রোধে, উত্তেজনা ছিল কঠিন পরিস্থিতি,

     এখন কৃষ্ণের ইচ্ছা বলে মানি।

আমার সকল আধাঁর গুছিয়ে,

     প্রত্যাশীত আলোর বির্তিকার মূল কান্ডারী শ্রীল জয়পাতাকা স্বামী গুরুমহারাজ।

আমি অযোগ্য আপনার অপার মহিমা কীর্তন করার,

     তবু আপনি ক্ষমাশীল দয়ার সাগর।

আপনি আমাকে ক্ষমা করে,

     কৃপা করে নিয়েছেন নিজজন করে।

আমি আপনার শুভ ব্যাস পূজা- ২০২২ এ

     আপনার চরণপদ্মে অনন্ত কোটি কৃতজ্ঞা জ্ঞাপন করছি।

ইতি

আপনার অযোগ্য সন্তানবৃন্দ

ব্রজেন্দ্র  গোপাল দাস , পাবনী কানিন্দী দেবী দাসী ও জয়ানন্দ দাস

শ্রী শ্রী হরেকৃষ্ণ নামহট্ট সংঘ, লাকসাম, কুমিল্লা।

শ্রী শ্রী গুরু-গৌরাঙ্গৌ জয়তঃ

শ্রী শ্রী জয়পাতাকা স্বামী গুরু মহারাজের ৭৩ তম ব্যাসপূজায় গুরু দেবের অযোগ্য ও অধম সন্তান প্রিয়শি আচার্য্য এর শ্রদ্ধাঞ্জলী :-

 

     হে পতিত পাবন,

     শ্রীল জয়পতাকা স্বামী গুরু মহারাজ, কৃপা করে এই অধম পতিতের সশ্রদ্ধ্য প্রনাম গ্রহন করুন। ২০১৭ সালে নভেম্বর মাসের ১৮ তারিখ সিলেট যুগলটিলা মন্দিরে, এই অধমকে আপনার অগাধ কৃপা বারির কৃষ্ণ প্রেম রূপ জলের ন্যায় আপনার শ্রী চরণে আশ্রিত করেছিলেন। ঐ দিন আমি প্রথম আপনার দর্শন লাভ করে ছিলাম। তখন মনে হয়েছিল আপনার সঙ্গে আমার জন্ম-জন্মের কোন দিব্য সর্ম্পক রয়েছে।

 

     হে পিতা,

 আপনি অসীম করুনাময়, তাই তো আমার মতো এই অধম পাপীকে আপনার চরণে আশ্রয় দিয়েছেন। আপনার শ্রী চরণে একটিই মিনতি, এই পতিতকে আপনার ও কৃষ্ণের সেবা করার সুযোগ দান করুন। সত্যি যদি আপনি না হতেন তবে নদীতে ভেসে যাওয়া খড় কুটোর মতো আমিও ভেসে যেতাম। কৃষ্ণ প্রেম ও সেবা লাভ করা ছাড়াই আমার জীবন ব্যর্থ হয়ে যেত।

 

     শ্রী গুরুদেবের চরণে প্রার্থনা

 

হে শ্রীল জয়পতাকা স্বামী! তুমি দয়া করে মোরে।

     রাধা-কৃষ্ণের চরণ সদা চিত্তে স্ফুরে।।

তোমার চরণে থাকি, বৈষ্ণবেরও সহিতে।

     এই তো বাসনা মোর সদা উঠে চিত্তে।।

বৈষ্ণবেরও জ্যেষ্ঠ যেঁহো, তাহার চরণে।

     মুইঁ সমর্পিব কবে সেবার কারণে।।

তবে সে হইবে মোর বাঞ্ছিত পূরণ।

     আনন্দে সেবিব দোঁহার যুগল চরণ।।

কৃপা করে, করে ছিলে আশ্রিত মোরে।

     সেবামৃত দিয়া এবার সিঞ্চন করো মোরে।।

 

আপনার শ্রীচরনে আশ্রিতা

 

প্রিয়শি আচার্য্য ও সজীব দাস

মাঝিড়া,শাজাহানপুর,বগুড়া

China

祝古茹兑生日快乐,健康长寿!我是河南安阳巴克缇Du ya Ling,在去年大年初二托庇在您的莲花足下,之后感受着您的莲花足无比强大的能量赐福于我,激励着我寻着正确的目标。您就是我的亲生父亲,真诚渴望早日得到您的启迪,做好亲生女儿的本分。

Du ya Ling (aspiring disciple)
China

Hong Kong

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Your Divine Grace.

I am writing this Vyāsa-pūjā homage at Gaura Pūrṇimā. Just like Lord Gaurāṅga distributing love of Godhead to everyone, while everyone is quarantined at home due to the worldwide pandemic, Your Divine Grace is serving timelessly Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission to preach Kṛṣṇa Consciousness all over the world, despite your bodily inconvenience.

I was blinded in the darkness of ignorance. You opened my eyes with torchlight of knowledge. You are renunciation personified. You are always merged in a feeling of separation and intense love of Lord Gaurāṅga.

At these difficult times, your China disciples are still planning how to celebrate your Vyāsa-pūjā with full enthusiasm. The real love between guru and disciples never changes. Neither this eternal relationship be affected under any circumstances.

In the meantime, I am delighted that many sincere souls are applying the first and second initiation from Your Divine Grace. Their faith and love in Guru and Kṛṣṇa are not shaken at this critical time.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, thank you for your mercy to deliver us, the conditioned souls, who are suffering tremendously in this mortal world.

I was touched when I heard you prayed for me during your home visit after the evening class. I was in a desperate situation at that time. You seemed to know everything. I am a fallen soul, not able to do any services for you, yet you care for me with so much love and affection. I feel indebted to you, Guru Mahārāja. Please forgive any of my offences to you and allow me to allow me to serve you. continuously. I pray for your good health and long life in the hope that more conditioned souls would get salvation from Your Divine Grace.

Your insignificant servant,

Citra Vilāsinī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)
Māyāpur, India

My dear spiritual father,

Please accept my respectful obeisance. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Śrī Gaura- Nitāi. All glories to your auspicious appearance day.

At your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā, I sincerely wish you longevity and healthy to give more mercy to more conditional soul.

After getting initiation from you over 10 years, thanksgiving for helping me to get rid of the material designations and get the real identity, a devotee who is the eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa.

By your mercy, I get the real freedom in this material world.

When I use the identity of a devotee in my life, I get rid of the bounding to be a wife, a sister and a friend. I free from the burden of my karma. Because all of my recognized person are the souls, I only help them and give the chance for them to do services for Kṛṣṇa. I have no attachment for them. Because of your mercy, you open my darkened eyes, I taste the real freedom. In my experience to be a devotee, I get the protection from the Lord, especially Lord Narasiṁhadeva. His strength is so surprisingly, so powerful.

Because of your mercy, you bring me to the paramparā which is a best boat in the ocean of material world. It will protect us in all directions. I feel very safe. In this big infectious disease period, not only I haven’t the feared mood, but I feel happy when I do the devotional services. This is the wonder of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. All the times are used for the services, no time for illusions.

No, your appearance, I can’t get the spiritual experience, I can’t use my body in a right way and have a chance to go back to Godhead. Although I am a small servant, I will try my best to do my sadhana and follow your instructions to spread saṅkīrtana movement. Jaya! Gurudeva ki jaya! I get the debt from you eternally.

Your spiritual daughter,

Kuntī Mahārāṇī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

Hong Kong

India

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our respectful obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to you on this auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā.

Your Servants,

Nilesh and Oṁ Vadera (Aspiring).

Rohiṇī (New Delhi - India)

 

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

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

On this auspicious day of your appearance. I would like to express a few words of appreciation for all the mercy that you have bestowed upon all the fallen condition souls!

Ones, I was told by one very kind devotee in Gītā-Nagarī, his name is Ekavīra dāsa (Husband of Vrajalīlā devī dāsī- disciple of His Holiness of Bhakti Tīrtha Swami.) he mentioned to me that it is a nice practice to meditate on how Śrī Kṛṣṇa has given me such a wonderful Spiritual Master and how my Spiritual Master has so kindly given me Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

And then I can follow with that by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.

So, like this, I am so grateful that I have the opportunity to hear Guru Mahārāja’s classes everyday. I strongly believe that if I can just listen and remember Guru Mahārāja’s vāṇī every day and follow his instructions, I may be able to sustain my spiritual life.

In this connection I am reminded of the verse quoted from Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.23:

yasya deve parā bhaktir
yathā deve tathā gurau
tasyaite kathitā hy arthāḥ
prakāśante mahātmanaḥ

"Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic knowledge automatically revealed."

So, thinking like this, I am also so amazed how Guru Mahārāja's mercy is sustaining us in so many ways.

There is another verse which comes to mind, from Cc Antya 7.11

kali-kālera dharma — kṛṣṇa-nāma-saṅkīrtana
kṛṣṇa-śakti vinā nahe tāra pravartana

“The fundamental religious system in the Age of Kali is the chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. Unless empowered by Kṛṣṇa, one cannot propagate the saṅkīrtana movement.

So, this also shows how very much dependent we are on the mercy of Guru Mahārāja, to make any progress in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

I also have an interesting memory of Guru Mahārāja I wanted to share: Once someone came to Guru Mahārāja to ask for some help regarding her husband’s health crisis. Guru Mahārāja said he could sponsor for his operation that he may need to get done. So the wife of the husband was very emotional and expressed to Guru Mahārāja why he was doing this? (in particular, sponsoring for it.) And Guru Mahārāja responded, “As a sanyasi, I normally would not do. But it is common sense.”

So, like this, in all ways, Guru Mahārāja is helping us eternally. Guru Mahārāja is so much fixed in following so many instructions, personally given to him by Śrīla Prabhupāda. And in this way, so wonderfully serving the mission of the most merciful form of the lord- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. We should feel so grateful that we have the opportunity to assist him in doing so.

Often Guru Mahārāja quotes that how the teachings of Lord Caitanya are so simple:

suno suno nityānanda, suno haridasa,
sarvatra amara ajna koroha prakāśa,

prati ghare ghare giya koro ei bhiksa,
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]

In essence, Guru Mahārāja said that this means we should 1. Chant Kṛṣṇa’s name. 2. Serve Śrī Kṛṣṇa 3. And study Kṛṣṇa’s teachings, like the Bhagavad Gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

In conclusion, I just want to mention that how, by engaging oneself in Guru and Gaurāṇga’s service, one actually becomes fully satisfied. And in this regard, Śrīla Prabhupāda said:

“When a hungry man is given food to eat, he feels satiation of hunger and the pleasure of dining simultaneously. Thus, he does not have to ask whether he has actually been fed or not. The crucial test of hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is that one should get positive enlightenment by such an act.”

Now, having said all this, I must confess that despite having so much mercy and good fortune to follow Guru Mahārāja’s instructions. I feel I am falling too weak in my commitment to do so and I am not doing enough for your pleasure Guru Mahārāja. Please bless me so that I can be steadier and do more service, for your pleasure Guru Mahārāja!

Your servant,

Abhaya Caraṇa Nimāi dāsa

Māyāpur, 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 His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja,

I offer my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet on the auspicious occasion of your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā celebration. All glories to your lotus feet! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

My dear spiritual father, it’s only by your causeless mercy I am able to practice spirituality daily. I am very indebted your causeless mercy to accept me as your disciple.

Last year I married on 7th July, 2021 and my wife is a devotee who is already chanting 12-16 rounds daily, she aspires to take initiation from you Guru Mahārāja. Requesting you to kindly pray for her so that she gets initiation from you, Gurudeva soon, she is also trying very hard daily to manage everything along with her spiritual practices, requesting you to also pray so that we practice and preach together wherever we stay.

I aspire to do more and more services along with my wife Gurudeva without hurting anybody’s ego.

I pray to their Lordships Śrī Śrī Gandharvikā Giridhārī, Śrīman Mahāprabhu and Lord Śrī Nṛsiṁhadeva for your good health and success of your outreach programs for the pleasure of your beloved, Śrīla Prabhupāda, may Lord bless you very immensely this day Gurudeva and protect you from all odds.

Praying to get the lust, greed and anger in heart to reduce in our hearts Gurudeva, praying at your lotus feet to read books of Śrīla Prabhupāda daily and hear lectures with utmost attention and chant in brahmā-muhūrta.

Begging for your blessings on this auspicious day.

Yours eternally,

Abhaya Caraṇa Acyuta dāsa, Pooja Patil

Śrī Śrī Narasiṁha Giridhārī Mandir,

Bangalore, India

I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of all fallen souls, whose mercy turns dumb into eloquent speakers, and enables the lame to cross mountains.

My dear spiritual father,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet again and again

All glories to you on your auspicious appearance day

It is more and more clear to me that I have been immensely blessed by the Lord to be placed under your shelter.

The more I know of your activities the happier I became!

Seeing your great compassion towards everyone and other outstanding qualities, which I have witnessed in person on several occasions, giving the best of you in any situation, amazed me!

Always maintaining a mood of unity, as a loving father, Godbrother, member of ISKCON society, doing a tremendous effort to work in co-operation spite of the unending difficulties, and that amazed me!

It seems that there is no material situation that can stop you from doing your service, and you showed that at every moment!

Since I took up the service of translating your classes into Spanish It has deepened and nourished me enormously and yet I feel that I am just at the shore of an unlimited ocean That I want to dive in with your expert guidance.

I prayed that one day I can satisfy you to any degree.

Your insignificant servant,

Acintya Nitāi dāsa
Māyāpur, India

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

My dear spiritual father, His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja,
I offer my respectful obeisances at the dust of your saṅkīrtana lotus feet on the auspicious occasion of your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā celebration. All glories to you Guru Mahārāja, who have displayed unlimited divine qualities, but amongst all of them, your dedication to Śrīla Prabhupāda shines as the main jewel amongst your unlimited bhakti bhūṣaṇas.

My most tolerant Guru Mahārāja,

Thank you for giving me shelter at your lotus feet and patiently tolerating my offences. In my struggle to be a sincere disciple, your large-heartedness is very humbling and transforming. You certainly carry the magnanimity of Lord Nityānanda in your heart. Your personal touch in all your dealings (either physical/online) is very instructive in terms of Vaiṣṇava Etiquette Display, Stressing on the Principles of Bhakti Rasa, Alignment to Mood of the Previous Ācāryas especially Śrīla Prabhupāda and Thoughtful Guidance. Everything which you do is very selfless, prayerful, and nourishing to the soul. You touch the hearts around you, and even a moment of it is enough for a lifetime. You mercifully awarded me brahmin initiation and blessed me to wear the saffron uniform in the month of December ’21. By your mercy and unwavering desire to please Śrīla Prabhupāda, a new Bhakti Center has manifested under the guidance of your able devotees, in the Kannamangala region of Bangalore. We offer this center and It’s services for your pleasure and seek your blessings for It’s further expansion, under your able guidance. I received the fortune of your physical darśana and class in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur during the Śrī Navadvīpa Maṇḍala Parikramā 2022. I felt purified and uplifted in your association. Narottama Dāsa Ṭhākura has rightly said,

“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?”

“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 hanker to always be in your association via your instructions which are non-different from your most merciful self. Your remembrance and ecstatic association either by vāṇī/vapuḥ have the potency to drive Avidya out and award Prema-Bhakti. Guru Mahārāja, you are relishing this Prema Bhakti and your innermost desire is that your followers should become receptive to receive your mercy, receive Kṛṣṇa from you, blissfully chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and engage enthusiastically in the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa. I am so unfortunate that I am reluctant to receive that mercy. Please instruct me how to receive and act on your mercy. Please guide me to dedicate my life to the service of the Guru Paramparā. Please teach me to control my six passions; rectify my six faults, bestow upon me the six qualities, and offer unto me the six kinds of holy association.

My dear Saviour – the best gift of Śrīla Prabhupāda in my life,

Thank you for showing us how to become a true follower and true servant of Śrīla Prabhupāda. You are the most faithful and confidential servitor of the Lord and therefore deserve as much respect as Lord Kṛṣṇa. In Caitanya-caritāmṛta it is said that although every living entity is a servitor of God, the genuine spiritual master is the direct manifestation of the Supreme Lord. For a disciple to advance spiritually he must be convinced of this.

In Śrīmad-bhāgavatam Lord Kṛṣṇa tells Uddhava:

“ācāryaṁ māṁ vijānīyān
navamanyeta karhicit
na martya-buddhyāsūyeta
sarva-deva-mayo guruḥ”
(SB 11.17.27)

“One should know the ācārya is Myself and never disrespect him in any way one should not end him thinking him an ordinary man, but he is a representative of all the demigods”

Here Lord Kṛṣṇa is especially instructing how a disciple should behave under the care of his spiritual master. A spiritual master is not an enjoyer of the facilities offered by his disciples rather he is like a parent. Just like a child cannot grow up without the proper attentive guidance of his parents, one cannot learn to perform devotional service without the attentive guidance of the spiritual master. The ability to walk is born with a baby and within a couple of years, the child develops it with practice. Similarly, Kṛṣṇa consciousness is eternally present within the conditioned soul but can only be realized when guided by a true representative of Lord Kṛṣṇa. You are that true representative of Kṛṣṇa in my life.

My dear Goṣṭhyānandī Guru Mahārāja,

Your life is simply meant for the upliftment of fallen conditioned souls like me. Your every act is an instruction for all your beloved followers.

1) Your Zoom House Visits after every Caitanya Līlā Class are the lifeline of the devotees. All the devotees are eager to make loving offerings to you. You made the impossible (personal interaction with millions) possible by these Zoom House visits. You established the importance of having the 6 loving exchanges in the association of devotees as highlighted by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, by this pastime of yours. On my appearance day you kindly blessed me and on other occasions, you accepted some mahāprasāda and garlands from me. I will cherish these moments always. With a lot of humility and feeling utterly disqualified please allow me to offer you the title of “Zoom Meetings Parivrājakācārya”.

2) Your waking up for maṅgalārati and carefully describing the colours of the outfIt’s the deities shows your love-filled meditation on the transcendental form of the Lord. This you are doing despite all physical challenges simply to encourage your followers and make them understand the value of an uncompromised morning program.

3) Your unwavering desire to speak Caitanya-kathā every day simply for the benefit of this world shows your deep attachment to Lord Caitanya. I often speculate that you must be daily dealing with so many intense issues related to management, disciples, GBC etc., which will take a toll on anyone, but when you come to give the daily Caitanya Līlā Class, your demeanor is completely unblemished and transcendentally surcharged. Time stops when you say Gaurāṅga! This shows your intense attachment to Lord Caitanya. This activity of yours can be compared to that of Lord Caitanya Himself. SB 11.5.34 states, “Out of sheer mercifulness You chased after the fallen conditioned souls, who are always in pursuit of the false enjoyment of illusion, and at the same time engaged in searching out Your own desired object, Lord Śyāmasundara.” Being His associate, you are simply walking in His footsteps.

4) You never missed chanting your rounds, even when you were in the operation theatre. You preached very innovatively to the doctors inducing them to chant Kṛṣṇa’s names whilst treatment and distributed Bhagavad-gītās to the hospital staff. It was reported by the hospital staff that the eeriness of the hospital vanished in your presence, all were feeling joyful and spontaneously chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa Māha-mantra. You wrote letters to your disciples from the operation theatre, this proved that your meditation on them and prayers of them is their only lifeline. In the Ādi Purāṇa there is the following statement by Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself, addressed to Arjuna: "My dear Pārtha, one who claims to be My devotee is not so. Only a person who claims to be the devotee of My devotee is actually My devotee." No one can approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead directly. One must approach Him through His pure devotees. Therefore, in the system of Vaiṣṇava activities, the first duty is to accept a devotee as the spiritual master and then to render service unto him. The aim of my life is to become your devoted servant.

5) You read the books of Śrīla Prabhupāda daily, without fail. In this way, you instruct your followers in the art of being faithfully connected to Śrīla Prabhupāda on the transcendental plane via his books.

6) You are constantly meditating on expanding the movement of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Your “Instructions Project – Help me serve Śrīla Prabhupāda” is the manifestation of your meditation. You are the epitome of disciple consciousness. You simply exist for Śrīla Prabhupāda’s pleasure and service, and this is your primary teaching. Your attachment to Śrīla Prabhupāda and your daily meditation on his instructions is your very identity and this very fact makes you a crown jewel of this world. In one of your lectures, you confirmed this prime necessity of spiritual life.

“The disciple having the mood of the Guru and the paramparā is a sign of a very advanced disciple. We should aspire for understanding the mood of the Spiritual Master. One-time Śrīla Prabhupāda asked, ‘What is the thing you can gain from the Guru?’ And everyone said so many things. Then he replied, ‘Get his vibration. His vibration is the essence.’” - (May 29, 2019, Māyāpur)

Guru Mahārāja, having fully imbibed the mood and the vibration of Śrīla Prabhupāda and the Guru Paramparā, you are at the pinnacle of perfection in your own life, you are now mercifully passing on the same formula into the hearts of your disciples. Śrīla Prabhupāda would be so pleased with you.

7) Your ecstatic love towards Kṛṣṇa is visible in your pastimes. You are always anxious to utilize your time in the devotional service of the Lord. You do not like to be idle. You want service always, twenty-four hours a day, without deviation. You remain reserved and perseverant. You are always detached from all material attraction. You do not long for any material respect in return for his activities. You are always certain that Kṛṣṇa will bestow His mercy upon you. You are always very enthusiastic to serve the Lord faithfully. You are very much attached to the chanting of the holy names of the Lord. You are always eager to describe the transcendental qualities of the Lord. You are eagerly pleased to live in a place where the Lord’s pastimes are performed such as Śrīdhāma Māyāpur or any other places where Śrīla Prabhupāda’s services take you.

My dear eternal spiritual father,

I am a useless son of yours, who belongs to your transcendental family but has not yet been able to sincerely inculcate the devotional qualities which are an insignia of your committed sons, daughters, and followers. Your unconditional mercy is the only antidote for my eternal ungratefulness and my weakness of the heart. Guru Mahārāja although I am unchaste in my surrender towards your instructions still because I am your disciple, I desire to develop a spontaneous attraction for the Lord. You have very mercifully also revealed how to do that in one of your lectures.

"For devotees, who have been very careful in chanting and hearing, the spontaneous attraction to the Lord increases day by day." - (25th September 1983, New York, USA).

I will try to focus even more on my chanting and hearing, but ultimately, I depend on your mercy even to do that. Please give me your blessings so that I can take full shelter of your instructions and become your faithful servant and representative and in this way always feel your presence in my life. Your every activity is an offering to Śrīla Prabhupāda, and your every instruction is assistance to the people to come to the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya. In a world full of quarrel, hypocrisy, impersonalism and sense gratification, your devotion shines like the sunshine and you are establishing Bhakti Yoga as the Supreme by giving the Gaura Kathā and mercy of the Holy Dham to all villages and cities across the planet.

On this auspicious day, I beg you to bless me to develop purity, compassion, and determination to follow your instructions. Please empower me so that I may be able to assist you in your services to Śrīla Prabhupāda and be an insignificant instrument in your hand to expand this Saṅkīrtana movement. I also pray that I may always remain true to your transcendental instructions and be eternally engaged in your service. I pray that I always remember your Lotus feet and truly inherit your mood and mission. By your mercy Guru Mahārāja, anything is possible. I desire the dust of your holy feet in every birth I may take. Please consider me yours and be kind to me.

Yours eternally,
Acyuta Arjuna Sakhā dāsa,
ISKCON Whitefield,
Bangalore, India

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisance.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to Śrīla Gurudeva

On the auspicious occasion of your appearance day, I would like to wish you Gurudeva.

I have a deep desire to preach and request your cause less mercy on this degraded fool. Also request to bless me so that faith in the Lord, Guru and Process increases. Also please bless me so that I scrutinizingly study scriptures with proper understanding and utilize the knowledge in serving you in your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda. Thankyou Gurudeva.

Your unworthy disciple,

Ādi Kṛṣṇa Dāsa
(Bangalore - New Rājāpur Dhāma)

নম ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীন ইতি নামিনে

নম আচার্যপাদায় নিতাই কৃপাপ্রদায়িনে গৌরকথা ধামধায় নগরগ্রাম তারিনে।

নম ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে শ্রীমতে ভক্তিবেদান্ত স্বামীন ইতি নামিনে

নমস্তে সারস্বতে দেবে গৌরবাণী প্রচারিনে নির্বিশেষ শূন্যবাদী পাশ্চাত্য দেশ তারিনে।

হে আমার প্রাণপ্রিয় গুরু মহারাজ,

কৃপাপূর্বক আপনার রাতুল চরণে আমার সশ্রদ্ধ বিনম্র প্রণাম গ্রহণ করুন। এই যে আসন্ন কামদা একাদশী তিথিতে আপনার শুভ ৭৩তম আবির্ভাব তিথি জয়যুক্ত হোক। প্রতিটি শিষ্যের জন্য এই দিনটি একটা মহিমান্বিত এবং শ্রী গুরুদেবের গুরু মহিমা কীর্তন করার বিশেষ দিন। এই শুভ দিনে আপনার মত মহান বৈষ্ণব যিনি প্রতি সেকেন্ডে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের আদেশ এবং মহাপ্রভুর বাণী প্রতি নগরে, গ্রামে গ্রামে প্রচার করে চলেছেন তাঁর গুনানু কীর্তন করার যোগ্যতা আমার মত একজন অধমের নেই। আপনার গুনমহিমা এতটাই যার সীমারেখা আমি করতে পারবোনা ।

হে গুরু মহারাজ,

আপনি এতই করুণাময় যে আপনি কখনো কাউকে প্রত্যাখ্যান করেন না। এর প্রত্যক্ষ উদাহরণ আমি নিজেই। আমার মতো এতো ভারী বোঝাকে আপনি হাসিমুখে বলে চলেছেন।

হে প্রভুপাদের সেনাপতি ভক্ত,

আমি প্রতি বৃহস্পতিবারে যখন বরিষ্ঠ ভক্তদের শ্রীমুখ থেকে আপনার গুনমহিমা শ্রবণ করি তখন আমি অনুভব করতে পারি যে আপনি যদি আমাকে অন্ধকার থেকে তুলে এনে প্রকৃত আলোর পথে না নিয়ে আসতেন, গুরু পরম্পরা ধারায় শ্রীকৃষ্ণের সাথে যুক্ত না করতেন তাহলে আমি কোথায় পড়ে থাকতাম। আপনি আমাকে সব সময় মায়ার কবল থেকে বের করে কৃষ্ণের সেবায় যুক্ত করেছেন।

হে পতিত পাবন গুরুদেব,

প্রতিদিন সন্ধ্যে বেলায় চৈতন্য মহাপ্রভুর মধুর লীলা কথা,তাঁর মনোভাব, পূর্ব আচার্যদের মনোভাব এত সরল করে বুঝিয়ে না দিলে আমি হয়তো কখনো বুঝতেই পারতাম না যে আমার জীবনের প্রকৃত উদ্দেশ্য টা কি,কিভাবে আমি প্রকৃত আনন্দ উপলব্ধি করতে পারব। আমি প্রতিদিন এই মধুর লীলা কথা শ্রবণ করার জন্য উদগ্রীব থাকি, আর এই চৈতন্যলীলা ক্লাস শোনার পর আমি পারমার্থিক যে আনন্দ অনুভব করতে পারি যা আমাকে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের গ্রন্থ প্রচার করতে অনেক সাহায্য করে।

হে প্রাণনাথ গুরুদেব,

আমি এতই অধম আমার কোন যোগ্যতা নেই আপনার সেবা করার। আপনি এত কৃপাময় যে আমার মতো এক অযোগ্য হীন মেয়েকে আপনার সেবায় নিযুক্ত করেছেন যা আমাকে সবসময় কৃষ্ণভাবনাময় হতে সাহায্য করে।

এই শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথিতে আমি আপনার শ্রীচরণ কমলে প্রার্থনা করি আপনার শ্রী চরণ কমলের আশ্রয় এবং দিব্য সেবা থেকে আমাকে কখনো বঞ্চিত করবেন না। আমি যেন আপনাকে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের প্রচারকার্যে সেবা মনোভাব নিয়ে কোনোরকম লাভ, পূজা ও প্রতিষ্ঠাশা ছাড়া সাহায্য করতে পারি । গুরু মহারাজ এই শুভ তিথিতে আমি আপনার চরণে ক্ষমা ভিক্ষা প্রার্থনা করি আমার সমস্ত অপরাধের জন্য যা আমি আপনার চরণ কমলে করে ফেলেছি জ্ঞাত এবং অজ্ঞাতসারে।

আপনার অধম পতিত পারমার্থিক কন্যা,

আহ্লাদিনী রাই দেবী দাসী (দীক্ষা)

আসানসোল, পশ্চিম বঙ্গ

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

All Glories to you Guru Mahārāja

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

Last two years were very troublesome due to Corona Pandemic, but by the mercy of Your Holiness and Vaiṣṇavas, my practice of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness got intensified.

However, it opened the gate of wide preaching method that is through Online. Every day after lecturing online your divine grace visits homes of devotees virtually which makes us enthusiastic to serve more and more.

Especially Your divine grace reading Śrīmad-bhāgavatam everyday night inspires me to read Śrīla Prabhupāda's books daily. The Lectures on the compilation of the Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya book make me anxiously waiting for It’s release.

Thank you for giving updates on Your activities on the Jayapatākā swami app, I feel a personal connection with you my dear spiritual master through this app.

Despite your health conditions, your continuous preaching projects makes us how to keep up the spirit high always in service of Guru and Gaurāṅga.

Aspiring for the dust of your lotus feet,

Your insignificant servant,
Ajānubāhu Gaurahari dāsa (Dīkṣā),
Māyāpur, India

nāma oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe

 

Dandavat Praṇām Gurudeva,

My dear Guru Maharāja,

Please accept my humble respectful obeisance unto your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṇga!!!

You are very dear to Lord Krishna and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I am trying to be the dust of your lotus feet Gurudeva.

I wish whole heartedly to you for your 73rd Vyāsa Puja and praying to Sri Sri Prahlāda Nṛsimha and Tulasī Devī for the fast recovery of your health.

Circumambulating will not stop until and unless you recover fully and take us to Navadvīpa Parikrama again.

By your mercy I am serving as a Area Coordinator- Book distribution services, please bless me so that I can serve you the way you did to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Thank you for coming in my dream and giving me instructions.

As your spiritual son, seeking for your mercy and guidance to become a good devotee and you always desired.

Seeking for Initiation.

 

Ys

Anupam Dās (Shelter Disciple)

New Delhi , India

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

jaya śrī kṛṣṇa caitanya prabhu nityānanda
śrī advaita gadādhara śrīvas ādi gaura-bhakta-vṛnda

Kindly accept my humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet, Guru Mahārāja.

This insignificant soul has been so blessed to have your lectures and vāṇī in her life, Guru Mahārāja. I have not been in touch with you via lectures also lately because of academic pressure but I request you to bless me so that I can progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Please bless me so that i can meet you physically one day and take your blessings, Guru Mahārāja.This insignificant soul is blessed to have the golden opportunity of writing this offering. Kindly forgive me if I committed any mistake while writing this, Guru Mahārāja. Kindly bless me, Guru Mahārāja.

-Your insignificant servant

Ākānṣa Gaura dāsa

Māyāpur, India

JPS vyaspuja 2022

nāma oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
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."

Dear Guru Maharāj,

Please accept my respectful and humble obeisances on to your lotus feet. My small offering to you on this blessed day....

 

Victory flag, a glorious one

Srila Prabhupada’s dear son

 

Always Fluttering in high spirits 

Attacking Māya in all its merits 

 

Rising above the horizons so high

Helping our bhakti creeper climb high

 

From Gordon John to Gaur Dhan Jana

You are one among Gaurāṅga’s clan

 

Prabhupāda’s dancing “white elephant”

To preaching in Bengāli so fluent 

 

You reside in every disciple’s heart

Your Love and Compassion fervent 

 

You took away our karmas

As you led us through Parikramā

 

You joined Kṛṣṇa’s army

With Huge kartals as your armour 

 

From a world of Māyā to Māyāpur 

You gave us a world of TOVP

 

We watched you Never Give up

We watched how Māya Gave up

 

Nāmahaṭṭa, Bhakti Vṛkṣa to spiritual Safari 

You took us on the path of limitless joy

 

With your daily class on Caitanya Līla 

You gave us an entry to Gaur Līla

 

You are an epitome of devotee care

Devotees heart blissfully flare

 

You travelled the globe

To take us toward Kṛṣṇa's abode

 

You endeavour to fulfil all the instructions

You sheltered us and gave initiations

 

As Māya plays her trick

You blessed us with Jagannātha's stick

 

Nothing could stop you in this mission

As you gave Guru Paramparā’s admission  

 

Raising your hands, loudly you call out Gaurāṅga Nityānanda 

Nourishing our hearts with real Ānanda 

 

Fifty years of service to Holy Dhām

To spreading the Holy Nāma

 

Continuing to Inspire many souls

As Fulfilling Prabhupāda instructions are your Life and soul 

 

In this world full of misery

The only solace is your mercy 

 

As preaching is your feat

So are anartha’s defeat

 

Prabhupāda said preaching is the essence

You proved it as your quintessence

 

Bodily pangs on you keep lingering

But your consciousness is unfathoming

 

You gave us Showers of nectar 

As Your compassion is beyond vector 

 

Today is a happy day, your Vyāsapūja day

For your mercy, I humbly pray 

 

To help me  serve and please you my dear spiritual master

The way you served and pleased your spiritual master
 

Your insignificant spiritual daughter

Alka Babu 
India (Mumbai)

Respected Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept Respectful obeisance’s unto your lotus feet from a proud Shelter devotee dear Guru Mahārāja, on your auspicious 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā.

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

In the year 2019 as per my revered Mentor’s advice to select a Spiritual Master for Spiritual advancement, we selected You and were so glad and happy to be accepted by you. We are now eagerly awaiting to be an initiated devotee with our mercy.

This year we have been entrusted with the responsibility of conducting a Bhakti-vṛkṣa in our sector in Kannamangala, we are so happy to be in the association of spirited devotees. In this recently held Sīkṣā out of our small Bhakti-vṛkṣa 8 members appeared for various shikha levels and have become eligible for the next level.

I am longing to emulate your untiring zeal and spirit of accomplishing of the desire of Your Guru Mahārāja, Jagat Guru, Śrīla Prabhupāda. Your most cherished desire to make Bangalore a Kṛṣṇa Conscious city in the country, I in my own way trying hard to spread the Glories of the Lord, wherever possible.

Most glaring act of yours Guru Mahārāja being your Hospitalization, away from Māyāpur Dhāma at Chennai and despite in utter distress/ pains you only talked to anyone and everyone about the Lord, His glories and Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Preaching and motivating all by repeated appeal to Chant Hari Nam, narrating glories of Guru and Gaurāṅga, in real sense spreading His name in every nook and corner of the country.

It is an immense privilege and fortune for us to be under your shelter. Please bless us that we are able to fulfil your wishes.

Your Insignificant Servant,

Amal and Chitra Bhaduri

(Guru Mahārāja Shelter, Śrī Śrī Narasiṁha Giridhārī Mandir, Bangalore,India)

My dear Guru Mahārāja, please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla prabhupāda!

All glories to Gaurāṅga and Nityānanda!!

All glories to you on this auspicious Vyāsa-pūjā.

Actually, I don't have any qualifications to glorify you because you are very close associate of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Supreme lord.

Till now Mahārāja my sādhana is good with your blessings. I am conducting online bhakti vṛkṣas in Hyderabad. The devotees are from different districts of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and also Karnataka state. Also visiting nearby places like pasra (Telangana tribal area) under the guidance of Bhakti Puruṣottama swami Mahārāja and preaching in collaboration with ISKCON Warangal.

I am visiting tribal areas in Vishakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh since 2001 onwards. Four tribal devotees are ready to take initiations during tribal convention-2022. Bhakti Puruṣottama swami Mahārāja visited these areas during October 2021. I will visit these places from 4.4.2022 to 13.4.2022 to distribute Telegu Bhagavat-gītās, chanting beads, neck beads and tulasī plants etc. We are also planning to start a pāṭaśāla under the guidance of bhakti Puruṣottama swami Mahārāja.

Dear Guru dev it surprises me that inspite of your physical condition you are always thinking of your disciples welfare and sadhana. As a part of this you are conducting question-answer sessions. We really feel proud of you Mahārāja.

Garu Mahārāja, on this auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā please bestow your mercy on us to do better service to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mission.

I pray to Śrī Rādhā Mādhava Aṣṭasakhī, Pañcatattva and Narasiṁha deva to kindly ease your material burden.

Yours insignificant,

Rādhā Kanhaiyā Dāsa

And Amala Gaṅgā Devī Dāsī.

Hyderabad, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

Please accept my respectful obeisances to Your Lotus Feet.

I am blessed to get this auspicious opportunity to make this humble Vyāsa-pūjā offering to your most revered, divine, and transcendental Lotus Feet.

After many, many births I had the good fortune to come to know about ISKCON and Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, and even more auspicious was coming across and finding a Guru like You.

I want to thank you for bestowing Your mercy on me and accepting me as your disciple.

Your Lotus Feet are my only “Eternal Shelter”.

For this I am and always will remain eternally indebted to your Lotus Feet.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, your pure, flawless, relentless endeavors and preaching efforts know no bounds.

You are always 24/7 Kṛṣṇa Conscious. Traveling, preaching, and always finding new ways and opportunities to preach and distribute love and message of Lord Gaurāṅga throughout the world to all jīvas.

I am eternally indebted to you for enthusing me with your online discourses, inspirational JSSS WhatsApp group’s spiritual messages and engaging me in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness by being a “Perfect Guru” and “Perfect Role Model”.

Thanks for establishing a wonderful network of your disciples and well-wishing devotees and giving me their wonderful association.

You are an eternal and transcendental mine of spiritual inspiration.

Although I am still covered in ignorance and full of defects, I pray to Your Lotus Feet to please continue to remove my ignorance and guide me in this spiritual journey with Your lamp of Kṛṣṇa Conscious Knowledge, so that someday I will be free from the four defects of human nature and become all auspicious and pleasing and be able to see things as they are.

I respectfully, pray to your Lotus Feet to bless me and empower me so that I be able to serve you, and Vaiṣṇava devotees, to Your heart’s satisfaction, and like your millions of disciples/followers that I too be able to serve You in fulfilling "Your" commitment to Śrīla Prabhupāda to help "Him" fulfill "His" commitment to "His" Śrīla Guru Mahārāja.

Your eternal servant,

Amarendra Mukunda Dāsa

Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja please accept my respectful obesainces in to your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja.

All glories to guru and Gaurāṅga!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to you Guru Mahārāja!

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja please accept my respectful obeisances in to your lotus feet. Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for entering our darken life’s and making it brighten. And your love and dedication for Śrīla Prabhupāda always inspires us. And you always be an example for taking the instructions of the spiritual master as life and soul. And and thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for your causeless mercy. And your love for the Śrīla Prabhupāda always inspires us. Despite of your health conditions you never fail to shower your mercy. And we our very much fortunate to Śrīla Prabhupāda and you in our life’s Guru Mahārāja. And please us so that we can be an instrument in your service towards your spiritual master Śrīla Prabhupāda and thank you Kṛṣṇa and Prabhupāda for sending you in our life’s as our spiritual master. And we could very clearly see after your entrance in to darken life’s how become colorful and your surrender inspires to be surrendered to Śrīla Prabhupāda and you Guru Mahārāja. Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for your love and affection you gone to all of us. And your always there for everyone when needed your guidance. Guru Mahārāja we want to be eternally grateful and be indebted to you Guru Mahārāja. And Guru Mahārāja we cannot repay the things you have done in our lives the only thing that I can do is just follow your instructions and with folded palms beg for your mercy. I pray to Narasiṁhadeva and Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and Pañca-tattva and Śrīla Prabhupāda for your good health Guru Mahārāja so that you can continue your services to Śrīla Prabhupāda so that we can be an instrument in your services. On this auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā I wish you happy Vyāsa-pūjā. And please bless me so that I can serve you and Śrīla Prabhupāda eternally.

Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja

Your’s unqualified insignificant

Servant of the servant,

Ambika

South India, Hyderabad

nāma oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe

Amit Mondal
India (Kolkata)

Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my repeated Respectful obeisances on to your lotus feet,

This conditioned soul simply begging at your lotus feet for your causeless mercy

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

Guru Mahārāja, I heard many missionary activities which you did to spread Kṛṣṇa Bhakti all over the world from senior devotees, starting from printing books and dispatching, your contribution in building BBT, opening a center in Toronto, then in building and protecting Māyāpur by risking your own life and your surrenderance and Service to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja I am a fallen, aimless and feeble-minded soul still inspired by your selfless service and activities I try to do whatever I could but I always fail to achieve the target given, currently trying to building our youth forum YouTube channel to connect 100000 youths, also tried to distribute books for yours and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s pleasure.

So, on this most auspicious 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā. I would like to pray at the dust of your Lotus feet, please give your mercy Guru Mahārāja so that I can serve you and spread kṛṣṇa-bhakti which is the only welfare activity for humanity

Your most Insignificant servant,

Amiya dey
Māyāpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to you dear Guru Mahārāja

I'm seeing a shower of your mercy in my life to make me more stronger spiritually dear Gurumahārāja. By your mercy, I get your disciples association and we are trying to do better japa, better deity worship and better in dealings with family and even started doing some little sevā in our Sheshadripuram Jagannātha Mandir, Bengaluru dear Gurumahārāja.

Kindly bless me:

1. to make me more strong in my sādhana

2. To be more humble in dealings with everyone around me

3. and to get sufficient intelligence to preach to the point when I give care to devotees, one to one.

4 and give me intelligence to carefully discriminate and use time for most important services than for less important services.

5. Please extract infinite and very effective services from me by giving me sharp intelligence dear Guru Mahārāja.

Guru Mahārāja I do not need anything in life other than above mentioned 5 blessings. If you think I need more to serve better, please grant me your merciful blessings. I wish to fully give quality service to Sheshadripuram Jagannātha Mandir as that temple is in need of service from many devotees. Please empower me also to preach very effectively to all the mātājīs and kids there, so that Sheshadripuram temple will have very wonderful devotees who will attract whole Bangalore to become KC very soon so that you can see it while you are still in this world with us physically dear Guru Mahārāja.

Guru Mahārāja, your services in spite of all your physical instabilities have inspired me tremendously to give my best because I have such good physical health and good family that supports me all by your blessings. and so I must also be doing a lot to serve you, just like you are serving your Guru Mahārāja.

I want to be giving maximum in your services dear Guru Mahārāja.

Kindly bless me... I have no hope other than your blessings dear spiritual father...

Your servant

Amṛta Mādhavī Devī Dāsī
Māyāpur, India

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

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Śrīla Prabhuapada!

All Glories to you Guru Mahārāja!

I wanted to write many times to you through mail but failed, but I want to take full advantage of your upcoming Vyāsa-pūjā and try to write my offering to you in these platform. I don’t have any qualifications, but I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to write to you on the auspicious day of your appearance.

You set an example of devotion to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Gaurāṅga and now I have a goal in life to be attached to your lotus feet. I pursue from heart to place myself in service of your lotus feet. You are the most empowered and beloved disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Gurudev, on your “73rd Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava”, I sincerely pray to Śrī Śrī Gāndharvikā-Giridhārī, Narasiṁhadeva and Gaur-Nitāi for your good health and to continue delivering fallen conditioned souls.

With your mercy and guidance of Acyuta Arjunasakhā Dāsa Prabhujī and Harikṣetra Prabhujī, me and my husband are serving as Sector-servant and Bhakti-vṛkṣa leader for Gaurāṅga Circle (Kadugodi, Bangalore) and Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava Bhakti-Vṛkṣa and this happens every week online. We are also giving more time in morning sadhna regularly. Please bless us Gurudeva so that we can serve as the instruments to sow the seed of Kṛṣṇa consciousness deep into the heart of all the souls we touch and be a better servant to assist you in the mission of Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I would like to conclude this offering by praying, dear Guru Mahārāja may I simply engage in glorifying and find perfection in chanting the Holy Names of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Always hankering for your mercy.

Your Aspiring Servant,

Aditi Thakur

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma,

Gurumahārāja,with my folded hands i want to congratulate you on the occasion of 73rd vyāsa-pūjā. I pray to lord Kṛṣṇa for your good health and your achievement in the path Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I am blessed that Kṛṣṇa has given me such a merciful spiritual master. Guru Mahārāja Please bless me and my family to Proceed in my spiritual path and serve Kṛṣṇa under your guidance.

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Your spiritual daughter

Amṛtāñjalī Citrā devī dāsī
Māyāpur, India

হরে কৃষ্ণ। শ্রীল জয়পতাকা স্বামী গুরুমহারাজের শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথি ব্যাসপূজা মহা-মহৎসবের জয় হোক। ভগবান নৃসিংহদেব আপনাকে খুব সুস্থ রাখুক এই প্রার্থনা করি,আপনার প্রচার কার্যে ভগবান আরও শক্তি দিক। ভালো থাকবেন গুরুমহারাজ।

আমার দন্ডবৎ প্রণাম গ্রহণ করবেন গুরুমহারাজ। সর্বদা যেন শ্রীকৃষ্ণের সেবায় যুক্ত থাকতে পারি ও আপনার প্রচার কার্যে সাহায্য করতে পারি,এই আশীর্বাদ করবেন। হরে কৃষ্ণ।

Amṛteśa Gaurāṅga dāsa (অমৃতেশ গৌরাঙ্গ দাস)

India

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories unto you, Śrīla Gurudeva! Please accept our most respectful obeisances, Guru Mahārāja! Daṇḍavat Praṇāma. Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Last year, especially the day of September 12, 2021, we will remember and cherish forever - this day you mercifully took us under your shelter.

We hope to take Kṛṣṇa Consciousness more seriously this year, improve sādhana, get involved in more devotional service and please You, Śrīla Prabhupāda, Gaurāṅga and Jagannath to the best of our abilities - the abilities that you bless us with, again. We hope to become your initiated disciple soon. We also pray to you, seeking your blessings so that we soon beget a Kṛṣṇa Consciousness child - a child who can be another small soldier in your army which is taking Śrīla Prabhupāda’s and your mission forward.

This might sound like a laundry list of requests, but essentially the bottom line is that we sincerely request that we become happy, more Kṛṣṇa conscious and inspire more people around us to take up the process.

We pray to the Lordships – Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā Mayī for your health, well-being and happiness Gurudeva. And we also pray that we too can play a small part in your happiness, among lakhs of other senior devotees in your service.

Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Your servant,

Anand and Janani (sheltered)
New Rājāpur Dhāma, Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Gurumahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.

O Śrīla Gurudeva, there is a lack of words to glorify the amount of sacrifice and determination you have done to fullfill Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission, please bless me so that I can serve you the same way. I am desiring to do vapuḥ service for you Śrīla Gurudeva...

O Gurudeva you have thought all of us to never give up in our life in serving the spiritual master and pleasing Lord Kṛṣṇa, Śrīla Prabhupāda had taken Bhakti Vinoda Ṭhākura's vission as his mission similarly your divine grace is eternally engaged inspite of so many physical challenges...

Always praying and Hankering for your blessings, Gurudeva.

Your Servant,

Ānandamaya Ambariṣa Dāsa

ISKCON Coimbatore, India

¡¡Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda!!

Guru Mahārāja por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias a sus pies de loto

Oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

Nací en la más oscura ignorancia, y mi maestro espiritual me abrió los ojos con la antorcha del conocimiento. Le ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias.

Querido Gurudeva, nunca es suficiente glorificación cuando tengo que hablar de usted en el día más auspicioso de tu Vyāsa-pūjā.

Veo la misericordia del Señor Nityānanda y de Mahāprabhu fluyendo de su estado de ánimo compasivo así como el rio Ganges baja de la montaña del Himalaya y dando felicidad a todos.

¡Oh, Gurudeva, por favor bendíceme con el tesoro de Prema! bendíceme para que pueda servir a los vaisnavas con amor y respeto, bendíceme para que pueda tratar de satisfacer su intenso deseo de difundir la conciencia de Kṛṣṇa tanto como sea posible.

Su personalidad demuestra que es suave como una rosa pero duro como un rayo, usted es una fuente de inspiración constante para discípulos y simpatizantes porque es un ejemplo de nunca rendirse, usted es como el abuelo Bhishmadev que elige morir a su voluntad. Usted mantienes su aire vital para satisfacer a Śrīla Prabhupāda y los Ācāryas anteriores. ¿Quién puede entender la mente de un vaiṣṇava exaltado como usted?

Usted es una piedra de toque ya que por su asociación puede transformar el hierro en oro, pudiendo transformar un corazón sucio en una joya preciosa.

śrīla bhaktivinoda ha cantado
kṛṣṇa se toma, kṛṣṇa dite paro,
tomara sakati ache
ami to' kańgala, 'kṛṣṇa' 'kṛṣṇa' boli',
dhai tava pache pache

Kṛṣṇa es suyo. Usted tiene el poder de dármelo. Soy simplemente su sirviente corriendo detrás de suyo gritando, "¡Kṛṣṇa! ¡Kṛṣṇa!"

Su insignificante sirviente

Ananta Gaurāṅga dāsa, (Dīkṣā)
Māyāpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectful obeisance at your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

In my 4-years and six months of journey In ISKCON mercy of Guru Mahārāja given opportunity to serve to Kṛṣṇa and under the instructions of śikṣā-guru, obey the order of bonafide spiritual Master learned more how to live in a society and keep away māyā, associate with devotees, guru-Sevā Satsang and keep center in Kṛṣṇa.

Guru Mahārāja for spiritual advancement I am taking IDC course as instructed my śikṣā-guru for initiation.

Please bless me progress in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness good spiritual growth

Jaya Jaya Guru Mahārāja ki Jaya!

If any shortcomes and mistakes forgive me Guru Mahārāja... I am so fallen soul please Guru Mahārāja

Your's loving devotee

Ananth Reddy B
Māyāpur, India

नम: ॐ विष्णु पदाय कृष्ण प्रेष्ठाय भूतले
श्रीमते जयपताका स्वामिन इति नामिने,
नमो आचार्य पदाय निताई कृपा प्रदायिने
गौर कथा धाम धाए नगर ग्राम तारिणे।

दंडवत प्रणाम गुरु महाराज। आपको ७३वे व्यासपुजा महोत्सव की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं।

मैं अपने आप को बहुत भाग्यशाली समझती हूं की आपने मुझ पतित जीव को स्वीकार किया। इससे पहले मेरा जीवन बहुत दुखमय था और कोई लक्ष्य नहीं था। लेकिन जबसे आपकी कृपा की रोशनी मेरे ऊपर पड़ी तो मेरे जीवन से सारा अंधकार दूर हो गया। मुझे २०१५ में जब मैं मायापुर पहली बार आई थी, तो मुझे आपके दर्शन करने का मौका मिला और तब से ही मेरा जीवन पूर्ण रूप से बदल गया। आपकी कृपा से मुझे भक्तों का संग मिला और अनकी सेवा करने का मौका मिला। जब भी मैं आपकी पतित जीवों के प्रति करुणा का विचार करती हूं तो मेरी मंदबुद्धि इसे समझ नहीं पाती है। आपके प्रभुपाद के आदेशों के प्रति दृढ़ संकल्प देख कर मुझे बहुत उत्साह मिलता है।

मैं अंबाला के भक्तों की और मेरे शिक्षा गुरु की बहुत आभारी हूं जिन्होंने मुझे आपके चरणों तक पहुंचाया। कृपया मुझे आशीर्वाद दें गुरु महाराज ताकि मैं भक्तों की पूर्ण रूप से सेवा कर पाऊं और आपकी कृपा को दूसरों को भी बाँट सकूं जिससे दूसरों का भी जीवन प्रकाशमय हो जाए।

आपकी तुच्छ दासी

अनिंदिता जाह्नवा देवी दासी (Aninditā Jāhnavā Devī Dāsī) (dīkṣā)

अंबाला (भारत)

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to guru and Gaurāṅga!

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

My humble obeisance to Guru Mahārāja!!!

Guru Mahārāja is always a source of inspiration for all of us. We are eternally indebted to Guru Mahārāja for showing His causeless mercy to us.

In the beginning of every New Year’s Eve I make new resolutions. I purposely choose one-one good quality of Guru Mahārāja's and try to improve myself. This year I have decided to focus on Attentive Chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa Māha-mantra and reading sincerely all small books written by Prabhupāda.

We are very fortunate to be under the umbrella of ISKCON. We can receive so much of mercy of the Lord through Guru Mahārāja.

In this year's Vyāsa-pūjā homage, I would like to pray unto the Lotus feet of the Supreme Lord to protect Guru Mahārāja and kindly give Him more opportunities to be with us and He should enlighten many more souls.

Daṇḍavat pranam to all the wonderful devotees who are serving Guru Mahārāja within their capacity.

With best wishes!

Sundara Kānāi dāsa

Añjalī Gopikā devī dāsī
Nagpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet!

All Glories To Your Divine Appearance Day!!

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

Oh my dear father, I’m not qualified to glorify you but you gave me a big opportunity to glorify you. You are so merciful upon me Gurudeva. I’m so fallen but you accepted me as your Spiritual daughter. I always pray to Lord Nityānanda that when he will give me opportunity to take your darśana? Just as Lord shiva drank poison, in the same way you accept my sins like poison. All glories to you Gurudeva. You are mood of Lord Nityānanda because you accept whoever comes in your shelter. Please forgive me Gurudeva because you always have to suffer because of me. Please Guru Mahārāja, always keep me in your shelter always otherwise if you and Śrīla Prabhupāda abandoned me, my life would be like a street dog, after that Kṛṣṇa will never accept me. I can’t reach Kṛṣṇa without your mercy. Lord Caitanya and Śrīla Prabhupāda are very kind upon me, they sent you in my life to liberate me from this material world. I promise to you Guru Mahārāja, I will chant daily 16 Rounds and never break my four regulative principles. And I will try to ready daily Prabhupāda’s books.

Guru Mahārāja I always want to be in your shelter. Please don’t leave me because I have no one other than you. Oh Gurudeva, please keep me in your shelter and guidance always. If I commit any offence in your Lotus feet so please forgive me. I want to be and serve in your Lotus feet always. Please bless me for my spiritual life always. I really love you Guru Mahārāja.

All glories To You Gurudeva

Your Insignificant Servant,

Annu Tomar (Sheltered)

ISKCON Rohiṇī, Delhi

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to you Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept my respectful obesiances unto your Lotus Feet.

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

All glories to your auspicious appearance day.

Your unstoppable enthusiasm to serve the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda is the biggest inspiration to me.

I cannot express my gratitude enough to you Guru Mahārāja. Thank you so much for showering your mercy upon me. As I write the offering, I am reminded of how on my previous birthday, you blessed me via zoom, and showered your mercy upon me by blessing me with the golden words of “Please take my heart”. As and when I meditate on these words of yours, I feel so fortunate and blessed. Thank you once again Guru Mahārāja for such a wonderful blessing. Your constant meditation on the pastimes of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu and His associates is what I feel your heart is full of and your blessing to me as such is really beyond words.

Currently by your mercy Guru Maharaj and by the mercy of Her Grace Śiromaṇi Mātājī, I have been engaged in the college preaching in M.G.M Medical College, Jamshedpur. A group of 8-10 girls are there among which a few of them attend our weekly Bhagavad-gītā sessions. Some of them read Bhagavad-gītā daily and a few of them have recently started chanting. Some of the new girls have been to Māyāpur with us.

Please bless me Guru Mahārāja so that I can be of some service to you in helping you spread the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda and at the same time be in constant association with sincere followers of Śrīla Prabhupāda, serve them and learn from them the ways to lead a Kṛṣṇa conscious life with utmost sincerity and seriousness.

Please forgive me for all the offences committed.

Your insignificant servant,

Anurādhā Didwania (sheltered disciple)

Jamshedpur, India

Dear Gurumaharāj,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to your Divine Grace! All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Gurumaharāj, you are the best and foremost example to illustrate that Kṛṣṇa Consciousness is not a philosophy, but it is as practical as it can get. You personally portray, through your life and your own health complications, that the process of pure love for Śrīla Prabhupāda, and Kṛṣṇa, works. Gurumaharāj, your tireless and global preaching efforts to spread the name of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, despite several physical ailments, gives us all the motivation to persevere in the movement with more and more enthusiasm. Your painstaking efforts to deliver humanity is incomparable, and the way you motivate every person you come across, every hospital attendant, every airport personnel, and even random passersby, to chant the holy name is really wonderful. But sometimes I feel bad that you have to take so much effort and work so hard, for our benefit.

Gurumaharāj, today, and every day forward, I pray primarily for three things; Firstly, that I am committed to keep my vow of chanting minimum 16 rounds every day, and persevere to do offenseless chanting; Secondly, grow abundantly in my devotional service and keep my mind and heart clean so I am able to keep you and Śrīla Prabhupāda in my heart, at all times; Thirdly, I pray that I am able to overcome the fear and judgment and freely preach the message of Godhead to my friends and co-workers. Gurumaharāj, I pray to you for these three things because you are the only one merciful enough to enable this in me.  

Lastly Gurumaharāj, on this 73rd Vyāsa Pūja, I sincerely pray to Lord Nṛsimhadev, if He desires, to keep you in the best of health and that your dream vision; to complete the construction of the TOVP, comes to reality very very soon.

Thank you Gurumaharāj, for accepting me as your sheltered disciple.

Your lowly servant,

Anusha Murti

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 koti koti daṇḍavat praṇāmas Guru Mahārāja. However much I may try to write about your glories is too less, for you are an ocean of transcendental qualities. You joined ISKCON at the age of 19 and received sannyāsa at the age of 20, and apparently you had no idea of the difficulties of sannyāsa āśrama at that tender age. As a new bhakta Itself, you gave all your earnings to the local temple, from serving as a restaurant waiter. Later when Prabhupāda gave you the responsibility of constructing the Māyāpur project, we know you would carry cement on your back, even guard the cement night and day, as there was shortage of cement at that time, and the cement could have been easily looted. Such humble services done by you have given us the gift of Māyāpur project for all of us to relish. And continuing your services in all possible ways, even after repeated health crises is so much more inspiring. You have continued preaching irrespective of your external circumstances, even if in hospital, always jīva daya! I am so impressed that you also give us chance to do questions answers in Hindi language too. You have kept giving your love and mercy through all difficult times. Your mercy in the form of senior devotees like His Grace Prema Padmini mātājī, His Grace Sukhakar Kṛṣṇa prabhuji, and His Grace Rāmeśvara Kānāi prabhuji are every day giving us nectar of Harināma and Harikathā through group japa and morning and evening classes. I only pray that we All can keep getting your merciful Association by Lord Gaurāṅga 's mercy for many many decades to come!

Your servant
Anusuya Yaśodā Devī dāsī
(Dīkṣā disciple, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, UP)

My dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I am unworthy to offer your divine grace this Vyāsa-pūjā offering, only by your unlimited mercy I am able to do so.

śuddha-bhakata-caraṇa-reṇu, bhajana-anukūla
bhakata-sevā parama-siddhi, prema-latikāra mūla

Dust from the lotus feet of pure devotee is conducive to devotional service, while service to the Vaiṣṇavas is itself the supreme perfection and the root of the tender creeper of divine love.

Pure devotees like yourself are personified places of pilgrimage because you always carry the supreme Lord in your heart. Just by your glance and a few minutes association you purify and engage, fallen souls like us in devotional service.

Oh guru dev, we are greatly in need of enthusiasm in practicing devotional service, firm faith in devotional process, strong desire to attain Prema bhakti, favorable service attitude, avoidance of non-devotees and appreciation of the company of devotees.

Begging you to bestow upon us these qualities so that we can always be at your service to your divine lotus feet. My desire is to serve your lotus feet eternally guru dev. Please give a drop of your cause less mercy to kindly engage me in the Saṅkīrtana movement of Lord Caitanya. This is my humble Vyāsa-pūjā offering at your lotus feet.

Your insignificant servant,

Apara Gandharvika devī dāsī
Bangalore, India

Hare kṛṣṇa Guru Maharaj Please accept my respectful Obeisance unto your lotus feet.

All gloris to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All gloris to Guru and Gouranga!

Guru Mahārāja, I have written a poem in bengali laguage to glorify your unconditional mercy. Please accept it.

পতিত পাবন গুরুদেব

দয়ার সাগর পতিত পাবন কৃষ্ণেরও প্রতিনিধি।

আপনাকে ব্যাতীত কিরূপে জানতাম, যথা শ্রাস্ত্রবিধি।।

গ্ৰহন করিয়া মোদের সমস্ত পাপ করিলেন নব জীবন দান।

শিষ্যের কাছে গুরু মহারাজ তাই ভগবানের সমান।।

কৃষ্ণ তত্ত্ববেত্তা আপনি, ব্যাক্তি ভাগবৎ।

প্রচার করেন শ্রাস্ত্র মতে

তাই মুগ্ধ সারা জগৎ।।

অন্ধকারে প্রদীপ আপনি, আপনিই করুনাসার।

তব আর্শীবাদে কৃষ্ণ লাভ যা আশ্রয়ের আধার।।

জীব উদ্ধার লাগি তব আগমন,এই মোর বিশ্বাস।

ভক্ত-ভগবানের নিত্য সংযোগ কারী, হে করুনার প্রকাশ।।

সর্বক্ষণ চিহ্নিত থাকেন আপনি শিষ্যদের উন্নতিতে।

অহৈতুকী কৃপা সিঞ্চন করছেন ধরনীর বুকেতে।।

গুরু পিতা গুরুই ধর্ম গুরুদেব মোদের সম্বল।

আপনি প্রীত হইলে পরে হৃদয়ে ভক্তির চিদবল়।।

কৃষ্ণপ্রেমের স্ফুলিঙ্গ জাগরণ হয়,আপনারই কৃপায়

এরুপ স্নেহ কে আর দেবে, যাব আমি আর কোথায়।।

শুষ্ক মরুভুমিতে বর্ষন আপনি, মনেও উল্লাস।

পাদপদ্মে আশ্রয় প্রার্থী আমি, আপনার দাসের ও দাস।।

হে গুরুদেব ছায়াতলে স্থান দিন এ মহাপামরে।

উদ্ধার করুন অধম সন্তানেরে কৃপা কনা প্রদান করে।।

Your Insignificant daughter

Aparūpa Gaurāṅgī Devī Dāsī

Mednipur, West Bengal.

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

Wishing you a very Happy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Śrīla Ācārypāda!!!

Gurudev, I, Aprameya Govinda dāsa and Vrija Līlā devī dāsī, offer our most obeisances unto your Divine Lotus Feet.

brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva
guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja

Only by your mercy, we can get the seed of Kṛṣṇa bhakti, because you are an ocean of mercy and the savior of the most fallen souls.

Gurudeva, we are greatly indebted to you for giving us this seed of Kṛṣṇa bhakti to very much fallen souls like us and saving us from this material contamination. It brings us great happiness and enthusiasm when we see you preaching to fallen souls like us and helping us to take us back home Back to Godhead thus giving us the mercy of Kṛṣṇa and all the acharyas in the paramparā. By your causeless mercy, you are teaching us how to take to this sublime process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and how to come out of this cycle of birth and death and to attain a permanent life where we can eternally serve the Lord, but we out of our ignorance are still so much attached and contaminated. Its only and only by your mercy can we be liberated from this condition.

Gurudev, even with all the physical challenges and bodily difficulties that you are having because of taking our karma, you are preaching Lord Gaurāṅga’s message to the whole world more and more., no obstacle is an obstacle for you, you just seem to conquer every physical adversary that comes your way, by which you are demonstrating us that we are not this body, but are soul. We pray to you Gurudeva that one day we also realize this simple but deep realization.

We offer our humble obeisances at your lotus feet and thank you for accepting us as your spiritual children.

Please forgive us Gurudeva for the innumerable Vaiṣṇava-aprādhās we are committing knowingly and unknowingly.

We beg and pray Lord Narasiṁhadeva to protect you from all dangers and that he gives you good health by which many souls suffering in this saṁsāra get your mercy and take to this wonderful process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and serve Guru and Gaurāṅga.

Yours

Aprameya Govinda dāsa and Vrija Līlā devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for guiding me when I was in trouble... you are the only hopes for me.

Please bless me to do more bhakti and follow your instructions properly, rather thinking of nonsense and wasting time.

Please bless me always to be in right path.

Your spiritual daughter,

Apurva Rohiṇī devī dāsī.

Belgaum, India

Oṁ ajñana timirandasya/ jñanam jñanam salakaya

caksur unmilitam jñena tasmai/ śrī gurave namah

Nací en la más oscura ignorancia y mi maestro espiritual está abriendo mis ojos con la antorcha del conocimiento transcendental, a él le ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias.

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los Ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.

Mi querido Maestro Espiritual. En este día tan especial, estoy pidiendo a Rādhārāṇī y Shyam, quienes Me han dado un maestro maravilloso como usted, que me cualifiquen para ofrecer este homenaje de glorificación a Sus pies de loto. Usted es, Patitapavana, el ejemplo de servicio al Guru. Usted es valiente. Con la Bandera de La Victoria, abre paso para todas almas hacia GAURĀṄGA.!!!

Usted es un Ācārya, enseñando con su ejemplo nos muestra que no existe impedimento para aquel que desea hacer servicio.

Usted nos enseña que nuestro único impedimento, es nuestra mente. Usted es un genuino representante de Nitaynanda Prabhu. Ansiosamente usted da los Santos Nombres a todos los que se le acercan. Habiendo realizado, usted da el mensaje que, “este es el único método de liberarnos de este mundo material en esta era”.

Cuán grande es su Amor por las jivas y su conexión con Krisna, que a esta insignificante Jīva, la más caída, le ha permitido acercarse a conocer al bendito Śrīla Prabhupāda y me ha permitido vivir en Vrindaban, sin ninguna cualificación.

Gracias por Su Bendita Bendición. Estaré en deuda siempre, inclinada a sus pies de loto que son mi único refugio.

Su sirvienta,

Arcanā devī dāsī, (Dīkṣā)
Vṛndāvana, India

হরে কৃষ্ণ আমার প্রিয় গুরু মহারাজ। আপনার শ্রী চরণে আমার শতকোটি প্রণাম।

আপনার গুনগান যতই করি না কেনো সেটা কমই হবে আমার জন্য। কথায় আছে বৃক্ষের পরিচয় ফলে পাওয়া যায়। আবার সেইরকম উল্টোটাও ঠিক। আমরা শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ আপনার মাধ্যমে সেই গুরু শিষ্য সম্পর্কটি দেখতে পাই। শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ যেমন ওনার গুরু মহারাজের কথা রাখার জন্য সারা বিশ্বে প্রচার করেছেন, আপনিও ঠিক সেই ভাবে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদকে খুশি করার জন্য যেখানে যেখানে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ প্রচার করেননি সেই সব দেশে প্রচার করেছেন। আজ জগন্নাথ মন্দিরে বিদেশি হিসাবে শুধু মাত্র আপনার ঢোকার অনুমতি আছে, এর থেকে আমি বুঝতে পারি আপনি বিদেশি নন আপনি এই জগতের। আজও আপনার শরীর অসুস্থ থাকা সত্বেও যেই ভাবে আপনি প্রচার করে যাচ্ছেন শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এর আদেশ পালন করছেন আজ তা ইসকনের সমস্ত সদস্যের কাছে আদর্শ এবং তা অনুসরণীয়। শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এর আদেশ পেয়ে আপনি যে ভাবে মায়াপুর কে আজ আমাদের দিলেন তা ভক্তরা জগতবাসী কোনোদিন ভুলবে না।

ব্যসপূজা উপলক্ষে আমার মত ক্ষুদ্রের আপনাকে কিই বা দেবার আছে। কিন্তু গঙ্গা জলে গঙ্গা পুজো করার মতো আপনার কাছে আমি প্রার্থনা করছি, আমাকে আশীর্বাদ করুন যেনো আমি শীঘ্রই আপনার চরণাশ্রয় লাভ করতে পারি এবং শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এর এই প্রচার অভিযানে যোগদান করে আপনাকে সন্তুষ্ট করতে পারি।

আপনার অধম চরনাশ্রয় প্রার্থী

অরিন্দম মন্ডল

পূর্ব বর্ধমান

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn 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 Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. Happy auspicious Vyāsa-pūjā dear Guru Mahārāja.

Although I am not capable of glorifying the divine qualities that you have but I take this opportunity to attempt to glorify you on this most auspicious day

By your mercy I got the chance to associate with the loving ISKCON NRJD devotees and through them I got to hear and relish many more of your wonderful pastimes and fortunately had the opportunity to have your darśana during your visit to bangalore.

I remember that the first time I met you in Sesadripuram Jagannātha temple... I fortunately received your mahā-prasāda and since then my life has significantly transformed. I was overwhelmed with joy and bliss after your darśana.

Oh Guru Mahārāja your greatness cannot be comprehended. You are filled with determination to preach, inspite of your severe health challenges you still give darśana and please your devotees.

The nectar of your words fills my heart with love for you more and more

You are so inspiring and you have so much love for Śrīla Prabhupāda and determination to follow his instructions.

Dear Guru Mahārāja you are my spiritual father and I wholeheartedly thank you for being so compassionate upon a Patita like me and showing me the path of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

It is only because of your tireless preaching that 60,000+ devotees are initiated and have taken up this wonderful process.

Dear Guru Mahārāja earlier I had many problems but your causeless mercy you gave me strength to overcome them and continue with my sadhana under the guidance of HG Caitnaya Avatārī and HG Rasamayī Mātājī.

Oh Guru Mahārāja, I’m in the need of your blessings, so that in association of devotees I keep increasing my love for you and be determined to follow your instructions without getting distracted

Please bless me and my family - daughters Swati Monika Sweety and my son Nitāi and spouse Kṛṣṇa to try to serve you with love and devotion

Koṭi koṭi Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas Guru Mahārāja

Your aspiring daughter

Ārti kumārī (aspiring disciple)

ISKCON NRJD, Bangalore India

Humble obeisances to my savior, my dear Guru Mahārāja.

Your divine presence can be felt at every moment. It is my great fortune to have you as my eternal father. I thank you for showering your mercy on a sinful person like me. The prem for Gaura Nitāi can be achieved with your mercy. May I be able to please you and Lord in order to achieve divine love.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, please forgive me for my sins and offenses and bless me with your kindness and love.

Thank you.

Fallen soul,

Atīsundarī devī dāsī

হরেকৃষ্ণ

শ্রীল জয়পতাকা স্বামী গুরু মহারাজের জয় হোক ।

আপনি হলেন আমার অন্ধ পথের দিশারী। আপনি যখন আমাকে প্রথম দেখা দিয়েছিলেন দমদম বিমানবন্দরে তখন আমি শিহরিত হয়ে ছিলাম। আমার মনের মধ্যে যে কৃষ্ণ চেতনা বা কৃষ্ণভাবনায় যে প্রস্ফুটন তা আমি ক্রমে ক্রমে অনুভব করছি ,শুধু আপনার কৃপার দ্বারা ও মনমুগ্ধকর আপনার বানী শ্রবন ও গ্রন্থের অধ্যায়নের দ্বারা। আপনি 73 তম জন্মবার্ষিকীতে পদার্পণ করেছেন, তা এই জগৎবাসীর কাছে এবং আমার কাছে অতি আনন্দের মুহূর্ত। আমি তা ভাষায় প্রকাশ করতে পারছি না। আপনি সুস্থ থাকুন ও যত শীঘ্র  হোক আপনি সেরে উঠুন,  এটাই আমি প্রার্থনা করছি আপনার উদ্দেশ্যে প্রতিদিন 16 মালা জপ করে ভগবানের উদ্দেশ্যে।

ইতি আপনার অতি নগন্য সেবক মাত্র,                            

 অয়ন ।

ইসকন দম দম।

 

 

 

 

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

All Glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga,

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja,

We (Balāji Gaura Dāsa and Samarpita Padmāvatī devī dāsī) are very grateful to you for giving us initiation and accepting us as your disciples.

We are very happy to hear that you are keeping good health. We heard from his Grace Māhavarāha Prabhu’s daily report that when you were at Rela, your grace was distributing Bhagavad-gītā books and chanting beads to all the staff and doctors at the hospital even when you were undergoing treatment and in spite of you being so weak. It really amazes us of your commitment to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda. This is one of the most recent incidents that we are sharing.

We are really amazed at the frequent travels you undertake worldwide to help devotees progress spiritually, in spite of your busy schedule with GBC, other meetings and your preaching (which is your favorite). In your lectures on Caitanya-caritāmṛta we hear nice pastimes of Gaurāṅga conveyed to us in simple English and the way you explain each of the Lord’s pastimes, we feel as though we are hearing from a person who is participating in those pastimes.

On our personal front we are currently undergoing training in Bhakti Śāstrī Course at ISKCON South Bangalore, and I am preaching in Kannada via zoom classes to a Bhakti-vṛkṣa team of 14 devotees in Tumkur. We both are actively involved in all the temple programs and visit the temple regularly.

Please bless us so that we are able to serve the Supreme Lord more as per your desire.

Your servants,

Bālājī Gaura Dāsa and Samarpita Padmāvatī devī dāsī
Bangalore - Śrī Jagannātha Mandir Kumaraswamy Layout

Our Dearest Guru Maharājā,

Kindly accept our most humble obeisances unto Your Lotus Feet.

Let Kṛṣṇa kindly arrange Very Very Many Many Happy Returns of Your Vyāsapūjā… year after year!! Oh! Gaurāṅga Oh! Nityānanda...

We are still continuing our human form of life, (me 71 wife 64) with the full fervor of what we became out of those decisively sanctifying stays of Yours in our 2-bedroom house at BHEL Trichy - 1980s. Those trips which included Your early two South India Safari yātrās… with pandal programs... visiting Śrīraṅgaṁ.

Guru Mahārāja… You instructed us: “wherever you are spread harināma!’

We feel even today that the impact of those GOLDEN WORDS on our existence were just the reverberation of “yāre dekha tāre kaha”, imparted to Kūrmadeśa brāhmaṇa by our beloved Lord!

With Your personal desire alone, my dear Guru Mahārāja... the professional / spiritual deeds of ours became ‘yajña’s - on a confluence, enabling even a stubborn idiot like me to self-realize the otherwise un- fathomable experience of Bhagavad-gītā as it Is, as a simple, straightforward working- zone... everyday- wisdom!

We are doing everything as you had desired and ordained.

●   Regular remittance to support the most needed sevā of CDM.

●   House Counselling here.

●   Remain as a standard of “1980- ISKCON” till this day, wading through rajasic local turmoil.

●   Of late, started supporting needy disciples of yours, materially here, in Thrissur, as a response care that your Holiness as a spiritual father would have desired and extended, to who aspire you as their Guru… and /or took initiation from You.

offerings

sravayan jayapatākā iti ebhyoe
puman chārati nisprhah.
śrīcaitanya nama rati bhandaram,
nityānanda vasho nishkrtah.
drshtir tadith sahajondham-
ajnanam dahati tat kshanam.
śrī caitanya bhakthyartham
natosmi tat paduka renu pankajam.

Translation: By hearing just the syllable ‘jayapatākā’ a fallen soul wanders in this world, materially detached.

(The personification of that syllable) is the treasure well of the taste of Name: ‘Śrī Caitanya’.

He is eternally liberated having ever been possessed in the mood of Śrī Nityānanda.

His glances are thunder. lightning that burns spontaneously the dull material intelligence of an embodied soul.

For the sake of Śrī Caitanya Bhakti I lay prostrated unto the lotus dust of that Divine Footwear of His Holiness.

Koṭi praṇāmas...

Will come and take your darśana soon

Balarāma Kṛṣṇa dāsa,

Indira Lakṣmi devīdāsī,
Ex BHEL Tiruchi - Now @ Thrissur, Kerala

Dear Guru Mahārāja jī,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet,

My name is Beena Garude (Aspiring Disciple)

I am from Mumbai, India.

You are a living example of dedication, you dedicated your life to serve for Śrīla Pradhupāda’s mission. your glories are unlimited,

I can’t express my feelings with words.

Please accept me as one of your disciples.

I am unworthy and desiring your mercy Guru Mahārāja jī.

I am preparing to take shelter from you, under guidance of Vrajapriyā Mātājī, Premī Keśavī Mātājī and Hemarūpa Caitanya Dāsa Prabhujī.

Please give me your mercy to improve my sevā and sādhana.

Recently Translated Gaurāṅga Book into Marathi Language.

Currently I am chanting 16 rounds daily.

Attending Bhagavad-gītā and Bhāgavatam Classes regularly.

Attending Bhakti Śāstrī Course.

I pray to Lakṣmī Narasiṁha Bhagavān and Śrī Kṛṣṇa to keep you healthy and give you a long healthy life.

Your Humble servant

Beena Garude (aspiring disciple)

Dear His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Please accept our most humble obeisances.

All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to Your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā.

Hope this meets you well.

In the most sacred day of your Vyāsa-pūjā we want to express our gratitude for your presence in our lives and in our country.

Although we are so fallen souls, you give us again and again the blessing of Your so fabulous association.

For all the guidance, you give us.

For all the love, you bestow on us.

For all the truth, you made us live.

For all the hope and discipline, you teach us.

We express our gratitude.

Forever and ever

Your eternal Śikṣā disciple

Bhāgavatī devī dāsī and family

India (Māyāpur)

Hare Kṛṣṇa My dear Guru Mahārāja,

I Love You, Guru Mahārāja!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Please Accept my Respectful Obeisances at Your Lotus Feet Guru Mahārāja!

Thank you so much for Accepting as your daughter! Thank you for giving the feel that You and Lord Kṛṣṇa along with His devotees are my only sweet well-wisher and shelter. Thank you so much for giving value and meaning in life and my existence.

Please bless me with my heart’s desires in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, if you desire so. I Want to serve always in your transcendental loving service to Śrīla Prabhupāda, Lord Gaur Nitāi, Kṛṣṇa Balarāma and Rādhā Kṛṣṇa!

Your Loving daughter,

Bhagavatī Vasudhā devī dāsī

India (Mangalore)

గౌరవనీయులయిన గురుమహరాజ్ గారికి,

మీరు ఎంతో కరుణామయులు, మీరు ప్రతీ జీవి మీద ఎంతో ప్రేమను చూపిస్తారు.మీ కరుణ వలన ఎంతో మంది బద్ధజీవులని భౌతిక జీవితం నుండి బయటపడి, ఎంతో ఆనందమయిన ఆధ్యాత్మిక జీవితాన్ని గడుపుతున్నారు. నేను కరుణకు

పాత్రురాలయినందుకు ఎంతో అదృష్టవంతురాలిగా భావిస్తున్నాను. అయినా కూడా నేను పూర్తిగా ప్రయత్నం చెయ్యలేకపోతున్నాను. మీ కృప వలన, కృష్ణుని కృప వలన నాకు కృష్ణ చైతన్యం లో ఎటువంటి అడ్డంకులు లేవు. అయినా కూడా యొక్క బద్ధకం వలన నేను ముందుకు వెళ్లలేకపోతున్నాను. నాకు తెలుసు ఇది సరి అయినది కాదని. కానీ నేను వెనకబడి పోతున్నాను. నా శిక్షా గురువులు, నా తోటి భక్తులు, నా భర్త సహాయంతో భక్తిలో ముందుకు వెళ్ళడానికి ప్రయత్నిస్తున్నాను. మీరు నాకు ఆశీస్సులు ఇవ్వండి నా బద్దకాన్ని వదిలి కృష్ణుడి మీద ప్రేమ కలిగి శ్రద్దగా సేవ చేసుకునే మంచి బుద్ధిని ఇవ్వాలని వేడుకుంటున్నాను.

గురుమహరాజ్ మీరు మీ ఆరోగ్యం సరిగ్గా లేకపోయినా మీ గురువుకి ఇచ్చిన మాట కోసం ఎంతో కట్టుబడి ఉన్నారు. మీరు మీ శిస్యులతో ఎప్పుడు అందుబాటు లో ఉండటానికి ప్రయత్నిస్తారు. కరోనా సమయం లో మీరు మీ శిస్యులందరికి ఎంతో దగ్గరయ్యారు సమయాన్ని కృష్ణ కథలతో అందరిలో చైతన్యాన్ని కలిగించారు. మీరు ప్రపంచానికే గొప్ప ఆదర్శం. మీ ఆరోగ్యాన్ని నరసింహ భగవానుడు ఎల్లప్పుడూ కాపాడాలని తద్ద్వారా నాలాంటి ఎంతో మంది భౌతిక జీవితం నుండి బయట పడగలరని ప్రార్ధిస్తున్నాను.

ఇట్లు

మీ దాసాను దాసాను దాసి

భగవతి వ్రజలక్ష్మీ దేవి దాసి
Bhagavatī Vrajalakṣmī devī dāsī
India (Hyderabad)

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānandaṁ mādhavaṁ śrī caitanya iśvaram

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahāraja.

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto the dust of Your Lotus Feet wishing You and the God family a very blissful 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā celebrations.

When I meditate to offer You a homage and look back, I can see Your divine presence at every moment and witness every single prayer being answered Guru Mahārāja. This is so overwhelming and emotional to put in words about how much reciprocation I am experiencing from You and Kṛṣṇachandra.

My heart always melts whenever I hear Śrīla Prabhupāda addressing Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura as ‘My Guru Mahārāja’. Inspired by that I am making a humble attempt to pour my heart out in Your glorification about how much I was being favored by Your causeless mercy.

My Guru Mahārāja, He has a heart of Gold!

Whenever I chant Gaurāṅga, He immediately gets sold

However, fallen I may be, His mercy is always bestowed

Don’t know why I was chosen, His shelter keeps māyā blowed

Whatever may be the test, He makes me strong and bold

Whenever I feel low, His hand is always there to hold

No matter what I achieve, He always keeps my head bowed

Doesn’t matter how foolish I behave, a clear path is always showed

The breeze of His determination, keeps my lifeboat rowed

The sweetness of His glance, joy of my heart always overflowed

The compassion He has on me, sometimes it’s hard to behold

The simple secrets to my happiness, He is expert to unfold

The ecstasy He puts me in, many times make me feel cold

Personal touch of His love, tears in my eyes flow uncontrolled

How much He cares for me, so many stories remain untold

My Guru Mahārāja, He has a heart of gold and He is my world!

Behind each line there was a beautiful pastime which I will relish forever. Thank you for taking me so close to your heart and making me realize how fortunate I am to have the most wonderful father like You Guru Mahārāja. Lord Gaurāṅga mentions in the pastime of Amogha that even the maidservant and a dog in the house of His devotee is very dear to Him. On this most auspicious day I beg You to please make me a faithful dog at Your divine Lotus Feet. So that I can serve You and Vaiṣṇavas selflessly with proper mood and devotion.

I offer my deep prayers to Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā Kṛṣṇacandra, Jagannātha, Baladeva, Subhadrā, Sudarśana cakra and Nitāi Gaurasundara for Your good health.

If it so pleases You please forgive my offences and accept this humble glorification at Your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja.

All Glories to Your Holiness.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and guru-paramparā.

All Glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.

Your loving spiritual daughter,

Bhāgyavatī Subhadrā Devī Dāsī

India (Guntur)

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

 Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our most respectful obeisances on to your lotus feet of divine mercy.

We are your initiated Children, Bhakti Śakti Devī Dāsī and Mathurā Mohana Dāsa. With sincere gratitude we offer the garland of our Vyāsa-pūjā homage on to your carana. Gurudeva! You have been so merciful on to us by giving the shelter of your lotus feet for our entire family with 3 consecutive lineages (for us, for our Children, and now for one of our grandsons of our daughter) Gurudeva! Please bless us that we develop taste for chanting and go back home back to Godhead in this birth itself. Kindly shower your mercy on the entire lineage of our family line to be delivered from this material world. Our entire family is obliged to serve you in the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Kindly engage and empower all of us as you desire.

PS: Respected Guru Mahārāja, It is our ardent desire to take you to Tiruvallur Vīra Rāghava Perumal temple to get His blessings...please permit us to do so during your next trip to Chennai.

Your Spiritual Children,

Bhakti Śakti Devī Dāsī and Mathurā Mohana Dāsa

Chennai, India

Please accept my humble obeisances dear Guru Mahārāja.

Guru Mahārāja your presence in our lives has made every single day so blissful.

Guru Mahārāja you are all the time engaged in serving Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda and you regularly meet us via Zoom and bless us with all love.

You have taken so much pain to help us grow in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Everyone gets inspired by you dear Guru Mahārāja. Your classes fill our hearts with great joy and enthusiasm to be Kṛṣṇa Conscious.

Guru Mahārāja, you have kindly given us initiation and therefore given us so much hope in our life.

Seeing you Guru Mahārāja, we desire to develop all your qualities so that we can serve wonderfully in a way you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, and Kṛṣṇa will be pleased.

Your services and your love are huge and we wish to live and serve in a way you will be very pleased Guru Mahārāja.

Begging your blessings so that we utilize our lives in engaging to serve your mission,

Your servant,

Bhaktimayī Rādhikā Devī Dāsī

India (Māyāpur)

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

I beg to offer my most respectful obeisances to the Lotus feet of You, My dear spiritual master.

Dear Guru Mahārāja as Kṛṣṇa and His glories are unlimited, so Kṛṣṇa’s devotee’s Glories are also unlimited and this is very difficult for an insignificant servant like me to glorify Your endless unlimited glories. Your magnanimous qualities and your compassion engaged millions and billions of souls with Kṛṣṇa, because of You now we actually know the meaning of “CARE”. everything is going smooth in my life just because YOU are HERE, supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa is present here as my Guru Mahārāja and This is the most difficult to even think of what You are doing for me, just to take me back home back to Godhead.

I’m super fortunate to Get You as my spiritual master, Your compassion, Love and support brought in the light of happiness in my ignorant dark hellish life. Dear Guru Mahārāja You made my Good Fortune, You have saved me from living like a demon, You have given me the most confidential knowledge of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, You have given me everything that Even Lord Kṛṣṇa may not agree to give a fool and hypocrite like me. Your Causeless mercy everyday giving me so many services, but my mind is like a demon which always hanker for false material sense gratification that’s why I do so many mistakes and I offend You knowingly or unknowingly, please if You could forgive Your this insignificant servant.

I can only think of very little about your ocean of mercy, then what to speak of doing anything for you So I beg Your mercy my dear spiritual father so that You allow me to be the dust of Your lotus Feet and continue my little services for You and Śrīla Prabhupāda. I beg to get dīkṣā from Your Divine Grace and to continue serving Hari-Guru-Vaiṣṇava for the rest of my life. I beg Your mercy to serve ISKCON- The transcendental body of Śrīla Prabhupāda. I beg Your mercy to do services for Your pleasure only.

All Glories to Your Divine Grace

All Glories to His divine grace Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Your insignificant servant,

Bhagyasrī Sāhā (aspiring disciple)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please Accept My Respectful Obeisances

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All Glories unto you Śrīla Gurudeva,

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Guru Mahārāja with your blessings now I’m slowly started doing my sadhana regularly attending maṅgala ārati, Bhagavad-gītā class and Śrīmad-bhāgavatam class. My husband Elango also started chanting Guru Mahārāja (so happy). Now I want my daughter Samyuktha and son Aarya to serve you and Prabhupāda. With family I want to serve for you Guru Mahārāja.

I should grow spiritually strong with your blessings and till my last breath I want to serve you and Prabhupāda sincerely and spread Harināma. Please bless me Guru Mahārāja.

Your useless daughter

Bharathi Elango (aspiring disciple)

New Rājāpur Dhāma, Bangalore, India

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet on the auspicious occasion of the 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā.

According to Vaiṣṇava philosophy there are three kind of perfection namely sādhana-siddhi, nitya-siddhi, kṛpā-siddhi. Śrīla Kṛṣṇa Das Kavirāja Goswami stresses on kṛpā-siddhi perfection by the mercy of superior authorities. This mercy does not depend on the qualifications of a devotee. We can see that Your Holiness got that mercy due to which Your Grace is preaching tirelessly instead of Health issues. Seeking your Divine mercy upon this condition soul.

Please Bless me Guru Maharaj so that I can also take part in Preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

It is very difficult to understand the secret of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness but a person who follows the previous ācāryas and advances by their instructions will have success. In the same way Your Holiness day and night without a second thought absorbed in following previous ācāryas and fulfilling the desires of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

O my dear spiritual master, thank you for ongoing narration of Caitanya-līlā so that we disciples will be absorbed in Lord’s pastimes, qualities, name, fame, etc. which makes us free from the tāpa-trya (three miseriesof world) and situates above three modes.

Thank you for what ever done so far to deliver this conditioned soul. On this auspicious day, I seek Your Blessings My Dear Guru Mahārāja.

Eternally indebted to Your Grace.

Aspiring for the dust of your lotus feet,

Bhāvamaya Nityānanda dāsa

India (Mumbai - Juhu)

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga.

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

It’s my great privilege to get an opportunity to Glorify ‘Your Divine’ on your Auspicious Vyāsa-pūjā. All glories to ‘YOUR DIVINE’ on your appearance day.

Although, I am not qualified to write anything but I have heard that when we concentrate on the divine qualities of Guru, it purifies us. Even a drop of it, can make us eligible to go back to Godhead. I am very thankful to ‘YOUR DIVINE’ for accepting me as your disciple.

In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.3.25.21, qualities of a Sādhu are described,

titikṣavaḥ kāruṇikāḥ

suhṛdaḥ sarva-dehinām

ajāta-śatravaḥ śāntāḥ

sādhavaḥ sādhu-bhūṣaṇāḥ

Whenever I read this shloka, I could relate it with ‘YOUR DIVINE’. A live example in front of my eyes.

Prabhupāda explains in purport that “A sādhu means one who follows the principles of scripture and at the same time is a devotee of the Lord. His concern therefore is to enlighten people in devotional service to the Lord. That is his mercy.”

It’s Your causeless mercy that many-many fallen souls like me, are accepted by ‘YOUR DIVINE’, else we would also be moving in material world without any Goal of life. ‘YOUR DIVINE’, you are the most compassionate personality for all of us.

Prabhupāda also explains, “A devotee travels all over the country, from door to door, preaching “Be Kṛṣṇa conscious.”

During corona pandemic, ‘YOUR DIVINE’ was travelling all over world via zoom. Despite of various health issues, you are rendering uninterrupted services without any break for the pleasure of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Prabhupāda further says, “He always thinks about others. He is very tolerant and is merciful to all fallen souls. He is the well-wisher of all living entities (sarva-dehinām).”

I am always struggling with my anarthas and failing to do sādhana sincerely.

Dear Gurudeva, please bless me so that I would be able to offer services and preaching with required enthusiasm and assertiveness, by YOUR DIVINE’S mercy.

I want to Pray to Lord Narasiṁha for Your DIVINE’S healthy life.

Kindly engage me in Your service life after life.

Your indebted and fallen spiritual daughter

Bhāvānandinī Devī Dāsī

India (Māyāpur)

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনীতি নামিনে। নমো আচার্য পাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে গৌর কথা ধামদায় নগরগ্রাম তারিনে।।

হরে কৃষ্ণ প্রিয় গুরুমহারাজ,

আপনার শ্রীরাতুলচরণারবিন্দে এই অধম সন্তানের বিনম্র প্রণতি কৃপাপূর্বক গ্রহণ করুন। শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ জয়যুক্ত হউন। আপনি জয়যুক্ত হউন। আপনার ৭৩ তম শুভ ব্যাসপূজা এবং শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথির জয় হোক।

হে গুরুদেব, আমার মতো নিকৃষ্ট অধমের আপনার গুণমহিমা কীীর্তন করার কোনও যোগ্যতা নেই। কৃপা করে আমার ভুল ত্রুটি ক্ষমা করবেন।

আমি পরমেশ্বর ভগবানের কাছে চির কৃতজ্ঞ যে, তিনি আমার অন্ধকারময় জীবনে জ্ঞান এবং ভগবদ্ভক্তির প্রকাশ আনার জন্য আপনার মতো একজন সদগুরুকে পাঠিয়েছেন। আমার জীবনে আপনি ভগবানের দেওয়া শ্রেষ্ঠ উপহার গুরুমহারাজ। এই জড় জগতের বদ্ধ জীবদের উদ্ধার করার জন্য আপনার আকুলতা এবং শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের নির্দেশ পালনের জন্য আপনার নিষ্ঠা আমার হৃদয়কে প্রভাবিত করে। আমি আপনার সবথেকে অযোগ্য সন্তান হওয়া সত্ত্বেও আপনার অসীম কৃপা বর্ষন করার জন্য এখনও আপনি জড় জগতে প্রকট থেকে এত কষ্ট-যন্ত্রনা সহ্য করছেন। কিন্তু গুরুদেব আমি অপরাধ এবং পাপের ভারে আক্রান্ত হয়ে আছি। আপনার শ্রীচরণকমলে যেন সম্পূর্ণ শরণাগতি লাভ করে আপনার অপ্রাকৃত সেবাতে যুক্ত হতে পারি এবং আপনার প্রত্যেকটি নির্দেশ নিষ্ঠার সাথে পালন করতে পারি।এইভাবে আমার তুচ্ছ জীবন সার্থক করতে পারি। আমার জীবনের চরম লক্ষ্য হোক আপনার সন্তুষ্টি বিধান করা। কৃপাপূর্বক আমাকে আশীর্বাদ প্রদান করুন গুরুদেব।

হরিবোল,

জয় পতিতপাবন শ্রীল গুরুমহারাজ কি জয়

জগতগুরু শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ কি জয়

আপনার শ্রীচরণকমল আশ্রিতা অযোগ্য কন্যা বিদিশা পাত্র

Bidisha Patra (shelterd disciple)
Purba Medinipur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All Glories to Śrīla Guru Mahārāja

Our most Merciful Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our humble obeisances at Your Lotus Feet on this auspicious occasion of Your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā celebration. We are always indebted to You as You have accepted all of us as Your spiritual children. Both our children (Priyamvadā Mādhavī Devī Dāsī and Aniruddha Parayana Dāsa) married to devotees. We all have really got Your Mercy and blessings. That’s why we could continue in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. After the covid situation we have started our weekly classes on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Bhagavad-gītā. In spite of Your physical shortcomings, you are always concerned about Your disciples and praying for them and doing maximum devotee care. You are always an inspiration to all disciples. I chant one round Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra every day for You. With sincere prayers to Narasiṁhadeva to keep You always in good spirits to continue spreading Kṛṣṇa Consciousness as far as You desire.

Your humble spiritual children,

Bṛhat Caitanya dāsa,

Sīlatala Nivāsinī devī dāsī,

Priyamvāda Mādhavī devī dāsī,

Anirudha Pārayaṇa Dāsa and all devotees of Nemmara Nāmahaṭṭa.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obesiences onto you. All glories to you and all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

From my childhood days, I am very much attracted to Yogāsanas. So, I was practicing from age of 10 on my own along with school education. In the yoga book, It’s written that we need to live in satsaṅga and I don’t know where I will get this. Also, I want to increase the bliss which I used to get after performing 3hours of Yogāsanas early in the morning. That bliss used to stay for a maximum 30 minutes only and I don’t know how to increase this bliss.

After completion of my C.A. education, one of my office colleagues introduced to Bhagavad-gītā class which was taken by your disciple and also my sīkṣā-guru “Caitanya Avatārī Prabhuji”. Astonishingly, I got same bliss, which I used to get after doing 3hours of asanas, in the first day Itself just by hearing gītā class from him. I know that my sīkṣā-guru was not practicing any Yogāsana or prāṇāyāma. I was thinking from whom he was getting this bliss. Later on, I came to know that It’s all by your mercy, Guru Mahārāja.

In 8th October 2009, I got initiated in Anukul Prabhus house along with many other devotees. Seeing my interest, my sīkṣā-guru told me teach Yogāsana to kids. But I have failed in teaching yoga to them even though I could perform so many asanas. I realized that because I didn’t pray to you, So, I was not successful. Then I intensely prayed to you, Guru Mahārāja, then I have joined one of the yoga classes and learned some teaching techniques in just 1 month. I firmly believe that I could achieve this only by your mercy. Then later on (5 years back) I opened my own Yoga center named “Divyamaya Yoga” and my sīkṣā-guru instructed me to make 1 lakh students. I don’t have faith on myself about how can I achieve this target. I started teaching yoga and initially went well but later on members reduced. When you are there in Bangalore, you have looked at the yoga pamphlet (picture attached) and blessed many times. I was not having firm faith on your mercy. But others was telling me I have Guru’s mercy.

As Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura says that “Don’t try to see God. Do in such a way that God will see you. “So, I decided I have to do some service that will be recognized by you, Guru Mahārāja. Śrīla Prabhupāda said in one of the class quoting Caitanya-caritāmṛta, “yāre dekha tāre kaha kṛṣṇa-upadeśa”. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu induced all the animals to chant hare Kṛṣṇa in Jhārikhaṇḍa forest. At least we should try to induce human being to chant hare Kṛṣṇa māha-mantra. When I was hearing this in the morning, I desired that this I will do with firm conviction. From that day onwards, whoever comes to ISKCON temple, I am enticing MOST of the visitors to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. If I look at myself, I don’t have any capacity on my own; It’s all your mercy flowing on me, Guru Mahārāja.

I have strong desire to preach, distribute books and prasāda to the public and also teach māhā-mantra meditation in all the yoga centers around the world. I would require your special mercy on me on your appearance day. All glories to Guru Mahārāja and All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Your insignificant servant,
Caitya-Guru Gaura Dāsa, (dīkṣa)
ISKCON - New Rājāpur Jagannātha Dham,
Bangalore, India.

Guru Mahārāja, Happy 73rd appearance day Guru Mahārāja, We all are very very happy for this year offline vyāsa pūjā celebration. we Love You So Much Guru Mahārāja. Please bless us Guru Mahārāja.

Candrāvati Vṛnda Devī Dāsī 

Ofrezco Mis Mas Sinceras Reverencias

Hoy en su Vyāsa-pūjā. Le expreso mi agradecimiento y respeto, su presencia en mi vida espiritual ha sido de gran inspiración e iluminación para continuar en este proceso devocional. El 2020 fue un año de oportunidades y bendiciones tiempo de transformación y renovación espiritual, esto fue posible gracias al refugio que usted me dio, desde ese momento he experimentado más fuerza y proyección al canto de mi Japa, y asimismo siento motivación en el servicio amoroso al señor Kṛṣṇa.

Escuchar sus clases son conexión trascendental, son puro bhakti, admiro su disponibilidad para responder y atender a los discípulos en los espacios y visitas virtuales en los hogares porque nos llenan de regocijo, entusiasmo, determinación y conexión en la conciencia de Kṛṣṇa. Su predica no tiene limites es intensamente cristalina y pura a las instrucciones de Śrīla Prabhupāda Jayapatākā Swami

¡Cuanta fuerza espiritual nos transmite en cada una de sus clases!, me siento infinitamente agradecida de haber tomado refugio en marzo del 2020, es la mayor protección y misericordia de ocuparnos en cantar los santos nombres del señor. Gaurāṅga Gaurāṅga Jay!!

con respeto y veneración su aspirante a ser discipula

Candrikā Devī Dāsī
Māyāpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble and respectable obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All Glories to your Auspicious Appearance Day.

As your name says you are the victory flag in the hands of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Śrīla Prabhupāda has given you various instructions. You have been tirelessly working, meditating all the time how to fulfill those instructions. One of those instructions is to develop the kingdom of God i.e.; Māyāpur and TOVP. From the information I got from the senior devotees is that Māyāpur once upon a time was a place of decoits and thieves. In such times devotees were in the condition of carrying weapons with them to protect their lives. Such a place was now converted literally into Vaikuṇṭha where everyone one of them are devotees. It was possible only by your device grace.

Your compassion for the baddha-jīva’s like me is unlimited. When you were completely down with your bad health still you were preaching lying on the bed. But I’m so unfortunate that I can not take advantage of your live lectures. You have negotiated with the Lord twice for your life just to fulfill the instructions of your spiritual master. You are the perfect example of the verse “guru-mukha-padma-vākya, cittete koriyā aikya, ār nā koriho mane “.

Now I am serving as a fulltime devotee in ISKCON WHITEFIELD under the Guidance of His Grace Harikṣetra Prabhujī. I have been asked to take up youth/college preaching service intended to make an insignificant effort to fulfill your instruction “TO MAKE BANGALORE A KṚṢṆA CONCIOUS CITY”.

So Guru Mahārāja I am seeking your blessings and mercy that I can follow the instructions, render service for the pleasure of you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, Guru paramparā, Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Your Insignificant servant

Charan (Sheltered disciple),

Bangalore, India.

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Hare Kṛṣṇa!! Gurudeva,

Please accept my most Respectful Obeisance on to your lotus feet of Mercy!

Gurudeva! I am your little son Chiranjeevi Śrīrāma, a fallen soul who has taken so many births and deaths on this earth, but because of you Gurudeva! I am sure, I will be delivered.

I thank you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, guru paramparā and Kṛṣṇa for bringing me in to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness which is a perfect process for deliverance from this material world.

Kindly bless me and empower me so that I can improve my chanting and get initiation from you as soon as possible.

Your little foolish son

Chiranjeevi Śrī Rāma (aspired)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances at Your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

A small token of gratitude to You by this fallen soul. Thank you for inspiring me to contribute my minimal to this mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Your everyday quotes invoke spirituality in me. Every time I see your picture or think about you I feel motivated to do better in my spiritual life.

Praying to Lord Narasiṁha for your good health and Please bless me so that I can do quality 16 rounds and read Śrīla Prabhupāda books.

Your Servant,

Chitra Sharma (aspiring disciple)

Māyāpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Gurudeva! Daṇḍavat Praṇāma!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and glories to Your Divine Grace.

Gurudeva on this Vyāsa-pūjā I am happy to say that I have joined brahmacarya āśrama at ISKCON Coimbatore. I pray to your lotus feet that I should remain as brahmacārī for life-time and do sevā for Jagannātha Balarāma and Subhadrā Devī. though I feel obstacles in mind level many times I try to go accordingly with Guru, sādhu and śātra.

Mahārāja I also try to preach to youth people. some of them started their spiritual life and willing to take initiation from your divine grace.

My father started to chant 16 rounds and reading Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam after many years. It’s all been your grace. Mahārāja my intense prayer is that I wanted to be a menial instrument in your hands and do something for Prabhupāda’s mission. Please bless me for my spiritual strength for my brahmacārī life. Jaya Patita Pāvana Śrīla Gurudeva ki Jaya.

Dāmodara Dīnadayāla dāsa (dīkṣā)

India (Coimbatore)

Dearest Guru Mahārāja, My Spiritual Father,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your Lotus feet.

You are reservoir of mercy. You shower your mercy without discrimination. You have made this fallen soul a human being and thus have made good fortune to this narādhāma by giving the opportunity to practice Kṛṣṇa consciousness. O father, I am a dump, but you give me mercy to understand the process of bhakti. Without your mercy I would have been rotting in hell with this same body. O father, you accepted all my sins giving me life again, but this life is not belonging to me. It belongs to you. Every single opportunity for service is given by you along with the ability to execute the service. You are always protecting your daughter but alas this ungrateful beast cannot appreciate it. O father, who will be more compassionate to this offender than your divine self.

As Narottoma dāsa Ṭhākura prays I Therefore, request you to kindly take my life at your service as being the lowest among all your disciples I deserve to be shown mercy by you who is personification of Nityānanda Prabhu’s mercy. In spite of being manda-mati I hope against hope to fully dedicate my life at your lotus feet by following every single instruction coming from your lotus mouth. My dearest father as you know I have no ability to do so but out of your own compassion you will make it happen by me.

O most merciful Lords Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi, may I live every single moment of my life just for the pleasure of my most beloved Guru Mahārāja without whose mercy I would not have escaped from the hands of the servants of Yamarāja.

Oh my eternal spiritual father may you always remain the center of my meditation, may my eyes always adore your most merciful form, may my ears always drink the nectar of your transcendental voice, may my tongue only taste prasāda of the Lord only after remembering that your mercy made it available to me, may my nose always get the smell of the sweet aroma coming from the incense offered to your lotus feet, may my head bow down to the feet of those great souls who have been rendering services to you, may my hands always remain engage in rendering service to your servants, may my legs always take me to those places where your glories have been sung, may my intelligence always lead me to the association of those who understand your mood to execute your instructions.

Trying to be your qualified spiritual daughter

Dayānvita Jāhnavā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

India (Māyāpur)

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

All glories to your lotus feet dearest Guru Mahārāja.

Please accept my humble obeisances.

I Deepmala, your shelter disciple from Jamshedpur medical college want to thank you for saving my life. This gaur mandala parikramā I happened to be in Māyāpur and have your holy darśana every evening. It was so refreshing. The fact that Braja vilāsa Prabhu said that you are holding your life breath shattered me.

He conveyed the message how important it is for all of us to come forward and contribute. Please help me dear Guru Mahārāja to fulfill my pledge and be determined in devotional service.

You are an epitome of mercy and divinity. Please help me to be an instrument in serving guru and Gaurāṅga.

vāñchā-kalpa-tarubhyaś ca kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca
patitānāṁ pāvanebhyo vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ.

Deepmala (sheltered disciple)
Jamshedpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Our Dearest Guru Mahārāja, daṇḍavat pranāma!!!

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to you, to Śrīla Prabhupāda and to all our Paramparā-ācāryas!

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

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 very fortunate that with Krishna's mercy I have got a very kind and generous spiritual master like you. 

We are very thankful to you as you accepted us as your disciple. 

I am very very happy to be your disciple. 

I don't have any ability to recite your glories. 

I pray to you that you give me blesings for that.

Give me blesings

साथी सगे सब स्वार्थ के हैं, स्वार्थ का संसार ।
निःस्वार्थ हैं गुरुदेव हमारे, हम पतितों के हितकर ।।

निताय कृपा होवे तभी, आपकी कृपा जब होय।
हे नित्यानंद के जयपताका, आपके नाम से निर्मल होय।।

निर्जीव पड़े इस जीवन में , मार्ग सही दिखलाये हैं।
हरी नाम की कुंजी देकर, भक्ति पथ पर लाये हैं।।

गुरुदेव आपके कार्य अद्भुत, नित्य सेवा में रहते हो।
शिष्यों को गौर लीला सुना कर, ह्रदय प्रेम से भरते हो।।

तनु, इन्द्रियाँ, मन, बुद्धि सब गौर सेवा में लगवाए।
तुमि गौर के जन धन , जग माँहि चमकाय।।

आप कैसे इतनी कठिन परिस्थितियों में, निरंतर सेवा करते हो | 
मंदिर, यात्रा या अस्पताल हो, सर्वत्र हरी कृपा देते हो || 

गुरुदेव दया कर दो मुझ पर, मैं भी ऐसा प्रचार करूँ।
गांव-नगर में प्रचार करके ही , इस देह का त्याग करूँ।।

दया करो हे आचार्यपाद , करूँ निवेदन लगाय बड़ी आश | 
नगर ग्राम प्रचार करुँ, सेइ अभिलाष करे देवदेव माधव दास || 

I have no writing skills, there can be mistakes in writing, please forgive me as servant of your lotus feet. Please bless me so that I can do better preaching while in this body. So far I have only been able to make about 250 people as devotees. Bless me so that I can make more and more people a devotee.

Tava-dāsānudāsa,
Deva Deva Mādhava dāsa

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja

I offer my 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.

I wish you a very happy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā and pray to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī for many happy returns of this auspicious day.

I remember when I was in Dāmodara deśa, Dubai, you visited there in 2013 and in one of your lectures asked Middle East devotees to serve Śrīdhāma Māyāpur. I took that message seriously and with Lord Caitanya’s blessings, now I am settled here in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur, serving JPS office for last 3 years along with my wife, Subhadrā Subhāṅgī devī dāsī. My son, Ojaśvi Kṛṣṇa Dāsa, is serving in Māyāpur Institute.

I don’t think anybody has ever seen or met someone as caring as you. You not only care for your own disciples, or disciples of other gurus, you even care for the neophyte bhaktas and even the karmīs or non-devotees. You leave no one away from your mercy and benevolence. You never discriminate. As time passes, it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain this kind of care for normal humans. This type of care requires extreme levels of compassion, generosity and kindness. You have not only maintained this care for all these years, but you maintained it despite your severe illness. In fact, your care is ever-increasing. You care for your brothers, your children, little kids, old devotees… you leave no one. I cannot even fathom how Your Grace can think about so many living entities when you yourself need so much care.

Only a pure devotee of the Lord, a true representative of Kṛṣṇa can display such profuse care. I am beyond honored and blessed to have met and known such a divine master as you dear Gurudeva. You are the epitome of kindness and affection and I pray to you O Merciful Master on this beautiful day of your divine appearance to kindly impart at least a fraction of this benevolent quality so that one day I will be able to care for devotees following the footsteps of my Glorious Spiritual Master.

Despite the health challenges, you are tirelessly spreading the message of Lord Caitanya all over the world. As Śrīla Prabhupāda has said “Preaching is the essence” … and you are taking that message very seriously and relentlessly preaching Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Please uplift and engage me into loving devotional service of their Lordships under your leadership.

Your most fallen servant,

Devadatta Dhanañjaya Dāsa (dīkṣā)

India (Māyāpur)

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most humble obeisance’s on this very auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā, all glories to Śrīla Prubupada and his ISKCON. How wonderful it was to be with you on retreat again this year. The spiritual master is the representative of Vyāsa. Because he is delivering that same knowledge without change that is coming down by disciplic succession from Vyāsa. Your working knowledge of śāstra continues to amaze me. It’s all at the fingertips of you, the same can be said for your command of ślokas. You are singing and quoting ślokas with considerable ease. ślokas, bhajanas and the exalted prayers from our tradition seem to have built their nests on your tongue.

I love you so much for the amazing person you are.

Love is unconditional and so has your mercy been on me.

Even the most fallen you pick up with your love and place them on the right place.

You are the best and I would not swap you until my last breath.

All the amazing qualities you have, your love and care really stand out.

I haven’t been able to render much service to you. Now that you have so many wonderful disciples to serve you, probably you do not need any service from an insignificant person like me. I wish all the best to all your disciples and admires who are celebrating your Vyāsa-pūjā all over the world. They are indeed fortunate that they have found you, recognized you and have taken shelter of your lotus feet.

Your obedient son with love,

Devakī Nandana Kṛpā Dāsa (dīkṣā)

India (Māyāpur)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.

Wising you happy Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā-2022.

After time immemorial in this Kali-yuga merciful Lord Nityānanda has arranged your mercy to know about supreme truth.

Although I am not qualified for your mercy still, I can’t miss your mercy Gurudeva.

You are super spiritual father.so nicely, you take care and giving mercy and shelter to all your dīkṣā, sīkṣā and well-wishers devotees.

You are so strictly following and fulfilling the instructions and desire of Śrīla Prabhupāda. You always inspire us to read Śrīla Prabhupāda books.

I saw in a video, where in a question-and-answer session, one devotee disguised way sent a question to you, “I have taken initiation from you long back, can you remember me. I don’t feel progress in spiritual life”.

Although you were not healthy physically, still before these questions, you were answering in ecstasy and smiling face. But this question makes you visibly upset.

You answered, “Why don’t you contact me and ask your doubt through my email, FB or if you don’t have mobile then write together through local leader. Or when I am going to your nearby temple meet me personally.”

Now you have created JPS App through we can stay connected 24/7.

You are giving daily basis zoom darśana to make us fortunate and we can fell connected with you. Now devotees are taking care through JSSS office.

You are doing all possible way to spread your mercy. You are super spiritual father.

You thought us with your personal example Humility, tolerance and give respect others without any expectations from others is the key principals for success.

We fell so sheltered and blessed just by hearing from you and seeing you.

Currently I am preaching 5 devotees, they are chanting now. And serving under His Grace Amarendra Gaura Dāsa. My parents also started 16 rounds chanting.

I sincerely begging your mercy so I can serve Lord Nityānanda, Lord Gaurāṅga, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Kṛṣṇa eternally under your guidance and make you happy always. Please bless us so me and my good wife (Dīpapriyā Vrajeśvarī devī dāsī) together serve you nicely.

Please bless our daughter Mādhavī so she can also serve you eternally.

Your servant,

Devapālaka Nitāi Dāsa (dīkṣā)

India (Chennai)

Guru Mahārāja,

Vayasa pūjā upolokhe apnar kripa te apnar aśrīta sontan Debopriya apnar Śrī choron a Sroddhaanjali nibedon kori.

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Thank you Guru Mahārāja,

Devapriya (aspiring disciple)
Māyāpur, India
 

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Guru Mahārāja,

Apnar Śrī choron komol a sho shroddho pronam.

Nomom Vishnu padayo Kṛṣṇa prestayo vutole śrī mote Jayapatākā Swami niti namine, Nomo achariyo padayo Nitāi kripa prodaiyene gaura katha damodayo nagar gramo tari ne.

Śrī Kṛṣṇa r priyojon.

Śrīlo Prabhupādajir priyo Sontan.

Guru Mahārāja,

saririk asustar moddhe o “Guru “adesh palon a kub driro.Sokol boddho jivar proti ato korunamoy. Sokolke ohetuki kripa kore e jacchen. Nodir sruth je vaba kew atke rakte pare na. Sei vabe “Guru Mahārāja” Guru adesh palon a driro broto. Sokol papi duki jiv ke Kṛṣṇa r kacche jete utsahit koren. Sokol ke Hari nam korte prayrona prodan koren.

Tini sokol ke khoma koro abong bhule jaw nitir sikha den.

Sokol ke Śrī Chaitnaya Mahāprabhu r līlā srobon korar sujog diya divyo ananda prodan koren.

Sokol ke Kṛṣṇa Vavonamoy hote sohayta korchen.

Śrīlo Prabhupādajī Guru Mahārāja ke bolten Gaur dhan jon.

Mane tini Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhur Kṛṣṇa pream dhon sokol jonogon ke bitoron koren.

Thank you,

Devapriya Paul (sheltered disciple)

Vṛndāvana, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and all glories to Śrīla Gurudeva and Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu and all Vaiṣṇavas!

All glories to your appearance day. We are so happy to celebrate your appearance day. Firstly, we want to pray from Lord Narasiṁhadeva to always protect you from all physical challenges.

I am really fortunate and indebted to you because you accepted me and my wife as your disciple even though we are not eligible for that. Gurudeva Even though you are facing so many physical problems still for the benefits for us giving everyday Caitanya-līlā class. We are really enjoying that class.

Guru Mahārāja because of your mercy we were able to start Bhakti-vṛkṣa program at Udaipur, Rajasthan but due to Covid could not expand in more groups but as situation are getting better, we are planning to expand again and for that we need your blessings Gurudeva.

Devendra Mādhava Dāsa (dīkṣā)

India (Udaipur)

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Lord Caitanya came to this world to spread the holy name of the Kṛṣṇa. He told yāre dekha tāre kaha... instruct everyone to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. following His direction Śrīla Prabhupāda travelled around the world and spreads the Holy name to every town & village. Following the footsteps of Guru and Gaurāṅga, you are preaching to the people of villages, towns, countries around the World.

This is the mood of Nityānanda Prabhu. Nitāi kṛpa pradāyine... please bless me so that I can do sādhana and sevā nicely throughout my life. please bless my Bhakti-vṛkṣa members also. Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Your Servant,

Dhāma Govinda dāsa.

India (Tirupati)

हे प्रभो! बालक नवजात मैं, क्या गुणगान कर सकता हूँ?
प्रभुपाद-प्रिय! लिखकर गीत, क्या आगान भर सकता हूँ?

तथापि छोटी-सी अभिलाषा है, लिखने की प्रत्याशा है
कि इससे दावानल के अरण्यगान तर सकता हूँ।

संप्रति जब जीवन-गाथा आपकी अनुवाद कर रहा था
कई प्रश्नों से जूझता मन में स्वयं विवाद कर रहा था

तभी कई रहस्य सुलझे, जैसे हो किसी कवि का प्रथम छंद
स्रावित होने लगे तब सर्वत्र, सत्य है यह, अनुपम मकरंद।

प्रयास यही है, यदि आशीर्वाद आपका बने रहे,
इस अधम के शीश कृपा-छत्र आपका तने रहे

तब यदि पूर्ण संगीत नहीं सही,
शब्द गीत के कुछ नित्य संग मेरे बने रहे।

आरंभ कर रहा हूँ, हे नाथ! करुणा-निधे! हे गुणाधार!
कर्णधार बने हो मेरे, लो अब विचार

मेघहीन प्रात की सुंदर प्राची विमल यथा
चित्त को शुद्ध करता आपकी निर्मल कथा।

सर्वत्र था जब आध्यात्मिकता का अधोगमन
यवन प्रदेश में हुआ तब प्रभुपाद आगमन

उन कई विशिष्ट जीवों में जिन्हें गुरु की आशा थी
थे आप एक जिसे भारत आने की प्रत्याशा थी।

तभी मिले गुरुश्रेष्ठ, जगद्गुरु श्रील प्रभुपाद
शरण ली कर नमन उनके पद्मपाद

पश्चिम में आपकी सेवा से हो प्रसन्न
हुआ आपका नित्य-गृह आगमन आसन्न।

श्रील प्रभुपाद आपको कलकत्ता भिजवाए
नहीं तो और कौन देखता मायापुर को आपके सिवाए

पथ थे कठोर, गिनती नहीं विघ्न के, कई संकट आए
पर हे प्रभुपाद-गत! तभी तो नित्य गौर-पार्षद कहलाए।

“एक दिन युवक यह बंगाली में भक्ति-प्रचार करेगा,”
थी प्रभुपाद की भविष्यवाणी, “गौर-संदेश से जगत भरेगा”

सर्वविदित है यह आज, लहराते उनकी कीर्ति पताका
थामे विजयध्वज, सिद्ध करते नाम जयपताका।

श्रीधाम मायापुर आपके नित्य गृह, पूजास्थली है
तपस्थली पूर्ण जगत आपकी, पर यह शरणस्थली है

हे चैतन्य-प्रेम-कंज-किंजल्क-वाहक! नित्य प्रभुपाद-कथा निमज्जित
विश्व भ्रमण कर जीवों को कर रहे हरिनाम अभिरंजित।

हे वैष्णव-प्रिय! शिक्षा आपकी, “वैष्णव-अपराध सर्व-अहित”
सर्व-हित हेतु प्रभुपाद-ग्रंथ करते नित्य वितरित

मानव को मानव बनने की शिक्षा देते स्वार्थरहित
हरि-प्रिय! चिंतन में रहते आपके सर्वदा लोकहित।

क्लांत हुआ प्रतीत होते आपके अंग और वेष हैं
मुख पर कृष्ण-प्रेम-स्वेद का फिर भी उन्मेष हैं

प्रभुपाद-आज्ञा हैं आपके प्राणाधार....
मर्म-वेदना से भरे, धीर, चैतन्य-अनुराग ही शेष हैं।

हे कृपानिधान! मुझपर अपराधों का बोझ बड़ा है
कृपा करो मुझ पर, ढोंग करता मन कुबड़ा है

हे नाथ! मैं अधम, अपने चरण-रजकण दे दो
छात्र मैं दुष्कर्म का, कृपा-कंकण दे दो।

आपका अधम दास,

Dharmātmā Nimāi Dāsa (dīkṣā)

India (Māyāpur)

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

Śrīla Gurudeva

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to your auspicious appearance day.

Śrīla Gurudeva. I am very much indebted to you for accepting me as your servant and giving me shelter at your lotus feet.

It will not be possible to repay the same as I was living like a conditioned soul entangled in the material activities and its temporary results until I was initiated by taking Hari-nāma dīkṣā in the year 1980 from you, Guru Mahārāja. It’s indeed your causeless mercy upon me—

brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva
guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja
[Cc Madhya 19.151]

Without the mercy of the spiritual master and Kṛṣṇa, the seed of devotional service cannot be planted in the heart.

I must have performed many pious activities in the previous lifetimes so as to get dīkṣā from you, Guru Mahārāja.

I have been following your instructions to preach by lecturing via YouTube video telecast and I have started giving Bhāgavatam lectures for Pune temples

In YouTube. With your mercy, Śrīla Gurudeva, I will soon begin to give Bhagvad-gītā lectures on YouTube also.

Guru Mahārāja, I have been praying to Śrī Narasiṁhadeva for giving longer life to you and for your good health as we all disciples are completely dependent on your guidance, timey instructions and protection and we wish you to install Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava in TOVP at Māyāpur in 2023.

Your wonderful instructions in the fortnightly Newsletters are very much helpful for strengthening our Kṛṣṇa consciousness and your daily lectures on Caitanya-caritāmṛta are just like nectar.

I always recall my close association with you Guru Mahārāja on 1985 when you had visited Nairobi, Kenya and stayed in our house and thus given opportunity for direct service at your lotus feet.

Desiring to have your mercy

Yours obedient servant,

Dīna Dayālu Dāsa (dīkṣā)

India (Pune)

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Please accept my humble obeisances!

Thank you Mahārāja for accepting me as your disciple

Hearing Mahārāja’s classes has inspired me a lot

Sometimes my mind gets disturbed, hopefully I could move forward overcoming the obstacles through your Mercy

Your humble servant,

Dīna Pāvana Mukunda Dāsa (dīkṣā)

India (Kozhikode)

oṁ ajnana timirandhashya jnananjana salakaya

cakshur unmilitam yena tasmai śrī guruve namah

namo oṁ vishnupadaya Kṛṣṇapresthaya bhutale

śrīmate Jayapatākā swamin iti namine

namo ācāryapadaya nitāi kripa pradayine

gaurakatha dhamodaya nagar gram tarine

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja! Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Dear Gurudeva! Whenever I watch your posts on Facebook Page and Jayapatakaswami App, every day I see you are tirelessly engaged in so many preaching services. I see how you attend mangal ārati, meetings, give Śrī Caitanya līlā class. Whenever I see the post I get encouraged to do my sadhana properly. I have the tendency to go down because of my attachment to the material goals but when I see the enthusiasm of your Divine Grace I try not to give up. Thank you Guru Mahārāja for providing your association through all means.

Your teachings in your discourses give me a lot of enthusiasm and determination to take up Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. You are giving tirelessly the most valuable and extremely rare thing in the whole creation, Kṛṣṇa Prema through Saṅkīrtana started by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. But how unfortunate it is that I still have so much material attachment which is stopping me to take the maximum benefit and help others to take it. However, you told in one lecture that although one has material attachment still don’t give up. So I am determined to continue practice under the guidance of devotees at the same time seeking your blessings the most.

Please forgive me for all my offenses Guru Mahārāja considering my fallen condition.

I pray to you and all Vaiṣṇavas, that someday in life, I could do something to please you Gurudeva. I beg your blessings to do my sadhana nicely which will make you and Śrīla Prabhupāda happy. I just want to be an instrument in your hand to carry out your instructions throughout my life.

All Glories to your Divine Grace.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and guru paramparā

All Glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

Aspiring to be the servant of your servants

Dinabandhu Nitāi canda Dāsa

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

Our dear most spiritual father,

Please accept our most humble and respectful obeisance to your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All Glories to you.

I do not have any qualification to understand your glories. I am unable to understand even a fraction of it. My efforts will be like illustrating the sun using a torchlight. Nevertheless, it is my duty to glorify you. So, just for my purification, here once again I am attempting in my limited knowledge, intelligence and vocabulary, trying to do so.

Our introduction to Prabhupāda’s movement happened in Dāmodara deśa. Initially we had only Friday programs, but then the Bhakti-vṛkṣa programs started and that is what helped us strengthening our base in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Over a period of time, the number of Bhakti-vṛkṣa’s increased in number and the congregation grew manifolds. The whole concept of Bhakti-vṛkṣa is because of your vision on congregational preaching based on Bhakti Vinod Ṭhākura’s writings. This makes possible for more and more people to attend ISKCON related programs, participate in the Yuga dharma of Harināma saṅkīrtana, associate with Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books etc. This way they start and make good progress in their spiritual journey back home, back to Godhead. So, all this is possible by your vision, guidance and causeless mercy.

In recent years, in spite of your health problems, you have with great determination and dedication, continued to preach all over the world. Even at the cost of your discomfort, you travel widely and continuously, giving your association to one and all. You want to pass on the mercy of Nityānanda Prabhu to all the unfortunate souls of the world who are averse to hearing the spiritual topics. This is nothing but the epitome of Vaiṣṇava-kāruṇya in your heart. You do not let your bodily illness affect your service to guru and Gaurāṅga. Recently, when you were hospitalized, you came out of sedation and realized it was time for a GBC meeting which then you participated from the hospital bed. We hear many anecdotes of your preaching to the hospital staff, taking care of you. Such is your glory!

I understand that you are visiting Dāmodara deśa today. I relocated from there to Kochi last year. Here, I really miss opportunities to meet you. However, I pray that I continue to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda’s movement in your separation and seek your blessings towards that. Here we are yet to recover from the disruptions to the gatherings due to Covid. The Sunday programs have just started but attended only by few. We pray that soon we can go back to normalcy and then add more devotees to our congregation. Kindly bless us that we may continue to study Prabhupāda’s books carefully, share the knowledge with others in whatever capacity that we have, distribute his books, organize and participate in the saṅkīrtana programs, etc. while maintaining our sadhana and purity fault free.

We humbly continue to pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Lord Narasiṁhadeva and Pañca-tattva to kindly remember all the nice, wonderful service you have performed to Them and Their devotees and that They may, if They please, give good health enabling you to continue your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda for many years to come.

Kindly forgive us for any offenses committed to you, knowingly or unknowingly.

Your insignificant servants,

Dīnanātha Viṭṭhala Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Nalinī Rukmiṇī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Saswathy and Śrīnidhi
India (Cochin, Kerala)

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to you.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, I really admire the devotion, dedication, passion that you show us every day. You face so many challenges everyday but you are still very strong to follow the instructions of your Spiritual Master our founder ācārya Śrīla Prabhupāda but I’m such fallen soul and in spite of having a luxurious life without any major hinderances I struggle to keep up your instructions. When I hear the updates on how you make each and every opportunity to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness even when you are undergoing a treatment in a hospital throws me down and I feel that I’m more worse than Jagāi and Mādhāi, It is just because of your mercy I’m still able to practice Kṛṣṇa consciousness and follow little of your instructions and it is again your mercy you gave me shelter at your lotus feet. Please bless, that I too develop the same kind of fire inside me to serve the Lord and follow your instructions at any circumstances.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, I’m currently involved in taking Bhakti-vṛkṣas and each time before the class I beg and pray for your mercy and you have helped me always to answer the questions of my members or share my realization appropriately so that it makes a lot sense to them.

Please shed your mercy upon me so that I take up the initiation from you soon.
I’m placing all my prayers at your lotus feet and kindly accept it.

Guru Mahārāja kī Jaya!

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Your Servant,
Deepak (sheltered-disciple),
Śrī Śrī Narasiṁha Giridhārī Mandir, Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your Lotus feet.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to Guru Mahārāja!

Guru Mahārāja, I am so fortunate and extremely lucky to have you as my Guru. Recently I was a part of Chennai JSSS and I came to know how you represent the 26 qualities of a Vaiṣṇava. It was very wonderful to hear all your qualities. This hearing about you more is increasing my surrender unto your lotus feet more and more. I am engrossed in māyā and fallen. I am really struggling in this material world. On this day of Vyāsa-pūjā please give your blessings to get more rati or taste into your lotus feet and let me be able to serve you more and more nicely.

Your insignificant Disciple,

Dīpapriyā Vrajeśvarī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
India (Chennai)

হরে কৃষ্ণ গুরুদেব, আপনার চরণ কমলে আমার স্বশ্রদ্ধ প্রণতি জ্ঞাপন করি আপনার জয় হোকশ্রীল প্রভূপাদের জয় হোক

আমি জানি না আপনার গুণমহিমা কি ভাবে ভাষায় বা লিখে ব্যক্ত করা সম্ভব আমার মতো একজন সাধারণ শিষ্যার

আমার মনে আছে সালটি সম্ভবত 2004 সাল মা বাবার সাথে আমি প্রথম শ্রীধাম মায়াপুরে যায় চক্র ভবনের সামনে পার্কে আপনি কিছু বিদেশি শিশু প্রভুদের সাথে কীর্তন করছিলেন ধামে আসা দর্শনার্থীরা তা দেখছিল সেখানেই আমি আপনার প্রথমবার দর্শন লাভ করি আপনি নৃত্য কীর্তন করছিলেন তারপর অনেক গুলো বছর পেরিয়ে যায় ইসকনের সাথে যুক্ত হয় আমার মা 2017 সালে আপনার থেকে দীক্ষা লাভ করে আমি তখন বুঝে উঠতে পারিনি আমাকে কোন গুরুমহারাজ তার শিষ্য হিসেবে গ্রহণ করবেন কিন্তু 2018 22nd জুলাই যেদিন আমার চরণ আশ্রয় হয় তার আগের দিন আমি আপনার দর্শন লাভ করি স্বপ্নে

আমি তারপর থেকে যখনই কোনো কারণে বিচলিত হয় বা হয়ে থাকি আপনি সব সময় আমাকে দিশা দেখিয়েছেন শ্রীল প্রভূপাদের বাণী প্রচার কার্যে আপনার উদ্যম আমার অলস মনকে সব সময় জাগরিত করে চরনাশ্রিত হওয়ার ১বছর পেরিয়ে যাওয়ার পর আমার দীক্ষা হচ্ছে না দেখে আমি যখন আমার কাউন্সিলর কে বার বার বলছিলাম 2019 সালের ডিসেম্বরের শেষে আমি স্বপ্নে গুরুদব আপনার দর্শন পাই আপনি আমাকে দীক্ষা প্রদান করছিলাম গৌর নিতাই এর বিগ্রহের সামনে দীক্ষিত নাম ছিল কিছু নন্দ প্রিয়া দেবী দাসী 2021 সালে আপনি আমাকে সত্যি সত্যিই শিষ্যা হিসেবে গ্রহণ করেন এবং নাম দিয়েছেন দীপেশ্বরী নন্দপ্রিয়া দেবদাসী আমি আমার দীক্ষিত নাম শুনে সত্যিই আশ্চর্য হয়ে যায় কি ভাবে সম্ভব!!আপনি সব বুঝতে পারেন জানতে পারেন আবারও প্রমান পাই আপনি অন্তর্যামী আপনি আমার সব কথা বুঝতে পারেন এবং আমি আবারো তার প্রনাম এই কিছু দিন আগে নবদ্বীপ মন্ডল পরিক্রমার সময় পাই আমি শ্রীধাম মায়াপুরে যাওয়ার সুযোগ পায়নি ইচ্ছে থাকা স্বত্তেত আমার যাওয়া হয়ে ওঠেনি আপনার দিব্য দর্ষনের সুযোগ না পাওয়া নিজেকে খুব অভাগা মনে হচ্ছিল সব্বাই আপনার দর্শন পাচ্ছে আমি আপনার দর্শন ভাব করার সৌভাগ্য পাইনি কিন্তু যে 5 দিন পরিক্রমা চলেছে আপনি আমাকে স্বপ্নে দর্শন দিয়েছেন গুরুদেব আমি প্রতিদিন আপনার দর্শন পেয়েছি আমার মনের ইচ্ছে আপনি পূরণ করেছেন আমার অজ্ঞতা অপরাধ মনভাব থাকা সত্তেও আপনি আমাকে সব সময় সঠিক দিশা দেখিয়েছেন

আপনার আশীর্বাদের আমি একটু একটু করে প্রচার করার চেষ্টা করছি ইসকন দুর্গাপুরে আমার শিক্ষাগুরু আমাকে ছোটো শিশুদের বৈদিক শিক্ষা দেয়ার দায়িত্ব দিয়েছেন গত 1বছর ধরে ক্লাসটি চলছে 4জন শিশুকে নিয়ে শুরু হয় আজ 30জন শিশু যুক্ত হয়েছে ক্লাসটির নাম *বৈকুণ্ঠ কিডস* গীতার শ্লোক পাঠ, ভক্তি সিদ্ধান্ত সরস্বতী ঠাকুরের নীতি শিক্ষা মূলক ছোট গল্প, কীর্তন, প্রভৃতি শেখানোর চেষ্টা করে থাকি আমি আপনার নিকট আশীর্বাদ প্রার্থনা করছি যাতে আমি এই ছোট্ট শিশুদের সঠিক শিক্ষা দিতে পারিভালো ভক্ত হওয়ার পাঠ দিতে পারি এবং আমি নিজেও যেন একজন প্রকৃত ভালো হয়ে উঠতে পারি আপনার পদাঙ্ক অনুসরণ ককর্তে পারি

আপনার অযোগ্য শিষ্যা,

দীপেশ্বরী নন্দ প্রিয়া দেবী দাসী (dīkṣā)
রানীগঞ্জ, পশ্চিম বর্ধমান

হরেকৃষ্ণ,
শ্রীল গুরুমহারাজের জয় হোক।

হে পরমারাধ্য গুরুমহারাজ আপনার শ্রীচরণকমলে আমার সশ্রদ্ধ দন্ডবৎ নিবেদন করি।গুরুমহারাজ এবছর ১৩এপ্রিল আপনার মহিমান্বিত ৭৩তমশুভ আবির্ভাব তিথি ব্যাসপূজা মহা-মহোৎসব, যা আমাদের জন্য অত্যন্ত আনন্দের বিষয়।প্রতিবছর এই দিনটার জন্য আকুল অপেক্ষা।

হে প্রিয় গুরুমহারাজ আপনার গুণ মহিমা কীর্তনকরার যোগ্যতা আমার বিন্দুমাএ নাই।আপনি নিত্যানন্দ প্রভুর করুনা বিতরণ করার জন্য এজগতে অবতীর্ণ হয়েছেন।

হে প্রিয় গুরুমহারাজ আপনি কখনও কারও নিন্দাকরেন না।আপনি সতত আপনার গুরুদেব শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের অভিলাষপূরণে তৎপর।

হে প্রিয় গুরুমহারাজ আপনি অত্যন্ত করুনাময়।সকলের উপর আপনি কৃপাবারি বর্ষণ করেন।

হে প্রিয় গুরুমহারাজ আপনি মহাপ্রভুর প্রেমধর্ম প্রচার করে জগতবাসীর পরম মঙ্গল সাধন করেছেন।

আপনি যেকরুনা বিতরণকরেছেন তাতে জগৎবাসী ধন্য।

হে প্রিয় গুরুমহারাজ আপনি পরম দয়াল।নিত্যানন্দ অভিমানশূন্য হয়ে হরিনামপ্রচার করেছেন।আপনিও সেউ করুনা সকলের নিকট প্রচার করছেন।এমন দয়াল আর নাই।

হে প্রিয়গুরুমহারাজ আপনি ধৈর্যশীল।অনেক বাধাবিপত্তি পার করে আপনি মহাপ্রভুর বাণী প্রচারে সর্বদা যুক্ত আছেন।

হে প্রিয়গুরুমহারাজ আপনার ন্যায় এমন দয়াল আচার্য এজগতে সুদুর্লভ।

এবছর ৭৩তম ব্যাসপূজায় আমাদের এই আকাঙ্ক্ষা আপনি দীর্ঘায়ুপ্রাপ্ত হোন এবং নিত্য আমাদের সঙ্গ প্রদান করুন।

জয় গুরুমহারাজ।

জয় শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ।

আপনার নিত্যসেবক
দীপ্তমান পাল

Diptaman Paul (aspiring disciple)
Cooch Behar, India

Dear Spiritual father, Please accept my humble obeisances.

I thank you from the bottom of my heart for accepting me as your disciple even though i am the most fallen soul. Thank you for always showering your mercy upon me.

In spite of many health issues you never fail to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda. You are a living inspiration to me. Please bless me an my family so we all together can serve you and Gaurāṅga.

Your humble servant,

Disha Vaghela (aspiring disciple)
Surat, Gujarat

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Jan 9th is a very auspicious day in my life where I took shelter from you Guru Mahārāja. I lost my biological father on May 18th 2021 and I was looking for the affection and guidance and the warmness which I lost from that day, but lord mercifully showed me a path who can eternally support me, who Is nonother than you Guru Mahārāja. Please forgive me if I have committed any offenses at your lotus feet.

I am eagerly waiting to take your initiation from you Guru Mahārāja, but I am facing so many obstacles in the path. Its only your mercy where I can overcome these obstacles and come closer to you.

Very eager to meet you personally and not sure when the day comes. Again, I beg at your lotus feet to shower your mercy unto me.

Your eternal servant,

Divya Bitra (sheltered disciple)
Māyāpur, India

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa amado Guru Mahārāja

Amado padre,

Acepte mis respetuosas y humildes reverencias a sus hermosos pies de loto

¡Todas las glorias sean a usted en su auspicioso día de aparición!

¡Todas las glorias sean a Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Me siento muy agradecida y afortunada de poder escribir algo para usted en esté día tan especial y

auspicioso.

Realmente me ha tomado bastante tiempo escribir algo, ya que no sé cómo hacerlo de manera correcta.

Su misericordia realmente es infinita,

No existe nada más real que usted

Amado padre usted es el emblema de la victoria, de la paz, de la paciencia, de la armonía, del cuidado

de los otros, del entusiasmo, de la tolerancia y del amor puro por Dios.

Usted dedica su vida a la entrega absoluta por difundir la misión de Śrīla prabhupāda y la propagación de

los santos nombres Harināma Saṅkīrtana del Señor Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Amado padre su voz es escuchada en todo el planeta, usted ayuda a liberar las almas más caídas,

amado Guru Mahārāja usted es el camino, usted rompe las cadenas de la ignorancia.

Śrīla Gurudeva usted es lo más importante en mi vida, deseo servirle con el mayor de mis esfuerzos, solo

por su gran misericordia podré cualificarse para seguir su instrucción vida tras vida.

Por Favor no me suelte nunca amado padre

Permítame servirle siempre

Me siento afortunada de poder estar al refugio de sus pies de loto pero también me siento nada

merecedora de tan inconcebible compasión.

Solo me queda agradecer sinceramente está gran misericordia que usted me brinda

Usted siempre está en mi corazón

Amado padre por favor perdóneme cualquier ofensa conocida o desconocida por mi

Su insignificante sirviente y aspirante a Discípula

Bhaktin Eveling Giraldo

Jayapatākā swami mahārāja guerreiro que carrega o santo nome em todo o mundo e Śrīla prabhupara através do son transcendental... Gurudeva, por favor, abençoe-me para glorificar seu nome e passatempos!!

Ó gloriosa Bandeira da vitória que você abrigou nos ensinamentos transparentes de Śrīla Prabhupāda e Você é muito querido pelo Senhor Kṛṣṇa. Você pergunta com aquele humor de pulsação de verdadeira pureza e sinceridade

.As gopīs não invejam e sempre servem com prema estático.

Sou apenas uma pobre alma perdida e sem sua luz não consigo escapar, aqui neste mundo a chuva molha este corpo temporário... temporário Assim como tantos corpos são dilacerados por armas nucleares... tudo isso é relativo e cumpre un ciclo e assim como esse cadáver muda, as flores de Bella envelhecem e parecem mais tristes e solitárias...

Por favor, seja misericordioso comigo, porque se não fosse você, quem seria? Você que é como um cisne infectado pela bondade do Senhor Nityānanda e do Senhor Caitanya Mahāprabhu, por favor, dê-me apenas uma gota de sua misericórdia. Apenas deixe-me descansar em seus pés de lótus que não se misturam com aqueles desejos mundanos e temporários..Gurudeva Por favor, seja misericordioso comigo porque se não fosse você quem seria? En que posso servir meu senhor ? Por favor me faça de mi un simple instrumento de Kṛṣṇa!

Todas Las glórias a śrī śrī Guru y Gaurāṅga!! Todas Las glórias a Śrīla prabhupāda ...todas Las glórias a nuestro Guru Mahārāja... Todas Las glórias Al exército de Saṅkīrtana en está era de Kali!!

Jaya Pataka Swami Mahārāja sós un guerrero que llevas el Santo nombre del señor por todo El mundo y a Śrīla prabhupara a travez del son transcendental y sus libros con sus multiples potencias.. Gurudeva por favor me bendiga para poder glorificar tu nombre y tus pasatiempos y cantar Las glórias de Prabhupāda!!

O gloriosa Bandera de la Victoria que te abrigaste en Los ensenamientos transparentes de Śrīla prabhupāda y Eres muy querido por El senhor Kṛṣṇa. Tu pregas con ese humor latiente de pureza verdadera y sinceridad sos asi como ass gopīs que no envidian y sirven sempre com prema estatico.

Yo soy tan solo una pobre alma perdida y sin su luz no puedo allar escapatória alguma, aqui en este mundo lá lluvia moja este cuerpo temporário, temporário Al igual que tantos cuerpos son despedazados por armas nucleares...todo esto és relativo y cumple UN ciclo y asi como este cuerpo muerto cambia las flores Bellas embejecen y parecen estar mas tristes y mas solitarias...

Por favor se misericordioso con migo por que si no fueses vós quien lo seria? Tu que eres como un cisne contagiado por la bondad del senor Nityānanda y El senor Caitanya Mahāprabhu por favor me de tan solo una gota de su misericórdia...Una gota que alumbre asi como El Cielo espiritual la morada suprema que no és iluminada ni por El sol ni la Luna, ni por el fuego o la electricidad. Tan solo dejeme descansar en sus pies de lotos que no se misturam con esos deseos mundanos y temporários.. Gurudeva por favor se misericordioso con migo por que si no fueses vós quien lo seria? Tan solo dejeme servirlo por favor mi señor... Mi abrigo son sus pies de lotos..!

Bhakta Franco (aspirant disciple)

Māyāpur, India

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your divine Lotus feet Gurudeva

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories unto you Gurudeva!

A very happy Vyāsa-pūjā to you Gurudeva

Gurudeva I am a practicing Kṛṣṇa conscious devotee of age 16 under the guidance of His Grace Caitanya avtari Prabhu and His Grace Vaiṣṇavānanda Nitāi Prabhu
Gurudeva I am very grateful to you for all the help and support you have given to me when I was fighting against the challenges that I faced during my service to you and Kṛṣṇa
Gurudeva I am always desiring to be a very nice devotee of guru and Kṛṣṇa but not really working hard towards it and would always take guidance from senior devotees and would fail to implement all those instructions in my day to day life. And would get distracted towards materialistic distractions and would spoil my consciousness.

So from now on I will put my full efforts and follow all instructions of my senior devotees and would always Be Kṛṣṇa conscious without getting distracted. So Gurudeva I sincerely request for your blessings so that I follow all instructions of senior devotees and always be engaged in bhakti-sevā.

Gurudeva I also sincerely request prayers for my family so that all of my family members: my brother: Pranay, father : Rajkumar, mother : Harisha sincerely become devotees and serve you and Kṛṣṇa nicely.

I sincerely pray to Śrī Śrī Narasiṁhadeva for your Good health.

Your Aspiring Disciple,

Gadaputi Balaji (aspiring disciple)

New Rājāpur Jagannātha Dhāma

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your divine Lotus feet Gurudeva

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories unto you Gurudeva!

A very happy Vyāsa-pūjā to you Gurudeva,

Gurudeva I am not qualified to glorify you but just for my purification I would like to glorify you!

Gurudeva I am a practicing Kṛṣṇa conscious devotee under the guidance of His Grace Caitanya Avatarī Prabhu. It is because of your mercy Gurudeva that I am reading Jagannātha Book daily with devotees online. Gurudeva although your health is not so good but you still take online classes and house visits daily and also on my son’s appearance day you yourself blessed him. You are so merciful that you even accept each and every offerings that devotees offer to you. Gurudeva you also follow all instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda sincerely. Once Gurudeva when you had offered a rose to Prabhupāda, Prabhupāda said “this rose flower is energizing me and it would make me live for even more years to preach”. since then Gurudeva you are sincerely offering rose to Prabhupāda dailly.

Gurudeva Please bless us so that we also follow all of your instructions sincerely just like how you followed Prabhupāda’s instructions.

Gurudeva our family is unable to surrender unto your lotus feet because of our material attachments so please bless us so that we surrender unto you immediately Gurudeva I sincerely request blessings for my family so that all of my family members my two sons (Balaji and Pranay), My Husband (Rajkumar) sincerely become devotees and serve you and Kṛṣṇa nicely.

Your Aspiring Disciple,

Gadaputi Harisha (aspiring)

New Rājāpur Dhāma, Bangalore, India

யுக அவதாரி குரு மஹராஜருக்கு,

குருதேவா! நின் தாமரைப் பாதங்களுக்கு எங்களுடைய அனந்தகோடி நமஸ்காரங்கள்!

குழம்பியுள்ள எங்களை இடையறாத உற்சாகத்துடன் தெளிவுபடுத்தி ஊக்குவித்துக் கொண்டிருக்கும் தங்களுக்கு எங்களுடைய கடலளவு புகழாரங்களும் கடுகளவே. உயர உயரப் பறந்தாலும் பரந்த வானத்தை எட்ட முடியாத குருவியின் நிலையே எங்களுடைய நிலையும். எல்லையற்ற வானமும் எல்லையற்ற பூமியும் அனைத்திற்கும் அடைக்கலமாக இருப்பதைப் போலவே கதியற்ற ஆத்மாக்களாக தகித்துக் கொண்டிருக்கும் எங்கள் அனைவருக்கும் கற்பகவிருட்ச நிழல் தங்களுடைய தாமரைப் பாதங்கள் மட்டுமே. வேண்டுவோருக்கு வேண்டும் வரம் தந்தருளி அனைவரையும் உமது நேசக் கரத்திற்குள் அரவணைத்து வழிநடத்திச் செல்லும் தங்களுடைய அன்பிற்கு ஈடு இவ்வுலகிலும் எவ்வுலகிலும் எதுவும் நிகராகாது.

போரட்டம் நிறைந்திருந்த பூமியில் தங்களுடைய பிறப்பின் காரணமாக உண்டாகிய தன்னிச்சையான அமைதியே உலகிற்கு சர்வமங்களத்தை வழங்கவல்ல தங்களுடைய அவதாரத்தை உறுதிபடுத்தியது. வாடியிருந்த வைஷ்ணவ சம்பிரதாயத்தை தழைத்தோங்கச் செய்யவந்த பகவான் ஸ்ரீ சைதன்ய மஹாபிரபுவின் பிரம்ம மத்வ கௌடீய சம்பிரதாயத்தை மேன்மேலும் தழைத்தோங்கச் செய்வதற்காகவே அவதரித்துவந்த பக்திவேதாந்த ஸ்வாமி ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதரின் செயலாக்க வடிவே, நின் யுக அவதாரம் மிக இரகசியம் எனினும் தீனர்களாகிய எங்களுக்கும் நின் கருணை மழையில் இடம்தரும் தீனபந்துவே. வழிவழியாக தொடரும் முந்தைய உயர் ஆச்சாரியர்களின் அடிச்சுவட்டில் மாறாது அடியெடுத்து வைத்து பூமி மாதாவை பெருமைபடுத்திக் கொண்டிருக்கும் கருணாசாகரமே நின் தாமரைப்பாதங்களே எங்களின் புகலிடம்.

தங்களுடைய சுய சரிதத்தை படைப்பதற்கு தங்களின் அனுமதியை எதிர்நோக்கிய பக்தர்களுக்கு தங்களுக்கே உரித்தான பணிவின் காரணமாக தாங்கள் அனுமதியளிக்கவில்லை. ஆனால், தங்களுடைய உயர் மகிமை வெளிவருவதின் மூலமாக வைஷ்ணவ சித்தாந்தம் அதாவது பக்தித்தொண்டானது உள்ளங்கை நெல்லிக் கனிபோல அனைவருக்கும் மிக எளிதாக தெளிவுபடுத்தப்படும் என்பதால் ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதரே பக்தரின் கனவில் தோன்றி அதனை எழுதப் பணித்தபோதே தாங்களும் குருவின் கட்டளையை உயிர்மூச்சாக ஏற்று அதற்கு சம்மதித்தீர்கள். என்னே தங்களுடைய குரு பக்தி. தங்களுடைய குரு பக்திக்கு நிகர் ஏதுமில்லை.

கலி யுகத்திற்காக பகவான் ஸ்ரீ சைதன்யரால் பரிந்துரைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள கிருஷ்ண உணர்வை எழுச்சிபெறச் செய்வதாகிய உற்சாகமான ஹரே கிருஷ்ண மஹா மந்திர உச்சாடனத்தை சிங்கம் போல பிளிறி அனைவருடைய இதயக் களங்கங்களையும் பறந்தோடச் செய்து கொண்டிருப்பவராகிய தங்களுடைய உற்சாகமே அனைவருடைய இதயத்திலும் ராதா கிருஷ்ணரின் தெய்வீகப்பிரேமையை நிலைநாட்டிக் கொண்டுள்ளது. ஸ்ரீமதி ராதையின் பிரேமையை வெளிப்படுத்தும் கௌராங்கரின் பேரன்பிற்குரியவர் பிரேமையின் ஸ்வரூபமாக வலம்வருவது ஈரேழு பதினான்கு லோகத்தினற்கும் கிடைக்காத அரிய பொக்கிஷமன்றோ? ஆனால் துரதிர்ஷ்டசாலிகளான நாங்கள் தான் அந்தப் பொக்கிஷத்தின் பலனை முழுமையாக அனுபவிக்கத் தெரியாமல் காலத்தின் கோரப்பிடிக்குள் சிக்கிக்கொண்டு இன்பமென கருதி துன்பத்தை அனுபவித்துக் கொண்டிருக்கிறோம். கையில் வெண்ணையை வைத்துக் கொண்டு நெய்யிற்கு அலையும் முட்டாளைப் போல நாங்கள் கையில் பொக்கிஷத்தை வைத்துக் கொண்டு குருவின் அருமை தெரியாமல் குருவின் வார்த்தைகளுக்கு மதிப்பளிக்காமல் பாவ வாழ்வில் சுழன்று கொண்டுள்ளோம். குருவே கருணை வள்ளலாகிய தாங்களே இப்பேதைகளையும் ரட்சித்தருள வேண்டும்.

பகவான் ஸ்ரீ சைதன்யரின் உபதேசங்கள் மதசார்பற்றது. ஜாதி மதத்திற்கு அப்பாற்பட்டது. அனைவரையும் உயிர்ப்பிக்க வல்லது. சகல உயிர்வாழிகளுக்கும் ஆனந்தம் அளிப்பது. அதனை உச்சரிப்பவர், கேட்பவர் அனைவருமே மேன்மையடைவர். உன்னத நிலையில் நிலைபெறுவர். பேரானந்தத்தில் திளைப்பர். அனைத்திற்கும் மேலாக கருணாசாகரமாக, பாரி வள்ளலாக, திரண்ட மேகமாக அனைவரையும் குளிர்வித்து மகிழ்வர், கௌராங்கரின் பேரன்பிற்குரியவர்களாக திகழ்வர், கௌராங்கரை முற்றிலுமாக மகிழ்விப்பவராக சிறப்புறுவர், ஒரு க்ஷணமும் பகவானைவிட்டு பிரியாது குருவுடனேயே, கௌராங்கருடனேயே வாழ்ந்திருப்பர் என்பதற்கு தாங்களே மிகச்சிறந்த உதாரண புருஷராவீர்.

ஸ்ரீமதி ஜானவி மாதாவால் 1570 ல் தொடங்கிவைக்கப்பட்ட “கேதூரி திருவிழாவின்” மூலமாக பக்தித்தொண்டிற்கு எதிரான களைகள் நீக்கப்பட்டு, வைஷ்ணவ சித்தாந்தமானது வெற்றி நடைபோடத் தொடங்கியதைப் போலவே, பிரபஞ்சத்தின் சக்கரவர்த்தியாகிய தாங்களும், அன்று முதல் இன்று வரை காலக்கணக்கிற்கும் அப்பாற்றபட்ட எண்ணிலடங்காத திருவிழாக்களை பிரம்மாண்ட முறையில் நிகழ்த்தியவாறு, சூன்யவாதத்தை விரட்டுவதில் அடர்ந்த காரிருளை விரட்டியோடச் செய்யும் சூரியனைப் போல, அசுர குணங்களை களைவதில் துஷ்டர்களை பறந்தோடச் செய்யும் நரசிம்மரைப் போல, காலத்தை வீணாக கழித்துக் கொண்டிருப்பவர்களை வெல்வதில் கபடதாரிகளான அரசர்களை வெட்டி வீழ்த்திய பரசுராமரைப் போல, குருவின் சொல்லை மீறாமல் இருப்பதில் தந்தை சொல் மீறாத இராமரைப் போல, பகவானுடன் க்ஷணந்தோறும் கூடியிருப்பதில் எப்பொழுதுமே தன்னை துன்பத்தில் வைத்திருக்குமாறு வேண்டும் குந்தி மகாராணியைப் போல, கௌராங்கரையே நினைத்துக் கொண்டிருப்பதில் கிருஷ்ணரையே நினைத்துக் கொண்டிருக்கும் விருந்தாவனத்து கோபியர்களைப் போல, இழிபிறவிகளாக பெண்களுக்கும், குழந்தைகளுக்கும், சூத்திரர்களுக்கும், பிராமண பந்துக்களுக்கும் உபதேசிப்பதில், தனது அன்னையாகிய தேவஹுதிக்கு உபதேசித்த கபிலதேவரைப் போல, கிருஷ்ண உணர்வை ஒன்றையே வலியுறுத்துவதில் நல்லாட்சி ஒன்றை மட்டுமே கருத்தில் கொண்ட் யுதிஷ்டிர மகாராஜரைப் போல, தனது பக்தர்களுக்கு அன்பான தந்தையாகவும், நண்பனாகவும், அனாத ரட்சகனாகவும், இருப்பதில் பிருதாவின் மைந்தனாகிய அர்ஜுனனின் உற்ற நண்பனாக, காவலனாக, சாரதியாக வந்த கிருஷ்ணரைப் போல, உலாவந்து கொண்டுள்ள தாங்களும் எண்ணற்ற தெய்வீக திருவிழாக்களை சிறப்புற நிகழ்த்தி, வைஷ்ணவ சம்பிரதாயத்தை, வைஷ்ணவ பாரம்பரியத்தை பரந்த ஆலமரமாக வளர்ச்சிபெறச் செய்து கொண்டேயுள்ளீர்கள். இதுவல்லவா குருவிற்கான மிகச்சிறந்த குரு தட்சணை.

தனது பக்தியாலும் தெய்வீக இலக்கியங்களாலும் கோஸ்வாமிகளை நினைவுபடுத்தும் காரணத்தினால் பக்தி வினோத தாகூர் “ஏழாவது கோஸ்வாமி” என்றழைக்கப்பட்டார். அதுபோலவே, கௌராங்கரின் மீதான தங்களுடைய தன்னிச்சையான பிரேமையின் காரணமாக தங்களுடைய பெயரானது தன்னிச்சையாகவே கௌர்தன் என்று அமைந்ததாக ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதரால் அன்புடன் அழைக்கப்பட்டு தன்னிகரற்ற நிலையை அடையப் பெற்றுள்ளீர்கள். கௌராங்கரைப் போலவே கௌராங்கரின் மகனாகிய தாங்களும் பிரேமையை அள்ளி அள்ளி வழங்குவதில் சளைப்பதேயில்லை. அது எத்தகைய இன்பதுன்பத்திற்கு இடையிலும், தடையின்றி கடலைநோக்கி ஓடிக்கொண்டிருக்கும் கங்கையின் பிரவாகத்தைப் போன்று ஒருபோதும் தடைபடுவதே யில்லை.

பக்த வினோத தாகூரால் கண்டறியப்பட்ட பகவான் ஸ்ரீ சைதன்ய மஹாபிரபுவின் பிறப்பிடமாகிய யோக பீடத்தை சிறப்புறச் செய்வதற்காக, உலகறியச் செய்வதற்காக, முந்தைய ஆச்சாரியர்களின் விருப்பமாகிய அத்புத மந்திரை மஹாபிரபுவிற்கு, தமது குருவாகிய ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதருக்கு சமர்ப்பித்தற்காக, காலனிடமிருந்தும் தனது உயிரை மீட்டெடுத்துவந்து, ஆலய நிர்மாணப்பணியில் நமக்கு ஏற்றவழிகாட்டியாக, பக்கபலமான உறுதுணையுடன் நம்மை அரவணைத்து வழிநடத்திச் செல்லும் நமது குருவிற்கு நமது கோடானு பிறவிகளை சமர்ப்பணம் செய்தாலும் அது அணுவளவே. தரிசனம் செய்வதின் மூலமாகவே வாழ்வின் அறியாமையை அழிக்கும், பௌதிக துன்பங்களாகிய பிறப்பு, இறப்பு சக்கரத்தை நிறுத்தவல்லதாகிய அற்புதத்தை செய்யவல்லதாகிய அத்புத மந்திராகிய வேத கோளரங்கத்தை பிரபஞ்சமே வியக்கும் அளவிற்கு அலங்கரித்துக் கொண்டிருக்கும் எமது குருவின் தன்னிகரற்ற திறன் மயனின் கட்டிடக்கலை நிபுணத்துவத்தையும் தோற்கடிக்கச் செய்கிறது. நமது குருவிற்கு நிகர் குருவேதான்.

ஏழு அடி உயரமும், முழங்கால் வரை நீண்டதான கரங்களை உடையவரும், பொன்னிற மேனி கொண்டதால் கௌராங்கர் என்றழைக்கப்படுபவருமான பகவான் ஸ்ரீ சைதன்யரை காண்பதின் மூலமாக ஒருவர் நாம ஸங்கீர்த்தன இயக்கத்தில் பங்கெடுத்துக் கொள்ள ஊக்குவிக்கப்படுகிறார் என்பதை இடையறாது எங்களுக்கு எடுத்துரைத்து ஊக்குவித்துக் கொண்டுள்ள தங்களுடைய தெளிந்த நீரோடை போன்றதான தெள்ளத் தெளிவான குரலோசையானது எங்களது இதயங்களை ஊடுருவி தன்னிச்சையாகவே தங்களது மலர்ப்பாதங்களில் எங்களை சரணடையச் செய்கிறது. இதுவல்லவோ தங்களின் அபாரக்கருணை.

பகவான் ஸ்ரீ சைதன்யரின் ஸங்கீர்த்தன இயக்கமானது கிருஷ்ண பக்தித்தொண்டில், கிருஷ்ணருக்கான அன்பான சேவையில் மக்களை பயிற்றுவிப்பதற்காகவே இருப்பதாகும். தனக்கான பக்திசேவையை பகவானே பக்தனாக நேரில் வந்து நமக்கு கற்றுத்தருகிறார் என்கின்ற பிரபுபாதருடைய கூற்றை உலகினர் அனைவரும் அறியவேண்டும், புரிந்து கொள்ளவேண்டும், கடைபிடிக்க வேண்டும், பௌதிக உலகின் மூவித துன்பங்களிலிருந்து வெளிவர வேண்டும் என்ற நோக்கத்திற்காக எவருமே நினைத்தற்கரிய உடல் அசௌகரியத்திற்கு இடையிலும் உலகை வலம்வந்து கொண்டுள்ள நமது குருவின் அதீத சாகசம் வரலாற்று சாகசங்கள் அனைத்தையும் முழுமையாக தோற்கடித்து மிளிர்கிறது.

யாரொருவர் பகவான் ஸ்ரீ சைதன்யரின் பக்தர்களாக இருக்கின்றனரோ அவர்கள் ஒரே நேரத்தில் கோலோக விருந்தாவனத்திலும், ஸ்ரீ சைதன்ய லீலையிலும் பங்கு கொண்டவர்களாகின்றனர். கோலோக விருந்தாவனத்தில் நான்கு நுழைவாயில்கள் உள்ளன, விருந்தாவனம், மதுரா, துவாரகா, மற்றும் ஸ்வேதத்வீபம் ஆகியனவாகும். ஸ்வேதத்வீபமே பகவான் ஸ்ரீ சைதன்யரின் வாசஸ்தலமாகும். கிருஷ்ண லீலையில் பங்கேற்க விரும்பும் பக்தர்கள் கிருஷ்ணருடைய கருணையைப் பெறுவதற்காக கிருஷ்ணரிடம் முழுமையாக சரணடைந்தாக வேண்டும், ஆனால் கௌராங்கரோ கிருஷ்ணரைவிட மிக மிக கருணைவாய்ந்தவராவார், அவர் எவரும் கேட்காமலேயே கிருஷ்ண பிரேமையை அள்ளி அள்ளி வழங்கிக் கொண்டுள்ளார் என பகவான் ஸ்ரீ சைதன்யரின் பக்தர்களாக இருப்பதின் மகிமைகளே விவரிக்கும் குருவானர் பகவான் ஸ்ரீ சைதன்யரின் கருணை உள்ளத்தையும் விஞ்சும் அளவிற்கு, தாய் எட்டடி பாய்ந்தால் குட்டி பதினாறு அடி பாயும் என்ற பழமொழிக்கேற்ப முந்தைய ஆச்சாரியர்களின் கருணை உள்ளங்கள் அனைத்தையும் விஞ்சும் அளவிற்கு, அவர்களுடைய கருணை உள்ளங்களின் ஸ்வரூபமாக உலகம் முழுவதும் பவனிவந்து துன்பக்கடலில் தத்தளித்துக் கொண்டிருக்கும் கதியற்ற ஜீவன்கள் அனைவரையும் கரையேற்றி தனது குருவின் தாமரைப் பாதபடகில் ஆனந்தமாக உல்லாசிக்கச் செய்து கோலோக விருந்தாவனத்திற்கு சிரமமின்றி அழைத்துச் சென்று கொண்டுள்ளார். குருவின் பொற்பாத கமலங்கள் நமது இதயத்தில் என்றென்றும் நிலைத்திருக்க குருவே அருள்புரிய வேண்டும்.

ஒருவர் தனது உயர் அதிகாரியான குருவின் கட்டளைக்கு கீழ்படிந்து நடக்க வேண்டும், ஏனெனில் நாம் மனதின் சொல்படி நடந்தோம் என்றால் அது தனது வாதத்தை நியாயப்படுத்துவதற்காக எண்ணற்ற காரணங்களை முன்வைக்கும், நம்மை குருவின் நல்லுபதேசத்திலிருந்து திசை திருப்புவதற்காக எதனையும் நியாயப்படுத்தி இறுதியாக நம்மை முக்குணங்களின் பிடிக்குள் சிக்கவைத்து நமது பௌதிக பிரச்சனையை அதிகப்படுத்திவிடும், இதிலெல்லாம் நாம் சிக்கிக் கொள்ளாமல் இருக்க வேண்டுமெனில் குருவின் உபதேசங்களில் மட்டுமே நமது மனதை ஈடுபடுத்த வேண்டும், பழக்க வேண்டும், என்கின்ற தங்களுடைய உபதேச அமிர்தத்தை எங்களுடைய செவிகளில் உள்வாங்கி இதயப்பூர்வமாக அதனை ஏற்று செயல்படுத்துவதற்கு தடையாக உள்ள எங்களுடைய அனர்த்தங்கள் அனைத்தையும் நீக்கி, அதனை கருத்தில் கொள்ளாமல் தங்களுக்கே உரித்தான கருணைப் பார்வையால் எங்கள் அனைவருக்கும் அடைக்கலம் அளியுங்கள் குருதேவா. தங்களுடைய மலர்ப்பாதங்கள் ஒன்றே எங்களுக்கான பாதுகாப்பான இருப்பிடமாகும்.

வர்ணாஷ்ரம தர்மத்தை கடைபிடிக்காதவர்கள் பக்தராக இருப்பதில் பயனில்லை, மாறாக, அவர்கள் நரக நிலைக்கே இழிவடைகின்றனர். வர்ணாஷ்ரம தர்மத்தின் உண்மையான நோக்கம் ஒருவர் தனது செயல்களின் பலனை கிருஷ்ணருக்கு சமர்ப்பணம் செய்ய வேண்டும் என்பதே, இந்நிலையில், கிருஷ்ணருக்காக செயல்படாதவரால் உண்மையான பலனை அடையமுடியாது, அவர் துயரத்தையே அடைகின்றார். மேலும் சில நேரங்களில் நாம் மாயையில் ஆழ்த்தப்படுவதும் கிருஷ்ணரை நாம் முழுமையாக சரணடையவேண்டும் என்பதை நமக்கு நினைவுபடுத்திக் கொண்டேயிருப்பதற்காகவே என்பதால், மாயையில் நாம் ஆழ்த்தப்படும் போதெல்லாம் இதுவும் அவளுடைய கருணையே என்றே நாம் மனதார நன்றி சொல்லி நமது மனதை முழுமையாக கிருஷ்ண தாமரைப் பாதங்களில் பதியச் செய்யவேண்டும் என்று உபதேசிக்கும் நமது அன்பார்ந்த, பிரியமான, நேசமான, பாசமான, கனிவான, கண்ணியமான, ஆனந்தமயமான, பிரேமானந்த ரூபமான குருவின் பொற்பாத கமலங்களில் கோடானனு கோடி கோடானு கோடி கோடானு கோடி, கோடானு கோடி நமஸ்காரங்களை சமர்ப்பித்து தங்களுடைய கருணாசாகர பாதகமலங்களில் இந்த தாசிக்கும் இடமளிக்க வேண்டி பணிவுடன் ஏங்கிநிற்கும் தங்களுடைய தாஸானு தாஸானு தாஸானு தாஸானு தாஸியான

கந்தர்விகா மோஹினி தேவிதாஸி மற்றும் குடும்பத்தினர்கள்

சுனந்தவாசுதேவ தாஸ்

சபரிகிரிஷ்

கௌரிலக்ஷ்மி

சிவேஷ் குமார்

மற்றும் துறையூர் இஸ்கான் உறுப்பினர்கள்.

ஹரே கிருஷ்ண

நிதாய் கௌராங்கா

ஜெய் குருதேவ்

வியாசபூஜா மகோத்ஸவ் கீ ஜெய்

ராதா ரமணா கீ ஜெய் ஜெய்!!

Gāndharvikā Mohinī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

India (Thuraiyur)

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

Guru Mahārāja ke charon me garima sharma ka koti koti Praṇāma mere Guru Mahārāja apke janamdin par bhagwan se yahi prathna karti hu ki apke swaths me śrīgra ati śrīgra labh ho Jisse hame apka shang or apki kripa milti rahe ham daily apke dwara di jarhi class ka amritpan karte hai apne hindi me classes dekre apne bhot bada upkar kra hai apke dwara hindi me prshan Uttar Dekar bhot bada labh mil rha hai yhe kripa hamare upar aise hai bane rha.

HARE KṚṢṆA:

Apki sisya,

Garima Sharma (aspiring disciple)
Sahibabad, India

हम गुरु महाराज के चरणो मे व्यास पूजा के अवसर पर ह्रदय से दंडवत प्रणाम करते है। परम पूजनीय जयपताका स्वामी गुरु महराज की जयजगत गुरु श्रील प्रभुपाद की जय।

एक प्रमाणिक गुरु अध्यात्मिक जगत का निवासी होता है । जो भगवान की इच्छा से हमे अध्यात्मिक संसार का साक्षात्कार करवाने हेतू इस संसार मे प्रकट होते है और हम पतित जीवो का उध्दार करते है। प्रभुपाद जी की सब्से बड़ी देन उन्के शिष्य है । जो हम जेसे पतितो पर प्रभुपाद जी की असीम कृपा को वितरित कर रहे है । उनमे से गुरु महराज आप एक महान योद्धा है। हमे गर्व है की हम आप्के शिषय है। हम  पूरा प्रयास करेगे की हम भी आपके अच्छे शिष्य बने जिससे आपको श्रील प्रभुपाद को गर्व हो। गुरु महाराज आपके अंदर हम बहुत विशेष गुण देखते है। जिसमे एक महत्वपूर्ण है की आप श्री प्रभुपाद अन्य सभी के प्रति बहुत कृतज्ञ रहते है। आप जहा भी प्रचार करते हे या कही भी जाते हे आप सभी पर दया करते है और सभी की चिन्ता भी करते है। अपने सभी शिष्यों के बारे मे सोचते रहते है हम सब के लिये भगवान से प्रार्थना करते रहते है गुरु महाराज हम भी सब के प्रति कृतज्ञ रहेंगे ताकि हम आप को खुश कर सके। यदि हम कुछ एसा कर पाये जिससे आप खुश हो तो हमारा यह जीवन सफल हे। गुरु महाराज आप आध्यात्मिक जगत की अमुल्य धरोहर हे। आपका इस भौतिक संसार मे रहना बहुत जरुरी है। हम लोग तो इस संसार मे भार के सामान हैं। अब हमारे जीवन का एक ही लक्ष्य हे की हम तन मन धन पुर्ण निष्ठा से प्रभुपाद के मिशन को बड़ाने के लिय गुरु महाराज की पूरी क्षमता से सहायता करेगे। और यह सब आपकी कृपा से ही सम्भव हे। आपकी अहेतुकी कृपा हम पर हमेशा बनी रहे।

आपकी कृपा दया पर आश्रित आपके अयोगय सेवक,

गौर श्याम दास (dīkṣā)

शची देवी दासी (dīkṣā)

लक्ष्य (sheltered)

India (Ambala)

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet dear Guru Mahārāja

I don’t have enough intelligent or ability to glorify your appearance day, but because of your Causeless mercy I will try to narrate and glorify.

When I heard first time that there is no such service which is not executed by you Guru Mahārāja for pleasure of Śrīla Prabhupāda, this give me deepest enthusiasm to serve. When I hear the glory about (you) Guru Mahārāja, how you come to know the mind of your disciple and after knowing your reciprocation it becomes transcendental līlā. And by hearing that I can make spiritual progress, This Itself is proof that your presense is made to deliver fallen conditioned soul like myself.

After getting discharged from hospital Guru Mahārāja (you) didn’t stop for a while, and re-continued preaching services for the pleasure of Śrīla Prabhupāda, it gives and surely empowers me to develop service faith toward spiritual master.

Guru Mahārāja your presence, your each and every activities are made for preaching (I’m blind to see but scriptures proves) the message of Lord, but I’m foolish who always starving behind māyā, and couldn’t go ahead not even pinch by myself. I have forgotten my real relationship with Lord and came here to satisfy so-called pleasure which arise from connection with material objects. And Guru Mahārāja your divine presence is the only shelter for me, kindly save me and bless me

Your ever insignificant and aspiring servant

Gaurāṅga (aspiring disciple)

Ahmedabad, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Most Beloved Spiritual Father,

Please accept our respectful obeisance at the dust of your lotus feet.

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

All glories to you 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...

On this most auspicious day of your divine appearance, we beg the words to glorify the wonderful, exalted personality who is a Vaikuṇṭha Man with unlimited divine qualities. As we are 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 Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s saṅkīrtana movement.

His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja is the spiritual master who spread the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa according to his spiritual master Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions. Following the footsteps of his spiritual master Śrīla Prabhupāda, our Guru Mahārāja leads his life as “Simple living and High thinking” Following the footsteps of Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu, he spread the mission of Saṅkīrtana movement and their līlās.

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.

On this auspicious day, I humbly beg you to bless me, my Prabhu Ṣaḍbhuja Viśvambhara Dāsa, our daughter Athira, son-in-law Prajosh and sweet granddaughter Aradhita to be fully charged up with your divine energy to be useful instruments in your mission.

Please protect us from all demonic forces.

Please bless all devotees and children who we are trying to care, train and help on their services on behalf of you Gurudeva.

We (my entire family) pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to give you healthy long life to deliver more and more fallen soul like us.

Your Insignificant Spiritual Daughter,

Gaurapriya Śacī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

India (Thiruvananthapuram)

Querido maestro,que Dios escuche nuestras oracione para que usted se recupere completamente y pueda poner a mas almas al servicio de nuestra señoria Śrī Rādhā y Kṛṣṇa con sus bendición pasará automáticamente,gracias maestro por haberme permitido tomar refugio en sus pies de loto,espero recibir la bendición de para seguir haciendo mi servicio dado por la misericordia de los devotos mayores,

atentamente el devoto Jay

Giridhārī Dāsa (dīkṣā)
India (Māyāpur)

Hare Kṛṣṇa

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Please accept my humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of our Guru Mahārāja H.H. Jayapatākā Swami.

Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas.

We are praying to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Narasiṁha dev to bless you the best of health and bestow you with long life.

Also engage us into loving devotional services of Their lordships under your leadership.

My sincere prayers unto the Supreme personality of Godhead for the best of health on this most auspicious Vyāsa pūjā of GuruMahārāja.

Your humble servant

Gītā-gāyinī Yaśodādevī dāsī (dīkṣā)

India (Māyapur)

HARE KṚṢṆA

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Please accept my koṭi koṭi daṇḍavat praṅāms unto Your merciful Lotus Feet

This is Gīteśvarī Viṣṇupriyā devīdāsī, New Delhi, India

My Dearest Beloved GuruMahārāja

This beautiful opportunity of Your Holy Vyāsa Pūjā... I get this wonderful chance to offer my Gratitude to You. Thank You Dearest GuruMahārāja

I feel the utmost luckiest to be born in this particular generation of Your presence on Mother Earth. You literally spoon-feed us. I have the luxury to be dependent on You... completely... There are so many miracles which happen due to Your causeless mercy in someone as insignificant as myself in my life... few of which I have never even dared to dream of..... but solely due to Your loving causeless mercy...many impossible miracles happen

Everyday You give me Your direct mercy through virtual Darshan and so beautiful nectar of CAITANYA Līlā class. I have Your direct association... nectar of devotion says if one gets even a moment of direct association of a pure Devotee... that person gets the highest position and her life is successful... n you bless me this so many unlimited times even on days of severe ill health You suffer due to me. I get the fortune of listening ŚRĪMAD BHĀGAVATAM from Your Lotus mouth... thus purifying me in so many ways. Your mere glance upon me during gallery virtual Darshan eradicates so many millions of my precious birth's sins and eventually saves me from so many sufferings. Your kindness allows me to do service to You in small ways which I am not even worthy of.. just n just by Your causeless mercy I derive so many unlimited benefits. Please forgive me for using this word benefit... but this is actually happening and true. Thank You

I am so secured because of You. You are my savior... as well as for my Family my sister Kairava Candrikā my Parents n soooooo many more people like us. Thank You for Your big heart to keep us all under Your special care... Because of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Your presence in our life we have got the lottery ticket to go back to Godhead. I just have to keep it safely by doing good Chanting, not doing offenses to Vaiṣṇavas n reading n distributing Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Books

Thank You.

This Auspicious Vyāsa Pūjā time I promise to not let You down...not commit mistakes n offenses. I want to make You feel proud of me. I pray my desires be to please You always.

I pray to You and LORD KṚṢṆA to fulfill all my desires. I also pray to you I never make any offenses to any Vaiṣṇavas. I love You very much. You are taking unbearable pains because of me. I want to always serve You and make You feel proud of me

Please forgive me if I have written anything which was not appropriate

HARE KṚṢṆA

Happy Happy Happy Vyāsa Pūjā

Thank You Dear GuruMahārāja

I Love You

Your insignificant servant and daughter

Gīteśvarī Viṣṇupriyā devī dāsī (dīkṣā)

India (New Delhi)

 

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma!

All Glories to Guarāṅga!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to You!

Thank you very much Guru Mahārāja for connecting us to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu mission and showing us the perfect way of living and surrendering to Lord Kṛṣṇa. Because of your mercy and blessing we are trying our best to serve devotees, Śrī Rādhā Śyāmasundara, Śrī Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadhrā Mahārāṇī and Gaura Nitāi.

Guru Mahārāja, we are very grateful to you for choosing us as your disciple even though we don’t have any qualifications.

We pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva for your good health Guru Mahārāja.

Guru Mahārāja, my daughter Mahālakṣmī and Meenakshi both of them are in high school. They both help us in garland sevā for our Temple. Guru Mahārāja, please pray for them to become a nice devotee and for their spiritual growth.

Guru Mahārāja, we pray at your Lotus Feet to bless our family, so that we can serve Śrī Rādhā Śyamasundara, Śrī Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā Mahārāṇī and Gaura Nitāi nicely.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for everything.

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Haribol,

Golokapati Govinda Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Madhavī Padmalocanī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Mahālakṣmī Devī Dāsī
Mīnakṣī Devī Dāsī
India (Māyāpur)

HARE KRISHNA 

 

nama oṁ viṣṇu pādāya kṛṣṇa preṣṭāya bhu-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā swamin iti nāmine

namaste saraswati devi gaura vani pracharine 

nirve shesha shunya vadi pashyata desha tarine 

 

My Dearest Spiritual Father, Srila Acharyapad 

Please accept my most respectful & humble obeisances at the dust of Your Divine Lotus Feet, My only and only shelter in this material world.  

Happy 73rd Vyasa Puja Gurudevvvvvvvvvvv!

 

How can I ever find the apt words to even convey my indebtedness at the dust of Your Divine Lotus Feet Gurudev. This one lifetime is too short to even summarize how thankful I can be for your mercy. There is nothing more I desire than to be sheltered under the most merciful umbrella of Your Lotus Feet Gurudev. More than my fortune it is the mercy of My Spiritual Father to have acceptED a fool like me as His spiritual daughter. Not a single day goes by when I'm not Thankful to my Lord to have given me My Gurudev, My Master, My only and only well wisher. No set of words can ever be sufficient to glorify the Glories of Srila Guru Maharaj. 

 On this auspicious day of Your 73rd Vyasa Puja, I humbly beg for Your shelter today and forever Gurudev. Let me be the faithful dog who's only aim is to serve His Master even if it costs His Life. 

 

Although I'm not even worthy to say these words yet I Seek Your  humble forgiveness for all my aparadha's at the dust of Your lotus feet Srila Guru Maharaj!

 

Your insignificant spiritual daughter 

Golokapriya gaurangi devi dasi (dīkṣā)

India (Bhopal) 

 

 

 

।। হরে কৃষ্ণ।।

পরম পূজনীয় গুরুমহারাজ আপনার শ্রী চরণ কমলে অনন্ত কোটি প্রণাম নিবেদন করি

শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের জয়

শ্রীল গুরুমহারাজের জয়

আজ আপনার ৭৩ তম আবির্ভাব দিনে আমরা সবাই খুব আনন্দিত

আমরা এতটাই মূর্খ এবং পতিত আত্মা যে আপনার গুনগান করার মতো শক্তি আমাদের নেই কিন্তু আপনার কৃপা আশীর্বাদ নিয়ে আপনার গুনগান করার চেষ্টা করছিআপনি তো করুণার সাগরকত পতিত জিভ কে উদ্ধার করেছেন এর এর কার্য আনভাত চালিয়ে যাচ্ছেন আপনি যে ভাবে প্রচার করছেন (প্রাণ আছে যার সেই হেতু প্রচার) অসুস্থ থাকার মধ্যে এটি সর্বদা আমাদের উৎসাহ বাড়ায় যে আপনি সর্বদা শ্রী চৈতন্য মহাপ্রভুর মিশনকে যে কোনো অবস্থায় আগে নিয়ে যাচ্ছেন আপনি শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের প্রিয় আপনি যেভাবে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের বাণীর আদেশ অনুসরণ করছেন তাতে বোঝা যায় আপনি গুরুর বাক্য পালন এর সাগর দয়া করে আমাদের কে আশীর্বাদ করুন যাতে আপনার এবং শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের আদেশ পালন করতে এবং প্রচার কার্যে সাহাযোগিতা করতে পারি

।।হরে কৃষ্ণ।।

আপনার অধম পুত্র এবং পুত্রি,

সমদর্শী মাধব দাস (dīkṣā)

গলোকসেভিনি মাধবী দেবী দাসি (dīkṣā)

আহমেদাবাদ, গুজরাট

Hare Kṛṣṇa to my dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeiscances unto your divine lotus feet,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

My dear father your causeless mercy I am living, who can be so merciful towards all living entities? Though unqualified you gave service in e-Care. I am trying to do my best Guru Mahārāja. Seeking your blessings to go forward and help many more. I am so trying to help some youth to engage in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I am always trying to keep engaged I some services. Sometimes māyā keeps me engaged I am so sleepy. so kindly bless me to get over my drowsy. My recent realization I had Guru Mahārāja I am growing old don’t know how long stay in the world. I felt I should become more serious in my sādhana.

I am chanting 16 rounds and following 4 regulative principles. I am pursuing my Bhakti-vaibhava. Most of the times I am not able to understand the purports read, most of the times I am spaced out Guru Mahārāja. Seeking your blessings to get over. I know Guru Mahārāja you’re always praying and blessing us. Trying to always remember Kṛṣṇa. Seeking your blessing to serve you better in e-Care.

Guru Mahārāja I don’t know if I am a fit to be in e-care, but I love this service.

Guru Mahārāja whenever I take your darśana your effulgent body, you’re so bright Guru Mahārāja. I feel so happy.

Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for all the love and care to the most insignificant soul. Actually, I don’t deserve anything. All the good fortune is given by you Guru Mahārāja.

Please bless your granddaughter Deshna and grandson Lavith to be attached to the lotus feet of the Lord.

I want to connect to you always in my thoughts.

Please bless Pāvana Gaura Prema Dāsa he is always helpful in doing my household duties and cooking service.

your insignificant daughter,

Golokeśvari Harinī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
India (Māyāpur)

Todas las Glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda

Todas las Glorias a Guru y Gaurāṅga

Acepte por favor mis más respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto en su glorioso día de Vyāsa-pūjā.

Aunque estoy desprovista de buenas cualidades trataré de glorificarlo y honrarlo en este día tan especial, ya que para sus discípulos usted Guru Mahārāja lo es todo.

No estamos capacitados en el servicio devocional y usted igual nos ha dado refugio en sus pies de loto.

Tengo la esperanza de que algún día cercano podremos servirle fiel y entusiastamente, solo gracias a su misericordia ilimitada que tiene con cada uno de nosotros.

Recitó este mantra para usted:

El maestro espiritual es el sirviente más íntimo del Señor; por lo tanto, debe recibir exactamente el mismo trato que la Suprema Personalidad de Dios. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.28,43)

Que el señor Narasiṁha lo proteja siempre y kṛṣṇa lo bendiga para que pueda complacer a su maestro espiritual Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Mis servicios como ofrendas a usted son:

En el templo son de adorar a la deidad todos los días lunes a medio día.

Predicó casi todos los días en el templo o fuera de el, a las personas nuevas o vecinos.

También predicó en otras zonas de chile junto a los programas de los Vaiṣṇavas en regiones.

Realice la maratón de saṅkīrtana de diciembre y di como ofrenda a usted 900 libros entre grandes y medianos.

Denos su misericordia sin causa Guru Mahārāja para ofrecerle un servicio de calidad y con verdadera entrega a kṛṣṇa.

Perdone a esta alma sus ofensas.

Su insignificante sirviente

Gopa Gopīkā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
India (Māyāpur)

My dear spiritual father,

Please accept my humble praṇatī and to your Lotus feet.I am sheltered to your lotus feet. Yesterday you came in my dream. I offer a rose to Rādhā Rāni daily in my home through you. My humble request is to make me a devotee  of Rādhā Rāni.

Gopal Poddar (sheltered)
India (Raipur)

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

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

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānanda-mādhavam śrī caitanyam īśvaram
hari oṁ tat sat!

My dear spiritual father Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja.

please accept my respectful obeisance unto your Lotus feet.

All glories to you on the occasion of your all auspicious 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā celebrations.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

First of all, I sincerely pray to Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Śrī Jagannātha Baladeva Subhadrādevī and Śrī Narasiṁhadeva for your speedy recovery from all health problems and for long healthy life. By the mercy of supreme Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu you have appeared on this auspicious day in this material world in order to save the most fallen conditioned souls like me from the dangerous material life which is full of sufferings. I am very very grateful to Your Divine Grace for saving me and others from the hellish conditional material life. And by your mercy you are helping us to go Back to Godhead. As advised by Śrīla Prabhupāda I am hereby humbly submitting my glorifications unto your Lotus feet. By doing so I will be able to progress in discharging pure devotional service unto yourself and Kṛṣṇa I am praying Guru Mahārāja please bless me to execute pure devotional service to guru and Kṛṣṇa. As mentioned in the sastras all good qualities are already manifested in you as you are pure devotee of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Hearing your vāṇī our doubts are cleared and helps us in our spiritual advancement. Nowadays we are able to get Guru Mahārāja darśana and blessings through Caitanya-līlā class (Caitanya-līlā book compilation class) every day. I would like to mention one pastime of Guru Mahārāja which I call it Līlāmṛta of His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāj. When you were in leech treatment for your leg problem in Coimbatore Dhanvantarī temple hospital, Āyurveda treatment I have been asked to suggest spiritual names for the leeches which part took in your leg leech treatment. I proposed one name as Karuṇā Sāgara dāsa. Hearing this name all devotees who attending your vapuḥ services laughed at me thinking that leech is sucking Guru Mahārāja blood in the process of treatment. Guru Mahārāja you corrected them saying Look he is doing guru-sevā do not laugh at him. Guru Mahārāja you humorously commented me why dāsī name not suggested. Soon after completing my Deity services, I was doing this service. Guru Mahārāja you appreciated me as doing guru-sevā. This shows how merciful you are. Like this more līlās which are not possible to indicate in one write up. On this day of your appearance, I request Guru Mahārāja to forgive me for the offences made by me, which may be knowingly or unknowingly. Also please bless me in chanting process of mahā-mantra very effectively. And perfectly. Finally, once again I pray their Lordships Jagannātha, Baladeva, Subhadrādevī, Narasiṁha deva and Gaura Nitāi to shower their blessings for good and long life so that you can save many more conditioned souls.

All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

73rd Vyāsa-pūjā mahāmahotsava kī Jaya!

Hare Kṛṣṇa...

Your insignificant spiritual son,

Gopati Govinda Dāsa (dīkṣā)

India (Coimbatore)

Dear Guru Mahārāja, please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

Everyone have been asked to write Vyāsa-pūjā offering in this auspicious occasion of Vyāsa-pūjā day, honestly I have no grammatical knowledge and also don’t know how to glorify spiritual master but I have remember one story of a brāhmaṇa who was illiterate from South India his spiritual master instructed him to read Bhagavad-gītā daily although he was unable to read properly bur strong desire to follow the instructions of spiritual master in that way that brāhmaṇa was trying his best to read Bhagavad-gītā not carrying that other scholar brāhmaṇa was laughing but one day Mahāprabhu came and saw this brāhmaṇa have Bhagavad-gītā in his hand, tears rolling from his eyes that time Mahāprabhu asked my dear brāhmaṇa why r u crying? brāhmaṇa replied lord loves his devotees so much so that he becomes the chariot driver of his devotees that thought make me cry, when Mahāprabhu heard this Mahāprabhu embraced that brāhmaṇa so although he was illiterate that don’t not become the disqualification for Brāhmaṇa to get Kṛṣṇa Prem rather scholar brāhmaṇa’s was missed that opportunity this is the magnanimity of Mahāprabhu patra apatra vicāra nāhi so as we have heard from Śrīla Prabhupāda that our beloved Guru Mahārāja is associate of Mahāprabhu we can also see the compassion which Guru Mahārāja have for all living being therefore he have taken so much disciples all over the world not carrying for his own body due to other suffering souls and still accepting disciples.

By seeing Guru Mahārāja, I feel protected because Guru Mahārāja is the inspiration for all the people that in any situation of life one can continue devotional life ‘unmotivated’ ‘uninterrupted’

Whenever I become sick, I remember Guru Mahārāja in this way, I boost up myself, in this way Guru Mahārāja have set strong example in every one’s life.

I pray to the lord for the health of Guru Mahārāja so that he can deliver more souls like me and accept me as his disciple.

Your insignificant son,

Govind (aspiring disciple)

Māyāpur, India

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances onto the dust of your lotus feet.

All glories to you and your auspicious divine appearance day!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

I am so fortunate to have you in my life dear Gurudeva, by your blessings only last year my marriage ceremony completed successfully. JPS Marriage bureau devotee helped me a lot for the matching by proper guidance and specifically with marriage questionnaire.

I was thinking how much you are careful about our overall protection in bhakti life. Although you have so many gross bodily difficulties still you are going on spreading the mission of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu like an incredible warrior.

You blessed us both myself, and Her Grace Vṛndāvaneśvari Keśavī Devī Dāsī by giving your writing whishes through mail and through zoom darśana. I am eternally indebted to you.

By your order only last year I have started online Bhakti-vṛkṣa Preaching under the guidance of His Grace Premānanda Caitanya Prabhu (Councilor). Currently two batch I am taking care in Kolkata region. In two batch totals 30+ devotees are there, and they are chanting maximum more than ten rounds.

Also, I am trying to preach voice youth near my staying place in Kolkata. By your encouragement only I am trying to read Śrīla Prabhupāda books everyday around 30min. Currently I am reading Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5th canto 4th Chapter. Getting lot of inspiration and wisdom in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Also, I am trying to help financially to youth preaching every month from last more than five years.

Please bless me dear Guru Mahārāja so that I can continue serving you with more intensity as Śrīla Prabhupāda given you so many instructions. In that regard also I am so fortunate. As It’s stated by Śrīla Narottam dāsa Ṭhākura. “chāḍiya vaiṣṇava sevā nistāra peyeche keva”. So, serving Vaiṣṇavas under your guidance is my only hope.

So many people are ready to keep Kṛṣṇa Consciousness specifically after this corona pandemic. Please bless me so that I can more intensely able to preach with proper attitude. I am remembering the payers of Śrīla Devakīnandana Ṭhākura....

hañāchena habena prabhura yata dāsa
sabāra caraṇa vandoṅ dante kari’ ghāsa

I may able to distribute more this Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and may I able to keep this mood.

So, on this auspicious day please be merciful on me and blessed us so that we can both by starting and executing duties properly in gṛhastha āśrama serve you in a better way in the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Your insignificant fallen servant,

Guṇāgrāhī Gaurāṅga Dāsa (dīkṣā)

Kolkata, India

परम आदरणीय गुरु महाराज,

73 वें व्यास पूजा महामहोत्सव पर कृपया आपके चरण कमलों में मेरा कोटि कोटि दंडवत प्रणाम स्वीकार करें।

श्रील प्रभुपाद की जय हो!

गुरुदेव, आप करुणा के सागर हैं। आपने अनेक पतित आत्माओं का इस विषम मृत्यु सागर से उद्धार करने का व्रत लिया है। आपने श्रील प्रभुपाद जी के अभियान को अपना जीवन लक्ष्य बनाया है, आपकी गुरुभक्ति निःसंदेह अतुलनीय है। आपका अपने अन्य गुरु भाइयों एवं बहनों के लिए प्रेम मेरे लिए सदा प्रेरणा दायक है। आपके हृदय में श्री चैतन्य निताई जी के लिए जो अद्भुत प्रेम है वह आपकी वाणी एवं कार्यों से छलक कर हमारे मन एवं हृदय को उनके श्री चरणों की ओर सहज ही आकर्षित करता है। समस्त प्राणी मात्र को इस मृत्यु-संसार से उबारने के लिए आपका दृढ़ प्रयास मुझ पतित आत्मा को निरंतर सेवा में लगे रहने हेतु प्रेरित करती है।

हे गुरुदेव! हे करुणा सिंधु! मुझ पतित जीव को पिछले रामनवमी तिथि को अपनी शिष्या स्वीकार कर आपकी सेवा का अवसर प्रदान करने हेतु आपको कोटि कोटि धन्यवाद एवं आभार। श्रील प्रभुपाद जी के इस अभियान में आपके सेवकों की सेविका बन में अपना योगदान दे सकूँ ऐसा बल एवं सामर्थ्य कृपया प्रदान करें। कृपया मुझे आशीर्वाद दें जिससे में आपके निर्देशों का अक्षरसः पालन कर सकूँ एवं भगवान श्री गौर निताई की कृपा प्राप्त कर सकूँ। गुरुदेव मुझ पर दया करें एवं आपके निर्देशों के पालन में मुझसे जो कुछ भी भूल हो रही हो उन्हें आप मुझे अज्ञानी समझ कर क्षमा करें।

आज के इस शुभ दिवस पर हम सब भगवान श्री श्री राधा माधव, श्री नृसिंह देव एवं श्री पंच तत्त्व के चरण कमलों में आपके उत्तम स्वास्थ्य लाभ हेतु प्रार्थना करते हैं जिससे आपकी दिव्य उपस्थिति मात्र से मुझ जैसे करोड़ों करोड़ों जीव लाभान्वित हो सकें।

आपकी नित्यसेवाभिलाषी,

गुणमयी गौरांगी देवी दासी (dīkṣā)
India (Māyāpur)

हरे कृष्ण परम पूज्यनीया गुरुमहाराज,

श्रील प्रभुपाद की जय।

गुरु और गौरंग की जय।

आपको ७३ व्यासपूजा महोत्सव की बहुत बहुत शुकामनाएं।

आप कितने दयालु कृपालु हैं की आपने मुझ जैसे बद जीव को अपने चरणों में शरण दी है। आपने मुझे अपनाया है और मैं इस लायक नहीं थी पर आपने मुझे जानवर से इंसान बनाया है। आप हमेशा ये समझiने की कोशिश करते हैं की कैसे हम इस मनुष्य जनम को भगवान की सेवा में अलग अलग रूप से लगा सकते हैं। आप मेरे आध्यात्मिक पिताजी है, कितनी सौभाग्यशाली हु मैं गुरुदेव।

आपको शारीरिक तकलीफ होने के बावजूद आप निरंतर इतने सारे जीवों का उधार करते हैं। ये हमारे लिए बहोत प्रेरणादायक है गुरुमहाराज आप बिलकुल भी शारीरिक सत्तर पर नहीं है। आपको देखके हम हमेशा सीखते रहे की कैसे कृष्णा भावनामृत रहना चाहिए हर स्थति में ऐसी राधा माधव से निवेदन है।

मुझे प्रचार करने की और पुस्तक वितरण करने की बेहद ईचा होती है पर कर नहीं पाती हु क्यूंकि जो भी लेक्चर सुनती हु या कुछ पड़ती हु तोह भूल जाती हु, इसीलिए आपकी कृपा और आशीर्वाद की ज़रूरत है की मैं कैसे भी करके आपको इस मिशन में सहयोग दे पाऊ।

गुरुदेव कृपा बिंदु दिया कर दासे तृणापेक्ष अतिहिन,
शक्ति बुद्धि हिन मी अति दीन कर मोरे आत्म
आप हमेशा स्वस्थ रहे नरसिम्ह भगवान् से ये प्रार्थना है।

आपके दासों की दासी,

गुणवती गीता देवी दासी (dīkṣā)
India (Nashik)

Hare Krishna Guru Maharāj Dandavat praṇām

Guruprasad

Legal name: Hari Kṛṣṇa
Spiritual Name: Hari Govinda dāsa
Yātrā: India (Tirupati)
JPS Relation: Well-wisher

nāma 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 your auspicious Appearance Day

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Mahārāja please accept my respectful obeisances.

Myself disciple of your godbrother His Holiness Rādhānatha Swami Mahārāja. By your disciples’ mercy I came to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

There is a Thyāgarāja kīrti - anupama guṇambudhi yani ninnu nera nammi anusarincina… Lord Rāma having ocean of Good Qualities. Like that His devotee like you also having such qualities. In that you are very compassionate and very very, merciful Mahārāja.

Your greatness can be understood by your disciples’ service attitude, bounded to gurus. words and universal brotherhood. So, on it shows that how much they are sincerely in loving their spiritual father.

I am very, very, indebted to you Mahārāja because of your dear most disciples’ mercy only I became Kṛṣṇa consciousness seeker and I’m pleading to your lotus foot please bless me by that I will uplift in my Kṛṣṇa consciousness in the mood of servant of the servant.

I’m begging Śrī Śrī Rādhā Govinda aṣṭa sakhī Girirājajī and Śrīla Prabhupāda for your good health.

Your Humble Servant,

Hari Govinda Dāsa,

Śrī Śrī Rādhā Govinda Aṣṭa sakhī Girirāja Temple, ISKCON Tirupati.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Śrīla Guru Mahārāja
Please Accept my Respectful Obeisances!!
All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Your Divine Grace!

Thanks a lot for accepting this fallen soul as your disciple. You have changed my life. In my initial days, I came across your lectures on Facebook. Being inspired from your nectarian classes, I started to read Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books.

I wonder how can be a single person favourite of everyone irrespective of age, state, country, economical statuses etc. The way You reciprocate with us is out of imagination. Despite your busy schedule, you care for us and give classes daily. Thanks for answering my questions. Your darśana in Māyāpur dhāma has purified us. For the first time, I saw hundreds of people waiting and running behind the vehicle of a guru. You are the deliverer of fallen souls.

You are my superhero. Please bless me so that I can follow the initiation vows throughout my life. May my mind always be attached to your divine lotus feet. I just want to serve you Father. Always seeking your blessings and guidance.

Your unworthy son,
Harihara Kṛṣṇa Caitanya dāsa (dīkṣa)
Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my respectful obeisance
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda
All glories unto your divine lotus feet

We have learnt about goṣṭhy-ānandī Prahlāda Mahārāja from Śrīmad-bhāgavatam, who practiced devotional service amidst all odds. But we can see the practical example in your divine grace, practicing and preaching devotional service amongst all odds. No excuse given. Simultaneously you are lenient to accommodate the fallen souls and become pleased with whatever little they can offer. This is an all-attractive feature of your divine grace.

Some of the things that I practice in developing my relationship with you are
Feeling the direct presence: I started the practice of attentively and legibly chanting guru-praṇāma mantra and Śrīla Prabhupāda praṇāma-mantra at the beginning of every round of Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, praying to enable me to hear the holy name. This practice has helped me a lot to connect with you as you really engage me in hearing the mantra clearly, which is otherwise not possible with my own endeavors. This makes me feel your personal presence.
Personal vapuḥ sevā: I am far away being engaged in local services, hardly to get any vapuḥ sevā. Almost every day, except when I am travelling, I try to offer sevā to your photograph, cleaning and offering flowers, begging forgiveness and praying for mercy to render my services nicely. This daily sevā helps me tremendously to connect with you.

I also would like to mention the instructions that I am meditating upon.

1. Make Bangalore Kṛṣṇa Conscious city.

2. Sending regular preaching reports and book distribution reports. I could be able to send one video report last year. I am preparing the next one.

3. Hearing attentively

  • Chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra
  • Lecture of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Yourself

4. Become serious and mature

Hoping and praying that my services of preaching in Bangalore may offer you pleasure. Pleasing the spiritual master is the only business of a disciple.

Seeking your blessing for rendering service unto you. Begging to forgive my offences in course of my services.

Your disciple,
Harikṣetra dāsa
Bangalore, India

নামো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠয় ভূতলে

শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনিতি না মিনে।।
নমো আচার্য পাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে
গৌরকথা ধামাদায় নাগর গ্রাম তারিনে ।।

হে আমার পরমারাধ্য গুরুমহারাজ আপনার শ্রীচরনে আমার সশ্রদ্ধ ভক্তিপূর্ন দন্ডবৎ প্রণাম গ্রহণ করুন । হে গুরুদেব আপনার অসীম গুণাবলী বর্ণনা করার কোনো যোগ্যতা আমার নেই। আপনি সব রকম শারীরিক অসুবিধা সত্বেও সকলকে ভক্তিতে যুক্ত থাকতে এবং যুক্ত করতে উৎসাহ দিচ্ছেন। আপনার কৃপায় আমি প্রভুপাদের গ্রন্থ সমূহ পড়তে চেষ্টা করছি এবং ভক্তি বৈভব কোর্স করছি। হে গুরুদেব দীক্ষার মালা দেওয়ার সময় আপনি আমাকে বলেছিলেন বেশি করে জপ করতে । কিন্তু আমি এত অধম যে আপনার আদেশ পালন করতে পারছি না। চারটি নিয়ম পালন করতে ও অসমর্থ হচ্ছি । গুরুদেব আপনার কৃপা ছাড়া আমার কোনো শক্তি নেই ভক্তিতে অগ্রসর হওয়ার । আমি আপনার অহৈতুকি কৃপা আশীর্বাদ প্রাথনা করছি। যাতে আপনার আদেশ পুঙ্খানুপুঙ্খ ভাবে পালন করতে পারি। এবং এই জীবনে আপনার এবং প্রভু পদের সেবা করে যেতে পারি। হরে কৃষ্ণ ।

আপনার অধম শিষ্য

হরিনাম গোপাল দাস

দিল্লী ভারত

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances at your Divine Lotus feet.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All Glories to Your Divine Grace,

Wish you a very happy Vyāsa-pūjā Śrīla Guru Mahārāja

First and foremost we would like to express my sincerest, heartfelt gratitude to you Śrīla Guru Mahārāja for accepting us as your disciples.

Thank you for participating as the chief guest in the International online quiz competition results held during Śrīla Prabhupāda’s 125th appearance day anniversary celebration, on Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Vyāsa-pūjā day in spite of your busy schedule on that day. It was very wonderful how you interacted with every winner and made it a very pleasant experience for everyone who took part in the competition and participated in the prize distribution session.

Heard from His Grace Śrīnāthajī Prabhu that Śrīla Prabhupāda said that you are the personal associate of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. We are so fortunate to be under your guidance and having got connected to the illustrious Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava paramparā through you Śrīla Guru Mahārāja.

Just like Mahāprabhu is mahā-vadānyāya, most merciful, who appeared to deliver all the fallen souls without seeing their qualification and whose appearance is coming up in next 3 days on 18th March, I am thinking how you are travelling all over the world to deliver Kṛṣṇa consciousness to all. As I am writing this homage, you have reached Dāmodaradeśa and are planning your trip to the US to get the green card so that you can regularly visit the US for preaching and making devotees all around the world.

We are reciting one verse from Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Caitanya-caritāmṛta and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s daily quote every day during brāhmā-muhūrta and we are doing congregational chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra everyday along with you Śrīla Guru Mahārāja in our JSSS online brahma-muhūrta program.

Every Ekādaśī, we are reciting Gītā-māhātmya, Gītā-dhyānam, 108 important ślokas of Bhagavad-gītā with translation and all the 700 verses of the Śrīmad-Bhagavad-gītā and one round of congregational chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. Around 100 devotees joined on Gītā-jayantī and around 20 devotees join every Ekādaśī.

Please bless us that we may always engage in your service, in service to Śrīla Prabhupāda and guru-paramparā in an unmotivated and uninterrupted way for the pleasure of Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

Your spiritual children,

Harināma Kṛṣṇa dāsa
Medhāvinī Sakhi devī dāsī
Dhanyā, Dayitā
Mumbai, India.

Dearest Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja. Please kindly accept my respectful obeisances unto your most merciful lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to you!

All glories to your most auspicious appearance day!

You are the life of our spiritual life
Because of your prayers and mercy we survive

Thank you for your daily classes and darśana live
Because of them we are able to strive

Thank you for your daily visits, mahā-prasāda and time
They save us from our crimes

Thank you for your immense efforts to connect and care
They shield us from Māyā devī’s snare

Unflinching faith you have in the holy name
That It will surely change māyā’s game

You lead, encourage and teach by your behavior exemplary
Always taxing yourself how to free us from our material lives temporary

Your causeless mercy you give to all
Always declaring a war against māyā, you stand tall

Our ever well-wisher and best friend
You want to put an end to our material lives’ trend

For every living entity you desire to take their sins
And send each one of us back home to Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, our greatest kins

To shower your mercy you are always finding new ways
In our dark lives they are like the sun’s rays

Serving Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions is your life and soul
For his pleasure you have dedicated your life whole

Giving out the inconceivable mercy of Lord Nityānanda
You seek out and save those who are the most manda

While giving out mercy you know no bounds
Just to save us from perpetual material rounds

You never reject or discriminate
Always protective, loving and considerate

To wipe out our material life and not leave even a trace
Your shelter and instructions are our only saving grace

Unlimited are your glories
Inconceivable are your mercy stories

What can a wretched one like me say
Only by your mercy I can simply try to pray

O all powerful Vaiṣṇava Ṭhākura,
I wish to become your faithful, pleasing and beloved kukura

I wish to carry out all your instructions to your utmost pleasure
I wish to spend not a moment of leisure

But to be worthwhile and determined I am too weak
To be strong please tell your special mercy how can I seek

I wish with each passing day I may fulfill your heart’s desire and preach
My initiation vows I wish never to breach

I pray never to be for you a disappointing black spot
I do not wish to come back here again to rot

But alas, always running after lust, name and fame
I have no taste for chanting the holy name

Numerous offenses everyday I make
Please save me, my spiritual life is at stake

Please kindly bless me with faith pure
For that is my only cure

Aspiring to be the dust of your lotus feet
My Lord, please in my heart kindly reside and have your eternal seat.

Please bless that your unlimited mercy I am able to receive and retain
And my material life be eternally detained

Please kindly bless me with Harināma
And to serve you with mind, body, words, intelligence and without any desires for personal kāma

Please kindly bless me to quicken my devotional pace
All glories, all glories, all glories to Your Divine Grace.

Your fallen insignificant sheltered spiritual daughter

Harṣitā Ṣarma (sheltered)
Delhi, India

All Glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to Śrīla Gurudeva!

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. After two years of celebrating your Holiness Vyāsa-pūjā online, the thought of this year’s live darśana and celebrations at Māyāpur is creating great eagerness in our hearts.

Although the online Vyāsa-pūjā attracted millions more people and was a great combined international event – a genius act of mercy of yours, Gurudeva! - we still miss the beauty of the Māyāpur celebrations.

In this past year, I remember how in your lectures and messages, you stressed upon studying Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books as well as taking the ISKCON Board exams. You also encouraged devotees to teach these to others. It’s known that a great ācārya is one who systematically plans for all his followers. You are nicely constantly guiding us, giving instructions on how to advance and always be in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Last year I made a video offering, mentioning my services here at ISKCON Govardhan Eco Village, Wada, Maharashtra. My main focus in preaching is in the local tribal villages, as well as in local schools. You had commented once that “I think we should do some special program for the various saints, Vaiṣṇavas around India, that glorify the chanting of the holy name, and utilize them to propagate Lord Caitanya’s saṅkīrtana movement.” (message on JPS App, 22nd April 2021). I find this a great source of inspiration and hope to try to do something along these lines.

The last few months of reading about your health updates were really astonishing. Clearly, your dedication and great transcendental faith and love for Śrīla Prabhupāda and Kṛṣṇa is unlimited. I feel so blessed that you are my guru, yet at the same time, I feel so fallen and ashamed, that I am not able to do better or improve in my devotional life.

I can only pray that you kindly be merciful unto me and bless me so that I can really somehow serve and remember Kṛṣṇa always. I pray that I may be protected from my anarthas and offences! Gurudeva, I have been initiated for 12 years now, second initiated as well, it sometimes feels more hard as the years are going on. We know what is to be done, but just this entire material atmosphere is unpleasant. A great soothing solace comes, when we do Harināma saṅkīrtana and especially see how others are relishing taking up to bhakti! I think this is because Lord Caitanya is happy, so we are feeling happy.

My dear spiritual father, please kindly bless me that I can be a proper devotee of Lord Caitanya, and please the paramparā – I have no faith in my material senses, mind or intelligence. I sincerely pray that you, my only pillar in life, be forever merciful to me and guide me always.

Your servant and son,

Hemarūpa Caitanya dāsa,
ISKCON Govardhan Eco Village (GEV),
Maharashtra, India.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma
Rāma Rāma Hare Hare

My Dear Father and Spiritual Master,

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Gurudeva, Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to you!! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!

Guru Mahārāja,

It is a great privilege and honor to be able to write an offering to the most elevated person in this planet. Really I don’t have any qualification even to address you, then what to speak of writing to you. Whatever I may write is very insignificant compared to the sevā that you are doing for Śrīla Prabhupāda, despite your health.

You have given us enough lessons to learn and have shown us by example what it means to be a devotee or a sincere disciple. Unfortunately, I am still learning my lessons the hard-way, but surely I am trying to learn.

Guru Mahārāja, because of your causeless mercy your insignificant daughter Hemasundarī Gaurāṅgī dd trying to do group chanting everyday morning at 5.30 am to 6.30 am. Around 8 devotees are chanting together thru zoom. By your mercy it is happening more than 8 months regularly. I want your mercy to reach more and more people and surrender your lotus feet.

Around morning 10 am everyday around 8-10 devotees chant together 2 rounds and discuss about the importance of chanting. This has been happening almost last 2 years by your causeless mercy.

My sincere request Gurudeva,

Please bless Us to reach more and more souls and bring more souls to surrender unto your lotus feet.

Purely because of your mercy, I am reading Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Caitanya-caritāmṛta with devotees regularly.

Really happy to inform you Gurudeva, my prabhu His Grace Rāmarūpa Gaura dāsa, your insignificant disciple reads Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Caitanya-caritāmṛita with devotees because of your mercy. Because of your mercy we should live together and serve together under your lotus feet. Because of Your mercy we should be healthy and serve you more and more.

Because of your causeless mercy our son Sanjeeva Ramanathan is an aspiring devotee of you Gurudeva. He should surrender under your lotus feet as soon as possible. Requesting you Gurudeva, please bless him so that he can take up Kṛṣṇa conscious seriously and serve you better. With your blessings our son Sanjeev should serve you more and more and help you to expand the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Because of your causeless mercy his thinking should get purified. Because of your mercy he observes Ekādaśī and chants regularly. Our humble request Gurudeva Please take him under your shelter of your lotus feet soon. Because of your mercy Sanjeev should study well and earn well and lead a good gṛhastha life and should serve you nicely. Because of your mercy he should inspire many younger generations.

Really because of your causeless mercy our daughter Jananī and Son-in-law Anand Mohan got shelter under your lotus feet. This is our sincere desire and request they should get initiation soon, Gurudeva and they should serve you more and more. They should be blessed with a Kṛṣṇa Conscious child soon because of your mercy Gurudeva. Because of your causeless mercy they should lead a good happy gṛhastha life and serve you and inspire many younger generations. During Corona, you showered your mercy thru zoom visit to our houses and filled our hearts with your mercy, Gurudeva. We are indebted to you Gurudeva.

My father S. Rāmamurthy and my mother Tripura Sundari are doing 16 rounds of chanting. They have lot of health issues. By your causeless mercy please accept them as your disciples soon. Praying unto your lotus feet they should take shelter under your lotus feet soon. Please bless them to surrender unto your lotus feet soon Guru Mahārāja. Because of your causeless mercy my sister and his husband should take shelter under your lotus feet.

Because of your mercy myself and my daughter are taking children class thru zoom. Weekly once around 8 children are attending the children class

Because of your causeless mercy I am trying to conduct Bhakti-vṛkṣa class for ladies. 4 to 5 devotees are attending. Please bless me Guru Mahārāja so that they can take up Kṛṣṇa conscious seriously and surrender unto your lotus feet soon.

Because of your causeless mercy we all should serve you eternally and do devotional service eternally. Because of your causeless mercy We should become a good sincere devotee of you, Gurudeva.

Praying Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda to give you a good healthy long-life and reach more fallen souls like me. Please bless us to serve you eternally Gurudeva.

Your insignificant Daughter,

Hemasundarī Gaurāṅgī Devī Dāsī
Māyāpur, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept the obeisances of this unworthy spiritual son, at Your most auspicious lotus feet, on this most auspicious occasion of Your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā. All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga, All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja, You are a genuine follower of Śrīla Prabhupāda. You have made Śrīla Prabhupāda yours by making his instructions your way of leading life. You have declared yourself as the best servant of Śrīla Prabhupāda by living just to carry out his orders, making them your life and soul. Your activities are exemplary as you have imbibed Śrīla Prabhupāda Himself fully, befitting a perfect disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja, your thoughts, your words, your activities are always full of pure devotion to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Gaurāṅga. Whenever I see you, whenever I hear you, whenever I think of you, I am reminded of Your strong conviction and unflinching determination in your dedication to His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda’s movement which is second to none.

O my beloved spiritual master, I worry many times that I missed Śrīla Prabhupāda by mere thirty years and that makes me feel very dejected. My only solace at such times is that I have got shelter at your most merciful lotus feet. What better place could I have asked for, in both the spiritual and material worlds, to take shelter in, than your divine lotus feet? I am a conditioned soul wandering in the material universe for time immemorial. Other than taking initiation from you, I don’t find myself doing anything else to engage in devotional service. This absolutely is my irresponsibility and wretched insincerity. Though māyā is very strong, it’s clear that I have myself held on to it very tightly. I know that it’s not going to help me in any way, but I don’t have the spiritual strength to fight māyā that comes through my material desires, anger and greed. This spiritual strength is what I need.

ekakī āmāra, nāhi pāya bala,

hari-nāma-saṅkīrtane

tumi kṛpā kori’, śraddhā-bindu diyā,

deho’ kṛṣṇa-nāma-dhane

I don’t deserve it Guru Mahārāja. But if you don’t give me the strength then, to whom else can I ask it. I will try my best to follow all of your instructions. Particularly, my reading and hearing of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books is very less and I want to improve it as much as possible. Just the thought that You will be hearing this offering someday, inspires me to fight back my anarthas and overcome my spiritual drawbacks. I am sure Gurudeva that someday I will do it completely by your mercy and become worthy to be your disciple.

cakhu-dān dilo jei, janme janme prabhu sei,

divya jñān hṛde prokāśito

I humbly weep at your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja- please, please allow me to be your servant eternally.

Your insignificant disciple,

Hemavarṇa Caitanya Dāsa
Vellore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeiscences.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!

All glories to Gaurāṅga!!!

I am very happy to have your loving attention in the form of the daily live classes you have been extending during the lockdown time.

Also I have been able to progress in my study of Śrīmad-bhāgavatam during this time with the help of devotees guidance.

I am still unable to hear each and every lecture of yours, and match the pace at which you have been giving your association.

Kṛṣṇa willing, this year I want to increase my association with Śrīla Prabhupāda’s transcendental purports and your lectures along with attentive chanting.

Seek your mercy for the same.

I pray to Rādhā Mādhava, Pañcha-tattva, Narasiṁhadeva and Śrīla Prabhupāda for your good health so many fallen souls like us can benefit by your association.

Your servant,

Hemavatī Rādhikā devī dāsī
Pune, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

I offer my most respectful and humble daṇḍavat praṇāma at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

I wish you a very happy Vyāsa-pūjā and praying to Gaurāṅga for many happy returns of this day. Mahārāja, last few years have been full of spiritual realizations and new experiences only because of your blessings. I faced many health issues last year due to which I neglected many important activities in my life, and the only thought that crossed my mind very often is that, you never missed any chance to give your association through calls, lectures, activity reports etc., no matter how your health was. You are a live example of exemplary service and unconditional pure love for Śrīla Prabhupāda and I beg you to instill in our hearts a tiny drop of your mood of servitorship. You have surrendered your life to your spiritual father Śrīla Prabhupāda in order to fulfill Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mission. Beloved Guru Mahārāja, wishing you the most wonderful Vyāsa-pūjā celebration again and again.

Your insignificant servant,

Himāni (Well-wisher)

Bangalore, India

নমো ওম্ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণ প্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে
শ্রী মতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনিতী নামিয়ে।
নমো আচার্য্য পাদায় নিতাইকৃপা প্রদাইনে
গৌরকথা ধামদায় নগর গ্রাম তারিনকে।

আপনার শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথির জয় হোক।

আপনার পতিতপাবন নাম আমার মতো অধম পতিত জীবনের জন্য। সত্যিই আপনার মহিমা কীর্তন করার কোনো যোগ্যতা আমার নেই কারন আপনার নিকট দীক্ষা গ্রহণ করার ১৬ বছর পরেও আমি সেই অধম থেকে গেছি। আপনার সাথে যোগাযোগ হওয়ার প্রথম দিনগুলো ভাবলে আমি সত্যিই অবাক হয়ে যাই। আপনি কতই না উৎসাহের হেতু ছিলেন তখন। মঙ্গল আরতির পর পঞ্চতত্বের সামনে জপ করার সাথে সাথে ভক্তদের নানা রকমের আবদার আপনি কেমন হাস্য মুখে কৌতুক ভরে বলতেন। তারপর প্রাতভ্রমন করে গুরু পূজা সুলভে নয়তো গদায়। আপনার সঙ্গ ছাড়তে আমাদের মন একদমই ঢাইতএমনকি আমি নাওয়া খাওয়াও সময়মতো করতে পারতাম না। কিন্তু এখন সেই উৎসাহ সব যেন আমি হারিয়ে ফেলেছি আমার আবার পতন হয়েছে।আমি নিত্য অপরাধী, জানি না এর শেষ কোথায়। আমি ভীষণ অহঙ্কারী। প্রথম প্রথম আপনার শ্রীচরণে অনেক অপরাধ রয়েছে, আমার জড় বুদ্ধি দিয়ে আপনার তুলনা করেছি। আপনার মহিমা উপলব্ধি করতে পারিনি। আমার মতো দুর্ভাগ্য খুব কয়জনের। আপনার বিশেষ কোনো সেবা না করে আমি নিরন্তর অপরাধী সেবার অযোগ্য।। আপনার সেবা অভিলাষী হয়ে জন্মজন্মান্তর ধরে আপনার সেবা দ্বারা নিজেকে শুদ্ধ করার প্রয়াসী রইলাম।আপনার একান্ত অনুগত হৃষীকেশ গৌর দাস রাণীগঞ্জ পশ্চিম বর্ধমান

Hṛṣīkeśa Gaura dāsa

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale

śrīmate jayapatākā swamin iti nāmine

nama ācāryapadaya nitāi-kṛpa-pradayine

gaura-kathā-dhāma-dayā nagara-grama-tarine

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja, por favor acepte mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto.

Todas las Glorias sean para Śrīla Prabhupāda y el movimiento de saṅkīrtana de Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

En este Vyāsa-pūjā 2022 quiero expresarle humildemente las siguientes palabras:

Gracias Guru Mahārāja por toda la misericordia sin causa que nos brinda a diario.

Usted nos lleva a los pasatiempos eternos de Śrī Śrī Gaura-Nitāi y sus asociados cada día en su vivir.

Regalándonos sus valiosas instrucciones a través de sus clases, palabras, respuestas, conversaciones, etc.

Un profundo y real amor a Śrīla Prabhupāda expresa en sus acciones, llevando sus enseñanzas a cabo en cada respiro.

Mas allá de su natal Milwaukee llego a Māyāpura por pedido de su amado Maestro espiritual, en donde no había construcciones y diversas complicaciones enfrento, todo para poder ayudar a desarrollar una ciudad para devotos, dándonos así la oportunidad de estar en los lugares donde Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ejecuta sus pasatiempos.

Así fue como robo el corazón de los devotos de Bengala, hablando la lengua local a la perfección y ayudando siempre para velar por su protección espiritual y material, llegando a las aldeas mas remotas para llevar ese regalo incomparable.

Hace incansables planes y propuestas para preservar las enseñanzas de Śrīla Prabhupāda, trabajando en cooperación con sus hermanos espirituales.

Ahora, cientos de Nāma-haṭṭa y Bhakti-vṛkṣa están en todas partes del mundo, gracias a su énfasis e inspiración de llevar conciencia de Kṛṣṇa a cada hogar.

Riendo en éxtasis levanta sus brazos diciendo ¡Gaurāṅga! ¡Gaurāṅga! ¡Nityānanda! ¡Nityānanda! Y así nos contagia con la alegría del mundo espiritual

Así es como nos anima a recordar que mediante el vāṇī (su instrucción), es como podremos servirlo el resto de nuestras vidas.

Jayapatākā es el nombre que Śrīla Prabhupāda le otorgo, diciendo: “«Serás la bandera de la victoria de Kṛṣṇa». Usted ha hecho de ese nombre una realidad.

Anhelando poder complacerlo siempre con gratitud y amor, aspirando ser un sirviente del sirviente del sirviente su discipula Indirā Jāhnavā Devī Dāsī

Actualmente me encuentro sirviendo en JPS ARCHIVES en Māyāpura, en la sección de español, ayudando a corregir libros, clases textos.

También hago servicio en el SMIS, como educadora apoyando Nursery y Reception class.

Indirā Jāhnavā Devī Dāsī
Māyāpur, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to your divine grace

All glories to your auspicious 73rd appearance day.

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet.

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

I beg for your mercy on this most auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, so that I can even to some degree, understand your unlimited glories, and thus increase my appreciation, dedication and gratefulness towards you.

I must admit, that I have not endeavored enough to hear from you or hear about you, because of which I feel a real hook of belongingness in my spiritual life.

Kindly bestow me the strength Guru Mahārāja, to endeavor in this regard, and to stick to my words, which is something, I really lack.

This year, I was fortunate enough to have more association of devotees who have guided me since the beginning days of my Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

And under the guidance of His Grace Nitāicandra Nimāi Prabhujī, I assisted in some of the Youth preaching endeavors on behalf of IYF Śrīdhāma Māyāpur.

Programs such as Wisdom eye, Business yoga from Bhagavad-gītā, 2 Personality-Software development camp, spiritual tours to Śrīdhāma Māyāpur and Śrī Jagannātha Purī, also individual programs at BCET college and NIT college were conducted, along with preaching programs for DSP employees.

I was also very fortunate to have the opportunity to participate in Śrīla Prabhupāda book marathon, and devotees from our BACE distributed more than 1200 Bhagavad-gītās.

By your mercy, I got some taste in distributing Śrīla Prabhupāda books, so I beg your for your blessings, so that I can think of newer and better ways to distribute these transcendental literatures and be an a proper instrument in your hands to connect more and more number of people to this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.

You have mercifully given us the goal of reaching out to 5,00,000 youths by 2025, so I beg you to bless me, so that I can worship this and always meditate on ways and means to fulfill this GOAL for your pleasure and for the pleasure of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Also, kindly bestow your blessings on me Guru Mahārāja, so that I can always remain an obedient disciple of yours and also obey the instructions of my authorities, under whom you have placed me, and that I can avoid having independent mentality.

I sincerely pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava, Śrī-Śrī Pañca-tattva, Śrī Śrī Prahlāda- Narasiṁhadeva and Śrīla Prabhupāda, to bestow you with good health for many more years to come, so that all of us can develop attraction for serving the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda by your association.

Begging for your mercy,

Your most unworthy son,

Iṣṭadeva Gopāla dāsa (dīkṣa)
Māyāpur, India

Dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my obeisance at your divine lotus feet. All glories to you on this most auspicious appearance day of Your Divine Grace.

As the representative of Śrīla Vyāsadevā, you have lucidly explained the original teachings of Śrīla Prabhupāda. You are the ideal ācārya because you teach us everything about spiritual life by your personal example. Even though you have been empowered by Lord Caitanya to spread the Holy Name of Kṛṣṇa throughout the world you perform your devotional service strictly following the instructions of your spiritual master. By your personal example, you teach us to accept all austerities to carry out the order of the spiritual master.

Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, you have been very merciful to all of us. It is because of your compaction that we have good fortune in serving Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. It is because of you we have access to transcendental Vedic Knowledge. It is because of you we can chant and hear the Holy Name of the Lord. It is because of you we know today about Lord Caitanya and the opportunity to serve His mission. It is because of you I had got the opportunity to serve in your Archives office.

Śrīla Guru Mahārāja on this special day I beg your mercy so that I do not forget my first duty which is mentioned in the following quote—’’If one remembers his first duty which is keeping in constant contact with the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa everything will be successful.’’ Śrīla Guru Mahārāja on this special day I beg you to give me inspiration, intelligent, determination, and strength to accept only those things which please you and reject those things which displease you. Let me always remember the true source of my power and abilities. Please allow me to remain your servant eternally.

Your humble servant,

Īśvara Purī Sevaka Dāsa (dīkṣa)
JPS Archives office,
Māyāpur, India

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

Respected Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

It is said “Pressure creates diamonds and fire refines gold.” You are always a pure devotee but we gradually understand your diamond and gold-like glories when we see the hard struggles you have been doing in terms of your health. Recently when you fell sick in Śrī Māyāpur dhāma and were taken to Rela Institute, Chennai, we were all anxious and worried about you. I was praying to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to kindly recover your health from this great illness and you may resume your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda. But I was wondering if you ever stopped your preaching service for Śrīla Prabhupāda! The answer was NO. Even in your stay in Hospital and later at Ajita Gopīnath prabhu’s place you were preaching to whoever you met. That’s surprising to many of us. I recently heard a class where my śikṣā-guru was explaining the devotees were like Rasagullās, wherever you touch rasa or gratitude comes out. I immediately thought of you Guru Mahārāja, how your heart is overloaded with gratitude for your Guru, Śrīla Prabhupāda. We being physically fit and healthy do not value the gift of Śrīla Prabhupāda and what to say of distributing the mercy of him! But you, through your own example inspire and encourage us to share Kṛṣṇa-consciousness with whoever we meet. That was one of the instructions of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu “yāre dekha tare kaho kṛṣṇa-upadeśa”.

Another thing which always draws my attention towards you, that is, your effort of connecting with your disciples. That’s why you have introduced JPS App from where we get your daily updates. Your JPS e-Care service is another big step of connecting with all your disciples and extending your care for them. Daily you answer to lot of e-mails sent by many devotees all around the world and I personally had such experience that your mail is just not a mail. It’s full of care and concern for us. Practicing bhakti in a relationship with guru is always joyful and easy for a practitioner. And you are the first person who is always eager to build the relationship with your disciples by many means but as a disciple I need to ‘receive’ this opportunity to feel connected with you.

Recently in a Q-and-A session a devotee asked you whether there is any difference between general initiation and virtual initiation. Your answer imprinted in my heart where you said that the most important thing was the disciple felt that he was always connected to his guru. That’s the real meaning of initiation, irrespective of virtual or other way.

Guru Mahārāja, you are always extending to me but now it is my turn to reciprocate with your unconditional love. I have got your shelter and mercy, but I need to prepare my heart to become grateful to actually ‘receive’ the gift.

Seeking your blessing to glorify you and Śrīla Prabhupāda, I thus end here for today.

Your spiritual daughter,

Iśvarī Lalitā Devī Dāsī [dīkṣā]
Pune, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my sincere obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. I bow down my head at your divine lotus feet, which are travelled all over the world to distribute the Holy Names of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaurāṅga.

All glories to your auspicious appearance day.

My Dear Spiritual Master,

On this auspicious day of your appearance, I am trying to contemplate on the glories and mercy of the Holy Name.

The Holy Name is the only shelter in this material world of dukhālayam. Mere utterance of Holy Name removes all the sinful tendency from the heart of the chanter.

Chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra wipes out all the contamination of material desires. The disconnection with Kṛṣṇa is the root cause of all the problems in this material world. Whoever chants the holy name of Kṛṣṇa will become aware of his forgetful relationship with Kṛṣṇa. The Holy name is the only means to awaken our dormant kṛṣṇa-prema.

That treasure of Goloka freely distributed by Lord Caitanya and His followers to all the suffering souls in this material world. The true well-wisher is one who preaches the glories of holy name and encourages the people to accept the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. Mercifully, you have given me that Harināma dīkṣā and connected me to Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava paramparā and offered Your shelter. I remember many times that I prayed for Your help to come over from my difficult situations, despite of many mistakes of mine, you have been giving opportunities to correct my behavior and protect me in all situations.

I am grateful for Your constant compassion on this fallen soul Guru Mahārāja. Expression of love manifests in the form of service. Your love, gratitude, commitment, and determination to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda always inspire me to become serious in devotion. On this auspicious day, Guru Mahārāja please bless me to become humble and forgive my offences at your lotus feet.

Guru Mahārāja,

In recent days I have been reading your commentary on Vaiṣṇava Ke? It is giving so much solace and enlightenment to my heart and mind, to give up unfavorable thoughts.

I shall be ever thankful to You for Your merciful blessings upon me.

Your servant,

Jagattāraṇī Viśākhā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā),

India (Hyderabad – ISKCON ABIDS)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.

How are you Guru Mahārāja?

Wish you Happy Kṛṣṇa Conscious Vyāsa-pūjā Day. On this auspicious day, please bless me and my family. I beg for your forgiveness for any offense I may have committed intentionally or non-intentionally.

Guru Mahārāja, I’m very grateful to you for all your care and all your efforts. You always keep in touch with all your disciples and help them when needed.

I like your Q/A sessions which clarifies all doubts and help us in progressing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Every evening I enjoy Your Caitanya-caritāmṛta class along with your darśana and blessings.

We pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to protect you from all danger and keep you healthy.

Please take care and get well soon Guru Mahārāja.

All glories to Guru Mahārāja!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Haribol! Gauuraaaannngaaaaaaaaa!!

Your spiritual daughter,

Jaṭilā Rādhikā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
India (West Mumbai)

All glories to your auspicious appearance day of 73rd Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava my dear Guru Mahārāja. I kindly request you to accept my humble obeisances onto your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja. Guru Mahārāja thank you for very much for accepting me as your disciple and showering causeless mercy on me to be in Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses for which I am today.

Guru Mahārāja no words to glorify you. Guru Mahārāja when you were in the hospital and treatment was going on you were so duty Consciousnesses that you remembered that you had a meeting at 5.p.m.and you attended the meeting without any one reminding you. In that situation. Really great Guru Mahārāja. Which is not possible for ordinary people.

Guru Mahārāja so many miracles happened after you accepted me as your disciple. I had problem in working place. But with your causeless mercy and blessings the problem was solved Guru Mahārāja and helped me to spend more time in Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, very much Guru Mahārāja. My humble request is to shower your causeless mercy on me to be in Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses and I also beg for your mercy and blessings for qualitative and quantitative chanting and also for the spiritual progress Guru Mahārāja. Thank you very much Guru Mahārāja.

Your humble servant

Jaya Mātājī (aspiring disciple)

Bangalore, India

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Respectable Gurudeva,

I, with my husband Anjaneya Sethy, offer our respectful obeisance at your lotus feet.

In New Rājāpur Jagannātha dhāma, Bangalore, India, we are doing our sevā. Earlier, we were staying 25 kms away from the temple, hence we were not able to do practical services regularly. After getting shifted to temple premises, doing practical services in the association of devotees. My husband is very co-operative. At present, he is under your shelter and waiting for initiation. My two sons are supporting us but yet to join Kṛṣṇa consciousness. It is possible by your blessings. Our only wish is to spend our remaining life in your service to fulfill Prabhupāda’s mission.

Yours spiritual daughter,

Jaya Subhadrā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Kṛṣṇarūpa Gaura Das (dīkṣā)
Anjaneya Shety (aspiring)
New Rājāpur Jagannātha Dhāma,
Magadi Main Road,
India (Bangalore - ISKCON - New Rājāpur Jagannātha Dhāma Magadi Road)

To my precious Spiritual Father,

Hare Kṛṣṇa. Please accept my respectful obeisances at your glorious lotus feet and all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to you!

May you have a very first class and elegant Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava! May this year beckon in new innovative and esoteric forces into your life and services.

My dear Guru Mahārāja, you are the embodiment of sacrifice and selfless service. Please bless me to become a transparent medium for your crystal clean pure energy. Please bless me to reflect your blazing sacrificial fire in everything that I do.

I beg for your blessings that I can open my heart and mind to surrender to your every order and sincerely assist you in serving Śrīla Prabhupāda and the guru-paramparā.

I am immensely grateful to be your daughter and disciple. I feel very fortunate that I get to serve you, such a first class Vaiṣṇava and gentleman.

Thank you for your discipline, for it continuously blesses me to grow and refine.

I pray that this year I may please you by behaving like an elegant first class Vaiṣṇavī.

I love you with all of my heart. I pray that this year I can fully and completely commit myself to you and the holy name. Please bless me to become a sincere and humble servant to you and the holy name.

Please bless me to be accountable and responsible, so that I may receive and carry out your orders. May our relationship deepen and open new dynamic paths of love and service this year. You know my heart and what is best for me, so please take full control of my life and engage me as your instrument. I belong to you eternally, so please make of me as you wish!

With love from your spiritual daughter,

Jayadā Hariṇī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
India (Māyāpur)

Dear Spiritual father Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

All glories to your auspicious appearance day. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to your divine grace.

Thank you Mahārāja for the shelter of your divine lotus feet. Please bless me with your mercy. This material world is so frightening but I know I don’t have to worry because my spiritual master is there to guide, to help me cross this frightful ocean. I feel so blessed and secure under your shelter. Please shower me with your mercy and guide me from this material world to the spiritual world, as I am still with my baby steps, Guru. I am still groping in the dark, and with your mercy I am slowly approaching the spiritual path. All glories to you Mahārāja.

Thank you Mahārāja

Your devotee daughter,

Jayalakshmi.B (sheltered disciple)

Māyāpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Millions Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas to your lotus feet.

Your mercy to the conditioned souls is unlimited. By your mercy thousands and thousands of conditioned souls got the param tattva. We are not the body that you have demonstrated by your action. You have shown that in all conditions can do the devotional service. My humble request you to give shelter to all the fallen souls to your lotus feet. I pray to Rādhā Gopīnātha for your good health and stay with us more-longer.

Your insignificant spiritual daughter,

Jayaśrī Rādhikā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Dearest Śrīla Guru-Mahārāja,

We offer our most respectful 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 Rādhārāṇi for many happy returns of this auspicious day.

By your blessings of mercy and potency to do devotional services I am trying to fulfill your expectations to serve and please you.

There are ups and downs in my sadhana and association but since sometime, I am trying to perform sādhana and seek association regularly.

Please forgive me as due to me your health is affected.

By your mercy I am serving and associating in online class and council devotee care.

It is by your personal example that we learn how to never give up under any circumstances and always fix mind in serving the orders of spiritual master.

Dear, Guru Mahārāja, I got initiation from you in 2013 in Dāmodara deśa yātrā now I settled in Mumbai. In Dāmodara deśa by your mercy I was serving for book distribution, in outreach preaching, Dāmodara-ārati. Now in Mumbai I am not able to perform same service but serving in small proportions. as now am working and trying to settle in gṛhastha life.

Dear Guru Mahārāja I wish to become nice gṛhastha and serve trying to please you, following your orders, seek your shelter and mercy for performing devotional service and stay in Devotees association.

Your unqualified insignificant servant,

Jīvapāvana Gaura Dāsa (dīkṣā)

Mumbai, India

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

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Guru Paramparā.

We are eternally indebted to you for having accepted us as your disciple. We are trying to do our best of Kṛṣṇa consciousness practices. Through your causeless mercy, daily we are able to do maṅgala-ārati at home @4:30 am, 5-7 am chanting, discussion of one purport of Namāmṛta and Bhagvad-gītā for about 20 minutes daily with 7-10 new members online, evening Tulasī-ārati, Gaura-ārati and 30 minutes Kṛṣṇa book reading.

By your mercy, we are also doing weekly Deity dressing sevā, cooking sevā and some maintenance sevā regularly at temple. We are eternally grateful to you for blessing us with some taste of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We vow to follow further sincerely and will also strive to engage many more fellow devotees also in Lord’s sevā. Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for blessing us with the intelligence and knowledge to progress further in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We understand that without the mercy of guru nothing good happens to a disciple.

Glorification attempted by your servant of your servants,

Jyotīśvara Mādhava Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Rāseśvarī Padmā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
India (Bangalore - Śrī Jagannātha Mandir Seshadripuram)

¡Todas las Glorias a Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi! ¡Todas las Glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda!

¡Todas las Glorias a usted Guru Mahārāja!

Hoy en su glorioso día de Vyāsa-pūjā me es muy grato escribir unas palabras para usted.

Sin duda este año fue muy difícil para todos, pero usted nos sigue dando el claro ejemplo de que a pesar de todos los obstáculos debemos seguir adelante, peleando contra māyā.

Cada vez que veo sus clases en vivo o su fotografía en mi altar, o simplemente cuando en mi mente veo su imagen, siento que estoy muy cerca de usted, que usted me da sus bendiciones a cada instante.

Actualmente tengo el servicio de encargarme de la cocina de la Deidad de Ciudad de México. Si bien anteriormente ya había hecho este servicio junto con mi esposo, siento que ahora es mucho más difícil todo. Estamos tratando de dar lo mejor para que la atención de la Deidad mejore y desde hace unos meses me he encargado de hacer un manual de cocina para que todos los que hacemos servicio lo hagamos de acuerdo al estándar de Śrī Śrī Rādhā Madana Gopāla.

Lo único que me mantiene de pie es su misericordia sin causa y la guía que Śrīla Prabhupāda nos da mediante sus libros.

Este año quiero ser mejor para usted, porque usted siempre nos da lo mejor.

Este año quiero tomar Bhakti-śāstrī para ser mejor discípula, más capaz para hacer servicio.

Quiero demostrarle que puedo ser leal a sus instrucciones y que aún con todas mis fallas le quiero demostrar mi amor.

Disculpe por todos los errores que he cometido hacia los vaisnavas, hacía las Deidades, hacía el servicio, incluso espero que perdone si he cometido alguna ofensa a usted.

De alguna u otra manera trato de estar en contacto con mis hermanos espirituales, de tomar lo mejor de las personas y ayudar a los que necesiten de mi. Usted es mi inspiración, y en cada situación usted está presente en mi mente y en mi corazón.

Muchas gracias Guru Mahārāja por todo!

Si Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī me lo permiten algún día podré estar junto a usted!

¡Gracias por su Vāṇī!

¡Gracias a todos sus asistentes que nos permiten estar en contacto con usted!

Con mucho amor. Su insignificante discípula,

Kālindī Premarūpa Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
India (Māyāpur)

Hare Kṛṣṇa my dear Guru Mahārāja

I am eternally indebted to you for giving me a golden opportunity to get connected with such a mercy full guru-paramparā. Also, I am grateful to be your child who is getting a continuous and powerful inspiration no matter whatever the situations are... Of course, with all my limited senses I am trying my best to keep up the oaths that I gave you on my initiation day.

With all the inspiration and causeless mercy from you we’re trying to cultivate the people all around Tirupati, Renigunta (a nearby town) and as many possible villages around the Tirupati dhāma by doing a continuous village saṅkīrtana program and new outpost center’s in multiple places are been initiated. As it’s been said the youth preaching is major fuel to our moment, we have started many college programs and approaching local educational institutions to allows us to be part in their student induction program on every year.

We humbly seek your blessings and inspiration for all this lifetime to progress in our own upliftment in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and also to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda moment as a servant to expand the moment as big possible.

Your humble and loving servant for eternity,
Kāliya Kṛṣṇa Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Sreyas
India (Tirupati ISKCON Tirupati, AP India)

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Śrīla Gurudeva!

All glories to your auspicious appearance day!

Hare Kṛṣṇa, Daṇḍavat Praṇāma Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept my humble and respectful obeisances

From the day I got initiation I became impatient and started thinking “How can I serve Guru Mahārāja”, “How will I give justice to my spiritual name”, “How will I follow his instructions”. I am still trying to figure out how I will serve you in a better manner. Along this I also feel myself so much fortunate enough that I am your disciple because you have shown so much courage and endurance during this whole period of pandemic with bad health conditions and made me release how to serve guru and Gaurāṅga in that kind of phase.

I saw pictures of you distributing Bhagavad-gītā in Chennai hospital to staff members of hospital that really made me think of my fallen position. I need your blessings so that I can serve you and help you little bit in your mission. Your divine guidance is very much important for me, as I feel I am nothing without your causeless mercy.

I pray to Lord Narasiṁha for your wellbeing.

Your insignificant disciple,

Kamalāṅgi Lalitā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
India (New Delhi - Dwarka)

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

Dear Most merciful, magnanimous, jubilant and conqueror of all tribulations; Mahārāja You have topmost place in our heart, though Person as me is totally disqualified to have your presence in my life but out of compassion and your never-ending love for guru and Gaurāṅga You accept rotten soul as me to topsy turn my wrong life to Kṛṣṇa conscious one.

Your never giving up attitude to preach Gaurahari’s message has brought us to think how wasteful our life will be if we miss out to hear about Gaurāṅga and His message and kathā.

Guru Mahārāja You have reached into millions of heart and have made them to took darśana of divine couple Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and for very sure they are saved from blazing fire of material existence.

Dear Guru Mahārāja Please have your choicest mercy on me so that after having all dirty things in my heart I can still choose pure devotional service to guru and Gaurāṅga and ultimately cleanse my heart in order to seat Śrī Rādhā Mādhava there.

Thank You Guru Mahārāja for being in my life,

Your insignificant servant,

Kamalendra Singh Rathore (sheltered sisciple)

Jaipur, Rajasthan

Dear Guru Mahārāja jī!

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to you.

As I continue my spiritual journey with every passing day, I realized the utmost importance of the spiritual master in my life, how you are inspiring me and helping me to keep practicing the regulative principles of sādhana-bhakti. Indeed, you’re the miracle man in my life and I know that without your mercy, I cannot make any progress. Therefore, I pray:

Guru Mahārājaji!

kṛpā-bindu diyā, koro’ ei dāse,
tṛṇāpekhā ati hīna
sakala sahane, bala diyā karo’,
nija-māne spṛhā-hīna

Gurudeva, O spiritual master! give to this servant just one drop of mercy. I am lower than a blade of grass.

Give me all your help! Give me strength! Let me be as you are, without desires or aspirations.

I also pray that you please guide me to become a first-class surrendered disciple and represent you both in character and behavior at all times, places and circumstances, by taking your every instruction as my life and soul.

You, again and again, instruct all of us your disciples to become the pure devotee and to deliver the world. Please help me to conquer the enemies of the heart and the mind to situate myself in transcendence and in this way fulfill your desire.

Praying for your good health and bodily strength so that you can continue flooding the whole world with pure Kṛṣṇa bhakti.

Your insignificant servant,

Bhaktin Kanchan (aspiring disciple)
Uttarakhand (India)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

Please bless me to moving forward in Kṛṣṇa conscious to serve Guru and Kṛṣṇa to achieving the goal of this human birth.

Regards,

Kantha Perumal
India (Māyāpur)

Hari Kṛṣṇa Śrīla Gurudeva!

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto the dust of your Lotus feet. All glories to your divine appearance day dear spiritual father!!

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

Guru Mahārāja, A person like me who is so much conditioned and always suffering from the pangs of three modes of material nature, can never understand and estimate your glories. Gurudeva, you are the divine form of compassion. You are distributing the mercy of Lord Nityānanda so compassionately to all the living entities without seeing their qualities and disqualities. Your mercy is unlimited and you are giving it to all the people. Nothing can stop you from spreading the message of Lord Caitanya. Whatever your health condition is you’ll never miss the chance of preaching, because you are so much merciful that you want to take all the conditioned souls like me to go back to godhead.
Last year on the very auspicious day of Devaśayanī Ekādaśī you accepted this most fallen child as your sheltered disciple. Guru Mahārāja I know I am so much unfit for this, but you compassionately accepted me, ignoring all my bad qualities. Thank you thank you so much dear Guru Mahārāja!!

You love us so much that you take all of our sins and offences. Guru Mahārāja I also want to love you, serve you.

Gurudeva currently I am serving as a Bhakti-vṛkṣa leader in ISKCON Girl’s Forum, Rohini, Delhi. I have also completed my IDC few days back. Gurudeva due to many internal and external problems I am not able to serve you properly. The quality of my chanting is also very bad. I’m not able to perfectly manage my spiritual and material duties. Gurudeva I need your Mercy.

On this very auspicious day of your appearance please please please bless me Gurudeva that I can become qualified to take initiation from you and can become a good servant of yours. Guru Mahārāja I will not be able to repay the debt of your Mercy even life after life. So please please please always engage me in your mission to serve in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. Gurudeva I am promising you that I will never compromise with my daily 16 rounds and 4 regulative principles till the death. I will always be engage in preaching mission. Gurudeva, I need your association please always keep me with your divine association either vapuḥ or through vāṇī. Guru Mahārāja my heart is so dark, filled with all the sins, lusty desires and anger. Gurudeva please bless me so that I can get attachment to the dust of your Lotus feet in my heart. I can always remember you and can never forget about you for any moment.

Please forgive this most fallen daughter for all of the offences and sins.

Thank you so much Gurudeva for everything.

Your insignificant sheltered daughter

Karishma Tomar (sheltered disciple)

Rohini, New Delhi

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Call you as Nārada. You give Nārāyaṇan to all. Because of your causeless mercy Kṛṣṇa entered into our home, entered into our life. I am seeing you everyday in my thoughts. Wish you Kṛṣṇa conscious Happy appearance day. Will pray to Rādhā Mādhava to shower His blessings upon you to remember Kṛṣṇa always and never forget Kṛṣṇa. Wish you a healthy and happy Kṛṣṇa conscious life.

Your loving Servant

Karthikeyan Murugan (aspiring disciple)

Māyāpur, India

Please accept my humble Obeisances Guru Mahārāja! All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!! All Glories to Gaurāṅga!!!

Respected Guru Mahārāja,

On this most auspicious day of your Vyasa-pūjā. I beg to offer you prostrate obeisance, unlimited time.

Dear Guru Mahārāja... I am very grateful to you because you accept me as your disciple. You are so merciful. Guru Mahārāja I was taken online initiation from you... and I never seen you. Only I have taken your online classes on Zoom but still I really love you with all my heart Guru Mahārāja. Please give me your mercy.

I pray to Narsimha dev, Pañca-tattva, Rādhā Mādhava for your good health so that I serve in your lotus feet more and more by following your instructions....

Your Fool servant,

Kārtikeśvarī Rādhā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

India (Gorakhpur)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances. I am doing this offering for my own purification, otherwise I don’t have any qualifications.

I had some reversals in terms of health challenges but by your causeless mercy and blessings I am almost alright now. Can’t express in words how grateful I am for you Guru Mahārāja.

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

We (along with Bhakti-vṛkṣa members) tried to collect śāstra-dhāna/distribute books part of book marathon to please you and reached a humble 650 Bhagavad-gītā books.

Please bless Bhakti-vṛkṣa members, family members to nicely progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness for your pleasure Guru Mahārāja. Please bless me one day I will be able to please you, that is my strong desire. I am trying to support His Grace Śyāma Rasika Prabhu in managing transcription services, please bless JPS volunteers, Guru Mahārāja.

Guru Mahārāja, we came to visit you in Chennai. A miracle happened. I thought of passing by Chennai for a function, suddenly inspired to take darśana of you, at the same time, I don’t want to take darśana without Lord Varadarāja’s prasāda. So did all the plan, visited temple, collected prasāda and gave it to your servants. Came to know that you desired to have Lord Varadarājar prasāda and you got it.

How Lord is so conquered by love of pure devotee and to fulfil pure devotee wish he somehow instrumentally used us. Even more is how Guru Mahārāja is so merciful to involve this fallen one for his service. Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for your causeless mercy.

Please forgive me for any offenses I committed at your lotus feet. Also thank you so much for giving names for Deities, Nitāi Karuṇa and Patita-pāvana Gaura. Please bless us to please them nicely for your pleasure.

Your humble servants,

Karuṇāpati Keśava Dāsa, (dīkṣā)
Kavirūpa Keśavī Devī Dāsī, (dīkṣā)
Bhānumatī Yaśodā Devī Dāsī, (dīkṣā)
Rādhā Sakhi, Viśva

India (White field, Bangalore)

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisance.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to Śrīla Gurudeva

On the auspisious occasion of your appearance day, I would like to wish you Gurudeva.

You are the most merciful and munificent personality. I have a deep desire to preach and request your cause less mercy on this degraded fool. Also so much blessings, mercy and facilities are available still I am unable to actively engage in devotional service with focus, dedication and commitment. Request your causeless mercy. Thankyou Gurudeva

Your unworthy daughter,

Kāruṇya Rādhikā Devī Dāsī
(Bangalore - New Rājāpur Dhāma)

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories unto you Śrīla Gurudeva

A Very Happy Vyāsa-pūjā to you!

This past year has been tough for my family and particularly, I felt I was hit hardest among us although I’m not sure how much the others have expressed. I feel lost and the situation at our house and community is not helping me. I do not want to describe it because I believe this will be published on the internet. My sadhana has also dropped and I need help physically, emotionally and spiritually. I know this is supposed to be a letter of homage, but my mind is reeling and I have been distracting it till now. I am writing this as a request letter more than one of homage because I really require help. I am also approaching my 10th board final exams and I hope to pass with flying colours with your blessings. Please help me so that I can improve physically, emotionally and spiritually so that one day maybe I could take initiation and serve you without any anxiety.

Your ungrateful aspiring disciple,

Kaushikha (aspiring disciple)

Bangalore, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I always feel so fortunate to have you as my spiritual master due to your dedication to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission.

It’s been 6 years of my Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I have gone through many changes in my life with your blessings. I get many positive vibes when I chant the Mahā Mantra. I do 10- 12 rounds of chanting every day. I also read some books of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I feel very calm and happy when I read these books. I also attend the online classes and the programs. I also need blessings on my family members. I’ll be satisfied to even have a single drop of your determination. I beg for your mercy, so I can move forward in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Your dāsānu dāsī,

Kavitha Murthy (aspiring disciple)

New Rājāpur Dhāma, Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa GuruMahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances onto your lotus feet. At first , Heartiest wishes to you on the occasion of your birthday and vyas pūjā. I hope that Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva and Śrīla Prabhupāda always bless you so you can preach around the whole world the glories of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Your preaching always uplifts and inspires everyone and I am one of them. My constant effort is to walk in that path which you always direct your disciples to. I take bhakti Vṛkṣa class because of your blessings where we learn about Bhagvat-gītā and Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. This years Dāmodara-ārati was also very auspicious, I did dīpa-dāna with many children from our building and conducted online Aarti as well. Guru Mahārāja, your Praṇāma mantra feels like magic to me because whenever I pray onto you, all my problems become easier to solve. You are a magician. Everything is very difficult for me because I do not know English but because of your blessings, my daughter translates for me and helps me out and also helps in the sevā of our gaur-nitāi. My son also plays the mṛdaṅga and I hope for your blessings on them so they keep chanting and doing sevā as much as possible. Recently one mātājī , blessed me with her deities of Rādhā Mādhava which gives me a realization of the major blessings of you ,Guru Mahārāja. It is all your blessings that I am able to try to at least do as much as service of Rādhā Mādhava and gaur-nitāi who have entered home to give me blessings and it is because of your blessings. Please give blessings Guru Mahārāja to my husband and our family to always be in the mission of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and keep preaching and doing a lot of sevā of devotees and gaura-nitāi. I hope you always stay healthy and fit so you can keep preaching about Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu and this will always be my prayer.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare.

Seeking your divine blessings from your lotus feet,

Your spiritual daughter,

Keśava kaminī devī dāsī

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Mere adyatmic pita param pujiniya Guru Mahārāja apke charano me mera koti koti param

Kṛṣṇa kripa mūrti apke gun asimit hai jinke smaran se matra se ham vismaya hote hai ... ap bina sandeh yhi darshate hai ki ham sarir nahi ātmā hai or Kṛṣṇa das hai ... saririk chunotiyo ke bad bhi apki sadhna me bhi koi badlav nahi aya mere Guru Mahārāja aap jaisa utsaahi or unnat guru ka 1 ansh bhi hame mil jaye to ham dhanya ho jaye.

(HARE KṚṢṆA)

APKI SHISHYA

Keśavī Karuṇa devī dāsī
India (Ghaziabad) 

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

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

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ


My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Millions of humble and respectful daṇḍavat praṇāmas to the dust of your lotus feet. Please accept them, out of your own sheer causeless mercy... Guru Mahārāja!!

All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
All glories to Your Holiness.
All glories to all the Vaiṣṇavas.

Guru Mahārāja, this is your insignificant servant – Keśi Damana Kṛṣṇa dāsa, attempting to offer this homage letter and my deepest gratitude to your Holiness on your auspicious 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā. I humbly request at your holy feet to accept it out of your sheer causeless mercy alone.

Your holy self, being a sincere disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda, has been serving his mission and ISKCON untiringly for many decades with tremendous enthusiasm and joy, without displaying even an iota of tiredness in your spiritual journey. That gives me more encouragement to serve you in my little insignificant way and earnestly trying to do so.

Guru Mahārāja, even though you know that I do not have any qualification or eligibility to become your disciple, still you mercifully blessed me with Harināma dīkṣā in 2016. Because of your unlimited mercy and blessings alone, I’m still hanging on in Kṛṣṇa conscious life and able to hold my blessed beads everyday morning for chanting. I’m ever grateful to you and I wish to serve you for eternity and beyond as a servant of servant of your servants.

Guru Mahārāja, I was very much worried for you when I got to know about your abdomen internal bleeding that happened recently, and you had to be airlifted to Chennai for further treatment. It was too painful to know that you had to undergo many surgical procedures. However, by our dear Rādhārāṇī and Kṛṣṇa’s mercy only, you recovered soon and you are back to Māyāpur. During your stay in Chennai, I got the golden opportunity to humbly serve Your Divine vapuḥ in the form of washing your transcendental clothes. I felt myself the most fortunate person in this world that I could personally serve my Pūjya Gurudeva (you) in my little way, which I never thought even in my dream that I can personally serve you anytime, though it was my humble deep wish always! Thank you very much for lovingly accepting our insignificant services and blessing us with this rare opportunity. I wish I would become your “eternal washerman” to wash your divine clothes, my dear Guru Mahārāja! We wish to see you again in Chennai, not for your treatment, but with good health only. My deep and sincere prayers at the lotus feet of our dear Rādhārāṇī and Kṛṣṇa to bless us with your physical presence for many more years to come Gurudeva!!

Gurudeva, knowing well about my helpless inabilities, I humbly and sincerely beg at your lotus feet to please, please, please bless me to serve you in the way it pleases you the most. Without your merciful glance upon this THE MOST FALLEN conditioned soul, I don’t have any strength to perform any service to your lotus feet and to our dear Rādhārāṇī and Kṛṣṇa and all the guru-paramaparā. Just like a honeybee finds a cool shelter in the lotus flower, I feel safe and secured only to be under the shelter of your lotus feet, Guru Mahārāja!
Guru Mahārāja, as it is said that Vaiṣṇavas are generally very merciful always, and on their divine appearance day, they are even more merciful than ever to the fallen souls – like myself. Keeping this truth in view, on this auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I humbly fall at your lotus feet and earnestly beg and beg and beg to you, dear Gurudeva, please forgive your this patita sevaka for all the offences committed—knowingly and unknowingly—towards your holy self and towards any other devotees and disciples.
Gurudeva, I heard from my sīkṣā-guru that the greatest gift that we can ever offer to anyone is to sincerely pray to Kṛṣṇa for them. Although I do not at all have any qualification whatsoever, keeping this truth in mind, Gurudeva, on this auspicious occasion, from the very depths of my heart, I earnestly pray to our beloved Rādhārāṇī and Kṛṣṇa, Śrīla Prabhupāda and all the guru-paramparā to please give you Their merciful blessings in your mission to please Śrīla Prabhupāda, Rādhārāṇī and Kṛṣṇa. This is what this poor, helpless, unworthy and unfit servant of yours can do for you. Out of your own sheer causeless mercy alone, please accept this insignificant service of mine as a small token of my love for you, dear Guru Mahārāja.

Please bless me that my love for you becomes really pure, unconditional, uninterrupted and limitless, and it keeps on ever-increasing, and my guru-niṣṭhā and my commitment to your mission keeps on deepening, and I render— most lovingly and most unconditionally—pure, loving, unconditional, uninterrupted, limitless, unflinching and unmotivated devotional service to your holy self, all the guru-paramparā, all the Vaiṣṇavas, and our beloved Rādhārāṇī and Kṛṣṇa, in the way it pleases Them the most – eternally and even beyond. Your merciful blessings alone can take me in that direction – Guru Mahārāja!

With my heartfelt deep gratitude and millions of humble obeisances at your lotus feet,

Aspiring to be the servant of the servant of the servant of your holy self,

Keśi Damana Kṛṣṇa Dāsa (dīkṣā)
India (Chennai)

Hare Kṛṣṇa and daṇḍavat praṇāma, my dear. Gurudeva, all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, on this very auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, pl shower your mercy on to me, I have no qualifications to serve you, still, you gave your lotus feet shelter to me, you are as merciful as Lord Gaurāṅga. Please forgive our all mistakes and sin what we do unknowingly. Please bless me so I CAN serve you, Prabhupāda, and Gaurāṅga my best. Let me hold your lotus feet tightly so I will never fall down, and always engage in loving devotional service to Kṛṣṇa and his associates like you.

Your Servant of Servant,

Kīrtimati Gaurāṅgī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
India (Hyderabad)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances at your Lotus feet.

All glories to Your Divine Grace!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Dear Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept a small homage (glorification) on your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā day, I feel that I am not qualified to write an Homage due to my fallen condition state, but still I do an attempt to glorify your divine grace just to purify my existence.

Your Holiness mercifully gave me an opportunity to do vapuḥ-sevā, which I never expected that I will get an opportunity in this lifetime.

I has been called for 3 months of vapuḥ-sevā, but it extended to 6 months which was an jackpot for me, and in this 6 months of sevā I was doing some of the menial services, and assisting some of your personal servants.

I learnt many things when I was in vapuḥ-sevā, and most wonderful and amazing thing was everyday I get your Holiness darśana.

I heard some of your glorious activities before I came for vapuḥ-sevā, but I got opportunity to render service personally then I witnessed those great qualities. I saw Your Holiness like a great spiritual master who came to deliver fallen souls like me, not caring about your health and bodily needs, Also like a father who cares for his children, like mother who loves everyone, like a teacher who give right guidance and correct if disciples are doing wrong and many more.

Your Holiness has unlimited great qualities and no end for me to glorify those qualities.

Dear father I have received by your mercy 2nd initiation and saffron clothes on Dec 26th, 2021 personally. Please bless me that I should continue as a brahmacārī till my last breath and serve you and Śrīla Prabhupāda mission. Hope so that Guru Mahārāja will call me (who is an unqualified son) again for your personal vapuḥ-sevā. So that by just rendering some menial services at your Divine Lotus feet, I can get purified and perfect my life.

I am not so good in understanding philosophy of scriptures, for me the best engagement what I feel is “I can only do some physical service”. Till now I am serving in ISKCON Whitefield, Bangalore temple as a full-time devotee, and most of my services are physical services.

Most of my services will be like making Garlands for the Deities, Deity worship, cleaning temple hall and ashram, decorating temple on festivals etc. I am good at these services.

Hope by your mercy I will get some taste in the services which I am doing and progress further in devotional service.

Gurudeva, I always seek your blessings and mercy, it is my only hope and by your mercy I can progress nicely in Devotional service.

Koṭiśaśi Gaurāṅga Dāsa (dīkṣā)
India (Bangalore)

Dear Guru Mahārāja

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our respectful obeisance at your divine lotus feet.

You are representing our guru-paramparā with high standards even at the time of Corona. Your daily Caitanya-līlā class and daily darśana helped us to maintain basic our sādhanā and doing online services.

Your home visits and accept offering gives lots of enthusiasm to us and among the devotees.

Because you encouraged to do Bhakti-śāstrī, we are doing Bhakti-śāstrī, it is wonderful to read Śrīla Prabhupāda books and understand more about Kṛṣṇa and his devotional service. It gave lots of taste to read Śrīla Prabhupāda books and hear Śrīla Prabhupāda lectures.

You are praying to devotees who is sick due Corona and many devotees recovered without much complication and continued their devotional to service to Lord Kṛṣṇa.

You are doing everyday book distribution very innovative way to please Śrīla Prabhupāda.

You are blessing the devotees’ birthday and devotees’ anniversaries; it has lots of positive impact on our spiritual life and devotees’ spiritual life progressing in their spiritual path. It helped Bhakti-vṛkṣa members a lot.

You started giving online initiation this is another innovative way. You are following Śrīla Prabhupāda as it is as per time, place and circumstances.

By your mercy and devotees’ mercy in Bangalore we are trying to help in your preaching.

Since you gave order to make Bangalore ISKCON city, many devotees tirelessly working. We want to become an instrument in your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda, so kindly shower your mercy and blessings to us to do more and more devotional service to you.

This year we participated book marathon physically as well as online, our circle exceeded the target (2500 mahā books) set by our center, more devotees participated enthusiastically and distributed books and in ISKCON Whitefield our center servant head His Grace Harikṣetra Prabhujī and circle servant leader His Grace Kārtikeya Prabhujī encouraged us by following your instruction. It was very wonderful doing book distribution with group of devotees, while doing book distribution we realised that lots of souls are waiting for Śrīla Prabhupāda books.

Śrīla Guru Mahārāja you are ocean of mercy please forgive us for all offenses we did knowingly and unknowingly. We pray to you and Lord Kṛṣṇa that at any time we don’t want hurt, any devotees and living entities and at the same time increase our devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa. By your causeless mercy and devotees’ causeless mercy we come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, now by your mercy and devotees’ mercy only we are able to practice and continue in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Now our prayers are we want serve you throughout this life and even after this life, kindly bless us Śrīla Guru Mahārāja.

Your Spiritual Children,

Kṛṣṇa Karuṇāmūrti Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Yoginī Yamunā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Hemachandar K
India (Bangalore - ISKCON White Field)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

For the last few months, I’ve been listening to your lectures regularly and trying to understand the secret of Kṛṣṇa consciousness by our causeless mercy – making one’s life goal to fulfil the desires of the spiritual master and the Ācāryas in the disciplic succession. This is just in contrast to the materialists who always strive hard to accumulate wealth and see to the comforts of children and grandchildren. You have been the epitome of following Śrīla Prabhupāda instructions and fulfilling His Divine Grace’s each and every desire – this gives me much inspiration that for the few months I kept meditating on this realization just after waking up and pray at your lotus feet as follows.

Gurudeva! kṛpā-bindu diyā,
koro’ ei dāse, tṛṇāpekhā ati hīna
sakala sahane, bala diyā koro’,
nija-māne spṛhā-hīna

Gurudeva, 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. Let me be as you are, without desires or aspirations.

You have shown by your example how to preach and distribute books to please Śrīla Prabhupāda in whatever condition one may be - as You have mercifully distributed Bhagavad-gītā books to the doctors in the Chennai hospital.

Through your mobile app, everyday, you teach by your example so many conditioned souls like me how to wear tilak, water tulasī and attend maṅgala-āratis without your causeless mercy how it would be possible to learn the science of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

I humbly beg at your lotus feet to kindly accept me as your surrendered disciple and I hanker to serve your Holiness and become an instrumental servant in your fulfilling Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions.

Finally, I beg to shower your mercy on my family members and bhakti-vṛkṣa named ‘Rādhā Kṛṣṇacandra’ members in empowering us to practice pure devotional service as exemplified by your life standards and become valuable contributors to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission of spreading the teachings of Lord Caitanya everywhere.

Your sheltered humble disciple,

Kṛṣṇa Mohan (sheltered disciple)

Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Spiritual Father,

From the last year Vyāsa-pūjā to this year, many things happened in our Spiritual life, by simply hearing your Caitanya-līlā class. It is so realistic, that while hearing your transcendental lecture from your lotus mouth, we felt that we are also participating in the particular pastime.

We came with our family and settled in Māyāpur and accepted service at Śrī Māyāpur International School as a teacher for your pleasure.

We also conducting an online Bhakti-vṛkṣa program (called as Prīti-vardhanam) for the university professors and research scholars. They are consistent in attending the program and following their sadhanas.

Through this program we are donating every Ekādaśī for go-sevā to our Māyāpur gośālā and Narasiṁha Deva arcana for the good health of His Holiness.

We are praying at your lotus feet on this auspicious day, that please bless us to stay in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur to serve you.

Your humble servants,

Kṛṣṇa subhadrā Dāsa (dīkṣā)

Satkīrti Rādhikā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

Nandinī and Madhumatī

India (Māyāpur)

HareKṛṣṇa, Dandavat Praṇāma

De Parte de Kṛṣṇapriyā Sugopī desde Māyāpur reciba mis humildes reverencias mi amado Śikṣā Guru en su 73rd anniversary.

Kṛṣṇapriyā Sugopī
Māyāpur

HARE KṚṢṆA!

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.

On this auspicious occasion I pray to Lord Narsimha Dev to keep you in best health condition which will help you to fulfil all your desires to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda.I would like to thank you Guru Mahārāja for all the mercy you have bestowed upon me by accepting your disciple on Ramanavami day last year.

Guru Mahārāja, by listening your lectures I have been able to understand the science of self realization. In each lecture you glorify your Spiritual Master Śrīla Prabhupāda whole heartedly, which make me to understand how to develop love towards Śrīla Prabhupāda and his teachings. Guru Mahārāja, I am so fallen soul but because of your causeless mercy I am trying to serve you in your mission by distributing books and spreading the message of the Lord Chaitanya Mahāprabu’s whoever meets me.

Guru Mahārāja please bless me so that I can serve you in Kṛṣṇa Conscious movement in better way.

All glories to Śrīla Guru Mahārāja and Gaurāṅga,

Śrīla Prabhupāda kī Jaya,

Śrīla Guru Mahārāja Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava kī Jaya,

Yours most fallen daughter,

Kulavatī Gaurāṅgī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

India (Māyāpur)

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa Gurudeva,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at the dust of your divine lotus feet.

All glories to Jagad-Guru, Śrīla Prabhupāda and all glories to your loving divine grace.

Very happy vyāsa-pūjā dear Guru Mahārāja.

I’m very unqualified and insignificant to glorify you but I’m doing this for my own purification.

We all are so indebted to you for the great sacrifice you are undertaking for saving insignificant fallen souls like me.

None of the material problems affect your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

You are such an inspiration Gurudeva.

But I’m very much affected by the material miseries, I’m so fallen and conditioned.

You are my only hope Śrīla Gurudeva.

Kindly save me from this cage.

gańgāra paraśa hoile paścate pāvan
darśane pavitra koro-ei tomāra guṇ

“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 just aspire for your mercy life after life Gurudeva.

Please bless me so that I always remain at your divine lotus feet and serve you in spreading this Kṛṣṇa conscious movement more and more and engage myself in the service of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and keep myself aloof from the vicious snake of materialistic sense.

B. Kumuda Sowjanya (aspiring disciple)

ISKCON NRJD Bangalore

Respected Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

On the most auspicious occassion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I would like to glorify you though I am not qualified as to speak about your limitless glorifications. I started reading Bhagavad-gītā in the previous year of January because I had some questions regarding life problems and to that all this questions I got the solutions very clearly. Then by mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu I got connected with His Grace Śuddha vigraha Gaurāṅga Prabhu your very sincere disciple in February and after some months I got connected with Her Grace Nitāi Chandra Nimāi Prabhu your another very sincere disciple who is in-charge of the Māyāpur BACE, Durgapur. After some classes I came to know about you. I get lots of inspirations from you Guru Mahārāja about knowing your health condition is not so well but still you are determined in the mission of Mahāprabhu and Śrīla Prabhupāda. Also in this unhealthy condition you are giving everyday classes on Caitanya-caritāmṛta. Guru Mahārāja you are so merciful that by Mahāprabhu, Śrīla Prabhupāda and your mercy I was able to distribute at least 30 Bhagavad-gītā 2021 Gītā Marathon. I would like to pray at your Lotus feet, that you kindly stay with all of us healthy for many-many years to go and keep inspiring us in Pure devotional service without offences. Please bless me Guru Mahārāja so that I can render service in the mission of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Śrīla Prabhupāda. Please forgive me for the offences I have committed.

Your most fallen servant,

Kuntal Kundu (Aspirant)

Māyāpur, India

Dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Please Accept My Respectful Obeisances.

On this auspicious occasion I request you to kindly grant me the eternal shelter at your lotus feet, connect me to the Ācārya Paramparā, and kindly use me as instrument in your mission to please HDG Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Kindly relieve me from the strongest Shackles of Māyā by showering your blessings on this fallen soul out of your causeless mercy and please initiate actual process of connecting to Kṛṣṇa.

I have wasted my whole life without having knowledge of Initiation from the bonafide Spiritual Master and now, I am approaching you for elevating this conditioned soul in the Bhava Sāgara with tonnes of hopes for crossing this miserable ocean.

Although I don’t have enough qualification to stay in Śrī Dhāma Māyāpura, I have dared to have some shelter in order to associate with Senior Vaiṣṇavas and get initiated by your causeless mercy.

I would like to stay here in Dhāma, render some service humbly and protect my consciousness in continuous devotee association.

Please bless me to have the association of Vaiṣṇavas and be always an active Participant in spreading the holy names of Gaurāṅga. Even, I have taken up the translation services in JPS Archives.

I have no words to praise the Glories of Gurudeva, who can deliver the most fallen soul to the Back to Godhead by removing the darkness in the heart and giving the divine vision to perceive the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa.

All glories to Śrīla Gurudeva.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to the Vaiṣṇavas

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Your eternal servant,

Lakṣmī Nārāyaṇa Andra (aspiring disciple)
ISKCON Māyāpur

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Gurudeva

I offer my most respectful and humble daṇḍavat Praṇāmas at the dust of your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and all glories to your loving divine grace.

I wish you a very happy vyāsa-pūjā Gurudeva. My sincere prayers to Lord Narasiṁha for your good health. Although I have no qualification to glorify you I take this opportunity for my purification. I feel very fortunate to be able to glorify you on this special occasion.

Gurudeva, this past year was full of learnings and realization. I had so many distractions and problems coming my way but somewhere in me I had you guiding me in right path.

You have been so merciful to this insignificant fallen soul. Your mercy on us is unlimited.

I feel I am indebted to Your causeless mercy life after life Gurudeva.

Thank you so much for all the love and concern you show to your disciples.

With your blessing I have started to realize and understand Kṛṣṇa’s plan in all circumstances. Your blessing and guidance has pushed me to have more faith in Kṛṣṇa.

Thank you for inspiring us Gurudeva. The amount of difficulties you go through is unimaginable. As an aspiring disciple I will make sure to be consistent with my Sadhana.

I am too fallen that I don’t know when I am going to completely realize your causeless mercy.

Gurudeva please forgive me for all the mistakes I do. No matter what, please don’t leave me.

I really need you to get rid of this Saṁsāra Sāgara.

Gurudeva Please bless me with transcendental knowledge and determination

so that I don’t live a life like an animal and I don’t waste this precious human form.

Lavanya (Aspiring disciple)

ISKCON NRJD Bangalore, India

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Myself a beginner in Kṛṣṇa conscious, got your association through your online classes and home visits which made me to understand your love and care towards devotees. By your extended mercy I got Kṛṣṇa consciousness from my middle of childhood. I am eager to become your disciple and your servant. I am studying medicine so that I can get a chance to serve you directly and I want to help you in serving Śrīla Prabhupāda by giving Kṛṣṇa conscious to my friends. I am always grateful and indebted to Guru Mahārāja.

Always seeking your Love and Mercy,

Yours spiritual son,

Līlā Kṛṣṇa Charan, (aspiring disciple)

Śrī Śrī RādhāGovinda Astasakhi, Giriraj temple, ISKCON Tirupati

Mi Amado Guru Mahārāja, por favor acepte mis más respetuosas reverencias al polvo de sus divinos pies de loto.

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Todas las glorias a Śrī Śrī Guru y Gaurāṅga.

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

Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual, el liberador de todas las almas caídas, cuya misericordia convierte a los mudos en oradores elocuentes y permite a los cojos cruzar montañas.

En este auspicioso día de su bendecida aparición quiero expresarle lo importante que es usted en mi vida espiritual. Sin embargo, ninguna palabra alcanza para decirle cuanto lo aprecio y cuan agradecida estoy por ser tan misericordioso y compasivo y por tanta paciencia hacia sus hijos espirituales, especialmente hacia los mas caídos, tanto, que es capaz de soportar cualquier sufrimiento con tal de śālvar la vida espiritual de cada alma que encuentra en su camino.

En lo personal estoy tan agradecida a usted y a los Vaiṣṇavas, por permitirme traducir sus libros, servicio devocional que trato de hacer de la mejor manera, para poder complacerlo.

Como muchos se lo han dicho, usted es nuestra constante inspiracion y la fuerza que nos da impulso para seguir adelante en la vida espiritual y que siempre deja pasar por alto nuestras fallas e imperfecciones. Estoy tan agradecida a Śrīla Prabhupāda por haberme concedido un maestro espiritual realmente fidedigno.

En realidad, entre más leo sus libros más lo admiro y más comprometida me siento como discípula, para tratar de servirlo, tanto como me sea posible.

Gracias amado padre por toda su bondad hacia mí y mi familia y por permitirnos refugio bajo sus pies de loto.

Su hija espiritual que siempre lo necesita

Līlāvatī devī dāsī

India (Māyāpur) (Originalmente de Ecuador)

Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Lord Caitanya told yāre dekhe, tāre kahe.... Instruct everyone to chant the holy name.

Following his direction, Śrīla Prabhupāda spreads the Hare Kṛṣṇa māhā-mantra to every Town and Village. Following His Order, Guru Mahārāja Preaching to the people of villages, Towns, Countries around the World. This is the mood of Nityānanda Prabhu.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, please bless me so that can serve in your mission. At present we are doing regularly college preaching, Harināma saṅkīrtana in the Villages like Renigunta, etc. in spreading the holy name please use me as small instrument in spreading the glories of Holy Name.

Once you told, that My disciples should be Moon like disciple rather than star like disciples.

Every disciple should strive in spreading the Light of Bhāgavata.

Please bless me so that I can follow your Instructions throughout my life.

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Your Servant

Locanānanda Govinda Dāsa

Sreyas

IYF, ISKCON Tirupati. AP India.

ISKCON-Renigunta (Outpost of ISKCON Tirupati)

Haribol, ofresco mis nobles y mas gratas reverencia.

mi nombre es lorena caceres de la ciudad de guayaquil en el ecuador, soy una debota con refugio hace ya tres años y estoy totalmente agradecida por las benciciones que me dio krhisna para encontrar este camino y a mi guru mahārāja, el cual me ha ayudado y aconsejado en los momentos mas dificiles de mi vida mostrandome el camino con amor y ternura pero sobre todo el respeto que siempre ha estado presente

ofresco mi servicio de bhakti-yoga hacia el con reparticiones de comida, y trasmitiendo sus conocimientos, historias, etc, a quienes me lo han preguntado, en mis oraciones siempre esta presente para que su salud este estable y continue haciendo este gran servicio que es mostrar el camino a los demas para ayudarno en este mundo material

sin mas me despido deseandoles bendiciones.

Lorena Caceres Puero (aspiring disciple)
Māyāpur, India

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa -preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Worshipable Gurudeva,

Please accept our respectful obeisances. On this auspicious day of your appearance, we offer our homages at your lotus feet.

I, with my wife, preach in some of the areas of Bangalore and my son Kṛṣṇarūpa Gaura Dāsa is helping in preaching to the youths. My wife is looking after Mātājīs and I am looking after Prabhus. Myself and my son are preaching on a weekly basis, while my wife is practicing on a daily basis. We request for your special blessings, so that we become more serious in the process and help bring more and more souls to take shelter of your lotus feet.

Though, online preaching has increased many-fold in Covid period yet we feel that we are losing practical/physical devotional services. Now, to some extent it is gearing up. For the last couple of months, my wife has been facing some health challenges but by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, we are trying to be steady in our services. Myself and my son are a little slow and not that serious, due to some mundane work/job. We are purchasing a new house, 2 kms away from ISKCON Magadi Road, New Rājāpur Jagannātha temple, Bangalore, under the guidance of His Grace Caitanya Avatārī Prabhu. This will help us be in the association of devotees, we can do more devotional services and responsibilities. With your blessings, I am hopeful that we will do it.

Yours spiritual sons/daughter,

Madan Mohan Mādhava Dāsa, (dīkṣa)
Anukampita Rādhā Devī Dāsī and Kṛṣṇarūpa Gaura Dāsa
New Rājāpur Jagannātha Dhāma, Bangalore

हरे कृष्णा गुरू महाराज आप के चरणों में मेरा दंडवत प्रणाम

मेरी इतनी योग्यता तो नहीं किमें आपकी glorification कर सकूं। पर मैं फिर भी आपकी glorification करनी चाहूंगी।

मुझे आपके lecture में जो आप सेवा और संर्पण के बारे में बताते हैं। वो बहुत अच्छा लगता है। आप जो महाप्रभु और तोते की कहानी सुनते हैं वो भी बहुत अच्छी लगती है । आप का स्वस्थ खराब हो ने के बाद भी आप प्रचार कर रहें हैं ये मुझे बहुत प्रभावित करता है।

धन्यवाद

आप की तुच्छ दासी

माधवी मीनालोचनी देवी दासी।

Mādhavī Mīnalocanī devī dāsī
India

 

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

Respected Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept Our Prostrated Humble Obesciences unto Your Lotus feet! All Glories to Your Divine Grace! All Glories To Gaurāṅga! All Glories To Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Guru Mahārāja, I am eternally indebted to you for shower of mercy choosing me and engaging in the sevās. In spite of my shortcomings, limitations, I am cherishing the downpour of reciprocation and inspiration to serve more.

I beg you to bless with strength and energy to follow your instructions sincerely and empower me.

Your recent preaching initiative in this Covid-19 challenging time is inspirational and manifestation of pure heart filled with Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu’s compassion for fallen souls.

My son Ānandamaya Ambarīṣa dāsa is desiring to offer vapuḥ sevā unto you and is enthusiastic in devotional service by your causeless mercy.

My wife Mañjari Gopī Devī Dāsī has rendering sevā in the efforts of Caitanya-caritāmṛta Malayalam initiative team and our family is realizing her contribution.

Your quality of sacrifice and tolerance has no bounds. Your very life and every act, move oozes out of this wonderful nature, teaching wretched one like me important lesson and purpose of life.

Every given opportunity, Your Holiness share your care and concern in guiding others exploring all latest forms and modes including Apps, zoom calls, Instagram, House visits, darshans, accepting offerings rejuvenates and enlivens our spiritual pursuits.

Your Insignificant Servant

Madhu Gopāla Dāsa,
along with Mañjari Gopī Devī Dāsī,
Ānandamaya Ambarīṣa Dāsa
Coimbatore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your Lotus Feet.

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to you on this auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā.

Guru Mahārāja, I always pray to you for me and my families spiritual growth. I chant 16 rounds everyday and I attend Bhakti-vṛkṣa program every week. By your mercy only we can perform devotional service without any difficulties and can be success also. Your most valuable guidance has given us great courage and enthusiasm to manage our spiritual life. Your blessing and encouragement has given us great strength to render devotional service. We pray at your divine lotus feet to always have your shelter despite my entire shortfall. Thank you for being there when we need you. We look forward to serve you more and more. Please bless us so that we can follow your instructions and become a worthy servant of Yours.

Madhu Mālinī. N (aspiring disciple)
Māyāpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Daṇḍavat Praṇāma please accept my Respectful obeciences unto your Lotus Feet Śrīla Gurudeva...!!

Śrīla Gurudeva every year I try to find words within my heart that can properly glorify Gurudeva. I have come to a realization that I don’t have a heart worthy of your glorification as it’s harder than a rock and almost non-existent. But by your mercy and the strength of Gurudeva, I manage to make a pitiful offering. Gurudeva tirelessly preaches all over the world and inspire thousands and thousands of souls to follow our bellowed Śrī Mahāprabhu and his instructions for chanting the holy name and performing Harināma saṅkīrtana without offenses. In every way Gurudeva is teaching us how to be a devotee and to serve our eternal beautiful Śrī Śrī Rādhā Kṛṣṇa Yugala Kiśora. Yet due to our contamination we cannot follow the basic instructions of our beloved Gurudeva and What to think of following higher instructions. Gurudeva by the mercy of Śrī Kṛṣṇa I have come into contact with Gurudeva, and I think I have been fortunate enough to make a negligible advancement and for that I am eternally grateful. My constant prayer is that I will one day realize the blessings I have received and to be eligible to serve with Gurudeva and Śrī Rūpa Mañjarī in the groves of Vṛndāvana. Right now I feel that I am an embarrassment to Gurudeva and I am not worthy for even submitting this pitiful offering. I only pray that some of my offering is genuine enough for Gurudeva’s worth and not just words that are of no value.

From the bottom of our heart Gurudeva we know you are a fully realize soul and you are our salvation from this miserable situation. Our humble prayer is that Gurudeva don’t give up on us and have patience with us. Some devotees develop quickly and other slowly. Guru Mahārāja Please allow us to be your insignificant servant’s life as said when the pupil is ready the teacher will appear: you showed me the way to serving at the lotus feet of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Kṛṣṇa and for that I’m eternally grateful to you.

May you continue to spread the message of Mahāprabhu: the only way in this Age of Kali is the chanting of the holy name - Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare,

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma and good wishes to you Gurudeva on your Vyāsa-pūjā.

Your forever grateful disciple I am so sad that you are not here today, that I cannot hear the sweet voices of all the devotees singing your glories Gurudeva you are such a perfect representative of Śrī Śrī Rādhāpārthasārathi Gurudeva I pray on this most auspicious day that someday I will develop by your grace the strong desire to follow the sincere souls who are truly dedicated to you and our entire guru lineage, to make my life successful and become a real disciple, Mahārāja on this your appearance day I am reminded of your compassion and kindness to anyone who is in your vicinity. Your compassion is shown by the way you give Kṛṣṇa to everyone who comes to you. No matter how fallen or how advanced an aspiring Devotee is you were constantly encouraging, enlivening and showing the proper way to do things.

Your kindness is manifested by the way you care for each individual that comes to you. I have experienced in the past how you are always concerned and are very personal with your disciples. Your tolerance that I have seen through the years in different situations shows me by example how I hope to be. Within this past year I have had major pain physically and emotionally but somehow you have help me and gave me the strength to deal with it and rise above it. When I am in your association either vāṇī or vapuḥ I always feel enliven to be a better person in my life… Spiritual n even in my material dealing. I am forever your servant a soul surrendered to you Mahārāja. You planted a seed of love and devotion in my heart. The land was dry. And there was not much growth in the beginning. But You didn’t seem to be disappointed or frustrated. You just kept watering the sprout with Your endless care and affection. You observed its growth, giving nurture and protection it needed. This if how much dedication and faith you have. This is how much you believe in Your disciples. You never give up. Always having hope, ready to give Your encouragement and support.

The human brain has a function that makes us adjustable to everything in our life. It improves our ability to survive physically and mentally but may make us forgetful and ungrateful. With that function inside we become adjustable even to severe sufferings and pain. But in the same time we are easily getting used to be adored, to be taken care of, and to be nourished. And it used to happen to me! How many times I took You for granted. And still You were there for me. How many times I didn’t show You due respect! How many times Still you were there for me. This is how much forgiveness You have to your disciples. This how much love You have for me and for all of us.

I do believe that Guru is a form of Kṛṣṇa in a disciple’s life. And the biggest gift that You gave me being my guru is the sense of Kṛṣṇa’s presence in every aspect and in every moment of my life. You showed me His charisma, His wit and tricks. You showed me His wisdom, foresight and gumption. You showed me His love, affection and care. You made me feel totally enveloped with His gentle support and guidance, which gradually lead me to His Adobe as His eternal servant. You filled my heart with gratitude, with faith and hope. You filled up every single hole in it, making it capable to feel love and give back.

There is nothing in this world that can bend or break my firm faith in Kṛṣṇa and You, my dearest Gurudeva. Nothing can turn me away from You or from the path I’ve chosen. Nothing can withdraw my attention from the only desire I have – to be a Kṛṣṇa’s servant life after life after life and make You happy with every step I make.

Today, on the auspicious day of Your Appearance, I offer You my innumerable obeisances, wishing You to continue Your loving Mission in this world with all possible success and appreciation. I wish you to continue be a perfect, loving and profound guide for all Your disciples. I wish you to continue spreading The Holy Name with the same level of purity, sincerity and dedication that You constantly show by all Your actions and teachings.

Your insignificant,

Madhumayī Haripriyā devī dāsī  (dīkṣa)

East of Kailash, New Delhi, India

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories unto Your Holiness! Wishing you a very happy 75th Vyāsa-pūjā, Dearest Gurudeva.

I fondly recall my early days in Kṛṣṇa consciousness when you guided me at every step until initiation and assisted me in engaging in various services. Your eagerness to know how many people are embracing Devotional Service in our Bhakti-vṛkṣa is inspiring, motivating me to serve more diligently. Your humility serves as a beacon, inspiring me to cultivate humility and recognize my own insignificance. You are indeed an expert doctor, Śrīla Gurudeva! A skilled surgeon who performs surgery on our hearts, transforming them even without our awareness. Your mercy knows no bounds. Your care for each of your disciples is unparalleled. Despite having over 50k disciples, you maintain a personal connection with each of us, which is truly remarkable. We eagerly anticipate your monthly emails describing your transcendental and inspiring activities. All glories unto you, Śrīla Gurudeva. This year, I was fortunate to attend the opening of the Lord Narasiṁhadeva wing in TOVP. It was an incredible experience witnessing your dream come true. Your heartfelt prayers to Lord Narasiṁhadeva touched my heart, immersing me in bliss. I realized how joyful Śrīla Prabhupāda and all our ācāryas must be. On this most auspicious day, I seek your blessings, Gurudeva, that I may also develop the same love and attachment you have for Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Caitanya. Please forgive me for any offenses I may knowingly or unknowingly commit. Please always keep me sheltered at your lotus feet and never forsake me.

Your Spiritual Daughter,

Mādhurī Mamatāmayī Devī Dāsī
(Initiated Disciple, Mumbai Juhu)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja..

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to you Guru Mahārāja!

Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for being with us always, for bestowing your causeless mercy to us always. Your causeless mercy is my good fortune gifted by Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja, instead of your serious health issues, you are taking class. You are continuously pulling your disciples to come out from mode of ignorance. Such compassionate heart you have. You are so exemplary to us, how you are connected to Śrīla Prabhupāda, how much you love your spiritual master, how you are practicing avyabhicāreṇa bhakti.. only fixing your heart in Śrīla Prabhupāda lotus feel. Your focus, your determination is teaches us so much. although you are in transcendental stage but you are still doing this, to teaches us. my relationship with you is very weak, so I am not able to understand your heart, but for your causeless mercy whatever little bit I am realizing is really touching my heard. And my heart intensely feels to enhance my relationship with you and my spiritual teacher... I want to live my life only in the direction of this relationship, so that I can help you in your mission. I want be focused on “janma sārthaka kari’ ‘, so that I can do para-upakāra and thus please you more and more. Your mercy is raining in my life all the time, by the grace of my spiritual teacher Her Grace Ramya Vṛndāvana mātājī, now I can feel this little bit. So I want to reciprocate 0.1% of your love and mercy by trying to do, janma sārthaka kari’ koro para-upakāra. ‘‘

Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja, you are always available to us, in the form of spiritual teacher, in the form of teachings and also through your live classes, question answer sections. Thank you for giving your association.

Lots of Thank you Guru Mahārāja for making such a disciple like Her Grace Ramya Vṛndāvana Mātājī, who carry you in her heart all the time, and thank you for gifting me, her as my spiritual teacher. This is your glory that only you can make such wonderful devotee for the benefit of whole world…

Having guru like you is the real wealth because as Śrīla Prabhupāda said what is lacking in the world is love and the real wealth, selfless, unconditional love can only give by guru, so having guru like you is the most blissful situation. When I interact with such people who don’t have Guru, I really feel bad that they are spending an ORPHANS’ life...

If you so desire, please forgive me because in my conditioned stage, am not able to glorify you exactly. Because to glorify a transcendental person needs transcendental relationship. If you so desire please bless me so that I can enhance this relationship more and more and please you more and more…

Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for bestowing this transcendental relationship not only to me but also you are wanting to give this whole world. Only your presence in the world is the wealth, good fortune for all living entities in the world...

Your most insignificant spiritual daughter,

Mādhurya Keśavi devī dāsī (dīkṣa)
India (Silchar)

Hare Kṛṣṇa

My Dear Dear Father, Please accept my humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet gurudev.

Am a very fallen soul, by your causeless mercy ,you accepted even me as your spiritual daughter. 

I  pray for your mercy so that I will be a part in your journey of  fulfilling your spiritual father Srila prabhupada instructions. 

Srila prabhupada from India went to western country to save the fallen souls, by bringing them to Krishna consciousness He found and identified a very precious Gem there in Milwaukee for his mission in preaching Krishna consciousness ( our dear gurumaharaj) and he instructed you to go to india to save fallen souls like me. SO OUR BELOVED GURUMAHARAJ CAME FROM WESTERN PART OF WORLD TO RESCUE US FROM CLUTCHES OF MAYA .I surrender at your lotus feet gurudev, please forgive me for all my offenses I have made and allow me  to serve you eternally. 

HAREKRISHNA DEAR FATHER 

Mahalakṣmī Madhurā devī dāsī
India (Chennai)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja.

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I am indeed very fortunate and blessed for having come across and met your disciples some 11 years back who sheltered me and guided me in my Kṛṣṇa conscious journey. Although many a times I felt very weak, alone and unenthusiastic in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, but I have pushed myself against all odds and trying to be steady in my sādhana.

I am very much grateful, as had you not been sent by His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda I would not have understood the real purpose of this invaluable human birth.

I pray to you that may I always be fixed up in my sādhana and continue contributing in whatever capacity I can towards the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I am very inspired by your steadiness and loyalty towards the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

May I have the same kind of mood to help you expand the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda and thereby please you and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Thanks.

Yours,

Māhamani Mādhava Dāsa (dīkṣa)
Ex-Brahmacārī @ ISKCON Śrī Narasiṁha Giridhari Mandir,
Bangalore, India

Legal name: -
Spiritual Name: Mahāprabhu Maheśvara dāsa
Yātrā: India (Māyāpur)
JPS Relation: Dīkṣā Disciple

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja!

vande gurūn īśa-bhaktān
īśam īśāvatārakān
tat-prakāśāṁś ca tac-chaktīḥ
kṛṣṇa-caitanya-saṁjñakam

I offer my respectful obeisance’s unto the spiritual masters, the devotees of the Lord, the Lord’s incarnations, His plenary portions, His energies and the primeval Lord Himself, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja, we hope your health is good by Kṛṣṇa mercy, we are praying every day to Lord Narasiṁha deva for your good health. Guru Mahārāja actually I am a fallen condition soul in this material world but by the mercy of senior and pure devotees and Gaura Nitāi and by your mercy you have given me a new birth (initiation) on the spiritual path for me and my family. Please bless me so that I can do more service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I have no words to describe about you Guru Mahārāja because in your current health condition also you are always preaching each and every place where ever you travel. We are so grateful to you Guru Mahārāja for accepting me as your disciple please forgive me and my family if we do any mistakes.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja.

Your servant,

Mahāprabhu Maheśvara dāsa and Satyavrata Viṣṇupriyā devī dāsī (dīkṣā)
 

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja.
Please accept my most humble obeisances in the dust of Your lotus feet.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
All glories to You, His Holiness!

Firstly, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude in Your Divine Lotus Feet to accept me as Your spiritual daughter, despite being an undeserving candidate.

Guru Mahārāja, Your Holiness is gaura-priya-jana, a dear devotee of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu, carrying Kṛṣṇa-prema in Your heart and distributing His mercy worldwide, thereby delivering countless conditioned souls.

Guru Mahārāja, Your Holiness is a living example that You are not this body. You are here only and only to deliver all the conditioned souls. Despite your unfavorable health conditions, you travel round the world for the pleasure of the devotees, to accept service from them for their purification.

Guru Mahārāja, reading your everyday quotes and lecture transcription gives me strength to go on as well as your one statement is keeping me alive that you told me in the first meeting with Your Holiness. You told me to repeat after Your Holiness word by word, “I WILL NEVER LEAVE KṚṢṆA CONSCIOUSNESS.”

On this auspicious day of Your appearance, I really want to thank you for taking my responsibility to take me back home, back to Godhead. I beg at Your Divine Lotus Feet to please bless me to always serve my initiation vows and please You in this lifetime.

Guru Mahārāja, I also want to offer you one prayer today on Your appearance day to please help me to develop personal relationship with Your Holiness as sometimes I feel an impersonal relation with You due to my conditioned nature.

Your spiritual daughter
Mahāsundarī Gaurāngī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)

Vṛndāvana, India

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

Gurudeva, kindly accept my humble obeisances unto the dust of Your Divine Lotus Feet.

All glories to His Divine Grace Śrī A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to Your Divine Grace!

Wishing you a very Happy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Gurudeva!!!

I do not have any sort of qualification to glorify such an exalted ācārya and Vaiṣṇava like you, but it is just your causeless mercy Gurudeva.

Thank you so much Gurudeva for accepting this unworthy soul as your disciple.

Gurudeva, you are like a touchstone, that whoever comes into contact with you is guaranteed of Nitāi-Gaura’s mercy. Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I learnt this only after coming into this ISKCON movement; more merciful and benevolent is Lord in the form of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, delivering the souls, in this Kali-yuga; and more merciful is the Lord in the form of Nityānanda Prabhu who delivered the greatest of the sinners, Jagāi and Mādhāi; and more merciful is you Gurudeva who is accepting souls like me more sinful than Jagāi and Mādhāi. Gurudeva, please always touch me with your touchstone like quality that one day this sinner like me also becomes a devotee in a true sense and spreads your divine glories.

Gurudeva, as shared by many senior devotees, the only purpose you are still carrying out your services in the body of yours which is giving you various physical challenges, is to fulfill the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda, you are tolerating all the pain and sufferings in that body and showing us the example that the guru’s instructions are the life and soul for the disciple. I beg you to kindly give me a drop of that guru-sevā-bhāva that this worthless body of mine becomes situated in that consciousness and serves you.

Gurudeva, kindly bless my wife, Jñāna Pranīta, to take to this process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, there is no hope for me but your dear Father.

Gurudeva, kindly forgive me for the countless offences I keep committing at the feet of so many Vaiṣṇavas.

Praying to Rādhā-Mādhava, Aṣṭa-sakhī vṛnda, Narasiṁhadeva, Pañca-tattva, and Śrīla Prabhupāda to give you good health and to always protect you, so that we eternally reside under the cool shade of your lotus feet.

Your unworthy son,

Maheśvara Advaita dāsa (dīkṣa),
Bangalore, India

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at the dust of the lotus feet of your divine grace. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

My dear Guru Mahārāja, I am very grateful to Gurudeva, for all the very wonderful abundant mercy coming into my life enabling me to practice devotional service nicely. Fallen as I am, your divine grace have given meaning and direction in my life in devotional service. I am very grateful for the invaluable connection to Śrīla Prabhupāda and thus the disciplic succession that Gurudeva is bestowing upon me by enabling me to read, understand and relish Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books, hear Śrīla Prabhupāda’s lectures and for engaging me in the many services. I am very grateful to Gurudeva for the classes and lectures of your divine grace which is enabling me to become steadfast in devotional service despite my incapability.

My dear Gurudeva, the web of protection offered by your divine grace in my life is unlimited as is the mercy of your divine grace which is enabling me to practice devotional service very nicely and serve ISKCON according to my capacity and realizations.

On this most auspicious and glorious occasion of the Vyāsa-pūjā of your divine grace, it is my earnest request that Gurudeva bestow causeless mercy on this fallen soul keeping me ever at the lotus feet of your divine grace. I beg for the dust of the lotus feet of Gurudeva life after life.

On this glorious occasion our ardent prayers are to Śrīla Prabhupāda, the disciplic succession, Lord Narasiṁhadeva, Rādhā Mādhava, Rādhā Govinda, Rādhā Madana Mohana and Rādhā Gopīnātha that they bestow their causeless mercy upon all of us and keep your divine grace in our midst for very long time so that many fallen souls such as me can benefit and so do the general mankind by the most auspicious presence of your divine grace in this planet.

I remain always begging at the dust of the Lotus feet of Your Divine Grace,

Servant of Your Divine Grace,

Mahipāla Govinda dāsa, (Dīkṣā)

Kochi, Kerala.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas Gurudeva,

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 jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-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 Saṅkīrtana Movement...

All glories to Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa for sending you here...

Please accept my humble obeisance’s at your merciful lotus feet...

I was born in the darkest ignorance and my Spiritual Master H.H. Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja, opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer my humble and respectful obeisance’s unto him.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, with your mercy I am serving as humble servant in the Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa (Qatar) (Kethuri Chakra) full fledge in serving your mission of spreading Kṛṣṇa Consciousness by regularly conducting Śrīmad Bhāgavatam and Bhagavad-gītā at my residence (Śrīnātha Dhāma). All this I am able to execute because of your causeless mercy. You have been my inspiration to keep me moving ahead with activity in spite of unfavourable conditions in Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa.

Thank you for being so very kind to us this past year.

Thank you for guiding us.

Thank you for the service you allow us to do.

Thank you for enthusing us.

Thank you for your endeavors for Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Thank you being so caring to all the devotees.

Thank you for making us laugh.

Thank you for your integrity.

Thank you for encouraging us

Thank you for being so compassionate.

We pray the Lord to give you Good and Stable health and to fulfill Chaitanya Mahāprabhu

and Śrīla Prabhupāda Mission--- I like this statement “Always Chant and Be Happy”

and also my mother always tells me that” Always Remember Kṛṣṇa and Never Forget Kṛṣṇa”

Rādhā Kṛṣṇa ki Jaya, Guruparamparā ki Jaya, Śrīla Prabhupāda and H.H. Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja ki Jaya, Anantha Koṭi Vaiṣṇava Bhakta Vṛnda ki Jaya

Hari Bol Hari Bol Hari Bol

Mallela Jayacandra (aspiring disciple)
Māyāpur, India

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

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

On this most auspicious day, Your Vyāsa-pūjā day, I am trying to write a few words. When I met You, in Sweden 2006, my life was filled with the most glorious event. You became the meaning of my life. The goal for the searching soul. You offer us Your helping hand and lead us home. Back home to the Spiritual World, where we all will serve Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa together again. How can I express my gratitude? I pray that I can serve You in my capacity, in any small way possible, before this life ends. This is my only prayer. I pray that I can follow Your instructions this lifetime and become eligible to enter the goal of this souls searching. After so many lives, You told me after my initiation in Sweden 2007, that You want to see me go back to Kṛṣṇa now. How would this be possible, without the help, guidance and blessings by You, my Dear Spiritual Father.

You are serving Your Guru Mahārāja, Śrīla Prabhupāda with so much determination, austerities and devotion that we all are amazed by the example You set for us. I am most grateful that I was fortunate enough to meet You this lifetime, and get the opportunity to take the shelter of Your Lotus Feet, which are shining like the brightest Honey, for all us bumble bees, searching for eternal truth. You quench our thirst by giving us the Holy Name, service and Your association.

My dear Guru Mahārāja, I take the opportunity to beg for forgiveness, for all offences I committed, knowingly and unknowingly. Thank You for being the guiding light in my life.

Your spiritual daughter,

Mallikā Mādhavī devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

Juhu, Mumbai, India
 

An insignificant soul like me cannot glorify your loving affection and merry to all. Your preaching through all media, Facebook, YouTube, zoom, books, etc has made easy access to yourself. It is up to us fallen souls to take advantage of your spoon feeding preaching and make Śrīla Prabhupāda vision come true. I pray for kind mercy.

Yours most fallen Disciple,

Mañjari Maṅgala devī dāsī (dīkṣa),

Māyāpur, India
 

हरे कृष्ण,

सबसे सम्मानित और प्रिय गुरु महाराज,

कृपया अपने चरण-कमल में सबसे विनम्र और सम्मानजनक विनती स्वीकार करें।

श्रील प्रभुपाद की जय।

श्रील प्रभुपाद की प्रसन्नता हेतु आपके द्वारा दिव्य की गई और महानतम सेवाओं की जय।

हे गुरु महाराज! आपके गुणगान करने के लिए भी मैं अयोग्य हूँ, आप इतने दिव्य हैं कि मेरे पास कोई शब्द नहीं हैं। आपके आशीर्वाद से मैं और मेरा परिवार ठाकुर जी की सेवा करने की कोशिश कर रहे हैं।

गुरुदेव, आप कृपा करके आशीर्वाद दीजिये कि मैं गोविन्दजी की सेवा और आपकी सेवा-भक्ति निष्ठावान मन से कर सकूँ। हम पर कृपा करें। हमें आपका आशीर्वाद और दर्शन मिल जाए तो हमारे शतकोटि जीवन धन्य हो जाएंगे। गुरुदेव, मुझे अपनी संतान के रूप में स्वीकार कर मुझपर कृपा करें।

हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे।
हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे॥

गुरु महाराज के चरणकमलों में शतकोटि कोटि दंडवत प्रणाम।

आपकी बेटी,

मंजु हैत

Mañju Haita (aspiring disciple)
Māyāpur, India

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

Though I am not qualified to talk about you Guru Mahārāja, I as a fallen disciple would like to share my realisations by offering a tons of obeisances to lotus feet of you.

I am very much grateful to you for your mercy on me as an aspiring disciple, though I am not qualified. Kindly bestow your blessings and mercy in order for me to grow in my spiritual life. I am really unfortunate, as I am not able to follow four regulative principles as I surrendered to māyā. I am really struggling to give up onion and garlic and follow Ekādaśīs, as my whole family is surrendered to māyā. I am also struggling to develop faith and love for Kṛṣṇa and you, though we are reading inspiring spiritual books like Gaurāṅga, spiritual master and disciple, Śrī Jagannātha.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, my whole family need your mercy and blessings in order to cut the knot of māyā and grow in our spiritual life, so that I can serve you and Gaurāṅga. I am really happy, and inspired by the way you associate with the disciples worldwide via different channels and preaching Kṛṣṇa conscious though you were severely affected by Corona.

On this auspicious occasion of Your Vyāsa-pūjā, I pray to lotus feet of Supreme Lord to provide stable health and increase your duration in this material world so that you can deliver more conditioned souls like us and show the spiritual path.

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Your aspiring disciples,

Mañjunāth, Shantala (wife), Prema (mother), Ashray (son)

New Rājāpur Jagannātha, Bangalore

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Guru and Śrīla Prabhupāda!

You are ocean of mercy, very friendly, very kind to everyone, very compassionate, so loving and caring.

Always thinking of others. Giving everyone unconditional love.

You go out of your way to help others even if you don’t know them.

You are a perfect spiritual Father, perfect guru, perfect brother, perfect son and perfect friend. I love you very much. I am very much blessed and most most fortunate in the universe to have your association and be your daughter.

Thank you very much for making my life so colorful, thank you very much for making my spiritual life good.

Thank you very much for accepting fallen souls like me who have no qualifications.

Thank you very much for giving me everything, things which I don’t deserve at all you gave me so easily, which is very difficult to obtain.

Please bless me so that I can serve you nicely, follow your instructions nicely and associate with you eternally.

Your most fallen servant,

Manohariṇī Gandharvikā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Mumbai, India

Todas las glorias a Su divina Gracia Śrīla Prabhupāda

Todas las glorias a Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami.

Le ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto.

Quiero agradecerle por haber aceptado darme refugio en sus pies de loto e inspirarme cada día. Por iluminar nuestras vidas y preservar nuestra fé.

Por mantenerme siempre ocupada en el servicio devocional.

Su sirviente,

Manohariṇi Vṛndā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)
 

My Dear Spiritual Father (Guru Mahārāja),

Please accept my respectful obeisances on the occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā.

The quality of your devotion to spread the glories of Śrīla Prabhupāda and the saṅkīrtana movement of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu are beyond our ability to understand and properly glorify.

You have shown us how we should be dedicated to serving Guru and Gaurāṅga, how we should be following your footsteps.

Prabhupāda said, “You was an associate of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in your previous life and in this life you will make more than 10,000 disciples”.

Your unstoppable service, astonishing determination to preach in all circumstances even after your operation you were ready to take GBC calls as usual.

You delivering, the very same message of Vyāsadeva to the fallen conditioned souls like me.

I am indebted to my beloved spiritual master for taking me out from the material ocean and accepting me into your fold as worthy recipient of your mercy.

If we want to see Kṛṣṇa, we can see in your heart Guru Mahārāja.

Your Servant,
Mathurā Prāṇa Mādhava Dāsa (dīkṣa)
ISKCON Dhanbad, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

My Dearest Spiritual Father,

All Glories to Your auspicious appearance day

All Glories to Your Lotus Feet

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Gaurāṅga,

I am so happy to write this email to you, my dear Guru Mahārāja, for Your special Appearance day.

We are so blessed that you took birth in this mortal world to help fallen souls like us. It’s only because of your mercy, that we can even think of crossing this vast material ocean.

Guru Mahārāja, You have taken so much trouble to help all the fallen souls who come to your lotus feet to get your blessings and protection. I always pray to Kṛṣṇa to help me become your good disciple, so I can become capable of serving you in any way.

It would be my good fortune to serve my spiritual father, who has given me a new life, a new spiritual name and brought me closer to Kṛṣṇa.

I always think of my new name that you have given me, it’s a beautiful, beautiful name. The perfect name that I could have wished for. When you were announcing my name after taking dīkśa from you, I was so excited to hear what name you have decided for me. Thank you so much Guru Mahārājajī for thinking of such a beautiful name for me.

I feel a spiritual connection with you, like a daughter feels for her father. I wish you always stay healthy and happy. Since you’re our Guru, your representative of Kṛṣṇa, so I have no doubts that Kṛṣṇa is always walking by your side, holding your hand and personally protecting you all the time.

I just want your blessings to become a good devotee of Your and Kṛṣṇa’s Lotus feet. It is only because of your mercy I can think of reaching my destination.

Please accept my heartfelt obeisances and prayers at Your Lotus feet.

I wish and hope to see you soon in my life.

More than that I wish that you stay happy with me as your disciple and that I don’t ever disappoint you in my spiritual journey.

I hope I can be of any service to Your Lotus feet.

Obeisances to Your Lotus Feet!

Obeisances to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Gaurāṅga!

Your eternal servant

Mati Rādhā Rāṇī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)

Gurugram, India

Please accept my humble obeisance’s, all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All glories to you on your most auspicious Vyāsa-pūjā!

It has been just under 1 year since I took formal initiation. When I reflect on my short time in Kṛṣṇa consciousness I can only thank you for your causeless mercy, your never-ending inspiration, your kindness and your constant guidance.

I am very much a work in progress, trying daily to keep strong and focused on my service with the hope I can help share Kṛṣṇa Consciousness with others.

I have had huge support from Sevā Priyā Devī Dāsī who has reached out and held my hand during this first year. She has been the epitome of warmth, love and care. The same warmth, love and care I feel from you. I can only pray I can take a fraction of this and give to others.

I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity. I pray I can make you proud.

Your spiritual daughter,

Mayapureśvarī Lakṣmīpriyā devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances at your Divine Lotus feet

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All Glories to Your Divine Grace

Wish you a very happy Vyāsapūjā Śrīla Guru Mahārāja

First and foremost, I would like to express my sincerest, heartfelt gratitude to you Śrīla Guru Mahārāja for accepting me as your disciple.

Thank you for participating as the chief guest in the International online quiz competition results held during Śrīla Prabhupāda’s 125th appearance day anniversary celebration, on Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Vyāsa-pūjā day in spite of your busy schedule on that day. It was very wonderful how you interacted with every winner and made it a very pleasant experience for everyone who took part in the competition and participated in the prize distribution session.

Heard from His Grace Śrīnāthajī Prabhu that Śrīla Prabhupāda said that you are the personal associate of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. I am so fortunate to be your disciple and having got connected to the illustrious Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Paramparā through you Śrīla Guru Mahārāja.

Just like Mahāprabhu is mahāvadānyāya, most merciful, who appeared to deliver all the fallen souls without seeing their qualification and whose appearance is coming up in next 3 days on 18th March, I am thinking how you are travelling all over the world to deliver Kṛṣṇa consciousness to all. As I am writing this homage, you have reached Dāmodara deśa and are planning your trip to the US to get the green card so that you can regularly visit the US for preaching and making devotees all around the world.

We are reciting one verse from Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Caitanya Caritāmṛta and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s daily quote every day during Brahma Muhurta and we are doing congregational chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra everyday along with you Śrīla Guru Mahārāja in our JSSS online brāhma-muhūrta program.

Every Ekādaśi, we are reciting Gītā Māhātmya, Gītā Dhyānam, 108 important ślokas of Bhagavad-gītā with translation and all the 700 verses of the Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā and one round of congregational chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahāmantra. Around 100 devotees joined on Gītā Jayantī and around 20 devotees join every Ekādaśī.

Please bless me that I may always engage in your service, in service to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Guru Paramparā in an unmotivated and uninterrupted way for the pleasure of Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.

Your spiritual daughter,

Medhāvinī Sakhī Devī Dāsī
Mumbai, India

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Please accept my humble obeseinces unto your lotus feet...

Whenever I hear Glorification of Guru Mahārāja, I gets tears in my eyes... He is beyond words...

May He always remain healthy...

Meenakshi Verma (aspiring disciple)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Dear Dear Guru Mahārāja, My dear Eternal Father, My dear eternal Spiritual Master!

Please accept my respectful and most humble obeisances at Your divine lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to You, my eternal father and spiritual master!

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

Dear Spiritual Master, I used to stay very disturbed before coming into Kṛṣṇa consciousness because of many material things. I was staying in Gurugram India at that time.

I mostly felt insignificant and useless while staying there and was struggling with many domestic issues (which are still there, but not effecting me up to that extend)

Then with Kṛṣṇa’s mercy - came in contact of one of your disciples who was like ray hope in that darkness. Slowly I had started chanting 2 rounds. I started chanting 16 rounds. Once, out of deep hopelessness - I beg to Lord Kṛṣṇa for showing me path in my life which was full of darkness and ignorance. And Lord Kṛṣṇa answered my prayers in the form of spiritual master.

Suddenly one day I came to know that You are going to visit us through zoom. But I felt your presence in our home and that day you declared for shelter and aspirations. After that I enquired about my eligibility for your divine shelter from my mentor. She inspired me to take shelter.

Guru Mahārāja, I strongly feel that Guru himself chose his disciple (not disciple chose his/her Guru).

Although I have no qualifications to become your disciple Guru Mahārāja and to connect to this glorious Guru paramparā but Dear Guru Mahārāja you are so merciful that you had accepted me in your shelter. I am really grateful and thankful to you Guru Mahārāja. And I AM EAGERLY WAITING FOR THAT DAY WHEN I WILL GET DĪKṢĀ FROM YOU. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE accept me as your disciple.

Today on you Vyāsa Pūjā, I pray to Kṛṣṇa to bless You with a long long life, so that You can fulfill all the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda and engage fallen souls like me in the service of Śrīla Prabhupāda and the Guru paramparā. Your magnanimity knows no bounds, it extends all over this planet and may be to other planets... By just one merciful glance of yours, You can transform the lives of fallen people like me.

Thank you, my dear Spiritual Father, for being there for me at every step. I strongly feel your divine presence in my life and waiting for your mercy in the form of Dīkṣā.

I beg You to bless me and my family that we can serve you and Śrīla PRABHUPĀDA every moment and dedicate our life to bringing happiness to You and Gaurāṅga. Please bless so that we can do best use of our human life to please you and Lord Gaurāṅga.

HARI HARI!

YOUR very very very insignificant servant,

Your daughter,

Meenu Bhardwaj (aspiring disciple)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obesiance unto your lotus feet,

All glories to guru and Gaurāṅga, all glories to you. I am not qualified to say about your glories even I am trying to do so, if there is any mistake please pardon me and give me blessings to express few words regarding your glories.

Guru Mahārāja, your glories are par - excellence, how you have proved yourself by fulfilling the desire of spiritual master, how nicely giving your full effort to fulfill the desire of your spiritual master by making TOVP. Of course, there are so many hurdles coming in your paths, but you never bewildered by such, because of your determination of serving his spiritual master by all means. However I get shelter of your lotus feet and practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness, but I got bewildered many time and losing taste in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, even knowing that māyā is so strong. So please bless me Guru Mahārāja, I can practice devotional service so nicely and always try to get association of nice devotees.
Guru Mahārāja, you are the inspiration for me and coming generations, being affected by so many health issues, you are carrying the order of Prabhupāda so nicely. So please bless me.

Megha Gupta (aspiring disciple)

Hare krishna dear Gurumaharāj

Please accept my humble and respectable obeisances unto your divine lotus feet

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

I am very happy to glorify you Gurumaharāj on this auspicious day. Last year I was your sheltered disciple. But this year, By your mercy you accepted me as your spiritual daughter. Everytime i feel your presence in my life Gurumaharāj . You saved me from the greatest danger and every time when i do any service i think of you and asking question to myself whether it pleases you. I want to dedicate my whole life to pleasing you and assist you in Mahāprabhūs mission. You came to my life at right time and make me to understand about the purpose of my life. Whenever i need your guidance you immediately guiding me Gurumaharāj i always feel you are very near to me and watching over my thoughts and actions. Recently you said that developing love for Kṛṣṇa is most pleasing you. Please bless me Gurumaharāj by your mercy i will also develop love for God and pleasing you is my goal of my life. Your instructions are my life and soul and sometimes i think whether it's possible everytime you prove me that by the mercy of Guru and Kṛṣṇa everything could be possible. Please forgive me for all my mistakes Gurumaharāj and enlighten me always, please keep me always under your shelter Gurumaharāj . My deepest prayer to the lord is your good health Gurumaharāj and my prayer to krsna is whatever my Gurumaharāj desires please fulfill that because i never seen anyone like you in my life and i won't see in future also. All the times i feel your presence in my life is the mercy of Śrīla Prabhupāda and previous Ācāryas. 

I am very indebted to repay you Gurumaharāj. Please shower your mercy on this unfortunate soul so i can be able to complete the tasks alloted to me. Thank you so much Gurumaharāj for always being in my life and guiding me in every situation. 

Your insignificant humble servant

Minākṣī Vraja Gopī Devī Dāsī
India (Chennai)

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to guru and Gaurāṅga!

This is Mithilā Kumārī sītā devī dāsī, initiated, from Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa.

Please bless me so that I will not do any aparādhas to any jīvas

Please bless me, so that i will improve my devotional service to yourself and paramparā.

Long live to save more souls at your service

Mitila kumari sītā devī dāsī
Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

 

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Please except my humble obeisances Guru Mahārāja,

I’m happy To connect with your ISKCON Whitefield disciples Guru Mahārāja they are very nice devotees I’m inspired to take initiation from you Guru Mahārāja already I’m taken your shelter Guru Mahārāja,

I want to serve in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission I want to read Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books nicely I want to preach, I want to distribute Prabhupāda’s books, I want to do cow’s sevā Guru Mahārāja, please bless me give me that intelligence, strength, and strong determination Guru Mahārāja, I want to pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa

Mohan Kumar (aspiring disciple)
ISKCON Whitefield, Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. Śrīls Prabhupāda often emphasizes on the statements of our Acharyas like Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, “yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo...”. You are an embodiment of this ultimate principle of surrender to Śrī guru and Gaurāṅga. Your service to Guru and Gaurāṅga is ceaseless, irrespective of TPC(even in hospitals), “ ahaituky apratihatā...”.

By the mercy of Guru and Gaurāṅga, somehow I have joined ISKCON Māyāpur as brahmacārī. But because of my bodily/mental conditionings (speculation), anarthas, I have been unable to surrender to the Preaching Mission. Since this preaching movement is so pleasing to your divine grace, ācāryas and Lord Gaurāṅga, I want to dedicate myself completely. You desired in one of your talks to IYF Māyāpur, to connect to 1 lakh youths... Kindly bless this ignorant soul so that I can become a humble instrument in the hands of your sincere servants engaged in executing this desire.

Your lowly servant,

Mohana Rādhāpati 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

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

I offer my 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.

I wish you a very happy Vyāsa-pūjā and pray to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī for many happy returns of this auspicious day.

Guru Mahārāja we had a very tough time last year year because of your Daughter’s Health issue, but this year because of your causeless mercy we are able to overcome it with less anxiety.

Guru Mahārāja you have been always been inspiring us with your service to Guru and Gaurāṅga, but we fallen souls are so engrossed in our routine material activities that we have forgotten our real purpose of our life.

Guru Mahārāja it is only because of your association and association of our senior devotees, we are engaged in some menial services of preaching. This Year Guru Mahārāja we are happy to inform you that 4of our Bhakti-vṛkṣa members have taken Śrīla Prabhupāda ashraya,1 devotee has taken Kṛṣṇa-upāsaka and 1family Kṛṣṇa-sevaka and during this year’s transcendental Book marathon with the help of senior devotees and our Bv members could distribute close to 200 books.

Guru Mahārāja I please, please beg upon you to kindly bless us to become Qualified, Sincere and serious in your service. My only ray of hope is you Guru Mahārāja because I know that if not your blessings I would have written by this time in this material world.

On this auspicious day, I pray to remain a speck of dust at your lotus feet, O my beloved Guru-Mahārāja. Wishing you the most wonderful Vyāsa-pūjā 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 servants

Mohanarūpa Madhusūdhana dāsa (dīkṣa)

Sucāru sudevī dāsī

Deepika

Śrī Śrī Narasiṁha Giridhari Mandir, Bangalore, India
 

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Vanchaa Kalpa Tarubhyascha Kripa Sindhubhya evacha
Pateetanam Paavanebhyo Vaishnavebhyo NamoNamaha.


My Dear Spiritual father, you are the most precious gift to us from Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Please accept our respectable obeisance at the dust of your Lotus Feet.​​​​

Please accept our offerings for your 73rd Appearance Day (Vyāsa-pūjā) celebrations.

First I thank all Vaiṣṇavas who all encouraged us in spiritual path, with their soft and sweet hearts and connecting us in Śrīla Prabhupāda Family.

I thank all my śīkṣā-gurus, godbrothers and godsisters who all helped us to bond relationship with you.

Years 2021 and 2022 are also the memorable years in our lives because we had your darśana in Māyāpur during Kartik on the occasion of Bhīṣma-Pañchaka. I had opportunity to have your darśana and observed Bhīṣma-pañcaka in your presence in Gītā Bhavan, Māyāpur during our Kārtika-yātrā conducted by Vijayawada Temple.

In this year, we got an opportunity to preach Bhagavad-gītā and also got service of Bhoga Cooking for Jagannātha Deities. We are also given service of nitya-sevā by our śīkṣā-guru (temple authorities). We beg you to give more mercy and strength in doing our services to Lordships Rādhā Śyāmasundara, Jagannātha, Baladeva Subhadrā Mayī and understand the mood of śīkṣā-guru, give strength to us in performing all the services given by our śīkṣū-guru, have spiritual advancement in our life’s and be instruments in Śrīla Prabhupāda Mission.

Thus every second in our life you are showing way and uplifting us. Please Guru Mahārāja kindly strengthens us all in doing sadhana and Kṛṣṇa-sevā. Also bless us that we may please Guru and Kṛṣṇa.

By your mercy, Vaiṣṇavas gave a chance to translate newsletter in Telegu and my father was doing that service through which my parents are also getting your association. Please, Please Guru Mahārāja I beg for your mercy so that my daughter and son also advance in spiritual life.

Our temple management team constructed a New Jagannātha Centre in Vijayawada city. They are expanding their services in Vijayawada by different preaching programs… Please empower them in fulfilling Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. Please bless me and all my family members to be instruments in Śrīla Prabhupāda Mission.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, I am completely filled with anarthas and able to understand my mistakes, but I am helpless to uplift myself from those anarthas. So kindly uplift my conscious levels and bless me to render services selflessly to Hari Guru and Vaiṣṇavas in this lifetime.


Thank you for giving me this opportunity to share inner words of my heart. Please accept our offerings and also forgive if any mistakes in conveying since I am not good in English.

Yours,
Dāsa Dāsa Dasanu Dasas,
Keśava Vraja Kiśora Dāsa (Dīkṣa)
Mohinī Rūpa Mādhavī Devī Dāsī
Indra Sai Śrī Pravallika
Nagsiva Sai Manideep.
Vijayawada

oṁ ajñana timirandasya/ jñanam jñanam salakaya
caksur unmilitam jñena tasmai/ śrī gurave namah

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

Dear Guru Mahārāja and our beloved spiritual father

Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas!

Please accept our humble obeisance unto your Lotus Feet

All glories to Guru Mahārāja!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga!

Hare Kṛṣṇa, O dear father and spiritual master, kindly bestow your mercy so that I can write something to glorify you.

It is really beyond my ability and comprehension to be able to write about Your Holiness but with your mercy I will try my best sincerely.

Guru Mahārāja, you provide an in-exhaustible source of continuous inspiration and amazement with your personal transcendental pastimes. We are so fortunate to come to understand this through a variety of communication channels established by you.

In a recently organized JSSS meeting of Delhi NCR disciples, we got an opportunity to hear about Your amazing pastimes narrated by one of your serving doctor disciples. We were all wonder-struck with your attitude of utmost sincerity and dedication to serve and preach others in spite of your own such critical physical conditions and other virtually impossible circumstances.

Now just to recount one of the personal realization- around 3 months before, your spiritual daughter and my life companion – Viśākhā Sevinī devī dāsī, after hearing the realizations from one of your disciples, desired in her mind to receive a gift of Your Personal Socks. To her great amazement, her wish was fulfilled automatically, without being discussed with any one, by your dear personal servant His Grace Mādhava Kānta Prabhujī who gifted one of your socks to her on his own.

We come to know of so many of Your wonderful reciprocations with the devotees that we feel simply so fortunate and blessed to be counted among your disciples.

Also, Your Caitanya-līlā classes and Question-Answer sessions particularly, provide an insight into almost all aspects of bhakti and sevā and clears all doubts in our minds. It encourages and inspires all of us, your disciples, to remain fixed in our devotional services.

Guru Mahārāja, you have been suffering on account of sins committed by us, your disciples. Kindly bestow your mercy on us so that we can avoid all offences and sins. Also, kindly bless us so that we can continue to serve you faithfully.

We feel completely blessed and fortunate that you have so mercifully accepted us as your disciples. We can only pray for your continued wellbeing and mercy for giving us an opportunity to serve you in whatever way possible.

Finally, we just humbly and earnestly pray to the Lord Shri Kṛṣṇa, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Lord Śrī Lakṣmī Prahlāda Narasiṁhadeva, Lord Śrī Caitanya and Nityānanda Mahāprabhu and Śrīla Prabhupāda, for fulfilling your cherished dream of being able to dance in ecstasy and bless all of us, your blessed disciples to witness this with our own eyes.

Submitted unto the lotus feet of Guru Mahārāja, Your Holiness Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja.

Your Humble servants,

Mṛdula Govinda dāsa, Viśākhā Sevinī devī dāsī

Sweta Agrawal (daughter) – Sheltered, Ashish Agrawal (son) – Aspirant,
Gurgaon, India

 

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

I wholeheartedly pray to the Supreme Lord that He may allow you to render sincere services unto Him for so many years to come as many many fallen souls are in need of you Guru Mahārāja.

Your humble servant,

Murali Hastha Kṛṣṇa Das

Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa (Kozhikode)

My Beloved Guru Mahārāja

First and foremost, please accept my respected Praṇāmas unto your lotus feet with a sincere prayers that Lord Narasiṁha may protect you all the while and you remain healthy. As, your health benefits not only you but many fallen souls like me. Through your causeless mercy you tirelessly picked insignificant and fallen souls to transform them to the path of perfection. Immense devotees had that privilege and my sincere prayers to the Lord that your mood and mission to spread Lord Caitanya’s message be continued eternally.

With your mood to serve the fallen you had really proved the scriptural injunction that we are not the body but the soul, and who else could do this service tireless in spite of the fact your limbs are uncooperating with your body

Guru Mahārāja with your permission and blessings with the cooperation of some devotees I could start a ISKCON center and community project in Kanjkode. To start with, upon relinquishing my middle east profession I started preaching in a local temple and most of the being totally from a very low-profile society, with your mercy molding them was easy and they all started chanting, some reading and observing Ekādasī vrata etc. second step, we constructed a preaching hall In our colony and now the preaching is going full swing. Book distribution, nagara saṅkīrtana. etc are still not able to do to the extend we need to do. Hence, I seek your blessings so that these tasks be benefited to the local mass. In this connection I am trying my level best to fetch a saṅkīrtana van. As of now our Sunday classes, 40 to 50 devotees are attending and all are new.

Now I am relentlessly trying to collect money for our new temple project for which I sincerely seek your blessings so that many locals be benefitted with the manifestation of this temple. Please bless me to support your mission of spreading the messages of Lord Caitanya. April 3 is the first anniversary of our Kanjkode preaching Hall and I sincerely seek your presences and blessings so that many get inspired with your presence.

Guru Mahārāja I am trying my level best to serve the Guru and Gaurāṅga and my life has been completely dedicated for this purpose, but still my chanting is not perfect and satisfactory. Please bless me so that I could get the taste of Holy name.

I have lot of desires and duties to be fulfilled in our Kanjikode project and without your causeless mercy I cannot do anything. Hence, I am falling at your lot us feet with a sincere prayers and request I be blessed to perform this task so that this be grown to a full-fledged center.

Your humble servant,

Murāri Gaurāṅga dāsa

ISKCON Kanjikode

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet....

Guru Mahārāja you are such a merciful soul, always ready to give Kṛṣṇa to each and every soul as I remember when you are in a hospital you encourage staff members to chant even your health is not in a good condition. I am very much amazed by seeing how you are attending a zoom session everyday and give your mercy to the devotees in their various occasions like appearance day, anniversary etc.

At last I pray to you please bless such a fallen soul like me and my family so that I follow your instructions whole heartedly and help in Caitanya mahāprabhu mission selflessly.

Yours,
Nādia Lakṣmīpriya Devī Dāsī

Ghaziabad, India

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Respectable Gurudeva,

I, with my husband Nāgaśayana Govinda Dāsa, am offering our respectful obeisance at your lotus feet. We are doing our services under the able guidance of His Grace Caitanya Avatārī Prabhu, the temple president of New Rājāpur Jagannātha Dhāma, Bangalore, India. Earlier, we were staying 25 kms away from the temple, hence we were not able to do practical services on a regular basis at the temple. Now, we have shifted to temple premises and are getting more services. Though my husband is a serious devotee and doing a lot of practical sevā, yet he should develop his interest in reading sastras. By your blessings, it is possible. After reading śāstra, we get to know a lot of things and our faith towards the process will be amplified and our service attitude will be right. Please bless us, so that my son and daughter-in-law join this movement and make their life successful.

Yours spiritual son and daughter,

Nāgaśayana Govinda Dāsa and Paurṇāmasī Sakhī Devī Dāsī

New Rājāpur Jagannātha Dhāmaa,

Magadi Main Road,

Bangalore (India)

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Please accept our most Respectful obeisances.

Guru Mahārāja, you have given us the golden opportunity to go back to Godhead, in this very lifetime.

Guru Deva, we are very insignificant, fallen conditioned souls. We don’t have any qualification to glorify you. We seek your blessings at your lotus feet. For our own purification and spiritual progress, we are trying to glorify with few words.

Guru Mahārāja, in this health condition you are travelling all over the world tirelessly to fulfil the Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission and save the fallen souls like us.

With your mercy, wherever we are, whatever the material situation, we could able to do our daily sādhana such as follow the four regulative principles, sixteen rounds chanting, Fasting on auspicious days such as Ekadashi day, Gaura Pūrṇimā and Janmāṣṭamī day etc.

Please bless us to do our sadhana attentively and qualitatively.

I don’t know how to glorify you. We pray Lord Kṛṣṇa; please give good health and strength to Guru Mahārāja to save more fallen souls like us.

Śrīla Guru Mahārāja kī jaya!

Śrīla Prabhupāda kī jaya!

Nitāi Gaura Premānande!

Seeking your blessings at your Lotus Feet,

Your humble servants,

Nagendra Govinda Dāsa,
Kalindhī Siromaṇī Devī Dāsī,
Saitharun Manimaran
ISKCON Pondicherry

Querido Guru Mahārāja, por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias, todas las glorias para usted.

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

“Nací en la más oscura ignorancia y mi maestro espiritual está abriendo mis ojos con la antorcha del conocimiento transcendental, a él le ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias.”

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

“Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.”

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.”

En este día tan auspicioso, con toda sinceridad ofrezco mi insignificante homenaje a tus pies de loto.

Guru Mahārāja, usted es la persona que realmente necesito, hay familia, parientes y muchos amigos, pero la persona que realmente necesito eres usted.

Llegué a darme cuenta de esto recientemente, que nadie realmente me necesita. Es posible que quieran asociarse conmigo durante algún tiempo o que quieran utilizarme para algo, pero no siempre me necesitan ni quieren estar conmigo. Yo tampoco necesito a nadie. Sólo si me ayudan a desarrollar amor por Kṛṣṇa su asociación es realmente necesaria y debemos permanecer en esa asociación todo el tiempo, de una forma u otra uno debe permanecer en la asociación de devotos.

Śrīla Prabhupāda dijo que permaneciendo juntos y cooperando con los devotos seremos fuertes en nuestra conciencia de Kṛṣṇa y al separarnos y pensar que podemos hacerlo por nuestra cuenta, que somos lo suficientemente fuertes, eso nos hará ser víctimas de māyā.

Querido Guru Mahārāja, gracias por su guía constante.

Su insignificante discípulo

Nanda Jīvana Kṛṣṇa Dāsa.
Māyāpur, India

পরম পূজ্যপাদ গুরু মহারাজ,

আপনার শ্রীপাদপদ্মে আমার শতকোটি প্রণাম। আমি দু মাস আগে আপনার চরণ আশ্রিত হয়েছি। আমার পুত্রতুল্য  শিক্ষা গুরু রূপরাজ রামদাস এর কাছে এবং কিছু কিছু ইউটিউব ভিডিওতে আপনার গুণ কীর্তন শুনেছি। আমি অবাক হয়ে যাই যে আপনি আমাদের মত অধম ব্যক্তিদের জন্য কি না করছেন। এত শরীরের অসুবিধা সত্বেও প্রতিটি মানুষকে ভগবানের কাছে ফিরিয়ে নিয়ে যাবার জন্য অক্লান্ত পরিশ্রম করে চলেছেন। বর্তমানে অল্প বয়সেই মানুষ রোগগ্রস্ত হয়ে পড়ছে ,বৃদ্ধকালে আরো কষ্ট পাবে। কলিযুগে কষ্টের শেষ নেই। কিন্তু কৃষ্ণের নামকীর্তন করলে যে আনন্দের সীমা থাকে না এবং সমস্ত নিরানন্দ দূরে যায় তা আপনি আমাদের দেখিয়ে দিয়েছেন। গোলকের প্রেম ধন হরিনাম সংকীর্তন ছাড়া যে কলিযুগের কোন মানুষের গতি নেই তা আমরা আপনার কথায় উপলব্ধি করতে পারছি। প্রকৃত জ্ঞান বলতে আত্ম তত্ত্ব জ্ঞান লাভ করাকেই বোঝায় তা আপনি আমাদের বুঝিয়েছেন। আবার আপনার চরণ কমলে শতকোটি প্রণাম জানিয়ে আপনার কৃপা প্রার্থনা করি।

ইতি আপনার একান্ত অনুগত সেবিকা,
শ্রীমতী নন্দিতা দাস।

 

परम पूजनीय गुरु महाराज की जय!

जगतगुरु श्रील प्रभुपाद की जय!

परम पूजनीय गुरु महाराज मैं आपके श्री चरण कमलों में सादर प्रणाम करता हूं|

गुरु महाराज मैं तुच्छ पतित जीव आपके अनंत गुणों का अपने इस छोटे से मुख से आपका क्या गुणगान कर सकता हूं गुरु महाराज आपके दर्शन मात्र से हमें भक्ति में दृढ़ होने की शक्ति प्राप्त होती है गुरु महाराज जब भी हम आपकी कोई बुक पढ़ते हैं या कोई लेक्चर सुनते हैं या आपकी कोई क्लास अटेंड करते हैं तो इससे हमें भक्ति में आगे बढ़ने के लिए और भक्ति में दृढ़ होने की प्रेरणा मिलती है गुरु महाराज जिस प्रकार आप जेपीएस केयर टीम के माध्यम से प्रत्येक भक्त से जुड़ कर उनके भक्ति के जीवन में आने वाली सभी समस्याओं का समाधान करते हैं और उन्हें भक्ति में आगे बढ़ने के लिए प्रेरित करते हैं और आप अपनी शारीरिक अक्षमता के बावजूद भी प्रत्येक भक्त की सहायता के लिए इतने आतुर रहते हैं इस से पता चलता है कि गुरु महाराज कितने करुणामई है वह अपने भक्तों के लिए कितनी करुणा रखते हैं गुरु महाराज का यह स्वभाव हमें बहुत प्रभावित करता है गुरु महाराज हम पर इतनी कृपा कीजिए कि

हम आपको अपनी सेवा के माध्यम से प्रश्न कर पाए|
धन्यवाद
आपका तुच्छ दासानू दासानू दास

नंदकिशोर

Nandkishore (sheltered disciple)
Māyāpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

All Glories to Your Auspicious Appearance Day,

Please accept my humble obeisance’s at your lotus feet and bless this insignificant servant to continue in serving you to fulfil the desire of Śrīla Prabhupāda of spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness all over the world.

Dear Guru Mahārāja...

I am not qualified to glorify your ocean of glories,

But by your mercy only I can express something.

Recently Guru Mahārāja got sick and not able to speak also, in that condition He is Extending Himself and ready to attend GBC Meetings from the hospital bed.

This Shows the level of intensity to Serve Guru and Kṛṣṇa and Pleasing Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja as I was promising you that from last two years, I am trying to preach youth and putting the efforts on my level best Guru Mahārāja, by your mercy.

Please bless me Guru Mahārāja So, that I can Spread your glories.

All glories to Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Always seeking your blessing and Mercy.

Your Spiritual Son,

N. Venkatesh (shelter disciple),
Tirupati, India

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

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto Your lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace! All glories to Your beloved spiritual master ISKCON Founder Ācārya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda!!

Guru Mahārāja on this auspicious occasion of the Vyāsa-pūjā, I beg you to be merciful to me as I hold your lotus feet and beg pardon for all the offenses I committed knowingly and unknowingly.

I still remember the day when you came to Bengaluru and I got an opportunity to serve you and your servants personally under the guidance of Bengaluru temple leaders. I was very fortunate to be able to serve you even though it is for a very limited time.

You are full of good qualities. I came to know many glories about you Guru Mahārāja while attending the JSSS classes given by so many senior devotees including Māhavarāha prabhu, Mani Gopāla prabhu, Varada Kṛṣṇa prabhu, etc. They shared their personal realizations with you and that even moved my heart.

I learned how much you gave importance to the devotee caring. There were many examples that prove this. In one JSSS class, Māhavarāha prabhu mentioned one incident where how you personally touched the gṛhastha couple in Moscow, who was not agreeing and not understanding each other. And I learned in the middle of the night, you were explaining to the devotee husband the importance of the family relationship without caring about your health. Also, Guru Mahārāja, you personally have set up the JPS care team to take care of the disciples and have a personal connection with you and each of us.

I also learned how you are having the mood of preaching while you are getting yourself treated in hospital and having compassion for other fellow patients who you don't know, how you used to preach to nurses and doctors and make them chant and read Bhagavad Gītā.

A pure devotee sees everything in relationship to Kṛṣṇa. He does not see anything which is not connected to Kṛṣṇa. You also connect and see Kṛṣṇa in everything. During the pandemic period, you told us to preach to people so that they will chant the holy names of the Lord by making them chant Hare Kṛṣṇa or by making them unknowingly making them chant indirectly like by saying Go-ran-go (Gaurāṅga).

I pray that I may also develop such qualities and mercy so that I can also grow together with other devotees by your mercy.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, I really thank you for accepting me as your spiritual son and giving me shelter and being a guiding force for me. I pray that you bestow your causeless mercy to me so that we can expand this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement and try to carry out the instructions Śrīla Prabhupāda gave to you. I also pray to you so that I may become as dedicated and serious as my seniors wish and my heart gets cleansed of all material desires and my also desire to be engaged in your service.

Your servant,

Narasiṁharūpa Caitanya dāsa,

Kochi, Kerala

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda 

All glories to Guru Maharāja 

 

Dear Guru Maharāja, 

Obeisances on your lotus feet

 

Guru Mahārāja I was very fortunate, I got many online seva opportunities last year, like taking kids Bhagavad Gītā class, Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class (in a story format), Rāmāyana and ladies BG class. Also I have taken some youth classes as well. It happened due to your endless mercy on disciples like me. 

As a child we do not realise what the father and mother going through and they are the best well wisher, their blessings always help us in going forward in life. Similarly may be initially it is hard to convince our mind that it’s not ME but your blessings through which we can able to do our sevas properly and achieve our spiritual goals but in due course of time we realise that it's ONLY YOU and no one else. So now I try to meditate and thank you after each service. I want to always remain in such consciousness though it’s quite difficult and even to achieve this i again need your blessings. To be precise, we always and always need you guru maharaja for whatever tiny endeavours we perform. 

Guru Mahārāja I need your mercy to get more sevas and trying to invest more time in KC including the household chores. I also want to do quality chanting.

I only and only have one desire now that my prabhu and a five year old son also become devotees. My prabhu chants 16 rounds and had taken Prabhupāda Āśraya, please bless him also Mahārāja in his spiritual journey.

My prayers for your health and strength though you have Mahāprabhu's direct mercy but being a child I always pray for your well being. 

Your servant’s servant 

Nārāyaṇī Kṛpāmayī Devī Dāsī
India (Bengaluru) 

Please accept my respectful obeisances Guru Mahārāja. All glories to your 73 rd Vyāsa-pūjā Festival.

I find myself very fallen to glorify you Guru Mahārāja as you are a ocean of mercy and every word in your glorification is just a drop in front of huge ocean of mercy. Whenever I pronounce your name I thought of Victory Flag and feel that at the end of my life the success is guaranteed by your mercy. So, your name is only sufficient to make one feel the power of your mercy.

Last year you gave me blessings on my 22nd appearance day through Zoom meeting and you ask me to speak something. My mind was messed up of what to speak out, but I just wanted your blessings so that I can live life in such a way that I can serve you and the devotees upto my full capacity and bring as many as possible souls in devotional life and can contribute in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission.

I read how you were preaching in hospital in Chennai. You were distributing Bhagvad Gītā, made the doctors to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and even attending GBC meeting in hospital. This shows how much eager you are in directing the fallen souls like me towards the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa. This also shows that the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda are more than your life and soul. My feeble mind is unable to imagine this kind of mercy and sincerity. Please bless me Guru Mahārāja that atleast a drop of this sincerity comes to my life and then my life will be successful.

Being your disciple I find myself very fortunate and accepting me as a disciple by you is the biggest achievement of my life. This was only possible by the mercy of Ambala devotees and my sīkṣā guru that somehow I am able to reach your lotus feet. So, please bless me Guru Mahārāja that I can serve the devotees and follow your instructions sincerely life after life.

Yours insignificant servant

Naveen Sharma (sheltered disciple)
Ambala, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Maharāja

My prayers to Śrī Prahlāda Nṛśingadeva for you always

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet., I always inspired by your compassion towards so many rascals like me. It is you who are helping me out for my spiritual progress by the mercy of Gaura Nitāi. It is your mercy i got spritual birth by you in the year 2022. Seeking your blessings for how to love krsna and progressive devotional service and wish to support you in the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Your insignificant servant

Navīna Gopīnātha Dāsa
Bengaluru [Koramangala]

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānandaṁ mādhavaṁ śrī caitanya iśvaram

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto the dust of Your Lotus Feet and a very happy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā celebrations. My heartfelt obeisances to all your personal servants taking care of you day and night Guru Mahārāja.

I have so much love for you Guru Mahārāja but I am not following your instructions properly, I don’t know what kind of love is this. I am nowhere qualified to write a homage but as a daughter I wish to express my feelings to my loving father.

Before there was a lot of respect and affection but only by the karuna of corona and the daily association you gave Guru Mahārāja, I was able to develop the deep attachment for your lotus feet. The classes you deliver everyday and mainly the question-and-answer session has been helping me a lot both spiritually and materially.

Even though I don’t have that strength and qualification, it’s only because you desired that all your disciples have to do Bhakti-śāstrī, I am just trying to do the course. I wish I could complete the course and offer it to you Guru Mahārāja. And this year my book reading has improved a lot and a group of devotees are daily reading Prabhupāda books systematically.

While reading Bhāgavatam the happiness I am experiencing now is out of this world and when I come across some of the purports that Prabhupāda has given, I feel like embracing someone and I am just embracing Bhāgavatam Guru Mahārāja. It’s only by your mercy that my attachment to Śrīmad-bhāgavatam has increased a lot and I am able to relish the taste.

I can strongly say that only by the association of Bhāgavatam and your divine shelter I was able to withstand any situation in life and continue my devotional practice. But somehow, I feel so much separation from Rādhā Kṛṣṇa Candra and I beg your blessings that I can offer some little service to their Lordships following your instructions.

I offer my repeated obeisances for all your support, care and shelter. I am in a great need of spiritual strength and I wish that the strength to follow your instructions be bestowed upon me forever Guru Mahārāja. I am so much worried about your health and trying my level best to support you in any insignificant way I can.

Please forgive me for all my offenses and accept this humble offering at your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja.

All Glories to Your Holiness!
All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
All Glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

Your loving spiritual daughter,
Navīna Mādhavī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)
Guntur, India

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn 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 Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma.

On this auspicious occasion of your appearance, please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. Really I am not at all able to glorify you and your divine qualities, but I am glad to avail the opportunity and making an attempt to offer a few words.

*Dear Guru Mahārāja*,

I am so grateful and lucky enough to be on this path, so like to express my love and gratitude to Shree Gurudeva and beg his blessings for my spiritual journey, which is not possible without your blessings.

5 years ago, when I came to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, I heard about you and your glories, which touched my heart. After that, when you visited Bengaluru, I saw you twice, I was more impressed and from there several changes came in my life.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, inspite of a lot many health challenges, you are still engaged, 24 hours to give Kṛṣṇa Consciousness to many fallen souls like me. I had many critical problems earlier, still facing many, but because of your blessings, I with my husband get spiritual strength and stable in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Gurudeva, kindly bless me and my family (daughter- Khushi, son Nishant and spouse- Ramesh) to continue our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness in the association of devotees.

Your aspiring daughter,

Nidhi Kumari (aspiring disciple)

ISKCON NRJD, Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

As Śrīla Prabhupāda mentioned in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that there are two father in our life, one is our biological father and other one is our spiritual father, both are equally important and if our biological father is not responsible then spiritual father is there for us and we have to take shelter of our spiritual father, I can relate this particular statement with myself.
So dear spiritual father please guide me in every aspect of my life and take myself under your protection.

Recently during gaur mandala parikramā festival, I heard what you said to Vraja Vilas prabhu holding his hand that when he was going to complete this TOVP project and how you are waiting to perform Aarti in TOVP temple, you also mentioned that you are holding your life for this dream project of our predecessor Ācāryas.

Each second of your life is dedicated to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions and his missions.
You are source of inspiration for dull headed person like me who is not understanding the depth of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s movement, By listening to you may my faith on our predecessor ācārya would grow progressively and this way I can develop the mood of serving our paramparā system and follow the instructions given by our authority.

Your spiritual daughter,

Neha Kumari (sheltered disciple)

Jamshedpur, India

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my most humble obeisances,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories unto you!

Wish you a very happy and healthy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava Gurudeva.

All glories to your most auspicious appearance day!

I offer this most heartfelt poem at your lotus feet, kindly accept it Gurudeva if it so pleases you,

You are not an ordinary personality,
Dwelling in this material misery,

Rather your heart dwells only at the lotus feet of “Rādhā Mādhava”
And your speech always ornamented with utterance of “Gaurāṅga”

Your life is not less than a miraculous feat,
Gurudeva, you reside in the centre of my heart’s seat,

I know I have been rebellious many lifetimes,
Not wanting to hold you strongly, to cross this nescience,

Having suffered enough, the material pangs,
I promise this time not to budge away from your merci-filled glance,

How much do I owe you, I can’t fathom,
Not a single day goes by, without you imparting spiritual wisdom,

You are a true representative of Lord Nityānanda,
Your presence bestows one with supreme ānanda,

You bare physical difficulties so graciously,
Distributing holy names wherever you are, tirelessly,

In awakened state you fulfill the desires of Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Whilst asleep, your tongue always chants the holy japa,

Gurudeva, one can learn so much from your example,
That how impossible can become possible,

I only wish to see you stand again on your feet,
A sight so sublime and sweet,

That will be the perfection of my eyes,
And this is what I always wish and visualize,

May each day be more healthier for you,
And I pray for you to continue,

Continue to give your association to most fallen one like me,
Gurudeva, there is no end to your glory!

All glories, all glories, all glories unto you
This fallen daughter always wants to hold onto you!

Your Fallen Spiritual Daughter,

Nīla Rādhe Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Nashik - India

nāma 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 Gurumaharāja,

Please accept my respectful prostrated obeisances at your divine lotus feet. I am an insignificant fallen soul who doesnt have the slightest capability of glorifying your Holiness. Please bestow your mercy on me, so that I may be able to pay homage unto you on your auspicious appearance day.

I listened to your pastimes through the lips of devotees. (As the ever-sweet Bhāgavatam have become even more tasteful when narrated through the lips of Mahābhāgavata Śukadeva Goswāmī, similarly your ever-sweet pastimes become even more relishing when being described by devotees). You are an ocean of mercy, overflowing with compassion for the fallen conditioned souls of Kaliyuga like me. You are an Ācārya, teaching devotional service through personal example. In spite of so much physical turbulence you are going through, you are continuing your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda like a lion, simultaneously showing us that to rise above bodily inconveniences, the only way is getting submerged in bhakti-yoga, a lesson which continues to touch my heart. Your actions inspire and remind me that “durlabhaṁ mānuṣaṁ janma tad apy adhruvam arthadam”. Honestly, I am the most fallen soul because very often I forget the goal of human life and get engaged in materialistic activities. Yet I am the most fortunate, because devotees take the pain to remind me time and again. I humbly desire a drop of your mercy which can enable me to remain steady in the path of devotional service, understand the rarity and urgency of human life, and not get distracted from this path. Please give me a chance to serve your lotus feet and provide my insignificant assistance to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission, so that I can at least try to make my human life successful.

Your most unworthy aspiring servant,

Nilanjan Das
Śrī Māyāpur 

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 मैं निरंजनी राधा देवी दासी आपकी आध्यात्मिक पुत्री आपके 73 वें आविर्भाव दिवस के शुभ अवसर पर आपके

श्री कमल चरणों में कोटि कोटि प्रणाम करती हूँ।

गुरु महाराज आप हमारे प्रेरणा स्रोत हैं जब भी हम भक्ति में डगमगाते है तो आप का ध्यान आते ही हमें दिशा मिलती है।

कितनी भी विषम से विषम परिस्थितियां क्यों न हों आप कभी विचलित नहीं होते हैं। आप अपने गुरु के प्रति बहुत समर्पित हैं उनके बताये हुए आदेशों का यथा रूप पालन कर रहे हैं। आपका प्रचार कार्य कभी रूकता नहीं हैं।

आप सभी का व्यक्तिगत रूप से बहुत ध्यान रखते हैं आप ने हमारे लिए अपनी कक्षाओं का सीधे हिन्दी में भी अनुवाद की व्यवस्था की है। हमारे लिए प्रश्नोत्तर सत्र भी शुरू किया है जिससे हम बहुत लाभान्वित हो रहे हैं।

प्रश्नोत्तर सत्र की कक्षाओं से हमारे अंदर उठने वाले प्रश्नों का काफी हद तक उत्तर मिल जाता है।

गुरु महाराज आप हर समय प्रचार के नये नये तरीके खोजते रहते हैं आपने कोरोना काल भी हम सब के ऊपर विशेष करूणा की, ज़ूम के माध्यम से दर्शन देकर हमें कृतार्थ किया व अपने लेक्चरों के द्वारा लगातार हमारा मार्गदर्शन करते रहे।

गुरु महाराज आप भगवद् गीता का वास्तविक चित्रण प्रस्तुत करते हैं मैं शरीर नहीं आत्मा हूं शरीर की परवाह न कर यही सोचते हैं कि कैसे गुरु व गौरांग के आदेशों को ज्यादा से ज्यादा पालन कर सकूं।

पतित जीवों के उद्धार के लिए आप अनेकों पुस्तकों का प्रकाशन कर रहे हैं।

नवद्वीप परिक्रमा में आपके प्राण बसते हैं सभी परिक्रमा पार्टीयों को आप इंटरनेट के माध्यम से लीलाओं का बहुत रूचि पूर्वक वर्णन करते है ताकि सभी को परिक्रमा का ज्यादा से ज्यादा लाभ हो।

जब आपके मुख से गौरांग या नित्यानंद शब्द का उच्चारण होता है तो ऐसा लगता है जैसे वो दोनों वहां साक्षात् उपस्थिति हों।

मैं राधा-माधव, राधा श्यामसुंदर व ग़ौर निताई से प्रार्थना करती हूं कि आपको स्वास्थ्य लाभ दे व आपके मिशन को पूरा करने की शक्ति दें, ताकि हम सभी भक्तों को आप का मार्ग दर्शन व आशिर्वाद मिलता रहें।

आपकी आध्यात्मिक पुत्री,

निरंजनी राधा देवी दासी।

साहिबाबाद, गजियाबाद, UP (India)

My Dear Spiritual Father.

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto the dust of your divine lotus feet.

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

Certainly this Age of Kali is condemned by many scriptures and learned people of all the ages nevertheless when I have darśana of my spiritual father, I cannot stop counting the merits and fortune of this age. Lord Caitanya has fathered Harināma saṅkīrtana for the deliverance of all living entities and the kid of Harināma saṅkīrtana is well maintained and groomed in the lap of His Divine Grace.

Dear Spiritual father certainly you are the most unique personality of the Universe. Even demigods, all siddhas, yogīs and ṛṣis cannot be compared with your most exalted personality.

nava-koṭyas tu devānām ṛṣayaḥ sapta-koṭayaḥ

nārāyaṇāyanāḥ sarve ye kecit tat-parāyaṇāḥ

Translation:- “There are ninety million demigods and seventy million sages, who are all called nārāyaṇāyana, devotees of Lord Nārāyaṇa. Among them, only a few are called nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇa.” Tantra Bhāgavatam (Purport Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.14.5).

Your Divine Grace is not only Nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇa but the Personification of “Śrī Gaura-parāyaṇa”. Your divine grace is celebrated throughout the universe for guru-bhakti and dedication to your beloved Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Dear Gurudeva, I am a very fallen disciple of yours, my mind often goes defocused from your instructions. In one of your talk you were mentioning that I want that every village and town of the world should reverberate with Harināma saṅkīrtana. Your instructions to me for creating 100000 Spiritual Youth leaders keeps always playing in my mind, but I feel myself unworthy and powerless to execute these instructions.

Dear Gurudeva Without your mercy and empowerment it would be impossible to fulfill those milestones. I am fully dependent upon you mercy and desperately seeking for it so that I could be engaged in your service eternally to fulfill your all desires. Although Incapable and unworthy still I am hopeful that a dumb, lame and blind like myself would be able to satisfy you one day through following your divine instructions.

Seeking For the Eternal Shelter

Your Unworthy Son,

Nitāi Candra Nimāi dāsa (dīkṣa)

Māyāpur, India

Śrī Caraṇa Kamaleśu Guru Mahārāja and My Dear Spiritual Father,

Please accept my humble obeisance and respectful pranam at the dust of Your lotus feet.

All glories to His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to Your Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja and Śrīman Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu.

I am fortunate for being able to write the Vyāsa-pūjā offering on this auspicious 73rd appearance day of Yours. I express sincere gratitude, praṇāma and thankfulness for all the care, mercy, and blessings that You are showering.

My Dear Spiritual Father, there are many carefully designed facilities being offered at ISKCON. I am very thankful for these offerings.

But without your shelter and prakaṭa (vapu) presence, for some of us, the entire world will become void, bitter, and ferocious despite the presence of all these high value offerings.

Thus, requesting you to consider not leaving us while we are at our neophyte – premature stage. We will enter a struggle for existence without Your prakaṭa presence.

I am choosing hereby to write about the previous two years i.e. 2020-2021. Lockdown and the Covid-19 Pandemic have been devastating.

But from a spiritual perspective, it became a boon. We got connected with You! Directly!! We found our Spiritual Father in our own space through Jayapatākā Swami App and Facebook. We can hear the JPS Archives lectures through Facebook, YouTube whenever needed.

In Your digital presence, “আনন্দের সীমা নাই, নিরানন্দ দূরে যায়” – this aura of auspicious energy cum happiness fills the complete atmosphere.

Whichever place You visit, You share the pictures of Your new residence along with the Deities. You post the temples that You visit every day. We feel so Happy and energetic after reading these messages.

I became good at Social Media Technology simply by following You. I can’t even believe myself as I was allergic to these platforms fearing it will trigger my earlier addiction of watching bad videos, bad movies, or anti devotional materials.

I started going through all the videos that you were posting on the App as well as Facebook since 2019; after several months, my addiction to the anti-devotional material which pops up so easily, started diminishing. Guru Mahārāja – You have made a fundamental change in my digital media taste.

I had this chronic disease from my childhood days and feared that I would never ever be able conquer this digital media movie - video addiction. Post growing up, I had to force myself from seeing them which put a lot of stress on me. Because I had this tendency to switch on which I was resisting by tremendous force. But You simply cut this addition very effectively.

How did you manage this Miraculous change in myself Guru Mahārāja? Now I have a much lesser tendency to see anti devotional materials or can pull off easily from a movie without stressing my mind.

I learnt Tulasī Mahārānī worship and circumambulation from You. This service has brought phenomenal change in my spiritual journey.

I also learnt how to dedicate Ekādaśī māhā-vratā, Lord Narasiṁhadeva tulasī Offerings, importance of flower offering, visiting temple physically, at least visiting one temple Deities per day over digital media, attempting to read one verse of Śrīmad-bhāgavatam per day, decorated presentation of bhoga offering.

I learnt the importance of goṣṭhy-ānandī and attempted to become one. I was highly averse to this concept because of multiple harmful experiences. I witnessed the complete spiritual and material destruction for several elevated devotees during my devotional journey. Somehow, I was being prevented from being a part of those harmful events, however those fatal incidents had a lasting impact upon me. I resolved to be a general temple visitor, occasional donor, and home practitioner of bhakti-yoga. Probably many like me also thought the same.

But then I came into direct contact with Yours through digital media from 2018; my perspective started changing very slowly. Out of many versatile qualities that You exhibit, the ones that touched me most are Your honesty, transparency, non-manipulative interactions, hard work, always leading from the front courageously, bravery, aura of pure happiness, affection, and genuine care for everybody.

I questioned myself, are these Vaikuṇṭha qualities that I am observing in my Guru Mahārāja? Because, imitating them for a short time is manageable. But it is impossible to imitate these qualities for a prolonged period. I also started reading more about your previous pastimes since 1968 and prior to that. It was overwhelming as realization struck that I have come to the shelter of a Pure Bonafide Guru and You quickly became my spiritual father.

I am learning this art of managing to be associated with proper v. This has happened owing to the Lord Narasiṁhadeva message that You post in the App Guru Mahārāja.

Initially I disliked this word very much but forced myself to read it. After reading this word for about a year or more, the message started sinking in me. This is another miraculous change you have brought in my brain.

It occurs to me that I am doing so much testing, pattern observing, fact searching about my Guru Mahārāja, but You accepted myself as a disciple in a general Bhakti-vṛkṣa program without any thoughts! Lot of my time has gone by simply researching upon You from 2018 and vice versa is not true.

So, the conclusion is that I am a Sajāru (সজারু - a thorny animal) disciple of Yours. Despite my own unworthiness and fallen status, I am kind of following and researching upon Your Holiness from all possible perspectives very persistently! What a pure - impure combination!!

I seek forgiveness and pray to remain under the moonshine of Your mercy. May I pray Your blessings for my initiated mother (Her Grace Cinmayī Gaṅgā devī dāsī) and my college going daughter Devakṛpā Dāsa Ray such that we become a Govinda’s Family. Please forgive my unwanted offenses considering I am a Sajaru (সজারু) or bad disciple of Yours sitting at neophyte stage.

Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and Śrīla Prabhupāda may be very protective of You.

I feel happiness in praying to Lord Narasiṁhadeva and Mahāprabhu for giving You protection, good health, and a very long life. I keep praying that You are not snatched away from us. We won’t be able to sustain probably if my Spiritual Father is taken away.

Your affectionate spiritual daughter and humble disciple,

Nitya Vraja-līlā devī dāsī (dīkṣa)
Kolkata, India

 

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

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja you are the strongest pillar in my Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I am very grateful to you Guru Mahārāja, you are inspiring everyone even though your health is not good. Your commitment to Śrīla Prabhupāda and dependence on Lord Gaurāṅga is really inspiring us to take Kṛṣṇa consciousness seriously. By sending your activities in the app, you are reminding us to always take shelter of Kṛṣṇa and always be careful in executing our devotional service. Guru Mahārāja your enthusiasm to spread the movement of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is inspiring many devotees.

Guru Mahārāja you are really compassionate, tolerant, caring towards everyone. Guru Mahārāja you have so many qualities. You keep us motivating to be in the association of devotees. Guru Mahārāja you set the example of following our previous ācāryas and just repeat what they have said. Guru Mahārāja by remembering you we were able to remember the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Guru Mahārāja without your mercy, I don’t know where would I have been now.

Please be merciful upon me Guru Mahārāja.

Please forgive me for any offenses I may have committed.

Your insignificant servant,

P.Rohith (shelter disciple)

Tirupati - India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisance. Guru has shown the path of Kṛṣṇa Enlightenment.

In this age of greed and a fallen soul like me who thought Corporate career and gṛhastha life is the final target, I was directed by your advises to Kṛṣṇa.

How can I pay you this debt, I am indebted to you and Guru Paramparā for this salvation for my ātmā from generations of birth and death.

No words can pay you off. I am still egoistic and greedy of material benefits at least sometimes. Hope with Chanting and your advice I will be saved.

I am trying my best to fix my mind in Kṛṣṇa Conscious, and my family and my kids too. I am trying as much possible to spread saṅkīrtan yajña by doing Gītā classes online.

As of now today itself I have two classes.

Thanks

Padmanābha Bhagavān dāsa (dīkṣa)

Māyāpur, India

Respected Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja

On the auspicious occasion of your 73rd Vyāsa-Pūjā Ceremony, I would like to convey my heartiest greetings. My prayer to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Nityānanda is that you recover from your all illness and give lots of strength to lead their mission in all towns and villages all over the world.

I have deities of Lord Prahlāda and Lakṣmī Narasiṁha. On this auspicious occasion, I pray to Lord Narasiṁha and all Vaiṣṇavas that May Lord Narasiṁha, recover you from all the illness and give you lots of strength and energy so that you can fulfil the mission of Prabhupāda.

May Lord give you strength to make the name of Māyāpur a brand Name and most pronounced Name in the world.

By your blessings, I have been in the Kṛṣṇa Conscious Movement for the last twenty years. By your kindness and benevolence, I got initiations- both Harināma and brāhmaṇa.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, it is for your kindness and benevolence only for the fallen soul like me who has been in this Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Despite your illness, you are taking all the troubles and steadfastly leading the mission Chaitanya Mahāprabhu.

Guru Mahārāja, in this changing world Media, can play a great role to lead your mission. I want to help your mission in spreading the messages of Prabhupāda and Caitanya Mahāprabhu through the media. Since I am in the media line. I want to spread this message through the media. Please bless me so that I can be of help to you and Prabhupāda in spreading the Holy Name through the media.

I had the fortune to meet you in 1998 in Guwahati for the first time. Many times I had met you personally and very closely many times. I Cherish all these meetings and they are still fresh in my mind and soul.

I seek your forgiveness for my offences at your lotus feet through my body, speech and mind.

Yours Insignificant Servant,

Pañcatattva Prema Dāsa (Pranab Saikia)

Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Our Dear Spiritual Father and Guru Mahārāja March 15th, 2022

Please accept our respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet on your Most Auspicious 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Day.

Another troublesome year for the World has passed by with the pandemic in this Dark Age of Kali-yuga. We are so blessed to be here in service to You Guru Mahārāja at ISKCON’s World Headquarters in Śrī Dhāma Māyāpur, India and Your World Headquarters for your vāṇī-sevā or JPS Archives.

You have remained very active this past year, Guru Mahārāja, every day giving talks and having meetings, etc. through ZOOM and YouTube keeping in touch with disciples and well-wishers. Every day you were continuing adding to your Śrī Caitanya Book compilation which is keeping your JPS Archives very busy trying to keep up with your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

The JPS Archives was able to move along at full speed ahead due to disseminating your vāṇī Form through the World Wide Web of Global communications at the speed of light to every town and village. The GBC’s current endeavor is releasing a video every Ekādaśī about preaching to Every Town and Village with their many speakers.

We were releasing your audio talks on Soundcloud, video on multiple You Tube Channels, Photos on Flickr, also Lava-Mātra App, Jayapatākā Swami App and multiple websites. Books have also been coming out. All Disciples around the world can help serve your vāṇī form either by donating financially or coming to serve in the Archives.

One devotee came to help by translating all of your books into Hindi which is Dharmātma Nimāi dāsa. This is not only direct vāṇī service to you Guru Mahārāja but service to all the Hindi speaking devotees to gain access to reading all your many wonderful books that have come out in the past few years. Even one devotee can make a big difference in your worldwide campaign to bring more souls to Kṛṣṇa.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for giving your blessing to my wife and I to remain here in Māyāpur and serve your vāṇī form in the JPS Archives.

Your servants,
Paṇḍava dāsa and Caitanya Rūpa devī dāsī - Māyāpur

Hare Kṛṣṇa 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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Please accept our respectful obeisance at your holy lotus feet.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to You Gurudeva!

How are you Guru Mahārāja? Very happy to wish you on your 73rd appearance day

Happy birthday Guru Mahārāja!

We pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Madhana Mohana to give you good health. We are able to do daily tulasī parikramā (4) and one round of chanting regularly for your good health.

Very happy to be under your shelter.

Thank you so much for naming our Gaura Nitāi Deities. Nitāi Karuṇa Gaura Hari ki Jaya!!!

Gurudeva, you are so merciful to us. Every act of yours, let it be travelling, preaching, zoom association, personal visit, email, Facebook, and many social media, is used in inspiring all fallen souls to somehow get engaged in Kṛṣṇa’s service. I always wondered; how could I help my Guru Mahārāja in His mission… How can I please my Guru Mahārāja…

Today māyā is prominently increased a lot and it is very difficult for me to keep myself fully Kṛṣṇa conscious. So just by Seeing your activities I am getting great enthusiasm to preach and thereby engage in Kṛṣṇa’s service.

Guru Mahārāja, you are teaching humanity how to balance fully in Kṛṣṇa consciousness in this present moment. You are showering your mercy on your disciples(us) by the E-care team, through the JPS app, zoom association and many more innovative ideas. You are a great Father.

Now I am convinced and know the answer that, just by following your footsteps (vapuḥ and vāṇī) we can be successful and be happy in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

We personally offer our humble obeisances and humble request to bless us, so that we could follow and practice your instruction and progress in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for always guiding us and making us very comfortable in performing Kṛṣṇa consciousness and not falling down.

Your Spiritual son and Daughter,

Parama Karuṇa Kṛṣṇa dāsa (Brāhmanical initiated, Maṇḍala Sevā dāsa (KKD), Bhakti-vṛkṣa HOD)

Raṅginī Lakṣmī Devī Dāsī (Brāhmanical initiated, KKC teacher (kids class))

Godruma Cakra

Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I am honestly not sure what to write to you dearest Gurudeva. Throughout the year, my meditation on you is very cursory but suddenly I feel so empty and blank and not sure of what to write to you on the occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā. You have always been a great strength to me and even without my awareness, you have been protecting me, guiding me and caring for me. You are a true father to thousands including myself. Like a true father, you have taken all the inconveniences to engage your sons, bore the brunt of the actions of some of the unruly children such as myself yet so kindly loved us all.

At this age and situation, when the best would have decided to chant the holy name and retire, you continue to spearhead several initiatives and continue to take keen interest even in the most avoidable administrative affairs so that devotees are cared for. You are a living example of how a pure devotee, fully immersed in the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, can withstand any kind of material reversals. I feel afraid of the day this earth will be bereft of your direct association and what would be the state of thousands of sons. I can only pray this year that I can do my best to fulfil the desires of Śrīla Prabhupāda for the care of devotees and for the Dehradun city that you have engaged me in.

Dependent on your blessings and mercy, like a person dying of thirst looks for water.

Your servant

Parama Karuṇā Mādhava Dāsa.
Vṛndāvana, India

 

Dear Guru Maharāj

Dandavat praṇāma

On this Vyāsa puja occasion , I will pray to Kṛṣṇa to give good health to my Guru Maharāj to serve his Guru Śrīla Prabhupāda more. I learn from your tolerance of bodily problems. My small bodily problems affect me more that time I think of you Guru Maharāj , how to overcome this problem. 

I need your blessings to further improvement in my spiritual life. And need your blessings to my family also to remain in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. 

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Your son

Parama Pāvana Govinda Dāsa
India (Chennai)

My dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances on the glorious occasion of your 73rd Appearance day! All glories to you Śrīla Gurudeva! Happy Vyāsa-pūjā!

Śrīla Gurudeva, this year, 2022 will mark the 6th year of your presence in my life. I am still counting my blessings Śrīla Gurudeva. Ever since you have come in my life, every moment has become a moment of thankfulness and ever-expanding bliss. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything you have given me Śrīla Gurudeva.

Śrīla Gurudeva, this year you had another major health challenge. When I came to know that there was 2 litres of blood clot that was removed from your abdomen, I was shocked. When I read that, I was remembering how Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura once said, “I wish every selfless, tender-hearted person of Gauḍīya math will be prepared to shed two hundred gallons of blood for the nourishment of the spiritual corpus of every individual of this world.” I couldn’t help but have tears in my eyes, thinking of how much difficulties you have endured for the sake of conditioned souls like me. Please forgive me Śrīla Gurudeva for all those times when I have not been sincere.

I don’t want to be incompetent and weak Śrīla Gurudeva. I want to be your true disciple in the actual sense Śrīla Gurudeva - please continue to give me strength, competence, love, and mercy. Your love and mercy are the only things that I am surviving on Śrīla Gurudeva. Please also help me to chant the Holy Names with attention, attachment, and devotion Śrīla Gurudeva, so that I can always perform devotional services with great enthusiasm and energy always. Please bless me in all my spiritual endeavors as I humbly attempt to repay my debt to you Śrīla Guru Mahārāja.

Begging for your mercy and forgiveness always,

Your spiritual daughter,

Paridhi Rathi (aspiring disciple)

Mumbai, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa dearest Guru Mahārāja, Please accept my request obeisance unto your divine lotus feet.

Happy appearance Day dearest Guru Mahārāja, I’m happy to celebrating this year offline Vyāsa-pūjā.

O Dearest Guru Mahārāja please Bless me so can I always follow your instructions. please please please bless me Guru Mahārāja so can I everyday complete my daily Japa. Guru Mahārāja I quit my job and I moved from Mumbai and now I am back in Māyāpur please bless me Guru Mahārāja

Partha Mondal (aspiring disciple)

Māyāpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa dearest Guru Mahārāja! Please accept my respectful obeisance unto your divine lotus feet.

Happy appearance day dearest Guru Mahārāja! I’m happy to celebrating this year offline Vyāsa-pūjā

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

Dear His Holiness Jayapatākā swami Guru Mahārāja please accept my unlimited obesiances to your lotus feet, I am very fortunate to get this opportunity to glorify your unlimited glories, please accept my humble obesiances.

I am praying for your health recovery daily, I am chanting extra round for your quick recovery, I meet you once directly in Tirupati GBC 2019 Maharaj, also I had shelter from you in 2019 GBC- October 17- Thursday, Guru Mahārāja I am not even qualified to glorify you, but by the mercy of you and your disciples devotees mercy I got this opportunity, I am very fortunate to came under you Maharaj, I will pray to Rādhāgovinda aṣṭasakhī, Girirāja Mahārāja and Narasiṁhadeva for your quick health recovery and to fullfill your Guru Mahārāja’s instructions (Śrīla Prabhupāda) I know you completed his instructions but still your trying as best as possible to shower your mercy upon This fallen souls like me.

All glories to your feet Maharaj I am very fortunate, I will pray for your quick health recovery Maharaj, please shower your mercy too upon this degraded fallen soul bhakta Pavan Kumār (my touch point of KC life) Tirupati (ISKCON youth forum) Śreyas.

I am so thankful/ gratitude to you Maharaj, all glories to Śrīla jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja.

Yours obedient humble son,

Pavan Kumar. C (aspiring disciple)
(Tirupati ISKCON youth forum)

Hare Kṛṣṇa my beloved Gurudeva,

Please accept my obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga. All glories to your auspicious appearance day.

I wrote my last year Vyāsa-pūjā offering from Māyāpur which I consider the fortunate bestowed upon me by your mercy. But this year I am very fortunate to write my Vyāsa-pūjā offering from your office in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur. From 2021 July I am serving in your office. Once when I told His Grace Atul Kṛṣṇa prabhu in Māyāpur that I am serving in my Guru Mahārāja office, he immediately told, Serving guru directly in Māyāpur dhāma? What a bhāgyavan! It’s inconceivable for me to think that I am living and serving in Māyāpur. It is all your mercy and mercy of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu.

It’s almost 8 months, I am trying to do my service meticulously, but I have a lot of hindrance in my services. I was so frustrated with anger and intolerant. I discussed the whole situation with my śikṣā-guru who is one of your senior disciples in Māyāpur. He told me that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is more interested in my purification than accepting my service. I can always think of these words when I was put into difficulties.

Now, I am trying to become more tolerant. I have faith that you and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu will not let me down for any reason. I want to take advantage of the favorable situation in Māyāpur leaving behind unfavorable things around me.

According to Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi-līlā 1.45 guru kṛṣṇa-rūpa hana śāstrera pramāṇe guru-rūpe Kṛṣṇa kṛpā karena bhakta-gaṇe You are non-different from Lord Kṛṣṇa.

So my Lord, I beg you and offer my repeated obeisances unto your Lotus feet for my deliverance. I beg you offer me a position to serve your eternally doesn’t matter even in the hellish planets.

I pray to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya that He allows you to stay with us for a long time to deliver more and more conditioned souls like me.

Your Insignificant Servant,

Pāvana Gaura Prema dāsa

Māyāpur, India

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa, dear Guru Mahārāja,

please accept my humble obeisances at Your lotus feet!

All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

On this occasion of Your auspicious appearance day I will mention only few areas of my appreciation of how much You are doing for all of us; but the list could be limitless. Every week I hear about Your glories on our JSSS meetings and get to know new and new things. I can really confirm that by hearing about the glories of guru by His mercy also our determination in service and faith is growing. I am very grateful to have association of all those wonderful devotees who are coming to bring us messages about Your glories.

I very much appreciate Your list of requirements for initiation which is subject to my daily meditation. I am realizing that just by this meditation we can be better devotees in all aspects because we know what is important and can focus on it. One tangible example how my meditation on Your requirements changed my life is that I focused on having regular service and this consequently triggered positive changes also in other areas of my life. By Lord’s mercy devotees gave me some responsibilities and I pray I can execute them for Your pleasure.

Thank You for Your daily messages on Telegram, Jayapatākā Swami App, Facebook and other media including forth-nightly e-zine which comes on Ekādaśī which keep me more Guru and Kṛṣṇa conscious. I am also grateful when I meet You in ISKCON campus and can offer You my obeisances. It was the second year that I could follow Bhīṣma-pañcaka by Your mercy and I was happy to see You also coming to encourage and inspire us. I consider myself very beginner and therefore am happy to be here in Māyāpur in Your association and other devotees to have strong impressions from performing devotional service.

Recently I approached devotees from the e-care team because I had some doubts in how to move forward with certain areas in my life and I wanted to know how You approach these things. Or in other words I needed authorized advice for important life decisions because then I feel secure and sheltered and can move forward. It was very pleasant to know about Your recommendations how we should solve our life situations. These discussion apart from JSSS were also very valuable source to more understand Your mood. I am very grateful for that.

Thank You also for Your daily effort to deliver us the message about Lord Caitanya’s pastimes and QandA sessions to dispel our doubts. I heard from Your servants how much it is important for You to give us regularly Your association despite the condition of Your body. Thank You, Guru Mahārāja!

And ultimately please forgive me for all this non-sense which I am doing when Māyā catches me. There are still so many things that I can improve and I don’t want to be that person who would cause You any suffering.

I daily pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva that He will protect You and remove obstacles from Your service and hope that I will be Your worthy spiritual son.

Thank You very much, Guru Mahārāja!

Seeking Your blessings,

Bhakta Peter Hropko (sheltered disciple)
Serving in Māyāpur, ISKCON campus Harināma group

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

Mi querido maestro espiritual, por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto una y otra vez.

Usted es la encarnacion personificada de lo que es misericordia. Ya que Usted ha aceptado miles,miles y miles de discípulos y nos ayuda ha entregarnos a la Suprema Personalidad de Dios, “Kṛṣṇa’’. Y aún así,en la condición en que se encuentra en este momento Usted sigue aceptando más discípulos.

Usted se ha entregado completamente a los pies de loto de su maestro espiritual, Su Divina Gracia A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda. A pesar de todos los grandes obstáculos que se le ha presentado a través de todos los años, Usted ha sido fijo en su prédica constante « ahaytuki apratihata» inmotivado he ininterrumpido.

Usted ha sido bendecido por el Señor Gaurāṅga. Por lo cual muestra que Usted es un maestro espiritual fidedigno y un excelente predicador en las glorias del Señor Gaurāṅga.

Su presencia en el Santo Dham, son momentos de gran felicidad y entusiasmo que hace que nosotras nos mantengamos en nuestro servicio.

Nosotros tenemos la gran fortuna de tenerlo a Usted como nuestro maestro espiritual.

Sigo orando al Señor Nrisinhadeva que le proteja.

a Usted.

Todas loas glorias a Guru Mahārāja ki Fay

Su sirviente eterna, que siempre lo recuerdo,

Phaṇi Sevikā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)

Māyāpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances,

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

Dear Guru Mahārāja, I am fortunate to be here to have this wonderful opportunity to write the homage though I am not qualified enough.

By your causeless mercy I have got the association of devotees in Tirupati, through these devotees you made me connect with you and Kṛṣṇa.

I want to completely utilize the opportunity of this human form even without wasting the single moment in the sense gratification but to always engage in the service of you. You have gave me the shelter at your lotus feet, my aspiration is to take renounced order in my life but I don’t see any single quality or qualification and knowledge to attain that, please bless me with intelligence and teach me to understand and apply the literatures (Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-bhāgavatam, Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Nectar of Devotion, Nectar of Instruction, Īśopaniṣad etc..) given by Śrīla Prabhupāda and spread the message of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to every corner of the world (nagarādi grāma), please accept me as your disciple and empower me to serve you in the mission without getting deviated in the purpose.

Please always protect me and help me to strictly attend daily morning program, chant at least 16 rounds, to read Śrīla Prabhupāda books, hear lectures, follow the 4 regulative principles without fail, not to offend Vaiṣṇavas, give me strength, intelligence and proper understanding to face problematic complex situations which may cause in midst of the devotee community because of not having proper understandings or any other motives.

Yours sheltered disciple,

P Balaji,

ISKCON Tirupati.

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances,

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda!

On Your glorious Appearance day, I wish to convey my heartfelt gratitude to Your Divine Grace for your unlimited mercy on this fallen soul.

Dear Gurudeva you are the pure devotee Bhāgavata who is indicated in this beautiful verse:

My dear Lord, You are glorified by the selected verses uttered by great personalities. Such glorification of Your lotus feet is just like saffron particles. When the transcendental vibration from the mouths of great devotees carries the aroma of the saffron dust of Your lotus feet, the forgetful living entity gradually remembers his eternal relationship with You. Devotees thus gradually come to the right conclusion about the value of life. My dear Lord, I Therefore, do not need any other benediction but the opportunity to hear from the mouth of Your pure devotee. (SB 4.20.25- Pṛthu Mahārāja’s prayer)

Praying to always remain attached to Your amṛtavāṇī and live by your instructions in word, thought and deed.

Thank you again dear Guru Mahārāja,

Your most fortunate undeserving spiritual daughter,

Prāṇapriyā Padma devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

Thiruvananthapuram, India
 

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

My dearest spiritual father Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet

Guru Mahārāja your glories are unlimited who can find an end to the glories of Kṛṣṇa similarly who can find an end to your glories but still I will try to say a few. You are the personification of unlimited mercy and showing all the qualities of mahā-bhāgavata. Among all your qualities the one attracted me more is the care you are giving to your disciples and all the living entities. Guru Mahārāja you never find a fault in any one I liked this so much you are like Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja who don’t have any enemies since he is able to find something good in everyone. your love and dedication to your spiritual master is incomparable irrespective of your health conditions of course Guru Mahārāja you are least bothered about your health considering it belongs to Guru and Kṛṣṇa. your love for Guru and Gaurāṅga is spell bound. Please bless me also to get a tiny drop of these qualities so that my life will be blessed under your lotus feet. I find no hope in this prison house other than service to your lotus feet. I am very sure that because of my past good karma I got you as my spiritual master Gurudeva. Please forgive me of all the offences knowingly and unknowingly I have committed at your lotus feet.

Please bless our Surabhī-kuñja congregation also to progress quickly under your shelter. Guru Mahārāja use, me as your instrument in preaching and other devotional activities.

Your unworthy insignificant servant,

Prāṇasakhī Lāsikā devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Please accept our respectful obeisance at your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

First of all, we are not worthy to glorify you, rather, we are so conditioned souls that we are not worthy of even offering our respectful obeisance at your lotus feet. You have adopted us by showering your causeless mercy on us.

Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, the way you have carried forward the message of Śrīla Prabhupāda during last two years at the stressful time of COVID andamp; also fought two COVID attacks apart from other health issues, this is unparalleled. In true sense, Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, you are FIELD MARSHAL of Śrīla Prabupada’s Army. Field Marshall is the one who never retires. In the Indian Army, this is ceremonial designation but you are leading from the front and amp; spreading Lord Kṛṣṇa’s-bhakti and; Lord Caitanya’s Love. This gives us tremendous power whenever we feel down in our spiritual progress. You are leading by example, always spreading the love for Hari Nam to everyone in any situation, whether you are in hospital or down with other health issues. We seek your causeless mercy for given below.

guru-mukha-padma-vākya, cittete kariyā aikya,
āra nā kariha mane āśā.

And

ayi nanda-tanūja kiṅkaraṁ patitaṁ māṁ viṣame bhavāmbudhau
kripayā tava pāda-paṅkaja-sthita-dhūlī-sadṛśaṁ vicintaya

We should be able to follow the same in letter and spirit.

We once again seek your love, blessings and causeless mercy to move forward on the path of Bhakti, Chant with devotion and go back home back to Godhead.

Yours insignificant Son and Daughter, always seeking your KARUṆA…

Praneśvara Nitāi Gaura Dāsa and Prema Dāyinī Tulasī Devī Dāsī

Dīkṣā Disciple, Ambala City – Haryana

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

My name is S.R. Prashantha presently staying at Bangalore.

Everyday I am chanting 16 rounds of Hare Kṛṣṇa japa with the mercy of his divine grace of A C Bhaktivedanata Swami prabupāda and your blessings. I am still in the material world and unable to get the sweetness of the japa. I request you please bless me to be always in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and to find the taste of Hare Kṛṣṇa japa. With your guidance and blessings, I would like to take initiation but unable to fully concentrate in the devotional service due to material world. You are our spiritual guru, I humbly request for your blessings to avoid all obstacles and difficulties to reach the final path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

I am very happy to read your few books and understand the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I am not comfortable in the material world due to number of obstacles facing day to day in family life. please show me the path of success in achieving final goal.

I am facing lots of obstacles, ups and downs, joy and sorrow in the material world so please guide me how to divert my mind towards devotional service.

I am a dāsī not at all qualified to surrender to you but still I beg your sweet kindness and bless me to continue in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness. My husband Rāma mūrthi, sons shree charan and shree Kiran also requesting you for your blessings to show interest in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Your servant of servant of servant

Prashanthi (aspiring disciple)
New Rājāpur Dhāma, Bangalore, India

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

Amado padre espiritual:

Sabiendo que tener su misericordia es mí la mayor bendición, me postro agradecida ante la sombra de sus pies de loto.

Su amor por Sus Señorías y su ejemplo y tolerancia son mi inspiración. Gracia por sus tantas maneras de procurar nuestra liberación, por encima de las adversidades.

Oro por siempre estar bajo su amparo y poder comprender el sambhanda Jñana, pues solo así estoy a salvo y conectada con La Suprema Personalidad de Dios.

Pido a Kṛṣṇa que nos conceda la gracia de tener su śānta asociación y contar con su misericordia infinita siempre.

Por favor amado padre, no aparte su mirada compasiva de está alma condicionada, que lucha por mantenerse a flote en este océano de dualidades y que desea complacerlo con mi humilde servicio.

Perdone por favor mis ofensas, mi imprudencia y mi poca inteligencia, pero todas mis acciones y pensamientos están encaminados a no defraudarlo y sentirme digna de ser su hija.

Feliz Vyāsa-pūjā amado padre,

Su insignificante sirvienta,

Prayojana Prema devī dāsī (Dīkṣā)
Māyāpur, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga.

All glories to your most auspicious appearance day! I bow down before you again and again with great reverence, devotion, gratitude and love.

Your glories are unlimited and transcendental. I am a tiny conditioned jīva under the grip of the three modes of nature. It is impossible for me to understand or pen down your glories. Yet as a matter of duty and seeking your mercy and blessings I make this bold attempt to express a few of your glories.

Despite my dull intelligence, negative qualification, sinful life and poor service attitude, you very mercifully accepted me as your disciple and gave me shelter under your lotus feet, just like Nityānanda prabhu showered His mercy on Jagāi and Mādhāi.

You gave me residence in the audarya dhāma Śrī Māyāpur and engaged me directly in the service of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s vision though I have absolutely no qualification whatsoever to serve our founder ācārya. I do not have the ability to perform even a sesame seed worth of devotional service. Yet you very magnanimously gave me that service. Whatever results have been obtained in this service are 100% due to your causeless mercy and blessings only – there is no other cause, no other cause, no other cause.

Śrīla Gurudeva, whatever you have done for me and given to me till now, nobody in the three worlds will do – nobody, nobody, nobody – not even demigods, parents, teachers, relatives, friends and well-wishers.

Guru Mahārāja, we have seen time and again that every time you come out of a sickness, you become more and more resolute in your determination and actions to fulfil Śrīla Prabhupāda’s desires. Just like Arjuna could single-handedly fight and win a war against many akṣauhiṇīs of strongest warriors, Guru Mahārāja you can single-handedly go on war against māyā and come out successful. Your transcendental potency is inconceivably unlimited.

Your enthusiasm to preach Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and give out Lord Caitanya’s mercy knows no bounds. For you, any and every time, place and circumstance are perfect for preaching. You do not miss even a single opportunity to give Kṛṣṇa consciousness to conditioned souls as well as inspire your disciples to advance in their Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, even if you yourself are on a hospital bed. Your recent message from Rela Hospital, Chennai, to all disciples stands testimony to this.

Your will power to fulfil Śrīla Prabahupada’s instructions is so strong and pure that Lord Kṛṣṇa appears to have given you the boon to remain in this body as long as you desire. You are an epitome of guru-niṣṭhā.

You are one of the most empowered spiritual sons of Śrīla Prabhupāda and your pure desire to serve him “even life after life” has empowered you to bring hundreds of thousands of suffering conditioned souls into this society founded by him.

I pray at the lotus feet at Rādhā-Mādhava, Pañca-tattva, Prahlāda-Narasiṁhadeva and Jagannātha Baladeva Subhadrā maharani that They may always protect you and keep you in the best of health as long as you desire to perform your līlā on this earth planet.

I very sincerely beg you to forgive me for whatever offenses I may have committed at your lotus feet, knowingly or unknowingly, and remove my ignorance. And to shower your causeless mercy and blessings on me to act as a puppet in your hands and assist you in constructing the Māyāpur Institute Campus Project for the satisfaction and pleasure of Śrīla Prabhupāda and our previous ācāryas.

Your very insignificant spiritual son,

Prema Gaurasundara dāsa

Māyāpur, India

Beloved Spiritual father,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances to Your divine lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Ācāryapāda, your presence and association is very valuable for this planet, as even a moment’s association with Your Divine Grace can give one the seed of Kṛṣṇa Bhakti. That is why we pray everyday that you should regain your bodily health, strength, and capability even better than your pre- stroke days. Like Nārada Muni, your eagerness to reach out to all, is tremendous! You once remarked that you were forced to apply for visas in so many countries which delayed your travel, unlike Nārada Muni who can go anywhere at a moment’s notice!

Gurudeva, you are the engine providing the spiritual energy for us to continue our spiritual lives. Your instructions as well as blessings and prayers keep helping us to try and come out of māyā’s clutches and try to render pure devotional service.

This pandemic has been very spiritually productive in my life as I could focus completely on trying to render better quality service to Your Divine Grace. My sadhana and my consciousness have become more focused in pleasing you. I have tried to share this with other devotees and new devotees as well.

The internet has helped in continuing our programs even more rigorously than before.

One thing I realize through this is about your high level of dedication, love, and commitment to Śrīla Prabhupāda! I feel so humbled and dwarfed both quantitatively and qualitatively in my attempts to serve You!

I can understand a little better now about your desires for us- to become humble, selfless, and service -minded. That is really the goal of rendering all services, including preaching. So that we become eligible to taste kṛṣṇa-prema.

Dear Gurudeva, your purity is a benediction upon us like the sun’s rays removing darkness.

As long as I live, I wish to be a useful instrument in your mission. I wish to realize my true identity and develop pure love for Kṛṣṇa. I seek your blessings for this- for my eternal bond of loving relationship with you- so special and unique even though you have thousands and thousands of souls attached to Your Divine Grace!

For you, even 50.000 is a small number of disciples! That is why Śrīla Prabhupāda asked to expand the number of devotees unlimitedly! Please keep me as a particle of dust at your lotus feet so that I can always keep serving you selflessly.

You have been very strict with me. I wish to qualify to please you naturally and spontaneously without any anarthas.

Gurudeva, once, during the Māyāpur parikramā, I was praying in front of the Rājāpur Jagannātha Deities among so many devotees. I was wondering what to pray to the Lord for, and Your Divine Grace from somewhere behind came and told me to pray that Bhakti-vṛkṣa preaching should reach and spread all over the world and for blessings and good fortune for my two sons!! So I pray for the Bhakti-vṛkṣa preaching and also beg you to bless my two sons Pradeep and Ananth and make them both your loving servants. Please also bless my husband Vijay Venugopal das for rendering wonderful services to your lotus feet.

I also seek your blessings on all the devotees of our Bangalore yātrā. Please bless everyone that they may advance very nicely and engage in loving services including extensive preaching for your pleasure. Please also bless all the devotees that I am helping, from all the other places.

Please kindly forgive me father, for all my offenses unto your divine lotus feet. You are an ocean of love. I have no shelter but you.

Your insignificant spiritual daughter,

Prema Padminī devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja, please accept my respectful obeisances unto Your divine lotus feet.

By Your mercy I am given some services in the JPS App. When I read Your messages I am understanding that how You are always Kṛṣṇa conscious in each of Your activities. I am thankful to You for the sevā opportunity. I beg for your blessings so that I can serve Yourself and other devotees always. It is very astonishing to see Yourself traveling and giving online darśanas and classes in any condition. Thank you, Guru Mahārāja for everything you have bestowed on all of us.

Your Dīkṣā disciple,

Prema Vinodinī Devī dāsī (dīkṣa) and family,
Śrī Jagannath Mandir Kumaraswamy Layout, Bangalore, India
 

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

Guru Mahārāja, please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. This is your 75th Vyāsa-pūjā celebration. All your disciples are celebrating this occasion most enthusiastically and in a prayerful mood.

This is the day when every disciple is expressing their gratitude at your lotus feet Gurudeva. This is so nice that by this offering you connect with each and every disciple and disciples get a chance to express their gratitude, thoughts, views and love in the form of words and offer it to your lotus feet.

In your recent quotes you were saying that, “Although my body may not keep up now, but my desire to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Caitanya is ever increasing! Hari Bol!”

By this you show us that this is spiritual thirst which can never be satisfied, it is increasing, increasing and ever increasing. In another quote you said that, “Even if we be in the worst situation we can be Kṛṣṇa conscious. ”

This also you show by your own example, but Guru Mahārāja we are so body conscious and don’t have such mood to serve Guru and Gaurāṅga. Guru Mahārāja please bless us so that we acquire at least one drop of such mood. Only by your mercy, we gain the ability to serve Guru and Gaurāṅga. So, please keep showering your mercy upon us always.

Guru Mahārāja in a very small way, we are doing our service under the guidance of His Grace Mantreśa Prabhujī and Her Grace Nitya Yoginī Mātājī, we are engaged in their online preaching program. Please bless all preachers and all the devotees of Baroda Bhakti-vṛkṣa so that we can do our sādhana sincerely and help to preach in the mission of Guru and Gaurāṅga.

Guru Mahārāja, we cannot serve you directly, So I would like to express my gratitude for giving us the opportunity to serve you in the form of prayers to Lord Narsiṁhadeva and Lord Dhanvantari for your good health.

Lastly, my all family members want to serve you in your mission but somehow and other they are bound by their karmic duties, so this is the prayer in your lotus feet that in whatever situation we are please let us be in Kṛṣṇa conscious and do our sādhana sincerely and keep on preaching this mission always.

Thankyou Guru Mahārāja for accepting me as your disciple.

Your spiritual daughter,

Premapriyā Keśavī Devī Dāsī

 

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

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance at your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to you...!!

Availing the opportunity of your auspicious 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā; I am putting efforts to phrase my feelings of indebtedness to you and via you; to the whole paramparā which is holding me in this world full of distractions and frustrations.

Guru Mahārāja, amid the pandemic situation when I was going through a tough phase of managing my office, family and child; I was very upset and stressed. But attending evening Chaitanya Līlā class used to give me solace. One day after hearing the class; I thought to open up my heart and wrote an email to seek your guidance. Somehow the reply took some time but soon after sending you the mail; my situation turned better. I was feeling so thankful to Gaurāṅga. And after a few months when I received mail from your end it filled me with tears as it was for the first-time I had heard directly from you. Your each word was full of compassion, care and love. You also further connected me to your senior gṛhastha disciples. I felt so grateful and elated. Gurudeva; you are truly ‘Kṛpā-sāgara – ocean of mercy’ and you are distributing this mercy profusely to all jīvas. I feel extremely reverential and thankful to Lord Kṛṣṇa for your presence on this planet. Because every time I hear and read about you, I come to the conclusion that you don’t belong to this world. I also want to express my gratitude for your mercy as when I chant the names Nitāi Gaurāṅga... Jaya Śacīnandana... I feel a lot of happiness and bliss. Thank You so much Guru Mahārāja.

Dear Gurudeva, when I read your letter in mid of January while you were in Chennai where you expressed the desire that your disciples shall do Bhakti-śāstri, take second initiation, preach actively and become guru; I am glad to share that with your mercy we are about to complete instruction one; we will be graduating Bhakti-sāstrī within month and would aspire for second initiation.

Gurudeva, please bless and give me strength that I can absorb the purport of Śrīla Prabhupāda into my heart and implement the lessons learnt in Bhakti-śāstri into my life. I also seek your blessings to continue my services of IYF- girls here at Chandigarh and as a mother of two daughters.

I pray to Pañca-tattva, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and Lord Narhari for your good health and give us your divine association for many years ahead.

Your eternal servant,

Premeśvarī Haripriyā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)

Chandigarh, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda Please accept my Humble Obeisances Guru Mahārāja I constantly pray to Lord Narasiṁha for your good health. For your causeless Mercy on a fallen soul like me I find no words to express. I seek your blessings so that I can advance on devotional path and able to overcome anarthas.

Please accept me as your spiritual daughter.

Your insignificant servant,

Priyā (Aspiring)

Rohini, New Delhi, India

Hare Krishna dandvat Pranam Guru Maharaj ji

Apni kripa  sada Banaye rakhiye Guru Maharaj

Hari hari bol

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare

Priyanka Dubey
Śrī Māyāpur

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my most respectful obesciencses

All glories to your Vyāsa-pūjā day,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All glories to You!

Although I have no qualifications to glorify an exalted personality like Yourself, but for my own purification I will try to do so.

Because of being very much unfortunate, I have not witnessed Your pastimes physically but from Your Great Servants, Well-Wishers, and Sīkṣā disciples, I have heard some of the inconceivable pastimes of Yours.

One devotee was telling that once You were in a hospital, and a person next to your bed was about to leave his body. Upon seeing his situation, the devotee was telling that, You immediately told the nurse “Give him neck beads, give him Tulasī, I will initiate him right now and free him from repeated birth and death”, no fire yajña, no information of him, but You, being infinitely merciful, were ready to initiate him then and there.

Another time, a devotee was telling us that we should practice and dive into the nectarine Holy Names of Kṛṣṇa, and with this process, we will transcend this bodily conception of life and he was giving the most vivid example of Yours, “Mahārāja (You) has completely absorbed himself in the holy names of Kṛṣṇa that he is completely transcendental to this body. So much pain Mahārāja has to go through, you all cannot even imagine. How is Mahārāja able to do so much for Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission? Because due to his absorption in the holy names of the Lord, he is completely transcendental to the body.”

As in a Vyāsa-pūjā offering to You, His Grace Jananivāsa Prabhuji was saying, “Every time I see Jayapatākā Mahārāja, I say to myself, ‘take a good look, this person(You), he does not live for himself, he simply lives for others... take a good look, it is very rare to find such a Person’.” and this statement of Jananivāsa Prabhu was technically proven to be absolute truth when you were having your liver and kidney transplant. A devotee was sharing that, at that time, doctors had left all the hope. So, devotees asked an astrologer, out of their great love for you, if the surgery is going to be a success? Would you be present amongst the devotees for some more time? The astrologer deeply answered the devotees that according to your astrological charts, the time period of your manifest pastimes on this earth planet already came to the end when a miscreant attacked you on the neck with a knife but you are still here. After that incident so many health-related traumas including that awful stroke in 2008, but you are still here. He added further, “This saintly man is just here to fulfill the orders of his Spiritual Master and to deliver the fallen souls, that’s all... Do not worry he will continue to give his divine association to all of us for at least 10 more years” and since that time Dear Guru Mahārāja, you went through many health challenges but just out of your own sweet will, for the sake of delivering the falling souls, you are on this planet and gave up your life just for the sake of others. Indeed, today is the most auspicious anniversary of your ‘52 Years of Self-Sacrifice’.

Knowing the mood of Your Spiritual Master, ‘Preaching is the essence, Purity is the force’, as a Perfect Disciple, You have led all of us, all the way to this point, as your name transliterates: Victory Flag, please Guru Mahārāja I beg at your Lotus Feet, please continue to lead us and inspire us so that we may also, in some lifetime, at least try to follow in your footsteps.

O Gurudeva, I am completely fallen but you are so much merciful that out of your own sweet will, you have causelessly saved a fallen person like me from Spiritual Death. O Spiritual Master, please keep me under the shelter of your divine Lotus Feet, if it so pleases you. I am completely filled with vāsanas and anarthas, O Guru Mahārāja please accept this humble offering unto to Your Divine Lotus Feet and please Gurudeva, kindly forgive me for my mistakes.

O Gurudeva, please give me your divine mercy and strength, so that I may endeavor to carry out your divine instructions.

śrī-guru karuṇā-sindhu, aDhāmaa janāra bandhu,
lokanāth lokera jīvana
hā hā prabhu koro doyā, deho more pada-chāyā,
ebe jaśa ghuṣuk tribhuvana

All glories to your Vyāsa-pūjā day,

All glories to You,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Your aspiring servant,

Priyanshu Dwivedi (aspiring disciple)

Allahabad (Prayāgrāja), India

Dear Guru Maharāja, 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories unto you! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! 

A very happy Vyāsapūja Gurudeva.

Am very grateful that you have accepted me as your spiritual daughter else I would have been lost in the waves of this material world. Thank you Gurudev for taking charge of my ship and protecting me. You have always been very merciful on me, providing us opportunity to serve you during 2018 Vyāsapūja in chennai and blessing me through the zoom call during my pregnancy. The amount of struggle you take to connect to us and deliver each soul is beyond my thinking ability. Last year physically you had many challenges with your health , yet again and again you overcome every single obstacle before you victoriously and keep on preaching to the fallen souls. I still couldn’t imagine how you have traveled to different countries within a short span of time without proper rest, this clearly proves that you are living the Gītā and demonstrating that we are not the body. Seeking your blessings Gurudeva that I could render devotional service seriously and be your insignificant servant of the servant. Kindly forgive me for the offences that I have committed at your lotus feet.

Jai Gurudeva!!

Priyasakhī Mālatī devī dāsī
India (Chennai)

গুরুমহারাজ এই অধমের প্রণাম নেবেন । আপনাকে দেওয়া কথা আমি যেন সারাজীবন পালন করতে পারি।

ভগবানের দেওয়া উপদেশ আমি যেন সারাজীবন পালন করতে পারি প্রচার করতে পারি।হরেকৃষ্ণ

Provat Hazra (aspiring disciple)
India

 

Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to our Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to your divine grace.

थैंक यू गुरु महाराज जी,की आपने मुझे अपना शिष्या बनाया।मुझे भक्ति करने का मौका दिया है,गुरु महाराज जी आपका प्यार, कृपा,करुणा है की अभी शिक्षा गुरु रम्या वृंदावन देवी दासी माताजी के सानिध्य में रहकर भक्ति को और अच्छे से करने भक्ति पूर्ण जीवन जीने के लिए उनके सरंक्षण में हैं। गुरु महारज जी आप हमारे लिए उदाहरण हैं की कैसी भी भौतिक तकलीफों में हमे गुरु और भगवान कृष्ण का ही शरण लेना है,और भक्ति करना है,और इस भौतिक जगत में कोई और रास्ता नहीं है। गुरु महाराज जी आपने जो भक्ति का मौका हम सभी को दिया है ये अनुकंपा है,और प्रभुपाद जी का जो शिक्षा हम सभी को मिल रहा है ये हमारे लिए प्रसाद है कृपा है की जो हम भक्ति में आ पाए हैं अपने जीवन को गुरु की इच्छा के साथ लगा सके, मिशन में अपने जीवन को लगा सके,तभी हमारा लाइफ का उदेश्य पूरा हो सकेगा,एक सिपाई के जैसे हम भी कृष्णा कौन्सियस मिशन में आपका सेवक बनकर सेवा कर सके.जो आपने भक्ति का खजाना दिया है ओरो को भी दे सके.

All Glories to your appearance day, Guru Mahārāja Jī.

Your spiritual daughter,

Pūjitā Mādhavī devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

New Delhi, India

Todas las glorias a SS Gaura Nitāi!

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda!

En este día de su Vyāsa-pūjā número 73 queremos saludarlo con mi esposo.

Le queremos comentar de nuevos servicios que estamos haciendo para ayudar al templo y servirlo a usted en cuerpo y alma.

Actualmente con mi esposo tomamos el servicio de:

Purāṇando Dāsa Cocina de la deidad

Natalia campillay ayudante de pūjāri y tesorera de harināma saṅkīrtana.

Pūrānanda Dāsa (dīkṣa)
 

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectful obseiances unto your divine lotus feet

Wishing you a very Happy Gaurāṅga Conscious Vyāsa-pūjā Spiritual Father

Gurudeva our sincerest heartfelt prayers unto Lotus feet of Guru Paramparā Narasiṁhadeva Pañca-tattva and Rādhā Mādhava Aṣṭa Sakhī for the best of your health.

Gurudeva your consistent untiring effort to reach out to all of us and to new people is indeed the most inspirational moments of my life. Gaurāṅga classes topped with home visits and blessings are most awaited moments of the day. Hearing about your unlimited glories from various Senior Disciples through JSSS makes it so much more-easier to understand the message given by Lord Kṛṣṇa in Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Your divine graces Caitanya-caritāmṛta classes helps me to understand the message of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Your personal care to all of us is indeed true Sunshine in this dark world of cheaters and cheated.

Guru Mahārāja 2020 November to 2021 August has been the most challenging time of our lives. I am victim of black magic for trying to preach to devotees, relatives and also as it did not work on my prabhu, it was directed to my father-in-law who got bed ridden for a year and finally left his body peacefully on January 1st 2022. The effect of black magic which reduced our preaching to a large extent. It has also affected my right hand so much that for 3 months had to chant and do my gāyatrī in left hand. Now my realization is that because of your prayers was able to chant my 16 rounds in spite of these challenges.

August 2021 and December 20201 had two operations on my right elbow and am able to use my right hand 85%. It’s a challenge for me to do ācamana in my right hand.

Gurudeva my intention of expressing is show, my deepest gratitude which words cannot express, your blessings and prayers during house visits has brought me back to track in terms of health physically, mentally, emotionally and most important of all Spiritually. In fact just the previous day of my first surgery you prayed to Lord Narasiṁhadeva for my protection and from that moment it has been big positive change.

Also, Gurudeva would like to mention that His Grace Prema Padminī Mātājī and His Grace Vijay Venugopal prabhu have been of great support during these most trying times. My prabhu Prasannātmā Balarāma Dāsa, our son Abhinav, my sister Lakṣmī Lokeśvarī devī dāsī, my brother Manju, cousin Vinoda Vāṇī devī dāsī and my two domestic help Mamatā and Nandinī help nursed me back to normal lifestyle. Seek your blessing for their over all well being.

My prabhu and myself by your causeless mercy have restarted our preaching activities seek your blessings to do some small sevā for Your Holiness. We seek special blessings for our son Abhinav Vasistha for his spiritual advancement

Also, Gurudeva please bless our Bhakti-vṛkṣa, Youth Club and Kṛṣṇa Club members to advance spiritually without any obstacles.

Once again Kṛṣṇa Conscious appearance day Gurudeva and Koṭi Koṭi Koṭi Daṇḍavats Praṇāma for your blessings and protection

Your Spiritual daughter and servant,

Pūrṇa Nandinī Mādhavī Devī Dāsī

Bangalore, India

¡Todas las Glorias a Śrī Śrī Goura Nitay! ¡Todas las Glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda! ¡Todas las Glorias a Guru Mahārāja!

Querido Guru Mahārāja, le ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias.

En esta oportunidad quería agradecerle enormemente por siempre inspirarme y mostrarnos como ser mejores sirvientes. Gracias por su determinación pese a las dificultades recordarnos siempre al señor Kṛṣṇa. Gracias por inspirarme en mi vida espiritual. Deseo siempre mantenerme en servicio a Kṛṣṇa y Devotos.

Su aspirante a sirvienta,
Bhaktina Purṇamāsī
(aspiring disciple)

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful Obeisance. All glories to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedant Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to you and to 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava.

While the world was trying to survive the Pandemic, it was because of your Mercy, that our spirit’s were still high, looking forward to meet you in the zoom class every Sunday, getting the opportunity to offer prasāda, and get your blessings. Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for giving us this opportunity to serve your lotus feet virtually.

Guru Mahārāja, in spite of so many anarthas in me, you mercifully gave me Shelter, although I’m not at all worthy of it. As I’ve been involved in some translation work for the past 3 years, translating Śrīla Prabhupāda’s lectures, closely scrutinizing his words for translation, I’ve realized more and more how mercifully Prabhupāda has saved Generations of souls. He gave the Kingdom of God to you, and you have not only developed it, but also distributed it all across the globe. All glories to you Guru Mahārāja. Had you not held up the torchlight of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, how would I ever realize the worthlessness of material endeavors and the right destination to strive for!

To understand I’m not this body but a soul is easier said than done, until we see the live example in you. I have done nothing in this world to deserve your mercy, but still somehow I have got it. If I could develop even an iota of Humility and forbearance that you have dear Guru Mahārāja, my life will be successful.

Guru Mahārāja, I pray to Rādhā Mādhava to keep you healthy, and help us all to always serve your lotus feet. Please Bless that I get rid of my Ego and always Serve You, Gaurāṅga and Vaiṣṇavas, and never ever forget Kṛṣṇa.

Please accept my Respectful Obeisance.

Your most insignificant sheltered disciple,

Poonam Dalwale

Atlanta, GA (under the care of NRJD)

nāma oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dear Gurumaharāj,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to you on this auspicious day of your Vyāsa pūja.

Our family is so fortunate to get your constant mercy and be in Kṛṣṇa Conscious at all times.

 We were disheartened to see you becoming sick again recently and got admitted in the hospital in Chennai.

In spite of your ill health, feeling weak at all times, your untiring effort in fulfilling Śrīla Prabhupāda’s vision is unfathomable.

After the sudden demise of my husband Śyāma Sundara Jagannātha Dasa in Māyāpur last year February, our family was totally shattered. Your kind words and blessings brought us  lot of solace to our heart. I felt lost in the ocean of material world like a rudderless boat. Your blessings helped me to take childrens class in Bangalore, the seva which I am doing till today.

During Covid times your virtual home visits brought immense happiness to us. We got special mercy from you at all times.

When my daughter Anusha got married to Anunay in Rājāpur in  November last year, you gave your special blessings to the couple in spite of your busy schedule of classes in the evening. We were overjoyed to see you and the special care you have for our family.

I pray to Lord Nṛsimhadev to bless you with a healthy and vibrant life to spread Śrīla Prabhupāda's message to the whole world and  also help me to become your devoted servant serving you eternally.

Long Live Gurumaharāj,

Your servant,
Puṣpāmukhī Sacī Devī Dāsī
India (Bengalūru)

My Dearest Gurudev,

Nama Om Vishnu Padaya Krishna Preshthaya Bhutale Srimate Jaya Pataka Samin iti namine

Namo Acharya Padaya Nitai Kripa Pradayine Gaura Katha Dhama Dhaaya Nagara Grama Tarine

Dear Gurudev, please accept my respectful obeisances Unto your Lotus Feet.  All Glories to your Devine Grace and Devine Appearance Day.

Dear Guru Maharaj, you are a perfect example to all the qualities that the shastras mention about a disciple.  Your whole life and being is a dedication to Your Spiritual Master Srila Prabhupada.  Without any break every moment, every breath is in service of Guru and Gauranga.

Occeans contain themselves in a particular region but your Ocean of causeless mercy just expands towards every soul that comes close to you.

You are sensitive to the smallest feeling of devotees and at the same time you make the biggest plans for our ISKCON movement and preaching all over the world.

Any small bodily inconvenience I find difficult to tolerate but you push yourself to the maximum for Srila Prabhupada and knowingly and voluntarily accept all kinds of hardships.

As you mentioned getting a daughter married is like crossing a mountain.  Please bless us that our daughter settles down in marriage.  Please bless me that I absorb some of your mood and qualities so that Your Devine Grace and the Parampara are pleased upon me.

Your unworthy daughter

Radha Shakti Devi Dasi 

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

I offer my humble obeisances onto the Lotus Feet of my worshipable Spiritual master His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja

All Glories to Your auspicious Appearance day Śrīla Guru Mahārāja!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Dearest Śrīla Guru Mahārāja

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

All Glories to Your All Auspicious Appearance Day

First of all I want to request forgiveness for all the offences I have committed at Your Divine Lotus Feet. I have one after another committed offences at Your Lotus Feet and You have been forgiving me. I try not to commit offences but always end up not following Your instructions and engage in sense gratification, But still how merciful are You.

Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, I have been so sinful that although I got Your mercy, but still due to my great misfortune and pride, I actually misunderstood You and committed a very great offence at Your lotus feet. For this offence Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi at Juhu even punished me, but still due to ignorance my mind conspires with me. I used to take online darshan of Their Lordships at Juhu. During that time, somehow I read some false criticism about You from sites made by a few envious people who wanted to blaspheme Śrīla Prabhupāda and His mission. Oh, how angry the most merciful Personalities became. For nearly a month Śrī Śrī Gaur Nitāi didn’t give Their darshan. In the beginning I was not able to understand why Śrī Śrī Gaur Nitāi had become so angry although they are the most merciful. But later when I heard Śrīnatha Prahu jī Glorifying You then I understood how dear are You Śrīla Guru Mahārāja to Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi and Śrīla Prabhupāda, and how dedicatedly You have been serving them. Nearly a month later, when I started to regularly attend Your lectures and was trying to hear more of Your glorification and was asking Their Lordships to now have mercy on me to become Your faithful servant. Oh, finally on one afternoon Bhoga Ārati all of a sudden Their camera started. As soon as I saw them I prayed to them to forgive me and let me become a dedicated servant of Yours Śrīla Guru Mahārāja.

But Guru Mahārāja I have now understood that I have done such a great blunder that I am unqualified to get even the mercy of the most magnanimous Lord Nityānanda then what to say of Lord Gaurāṅga. They have not resumed giving darśana because I have become nice but because You are very merciful.

Without Your mercy Śrīla Guru Mahārāja I have no existence, without Your shelter Śrīla Guru Mahārāja I am just like a small new born puppy is, near a busy street without its Master. Every moment he has a fear of being eaten up by some other big dog, or being smashed under some fast-moving vehicle, but as soon as its Master comes and takes it under His shelter, oh, then there is no more fear. Please take me under Your shelter, this world is very bad. Here even parents leave their own children for their personal interests. There is no shelter in this world but still Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, I am so fallen that again and again I look back towards this material world with some expectation of happiness. Śrīla Guru Mahārāja I am fallen and poor and have been quite injured by the mad elephant of Vaiṣṇava Aparādhā, please have mercy on me, I have no existence without Your mercy. Although my position is so fallen, Śrīla Guru Mahārāja but still again and again pride comes in heart for no reason, please have mercy on me Śrīla Guru Mahārāja that every time I become proud may it be broken, may I be able to see myself as Your servant. I desire to serve You Śrīla Guru Mahārāja but I am so unfortunate that I am not even able to do that. I am qualified for nothing, Śrīla Guru Mahārāja for I am rejected by the most merciful Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaura, but Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, You can save me if it so pleases You. You can save me or throw me away as dirt, as You wish Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, But I request You Śrīla Guru Mahārāja to kindly place me as a dust particle under Your Divine Lotus Feet, for I do not desire to leave and go back to material sense gratification. Kindly accept this poor and fallen soul as Your servant.

How great are You Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, surely my words are less in Your Glorification. Please have mercy on me Śrīla Guru Mahārāja so that I may be able to faithfully serve You without any pride and without any sense of being recognized or any other dirt in mind.

All Glories to You Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, How merciful are You, How Great are You and who sinful am I to blaspheme You, please have mercy on this sinful person.

Your insignificant aspiring servant

Rādhe (Vaṅśika) (aspiring disciple)

Mumbai (Vasai), Maharashtra, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to Your Divine Grace!

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

Wishing you a happy and glorious Vyāsa-pūjā.

This is just an attempt by an insignificant, fallen soul to glorify your Holiness.

It’s been a year now since I came into Kṛṣṇa consciousness and although I’m unintelligent, I’m trying to do some service for the devotees. By your grace, I was pointed to this oasis of transcendence, else I would have been lost in the desert of material existence forever. Thank you, Gurudeva.

By your mercy I was able to join the ashram 3 months into Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Mahārāja, your temple gave me shelter, put a roof over my head, feeds me sumptuously and gives me the opportunity to try and serve the Vaiṣṇavas everyday. This wouldn’t have been possible without your blessings. I am eternally grateful to you, Master.

It’s really mesmerises me to see how you never fail to deliver classes everyday, just to deliver a pathetic soul like me. Although you have various ailments, you keep them aside and come through for me. Sometimes it feels like you are not from this planet, but Superman from another world come to save us.

Although my prayers are insignificant, I will still pray for your quick recovery. You are a true inspiration and driving force for millions.

With deep gratitude I offer obeisances at your lotus feet. Please bless me so that I may serve the servant of the servant of Your Holiness.

An insignificant and fallen aspiring soul.

Rāhul Rādhā Kṛṣṇan,

ISKCON Whitefield, Bangalore

Dear His Holiness Jayapatākā Swamijī,

Hare Kṛṣṇa!! Daṇḍavat praṇāma!!

On this most blessed and auspicious day, the celebration of your appearance ; Śrī Vyāsa-Pūjā, please accept my most humble Obeisance’s at your divine lotus feet, and kindly forgive my offences.

On 31st Dec, 2019 I met my spiritual brother (Sushil Madhav Prabhu). He established a good relationship with me and nurture me a lot. My spiritual journey started on 1st Jan, 2020 with two rounds of Mahāmantra chanting after maṇgla-āratik, I found myself more pleasant after chanting. Spiritual brother asked me to do Mahāmantra two rounds daily. Slowly slowly he introduced so many things in my life and I also started to put on tilaka, follow four rules and 16 rounds chanting.

I was about to śaraṇāgata under HH Bhakti Cāru Swamiji Mahārāja but Swamiji became disappears on 4th July 2020. And I become hopeless at that moment. Meanwhile I used to go through the video lectures of Mahārāja and In one of lecture Mahārāja mentioned that how you went to Kolkata to meet him when he left Māyāpur without saying anything to anyone.

When I came to know that I wanted you as my Dīkṣā Guru. I found back all my hopes again. Swamiji always guide me through enlightened path, do not left me alone.

Yours obedient,

Raj Kumar Sah (aspiring disciple)

Rajarhat, Kolkata

Being in very critical condition of body, still you were able to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness to each and every one around you.

Please accept my humble obeisance. Wishing you very good health ahead.

Also requesting you to shower mercy upon us to serve Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Your servant,

Kālindī devī dāsī and Rājārāma dāsa

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Gurudeva.

Please accept my humble obeisance unto your lotus feet.

On this auspicious occasion of your vyāsapūjā day I sincerely pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to protect you and give good health.

Gurudeva you are situated in such an exalted position. I am really unqualified to glorify you. But you are so kind you made me as your disciple.

Duty of disciple is to help his guru in his mission of spreading Kṛṣṇa Consciousness to everyone. To fulfil that we have plan to start a prayer hall with an altar near to my house. The proposed land is owned from my ancestors and it is also situated near Śiva temple where many people come to do rituals for their ancestors like śrāddha ceremony.

That Śiva temple is considered to be equivalent to kāśī because there river is flowing in front of lord Śiva, like Gaṅgā. Because of that only this place is famous for śrāddha ceremony.

In this auspicious occasion of your vyāsapūjā day I seek your blessings to remove all obstacles. Some of our God brothers and we’ll wishers from our village also come forward to render their contributions for this attempt.

Now in mathurādeśa my śikṣā-guru give me an opportunity to serve Malayalee Chakra devotees. Also my family who are now in Kerala doing Bhagavat-gītā class for children and elders also attending other spiritual classes.

Once more I pray to Rādhā Mādava and Pañcatattva for your good health.

Jai Śrīla Gurudeva.

Respected and most beloved Guru Mahārāja, My spiritual father

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Please accept my respectful obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet on this most auspicious occasion of your appearance day. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja, it is indeed our greatest fortune to write to you on your appearance day, though we have no qualifications still it is just your mercy upon us that we are given this opportunity to get connected to you and through you to this glorious paramparā.

You have always been a source of inspiration for us the most important quality among innumerable qualities which you posses is Ācāryopasanā, your commitment and dedication to your spiritual master Śrīla Prabhupāda. Every moment of your life is dedicated to the service of your spiritual master and every thought of yours is to think how to please Śrīla Prabhupāda. This most luminous quality of yours inspires us maxima that how can we serve you more and more, how can we please you more and more, how can we help you in your mission of serving Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja, time to time you have so many physical ailments and restrictions, but that does not deter you in your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda, we realise all these external problems are coming because of us not following the regulations strictly still you are so merciful that that you are always blessing us and guiding us PERSONALLY almost every day through your vāṇī and darśana by modern means of communications, you have actually taught us how to use these instruments of Kaliyuga in the service of Kṛṣṇa most effectively, you have taught us how can we practice this Yukta Vairāgya optimally. Recently you have personally enquired each of your disciple about his well-being and about his spiritual progress which touched my heart, you are constantly praying for our spiritual well-being and always ready to help anyone , this personal care of yours is beyond description, everyone feels loved and cared under your protection.

Dear Father, you are an eternal associate of Lord Gaurāṅga and like Him only you are Distributing Mercy everywhere without considering any qualifications, anyone who comes in your contact, gets the mercy of Lord Gaurāṅga through you, may he be on street, or hospital or ICU, your only mission to connect as many souls to Gaurāṅga as possible, such merciful magnanimous is OUR SPIRITUAL MASTER.

Guru Mahārāja, it is my sincere though insignificant prayers to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Pañcatattva, Śrī Śrī Narasiṁhadeva and Śrīla Prabhupāda for your health and we should always be in your service wherever you are.

Guru Mahārāja, it is a sincere request that please use me in any service you feel appropriate.

Please accept my Daṇḍavat Praṇāma again and again at your lotus feet.

Your spiritual son

Rajiv Mukha Govinda Dāsa

Dīkṣā disciple

New Delhi

Respected and most beloved Guru Mahārāja, My spiritual father

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Please accept my respectful obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet on this most auspicious occasion of your appearance day. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja, it is indeed our greatest fortune to write to you on your appearance day, though we have no qualifications still it is just your mercy upon us that we are given this opportunity to get connected to you and through you to this glorious paramparā.

You have always been a source of inspiration for us the most important quality among innumerable qualities which you posses is Ācāryopasanā, your commitment and dedication to your spiritual master Śrīla Prabhupāda. Every moment of your life is dedicated to the service of your spiritual master and every thought of yours is to think how to please Śrīla Prabhupāda. This most luminous quality of yours inspires us maxima that how can we serve you more and more, how can we please you more and more, how can we help you in your mission of serving Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja, time to time you have so many physical ailments and restrictions, but that does not deter you in your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda, we realise all these external problems are coming because of us not following the regulations strictly still you are so merciful that that you are always blessing us and guiding us PERSONALLY almost every day through your vāṇī and darsan by modern means of communications, you have actually taught us how to use these instruments of Kaliyuga in the service of Kṛṣṇa most effectively, you have taught us how can we practice this Yukta Vairagya optimally. Recently you have personally enquired each of your disciple about his well being and about his spiritual progress which touched my heart, you are constantly praying for our spiritual well being and always ready to help anyone, this personal care of yours is beyond description, everyone feels loved and cared under your protection.

Dear Father, you are an eternal associate of Lord Gaurāṅga and like Him only you are Distributing Mercy everywhere without considering any qualifications, anyone who comes in your contact, gets the mercy of Lord Gaurāṅga through you, may he be on street, or hospital or ICU, your only mission to connect as many souls to Gaurāṅga as possible, such merciful magnanimous is OUR SPIRITUAL MASTER.

Guru Mahārāja, it is my sincere though insignificant prayers to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Pancatattva, Śrī Śrī Narsimhadeva and Śrīla Prabhupāda for your health and we should always be in your service wherever you are.

Guru Mahārāja, it is a sincere request that please use me in any service you feel appropriate.

Please accept my dandavata Panama again and again at your lotus feet.

Your spiritual son

Rajiv Mukha Govinda Das

New Delhi

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

Respected Guru Mahārāja, our Spiritual Father.

Please accept our respectful prostrated obeisances to your lotus feet.

All Glories to your auspicious appearance day on Kamada Ekādaśī.

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

We have no qualification to glorify you as our lives are full of various sinful activities (amara jivana, sada pape rata, nahiko punyera lesha) but we are writing this glorification just to purify ourselves.

Guru Mahārāja, O’ Ocean of Mercy,

Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the most merciful benevolent incarnation of Godhead and delivers everyone who surrenders to Kṛṣṇa. And you are the order carrier of Mahāprabhu via your spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda by encouraging thousands and thousands of fallen souls to chant and empowering them in performing various kind of devotional services. Your appearance on this planet is your spiritual pastime to fulfil the orders of your spiritual master and the whole disciple succession leading ultimately to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Śrīmati Rādhārāṇī. For the pleasure of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Pañcha-tattva, Lord Narasiṁhadeva-Prahlāda Mahārāja and Śrīla Prabhupāda, you work incessantly and hold daily classes and take questions on Zoom.

Your overflowing mercy is revealed to everyone who meets you irrespective of age, gender, caste, creed or profession. You have personified Śrīla Prabhupāda’s words “Preaching is the Essence”, and everyone is a witness that preaching Holy name and about “Kṛṣṇa” is your life and soul. You have defied all your physical limitations for purpose of preaching, whether it is liver disease, transplant, COVID or internal bleed.

You are bestowed with all the qualities of previous Acharyas – you are fearless (Abhay) and are always serving the lotus feet of all fearless Kṛṣṇa (HDG Abhay Charan Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda) and this is reflected in your preaching attitude in difficult and dangerous terrains of the world. You are personification of principles of devotional service (HDG Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Saraswatī Goswami Mahārāja) as is evident with your daily attending online Maṅgala Ārti and all the temple programs in whatever health condition you are. You have enticed the devotees in various parts of the world to start various programs and festivals based on scriptural evidence. You are always chanting “Gaura-Gaura” and the glories of Lord Caitanya with an enthusiasm like an adolescent (HDG Śrīla Gaura-Kiśora Dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja). You are always joyful and jubilant in performing devotional practices (HDG Śrīla Bhakti Vinoda Ṭhākura Mahārāja) and entice others to perform them. You are an eternal servitor of Lord Jagannātha at Rājāpur (HDG Śrīla Jagannath Dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja).

As per Bhagavad-gītā (BG Chapter 12, Slokas 13-14):

adveṣṭā sarva-bhūtānāṁ
maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca
nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ
sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣamī

santuṣṭaḥ satataṁ yogī
yatātmā dṛḍha-niścayaḥ
mayy arpita-mano-buddhir
yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ

You live the above 2 Slokas – you are kind towards everyone and never envious, you are free from false ego and proprietorship, you are tolerant, satisfied, self-controlled and equal in both happiness and distress and always engaged in devotional service with determination and your mind and intelligence fixed always on Kṛṣṇa, and thus very dear to Him.

Bhakti-rasamrita Sindhu Śloka 1.2.255 says:

anāsaktasya visayān
yathārham upayunjatah
nirbandhah kṛṣṇa-sambandhe
yuktam vairāgyam ucyate

You have shown with your live example the actual meaning of Yukta Vairāgya – renunciation by accepting everything which is in relation to Kṛṣṇa, but at the same time not attaching to anything. You have utilized all the modern world scientific technologies for the devotional service of Kṛṣṇa and in this way reached to thousands of devotees sitting at their homes. Your online sessions have served to connect devotees from various parts of the world with you. You also started mobile App to regularly update your disciples about your activities.

As we are devoid of any power or intelligence and most fallen, hence we request you to please accept both of us (śakti-buddhi-hina, ami ati dina, koro’ more ātmā-satha) and bless us so that we would be able to take initiation and do some service together as per your instructions.

All Glories to the Spiritual Master!

Your insignificant servants,

Rajeev and Anju Khanna (Sheltered disciples)

ISKCON East of Kailash Temple, New Delhi

नमः 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 मैं रामकेशव दास आपका आध्यात्मिक पुत्र आपके श्री चरण कमलों में दण्डवत प्रणाम, कोटि कोटि धन्यवाद आभार व्यक्त करता हूँ कि आपने इस अधम जीव को अपनी शरण प्रदान की, मनुष्य जीवन को जानने भगवान की सेवा में अग्रसर होने का अवसर प्रदान किया।

गुरु महाराज यह मेरा सौभाग्य है कि इस 73th व्यास पूजा के पावन अवसर पर मुझे अपने मैले चित् की शुद्धि के लिए आपका गुणगान करने का सौभाग्य मिला।

गुरु महाराज आप हमेशा प्रभुपाद द्वारा दी गयीं अनेकों सेवाओं को पूरा करने में लगे रहते हैं इसके लिए आप अपनी शारीरिक क्षमता कष्टों की भी परवाह नहीं करते। ज्यादातर सेवाएं पूरी कर भी चुके हैं आप 50 हजार से ज्यादा शिष्य ग्रहण कर चुके हैं।

मायापुर धाम का भव्य विकास, चैतन्य लीला स्थलीयों की खोज उनको ISKCON के अन्तर्गत लेकर आना उनका विकास करना तथा संसार के वैष्णवों को चैतन्य महाप्रभु तथा उनके भक्तों की लीलाओं के दर्शन को सुगम बनाने के लिए आप नये नये तरीके निकालते हुए अलग अलग हिन्दी, बंग्ला, अंग्रेजी, रशियन आदि भक्तों के समूहों को इंटरनेट, ज़ूम या सीधे अपनी उपस्थिति के द्वारा लाभान्वित कर रहे हैं।

जो मायापुर नहीं पहुंच पा रहें हैं उनको इंटरनेट के माध्यम से यात्रा का लाभ पहुंचाया जा रहा है।

गुरु महाराज आप इस्कॉन रुपी अति विशाल तम्बू के उस मजबूत केन्द्रीय स्तंभ के समान हैं जिस पर उस तम्बू की स्थिरता की सबसे बड़ी जिम्मेदारी होती है आप इस सेवा को प्रभु पाद के निर्देशों अनुसार बहुत ही अच्छी प्रकार से कर रहे हैं।

गुरु महाराज आप अपने सभी शिष्यों का व्यक्तिगत रूप से ध्यान रखते है तथा सभी

के उद्धार के लिए उन तक कैसे पहुंचा जाएं योजना बनाते हैं।

आप ज़ूम के माध्यम से संसार भर में फैले भक्तों के पास तक जाते है तथा कृपा प्रदान करते हैं।

आप ने हिन्दी भाषी भक्तों को ध्यान रखते हुए अपनी कक्षाओं का हिन्दी में भी साथ साथ अनुवाद कराके उसको गुरु गौरांग की कृपा को आसान बना दिया है।

आप का प्रश्नोत्तर सत्र हम सभी के लिए बहुत ही लाभप्रद है हमारी बहुत सी जिज्ञासाओं को शांत करता है।

आप अनेकों भाषाओं में पुस्तकें प्रकाशित कर रहे हैं जो हजारों साल तक मानव जाति का कल्याण करेंगी।

TOVP का निर्माण जो आप का बहुत बड़ा सपना है बहुत ही जल्द साकार होने वाला है।

गुरू महाराज पिछले काफी वर्षों से आपका स्वास्थ्य ठीक होने के कारण आपका काफी समय अस्पतालों में व्यतीत हो रहा है परंतु वहाँ रहते हुए भी आपने डाक्टरों अन्य स्टाफ को कृष्णभावनामृत प्रदान किया कुछ को शिष्य रुप में भी ग्रहण किया।

50 से ज्यादा साल से आप प्रभुपाद के बताये भक्ति के नियमों का पालन करते हुए सारे विश्व मे फैले भक्तों को गुरु गौरांग प्रभु पाद की सेवा में लगा रहे हैं।

आपका हर कार्य सभी भक्तों के लिये एक शिक्षा/आदेश है कि चाहे कैसी भी विपरीत परिस्थितियॉ क्यों आयें हमें अपने गुरु के निर्देशों का अक्षरशः पालन करना चाहिये।

आपका आध्यात्मिक पुत्र,

रामकेशव दास।

साहिबाबाद, गाजियाबाद, (India)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja, Please Accept my Respectful Obeisances, All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

I am happy to associate with ISKCON Chennai Devotees, Especially Amarendra Goura Prabhu and Sukīrtī Mādhavī Mātājī I was inspired by the Bhagavad-gītā made easy Classes conducted by them online, I and Gaurāṅga Prema mayi Prabhu your disciple have gone to ISKCON Chennai to Receive Śrīmad-bhāgavatam Set Gift we have received it from His Grace Sumitra Kṛṣṇa Prabhu, As per the guidance of my godbrothers His Grace Sadasivānanda Prabhu and His Grace Adideva Giridhārī Prabhu I have created Tamil Bhagavad-gītā Lectures and has uploaded them in You Tube channel also I am rendering services to Lord Śrī Jagannath, Baladeva, Subhadrā mayi, because of the pandemic we are doing everything on a small scale seeking your blessings to expand it further in Thiruvalluvar and Kanchipuram Districts, also seeking your blessings to enter Gṛhastha ashram and lead an ideal Gṛhastha life.

Your insignificant Servant

Rāmānanda Caitanya Candra Das

ISKCON Tiruvallur

My dearest father, Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my heartfelt and respectful obeisances. All glories to our saviour Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to your divine grace.

Thank you for giving me an opportunity to glorify you as a drop of reciprocation for the ocean of mercy and love that you keep showering upon me. Undeservingly I have found you in this life and out of your causeless mercy, you have come to purify this impudent and rebellious soul.

Glories glories to my spiritual father! How is it possible to glorify someone who is exuding Vaiṣṇava qualities incessantly and more in all situations? You touch the hearts of thousands simply by your compassion and love. Every health crisis for you is an opportunity to reach out to densely ignorant doctors, nurses, other health staff and so on to somehow connect them to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. And these are nothing but the occasions when you engage your mūḍhā disciples like me in your service. We may flap or jump in anxiety during those phases but you are unperturbed like still water. The best part is somehow by direct intervention of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva and Śrīla Prabhupāda, you come out of those critical phases like padma-patram ivāmbhasā. Nothing can ever pull you down. Your victory flag always leaves the world wonderstruck.

Your pastimes in the hospitals and other times are like oasis in our desert-like heart. In Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa gives 3 reasons for His advent but the actual internal reason is He advents to give pleasure to His devotees with His pastimes of loving exchanges. Likewise, you manifest those pastimes to inspire us to become a more serious devotees, those pastimes give us the impetus to live and progress on the path of spirituality. Your determination to function as one of the dearest disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda inspires me to become a committed disciple. Unfortunately, I am still the most useless disciple.

Just to complete the incomplete aspects of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Caitanya’s mission you are fighting with all the health hazards. Till the time TOVP is inaugurated and settled, you will not rest in peace. You wish to materialize the dream of Śrīla Bhakti Vinoda Ṭhākura and Śrīla Prabhupāda and the prophecy that there would be a wonderful temple where people from all around the world will come to chant and dance. How intensely you must be pleasing our previous ācāryas by investing your life and soul in their services!

A goṣṭyānandi is a bhajanānandi first. Unless one is fixed up in his sādhana, one cannot instil the purity in the hearts of others. In other words, unless one makes one’s janma sārthaka, one cannot do para-upakāra. Although you are a nitya siddha pārśada of Lord Caitanya, you are setting an impeccable example of a sādhaka in front of us by your uninterrupted sādhana, no matter what; thus establishing the principle of yad yad ācarati śreṣṭhas, tad tad evetaro janaḥ. All glories to your perfect leadership!!

It is unfortunate that despite this, there are many disciples who break 4 regulative principles and fail to chant 16 rounds daily after initiation and you take the brunt of their misdeeds. But merciful as you are, you suffer silently without punishing your children. In this way you are shouldering so much of burden of Mother Earth. It brings tears to my eyes to see you go through the pain and sufferings but indeed it only enhances your glories manifold in my heart.

The whole awestruck world is singing your glories as you have set a unique example of an unstoppable fighter!! It makes me jubilant to sing eve yas ghusuk tribhuvane…. I am sure it is already happening beyond our ability to perceive.

On this auspicious day of your divine appearance, I humbly pray to Śrī Śrī Pañca Tattva, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava Aṣṭa Sakhī vṛnda, Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva and Śrīla Prabhupāda that They continue to keep you protected in Their loving embrace, as always.

All glories to your appearance day, dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja!!

Your lowly spiritual daughter,

Ramya Vṛndāvana devī dāsī.

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisences unto your lotus feet,

All Glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga,

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

I would like to express my boundless gratitude and thanks for accepting me as your disciple.

It is a debt that cannot be paid back in many lifetimes.

I am always amazed by your determination to execute the orders of your spiritual master, despite of all your external difficulties.

You always set an ideal example for the dedication expected from a disciple and the resolve and determination to serve one's spiritual master under all circumstances.

Your compassion towards your disciples and people in general is unlimited and you are always looking for opportunities to give mercy to the fallen souls like myself.

Your mercy and prayers are the only hope for fallen souls like me. I hope that someday I will be able to please you by my endeavors and by that I hopefully would become qualified to advance in the spiritual path.

I pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva and Śrī Rādhā Madhav that they continue to shower their blessing upon you so that you can deliver more and more souls from the clutches of Māyā.

Your insignificant servant

Raṇacora Govinda Dāsa

हरे कृष्ण।

गुरु महाराज की जय।।।।

गुरु महाराज आज मैं स्वयं को बहुत सैभाग्यशाली समझती हूं कि मुझे आज अति पावन अवसर आपका गुणगान करने का अवसर मिल रहा है।

गुरु महाराज, मैं बहुत सौभाग्यशाली हु कि मुझे आप जैसे गुरु की प्राप्ति हुई। आपने मुझे अज्ञान के अंधकार से बाहर निकाला है।गुरू महाराज आप इतनी तबियत खराब होते हुए भी देश,विदेश में प्रचार कर रहे है,पतित आत्मायों का उद्धार करने के लिए।।।।।

*गुरु महाराज गुणों की खान है*

गुरु महाराज छोटेबड़े में भेदभाव नही देखते है, सबको समान दृष्टि से देखते है।गुरु महाराज, मैं भगवान से प्रार्थना करती हूं, की मैं आपके मिशन में कुछ हेल्प कर सकू।।।।।

आपकी पतित शिष्या

रास रानी कमला देवी दासी

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet,

All glories to guru and Gaurāṅga

This is Rasa sagara rāma das, initiated, from Kṛṣṇa kathā deśa

Happy to write your Vyāsa-pūjā homage

Thanks for accepting me as Dīkṣā disciple

I have a strong faith that you will take me to Kṛṣṇa as I have no qualification.

śrī-guru-caraṇe rati, ei se uttama-gati, je prasāde pūre sarva āśā

Attachment to your lotus feet is the perfection that fulfills all desires.

please bless me to follow and act according to your words

my faith and devotion to Gaura Nitāi is strong -simply because of yourself Guru Mahārāja, thanks

hope yourself will save more jīva s like me, in the coming days, by the mercy of guru and Gaurāṅga

hare Kṛṣṇa,

at your service,

Rasa sagara rāma das

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa! Daṇḍavat Praṇāma!

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Your Holiness.

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

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 obeisance’s at your merciful lotus feet.

Happy Kṛṣṇa conscious birthday to you. May Lord always bless you with good health so that many fallen souls like me can get your mercy and come to know about aim of life and achieve real happiness.

Guru Mahārāja listening to the vyāsa pūjā offerings by your godbrothers and your disciples make me realize what does it mean to be a representative of A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda and great legacy of Vaishnava paramparā of lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

I feel how fortunate we are to get you as our spiritual master even though I am not at all qualified for it but since you are the associate of merciful Caitanya Mahāprabhu as said by Prabhupāda. As Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted sinful Jagāi and Mādhāi, merciful Guru Mahārāja you have accepted me as a disciple.

I don’t find any strength in me to grow in spiritual life but have faith, under able guidance and association of devotees and your special mercy and blessings I will sustain in devotion.

On this special day please bless me along with my family to continue in our bhakti.

You are and will always remain a source of inspiration for us.

Your humble servant,

Rāsalīlā Rādhikā Devī Dāsī

Hare Kṛṣṇa

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to you

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

By your cause less mercy I received first and second initiation. I am from Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa Yātrā. Yātrā has assigned me some sevā of TOVP fund raising and Bengali group development. I humbly request your blessings to perform the sevā in a better way and also to improve my personal sadhana.

A fallen conditioned soul, your spiritual son,

Rasanatha Gopāla 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

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. 

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, the captain of our ship riding us back to godhead

All glories to Your Divine Grace, you are our leader in the ship who connected us and is keeping us in this Ship leading us back to lotus feet of Lord Gaurāṅga.

All glories to your determination in serving Śrīla Prabhupāda mission, which I being a fool is not able to understand

If I am not able to understand any of your glories then how will I glorify you, seeking your mercy on this auspicious occasion of Your Divine Grace 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā. Only by Your mercy will I be able a understand a drop of your unlimited qualities and thus could glorify you.

In this particular year, Your divine grace has being engaging me in many services, directing personally, I am very fortunate but somehow I couldn’t accomplish anything in your service.. I remained caught up with my ego and couldn’t be patient enough to be part of internal team in serving you.. I am not surrendered enough to your teachings and instructions Guru Mahārāja, so I am getting far away from serving you personally.

Many times, because of many situations I am losing my faith, I was saved by your affection for me, I am like a child who couldn’t understand the father was trying to run away from you, but your love for me and you are holding me still now. So, if I am doing something in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, it is purely by your mercy, and I offer all credit to you if anything positive from my service but if anything, negative I take credit for my anarthas.

Last year was very tough in many ways, but you were always there for me… I know I will cherish this as memorable in my whole life. I remember once His Holiness Rādhānatha Swami Mahārāja, told in his class, the difficult times in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness are valuable jewels we should cherish it as these are moments which has taken us closer to Kṛṣṇa.

Some of my situations where I have to inject myself some medications, I was reminded a glimpse of what You are undergoing to be with us, which you are still undergoing … I don’t know how can I do something that you don’t have to undergo any health issues, my prayer to Lord Narasiṁhadeva every day, let They never take you to any more hospital visit..

We want you guru Mahārāja, we don’t know where we will be if you are not with us, as usual this is my request, please always keep me as dust under your lotus feet. No other request from you Guru Mahārāja.

Let me not deviate from your instructions anytime and let I be always reminded of all the sacrifices You are doing to take forward Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission, let we be also part of your sacrifice, please engage me in this great sacrifice. Never let me go away from You, śāstra says Guru is like FIRE, if one tries to go too close we will be burnt but if we try to stay away from you, we will not get the warmth and we will freeze.

Let me always remain under your warmth and take every step carefully and consciously that I will become more Kṛṣṇa conscious,

Let me take every mantra sincerely with prayerful mood.

Let me take everyday in my life as a wonderful opportunity to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission.

Let me take every service as my life and soul and perform it with proper attitude to please Lord Janārdana, who is bhāva-grāhī.

Let me study every single line of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s book with full attention and devotion and apply for myself walking towards the path of pure devotioṇ

Let me aim for the Rhinoceros, Kṛṣṇa-prema and accept with proper mood whatever I could accomplish with humility

Let me remain humble in any post or service I have given understanding that I always remain servant of servant.

Let me understand your mood of service for Śrīla Prabhupāda mission and let this life and any upcoming life be only and only dedicated in serving this mission of Lord Caitanya.

Thank you very much for always caring me giving so much affection which I can never deserve.

Yours earger to serve even life after life,

Rasapriya gopika devī dāsī,

Śrīdhāma Māyāpur , India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and your loving eternal service for his pleasure.

All glories to your Divine Grace!

All glories to your appearance day!

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

It is completely a miracle to get shelter at your Lotus Feet. Śrīla Prabhupada says in the introduction to Śrīmad Bhagavatam that the beloved devotee of the Lord can favor a neophyte more liberally than the Lord. You mercifully accepted the fallen soul, me as your disciple. So, You are inconceivably magnanimous more than Gaura-Niāi who delived Jagāi and Mādhāi.

It is not possible to measure the complete glories of the Supreme Lord, who is unlimited. Even the Lord Himself in His incarnation as Ananta, or Śeṣa, cannot describe His own glories. His pure devotees like Your Devine Grace possess the unlimited qualities just like the Lord.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, it’s said

bile batorukrama-vikramān ye

na śṛṇvataḥ karṇa-puṭe narasya

jihvāsatī dārdurikeva sūta

na copagāyaty urugāya-gāthāḥ

[ŚB 2.3.20]

One who has not listened to the messages about the prowess and marvelous acts of the Personality of Godhead and has not sung or chanted loudly the worthy songs about the Lord is to be considered to possess earholes like the holes of snakes and a tongue like the tongue of a frog.

But Lord Himself is serving His Devotees – [Śrīmān Mahāprabhu says to Sanātana GosvāmI as he was asking not to touch while Mahāprabhu was trying to cleanse Sanātana Gosvāmī’s body]

tomā dekhi, tomā sparśi, gāi tomāra guṇa

sarvendriya-phala, — ei śāstra-nirūpaṇa

akṣṇoḥ phalaṁ tvādṛśa-darśanaṁ hi tanoḥ phalaṁ tvādṛśa-gātra-saṅgaḥ jihvā-phalaṁ tvādṛśa-kīrtanaṁ hi su-durlabhā bhāgavatā hi loke

“By seeing you, by touching you and by glorifying your transcendental qualities, one can perfect the purpose of all sense activity. This is the verdict of the revealed scriptures. [CC. Madhya 20.56]

“‘My dear Vaiṣṇava, seeing a person like you is the perfection of one’s eyesight, touching your lotus feet is the perfection of the sense of touch, and glorifying your good qualities is the tongue’s real activity, for in the material world it is very difficult to find a pure devotee of the Lord.’” [CC. Madhya 20.61]

So, on this most auspicious day, I am trying to use a few words to mention a few of your unlimited glories – which is the real activity of my senses, for the purification of my existence.

Dear Gurudeva,

yasyāsti bhaktir bhāgavaty akiñcanā

sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ

All the demigods and their exalted qualities, such as religion, knowledge and renunciation, become manifest in the body of one who has developed unalloyed devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva. [ŚB 5.18.12]

Your Divine Grace is personification of those qualities with unalloyed devotion onto Kṛṣṇa.

(1) Kṛpālu (Merciful)—Dear Gurudeva, despite of risks you mercifully accepted us, innumerable suffering souls all over the world as your disciples to take to Kṛṣṇa.

Not only You fulfilled the desire of Śrīla Prabhupāda but as a Spiritual Father You always shower Your mercy with Your personal reciprocation by zoom darśanas and extensive travels not caring your personal discomforts and even the lethal COVID situation. Who can measure your kṛpā-śakti.

(2) Akṛta-droha (compassionate to everyone or harmful to noone)—Dear Gurudeva, You compassionately forgive our ignorant and offensive behaviour and understanding our nature/interest engage us in the service of the Lord for our ultimate benefit.

tiraskṛtā vipralabdhāḥ śaptāḥ kṣiptā hatā api

nāsya tat pratikurvanti tad-bhaktāḥ prabhavo ’pi hi

The devotees of the Lord are so forbearing that even though they are defamed, cheated, cursed, disturbed, neglected or even killed, they are never inclined to avenge themselves. [ŚB 1.18.48]

Despite all the attacks you faced, Your Divine Grace with a great compassion and concern, gives everyone the opportunities of experiencing the Absolute Truth. Thus you are the true friend of all.

(3) Titikṣu (Tolerates offenses against oneself)—Dear Gurudeva, being at a completely transcendental platform You completely ignore our obnoxious behavior and ignorance of proper reciprocation with you, a pure devotee but showers unconditional love as a spiritual father.

(4) Satya-sāra (Truthful)—Dear Gurudeva, you always serve to fulfill the instructions of Your beloved Spiritual Master, His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda as his servant to please him and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the ultimate enjoyer of all activities.

Whatever the success or glory You receive You sincerely pass it on to Your Guru Mahārāja, Śrīla Prabhupāda and Kṛṣṇa. And teaching us how to faifully serve Guru and Kṛṣṇa

(5) Anavadyātmā (Who never criticize)—Dear Gurudeva, you never try to agitate others or criticize them unnecessarily and always encourage and glorify the service rendered even if it is very small. You even mercifully saves by correcting who have the tendency to criticize.

(6) Sama (Equipoise)—Dear Gurudeva, you are beyond the material dualities. Pleasure or pain, Your only interest in all circumstances is distributing your only wealth, Kṛṣṇa Consciousness to the fallen.

(7) Sarvopakāraka (Works for everyone’s benefit)—Dear Gurudeva, you always work for the pleasure of Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is the resting place of all living entities by preaching his message around the world. You help, encourage and reciprocate with even a normal devotee who has no special qualities. I personally saw You inquire a visiting devotee about his stay in Māyāpur.

(8) Kāmair ahata-dhī (Devoid of Sense-gratification)—Dear Gurudeva, considering all material things as Kṛṣṇa's energy with your personal example you always instruct us to utilize them in Kṛṣṇa's service - yukta-vairāgya.

(9) Dānta (Sense control)—Dear Gurudeva, For more than half a century following strict sannyāsa vows you are fully engaged in Kṛṣṇa's service. But in reality, You are an eternal associate of Mahāprabhu.

Just being in your association by vpuḥ or vāṇī and having your darśana on zoom or directly, we are able to purify our senses and engage in the service of the Lord.

(10) Mṛdu (Gentle)—Dear Gurudeva, As an ācārya, being harder than the thunderbolt in your practice of devotional service – walking the talk – setting an example for us. Being softer than the rose with your loving reciprocation, You are nourishing our lives in Kṛṣṇa's service.

(11) Śuci (Pure)—Dear Gurudeva, Your presence makes us Kṛṣṇa Conscious - the supreme pure.

prabhu kahe, — “tomā sparśi ātma pavitrite

bhakti-bale pāra tumi brahmāṇḍa śodhite

[Śrīmān Mahāprabhu says to Sanātana GosvāmI as he was asking not to touch while Mahāprabhu was trying to cleanse Sanātana Gosvāmī’s body] “I am touching you just to purify Myself, because by the force of your devotional service you can purify the whole universe. [CC. Madhya 20.56]

bhavad-vidhā bhāgavatās tīrtha-bhūtāḥ svayaṁ vibho

tīrthī-kurvanti tīrthāni svāntaḥ-sthena gadābhṛtā

My lord, devotees like your good self are verily holy places personified. Because you carry the Personality of Godhead within your heart, you turn all places into places of pilgrimage. [ŚB 1.13.10]

You continuously purifying the contaminated whole world by Your visits and darśanas to the people.

(12) Akiñcana (Free from possessiveness)—Dear Gurudeva, Śrīla Prabhupāda says…

“A factual devotee, or mahātmā, does not give anything material to anyone because he has already left all material assets. He can, however, deliver the supreme asset, namely the Personality of Godhead, because He is the only property of a factual devotee. Unless one is able to see everything as spiritual in relation with the Supreme Lord, one must always distinguish between spirit and matter.” [Excerpt from ŚB 1.8.27 purport]

Though you were born in an aristocratic family You renounced everything for – Your only property - Śrīla Prabhupāda and for his service to Kṛṣṇa.

And You continuously encourage us to read Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books and follow his teachings.  You are a Pamahaṁsa!

(13) Anīha (Aloof from worldly affairs)—Dear Gurudeva, though you are not interested in world affairs, as an ācārya with suitable examples you make the people Kṛṣṇa Conscious who approach with worldly problems.

(14) Mita-bhuk (Accepts material sense objects if necessary)—Dear Gurudeva, you never accept or reject anything for your personal prestige but for Kṛṣṇa’s service and inspire everyone with same motive.

 Śrīla Prabhupāda to Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahāraja, 6th October, 1968: “Your body is dedicated to Krishna, therefore you should not be neglectful about your body. You should always think that your body is no more your body, but it is Krishna's body. Therefore you should take care of it.”

Your Divine Grace, with only motive to serve the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda tolerates all the material inconveniences and pain.

(15) Śānta (Peaceful)—Dear Gurudeva, by distributing your ever-increasing wealth, Glories of Lord – especially Caitanya Līlā  - for the real peace of the world you always make us blissful.

(16) Sthira (Steady)—Dear Gurudeva, the lord residing in your lotus heart, makes us steady in our devotional practice as we hold your lotus feet in our hearts. - śrī-guru-caraṇe rati, ei se uttama-gati, je prasāde pūre sarva āśā

(17) Mat-śaraṇa (Taking only Kṛṣṇa's shelter)—Dear Gurudeva, you always instruct us – ‘bala kṛṣṇa, bhaja kṛṣṇa, kara kṛṣṇa -sikṣā’ – to take shelter of Kṛṣṇa and his holyname and to preach the message Kṛṣṇa

(18) Muni (Thoughtful)—Dear Gurudeva, you always think of plans to make us Kṛṣṇa Conscious and meticulously engage us in the Lord's service to progress in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

(19) Apramatta (To be sane)—Dear Gurudeva, you are always enthusiastic to share the mercy of lord Nityānanda to the whole world. We are surcharged when you chant the Lord’s holynames – Gaurāṇgā!!! Nityānanda!!!

(20) Gabhīrātmā. (Deepness in awareness)—Dear Gurudeva, who can fathom Your magnanimous heart, the deep ocean of love for Mahābhāva Gaurāṅga!

(21) Dhṛtimān (Strongly situated)—Dear Gurudeva, with your strong faith and love for Śrīla Prabhupāda you are leading our worldwide community against the insurmountable force of material energy.

(22) Jita-ṣaḍ-guṇa. (Ability to conquer the 6 pushings)—Dear Gurudeva, your staunch desire to make everyone Kṛṣṇa Conscious in the world made even the death bow down at Your Lotus Feet many times.

(23) Amānī. (Not expecting respect)—Dear Gurudeva, your only expectation is to make everyone in the world to chant the Holyname of the Lord Kṛṣṇa.

(24) Māna-da (Giving all respect)—Dear Gurudeva, your every action – supreme compassion - is to engage everyone in the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa as you see all belong to Kṛṣṇa.

(25) Kalya (Expert in teaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness)—Dear Gurudeva, you always bring down the intricacies of Kṛṣṇa Conscious Philosophy for us, even a layman can easily understand.

(26) Maitra (The true friend of everyone)—Dear Gurudeva, you not only brought the unity in our ISKCON/Gauḍīya family but also you bring a stranger into Kṛṣṇa's family being a compassionate of all.

(27) Kāruṇika (The most merciful)—Dear Gurudeva, though externally you are in critical health condition, we see your magnanimity in caring for the soul of the patients and doctors nearby.

(28) Kavi (The most learned)—Dear Gurudeva, your words make us become Kṛṣṇa Conscious in all the contradictory and bewildering situations.

You are a Paramahaṁsa, inconceivable to our tiny brain. Though I am unworthy in anyway, I took this opportunity to glorify Your Divine Grace. Please forgive me if I committed any offences in this process at Your Lotus Feet.

brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva

guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja

Dear Gurudeva, you mercifully gave shelter at Your Lotus Feet to this wandering and suffering soul on 26th September 2021 in Māyāpur. It’s a miracle I never had, happened only because of Your Divine Grace’s inconceivable mercy and blessings of dear Vaiṣṇavas. All glories to You, Gurudeva! All glories to Srila Prabhupāda!

My only prayer to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva, Śrī Śrī Prahlāda Nṛsiṁhadeva and Śrīla Prabhupāda is to give You good health to travel and spread their glories around the world.

On this most auspicious day of your appearance, I am begging for your mercy to be engaged in serving your lotus feet each and every moment eternally.

Jaya Gurudeva!!!

Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma.

Your eternal servant-son,

Rasasāgara Govinda Dāsa (MāyāpurTV) (Dīkṣā)

Hare Krishna Gurudeva, 

Kindly accept my obsceneces unto your lotus feet, 

Gurudeva there are lots of obstacles are happened to me while I was chanting the Hare Krishna Maha matra. Then immediately I meditate you asked your blessings  to remove  obstacles. Then within a few minutes I got very pleasant to chant the holy name. So even though l am away from you Gurudeva, whenever I am meditating on you such a disturbance are going away. You are patitapavana Gurudeva. I need your blessings further to improve my Krishna Conscious more and more Gurudeva.

Your humble servant

Raseswar gopal das. 

Our beloved spiritual father.

Dear Gurumahārāja our humble and respectful obesences please accept at your lotus feet. We are praying for your good health and long life in this special, auspicious occasion. We are started two new Bakthi Vṛkṣas by your causeless mercy. Thank you so much Gurumahārāja for your love and kindness. That is our strength and hope of our life.

Once again koṭi koṭi Praṇāmas

Your insignificant servants...

Rasika Madhusūdhana Dāsa, Mānasī Rādhikā Devī Dāsī and Arjun and Athirā, she is doctor by your blessings.

JAI GURUDEV

Dear Gurumaharaj

  Hare Krishna.

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto your divine, delivering lotus feet.

All glories to HDG Srila Prabhupad.

All glories to my Merciful Gurudev on your auspicious appearance day.

 

_Nama Om Visnu padaya Krishna_ _preshtaya bhutale_

_Srimate Jayapataka_ _swamin it namine_

_Nama Acharyapadaya_

 _Nitai kripa pradayine_

_Gaura katha dhama_ _daya nagara grama tarine_

 

Dearmost Gurudev I am at loss of words as always. You are already glorified, you do not need our glorifications infact we make our lives auspicious by gloryfying you. 

My merciful Gurudev your love for Srila Prabhupad is unprecedented...kindly bless a absolutely fallen soul like me so that I can love you and serve you as I wish to. When I see your unstoppable services and astonishing determination I feel for myself like a ant in a vast desert....helpless.

 O dear Saviour kindly put me away from this vast desert of material desires and fill me with such determination that I can serve you eternally. 

O Dear Master, Inspite of your shortcomings of your health you preach incessantly and take care of minute details of each disciple. Kindly bless me with this purity so that I can meditate upon you which i am unable to do with this nefarious mind.

 O Pure Soul...You are so piously pure ever meditating upon and always glorifying Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, invoking in all of us deep love for 

Gauranga. Kindly give me a drop of mercy so that I can chant the holy names attentively and give immense pleasure to the Lord. 

O Ocean of mercy...kindly bless me so that I can preach sincerely and please you Gurudev because I know I am unable to do so. 

I am a contaminated stained soul......O Gurudev kindly bless me so that I do not forget you even for a moment. I can't move a step without your mercy...

I have now gradually started preaching. Kindly accept my small squirrel like efforts. I am able to do so by the guidance of my mentor and guide HG Radhapati Gopinath das Prabhu and my God sister also my own sister, your spiritual daughter HG Satyabhama Sadhvi dd. I assist her in running a bhakti vraksha. I communicate with people and convince them to read Bhagwat geeta and join our crash course and advanced courses introduced by my god sister. I follow them, take their feed backs, help them in their queries, inspire them for dham yatras etc

 During kartik we went on the roads everyday and conducted deepdans for the conditioned souls. Approximately 6000 souls could offer lamp to Lord Damodara by the incessant flow of Your mercy . 

With all this I want to please you only. Though I am totally incapable but by your mercy I am able to serve you. Kindly empower me so that i can serve you and help Srila Prabhupad in his mission. 

Kindly bless me to remain sincere in my devotional life. 

My daughter Palak is chanting four rounds since last four years but is not very serious. My prabhu and my son are still not krishna conscious due to which things become very difficult.

Kindly bless them and take them in the orbit of your mercy and accept them too unto your divine lotus feet.

WE LOVE YOU GURUDEV.

Your most insignificant daughter

     Rati Shreshth keshv dd.

My dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet

All glories to you, Śrīla Prabhupāda and Gaurāṅga

As I go back in time, I remember how I used to struggle to get some feelings for Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Nityānanda. I could connect to Śrīla Prabhupāda instantly, but not to Lord Caitanya. But being your disciple, it is impossible not to get Gaurāṅga consciousness. By your mercy, slowly I was able to understand how without Gaura Nitai, my understanding of devotion could never be perfect. Your most exalted love for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, transfers to your disciples. By you, we understand that we are not just Vaiṣṇavas, but Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas. And that without the mercy of Gaura Nitāi, we can never get the perfect service attitude for Kṛṣṇa, the correct mood to serve him.

Thank you Dear Gurudeva for saving us from this deep dark ocean of material existence.

Please bless me that I can serve Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission and that I can always be conscious of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Your struggling daughter,

Ratiprada Rādhikā Devī Dāsī

Noida.

"Nama Oṁ Vishnu padaya Kṛṣṇa presthaya bhutale
Śrīmate Jayapatākā swamin iti namine,
Nama Acharya padaya Nitāi kripa pradayine
Gaura kathā dhāma daya nagara grama tarine."
Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisance to your lotus feet. All glories to you, All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
All glories your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava.

On this auspicious occasion I trying to glorify your divine qualities.
Please bestow your mercy upon me to write something about you.

For the pleasure of His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda you attempted many projects like development of Śrī Māyāpur Dhāma, Book distribution, Prasāda distribution, spreading Holy name etc.

You give shelter so many fallen souls to your lotus feet.

You giving loving association towards devotees by online class give blessings devotees birthday marriage anniversary to encouragements practice spiritual life very nicely.

After disappearance of His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami Guru Mahārāja you give me shelter to your lotus giving 2nd initiation to serve deity. All I have no quality you just mercifully gave.

Please bestow your causeless mercy upon me to achieve Bharmanical quality.
In the Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā chapter 12 /13-14

adveṣṭā sarva-bhūtānāṁ
maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca
nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ
sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣamī
santuṣṭaḥ satataṁ yogī
yatātmā dṛḍha-niścayaḥ
mayy arpita-mano-buddhir
yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ

Translation : One who is not envious but is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor and is free from false ego, who is equal in both happiness and distress, who is tolerant, always satisfied, self-controlled, and engaged in devotional service with determination, his mind and intelligence fixed on Me – such a devotee of Mine is very dear to Me.
I want above mention quality please give me knowledge & mental strength to achieve such quality.

Your Insignificant Servant,

Ratnabahu Das
ISKCON Temple Ujjain.

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে জয় পতাকা স্বামী নিতি নামিনে।।
নমঃ আচার্য পাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে৷
গৌর কথা ধামদায় নগর গ্রাম তারিনে।

হে আমার প্রিয় পরমারাধ্য গুরুদেব, আজ আপনার ৭৩তম শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথি ব্যাস পূজা মহা মহোৎসব উপলক্ষে আপনার শ্রীচরণ যুগলে জানাই অনন্তকোটি দন্ডপত প্রনাম।আপনি কৃপাপূর্বক তা গ্রহণ করুণ।

আপনার গুণ মহিমা কীর্তন করার যোগ্যতা আমার নাই। আপনার এই শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথিতে মেতে উঠেছে সারা বিশ্বময়।২০০৭ এ যখন আপনি ত্রিপুরায় আসবেন শুনেছি আমার মনে খুব আনন্দ লেগেছিল। মন্দিরের পূজারী, আমি, আমার শিক্ষা গুরু করুণেশ্বর মাধব দাস প্রভু সহ ধনীসাগরে পদ্ম ফুল পেরেছিলাম আপনার জন্য।দ্বাদশীর দিন মন্দিরে আপনি আসবেন, আপনাকে দেখার জন্য আমার মন পাগল হয়ে রয়েছে। আমার কাছে কিছু ছিলনা যে আপনাকে প্রনাম করে দেওয়ার মতো।মন্দিরে একজন এসে আমাকে বেল পাতা পেড়ে দেবার কথা বলেছিল তা দেওয়াতে ২ টাকা দিয়েছিল আমি নিতে চাইনি জোড় করে দিয়েছিল, আপনাকে প্রনাম করে সে দক্ষিনা দিতে পেরেছি,আমার মনে খুব আনন্দ লেগেছিল, চরন সেবার সু্যোগ পেয়েছিলাম। কিন্তু আমার মা কান্না করছিল দেখে সিনিয়াররা বারণ করেছে আমাকে। আমি সেই দিন আপনার সন্তান হতে পারিনি ঠিক মনে প্রানে আপনাকে পারমার্থিক পিতা বলে জেনেছি। আপনি আমার মাথায় হাত দিয়ে বলেছিলেন কৃষ্ণ কৃপা করলে আমার সন্তান হবে কান্না করো না।জানি না কবে আমাকে নিজ গুণে কৃপা করে আপনার সন্তান করবেন।

ব্রক্ষ্মান্ড ভ্রমিতে কোন ভাগ্যবান জীব
গুরু কৃষ্ণ প্রসাদে পাই ভক্তিলতা বীজ।

হে গুরু মহারাজ আমার ব্যক্তিগত কোন যোগ্যতা নেই। পারমার্থিক জীবনে যা কিছু লাভ করেছি তা শুধু আপনার কৃপার ফল। আমার প্রার্থনা আপনি ভালো থাকুন,সুস্থ থাকুন এই আশা করি। আপনার কৃপাই আমার একমাত্র সম্বল। আমি যেন আপনার নির্দেশ গুলি যথাযথ ভাবে পালন করতে পারি।কৃষ্ণভক্তির পথে এগিয়ে যেতে পারি।শত বাধা সত্ত্বেও আমি যেন আপনার শ্রীচরণ থেকে বঞ্চিত না হই। কৃপা করে আপনার এই চরণশ্রিত সন্তান কে কখনো বঞ্চিত করবেন না।

ইতি,

আপনার অধম সন্তান

রত্নজিৎ বনিক
শ্রীশ্রী জগন্নাথ জিউ মন্দির বাইখোড়া (ইসকন)
দক্ষিন, ত্রিপুরা

Ratnajit Vanik (sheltered disciple)

O Lord of my heart, Gurudeva

Wishing you the most blessed 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Celebration of your Divine Grace

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

O dear Guru Mahārāja please accept my repeated respectful obeisances onto your lotus feet, this conditioned soul simply begging at your lotus feet for your causeless mercy.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, I am so very fortunate to have recently (7th March 2022) got shelter of your divine lotus feet, currently I am pursuing my Engineering. While remaining in the association of devotees in Durgapur under the guidance of Nitāi candra Nimāi Prabhu, I am reading Śrīla Prabhupāda books SB(1canto 9th chapter, BG 2nd time 5 chapter), listening to Prabhupāda and your nectarian lectures.

O Lord of my heart, O Gurudeva I am just an insignificant servant of yours who is trying to serve you, though I am not at all worthy to glorify you, how can I glorify you with my material consciousness, O Gurudeva you are fully transcendental, always absorb in service of His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, always engaged in satisfying Śrīla Prabhupāda.

By listening to the JSSS Meeting, I came to know who you actually are and how I can serve you, how to approach you, what is your actual position in my life, what is my duty toward you. Their devotees shared various glorious pastimes of yours which are never ending.

O Guru Mahārāja on this most auspicious occasion, I am just begging at your lotus feet and loudly crying for your mercy, please shower your causeless mercy upon this insignificant servant of yours who is trying to serve you, O my Lord, I just want to become faithful dog of yours

Ohe vaiṣṇava Ṭhākura ami tomara kukkura

And want to serve you eternally birth after birth.

Your most insignificant Lowly Son,

Ravi Kishan Raja (sheltered disciple)

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to Your Divine Grace.

With deep appreciation and humbled by your extraordinary example of spiritual qualities and undeviated focused determination to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda, I am unable to fully delineate as your glories are unlimited and unfathomable.

I cannot find words to express my gratitude for your loving compassion and encouragement from the very first day of my Kṛṣṇa Consciousness till to date.

Cakṣu-dāna dila yei, janme janme prabhu sei:’, You are my master, birth after birth. You cannot live a single moment without glorifying your spiritual master A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda. Each and every cell of your transcendental body is vibrating with Kṛṣṇa’s potency. That’s how you are able to accomplish unimaginable tasks even at this crucial point of health crisis. All credits received at all times for your wonderful service rendered, you immediately offer it to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s lotus feet and the entire paramparā.

Guru Mahārāja, you have made all the arrangements in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur not only for your disciples but for all the devotees worldwide through your many innovative ways of caring, facilitating, dynamic management and on top of everything, the spiritual vibrant ambiance for everyone to feel the spiritual ecstasy. In every activity of yours, you never fail to strengthen our commitment and conviction to Śrīla Prabhupāda and his ISKCON. In a very exemplary way, you teach us the mood of becoming an eternal disciple by displaying your unconditional pure love for Śrīla Prabhupāda. Please Guru Mahārāja, instil in our hearts a drop of that mood of servitorship for Your Divine Grace as you have for Śrīla Prabhupāda.

As a GBC, I strive my best to assist you in the TOVP project. Also, I bring glory to you by focusing on upcoming leaders to train them to carry your mood, vision and Śrīla Prabhupāda consciousness in their hearts. I will assist you in your zones where preaching can expand vigorously and also devotees can uplift themselves to greater, deeper and matured understanding of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Gaurāṅga! Nityānanda!

Thank you Guru Mahārāja

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to dearest Gurumahārāja

All glories to this most auspicious day

Please accept my respectful obesiences onto your divine lotus feet

Dear Gurudeva

•Oh my dear Lord you are an ocean of divine mercy, you teach everything by your own example.

•You have immense care for everybody in the entire universe and always bless everybody without any distinction.

•Your care towards each and every soul is the “chocolate” of their life.

•Your instructions like sharp knives cut the mesh of this material world.

On this auspicious day of your divine appearance please bless dear Gurudeva that this fallen daughter is also able to develop such compassion and love towards all with so much care to small small needs and happiness of people.

Prayers to Lord Narasiṁhadeva that you always remain in good health.

Your unqualified spiritual daughter

Revatī Susevikā Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā)

New Delhi,India

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa Śrīla Guru Mahārāja

Please accept our respectful obeisance. All Glories to You and

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All Glories to Your Appearance Day Śrīla Guru Mahārāja.

This is our first homage after our marriage, and we are really happy to write this one together. Śrīla Guru Mahārāja we have seen the tremendous efforts You are putting into TOVP and spending a lot of time spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness with love in the world. Every time we hear news about Your poor health condition, we feel so worried thinking how will Kṛṣṇa consciousness be spread in a grand way in the world without Your presence, how will we do all the sevas You have mercifully given us. The reason behind this worry is that You are our strength, Your presence gives us spiritual strength to continue with our devotional services in the right direction. It is rightly said in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books that Spiritual Master is representative of Balram ji and gives us the strength to do bhakti in all kinds of circumstances. In our life, we are really fortunate to get that spiritual strength from You because You are our Spiritual Master. We know that You are always present with us because of our heart-to-heart connection, and You always help us and reciprocate in Your own magical ways.

This year we were pondering about the fact that we have mostly attempted to do all the sevas You have mercifully given us like preaching. chanting, becoming a teacher, cooking, deity worship, etc., and thought that this is all that we have to do in this life. Śrīla Guru Mahārāja we must say that You are surely watching us and like a true Father making sure that we always engage ourselves in serving You and Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava. We are saying this because recently by Your mercy and blessings, we understood our next sevā in Gṛhastha āśrama which You recently gave us when we took Your darśana this month. We both are highly thankful to You for making our married life a Kṛṣṇa-centered married life. In one of Your lectures, You mentioned that if we follow Your instructions then gradually everything will become fine. We have practically experienced it in our lives. We both are trying to move on in our Kṛṣṇa-conscious married life based on His Holiness Gopal Kṛṣṇa Gosvāmī Guru Mahārāja and Your instructions, so we easily come to know our next Kṛṣṇa conscious step. Your instructions are saving both of us from the greatest dangers and trying to keep us happy. We thank both of You for Your mercy, blessings and teachings.

We request You to always bless us and always allow us to serve Your Lotus Feet for eternity. Your presence in our life is one of the causes behind our enthusiasm and inclination towards Kṛṣṇa consciousness so please always be with us. We both are really happy to reside at Your Lotus Feet and at the Lotus Feet of His Holiness Gopal Kṛṣṇa Goswami Guru Mahārāja so please always keep us under Your shelter. We love to serve Śrī Śrī Mādhāva based on Your instructions so we request both of You to always give us sevas and we will try to do it together.

Your Spiritual Daughter

Ria (sheltered disciple)

Your Spiritual Son,

Apūrva Prema Dāsa
New Delhi, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my repeated humble and respectful obeisances unto the dust
of your divine lotus feet.

I would like to thank all your dear disciples who have given me this wonderful opportunity to glorify you.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Your Divine Grace!

Wishing You the Most Blessed 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Celebration of your Divine Grace.

I get wonder, whenever I see and hear about your glorious activities, even in the COVID-19 and lockdown period, you travelled continuously to preach, in order to please Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Gaurāṅga, how determined and enthusiastic you are in reaching out to your disciples, and that too everyday... This also shows, how much you personally care for each of your disciples, this is the proof that Spiritual Master is not an Ordinary person. This event reminds us, as on multiple other occasions in the past, that you are situated transcendentally, beyond the conception of body, and it also shows your dedication and determination to please Śrīla Prabhupāda. I humbly beg to you to kindly bestow upon me such attachment unto you and association of your dear disciples and the execution of your instructions.

Previous year in my college Bengal College of Engineering and Technology by your causeless mercy, your dear disciple His Grace Nitāicandra Nimāi prabhujī came to our college and I got an opportunity to listen his lecture upon Bhagavad Gītā. By your mercy I am able associate with all of your wonderful disciples His Grace Nitāichandra Nimāi prabhujī, His Grace Iśṭadeva Gopal prabhujī, His Grace Mohana Rādhāpati prabhujī, His Grace Dinabandhu Nitāicanda prabhuji... I want to serve them and learn from them how to they are following your instructions how they are serving and glorifying you, by serving them I’ll able to follow your instructions and I’ll able to do some service for you.

Inspite of all your kindness, I’m still a rascal fellow always accepting my mental concoctions I’m not worthy to take care of that. I’m a constant offender unto the lotus feet of all the Vaiṣṇavas and also the Holy name. I would like to pray at the dust of your Lotus feet, that you kindly stay with all of us healthy for many-many years to go and keep inspiring us in Pure devotional service. Let this miserable soul remain in engaged your service eternally.

Your most insignificant son

Rishav dāsa (aspiring disciple)

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Your Divine Grace.

This year we are celebrating your divine grace’s 73rd Vyāsa-Pūjā, your Divine appearance day.

Your Divine appearence removed all misfortunes from our lives. On ISKCON KOLKATA Ratha Yātrā 2019 I first got your darśana at Guṇḍicā Temple, Park Street. I was amazed when I saw you physically before I heard about you many times but when I first got your darśana and saw your determination towards the service of Śrīla Prabhupāda the only day I decided to Surrender myself onto your lotus feet. When I am sad about some thing or get heart from someone or if someone abuse me about my devotional life like by relatives friends at school or outside when I become sad I think about you and get a new energy to preach him/her. You are the distributor of Lord Nityānanda’s mercy and by your blessings all the services in our devotional life could be successful. You are the associate of Lord Caitanya without your mercy how can we do the service of Lord Caitanya. In your heart Lord Caitanya resides please accept my offering onto your lotus feet on your Divine 73rd appearance day.

শ্রী গুরু কৃপা কটাক্ষ
ভক্তি শ্রদ্ধা পায় রক্ষা
প্রাণে পায় শক্তি।।
তব পদ দুটি
ভক্তি লতার পুষ্টি।
গৌরাঙ্গ এর বাণী প্রচারিতে
তুমি হইলে অগ্রসর
গৌর ধম তুমি
কৃপা কটাক্ষ করি
দিও হে আশ্রয়।।

Your insignificant servant

Ritam Naskar (sheltered disciple)

Kolkata, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Gurudeva!

Please accept our respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga!

We wish you a very Happy Vyāsa Pūjā celebration and Happy appearance day dear Gurudeva. Thank you so much for accepting us as your disciple. By your causeless mercy we are trying to chant every day and try to follow 4 regulative principles. Gurudeva, you are so merciful for like us fallen souls”. Hope we can fully surrender at your lotus feet and serve you sincerely. We are trying our best to serve you only by seeing your determination to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda. Please Gurudeva give your blessings. Without your mercy, we are useless, we cannot go forward in spiritual life. In this very auspicious day, please grant your mercy upon us dear Gurudeva, so we can serve you eternally.

Your servants

Rohiṇī Kumāra Balarāma Dāsa

Añjanā Gopikā Devī Dāsī

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

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda .

Ioffer my humble and respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet

How this insignificant soul glorify the purest of pure.

Still I feel that trying to glorify you as this will make me think about you.

Guru Mahārāja you are the personification of mercy. You show your causeless mercy to insignificant soul like me. How indebted we are to you our Spiritual Father. You have given us Kṛṣṇa Prema and you are an example of. Never Give Up.

You are suffering because of our sinful activity, still you are guiding us.

We sincerely apologise for this and please help to do our sadhana perfectly.

We pray Lord Narasiṁhadev for your good health.

Please bless us Guru Mahārāja to be KṛṣṇaConscious always and serve you eternally.

Your insignificant daughter

Rohiṇī Vrajasevini dd

Ravichandran

Vrinda

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Nama Oṁ Vishnu padaya Kṛṣṇa presthaya bhutale

Śrīmate Jayapatākā swamin iti namine,

Nama Acharya padaya Nitāi kripa pradayine

Gaura kathā dhāma daya nagara grama tarine

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to you!

On this auspicious occasion of your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā, I shall attempt to glorify you, although I have no qualification.

I wholeheartedly thank you for accepting this extremely fallen and useless soul under your shelter. One clear instruction that I remember reading prior to my initiation was to cry that we are not crying for Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa while chanting. It has been 2 years since my initiation and it is my misfortune, that my steel-hard heart still does not cry. I pray to you, seeking your blessings so that I can fulfil your instruction.

I meditate on the fact that you have extended your stay on this planet to fulfil Śrīla Prabhupāda's instructions. You ecstatically enlighten us with nectarean pastimes of Lord Caitanya, every evening. How fortunate I am to be under the shelter of an eternal associate of Lord Caitanya! Yet, I am so wretched that I often do not utilize this wonderful opportunity. Hence, on this auspicious occasion I would like to reinforce my meditation on my initiation vows.

Guru Mahārāja, with each day passing, I learn how deeply compassionate you are, completely absorbed in the mood to preach unlimitedly and deliver all the fallen souls. You inspire me everyday with your daily activities- how each and every activity is for pleasing Śrīla Prabhupāda and his mission, which is non-different from the mission of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu, of yāre dekha, tāre kaha ‘Kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa.

I again and again offer my respectful obeisances unto you, who is attached to fulfilling the desires and instructions of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and the previous ācāryas. By bestowing the mercy of Nityānanda Prabhu and spreading the glories of the abode, transcendental pastimes and instructions of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, you are delivering all the inhabitants of the towns and villages.

Your compassion for the fallen souls is remarkable- urging everyone to somehow chant the Holy Names (yena tena prakareṇa manaḥ kṛṣṇe niveṣayet) in the hospitals, to the doctors, nurses, other patients- literally, everyone; taking every opportunity to distribute prasāda and talking about the Supreme Personality of Godhead and how everyone should serve Him lovingly. Your mind is always absorbed in devising new ways to preach and reach more and more souls who are suffering.

Śrīla Gurudeva, by your blessings, my family is engaged in Bhakti-vṛkṣa preaching. Two of our relatives, who are also a part of our Bhakti-vṛkṣa, are also aspiring to take initiation from you, and have formally taken aspiration earlier in January. We all seek your blessings for our Bhakti-vṛkṣa members. Please bless us so that we can act as instruments in awakening the dormant Kṛṣṇa consciousness in them.

I beg for forgiveness for the offences that I have committed, knowingly or unknowingly. I seek your mercy and blessings so that I can fulfil your instructions.

Your spiritual daughter,

Rūpamayī Sudevī dasī

Nama oṁ vishnupadaya Kṛṣṇa prasthaya bhutale

Śrīmate Jayapatākā Swamin iti namine

Namah ācārya padaya Nitāi - kripa - pradayine

Gaura kathā dhāma daya nagara - grama - tarine


My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma!

Please accept my respectful obeisances! All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
All glories unto you!

I am one of the fortunate souls who has taken initiation from you Guru Mahārāja. You are an inspiration to me everyday, to sincerely do my service in any situation. Please bless me so that I can serve you and Vaiṣṇavas.
My husband Bhakta Munusamy is aspiring to take shelter from you Guru Mahārāja. He is chanting 16 rounds and attending Bhakti-vṛkṣa and Bhakti-śāstrī classes. Please bless him so that he can take initiation from your divine grace in the near future. I have a daughter Deepthi who is 24 years and a son Tarun shyama  who is 15 years and both of them are chanting 8 rounds daily. My son is attending Bal utsav classes. I want my daughter to attend classes and study many Śrīla Prabhupāda books but she is currently not doing it, but she is doing small sevas like bhoga preparation, she's making posters for JSSS meetings in Chennai. Please bestow your mercy upon them so that they can take up Kṛṣṇa Consciousness seriously and serve your divine lotus feet and Gaurāṅga in full swing.

By your causeless mercy and the blessing of the senior Vaiṣṇavas, I am taking Bhakti-vṛkṣa class for ladies and Children's class (BPSS Chennai). I am very blessed and happy Mahārāja, that I have started Bhagavad-gītā reading group daily 1 hour from Monday to Friday and 15 to 20 mātājīs are joining the group and I am also doing Tamil translation of your daily activities in the JPS app. I am blessed to do that sevā. In the month of December, I helped in book distribution by distributing nearly 400 books (BG and Śrīla Prabhupāda books). I am doing my sādhanas along with my deity worship but I should increase the quality of my chanting. Along with my regular chanting, I am chanting 4 more rounds for your health and wellbeing. I am also doing 4 rounds of Tulsi parikramā daily. Please show your mercy upon my Bhakti-vṛkṣa members and the children from my Children's class so that they can take KC seriously.

I sincerely fall upon your Lotus Feet, begging you to bless me and guide me in any situation and to do more and more service unto your divine lotus feet I pray to Lord Narasiṁha that He gives you strength to continue your service for a long time.

Your insignificant Daughter
Ruparāṇī Revathī devī dāsī

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে

শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনিতি নামিনে!

নমো আচার্য্যপাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে

গৌর কথা ধামদেয় নগর গ্রাম তারিণে!

অজ্ঞাতর গভীরতম অন্ধকারে আমার জন্ম হয়েছিল এবং আমার গুরুদেব শ্রীল জয়পতাকা স্বামী গুরুমহারাজ জ্ঞানের আলোকবর্তিকা দিয়ে আমার চক্ষু উন্মীলিত করেছেন তাকে আমার সশ্রদ্ধ প্রণতি নিবেদন করি।

সমস্ত গৌরব শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের।

সমস্ত গৌরব শ্রীল গুরুমহারাজের।

শুভ ৭৩ তম আবির্ভাব দিবস গুরুদেব। আপনার শ্রীচরণকমলে আমার শতকোটি দন্ডবৎ প্রণাম

Hare Kṛṣṇa

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All glories unto your Divine Grace,

On this auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā I offer my sincere and heartfelt prayers to their Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Narasiṁhadeva, Śrī Pañcatattva and Śrīla Prabhupāda so that you may keep good health and be able to fulfil all your desires in the service of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja I have always been awe struck seeing your transcendental activities and as time moves your activities become even more wonderful. The feats you achieve that clearly shows that you are an eternal associate of Lord Caitanya which was even confirmed by Śrīla Prabhupāda. Your divine grace’s tireless and unending efforts to reach out to every soul on this planet and sow the seed of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness in their hearts cannot be paralleled.

“yāre dekha, tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra’ ei deśa”  you personify these word of Mahāprabhu by your tireless and determined efforts, in spite of the many challenging situations that you come across. All this is possible by your constant meditation on the lord. We pray that more souls get the opportunity to get your blessings and at least moments of association with you which can make their life perfect.

Guru Mahārāja you are constantly extending yourself in many ways to not just give a moment’s association but to shower your love and care to all those whom you have come across and those who will come across you. You don’t miss an opportunity whether it’s a hospital, an airport or your zoom darśan. You make devotees feel that personal connection with you and fill their life with all auspiciousness.

Guru Mahārāja by your causeless mercy I am very fortunate that you allowed me to serve the desire that is so close to your heart. JPS Care is beyond my ability and I took it up just in my enthusiasm to serve you. I knew I was unqualified but somehow by your grace and mercy I am taking baby steps and of course I feel incapable at times but just thinking of you and your instructions helps to overcome that obstacle and helps to move forward. I am trying my best and I feel very grateful to you for guiding me patiently and being so tolerant to my inabilities. You have given me some wonderful instructions which I am trying to follow but I do fall like a small child but just remembering your words brings me back on track.

I am a mere fool and don’t know how to really serve you but I am trying to do my best and I beg for your causeless mercy and blessings so I can remain in your service and please you and not get distracted by Māyā. Please also forgive any offenses or foolish behaviour on my part so that they do not become a stumbling block on the path of progress.

Your insignificant spiritual daughter

Śacī Jananī devī dāsī

Hare Kṛṣṇa

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All glories unto your Divine Grace,

On this auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā I offer my sincere and heartfelt prayers to their Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Narasiṁhadeva, Śrī Pañca-tattva and Śrīla Prabhupāda so that you may keep good health and be able to fulfil all your desires in the service of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja I have always been awe struck seeing your transcendental activities and as time moves your activities become even more wonderful. The feats you achieve that clearly shows that you are an eternal associate of Lord Caitanya which was even confirmed by Śrīla Prabhupāda. Your divine grace’s tireless and unending efforts to reach out to every soul on this planet and sow the seed of Kṛṣṇa consciousness in their hearts cannot be paralleled.

“yāre dekha, tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra’ ei deśa” you personify these words of Mahāprabhu by your tireless and determined efforts, in spite of the many challenging situations that you come across. All this is possible by your constant meditation on the lord. We pray that more souls get the opportunity to get your blessings and at least moments of association with you which can make their life perfect.

Guru Mahārāja you are constantly extending yourself in many ways to not just give a moment’s association but to shower your love and care to all those whom you have come across and those who will come across you. You don’t miss an opportunity whether it’s a hospital, an Airport or your Zoom darśana. You make devotees feel that personal connection with you and fill their life with all auspiciousness.

Guru Mahārāja by your causeless mercy I am very fortunate that you allowed me to serve the desire that is so close to your heart. JPS Care is beyond my ability, and I took it up just in my enthusiasm to serve you. I knew I was unqualified but somehow by your grace and mercy I am taking baby steps and of course I feel incapable at times but just thinking of you and your instructions helps to overcome that obstacle and helps to move forward. I am trying my best and I feel very grateful to you for guiding me patiently and being so tolerant to my inabilities. You have given me some wonderful instructions which I am trying to follow but I do fall like a small child but just remembering your words brings me back on track.

I am a mere fool and don’t know how to really serve you but I am trying to do my best and I beg for your causeless mercy and blessings so I can remain in your service and please you and not get distracted by māyā. Please also forgive any offenses or foolish behavior on my part so that they do not become a stumbling block on the path of progress.

Your insignificant spiritual daughter,

Śacī Jananī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

India (Māyāpur)

An humble offering and obeisances to Śrīla Guru Mahārāja unto your Lotus Feet Guru Mahārāja!

Finally the day has arrived,
On which no one is deprived;

From receiving the mercy and blessing,
Of our beloved Guru Mahārāja, whose glories we always sing.

Out of compassion, ohh! Śrīla Gurudev,
You have removed all my ignorance;

With the luminous lamp of knowledge.
Always dwelling in my heart,

Your presence I can feel constant;
Guiding me in every aspect

Showing the correct path.
You are my eternal father, Oh dear Guru Mahārāja.

In your eyes, as we behold,
We attain Siddhartha satva; and have darshan of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Madhav and Panca-tattva.

Freely distributing love of Godhead,
And helping us to cross this material shore;

Narasiṁhadev is protecting you always,
With His powerful hands and roar.

Spreading the message of Lord Caitanya
Along with the mercy of Lord Nityānanda,

Fulfilling Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission and dream
Delivering villages, cities and town
Putting all obstacles down.

Chanting loudly the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra
In front of Lord Jagannath, Baladeva and Mahārāṇī Subhadrā

Of Bhakti Yoga, teaching us the right sutra
And those ecstatic kīrtana of Jagannath Ratha Yātrā.

Oh Śrīla Guru Mahārāja on your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā,

I dedicate this poem as an offering.

My humble obeisances unto your Lotus Feet
From your servant of servant of servant...

Please allow me to continue serving you;
With all that Kṛṣṇa has given me and qualities very few.

Bless us to forever sing your glory,
Dear to Śrīla Prabhupāda, You are the Flag of Victory.

Saha (aspiring disciple)
Kolkata, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja!

Please accept my humble obeisances!

This is my first homage to His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja. I must say that I am a lowly living being drowning in the ocean of material existence. My only mercy hope is the pure devotees of Kṛṣṇa. Who have sacrificed their whole life for serving Śrīla Prabhupāda.

In the scriptures it is said that when we want to progress in the path of bhakti, we must take shelter of the Lotus feet of a pure Vaiṣṇava. And for that we should pray to Kṛṣṇa that he send you such a vaiṣṇava. I think His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Had Injected Me with a vast amount of Transcendental Science of Kṛṣṇa.

I can just offer my humble most humble and respectful crores of obeisances, Unto his divine Lotus feet. And I pray to his holiness that he bless me sufficiently so that I can preach the message of Kṛṣṇa and Caitanya Mahāprabhu and serve his holiness and Śrīla Prabhupāda, for millions of births.

Thank you

Your Insignificant Servant,

Sahil Kumar (well-wisher)
Jamshedpur, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja please take our humble obeisances.

Please bless me so that we can serve you forever.

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Your Spritual Son/Daughter:

Sajjana Giridhārī Dāsa &

Puṣpita Madhavī Devī Dāsī

Dear Śrīla Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet.

The principle of Śrī Guru is absolute. The spiritual master is on par with the Supreme Lord as sākṣād hari. The mercy incarnation of God Himself is the karuna avatar or Śrī Gurudeva. To have implicit faith in Śrī Guru requires great pious merit, as revealed in the famous Mahābhārata śloka ‘mahā-prasāde govinde nāma-brahmaṇi vaiṣṇave’.

Being very merciful, you have accepted me as your Dīkṣā disciple and for that I am eternally indebted to you. Your unwavering devotion and loyalty to your dīkṣā Guru Śrīla Prabhupāda is clear as day for all to see and behold in deep admiration, awe and veneration!

Acharya means leading by example and you have lived and led an exemplary life of a Vaishnava saint. Even in your present externally debilitated condition, you maintain the same level of intense dedication and love for the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission to spread the teachings of lord Caitanya all over the world.

Due to my wicked and miserly nature, I tend to be a separatist and not a team player. This is the cause my ultimate downfall and I regret to admit this fault to you, Śrīla Gurudeva. With all my faults, selfishness and multiple failings, I still hope to become a good disciple and render valuable services to your lotus feet. Such service automatically means serving all the previous acharyas, with special refence to our dearly beloved Śrīla Prabhupāda.

On this most auspicious occasion of your Śrī Vyāsa Pūjā, I fall at your feet begging for your merciful association, chastisement and blessings.

Your fallen and wretched servant,

Sākhyarasa Prema Dāsa.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to your glorious appearance day.

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 bless me in my humble attempt to glorify you. I can never explain completely how much mercy you shower on me.

You are one of the most merciful representatives of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Your ability to carry on with service in spite of all impediments is always inspiring.

Please bless me with the intelligence to properly use everything given by supreme in your service, for your pleasure.

This year has been so special for me, because of your causeless mercy you gave your darśan for the first time during Śrī Rādhāshtami and then during Bhishma-Pañcaka I got your darśan again for consecutive three days. You have given me everything, but just because of my previous impressions and habits I'm not able to understand it's importance. I pray at your lotus feet please remove every other hurdles and desires which is stopping me to completely surrender at your lotus feet. With your mercy I got the best opportunity to visit the most merciful Nityānanda's eternal abode Ekacakrā.

Thank you so much for everything, although I don't have adequate surrender or qualities.
I pray at your lotus feet, please allow me to engage my energy, qualities, potentials, every other thing in glorifying you, and the Supreme Lord and His all devotees.
Please bless me with unflinching faith, determination, patience and enthusiasm to serve you and your strict followers efficiently. Please allow me to propagate Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission wide and far in a tangible manner and serve all the Vaiṣṇavas.

Trying to serve you always!

Always Indebted and Insignificant servant,
Sākṣī Singh(shelter)
Jamshedpur, India

হরে কৃষ্ণ

প্রিয় গুরুদেব আপনার শ্রী চরণে শত কোটি কোটি কোটি কোটি নমন নিবেদন করছি, প্রভুপাদ কি জয় গুরু মহারাজ মহারাজ কি জয়,

আপনি আমাদের মত তুচ্ছ অতীতের উদ্ধার করার জন্য অবতার ইন হয়েছেন, আমার এটাই ইচ্ছা যে আমি যত জনমে ই পাই আপনাকে গুরুদেব হিসাবে পাই আমার জনম জনম সার্থক হবে, গুরুদেব আপনার আশীর্বাদে আপনার কৃপাতে আমি আর আমার সপরিবার ভক্তি পথে আসার চেষ্টা করছি আমাকে আশীর্বাদ করুন যেন আমি নিষ্ঠা ভাবে ভক্তি করতে পারি পরমপিতা শ্রীকৃষ্ণের আর আপনার গুরুদেবের চরণ কমল সেবা করতে পারি, আমার মতন পাপী অধমকে কৃপা করুন আশীর্বাদ করুন আপনার শ্রী চরণে এটাই আমার কামনা, আপনি এত অসুস্থতার মধ্যেও আপনি প্রচার বন্ধ করেননি আপনার মতন দিব্য কেউ নেই, আমাকে আশীর্বাদ করুন আমি প্রচারে যেন আপনার কিছু সাহায্য করতে পারি,

নারী 73 তম আবির্ভাব দিন এ আমার খুব আনন্দিত

হরেকৃষ্ণ হরেকৃষ্ণ কৃষ্ণ কৃষ্ণ হরে হরে

হরে রাম হরে রাম রাম রাম হরে হরে

আধ্যাত্নিক পুত্র

সনাতন হাইট, জম্মু

Sanātana Hāiṭa (aspiring disciple)
Jammu, India

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

Everyday has been a struggle with my insincerity. So many opportunities for serving your divine grace and the temple, yet so many excuses I have for not doing them.

On this auspicious day, my prayers at your lotus feet should be to commit to better whatever little service I am doing. Praying that I do not let down so many wonderful devotees and god brothers, whose association is a huge blessing on me, though I do not deserve.

You inspire me in every way with your love for all of us and faith in the words of Śrīla Prabhupāda. The mercy of Gaurāṅga flows through you and I am so fallen that I am not able to capture it sincerely.

From the many instructions you give us - in the past year, I have taken on doing the Bhakti Vaibhav course from Māyāpur Institute after finishing Bhakti Shastri in 2020.

Thank you for all the mercy and love you shower on us every day, every moment.

Your servant,
Sanātana Nitāi gaura Dāsa

Dearest Guru Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances on your lotus feet.

All glories to Srilla Prabhupada.

 

I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to write to you on the auspicious day of your appearance. It is the planning of lord Krishna that you entered in my life and heart that made me completely changed to know the correct things.

I want to express my gratitude to you today for your determined and steady effort to preach and increase Srila Prabhupada's mission.

Thank you for truly caring for devotees and putting their needs ahead of the institution. That's the formula for strengthening the institution.

Thankyou for tasting and illuminating the unlimited nectar ocean of Srila Prabhupada's personal ecstasies in his transcendental books.

Thankyou for helping to unfold the wonderful plan of Srila Prabhupada for a Krishna conscious lifestyle across the globe.

May you live a long life and continue your relentless preaching efforts to fight to your very last breath.

Your fallen son

Shankar Aranya Nitai Das

ISKCON Sahibabad, 

Ghaziabad, UP.

All glories to your auspicious appearance day of 73rd Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava my dear Guru Mahārāja.

I request you to please accept my humble obeisances onto your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja.

Guru Mahārāja there are no words to glorify you. When you were in the hospital you were asking the doctor’s and nurse’s are you all chanting. For the physiotherapist Guru Mahārāja said if you chant I will obey and do what you say. I will lift my leg. In that situation also Guru Mahārāja you were keen to give Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses and thought us how to spread Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses which is a lesson for us.

Guru Mahārāja thank you very much for accepting me as your disciple and showing causeless mercy on me to be in Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses for which I am today. Guru Mahārāja so many miracles happened after accepting me as your disciple. I had health issues which needed surgery but because of your prayers and causeless mercy without surgery I am recovering Guru Mahārāja.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you very much Guru Mahārāja, please always shower your causeless mercy on me to be in Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses and I beg you for your mercy and blessings for qualitative and quantitative chanting Guru Mahārāja

Your humble servant,

Śāntā Mātājī (aspiring disciple)

Bangalore, India

“Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru jī daṇḍvat praṇāma!

Main "Santosh Bhardwaj" main aap ke charno me jab se aashrya liya hu. tab se meri bhakti me pragati huyi hain. mera 16 mālā pratidin jap ho jata hain. es liye mai aap ko koti koti dandvat praṇāma karta hu guru jī!

Santosh Bhardwaj (aspiring disciple)

Dear Gurumaharāj,

Please accept my most humble obeisance’s at your lotus feet.
All Glories to HDG Śrīla Prabhupāda and all the Ācārya’s in our Paraṁparā.
This is my 1st Vyāsapūja offering at your lotus feet, please forgive me for my ignorance.

I lived 40 years of my precious life in complete ignorance doing all kinds of sinful activities and leading an unregulated life. Coming from a God fearing Hindu family, I use to treat all Gods as equal and use to visit temples on special days with big list of material demands, I respect all religion alike with a belief we all have chosen different path but destination is same.

My friend who is a Christian, took me to church and I use to visit church with family every Sunday and glorify god. He was insisting me to read Bible and said this is the only path to god against my belief system as mentioned above. When I was pushed to read Bible, I got an inner voice that I born to a Hindu family not by my choice, but it’s God’s plan and if I have to read any scripture then I need to start with Bhagavad Gītā 1st then I will read Bible too. Since then my search to understand god, my purpose of life and what is our relationship started. All thanks to my friend who pushed me to read Bible for starting my spiritual journey, please bless my friend.

One fine day in September 2020, by mercy of Gaurāṅga and HDG Śrīla Prabhupāda, I got a poster of 18 days online Bhagavad Gītā course being conducted in ISCKON Mangalore under the aegis of HG Nāma Niṣṭha Prabhu. Since that day, by blessings of HG NND Prabhu and devotees my life has taken a complete U turn, started following all 4 regulative principles. My entire family has taken up Kṛṣṇa Consciousness movement. I have started chanting daily 16 rounds of Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahāmantra from 31st Dec 2020, and by mercy of Guru and Gaurāṅga chanting minimum 25 rounds daily now, my wife does 20 rounds daily, my son Pranav.V.S - 12years old and daughter Shreya.V.S-9years old also does 16 rounds chanting daily and in my limited capacity trying to preach glories of Holy name and Bhagavad Gītā and serving as Bhakti Vṛkṣa leader under ISKCON Mangalore – Sri Sri Rādhā Govinda Mandir.

Gurumaharāja, when I hear mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhū and Nityānanda prabhū who went door to door distributing Kṛṣṇa Prema, and even liberated Jagāi and Madāi. Instead of taking shelter of Nitāi-Gaurāṅga, I missed the opportunity and continue to take births in this Dukhālayam, I feel am even more sinful than Jagāi and Madāi. More I read HDG Śrīla Prabhupādaś Books and listen to Senior Devotees, more I realize how helplessly I have entangled in this material world trying to satisfy my own senses, my conditioning and inner anarthas are haunting me. However, through devotee’s association, Sādhanā and Service I am trying hard to purify my anarthas. My only hope in this life is your shelter, I have applied for Guru Āśraya and eagerly waiting or that fortunate day, I see my inner anarthas as an Ocean and trying to dry up with a hope you will give me shelter just like Garuḍa Dev come to the rescue of little sparrow.

Gurumaharāja, on your Vyāsapūjā I sincerely pray to Sri Sri Gaura-Nitāi and HDG Śrīla Prabhupāda to give you lot more strength, good health and long life, so that you can continue to deliver many fallen conditioned souls like me from these material entanglements through your preaching services and causeless mercy. Somehow, by shear mercy of Guru and Gaurāṅga this life I have come into this movement, now I don’t want to turn back for any reason and utilize this life to serve as a menial servant and engage in unalloyed devotional service at your lotus feet and contribute till my last breath for preaching mission of HDG Śrīla Prabhupāda and Sankīrtana movement of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhū. Please bless me to rise in my Faith, Devotion and Love to serve Sri Rādhā Kṛṣṇa, Gaura Nitāi & Pañca Tattva under your shelter and association of Pure devotees eternally.

Santosh.V.K (Aspiring for your humble Shelter and Dīkṣā)
Bangalore

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

My dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. I am a fallen soul, who has no intelligence. Please keep your blessings on me and make me a puppet of your hand and engage me in devotional services. Though I have no qualification, please accept me as your eternal servant. All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Santu Pramanik (sheltered disciple)

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and to you, Guru Mahārāja. All glories to your beloved Vyāsa-pūjā. All glories to your dedication to the holy names. You were always surrendered to the holy names with great sincerity and devotion.

Thank you for showing us how to chant with love, serve with love. I am grateful to be able to dedicate my service to you and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Your aspiring disciple,

Śāradā Pārvatī (aspiring disciple)

Hare Kṛṣṇa my dear Guru Mahārāja. All glories to your auspicious appearance day of 73rd  Śrī Vyāsa Pūjā Mahotsava Guru Mahārāja.

I Sarasvatī Mādahvī Devī Dāsī. Bengaluru, India.

I request you to kindly accept my humble obeisances onto your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja. Thank you very much for accepting me as your Dīkṣā disciple and showering your causeless mercy on me to be in Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses for which I am today.

Guru Mahārāja no words are enough to glorify you. When you were in the hospital when your dedicated servants were reading Bhagavad-gītā A sit is you asked them to read for the patient who was in the next bed. That soul needs the most. In that situation also you were very keen to give Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses and spread Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses which is a lesson for us. Wherever you are whether in hospital or in temple your main was to give Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses and spread Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses to all which is very remarkable. Which ordinary people can't do.

Guru Mahārāja Thank you, Thank you, Thank you very much Guru Mahārāja please always shower your causeless mercy on me to be in Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses and I beg you to bless my family members also should be in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Guru Mahārāja.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you very much Guru Mahārāja.

Your humble servant

Sarasvatī Mādahvī Devī Dāsī.

Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas Guru Mahārāja.

Jaya Gurudeva.

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to you dear Guru Mahārāja!

I am Sarika Jajodia.

I desire to serve Kṛṣṇa and serve you in Prabhupāda’s mission to the best of my abilities.

I am begging My Dīkṣā from you. I am chanting 16 rounds since July’2021, following the 4 regulative principles.

Please bless me that I can overcome any hindrance in the path of Bhakti.

I am eternally grateful to you for providing me with knowledge and guidance through various devotees.

Please accept me as your humble menial servant!

Sarika Jajodia (aspiring disciple)

Dear guru maharaj,

       Dandavat pranams at your lotus feet. Please accept my humble obeisances. It is a great fortune for an insignificant disciple like me to get an opportunity to write a vyasa puja homage to you. On this auspicious day, I am feeling grateful for accepting this clueless soul at your lotus feet by giving blessings and showering causeless mercy on me. We know we can never repay this dept back but I will try to be sincere in my sadhana and will assist you in whatever insignificant ways I could. My dear guru Deva, you are a great source of inspiration to millions of people and your dedication to srila Prabhupada, to commit oneself completely and you are toughest fighter I have ever seen. I feel safe at your mercy and I wish I could come out of my weakness and become strong in krsna consciousness to make you happy. Kindly bestow your unlimited mercy by which I always take shelter and empowerment to preach krsna consciousness.

 

Your humble and insignificant daughter,

Sarojini kalindhi devi dasi

 

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obesciances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

All glories to you!!!

Because of your causeless mercy, now I am your sheltered disciple... I am able to do little bit of service all because of your only mercy... I am seeking your blessings for my spiritual growth and initiation Guru Mahārāja.

Your insignificant servant

Sarumathy (sheltered disciple)
Śrī Jagannath Mandir Seshadripuram, Bangalore, India

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

Querido Śrīla Ācāryapāda,

Por favor acepte mis reverencias a Sus pies de loto. Todas las glorias a Usted y Su Vyāsa Pūjā. Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Querido amigo y maestro en mi humilde opinión tu eres el Ācārya. En mi corazón estás mostrando al mundo en amor extático los síntomas propios de una alta realización ya que eres un asociado de Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Estás automanifestando las cualidades de Ācārya y por eso eres el sostén de la casa de Prabhupāda, Iskcon. Me siento tan afortunado de de haber sido aceptado bajo Tus adorables pies de loto.

Siento que no tendré tiempo (por la fragilidad de mi salud) de terminar el servicio de desarrollar al menos una pequeña comunidad ecológica consciente de Kṛṣṇa con un alto grado de autosuficiencia que me propuse realizar para ponerlo a Tus pies de loto y de Śrīla Prabhupāda como mi humilde contribución por todas las contribuciones recibidas. Cuando estaba disponiéndome a integrarme a trabajar el plan piloto del proyecto en México, donde ya tenemos tierras, vacas y plantaciones, quedé limitado porque ahora mi cuerpo depende de una máquina a la cual debo estar conectado de por vida (tres horas y media por cada una de tres sesiones semanales). Pero a pesar de todo con Tu misericordia continuaré fomentando, avivando y motivando vía redes sociales para que tomen consciencia y sigan el deseo y orden de Śrīla Prabhupāda acerca de la autosuficiencia: "no dependan de nadie", "dependan de las dádivas de la naturaleza", "tierras y vacas son la verdadera riqueza", "la ciudad es detestable, tan detestable", etc. Esto viene a ser el 50% de Su misión y de alli su importancia. Sé muy bien que es también Tu propio deseo. Miles y miles de vidas no serán suficiente para corresponder Tu amorosa gracia a este descualificado y el más último de Tus discípulos.

Tu aspirante a sirviente

Sarva Deva Dāsa

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 humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to your divine appearance day!

All glories to you!

I am so grateful to you to be under your shelter. You are very merciful to so many fallen conditioned souls like me. You are always thinking of innovative ways to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness and expand the saṅkīrtana movement all over the world. Your dedication and commitment in fulfilling the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda is beyond extraordinary. The care that you exhibit for the devotees and disciples is exemplary. Without your blessings, it is not possible for me to continue in devotional service as I am such a fallen soul. I am praying that I become more and more serious in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and wishing to get initiated by you soon. I beg at your lotus feet to accept me and shower your blessings upon me on this divine appearance day of your holiness.

Your insignificant Servant,

Saravanabagugan (sheltered disciple)

Śrī Jagannath Mandir Seshadripuram, Bangalore, India

Dear Gurumaharaj

Please Accept My respectful Obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada, All Glories to you!

“Nama Om Vishnu padaya Krsna presthaya bhutale
Srimate Jayapataka swamin iti namine,
Nama Acharya padaya Nitai kripa pradayine
Gaura katha dhama daya nagara grama tarine”

nama om vishnu Padaya krishna Presthaya Bhutale
srimate bhaktivedanta svamin iti namine
namaste sarasvate deve gaura vani pracharine
nirveshesh sunyavadi pashchatya desa tarine

Today is the most auspicious day, Kamada Ekadashi and my beloved Gurumaharaj’s 73rd Vyasapuja day.

O’ Gurumaharaj, you do not need our glorification, you are already glorified.

But I am so fallen, for my purification, to bring in some auspiciousness in my life, I am putting my humble effort to glorify you.

I was reading a Facebook post in Bengali, the heading attracted my eyes “abak kanda”- astonishing moment.

Once you were travelling out of Hyderabad airport, suddenly an airport officer said “I need to check you”. Your personal servants informed the officer, “Gurumaharaj is a sannyasi and ISKCON Guru, do you want to check him?”

The officer was adamant and took you to check up room and closed the door.

The officer touched your lotus feet and did a dandavat pranam.

The officer got up and apologized to you “Maharaj, I wasted your valuable time. I used my position to touch your lotus feet. Please forgive me.  I had seen you long back and had a desire to touch your lotus feet. I am chanting since then.” He then offered flowers on your lotus feet and begged for your shelter.

It strikes my stone like heart, people had so much transformation seeing you in the airport and I am so unfortunate, O’ Gurumaharaj, that you mercifully gave me shelter but my heart did not change at all, I could not develop love.

gurudev!
kripa-bindu diya, koro’ ei dase,
trinapekha ati hina
sakala sahane, bala diya koro’,
nija-mane spriha-hina


sakale sammana korite sakati,
deho’ natha! jathajatha
tabe to’ gaibo, hari-nama-sukhe,
aparadha ha ’be hata

Please give me the energy to know you correctly. Then, by chanting the holy
name in great ecstasy, all my offenses will cease.

O’ Gurumaharaj, you are a great disciple of Srila Prabhupada, a very very special person because you have dedicated 100 percent to Srila Prabhupada.

Your mind is completely engrossed in executing Srila Prabhupada’s instructions. Srila Prabhupada was aware of your capability and had given many instructions which you have successfully completed, yet you are mercifully asking us and engaging us in Srila Prabhupada’s service.

You have demonstrated an infinite and unfathomable dedication to your spiritual master. 

We get inspired how you are dedicated on book distribution, development of Navadwip Dham, and building the TOVP to please Srila Prabhupada.

To illustrate your desire to complete the TOVP for Srila Prabhupada’s pleasure, you are going to flag off the official launch of the TOVP 2024 Marathon to open the temple in 2024 and relocate our beloved Mayapur Deities into Their new home by lighting and carrying a TOVP Victory Torch. How pleasing it would be to Srila Prabhupada!

O’ Gurumaharaj, you are an embodiment of endless inspiration. Taking the charge of more than 55,000 souls- initiated, or diksha disciples , a great number of aspiring devotees. There are thousands who take siksha from you.

Your unlimited compassion for conditioned souls

Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu instructed jare dekho tare kaho krishna updesh- deliver the message of Lord Krishna wherever you go and to whoever you meet.

O’ Gurumaharaj, you are exemplary. We see how you preach to the doctors and nurses who comes to treat you and you transform them.

On this auspicious day, O’ Gurumaharaj, please give me mercy, give me mercy so that I can use myself for any service unto your lotus feet.

Your very insignificant spiritual servants

Sarvanatha Krsna Das

Revati Manoharini Devi Dasi

Shreya Kundu

 

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 Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All glories to your divine lotus Feet,

I find myself very incapable to write your unlimited glories.

1. You are very caring. Once my mother was seriously ill with symptoms of Covid 19. I wrote email to you for prayers and by your grace my mother became alright. When other people are dying of corona. You saved my mother. In spite of so many health difficulties and busy schedule you considered my email. In reply to my email you asked about the health of my mother. Simply by reading to your email my Sadhna got improved. I cannot find anybody more caring than you. In every aspect of my life, I can see only you are taking of me.

2. You are very enthusiastic for Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. In Spite of so many health difficulties you are always very enthusiastic for Śrīla Prabhupāda for Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission.

Guru Mahārāja I am trying to mediate on below points which I heard from your lectures.

Improve my chanting. I am not able to chant attentively. Some unnecessary thoughts used to come while chanting. I am trying to improve my chanting but it's impossible to do pure chanting without your mercy.

Praying for the mercy: I cannot think my spiritual progress without your mercy. Even after knowing the facts, I am not able to pray with proper mood. Guru Mahārāja, please shower your mercy so that I can pray for my progress in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Pleasing Guru Paramparā In of your lecture you mentioned that the secret of advancement in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness is to please the Guru Paramparā.Now wit your mercy I know the secret, now I am trying to put my endevour to please you ultimately whole Paramparā can be pleased.

Bhakti Śāstrī Course – You have also mentioned to do Bhakti Śāstrī Course so I am undergoing the course from Māyāpur Academy. This course is helping me a lot. Thank you so much.

Book Distribution – I have desire to please you by engaging myself in book distribution. Seeking your blessing to do book distribution.

Bhakti-vṛkṣa – Guru Mahārāja, I know you will be very much pleased if I do Bhakti-vṛkṣa. Please shower your mercy so that I can connect new souls to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and conduct Bhakti-vṛkṣa for them.

Guru Mahārāja, please shower your mercy so that my wife, Vinita and son Jayānanda can progress nicely in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

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Happy Vyāsa-pūjā 2022

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Yours disciple and spiritual son

Sarveśvara Nanda Kumar dāsa

Dear Guru Maharaj,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to your divine Vyasa Puja Mahotsav. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

In this auspicious Vyasa puja day, I would like to thank you for being our role model. You gave us Krishna Consciousness and changed our lives. It is your mercy that you have been taking tremendous effort and spreading Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s teachings in every town and village. You are the reservoir of all the twenty six Vaishnava qualities. Being a disciple it is my responsibility to acquire your beautiful qualities and pass on these qualities to our next generation. 

I remember once you said, if in a family children can’t become devotees, that child’s karma, personal choice, many reasons are involved. However, it is the responsibility of the parents to understand their commitment, how much we need to rectify ourselves, so that by seeing us they will learn. 

I bow down to your lotus feet, and pray for your mercy, I beg your blessings to develop these Vaishnava qualities within myself and to pass on these qualities to our next generation. 

My prayers at the lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha Madhav, Sri Panchatatva, Sri Narasimha Dev for your good health and long life.

Please forgive me for any offences I have made, and allow me to serve you eternally. 

Your Spiritual Daughter,
Sarveshwari Jahnava Devi Dasi,
Your Spiritual Grand Daughter, 
Palika
Vancouver, Canada.

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto your divine, soft, delivering lotus feet.

All glories to your incomparable, spiritual master HDG Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to you O' supremely glorious Gurudeva on your auspicious appearance day.

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

On this most awaited auspicious Vyāsa pūjā day dear Gurumahārāja I wish to reflect and meditate on Your glorious Praṇāma mantra.

1.) Dear to Kṛṣṇa:

As an authentic Guru from the paramparā, as the spiritual son of _'THE'_ Śrīla Prabhupāda, You're very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa because You've taken complete shelter of the lotus feet of The Lord. All the qualities of a devotee who is very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa given in BG (12.13-12.20) are present in You. My very divine Gurudeva, You are non-envious, tolerant, ever equipoised in dualities, pure, expert, silent, satisfied and above all You ARE A Kind Friend of all living entities. With all these divine qualities there's not an iota of doubt left that You're so so dear to Kṛṣṇa. I bow down into your lotus feet with all my worth and might to pray that if You so please bless this fallen daughter of Yours with these qualities, as, because of my innumerable vices I am unable to chant with purity. Please purify me dear Gurudeva. You and Only YOU can do that.

2.) Ācāryapāda:

I offer my respectful obeisances again and yet again unto Your divine lotus feet, who is determined and committed to serve the lotus feet of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda and the previous ācāryas. You're so focussed in serving Prabhupāda that You have asked _Kala_, the element of Time, Kṛṣṇa's potency to wait for You. Thus, by the sheer strength of Your deep desire to serve Your Gurumahārāja You can deliver the whole universe. Such totality of faith in the predecessor ācāryas evokes in you great energy and capacity to render pure devotional service.

Gurudeva I beg, please kindly grant me one percent of this same desire, same enthusiasm and consciousness to serve You, lifetime after lifetime. (if necessary)

3.) Distributor of Nitai's mercy:

You are the knower and lover of Lord Nityānanda, totally and externally fixed on The Lord's pastimes. You have dedicated Your life to please Your dearest Supreme Lord. Hence, as reciprocation, becoming the most qualified recipient of Nityānanda's mercy.

Someone who has not truly realized the causeless mercy of Nityānanda, will not be able to share it with others by constantly speaking or writing about it. Thus the title _Nitāi kripa pradāyine_ is so apt!!

You distribute the same, whole heartedly with open hands and teach us to develop attachment with Lord Nityānanda. Lord Nityānanda's mercy reaches us through You, dear Gurudeva.

You being the Real representative of Nitāi, Guru Mahārāja You alone can mercifully bless me that all my material attachments go away.

4.) Constant Speaker of gaura-kathā:

When it comes to speaking about Lord Gaurāṅga You're unstoppable. Your love for gaura-kathā is sometimes poured down from Your lotus eyes. Every evening's Caitanya līlā class is an evidence enough of Your unflinching faith on the mercy element of gaura-kathā. I was attracted to Śrī Śrī Kṛṣṇa Balarām deities of Śrī Vṛndāvana Dhāma but after listening to gaura-kathā, ( by virtue of my service of simulcast in hindi on Your FB page) I have by Your mercy developed some attachment for very beautiful and merciful Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaursunder (All India ISKCON Pādyatrā) deities. Dear Baba please allow and bless me to bring Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaursunder deities, home.

5.) Distributor of Dhām's mercy:

Śrīdhāma Māyāpur was developed by You practically. This kingdom of God came to look like, to what it is today because of your dedicated toiling.

That’s not an ordinary thing! Śrīdhāma Māyāpur is not an ordinary place! It is nondifferent from Lord Caitanya. The Lord was watching And He instilled in You an immovable dedication.

Thus, the spiritual Cintāmaṇi Dhāma of Gauḍadeśa, Śrīla Ācāryapāda, was nourished by You, who continues to distribute the mercy of the Dhāma by applying different ideas.

You're familiar with the Dhāma as Your supreme friend, and are truly concerned with the future of Māyāpur As a responsible parent so much so that Śrī Māyāpur and Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami are synonymous.

Kindly bless me to develop the same perception of the holy Dhāma and qualify me to reside in the dhāma.

6.) You deliver towns and villages:

Caitanya Mahāprabhu said-

pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi grāma

sarvatra pracāra haibe mora nāma

Śrīla Prabhupāda confirmed You, my dear Lord as an eternal associate of Lord Caitanya. You have been commissioned to appear again to revive the fallen conditioned souls and take them back home, back to Godhead. Thus, You're intensely preaching without paying any heed to the boundaries and limitations of Time, space and circumstances. Thus, delivering towns and villages. By the virtue of being Your spiritual daughter allow me to preach sincerely and become a tool in Your lotus hands to dissipate the divine message of Lord Śrī Gaursundar.

A fallen soul like me would need Your love and compassion eternally dear Gurudeva. Allow me and bless me to hold Your Divine lotus feet, tightly, forever and ever.

Thank you for accepting me dear Gurumahārāja. You made us all so fortunate!!

Intensely begging for Your mercy Your most foolish and sinful daughter

Satyabhāmā sādhvī dd

By Your blessings I seek Your kind permission to now share my meagre preaching activities and seeking empowerment for devotional strength needed to preach successfully.

Gurudeva I have been preaching since 2016, in Ajmer, under the able guidance of Hg Rādhāpati gopīnātha prabhu.

I began by taking bhakti vṛkṣa classes and added 10-12 members. All of them are now chanting 16 rounds and are ready for initiation.

Then I introduced two courses Bhagvad-gītā crash course (A 15-day course giving a quick overview of the 5 main topics of BG) and also The Bhagvad-gītā Advance course (a systematic and detailed study of BG.)

By Your mercy I have completed 5 crash course batches and one BG, advance course batch during the lock down period. At present taking The 6th crash course batch and 2nd Systematic study batch.

On the auspicious occasion of Safala Ekādaśī by Your blessing we launched a new batch of Bhagvad-gītā advance course. 125 participants joined our WhatsApp group out of which 88 devotees attended the class and 85 devotees were listening to the class till the end. My God sister (also own sister) Your spiritual daughter Hg Rati Śreṣṭha Keśavī dd is constantly helping me, religiously in all my preaching activities.

During Kārtīka we went on the roads every day and conducted dīpadānas for the conditioned souls. Approximately 6000 souls could offer lamp to Lord Dāmodara by the incessant flow of Your mercy.

Gurudeva we had procured sponsorships for book distribution and by your mercy I could send lakṣmī for 108 BG's to the Virtual table. I also distributed approximately 200 Bhagvad-gītās here in Ajmer in a school, amongst bhakti vṛkṣa members and also door to door. Most of the teachers from that school are now my Bhakti vṛkṣa members.

Hope all this pleases you my dear beloved Gurudeva.

Thank you for your unconditional love dear baba, thank you for accepting the insignificant services that we're rendering, again by your blessings only.

Preaching is your life and I want to do everything for your pleasure only. Kindly empower and bless me dear Gurudeva to be determine in rendering my devotional service and to please You be the sole objective of my life.

My prabhu Mukesh bharti, daughters Dhairya and Veda are all Kṛṣṇa conscious and are chanting also but are not very seriously.

Kindly bless them and accept them unto Your divine lotus feet Gurudeva. We love you loads dear baba.

Your most insignificant daughter

Satyabhāmā sādhvī dd. Dear Guru Mahārāja,

माझे परंप्रिय आणि परंपूज्य गुरू महाराज,

तुमच्या चरणी तुमच्या मुलीचे अनंत कोटी कोटी चरण स्पर्श.

गुरू महाराज, तुम्ही प्रभुपदांबद्दल लिहिले की - “यदि प्रभुपाद ना होईतो, तबे की होईतो, ये जीवन बहित किशे”.. त्याच प्रमाणे गुरुदेव तुम्ही माझ्या जीवनात माझ्या आयुष्यात नसते तर माझे जीवन पशू प्रमाणेच होते.

हे पतित पावन गुरू महाराज, जीवनात खूप खूप संकटे आहेत. पण तुमच्या कृपेने, तुमच्या करुणेने, या संकटांना सामोरे जायची शक्ती मिळते. तुमचे ऋण मी कितीही जन्म घेतले तरी चुकवू शकणार नाही.

या भूतलावर माझ्यासाठी तुम्हीच माझे हित-चिंतक, शुभ-चिंतक आहात. माझ्या सर्व आशा तुमच्या चरणी आहेत. माझ्यात शक्ती नाही, बुद्धी नाही, गुरू महाराज. माझ्यावर तुमची करुणा, तुमची दया दृष्टी सदैव राहुद्या.

तुमची शारीरिक स्थिती माझ्या सारख्या शिष्यांमुळे आहे गुरू महाराज. तरी सुद्धा अशा स्थितीत तुम्ही सदैव प्रभुपादांच्या आणि गौरंगाच्या सेवेत असतात. तुम्ही कधीच जाणवू देत नाहीत की तुम्हाला त्रास होतो.

आमच्या साठी, माझ्यासाठी गोलोक धाम सोडून तुम्ही आलात, तुमचे ऋण नाही चुकवू शकत मी. माझ्यात ती शक्ती नाही. मला सदैव तुमच्या सेवेत ठेवा.

उद्या गौर पूर्णिमा आहे - चैतन्य महाप्रभूंच्या प्राकट्य दिन. मी चैतन्य महाप्रभुंच्या चरणी हीच प्रार्थना करते की माझे आयुष्य माझ्या गुरू महाराजांना दे, आणि त्यांना खूप खूप आयुष्य दे, जेणेकरून माझ्या सारख्या खूप जीवांचा ते उद्धार करू शकतील.

परत तुमच्या श्री चरणी (जे माझे सर्वस्व आहेत) माझे अनंत अनंत कोटी चरण स्पर्श.

तुमची मुलगी,

सेवाशक्ती देवी दासी

My beloved Guru Maharaj,

I pay my respectful obeisance unto your divine Lotus feet. All glories to you. As Chaitanya Mahaprabhu being the God himself appeared to teach us pure devotion to Lord Krishna, by God's grace you have appeared (Krishna has sent you along with Prabhupad) to show us how to serve Guru Maharaj. You have fulfilled every wish of Vakti Vedanta Swami Shreela Prabhupad even some of them were expressed insignificantly by him. You are the true warrior against Maya. In spite of being son of a very rich family , you shrugged of all the material desires and took 'sanyas' at an early age. 

I am in Krishna consciousness and trying to be a servant of Lord Krishna but can't get rid of Maya. But I believe the shelter at your lotus feet would ensconce me at the devine lotus feet of Lord Krishna.I again pay my I respectful obeisance at your lotus feet.

Your servant,

Shashthidulal Das.

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obesiences to your lotus feet.

On this auspicious occasion Please bless me and my family so that we can surrender and serve Guru and Gaurāṅga with all our sincerity and always keep Kṛṣṇa in our hearts and minds.

Dear Guru Mahārāja Please forgive us for our mistakes and shortcomings and always keep us at your lotus feet.

Thank you, dear Guru Mahārāja, for keeping me under your shelter. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Your humble servant,

Shayna Aswani (sheltered)

New Delhi, India

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণ প্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামিন ইতি নামিনে।
নমো আচার্য পাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে
গৌর কথা ধামোদায় নগর গ্রাম তারিনে।।


প্রথমেই আমি আপনার শ্রী চরণ কমলে সশ্রদ্ধ প্রণতি নিবেদন করি। শ্রী চৈতন্য মহাপ্রভুর পার্ষদ হিসেবে এবং শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের এক অনন্য শিষ্য হিসেবে আপনি এই ধরাধামে অবতীর্ণ হয়েছেন, আমার মত ক্ষুদ্র পাপী জীবাত্মাদের উদ্ধার কার্যে। এক সম্ভ্রান্ত পরিবারে জন্মগ্রহণ করা সত্ত্বেও জড়জাগতিক ভোগের প্রতি বিন্দুমাত্র আসক্ত না হয়ে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের জন্য আপনি যেভাবে সারাজীবন উৎসর্গ করেছেন তা আমাকে জড়বিষয়ে অনাসক্ত হতে অনুপ্রাণিত করে। অশেষ শারীরিক প্রতিবন্ধকতা থাকা সত্ত্বেও আপনার অবিচ্ছিন্ন সেবা, প্রচার ও উদ্যম বিশেষভাবে প্রশংসনীয়। আপনি " নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে"  হয়ে নিত্যানন্দ প্রভুর কৃপা বিতরণ করেন। আমার মত অধমের কোনো কৃপা পাওয়ার যোগ্যতা নেই, তবু আপনার কৃপা হলে নিতাই শচীসূতের সেবা করার সুযোগ পাবো। ভগবান শ্রী নৃসিংহদেবের কাছে আপনার শারীরিক সুস্থতা ও দীর্ঘায়ু কামনা করি। আপনার নিকট হরিনাম জপের সামর্থ্য ও মনুষ্যজীবনের উদ্দেশ্য সফল করার যোগ্যতা প্রার্থনা করি। 


আপনার অযোগ্য সেবিকা,
 শ্রেয়তা

Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā Homage

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

My dearmost Gurudeva,

Please accept my most humble and prostrated obeisances at Your Lotus Feet.

All glories to Your Divine Grace.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

In fact I do not have words to glorify Your mercy towards fallen souls like me. I never could imagine that with all these bodily discomforts You would travel to Middle East and onwards to USA. Like Sirla Prabhupāda who travelled to western world at the age of 69 to fulfil the order of His Spiritual Master, Your Divine Grace also now travelling to shower Your mercy to the devotees who are eagerly waiting to serve You.

I can only pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and Śrī Pañcatattva that They take care of Your health so that You can continue Your mission of delivering more and more fallen souls and thereby able to always keep Śrīla Prabhupāda pleased. I am daily continuing my 4 mala extra japa and 4 extra rounds of tulasī parikramā for Your continued recovery.

Gurudeva, by Your causeless mercy I am trying my best to improve my sadhana and giving online classes thereby maintain my promise given to You at the time of taking Dīkṣā.

Gurudeva, by Your mercy I am trying to assist CFO to the best of my ability at Māyāpur Treasury. My wife Bṛndāvan Prāṇ Devī Dāsī is trying her best to serve You at E-Care office. Our elder son Kṛṣṇa Dayā Sindhu Dāsa and his wife Lokatāriṇī Lakṣmī Devī Dāsī, their two children Madhurima and Jayaprada Rādhā and our younger son Śyām and his wife Śrīvidhyā (both aspiring from You) are also well-settled. All these because of Your mercy Gurudeva.

On the occasion of Your 73rd Vyāsa Pūjā we seek Your blessings and continued guidance to advance in devotional service and to assist You in Your preaching mission and pray to Lord Narasiṁha Deva for Your speedy recovery and good health.

Your humble servants

Siṁha Advaita Dāsa & Bṛndāvan Prāṇ Devī Dāsī

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Spiritual Father,

Please accept my humble respectful obeisances to your holy lotus feet.

I thank you for all the mercy that you have shown on us and unlimited souls like me by giving the nectar of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. As Lord Gaurāṅga has appeared just to deliver the fallen souls by giving them Kṛṣṇa Prema, similarly the associates of Lord and the whole paraphernalia of Lord helps in promoting the very mission of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu. And Śrīla Prabhupāda had right addressed you dear Guru Mahārāja as one of the personal associate of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu, who is continuously and untiringly dedicated in propagating the Holy Mahā mantra to general people and distribute them the sacred knowledge about the Lord and his pastimes. Wherever you are whether in a hospital visit or meeting people or travelling, you never miss the chance to preach. I was reading a few days back how you have requested the physiotherapist to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahā Mantra and he agreed with a condition that you will work and lift your foot up and down, hearing which you have replied back that if he obliges to chant you will mobilize and lift both your feet completely. Doctors and Nurses are amazed when they see your spirit. Despite the internal health struggles that you face, you always come forward to give classes and never go away from preaching spirit and stand like a soldier in the battle field. You are fulfilling the desires of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda personally by distributing the ocean of mercy of their Lordship Gaura Nitāi to one and all. Your concern on Vaiṣṇava care is unparalleled and I pray to Śrī Śrī Prahlāda Narasiṁha dev, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Madhav and Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva and our Guru Paramparā to bestow a very good health to you so that you continue to spread Kṛṣṇa's mercy around the globe.

All Glories All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrīla Gurudeva.

Your Spiritual Daughter,
Sirisa Haripriya Devī Dāsī

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Spiritual Father,

Please accept my humble respectful obeisances to your holy lotus feet.

I Thank you for all the mercy that you have shown on us and unlimited souls like me by giving the nectar of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. As lord Gaurāṅga has appeared just to deliver the fallen souls by giving them Kṛṣṇa Prema, similarly the associates of lord and the whole paraphernalia of lord helps in promoting the very mission of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu. And Śrīla Prabhupāda had right addressed you dear Guru Mahārāja as one of the personal associate of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu, who is continuously and untiringly dedicated in propagating the Holy mahāmantra to general people and distribute them the sacred knowledge about the lord and his pastimes. Wherever you are whether in a hospital visit or meeting people or travelling, you never miss the chance to preach. I was reading a few days back how you have requested the physiotherapist to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahāmantra and he agreed with a condition that you will work and lift your foot up and down, hearing which you have replied back that if he obliges to chant you will mobilise and lift both your feet completely. Doctors and Nurses are amazed when they see your spirit. Despite the internal health struggles that you face, you always come forward to give classes and never go away from preaching spirit and stand like a soldier in the battlefield. You are fulfilling the desires of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda personally by distributing the ocean of mercy of their lordship Gaura Nitāi to one and all. Your concern on Vaiṣṇava-care is unparalleled and I pray to Śrī Śrī Prahlāda Narasiṁhadeva, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Madhava and Śrī Śrī Pañchatattva and our Guru Paramparā to bestow a very good health to you so that you continue to spread Kṛṣṇa’s mercy around the globe.

All Glories All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrīla Gurudeva.

Your Spiritual Daughter,

Śirīṣa Haripriyā Devī Dāsī

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to your Divine Grace. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

On the most auspicious day of this Kāmada Ekādaśī which is your Divine appearance in this mortal world Please allow me glorify you of your unlimited qualities. Time and again you are proving that when one surrenders to the spiritual master and Gaurāṅga then one can cross all the obstacles and makes all the imposible tasks possible. This you have shown in the last two years when the whole world almost came to a halt with their activities and many of the preachers are taking it easy from travelling and engage in active preaching You have never stopped your preaching activities, like Caitanya līlā classes every evening, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam classes on Saturday morning, home visits, visiting the temples and taking darshan of Their Lordships, blessing the devotees on their Birthdays, marriage days, praying for the devotees who are going through the health crisis just to name a few and the list can go on and on. This shows you never stop giving your mercy and you never stop serving Śrīla Prabhupāda. – Please dear Guru Mahārāja please bless me so that I can get a fraction of a fraction of your determination to serve you and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission.

Here in Perth, the devotees are steadily practicing their devotional services. Its very inspiring to see that many of my God siblings are becoming serious to study Śrīla Prabhupāda books by taking up the courses of Bhakti śāstrī and in the last year many have successfully completed their course and graduated. This is because in one of your class you gave the instruction that you want all of your disciples to study Śrīla Prabhupāda books by doing Bhakti śāstrī, Bahkti Vaibhava and Bhakti Sārvabhuama courses. This devotees are taking seriously. By your mercy and Śrīla Prabhupāda mercy our temple project is going slowly. We have submitted our amended application for DA approval and planning to go for the next step of detailed design work with an aim of starting the project soon. We are hoping to lay foundation in August around Śrī Balarāma pūrṇimā time. We had our first successful Fund-raising dinner in January. This project is becoming a big one and we are afraid how we can do this. One thing is sure we can ONLY DO THIS BY YOUR MERCY and PRAYERS. So we need your blessings to take this project to the next step and beyond to completion.

So on this special day I beg you to always keep me at your lotus feet and engage me in whatever way you feel like. I know you are very compassionate so please be compassionate on this lowly servant of yours.

Your Servant

Sītā Rāma Lakṣmaṇa dāsa

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Respectable Gurudeva,

On the auspicious occasion of your appearance day, I, with my husband Sītānatha Kṛpāmaya Dāsa, offer our respectful obeisance at your lotus feet. We are doing our devotional services in New Rājāpur Jagannātha Dhāma, Bangalore, India. In the past few years, we have seen that you have faced so many health challenges. Inspite of it, you have continued your preaching to please Śrīla Prabhupāda. This has inspired us to preach and bring a few souls under your shelter. We are preaching a few families to bring them to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Please bless us, so that our children can join this movement and make their life successful.

Yours spiritual daughter and son,

Anupama Sacīmātā Devī Dāsī and Sītānatha Kṛpāmaya Dāsa

New Rājāpur Jagannātha Dhāma,

Magadi Main Road,

Bangalore (India)

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Your Servant,

Kṛṣṇarūpa Gaura Dāsa | +91 - 9738610847 | krgd.jps@gmail.com

ISKCON - New Rajapur Jagannātha Dhāma | Magadi Road

Bangalore IN

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Gurumahārāja

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet dear Gurudeva.

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

On your Vyāsa-pūjā, I would like to offer you my humble homage. You have blessed me with your association and picked me up from the pool of material conditioned life. You showered upon me the mercy Gaurāṅga by initiating with Harināma and gave a real meaning to life.

Gurumahārāja your daily Facebook classes on Caitanya Līlā compilation are so wonderful that it makes us feel we are witnessing all lords pastimes live.

As per your instructions able to follow regulative principles and chant prescribed rounds of Hare Kṛṣṇa mahāmantra. Even could do bhakti shastri course with your blessings. Whenever and wherever there is an opportunity given by Lord Caitanya able to do śāstra-dāna.

If your divine self and Kṛṣṇa so desire would desire to take brāhmanical initiation from your divine self.

We humbly and sincerely pray Śrī Narsiṁhadeva, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava Aṣṭa Sakhī and Śrīla Prabhupāda to keep you healthy for many more years to come. So that your holiness can serve Śrīla Prabhupāda. And we insignificant disciples can serve your Holiness and His Divine Grace.

Your insignificant disciple,

Sitarupa Vishnupriya Devī dāsī

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Dandwat pranam

Please accept my respectful obesiences unto your lotus feet

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to you our beloved Guru Mahārāja

Dear Gurudeva,

Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for everything I can't stand alone in this battlefield of Māyā you are giving us causeless mercy and giving us the strength to stand against the Māyā.

Guru Mahārāja you are the only one who can save this most fallen conditioned soul. I don't deserve anything but I am getting everything in spiritual life by your mercy only.

By your causeless mercy all the conditioned soul who are suffering in this material world are getting the eligibility to go back to godhead.

Guru Mahārāja please always keep us with you. I want to serve you in this movement for next ten thousand years.

You are distributing the mercy of Lord Nityānanda and Śrīla Prabhupāda and sending millions of millions souls back to home back to godhead.

Guru Mahārāja, I am the most fallen and conditioned soul. I failed to become a good disciple of yours and I lost the eligibility to go back to godhead I lost the eligibility to achieve the mercy of Kṛṣṇa but Guru Mahārāja you are the most merciful you are the only person who can save me, who can give me the shelter of your Lotus feet. Oh Guru Mahārāja, please bestow mercy on me and keep me in the shelter of your Lotus feet.

Your most fallen spiritual son

Sīva Pālaka Nītāī Dāsa

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn 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 Kṛṣṇa, Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please Accept My Respectful Obeisances!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to your Divine Grace!

All glories to you on your auspicious 73rd Appearance day!!

Dear Guru Mahārāja, by your causeless mercy, I and my mother were able to get aspiring from your Holiness in May 2021. Presently I am able to chant 12 rounds of Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahā Mantra.

I have been mentored in this wonderful process of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness by the devotees of NRJD (Bengaluru), Minneapolis and Tallahassee. By your blessings and their able guidance, I am relishing the process of Bhakti so much but whenever I try to share about it with my family and friends, they are little reluctant to take up the process. So on this auspicious day, I kindly request you to shower your blessings Guru Mahārāja, so that as a family we could serve you and Lord Gaurāṅga and make Kṛṣṇa Consciousness not a part of our life but the very heart of our life.

I find spiritual studies to be very interesting while reading yours and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books. I really wish to complete my material studies soon and take up spiritual studies seriously so that I can apply the teachings of our Acharyas in my life and get rid of all my anarthas by your mercy.

Your preaching had always been and will continue to be a source of inspiration for all of us Guru Mahārāja. Seeking your blessings so that we imbibe the same mood and become tiny instruments in Nithyānanda Prabhu and Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mission of spreading the Harināma and thus be of some service to your preaching movement.

Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Your Insignificant servant,

Sneha T. (aspiring disciple)

New Rājāpur Dhāma, Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa beloved Guru Mahārāja. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to your most auspicious divine appearance day!

Your fame is spread all over the three worlds and this joyous day is a special one to broadcast your glories far and wide.

It is so amazing that you are invested in understanding the large to small intricacies of this world so far as they concern the propagation of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission like so many languages, cultures, current affairs; and yet remain aloof from them, like a lotus leaf in water. And not just that, it does not affect your continual transcendental absorbption – prati-kṣaṇāsvādana-lolupasya. While remembering mādhurya-līlā guṇa-rūpa-nāmnām, you extend the most excellent personal care, as in taking every individual very seriously and caring for them as their eternal well-wisher, while being laden with the sweet fruits of love, sensitivity, humility, tolerance, forgiveness, forbearance, sacrifice and austerity.

In your classes as in your life and personal example, all of the Caitanya Caritāmṛta comes to life. Most of us may have theoretically read of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu but your association infects one with realized Gaurāṅga fever. With the milieu that we find ourselves in today, it is so scarce to come out of a merely historical understanding of the propagator of the Saṅkīrtana movement and accept Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Your personality makes that very feat attainable and sustainable by incessant nourishment. By your glorious Caitanya Līlā classes, one feels so much connected with Lord Caitanya and His associates and gradually They come to occupy more and more of one’s consciousness until one eventually starts living with Them. The distinctive phala-śruti of those pastimes is sure to reserve one’s ticket in Gaura-līlā, and certainly one gets the unlimitedly merciful opportunities of becoming a singer in the Lord’s saṅkīrtana like Mukunda Datta, dancing in the footsteps of Vakreśvara Paṇḍita, honoring prasad with The Lords, hoping to participate in the most confidential Śrivasa Aṅgan kīrtanas, and the list is endless. It gets to the point where the Gaura Bhakta Vṛnda of the Pañca-tattva, mahā-mantra immediately invokes the innumerable devotees that you talk about in your classes – Ramānanda Rāya, Puṇḍarīka Premanidhi, Acyutānanda, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya, Kolaveca Śrīdhar, Devānanda Paṇḍit and the list will never end, so one can only roar and invoke all of the Gaura Bhakta Vṛnda. You make it so natural and easy, and increasingly so.

kali-kālera dharma — kṛṣṇa-nāma-saṅkīrtana
kṛṣṇa-śakti vinā nahe tāra pravartana

[Cc Antya 7.11]

Dear respected Guru Mahārāja, your flabbergasting preaching imprint unstopped by equatorial heat, South American altitudes (where you would walk with oxygen cylinders on), Bangladeshi austerities and so on while maintaining your principles to the highest of standards highlights evermore Lord Kṛṣṇa’s special empowerment of you and your exceptionally intense surrender to and love of the Lord.

adhama patita jīvera dvāre dvāre giyā
harināma mahā-mantra dicchena bilāiyā

As the very lovable representative of Lord Nityānanda, you intoxicatedly distribute the mercy to the very fallen and the really weak, not to forget, with a great amount of personal inconvenience. It requires a very tall personality to take on the sins of so many souls and take charge of their deliverance from the material world. You are Selflessness and Magnanimity personified. I am personally testimony to your great potency to pick one out of the dustbin and then hone one meticulously and holistically. Your blessings and prayers are the elixir of life.

Meditating on your countless glories is an everlasting exercise in purification. Dhyāyan stuvaḿs tasya yaśas tri-sandhyaḿ… Thank you a thousand times over, and more, Guru Mahārāja. Please make me an instrument of your mercy in this lifetime, more and more, dear Gurudeva.

Your ever-indebted loving daughter,

Snigdha Mādhavi Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā), Kharagpur, India

Report:

Dear Guru Mahārāja, All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to you

Under the able guidance of HG Mukund Līlā Prabhujī and HG Devahūti mātājī, I have been teaching English to tribal children in our Bhaktivedanta National School of the India Tribal Care Trust.

By your blessings and prayers we have also started girls’ preaching in IIT Kharagpur, Jadavpur University and NIT Jamshedpur. We are also taking classes and caring for the New Alipore (Kolkata) congregational mātājīs.

Thank you so very much! Please accept these services!

Dearest Gurumahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to Your Divine Grace!

Another year has passed by witnessing your transcendental pastimes. A very happy 74th Vyāsa Pūjā. So many course of events appear in the memory as I begin to write the offering.

When the world sank in disappointment, you devised new methods to reach out to your disciples who were far away from you physically. You not only made our days wonderful with your divine audience on the Zoom screen but also filled our hearts with gratitude to the Lord for giving us shelter at your lotus feet.

For the last few months as I closely observed your regular health upheaval, I could see how you are the walking Bhagavatam. You are teaching the entire society of devotees and the human race in general how to practice what they preach. Every single day in your life is full of health challenges, big or small, however, you are untouched by the circumstance and remain absorbed and focused in spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness in every town and village.

The files that contain your health reports is expanding and falling too short so as to make another new file. So is your enthusiasm and energy competing with the physical challenges, increasing manifold to give Kṛṣṇa to everyone.

I am grateful to you for allowing me to stay, see and serve you in Sridham Māyāpur more than ever. While so closely handling your blood samples, I was overwhelmed with the thought of the unbearable pain you tolerate, yet remaining a dhīra. Recently when you had tested positive for COVID, I was not surprised to see you attend your disciple's aspiring ceremony at 11 in the night, the day before you were hospitalised. Later when Sukhi Acyuta Prabhu told me how he witnessed your complete dependence on Kṛṣṇa under such challenging circumstances, I felt so hopeful to be in the right hands of a glorious master, who is the dear most servant of the Supreme master.

On the penultimate day of the Navadvīpa Maṇḍala Parikramā, we saw how you did not even have enough energy to lift your hands to honour the medallions and sit straight, you still made your appearance on the stage to see your disciples who have come from all across the globe to be able to see you once. Similar incidents of your leg pain during the ToVP festival could not compel you to take rest instead of witnessing the installation of Chotā Rādhā Mādhava deities. Now that you have gone to the US, even though weak, to meet and nourish the seeds of devotion in the hearts of thousands of devotees waiting to meet you there.

As disciples, we have been seeing how the unbelievable acts are normal and usual for you to execute. But recently when His Holiness Indradyumna Swami Mahārāja was here in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur and handing out cookies and sweets to each and every devotee who came to hear his class. I was reminded of the good old days when we could not only go and get those cookies from your lotus hands but sometimes even talk to you for sometime. How during the Gaura Pūrṇimā festival, we could sit up till late in the nights and hear from you and meet you in person. Over the years so much have changed, but I am grateful for all the good fortune you have made for us. However, at the same time I feel so guilty, for it is because of us that you are undergoing so much trouble that these new restrictions arose.

As I am struggling and struggling and loosing hope in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, I beg for your mercy so that I overcome them. Please bless me so that I may develop unflinching faith and devotion unto your divine grace. Please empower me to perform the services and execute the instructions that I received.

Please forgive me for the offences I have knowingly or unknowingly committed at your lotus feet. Thank you so much for everything.

Willing to love you someday,

Your spiritual daughter,

Snigdhamayi Sudevī Devī Dāsī (initiated disciple)

Śrīdhāma Māyāpur, India

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Hare Kṛṣṇa

I offer my most most most respectful and humble obeisances at your lotus feet, my dearest Guru Mahārāja. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.
Dearest Guru Mahārāja, you are patitapavan. Just by the power of your name, I am able to cross across the immense difficulties in my path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness practice. By your mercy and blessings, I am able to chant and able to get the association of your dear disciples and lead my life under their guidance otherwise what is my qualification- I am a hopeless fallen soul. I had no hopes in this whirlpool of my karmic burden. I desire to eternally serve you and please you with my loving devotional service and if your mercy is there, only then will I be able to please Gaurāṅga. Oh Guru Mahārāja I am your aspiring disciple but due to my karma and unfavorable circumstances in married life I am unable to take initiation from you.. please accept me as your servant at your lotus feet and enable me to serve you in utmost pure love and devotion. Your lotus feet is my only hope Guru Mahārāja and I surrender myself at your lotus feet.

gurudeva!

kṛpā-bindu diyā, koro’ ei dāse, tṛṇāpekhā ati hīna
sakala-sahane, bolo diyā koro nija māne spṛhā-hīna

Your insignificant spiritual daughter,

Soma Ray Chatterjee (aspiring disciple)

Śrī Śrī Narasiṁha Giridhārī Mandir, Bangalore, India

হরে কৃষ্ণ গুরু মহারাজ।

দয়া করে আপনার শ্রী চরণে আমার দন্দবৎ প্রণাম গ্রহণ করুন।

আপনি এখন দিব্য ব্যাক্তি, আমার সম্মন্ধে কিছু বলার আমার কোনো যোগ্যতাই আমার নেই, আপনার সাথে কাটানো কিছু মুহূর্ত আমি বলতে পারি শুধুমাত্র, আমি প্রথম যেদিন আপনাকে দেখেছিলাম আমি সেই ছবি নিচে দিয়েছি, দিনটি ছিল ৪ ঠা মার্চ, ২০২২ । আমি সেদিন দেখেছিলাম একটা দিব্য জ্যোতি বেরোচ্ছে আপনার চারিপাশ থেকে। সেদিন আপনাকে দেখে আমার মনে পড়ে গেলো সেই পুরোনো দিনের কথা, আপনি যখন জম্পো নিয়ে গোটা ওয়ার্ল্ড পরিপূর্ণ করে দিতেন কৃষ্ণ প্রেমের বন্যায়। আমি যখনই আপনার কাছে সাহায্য চেয়েছি পারমার্থিক উন্নতির জন্য আপনি কৃপা করেছেন। আমি আপনার কৃপায় এবারের নবদ্বীপ মন্ডল পরিক্রমা অংশগ্রহন করতে পেরেছি। এবং শ্রীধাম মায়াপুরে অনেক সেবা করার সুযোগও পেয়েছি। আপনি হচ্ছেন ঔদার্যের অবতার, আপনি পতিত পাবন। শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ বলেছেন আপনি হচ্ছেন শ্রী চৈতন্য মহাপ্রভুর নিত্য পার্ষদ। গুরুমহারাজ আমি আপনার চরণআশ্রয় নিয়ে ভক্তি করতে চাই। দয়া করে আপনি কৃপা করুন এই অধম এর প্রতি ।

আপনার আখাঙ্খি শিষ্য

সৌম্যদীপ পাল

Soumyadeep Pal (aspiring disciple)
Bardhaman, West Bengal, India

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায়া ভূতলে।
শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনিতি নামিনে।।
নমো আচার্য্য পাদায় নিতাইকৃৃৃপা প্রদায়িনে।
গৌরকথা ধামদায় নগরগ্রাম তারিণে ।।

জয় জগৎগুরু শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ ।
জয় পতিতপাবন গুরুমহারাজ ।

গুরুমহারাজ, কৃপাপূর্বক আপনার শ্রীচরণ কমলে আমার সশ্রদ্ধ দণ্ডবৎ প্রণাম গ্রহণ করুন।

আপনার ৭৩ তম শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথি ব্যাসপুজা মহোৎসব জয়যুক্ত হোক।

ভক্তবৎসল ভগবান শ্রীনৃসিংহদেবের কাছে আপনার দ্রুত আরোগ্য ও দীর্ঘায়ু কামনা করছি।

হে গুরুমহারাজ আপনার গুণমহিমা কীর্তন করার মতো কোনো যোগ্যতা এই অধমের নাই। তবুও গুরুমহারাজ ও সকল বৈষ্ণববৃন্দের আশীর্বাদ প্রার্থনা করে ব্যাসপুজার শ্রদ্ধার্ঘ্য নিবেদন করছি।

হে পরম আরাধ্য গুরুমহারাজ আপনি গৌরাঙ্গের নিজজন এবং শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের অন্যতম একনিষ্ঠ প্রিয় সেবক, শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের সংকীর্তন আন্দোলনের বীর যোদ্ধা।সর্বদা, সবসময়ই প্রতিকূল পরিস্থিতিতেও আপনি আপনার প্রতিটি সেবার মাধ্যমে আমাদের আকৃষ্ট ও অনুপ্রাণিত করছেন। জীবনের প্রতিটি মুহুর্তে কিভাবে কৃষ্ণভাবনাময় থাকতে পারি সেই শিক্ষা আপনি আচরণ করে আমাদের প্রদান করছেন, তাই তো আপনি আচার্য্যপাদ।

শুধুমাত্র আপনার অহৈতুকি কৃপাবলে আমার মতো আসুরিক ভাবাপন্ন,সদা কামরত,নরাধমও, ইসকনের মতো শুদ্ধ ভক্তির নৌকায় আশ্রয় লাভ করতে পেরেছে, আপনার শ্রীচরণে আশ্রয় পেয়ে ভক্তসঙ্গের সুযোগ পাচ্ছি।

পরম করুণাময় নিত্যানন্দ প্রভু যেমন অকাতরে সকলকে হরিনাম দিয়ে উদ্ধার করেছেন আপনিও তেমনই এই ভূভারতের যত অধম পাপীদের উদ্ধার করতে সর্বদা আগুয়ান। তাই আপনি ‘নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে’, সেই লোভে আমার মতো পাপীও আপনার কৃপাপ্রার্থী।

আপনার অকৃত্রিম কৃপার বলে ইসকন ইউথ প্রোগ্রামের সাথে যুক্ত হয়ে আপনার শিষ্য শ্রীপাদ মনোরম গোপাল প্রভুর আনুকূল্যে আপনার বাণী সেবার সামান্য সুযোগ লাভ করেছি। আপনার বাণীই আমার প্রতিটি দিনের চালিকাশক্তি এবং মায়ার কবল থেকে মুক্ত থাকার অস্ত্র। জীবনের প্রতি পদক্ষেপে, পারমার্থিক হোক আর জাগতিক হোক সকল সমস্যার তৎক্ষনাৎ সমাধান আপনার শ্রীমুখের বাণী। কিন্তু আমার হৃদয় এত কলুষতায় পূর্ণ যে আপনার বাণী, আপনার নির্দেশ সঠিকভাবে পালন করতে পারি না। তবুও আপনি সবসময় কৃপা বর্ষণ করে চলেছেন এই অধমের প্রতি। চৈতন্য লীলা প্রবচন ও অভিনব জুম দর্শনের মাধ্যমে আমাদের আনন্দ ও কৃপা প্রদান করছেন।

আপনার এই ৭৩তম আবির্ভাব তিথিতে আপনার শ্রীচরণে নিবেদন এই যে আমি ব্যক্তিগতভাবে আপনার কাছে ক্ষমাপ্রার্থী আপনার উপদেশসমূহ সঠিকভাবে পালন করতে পারছি না, আপনার চরণে অনেক অপরাধ করছি। গুরুমহারাজ দয়া করে এই অযোগ্য চরণাশ্রিত দাসের ভুলত্রুটি অপরাধ মার্জনা করে কৃপা-আশীর্বাদ করে আপনার পুত্র হিসেবে স্বীকার করে শ্রীচরণে স্হান প্রদান করবেন।

জয় পতিতপাবন গুরুমহারাজ ।

জয় শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ

-- আপনার অযোগ্য চরণাশ্রিত শিষ্য সৌরভ শেঠ, আরামবাগ, হুগলি, ভারত।

Sourab Seth (সৌরভ শেঠ) (sheltered disciple)
Hooghly, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

I am very fortunate to get shelter from you. You have so mercifully accepted a very insignificant person like me.

Guru Mahārāja you have completed more than 50 years in sannyāsa āshrama. It is even very difficult to stay as a brahmacārī for long-time, what to speak about sannyāsa. I don’t have sufficient capability to glorify you. Your contribution to ISKCON is very great. You have given your life for ISKCON, for fulfilling the desire of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja you are the personified humility. Your humility and all other vaiṣṇava qualities know no bound. You had tolerated so many ups and downs, you have stuggled a lot for ISKCON. It is really amazing.

Guru Mahārāja, I am connected to ISKCON whitefield. Although I am following all regulative principles, continuing 16 round japa, reading and hearing still I feel I am progressing very slowly. I seek your blessing for fast progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. By your mercy my anarthas can be reduced and I can progress fast in bhakti.

Guru Mahārāja, I am aware of your desire that you want Bangalore to be the 1st Kṛṣṇa conscious city in the world. please use me as an instrument in your mission. Please let me serve you guru mahārāja. Please bless me so that I never go out of ISKCON and that I can practice my sevā and sadhana very very sincerely and seriously

Your very insignificant servant,

Sourav Dey (aspiring disciple)

Māyāpur, India

Dear worship-worthy Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your merciful lotus feet.
Namo oṁ visnupadaya Kṛṣṇa presthaya bhutale śrīmate jayapatākā swamin iti namine
Nama ācāryapadaya nitāi kripa pradayine gaura kathā dhāma daya nagar grama tarine

Today is a day of great jubilation for your disciples and well-wishers, for it is the day when Kṛṣṇa kindly allowed two extremely special souls, John Hubert Erdman and Lorraine Erdman to facilitate your descent into this world! Countless souls are born every day in this material world because of karma. In your case, it is different. You are not one of the ordinary souls like us, who have come here to empty our karma baggage by suffering or experiencing some relief that is mistakenly referred to as “happiness” in this world. You are an extraordinary soul of purified intelligence. You have come not to empty any karma baggage but to aid us in emptying our karma baggage with the power of your pristine karma-free state of being. Although your existence is totally spiritual and free from all negative karma, you voluntarily accept suffering out of your causeless mercy by accepting disciples. You could so easily have had a very successful material life in the karmī world, as you were born the son of a millionaire! But you gave up that comfort zone of opulence for saving us hopeless conditioned souls! You therefore are the best example of selflessness and compassion!
I lost my parents when I was just a little boy of eight. And somehow, by Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mercy, I was introduced to Kṛṣṇa consciousness in my teens, and soon after that, to Your Holiness. Ever since then, you have been both my mother and father, and you have never made me feel alone, whenever I needed to be sheltered by your association through vāṇī or vapu service. Of course, because of māyā, sometimes I distance myself from your elevating association, but a mere mention of your transcendental name injects my soul with the tonic of enthusiasm to continue putting up a good fight against māyā. Such is the glorious strength of your enlivening personality! Your rock-solid presence within ISKCON never fails to inspire me to try harder to advance spiritually What milk is to a haṁsa or swan is your beautiful lotus face to my heart and soul!
You are doubtless my spiritual father, but you are also like my father materially, because you have kindly allowed me to serve at your department Victory Flag Publications & Archives in the meagre role of an editor. In this sense, you are my Anna-data (rice provider) or maintainer! You have blessed me with a wonderful service of editing the transcripts of your enlightening lectures and compiling them into books. No words will suffice if I were to express the depth of gratitude, aI feel for engaging me in this beautiful service. All I can do is make an attempt to do so. I’m eternally indebted to you for compassionately engaging me in a service that allows me to materially and spiritually support myself and live in Śrī Māyāpur Dham! Thank you a million times for being both my Ātmā-data (giver of life) and Anna-data (giver of rice/livelihood)!

Last but not least, I implore Your Holiness with straw between my teeth to pardon the offenses I have knowingly or unknowingly committed at your lotus feet. All glories to the wonderful occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā! All glories to your dedication to fulfilling Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission of spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness worldwide!


Always humbly Yours,
Sravan Kīrtana Dāsa
Victory Flag Publications & Archives
Śrī Māyāpur Dham, Nadia, West Bengal.

Dearest spiritual father,

Please accept our respectful obeisances

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories unto you, Śrīla Guru Mahārāja!

nāma oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Happy Vyāsa-pūjā, Guru Mahārāja!!

Guru Mahārāja, it's painful to see you continue to take all our karma and suffer and the latest episode that triggered you getting admitted in Dr Rela institute gave us great anxiety and pain. How much austerity you take to please Śrīla Prabhupāda inspite of all your health challenges! By your inspiration, we are doing our Bhakti śāstrī course, thereby trying to scrutinizingly study Śrīla Prabhupāda's books. By this endeavor, we hope that we will be able please you by applying our learnings in effectively preaching to new souls. We pray to you that we get atleast an iota of love unto you so that our life will become successful.

Please bless us that we continue to please you until our last breath by preaching the glories of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. By your causeless mercy, we are trying to bring up our daughter, Kiśorī the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and hopefully she surrenders unto your lotus feet. Thank you for your mercy in allowing us to serve you in whatever little way we could. Please forgive us for all our offences and kindly continue to shower your mercy so that we become nice Gṛhastha couple.

Your spiritual children,

Gaurāṅga Prasāda dāsa (dīkṣā)
Śrī Guru Sevanandī devī dāsī (dīkṣā)

Kiśorī

(Chennai)

Dear and respected Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my prostrated, tearful obeisances! May your glories spread over the whole creation!

Guru Mahārāja, you are so glorious. Spiritual masters like you come on this planet once in 1000 years or so. I am so proud of you and the devotion and surrender you demonstrate towards Lord Gaurāṅga and Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Though I should be glorifying you, I am choosing to confess, report and seek your empathetic blessings and protective shelter, and a passage back to Godhead!

Though I do not know if you know me in person, my humble request is - please do not forget me and please, despite no qualification nor sadhana to back me up, please get me back to the eternal service of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa in this one lifetime. Please do not let me take another birth.

Guru Mahārāja, the year gone by seems so different from any other year. There has been so much pain. When I wrote to you in 2021, I did not, in the least, expect to go through what the last 1 year made me go through. Losses like HG Paṅkajāṅghri prabhu is too much a pain to bear. I have been through lots of health and other personal crises but nothing hurts as much when due to me, others suffer. You, my parents, my ex-wife, gurus who taught me, brothers, pet animals who trusted and loved me and believed in me, friends... I have let them all down terribly. Lives have been lost. I have too much blood on my hands. Though the court ruled me as being cruel, mental harasser and a torturous being, still I cannot forgive myself. The guilt is too deep. I am right now in a state of consciousness similar to that of Arjuna after losing Abhimanyu, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira after the Mahābhārata war and so on. I am really really sorry! :(. Please bless and please request Kṛṣṇa to soothe those souls who have been so negatively impacted due to me.

Guru Mahārāja, I am really really sorry for not tuning into your classes over the past year. Sorry for missing many days of my commitment to chant at least 16 rounds. Sorry for not following some of the regulative principles, even externally. Please do not mistake me. I have my own story, which is too complicated, which has led me to this. I do not have the strength nor the motivation to do the same activities and thoughts which I have tried doing for the past 2.5 decades. I really do not know why I am alive and writing, and what purpose my living has to serve in this Universe. Objects exist, people live. As I pen this, I honestly do not know why I should exist, for that is what I am now - a living dead object. Thoroughly disillusioned and motivationless - both in the material and spiritual planes - to take any single step further. I am yearning for an answer to the most fundamental, basic WHY question.

Guru Mahārāja, the puzzle of life seems too complex. I am too too too mentally and spiritually tired. On my last legs. Whether the upcoming year would replenish me and bring me back to life from just existing, I do not know.

But as I write, if given a choice between living and leaving, I would prefer to leave provided I have the guarantee that I am being taken back to the spiritual world. I feel I and the world would be better off with me not being on the face of earth, than being on it. I do not see a purpose/service motivation to remain in this body. There seems to be not one thing which I can do right. I hope that you and acharyas across the different Vaiṣṇava sampradāyas pick this lost fumbling kitten and keep me on your laps. I do not aspire to be the monkey kid, for I cannot on my own hold onto the mother monkey, despite her being very loving and merciful. Please do not expect me to. I am exhausted and incapable. I can't fly my own plane. I need to be flown out. Please never ever ask me to fly my own plane. Please. I am crying. I can’t. I have given up. There is absolutely nothing at all I can ever ever humanely do to cleanse myself or make myself worthy enough to be liberated but at the same time, I do not want another birth. Guru Mahārāja, please do not let me down. I am solely dependent on the power of mercy and grace.

Hare Kṛṣṇa, Gurudeva! Please keep safe and take extra care of your health! You are so sweet and kind. May all your heart’s desires be fulfilled and may you live 108 years in the service of Śrīla Prabhupāda and His mission!

I am once again very sorry for letting you and the battalion down, Commander! I should have done much much better!

desiring for the revelation of my life’s puzzles and be properly placed as a servant,

Śrī Nṛsiṁha dāsa

Gurudeva’s 73rd VYĀSA PŪJĀ

My humble obeisances unto to the lotus feet of Śrīla Gurudeva Gurumahārāja.

Your astounding determination in all situations is very much inspiring us all Gurumahārāja.

Gurumahārāja, You are a perfect living example of how a perfect devotee should be I am very much fortunate to be a disciple of

Gurumahārāja, following instructions given by You, myself and my family together will try our best to serve You, Gurumahārāja. Haribol!

Your loving servant

Śrīdhara Gopikāntha Dāsa

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

When little Dhruva Mahārāja had the darśana of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as a result of his austerity, he did not know how to glorify the Lord. The Lord out of his causeless mercy touched his forehead with his conchshell, which made Dhruva Mahārāja get transcendental knowledge and thus he could glorify the Lord in a worthy manner. Our position is similar to him, we are like small babies who can’t speak proper sentences and your glories are unlimited. We are not even qualified to glorify your extraordinary Vaiṣṇava qualities. Therefore, we beg you to give us intelligence to properly glorify you.

We feel immensely inspired when we hear your glorifications by your confidential disciples. We feel delighted to have your virtual association in your Caitanya Leela classes.

In a song, Śrīla Bhakti Vinoda Ṭhākura writes,

kṛṣṇa se tomāra, kṛṣṇa dite pāro,
tomāra śakati āche
āmi to’ kāṅgala, ‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘kṛṣṇa’ boli’,
dhāi tava pāche pāche

Kṛṣṇa is yours; you have the power to give Him to me. I am simply running behind you shouting,

“Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!”

Kṛṣṇa is yours, and you are Kṛṣṇa’s. You are absorbed in the pastimes of Caitanya Mahāprabhu in dreams, wakefulness, and even in deep sleep. We are your insignificant servants who are under the tight grip by the external energy of the Lord. You are our only hope.

tvaṁ naḥ sandarśito dhātrā
dustaraṁ nistitīrṣatām
kaliṁ sattva-haraṁ puṁsāṁ
karṇa-dhāra ivārṇavam
~Śrīmad-bhāgavatam 1.1.22

“We think that we have met Your Goodness by the will of providence, just so that we may accept you as captain of the ship for those who desire to cross the difficult ocean of Kali, which deteriorates all the good qualities of a human being.”

We beg you to kindly accept to be the captain of our ship and help us cross over the difficult ocean of material existence!

In a song written by Narottama Dasa Ṭhākura, he sings,

guru-mukha-padma-vākya, cittete koribo aikya,
ār nā koriho mane āśā
śrī-guru-caraṇe rati, ei se uttama-gati,
je prasāde pūre sarva āśā

My only wish is to have my consciousness purified by the words emanating from his lotus mouth. Attachment to his lotus feet is the perfection that fulfills all desires.

We can think of this verse when we meditate upon your lotus feet. Kindly bless us that we become perfect in practically following the meaning of the above-mentioned verse, that is to be able to strictly stick to fulfilling your instructions, and not desire anything else, life after life.

Your Servants,

Śrīhari Śrīdhara Dāsa and Premamayi pūjā Devī Dāsī

Śrī Jagannath Mandir Seshadripuram, Bangalore, India

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

Respected Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept our respectful obeisance’s unto Your Divine Grace. All glories to Your Divine Grace and to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Today we were reading the 13th chapter of Bhagavad-gītā in which Śrīla Prabhupāda was giving an analogy that air is in water, fire, sky and everywhere but doesn’t mix with it. Similarly, soul is present in the body but it is aloof from the bodily activities. And that’s why a pure devotee does not get disturbed by happiness and distress. Such a devotee goes on serving the Lordships without considering any situations or obstacles. At that moment we just remembered you Guru Mahārāja. So true are the words of Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-bhāgavatam. Just by your example we could understand the truthfulness of the Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Guru Mahārāja when you were admitted in hospital because of covid and other complications, We were very worried and that was the first time we felt orphaned and feared what will we do without you. You always thinking, meditating upon how you could serve your spiritual master and Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu mission. Your disciples were sharing your daily routine and health condition. In that we were astonished to hear how you serve Lordships without any hesitation. One side the nurse is injecting you, another side chest ECG is going on, you were in ventilator, in between you were attending GBC meeting. Devine grace you are the best example for the whole world and as per the scriptures you are performing devotional service constantly, with determination and lovingly.

All of us have only 24 hours in a day. But we complain no time. Oh My Spiritual Master, you are so determined to do daily routine of chanting, hearing, reading, preaching, attending GBC meetings, giving darśana to the devotees in zoom meeting and so many activities in the mid of taking care of your body like steaming, gargling, sun therapy, chest therapy, exercises without missing even a single day.

When we think of Your Divine Grace we get new energy, feel fearless and try to follow at least to a dust particle of yours. And of course, Guru Mahārāja, we need your mercy and protection to do this dust particle.

We both got initiated by Your Divine Grace on January 9th 2022, You taught us in various ways how to solely depend upon You and Lord Kṛṣṇa before taking shelter of Your Divine Grace which we would have not learnt otherwise. Thank you so much for giving us this most valuable lesson. And we need such lesson and shelter from you always to perfect ourselves and go back to Godhead. We could see your love and care for this most degraded and insignificant souls in all aspects of our life.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for all that you have given us. But at the same time please we beg forgiveness at your lotus feet for the mistakes we have committed. We beg from you to please show mercy and teach how to cry for Lord Kṛṣṇa. Our heart is a hard stone so we could not even feel a drop of gratitude for the Lordship. We are so cruel minded, unfit to be a servant of an ant also and what to speak of being your servant. Guru Mahārāja your most humble personality that’s why you don’t see any difference neophyte devotee or advanced devotee. Your divine grace shows equal importance to all the creatures in this material world that’s why you take care of us at cost of own health.

Guru Mahārāja this pen, paper, book is enough to write your glories. We have been with very minute intelligence all the words have written It’s because you have that intelligence, if suppose there is any flaw that is our ignorance and mistake, forgive us.

Guru Mahārāja, we are under the guidance of His Grace Harikśetra Prabhujī and His Grace Kārtikeya Prabhujī. We are an extension of Narasiṁha Giridhārī Mandir in Bangalore. By the devotees mercy a new center ISKCON Bhakti Center, Panathur has been started. We and many other devotees come under this center. We request you to please shower your mercy upon the devotees in this sector to advance in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and server Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission unalloyedly. And also we need your powerful blessing to start more and more Bhakti centers in Bangalore.

Hare Kṛṣṇa!!!

Yours in service,

Śrīnidhi Gaurahari dāsa (dīkṣa)
Dayavatī Gaurapriya Devī Dāsī
Tattva Darśan

Śrī Śrī Narasiṁha Giridhārī Mandir,
Bangalore, India

Respected Gurumahārāja,

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 73rd Vyāsa Pūjā, I sincerely pray to Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva and Śrī Śrī Nṛsiṁha Deva for your complete and speedy recovery from all health problems and for the long duration of life.

Normally, conditioned souls like me are always engrossed in the modes of passion and ignorance. So, we will get easily agitated when difficult situation comes in front of us. But, Gurumahārāja, in your dealings with various ISKCON related affairs, you will always handle even the most challenging situations in a very smooth and magnanimous way without getting agitated even a least bit. I am very much amazed to see your transcendental behavior. This is the proof that you are always unaffected by the modes of material nature. This is the main qualification for being a representative of the Lord as confirmed in Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.4.31 Purport that, “The specific qualification for becoming the representative of the Lord is to be unaffected by the material modes of nature”. From this definition, I am realizing that the word ‘Guru’ cannot be used very cheaply. It is a very heavy word. Gurumahārāja, you are perfectly fulfilling this definition of ‘Guru’.

As per Bhagavad-gītā 14.26 “māṁ ca yo ’vyabhicāreṇa bhakti-yogena sevāte……”, “One who engages in full devotional service, unfailing in all circumstances, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman”. As per this śloka, because of your constant Gaurāṅga smaraṇa, you have crossed the influence of 3 modes of material nature. This is your glorious transcendental position. Please bless this poor fallen soul also for constant engagement in Kṛṣṇa smaraṇa.

In Thirukkural it is mentioned that, “Solludhal Yaarkkum Eliya Ariyavaam Solliya Vannam Seyal”. The meaning is, “To say how an act is to be performed is indeed easy for anyone; but far difficult it is to do according to what has been said”. This is also confirmed in Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya Līlā 4.103, “Acara, pracara , - namera karaha dui karya tumi – sarva-guru, tumi jagatera arya” . Here, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is saying to Śrīla Haridās Ṭhākura that, “ You simultaneously perform both duties in relation to the holy name by your personal behavior and by your preaching. Therefore, you are the spiritual master of the entire world, for you are the most advanced devotee in the world”. Śrīla Prabhupāda also had mentioned that, “Acharya means one who teaches by example”. Gurumahārāja, you are the perfect Acharya, because you are not only preaching Lord Gaurāṅga’s glories, but you are also personally practicing those teachings very perfectly. I am very fortunate to have such a glorious spiritual master.

Kṛṣṇa attracts everyone by His transcendental qualities. In the same way a pure devotee also attracts everyone because of possessing pure bhakti in his heart. Similarly, Gurumahārāja, because you are always possessing Gaurāṅga in your heart, you are able to attract everyone simply by your transcendental presence.

When a conditioned soul acquires various material designations, he will become proud unnecessarily. This is the history of the conditioned soul. But, on the other hand, when one advances in Bhakti, the more he will become very simple. The reason is, he is freed from the concept of False Ego- nirahaṅkāraḥ - by the strength of his intense Bhakti. In Śrī Caitanya Caritamrita, Madhya Līlā 23.74, it is mentioned that, “dakṣiṇo vinayī hrīmān śaraṇāgata-pālakaḥ ………”. As per this śloka, Kṛṣṇa is possessing a transcendental quality called Dakṣiṇaḥ – which means ‘simple and liberal’. Even though Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and no one is greater than or equal to Him, still Kṛṣṇa is very simple. If Kṛṣṇa is not very simple, then no one will be attracted to Him. In the same way, Gurumahārāja, even though you are an Acharya and holding many many positions inside the Movement viz., GBC member, BBT Trustee, Zonal Secretary, Sannyāsī etc., still you are always very simple and will handle every situation in a very straightforward Kṛṣṇa Conscious manner without any complicated thinking. This clearly shows that you are freed from the influence of false ego. Gurumahārāja, you are the perfect example of ‘nirahaṅkāraḥ’. That is why you are very very dear to the Lord -which is confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā as “yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ”.

Gurumahārāja, I sincerely pray at your Lotus feet that practicing intense bhakti alone should be my only motive. Gurumahārāja, I need your causeless mercy to completely fix my mind only upon your transcendental instructions.

Your insignificant Disciple,

Ṣrīnivāsa Hari dāsa, Dīkṣā disciple

ISKCON, Śrī Jagannātha Mandir, Aerodrome post,

Coimbatore – 641 014 PH: 0422 2574812, 8754955815

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja please accept my humble obeisances all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. When I write the Vyāsa-pūjā offering thanking you for the mercy shower on us. your mercy is most important to me. Please never ever forget about me and keep me always at your lotus feet. i try to serve the devotee very sincerely I am fortunate to have you as my spiritual master. I commit to continue to learn and improve in my services to lord Kṛṣṇa every moment. Kindly keep us your shelter and bless us. We feel proud to be your disciples. I am inspired You to become simple sincere hardworking. Please give me intelligence and keep me under your guidance.

Your Servant,
Śrīnivāsagan (aspiring disciple)

Our Dear Spiritual Father,

Please accept our respectful obeisance’s at your lotus feet,

All glories to your divine lotus feet,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, All glories to Gaurāṅga

Dear Spiritual father we never get qualified to glorify you. We are most insignificant servants especially on this day It’s always golden opportunity to speak and hear about your divine past times in which our hearts get cleansed.

Dear spiritual father you undergo immense pain every second to help conditioned souls in this material world. You always put all your energy to glorify Lord Caitanya, Nityanada & Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Dear spiritual father you shower ocean of mercy by guiding us answering all our small question.

Dear spiritual father your enthusiasm to help Śrīla Prabhupāda mission is inconceivable, you always beyond your limit it inspires not only devotees yet every one in this material world. Dear spiritual father your divine grace if you have not showered mercy on us during this kali domination. We have no hope to remember Lord Gaurāṅga name.

Dear Spiritual father we heard from your secretaries recent visit at Chennai painful treatment you were undergoing. But you never missed any of your GBC meeting though you were at intensive care attending with complete attention surrounded many medical.

Dear Spiritual father you are always keen, enthusiastic, sincere to serve your spiritual master His Divine grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabupada. On this day we seek your blessings to meditate and get little fragment of your guru bahkti in our life.

Dear Spiritual father due to covid past two years we missed visiting Māyāpur dhāma and taking your wonderful darśan and blessing.

Dear Spiritual father your unlimited mercy we could have your darśan from our home through online zoom call with your blessing soon after we had blessed with girl baby on last year Vyāsa-pūjā day.

Dear spiritual father we are always taken care by your wonderful disciples and senior devotees. We could always feel your love and mercy flows through them.

Dear Spiritual father fortunate to have guidance and help from your senior disciples we have small Bhakti-vṛkṣa and we had a difficulty past two years few of our members got scattered due to covid seeking your blessings to continue to preach and small attempt to please you.

Dear Spiritual father we seek your blessings and protection to continue our Kṛṣṇa bhakti we recommit to chant 16 rounds, read & hear Śrīla Prabhupāda books & classes daily.

We struggle to fulfill your instruction but sincerely begging you please forgive us.

We beg at your lotus feet please forgive us for all our offenses we understand material desires are deep rooted in our heart with unlimited impurity living most ignorant fool inside thick conditioned stage. We beg your protection and seek shelter at your dust of divine lotus feet otherwise there is no hope dear spiritual father.

Your Servants

Śrīpati Suresa Dāsa (Dīkṣā Disciple)

Vraja Śrīriupa Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā Disciple)

Bhaktin Manasi Gaṅgā

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble Obeisances.

All Glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Wish you many more happy Kṛṣṇa conscious Vyāsa-pūjā Guru Mahārāja. I am very blissful in KC by your mercy. I remember one sweet and most important pass time with you in my life. When you came to Chennai in 2012, I gave you my marriage invitation and I was very new devotee that time. You kept that small invitation in you packet, I was most privileged :) then we all did Guru pūjā for you, when my turn came to offer flowers at your lotus feet, Sukirti mātājī told me that I am going to get married and need your blessings. First question you asked me was, are you marriage a devotee? I said No!, you asked me, Is he a vegetarian? I said No! then you asked me why are you marrying a non vegetarian? we said my marriage was fixed before I came to ISKCON, then you asked me Do you want to take shelter from me? That was big surprise!! I didn’t realize the meaning of those words that time!! Now I am understanding how you protected me that day :)

You mercifully gave me shelter. Most of the time I never realised your mercy upon me, but now I am able to understand It’s only because of you I am practicing KC, giving my kids KC life and now my husband also left non-veg, chanting 16 rounds.

Though I am not worthy enough for your mercy you always showered your blessings.

Guru Mahārāja, I have taken simple effort to read BG daily with my kids and few more devotee kids. This small preaching effort giving me so much bliss in Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda words.

I shall pray to Kṛṣṇa that you will get enough physical strength to serve Prabupad. Kindly forgive my offenses and give me your mercy to preach pure Bhakti to others to please you.

Your Spiritual Daughter,

Śrīprada Gaurāṅgī devī dāsī

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

 nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

My Dearest Spiritual Father, please accept my Koti Koti Praṇāma at your Divine Lotus Feet of Mercy.

When I examine, I find no good qualities within me, I find myself most degraded than a worm in the stool. Although, I deserve no Mercy, still you have made me your spiritual daughter. Gurudeva! I am made of only your love and mercy…. I always want to be a recipient of your ‘kripa kataksha’ as your darling daughter. Kindly deliver me from all my anarthas and keep me at the shelter of your lotus feet always. Empower me to execute the mission of your heart’s desire. My only ask is that my lips never stop the glories of your mercy, my mind never things of anything except you, my actions culminate into your service. Engage me at your lotus feet service eternally with my mind, words, and actions. Make me dive deep into the transcendental ocean of Gaurāṅga’s devotional service to attain perfection of my life in this lifetime. Bless me to develop taste for chanting and hearing the Harināma!

Oh dear father, I beg forgiveness at your lotus feet for all my offenses and protect me from falling the prey of /for offenses.

“Most fallen is Most eligible for the mercy” – Like an insignificant bumblebee takes shelter of the lotus flower; I, Śrī Rupa taking shelter of your lotus feet Gurudeva!

Your dearly loved daughter made of only your love and mercy,
Śrī Rupa Mādhavī Devī Dāsī (Initiated)

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn 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

titiksavah karunikah

Suhrdah sarva-dehinam

ajata-satravah santah

sadhavah sadhu-bhusanah

mukam karoti vachalam

pangum langhayate girim

yat-kripa tam aham vande

shri-Gurum dina-taranam

Dhyana Moolam Guru Mūrti

Pūjā Moolam Gurur Padam,

Mantra Moolam Gurur Vakyam,

Moksha Moolam Guru Kripa

All Glorious to Hari Guru Vaiṣṇavas!

Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectable Obeisance to your lotus feet.

We are practicing and preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness in Tirunelveli Thachanallur. We as a couple practice in devotion service with children. Every Monday and Tuesday my husband serves as a Pujari at the Bhakti Center. On Tuesday I make garland and make Maṅgalārati sweet boga to the Lord. And our congregation every Sunday we distribute books by auto rickshaws with chanting of Hari Nam and free prasādam distribution. I have two children. My daughter is engaged in her devotional classes. Boy is a little naughty and we involve him in devotional service. I listen spiritual classes online everyday. Mainly we listen the lectures of Śrīla Prabhupāda with the family. The biggest challenge for me in devotional service is not being interested in reading books.

I want to service you at your satisfaction, if you wish please kindly bless me so that I will do this preaching service without any hurdle and to bring more soul to your lotus feet.

Your Servants.

Śrīvāsa Mādava dāsa

Tuṣṭi Lalitā DD

Anurādhā

Nandagopāla

Tirunelveli.

Tamil Nadu

mukam karoti vachalam

pangum langhayate girim

yat-kripa tam aham vande

sri-gurum dina-taranam

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শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এর জয় হোক ,

গুরুদেব সবার প্রথমে ধন্যবাদ আমার মত অযোগ্য সন্তানকে আধ্যাত্মিক কন্যা এবং শিষ্যা হিসেবে গ্রহণ করার জন্য। আমার কোনো যোগ্যতাই নেই গুরুদেব আপনার গুণমহিমা কীর্তন করার। আপনি যে পতিতপাবন দয়ার সাগর সেটা শুধুমাত্র আমি আমার নিজেকে দিয়ে বুঝতে পেরেছি।

গুরুদেব 2021 সালের 24 শে জুলাই দিনটি আমার জন্য খুবই অবিস্মরনীয়।কারণ এই দিনটিতে আমার হরিনাম দীক্ষা হয়েছে। আমি নিজেকে অত্যন্ত ভাগ্যবান মনে করি আপনার শিষ্যা হতে পেরে , যদিও আমি অত্যন্ত অযোগ্য নগণ্য শিষ্যা , কিন্তু আমি নিজেকে খুবই ভাগ্যবান মনে করি।

গুরুদেব আপনি আমাকে অনেক কৃপা করেছেন । গত বছরে ৩০জুলাই আপনার E-care অফিস এ আমি join করেছি । বর্তমানে আমি E-care অফিসে আপনার কৃপাতে সেবা করছি।এই সেবা করতে পেরে নিজেকে অত্যন্ত ভাগ্যবান মনে কররি ।গুরুদেব আমার সবসময় আপনার কোনো সেবা করার খুব ইচ্ছে ছিল। গুরুদেব যথাসাধ্য চেষ্টা করছি সবাইকে সাহায্য করার এবং কিভাবে আরো ভালো করে সেবা করতে পারি তার চেষ্টা করছি , গুরুদেব আমার কোন যোগ্যতা নেই শুধুমাত্র এটা সম্ভব হয়েছে আপনার কৃপাতে।

গুরুদেব আমার জীবনে আমি আজ পর্যন্ত যা কিছু করেছি শুধু মাত্র আপনার কৃপাতে।গুরুদেব আমি সব সময় মনে করি আপনি আমার সাথে আছেন ।আমি নিজেকে কখনও একা মনে করিনা । যখনই আমার সাথে কিছু খারাপ হয় আমি সব সময় আপনকে স্মরণ করি,এবং আমি এটার প্রমান ও পেয়েছি আপনি আমাকে সবসময় রক্ষা করেছেন।

গুরুদেব আপনার গুন মহিমা যত করবো ততই কম । গুরুদেব আমি যাতে সারাটা জীবন এভাবে আপনার সেবা করে যেতে পারি আমাকে আপনি কৃপা করবেন ,আশীর্বাদ করবেন যাতে আমি সবসময় গুরু গোরাঙ্গের সেবা করতে পারি।

আপনার অযোগ্য সন্তান

শ্রুতিরুপা রাধা দেবী দাসী ( দীক্ষা)

Māyāpur, India

Namo Oṁ Vishnu padaya Kṛṣṇa presthaya bhutale

Śrīmate Jayapatākā swamin iti namine

Namo Acharya padaya Nitāi kripa pradayine

Gaura kathā dhāma daya nagara grama tarine

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to your auspicious appearance day. Your deep Love for Śrīla Prabhupāda is exemplary for all of us. Despite having so many physical limitations, you are constantly engaged in expanding the preaching mission of Lord Caitanya. By your activities, I realize what real compassion means.

Guru Mahārāja, I know I don't have any qualification to get your mercy, still out of compassion you have given me your causeless mercy. But, still I am so much engrossed in material attachments and struggling hard to overcome my anarthas. I pray to you to bless me to develop spiritual strength so that I can follow your instructions properly. Before giving initiation, you have told me to do ātmā-nivedanam to Kṛṣṇa. Your divine words gave me the goal of my life and I am always trying to develop that mood of surrender to Kṛṣṇa and You. Please bless me so that I can take shelter of lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I pray to Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Pañca-tattva and Śrī Narasiṁhadev that you recover your health soon so that all devotees get benefit by your association more and more.

Your spiritual son,

Subala Kṛṣṇa Mitra Dāsa.

My dear spiritual father,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet

All glories to you!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

I reflect on your auspicious appearance day as a great opportunity & great fortune in my life to glorify the whole paramparā through you. Though this glorification needs to be done each and every day, due to my inability I am unable to do so. For multiple generations of devotees, you have been a great inspiration; for those around you, a Kṛṣṇa-conscious influencer.

Some time back, I came across these two beautiful verses spoken by Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa to His dear devotee Akrūra:

bhavad-vidhā mahā-bhāgā
niṣevyā arha-sattamāḥ
śreyas-kāmair nṛbhir nityaṁ
devāḥ svārthā na sādhavaḥ

na hy am-mayāni tīrthāni
na devā mṛc-chilā-mayāḥ
te punanty uru-kālena
darśanād eva sādhavaḥ

“Exalted souls like you are the true objects of service and the most worshipable authorities for those who desire the highest good in life. Demigods are generally concerned with their own interests, but saintly devotees never are. No one can deny that there are holy places with sacred rivers, or that the demigods appear in deity forms made of earth and stone. But these purify the soul only after a long time, whereas saintly persons purify just by being seen.” —(Śrīmad-bhāgavatam 10.48.30-31)

These two verses immediately reminded me of Yourself. I once again realized my good fortune that I am allowed to serve you. It is said that a disciple can never repay His guru for the thankless service of giving initiation. Despite my fallen status, by your mercy, I consider myself fortunate to be accepted as your spiritual daughter.

O Gurudeva! Daily, I wake up early in the morning and chant on my japa 20 rounds, read Śrīmad-bhāgavatam, and also do service in your office. Last year, I started conducting a Bhagavad-gītā class in my mother tongue, Marathi. Initially, I was not confident to give a class but after receiving your heartful blessings, they are going smoothly. So much so, some of them have started chanting rounds. I wish to preach more and more, as doing so will make you happy. Lastly, my deep desire to serve you more personally got fulfilled as I got the opportunity to translate the messages on the JPS app into Marathi.

I am praying daily to Lord Narasiṁha for your quick recovery and good health. I beg for your guidance and mercy at every step of my life.

On this auspicious appearance day, I pray at your lotus feet for two blessings — May I develop Śaraṇāgati, complete surrender at the Lotus feet of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Pañca-tattva, Śrī Narasiṁhadeva, and may I serve Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission perpetually.

Thank you very much for accepting me as your disciple.

Aspiring to be your significant servant,

Subhadrā Śubhāṅgī devī dāsī,

Śrīdhām Māyāpur, India.

Śrī Vyāsa Pūjā - 2022

My Dearest Śrīla Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept my humble obeisance's unto your divine lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to you Śrīla Guru Mahārāja!

I am wishing you a very Happy Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Birthday and praying to Lord Kṛṣṇa for your good health onwards. This is one of the happiest occasions when we get the opportunity to express our joy to celebrate your birthday.

My dearest spiritual father I am so illiterate and incapable of glorifying you in proper manner but still I am so emotional about our spiritual eternal relationship and I truly believe it.

Dear spiritual father, your delegation and commitment to serve your beloved Guru Mahārāja A.C. Bhaktivedanta Śrīla Prabhupāda is amazing. We can see you are serving Kṛṣṇa in any form in every breath of your life, even though physically you are so ill sometimes, still you are giving lectures and giving us darśana and distributing your mercy restlessly .Now a days ,through your zoom class wherever we are in this world we can watch you through your zoom calls. Your commitment to serve Lord Kṛṣṇa is beyond our imagination. Truly, you are the real example to prove that “we are not the body, we are the sole” .

Even though I have no quality and I am the most fallen soul, still you mercifully bestrew your blessing to me and kindly provide shelter in your lotus feet. I am so fortunate to be your spiritual daughter. Many times, I pray to you and felt the reciprocation internally and then I felt that you and your prayer were always with me. Dear spiritual father, please kindly keep me under your divine lotus feet all the time.

My Dearest Guru Mahārāja and Spiritual father, please kindly bless me so that I can serve Guru and Gaurāṅga properly and chant without offend . And Please kindly forgive me knowingly or unknowingly if I committed any offense to you.

Your insignificant spiritual daughter,

Subhadrā Suvarṇāṅgī DD

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Jay Prabhupāda!

Jay Gurudeva!

Obeisances to Jayapatākā Swami Gurumahārāja!

All Glories to Vaiṣṇavas!

We are blessed to write the homage to our beloved Guru Mahārāja on this 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā. Please shower your causeless mercy and blessings upon us continuously, then only we can come up in our spiritual life step by step like a snail.

The situations prevailing in this material world shows that how Kṛṣṇa Consciousness is important to every human being and how much efforts taken by Śrīla Prabhupāda and all Ācāryas (like You, Your God brothers and all other disciples and followers of Śrīla Prabhupāda) to spread Kṛṣṇa Consciousness – Ātma concept (we are all ātma – soul not body). Now, Śrīla Prabhupāda’s followers and disciples extended their helping hands in the war field - Ukraine.

Guru Mahārāja! Please shower your mercy and blessings and pray for these materialistic people to regain their spiritual life, peace and harmony.

Guru Mahārāja Ki Jai!

Your humble servant,

Subhasini Candrasekhar (aspiring disciple)

My dear most Guru Mahārāja, 

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

nāma oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Please accept my humble obeisances to the dust of your lotus feet, a million times.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to you.

I am a fallen(patīta) sheltered disciple of your holiness. I have heard that Sri Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhū is the deliverer of the most fallen, so He is known as Patīta Pāvana and thus the most merciful among all avatāras. But my dear spiritual master, you are even more merciful than the supreme Lord Gaurāṅga. You travel all around the globe with a deep compassion for all fallen conditioned souls, spreading Kṛṣṇa Consciousness in every situation. The best example of a fallen conditioned soul is me, whom you have very mercifully provided shelter. Being an eternal associate of Caitanya Mahāprabhū, you are filled with ecstatic Prema to the Supreme Lord and His associates, and you give blessings to the devotees “Kṛṣṇe Matir Astu” so that they can also be Kṛṣṇa Consciousness like you. You are an exemplary empowered Ācārya, someone who teaches by personal example (Ācārya Pādāya). You save the fallen souls by providing them the mercy of Nityānanda Prabhū (Nitāi Kṛpā Pradāyiṇe) and develop their dormant love for Krishna by speaking about Lord’s transcendental pastimes to them (Gaura Katha). Srila Prabhupada gave you the kingdom of God and you have developed it (Dhāma dāya). Today millions of devotees can visit Śrīdhāma Māyāpura to receive the mercy and grace of Mahāprabhū and Vaiṣṇavās. Despite of immense inconceivable physical pain and obstacles, you travel from village to village, from town to town, from one country to another just to be with the devotees and to inspire them in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, being their greatest well-wisher (Nagara grāma tāriṇe). This shows your overwhelming enthusiasm and desire to meet devotees and care for them. Today, on this auspicious occasion of your 73rd appearance day, Vyāsa Pūjā ceremony, my heart is filled with joy seeing you seated on the beautifully decorated Vyāsa Āsana surrounded by your loving associates who are wonderfully serving you. Therefore, all devotees sing “Nirānanda dūre gelo, Ānander Sīmā Nāi”. Hearing about your glories, pastimes and your intimate dealings with the devotees fills my day with joy and bliss. Being an unworthy aspiring servant of yours, I just beg at your lotus feet to kindly bless me and empower me so that I can follow your instructions and serve you at least in a tiny way in your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

 

Always desiring to be fixed at your lotus feet,

An aspiring servant of your servant,

Srijeeta Pal
Śrīdhāma Māyāpura 

 

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

Hare Kṛṣṇa! You are very merciful. Despite the condition of your health, you never fail to awe me by always giving classes and preaching to all the people you meet. You show is by your personal example how to always be in the Lord’s service however our body is. I will really miss being at Māyāpur for the celebrations.

I have read and also heard from senior Vaiṣṇavas that Śrīla Prabhupāda had asked you to develop Māyāpur which was just a barren land. To think that it is now a place recognised by the whole world and there is a Vedic Planetarium and so many people visiting there, is no less a miracle. You are a great teacher and a great man. I just wish to see you someday holding big kartālas and dancing to the kīrtana, the way my mom sees you in her dreams and I see in pictures.

Please bless me that I can chant well and stay in Lord Kṛṣṇa’s and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s service. And by your mercy, I hope to become your disciple someday.

Your servant,

Sudarśana S (aspiring disciple)

Śrī Jagannātha Mandir Seshadripuram, Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa my beloved Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. I will be 70 years old this year. At this age, being a widow and with health disturbances this is what I am doing as per Your advice.

I am chanting a minimum of 30 rounds a day, reciting some slokas from BG, SB and reciting some prayers. I am hearing Your lectures, Śrīla Prabhupāda's, your god-brothers and disciple’s. I want to share and PRACTISE the absolute TRUTH with my family and whoever I meet which I have been always doing I.e preaching and distributing BG, SB and other books.

I hope dear Gurumahārāja this will please You as You have been always been my only goal, that is to serve You and please You in all that I do. I just want to surrender unto Your lotus feet.

Gurumahārāja, I have always been dependent on You whenever I had any disturbances and You have always showered me with Your causeless mercy.

In 2009 when the doctors had given up on my prabhu it was You who gave him his second life. It was the same Gurumahārāja in my presence You revived my nephew (Ravilocana’s son) who was in coma. The doctors had told me that he was physically dead. How can I not know who you actually are Gurumahārāja. You have come just to deliver the fallen souls.

You gave me the strength during my most difficult moments when I lost my prabhu last year. I came out of the situation swiftly by Your causeless mercy. Please dear Gurumahārāja on this auspicious day I want to thank You profusely and want to surrender unto Your Lotus Feet.

I am not qualified nor do I have the appropriate words to glorify You. I just have mentioned all that I am doing hoping that it will please you.

Please continue to shower me with Your causeless mercy so that I may continue to serve You. I hope my dear Gurumahārāja this will please You as You have been always my only goal.

Your Most Fallen Disciple,

Sudevī Sakhī Devī Dāsī

Dear Gurudeva,

Hare Krsna.

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All glories unto you Srila Gurudeva!

A very happy Vyasa Puja to you Srila Gurudeva! Please forgive me for sending my ofering so late.  You have always been the guiding light and protector for me since I came into the process - when there were uncertainties due to people around me - family or friends. You have helped me out of awkward situations and above all you always guided me in even trivial things - just like a father would take care of his little girl.  I have heard from senior devotees that you often say, "When you have a guru you should never be sad." That is how you have taken care of me and my children all the while. You have removed those anxieties and problems very expertly and made happy and peaceful.  What would I do without you my dear father! During the most recent adverse situation you took complete control over it and pulled me and my children out of it.  A disciple can never repay the debt he owes to his spiritual master. But with this kind of love and care and help, I know it is impossible, no matter what I do. With the help of the JPS ecare team, me and my children are peacefully carrying out our Krsna conscious duties. Thank you for everythig Gurudeva.  You are and have always been our saviour.

Please bless me and my children on this auspicious day that we serve you and Srila Prabhupada exemplarily and advance nicely in our Krsna consciousness. Thank you for coming into our lives.   Both of my children Gautham and Kaushikh are facing board examinations this year ( 10th and 12th) they are studying hard. Please bless them to do their exams well and come out with flying colours. Please bless us that we all become good preachers and serve Srila Prabhupada's mission and make you and Srila Prabhupada proud. 

Please forgive me for all my offenses  I am committing unto your lotus feet knowingly and unknowingly.

Praying for your good health and strength to Sri Sri Narasimhadeva.  

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet .

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

With lots of love, your insignificant spiritual daughter,

Sudhamayi Chitra Devi dasi

 

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

On this auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I would like to thank you for accepting me as your disciple. Look forward to have your darśan in Māyāpur soon.

This year - 6 of our Bhakti-vṛkṣa members with their family are visiting Māyāpur for the first time. They all have taken 4 round and 8 rounds sīkṣā and have been attending Bhakti-vṛkṣa and BG classes for almost a year now. We now have around 15 devotees attending our Bhakti-vṛkṣa weekly. I sincerely beg your blessings that they all progress in KC and be engaged in your service.

We would also like to start one more Bhakti-vṛkṣa as we have more new contacts. Please bless me that I am able to manage my time well in office and home and be able to give more time for service.

We have always been cared for in the devotee community and now we would like to extend the same care to our Bhakti-vṛkṣa members and inspire them to do the same and bring more and more people to our ISKCON family.

I have many dreams of you Guru Mahārāja and I cant tell you how much I treasure these.

Thank you for always being there for us.

Please bless us that we become more sincere in our service and be an instrument in your mission to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Your servant,
Sudhamayi Haripriya Devī Dāsī

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

I am one of the fortunate souls initiated and connected to the Gauḍīya Paramparā by your holiness. Even though Dhruva Mahārāja was a young boy he was blessed by the Supreme Lord to glorify Him. Similarly, without your mercy and blessings I cant write even a single word to glorify your holiness.

I still wonder how your holiness executed the plans of the Supreme Lord to bring me back to be in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness - making me enroll in courses like Bhakti Śāstrī and Bhakti Vaibhav and become stronger and healthier in devotional service under the guidance of HH Bhakti Vinoda Swami and many of your other Spiritual Children.

Your Holiness is a " para-dukha-dukhī, para-dukha-dukhī. " like Prahalada Mahārāja who still stays in this material world to liberate the conditioned souls, tolerating the onslaughts of bodily sufferings of this " dukhālayam ".

Your Holiness acts as the "Pied Piper of this Material World" attracting many conditioned souls and making them disappear from this :" dukhālayam ".

Your holiness is a "True Warrior" fighting against "māyā" and guiding us also to fight.

Begging your mercy to strengthen my faith by obeying all your orders eternally,

Your Spiritual Daughter,

Sugunāvatī Lalitā Devī Dāsī

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obedience, your contribution are incomparable as Śrī dhāma Māyāpur bring up to as a spiritual City, you have always greatest effort to spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness and Rescue Fallen soul at everywhere.

I am so Fortune that I have got shelter in your lotus feet, Lord Kṛṣṇa always bless you.

Here Kṛṣṇa.

Best Regards

Sujan Chandra Majumder (aspiring disciple)

Hare Kṛṣṇa my Respectful GuruMahārāja.

On the Sublime Occasion of your Holiness 73rd, Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava, I your Dīkṣā Disciple Sukhakara Kṛṣṇa dāsa & Sukha Soubhāgya Devī Dāsī would like to pay my respectful Obeisances unto Your Lotus Feet and Please kindly & mercifully accept the same from this fallen soul from Chennai, Tamilnadu- Ex-Temple President Servant and Founder Servant Member of ISKCON ŚYĀMADEŚA, SHARJAH, UAE.

All Glories to The JagadGuru His Divine Grace A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All Glories to Your Holiness Gurudeva Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja.

Today on this Divine Occasion of Your Transcendental Appearance Day, I am Praying from the Core of my Heart to Śrī Śrī Narasiṁhadeva for Your Holiness’s Complete Recovery of All your Health Issues and make Your Holiness like before your Stroke.

Also I am Praying to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava for you start your Live Visits to our Chennai Caitanya Yātrā as You are the only Shelter for all of us fallen Souls as Your Holiness is our Patit Pāvan.

Śrīla Gurudeva I am conducting with Your Holiness the Zoom Classes Śrīmad Bhāgavatam & Bhagavad-gītā for Devotees in Shahibabad, New Delhi, Kannoor, Kerala, ŚYĀMADEŚA, Sharjah, Doha Qatar, Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa and Śrīvās AṅganDeśa, Ajman, who have just joined On Line Classes during the Corona Lockdown.

Daily morning there is Zoom Morning Congregational Chanting Japa Group started with your Senior Disciples such as Vijay Venugopal Prabhu and Prema īmātājī now in Bangalore, Ex- Mathurādeśa, Muscat Temple President and Founder Member of Muscat Yātrā now in Bangalore. Around 80 to 90 Disciples of Holiness from All over the World join your this Zoom Daily for Chanting from 4.00 AM IST to 6.30 AM.

And from 6.30 AM IST to 7.30 AM, IST Prema Padmini conducts a Zoom Lecture for All of us Online and tells the Importance of Chanting by way of Namāmṛta citing stories from Śrīmad Bhāgavatam and Caitanya Caritāmṛta Līlās of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Pastimes and also from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Līlās.

Evening again from 4.30 PM to 6.30 PM IST every day we join for Zoom Chanting started by your Disciples myself Sukhakara Kṛṣṇa Dāsa and Prema Padminī mātājī, as Padmini mātājī is my Śikṣā Guru.

On this Divine Occasion I seek your Profuse Blessings for my Spiritual Progress to serve your more and better.

Your most Humble Servant,

Sukhakara Kṛṣṇa dāsa,

Alwarpet, Chennai, Tamilnadu.

On this Divine Occasion I seek your Holiness Blessings for my wife and your daughter Sukha Sowbhāgya Devī Dāsī, my mother and your daughter Mīnākṣī Rādhārāṇī Devī Dāsī, my daughter and your Spiritual Daughter Vandita Haripriyā Devī Dāsī and my Son in Law And your Spiritual Son Ṣabdahari Dāsa and my Two Grandsons Bhakta Rishabh 9 years old and Dhruva 4 years old. All are staying in Chennai.

Guru Mahārāja we need your Profound Blessings for Everyone to Progress in Spiritual Life and Good Health to Perform Devotional Services for the Pleasure of Your Holiness and for the Pleasure of Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi.

Your Humble Servant Sukhakara Kṛṣṇa dāsa. Chennai.

Mobile no 9884014934.

Mail I’d cvsramani108@gmail.com

Hare Kṛṣṇa my Respectful GuruMahārāja.

On the Sublime Occasion of your Holiness 73rd, Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava, I your Dīkṣā Disciple Sukhakara Kṛṣṇa dāsa & Sukha Soubhāgya Devī Dāsī would like to pay my respectful Obeisances unto Your Lotus Feet and Please kindly & mercifully accept the same from this fallen soul from Chennai, Tamilnadu- Ex-Temple President Servant and Founder Servant Member of ISKCON ŚYĀMADEŚA, SHARJAH, UAE.

All Glories to The JagadGuru His Divine Grace A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All Glories to Your Holiness Gurudeva Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja.

Today on this Divine Occasion of Your Transcendental Appearance Day, I am Praying from the Core of my Heart to Śrī Śrī Narasiṁhadeva for Your Holiness’s Complete Recovery of All your Health Issues and make Your Holiness like before your Stroke.

Also I am Praying to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava for you start your Live Visits to our Chennai Caitanya Yātrā as You are the only Shelter for all of us fallen Souls as Your Holiness is our Patit Pāvan.

Śrīla Gurudeva I am conducting with Your Holiness the Zoom Classes Śrīmad Bhāgavatam & Bhagavad-gītā for Devotees in Shahibabad, New Delhi, Kannoor, Kerala, ŚYĀMADEŚA, Sharjah, Doha Qatar, Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa and Śrīvās AṅganDeśa, Ajman, who have just joined On Line Classes during the Corona Lockdown.

Daily morning there is Zoom Morning Congregational Chanting Japa Group started with your Senior Disciples such as Vijay Venugopal Prabhu and Prema īmātājī now in Bangalore, Ex- Mathurādeśa, Muscat Temple President and Founder Member of Muscat Yātrā now in Bangalore. Around 80 to 90 Disciples of Holiness from All over the World join your this Zoom Daily for Chanting from 4.00 AM IST to 6.30 AM.

And from 6.30 AM IST to 7.30 AM, IST Prema Padmini conducts a Zoom Lecture for All of us Online and tells the Importance of Chanting by way of Namāmṛta citing stories from Śrīmad Bhāgavatam and Caitanya Caritāmṛta Līlās of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Pastimes and also from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Līlās.

Evening again from 4.30 PM to 6.30 PM IST every day we join for Zoom Chanting started by your Disciples myself Sukhakara Kṛṣṇa Dāsa and Prema Padminī mātājī, as Padmini mātājī is my Śikṣā Guru.

On this Divine Occasion I seek your Profuse Blessings for my Spiritual Progress to serve your more and better.

Your most Humble Servant,

Sukhakara Kṛṣṇa dāsa,

হরে কৃষ্ণ দণ্ডবৎ প্রণাম গুরুদেব।

 আপনার ৭৩ তম ব্যাস পূজা উপলক্ষে আমার প্রণাম গ্রহণ করুন।

  নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় পেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীন ইতি নামিনে
নমো আচার্যপাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে
গৌর কথা ধামদায় নগর গ্রাম তারিনে।

   শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের জয় 

হরে কৃষ্ণ গুরু মহারাজ আপনার ৭৩ তম আবির্ভাব উপলক্ষে আপনাকে অনেক অনেক শুভেচ্ছা। আমি এতটাই নিকৃষ্টতম জীব যে আপনার মতন শুদ্ধ বৈষ্ণবের গুণকীর্তন করার মতো কোনো যোগ্যতাই নেই। কৃপা পূর্বক গুরুদেব আমাকে কৃপা করুন যেন আমি আপনার গুণময় করার জন্য সক্ষম হতে পারি। 

  প্রথমে জানাই আপনাকে অনেক অনেক ধন্যবাদ । আপনার চরণ কমলে আশ্রয় পাওয়ার দু'বছরের মধ্যে ভগবান এবং শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ আমাকে অনেক পরীক্ষা নিয়েছে। সত্যি বলতে আমি খুব দুর্দশাগ্রস্ত হয়ে গেছিলাম । কিন্তু শুধুমাত্র আপনার জন্যই এখন অব্দি আমি ঠিক আছি। যখনই আমি আপনার ছবি দেখি তখনই আমার মধ্যে এক আলাদা রকমের শক্তি উন্মোচন হয় । এবং জপ করার মাধ্যমে আমি এক আলাদা রকমের আনন্দ উপভোগ করতাম।আর এই শক্তি আপনার কৃপা ছাড়া আর অন্য কোন জিনিস না ।  তাছাড়াও আমি এখনো শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এর কথা শুনে চলতে পারছি এটাও আপনার অসীম করুনার ফল । আমি নিজেকে পুরোপুরি ভাবে হারিয়ে ফেলেছিলাম আমার সব পথ যেন মনে হচ্ছিল বন্ধ। আমি এটা ভেতর থেকে অনুভব করছিলাম যে আমি যেন আস্তে আস্তে নিজেকে শেষ করে ফেলেছি । কিন্তু আমি জানতাম যে আমি এমন একজন ভক্তের চরণ কমলে আশ্রয় পেয়েছি যে "কোনদিন হাল ছাড়েন না" আর আমার এটা দৃঢ় বিশ্বাস ছিল যে আপনি আমাকে কোনদিন ছেড়ে দেবেন না। আমি এটা আপনাকে বলে বোঝাতে পারবো না তাছাড়া আমার বলার মতো কোন ভাষাও নেই যে আপনি যদি আমার জীবনে না থাকতেন তাহলে হয়তো আমার সাথে অনেক কিছুই হয়ে যেতে পারত। গুরুদেব আপনিতো অন্তর্যামী আপনি জানেন আমার সাথে কি হয়েছে আমার ভিতরে কি চলছে বিশ্বাস করুন আমার কোনো ভাষা নেই বলার।  গুরুদেব কৃপা করে আপনার পাদপদ্ম থেকে কোনদিন বঞ্চিত করবেন না তাতে আমি যাই করে ফেলি আপনার এই শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথিতে আমার এই বিনীত অনুরোধ রইলো। গুরুদেব আপনি আছেন বলেই আমি টিকে আছি কেন জানি না আমি খুবই অসম্পূর্ণতা এবং খারাপ গুন বিশিষ্ট একজন পতিত । আমি জানিনা আমি কত জন্মের পর উদ্ধার পাব বা নাও পেতে পারি তবুও আমাকে আপনি আপনার সঙ্গো থেকে বঞ্চিত করবেন না। আমি এত অধম যে আপনার শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথিতেও আপনাকে আমি নিজের সমস্যা বলছি । হে নিতাই কৃপা প্রদানে আমি জানি না গৌড় নিতাই আমার প্রতি কেন এত অসন্তুষ্ট। হে পতিত পাবন আপনি "নিতাই কৃপা" প্রদান করেন তাছাড়াও শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ বলেছেন আপনি "গৌরাঙ্গ মহাপ্রভুর" পার্ষদ। ক‌ৃপা করে তাদের কাছে আমার জন্য একটু প্রার্থনা করুন তারা যেন আমার উপর করুনার দৃষ্টি প্রদান করে। এবং সর্বশেষে এই শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথিতে আপনার কাছে এই প্রার্থনা করি যে আমার ভালোবাসা কোনদিন যেন শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এবং আপনার প্রতি না কমে তাছাড়া কৃপা করে আমাকে আপনি প্রভুদের কাছে  পাঠিয়ে দেন। এটা আমার আপনার কাছে শেষ ইচ্ছা। সত্যি আমি সবথেকে বেশি সন্তুষ্টি পাব। 
  
শ্রীল গুরুমহারাজ আমি অধম যদি কিছু ভুল বলে থাকি কৃপা করে আমাকে ক্ষমা প্রদান করবেন ।


    --- ইতি 
            আপনার অযোগ্য ও অকাজের সন্তান
                                 সুমধুর নন্দসুত দাস
                                      দুর্গাপুর, ভারত

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

Dear Gurumaharaj,

Please accept my humblest obeisances at your lotus feet on this magnificent day of your merciful appearance; I pray that you constantly award me service at your lotus feet.

Guru Maharaj, you personify the unlimited ocean of mercy. You are always in the presence of Śrīmati Rādhārāṇī and assisting the gopīs, who always at different times make different tasteful arrangements for the perfection of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa’s conjugal loving affairs within the groves of Vṛndāvana. Although dwelling in Vṛndāvana, and always merged in transcendental ecstasy, relishing the mellow of pure devotion, you have descended for the welfare of fallen souls, and you are preaching the divine love Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa and delivering the whole planet from the darkness of illusion.

'sādhu-saṅga', 'sādhu-saṅga'—sarva-śāstre kaya
lava-mātra sādhu-saṅge sarva-siddhi haya

Even by a little association with you, the conditioned souls can get out of this miserable material condition. Your heart is always the resting place of Lord Govinda. I desire the dust of your holy lotus feet in every birth I may take. Please be kind upon me.

 

Your insignificant servant,
Sumadhura Syama Dasa

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya

jñānāñjana-śalākayā

cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena

tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

Hare Kṛṣṇa dearest Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectful obeisances

All glories to Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to you!

This is my first offering as one of your spiritual daughters. Thank you Guru Mahārāja for accepting me as your spiritual daughter. I feel very fortunate to get you as my spiritual father. Last year 24th July 2021 you gave me initiation. O Patita Pāvana Gurudeva, always keep me in your lotus feet. By your causeless mercy I have completed one year in your JPS care office and trying to serve your disciples according to your instructions. After joining here my spiritual life has been helped and I realized your care for your disciples and eagerness to preach by following Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions.

Today on this most auspicious day of your Vyāsa-Pūjā, sincerely I am praying at your lotus feet. Please help me to develop my consciousness towards Kṛṣṇa-prem and for my sādhana. Always engage me in devotional service for the pleasure of Lord and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Gurudeva, your never-ending blessings are my great strength in my spiritual life, I am praying to Lord Narasimha Dev for your good health.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for always forgiving me for my mistakes and for your endless love and care.

Your insignificant spiritual daughter

Sumādhurī Tuṅgavidyā devī dāsī (Dīkṣā)

Māyāpur, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respected obeisances at your lotus feet

All glories to Śrī Gurudeva! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Just as it is said that Lord Sesha even with hunderds of mouths in unable to glorify Śrī Kṛṣṇa completely, a conditioned soul like will not be able to do justification of glorifying you, I can just try to my capacity. This is the first year writing my Vyāsa-pūjā offering after getting initiated by you. In shastras we hear that guru is mercy personified, but I am one of those who has received your mercy.

I remember when I went for taking initiation, there prabhuji told that they missed to send my name to you for initiation and asked if I could come next day. Then one prabhuji from JPS office told that they will try and see if it’s possible to get initiation that day and had asked me to sit there along with other candidates.

And there started initiation lecture by one Mahārāja and they were mentioning that if any one of you will be asked that you can not get initiation today, what will you think and how you will behave. And Mahārāja said, you should agree and say Okay Guru Mahārāja, whenever you say I will take at that time only and start leaving from there.

At that time I thought, yes this part of lecture is certainly for me, I think Kṛṣṇa has prepared me that I will not get initiated today, and I will follow what Mahārāja is saying.

Then Mahārāja continued in the lecture, when you will start leaving Guru Mahārāja may call you and give you initiation and that is actually the mercy of Guru. Without knowing the candidate personally, Guru is taking the responsibility of taking you back to godhead and that is what causeless mercy is called.

And indeed my name was announced at the beginning and I didn’t thought that within 2 hours after sending the name, I will get initiated that day. It was all your causeless mercy only Guru Mahārāja.

I remember 2 years before you came to ISKCON Hyderabad, Abids temple, and there I got the sevā of preparing pumpkin juice every morning for you. I tried to meet you even once that time and ask for blessings but it couldn’t happen. Certainly, I was not qualified to even receive your mercy. But, when next time I came to Māyāpur in jhulan-yātrā time, by your mercy arrangement, I got the opportunity to honor your māha prasāda. I realised that it is your way of sending blessings and mercy.

I am eagerly waiting for the day you will start walking again Guru Mahārāja.

Although unqualified, I pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Pañca-Tattva, Śrī Narasiṁhadeva, Śrī Jagannātha Baladeva Subhadrā, Śrīla Prabhupāda that we get your association life after life and certainly in this life for a long.

Guru Mahārāja, hearing you everyday class on Caitanya Līlā completes our day and getting updates on JPS App makes us feel attached to you, sometimes we wonder from where you get so much energy to manage everything, But then next moment Śrīla Prabhupāda’s and Māyāpur deities pictures comes in our mind.

Guru Mahārāja, please bless me so that I can also serve you and guru paramparā on eternity, and not get allured by māyā.

A small poem written by me offered unto your lotus feet:

After going through so many repeated cycles of births - death - old age - disease,

We have been lucky to catch your lotus feet and cross this ocean with breeze.

We see you as real mercy personified,

Even though we are not so qualified.

As we are struggling in this material swirled,

You are ready to take us to spiritual world.

You are mercy personified for us,

ready to take all of us in Saṅkīrtana bus.

You have so much abundant mercy for all living beings,

Alas we’re so unlucky caring for here temporary things.

If we didn’t got shelter of your lotus feet in this life,

we would had spent our life in strife.

You give every night class on Lord Caitanya,

It’s like sounds coming out from Pañchjanya.

Please shower your blessings and mercy on us,

that we can engage in devotional service thus.

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj!

Please accept my humble obeisances!

All glories to HDG Srila Prabhupada and All Vaishnavas!!

Please bless us on this auspicious day to follow strictly HDG Srila Prabhupada instructions and implement them in our life with out deviation. You are exemplary to us in devotional path. We are neophytes, trying to uderstand the basics of spiritual life. Please bless us to maintain our committment, enthusiasm, positive attitude towards this path so that we can achieve the ultimate goal within this life time. Please bestow us humble attitude to serve Vaisnavas and bestow us attitude not to commit any offenses. We try our very best to follow the instructions perfectly, how much ever we try, our bhakti life is not always straight upward curve. We greatly depend on Vaisnavas mercy, especially your Holiness to advance spiritually. We understood, on our own we can't make much progress in spiritual life.

Your servants,

Sundara Murari dasa
Sadanandini Vasudha Devi dasi
Harinii S
Hasini S

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আপনার চরণ সিক্ত এই ধরণী।

করিলেন আমায় কৃপা ধণ্য আপনী।।

 

উচু নিচু বিচার নাহি কৃপা বিতরীতে।

ধনী, গরীব, আবাল, বৃদ্ধা মগ্ন সংকীর্ত্তনে।।

 

শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের আদেশ করিতেন পূরণ।

আপনাকে পেয়ে মোর ধন্য হলো জীবন।।

 

সর্বক্ষণ আপনার চিন্তন আমাদের জন্য।

ভক্তজন আপনায় পেয়ে সকলেই ধণ্য।।

 

আপনার আশির্বচন আর দরর্শণ।

পতিত জীবের হৃদয় করে আকর্ষণ।।

 

আপনার শুভ ব্যাস পূজায় মোর নিবেদন।

আপনার পদকমলে ভক্তি থাকে সর্বক্ষণ।।

 

আমার ভুল ত্রুটি কৃপায় মাজনীয়া।

গুরুদেব শ্রীচরণে রাখুন পদ ছায়া দিয়া।।

नम: ऊं विष्णु पादाय कृष्ण प्रेषठाय भूतले श्रीमते जयपताका स्वामिन इति नामिने। नमो आचार्य पादाय निताई कृपा प्रदायिने ‌‌‌‌‌गौर कथा नाम दाया नगर ग्राम तारिणे।।

हरे कृष्ण गुरू महाराज,

आप भक्ति में दृढ़ हैं और सदैव प्रचार करते हैं। मैंने श्रील प्रभुपाद की भारत के आध्यात्मिक राजदूत पुस्तक पढ़ी जिससे यह ज्ञात हुआ कि भक्ति में दृढ़ता बनाए रखने के लिए सतत प्रयास करना होगा।

आपके द्वारा दी गई चैतन्य चरितामृत और श्रीमद्भागवत की कक्षा सुनने का पूरा प्रयास करती हूं। इसके माध्यम से बहुत प्रेरणा मिलती है जैसे आपने कहा कि मृदु सत्य कहना चाहिए।

मुझे भक्तों का संग मिलता रहे जिससे भक्ति बढ़े और मैं भगवान के लिए प्रचार कर सकूं। ऐसा मुझे आशीर्वाद दीजिए।

आपकी शिष्या (दीक्षा)।

सुप्रिया ज़ाम्बवती देवीदासी

गाजियाबाद।

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances

All glories to you.

It's a great big important opportunity that I am getting to express n present my gratitude to you.

I cannot explain how much you are doing to me to make me do the little that I am doing in devotional life.

My chanting has become much clear & focus, concentration & begging attitude while chanting is much better than before as I pray to you & Śrīla Prabhupāda before start of the chanting services.

I take Bhakti-vṛkṣa where you give me the points that I should explain. I also host SB reading sessions every day. But there again you make me speak & answer the questions of the different members. I give children classes, & you enable me to present it to the children in the manner which is interesting to them. I speak to the Bhakti-vṛkṣa members& you help me speak pleasingly. So every way I see that your hand is present in everything I do. By your mercy I am able to be occupied n different devotional services. So, depending upon you is the best I understood.

I need not be independent & suffer. Just depending upon you is the solution to all the problems.

You make me do much more. You are such a treasure in my life Gurudeva. Without you I am just a piece of dust only.

Thank you for everything Guru dev. Now please give me the Benediction of progressing more and more to please Rādhāranī & Lord Kṛṣṇa. I want to be an instrument I your hands in making Bangalore a Kṛṣṇa conscious city. Please bless & accept me. Hare Kṛṣṇa

Kindly accept my obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories unto you.

Guru Mahārāja Ki Jai

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Ys

Supriyā Kalavatī Devī Dāsī

Dear Gurumaharaj,

Kindly accept my humble obeisances at your Lotus Feet. On the auspicious occassion of your Vyasapuja day, I seek your mercy and blessings that I should involve myself whole heartedly in the mission of spreading Krishna consciousness. 

I beg you to please make me worthy to be an instrument in the hands of stalwart devotees and serve them humbly to spread this worderful movement of Lord Gauranga. This way I can be in very safe association of stalwart devotees and happily serve under their guidance.

I seek your blessings for serving the mission of Srila Prabhupad with best possible endeavours physically, mentally, financially and through preaching. Whatever best abilities I have, should be utilized in service of Your Grace, Srila Prabhupad and Vaishnavas.

I sincerely pray to Lord and to Srila Prabhupad that you should have a very good health and with no physical sufferings and continue to motivate the devotees across the world.

your eternal humble servant,

Suranath Madanmohan das.

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 गुरु महाराज के चरणों में मेरा कोटि कोटि दंडवत प्रणाम।

आप भक्तों के अंधकार को दूर करके हैं और हम पतित आत्माओं पर कृपा करते हैं।

आप भक्तों पर कृपा करते हैं।

आप गोरांग की ध्वनि से झूम उठते हैं।

आप पूरे विश्व का कृष्ण भक्ति के द्वारा कल्याण करते हैं और भक्तों के हृदय को प्रकाशित करते हैं।

आप भक्ति वृक्ष के प्राइम मिनिस्टर वने।

माया पुर का टी ओ वी पी आप के प्राण है।

आप व्यस्त होने पर भी प्रचार कार्य करते हैं और अपने भक्तों पर कृपा करते हैं।भक्तों के कारण ही आप इतना कष्ट उठाते हैं।

आप कोई साधारण मनुष्य नहीं है और आप से हमें यही शिक्षा मिलती है कि हम भी प्रचार करें।

आप की आश्रित शिष्या

सुरेश चौधरी

साहिबाबाद, दिल्ली यात्रा, (India)

Suresh Chowdary (aspiring disciple)
New Delhi – Sahibabad, New Delhi

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

Guru Mahārāja, you were given the shelter at your lotus feet for this fallen soul on Jan 9th 2022. Still, I remember my family was affected by COVID and myself and my wife got an opportunity to take your shelter on the same day. I am so fallen that I don’t know how to speak and write English. But With the mercy of Guru and Gaurāṅga got an opportunity to please you in the preaching service by taking Bhakti Vṛkṣa. Please use this fallen soul for any service you like but never through me away from your lotus feet Mahārāja.

I am eagerly waiting to take your initiation from you Guru Mahārāja, but I am facing so many obstacles in the path. Its only your mercy where I can overcome these obstacles and come closer to you.

Very eager to meet you personally and not sure when the day comes. Again, I beg at your lotus feet to shower your mercy unto me.

Your eternal servant,

Suresh Vinjamuru (aspiring disciple)

हरे कृष्णा गुरू महाराज आप के चरणों में मेरा दंडवत प्रणाम।

मेरी कोई योग्यता तो नहीं है कि मैं विषय में कुछ बोल सकूं आप की glorification कर सकूं। मगर फिर भी मैं आप की glorification करूंगा।

मुझे आपकी वाणी बहुत अच्छी लगती है आप के विचार बहुत अच्छे लगते हैं। आप जो चैतन्य महाप्रभु कि कहानियां सुनाते हैं वो भी बहुत अच्छी लगती है। आप का स्वस्थ खराब होने के बाद भी आप जो प्रभुपाद के आदेशों का पालन कर रहें हैं। प्रचार कर रहे हैं ये मुझे आपकी तरफ बहुत आकर्षित करता है और प्रेरणा देता है।

आप का तुच्छ दास

सुरिंदर ।

Surinder (aspiring disciple)

Hare Kṛṣṇa..
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda
All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga....

Dear Guru Mahārāja....

Please accept my respectful obesiances.

On this auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I am feeling so much fortunate that I got opportunity to glorify you...

Guru Mahārāja, I can experience your causeless mercy in all aspects of my life not only as a spiritual master but as a constant companion and ever well wisher of me....

Guru Mahārāja, whenever I attend JSSS class, (which we conduct monthly basis), my heart and mind becomes totally fixed in you and always keep on thinking that how I can repay you what you have done for all of us...
The day I got initiation, is unforgettable for my whole life, that day is real achievement which I got in this life...
Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for your so much compassion on this fallen soul....

Please bless me that I can serve you more and more and can follow each and every instruction of yours and make you always happy and satisfied...

Your fallen servant
Susakha Mukund dāsa
Ambala, Haryana, India...

Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahārāja, Daṇḍavat Praṇāma!!!

All Glories to you, to Śrīla Prabhupāda, to Shiksha Guru and to all our Paramparā ācāryas! Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Please accept my humble obeisance on this special and remarkable day of Vyāsa-Pūjā 2022.

Understanding: Praṇāma Mantra itself clears objects to ISKCON movement to be spread to all Grāmas.

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

While reading biography, realized that you are one of the most intimate person of Lord Kṛṣṇa to whom presented by Śrīla Prabhupāda. “Jayapatākā Swami was born John Gordan Erdman on April 9, 1949 (the Ekādaśī after rāma-navamī) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA to John Hubert and Lorraine Erdman. He was born into opulent surroundings, his father’s father being the founder of a large paint factory, which was a multi-million-dollar concern at the time of his birth. Later HH Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja was glad to see that his name – Gordan John (Gour Dhan Jan) – already suggested what Śrīla Prabhuapda confirmed, that he and two other devotees were formerly associates of Lord Caitanya and that they had taken their birth in the west to facilitate spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness around the world”

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, All Glories to Śrīla Gurudeva… Śrīla Gurudeva Mahārāja ki Jai.

Your most humble servants,

Sushant (aspiring disciple)

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja.

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

Happy 73rd appearance day Guru Mahārāja.

It’s written, “guru prasāde kṛṣṇa mile, kṛṣṇa prasade guru”. By Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, I have found you, my eternal spiritual master.

All the restless souls wandering in the deep land of darkness found the ray of hope, when you enlightened our way back home. We can never thank you enough for the mercy you have bestowed on us every time. We wish to help you with these tiny little hands, at your service towards Prabhupāda and continue to please you. Thank you for appearing in our lives Guru Mahārāja.

Your exemplary devotion, dedication and determination towards Śrīla Prabhupāda, inspire me to pursue my spiritual life dedicatedly despite of all the hurdles that come on my way. I am a fool, I don’t know anything, who is Kṛṣṇa, what ecstasy is found in His service. But when I see you happy and pleased with my service or with my progress in my spiritual life, I feel my life is worthwhile. You are very kind Guru Mahārāja. May I always seek your shelter. You are the best father in the whole world.

Your sheltered daughter

Sushreeta Sahu (sheltered disciple)

Māyāpur, West Bengal, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Gurudeva!!

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!

All Glories to your 73rd Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava!!

Gurudeva, Kindly Forgive me for all my Offenses and kindly Cleanse my heart which is contaminated with so many sinful tendencies, anarthas from many lives. Every day I realize how much fallen I am. Only because of your causeless mercy and with your blessings I am blessed with devotional service from the very initial stage, even though I am not having any qualification to serve Gurudeva.

Guru Mahārāja last year when we came for Māyāpur yātrā in Dāmodara month, I am very blessed to have your near darśana personally. Taking your darśana from a far place is the most blessed thing but on that day you looked into this most fallen soul eyes for a few seconds, from that day I am realizing my anarthas instead of finding faults in other Vaiṣṇavas.

Guru Mahārāja I have a desire to serve you both vapu and vāṇī. I understood that without purification it is impossible for me to serve you personally and also to hear your lectures Kindly give your blessings Gurudeva to understand Guru, Gaurāṅga and to attentively concentrate on your lectures with total dedication.

Guru Mahārāja, I see you in Peak of compassion, tolerance, enthusiasm, selflessness and many more. When you are staying in hospital... in that condition also your enthusiasm to preach, selflessness to serve others for getting them into Kṛṣṇa consciousness, tolerance to your health issues, your compassion for other souls to give Kṛṣṇa Prema... used to make me feel, what I am thinking as hurdles in my life to do devotion is nothing and those hurdles becoming very tiny and giving me more and more energy to serve, to do bhakti and to move ahead in the path of bhakti Gurudeva. Guru Mahārāja at the time, when you are being in hospital wrote a letter regarding initiations., last year, unfortunately, missed taking initiation due to some personal problem. so, I am awaiting this year to hold your hand more tightly with the bond of initiation. Kindly bestow your blessings to this most fallen soul my dear Gurudeva...!!

On this most sacred occasion of your 73rd appearance anniversary in this world, I would like to fall in the dust of your divine lotus feet and begging at your lotus feet for your blessings to always dwell in the service to Lordships, to follow your footsteps, instructions, to become like a tiny instrument in the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda and to serve you Gurudeva.

Thank you, Gurudeva...!!!

Your Spiritual Daughter and Servant,

Sujitha (sheltered disciple)
Vijayawada, India

।। হরে কৃষ্ণ।।

প্রিয় গুরুদেব আপনার শ্রী চরণে অনন্ত কোটি প্রণাম নিবেদন করছি। শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এর জয়। শ্রীল গুরুদেব এর জয়।

আমি এতটাই পতিত যে আপনার গুনগান করার মতো আমাদের খোমতা নাই তবু আমি আপনার কৃপা আশীর্বাদ এ আপনার কিছু গুনগান করার চেষ্টা করছি।

গুরুদেব আপনি আমাদের মত পতিত দের উদ্ধার করার জন্যে অবতীর্ণ হয়েছেন আমি আশা করি যে প্রত্যেক টি জন্মে জন আপনা কে গুরু হিসাবে পাই। আপনি এত আসুঠতার মধ্যে ও আপনি প্রচার কার্য একদিন ও বন্দ রাখেননি আপনি আমাকে আশীর্বাদ করুন যাতে আমি ও আপনার প্রচার কার্যে কিছু সাহায্য করতে পারি।

আপনার এই ৭৩ তম আবির্ভাব দিন এ আমরা খুব আনন্দিত

।। হরে কৃষ্ণ।।

আপনার অধতমিক পূত্রি,

স্বপ্না সামন্ত
আহমেদাবাদ, গুজরাট.

Svapna Samanta (স্বপ্না সামন্ত) (aspiring disciple)
Ahmedabad, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dearest Guru Mahārāja and my spiritual father, Please accept my respectful obeisance. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Wishing you very Happy Vyāsa-pūjā. Though I am very insignificant and fallen soul but I try to express gratitude for the living life you have given to all of us.
You always emphasized to all of your disciples to do Bhakti Shastri but we being in ignorance always busy in doing the same thing every day. On joining Bhakti-śāstrī we all realized that how important it is for each one of us. Thank you Gurudeva for enlightening us.
You always emphasized to every devotee to do Navadvīpa Parikramā but I always thought that it wouldn't be possible to take this much of leaves. Finally, I joined Navadvīpa Parikramā 2022 and it was too relishing to hear about Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu lilas and visiting those places. Thank you Gurudeva for your endless love for all of us.
I heartily pray to Rādhā Mādhava aṣṭa sakhi, Śrī Pañcha-tattva and Narasiṁhadeva for your good health.
Gurudeva please forgive me for all my offenses to your lotus feet and bless me to have Anurag in Harināma, reading and hearing more about Mahāprabhu.
Your's Son,
Svarūpa Gopāla Dāsa,
New Delhi, India

২৭ কালীবাড়ি লেন ঢাকুরিয়া কোলকাতা-৩১ ৯ই মার্চ

““নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণু পাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে। শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীন ইতি নামিনে।। নমো আচার্যপাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে। গৌরকথা ধামদায় নগর গ্রাম তারিণে।।”

শ্রদ্ধেয় গুরুমহারাজ, শুরুতেই আপনার শ্রী চরণে আমি আমার শত কোটি দন্ডবৎ প্রণাম নিবেদন করি। আপনার শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথির জয় হোক। আগামী ১৩ই এপ্রিল আপনার শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথি মহামহোৎসব সেই উপলক্ষে আমি স্বর্ণেন্দু সামন্ত (শুভাকাঙ্ক্ষী) আপনাকে আমার বিনম্র শ্রদ্ধাঞ্জলি নিবেদন করি। আপনার আশীর্বাদ আমাদের একান্ত কাম্য। লেখায় কোন ভুলত্রুটি থাকলে এই অধমকে ক্ষমা করবেন। ইতি আপনার শুভাকাঙ্ক্ষী স্বর্ণেন্দু সামন্ত কলকাতা, ভারত।

Swarnendu Samanta (well-wisher)
Kolkata, India

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn 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 Guru Mahārāja, Happy Vyāsa-pūjā!!!

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to your divine appearance.

I feel great fortune getting this wonderful opportunity to glorify your Holiness. Knowing that, I am not qualified to glorify your divine qualities and transcendental activities, I take this as an opportunity for my purification. A tiny attempt to glorify you Guru Mahārāja.

My dear Guru Mahārāja, by your causeless mercy, I have got this very fortune to associate with the wonderful devotees, HG Caitanya Avatari Prabhu, HG Rasamayī Mātājī, and entire NRJD devotees. And by their blessings I am so fortunate to get your divine mercy.

You are a living inspiration to everyone. Inspite of your health challenges, you make yourself available for all devotees. Always giving spiritual solutions to our material problems and encouraging us to serve the lord. Despite your busy schedule Guru Mahārāja, you never miss giving us the opportunity to relish nectarean pastimes of Mahāprabhu and giving darśana to so many devotees everyday. Who else can be more merciful, other than yourself Guru Mahārāja.

Whenever I think of you Guru Mahārāja, I feel so fortunate, that I am blessed with such a wonderful father and getting such wonderful opportunity to serve and associate with you. And this very fortune is also your blessing and mercy upon such a fallen person like me.

I am so grateful to you Guru Mahārāja for giving us all, everything that brings us closer to Gaurāṅga’s service.

I am like a child who is always looking after self and busy, not caring that her dear father is taking so much pain just to deliver her. Alas! My heart is filled with so many anarthas that I’m not able to develop even a tinge of taste and devotion for you Gurudeva. I am such a fickle minded, foolish girl who is always running after material happiness. Dear Guru Mahārāja, you are an ocean of mercy. What can be more auspicious than taking shelter at the dust of your lotus feet? It is by your causeless mercy that I am still continuing to render some service to the vaiṣṇava devotees and practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

O Gurudeva, Your merciful glance is the only ray of hope for me to escape this material world. I beg for your mercy that I always stick to the service of your lotus feet.

My only aspiration is just to serve under instructions of my mentor and senior devotees. My only desire is to serve you eternally and get your association. Lastly I pray at your lotus feet to bless my mom, dad, my two sisters and my little brother to develop unflinching faith and devotion for you and serve you life after life.

All glories to Patita Pāvana Guru Mahārāja!!!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s victory flag!!!

Your very insignificant daughter,

Swati Priya (aspiring disciple)

ISKCON NRJD Bangalore, India

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn 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 Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja.

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet, All glories to you on your auspicious appearance day!!!

Your appearance is a blessing to the world and beyond,
on this auspicious day your every son and daughter of yours can feel a special bond...!

Oh Gurudeva, your mercy flows far beyond my reach,
to the foolish me and others, through your examples you teach...!

In showing compassion, love and care you always lead,
in the hearts many, you have sown the bhakti seed.!

Through your vāṇī and darśanas, the condition souls you rescue,
Oh fallen me! when will I feel that gratitude towards you...!

For the attachments that are deep,
For the sins that I weep,

For the false possessions that I keep,
to overcome this your blessing is all that I need...!

When will that day be mine?
to get the glimpse of your divine...!

Oh Gurudeva, to the most fallen you are the most kind...!
As the victory flag, we witness your transcendental glow,

unto your most soothing lotus feet I humbly bow!!!
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam

Please also bless me and my family, Father (Kṛṣṇa Kumar), Mother (Arti Kumari), elder sisters (Swati, Monika), younger brother (Nitāi) to be of some use at the service of your lotus feet.

We pray to the Lordship Śrī Śrī Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā, Pañca-tattva, Rādhā Mādhava and Narasiṁhadev for your 100% good health (though I am not capable of)

Your useless aspirant servant,

Sweety Priya (aspiring disciple)

ISKCON NRJD Banglore

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja!

All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava!t

Please accept my respectful obeisances. The good fortune that is bestowed up on your disciples have no words to explain. Out of thousands I am getting so much of Your Divine association is makes me silent. Whenever I think about how to repay this debt, I am lost. Whatever, I am doing for Your Divine Grace is not at all enough. I am in an illusion that I am doing a lot for Your Divine Grace! But, in reality it is not.

Being very next to Your Divine Grace, we witness lots and lots of miracles. How Your Divine Grace, truly tolerating and bestowing mercy to the conditioned souls. Kṛṣṇa repeatedly providing us a chance to understand Your mercy, importance of Your physical presence, and more over, giving this great opportunity to serve Your Divine Grace. But due to our own conditioning, we are not taking all these offers, rather we give excuses after excuses.

I am very much scared about the future, I am still not matured enough in spiritual life, I am not serious about Your instructions. But simply by Your blessings, I am engaged in many services. Always I feel that, your blessing hands is on my head and protecting me and guiding me in every step.

I have personally witnessed many miracles of Your Divine Grace. Since my intelligences is very much covered, these personal experiences are very much needed to uplift me to at least to human platform.

As a co-manager in JPS Archives and Victory Flag Publications – we are trying to please Your Divine Grace in our humble efforts. His Grace Pāṇḍava Prabhu and Caitanya Rūpa Mataji, His Grace Vidvan Gaurāṅga Prabhu are guiding and being like a pillar for these departments. And we are trying to give out Your vāṇī to the world. Slowly, I am realizing the great responsibility of these departments. Each lecture of Your Divine Grace was like pre-answered for disciples’ questions in the future. It shows that the spiritual master’s vāṇī is eternal. Your Divine Grace said to us that, Your Archives and Publications are Your immediate expansion, and this will benefit Your disciples, and ISKCON devotees in the present and future. So, this is a great responsibility on our shoulders.

This year, I am very much praying to work and complete the Gaura maṇḍala bhūmi darśana book. And as per your instruction, we are also working on Śrī Navadvīpa maṇḍala map and we will offer it soon to Your Divine Grace. Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya book also becomes a priority in this period of time, as Your Divine Grace investing hours and hours of your energy to give this book, which is going to flood the world with Gaurāṅga-līlā smaraṇa. Your Divine Grace given so much mercy up on me and engaged me in all these projects.

We from Publications, trying to expand in Bangladesh, South America, Russia, and in Europe by translating your books in to different languages. Also, we are desiring to start a dedicated Bengali to reach out your vāṇī in greater scale. I very much believe that Your Divine Grace holding our hands and doing this wonderful artwork, but we are foolishly thinking that we are doing. You own us eternally, and we owe you birth after birth.

I thank His Holiness Bhakti Vinoda Swami Mahārāja for his personal training in my initial days of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. He engaged me in printing small magazines, and he guided me to learn multi-media, book layouts, etc.

I thank, Mahā Varāha Prabhu for providing me an opportunity to serve Your Divine Grace personally. I thank, Vidvan Gaurāṅga Prabhu, who engages me in various ways accordingly. I thank, Vaikuṇṭhapati Prabhu for supporting us in our efforts to develop Archives and Publications. I thank my sister Rasa Priya Gopikā devī dāsī and her husband Vraja Kṛṣṇa Prabhu for their constant support to serve Your Divine Grace. I thank all the devotees in JPS Archives and Publications.

It is all by Your causeless mercy, that all these great souls gives me association. As this life is very short, I would like to do something substantial service in order to please Your Divine Grace and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I pray to Your Divine Grace to bestow, taste for the holy name, please drill humbleness in my heart. I wish to do Bhakti-śāstri, Bhakti-vaibhava as per your instruction. Always, keep under Your Divine shelter.

Your Ever Servant,

Śyāma Rasika dāsa (dīkṣa)
JPS Archives and Publications
Śrī Māyāpur dhāma, India

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa Our Dearest Guru Mahārāja.

Please Accept Our Humble Obeisances unto Your Lotus Feet.

Wishing you a Very  Very Happy 73rd Vyasa Pooja  Day Celebartions.

All Glories to you on this most auspicious day of   your appearance in this World Gurudev. We are fortunate to have the opportunity to write to you.

We are very gateful  having accepted us as your disciples by giving intiation  on 27th November 2020 on Uttana Dwadas though we did not have any qualification and fallen souls. We are extremely happy that we became your Spiritual Son and Daughter.

During 2015 we started going to ISKCON Sri Sri Radha Krishna Mandir In Chennai.  Prior to that we went to ISKCON Juhu once.  I (Ratnagarbha Nandarani DD) used to go every week to ISKCON Chennai and my Prabhu  (SyamaSundar Acyuta Das)  dropped me several times  to ISKCON Mandir. In this process  he used to have Darshan Of Sri Sri Radha Krishna, Sri Sri Jagannath, Baladev and Subhadra Mayi  and Sri Sri Narsimha Bhagavan Darshan at ISKCON Chennai.  He used to take Krishna Prasadam also. I also used to pray that my prabhu should come to Krishna Consciousness.

From 2018 We are going to ISKCON Vijayawada and now and then to ISKCON HBR layout, Bangalore , also called as Nava Narasimha Temple whenever we go to our daughe’s house in Bangalorer. In Vijayawada  with your mercy we have excellent devotee association and  listened  lectures by temple President , Our Siksha Guru , HG Chakradhari  Prabhuji  and  other Devotees.  We have regularly attended and listened Srimadbhagavatham, Bhagavadgita and Nectar of Devotion classes. During Covid  time also we had online classes which made our spiritual progress day by day better. We also joied Bhakti Sastri Classes.

We are very fortunate to listen to your online Lectures  through Zoom, Facebook and You Tube. During covid  and also in critical health conditions you never stopped online preaching Gurudev. It really gave us a big boost and inspiration. Recently we received mails from you through JPS Care  Team. We are very very happy to read your mails Dear Gurudev. Also we  see messages etc., in JPS Mobile App  , Telegram and facebook. Thank you so much for showering your mercy upon us  for our spiritual growth as well as all humanity.

During  Online Initiation You showered  blessings upon us  Gurudev. Also you blessed  us  ” you follow the 4 principles and chant 16 rounds I will take you to  Krishna”. Thank You so much for your love and affection on theses fallen souls Dear Spritual Father.

Ratnagrabha Nandarani DD had your Darshan and  blessings in Chennai and  in  Puri in previous  years. This year we both came along with ISKCON Vijayawada Devotees, Karthika Yatra, to Mayapur and had your Darshan and blessings.

We are following the 4 Principles with minimum 16 rounds of chanting Dear Spiritual father.  Also we pray for your health and doing extra rounds of Japam.(Syama Sundara Acyuta Das 4 Rounds and Ratna Garbha Nanda Rani 6 Rounds). We are reading and listening Bhagvadgita and Srimad Bhagavatham Classes through local authorities.

We  are also  listening  your online classes now and then which are very very useful in our spiritual life Gurudev. With your mercy we are  also engaged in Temple Services –Kitchen Services,Serving Prasadam, Online Services, Donation Collection, Book distribution etc., in small way.  Ratnagarbha Nanda rani is cooking weekly one time Bhoga  in Sri Sri  Jagannath Mandir. Syama Sundar Acyuta Das is taking online Mangal Aarati and Japam Class weekly once. Thank you so much for  showering your blessings   and giving us opportunities in devotional services for our spiritual growth. Whenever we have difficulties in any thing we pray you Gurudev and it gives a lot of solace for us and we come out of that situation. Please bless us with enough strength,ability  and courage to do the devotional services entrusted to us  without  interruption.

We Pray Sri Sri Radha Shyama Sundar, Sri Sri Jagannath Baladeva and Subhdra Mayi, and Sri Sri Narasimha Bhagavan to protect you with good health so that your mercy on fallen souls continues forever. Your virtual home visits, With your  mercy,inspiration and Guidance only we are progressing our spiritual path Gurdev.

Please bless my daughter  Smt. Jayasudha , son-in-law  Vidya Sekhar Naidu and grand daughter Thanuja  to come to Krishna Consciousness.

Please bless us Dear Guru Maharaj so that we do not commit any offence at the feet of all disciples and  Vaishnavas. 

All Glories to Your Holiness

All Glories  to  HDG Srila Prabhupad and Guru Parampara,

All Glories to Sri Guru and Gaurāṅga,

Your Loving Spiritual Son,

Syama Sundara Acyuta Dāsa

Your  Loving Spiritual Daughter,

Ratnagrabha Nanda Rani Devi Dasi

Dear Guru Maharaj, 

Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my most humble obeisance at the dust of your lotus feet.

I fall flat on the ground and beg for the strength to always engage in your service through which alone I can become a devotee. I have relocated from Chennai to Greater Noida. Your mercy has fallen on this unworthy disciple. The Greater Noida Temple residents have been very grateful and have asked me to help in the Kitchen services for the Sunday Feast Program and Worship Services for Śrī Śrī Gaura Natrāja Dayal Nitāi every Saturday evenings. Thank you so much for your compassion. I pray for your good health and seek your mercy.

Your Servant's Servant
Śyāma Vraja Kumāra Dāsa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeiscences.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Gaurāṅga!!

You are the only way to get rid of material miseries through your lectures.

When we see you all the miseries that are coming into our lives are eradicated immediately.

In this Kali yuga when we hear your vāṇī through daily evening classes, it uplifts us into spiritual consciousness.

The transcendental bliss of seeing your lotus feet, may we always constantly meditate on your lotus feet to progress in our spiritual life.

Praying for your health and increased association to all devotees.

Your servant

Śyāmasundara Śrīnīvās Dāsa

Hare Krishna Mahārāj,

Please accept my most humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet.

I had the great fortune to have your darshan many times during your visit to ISKCON Kolkata. During Ratha Yatra 2019, you were given your close association in the small room for the question-answer session. I had asked one question there, "what is more important, chanting or service?". While answering you triggered me with a question, "why are you separating chanting and service? Chanting is your first service!" This answer really blew my mind! I could realize my insincerity towards the Holy name and how cheaply I have taken the most benevolent gift of this age! 
Mahārāj, even after your warning and instruction, I could barely increase my taste in chanting and making it my first priority. My over obsession with post, prestige, and material comforts has covered my spiritual knowledge which I have received from my Śikṣā Gurūs and devotees. 
Whenever I hear your dedication to the instructions of your spiritual master, I repent and try to realize your mood, although I have hardly developed such surrender. On this auspicious occasion of your appearance day, I just want to pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Govinda to keep you with us for time immemorial. And I pray to you to shower your causeless mercy and eject your mood of service and surrender.


Your insignificant servant,
Tamoghna
India (Kolkata)

nama oṁ vishnu-padaya Kṛṣṇa-preshthaya bhu-tale

śrīmate Jayapatākā-svamin iti namine

nama acaraya padaya nitāi Kripa Pradayine

gaurakatha dhamadaya nagar grama tarine

My Dear Spiritual Father

Please accept my humble & respectful obeisance’s at the dust of your merciful lotus feet, on this auspicious occasion of your appearance day.

I have absolutely no qualification to glorify you my dear Gurudeva, as your glories are endless. You are the source of my all-spiritual energy.

There were never any time where you have not thought of executing Śrīla Prabhupāda mission and order. It is extremely unimaginable for a neophyte like me, the level of love and respect you have for Śrīla Prabhupāda. Despite of so many health complication, you always keep on executing Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu’s mission, which definitely proves that you are only living for delivering fallen conditioned souls like me. All glories to you Śrīla Gurudeva. You are teaching by your own example to all of us that how to become strong under difficult situation. Last month, despite of so many painful surgery, bitter medicine you always thought of all our progress in Bhakti. You have the three world’s largest broad compassionate heart, my dear Gurudeva.

Śrīla Gurudeva, you have made this world holy and fortunate just by your presence. You are Śrīla Prabhupāda’s army commander chief. Hence to say.

পতিত উদ্ধারিতে মোর গুরুদেব করেন বিশ্ব ভ্ৰমণ

জগৎবাসীকে বেলায় শ্রী চৈতন্য চন্দ্রের চরণ।

হরিনামের প্রচার, মন্দিরের বিকাশ আর গ্রন্থ বিতরণ

সকলকে অনুপ্রাণিত করে শ্রীল গুরুমহারাজের বিনম্র আচরণ।।

I am eternally very grateful to you for blessing me with Harinaam initiation.

Presently, I am engaged in preaching, book distribution and other Saṅkīrtana activities. By your blessing, in 2021 book marathon I was able to distribute one Bhāgavatam set and 221 Bhagavad-gītā. On this auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, my humble prayer unto you, that; you please continue to give your blessings and causeless mercy so that I can assist you and dear Śrīla Prabhupāda in some small ways in bringing people closer to Kṛṣṇa and distribute more books.

While practicing devotional service, there are many obstacles I face, which sometimes seems non conquerable, but your causeless mercy is my only hope. Gurudeva you know very well that at every step of my devotional life I do so many mistakes, I have so many flaws but still you are mercifully teaching me, allows me to do service; and never belittle me.

I pray to their Lordship, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Narasiṁhadeva, Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva Bhagavān and dear Śrīla Prabhupāda that they give their extremely special blessings to you.

Your’s Lowly Servant

Tapta kāñcana Gaurachandra Dāsa (Dīkṣā)

Māyāpur, India

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

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Please accept my respectful obeisance’s unto your Lotus Feet on the auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa Pūjā.

All glories to your Divine Grace.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I am not qualified to glorify you, but still I will try my best, to write a few words of your glorification for my own purification.

You are very dedicated to your spiritual master, Śrīla Prabhupāda and that can be seen from the way you are trying to reach out and preach to foolish disciples like me.

Gurudeva, you are an ocean of mercy! You are giving classes on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam and Caitanya līlā, and also the question-and-answer sessions to keep your disciples connected to you. You are taking so many austerities only for delivering fallen souls like us.

I am grateful to you for keeping me engaged in Devotional Service for which I am indebted to you, but I haven’t done anything significant so far, in the last so many years of my spiritual life.

Unfortunately, both myself and my wife and your spiritual daughter HG Saraṇāgathī Gopīkā DD were caught up in Covid and your spiritual daughter left her body, but I was saved, but it left behind in me, some difficult symptoms, the results of which I am still going through. Now My body is becoming weak and my intelligence is also reducing, my memory is going down. I am fully dependent on your mercy for progress of my spiritual life, in this long spiritual journey. I am trying to do whatever Service possible with all the limitations I am going through.

On this most auspicious day, I beg forgiveness at your lotus feet for all my offences, that I may have committed knowingly or unknowingly at your lotus feet.

My sincere prayers, that let me be an instrument even as a small particle of dust at your lotus feet, and assist you, in whatever way possible. Please let me a have a drop of that taste of satisfying you, as you are having, to please your Spiritual master.

I chant extra four rounds and recite Narasiṁha Kavaca prayers three times every day, for your well-being apart from four rounds of Circumambulating Tulasī Mahārāṇī four times, whenever I am able to go to the temple.

I sincerely pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and Āṣṭa Sakhī and the Pañca- Tattva and my beloved Spiritual Grand Father Śrīla Prabhupāda to Bless You with good health and give You a speedy recovery from the physical illness you are undergoing.

Your Insignificant servant,

ISKCON Śrī Śrī Jagannnatha Mandira, Seshadripuram.

Bangalore.

Tīrtha Caitanya Dāsa.

All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

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

Respected Gurumahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.

People search for Absolute truth. People search for God.

You are distributing Love of Godhead, by which everyone will be satisfied unlimitedly.

You are giving the highest wealth to me. I have never sincerely served you.

On this auspicious occasion of your appearance day, I remember one shloka from Śrīmad Bhāgavatam.

janasya kṛṣṇād vimukhasya daivād

adharma-śīlasya suduḥkhitasya

anugrahāyeha caranti nūnaṁ

bhūtāni bhavyāni janārdanasya

O my lord, great philanthropic souls travel on the earth on behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead to show compassion to the fallen souls, who are averse to the sense of subordination to the Lord. SB 3.5.3

I am shameful not to be grateful for your compassion. Please forgive my disobedience. Please i beg you to pull me out from the illusionary life so that I can serve your instructions sincerely.

Your insignificant son

Tirthanga Nitai dasa.

শ্রী শ্রী গুরু গৌরাঙ্গ জয়তঁঃ

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে ।

শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীন্ ইতি নামিনে ।।

নমো আচার্যপাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে ।

গৌরকথা ধামদায় নগর গ্রাম তারিনে ।।

হে আমার পরমারাধ্য গুরুদেব কৃপা করে আমার সশ্রদ্ধ ভক্তিপূর্ণ প্রণাম গ্রহন করবেন ।

গুরুমহারাজ আজ আপনার ৭৩ তম শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথী । এই শুভ দিনে আপনি শ্রীমন নিত্যানন্দ প্রভুর কৃপার অবতার রূপে অবতীর্ন হয়েছেন এই ধরাধামে ।যার দরুন আমার মতন পাপী নরাধম আপনার চরণ ছায়ায় থাকার সুযোগ পেয়েছি।

গুরুমহারাজ আমি আপনার অধ্ম সন্তান । । আমার কোন যোগ্যতা নেই আপনার মতো আধ্যাত্মিক পিতার সন্তান হবার । কিন্তু আপনি করুনা করে সেই যোগ্যতা আমাকে প্রদান করেছেন । গুরুমহারাজ আপনার রাতুল চরনে আমার প্রার্থনা আমাকে কখনো আপনার সেবা আশির্বাদ থেকে বঞ্চিত করবেন না । আপনার সেবা আশির্বাদ ব্যতিত আমার জীবন মৃত প্রায় হয়ে যাবে ।

গুরুদেব , এই শুভ মঙ্গলময় দিনে আমি আপনার শ্রী চরন কমলে আমার হৃদয়ের আন্তঃস্থল থেকে এই প্রার্থনা জানাই যেন , আমি আমার জীবনের অন্তিম সময় পর্যন্ত শ্রীল পভুপাদের এই দিব্য আন্দোলনে আপনার সেবাতে যুক্ত থাকতে পাড়ি । আপনার কৃপার হোক আমার লক্ষ বস্তু ।

কৃপা করি করো মোরে পদ ধূলি সম ।

তোমার সেবক করো তোমার সেবন ।।

এই শুধু আমার প্রার্থনা আপনার চরনে গুরুদেব ।

আপনার আধ্যাত্মিক কন্যা

তৃপ্তিময়ী জাহ্নবী দেবী দাসী

(JPS Care office)

Guru Mahārāja, at first take my humble respect. I have not any quality to writing any letter or wishing to you. But I know you are so kind like as Nityānanda and Mahāprabhu. So, you forgive me.

I want shelter to your lotus feet. Kindly take me as your servant. My life will be hopeless without the mercy of your lotus feet and Śrīla Prabhupāda. Please bless me. I want to be your servant and a Prabhupāda solider.

May Kṛṣṇa long live you.

Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda ki jaya!

Jya Śrīla Jaypatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja ki jaya!

Your most fallen servant,

Tushar Roy Sajeeb (aspiring disciple)

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Namah oṁ vishnu paday Kṛṣṇa preshthhay Bhutale Śrīmate Jaya pataka Swami iit namine, Namo charya Paday Nitāi kripa pradayane, Gaur kathā Dham Daya Nagar gram tarini

My respected spiritual father Śrī Jayapatākā Swami,

Greetings and prayers on your 73rd Appearance day!

Please accept my most humble obeisance’s in your lotus feet. Today is a very auspicious day of your divine appearance in the life of a disciple. Today is the day When a disciple opens his/her heart and with a great feeling sings the glory of the spiritual master, But a fool like me neither has words nor possesses any feelings in the heart, so how can I glorify your holiness?

I have never met you in person but overwhelmed by Just seeing you, according to your instructions, I am chanting 16 rounds of 'hare Kṛṣṇa’ māhā-mantra and also following four rules of Vaiṣṇavas.

Couldn't even see you for the last two years, despite the lock-down, you are constantly promoting your health. You have also done programs online. Like the program of Q&A, story of peace, your consciousness, etc. we are listening to the visionary voice even after such situation.

May your blessings stay with us forever and you continue to shower mercy upon us.

Your disciple,

Udāra Śacī Devī Dāsī

My life was full of darkness
Is needing a ray of hope
You are the one who opened my eyes
My life was empty whole

You are my eternal spiritual Father
Saves me from many danger

As being your spiritual daughter
Can’t give anything in return

Have done many mistakes even
After taking your shelter

You always try me to rectify the mistakes
By your daily instructions

But me a fallen soul doesn’t even
Realize my mistakes

Because of me you have to suffer
Taking my responsibility as whole

I want to ask you please forgive give me
And accept me as your spiritual daughter

From small I have seen my Father and Mother serving you as their spiritual father. From them I develop the connection for you.

But still can’t understand the value of your When I see you the first time in front of me.

Time goes and one day because of your blessings I got back my spiritual Identity.

And understand your position in my life

I want to dedicate my whole life to you

Want to fulfil your desire but every time I fall

‘o’ Gurumahārāja

Please bless me with Śrīla Prabhupāda blessings, Gaura Nitāi blessings.

Please bless this fallen soul.

Your Shelter disciple,

Urmila Namasudra (aspiring disciple)

From Meghalaya

Hare Krishna most respected Guru Maharaj, 

            Please accept my respectful and humble obeisances. All glories  to Srila Prabhupada, all glories to your esteemed self.

           I wish to express my deep gratitude for your care and concern for us,your disciples.I attend your classes regularly on Facebook and listen to your lectures on Kathamrita Radio, and it is always a wonder to me how you retain your enthusiasm despite so many bodily discomforts. What an example you set us, dear Guru Maharaj, in your unwavering dedication to the promises you made to your spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada! Please bless us to have the same determination and dedication in serving you.

           I was going through a stressful period two years ago with some health issues. If I  came through it unscathed,  it is totally due to your mercy. I saw with wonder how you extended your mercy to me still further by engaging me in the Tamil translation service of your JayapatakaSwami app. Reading about your daily activities brought us very much closer to you. The love and affection your devotees expressed for you during your online darsana and the temple visits on Saturdays made us realize what a great fortune you had bestowed on us by accepting us as your disciples 

               Again  it is entirely  through your mercy that we were able to serve your assistants during your recent stay in Chennai, and also serve you through laundry seva. It was a blissful and vibrant time for us - we were  a little anxious about your health condition   but that was also mitigated.

             By your mercy, I am involved in translating the slides of the bhakti vriksha class for hearing impaired persons into Tamil. I am also part of an endeavor to record Bhagvadgita As It Is fot sight impaired persons. I am fortunate to be able to continue the school preaching program,  which had been stopped due to Covid.

          I thank you again and again for your kindness to me, Guru  Maharaj. I beg for your blessings to be able to peach and distribute books and please you in every way, and thus please Krishna and Srila Prabhupada 

                       Your insignificant spiritual daughter, 

                      Uttama Damayanti Devi Dasi 

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja!!!

Please accept my humble blessings.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!

Guru Mahārāja! You have helped me a lot in my spiritual life. I am really indebted to you forgiving me Dīkṣā as am not at all eligible to become your disciple, somehow with your blessings I am helping others by conducting Bhagavad gītā classes in English and Telugu. And some of them took Sīkṣā for 1 round recently. They all supported me in book distribution by giving donations. Kindly bless them Guru Mahārāja!

Also please bless me as I am the most fallen soul and help me in getting rid of all my negative qualities. Only your blessings can help me to progress in spiritual life. Please Guru Mahārāja, I know you are so merciful that you will never leave my hand but help me too to hold your lotus feet tightly so that I can serve you and the Lord in the way you want.

Daṇḍavat Pranam Guru Mahārāja!!

Thank you very much for all your help and support!!

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Your insignificant servant,

Uttama Vasudhā devī dāsī

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and to Your lotus feet.

etad eva hi sac-chiṣyaiḥ

kartavyaṁ guru niṣkṛtam

yad vai viśuddha bhāvena

sarvārthātmārpaṇam gurau

This indeed is the duty of all true disciples: to repay the debt to their spiritual master by offering him, with pure hearts, their wealth and even their very lives. (Sāndīpani Muni to Sudāma & Kṛṣṇa: SB 10.80.41)

Guru Mahārāja, you sacrificed all your wealth and offered your very life to Śrīla Prabhupāda thus setting an example to others as to how a disciple should be. Even recently when you had to be taken to Chennai for treatment, your priority was preaching to hospital staff and make them chant somehow or the other fulfilling the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda to preach unlimitedly.

Guru Mahārāja, in my own limited way I’m trying to preach online to a few congregations based in India and abroad. I am very keen to establish a preaching centre in the Eastern suburbs of Mumbai where there is a good scope for spreading Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Guru mahārāja, I seek your blessings for the same.

With your blessings started Śrīla Prabhupāda Disciples Care Program but so far it has been on a very low profile. Currently one of your God brothers is under the scheme. Another God sister of yours based in Māyāpur was helped under the scheme. One more God brother has approached for assistance. But coming year would like to spread the wings and assist as many as possible. All these are possible only by your mercy. I hope this activity will please your holiness.

Guru Mahārāja, I can feel your purity whenever I see you in person or on online. At that time I feel very small before you. Also feel guilty that I am not doing enough for you. Please forgive me Guru Mahārāja for not coming upto your expectations and being a disappointment. I will surely try to rise up and do my best to please you. But this also is possible only by Guru’s mercy.

I beg your mercy Oh Guru Mahārāja to remain in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and do the preaching activities sincerely and establish a nice preaching centre in Eastern suburbs of Mumbai.

My sincere prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda and to Guru Paramparā to give you a long healthy life full of bliss and spiritual happiness.

Your eternal servant,

Vaikuṇṭhapati dāsa

Lokamātā Lakṣmī dd
 

Dearest Gurudeva!

Please accept our respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All Glories to your divine Grace!

 

gurudev!
kṛpā-bindu diyā, koro' ei dāse,
tṛṇāpekhā ati hīna
sakala sahane, bala diyā koro',
nija-māne spṛhā-hīna

 

 Gurudeva, 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. Let me be as you are, without desires or aspirations.

 

Dear Srila Prabhupada Victory flag!!

You are our only hope! Every moment you are an inspiration for every single soul, whom you get to come across. Even the most recent trip of your’s like Dubai and US you have inspired many of the new Bhakti vrksha contacts there.

 

 As you always say, “anand da sima nai” – No limit for transcendental happiness. Same way I see there is no limit for Your mercy causeless mercy. Your care through online during the tough time of pandemic has attracted many new souls around the world. Even our son Dhruva – 4+ year old. He gets so thrilled as he watches you online. After seeing you online for last 2+ years, He is so excited to see you at Mayapur for this 73rd Vyasa puja. We are overwhelmed with your causeless mercy and feeling more and more indebtedness to you, dear Gurudeva. I don’t think we would be ever able to repay our debt to you.

 

 

Our only wish and prayer is, may we be of some use in your preaching service and connect many souls in service of Yours for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada and the Parampara. Please bless us Gurudeva, that we overcome our anartha’s and be fixed in your services, if it so pleases you! Our son Dhruva may he develop all Vaishnava qualities and he preach to many new souls by leading as a sincere Vaishnava devotee of the Lord and Guru. We desire to be fixed in Your divine grace preaching services, at every second, minute, hour, days and years to come.

 

Thank you for showering your mercy upon us!

Your useless children,

Vaishnavananda Nitai Das,

Soundarya Radhika Devi Dasi,

Bhakta Dhruva

Dear Guru Maharaj,


 Please accept my respectful obeisances.


 All glories to Srila Prabhupada. 
 On the occasion of 73rd Vyasa Puja, prayers to their Lordship for your health and seeking blessings from you that I may always remain engaged in service of your holiness & Srila Prabhupada. 


 On this special day, I am setting focus on ‘preaching’ as a priority for myself as a humble service at your and Srila Prabhupada’s lotus feet. I can only be but an instrument and can do nothing without your mercy & blessings.


 The more I am getting to know you the more I become astonished. I am sure that like for me, you are a role model for many and when it comes to what specific aspect you want to imbibe the list just goes on & on.


 You are a reservoir of mercy, trying to deliver whoever, wherever and whenever you meet. You never discriminate giving out of mercy based on caste, creed, wealth or position. On the way to a meeting, in hospital, during consultation with doctor, at airport, in flight… not one opportunity is left unutilized. Thinking and acting of giving out Krishna Consciousness 24 by 7, even the clock must be wondering about its purpose to distinguish time of the day. It’s like your prime and only objective is welfare of all.


 You are an example of preaching by example, a living embodiment of exclusive surrender. Intense desire of service to Srila Prabhupada & Krishna is what drives you and you direct everything you have, even the last remaining bit of energy in service. At the same time you don’t demand anything from your disciple asking them to at least just maintain their initiation vows. 


 Your heart and thoughts are magnanimous engaging each and every soul in service to Srila Prabhupada and Lord Krishna in some way of the other. Completely disregarding any faults you focus on whatever enthusiasm and eagerness the individual has thus making them feel cared for and expertly motivating them to do more. You know how to connect and interact making the person comfortable and cared for. It’s astounding how you remember names of all with whom you interact. 

 Aspiring to follow in your foot steps in service to Srila Prabhupada. 


Your insignificant servant,
Vamsidhara Visala Das

My most worshipable Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances at your divine loving lotus feet.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

On the occasion of your holy appearance day, I am seeking your blessings.

Guru Mahārāja, you are a loving son of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda and your divine līlās are very exemplary and inspiring for the whole world. You are a practical example of the 3rd verse of Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam. Your compassion and true love are the actual assets or gift for a conditioned soul like me. Your causeless mercy is the only hope to get out of this conditioned stage.

Today, I am trying to meditate upon some attractive qualities of you, the significance of devotee care and to feel non-envious to one and all. While thinking upon devotee care at first I remember how you care for all your disciples and followers in very possible ways. For example: despite all your health issues, you try to be present for Caitanya classes and meeting with devotees. This is how you value each and every conditioned soul. I was thinking how I must look forward to having your association with respect and gratitude. Secondly, the quality of non-enviousness is very natural for you. This is the most essential quality of a person bhāgavata. I must aspire to follow in your footsteps.

Guru Mahārāja, you are very much loving and caring for all of us and today I pray to you that if you so desire please bestow your grace to this conditioned soul. So, someday I can aspire to follow in your foot-steps.

Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for giving me the opportunity to remember your divine qualities for my own purification of heart.

Your aspiring servant.

Vanamālī Govinda dāsa.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All Glories to your auspicious appearance day.

All Glories to you!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

I started chanting and following regulative principles in June 2021. I was begging Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda to give me a spiritual master who can help me to serve Kṛṣṇa. Later, you showered your mercy and held my hand.

You always listen to my prayers and answer me via lectures. You hear my unsaid problems. I don’t deserve your mercy. I am a sinful and insignificant person, but you are so compassionate. You already know it, but I still want to share that you came in my dream and told me “Absolute truth of life is Kṛṣṇa”.

Please bless me so that I can take your divine shelter and serve you, Śrīla Prabhupāda and Gaur-Nitāi. Please bless me and make me a Vaishnavi which you and Prabhupāda would want me to be. Your instructions will always be the motive of my life. I am entangled in this material life. Please free me from this cage of Māyā and give me kṛṣṇa-prema.

Your determination to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda and Mahāprabhu is an inspiration. You are most merciful. Please make me an eternal servant at your lotus feet. Begging for your mercy and blessings. Thank you so much for everything. Please forgive my mistakes. I am not capable enough to glorify you.

Your Aspiring disciple,

Vanshika (aspiring disciple)

Pubjabi Bagn, New Delhi

My dear gurumahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at the lotus feet of your divine grace. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

On the most auspicious occasion of the Vyāsa Pūjā of your divine grace, I want to express my gratitude for all the blessings in my life which is enabling me to practice devotional service nicely. I want to express my gratitude to Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda for all the mercy showered upon this fallen soul by bestowing upon this fallen soul the status of a spiritual daughter of Gurudeva.

Gurudeva, your divine grace have been very merciful and thus enabling me to practice devotional service nicely and to recognise the dangers and miseries of the material world and take shelter of your divine lotus feet which is the source of all strength in my life.

Gurudeva, I am very grateful to your divine grace for all guidance, prayers and love and care which is enabling me to do all services nicely and which is the only hope and shelter in my endeavours to go back to Godhead.

On this most auspicious and glorious occasion, I would like to submit my humble prayers at the dust of the Lotus feet of your divine grace that I may be able to serve the Lotus feet of your divine grace eternally, this life and ever after. Kindly be merciful and take this fallen soul back to Godhead.

Our prayers are there always to Lord Kṛṣṇa that He may keep your divine grace in our midst so that millions can benefit in this dark age of kali and go back to Godhead.

Please accept my respectful obeisances at the dust of the Lotus feet of your divine grace.

Servant of your divine grace,

Varadāyinī Rohiṇī Devī dāsī. (Dīkṣā)

Kochi, Kerala.

Dear Guru Maharaja, 

Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and his followers. All glories to Your Divine Grace and the Vaishnavas. 

More than twenty years back, Your Divine Grace ordered me to follow Prabhupada's instructions as found "in his books". I was a bit surprised at this expression and so queried you about its significance. You then said that actually whatever Prabhupada had wanted to convey to the world are best presented by him in his books and therefore the standard of Krsna consciousness found in Prabhupada's books is generally higher than the standard set out by him outside of his books. You also mentioned that at least a few of your disciples must come up to those standards, "brahminical standards", you said. If those who teach scriptures and worship the Deities are as bad as others, their advice and preaching will have very little or no effect, you noted. 

This was a new concept to me, but I realized that in fact, in general, Prabhupada is much stricter in his books than (for instance) in his dealings with his disciples. Anyone doubting this can just open up The Nectar of Instruction and read through Prabhupada's purports to see for himself. 

Gradually, by pondering over your instruction, I came to the conclusion that I must not just become a Prabhupadanuga -- I must become a Prabhupada-granthanuga, "a follower of the sacred writings of Prabhupada", which will automatically ensure that I will naturally come up to the standards of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, Srila Gaurakisora dasa Babaji Maharaja, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and their predecessor authorities. 

For about three years, you have expressed in an ever louder voice that you wanted your disciples and in fact all of ISKCON to systematically study Prabhupada's books through Bhakti-sastri, Bhakti-vaibhava, Bhakti-vedanta and Bhakti-sarvabhauma levels of education.

My contribution to this effort will be: (1) to teach in these levels to my best ability, (2) to help other practicing devotees study through these levels, (3) to help those interested in teaching become spiritually and intellectually equipped to teach in these levels, and (4) to ensure that there are systems and facilities in place within ISKCON where such education is given free of charge to devotees of a brahminical aptitude.

I have a special interest in the last objective that I have noted above, for in Vedic civilization, four items are given free of charge: food, healthcare, justice and education. Even now in places of traditional Vedic education, training in scriptural knowledge is given free to selected candidates. 

Those who have the courage to function as genuine brahmanas in Krsna consciousness can come up to the standards of Krsna consciousnessness as set forth in Prabhupada's books and teach Prabhupada's books for free. With this in mind, I have presented information about Catuspathis to the Ministry of Education, and it has been warmly received. 

Another way to get this going: Students of Bhakti-sastri or higher levels can be sponsored, you say. This would also a very noble endeavor on the part of the sponsor. 

The more we, your disciples, study Prabhupada's books, understand his standards and take up the austerity of coming up to them, the more we will be equipped to spread Krsna consciousness to the suffering humanity at large. This is the need of the hour, and I will certainly do my very best to become fully equipped, both practically and in terms of spiritual purity, to carry out this service to Prabhupada's movement as envisioned by Your Divine Grace. 

And as per your orders, I beg to remain always

Your servant in the service of Prabhupada and his followers,
Vidvan Gauranga dasa

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja.
Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
All glories unto you Guru Mahārāja on your auspicious appearance day!

Neither have I understood your true mercy, and even if I understand a drop of your glory through your dear most disciples, then I do not find any words befitting enough to glorify you Guru Mahārāja.

But by your mercy and the blessings of His Grace Vijay Venugopal Prabhu and Her Grace Prema Padmini mātājī; and His Grace Prasannātma Balarāma prabhu and Her Grace Purnanandini Mādhavī mātājī and all the glorious Vaiṣṇavas, I am sure that even a fallen soul like me, can do devotional service that would spread the glory of Śrīman Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His senāpati bhakta Śrīla Prabhupāda and the glorious sacrifice of his ever glorious disciples. Hence, I am attempting to glorify you Guru Mahārāja.

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."

I am indebted to you Guru Mahārāja for accepting me as your spiritual daughter. Though I had the desire to take shelter under you for the past 7 years, there had been a lot of insecurities and blockages from my end. But you had always been merciful to this fallen soul.

Pure devotees of the Lord are more powerful than the waters of the sacred river Ganges. One can derive spiritual benefit out of prolonged use of the Ganges waters. But one can be sanctified at once by the mercy of a pure devotee of the Lord. (- Śrīmad-bhāgavatam 1.1.15 purport)

I couldn't perceive the glory of receiving the mercy and association of a pure devotee, but I practically saw that in my life in the past two years. After receiving your blessings and mercy in 2019 when you visited Bangalore, life had been so different. Though It was really testing materially, I could see spiritually it was very purifying and elevating!

By your mercy, I could understand the aparādha I committed in my dealings with Vaiṣṇavas and many other souls. I could understand how I had created many conditioning for myself lifetimes after lifetimes and the amount of karma that I have gathered is beyond imagination. By your causeless mercy, I could see that this material world is full of suffering and how souls like me have entangled ourselves in the material complexities due to unlimited desires to satisfy the senses. But as Kṛṣṇa forced Bhima in the battlefield of Kurukshetra to surrender Infront of the Nārāyaṇa astra; you drag and save us conditioned souls from the material ocean with your causeless mercy and love and put us under the shelter of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu.

I do not remember doing any service sincerely to please you Guru Mahārāja or any Vaiṣṇavas, but you have shown so much care and protection for my weak devotional creeper. During my tough times, I remember feeling hopeless and sincerely chanting your pranam mantra; (Though I was not initiated, but) you reciprocated to my prayers and had sent help within a few days through your dear most senior disciples through their guidance and care. I have no words to express the glory of your pastimes and the wonders that you create in our lives by bringing us closer and closer to Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu!

In the past one year, by your mercy, I could chant the holy names much better and sincerely hear and read Bhāgavatam and Bhagavad Gītā. Through many people and at different times and by various means, many of my past anarthas were revealed to me, and you gave me the strength to undergo intense purification. By your mercy and the blessings of the Vaiṣṇavas I could then see a glance of the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu on the fallen souls of this Kali Yuga. He has made everything very simple that just by crying and calling out GAURĀṄGA, GAURĀṄGA GAURĀṄGA GAURĀṄGA!, we get a taste for chanting the holy names of Kṛṣṇa!. How is it even possible! How can a word (as it seems to be eternally) be so powerful to cleanse the immense dirt accumulated in the heart from many lifetimes?!! Kṛṣṇa is His holy name! The glory of Śrīman Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu's holy names are limitless. One need not undergo any intense austerities for purification, but just chant His holy name. Which other incarnation is more merciful than HIM!!.. If I understand even a drop of His mercy, and the causeless mercy of His dearmost associates and servants; I consider this human life of mine to be successful.

You have been merciful not just to me, but to my family too. My parents being non-devotees, I was worried how they would respond about me getting initiated. But I saw absolutely no obstacles and by your mercy, they watched the entire initiation online. My father was very happy to hear my new name and he kept saying it a few times. And when I returned home after initiation, he welcomed me by calling my initiated name. Your mercy and miracles are beyond words Guru Mahārāja!.

You have taken so much of our karma to deliver fallen souls like me. Yet you only show the happiness and joy that you experience in Gaurāṅga Consciousness. Within a few days after accepting me as your spiritual daughter and initiating me, your health deteriorated and had to undergo so much by taking our karma. I only pray at your lotus feet to always keep me under your shelter and give me the strength to always engage me in your service through all the tough and thin times, without any ulterior motive; and only for the pleasure of Guru and Gaurāṅga.

Thank You so much Guru Mahārāja for not giving up on me and guiding this crippled soul at each and every step with lots of love, care and patience in my journey to attain the supreme goal! I do not know how I can serve to please you. I beg and pray at your lotus feet to bless and shower your mercy on my parents Mahesh and Rani; my sister Veena, Piyush prabhu and myself so that we can make this human life successful in this very life time, and serve as many souls as possible on their journey to attain the shelter of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and go back home back to Godhead. I really want to do pure devotional service Guru Mahārāja, but I don't even know what service is.

Guru Mahārāja, If you so desire, I have a humble request, to please bless myself and Piyush prabhu to come together and engage us in your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Sevas that I render by the Vaiṣṇavas mercy:

Online Preaching

1) Bhakti-vṛkṣa - Nupur mātaji, Anjali mātaji (her father, Rāma Kṛṣṇa Reddy, left his body last month), Śiva Nārāyaṇa prabhu and Citrā mataji. Kindly request you to bless these devotees so that they can quickly progress and overcome the obstacles in their Kṛṣṇa Conscious life.

2) Children's class: Vyom, Vedhika, Sreenidhi, Sravya, Reyansh, Anagha.

3) Youth class: started an online class with college students, but the number of students interested are very less. Please bless Guru Mahārāja so that I could do a nice preaching.

(Requesting your blessings for all the above preaching activities so that more and more souls come and take shelter at the lotus feet of Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi)

I am currently doing Bhakti śāstri. Chanting 16 rounds (and few extra rounds Narasiṁha Kavachā, whenever possible for your good health so that you can travel again and preach) and following 4 regulative principles. Reading Śrīmad-bhāgavatam 5th canto.

Guru Mahārāja, requesting special blessings and mercy for wellbeing and spiritual progress of Himāni mātājī, Mahalakshmi mātājī, new born baby boy of Ambika mātājī, and for initiation of Kalyani mātājī (Goa) from HH Rādhānatha Swami Mahārāja.

Please bless this fallen soul so that I can engage in serving you and the Guru paramparā and all the Vaiṣṇavas by preaching extensively.

gurudeva!
kṛpā-bindu diyā, koro' ei dāse, tṛṇāpekhā ati hīna
sakala-sahane, bolo diyā koro nija māne spṛhā-hīna

Gurudeva, 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. Let me be as you are, without desires or aspirations.

Children's class annual day celebration of Sanskrit club (2021-22): https://youtu.be/0gpUFS4yuOs

Janmashtami 2021 drama by children: https://youtu.be/gNb43k2Woqk

Aspiring to be your sincere servant,

Vidya Svarupīnī Rādhikā devī dāsī

(I love this name Guru Mahārāja! Thank you so much.)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept our humble obeisance. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. This year was year of pandemic by your blessing we had opportunity to participate in online programs.

The gaura kathā which you were giving was very inspiring and at all your health challenges you take the austerity to inspire the fallen souls to take up the Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Your dedication to Śrīla Prabhupāda is very much reveled when planned all the disciples to get initiated should have Bhakti-śāstrī which is giving us to read more and more Śrīla Prabhupāda books. His divine grace has shown his compassion and mercy in his books we understand Śrīla Prabhupāda books are essence of our lives which is giving us an opportunity to relish the nectar of spiritual love to the fallen souls.

We really understand Gurudeva is karunāvatara helping each and every moment his disciples to progress in the right path by educating the disciples to follow the regulative principles and sadhana bhakti every day which is helping us to go nearer to the Lord ships.

Your senior disciples are helping us to progress spiritually by community building. Your empowerment of disciples is very nice and heart whelming and your concern on your disciples to advance is very imperative when you say please take second initiation even at your health challenges.

We understand even in pandemic situation you want travel and preach which is very inspiring your love of Gaurāṅga is very deep.

We are very much pleased by you mercy and association which is helping us to carrying with the Kṛṣṇa consciousness family.

Please bless us to be in the association of devotees and serve you and Gaurāṅga Mahā Prabhu eternally.

Your Insignificant Servants,

Vijay Gaura Kṛṣṇa Dāsa (New Rajapur Jagannātha Dhāma Bangalore)

Daīvī prakṛti Devī Dāsī

Nama Oṁ Vishnu padaya Kṛṣṇa presthaya bhutale
Śrīmate Jayapatākā swamin iti namine,
Nama Acharya padaya Nitāi kripa pradayine
Gaura kathā dhāma daya nagara grama tarine
Hare Kṛṣṇa koti koti Daṇḍavat praṇāmas Guru Mahārāja. I have realized that your presence is the cause of saving the bhakta samaj of ISKCON, and keeping devotees inspired and preaching mission going full speed. In 2008, when you were recuperating in Mumbai from the stroke, there was a massive terrorist attack. Simply by the dint of your holy presence, not even one devotee there was anyway hurt during terror attack. Likewise, somehow, even during the recent pandemic your continuous online association has saved the countless spiritual lives on this planet. Your full faith in Śrīla Prabhupāda 's words, his mission and his vision has encouraged thousands of souls like me to keep serving so that your mercy can reach far and wide, especially through Bhaktivṛkṣa preaching. Despite all external health issues you are unstoppable in giving your mercy through internet platforms like Facebook etc. May we keep getting your continuous grace by Lord Gaurāṅga 's mercy for many many decades to come.
Please let me be the servant at your lotus feet forever.
Your servant
Vijay Parthasarthi Das
(Dīkṣā disciple, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, UP)



My dear spiritual father,

Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to Your Divine Grace!

The last one year, especially the last couple of months, have given us great anxiety about our beloved Gurudeva.

So many new health challenges arising one after the other has been very difficult for me to see.

But when I see that you are resolutely fighting each challenge and doubling down on your mission to please our spiritual grandfather Śrīla Prabhupāda, I am struck with wonder. I see that you just become more and more determined not to reduce your focus, and to stretch your body beyond all limits. The whole Guru Mahārāja Healthy team is meditating all the time on how to keep up with your desires. In this way you engage your disciples in pleasing guru and Gaurāṅga.

It is very clear to me now that all that matters for the rest of my life is to expend my efforts to pleasing you. This is what I am trying.

Firstly - to purify myself by everyday hearing / reading the discourses given by you and Śrīla Prabhupāda. The spiritual purity and power I experience is like a powerful cleanser of my mind and touches my heart.

Secondly - to improve my japa quality a little every day, by eliminating every thought which enters my mind, as fast as it comes. It is rather like baling out water from a leaky boat, but this is what I must do every day of my life.

Thirdly - do as much as I can to help other devotees to remember guru and Kṛṣṇa. I have to do this while simultaneously doing housework, managing my finances, managing my farm, managing my restaurant, and serving my family. It takes every ounce of my energy and patience.

Without your mercy it is not possible for me to do this.

Please bless me with more capability. Please bless my sons Pradeep and Ananth to get more involved with our Kṛṣṇa conscious life and become your initiated disciples. Please bless them to be able to take over the running of the Farm and the Restaurant, start making profits, and earn a good living from them, and donate substantially for your projects.

Please bless Prema Padminī with good health and good fortune to serve you more and more.

Please bless me with more and more opportunities to serve you unrestrictedly.

Your fallen spiritual son,

Vijaya Veṇugopāla dāsa
Koramangala, Bangalore, India

Hare Krishna  My beloved  spiritual father

Please accept  my most respectful  obeisances  on your lotus feet

All glories  to shrila Prabhupada. 

Thanku my loving  spiritual  father to give me chance to send homage. You are the ocean of mercy, I have no single quality  to write   its done only by the your mercy..

Gurudev you are the very dedicated to  Srila  Prabhupada. Please give me your blessings  so that I can also serve you and built strong  relationship. 

My dearest  spiritual  father You are the victory  flag of ISKCON and always  shower your selfless love on us. Please  protect  Me from maya Devi and her test, it can only possible  by your blessings. 

Thanku for accepting  me as your disciple.

Gauranga Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu love you so much.Please bless me on this auspicious  day so that I can develop faith and dependency toward lord.

Without  your mercy I can not able to serve, to develop feeling with you and Sri Sri Nitai Gaur Sunder ji. 

I am very dumb Please  never reject me and please  forgive  my offences.

Your's Spiritual  Daughter 

Vilasini Vrindavani Devi Dasi 

Dwarka, New Delhi 

Nama oṁ Vishnu-padaya Kṛṣṇa presthaya bhutale
Śrīmathe Jayapatākā swamin iti naamine
Nama ācārya Padaya Nitāi krupa pradayine
Goura kathā dhamadaya Nagara grama taarine.
Jaya Śrī Kṛṣṇa Citanya prabhu Nityānanda Śrī Advaita Gadadara Śrī Vasadi Goura Bhakta vrunda.
Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma
Rāma Rāma Hare Hare.

Respected Guru Mahārāja,
Hare Kṛṣṇa. Please accept my humble obeisances unto your Lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

On this auspicious day of your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā, I sincerely pray to Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva and Śrī Śrī Narasiṁha Deva Bhakta Prahlāda Mahārāja for your complete and speedy recovery from all health problems and for the long duration of life. Your appearance day is most glorious, because in this day only, you had mercifully descended from the spiritual world under the order of Śrī Kṛṣṇa to reclaim the fallen conditioned souls like me. I am very very grateful to Your Divine Grace for saving me from the dangerous materialistic life.
As a Great disciple of His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedānta swamy Śrīla Prabhupāda you are full filling the mission of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu by following the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Your determination and dedication in devotional service to Kṛṣṇa and Gaura-Nitāi is very inspirable to all of us. Particularly your devotion in different situations like health problems like even not cooperating of your body also doing devotion enthusiastically. My dear spiritual master you are the benediction to all of us which is Kṛṣṇa gave us to practice devotion and perfection of our life's in this life. By hearing your classes I am getting the taste on the Holiname.
In Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta it is said, “ lava-mātra sādhu-saṅge sarva-siddhi haya – Simply by associating with a pure devotee even for a moment, one will attain all types of perfection”. Guru Mahārāja, You are that type of pure devotee and I am fully convinced that by hearing your Vāṇī and following your instructions strictly, one will make spiritual advancement very fast. Thank you Guru Mahārāja.
Begging for Your mercy always,

Your insignificant Disciple,

Vinoda Venkateśa dāsa
ISKCON Hyderabad (India)

Dear Guru Maharaja please accepts my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada. All glories to you on this auspicious day of your Vyasapuja.
The time of year has come when we have to write a Vyasa Pooja Offering. The
words and sentences just stop. How difficult it becomes to put the thought into words?
“Caksu – dana dila yei, janme janme prabhu sei”, you are my master, birth after birth. Still I
am unable to glorify you. Each and every moment of your life, you teach us by example. You
never lose a single moment to glorify your spiritual master A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada.Anytime anyone credits you with the wonderful service you are doing, you
attribute it to Srila Prabhupada mercy. Guru Maharaja, you have made all arrangement not
only for your disciples but for humanity at large through your many innovative ways of
getting your association through your lectures, live internet broadcast, and activity report. In
every activity of yours, you never fail to strengthen our commitment and conviction to Srila
Prabhupada and his ISKCON. In very exemplary way you teach us the mood of becoming an
eternal disciple by displaying your unconditional pure love for Srila Prabhupada. Please Guru
Maharaja, instil in our heart a drop of that mood of servitor ship for your divine grace as you
have for Srila Prabhupada. Since, we have initiated we have been tried to follow your
instruction to the best extend. I have completely depended on your mercy on this. By your
mercy only we can perform devotional service without any difficulties and can be success
also. Your most valuable guidance has given us courage and enthusiasm to manage our
spiritual life. Your blessing and encouragement has given us great strength to render
devotional service and to serves the mission of Sri Caitanaya Maha Prabhu by spreading the
holy name and message of the Supreme Lord. Please accept my heartily gratitude by
accepting and guiding us taking us through the path of divine knowledge (Krishna
Consciousness).
Last but not least, your health is very important for our tender spiritual life. We
beg the mercy of Their Lordship Sri Sri Radha Madhav, Sri Sri Radha Shyam Sunder and Sri
Sri Panch Tatva to keep you in the best health for preaching Krishna Consciousness all over
the world- Apratihata. For now, I pray at your divine lotus feet to always have your shelter
despite my entire shortfall.
Thank you for everything for accepting me as your “Spiritual son”. I look forward to
serve you more and more. Please bless me so that I can follow your instructions and become
worthy servant for yours.

Yours insignificant spiritual son,
Vipinvihari Acyuta Das

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to you on your most auspicious Vyāsa-pūjā. I have no qualification to glorify you but it is only by your mercy-potency I am attempting this.

I always use to wonder where we would have been if you would have not inspired us all for practicing Kṛṣṇa Consciousness which the soul is seeking since time immemorial, you had causelessly given your blessings to this most fallen soul and engaged him in practicing and preaching the topmost cult of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Despite your ill health, you set another level of benchmark for following your sadhana and preaching and thus inspiring us all to push ourselves more.

Śrīla Gurudeva, my heart always cries out in the thought of not progressing in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, not preaching Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, maybe I’m not aware of the actual reasons or couldn’t realize my mistakes, therefore like a lost child I’m crying out at your lotus feet to uproot all the hurdles and forgive my offenses.

Always praying and begging you to keep me under the shelter of your divine lotus feet and engage me to preach more and serve you more birth after birth, despite all my imperfections.

Your most fallen and unworthy aspiring servant

Vipul (aspiring disciple)

Indore, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisance at your lotus feet.

All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga!!!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

All glories to Pañchatattva!!!

All glories to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava Aṣṭa Sakhīs!!!

All glories to Śrī Ugra Narasiṁha and Prahlāda Mahārāja!!!

All glories to Rājāpur Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā mai!!!

Guru Mahārāja,

Your daily zoom darśana, giving lectures on the new book Lord Caitanya līlāmṛta are very wonderful.

You are a right example as a disciple of His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda as well as ācārya in practicing devotional services and following instructions of His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda are appreciable as true and pure devotee of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. You are performing all these services and your sādhana even at very adverse health conditions. You have strong determination to fulfil Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions and make him satisfied with his disciples sincerity and commitment to serve Guru without any expectations. This is anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ, the Pure state of devotees.

I pray and beg Śrī Rādhā Madhava to shower Their cause less mercy upon you to continue to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda with the same spirit and good health.

I beg you to give me your blessings to serve you and Śrīla Prabhupāda mission until my last day. since last three years I had very tough time due to my wife’s health conditions (Ananta Mañjarī devī dāsī - She suffered a lot with cancer and left this world on 19th July’2021). Now I want to serve villagers with Kṛṣṇa consciousness to make them devotees of Kṛṣṇa. Please bless me to serve without any obstacles.

Your humble servant,

Vīra Govinda dāsa
(Kharghar-Navi Mumbai)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances onto your divine lotus feet on this auspicious day of your Vyāsa Pūjā

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to you Guru Mahārāja

Guru mahārāja, this is my first Vyāsa Pūjā offering as your disciple and also my first Vyāsa Pūjā offering. This most fallen soul got initiated from you by your divine mercy on 9th January 2022. I'm so grateful to you for choosing this fallen soul as your disciple.

Guru Mahārāja, You are giving classes and darshans daily, this despite many physical impediments. We have even seen you lying down on your hospital bed and giving darshan. During the Navadwīpa maṇḍala parikramā 2022, you just came out although you looked very tired, so that we could get your darshan before you leave to dāmodardeśa. Who can be more merciful than you. We are very grateful to Śrīla Prabhupāda for making you a member of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu's army and giving you to us.

By seeing you Guru mahārāja, your dedication to Śrīla Prabhupāda, to Lord Caitanya's movement and your endless efforts in guiding many fallen souls through JPS E-care, I become enlightened. I'm then reminded of my real duty of serving you and Śrīla Prabhupāda. My only hope is your lotus feet. Kindly bless me so that I could help you to my fullest extent in fulfilling the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru mahārāja, for your pleasure we (ISKCON youth forum, SNGM, Bangalore) had distributed 614 Śrīla Prabhupāda transcendental books (382 Bhagavad-gītā 's & 232 small books) during the December month book marathon 2021. Most of the book distribution happened on the road during traffic signals. We remember your instruction for Bangalore, to make Bangalore the first Kṛṣṇa conscious city of the world. Please bless IYF Bangalore so that we could be of some help in fulfilling this instruction of yours.

Please forgive me for my many offences. Kindly bless me to overcome them.

Seeking your blessing on this auspicious day so that I could help you in fulfilling Śrīla Prabhupāda instructions.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for this opportunity.

Your most insignificant servant,

Visvavijaya Nimāi Dāsa

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

Hare Krishna Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. 

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. 

All glories to Your Divine Grace on this auspicious day of Your Vyāsa-pūjā.

One more year Your Divine Grace have blessed us, people of this material world, with Your divine association.  Although You are a person of spiritual realm still it’s Your causeless mercy that you are loving us and caring us and encouraging us to go back home back to Godhead. You, by Your divine will, showed Your kind mercy on all of us, otherwise we don’t have any inclination to think about Kṛṣṇa or do any devotional service. We are Just interested in sense gratification, envying others, hating others, full of selfishness. 

It is not at all possible for us to chant the Holy names. Why Lord in his most merciful form of Holy names will vibrate on our tongue, what qualification do I have? It is not at all possible. It is possible only and only by the prayers, blessings and mercy of Spiritual master that I am producing this sound vibration through my mouth which is always speaking nonsense.

The great fortune of being a part of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement and able to see such exalted devotees, hear from them is a causeless mercy which is coming through Lord Caitanya, Guru Paramparā and finally through Your Divine Grace. And Causeless mercy doesn’t have any cause, it is purely the heartfelt desires of great vaiṣṇavas Like Your Divine Grace who always thinks about the welfare of the fallen souls. Causeless mercy cannot be demanded. It is not my birth right, it’s a privilege, it’s a blessing which I don’t deserve but still getting. How can I repay such gift?

I don’t have even intelligence to understand my good fortune. I Just do chanting as a ritual, go to temple, read books etc., just because You are always encouraging us to do so and shows by Your own example. 

Your Stone like determination to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda is beyond my conception of service. I am limited with my bodily boundaries, capabilities, and situations. But Your Service attitude has no such limitations. You are unstoppable under any circumstances and I am so fortunate to observe these divine pastimes of Your Divine Grace. Just seeing You, hearing You makes me purified and increases my faith in Lord Krishna and Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Movement. 

You are Conscious of Kṛṣṇa at every step of walk, every spoon of food, every blink of Your eyes. I feel like just observing You and Your activities every second because these activities are essence of all shastra, essence of all teachings and culmination of all spiritual understandings. 

I feel and I know for sure that any spiritual progress, Understanding or even going back home back to Godhead will be possible only and only because You desire so for all of us. There is no other possibility. There can’t be any other reason.

Finally, I pray to Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, supremely merciful Pañca-tattva, Jagatguru Śrīla Prabhupāda to bestow Your Divine Grace with Good health, Long Life and all strength so that We all can see Your Divine Grace again walking like a Lion amongst the Jackal like misinterpreted, unauthorized spiritual leaders and performing Your extended pastimes of Caitanya Lila and creating good fortune for all of us.

Thank you for being there always and when We need you. Thank you for always answering questions and clearing my doubts. Thank you for everything You gave us . I look forward to serve Your Divine Grace more and more and more. 

Please bless me so that I can chant with proper concentration and prayerful mood, can read and study Śrīla Prabhupāda books, can understand the real essence and principle of devotional service, can do some value addition to this glorious movement, follow your instructions, able to please Your divine Grace and become a worthy servant of Yours.

Your Fortunate Sīkṣā Disciple

Vraja Kṛṣṇa Dāsa, Śrī dhāma Māyāpur.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept my humble Obesiences!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to your Divine Grace!!

I am very fortunate to have received eternal shelter at your lotus feet. I saw your dedication towards Śrīla Prabhupāda and His Mission on 10th March 2022, when I saw that Your Divine Grace's body was ill and I could see that Your Divine Grace were not able to open your eyes and also Your head was bowed down due to bodily illness but still when the donors of TOVP came Your Divine Grace opened your eyes, blessed them, gave them medals and then again closed your eyes and bowed your head down due to bodily illness. I was very touched by that incident. It proves that the pain that a sādhaka like me takes in preaching is highly insignificant in front of the pain which Your Divine Grace is bearing for the mission of Prabhupāda. Your Divine Grace is really the heart of whole of Māyāpur.

I being a nitya baddha jīva is certain to commit many offenses knowingly or unknowingly. Therefore I beg forgiveness for all my offenses and also for any improper use of words. I do daily 8 rounds of Tulasī parikramā for you Gurudeva. Kindly bless me that I can be a good disciple of your and also that I can serve His Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Your Divine Grace, ISKCON and All the Vaiṣṇavas of the universe.

Yours unwanted servant

Vrajapati Mādhava dāsa

IYF Māyāpur

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa my Dearest Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet.

Wishing you a very happy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā day celebrations. All glories to you on this most victorious day to celebrate your auspicious appearance in this world. I am trying to write something to express my gratitude towards you. But I am feeling there are no sufficient words to express my gratitude as you have done so much for me Gurudeva. Still I am trying to write as per my ability, kindly accept it at your lotus feet.

In the life of a disciple, what can be a sweeter day than the appearance of his beloved spiritual master. Today is the day I open my heart with a great feeling and sing the glories of my spiritual master in a loud voice.

Guru Mahārāja, once you said, in material life one has to have a spiritual master, because by the guidance of a guru he or she can understand the glories of Kṛṣṇa and reach Him. I still remember that speech, what you have spoken on my initiation day. Guru Mahārāja you said, They are many Brahmāṇḍas in these universe, out of 100 crores people, only one person can get the chance to take initiation from a bona fide spiritual master in this Kali Yuga - you all are getting a chance to go back to godhead. Guru Mahārāja at the end of the lecture, You loudly said “I will take all of you back to Kṛṣṇa”. You have made me very fortunate by accepting me as your disciple and showering your mercy in this lifetime. Else I would be just wandering in this Brahmāṇḍa for millions of lifetimes with no spiritual goal. We can see how merciful you are to a fallen soul like me.

Guru Mahārāja, It’s almost a year since I have taken initiation from you, But I am simply struggling to follow your instructions in my life to become serious and sincere in my spiritual life. A fool like me, always busy with my own self, doesn’t even try to realize what kind of troubles my spiritual father is going through to protect me. Guru Mahārāja you are so compassionate and kind with everyone, just like Lord Nityānanda, you don’t discriminate to whom to give your mercy. We are so fortunate to live under your protection. Please bless us Gurudeva so that I can have an intense desire to read and hear Caitanya līlā, Bhāgavatam and Bhagavad-gītā.

Guru Mahārāja, once I heard from my sīkṣā-guru, on Vyāsa-pūjā day, the guru will be more merciful, he fulfils the wishes of his disciple. I personally experienced that incident in my life. On last year Vyāsa-pūjā day, I prayed for you that I want some service to serve you. In next few days, I got a call from my beloved god sister Bhāgyavatī Subhadrā Mātājī, she said there is one service, you have to translate the Guru Mahārāja messages from English to Telugu. By hearing this news, I felt very happy. But I have no idea about this service Guru Mahārāja. My other god sister Sumukhi Hariṇī Mātājī, she is the head of Telugu translation team, she helped me a lot in doing this service. May 4th 2021, I’ll never forget in my life Guru Mahārāja. The day I started your app service, on the same day our dear most His Grace Paṅkajāṅghri Prabhu left this material world, went back to Goloka dhāma. But you are always there for everyone Gurudeva, you gave so much strength to Jananivāsa Prabhu, you stood beside him in this most sorrowful situation.

Guru Mahārāja, from the last 2 months, I am feeling very depressed and unable to focus on my devotional services. I have so many questions in my mind. I was thinking deeply, how to solve my problem. In this situation, I have no other hope other than you Gurudeva. Whenever I have any doubt, you are always there to help me and direct me in the right way. March 1st 2022, You gave me your darśana in my dream. Guru Mahārāja in that dream, you were so young, it was in the year 1978, all the devotees are around you, the question-and-answer session has been going for the last 3 hours. I sat down at your divine lotus feet; I am seeing your Lotus face. Guru Mahārāja you opened your diary and started asking me a question. I was shocked, I have no ideas about that question. Finally, I saw that answer from your dairy, and answered “eyes”. Gurudeva, you came a little closer to me and you said that “See the situations through eyes”. Even now I do not understand what you have said to me. But my situations have started changing in a positive way. We cannot understand your mercy Gurudeva, you simply change our lives with your divine glance.

Gurudeva, you are planning to bring many more apps to be in touch with your disciples every moment like JPS care, Vaiṣṇava Marriage Bureau for girls, to find perfect devotee life partner, you encourage us to send questions through emails. On every Ekādaśī, we are getting your special mercy through Newsletter, it’s really a feast to my ears. This shows how much you love and take care of your devotees. Gurudeva you are always absorbed in Gaura-kathā and how wonderfully you show us the solution to every single thing in our lives. Giving us confidence that Nitāi Gaurāṅga are the most merciful personalities, telling us that Māyāpur Dhāma is our home and telling us you have to bring more people to home. Simple amazing Gurudeva!

After Caitanya-līlā class, you dedicated yourself to meet every single devotee by visiting different countries in the world through Zoom. Gurudeva, all south India devotees eagerly wait for Tuesday class, so we can make different food preparations for you. I remember one incident, Gurudeva, On Pānihāṭi day, I prepared ciḍā-dadhi-prasāda with so much love, by seeing my offering you said “fruits ciḍā-dadhi” that made me smile. Your love for your devotees is invaluable Gurudeva.

Guru Mahārāja, by your causeless mercy, I am rendering services at ISKCON Vijayawada. This year we got a new Jagannātha Mandir in the centre of the city. By your blessings me, my mother (Ratirūpa Mitravṛnda devī dāsī) and my father (Gurunātha Kṛṣṇa dāsa) are your disciples. We got a chance to cook Raj-bhoga for Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā once a week. Last year ISKCON Vijayawada Mātājīs started Gopal fun school for children Guru Mahārāja. I am one of the teachers. We want your mercy, so we can continue this service without any obstacles, and we may please Lordships with our services so that I can carry on my services to you and Śrīla Prabhupāda eternally. This year we celebrated Śrī Śrī Rādhā Śyāmasundara 20th anniversary very grandly.

This year, at the Rādhā Mādhava golden jubilee festival, His Grace Jananivāsa Prabhu and His Holiness Lokanātha Mahārāja offered you a Golden medal for your wonderful valuable service from the last 50 years in ISKCON. These make us know how deeply you dedicated your life and soul to your spiritual master following his instructions throughout your life. Gurudeva words are less, Your glories are endless. Śrīla Prabhupāda’s vision became your heart, you never give up the service, which is dear to you, preaching the fallen souls who are stuck in the dark well of ignorance.

Guru Mahārāja it’s really encouraging to see your enthusiasm and eagerness to give classes on zoom, even in a bad health condition. But at the same time, it’s painful to see you undergoing so many health issues and it’s all because you are taking our bad karmas. Please bless us so that we should be careful at every step of life and do everything keeping Kṛṣṇa in the centre.

Guru Mahārāja, you know well what a big rascal I am, my mind is filled with material desires. I request you please take the charge of my mind and never allow these desires to be fructified and replace them with spiritual desires. Always keep showering your blessings on our family and bless my sister Dedeepya and brother-in-law Kaushik to always remember Kṛṣṇa and never forget Kṛṣṇa, also we could be able to become instruments in helping you to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness. It’s been 2 years Guru Mahārāja, we have not taken your direct darśana and association. We beg your blessings Gurudeva so we can take your direct association and visit holy dhāmas this year.

We would like to pray for Lord Narasiṁhadeva to protect and bless you so that you recover from your current health condition and gain good health to serve and fulfil Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. Guru Mahārāja please bless us so that we chant our rounds offenselessly and continue to relish the taste for chanting and help to bring eagerness for chanting. You always guided, motivated and helped us to progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. You sacrificed everything to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda and Kṛṣṇa. We Love you lots Gurudeva with all our hearts. Thank you is a very small word for what you gave us but thank you so much for everything Guru Mahārāja.

All Glories to Your Holiness!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Guru-paramparā!

All Glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

Your loving spiritual family,

Yamunā Priyā Gopīka Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Gurunātha Kṛṣṇa Dāsa
Rati Rūpa Mitravinda Devī Dāsī
Dedeepya
Kaushik
Vijayawada

My dear spiritual father Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful prostrated obeisance’s at Your Divine Grace’s lotus feet on

your Centennial Vyāsa-pūjā celebration! Unfortunate I am making trying to increase fortune by singing glories of your holiness.

Make this unfortunate a great fortunate one by gracing your divine shelter. Suffering in this material world without any shelter is deliberately waiting for your shelter, other than which there is no other hope.

O Lord and my master, I repeatedly failed in my ways to enjoy and find no means of shelter other than your lotus feet. Not able to follow the divine lotus like words waiting for your divine shelter from above. Scriptures glorifies your qualities which even attract Kṛṣṇa, how can this unfortunate one can really understand in full, but I hope for your mercy to reveal from within.

If I make your instructions as my life and soul, then that day will become my success of life, May that day be mine (guru-sevāya bastu mile jīvana sārthaka jadi hoy). Give me your drop of mercy so that I can become humbler than blade of grass and give me all strength to bear all troubles and trials and make me devoid of all desires of personal honor.

Lacking faith in holy name is begging for your drop of faith which you have on holy name. If by your grace if you bestow the mercy, then I will be able to pay respects to all living entities then I will be able to chant holy names in proper way. Obtaining by your mercy I will consider myself blessed by your grace. If your give mercy then I will be able to follow the Nectar like instructions, make me your own servant then I will be freed from desire of personal honor.

If you examine me, you find me devoid of spiritual qualities, but it is your compassion which can surely help this fallen soul to grace your divine grace on this fallen. Finding no other means my hearting is burning with fire of material desires, like a desert scorched by sun. Save this fallen by mace in your hand.

Hoping for your divine mercy with aspiration of service.

Your Insignificant Servant aspiring for shelter,

Yogānanda (aspiring disciple)

Kanpur, India

Malaysia

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All Glories to Your Divine Grace!

It is said that a disciple is eternally indebted to the spiritual master. A debt that cannot be paid back. In my small way, I am trying to repay my debt to you by engaging in devotional service.

This year I want to express my gratitude to Your Divine Grace. I am so grateful and fortunate to have you as my eternal spiritual father! What would I do or where will I be without Your Divine Grace?? Just drowning in māyā in this material world. Your presence this last 2 years over social media is the torch that you are shining on all your disciples and devotees in general during this pandemic.

We lack physical association with devotees and your presence on Zoom has eased that pain and is something I daily look forward to.

Your Divine Grace has opened a window for me and others to have a glimpse into the eternal pastimes of Lord Caitanya. What mercy you are giving us by this Caitanya-līlā classes. And it is also such a blessing to be a part of your book distribution via your virtual book table. How fortunate to witness your ecstasies of book distribution when the scores are read out daily.

Guru Mahārāja you are truly amazing in your challenged physical condition but that is not a limitation for you. Here are some of your amazing qualities...

You are unstoppable

Devotees and your servants struggle to keep pace with you

You are the epitome of patience and tolerance

You want to deliver as many souls as possible

You are totally dedicated to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission

You are always encouraging and inspiring all of us!

Now in your fragile health you are going to US to be with the devotees there!

On this auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I fall at your lotus feet that you will bless me to be strong in my spiritual life and that I can help you to serve in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. Please forgive for my countless offences at your lotus feet. I pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to always protect you.

Your spiritual daughter,

Kṛpātīta Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Malaysia (Penang Island)

I offer my respectful obeisances to my beloved spiritual father, His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Śrīla 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-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa. On this sacred day of your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā, I am offering you my respectful homage.

Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, you live your life by the principle: guru-mukha-padma-vākya, cittete koriyā aikya, ār nā koriho mane āśā, nothing else but executing the orders of Śrīla Prabhupāda to your heart and soul, every second of your life. By exhibiting the 26 wonderful qualities of a Vaiṣṇava, you are setting standards for all of us especially your disciples to learn and follow. You told us to be equally respectful to your God-brothers as how we are respectful to you, you always emphasized that we should treat all Vaiṣṇavas with respect, to be grateful to our elders and you never had criticized any Vaiṣṇavas, but simply encourage them to do their best in any services or talent that they possess. Being in such senior role within the movement as one of the first eleven initiating gurus, you always took the humble position, despite so many leaderships position that you hold and responsibilities that Śrīla Prabhupāda has given to you, you have been always very tolerant, determined in your dealings and do whatever it takes to fulfil the orders of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Most importantly, Śrīla Guru Mahārāja is a life example of “NEVER give up”.

Śrīla Prabhupāda quotes SB 11.20.17 in his SB 4.23.28 (purport):

“When one wants to cross a large ocean, he requires a strong boat. It is said that this human form of life is a good boat by which one can cross the ocean of nescience. In the human form of life one can obtain the guidance of a good navigator, the spiritual master. One also gets a favorable wind by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, and that wind is the instructions of Kṛṣṇa. The human body is the boat, the instructions of Lord Kṛṣṇa are the favorable winds, and the spiritual master is the navigator. The spiritual master knows well how to adjust the sails to catch the winds favorably and steer the boat to It’s destination. If, however, one does not take advantage of this opportunity, one wastes the human form of life. Wasting time and life in this way is the same as committing suicide.”

I am very grateful to you Śrīla Guru Mahārāja for being the navigator of my life. I am nothing but a foot soldier in this movement, but by your mercy, I was given the opportunity to make some contribution in establishing the book distribution programs in Malaysia that was organized by the BBT, the service that pleases Śrīla Prabhupāda the most. To think of what has happened, it is miraculous. I am also trying my best to help with the cow protection program in Malaysia as Śrīla Prabhupāda very much wanted to establish farm communities. As I was reading the purports of Śrīmad-bhāgavatam and your Gaurāṅga book, a realization that I have is, as a lady disciple the requirements are simple in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the priority is to always have Lord Kṛṣṇa in the center of our activities, to follow the orders of the spiritual master and look after my sadhana, to do preaching in accordance to my capacity and to not be involved in the management and neglect the family responsibilities, which is not in accordance to our nature and encourages a lady to develop male qualities. So, I try my best to be part of any services that I am able to do, especially distributing books on the streets as how Śrīla Prabhupāda has taught us to do, in different places around Kuala Lumpur City.

For the pleasure of Lord Caitanya, Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, I like to offer my book distribution scores for the year 2021, on this very auspicious day of your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā:

19 sets of Śrīmad-bhāgavatam

11 sets of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta

251 Mahā Big Books

11 Big Books

78 Medium Books

154 Small books

I seek for your blessings to always serve you in whichever way that pleases you the most. It’s my sincere prayer to my personal Deities, Girirāja Mahārāja Śilas, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Śyāmasundara, to have your guidance always, for your health and many many more years of your physical presence and association with all of us.

All glories to Śrīla Guru Mahārāja!

Your spiritual daughter,

Mālinī Prīti Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Please accept our humble obeisances. All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All Glories to Your Lotus Feet.

On behalf of JPS HEALTH and WALKING ABILITY Tampin Malaysia we are not qualified to glorify Guru Mahārāja as we are cannot fathom the unlimited Mercy of Guru Mahārāja activities. Even in Gurudeva's health condition still Guru Mahārāja finds ways to engage us in service. One such service is chanting, Nṛsiṁha Kavacam tulasī PARIKRAMĀ. Since not qualified we are presenting our insignificant service for your pleasure from (Mar 21-Feb22)

Chanting 119,137 rounds

Nṛsiṁha Kavacam 1,621

Tulsī PARIKRAMĀ 24,123

The more we engage in Guru Mahārāja service the 31-36 devotees/ well-wishers our Sadhana increased many folds. We have become more serious in our devotional service due to Guru Mahārāja giving us all types of Sevā to bring us closer to Guru and Gaurāṅga. We are deeply indebted to Guru Mahārāja

On behalf of the group

Your servant

Rohini Nandan Das

(Coordinator)

Nepal

Namah om Vishnu padaya Krsna prestaya bhutale Srimate Jayapataka Swamin iti namine.
Namah Acaryapadaya Nitai kripa Padayeni Gaura Katha dhamadaya nagar gram tarine.

Namah om Vishnu padaya Krsna prestaya bhutale srimate Bhaktivedanta swamin iti namine 
Namas te Sarasvate deve Gaura vani pracarine nirvisesa Sunnyavadi pascatya desa tarine

Hare Krishna dear GuruMaharaj,  
Please accept our respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet. 
All glories to Srila Prabhupada. 

Happy 73rd Vyas Puja celebration dear GuruMaharaj. We would pray to Their Lordships for your good health. 

Dear GuruMaharaj, the year gone by had been a difficult one but with your blessings and mercy many things got on their place and we had the opportunity to have your personal Darshan and blessings in Mayapur.

Last year on December, few devotees from our Bhakti vriksha along with many other devotees came to Mayapur for the initiation ceremony. Some of them are looking forward to start their own new bhakti vrikshas and we are encouraging others to take the service as well. They have been important role in starting a local preaching centre Lalitpur city in 2017 under the guidance of HG Rama Hari Prabhu. 
We started with 2 Bhakti Vrikshas then and this year it would be 8 Bhakti Vrikshas. These developments are only with Your blessings and mercy, GuruMaharaj. Devotees are being empowered by your mercy and we desperately need your mercy and blessings to move forward. We seek your blessings that the servant leaders are empowered in such a way that they can empower their BV members and start their own new BVs. There are many sincere BV members and certain numbers are uneducated. Few of the BV servant leaders  can only read, by Your blessing GuruMaharaj, have moved forward to start new BVs. Please shower your mercy upon all of us so that we can move forward in a proper mood and service attitude and bring many more souls in the service of Srila Prabhupada, dear GuruMaharaj. 

We are working in the expansion of bhakti vriksha in Nepal headed by HG Visvajit Vrajesh prabhu. We would like to expand BVs all over Nepal, where most of the BVs are only in Kathmandu Valley. There are 12 Servant leaders working on it. Please shower your blessings upon all these servant leaders that all of us can coordinate and move forward with a proper mood of service to please Srila Prabhupada. We are targeting for 108 BVs in next two years in Nepal. We seek your blessings so that we can meet our target by 2024.

The preaching centre is also growing. Many goals are allocated as well. Preaching centre committee members are also working together to meet the goals.  Please shower your blessings upon a the committee members as well that we can move forward and guide devotees of the centre to reach our goals with proper mood to Please Srila Prabhupada, dear GuruMaharaj. May the long term goals manifest soon as well so that devotees can be part of the goal dear GuruMaharaj. 

There are many services which are added and will add on top of all the services. And there has been some difficulty for me personally that I could not gear up and move forward like before with my sadhana since last year. I desperately need your blessings so that I can use my tiny brain to work properly in the service and time management to work on my sadhana and services, Dear GuruMaharaj. 

May we always be engaged in the service of Lord through the mission of Srila Prabhupada in association of devotees with your blessings, dear GuruMaharaj. 

Thank you dear GuruMaharaj!


Trying to serve, 

Your servants,  

Bāl Nimai Das
Sunayana VisnuPriya Devi Dasi
Modadrum Gaura Maharjan

 


  

Singapore

Dear Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept my humble obeisances!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to you!

Happy Vyāsa Pūjā dear Gurudeva!

Every Vyāsa Pūjā gives all your disciples a golden opportunity to thank you for being in their lives as a connector to our dear Śrīla Prabhupāda! Thank you Gurudeva!

You are always an inspiration for me as your life is a living example of how one must preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness to others against all odds! I cannot claim to be doing so because I am grappling with my own struggles! But if there is one thing that I do, it is to stay connected to Śrīla Prabhupāda by reading his books daily! The more I read the more I realise, by the mercy of Śrīla Prabhupāda, how fortunate we are to have Śrī Kṛṣṇa in our lives as our Saviour! This fortune has to be shared with those around us and beyond!

Guru Mahārāja! Please bless me that I too can try to please you, Śrīla Prabhupāda and thereby Śrī Kṛṣṇa by chanting and singing the holy names and book distribution to the best of my ability!

Always praying for your good health!

Your grateful disciple

Suvilāsī Mādhavī dd

Singapore

Sri Lanka

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

All Glories to Śrī Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Pandemic restrictions imposed by the Government for the safety of human lives made me all home - bound, drastically reduced my family’s wants and anxieties, in truth, this is a 3rd year continuation due to Omicron virus attack.

The continuous home-bound gave me ample time to think of my real priorities, then doing some kind of mechanical chanting while allowing thoughts wandering and then bringing it back to sense was a kind of daily attempt every day as a housewife. As the pandemic situation got worse month after month, I gradually rescheduled time slots to do my fixed rounds of chanting, especially attentively by your mercy,

I am maintaining planting ‘flowers - bearing plants’ in order to offer daily to Kṛṣṇa. My attempt has become successful, almost to my expectations all by your mercy and the constant thought upon Lord Kṛṣṇa while attending the plants in the mornings. Now I do my seven rounds of chanting in the morning prior to attending the garden work daily. Prior to my morning chant, daily I read a few pages of Kṛṣṇa Book and I have now completed.

I have lots of tulasī plants at the main gate entrance for offering, almost like a tulasī garden enclosure, despite no rain. Recently, I specially planted two ‘Pārijāta’ trees for Kṛṣṇa and Satyabhāmā’s pleasure, now they have started to bear very few flowers too. I pluck roses for Kṛṣṇa daily from my home-garden. My garden for offering flowers to Kṛṣṇa gives me a lot of enthusiasm and pleasure in serving Kṛṣṇa. I request your blessings for me to continue this service to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Gaurāṅga.

In addition to flowers for Kṛṣṇa, had home grown vegetables to cook for the pleasure of Rādhārāṇī. Some of them grew well, cooked for months from freshly plucked vegetables and when offered to Kṛṣṇa gave more enthusiasm, but could not maintain due to lack of rain.

After my garden work, I start my cooking for the Lord and the day moves with rest of my chanting, all by your mercy Dear Guru Mahārāja.

I was very pleased and blessed to Thank you for accepting our garden grown mango fruit offerings from our Colombo home and gave your Blessings when you made an island –wide visit through ‘Zoom’. After accepting our offering last year, this year the mangoes yield has more than doubled, could not believe my eyes.

This is my humble tribute to remind us of our debt to You, Dear Guru Mahārāja,

May Lord Narasiṁhadeva protect your health to continue Your service,

May Lord Gaurāṅga give You all the spiritual strength.

We pray to the Lord on this auspicious occasion of Your Vyāsa-pūjā, all glories, all glories, all glories unto You,

Your eternal servant,

Dhanya Rādhikā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

Śrī Laṅka (Colombo)

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

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All Glories to your auspicious appearance day Guru Mahārāja,

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

What I am seeing at present is, we are living in a world of severe discomfort. The world, just at the verge of coming out from Covid fear, to keep in pace, the next attack affecting the world population is caused by a war on Ukraine. Answers to all our discomfort lies only in your Guru, Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instruction “Chant and be Happy” only mantra to relieve all our day-to-day anxieties.

By your mercy, you embraced me and my family into the Family of ISKCON, during the period I was working in Dubai. During that period the real meaning and it’s benefits of the Mantra has not touched the bottom of my heart. As the time goes, and I grow older, (I am 73 years old now) I understand the benefits of your mercy to accept me as one of your disciples.

When this world is now under fire due to cumulative Karmic reactions, only ‘Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra’ and the teachings of ISKCON can relieve us to the next stage of our long unending journey. Your mercy assisted me to understand the full meaning of every human birth’s ‘unending journey’ and also learnt the ‘ultimate end of human birth’s unending journey’ and oneself preparation to attain the ultimate end.

During the last December Book Marathon, by your mercy, I managed to donate two Kṛṣṇa Books and two Bhagavad-gītā Books, to four families mainly to keep them in the thought of Kṛṣṇa (without they getting deviated into other religion) and taught them the benefits of following Ekādaśī-vratā - this is in Śrī Laṅka, also getting the update of their progress, to me all this happened by your mercy.

In my last offering, I mentioned writing down ‘Narasiṁha Kavaca’ for śāstric pronunciation and fluent chanting, at present all by your mercy, I could chant fluently now.

This is our humble tribute to remind us of our debt to You, Dear Guru Mahārāja,

May Lord Narasiṁhadeva protect your health to continue Your service,

May Lord Gaurāṅga give You the spiritual strength.

We pray to the Lord on this auspicious occasion of Your Vyāsa-pūjā, all glories, all glories, all glories unto You,

Your eternal servants,

Jagad-guru Kṛṣṇa Dāsa (dīkṣā)

Dhanya Rādhikā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

Śrī Laṅka (Colombo)

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
chakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most humble obeisances unto your divine LOTUS FEET. On this blessed event of Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, all glories to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and all glories to saṅkīrtana movement.

I am the most insignificant disciple to glorify you on this most auspicious occasion. By your causeless mercy I am writing these few lines today to render my gratitude at your Divine lotus feet.

Dear Gurudeva!!! You are traveling so widely all over the globe like Nārada Muni not caring for so many obstacles and personal inconveniences for the valuable task of claiming back all fallen conditioned souls and bring them back home, Back to Godhead. Although so many dangers approach you but still you face them without any difficulty because you are empowered by Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu to spread the message of the Holy Name.

Dear Gurudeva, on this appearance day, please be merciful upon me that I may be able to serve you birth after birth which is my most intensive desire.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Gurudeva.

Your most fallen insignificant servant,

Kuñjeśvara Kṛṣṇa Dāsa (dīkṣā)

Śrī Lanka (Colombo)

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances!

All Glories to Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to your Divine Grace!

Please allow us to express our devotion to you on this very special day. We have been your sheltered disciples for many years, however, due to various excuses and my incompetency, we have not been able to keep our promises and progress like our other god brothers and sisters.

You have repeatedly demonstrated that there could be no excuse for anything. This is by the way you continue to spread love and preach despite your health condition, thus exemplifying that we are not this body.

Our daughter, Hitisha, born on your Vyāsa-pūjā day in 2020, is growing up well by your blessings. Kindly bless her to become an ideal Vaiṣṇavī.

With your mercy, I have now moved back to Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa with the main objectives to earn a living and have great devotee association. Further, with your blessings, we, as family, would be able to serve our society better.

Please, Guru Mahārāja, bless us always have Vaiṣṇava associations and to be able to execute our promises/duties henceforth.

Only with your blessings and causeless mercy can we someday be pure devotees. Kindly empower us to always be in your service for eternity.

Jaya Gurudeva! Happy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Day dearest father!

Your menial and insignificant servants,

Sanjay (sheltered disciple), Kusum and Little Hitisha Motwani

Śrī Lanka (Colombo)

Thailand

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja - HH Jayapatākā Swami,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

On this auspicious day, I would like to glorify two (out of thousands) of your transcendental qualities that have really inspired me in the recent years.

You make devotional service and surrender to Kṛṣṇa fun and easy. By looking at you, we feel inspired to perform devotional service and are enthused to surrender to the Lord. I was fortunate to get your personal association several times (since 2004) in Bangkok, Māyāpur, Nepal, Germany and no matter where you are: in a car, toilet, having prasāda, etc. you are engaged in the service of the Lord. You listen to devotees’ problems and give them Kṛṣṇa Conscious solutions, help figure our managerial differences of a center, temple, Yātrā and give classes on Caitanya Līlā, Śrīmad-bhāgavatam and Bhagavad-gītā. The following verse from Bhagavad-gītā rightly describes you:

mac-cittā mad-gata-prāṇā; bodhayantaḥ parasparam

kathayantaś ca māṁ nityaṁ; tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca

“The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are fully devoted to My service, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss from always enlightening one another and conversing about Me (Bhagavad-gītā 10.9).” And the unique thing is, you cherish these services… you are always blissful and Kṛṣṇa Conscious. Many devotees (including myself) opt to give up managerial services due to conflicts/differences associated with it; however, you embrace and tackle these issues for the pleasure of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Amazingly, you are not affected by the lower modes of material nature; it shows how deeply you are connected to the mission of Lord Caitanya, you are able to transcend the upheavals/dualities of the material world.

Another wonderful quality of yours is you inspire/engage devotees in loving service of Lord Caitanya as per their interest and level of surrender in par with their current material designations/conditioning as illustrated in the verse:

gṛhe thāko, vane thāko, sadā 'hari' bole' ḍāko

sukhe duḥkhe bhulo nā'ko, vadane hari-nām koro re

“Whether you are a householder or a sannyāsī, constantly chant "Hari! Hari!" Do not forget this chanting, whether you are in a happy condition or a distressful one. Just fill your lips with the Harināma (Śrī Nāma Verse 2, Gītāvali by Bhativinoda Ṭhākura)”. You encourage everyone to chant the holy names of Lord Kṛṣṇa – the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra beginning from one, four, eight and sixteen rounds and have developed systematic steps: Śrāddhavān, Kṛṣṇa Sevaka, Kṛṣṇa-Sādhaka, Śrīla Prabhupāda Āśraya and Śrī Guru Carana Asraya for people with different maturity levels in spiritual life to be able to stably advance in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Furthermore, you encourage everyone to share the jewel of bhakti Yoga to general people in their work, study, recreation via varieties of out-reach programs as delineated by the Congregation Development Ministry (CDM): Bhakti-vṛkṣa, Nāmahaṭṭas, Mantra Lounge, University (Yoga) Clubs, etc. stressing preaching is part of our sadhana and nectarian.

Trying to serve,

Antaraṅga Gopāla dāsa and Sumadhurī Līlā devī dāsī,

Bangkok, Thailand.

Australia & oceania
Australia

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obisenses,

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Śrīla Gurudeva!!

On this glorious Vyāsa-pūjā day I pray for your health to Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā mā.

I am very inspired by your glorious service to Śrīla Prabhupāda. Your energy and enthusiasm to serve is amazing. My Kṛṣṇa consciousness is little down and I am struggling in my sādhana. I need your mercy. Please bless me so that I can follow your example in serving one's spiritual master. I will be greatly favored if I can do an insignificant fraction of service to you that you perform to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

This year I would like to start Bhakti-vṛkṣa preaching. This is my personal goal for this year. This is not possible without your mercy. On my own I have no capability or spiritual knowledge to preach. Please bless me and empower me.

Your insignificant servant

Abhinandinī Mālinī devī dāsī (dīkṣa)
Australia (Sydney)

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka-svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma tārine

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to you dear 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.

Yet another year of your selfless dedicated service to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission of spreading Lord Caitanya’s saṅkīrtana movement throughout the world. Everyone is amazed at how you continue to serve with various ailments and your determination to serve only keeps getting stronger and stronger. Those who do not understand the concept of soul and body will only be bewildered looking at you. Due to your causeless mercy, we can at least theoretically understand the difference between the body and the soul.

You are showing us practically that no situation can be a deterrent to serving Guru and Gaurāṅga if we have the desire to do so. Even at a very old age, Śrīla Prabhupāda showed practically how to perform devotional service perfectly. Imbibing the mood from your spiritual father, you have taken that responsibility to show your spiritual children. We can truly understand the meaning of the term “Like Father, Like Son” by seeing you. Gurudeva, it is my desire to imbibe your mood so that I can try to please you and make you proud. I beg you to please lift me from this rotten condition and force me to take your mercy.

Every week on Saturday, everyone eagerly awaits your momentary glance and get your blessings. While it is a joyous moment for us, it is also one of the most anxious moments for me. Many times, I have felt ashamed to stand in front of you because of my unlimited faults, my pride, my ego, material desires etc. Although I have not done anything worthy of getting your blessings, I understand that without your blessings I will not get out of this condition. Gurudeva, I know that you can see through me and despite my faults, you have accepted me as your spiritual son. I beg you to please lift me from this rotten condition and force me to take your mercy.

In trying to follow one of your instructions and inspired by your śāstric studies, myself and my wife have been doing Bhakti Śāstrī and by your mercy, we hope to complete it in a few months. Also, we have been trying to implement new ideas to preach and get new people to take Bhakti-vṛkṣa and Mañjarī classes.

Once again, I am repeating the same wish that I place before you every year. Myself, my wife Śrīguru Bhakti devī dāsī and my son Acyutānanda Mādhava Dāsa are trying hard to bring many souls unto your lotus feet with the help of our Bhakti-vṛkṣa devotees. 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 us can be fixed in your service.

On this auspicious day, it is my sincere prayer that please help me, 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 Narasiṁhadeva 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 (Dīkṣā Disciple)
Australia (Sydney)

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

nama oṁ viṣṇu pādāya Kṛṣṇa preṣṭāya bhu-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā swamin iti nāmine
nama ācārya padaya Nitāi kripa pradayine
Gaura kathā dhāma daya nagara grama tarine

My dear most merciful worshipable eternal Spiritual Master,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Guru Paramparā!

On this very auspicious occasion of 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Celebrations, it is our greatest fortune to have this opportunity as an attempt to glorify your holiness. Your glory gets multifold further and further every year as you spread the message of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu far wide across the planet. The so-called health obstacles for your holiness are like the barricades on the material road, which is in turn displaying the avyabhicāriṇī bhakti. Although those health obstacles upon any ordinary man would be impossible to perform anything materially or spiritually. As mentioned in one of the messages through the online media that “an infection in the leg, paralysis on an entire side of the body and hence compromised movements leading to dependency on others, difficulty in speech, sleep issues due to underperforming lungs, a kidney and liver transplant into the body and much more”. Kali Yuga minds very easily make us forget the pains your holiness going through for the sake of purely distributing the mercy of Lord Nityānanda. Your magnanimous heart has propelled the seeds of devotion to sprout in unlimited fallen souls, who otherwise find no shelter for having tossed in the waves of material existence.

We are so grateful for your online Zoom darśana and always wondered how Your Holiness made virtual visits practically to every individual, who got in touch with you. Those few seconds are like golden moments in our lives and feel so blessed with utmost satisfaction. We are looking forward whenever Your Holiness’ health permits again.

The last one year has been with so many learnings in our lives, Śrīla Gurudeva. Ultimately, I feel that it is Supreme Lord’s test that we are able to introspect our own bhaktī and understand our shortcomings, false ego and mohā on material objects. Having said, we are very blessed to be under your divine āśraya and continue this transcendentally joyous journey in ISKCON. From a preaching perspective, myself along with few other devotees living around this precinct have faced some challenges in obtaining a suitable place for a preaching center under the umbrella of community or cultural center. Local council has declined to support the center, if hosted at a warehouse setup. So, we are now exploring further options as part of expanding in western suburbs Guru Mahārāja. On a personal level, I am hoping to focus on sādhanā and attention to children this year. Also, seeking your kind blessings to enter the Holy Dham very soon this year.

Our prayers to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Vallabhā, Gaura Niṭāī and Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā Devī for your health and looking forward of your personal association at Australia yātrā.

Your insignificant servant’s,

Guru Gaurāṅga Kṛṣṇa Dāsa (dīkṣā),
Kīrtimatī Padmā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā),
Bhaktin Sādhya-Vilāsikā,
Bhaktin Jīvā Jananī and
Parents - Rāmasvāmi and Kamalām
ISKCON Melbourne Mahāprabhu Mandir - Australia

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

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

I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to write to you on the auspicious day of your appearance.

O Gurudeva, You have so kindly accepted me and given the Holy Name for which I am disqualified.

I am especially grateful as you have taught us so many things in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, from your Spiritual retreats around Sydney that I have had the pleasure of being part of.

You teach us Simple yet the most practical things, that we have forgotten over time but your loving smile has embedded it now in my mind and heart.

As part of a small service, I am engaged

1) In preparing Canva posters for Bhāgavatam ślokas for the key text.

2) In website technical development and support for ISKCON university. www.iskonuniverse.com

3) In posting Telugu Bhagavad-gītā ślokas and questions in WhatsApp group.

On this occasion I would like to express my gratitude to You and humbly beg for Your mercy so that I can learn to serve the Vaiṣṇavas.

All glories to Śrīla Gurudeva!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Your lowly servant,

Hanumeśa Rāmacandra Dāsa
Sydney, Australia

Please accept my humble obeisances on the auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā.

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

Life of Paramahaṁsa

Born in an aristocratic family in Wisconsin with extra ordinary intelligence, interested in philosophy and spiritual matters in his teens.

Enrolled into Brown University but was only interested in spiritual theme.

Experience an awakening after attracted by the Tilak sign on a devotees face in the campus surrounding.

Hit in a nail, said Jayānanda Prabhu to make the Ratha-yātrā Cart.

Shave up and joined the San Francisco temple was not hard.

Pulling the Ratha-yātrā Cart was a good start.

Going to Montreal and meeting Śrīla Prabhupāda was the best part.

Given a mission to develop the golden land of Māyāpur dhāma.

Ploughing the fields with snakes around was really tough.

With bountiful grain harvest, you taught them planting techniques and gained their trust.

Building the Long Building was a challenging task.

Meeting the deadline was a great satisfaction for Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Busy preaching the Nāmahaṭṭa and Bhakti-vṛkṣa program.

Lectures and seminars, you encourage the idea of Śrīla Bhakti Vinoda Ṭhākura’s ideal program.

Calling out, preach, preach and preach if you want to be on the divine tram.

A General orchestrating the world Congregational Preaching Plan.

Answering all the emails you hope to sort out.

All devotees’ problems you try to help out.

Preaching programs, GBC meetings, Vedic Planetarium discussion and court cases.

You are always present and your presence gives love and nourishment to the souls’ satisfaction.

Surviving a murder attack in Spain by an insane man.

Fixing your mind on Kṛṣṇa and the devotees support and prayers you recovered then.

Carrying on Śrīla Prabhupāda and Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s movement against māyā’s plan.

Holding the Victory Flag you lead, inspire, preach and gave us strength.

Initiating more than 50,000 devotees from many different countries.

Connecting them to the main paramparā Kṛṣṇa Tree.

Pleasing Śrīla Prabhupāda to fulfil his 100 instructions.

You do not mind the karmic body inconvenience.

You zoom in for the benefit of so many countries devotees’.

To give love and a spiritual charging to the devotees.

You speed up the preaching momentum without going in and out of airports.

Reaching out to more thousands of devotees more than we thought.

In spite of going through a stroke, transplant and COVID.

Moving from hospital from Calcutta to Chennai and Mumbai.

Any doctors or nurses treating you will get to receive your blessing to chant the holy name.

Always immersed in the saṅkīrtan mood of Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s preaching mission.

Flying from Calcutta to Kuala Lumpur to Perth for festivals.

Attending many colorful packed Ratha-yātrā festivals.

Playing your trademark whompers and calling Jaya Jagannātha.

Lighting up the condition soul’s dormant love of Kṛṣṇa in the form of Lord Jaganath.

With folded hands we pray to YOUR DIVINE GRACE.

To Rādhā Mādhava, Pañca-tattva and Lord Narasiṁhadeva.

To bestow food health and longevity to YOUR DIVINE GRACE.

For these lowly servants taking shelter of YOUR LOTUS FEET is our only pure and peaceful place.

Your Insignificant Servants,

Hema Kṛṣṇa Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Anaṅga Kamalā Dāsī (dīkṣā)
And All the Youngs

Australia (Perth)

Hare Kṛṣṇa My Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.

For our welfare you won the Corona battle victoriously for couple of times. I pray to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda for your good health and get rid of all weaknesses and feel more energetic. Haribol.

This year March 27th, it will be my first anniversary after initiation. It all happened only by your mercy and nothing else. Please shower mercy on me dear Guru Mahārāja, so that I can do more and more service and keep growing in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness along with my family.

You are the source of inspiration to do our daily spiritual activities. I am lacking in vāṇī-sevā Guru Mahārāja, please help me to listen more of your lectures and read more of yours and Śrīla Prabhupāda books. I alone cannot do this and I seek your mercy to do and continue vāṇī-sevā.

Your spiritual daughter,

Jīveśvarī Haripriyā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

Australia (Sydney)

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

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet on your Vyāsa-pūjā day. All glories to your divine Grace and all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and all previous ācāryas.

In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.25.21, the symptoms and characteristics of sadhu have been mentioned by Lord Kapila dev as below.

titikṣavaḥ kāruṇikāḥ
suhṛdaḥ sarva-dehinām
ajāta-śatravaḥ śāntāḥ
sādhavaḥ sādhu-bhūṣaṇāḥ

The 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.

The above verse perfectly describes your divine grace’s wonderful qualities by which you attract everyone towards you, Śrīla Prabhupāda and ultimately to Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Your divine grace is keeping in touch and communicating with devotees using JPS app, virtual meetings/class/home visits thru’ zoom and give your valuable association even in the pandemic situation.

Your divine grace always gives yourself to devotees and dedicates time for meeting and blessing us. Your enthusiasm to offer your association and blessings to all devotees is very amazing and inspirational.

Your divine grace teaches by example and instructs on various aspects of devotional service like Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam reading/ hearing, watering/ pradakshina of Tulasī Mahārāṇī, having regular daily darshan. In spite of your health condition, you never miss anything and teach us the importance of them. You are kindly sharing a daily diary of activities for our benefit.

Your divine grace is very meticulous and gives great attention to details in all aspects of devotional service.

In all circumstances your divine grace shows your dependency on Śrīla Prabhupāda and previous acharyas. All the activities in your life are according to the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

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 Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Your divine grace is very practical, personal and gradually brings the disciple to higher levels of Kṛṣṇa conscious realizations.

Your divine grace’s enthusiasm and commitment to the projects like TOVP, congregational preaching, Bhakti-vṛkṣa are so great that you continue to involve yourself despite your health conditions.

On this day of your divine appearance let us pray that we may remain loyal to you, Śrīla Prabhupāda and all acharyas and try to understand your mood of preaching and try to assist you in whatever little possible ways.

Please allow us to pray to Śrī Narasiṁhadeva to protect you so that you continue delivering more and more conditioned souls to Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s shelter.

Please forgive our countless offenses and bless us so that we may remain in the association of devotees.

Your insignificant servants,

Karuṇānidhi Kṛṣṇa Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Lajjā Lalitā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
and family
Australia (Melbourne)

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances,

Śrīla Gurudeva, on the occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā this year, I pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Gopīnātha to protect you and bless you with good health.

Thank you, dear spiritual father for accepting me as your disciple, though I am never qualified.

My dear spiritual father, you are a real inspiration for me, despite of being affected by Covid twice, you were determined to serve Guru and Gaurāṅga unconditionally and you continued with your sadhanā and other services, I want to meditate on this serving spirit and continue to serve you my dear Guru Mahārāja.

Please bless me to concentrate in regular book reading and assist you in spreading Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, please forgive me for any offense that I have done at your lotus feet knowingly or unknowingly

Please bless Prāṇeśvara Gauracandra Dāsa and my daughter Nethra to engage in your service eternally.

Your spiritual daughter,

Kāverī Gaurasevinī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

Australia (Sydney)

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka-svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma tārine

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Spiritual Father,

On the most special occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Gopīnātha and Lord Narasiṁhadeva to bestow good health on you

Guru Mahārāja, I had a momentary vapuḥ association when you came to Australia during 2015. After that I am not fortunate enough to serve you personally. I sincerely pray to Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā Devī to serve you personally and get your association.

During Covid, I started listening regularly to your Caitanya-līlā classes and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam classes. I am so very fortunate to hear Caitanya-līlā classes from your lotus mouth. Śrīla Prabhupāda has mentioned that you were an associate of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. You narrate the pastimes in such a way that it takes us into the pastimes and fills our hearts with bliss. Due to your physical health problems, I am missing your Caitanya-līlā classes, virtual visits and blessings. I sincerely pray to Narasiṁhadeva to help in your speedy recovery and do more service to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

In one of your lectures, you mentioned that Prahālad Mahārāja has changed the destiny of many souls which are otherwise unchangeable by anyone. Likewise, you have changed the destiny of my life. Without your mercy I would have been rotting in this material world with no hope.

Guru Mahārāja, in many of your recent classes you have stressed about the necessity of bringing kids in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I am engrossed in those thoughts and in great anxiety on how to do that. I am helpless and the most fallen soul. I am sincerely seeking your mercy and blessings to fulfill that instruction. Please guide me to bring my two daughters, Joshika and Tanishkha in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Please bless myself, my husband Santuṣṭa Vrajeśa Dāsa and my daughters to be always attached to your divine lotus feet. Please help us to be not contaminated by materialistic vision and engage us always in the service of guru and Gaurāṅga.

You have mercifully given me shelter at your lotus feet on 27th March 2021. In this one year, by constantly hearing your classes, I could see some transformation in myself. Please help me to advance quickly in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Currently I train a few Bhakti-vṛkṣa kids under the guidance of your dīkṣā disciples (Ānandamaya Gopīnātha Dāsa, Śrīguru Bhakti Devī Dāsī, and saṅkīrtana Narottama Dāsa). I also conduct weekly quizzes on your Caitanya-līlā classes along with other devotees. This was a small attempt to glorify you and increase the absorption in the nectar of your classes. Please shower your mercy dear Gurudeva to perform more services that are pleasing to you and Gaurāṅga.

I am so much indebted to you for, giving me a spiritual life. Where would I be without your causeless mercy? Please give me the realization that everything happens because of your mercy. So, I simply request that I always continue to be your humble servant.

Your most fallen daughter,

Kavīpriya Vrajeśvari Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

Australia (Sydney)

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance’s

All Glories to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Gopīnathjī!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to you Gurudeva!

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma Gurudeva,

I, Maṇibhūṣita Rādhā Devī Dāsī, your spiritual daughter, wishes you a very Happy 73rd Appearance day on this auspicious day of Kāmada Ekādaśī.

Since start of this pandemic, we all devotees were stuck with lockdown and no other way to visit temples, attend programs or seminar or visit overseas. In this difficult situation of Pandemic, Gurudeva you started giving online Caitanya-caritāmṛta classes. Initially I was lazy to listen to the lectures but when I realized that you have been giving these classes in spite of all challenges, I was ashamed of myself, and I started listening to your classes. Slowly I tried to attend your Zoom classes so I can take your darśana. It was a routine for me to attend Zoom online classes on every Saturday which was suitable for us who live in Australia.

Gurudeva every class was transcendental, and your presence was auspicious for us. It is like a festival celebration where you accept the prasāda and relish with your blessings.

Since you got sick in January, I missed your association, so tried to listen to your classes which I missed in the past.

Gurudeva, you have gone through different physical challenges for us. When you mentioned that “I am suffering because of my disciples who don’t follow their vows”.

At this stage I felt, myself responsible, that yes, I need to improve my chanting, improve my sādhana, intact with my four regulative principles.

I started doing extra rounds, listening, deity worship and singing kīrtanas, reciting 108 names of Lord Narasiṁhadeva.

I know Gurudeva, no physical challenges can conquer you, as you beyond these limitations, but the only reason I realize it, you play this pastime for one reason so we all fallen souls can improve in our sādhana. In this way you want to help us reach the ultimate goal of bhakti and go back to Godhead.

Gurudeva, this year, we got our Gaura Nitāi, I am still waiting for you to give them names. However, with your mercy and blessings, we had a small ceremony welcoming them in our home along with Narasiṁha Havan for your recovery and installation of Caitanya-caritrāmṛta books.

Gurudeva, my two boys Hrishikesh and Bharat have already started reading the books they almost finished Ādi-līlā. They have been also learning different instruments and singing kīrtana.

Gurudeva last year, with your mercy under the circumstances of pandemic, I was able to prepare a Drama name “Kṛṣṇa Got a headache”, where all kids performed at their individual homes and the videos were edited and presented to the congregation.

Gurudeva, I have been also delegated one service as women’s representative in a group five Mātājīs. Seek your blessings to do this service.

Apart from this Gurudeva, I do sometimes stitch dresses for my deities, and take Sunday School classes for the age of 8-11 years old. We are doing now Jagannātha pastimes. In Sunday school We did few workshops like yoga, gardening tulasī, kīrtana or musical workshop.

All these services are not possible without your mercy and blessings.

I do seek your guidance, support and blessings, as am not qualified to these services, but as the intelligence comes from the supreme, I pass all credit to you, Śrīla Prabhupāda and the supreme personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa.

Please keep us in your prayers. My prabhu Sureśvara Nimāi Prabhu, Hriṣīkeśa and Bharat, Please bless them, so they can grow in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Lastly, on this auspicious day of your appearance day, I would like to thank you for everything you are doing for me and my family, as a spiritual father.

I pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Gopīnāthajī, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava Aṣṭa-sakhī, Pañca-tattva, and Lord Narasiṁhadeva to always shower their protection and help you in spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness to the whole world.

Thank you Gurudeva again for reading this offering,

Your Dīkṣā Disciple and Spiritual Daughter,

Maṇibhūṣita Rādhā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)
Sydney, Australia

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma.

Wish you a very Happy Appearance Day. Your Appearance Day is a wonderful opportunity for me to think of how better I can serve you. I am forever and ever indebted to you. It is because of you that your disciples are preaching and distributing books all over the world and helped so many fallen souls like me. If it was not your preaching, where would I have been!

I have been your sheltered disciple from one year and as a service to you, I would do my best to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness, but that too is impossible without your blessings!

So please please bless me, my husband Aniruddha (your aspiring disciple),our daughter Rāma, our families, our sīkṣā gurus, Bhakti-vṛkṣa devotees, mañjarī devotees so that we are able to follow our regulative principles and preach this way of Kṛṣṇa conscious living to more and more people.

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Mansi Dixit (sheltered disciple)

Sydney, Australia

pūjāniya Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to Gurudeva!!!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

On this auspicious occasion of Gurudeva’s Vyāsa-pūjā I pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Gopīnatha for your good health.

Gurudeva, every time I see you, there will be an inspiring element for sure. The messages that I receive from the JPS app about your daily sādhana without fail is a constant reminder for my drifting mind not to forget my sādhana. Your caring nature for devotees is awe-inspiring; during our online class home visit you always ensure that you have visited all the devotees’ home.

I very much remember how you personally advised and blessed us when I, my wife Sunandinī Rādhikā devī dāsī and son Aniruddha were hit with Covid-19.

Gurudeva, by your kṛpā and under the guidance of my śikṣā-gurus Ānandamaya Gopīnātha Prabhu and Saṅkīrtana Narottama Prabhu I am conducting Bhagavad-gītā classes. I humbly request for your blessings so that I can preach sincerely, effectively and engage myself and many souls in the service of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Gopīnātha’s lotus feet.

By your asīma krīpa we (myself, wife Sunandinī Rādhikā devī dāsī and son Aniruddha) are trying to progress in our spiritual life and material life. But I constantly fear that we may become arrogant because of this prosperity and deviate from serving you. Please always be in our conscience and consciousness.

Gurudeva, a proverb in Kannada says “Kattegenu gotthu kastūrī parimala (A Donkey doesn’t recognize the aroma of Kastūrī (Musk)).” I am that donkey Guru Mahārāja. I received Harināma dīkṣā from you last year (27th March) and I still don’t know how to value and preserve this priceless gift. I humbly seek your guidance.

Gurudeva, I humbly fall at your lotus feet and beg that I will always have your presence in my consciousness.

Your Unworthy Disciple,

Mohana Rādhā Gopīnatha Dāsa

Legal name: Mohan Badiger
Australia (Sydney)

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet.
All glories to you Guru Mahārāja!!!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

An Ode to our Father

A blessed Saturday it is
As we see you and hear from you
With great anticipation we start our day
Thinking what life lessons will you teach us today
And wondering what to cook for our most special one today
Hoping and praying that you will be pleased with us
As the heart yearns to hear those magical words:
Kṛṣṇe matir astu” from you beloved Father.

Our faces light up upon seeing you
And seeing how you prioritise your children
Often braving through grave challenges
Without as much as batting an eyelid
The purity of a child beaming in your eyes
The eternal truthfulness echoing through your voice
The aura around you that spreads all around and reaches our homes
We are awed by how well you know our innermost desires and questions
And how you address them during your class, often without us asking for it.


My heart melts to see
The loving exchanges between you and your devotees
Is there anything else so sweet
To be found on this earth?
You are our sunshine
With your radiance you light up our dark sky
How blessed we are
That you zoom into our lives every Saturday
And you make our day through your home visits
A blissful Saturday indeed!


We are eternally indebted to you
For the suffering you readily accept for your children
We seek your forgiveness
For we don’t deserve you
We are so fortunate that you took us all under your wing.
Despite our flaws and frailties
May we always seek refuge in your lotus feet
May we endeavor at all times to please you,
To make your mission, our mission of life
And make you proud!

Your aspiring disciple

Namrata Konar (aspiring disciple)
Bhakti-vṛkṣa, Sydney, Australia

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble respectful obeisances. All Glories to Śrīla Guru Dev. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Your mercy has no bounds. Despite the physical trouble due to the health conditions, you continue to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness to the fallen souls like me. You inspire and guide us how to continue serving Guru and Gaurāṅga despite any difficult situations or bodily discomforts. Your lectures guide us on a day-to-day basis how to continue our sadhana and how to serve the spiritual master.

Only after taking aspiration under you, I could see a steady growth in my spiritual journey. It is definitely your kindness and causeless mercy that has enabled fallen and conditioned soul like to me come to the level of chanting 16 rounds and follow all the regulative principles.

I pray to Lord Narasiṁha to protect You and pray for your good health and speedy recovery. I wish in the next year when the travel restrictions eases, I could get your physical association and be more fixated in serving you and Kṛṣṇa.

Please accept me and my daughters (Śrīnidhī and Śaraṇya) as your humble servants. Please use us as a tool for any service you think fit to render. Please help us grow in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and serve your lotus feet eternally.

Your fallen and conditioned disciple,

Padma Iyer (aspiring disciple)

Sydney, Australia

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat praṇāma!

Please accept my humble respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to you Guru Mahārāja!!!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

I am not qualified to write this homage. It is only by your mercy I am writing one on this glorious and most blessed “Vyāsa-pūjā”. Wishing you a very happy Kṛṣṇa conscious Appearance Day Śrīla Gurudeva.

For me, the best feeling of hope in this material world was the feeling of joy at the most cherishable moment of my life when you accepted me and my wife (Neha) as your Aspiring Disciples last year on 27th March 2021, my dear Guru Mahārāja. At the Aspiring ceremony, all our feelings of fear and anxiety were replaced with feelings of hope and happiness. At that moment, I knew you would always be our father, I knew you would always be our lighthouse in this journey to transcend from this material existence to the spiritual life full of devotion.

I get immense joy and hope whenever I listen to your lectures, videos, Q and A sessions. I would like to imbibe one of the spiritual guidance which you shared during a recent Q and A session. In this session, when you were asked about one instruction (among the many instructions you have given) that if your disciples follow, will please you. You answered that you would be very happy if the disciples read Śrīla Prabhupāda books and help in the preaching. I sincerely beg you to help me focus on this one spiritual instruction of yours to please You and Gaurāṅga.

My wife (Neha) also request your blessings for us to run a smooth and steady Kṛṣṇa conscious married life to embed and nurture Kṛṣṇa consciousness in our children (Parv and Ira), help and support each other to serve you by learning how to preach from our Bhakti-vṛkṣa sīkṣā Gurus: Ānandamaya Gopīnātha Dāsa Prabhujī and Śrīguru Bhakti Devī Dāsī Mātājī. We wish to preach and get more souls to your lotus feet. Please bestow your mercy upon us so that we can be fixed in your service.

My sincere prayers to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Gopīnātha and Lord Narasiṁhadeva for your good health, well-being and long life so that you can guide more fallen souls like me in fulfilling the glorious mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Lastly please forgive me Guru Mahārāja for any offense that I have done at your lotus feet knowingly or unknowingly. Please shower your merciful glance upon me and my family so that we receive your causeless divine mercy to be always engaged in your service eternally.

Your most fallen servant and loving son,

Parag Bibekar (aspiring disciple),
Sydney, Australia

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances,

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All Glories to Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu.

All glories to your 73rd divine appearance day. Your lectures and quotations have helped me tremendously. It’s with your blessings that I am able to pursue the path of bhakti and connect myself with Kṛṣṇa more and more on a daily basis.

Only by the grace of a spiritual master we can achieve the grace or mercy of Kṛṣṇa. This is the meaning of this Vyāsa-pūjā. (Śrīla Prabhupāda - March 2, 1975 - Atlanta).

Guru Mahārāja, I have understood one thing for sure that my relationship with You and Kṛṣṇa is eternal and that’s the real essence and my other considerations in this material world are temporary. I have made a system of regularly reading books. It keeps my mind occupied and I get a lot of transcendental knowledge. I have realized that it’s better to serve the Lord unconditionally without any ulterior motives and by developing this detachment, I am able to feel the bliss while chanting.

At the moment, I am residing with grihastha devotees, and we worship Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi and Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā Deities. I also listen to His Grace Cāru Prabhu lectures who is based in Spanish Fork, Utah. Both of your lectures and guidance have helped me to strive and thrive for my devotional life. As you have earlier mentioned not to commit any offences and it becomes easier to chant the holy names. I am strictly following the four regulative principles and attentively chanting 16 rounds daily without fail. I am chanting the gāyatrī mantra daily three times attentively. With your causeless blessings, please bless me so I can make progress in my devotional life and also contribute to the movement of Srī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and follow your orders and divine instructions.

To conclude, Guru Mahārāja, please shower your blessings upon me so I am able to serve you in vapuḥ and vāṇī. Please bless me so I can become your instrument in preaching and be able to preach to the conditioned souls about the science of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Please bless me so I can visit Shri Dham Māyāpur for studying spiritual scriptures, associate with devotees and develop more faith and purity in the holy name. Please bless me so I can get more sādhu-saṅga for my spiritual growth.

Thank you very much,

Your lowest servant,

Parama Puruṣa Nitāi Dāsa,
Brisbane, Australia

Hare Kṛṣṇa My Dear Spiritual Father (dear Guru Mahārāja),
Please accept my sincere and respectful obeisances.
My sincere and respectful obeisances to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

By the mercy of Guru and Gaurāṅga, this fallen soul has been picked up to start the lost journey along with the pure devotees making each and every second of the life dedicated to the loving service onto the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

You are my spiritual father and you are very well aware that I am completely incapable, irresponsible, irregular, insignificant, fickle minded, low confidence with no defined goals, filled with material lust and lower than a dust particle. But, out of your causeless mercy, you extended your loving hands to pull me out from the deadliest dirt, a road full of thorns, and cleansed all my sins giving me a chance with full blessings to read, listen, sing, dance, chant and preach about the glories of the Lord.

We get great learning and motivation from you just by your physical appearance. In spite of all these, my mind does take me for a ride. It is a constant fight that happens, but I feel we share the wins evenly there by making the progression bit bumpy. Though very regular in doing all the duties, prayers, chanting, reading as per the oath taken last year on March 27 during initiation from you dear Guru Mahārāja, I feel like I am lacking in maintaining the time. I am striving to come back to the routine having completed all the activities in the morning itself.

I sincerely beg to shower your mercy more and more dear Guru Mahārāja on us to grow spiritually along with my family and dear devotees association.

My Master, my spiritual father, my dear Gurudeva, our hearts are filled with your love like a fresh morning dew.
Blossmed like a lotus filled with fragrance, is the way you shower causeless mercy on all without any discount ever.
You are reservoir of spiritual radiance, that shine motivates and reaches to each and every disciple but not just a few.
An intense pain you feel in your heart if hear any sufferings from disciples, but that feel itself heals the disciples sufferings forever.

Placing your lotus feet in my heart, I pray to Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda for your good health, physical strength and energy.

Your ever-loving son and a humble servant,
Rādhāgopīnatha Sevaka dāsa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance at your lotus feet.

The path of Bhakti which entails how to perform devotional service by incorporating Kṛṣṇa into my day-to-day life is because of you, but a fallen soul like me cannot completely comprehend how to achieve perfection in this lifetime through such a simple yet powerful method.

You have given us the correct knowledge bestowing the love of Gaurāṅga upon us. I am extremely blessed on this auspicious day of your divine appearance, and it is the day on which a disciple sings the glories of their spiritual master, but a soul like me who has fallen, neither has any feelings in the heart, nor is able to speak. How then can I glorify your holiness?

We always hear that we need to connect with our Guru through Vapu and Vāṇī, and you are so generous to give Caitanya Caritāmṛta classes and SB Bhāgavatam classes every Saturday, followed by Zoom visits so that we can receive blessings from you.


Your spiritual guidance and instructions are the only way I can make my life meaningful. Please guide me so that I can follow your instructions properly in my life and help you to fulfill Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission of spreading the Hari Nama Sankirtan.

Guru Mahārāja please bless me so that I will try to attempt to be very dedicated and consistent in my sādhana and following your instruction strictly. I will seek to be very regular to associate with you through your Vāṇī and books so that I can always remain connected to you.

On this auspicious day, I deeply pray to Lord Narsimha Dev and Lord Jagannath for a healthy and long life. We seek your blessings so that my son Chinmay and my husband Girish can be assimilated in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness so that we can serve you all together.


Your insignificant spiritual daughter,
Rasanandini Rādhikā DD

Hare Kṛṣṇa Gurudeva

Please accept my respectful obeisances

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All Glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga

Nama Oṁ Vishnu padaya Kṛṣṇa presthaya bhutale
Śrīmate Jayapatākā swamin iti namine,
Nama Acharya padaya Nitāi kripa pradayine
Gaura kathā dhāma daya nagara grama tarine”

Nama oṁ vishnu Padaya Kṛṣṇa Presthaya Bhutale
śrīmate bhaktivedanta svamin iti namine
namaste sarasvate deve gaura vāṇī pracharine
nirveshesh sunyavadi pashchatya deśa tarine

Today is your most auspicious 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā. We are immensely indebted to you for your presence in this material world to help us. You are staying here only for the sole purpose of engaging us in the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda. I was meditating on all the sufferings you have accepted this year and it was very inconceivable to me. I could not understand why you have to suffer so much and why Kṛṣṇa allows this to happen. But then I read the following verse from Śrīmad-bhāgavatam in relation to Lord Shiva drinking poison to save the whole universe and I was amazed.

ŚB 8.7.44

tapyante loka-tāpena
sādhavaḥ prāyaśo janāḥ
paramārādhanaṁ tad dhi
puruṣasyākhilātmanaḥ

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.

After reading the above verse I was able to get a small insight into your life. Your suffering also is your worship to Kṛṣṇa (Parama Arādhānam). Everything in you and about you is for serving the Lord and Śrīla Prabhupāda. To help us you accept all these suffering. You are truly the descendant of Vasudeva datta. How truly amazing you are and your characteristics are truly spiritual in every sense. How can any of us ever repay even an insignificant amount back to you and our previous ācāryas. How deep is your service and how extraordinary your activities are.

Out of causeless mercy only, I was shown this verse when I had a question on your suffering. I have only understood the surface level meaning of this verse and even that has touched my heart deeply. Please bless me to understand this verse more and more in relation to your life and lives of all our previous ācāryas. Bless me to be constantly inspired by this verse.

O Master, Please engage me in your mission. I can never voluntarily accept suffering to serve others. I am not even able to accept sufferings caused by my sins. So on my own I can never ever truly follow this verse. But if you are merciful and engage me, then Kṛṣṇa will consider me as an insignificant contributor in lines with this verse.

Gurudeva, I have to engage in Bhakti deeply. I have to engage in pure bhakti devoid of any material desires. I truly need to be engaged in the service of Śrīmati Rādhārāṇī. Only possible way to do this, is to assist you. Any service to Śrīla Prabhupāda under you will definitely reach Śrīmati Rādhārāṇī. You have many times mentioned that the past times of Śrīman Mahāprabhu continues under Śrīla Prabhupāda and by serving Śrīla Prabhupāda we are participating in the pastimes of Mahāprabhu. So, I need to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda, but I am listless and inconsistent in my service. I truly do not have even single good attribute that can be used in divine service. Unfortunately, I have many attributes that are obstacles to my spiritual life. All the bad qualities are part of three modes only and hence it can be easily defeated through your mercy. Gurudeva, please raise me to true service. Because of my bad qualities I will resist your mercy, but still your mercy shall prevail. Hence I need your mercy immensely.

I am also a complete idiot. I do not understand what is good for me. Kṛṣṇa has tried to help me so many times and being a complete moron, I have ignored all these good advice in the past. Hence please provide instructions to me that will guide me and also give me the strength to follow them purely. Please help me truly understand the instructions and relish them as well. On this Vyāsa-pūjā day which is the most auspicious and fortunate day of a disciple I beg you, Please stay with us for a long time. If it pleases you, please revive back your health completely free from all material sufferings.

Your fallen son,

Saṅkīrtana Narottama Dāsa

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble and respectful obeisance at your lotus feet.

All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga!!!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

Śrīla Gurudeva, on this auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I pray to Gaurāṅga to bless you with good health.

Gurudeva, I am really unworthy and incapable to glorify you, but I have attempted to glorify you. I completely understand that whatever I have written is full of faults but I beg you to accept this homage from your useless son.

Guru Mahārāja, you have shown me how the material difficulties cannot stop devotional activities and can continue Bhakti in all possible ways. You are a live example of how one should take and follow the spiritual master’s instruction very seriously. I am wonderstruck how it is possible for you to consistently focus on spreading the Kṛṣṇa conscious movement and giving sukruti to the world. I see that you do 20 rounds daily (even with the physical challenges), giving classes every day, attending meetings, heading GBC, administering and providing inputs for TOVP and many more that I even don’t know. I just cannot conceive of this. By looking at you, I am just like a dust particle who would like to stick onto your lotus feet to be with you and serve you eternally.

Gurudeva, we have been so fortunate to have you at our home every weekend via live sessions and we enjoy the day by preparing bhoga for you. I just take this opportunity to thank you for showering your mercy upon me and my wife (Kavipriya Vrajesvari Devī Dāsī) by giving Harinaam initiation last year (27-Mar-2021). As per my oath during my initiation, I’m currently chanting 16 rounds daily and following four rules and regulations strictly. I do struggle at times to complete my 16 rounds in the morning, so I really plead with you to show mercy on me to do the chanting better.

I am currently involved in one of the video project service with my Sīkṣā Guru (His Grace Śrīguru Bhakti Devī Dāsī) that I’m struggling to complete. I seek your blessings to get that completed for your pleasure. Without your mercy, I will be unable to continue further, Gurudeva.

I take this opportunity on this auspicious occasion to thank my Sīkṣā Gurus (His Grace Anandamaya Gopīnātha Das, His Grace Saṅkīrtana Narotama Dāsa and His Grace Śrīguru Bhakti Devī Dāsī) who are guiding us in all possible ways and more importantly supporting you in spreading the Kṛṣṇa conscious movement.

I beg at your lotus feet to give me the intellect to help you in fulfilling Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission and fulfil my vows. I am also seeking your blessings to improve and grow devotionally, so that my wife, my daughters (Joshika and Tanishkha) and I can serve you and Gaurāṅga eternally.

Your most fallen son,

Santusta Vrajesa Das

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Beloved Gurudeva

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet.

Wishing you a very auspicious Appearance Day.

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dear beloved Gurudeva, I am like an insignificant glow worm trying to glorify the Sun. Nevertheless, I try to glorify you for my own purification. I consider myself extremely fortunate to have a Gurudeva like you.

I don't know what a sinner like me has done to have showers of mercy and blessings.

In one of your recent messages you spoke about having a heart to heart connection with the Guru. On many occasions I have felt so close to you and felt an overwhelming sense of protection with you being the captain of my ship of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

When we were in Māyāpur and my son Shreyas had fractured his arm, he was playing with the other boys. They were making paper boats and racing their boats in the small ponds. Shreyas was feeling disappointed that his boat was losing. Suddenly from nowhere there was your Sannyāsa Daṇḍa pushing his boat gently and powerfully making his boat win. Shreyas saw you had swatted on the ground, pushing his boat ahead with your Sannyāsa Daṇḍa. The little boy felt so happy. You are so kind and considerate dear Gurudeva.

His Grace Amogha Līlā prabhu once asked you how many times we must read the Caitanya Caritāmṛta. You jokingly said, "108 times". Then he asked you if you had read it 108 times, for which you replied, "long back".

You are certainly an associate of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu. I don't know how I, a Kali yuga sinner could have got so much mercy from you.

When I feel disappointed and frustrated with many experiences, I feel enlivened seeing you.

You reassure me through your instructions or messages. You are the only one who can bestow unconditional love upon fallen conditioned souls like myself dear beloved Gurudeva.

You are so loving, gentle, energetic, enthusiastic, encouraging, courageous, benevolent, jovial, humorous, surrendered, caring, extremely intelligent, effulgent, dedicated, powerful, pure, so clean hearted, so learned, so cultured, you have taken on the curse from Śrīla Prabhupāda to not remain in one place for long, so much so that, your name is there in the Guinness book of world records. How can a fallen soul like me ever fathom all your most beautiful qualities which attract Śrīla Prabhupāda?

On this most auspicious day, I would like to beg you to shower your blessings upon me to become more introspective and correct my thoughts, my feelings, my vision, my consciousness and become deeply Kṛṣṇa conscious by depending upon your mercy.

I pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to shower His unlimited blessings upon you for your long life and the power to fulfill your commitments to your beloved Gurudeva Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Your mercy case

Śaraṇmukhī devī dāsī

Sydney Australia.

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja, Daṇḍavat Praṇāma,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to your Divine Grace!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

On the occasion of the Vyāsa-pūjā of your Divine Grace, I pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Gopīnātha for your long life and good health.

This is my first time writing an offering to you. Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity. On 27th March 2021, you accepted me as your aspiring disciple, and it is my most fortunate moment in my life. I beg you to please bless me so that I can get initiated by you and remain at your divine lotus feet eternally.

I feel so fortunate to get your mercy and this blessed Kṛṣṇa Conscious life. Before that, I was just rotting in this material world with lot of miseries. I beg your mercy so that I can develop more attachment to your lotus feet and follow your instructions seriously.

Recently, I started listening to your Caitanya Līlā classes every day, I felt so much pleasure listening to those Nectarian pastimes from your Divine Grace. I understand that I can enjoy the pastimes only by your causeless mercy Guru Mahārāja. I felt a heart-to-heart connection during home visits in zoom call. I really get inspired by the way you are performing your devotional services and serving the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda, in spite of so many health problems.

Gurudeva, please bless me, my husband Rajesh Dudeja (aspiring disciple), my son Devam Dudeja and my daughter Avni Arshi to progress on this Kṛṣṇa conscious path. I am begging for your mercy for all of us to sincerely do our sādhana, chanting 16 rounds and following the four regulative principles. Please bless me Gurudeva that I can follow in your footsteps and serve you to eternity.

Your spiritual daughter and the most insignificant servant,

Sheetal (aspiring disciple)

Sydney, Australia

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our respectful obeisance unto your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to you, dear Guru Mahārāja on this most auspicious Vyāsa Pūjā day!

It has been a year since you gave us Harināma dīkṣā. We consider ourselves most fortunate and remain eternally indebted to you for bestowing your causeless mercy on us. We pray that under your shelter and guidance, we will continue to grow steadily in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and serve you with more love.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, you hold the beacon when it comes to boundless energy and enthusiasm to serve Guru and Gaurāṅga. What may be considered as obstacles, you convert into opportunities! Your forbearance in never letting any physical ailment impede your mission is inspiring to say the least! We have much to learn from the example you set and pray that we may someday be worthy of your mercy. We beseech you for more mercy so that we may make ourselves worthy of you.

On this auspicious day, we would like to re-dedicate ourselves to serving you better. With your mercy, we hope to get rid of our anarthas and remain steadfast in our sadhana. We commit to reading your books and listening to your classes regularly, so that we remain connected with your vāṇī. We also beg for your forgiveness dear Guru Mahārāja for any offences that we have committed.

Please bless us and our daughter dear Guru Mahārāja, that just as our mentors took the time and made the effort to cultivate our devotion, we may share this gift with others. We also seek your blessings for the children we teach in our weekly classes.

With prayers to Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva for your good health and long life, we remain your humble servants,

Śivagati Kṛṣṇa Dāsa

Premapriyā Rādhārāṇi Devī Dāsī and

Bhaktin Ananya.

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet.

All glories to you Guru Mahārāja!!!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

Your lotus feet, Your Divine Grace
Dispelled all off my material chase

Your simple words, profound meaning
My contaminated self, underwent cleaning

My only inspiration
Your divine perspiration

Your dedication to the Lord
Are cutting my material knots

With the sharpest of sword
I eagerly look forward to your classes

When reviving my Bhakti
They are my prescription glasses

Please guide me, a fallen soul
Letting me realise my devotional goal

Śrīla Prabhupāda your inspiration
Over 50 years of your dedication

How can I not be motivated!
The love of Godhead cannot be satiated

Please guide me Guru Mahārāja
Let me not seek an illusory mirage

I beg you for granting initiation
I am aspiring, seeking your Lotus feet’s shelter

Take me along with on a forever blissful continuation
Yasya prasāda bhagavat-prasado
Yasya
prasāda na gati kuto ‘pi

I am a conditioned soul since long ago
Only your blessing is a guarantee.

Your humble servant, begging for your mercy,

Śrinivasan Iyer [Śrī] (aspiring disciple)
Sydney, Australia.

গুরুদেব

নদিয়া নগরে গৌর বন মাঝে

ক্ষনেক আশ্রয় লয়ে।

ধামবাসী গনে দুর দেশী জনে

মাতাও গৌর-প্রেম জলে।।১

তব ধাম আশ্রয় কবু নাহি হয়

নির্জন ভজন লাগি।

গোষ্ঠানন্দি হয়ে চৈতন্য লীলায়

সবারে করাও ভাগী।।২

অনুগ্রহ করি গৌর-ধাম গুণ

শিখাও অসহায় জীবে।

কি-রূপে আশ্রয গুরু গৌরে করি

ধামের সান্নিধ্বে রবে।।৩

অমি অকিঞ্চন দুরমতি মন

কভু কি হবে জীবনে।

ধামবাসী জানে আশ্রয় করিয়া

রাহিবো শ্রী-গৌর বনে।।৪

এই শুভ দিনে দুই কর জুরি

সুবল মিনতি করে।

অনুগ্রহ করি পদ ছায়া দিয়া

রাখহ শ্রী-গৌর চড়ণে।।৫

পাপি দুরাচারি মিথ্যা অহংকারি

গুরু গৌরে নহে মতি।

দিয়া গৌর বনে আশ্রয় এ পামরে

করাও অধমে গতি।।৬

আপনার অধম সন্তান

সুবাল কানাই দাস

পার্থ অস্ট্রেলিয়া

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

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

We are so happy to celebrate this, your wonderful appearance day.

I am fortunate that you accepted me as a spiritual daughter at your lotus feet last year in March virtually despite all my disqualifications.

I am especially grateful as you have taught us so many things in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, from your Spiritual retreats around Sydney that I have had the pleasure of being part of.

You teach us Simple yet the most practical things, that we have forgotten over time but your loving smile has embedded it now in my mind and heart.

As part of a small service which I am not qualified for, I regularly listen and enjoy Caitanya Caritāmṛta classes and prepare a quiz for our Sydney devotees.

Please enable me to understand this fully so that I may be able to become a better servant of the servant of your servant.

Your forever indebted humble servant,

Sugāminī Sītā Devī Dāsī

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance into your lotus feet.

All glories to your Divine Grace!!!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

You are a true meaning for the word “victory”. I feel so proud to be connected to an exemplary leader in ISKCON. Your seriousness in serving Śrīla Prabhupāda even while you are sick wins unlimited admiration from everyone. I was listening to a lecture about your pastimes and I got goosebumps when I heard about how you held the Jaganath cart when it broke, how you struggled during Māyāpur site development, how you give classes after long kidney and bladder dialysis, and how you performed all your services even while you are affected with COVID. You are teaching everyone how one can understand that we are not the body and we are the souls. You have offered yourself entirely to the service and the way you are serving Guru, Gaurāṅga, devotees, non-devotees are a wonderful example for all of us. I will never have enough words to glorify you. On this special occasion, please bless my family so that we can serve your lotus feet eternally.

Your insignificant disciple,

Sukirti Hariṇī Devī Dāsī from Sydney.

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear GuruMahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance into your lotus feet.

All glories to your Divine Grace!!!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

You are a true meaning for the word “victory”. I feel so proud to be connected to an exemplary leader in ISKCON. Your seriousness in serving Śrīla Prabhupāda even while you are sick wins unlimited admiration from everyone. I was listening to a lecture about your pastimes and I got goosebumps when I heard about how you held the Jaganath cart when it broke, how you struggled during Māyāpur site development, how you give classes after long kidney and bladder dialysis, and how you performed all your services even while you are affected with COVID. You are teaching everyone how one can understand that we are not the body and we are the souls. You have offered yourself entirely to the service and the way you are serving Guru, Gaurāṅga, devotees, non-devotees are a wonderful example for all of us. I will never have enough words to glorify you. On this special occasion, please bless my family so that we can serve your lotus feet eternally.

Your insignificant disciple,

Sukṛti Hariṇī Devī Dāsī from Sydney.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to you Dear Guru Mahārāja!!!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

Dear Guru Mahārāja, the idea of visiting your home around the world (online) during your weekly sessions was so brilliant. You take so much care of all your disciples Dear Guru Mahārāja. I thank you for showering your mercy on a fallen soul like me. Dear Guru Mahārāja, the more I hear and associate with you (by listening to your lectures, offering prasādam when you come home (online darśan) or reading your books) I am getting so much more attached to you. I feel your presence in every step of my life. Please help me, Aniruddha and Mohana Prabhu be more and more attached to your Lotus feet my Dear Spiritual Father. At your lotus feet, there is no fear Dear Guru Mahārāja.

Dearest Guru Mahārāja, I have so many flaws and yet you were so kind to initiate me on March 27, 2021. I am certainly unworthy of the mercy you have showered me with. I beg at your lotus feet to eternally engage my son Aniruddha, my husband Mohana Rādhā Gopīnath Prabhu and myself in your service Guru Mahārāja because without your mercy we don’t have the capability to do anything. I pray to your lotus feet that whatever service I am engaged in, I constantly improve. I can do better only with your mercy Dear Guru Mahārāja.

Under the able guidance of my Shiksha Gurus Anandamaya Gopīnath Dāsa, Śrī Guru Devī Dāsī and Saṇkirtan Narottama Dāsa I am currently engaged in the below services so that it may please you.

1. 2 kids' classes

2. Poster service for an online platform

For your pleasure, Dear Guru Mahārāja, I have attached a digital painting of Śrīla Prabhupāda and yourself.

Your most insignificant servant,

Sunandini Rādhikā Devidāsi (Dīkṣā) Sydney, Australia

Hare Kṛṣṇa my Beloved and Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet!

All glories to you!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

My dearest Gurudeva, I never thought I would be writing this to you someday, for I never thought I would even deserve to be in a position to offer my respectful and loving homages at your lotus feet. I still remember the email you sent me as a response to my email, the amount of unconditional love, intense compassion, and the causeless mercy that you poured over me truly pierced my heart. Your words in the email run on my mind all day every day, that is the power and purity of your nectarine words and speech. Every time I listen to your lectures, your voice becomes the only thing in the three-fold world that calms my restless wicked mind. Thank you for sending your blessings and love to me even though I am least deserving of it. I always prayed to the Lord for a fatherly figure that I can cry to and Lord Kṛṣṇa sent you like the best eternal spiritual father that I can ever have. Dear Gurudeva, I thank you for always reciprocating to me in the most wonderful ways that I can ever imagine. I did not know what true selfless love is until I saw your selfless love towards all of us. There is so much to learn from you my glorious dearest Gurudeva, you inspire me to become an obedient soul of the Supreme Lord, and my relationship with you has been the sweetest relationship of my life, I am so grateful to the Lord to have you and I am so grateful to you for accepting me despite all my faults and short-comings. Your ever-compassionate nature gives me the courage every single day to do better and become better in my Kṛṣṇa Consciousness for you to please you. I try my level best to not do anything that displeases you, but I fail, again and again, please bless me that I can please you for eternity, please bless me that I serve your lotus feet and become a stronger soldier in the army of Gaura-Nitāi! I do not know what I have done in my previous lifetimes or in this lifetime to be able to chant with your pranam mantra and to be able to be under your loving shelter. Dear Gurudeva, I am hankering to meet you but I am unable to, so every single day I try my level best to live by your instructions in your separation. Whenever I do Guru Pūjā, I feel a step closer to you, please bless me that I take many more steps closer to you. Dear Gurudeva, please bless me that I continue to chant my minimum of 16 rounds every day without fail, I am ever-greedy for your causeless mercy and hankering to take shelter under you and receive initiation from you one day. I do not deserve to be saved by you, my dear Guru Mahārāja, but I know you are my only true hero and savior. Dearest Gurudeva, please bless me so I can bring more souls to the lotus feet of Rādhā Gopīnātha, it is true that I am incapable of that and unqualified but if you bless me and bestow your choicest mercy upon me then it can happen. Therefore, please bless me so I can do more service to you and to all the Vaiṣṇavas for I survive each day only because of your causeless mercy. Another plea of my heart is that my dear Gurudeva, please forgive me for all my offenses, I am fallen and I cannot go any further in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness without your forgiveness and compassion. Please always keep this insignificant jīva under your lotus feet, I beg you to please never leave me for I am nothing without your causeless mercy. I am your retarded eternal child, therefore, I need you the most my dearest Gurudeva, once again please forgive me for my offenses and keep me at the dust of your lotus feet so that I can serve you, all the Vaiṣṇavas, and the Supreme Lord for eternity.

Your most insignificant spiritual daughter and aspiring to become significant only by your mercy,

Urooj Khanna (aspiring disciple)
Sydney, Australia

Hare Krishna my Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

All glories to you!!!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

Please accept my humble and respectful obeisance to your lotus feet.  It is completely your mercy that I could get an opportunity to send my homages directly to you. I hope that your health is better now, and you will recover soon. This fallen soul at your lotus feet really needs your blessings to serve the Lord even better and be a better devotee for him. It is not at all possible without your guidance and blessings. It is only by your chastisement, this stone-like heart will be melted. This insignificant aspiring disciple of yours is begging your chastisement with folded hands. This heart is so hard that it doesn’t even cry in the separation of the Lord. Please beat me with your stick that I shall start crying in separation. Your one glance at this fallen soul is the only hope I have. Please save me from this entanglement of this miserable and temporary world and engage me in Kṛṣṇa’s service. Where else I could go when your lotus feet are the only solace I have. Dandavat pranams at these lotus feet.

Your insignificant humble servant and your insignificant spiritual son,

Vaibhav Monga (Aspiring Disciple)

Sydney, Australia

 

 

Dear respected Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

On the most auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa Pūjā I realise that as disciples we can never repay our debt to you. You have saved us from hellish life in this material world where I was suffering in ignorance and fear. With your merciful glance and merciful guidance, you pulled me up from this gutter like material world. In spite of you taking my karma and suffering on account of accepting unqualified disciples as myself, I am unable to appreciate your compassion. I am so fortunate to be a disciple of such an exalted spiritual master - who has been serving Śrīla Prabhupāda and his family for more than 50 years with complete dedication and devotion.

You are unlimitedly tolerant and patient. No matter what challenges are thrown at you - you don't give up. Your determination to carry out every instruction of Śrīla Prabhupāda is super human. No wonder Śrīla Prabhupāda recognized you as an associate of Lord Caitanya and the victory flag of ISKCON. Your determination to complete the TOVP and your strong desire to please Śrīla Prabhupāda is so evident in your ecstatic devotional service. With this determination you are overcoming one health challenge after another. You have created medical history!

In spite of being the senior most sannyāsī you are an epitome of humility. You are a living example of tṛṇad api sunīcena...

You are a great role model for your disciples and the whole ISKCON community and beyond. Your character is spotless and you are the best of sannyāsīs and best of Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples.

You are such a great visionary! Even with my limited intelligence I can see that your vision is at least 20 years ahead of the mass of devotees.

Here in Sydney, you came and in spite of poor health you came and blessed the 4-acre land where devotees are trying to build a beautiful temple for Śrī Śrī Rādhā Govinda. Despite covid and 2 months of bad weather and floods, the foundation of the temple is almost 75% complete. The plan is to complete phase 1 (temple, cultural hall and commercial kitchen) by mid next year to Q3 next year. There are still many challenges ahead. We are begging for your blessings.

3 years ago - left with a handful of devotees and a tidal wave of negative propaganda against the building of the temple, a new community has emerged in the western suburbs of Sydney. The GBC has recognised this effort of the team of devotees and given the project - the name - ISKCON West Sydney. Now it is a community of more than 300 families operating from 5 different centres - called the temple before the temple. ISKCON West Sydney came no 1 in Australia/NZ in last year's Gītā Jayantī - Christmas marathon and 2nd in Bhadra Purnima. Please please bless us to build a nice temple next year and also build a healthy community around the new temple and please Śrīla Prabhupāda! All this is possible only by your mercy and your prayers for all of us.

If possible, please forgive my countless offences.

On this auspicious day I pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to always protect you with good health and long life.

your worthless servant and disciple,

Vijay Gopikeśa dāsa

ph: +61 410 076 030

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to you on this auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-Pūjā.

It indeed gives me great pleasure to write an offering to your dear Gurudeva, an opportunity to express my gratitude for what you have given me.

You had picked me up from the world of illusion, given me initiation and allowed me to serve you. The personal service I received was to cook and shop for your divine grace. During which you allowed me to learn a lot of things which I never knew before. You trained me to be simple and help reduce my heightened ego. You directed me to take services which I normally would hesitate. Your Divine Grace had directed/inspired me to drive car, distribute books, take on leadership role, serve my god brothers and god sisters.

By taking their instructions I was able to serve visiting Vaiṣṇavas by cooking for them, taking them out for shopping and it also helped me to seek blessings for your wellness.

Because of your mercy, when I was Local women’s representative in Sydney, I hope to have inspired Vaishnavi’s to come of their self-created shell and encouraged them to serve congregation in the things that they are good at. We have so many Vaishnavi’s take up different services. Some of the activities include Reading Śrīla Prabhupāda books where Vaishnavi’s come together to read once in a week and share realizations, guided by Śrīla Prabhupāda disciple Mother Sarva maṅgala devī dāsī. We also have reading groups for kids, we also have groups where kids are encourage to write offering to Śrīla Prabhupāda on their anniversary, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Gopīnātha on their anniversary and appearance days. We have Kṛṣṇa Conscious recipes sharing group in WhatsApp. Health and wellbeing WhatsApp group where we discuss common ailments and find out experts advise on it. We have a yoga sessions organized for ladies and kids. We also come together and celebrate festivals like Holi and Diwali, an opportunity for Vaishnavi’s to associate.

When you were in Sydney I had asked you blessings so I can do book distribution. You immediately took a gardenia from your garland and blessed us. We are trying to serve as per your directions. In Book distribution me along with support from congregation we had distributed 58 Śrīmad-bhāgavatam sets, more than 3800 Bhagavad Gītā’s last year during

COVID times. We hope to increase the count this year and distribute the sponsored sets and books from last year. At one point of time there wasn’t a hope to distribute one set of Śrīmad-bhāgavatam. Now I am committing to distribute Śrīmad-bhāgavatam sets more than last year because I know you’ll guide me.

Every time I take up some service I depend on you for your mercy to execute the task. This time and again may I seek blessing to chant my rounds with attention and read Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books and apply them in life. You have helped us turn towards Kṛṣṇa besides our initial reluctance and persistent attachment to material life. Please Gurudeva, kindly accept my honest repentance for all the mistakes and offenses I have committed. If you wish, please allow me to continue to serve you eternally.

Thank you for giving us a meaningful life full of adventure, fun, satisfaction and auspiciousness. You have blessed us with the deities Śrī Śrī Rādhā Gopīnātha who is reciprocating to us and allowing us to serve them.

Thank you for accepting to stay with us and taking care of yourself. Thanks to those devotees who take care of you all these years. Thank you for giving a loving god family to share our ups and downs and proceed in our spiritual journey. One of our congregation members visited you when you were in Chennai and had shared her experiences with us. Was very happy to hear her talk about you. You are our glorious spiritual master! So, anything you do we would love to see it, anything you speak is valuable. Your actions speak louder than words. You attract us by your compassionate nature, by your attention to detail, by going the extra yard in helping people come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

My sister has given birth to her second baby by name Aaria. While we seek spiritual blessings for the newborn and their/our family. We (Nityānanda Prana dāsa-husband, Dipti Rādhā -first daughter, Loka līlā second daughter) all would like to join together and shout out “Happy Appearance day Dear Gurudeva”.

Hoping to see you soon Gurudeva!!

Your spiritual daughter.

Vraja vinoda devī dāsī.

Europe
Germany

My dear Gurumahārāja,

please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

The message I wish to convey to you, on your Vyāsapūjā day or any other day, is: thank you.

Thank you for accepting me.

Not everyone would have...

Thank you for showing me practically the meaning of devotion to Guru and Gaurāṅga.

Of the soft as well as determined as well as ecstatic kind – irresistible and contagious.

Thank you for proving us that bodily limitations don’t have to be limitations at all.

Mind blowing! Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious doesn’t even cover it.

Thank you for loving and caring for us.

Just how far can your heart expand? May I learn that love from you, at least a little bit.

And, thank you for those most illuminated years of my life, the time I had spent around you, when due to your influence I was able to be the best, clearest and strongest I have ever been, before or after. I know now that it was only because of your proximity and intense presence in my life.

Glories to you, Gurumahārāja.

And thank you.

Your daughter

Vṛndāvaneśvarī devī dāsī

Hungary

My dear spiritual father, dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to your beloved Śrīla Prabhupāda!
All glories to the holy dust of your lotus feet!

It is your causeless mercy dear Guru Mahārāja that you have lifted me, this unworthy rascal from the ocean of birth and death and engaged me in the service of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. For this I am eternally grateful to you, and I will never be able to repay this debt.

This year, like last year, has brought many difficulties for both humankind and devotees. In addition to the pandemic that has been going on for years, a war broke out not far from us not long ago, with masses of people losing their lives every day. All this is a cause of great sadness. But our sadness is also mixed with a little happiness. Because in this sad situation the unity what was Śrīla Prabhupāda’s desire is shown. He wanted cooperation in the movement that he founded, so if we cooperate, we can satisfy him. Cooperation makes Kṛṣṇa satisfied, we see it in the history of the Pracetās, and what makes Kṛṣṇa satisfied makes Śrīla Prabhupāda satisfied.

Here in the Hungarian yātra we are trying to give shelter to those devotees who have been forced to leave their homes in this unfortunate situation. Every day, Mātājīs arrive with their children (men are not allowed to leave the country) and we try to provide them accommodation and prasāda according to our capacities. Some of them move on after a few days, but some have nowhere to go and stay here for who knows how long. It breaks my heart to think of the situation they are in, having lost all their material possessions. At the same time, I am happy because, despite all their difficulties, they seem to be happy too, more or less. They are fortunate that they have a tool – Kṛṣṇa’s love ‒ in their hands to help them to come through the trauma they have suffered. I am also fortunate because I can help them ‒ in my own insignificant way ‒ thereby realizing Śrīla Prabhupāda’s desire for unity in the movement.

I would especially like to highlight the Food for Life devotees who literally work-day and night to distribute prasāda to thousands of refugees and those stranded on the other side of the border in the war zone every day. It is a tremendous effort on their part, and I am sure they are bringing great happiness to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

In the last few days, I had the honor to facilitate the ISKCON Disciples Course for about 20 devotees. This activity is always a great pleasure for me. Although it can be very tiring to focus and teach them from morning till the evening for days, even if teaching is what I do almost every day. It is tiring, but it is nectar, because it is a great happiness for me to talk about the guru-tattva and Śrīla Prabhupāda to others. It is nectar because it is good to see how their knowledge and faith in the spiritual master and Śrīla Prabhupāda deepens during these few days. But deepening their understanding and faith is only the half of my happiness, the other half is that with the upadeśa, mine is deepening too. And it also deepens the feeling that I cannot be grateful enough for your existence dear Guru Mahārāja!

Śrīla Prabhupāda instructed you that you (and us) can demonstrate how much you (and us) love him by how well you (and we) cooperate. I pray for your blessings to always cooperate with the devotees and fulfill His Divine Grace’s desire this way.

I have many challenges facing me, and only by your mercy can I overcome them. So, I take the opportunity to reaffirm my commitment to serving your lotus feet in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission.

Dear most Guru Mahārāja, kindly shower your mercy upon all the devotees who are dedicated their life to fulfil Śrīla Prabhupāda’s desire and expand his glories by carrying out his instructions.

Your worthless and insignificant spiritual son,
Gaurasundara Kṛpāmaya Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Bhaktivedanta College, Budapest, Hungary

India

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our respectful obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to you on this auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā.

Your Servants,

Nilesh and Oṁ Vadera (Aspiring).

Rohiṇī (New Delhi - India)

 

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

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

On this auspicious day of your appearance. I would like to express a few words of appreciation for all the mercy that you have bestowed upon all the fallen condition souls!

Ones, I was told by one very kind devotee in Gītā-Nagarī, his name is Ekavīra dāsa (Husband of Vrajalīlā devī dāsī- disciple of His Holiness of Bhakti Tīrtha Swami.) he mentioned to me that it is a nice practice to meditate on how Śrī Kṛṣṇa has given me such a wonderful Spiritual Master and how my Spiritual Master has so kindly given me Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

And then I can follow with that by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.

So, like this, I am so grateful that I have the opportunity to hear Guru Mahārāja’s classes everyday. I strongly believe that if I can just listen and remember Guru Mahārāja’s vāṇī every day and follow his instructions, I may be able to sustain my spiritual life.

In this connection I am reminded of the verse quoted from Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.23:

yasya deve parā bhaktir
yathā deve tathā gurau
tasyaite kathitā hy arthāḥ
prakāśante mahātmanaḥ

"Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic knowledge automatically revealed."

So, thinking like this, I am also so amazed how Guru Mahārāja's mercy is sustaining us in so many ways.

There is another verse which comes to mind, from Cc Antya 7.11

kali-kālera dharma — kṛṣṇa-nāma-saṅkīrtana
kṛṣṇa-śakti vinā nahe tāra pravartana

“The fundamental religious system in the Age of Kali is the chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. Unless empowered by Kṛṣṇa, one cannot propagate the saṅkīrtana movement.

So, this also shows how very much dependent we are on the mercy of Guru Mahārāja, to make any progress in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

I also have an interesting memory of Guru Mahārāja I wanted to share: Once someone came to Guru Mahārāja to ask for some help regarding her husband’s health crisis. Guru Mahārāja said he could sponsor for his operation that he may need to get done. So the wife of the husband was very emotional and expressed to Guru Mahārāja why he was doing this? (in particular, sponsoring for it.) And Guru Mahārāja responded, “As a sanyasi, I normally would not do. But it is common sense.”

So, like this, in all ways, Guru Mahārāja is helping us eternally. Guru Mahārāja is so much fixed in following so many instructions, personally given to him by Śrīla Prabhupāda. And in this way, so wonderfully serving the mission of the most merciful form of the lord- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. We should feel so grateful that we have the opportunity to assist him in doing so.

Often Guru Mahārāja quotes that how the teachings of Lord Caitanya are so simple:

suno suno nityānanda, suno haridasa,
sarvatra amara ajna koroha prakāśa,

prati ghare ghare giya koro ei bhiksa,
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]

In essence, Guru Mahārāja said that this means we should 1. Chant Kṛṣṇa’s name. 2. Serve Śrī Kṛṣṇa 3. And study Kṛṣṇa’s teachings, like the Bhagavad Gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

In conclusion, I just want to mention that how, by engaging oneself in Guru and Gaurāṇga’s service, one actually becomes fully satisfied. And in this regard, Śrīla Prabhupāda said:

“When a hungry man is given food to eat, he feels satiation of hunger and the pleasure of dining simultaneously. Thus, he does not have to ask whether he has actually been fed or not. The crucial test of hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is that one should get positive enlightenment by such an act.”

Now, having said all this, I must confess that despite having so much mercy and good fortune to follow Guru Mahārāja’s instructions. I feel I am falling too weak in my commitment to do so and I am not doing enough for your pleasure Guru Mahārāja. Please bless me so that I can be steadier and do more service, for your pleasure Guru Mahārāja!

Your servant,

Abhaya Caraṇa Nimāi dāsa

Māyāpur, 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 His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja,

I offer my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet on the auspicious occasion of your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā celebration. All glories to your lotus feet! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

My dear spiritual father, it’s only by your causeless mercy I am able to practice spirituality daily. I am very indebted your causeless mercy to accept me as your disciple.

Last year I married on 7th July, 2021 and my wife is a devotee who is already chanting 12-16 rounds daily, she aspires to take initiation from you Guru Mahārāja. Requesting you to kindly pray for her so that she gets initiation from you, Gurudeva soon, she is also trying very hard daily to manage everything along with her spiritual practices, requesting you to also pray so that we practice and preach together wherever we stay.

I aspire to do more and more services along with my wife Gurudeva without hurting anybody’s ego.

I pray to their Lordships Śrī Śrī Gandharvikā Giridhārī, Śrīman Mahāprabhu and Lord Śrī Nṛsiṁhadeva for your good health and success of your outreach programs for the pleasure of your beloved, Śrīla Prabhupāda, may Lord bless you very immensely this day Gurudeva and protect you from all odds.

Praying to get the lust, greed and anger in heart to reduce in our hearts Gurudeva, praying at your lotus feet to read books of Śrīla Prabhupāda daily and hear lectures with utmost attention and chant in brahmā-muhūrta.

Begging for your blessings on this auspicious day.

Yours eternally,

Abhaya Caraṇa Acyuta dāsa, Pooja Patil

Śrī Śrī Narasiṁha Giridhārī Mandir,

Bangalore, India

I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of all fallen souls, whose mercy turns dumb into eloquent speakers, and enables the lame to cross mountains.

My dear spiritual father,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet again and again

All glories to you on your auspicious appearance day

It is more and more clear to me that I have been immensely blessed by the Lord to be placed under your shelter.

The more I know of your activities the happier I became!

Seeing your great compassion towards everyone and other outstanding qualities, which I have witnessed in person on several occasions, giving the best of you in any situation, amazed me!

Always maintaining a mood of unity, as a loving father, Godbrother, member of ISKCON society, doing a tremendous effort to work in co-operation spite of the unending difficulties, and that amazed me!

It seems that there is no material situation that can stop you from doing your service, and you showed that at every moment!

Since I took up the service of translating your classes into Spanish It has deepened and nourished me enormously and yet I feel that I am just at the shore of an unlimited ocean That I want to dive in with your expert guidance.

I prayed that one day I can satisfy you to any degree.

Your insignificant servant,

Acintya Nitāi dāsa
Māyāpur, India

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

My dear spiritual father, His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja,
I offer my respectful obeisances at the dust of your saṅkīrtana lotus feet on the auspicious occasion of your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā celebration. All glories to you Guru Mahārāja, who have displayed unlimited divine qualities, but amongst all of them, your dedication to Śrīla Prabhupāda shines as the main jewel amongst your unlimited bhakti bhūṣaṇas.

My most tolerant Guru Mahārāja,

Thank you for giving me shelter at your lotus feet and patiently tolerating my offences. In my struggle to be a sincere disciple, your large-heartedness is very humbling and transforming. You certainly carry the magnanimity of Lord Nityānanda in your heart. Your personal touch in all your dealings (either physical/online) is very instructive in terms of Vaiṣṇava Etiquette Display, Stressing on the Principles of Bhakti Rasa, Alignment to Mood of the Previous Ācāryas especially Śrīla Prabhupāda and Thoughtful Guidance. Everything which you do is very selfless, prayerful, and nourishing to the soul. You touch the hearts around you, and even a moment of it is enough for a lifetime. You mercifully awarded me brahmin initiation and blessed me to wear the saffron uniform in the month of December ’21. By your mercy and unwavering desire to please Śrīla Prabhupāda, a new Bhakti Center has manifested under the guidance of your able devotees, in the Kannamangala region of Bangalore. We offer this center and It’s services for your pleasure and seek your blessings for It’s further expansion, under your able guidance. I received the fortune of your physical darśana and class in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur during the Śrī Navadvīpa Maṇḍala Parikramā 2022. I felt purified and uplifted in your association. Narottama Dāsa Ṭhākura has rightly said,

“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?”

“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 hanker to always be in your association via your instructions which are non-different from your most merciful self. Your remembrance and ecstatic association either by vāṇī/vapuḥ have the potency to drive Avidya out and award Prema-Bhakti. Guru Mahārāja, you are relishing this Prema Bhakti and your innermost desire is that your followers should become receptive to receive your mercy, receive Kṛṣṇa from you, blissfully chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and engage enthusiastically in the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa. I am so unfortunate that I am reluctant to receive that mercy. Please instruct me how to receive and act on your mercy. Please guide me to dedicate my life to the service of the Guru Paramparā. Please teach me to control my six passions; rectify my six faults, bestow upon me the six qualities, and offer unto me the six kinds of holy association.

My dear Saviour – the best gift of Śrīla Prabhupāda in my life,

Thank you for showing us how to become a true follower and true servant of Śrīla Prabhupāda. You are the most faithful and confidential servitor of the Lord and therefore deserve as much respect as Lord Kṛṣṇa. In Caitanya-caritāmṛta it is said that although every living entity is a servitor of God, the genuine spiritual master is the direct manifestation of the Supreme Lord. For a disciple to advance spiritually he must be convinced of this.

In Śrīmad-bhāgavatam Lord Kṛṣṇa tells Uddhava:

“ācāryaṁ māṁ vijānīyān
navamanyeta karhicit
na martya-buddhyāsūyeta
sarva-deva-mayo guruḥ”
(SB 11.17.27)

“One should know the ācārya is Myself and never disrespect him in any way one should not end him thinking him an ordinary man, but he is a representative of all the demigods”

Here Lord Kṛṣṇa is especially instructing how a disciple should behave under the care of his spiritual master. A spiritual master is not an enjoyer of the facilities offered by his disciples rather he is like a parent. Just like a child cannot grow up without the proper attentive guidance of his parents, one cannot learn to perform devotional service without the attentive guidance of the spiritual master. The ability to walk is born with a baby and within a couple of years, the child develops it with practice. Similarly, Kṛṣṇa consciousness is eternally present within the conditioned soul but can only be realized when guided by a true representative of Lord Kṛṣṇa. You are that true representative of Kṛṣṇa in my life.

My dear Goṣṭhyānandī Guru Mahārāja,

Your life is simply meant for the upliftment of fallen conditioned souls like me. Your every act is an instruction for all your beloved followers.

1) Your Zoom House Visits after every Caitanya Līlā Class are the lifeline of the devotees. All the devotees are eager to make loving offerings to you. You made the impossible (personal interaction with millions) possible by these Zoom House visits. You established the importance of having the 6 loving exchanges in the association of devotees as highlighted by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, by this pastime of yours. On my appearance day you kindly blessed me and on other occasions, you accepted some mahāprasāda and garlands from me. I will cherish these moments always. With a lot of humility and feeling utterly disqualified please allow me to offer you the title of “Zoom Meetings Parivrājakācārya”.

2) Your waking up for maṅgalārati and carefully describing the colours of the outfIt’s the deities shows your love-filled meditation on the transcendental form of the Lord. This you are doing despite all physical challenges simply to encourage your followers and make them understand the value of an uncompromised morning program.

3) Your unwavering desire to speak Caitanya-kathā every day simply for the benefit of this world shows your deep attachment to Lord Caitanya. I often speculate that you must be daily dealing with so many intense issues related to management, disciples, GBC etc., which will take a toll on anyone, but when you come to give the daily Caitanya Līlā Class, your demeanor is completely unblemished and transcendentally surcharged. Time stops when you say Gaurāṅga! This shows your intense attachment to Lord Caitanya. This activity of yours can be compared to that of Lord Caitanya Himself. SB 11.5.34 states, “Out of sheer mercifulness You chased after the fallen conditioned souls, who are always in pursuit of the false enjoyment of illusion, and at the same time engaged in searching out Your own desired object, Lord Śyāmasundara.” Being His associate, you are simply walking in His footsteps.

4) You never missed chanting your rounds, even when you were in the operation theatre. You preached very innovatively to the doctors inducing them to chant Kṛṣṇa’s names whilst treatment and distributed Bhagavad-gītās to the hospital staff. It was reported by the hospital staff that the eeriness of the hospital vanished in your presence, all were feeling joyful and spontaneously chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa Māha-mantra. You wrote letters to your disciples from the operation theatre, this proved that your meditation on them and prayers of them is their only lifeline. In the Ādi Purāṇa there is the following statement by Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself, addressed to Arjuna: "My dear Pārtha, one who claims to be My devotee is not so. Only a person who claims to be the devotee of My devotee is actually My devotee." No one can approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead directly. One must approach Him through His pure devotees. Therefore, in the system of Vaiṣṇava activities, the first duty is to accept a devotee as the spiritual master and then to render service unto him. The aim of my life is to become your devoted servant.

5) You read the books of Śrīla Prabhupāda daily, without fail. In this way, you instruct your followers in the art of being faithfully connected to Śrīla Prabhupāda on the transcendental plane via his books.

6) You are constantly meditating on expanding the movement of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Your “Instructions Project – Help me serve Śrīla Prabhupāda” is the manifestation of your meditation. You are the epitome of disciple consciousness. You simply exist for Śrīla Prabhupāda’s pleasure and service, and this is your primary teaching. Your attachment to Śrīla Prabhupāda and your daily meditation on his instructions is your very identity and this very fact makes you a crown jewel of this world. In one of your lectures, you confirmed this prime necessity of spiritual life.

“The disciple having the mood of the Guru and the paramparā is a sign of a very advanced disciple. We should aspire for understanding the mood of the Spiritual Master. One-time Śrīla Prabhupāda asked, ‘What is the thing you can gain from the Guru?’ And everyone said so many things. Then he replied, ‘Get his vibration. His vibration is the essence.’” - (May 29, 2019, Māyāpur)

Guru Mahārāja, having fully imbibed the mood and the vibration of Śrīla Prabhupāda and the Guru Paramparā, you are at the pinnacle of perfection in your own life, you are now mercifully passing on the same formula into the hearts of your disciples. Śrīla Prabhupāda would be so pleased with you.

7) Your ecstatic love towards Kṛṣṇa is visible in your pastimes. You are always anxious to utilize your time in the devotional service of the Lord. You do not like to be idle. You want service always, twenty-four hours a day, without deviation. You remain reserved and perseverant. You are always detached from all material attraction. You do not long for any material respect in return for his activities. You are always certain that Kṛṣṇa will bestow His mercy upon you. You are always very enthusiastic to serve the Lord faithfully. You are very much attached to the chanting of the holy names of the Lord. You are always eager to describe the transcendental qualities of the Lord. You are eagerly pleased to live in a place where the Lord’s pastimes are performed such as Śrīdhāma Māyāpur or any other places where Śrīla Prabhupāda’s services take you.

My dear eternal spiritual father,

I am a useless son of yours, who belongs to your transcendental family but has not yet been able to sincerely inculcate the devotional qualities which are an insignia of your committed sons, daughters, and followers. Your unconditional mercy is the only antidote for my eternal ungratefulness and my weakness of the heart. Guru Mahārāja although I am unchaste in my surrender towards your instructions still because I am your disciple, I desire to develop a spontaneous attraction for the Lord. You have very mercifully also revealed how to do that in one of your lectures.

"For devotees, who have been very careful in chanting and hearing, the spontaneous attraction to the Lord increases day by day." - (25th September 1983, New York, USA).

I will try to focus even more on my chanting and hearing, but ultimately, I depend on your mercy even to do that. Please give me your blessings so that I can take full shelter of your instructions and become your faithful servant and representative and in this way always feel your presence in my life. Your every activity is an offering to Śrīla Prabhupāda, and your every instruction is assistance to the people to come to the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya. In a world full of quarrel, hypocrisy, impersonalism and sense gratification, your devotion shines like the sunshine and you are establishing Bhakti Yoga as the Supreme by giving the Gaura Kathā and mercy of the Holy Dham to all villages and cities across the planet.

On this auspicious day, I beg you to bless me to develop purity, compassion, and determination to follow your instructions. Please empower me so that I may be able to assist you in your services to Śrīla Prabhupāda and be an insignificant instrument in your hand to expand this Saṅkīrtana movement. I also pray that I may always remain true to your transcendental instructions and be eternally engaged in your service. I pray that I always remember your Lotus feet and truly inherit your mood and mission. By your mercy Guru Mahārāja, anything is possible. I desire the dust of your holy feet in every birth I may take. Please consider me yours and be kind to me.

Yours eternally,
Acyuta Arjuna Sakhā dāsa,
ISKCON Whitefield,
Bangalore, India

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisance.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to Śrīla Gurudeva

On the auspicious occasion of your appearance day, I would like to wish you Gurudeva.

I have a deep desire to preach and request your cause less mercy on this degraded fool. Also request to bless me so that faith in the Lord, Guru and Process increases. Also please bless me so that I scrutinizingly study scriptures with proper understanding and utilize the knowledge in serving you in your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda. Thankyou Gurudeva.

Your unworthy disciple,

Ādi Kṛṣṇa Dāsa
(Bangalore - New Rājāpur Dhāma)

নম ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীন ইতি নামিনে

নম আচার্যপাদায় নিতাই কৃপাপ্রদায়িনে গৌরকথা ধামধায় নগরগ্রাম তারিনে।

নম ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে শ্রীমতে ভক্তিবেদান্ত স্বামীন ইতি নামিনে

নমস্তে সারস্বতে দেবে গৌরবাণী প্রচারিনে নির্বিশেষ শূন্যবাদী পাশ্চাত্য দেশ তারিনে।

হে আমার প্রাণপ্রিয় গুরু মহারাজ,

কৃপাপূর্বক আপনার রাতুল চরণে আমার সশ্রদ্ধ বিনম্র প্রণাম গ্রহণ করুন। এই যে আসন্ন কামদা একাদশী তিথিতে আপনার শুভ ৭৩তম আবির্ভাব তিথি জয়যুক্ত হোক। প্রতিটি শিষ্যের জন্য এই দিনটি একটা মহিমান্বিত এবং শ্রী গুরুদেবের গুরু মহিমা কীর্তন করার বিশেষ দিন। এই শুভ দিনে আপনার মত মহান বৈষ্ণব যিনি প্রতি সেকেন্ডে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের আদেশ এবং মহাপ্রভুর বাণী প্রতি নগরে, গ্রামে গ্রামে প্রচার করে চলেছেন তাঁর গুনানু কীর্তন করার যোগ্যতা আমার মত একজন অধমের নেই। আপনার গুনমহিমা এতটাই যার সীমারেখা আমি করতে পারবোনা ।

হে গুরু মহারাজ,

আপনি এতই করুণাময় যে আপনি কখনো কাউকে প্রত্যাখ্যান করেন না। এর প্রত্যক্ষ উদাহরণ আমি নিজেই। আমার মতো এতো ভারী বোঝাকে আপনি হাসিমুখে বলে চলেছেন।

হে প্রভুপাদের সেনাপতি ভক্ত,

আমি প্রতি বৃহস্পতিবারে যখন বরিষ্ঠ ভক্তদের শ্রীমুখ থেকে আপনার গুনমহিমা শ্রবণ করি তখন আমি অনুভব করতে পারি যে আপনি যদি আমাকে অন্ধকার থেকে তুলে এনে প্রকৃত আলোর পথে না নিয়ে আসতেন, গুরু পরম্পরা ধারায় শ্রীকৃষ্ণের সাথে যুক্ত না করতেন তাহলে আমি কোথায় পড়ে থাকতাম। আপনি আমাকে সব সময় মায়ার কবল থেকে বের করে কৃষ্ণের সেবায় যুক্ত করেছেন।

হে পতিত পাবন গুরুদেব,

প্রতিদিন সন্ধ্যে বেলায় চৈতন্য মহাপ্রভুর মধুর লীলা কথা,তাঁর মনোভাব, পূর্ব আচার্যদের মনোভাব এত সরল করে বুঝিয়ে না দিলে আমি হয়তো কখনো বুঝতেই পারতাম না যে আমার জীবনের প্রকৃত উদ্দেশ্য টা কি,কিভাবে আমি প্রকৃত আনন্দ উপলব্ধি করতে পারব। আমি প্রতিদিন এই মধুর লীলা কথা শ্রবণ করার জন্য উদগ্রীব থাকি, আর এই চৈতন্যলীলা ক্লাস শোনার পর আমি পারমার্থিক যে আনন্দ অনুভব করতে পারি যা আমাকে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের গ্রন্থ প্রচার করতে অনেক সাহায্য করে।

হে প্রাণনাথ গুরুদেব,

আমি এতই অধম আমার কোন যোগ্যতা নেই আপনার সেবা করার। আপনি এত কৃপাময় যে আমার মতো এক অযোগ্য হীন মেয়েকে আপনার সেবায় নিযুক্ত করেছেন যা আমাকে সবসময় কৃষ্ণভাবনাময় হতে সাহায্য করে।

এই শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথিতে আমি আপনার শ্রীচরণ কমলে প্রার্থনা করি আপনার শ্রী চরণ কমলের আশ্রয় এবং দিব্য সেবা থেকে আমাকে কখনো বঞ্চিত করবেন না। আমি যেন আপনাকে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের প্রচারকার্যে সেবা মনোভাব নিয়ে কোনোরকম লাভ, পূজা ও প্রতিষ্ঠাশা ছাড়া সাহায্য করতে পারি । গুরু মহারাজ এই শুভ তিথিতে আমি আপনার চরণে ক্ষমা ভিক্ষা প্রার্থনা করি আমার সমস্ত অপরাধের জন্য যা আমি আপনার চরণ কমলে করে ফেলেছি জ্ঞাত এবং অজ্ঞাতসারে।

আপনার অধম পতিত পারমার্থিক কন্যা,

আহ্লাদিনী রাই দেবী দাসী (দীক্ষা)

আসানসোল, পশ্চিম বঙ্গ

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

All Glories to you Guru Mahārāja

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

Last two years were very troublesome due to Corona Pandemic, but by the mercy of Your Holiness and Vaiṣṇavas, my practice of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness got intensified.

However, it opened the gate of wide preaching method that is through Online. Every day after lecturing online your divine grace visits homes of devotees virtually which makes us enthusiastic to serve more and more.

Especially Your divine grace reading Śrīmad-bhāgavatam everyday night inspires me to read Śrīla Prabhupāda's books daily. The Lectures on the compilation of the Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya book make me anxiously waiting for It’s release.

Thank you for giving updates on Your activities on the Jayapatākā swami app, I feel a personal connection with you my dear spiritual master through this app.

Despite your health conditions, your continuous preaching projects makes us how to keep up the spirit high always in service of Guru and Gaurāṅga.

Aspiring for the dust of your lotus feet,

Your insignificant servant,
Ajānubāhu Gaurahari dāsa (Dīkṣā),
Māyāpur, India

nāma oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe

 

Dandavat Praṇām Gurudeva,

My dear Guru Maharāja,

Please accept my humble respectful obeisance unto your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṇga!!!

You are very dear to Lord Krishna and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I am trying to be the dust of your lotus feet Gurudeva.

I wish whole heartedly to you for your 73rd Vyāsa Puja and praying to Sri Sri Prahlāda Nṛsimha and Tulasī Devī for the fast recovery of your health.

Circumambulating will not stop until and unless you recover fully and take us to Navadvīpa Parikrama again.

By your mercy I am serving as a Area Coordinator- Book distribution services, please bless me so that I can serve you the way you did to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Thank you for coming in my dream and giving me instructions.

As your spiritual son, seeking for your mercy and guidance to become a good devotee and you always desired.

Seeking for Initiation.

 

Ys

Anupam Dās (Shelter Disciple)

New Delhi , India

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

jaya śrī kṛṣṇa caitanya prabhu nityānanda
śrī advaita gadādhara śrīvas ādi gaura-bhakta-vṛnda

Kindly accept my humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet, Guru Mahārāja.

This insignificant soul has been so blessed to have your lectures and vāṇī in her life, Guru Mahārāja. I have not been in touch with you via lectures also lately because of academic pressure but I request you to bless me so that I can progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Please bless me so that i can meet you physically one day and take your blessings, Guru Mahārāja.This insignificant soul is blessed to have the golden opportunity of writing this offering. Kindly forgive me if I committed any mistake while writing this, Guru Mahārāja. Kindly bless me, Guru Mahārāja.

-Your insignificant servant

Ākānṣa Gaura dāsa

Māyāpur, India

JPS vyaspuja 2022

nāma oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
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."

Dear Guru Maharāj,

Please accept my respectful and humble obeisances on to your lotus feet. My small offering to you on this blessed day....

 

Victory flag, a glorious one

Srila Prabhupada’s dear son

 

Always Fluttering in high spirits 

Attacking Māya in all its merits 

 

Rising above the horizons so high

Helping our bhakti creeper climb high

 

From Gordon John to Gaur Dhan Jana

You are one among Gaurāṅga’s clan

 

Prabhupāda’s dancing “white elephant”

To preaching in Bengāli so fluent 

 

You reside in every disciple’s heart

Your Love and Compassion fervent 

 

You took away our karmas

As you led us through Parikramā

 

You joined Kṛṣṇa’s army

With Huge kartals as your armour 

 

From a world of Māyā to Māyāpur 

You gave us a world of TOVP

 

We watched you Never Give up

We watched how Māya Gave up

 

Nāmahaṭṭa, Bhakti Vṛkṣa to spiritual Safari 

You took us on the path of limitless joy

 

With your daily class on Caitanya Līla 

You gave us an entry to Gaur Līla

 

You are an epitome of devotee care

Devotees heart blissfully flare

 

You travelled the globe

To take us toward Kṛṣṇa's abode

 

You endeavour to fulfil all the instructions

You sheltered us and gave initiations

 

As Māya plays her trick

You blessed us with Jagannātha's stick

 

Nothing could stop you in this mission

As you gave Guru Paramparā’s admission  

 

Raising your hands, loudly you call out Gaurāṅga Nityānanda 

Nourishing our hearts with real Ānanda 

 

Fifty years of service to Holy Dhām

To spreading the Holy Nāma

 

Continuing to Inspire many souls

As Fulfilling Prabhupāda instructions are your Life and soul 

 

In this world full of misery

The only solace is your mercy 

 

As preaching is your feat

So are anartha’s defeat

 

Prabhupāda said preaching is the essence

You proved it as your quintessence

 

Bodily pangs on you keep lingering

But your consciousness is unfathoming

 

You gave us Showers of nectar 

As Your compassion is beyond vector 

 

Today is a happy day, your Vyāsapūja day

For your mercy, I humbly pray 

 

To help me  serve and please you my dear spiritual master

The way you served and pleased your spiritual master
 

Your insignificant spiritual daughter

Alka Babu 
India (Mumbai)

Respected Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept Respectful obeisance’s unto your lotus feet from a proud Shelter devotee dear Guru Mahārāja, on your auspicious 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā.

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

In the year 2019 as per my revered Mentor’s advice to select a Spiritual Master for Spiritual advancement, we selected You and were so glad and happy to be accepted by you. We are now eagerly awaiting to be an initiated devotee with our mercy.

This year we have been entrusted with the responsibility of conducting a Bhakti-vṛkṣa in our sector in Kannamangala, we are so happy to be in the association of spirited devotees. In this recently held Sīkṣā out of our small Bhakti-vṛkṣa 8 members appeared for various shikha levels and have become eligible for the next level.

I am longing to emulate your untiring zeal and spirit of accomplishing of the desire of Your Guru Mahārāja, Jagat Guru, Śrīla Prabhupāda. Your most cherished desire to make Bangalore a Kṛṣṇa Conscious city in the country, I in my own way trying hard to spread the Glories of the Lord, wherever possible.

Most glaring act of yours Guru Mahārāja being your Hospitalization, away from Māyāpur Dhāma at Chennai and despite in utter distress/ pains you only talked to anyone and everyone about the Lord, His glories and Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Preaching and motivating all by repeated appeal to Chant Hari Nam, narrating glories of Guru and Gaurāṅga, in real sense spreading His name in every nook and corner of the country.

It is an immense privilege and fortune for us to be under your shelter. Please bless us that we are able to fulfil your wishes.

Your Insignificant Servant,

Amal and Chitra Bhaduri

(Guru Mahārāja Shelter, Śrī Śrī Narasiṁha Giridhārī Mandir, Bangalore,India)

My dear Guru Mahārāja, please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla prabhupāda!

All glories to Gaurāṅga and Nityānanda!!

All glories to you on this auspicious Vyāsa-pūjā.

Actually, I don't have any qualifications to glorify you because you are very close associate of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Supreme lord.

Till now Mahārāja my sādhana is good with your blessings. I am conducting online bhakti vṛkṣas in Hyderabad. The devotees are from different districts of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and also Karnataka state. Also visiting nearby places like pasra (Telangana tribal area) under the guidance of Bhakti Puruṣottama swami Mahārāja and preaching in collaboration with ISKCON Warangal.

I am visiting tribal areas in Vishakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh since 2001 onwards. Four tribal devotees are ready to take initiations during tribal convention-2022. Bhakti Puruṣottama swami Mahārāja visited these areas during October 2021. I will visit these places from 4.4.2022 to 13.4.2022 to distribute Telegu Bhagavat-gītās, chanting beads, neck beads and tulasī plants etc. We are also planning to start a pāṭaśāla under the guidance of bhakti Puruṣottama swami Mahārāja.

Dear Guru dev it surprises me that inspite of your physical condition you are always thinking of your disciples welfare and sadhana. As a part of this you are conducting question-answer sessions. We really feel proud of you Mahārāja.

Garu Mahārāja, on this auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā please bestow your mercy on us to do better service to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mission.

I pray to Śrī Rādhā Mādhava Aṣṭasakhī, Pañcatattva and Narasiṁha deva to kindly ease your material burden.

Yours insignificant,

Rādhā Kanhaiyā Dāsa

And Amala Gaṅgā Devī Dāsī.

Hyderabad, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

Please accept my respectful obeisances to Your Lotus Feet.

I am blessed to get this auspicious opportunity to make this humble Vyāsa-pūjā offering to your most revered, divine, and transcendental Lotus Feet.

After many, many births I had the good fortune to come to know about ISKCON and Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, and even more auspicious was coming across and finding a Guru like You.

I want to thank you for bestowing Your mercy on me and accepting me as your disciple.

Your Lotus Feet are my only “Eternal Shelter”.

For this I am and always will remain eternally indebted to your Lotus Feet.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, your pure, flawless, relentless endeavors and preaching efforts know no bounds.

You are always 24/7 Kṛṣṇa Conscious. Traveling, preaching, and always finding new ways and opportunities to preach and distribute love and message of Lord Gaurāṅga throughout the world to all jīvas.

I am eternally indebted to you for enthusing me with your online discourses, inspirational JSSS WhatsApp group’s spiritual messages and engaging me in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness by being a “Perfect Guru” and “Perfect Role Model”.

Thanks for establishing a wonderful network of your disciples and well-wishing devotees and giving me their wonderful association.

You are an eternal and transcendental mine of spiritual inspiration.

Although I am still covered in ignorance and full of defects, I pray to Your Lotus Feet to please continue to remove my ignorance and guide me in this spiritual journey with Your lamp of Kṛṣṇa Conscious Knowledge, so that someday I will be free from the four defects of human nature and become all auspicious and pleasing and be able to see things as they are.

I respectfully, pray to your Lotus Feet to bless me and empower me so that I be able to serve you, and Vaiṣṇava devotees, to Your heart’s satisfaction, and like your millions of disciples/followers that I too be able to serve You in fulfilling "Your" commitment to Śrīla Prabhupāda to help "Him" fulfill "His" commitment to "His" Śrīla Guru Mahārāja.

Your eternal servant,

Amarendra Mukunda Dāsa

Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja please accept my respectful obesainces in to your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja.

All glories to guru and Gaurāṅga!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to you Guru Mahārāja!

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja please accept my respectful obeisances in to your lotus feet. Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for entering our darken life’s and making it brighten. And your love and dedication for Śrīla Prabhupāda always inspires us. And you always be an example for taking the instructions of the spiritual master as life and soul. And and thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for your causeless mercy. And your love for the Śrīla Prabhupāda always inspires us. Despite of your health conditions you never fail to shower your mercy. And we our very much fortunate to Śrīla Prabhupāda and you in our life’s Guru Mahārāja. And please us so that we can be an instrument in your service towards your spiritual master Śrīla Prabhupāda and thank you Kṛṣṇa and Prabhupāda for sending you in our life’s as our spiritual master. And we could very clearly see after your entrance in to darken life’s how become colorful and your surrender inspires to be surrendered to Śrīla Prabhupāda and you Guru Mahārāja. Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for your love and affection you gone to all of us. And your always there for everyone when needed your guidance. Guru Mahārāja we want to be eternally grateful and be indebted to you Guru Mahārāja. And Guru Mahārāja we cannot repay the things you have done in our lives the only thing that I can do is just follow your instructions and with folded palms beg for your mercy. I pray to Narasiṁhadeva and Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and Pañca-tattva and Śrīla Prabhupāda for your good health Guru Mahārāja so that you can continue your services to Śrīla Prabhupāda so that we can be an instrument in your services. On this auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā I wish you happy Vyāsa-pūjā. And please bless me so that I can serve you and Śrīla Prabhupāda eternally.

Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja

Your’s unqualified insignificant

Servant of the servant,

Ambika

South India, Hyderabad

nāma oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe

Amit Mondal
India (Kolkata)

Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my repeated Respectful obeisances on to your lotus feet,

This conditioned soul simply begging at your lotus feet for your causeless mercy

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

Guru Mahārāja, I heard many missionary activities which you did to spread Kṛṣṇa Bhakti all over the world from senior devotees, starting from printing books and dispatching, your contribution in building BBT, opening a center in Toronto, then in building and protecting Māyāpur by risking your own life and your surrenderance and Service to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja I am a fallen, aimless and feeble-minded soul still inspired by your selfless service and activities I try to do whatever I could but I always fail to achieve the target given, currently trying to building our youth forum YouTube channel to connect 100000 youths, also tried to distribute books for yours and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s pleasure.

So, on this most auspicious 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā. I would like to pray at the dust of your Lotus feet, please give your mercy Guru Mahārāja so that I can serve you and spread kṛṣṇa-bhakti which is the only welfare activity for humanity

Your most Insignificant servant,

Amiya dey
Māyāpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to you dear Guru Mahārāja

I'm seeing a shower of your mercy in my life to make me more stronger spiritually dear Gurumahārāja. By your mercy, I get your disciples association and we are trying to do better japa, better deity worship and better in dealings with family and even started doing some little sevā in our Sheshadripuram Jagannātha Mandir, Bengaluru dear Gurumahārāja.

Kindly bless me:

1. to make me more strong in my sādhana

2. To be more humble in dealings with everyone around me

3. and to get sufficient intelligence to preach to the point when I give care to devotees, one to one.

4 and give me intelligence to carefully discriminate and use time for most important services than for less important services.

5. Please extract infinite and very effective services from me by giving me sharp intelligence dear Guru Mahārāja.

Guru Mahārāja I do not need anything in life other than above mentioned 5 blessings. If you think I need more to serve better, please grant me your merciful blessings. I wish to fully give quality service to Sheshadripuram Jagannātha Mandir as that temple is in need of service from many devotees. Please empower me also to preach very effectively to all the mātājīs and kids there, so that Sheshadripuram temple will have very wonderful devotees who will attract whole Bangalore to become KC very soon so that you can see it while you are still in this world with us physically dear Guru Mahārāja.

Guru Mahārāja, your services in spite of all your physical instabilities have inspired me tremendously to give my best because I have such good physical health and good family that supports me all by your blessings. and so I must also be doing a lot to serve you, just like you are serving your Guru Mahārāja.

I want to be giving maximum in your services dear Guru Mahārāja.

Kindly bless me... I have no hope other than your blessings dear spiritual father...

Your servant

Amṛta Mādhavī Devī Dāsī
Māyāpur, India

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

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Śrīla Prabhuapada!

All Glories to you Guru Mahārāja!

I wanted to write many times to you through mail but failed, but I want to take full advantage of your upcoming Vyāsa-pūjā and try to write my offering to you in these platform. I don’t have any qualifications, but I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to write to you on the auspicious day of your appearance.

You set an example of devotion to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Gaurāṅga and now I have a goal in life to be attached to your lotus feet. I pursue from heart to place myself in service of your lotus feet. You are the most empowered and beloved disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Gurudev, on your “73rd Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava”, I sincerely pray to Śrī Śrī Gāndharvikā-Giridhārī, Narasiṁhadeva and Gaur-Nitāi for your good health and to continue delivering fallen conditioned souls.

With your mercy and guidance of Acyuta Arjunasakhā Dāsa Prabhujī and Harikṣetra Prabhujī, me and my husband are serving as Sector-servant and Bhakti-vṛkṣa leader for Gaurāṅga Circle (Kadugodi, Bangalore) and Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava Bhakti-Vṛkṣa and this happens every week online. We are also giving more time in morning sadhna regularly. Please bless us Gurudeva so that we can serve as the instruments to sow the seed of Kṛṣṇa consciousness deep into the heart of all the souls we touch and be a better servant to assist you in the mission of Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I would like to conclude this offering by praying, dear Guru Mahārāja may I simply engage in glorifying and find perfection in chanting the Holy Names of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Always hankering for your mercy.

Your Aspiring Servant,

Aditi Thakur

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma,

Gurumahārāja,with my folded hands i want to congratulate you on the occasion of 73rd vyāsa-pūjā. I pray to lord Kṛṣṇa for your good health and your achievement in the path Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I am blessed that Kṛṣṇa has given me such a merciful spiritual master. Guru Mahārāja Please bless me and my family to Proceed in my spiritual path and serve Kṛṣṇa under your guidance.

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Your spiritual daughter

Amṛtāñjalī Citrā devī dāsī
Māyāpur, India

হরে কৃষ্ণ। শ্রীল জয়পতাকা স্বামী গুরুমহারাজের শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথি ব্যাসপূজা মহা-মহৎসবের জয় হোক। ভগবান নৃসিংহদেব আপনাকে খুব সুস্থ রাখুক এই প্রার্থনা করি,আপনার প্রচার কার্যে ভগবান আরও শক্তি দিক। ভালো থাকবেন গুরুমহারাজ।

আমার দন্ডবৎ প্রণাম গ্রহণ করবেন গুরুমহারাজ। সর্বদা যেন শ্রীকৃষ্ণের সেবায় যুক্ত থাকতে পারি ও আপনার প্রচার কার্যে সাহায্য করতে পারি,এই আশীর্বাদ করবেন। হরে কৃষ্ণ।

Amṛteśa Gaurāṅga dāsa (অমৃতেশ গৌরাঙ্গ দাস)

India

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories unto you, Śrīla Gurudeva! Please accept our most respectful obeisances, Guru Mahārāja! Daṇḍavat Praṇāma. Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Last year, especially the day of September 12, 2021, we will remember and cherish forever - this day you mercifully took us under your shelter.

We hope to take Kṛṣṇa Consciousness more seriously this year, improve sādhana, get involved in more devotional service and please You, Śrīla Prabhupāda, Gaurāṅga and Jagannath to the best of our abilities - the abilities that you bless us with, again. We hope to become your initiated disciple soon. We also pray to you, seeking your blessings so that we soon beget a Kṛṣṇa Consciousness child - a child who can be another small soldier in your army which is taking Śrīla Prabhupāda’s and your mission forward.

This might sound like a laundry list of requests, but essentially the bottom line is that we sincerely request that we become happy, more Kṛṣṇa conscious and inspire more people around us to take up the process.

We pray to the Lordships – Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā Mayī for your health, well-being and happiness Gurudeva. And we also pray that we too can play a small part in your happiness, among lakhs of other senior devotees in your service.

Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Your servant,

Anand and Janani (sheltered)
New Rājāpur Dhāma, Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Gurumahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.

O Śrīla Gurudeva, there is a lack of words to glorify the amount of sacrifice and determination you have done to fullfill Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission, please bless me so that I can serve you the same way. I am desiring to do vapuḥ service for you Śrīla Gurudeva...

O Gurudeva you have thought all of us to never give up in our life in serving the spiritual master and pleasing Lord Kṛṣṇa, Śrīla Prabhupāda had taken Bhakti Vinoda Ṭhākura's vission as his mission similarly your divine grace is eternally engaged inspite of so many physical challenges...

Always praying and Hankering for your blessings, Gurudeva.

Your Servant,

Ānandamaya Ambariṣa Dāsa

ISKCON Coimbatore, India

¡¡Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda!!

Guru Mahārāja por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias a sus pies de loto

Oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

Nací en la más oscura ignorancia, y mi maestro espiritual me abrió los ojos con la antorcha del conocimiento. Le ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias.

Querido Gurudeva, nunca es suficiente glorificación cuando tengo que hablar de usted en el día más auspicioso de tu Vyāsa-pūjā.

Veo la misericordia del Señor Nityānanda y de Mahāprabhu fluyendo de su estado de ánimo compasivo así como el rio Ganges baja de la montaña del Himalaya y dando felicidad a todos.

¡Oh, Gurudeva, por favor bendíceme con el tesoro de Prema! bendíceme para que pueda servir a los vaisnavas con amor y respeto, bendíceme para que pueda tratar de satisfacer su intenso deseo de difundir la conciencia de Kṛṣṇa tanto como sea posible.

Su personalidad demuestra que es suave como una rosa pero duro como un rayo, usted es una fuente de inspiración constante para discípulos y simpatizantes porque es un ejemplo de nunca rendirse, usted es como el abuelo Bhishmadev que elige morir a su voluntad. Usted mantienes su aire vital para satisfacer a Śrīla Prabhupāda y los Ācāryas anteriores. ¿Quién puede entender la mente de un vaiṣṇava exaltado como usted?

Usted es una piedra de toque ya que por su asociación puede transformar el hierro en oro, pudiendo transformar un corazón sucio en una joya preciosa.

śrīla bhaktivinoda ha cantado
kṛṣṇa se toma, kṛṣṇa dite paro,
tomara sakati ache
ami to' kańgala, 'kṛṣṇa' 'kṛṣṇa' boli',
dhai tava pache pache

Kṛṣṇa es suyo. Usted tiene el poder de dármelo. Soy simplemente su sirviente corriendo detrás de suyo gritando, "¡Kṛṣṇa! ¡Kṛṣṇa!"

Su insignificante sirviente

Ananta Gaurāṅga dāsa, (Dīkṣā)
Māyāpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectful obeisance at your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

In my 4-years and six months of journey In ISKCON mercy of Guru Mahārāja given opportunity to serve to Kṛṣṇa and under the instructions of śikṣā-guru, obey the order of bonafide spiritual Master learned more how to live in a society and keep away māyā, associate with devotees, guru-Sevā Satsang and keep center in Kṛṣṇa.

Guru Mahārāja for spiritual advancement I am taking IDC course as instructed my śikṣā-guru for initiation.

Please bless me progress in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness good spiritual growth

Jaya Jaya Guru Mahārāja ki Jaya!

If any shortcomes and mistakes forgive me Guru Mahārāja... I am so fallen soul please Guru Mahārāja

Your's loving devotee

Ananth Reddy B
Māyāpur, India

नम: ॐ विष्णु पदाय कृष्ण प्रेष्ठाय भूतले
श्रीमते जयपताका स्वामिन इति नामिने,
नमो आचार्य पदाय निताई कृपा प्रदायिने
गौर कथा धाम धाए नगर ग्राम तारिणे।

दंडवत प्रणाम गुरु महाराज। आपको ७३वे व्यासपुजा महोत्सव की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं।

मैं अपने आप को बहुत भाग्यशाली समझती हूं की आपने मुझ पतित जीव को स्वीकार किया। इससे पहले मेरा जीवन बहुत दुखमय था और कोई लक्ष्य नहीं था। लेकिन जबसे आपकी कृपा की रोशनी मेरे ऊपर पड़ी तो मेरे जीवन से सारा अंधकार दूर हो गया। मुझे २०१५ में जब मैं मायापुर पहली बार आई थी, तो मुझे आपके दर्शन करने का मौका मिला और तब से ही मेरा जीवन पूर्ण रूप से बदल गया। आपकी कृपा से मुझे भक्तों का संग मिला और अनकी सेवा करने का मौका मिला। जब भी मैं आपकी पतित जीवों के प्रति करुणा का विचार करती हूं तो मेरी मंदबुद्धि इसे समझ नहीं पाती है। आपके प्रभुपाद के आदेशों के प्रति दृढ़ संकल्प देख कर मुझे बहुत उत्साह मिलता है।

मैं अंबाला के भक्तों की और मेरे शिक्षा गुरु की बहुत आभारी हूं जिन्होंने मुझे आपके चरणों तक पहुंचाया। कृपया मुझे आशीर्वाद दें गुरु महाराज ताकि मैं भक्तों की पूर्ण रूप से सेवा कर पाऊं और आपकी कृपा को दूसरों को भी बाँट सकूं जिससे दूसरों का भी जीवन प्रकाशमय हो जाए।

आपकी तुच्छ दासी

अनिंदिता जाह्नवा देवी दासी (Aninditā Jāhnavā Devī Dāsī) (dīkṣā)

अंबाला (भारत)

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to guru and Gaurāṅga!

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

My humble obeisance to Guru Mahārāja!!!

Guru Mahārāja is always a source of inspiration for all of us. We are eternally indebted to Guru Mahārāja for showing His causeless mercy to us.

In the beginning of every New Year’s Eve I make new resolutions. I purposely choose one-one good quality of Guru Mahārāja's and try to improve myself. This year I have decided to focus on Attentive Chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa Māha-mantra and reading sincerely all small books written by Prabhupāda.

We are very fortunate to be under the umbrella of ISKCON. We can receive so much of mercy of the Lord through Guru Mahārāja.

In this year's Vyāsa-pūjā homage, I would like to pray unto the Lotus feet of the Supreme Lord to protect Guru Mahārāja and kindly give Him more opportunities to be with us and He should enlighten many more souls.

Daṇḍavat pranam to all the wonderful devotees who are serving Guru Mahārāja within their capacity.

With best wishes!

Sundara Kānāi dāsa

Añjalī Gopikā devī dāsī
Nagpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet!

All Glories To Your Divine Appearance Day!!

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

Oh my dear father, I’m not qualified to glorify you but you gave me a big opportunity to glorify you. You are so merciful upon me Gurudeva. I’m so fallen but you accepted me as your Spiritual daughter. I always pray to Lord Nityānanda that when he will give me opportunity to take your darśana? Just as Lord shiva drank poison, in the same way you accept my sins like poison. All glories to you Gurudeva. You are mood of Lord Nityānanda because you accept whoever comes in your shelter. Please forgive me Gurudeva because you always have to suffer because of me. Please Guru Mahārāja, always keep me in your shelter always otherwise if you and Śrīla Prabhupāda abandoned me, my life would be like a street dog, after that Kṛṣṇa will never accept me. I can’t reach Kṛṣṇa without your mercy. Lord Caitanya and Śrīla Prabhupāda are very kind upon me, they sent you in my life to liberate me from this material world. I promise to you Guru Mahārāja, I will chant daily 16 Rounds and never break my four regulative principles. And I will try to ready daily Prabhupāda’s books.

Guru Mahārāja I always want to be in your shelter. Please don’t leave me because I have no one other than you. Oh Gurudeva, please keep me in your shelter and guidance always. If I commit any offence in your Lotus feet so please forgive me. I want to be and serve in your Lotus feet always. Please bless me for my spiritual life always. I really love you Guru Mahārāja.

All glories To You Gurudeva

Your Insignificant Servant,

Annu Tomar (Sheltered)

ISKCON Rohiṇī, Delhi

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to you Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept my respectful obesiances unto your Lotus Feet.

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

All glories to your auspicious appearance day.

Your unstoppable enthusiasm to serve the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda is the biggest inspiration to me.

I cannot express my gratitude enough to you Guru Mahārāja. Thank you so much for showering your mercy upon me. As I write the offering, I am reminded of how on my previous birthday, you blessed me via zoom, and showered your mercy upon me by blessing me with the golden words of “Please take my heart”. As and when I meditate on these words of yours, I feel so fortunate and blessed. Thank you once again Guru Mahārāja for such a wonderful blessing. Your constant meditation on the pastimes of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu and His associates is what I feel your heart is full of and your blessing to me as such is really beyond words.

Currently by your mercy Guru Maharaj and by the mercy of Her Grace Śiromaṇi Mātājī, I have been engaged in the college preaching in M.G.M Medical College, Jamshedpur. A group of 8-10 girls are there among which a few of them attend our weekly Bhagavad-gītā sessions. Some of them read Bhagavad-gītā daily and a few of them have recently started chanting. Some of the new girls have been to Māyāpur with us.

Please bless me Guru Mahārāja so that I can be of some service to you in helping you spread the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda and at the same time be in constant association with sincere followers of Śrīla Prabhupāda, serve them and learn from them the ways to lead a Kṛṣṇa conscious life with utmost sincerity and seriousness.

Please forgive me for all the offences committed.

Your insignificant servant,

Anurādhā Didwania (sheltered disciple)

Jamshedpur, India

Dear Gurumaharāj,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to your Divine Grace! All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Gurumaharāj, you are the best and foremost example to illustrate that Kṛṣṇa Consciousness is not a philosophy, but it is as practical as it can get. You personally portray, through your life and your own health complications, that the process of pure love for Śrīla Prabhupāda, and Kṛṣṇa, works. Gurumaharāj, your tireless and global preaching efforts to spread the name of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, despite several physical ailments, gives us all the motivation to persevere in the movement with more and more enthusiasm. Your painstaking efforts to deliver humanity is incomparable, and the way you motivate every person you come across, every hospital attendant, every airport personnel, and even random passersby, to chant the holy name is really wonderful. But sometimes I feel bad that you have to take so much effort and work so hard, for our benefit.

Gurumaharāj, today, and every day forward, I pray primarily for three things; Firstly, that I am committed to keep my vow of chanting minimum 16 rounds every day, and persevere to do offenseless chanting; Secondly, grow abundantly in my devotional service and keep my mind and heart clean so I am able to keep you and Śrīla Prabhupāda in my heart, at all times; Thirdly, I pray that I am able to overcome the fear and judgment and freely preach the message of Godhead to my friends and co-workers. Gurumaharāj, I pray to you for these three things because you are the only one merciful enough to enable this in me.  

Lastly Gurumaharāj, on this 73rd Vyāsa Pūja, I sincerely pray to Lord Nṛsimhadev, if He desires, to keep you in the best of health and that your dream vision; to complete the construction of the TOVP, comes to reality very very soon.

Thank you Gurumaharāj, for accepting me as your sheltered disciple.

Your lowly servant,

Anusha Murti

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 koti koti daṇḍavat praṇāmas Guru Mahārāja. However much I may try to write about your glories is too less, for you are an ocean of transcendental qualities. You joined ISKCON at the age of 19 and received sannyāsa at the age of 20, and apparently you had no idea of the difficulties of sannyāsa āśrama at that tender age. As a new bhakta Itself, you gave all your earnings to the local temple, from serving as a restaurant waiter. Later when Prabhupāda gave you the responsibility of constructing the Māyāpur project, we know you would carry cement on your back, even guard the cement night and day, as there was shortage of cement at that time, and the cement could have been easily looted. Such humble services done by you have given us the gift of Māyāpur project for all of us to relish. And continuing your services in all possible ways, even after repeated health crises is so much more inspiring. You have continued preaching irrespective of your external circumstances, even if in hospital, always jīva daya! I am so impressed that you also give us chance to do questions answers in Hindi language too. You have kept giving your love and mercy through all difficult times. Your mercy in the form of senior devotees like His Grace Prema Padmini mātājī, His Grace Sukhakar Kṛṣṇa prabhuji, and His Grace Rāmeśvara Kānāi prabhuji are every day giving us nectar of Harināma and Harikathā through group japa and morning and evening classes. I only pray that we All can keep getting your merciful Association by Lord Gaurāṅga 's mercy for many many decades to come!

Your servant
Anusuya Yaśodā Devī dāsī
(Dīkṣā disciple, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, UP)

My dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I am unworthy to offer your divine grace this Vyāsa-pūjā offering, only by your unlimited mercy I am able to do so.

śuddha-bhakata-caraṇa-reṇu, bhajana-anukūla
bhakata-sevā parama-siddhi, prema-latikāra mūla

Dust from the lotus feet of pure devotee is conducive to devotional service, while service to the Vaiṣṇavas is itself the supreme perfection and the root of the tender creeper of divine love.

Pure devotees like yourself are personified places of pilgrimage because you always carry the supreme Lord in your heart. Just by your glance and a few minutes association you purify and engage, fallen souls like us in devotional service.

Oh guru dev, we are greatly in need of enthusiasm in practicing devotional service, firm faith in devotional process, strong desire to attain Prema bhakti, favorable service attitude, avoidance of non-devotees and appreciation of the company of devotees.

Begging you to bestow upon us these qualities so that we can always be at your service to your divine lotus feet. My desire is to serve your lotus feet eternally guru dev. Please give a drop of your cause less mercy to kindly engage me in the Saṅkīrtana movement of Lord Caitanya. This is my humble Vyāsa-pūjā offering at your lotus feet.

Your insignificant servant,

Apara Gandharvika devī dāsī
Bangalore, India

Hare kṛṣṇa Guru Maharaj Please accept my respectful Obeisance unto your lotus feet.

All gloris to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All gloris to Guru and Gouranga!

Guru Mahārāja, I have written a poem in bengali laguage to glorify your unconditional mercy. Please accept it.

পতিত পাবন গুরুদেব

দয়ার সাগর পতিত পাবন কৃষ্ণেরও প্রতিনিধি।

আপনাকে ব্যাতীত কিরূপে জানতাম, যথা শ্রাস্ত্রবিধি।।

গ্ৰহন করিয়া মোদের সমস্ত পাপ করিলেন নব জীবন দান।

শিষ্যের কাছে গুরু মহারাজ তাই ভগবানের সমান।।

কৃষ্ণ তত্ত্ববেত্তা আপনি, ব্যাক্তি ভাগবৎ।

প্রচার করেন শ্রাস্ত্র মতে

তাই মুগ্ধ সারা জগৎ।।

অন্ধকারে প্রদীপ আপনি, আপনিই করুনাসার।

তব আর্শীবাদে কৃষ্ণ লাভ যা আশ্রয়ের আধার।।

জীব উদ্ধার লাগি তব আগমন,এই মোর বিশ্বাস।

ভক্ত-ভগবানের নিত্য সংযোগ কারী, হে করুনার প্রকাশ।।

সর্বক্ষণ চিহ্নিত থাকেন আপনি শিষ্যদের উন্নতিতে।

অহৈতুকী কৃপা সিঞ্চন করছেন ধরনীর বুকেতে।।

গুরু পিতা গুরুই ধর্ম গুরুদেব মোদের সম্বল।

আপনি প্রীত হইলে পরে হৃদয়ে ভক্তির চিদবল়।।

কৃষ্ণপ্রেমের স্ফুলিঙ্গ জাগরণ হয়,আপনারই কৃপায়

এরুপ স্নেহ কে আর দেবে, যাব আমি আর কোথায়।।

শুষ্ক মরুভুমিতে বর্ষন আপনি, মনেও উল্লাস।

পাদপদ্মে আশ্রয় প্রার্থী আমি, আপনার দাসের ও দাস।।

হে গুরুদেব ছায়াতলে স্থান দিন এ মহাপামরে।

উদ্ধার করুন অধম সন্তানেরে কৃপা কনা প্রদান করে।।

Your Insignificant daughter

Aparūpa Gaurāṅgī Devī Dāsī

Mednipur, West Bengal.

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

Wishing you a very Happy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Śrīla Ācārypāda!!!

Gurudev, I, Aprameya Govinda dāsa and Vrija Līlā devī dāsī, offer our most obeisances unto your Divine Lotus Feet.

brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva
guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja

Only by your mercy, we can get the seed of Kṛṣṇa bhakti, because you are an ocean of mercy and the savior of the most fallen souls.

Gurudeva, we are greatly indebted to you for giving us this seed of Kṛṣṇa bhakti to very much fallen souls like us and saving us from this material contamination. It brings us great happiness and enthusiasm when we see you preaching to fallen souls like us and helping us to take us back home Back to Godhead thus giving us the mercy of Kṛṣṇa and all the acharyas in the paramparā. By your causeless mercy, you are teaching us how to take to this sublime process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and how to come out of this cycle of birth and death and to attain a permanent life where we can eternally serve the Lord, but we out of our ignorance are still so much attached and contaminated. Its only and only by your mercy can we be liberated from this condition.

Gurudev, even with all the physical challenges and bodily difficulties that you are having because of taking our karma, you are preaching Lord Gaurāṅga’s message to the whole world more and more., no obstacle is an obstacle for you, you just seem to conquer every physical adversary that comes your way, by which you are demonstrating us that we are not this body, but are soul. We pray to you Gurudeva that one day we also realize this simple but deep realization.

We offer our humble obeisances at your lotus feet and thank you for accepting us as your spiritual children.

Please forgive us Gurudeva for the innumerable Vaiṣṇava-aprādhās we are committing knowingly and unknowingly.

We beg and pray Lord Narasiṁhadeva to protect you from all dangers and that he gives you good health by which many souls suffering in this saṁsāra get your mercy and take to this wonderful process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and serve Guru and Gaurāṅga.

Yours

Aprameya Govinda dāsa and Vrija Līlā devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for guiding me when I was in trouble... you are the only hopes for me.

Please bless me to do more bhakti and follow your instructions properly, rather thinking of nonsense and wasting time.

Please bless me always to be in right path.

Your spiritual daughter,

Apurva Rohiṇī devī dāsī.

Belgaum, India

Oṁ ajñana timirandasya/ jñanam jñanam salakaya

caksur unmilitam jñena tasmai/ śrī gurave namah

Nací en la más oscura ignorancia y mi maestro espiritual está abriendo mis ojos con la antorcha del conocimiento transcendental, a él le ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias.

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los Ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.

Mi querido Maestro Espiritual. En este día tan especial, estoy pidiendo a Rādhārāṇī y Shyam, quienes Me han dado un maestro maravilloso como usted, que me cualifiquen para ofrecer este homenaje de glorificación a Sus pies de loto. Usted es, Patitapavana, el ejemplo de servicio al Guru. Usted es valiente. Con la Bandera de La Victoria, abre paso para todas almas hacia GAURĀṄGA.!!!

Usted es un Ācārya, enseñando con su ejemplo nos muestra que no existe impedimento para aquel que desea hacer servicio.

Usted nos enseña que nuestro único impedimento, es nuestra mente. Usted es un genuino representante de Nitaynanda Prabhu. Ansiosamente usted da los Santos Nombres a todos los que se le acercan. Habiendo realizado, usted da el mensaje que, “este es el único método de liberarnos de este mundo material en esta era”.

Cuán grande es su Amor por las jivas y su conexión con Krisna, que a esta insignificante Jīva, la más caída, le ha permitido acercarse a conocer al bendito Śrīla Prabhupāda y me ha permitido vivir en Vrindaban, sin ninguna cualificación.

Gracias por Su Bendita Bendición. Estaré en deuda siempre, inclinada a sus pies de loto que son mi único refugio.

Su sirvienta,

Arcanā devī dāsī, (Dīkṣā)
Vṛndāvana, India

হরে কৃষ্ণ আমার প্রিয় গুরু মহারাজ। আপনার শ্রী চরণে আমার শতকোটি প্রণাম।

আপনার গুনগান যতই করি না কেনো সেটা কমই হবে আমার জন্য। কথায় আছে বৃক্ষের পরিচয় ফলে পাওয়া যায়। আবার সেইরকম উল্টোটাও ঠিক। আমরা শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ আপনার মাধ্যমে সেই গুরু শিষ্য সম্পর্কটি দেখতে পাই। শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ যেমন ওনার গুরু মহারাজের কথা রাখার জন্য সারা বিশ্বে প্রচার করেছেন, আপনিও ঠিক সেই ভাবে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদকে খুশি করার জন্য যেখানে যেখানে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ প্রচার করেননি সেই সব দেশে প্রচার করেছেন। আজ জগন্নাথ মন্দিরে বিদেশি হিসাবে শুধু মাত্র আপনার ঢোকার অনুমতি আছে, এর থেকে আমি বুঝতে পারি আপনি বিদেশি নন আপনি এই জগতের। আজও আপনার শরীর অসুস্থ থাকা সত্বেও যেই ভাবে আপনি প্রচার করে যাচ্ছেন শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এর আদেশ পালন করছেন আজ তা ইসকনের সমস্ত সদস্যের কাছে আদর্শ এবং তা অনুসরণীয়। শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এর আদেশ পেয়ে আপনি যে ভাবে মায়াপুর কে আজ আমাদের দিলেন তা ভক্তরা জগতবাসী কোনোদিন ভুলবে না।

ব্যসপূজা উপলক্ষে আমার মত ক্ষুদ্রের আপনাকে কিই বা দেবার আছে। কিন্তু গঙ্গা জলে গঙ্গা পুজো করার মতো আপনার কাছে আমি প্রার্থনা করছি, আমাকে আশীর্বাদ করুন যেনো আমি শীঘ্রই আপনার চরণাশ্রয় লাভ করতে পারি এবং শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এর এই প্রচার অভিযানে যোগদান করে আপনাকে সন্তুষ্ট করতে পারি।

আপনার অধম চরনাশ্রয় প্রার্থী

অরিন্দম মন্ডল

পূর্ব বর্ধমান

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn 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 Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. Happy auspicious Vyāsa-pūjā dear Guru Mahārāja.

Although I am not capable of glorifying the divine qualities that you have but I take this opportunity to attempt to glorify you on this most auspicious day

By your mercy I got the chance to associate with the loving ISKCON NRJD devotees and through them I got to hear and relish many more of your wonderful pastimes and fortunately had the opportunity to have your darśana during your visit to bangalore.

I remember that the first time I met you in Sesadripuram Jagannātha temple... I fortunately received your mahā-prasāda and since then my life has significantly transformed. I was overwhelmed with joy and bliss after your darśana.

Oh Guru Mahārāja your greatness cannot be comprehended. You are filled with determination to preach, inspite of your severe health challenges you still give darśana and please your devotees.

The nectar of your words fills my heart with love for you more and more

You are so inspiring and you have so much love for Śrīla Prabhupāda and determination to follow his instructions.

Dear Guru Mahārāja you are my spiritual father and I wholeheartedly thank you for being so compassionate upon a Patita like me and showing me the path of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

It is only because of your tireless preaching that 60,000+ devotees are initiated and have taken up this wonderful process.

Dear Guru Mahārāja earlier I had many problems but your causeless mercy you gave me strength to overcome them and continue with my sadhana under the guidance of HG Caitnaya Avatārī and HG Rasamayī Mātājī.

Oh Guru Mahārāja, I’m in the need of your blessings, so that in association of devotees I keep increasing my love for you and be determined to follow your instructions without getting distracted

Please bless me and my family - daughters Swati Monika Sweety and my son Nitāi and spouse Kṛṣṇa to try to serve you with love and devotion

Koṭi koṭi Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas Guru Mahārāja

Your aspiring daughter

Ārti kumārī (aspiring disciple)

ISKCON NRJD, Bangalore India

Humble obeisances to my savior, my dear Guru Mahārāja.

Your divine presence can be felt at every moment. It is my great fortune to have you as my eternal father. I thank you for showering your mercy on a sinful person like me. The prem for Gaura Nitāi can be achieved with your mercy. May I be able to please you and Lord in order to achieve divine love.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, please forgive me for my sins and offenses and bless me with your kindness and love.

Thank you.

Fallen soul,

Atīsundarī devī dāsī

হরেকৃষ্ণ

শ্রীল জয়পতাকা স্বামী গুরু মহারাজের জয় হোক ।

আপনি হলেন আমার অন্ধ পথের দিশারী। আপনি যখন আমাকে প্রথম দেখা দিয়েছিলেন দমদম বিমানবন্দরে তখন আমি শিহরিত হয়ে ছিলাম। আমার মনের মধ্যে যে কৃষ্ণ চেতনা বা কৃষ্ণভাবনায় যে প্রস্ফুটন তা আমি ক্রমে ক্রমে অনুভব করছি ,শুধু আপনার কৃপার দ্বারা ও মনমুগ্ধকর আপনার বানী শ্রবন ও গ্রন্থের অধ্যায়নের দ্বারা। আপনি 73 তম জন্মবার্ষিকীতে পদার্পণ করেছেন, তা এই জগৎবাসীর কাছে এবং আমার কাছে অতি আনন্দের মুহূর্ত। আমি তা ভাষায় প্রকাশ করতে পারছি না। আপনি সুস্থ থাকুন ও যত শীঘ্র  হোক আপনি সেরে উঠুন,  এটাই আমি প্রার্থনা করছি আপনার উদ্দেশ্যে প্রতিদিন 16 মালা জপ করে ভগবানের উদ্দেশ্যে।

ইতি আপনার অতি নগন্য সেবক মাত্র,                            

 অয়ন ।

ইসকন দম দম।

 

 

 

 

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

All Glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga,

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja,

We (Balāji Gaura Dāsa and Samarpita Padmāvatī devī dāsī) are very grateful to you for giving us initiation and accepting us as your disciples.

We are very happy to hear that you are keeping good health. We heard from his Grace Māhavarāha Prabhu’s daily report that when you were at Rela, your grace was distributing Bhagavad-gītā books and chanting beads to all the staff and doctors at the hospital even when you were undergoing treatment and in spite of you being so weak. It really amazes us of your commitment to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda. This is one of the most recent incidents that we are sharing.

We are really amazed at the frequent travels you undertake worldwide to help devotees progress spiritually, in spite of your busy schedule with GBC, other meetings and your preaching (which is your favorite). In your lectures on Caitanya-caritāmṛta we hear nice pastimes of Gaurāṅga conveyed to us in simple English and the way you explain each of the Lord’s pastimes, we feel as though we are hearing from a person who is participating in those pastimes.

On our personal front we are currently undergoing training in Bhakti Śāstrī Course at ISKCON South Bangalore, and I am preaching in Kannada via zoom classes to a Bhakti-vṛkṣa team of 14 devotees in Tumkur. We both are actively involved in all the temple programs and visit the temple regularly.

Please bless us so that we are able to serve the Supreme Lord more as per your desire.

Your servants,

Bālājī Gaura Dāsa and Samarpita Padmāvatī devī dāsī
Bangalore - Śrī Jagannātha Mandir Kumaraswamy Layout

Our Dearest Guru Maharājā,

Kindly accept our most humble obeisances unto Your Lotus Feet.

Let Kṛṣṇa kindly arrange Very Very Many Many Happy Returns of Your Vyāsapūjā… year after year!! Oh! Gaurāṅga Oh! Nityānanda...

We are still continuing our human form of life, (me 71 wife 64) with the full fervor of what we became out of those decisively sanctifying stays of Yours in our 2-bedroom house at BHEL Trichy - 1980s. Those trips which included Your early two South India Safari yātrās… with pandal programs... visiting Śrīraṅgaṁ.

Guru Mahārāja… You instructed us: “wherever you are spread harināma!’

We feel even today that the impact of those GOLDEN WORDS on our existence were just the reverberation of “yāre dekha tāre kaha”, imparted to Kūrmadeśa brāhmaṇa by our beloved Lord!

With Your personal desire alone, my dear Guru Mahārāja... the professional / spiritual deeds of ours became ‘yajña’s - on a confluence, enabling even a stubborn idiot like me to self-realize the otherwise un- fathomable experience of Bhagavad-gītā as it Is, as a simple, straightforward working- zone... everyday- wisdom!

We are doing everything as you had desired and ordained.

●   Regular remittance to support the most needed sevā of CDM.

●   House Counselling here.

●   Remain as a standard of “1980- ISKCON” till this day, wading through rajasic local turmoil.

●   Of late, started supporting needy disciples of yours, materially here, in Thrissur, as a response care that your Holiness as a spiritual father would have desired and extended, to who aspire you as their Guru… and /or took initiation from You.

offerings

sravayan jayapatākā iti ebhyoe
puman chārati nisprhah.
śrīcaitanya nama rati bhandaram,
nityānanda vasho nishkrtah.
drshtir tadith sahajondham-
ajnanam dahati tat kshanam.
śrī caitanya bhakthyartham
natosmi tat paduka renu pankajam.

Translation: By hearing just the syllable ‘jayapatākā’ a fallen soul wanders in this world, materially detached.

(The personification of that syllable) is the treasure well of the taste of Name: ‘Śrī Caitanya’.

He is eternally liberated having ever been possessed in the mood of Śrī Nityānanda.

His glances are thunder. lightning that burns spontaneously the dull material intelligence of an embodied soul.

For the sake of Śrī Caitanya Bhakti I lay prostrated unto the lotus dust of that Divine Footwear of His Holiness.

Koṭi praṇāmas...

Will come and take your darśana soon

Balarāma Kṛṣṇa dāsa,

Indira Lakṣmi devīdāsī,
Ex BHEL Tiruchi - Now @ Thrissur, Kerala

Dear Guru Mahārāja jī,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet,

My name is Beena Garude (Aspiring Disciple)

I am from Mumbai, India.

You are a living example of dedication, you dedicated your life to serve for Śrīla Pradhupāda’s mission. your glories are unlimited,

I can’t express my feelings with words.

Please accept me as one of your disciples.

I am unworthy and desiring your mercy Guru Mahārāja jī.

I am preparing to take shelter from you, under guidance of Vrajapriyā Mātājī, Premī Keśavī Mātājī and Hemarūpa Caitanya Dāsa Prabhujī.

Please give me your mercy to improve my sevā and sādhana.

Recently Translated Gaurāṅga Book into Marathi Language.

Currently I am chanting 16 rounds daily.

Attending Bhagavad-gītā and Bhāgavatam Classes regularly.

Attending Bhakti Śāstrī Course.

I pray to Lakṣmī Narasiṁha Bhagavān and Śrī Kṛṣṇa to keep you healthy and give you a long healthy life.

Your Humble servant

Beena Garude (aspiring disciple)

Dear His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Please accept our most humble obeisances.

All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to Your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā.

Hope this meets you well.

In the most sacred day of your Vyāsa-pūjā we want to express our gratitude for your presence in our lives and in our country.

Although we are so fallen souls, you give us again and again the blessing of Your so fabulous association.

For all the guidance, you give us.

For all the love, you bestow on us.

For all the truth, you made us live.

For all the hope and discipline, you teach us.

We express our gratitude.

Forever and ever

Your eternal Śikṣā disciple

Bhāgavatī devī dāsī and family

India (Māyāpur)

Hare Kṛṣṇa My dear Guru Mahārāja,

I Love You, Guru Mahārāja!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Please Accept my Respectful Obeisances at Your Lotus Feet Guru Mahārāja!

Thank you so much for Accepting as your daughter! Thank you for giving the feel that You and Lord Kṛṣṇa along with His devotees are my only sweet well-wisher and shelter. Thank you so much for giving value and meaning in life and my existence.

Please bless me with my heart’s desires in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, if you desire so. I Want to serve always in your transcendental loving service to Śrīla Prabhupāda, Lord Gaur Nitāi, Kṛṣṇa Balarāma and Rādhā Kṛṣṇa!

Your Loving daughter,

Bhagavatī Vasudhā devī dāsī

India (Mangalore)

గౌరవనీయులయిన గురుమహరాజ్ గారికి,

మీరు ఎంతో కరుణామయులు, మీరు ప్రతీ జీవి మీద ఎంతో ప్రేమను చూపిస్తారు.మీ కరుణ వలన ఎంతో మంది బద్ధజీవులని భౌతిక జీవితం నుండి బయటపడి, ఎంతో ఆనందమయిన ఆధ్యాత్మిక జీవితాన్ని గడుపుతున్నారు. నేను కరుణకు

పాత్రురాలయినందుకు ఎంతో అదృష్టవంతురాలిగా భావిస్తున్నాను. అయినా కూడా నేను పూర్తిగా ప్రయత్నం చెయ్యలేకపోతున్నాను. మీ కృప వలన, కృష్ణుని కృప వలన నాకు కృష్ణ చైతన్యం లో ఎటువంటి అడ్డంకులు లేవు. అయినా కూడా యొక్క బద్ధకం వలన నేను ముందుకు వెళ్లలేకపోతున్నాను. నాకు తెలుసు ఇది సరి అయినది కాదని. కానీ నేను వెనకబడి పోతున్నాను. నా శిక్షా గురువులు, నా తోటి భక్తులు, నా భర్త సహాయంతో భక్తిలో ముందుకు వెళ్ళడానికి ప్రయత్నిస్తున్నాను. మీరు నాకు ఆశీస్సులు ఇవ్వండి నా బద్దకాన్ని వదిలి కృష్ణుడి మీద ప్రేమ కలిగి శ్రద్దగా సేవ చేసుకునే మంచి బుద్ధిని ఇవ్వాలని వేడుకుంటున్నాను.

గురుమహరాజ్ మీరు మీ ఆరోగ్యం సరిగ్గా లేకపోయినా మీ గురువుకి ఇచ్చిన మాట కోసం ఎంతో కట్టుబడి ఉన్నారు. మీరు మీ శిస్యులతో ఎప్పుడు అందుబాటు లో ఉండటానికి ప్రయత్నిస్తారు. కరోనా సమయం లో మీరు మీ శిస్యులందరికి ఎంతో దగ్గరయ్యారు సమయాన్ని కృష్ణ కథలతో అందరిలో చైతన్యాన్ని కలిగించారు. మీరు ప్రపంచానికే గొప్ప ఆదర్శం. మీ ఆరోగ్యాన్ని నరసింహ భగవానుడు ఎల్లప్పుడూ కాపాడాలని తద్ద్వారా నాలాంటి ఎంతో మంది భౌతిక జీవితం నుండి బయట పడగలరని ప్రార్ధిస్తున్నాను.

ఇట్లు

మీ దాసాను దాసాను దాసి

భగవతి వ్రజలక్ష్మీ దేవి దాసి
Bhagavatī Vrajalakṣmī devī dāsī
India (Hyderabad)

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānandaṁ mādhavaṁ śrī caitanya iśvaram

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahāraja.

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto the dust of Your Lotus Feet wishing You and the God family a very blissful 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā celebrations.

When I meditate to offer You a homage and look back, I can see Your divine presence at every moment and witness every single prayer being answered Guru Mahārāja. This is so overwhelming and emotional to put in words about how much reciprocation I am experiencing from You and Kṛṣṇachandra.

My heart always melts whenever I hear Śrīla Prabhupāda addressing Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura as ‘My Guru Mahārāja’. Inspired by that I am making a humble attempt to pour my heart out in Your glorification about how much I was being favored by Your causeless mercy.

My Guru Mahārāja, He has a heart of Gold!

Whenever I chant Gaurāṅga, He immediately gets sold

However, fallen I may be, His mercy is always bestowed

Don’t know why I was chosen, His shelter keeps māyā blowed

Whatever may be the test, He makes me strong and bold

Whenever I feel low, His hand is always there to hold

No matter what I achieve, He always keeps my head bowed

Doesn’t matter how foolish I behave, a clear path is always showed

The breeze of His determination, keeps my lifeboat rowed

The sweetness of His glance, joy of my heart always overflowed

The compassion He has on me, sometimes it’s hard to behold

The simple secrets to my happiness, He is expert to unfold

The ecstasy He puts me in, many times make me feel cold

Personal touch of His love, tears in my eyes flow uncontrolled

How much He cares for me, so many stories remain untold

My Guru Mahārāja, He has a heart of gold and He is my world!

Behind each line there was a beautiful pastime which I will relish forever. Thank you for taking me so close to your heart and making me realize how fortunate I am to have the most wonderful father like You Guru Mahārāja. Lord Gaurāṅga mentions in the pastime of Amogha that even the maidservant and a dog in the house of His devotee is very dear to Him. On this most auspicious day I beg You to please make me a faithful dog at Your divine Lotus Feet. So that I can serve You and Vaiṣṇavas selflessly with proper mood and devotion.

I offer my deep prayers to Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā Kṛṣṇacandra, Jagannātha, Baladeva, Subhadrā, Sudarśana cakra and Nitāi Gaurasundara for Your good health.

If it so pleases You please forgive my offences and accept this humble glorification at Your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja.

All Glories to Your Holiness.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and guru-paramparā.

All Glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.

Your loving spiritual daughter,

Bhāgyavatī Subhadrā Devī Dāsī

India (Guntur)

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

 Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our most respectful obeisances on to your lotus feet of divine mercy.

We are your initiated Children, Bhakti Śakti Devī Dāsī and Mathurā Mohana Dāsa. With sincere gratitude we offer the garland of our Vyāsa-pūjā homage on to your carana. Gurudeva! You have been so merciful on to us by giving the shelter of your lotus feet for our entire family with 3 consecutive lineages (for us, for our Children, and now for one of our grandsons of our daughter) Gurudeva! Please bless us that we develop taste for chanting and go back home back to Godhead in this birth itself. Kindly shower your mercy on the entire lineage of our family line to be delivered from this material world. Our entire family is obliged to serve you in the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Kindly engage and empower all of us as you desire.

PS: Respected Guru Mahārāja, It is our ardent desire to take you to Tiruvallur Vīra Rāghava Perumal temple to get His blessings...please permit us to do so during your next trip to Chennai.

Your Spiritual Children,

Bhakti Śakti Devī Dāsī and Mathurā Mohana Dāsa

Chennai, India

Please accept my humble obeisances dear Guru Mahārāja.

Guru Mahārāja your presence in our lives has made every single day so blissful.

Guru Mahārāja you are all the time engaged in serving Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda and you regularly meet us via Zoom and bless us with all love.

You have taken so much pain to help us grow in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Everyone gets inspired by you dear Guru Mahārāja. Your classes fill our hearts with great joy and enthusiasm to be Kṛṣṇa Conscious.

Guru Mahārāja, you have kindly given us initiation and therefore given us so much hope in our life.

Seeing you Guru Mahārāja, we desire to develop all your qualities so that we can serve wonderfully in a way you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, and Kṛṣṇa will be pleased.

Your services and your love are huge and we wish to live and serve in a way you will be very pleased Guru Mahārāja.

Begging your blessings so that we utilize our lives in engaging to serve your mission,

Your servant,

Bhaktimayī Rādhikā Devī Dāsī

India (Māyāpur)

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

I beg to offer my most respectful obeisances to the Lotus feet of You, My dear spiritual master.

Dear Guru Mahārāja as Kṛṣṇa and His glories are unlimited, so Kṛṣṇa’s devotee’s Glories are also unlimited and this is very difficult for an insignificant servant like me to glorify Your endless unlimited glories. Your magnanimous qualities and your compassion engaged millions and billions of souls with Kṛṣṇa, because of You now we actually know the meaning of “CARE”. everything is going smooth in my life just because YOU are HERE, supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa is present here as my Guru Mahārāja and This is the most difficult to even think of what You are doing for me, just to take me back home back to Godhead.

I’m super fortunate to Get You as my spiritual master, Your compassion, Love and support brought in the light of happiness in my ignorant dark hellish life. Dear Guru Mahārāja You made my Good Fortune, You have saved me from living like a demon, You have given me the most confidential knowledge of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, You have given me everything that Even Lord Kṛṣṇa may not agree to give a fool and hypocrite like me. Your Causeless mercy everyday giving me so many services, but my mind is like a demon which always hanker for false material sense gratification that’s why I do so many mistakes and I offend You knowingly or unknowingly, please if You could forgive Your this insignificant servant.

I can only think of very little about your ocean of mercy, then what to speak of doing anything for you So I beg Your mercy my dear spiritual father so that You allow me to be the dust of Your lotus Feet and continue my little services for You and Śrīla Prabhupāda. I beg to get dīkṣā from Your Divine Grace and to continue serving Hari-Guru-Vaiṣṇava for the rest of my life. I beg Your mercy to serve ISKCON- The transcendental body of Śrīla Prabhupāda. I beg Your mercy to do services for Your pleasure only.

All Glories to Your Divine Grace

All Glories to His divine grace Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Your insignificant servant,

Bhagyasrī Sāhā (aspiring disciple)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please Accept My Respectful Obeisances

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All Glories unto you Śrīla Gurudeva,

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Guru Mahārāja with your blessings now I’m slowly started doing my sadhana regularly attending maṅgala ārati, Bhagavad-gītā class and Śrīmad-bhāgavatam class. My husband Elango also started chanting Guru Mahārāja (so happy). Now I want my daughter Samyuktha and son Aarya to serve you and Prabhupāda. With family I want to serve for you Guru Mahārāja.

I should grow spiritually strong with your blessings and till my last breath I want to serve you and Prabhupāda sincerely and spread Harināma. Please bless me Guru Mahārāja.

Your useless daughter

Bharathi Elango (aspiring disciple)

New Rājāpur Dhāma, Bangalore, India

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet on the auspicious occasion of the 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā.

According to Vaiṣṇava philosophy there are three kind of perfection namely sādhana-siddhi, nitya-siddhi, kṛpā-siddhi. Śrīla Kṛṣṇa Das Kavirāja Goswami stresses on kṛpā-siddhi perfection by the mercy of superior authorities. This mercy does not depend on the qualifications of a devotee. We can see that Your Holiness got that mercy due to which Your Grace is preaching tirelessly instead of Health issues. Seeking your Divine mercy upon this condition soul.

Please Bless me Guru Maharaj so that I can also take part in Preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

It is very difficult to understand the secret of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness but a person who follows the previous ācāryas and advances by their instructions will have success. In the same way Your Holiness day and night without a second thought absorbed in following previous ācāryas and fulfilling the desires of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

O my dear spiritual master, thank you for ongoing narration of Caitanya-līlā so that we disciples will be absorbed in Lord’s pastimes, qualities, name, fame, etc. which makes us free from the tāpa-trya (three miseriesof world) and situates above three modes.

Thank you for what ever done so far to deliver this conditioned soul. On this auspicious day, I seek Your Blessings My Dear Guru Mahārāja.

Eternally indebted to Your Grace.

Aspiring for the dust of your lotus feet,

Bhāvamaya Nityānanda dāsa

India (Mumbai - Juhu)

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga.

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

It’s my great privilege to get an opportunity to Glorify ‘Your Divine’ on your Auspicious Vyāsa-pūjā. All glories to ‘YOUR DIVINE’ on your appearance day.

Although, I am not qualified to write anything but I have heard that when we concentrate on the divine qualities of Guru, it purifies us. Even a drop of it, can make us eligible to go back to Godhead. I am very thankful to ‘YOUR DIVINE’ for accepting me as your disciple.

In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.3.25.21, qualities of a Sādhu are described,

titikṣavaḥ kāruṇikāḥ

suhṛdaḥ sarva-dehinām

ajāta-śatravaḥ śāntāḥ

sādhavaḥ sādhu-bhūṣaṇāḥ

Whenever I read this shloka, I could relate it with ‘YOUR DIVINE’. A live example in front of my eyes.

Prabhupāda explains in purport that “A sādhu means one who follows the principles of scripture and at the same time is a devotee of the Lord. His concern therefore is to enlighten people in devotional service to the Lord. That is his mercy.”

It’s Your causeless mercy that many-many fallen souls like me, are accepted by ‘YOUR DIVINE’, else we would also be moving in material world without any Goal of life. ‘YOUR DIVINE’, you are the most compassionate personality for all of us.

Prabhupāda also explains, “A devotee travels all over the country, from door to door, preaching “Be Kṛṣṇa conscious.”

During corona pandemic, ‘YOUR DIVINE’ was travelling all over world via zoom. Despite of various health issues, you are rendering uninterrupted services without any break for the pleasure of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Prabhupāda further says, “He always thinks about others. He is very tolerant and is merciful to all fallen souls. He is the well-wisher of all living entities (sarva-dehinām).”

I am always struggling with my anarthas and failing to do sādhana sincerely.

Dear Gurudeva, please bless me so that I would be able to offer services and preaching with required enthusiasm and assertiveness, by YOUR DIVINE’S mercy.

I want to Pray to Lord Narasiṁha for Your DIVINE’S healthy life.

Kindly engage me in Your service life after life.

Your indebted and fallen spiritual daughter

Bhāvānandinī Devī Dāsī

India (Māyāpur)

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনীতি নামিনে। নমো আচার্য পাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে গৌর কথা ধামদায় নগরগ্রাম তারিনে।।

হরে কৃষ্ণ প্রিয় গুরুমহারাজ,

আপনার শ্রীরাতুলচরণারবিন্দে এই অধম সন্তানের বিনম্র প্রণতি কৃপাপূর্বক গ্রহণ করুন। শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ জয়যুক্ত হউন। আপনি জয়যুক্ত হউন। আপনার ৭৩ তম শুভ ব্যাসপূজা এবং শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথির জয় হোক।

হে গুরুদেব, আমার মতো নিকৃষ্ট অধমের আপনার গুণমহিমা কীীর্তন করার কোনও যোগ্যতা নেই। কৃপা করে আমার ভুল ত্রুটি ক্ষমা করবেন।

আমি পরমেশ্বর ভগবানের কাছে চির কৃতজ্ঞ যে, তিনি আমার অন্ধকারময় জীবনে জ্ঞান এবং ভগবদ্ভক্তির প্রকাশ আনার জন্য আপনার মতো একজন সদগুরুকে পাঠিয়েছেন। আমার জীবনে আপনি ভগবানের দেওয়া শ্রেষ্ঠ উপহার গুরুমহারাজ। এই জড় জগতের বদ্ধ জীবদের উদ্ধার করার জন্য আপনার আকুলতা এবং শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের নির্দেশ পালনের জন্য আপনার নিষ্ঠা আমার হৃদয়কে প্রভাবিত করে। আমি আপনার সবথেকে অযোগ্য সন্তান হওয়া সত্ত্বেও আপনার অসীম কৃপা বর্ষন করার জন্য এখনও আপনি জড় জগতে প্রকট থেকে এত কষ্ট-যন্ত্রনা সহ্য করছেন। কিন্তু গুরুদেব আমি অপরাধ এবং পাপের ভারে আক্রান্ত হয়ে আছি। আপনার শ্রীচরণকমলে যেন সম্পূর্ণ শরণাগতি লাভ করে আপনার অপ্রাকৃত সেবাতে যুক্ত হতে পারি এবং আপনার প্রত্যেকটি নির্দেশ নিষ্ঠার সাথে পালন করতে পারি।এইভাবে আমার তুচ্ছ জীবন সার্থক করতে পারি। আমার জীবনের চরম লক্ষ্য হোক আপনার সন্তুষ্টি বিধান করা। কৃপাপূর্বক আমাকে আশীর্বাদ প্রদান করুন গুরুদেব।

হরিবোল,

জয় পতিতপাবন শ্রীল গুরুমহারাজ কি জয়

জগতগুরু শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ কি জয়

আপনার শ্রীচরণকমল আশ্রিতা অযোগ্য কন্যা বিদিশা পাত্র

Bidisha Patra (shelterd disciple)
Purba Medinipur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All Glories to Śrīla Guru Mahārāja

Our most Merciful Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our humble obeisances at Your Lotus Feet on this auspicious occasion of Your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā celebration. We are always indebted to You as You have accepted all of us as Your spiritual children. Both our children (Priyamvadā Mādhavī Devī Dāsī and Aniruddha Parayana Dāsa) married to devotees. We all have really got Your Mercy and blessings. That’s why we could continue in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. After the covid situation we have started our weekly classes on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Bhagavad-gītā. In spite of Your physical shortcomings, you are always concerned about Your disciples and praying for them and doing maximum devotee care. You are always an inspiration to all disciples. I chant one round Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra every day for You. With sincere prayers to Narasiṁhadeva to keep You always in good spirits to continue spreading Kṛṣṇa Consciousness as far as You desire.

Your humble spiritual children,

Bṛhat Caitanya dāsa,

Sīlatala Nivāsinī devī dāsī,

Priyamvāda Mādhavī devī dāsī,

Anirudha Pārayaṇa Dāsa and all devotees of Nemmara Nāmahaṭṭa.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obesiences onto you. All glories to you and all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

From my childhood days, I am very much attracted to Yogāsanas. So, I was practicing from age of 10 on my own along with school education. In the yoga book, It’s written that we need to live in satsaṅga and I don’t know where I will get this. Also, I want to increase the bliss which I used to get after performing 3hours of Yogāsanas early in the morning. That bliss used to stay for a maximum 30 minutes only and I don’t know how to increase this bliss.

After completion of my C.A. education, one of my office colleagues introduced to Bhagavad-gītā class which was taken by your disciple and also my sīkṣā-guru “Caitanya Avatārī Prabhuji”. Astonishingly, I got same bliss, which I used to get after doing 3hours of asanas, in the first day Itself just by hearing gītā class from him. I know that my sīkṣā-guru was not practicing any Yogāsana or prāṇāyāma. I was thinking from whom he was getting this bliss. Later on, I came to know that It’s all by your mercy, Guru Mahārāja.

In 8th October 2009, I got initiated in Anukul Prabhus house along with many other devotees. Seeing my interest, my sīkṣā-guru told me teach Yogāsana to kids. But I have failed in teaching yoga to them even though I could perform so many asanas. I realized that because I didn’t pray to you, So, I was not successful. Then I intensely prayed to you, Guru Mahārāja, then I have joined one of the yoga classes and learned some teaching techniques in just 1 month. I firmly believe that I could achieve this only by your mercy. Then later on (5 years back) I opened my own Yoga center named “Divyamaya Yoga” and my sīkṣā-guru instructed me to make 1 lakh students. I don’t have faith on myself about how can I achieve this target. I started teaching yoga and initially went well but later on members reduced. When you are there in Bangalore, you have looked at the yoga pamphlet (picture attached) and blessed many times. I was not having firm faith on your mercy. But others was telling me I have Guru’s mercy.

As Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura says that “Don’t try to see God. Do in such a way that God will see you. “So, I decided I have to do some service that will be recognized by you, Guru Mahārāja. Śrīla Prabhupāda said in one of the class quoting Caitanya-caritāmṛta, “yāre dekha tāre kaha kṛṣṇa-upadeśa”. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu induced all the animals to chant hare Kṛṣṇa in Jhārikhaṇḍa forest. At least we should try to induce human being to chant hare Kṛṣṇa māha-mantra. When I was hearing this in the morning, I desired that this I will do with firm conviction. From that day onwards, whoever comes to ISKCON temple, I am enticing MOST of the visitors to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. If I look at myself, I don’t have any capacity on my own; It’s all your mercy flowing on me, Guru Mahārāja.

I have strong desire to preach, distribute books and prasāda to the public and also teach māhā-mantra meditation in all the yoga centers around the world. I would require your special mercy on me on your appearance day. All glories to Guru Mahārāja and All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Your insignificant servant,
Caitya-Guru Gaura Dāsa, (dīkṣa)
ISKCON - New Rājāpur Jagannātha Dham,
Bangalore, India.

Guru Mahārāja, Happy 73rd appearance day Guru Mahārāja, We all are very very happy for this year offline vyāsa pūjā celebration. we Love You So Much Guru Mahārāja. Please bless us Guru Mahārāja.

Candrāvati Vṛnda Devī Dāsī 

Ofrezco Mis Mas Sinceras Reverencias

Hoy en su Vyāsa-pūjā. Le expreso mi agradecimiento y respeto, su presencia en mi vida espiritual ha sido de gran inspiración e iluminación para continuar en este proceso devocional. El 2020 fue un año de oportunidades y bendiciones tiempo de transformación y renovación espiritual, esto fue posible gracias al refugio que usted me dio, desde ese momento he experimentado más fuerza y proyección al canto de mi Japa, y asimismo siento motivación en el servicio amoroso al señor Kṛṣṇa.

Escuchar sus clases son conexión trascendental, son puro bhakti, admiro su disponibilidad para responder y atender a los discípulos en los espacios y visitas virtuales en los hogares porque nos llenan de regocijo, entusiasmo, determinación y conexión en la conciencia de Kṛṣṇa. Su predica no tiene limites es intensamente cristalina y pura a las instrucciones de Śrīla Prabhupāda Jayapatākā Swami

¡Cuanta fuerza espiritual nos transmite en cada una de sus clases!, me siento infinitamente agradecida de haber tomado refugio en marzo del 2020, es la mayor protección y misericordia de ocuparnos en cantar los santos nombres del señor. Gaurāṅga Gaurāṅga Jay!!

con respeto y veneración su aspirante a ser discipula

Candrikā Devī Dāsī
Māyāpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble and respectable obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All Glories to your Auspicious Appearance Day.

As your name says you are the victory flag in the hands of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Śrīla Prabhupāda has given you various instructions. You have been tirelessly working, meditating all the time how to fulfill those instructions. One of those instructions is to develop the kingdom of God i.e.; Māyāpur and TOVP. From the information I got from the senior devotees is that Māyāpur once upon a time was a place of decoits and thieves. In such times devotees were in the condition of carrying weapons with them to protect their lives. Such a place was now converted literally into Vaikuṇṭha where everyone one of them are devotees. It was possible only by your device grace.

Your compassion for the baddha-jīva’s like me is unlimited. When you were completely down with your bad health still you were preaching lying on the bed. But I’m so unfortunate that I can not take advantage of your live lectures. You have negotiated with the Lord twice for your life just to fulfill the instructions of your spiritual master. You are the perfect example of the verse “guru-mukha-padma-vākya, cittete koriyā aikya, ār nā koriho mane “.

Now I am serving as a fulltime devotee in ISKCON WHITEFIELD under the Guidance of His Grace Harikṣetra Prabhujī. I have been asked to take up youth/college preaching service intended to make an insignificant effort to fulfill your instruction “TO MAKE BANGALORE A KṚṢṆA CONCIOUS CITY”.

So Guru Mahārāja I am seeking your blessings and mercy that I can follow the instructions, render service for the pleasure of you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, Guru paramparā, Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Your Insignificant servant

Charan (Sheltered disciple),

Bangalore, India.

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Hare Kṛṣṇa!! Gurudeva,

Please accept my most Respectful Obeisance on to your lotus feet of Mercy!

Gurudeva! I am your little son Chiranjeevi Śrīrāma, a fallen soul who has taken so many births and deaths on this earth, but because of you Gurudeva! I am sure, I will be delivered.

I thank you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, guru paramparā and Kṛṣṇa for bringing me in to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness which is a perfect process for deliverance from this material world.

Kindly bless me and empower me so that I can improve my chanting and get initiation from you as soon as possible.

Your little foolish son

Chiranjeevi Śrī Rāma (aspired)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances at Your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

A small token of gratitude to You by this fallen soul. Thank you for inspiring me to contribute my minimal to this mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Your everyday quotes invoke spirituality in me. Every time I see your picture or think about you I feel motivated to do better in my spiritual life.

Praying to Lord Narasiṁha for your good health and Please bless me so that I can do quality 16 rounds and read Śrīla Prabhupāda books.

Your Servant,

Chitra Sharma (aspiring disciple)

Māyāpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Gurudeva! Daṇḍavat Praṇāma!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and glories to Your Divine Grace.

Gurudeva on this Vyāsa-pūjā I am happy to say that I have joined brahmacarya āśrama at ISKCON Coimbatore. I pray to your lotus feet that I should remain as brahmacārī for life-time and do sevā for Jagannātha Balarāma and Subhadrā Devī. though I feel obstacles in mind level many times I try to go accordingly with Guru, sādhu and śātra.

Mahārāja I also try to preach to youth people. some of them started their spiritual life and willing to take initiation from your divine grace.

My father started to chant 16 rounds and reading Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam after many years. It’s all been your grace. Mahārāja my intense prayer is that I wanted to be a menial instrument in your hands and do something for Prabhupāda’s mission. Please bless me for my spiritual strength for my brahmacārī life. Jaya Patita Pāvana Śrīla Gurudeva ki Jaya.

Dāmodara Dīnadayāla dāsa (dīkṣā)

India (Coimbatore)

Dearest Guru Mahārāja, My Spiritual Father,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your Lotus feet.

You are reservoir of mercy. You shower your mercy without discrimination. You have made this fallen soul a human being and thus have made good fortune to this narādhāma by giving the opportunity to practice Kṛṣṇa consciousness. O father, I am a dump, but you give me mercy to understand the process of bhakti. Without your mercy I would have been rotting in hell with this same body. O father, you accepted all my sins giving me life again, but this life is not belonging to me. It belongs to you. Every single opportunity for service is given by you along with the ability to execute the service. You are always protecting your daughter but alas this ungrateful beast cannot appreciate it. O father, who will be more compassionate to this offender than your divine self.

As Narottoma dāsa Ṭhākura prays I Therefore, request you to kindly take my life at your service as being the lowest among all your disciples I deserve to be shown mercy by you who is personification of Nityānanda Prabhu’s mercy. In spite of being manda-mati I hope against hope to fully dedicate my life at your lotus feet by following every single instruction coming from your lotus mouth. My dearest father as you know I have no ability to do so but out of your own compassion you will make it happen by me.

O most merciful Lords Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi, may I live every single moment of my life just for the pleasure of my most beloved Guru Mahārāja without whose mercy I would not have escaped from the hands of the servants of Yamarāja.

Oh my eternal spiritual father may you always remain the center of my meditation, may my eyes always adore your most merciful form, may my ears always drink the nectar of your transcendental voice, may my tongue only taste prasāda of the Lord only after remembering that your mercy made it available to me, may my nose always get the smell of the sweet aroma coming from the incense offered to your lotus feet, may my head bow down to the feet of those great souls who have been rendering services to you, may my hands always remain engage in rendering service to your servants, may my legs always take me to those places where your glories have been sung, may my intelligence always lead me to the association of those who understand your mood to execute your instructions.

Trying to be your qualified spiritual daughter

Dayānvita Jāhnavā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

India (Māyāpur)

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

All glories to your lotus feet dearest Guru Mahārāja.

Please accept my humble obeisances.

I Deepmala, your shelter disciple from Jamshedpur medical college want to thank you for saving my life. This gaur mandala parikramā I happened to be in Māyāpur and have your holy darśana every evening. It was so refreshing. The fact that Braja vilāsa Prabhu said that you are holding your life breath shattered me.

He conveyed the message how important it is for all of us to come forward and contribute. Please help me dear Guru Mahārāja to fulfill my pledge and be determined in devotional service.

You are an epitome of mercy and divinity. Please help me to be an instrument in serving guru and Gaurāṅga.

vāñchā-kalpa-tarubhyaś ca kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca
patitānāṁ pāvanebhyo vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ.

Deepmala (sheltered disciple)
Jamshedpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Our Dearest Guru Mahārāja, daṇḍavat pranāma!!!

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to you, to Śrīla Prabhupāda and to all our Paramparā-ācāryas!

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

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 very fortunate that with Krishna's mercy I have got a very kind and generous spiritual master like you. 

We are very thankful to you as you accepted us as your disciple. 

I am very very happy to be your disciple. 

I don't have any ability to recite your glories. 

I pray to you that you give me blesings for that.

Give me blesings

साथी सगे सब स्वार्थ के हैं, स्वार्थ का संसार ।
निःस्वार्थ हैं गुरुदेव हमारे, हम पतितों के हितकर ।।

निताय कृपा होवे तभी, आपकी कृपा जब होय।
हे नित्यानंद के जयपताका, आपके नाम से निर्मल होय।।

निर्जीव पड़े इस जीवन में , मार्ग सही दिखलाये हैं।
हरी नाम की कुंजी देकर, भक्ति पथ पर लाये हैं।।

गुरुदेव आपके कार्य अद्भुत, नित्य सेवा में रहते हो।
शिष्यों को गौर लीला सुना कर, ह्रदय प्रेम से भरते हो।।

तनु, इन्द्रियाँ, मन, बुद्धि सब गौर सेवा में लगवाए।
तुमि गौर के जन धन , जग माँहि चमकाय।।

आप कैसे इतनी कठिन परिस्थितियों में, निरंतर सेवा करते हो | 
मंदिर, यात्रा या अस्पताल हो, सर्वत्र हरी कृपा देते हो || 

गुरुदेव दया कर दो मुझ पर, मैं भी ऐसा प्रचार करूँ।
गांव-नगर में प्रचार करके ही , इस देह का त्याग करूँ।।

दया करो हे आचार्यपाद , करूँ निवेदन लगाय बड़ी आश | 
नगर ग्राम प्रचार करुँ, सेइ अभिलाष करे देवदेव माधव दास || 

I have no writing skills, there can be mistakes in writing, please forgive me as servant of your lotus feet. Please bless me so that I can do better preaching while in this body. So far I have only been able to make about 250 people as devotees. Bless me so that I can make more and more people a devotee.

Tava-dāsānudāsa,
Deva Deva Mādhava dāsa

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja

I offer my 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.

I wish you a very happy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā and pray to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī for many happy returns of this auspicious day.

I remember when I was in Dāmodara deśa, Dubai, you visited there in 2013 and in one of your lectures asked Middle East devotees to serve Śrīdhāma Māyāpur. I took that message seriously and with Lord Caitanya’s blessings, now I am settled here in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur, serving JPS office for last 3 years along with my wife, Subhadrā Subhāṅgī devī dāsī. My son, Ojaśvi Kṛṣṇa Dāsa, is serving in Māyāpur Institute.

I don’t think anybody has ever seen or met someone as caring as you. You not only care for your own disciples, or disciples of other gurus, you even care for the neophyte bhaktas and even the karmīs or non-devotees. You leave no one away from your mercy and benevolence. You never discriminate. As time passes, it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain this kind of care for normal humans. This type of care requires extreme levels of compassion, generosity and kindness. You have not only maintained this care for all these years, but you maintained it despite your severe illness. In fact, your care is ever-increasing. You care for your brothers, your children, little kids, old devotees… you leave no one. I cannot even fathom how Your Grace can think about so many living entities when you yourself need so much care.

Only a pure devotee of the Lord, a true representative of Kṛṣṇa can display such profuse care. I am beyond honored and blessed to have met and known such a divine master as you dear Gurudeva. You are the epitome of kindness and affection and I pray to you O Merciful Master on this beautiful day of your divine appearance to kindly impart at least a fraction of this benevolent quality so that one day I will be able to care for devotees following the footsteps of my Glorious Spiritual Master.

Despite the health challenges, you are tirelessly spreading the message of Lord Caitanya all over the world. As Śrīla Prabhupāda has said “Preaching is the essence” … and you are taking that message very seriously and relentlessly preaching Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Please uplift and engage me into loving devotional service of their Lordships under your leadership.

Your most fallen servant,

Devadatta Dhanañjaya Dāsa (dīkṣā)

India (Māyāpur)

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most humble obeisance’s on this very auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā, all glories to Śrīla Prubupada and his ISKCON. How wonderful it was to be with you on retreat again this year. The spiritual master is the representative of Vyāsa. Because he is delivering that same knowledge without change that is coming down by disciplic succession from Vyāsa. Your working knowledge of śāstra continues to amaze me. It’s all at the fingertips of you, the same can be said for your command of ślokas. You are singing and quoting ślokas with considerable ease. ślokas, bhajanas and the exalted prayers from our tradition seem to have built their nests on your tongue.

I love you so much for the amazing person you are.

Love is unconditional and so has your mercy been on me.

Even the most fallen you pick up with your love and place them on the right place.

You are the best and I would not swap you until my last breath.

All the amazing qualities you have, your love and care really stand out.

I haven’t been able to render much service to you. Now that you have so many wonderful disciples to serve you, probably you do not need any service from an insignificant person like me. I wish all the best to all your disciples and admires who are celebrating your Vyāsa-pūjā all over the world. They are indeed fortunate that they have found you, recognized you and have taken shelter of your lotus feet.

Your obedient son with love,

Devakī Nandana Kṛpā Dāsa (dīkṣā)

India (Māyāpur)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.

Wising you happy Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā-2022.

After time immemorial in this Kali-yuga merciful Lord Nityānanda has arranged your mercy to know about supreme truth.

Although I am not qualified for your mercy still, I can’t miss your mercy Gurudeva.

You are super spiritual father.so nicely, you take care and giving mercy and shelter to all your dīkṣā, sīkṣā and well-wishers devotees.

You are so strictly following and fulfilling the instructions and desire of Śrīla Prabhupāda. You always inspire us to read Śrīla Prabhupāda books.

I saw in a video, where in a question-and-answer session, one devotee disguised way sent a question to you, “I have taken initiation from you long back, can you remember me. I don’t feel progress in spiritual life”.

Although you were not healthy physically, still before these questions, you were answering in ecstasy and smiling face. But this question makes you visibly upset.

You answered, “Why don’t you contact me and ask your doubt through my email, FB or if you don’t have mobile then write together through local leader. Or when I am going to your nearby temple meet me personally.”

Now you have created JPS App through we can stay connected 24/7.

You are giving daily basis zoom darśana to make us fortunate and we can fell connected with you. Now devotees are taking care through JSSS office.

You are doing all possible way to spread your mercy. You are super spiritual father.

You thought us with your personal example Humility, tolerance and give respect others without any expectations from others is the key principals for success.

We fell so sheltered and blessed just by hearing from you and seeing you.

Currently I am preaching 5 devotees, they are chanting now. And serving under His Grace Amarendra Gaura Dāsa. My parents also started 16 rounds chanting.

I sincerely begging your mercy so I can serve Lord Nityānanda, Lord Gaurāṅga, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Kṛṣṇa eternally under your guidance and make you happy always. Please bless us so me and my good wife (Dīpapriyā Vrajeśvarī devī dāsī) together serve you nicely.

Please bless our daughter Mādhavī so she can also serve you eternally.

Your servant,

Devapālaka Nitāi Dāsa (dīkṣā)

India (Chennai)

Guru Mahārāja,

Vayasa pūjā upolokhe apnar kripa te apnar aśrīta sontan Debopriya apnar Śrī choron a Sroddhaanjali nibedon kori.

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Thank you Guru Mahārāja,

Devapriya (aspiring disciple)
Māyāpur, India
 

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Guru Mahārāja,

Apnar Śrī choron komol a sho shroddho pronam.

Nomom Vishnu padayo Kṛṣṇa prestayo vutole śrī mote Jayapatākā Swami niti namine, Nomo achariyo padayo Nitāi kripa prodaiyene gaura katha damodayo nagar gramo tari ne.

Śrī Kṛṣṇa r priyojon.

Śrīlo Prabhupādajir priyo Sontan.

Guru Mahārāja,

saririk asustar moddhe o “Guru “adesh palon a kub driro.Sokol boddho jivar proti ato korunamoy. Sokolke ohetuki kripa kore e jacchen. Nodir sruth je vaba kew atke rakte pare na. Sei vabe “Guru Mahārāja” Guru adesh palon a driro broto. Sokol papi duki jiv ke Kṛṣṇa r kacche jete utsahit koren. Sokol ke Hari nam korte prayrona prodan koren.

Tini sokol ke khoma koro abong bhule jaw nitir sikha den.

Sokol ke Śrī Chaitnaya Mahāprabhu r līlā srobon korar sujog diya divyo ananda prodan koren.

Sokol ke Kṛṣṇa Vavonamoy hote sohayta korchen.

Śrīlo Prabhupādajī Guru Mahārāja ke bolten Gaur dhan jon.

Mane tini Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhur Kṛṣṇa pream dhon sokol jonogon ke bitoron koren.

Thank you,

Devapriya Paul (sheltered disciple)

Vṛndāvana, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and all glories to Śrīla Gurudeva and Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu and all Vaiṣṇavas!

All glories to your appearance day. We are so happy to celebrate your appearance day. Firstly, we want to pray from Lord Narasiṁhadeva to always protect you from all physical challenges.

I am really fortunate and indebted to you because you accepted me and my wife as your disciple even though we are not eligible for that. Gurudeva Even though you are facing so many physical problems still for the benefits for us giving everyday Caitanya-līlā class. We are really enjoying that class.

Guru Mahārāja because of your mercy we were able to start Bhakti-vṛkṣa program at Udaipur, Rajasthan but due to Covid could not expand in more groups but as situation are getting better, we are planning to expand again and for that we need your blessings Gurudeva.

Devendra Mādhava Dāsa (dīkṣā)

India (Udaipur)

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Lord Caitanya came to this world to spread the holy name of the Kṛṣṇa. He told yāre dekha tāre kaha... instruct everyone to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. following His direction Śrīla Prabhupāda travelled around the world and spreads the Holy name to every town & village. Following the footsteps of Guru and Gaurāṅga, you are preaching to the people of villages, towns, countries around the World.

This is the mood of Nityānanda Prabhu. Nitāi kṛpa pradāyine... please bless me so that I can do sādhana and sevā nicely throughout my life. please bless my Bhakti-vṛkṣa members also. Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Your Servant,

Dhāma Govinda dāsa.

India (Tirupati)

हे प्रभो! बालक नवजात मैं, क्या गुणगान कर सकता हूँ?
प्रभुपाद-प्रिय! लिखकर गीत, क्या आगान भर सकता हूँ?

तथापि छोटी-सी अभिलाषा है, लिखने की प्रत्याशा है
कि इससे दावानल के अरण्यगान तर सकता हूँ।

संप्रति जब जीवन-गाथा आपकी अनुवाद कर रहा था
कई प्रश्नों से जूझता मन में स्वयं विवाद कर रहा था

तभी कई रहस्य सुलझे, जैसे हो किसी कवि का प्रथम छंद
स्रावित होने लगे तब सर्वत्र, सत्य है यह, अनुपम मकरंद।

प्रयास यही है, यदि आशीर्वाद आपका बने रहे,
इस अधम के शीश कृपा-छत्र आपका तने रहे

तब यदि पूर्ण संगीत नहीं सही,
शब्द गीत के कुछ नित्य संग मेरे बने रहे।

आरंभ कर रहा हूँ, हे नाथ! करुणा-निधे! हे गुणाधार!
कर्णधार बने हो मेरे, लो अब विचार

मेघहीन प्रात की सुंदर प्राची विमल यथा
चित्त को शुद्ध करता आपकी निर्मल कथा।

सर्वत्र था जब आध्यात्मिकता का अधोगमन
यवन प्रदेश में हुआ तब प्रभुपाद आगमन

उन कई विशिष्ट जीवों में जिन्हें गुरु की आशा थी
थे आप एक जिसे भारत आने की प्रत्याशा थी।

तभी मिले गुरुश्रेष्ठ, जगद्गुरु श्रील प्रभुपाद
शरण ली कर नमन उनके पद्मपाद

पश्चिम में आपकी सेवा से हो प्रसन्न
हुआ आपका नित्य-गृह आगमन आसन्न।

श्रील प्रभुपाद आपको कलकत्ता भिजवाए
नहीं तो और कौन देखता मायापुर को आपके सिवाए

पथ थे कठोर, गिनती नहीं विघ्न के, कई संकट आए
पर हे प्रभुपाद-गत! तभी तो नित्य गौर-पार्षद कहलाए।

“एक दिन युवक यह बंगाली में भक्ति-प्रचार करेगा,”
थी प्रभुपाद की भविष्यवाणी, “गौर-संदेश से जगत भरेगा”

सर्वविदित है यह आज, लहराते उनकी कीर्ति पताका
थामे विजयध्वज, सिद्ध करते नाम जयपताका।

श्रीधाम मायापुर आपके नित्य गृह, पूजास्थली है
तपस्थली पूर्ण जगत आपकी, पर यह शरणस्थली है

हे चैतन्य-प्रेम-कंज-किंजल्क-वाहक! नित्य प्रभुपाद-कथा निमज्जित
विश्व भ्रमण कर जीवों को कर रहे हरिनाम अभिरंजित।

हे वैष्णव-प्रिय! शिक्षा आपकी, “वैष्णव-अपराध सर्व-अहित”
सर्व-हित हेतु प्रभुपाद-ग्रंथ करते नित्य वितरित

मानव को मानव बनने की शिक्षा देते स्वार्थरहित
हरि-प्रिय! चिंतन में रहते आपके सर्वदा लोकहित।

क्लांत हुआ प्रतीत होते आपके अंग और वेष हैं
मुख पर कृष्ण-प्रेम-स्वेद का फिर भी उन्मेष हैं

प्रभुपाद-आज्ञा हैं आपके प्राणाधार....
मर्म-वेदना से भरे, धीर, चैतन्य-अनुराग ही शेष हैं।

हे कृपानिधान! मुझपर अपराधों का बोझ बड़ा है
कृपा करो मुझ पर, ढोंग करता मन कुबड़ा है

हे नाथ! मैं अधम, अपने चरण-रजकण दे दो
छात्र मैं दुष्कर्म का, कृपा-कंकण दे दो।

आपका अधम दास,

Dharmātmā Nimāi Dāsa (dīkṣā)

India (Māyāpur)

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

Śrīla Gurudeva

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to your auspicious appearance day.

Śrīla Gurudeva. I am very much indebted to you for accepting me as your servant and giving me shelter at your lotus feet.

It will not be possible to repay the same as I was living like a conditioned soul entangled in the material activities and its temporary results until I was initiated by taking Hari-nāma dīkṣā in the year 1980 from you, Guru Mahārāja. It’s indeed your causeless mercy upon me—

brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva
guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja
[Cc Madhya 19.151]

Without the mercy of the spiritual master and Kṛṣṇa, the seed of devotional service cannot be planted in the heart.

I must have performed many pious activities in the previous lifetimes so as to get dīkṣā from you, Guru Mahārāja.

I have been following your instructions to preach by lecturing via YouTube video telecast and I have started giving Bhāgavatam lectures for Pune temples

In YouTube. With your mercy, Śrīla Gurudeva, I will soon begin to give Bhagvad-gītā lectures on YouTube also.

Guru Mahārāja, I have been praying to Śrī Narasiṁhadeva for giving longer life to you and for your good health as we all disciples are completely dependent on your guidance, timey instructions and protection and we wish you to install Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava in TOVP at Māyāpur in 2023.

Your wonderful instructions in the fortnightly Newsletters are very much helpful for strengthening our Kṛṣṇa consciousness and your daily lectures on Caitanya-caritāmṛta are just like nectar.

I always recall my close association with you Guru Mahārāja on 1985 when you had visited Nairobi, Kenya and stayed in our house and thus given opportunity for direct service at your lotus feet.

Desiring to have your mercy

Yours obedient servant,

Dīna Dayālu Dāsa (dīkṣā)

India (Pune)

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Please accept my humble obeisances!

Thank you Mahārāja for accepting me as your disciple

Hearing Mahārāja’s classes has inspired me a lot

Sometimes my mind gets disturbed, hopefully I could move forward overcoming the obstacles through your Mercy

Your humble servant,

Dīna Pāvana Mukunda Dāsa (dīkṣā)

India (Kozhikode)

oṁ ajnana timirandhashya jnananjana salakaya

cakshur unmilitam yena tasmai śrī guruve namah

namo oṁ vishnupadaya Kṛṣṇapresthaya bhutale

śrīmate Jayapatākā swamin iti namine

namo ācāryapadaya nitāi kripa pradayine

gaurakatha dhamodaya nagar gram tarine

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja! Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Dear Gurudeva! Whenever I watch your posts on Facebook Page and Jayapatakaswami App, every day I see you are tirelessly engaged in so many preaching services. I see how you attend mangal ārati, meetings, give Śrī Caitanya līlā class. Whenever I see the post I get encouraged to do my sadhana properly. I have the tendency to go down because of my attachment to the material goals but when I see the enthusiasm of your Divine Grace I try not to give up. Thank you Guru Mahārāja for providing your association through all means.

Your teachings in your discourses give me a lot of enthusiasm and determination to take up Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. You are giving tirelessly the most valuable and extremely rare thing in the whole creation, Kṛṣṇa Prema through Saṅkīrtana started by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. But how unfortunate it is that I still have so much material attachment which is stopping me to take the maximum benefit and help others to take it. However, you told in one lecture that although one has material attachment still don’t give up. So I am determined to continue practice under the guidance of devotees at the same time seeking your blessings the most.

Please forgive me for all my offenses Guru Mahārāja considering my fallen condition.

I pray to you and all Vaiṣṇavas, that someday in life, I could do something to please you Gurudeva. I beg your blessings to do my sadhana nicely which will make you and Śrīla Prabhupāda happy. I just want to be an instrument in your hand to carry out your instructions throughout my life.

All Glories to your Divine Grace.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and guru paramparā

All Glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

Aspiring to be the servant of your servants

Dinabandhu Nitāi canda Dāsa

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

Our dear most spiritual father,

Please accept our most humble and respectful obeisance to your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All Glories to you.

I do not have any qualification to understand your glories. I am unable to understand even a fraction of it. My efforts will be like illustrating the sun using a torchlight. Nevertheless, it is my duty to glorify you. So, just for my purification, here once again I am attempting in my limited knowledge, intelligence and vocabulary, trying to do so.

Our introduction to Prabhupāda’s movement happened in Dāmodara deśa. Initially we had only Friday programs, but then the Bhakti-vṛkṣa programs started and that is what helped us strengthening our base in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Over a period of time, the number of Bhakti-vṛkṣa’s increased in number and the congregation grew manifolds. The whole concept of Bhakti-vṛkṣa is because of your vision on congregational preaching based on Bhakti Vinod Ṭhākura’s writings. This makes possible for more and more people to attend ISKCON related programs, participate in the Yuga dharma of Harināma saṅkīrtana, associate with Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books etc. This way they start and make good progress in their spiritual journey back home, back to Godhead. So, all this is possible by your vision, guidance and causeless mercy.

In recent years, in spite of your health problems, you have with great determination and dedication, continued to preach all over the world. Even at the cost of your discomfort, you travel widely and continuously, giving your association to one and all. You want to pass on the mercy of Nityānanda Prabhu to all the unfortunate souls of the world who are averse to hearing the spiritual topics. This is nothing but the epitome of Vaiṣṇava-kāruṇya in your heart. You do not let your bodily illness affect your service to guru and Gaurāṅga. Recently, when you were hospitalized, you came out of sedation and realized it was time for a GBC meeting which then you participated from the hospital bed. We hear many anecdotes of your preaching to the hospital staff, taking care of you. Such is your glory!

I understand that you are visiting Dāmodara deśa today. I relocated from there to Kochi last year. Here, I really miss opportunities to meet you. However, I pray that I continue to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda’s movement in your separation and seek your blessings towards that. Here we are yet to recover from the disruptions to the gatherings due to Covid. The Sunday programs have just started but attended only by few. We pray that soon we can go back to normalcy and then add more devotees to our congregation. Kindly bless us that we may continue to study Prabhupāda’s books carefully, share the knowledge with others in whatever capacity that we have, distribute his books, organize and participate in the saṅkīrtana programs, etc. while maintaining our sadhana and purity fault free.

We humbly continue to pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Lord Narasiṁhadeva and Pañca-tattva to kindly remember all the nice, wonderful service you have performed to Them and Their devotees and that They may, if They please, give good health enabling you to continue your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda for many years to come.

Kindly forgive us for any offenses committed to you, knowingly or unknowingly.

Your insignificant servants,

Dīnanātha Viṭṭhala Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Nalinī Rukmiṇī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Saswathy and Śrīnidhi
India (Cochin, Kerala)

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to you.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, I really admire the devotion, dedication, passion that you show us every day. You face so many challenges everyday but you are still very strong to follow the instructions of your Spiritual Master our founder ācārya Śrīla Prabhupāda but I’m such fallen soul and in spite of having a luxurious life without any major hinderances I struggle to keep up your instructions. When I hear the updates on how you make each and every opportunity to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness even when you are undergoing a treatment in a hospital throws me down and I feel that I’m more worse than Jagāi and Mādhāi, It is just because of your mercy I’m still able to practice Kṛṣṇa consciousness and follow little of your instructions and it is again your mercy you gave me shelter at your lotus feet. Please bless, that I too develop the same kind of fire inside me to serve the Lord and follow your instructions at any circumstances.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, I’m currently involved in taking Bhakti-vṛkṣas and each time before the class I beg and pray for your mercy and you have helped me always to answer the questions of my members or share my realization appropriately so that it makes a lot sense to them.

Please shed your mercy upon me so that I take up the initiation from you soon.
I’m placing all my prayers at your lotus feet and kindly accept it.

Guru Mahārāja kī Jaya!

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Your Servant,
Deepak (sheltered-disciple),
Śrī Śrī Narasiṁha Giridhārī Mandir, Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your Lotus feet.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to Guru Mahārāja!

Guru Mahārāja, I am so fortunate and extremely lucky to have you as my Guru. Recently I was a part of Chennai JSSS and I came to know how you represent the 26 qualities of a Vaiṣṇava. It was very wonderful to hear all your qualities. This hearing about you more is increasing my surrender unto your lotus feet more and more. I am engrossed in māyā and fallen. I am really struggling in this material world. On this day of Vyāsa-pūjā please give your blessings to get more rati or taste into your lotus feet and let me be able to serve you more and more nicely.

Your insignificant Disciple,

Dīpapriyā Vrajeśvarī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
India (Chennai)

হরে কৃষ্ণ গুরুদেব, আপনার চরণ কমলে আমার স্বশ্রদ্ধ প্রণতি জ্ঞাপন করি আপনার জয় হোকশ্রীল প্রভূপাদের জয় হোক

আমি জানি না আপনার গুণমহিমা কি ভাবে ভাষায় বা লিখে ব্যক্ত করা সম্ভব আমার মতো একজন সাধারণ শিষ্যার

আমার মনে আছে সালটি সম্ভবত 2004 সাল মা বাবার সাথে আমি প্রথম শ্রীধাম মায়াপুরে যায় চক্র ভবনের সামনে পার্কে আপনি কিছু বিদেশি শিশু প্রভুদের সাথে কীর্তন করছিলেন ধামে আসা দর্শনার্থীরা তা দেখছিল সেখানেই আমি আপনার প্রথমবার দর্শন লাভ করি আপনি নৃত্য কীর্তন করছিলেন তারপর অনেক গুলো বছর পেরিয়ে যায় ইসকনের সাথে যুক্ত হয় আমার মা 2017 সালে আপনার থেকে দীক্ষা লাভ করে আমি তখন বুঝে উঠতে পারিনি আমাকে কোন গুরুমহারাজ তার শিষ্য হিসেবে গ্রহণ করবেন কিন্তু 2018 22nd জুলাই যেদিন আমার চরণ আশ্রয় হয় তার আগের দিন আমি আপনার দর্শন লাভ করি স্বপ্নে

আমি তারপর থেকে যখনই কোনো কারণে বিচলিত হয় বা হয়ে থাকি আপনি সব সময় আমাকে দিশা দেখিয়েছেন শ্রীল প্রভূপাদের বাণী প্রচার কার্যে আপনার উদ্যম আমার অলস মনকে সব সময় জাগরিত করে চরনাশ্রিত হওয়ার ১বছর পেরিয়ে যাওয়ার পর আমার দীক্ষা হচ্ছে না দেখে আমি যখন আমার কাউন্সিলর কে বার বার বলছিলাম 2019 সালের ডিসেম্বরের শেষে আমি স্বপ্নে গুরুদব আপনার দর্শন পাই আপনি আমাকে দীক্ষা প্রদান করছিলাম গৌর নিতাই এর বিগ্রহের সামনে দীক্ষিত নাম ছিল কিছু নন্দ প্রিয়া দেবী দাসী 2021 সালে আপনি আমাকে সত্যি সত্যিই শিষ্যা হিসেবে গ্রহণ করেন এবং নাম দিয়েছেন দীপেশ্বরী নন্দপ্রিয়া দেবদাসী আমি আমার দীক্ষিত নাম শুনে সত্যিই আশ্চর্য হয়ে যায় কি ভাবে সম্ভব!!আপনি সব বুঝতে পারেন জানতে পারেন আবারও প্রমান পাই আপনি অন্তর্যামী আপনি আমার সব কথা বুঝতে পারেন এবং আমি আবারো তার প্রনাম এই কিছু দিন আগে নবদ্বীপ মন্ডল পরিক্রমার সময় পাই আমি শ্রীধাম মায়াপুরে যাওয়ার সুযোগ পায়নি ইচ্ছে থাকা স্বত্তেত আমার যাওয়া হয়ে ওঠেনি আপনার দিব্য দর্ষনের সুযোগ না পাওয়া নিজেকে খুব অভাগা মনে হচ্ছিল সব্বাই আপনার দর্শন পাচ্ছে আমি আপনার দর্শন ভাব করার সৌভাগ্য পাইনি কিন্তু যে 5 দিন পরিক্রমা চলেছে আপনি আমাকে স্বপ্নে দর্শন দিয়েছেন গুরুদেব আমি প্রতিদিন আপনার দর্শন পেয়েছি আমার মনের ইচ্ছে আপনি পূরণ করেছেন আমার অজ্ঞতা অপরাধ মনভাব থাকা সত্তেও আপনি আমাকে সব সময় সঠিক দিশা দেখিয়েছেন

আপনার আশীর্বাদের আমি একটু একটু করে প্রচার করার চেষ্টা করছি ইসকন দুর্গাপুরে আমার শিক্ষাগুরু আমাকে ছোটো শিশুদের বৈদিক শিক্ষা দেয়ার দায়িত্ব দিয়েছেন গত 1বছর ধরে ক্লাসটি চলছে 4জন শিশুকে নিয়ে শুরু হয় আজ 30জন শিশু যুক্ত হয়েছে ক্লাসটির নাম *বৈকুণ্ঠ কিডস* গীতার শ্লোক পাঠ, ভক্তি সিদ্ধান্ত সরস্বতী ঠাকুরের নীতি শিক্ষা মূলক ছোট গল্প, কীর্তন, প্রভৃতি শেখানোর চেষ্টা করে থাকি আমি আপনার নিকট আশীর্বাদ প্রার্থনা করছি যাতে আমি এই ছোট্ট শিশুদের সঠিক শিক্ষা দিতে পারিভালো ভক্ত হওয়ার পাঠ দিতে পারি এবং আমি নিজেও যেন একজন প্রকৃত ভালো হয়ে উঠতে পারি আপনার পদাঙ্ক অনুসরণ ককর্তে পারি

আপনার অযোগ্য শিষ্যা,

দীপেশ্বরী নন্দ প্রিয়া দেবী দাসী (dīkṣā)
রানীগঞ্জ, পশ্চিম বর্ধমান

হরেকৃষ্ণ,
শ্রীল গুরুমহারাজের জয় হোক।

হে পরমারাধ্য গুরুমহারাজ আপনার শ্রীচরণকমলে আমার সশ্রদ্ধ দন্ডবৎ নিবেদন করি।গুরুমহারাজ এবছর ১৩এপ্রিল আপনার মহিমান্বিত ৭৩তমশুভ আবির্ভাব তিথি ব্যাসপূজা মহা-মহোৎসব, যা আমাদের জন্য অত্যন্ত আনন্দের বিষয়।প্রতিবছর এই দিনটার জন্য আকুল অপেক্ষা।

হে প্রিয় গুরুমহারাজ আপনার গুণ মহিমা কীর্তনকরার যোগ্যতা আমার বিন্দুমাএ নাই।আপনি নিত্যানন্দ প্রভুর করুনা বিতরণ করার জন্য এজগতে অবতীর্ণ হয়েছেন।

হে প্রিয় গুরুমহারাজ আপনি কখনও কারও নিন্দাকরেন না।আপনি সতত আপনার গুরুদেব শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের অভিলাষপূরণে তৎপর।

হে প্রিয় গুরুমহারাজ আপনি অত্যন্ত করুনাময়।সকলের উপর আপনি কৃপাবারি বর্ষণ করেন।

হে প্রিয় গুরুমহারাজ আপনি মহাপ্রভুর প্রেমধর্ম প্রচার করে জগতবাসীর পরম মঙ্গল সাধন করেছেন।

আপনি যেকরুনা বিতরণকরেছেন তাতে জগৎবাসী ধন্য।

হে প্রিয় গুরুমহারাজ আপনি পরম দয়াল।নিত্যানন্দ অভিমানশূন্য হয়ে হরিনামপ্রচার করেছেন।আপনিও সেউ করুনা সকলের নিকট প্রচার করছেন।এমন দয়াল আর নাই।

হে প্রিয়গুরুমহারাজ আপনি ধৈর্যশীল।অনেক বাধাবিপত্তি পার করে আপনি মহাপ্রভুর বাণী প্রচারে সর্বদা যুক্ত আছেন।

হে প্রিয়গুরুমহারাজ আপনার ন্যায় এমন দয়াল আচার্য এজগতে সুদুর্লভ।

এবছর ৭৩তম ব্যাসপূজায় আমাদের এই আকাঙ্ক্ষা আপনি দীর্ঘায়ুপ্রাপ্ত হোন এবং নিত্য আমাদের সঙ্গ প্রদান করুন।

জয় গুরুমহারাজ।

জয় শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ।

আপনার নিত্যসেবক
দীপ্তমান পাল

Diptaman Paul (aspiring disciple)
Cooch Behar, India

Dear Spiritual father, Please accept my humble obeisances.

I thank you from the bottom of my heart for accepting me as your disciple even though i am the most fallen soul. Thank you for always showering your mercy upon me.

In spite of many health issues you never fail to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda. You are a living inspiration to me. Please bless me an my family so we all together can serve you and Gaurāṅga.

Your humble servant,

Disha Vaghela (aspiring disciple)
Surat, Gujarat

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Jan 9th is a very auspicious day in my life where I took shelter from you Guru Mahārāja. I lost my biological father on May 18th 2021 and I was looking for the affection and guidance and the warmness which I lost from that day, but lord mercifully showed me a path who can eternally support me, who Is nonother than you Guru Mahārāja. Please forgive me if I have committed any offenses at your lotus feet.

I am eagerly waiting to take your initiation from you Guru Mahārāja, but I am facing so many obstacles in the path. Its only your mercy where I can overcome these obstacles and come closer to you.

Very eager to meet you personally and not sure when the day comes. Again, I beg at your lotus feet to shower your mercy unto me.

Your eternal servant,

Divya Bitra (sheltered disciple)
Māyāpur, India

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa amado Guru Mahārāja

Amado padre,

Acepte mis respetuosas y humildes reverencias a sus hermosos pies de loto

¡Todas las glorias sean a usted en su auspicioso día de aparición!

¡Todas las glorias sean a Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Me siento muy agradecida y afortunada de poder escribir algo para usted en esté día tan especial y

auspicioso.

Realmente me ha tomado bastante tiempo escribir algo, ya que no sé cómo hacerlo de manera correcta.

Su misericordia realmente es infinita,

No existe nada más real que usted

Amado padre usted es el emblema de la victoria, de la paz, de la paciencia, de la armonía, del cuidado

de los otros, del entusiasmo, de la tolerancia y del amor puro por Dios.

Usted dedica su vida a la entrega absoluta por difundir la misión de Śrīla prabhupāda y la propagación de

los santos nombres Harināma Saṅkīrtana del Señor Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Amado padre su voz es escuchada en todo el planeta, usted ayuda a liberar las almas más caídas,

amado Guru Mahārāja usted es el camino, usted rompe las cadenas de la ignorancia.

Śrīla Gurudeva usted es lo más importante en mi vida, deseo servirle con el mayor de mis esfuerzos, solo

por su gran misericordia podré cualificarse para seguir su instrucción vida tras vida.

Por Favor no me suelte nunca amado padre

Permítame servirle siempre

Me siento afortunada de poder estar al refugio de sus pies de loto pero también me siento nada

merecedora de tan inconcebible compasión.

Solo me queda agradecer sinceramente está gran misericordia que usted me brinda

Usted siempre está en mi corazón

Amado padre por favor perdóneme cualquier ofensa conocida o desconocida por mi

Su insignificante sirviente y aspirante a Discípula

Bhaktin Eveling Giraldo

Jayapatākā swami mahārāja guerreiro que carrega o santo nome em todo o mundo e Śrīla prabhupara através do son transcendental... Gurudeva, por favor, abençoe-me para glorificar seu nome e passatempos!!

Ó gloriosa Bandeira da vitória que você abrigou nos ensinamentos transparentes de Śrīla Prabhupāda e Você é muito querido pelo Senhor Kṛṣṇa. Você pergunta com aquele humor de pulsação de verdadeira pureza e sinceridade

.As gopīs não invejam e sempre servem com prema estático.

Sou apenas uma pobre alma perdida e sem sua luz não consigo escapar, aqui neste mundo a chuva molha este corpo temporário... temporário Assim como tantos corpos são dilacerados por armas nucleares... tudo isso é relativo e cumpre un ciclo e assim como esse cadáver muda, as flores de Bella envelhecem e parecem mais tristes e solitárias...

Por favor, seja misericordioso comigo, porque se não fosse você, quem seria? Você que é como um cisne infectado pela bondade do Senhor Nityānanda e do Senhor Caitanya Mahāprabhu, por favor, dê-me apenas uma gota de sua misericórdia. Apenas deixe-me descansar em seus pés de lótus que não se misturam com aqueles desejos mundanos e temporários..Gurudeva Por favor, seja misericordioso comigo porque se não fosse você quem seria? En que posso servir meu senhor ? Por favor me faça de mi un simple instrumento de Kṛṣṇa!

Todas Las glórias a śrī śrī Guru y Gaurāṅga!! Todas Las glórias a Śrīla prabhupāda ...todas Las glórias a nuestro Guru Mahārāja... Todas Las glórias Al exército de Saṅkīrtana en está era de Kali!!

Jaya Pataka Swami Mahārāja sós un guerrero que llevas el Santo nombre del señor por todo El mundo y a Śrīla prabhupara a travez del son transcendental y sus libros con sus multiples potencias.. Gurudeva por favor me bendiga para poder glorificar tu nombre y tus pasatiempos y cantar Las glórias de Prabhupāda!!

O gloriosa Bandera de la Victoria que te abrigaste en Los ensenamientos transparentes de Śrīla prabhupāda y Eres muy querido por El senhor Kṛṣṇa. Tu pregas con ese humor latiente de pureza verdadera y sinceridad sos asi como ass gopīs que no envidian y sirven sempre com prema estatico.

Yo soy tan solo una pobre alma perdida y sin su luz no puedo allar escapatória alguma, aqui en este mundo lá lluvia moja este cuerpo temporário, temporário Al igual que tantos cuerpos son despedazados por armas nucleares...todo esto és relativo y cumple UN ciclo y asi como este cuerpo muerto cambia las flores Bellas embejecen y parecen estar mas tristes y mas solitarias...

Por favor se misericordioso con migo por que si no fueses vós quien lo seria? Tu que eres como un cisne contagiado por la bondad del senor Nityānanda y El senor Caitanya Mahāprabhu por favor me de tan solo una gota de su misericórdia...Una gota que alumbre asi como El Cielo espiritual la morada suprema que no és iluminada ni por El sol ni la Luna, ni por el fuego o la electricidad. Tan solo dejeme descansar en sus pies de lotos que no se misturam con esos deseos mundanos y temporários.. Gurudeva por favor se misericordioso con migo por que si no fueses vós quien lo seria? Tan solo dejeme servirlo por favor mi señor... Mi abrigo son sus pies de lotos..!

Bhakta Franco (aspirant disciple)

Māyāpur, India

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your divine Lotus feet Gurudeva

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories unto you Gurudeva!

A very happy Vyāsa-pūjā to you Gurudeva

Gurudeva I am a practicing Kṛṣṇa conscious devotee of age 16 under the guidance of His Grace Caitanya avtari Prabhu and His Grace Vaiṣṇavānanda Nitāi Prabhu
Gurudeva I am very grateful to you for all the help and support you have given to me when I was fighting against the challenges that I faced during my service to you and Kṛṣṇa
Gurudeva I am always desiring to be a very nice devotee of guru and Kṛṣṇa but not really working hard towards it and would always take guidance from senior devotees and would fail to implement all those instructions in my day to day life. And would get distracted towards materialistic distractions and would spoil my consciousness.

So from now on I will put my full efforts and follow all instructions of my senior devotees and would always Be Kṛṣṇa conscious without getting distracted. So Gurudeva I sincerely request for your blessings so that I follow all instructions of senior devotees and always be engaged in bhakti-sevā.

Gurudeva I also sincerely request prayers for my family so that all of my family members: my brother: Pranay, father : Rajkumar, mother : Harisha sincerely become devotees and serve you and Kṛṣṇa nicely.

I sincerely pray to Śrī Śrī Narasiṁhadeva for your Good health.

Your Aspiring Disciple,

Gadaputi Balaji (aspiring disciple)

New Rājāpur Jagannātha Dhāma

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your divine Lotus feet Gurudeva

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories unto you Gurudeva!

A very happy Vyāsa-pūjā to you Gurudeva,

Gurudeva I am not qualified to glorify you but just for my purification I would like to glorify you!

Gurudeva I am a practicing Kṛṣṇa conscious devotee under the guidance of His Grace Caitanya Avatarī Prabhu. It is because of your mercy Gurudeva that I am reading Jagannātha Book daily with devotees online. Gurudeva although your health is not so good but you still take online classes and house visits daily and also on my son’s appearance day you yourself blessed him. You are so merciful that you even accept each and every offerings that devotees offer to you. Gurudeva you also follow all instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda sincerely. Once Gurudeva when you had offered a rose to Prabhupāda, Prabhupāda said “this rose flower is energizing me and it would make me live for even more years to preach”. since then Gurudeva you are sincerely offering rose to Prabhupāda dailly.

Gurudeva Please bless us so that we also follow all of your instructions sincerely just like how you followed Prabhupāda’s instructions.

Gurudeva our family is unable to surrender unto your lotus feet because of our material attachments so please bless us so that we surrender unto you immediately Gurudeva I sincerely request blessings for my family so that all of my family members my two sons (Balaji and Pranay), My Husband (Rajkumar) sincerely become devotees and serve you and Kṛṣṇa nicely.

Your Aspiring Disciple,

Gadaputi Harisha (aspiring)

New Rājāpur Dhāma, Bangalore, India

யுக அவதாரி குரு மஹராஜருக்கு,

குருதேவா! நின் தாமரைப் பாதங்களுக்கு எங்களுடைய அனந்தகோடி நமஸ்காரங்கள்!

குழம்பியுள்ள எங்களை இடையறாத உற்சாகத்துடன் தெளிவுபடுத்தி ஊக்குவித்துக் கொண்டிருக்கும் தங்களுக்கு எங்களுடைய கடலளவு புகழாரங்களும் கடுகளவே. உயர உயரப் பறந்தாலும் பரந்த வானத்தை எட்ட முடியாத குருவியின் நிலையே எங்களுடைய நிலையும். எல்லையற்ற வானமும் எல்லையற்ற பூமியும் அனைத்திற்கும் அடைக்கலமாக இருப்பதைப் போலவே கதியற்ற ஆத்மாக்களாக தகித்துக் கொண்டிருக்கும் எங்கள் அனைவருக்கும் கற்பகவிருட்ச நிழல் தங்களுடைய தாமரைப் பாதங்கள் மட்டுமே. வேண்டுவோருக்கு வேண்டும் வரம் தந்தருளி அனைவரையும் உமது நேசக் கரத்திற்குள் அரவணைத்து வழிநடத்திச் செல்லும் தங்களுடைய அன்பிற்கு ஈடு இவ்வுலகிலும் எவ்வுலகிலும் எதுவும் நிகராகாது.

போரட்டம் நிறைந்திருந்த பூமியில் தங்களுடைய பிறப்பின் காரணமாக உண்டாகிய தன்னிச்சையான அமைதியே உலகிற்கு சர்வமங்களத்தை வழங்கவல்ல தங்களுடைய அவதாரத்தை உறுதிபடுத்தியது. வாடியிருந்த வைஷ்ணவ சம்பிரதாயத்தை தழைத்தோங்கச் செய்யவந்த பகவான் ஸ்ரீ சைதன்ய மஹாபிரபுவின் பிரம்ம மத்வ கௌடீய சம்பிரதாயத்தை மேன்மேலும் தழைத்தோங்கச் செய்வதற்காகவே அவதரித்துவந்த பக்திவேதாந்த ஸ்வாமி ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதரின் செயலாக்க வடிவே, நின் யுக அவதாரம் மிக இரகசியம் எனினும் தீனர்களாகிய எங்களுக்கும் நின் கருணை மழையில் இடம்தரும் தீனபந்துவே. வழிவழியாக தொடரும் முந்தைய உயர் ஆச்சாரியர்களின் அடிச்சுவட்டில் மாறாது அடியெடுத்து வைத்து பூமி மாதாவை பெருமைபடுத்திக் கொண்டிருக்கும் கருணாசாகரமே நின் தாமரைப்பாதங்களே எங்களின் புகலிடம்.

தங்களுடைய சுய சரிதத்தை படைப்பதற்கு தங்களின் அனுமதியை எதிர்நோக்கிய பக்தர்களுக்கு தங்களுக்கே உரித்தான பணிவின் காரணமாக தாங்கள் அனுமதியளிக்கவில்லை. ஆனால், தங்களுடைய உயர் மகிமை வெளிவருவதின் மூலமாக வைஷ்ணவ சித்தாந்தம் அதாவது பக்தித்தொண்டானது உள்ளங்கை நெல்லிக் கனிபோல அனைவருக்கும் மிக எளிதாக தெளிவுபடுத்தப்படும் என்பதால் ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதரே பக்தரின் கனவில் தோன்றி அதனை எழுதப் பணித்தபோதே தாங்களும் குருவின் கட்டளையை உயிர்மூச்சாக ஏற்று அதற்கு சம்மதித்தீர்கள். என்னே தங்களுடைய குரு பக்தி. தங்களுடைய குரு பக்திக்கு நிகர் ஏதுமில்லை.

கலி யுகத்திற்காக பகவான் ஸ்ரீ சைதன்யரால் பரிந்துரைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள கிருஷ்ண உணர்வை எழுச்சிபெறச் செய்வதாகிய உற்சாகமான ஹரே கிருஷ்ண மஹா மந்திர உச்சாடனத்தை சிங்கம் போல பிளிறி அனைவருடைய இதயக் களங்கங்களையும் பறந்தோடச் செய்து கொண்டிருப்பவராகிய தங்களுடைய உற்சாகமே அனைவருடைய இதயத்திலும் ராதா கிருஷ்ணரின் தெய்வீகப்பிரேமையை நிலைநாட்டிக் கொண்டுள்ளது. ஸ்ரீமதி ராதையின் பிரேமையை வெளிப்படுத்தும் கௌராங்கரின் பேரன்பிற்குரியவர் பிரேமையின் ஸ்வரூபமாக வலம்வருவது ஈரேழு பதினான்கு லோகத்தினற்கும் கிடைக்காத அரிய பொக்கிஷமன்றோ? ஆனால் துரதிர்ஷ்டசாலிகளான நாங்கள் தான் அந்தப் பொக்கிஷத்தின் பலனை முழுமையாக அனுபவிக்கத் தெரியாமல் காலத்தின் கோரப்பிடிக்குள் சிக்கிக்கொண்டு இன்பமென கருதி துன்பத்தை அனுபவித்துக் கொண்டிருக்கிறோம். கையில் வெண்ணையை வைத்துக் கொண்டு நெய்யிற்கு அலையும் முட்டாளைப் போல நாங்கள் கையில் பொக்கிஷத்தை வைத்துக் கொண்டு குருவின் அருமை தெரியாமல் குருவின் வார்த்தைகளுக்கு மதிப்பளிக்காமல் பாவ வாழ்வில் சுழன்று கொண்டுள்ளோம். குருவே கருணை வள்ளலாகிய தாங்களே இப்பேதைகளையும் ரட்சித்தருள வேண்டும்.

பகவான் ஸ்ரீ சைதன்யரின் உபதேசங்கள் மதசார்பற்றது. ஜாதி மதத்திற்கு அப்பாற்பட்டது. அனைவரையும் உயிர்ப்பிக்க வல்லது. சகல உயிர்வாழிகளுக்கும் ஆனந்தம் அளிப்பது. அதனை உச்சரிப்பவர், கேட்பவர் அனைவருமே மேன்மையடைவர். உன்னத நிலையில் நிலைபெறுவர். பேரானந்தத்தில் திளைப்பர். அனைத்திற்கும் மேலாக கருணாசாகரமாக, பாரி வள்ளலாக, திரண்ட மேகமாக அனைவரையும் குளிர்வித்து மகிழ்வர், கௌராங்கரின் பேரன்பிற்குரியவர்களாக திகழ்வர், கௌராங்கரை முற்றிலுமாக மகிழ்விப்பவராக சிறப்புறுவர், ஒரு க்ஷணமும் பகவானைவிட்டு பிரியாது குருவுடனேயே, கௌராங்கருடனேயே வாழ்ந்திருப்பர் என்பதற்கு தாங்களே மிகச்சிறந்த உதாரண புருஷராவீர்.

ஸ்ரீமதி ஜானவி மாதாவால் 1570 ல் தொடங்கிவைக்கப்பட்ட “கேதூரி திருவிழாவின்” மூலமாக பக்தித்தொண்டிற்கு எதிரான களைகள் நீக்கப்பட்டு, வைஷ்ணவ சித்தாந்தமானது வெற்றி நடைபோடத் தொடங்கியதைப் போலவே, பிரபஞ்சத்தின் சக்கரவர்த்தியாகிய தாங்களும், அன்று முதல் இன்று வரை காலக்கணக்கிற்கும் அப்பாற்றபட்ட எண்ணிலடங்காத திருவிழாக்களை பிரம்மாண்ட முறையில் நிகழ்த்தியவாறு, சூன்யவாதத்தை விரட்டுவதில் அடர்ந்த காரிருளை விரட்டியோடச் செய்யும் சூரியனைப் போல, அசுர குணங்களை களைவதில் துஷ்டர்களை பறந்தோடச் செய்யும் நரசிம்மரைப் போல, காலத்தை வீணாக கழித்துக் கொண்டிருப்பவர்களை வெல்வதில் கபடதாரிகளான அரசர்களை வெட்டி வீழ்த்திய பரசுராமரைப் போல, குருவின் சொல்லை மீறாமல் இருப்பதில் தந்தை சொல் மீறாத இராமரைப் போல, பகவானுடன் க்ஷணந்தோறும் கூடியிருப்பதில் எப்பொழுதுமே தன்னை துன்பத்தில் வைத்திருக்குமாறு வேண்டும் குந்தி மகாராணியைப் போல, கௌராங்கரையே நினைத்துக் கொண்டிருப்பதில் கிருஷ்ணரையே நினைத்துக் கொண்டிருக்கும் விருந்தாவனத்து கோபியர்களைப் போல, இழிபிறவிகளாக பெண்களுக்கும், குழந்தைகளுக்கும், சூத்திரர்களுக்கும், பிராமண பந்துக்களுக்கும் உபதேசிப்பதில், தனது அன்னையாகிய தேவஹுதிக்கு உபதேசித்த கபிலதேவரைப் போல, கிருஷ்ண உணர்வை ஒன்றையே வலியுறுத்துவதில் நல்லாட்சி ஒன்றை மட்டுமே கருத்தில் கொண்ட் யுதிஷ்டிர மகாராஜரைப் போல, தனது பக்தர்களுக்கு அன்பான தந்தையாகவும், நண்பனாகவும், அனாத ரட்சகனாகவும், இருப்பதில் பிருதாவின் மைந்தனாகிய அர்ஜுனனின் உற்ற நண்பனாக, காவலனாக, சாரதியாக வந்த கிருஷ்ணரைப் போல, உலாவந்து கொண்டுள்ள தாங்களும் எண்ணற்ற தெய்வீக திருவிழாக்களை சிறப்புற நிகழ்த்தி, வைஷ்ணவ சம்பிரதாயத்தை, வைஷ்ணவ பாரம்பரியத்தை பரந்த ஆலமரமாக வளர்ச்சிபெறச் செய்து கொண்டேயுள்ளீர்கள். இதுவல்லவா குருவிற்கான மிகச்சிறந்த குரு தட்சணை.

தனது பக்தியாலும் தெய்வீக இலக்கியங்களாலும் கோஸ்வாமிகளை நினைவுபடுத்தும் காரணத்தினால் பக்தி வினோத தாகூர் “ஏழாவது கோஸ்வாமி” என்றழைக்கப்பட்டார். அதுபோலவே, கௌராங்கரின் மீதான தங்களுடைய தன்னிச்சையான பிரேமையின் காரணமாக தங்களுடைய பெயரானது தன்னிச்சையாகவே கௌர்தன் என்று அமைந்ததாக ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதரால் அன்புடன் அழைக்கப்பட்டு தன்னிகரற்ற நிலையை அடையப் பெற்றுள்ளீர்கள். கௌராங்கரைப் போலவே கௌராங்கரின் மகனாகிய தாங்களும் பிரேமையை அள்ளி அள்ளி வழங்குவதில் சளைப்பதேயில்லை. அது எத்தகைய இன்பதுன்பத்திற்கு இடையிலும், தடையின்றி கடலைநோக்கி ஓடிக்கொண்டிருக்கும் கங்கையின் பிரவாகத்தைப் போன்று ஒருபோதும் தடைபடுவதே யில்லை.

பக்த வினோத தாகூரால் கண்டறியப்பட்ட பகவான் ஸ்ரீ சைதன்ய மஹாபிரபுவின் பிறப்பிடமாகிய யோக பீடத்தை சிறப்புறச் செய்வதற்காக, உலகறியச் செய்வதற்காக, முந்தைய ஆச்சாரியர்களின் விருப்பமாகிய அத்புத மந்திரை மஹாபிரபுவிற்கு, தமது குருவாகிய ஸ்ரீல பிரபுபாதருக்கு சமர்ப்பித்தற்காக, காலனிடமிருந்தும் தனது உயிரை மீட்டெடுத்துவந்து, ஆலய நிர்மாணப்பணியில் நமக்கு ஏற்றவழிகாட்டியாக, பக்கபலமான உறுதுணையுடன் நம்மை அரவணைத்து வழிநடத்திச் செல்லும் நமது குருவிற்கு நமது கோடானு பிறவிகளை சமர்ப்பணம் செய்தாலும் அது அணுவளவே. தரிசனம் செய்வதின் மூலமாகவே வாழ்வின் அறியாமையை அழிக்கும், பௌதிக துன்பங்களாகிய பிறப்பு, இறப்பு சக்கரத்தை நிறுத்தவல்லதாகிய அற்புதத்தை செய்யவல்லதாகிய அத்புத மந்திராகிய வேத கோளரங்கத்தை பிரபஞ்சமே வியக்கும் அளவிற்கு அலங்கரித்துக் கொண்டிருக்கும் எமது குருவின் தன்னிகரற்ற திறன் மயனின் கட்டிடக்கலை நிபுணத்துவத்தையும் தோற்கடிக்கச் செய்கிறது. நமது குருவிற்கு நிகர் குருவேதான்.

ஏழு அடி உயரமும், முழங்கால் வரை நீண்டதான கரங்களை உடையவரும், பொன்னிற மேனி கொண்டதால் கௌராங்கர் என்றழைக்கப்படுபவருமான பகவான் ஸ்ரீ சைதன்யரை காண்பதின் மூலமாக ஒருவர் நாம ஸங்கீர்த்தன இயக்கத்தில் பங்கெடுத்துக் கொள்ள ஊக்குவிக்கப்படுகிறார் என்பதை இடையறாது எங்களுக்கு எடுத்துரைத்து ஊக்குவித்துக் கொண்டுள்ள தங்களுடைய தெளிந்த நீரோடை போன்றதான தெள்ளத் தெளிவான குரலோசையானது எங்களது இதயங்களை ஊடுருவி தன்னிச்சையாகவே தங்களது மலர்ப்பாதங்களில் எங்களை சரணடையச் செய்கிறது. இதுவல்லவோ தங்களின் அபாரக்கருணை.

பகவான் ஸ்ரீ சைதன்யரின் ஸங்கீர்த்தன இயக்கமானது கிருஷ்ண பக்தித்தொண்டில், கிருஷ்ணருக்கான அன்பான சேவையில் மக்களை பயிற்றுவிப்பதற்காகவே இருப்பதாகும். தனக்கான பக்திசேவையை பகவானே பக்தனாக நேரில் வந்து நமக்கு கற்றுத்தருகிறார் என்கின்ற பிரபுபாதருடைய கூற்றை உலகினர் அனைவரும் அறியவேண்டும், புரிந்து கொள்ளவேண்டும், கடைபிடிக்க வேண்டும், பௌதிக உலகின் மூவித துன்பங்களிலிருந்து வெளிவர வேண்டும் என்ற நோக்கத்திற்காக எவருமே நினைத்தற்கரிய உடல் அசௌகரியத்திற்கு இடையிலும் உலகை வலம்வந்து கொண்டுள்ள நமது குருவின் அதீத சாகசம் வரலாற்று சாகசங்கள் அனைத்தையும் முழுமையாக தோற்கடித்து மிளிர்கிறது.

யாரொருவர் பகவான் ஸ்ரீ சைதன்யரின் பக்தர்களாக இருக்கின்றனரோ அவர்கள் ஒரே நேரத்தில் கோலோக விருந்தாவனத்திலும், ஸ்ரீ சைதன்ய லீலையிலும் பங்கு கொண்டவர்களாகின்றனர். கோலோக விருந்தாவனத்தில் நான்கு நுழைவாயில்கள் உள்ளன, விருந்தாவனம், மதுரா, துவாரகா, மற்றும் ஸ்வேதத்வீபம் ஆகியனவாகும். ஸ்வேதத்வீபமே பகவான் ஸ்ரீ சைதன்யரின் வாசஸ்தலமாகும். கிருஷ்ண லீலையில் பங்கேற்க விரும்பும் பக்தர்கள் கிருஷ்ணருடைய கருணையைப் பெறுவதற்காக கிருஷ்ணரிடம் முழுமையாக சரணடைந்தாக வேண்டும், ஆனால் கௌராங்கரோ கிருஷ்ணரைவிட மிக மிக கருணைவாய்ந்தவராவார், அவர் எவரும் கேட்காமலேயே கிருஷ்ண பிரேமையை அள்ளி அள்ளி வழங்கிக் கொண்டுள்ளார் என பகவான் ஸ்ரீ சைதன்யரின் பக்தர்களாக இருப்பதின் மகிமைகளே விவரிக்கும் குருவானர் பகவான் ஸ்ரீ சைதன்யரின் கருணை உள்ளத்தையும் விஞ்சும் அளவிற்கு, தாய் எட்டடி பாய்ந்தால் குட்டி பதினாறு அடி பாயும் என்ற பழமொழிக்கேற்ப முந்தைய ஆச்சாரியர்களின் கருணை உள்ளங்கள் அனைத்தையும் விஞ்சும் அளவிற்கு, அவர்களுடைய கருணை உள்ளங்களின் ஸ்வரூபமாக உலகம் முழுவதும் பவனிவந்து துன்பக்கடலில் தத்தளித்துக் கொண்டிருக்கும் கதியற்ற ஜீவன்கள் அனைவரையும் கரையேற்றி தனது குருவின் தாமரைப் பாதபடகில் ஆனந்தமாக உல்லாசிக்கச் செய்து கோலோக விருந்தாவனத்திற்கு சிரமமின்றி அழைத்துச் சென்று கொண்டுள்ளார். குருவின் பொற்பாத கமலங்கள் நமது இதயத்தில் என்றென்றும் நிலைத்திருக்க குருவே அருள்புரிய வேண்டும்.

ஒருவர் தனது உயர் அதிகாரியான குருவின் கட்டளைக்கு கீழ்படிந்து நடக்க வேண்டும், ஏனெனில் நாம் மனதின் சொல்படி நடந்தோம் என்றால் அது தனது வாதத்தை நியாயப்படுத்துவதற்காக எண்ணற்ற காரணங்களை முன்வைக்கும், நம்மை குருவின் நல்லுபதேசத்திலிருந்து திசை திருப்புவதற்காக எதனையும் நியாயப்படுத்தி இறுதியாக நம்மை முக்குணங்களின் பிடிக்குள் சிக்கவைத்து நமது பௌதிக பிரச்சனையை அதிகப்படுத்திவிடும், இதிலெல்லாம் நாம் சிக்கிக் கொள்ளாமல் இருக்க வேண்டுமெனில் குருவின் உபதேசங்களில் மட்டுமே நமது மனதை ஈடுபடுத்த வேண்டும், பழக்க வேண்டும், என்கின்ற தங்களுடைய உபதேச அமிர்தத்தை எங்களுடைய செவிகளில் உள்வாங்கி இதயப்பூர்வமாக அதனை ஏற்று செயல்படுத்துவதற்கு தடையாக உள்ள எங்களுடைய அனர்த்தங்கள் அனைத்தையும் நீக்கி, அதனை கருத்தில் கொள்ளாமல் தங்களுக்கே உரித்தான கருணைப் பார்வையால் எங்கள் அனைவருக்கும் அடைக்கலம் அளியுங்கள் குருதேவா. தங்களுடைய மலர்ப்பாதங்கள் ஒன்றே எங்களுக்கான பாதுகாப்பான இருப்பிடமாகும்.

வர்ணாஷ்ரம தர்மத்தை கடைபிடிக்காதவர்கள் பக்தராக இருப்பதில் பயனில்லை, மாறாக, அவர்கள் நரக நிலைக்கே இழிவடைகின்றனர். வர்ணாஷ்ரம தர்மத்தின் உண்மையான நோக்கம் ஒருவர் தனது செயல்களின் பலனை கிருஷ்ணருக்கு சமர்ப்பணம் செய்ய வேண்டும் என்பதே, இந்நிலையில், கிருஷ்ணருக்காக செயல்படாதவரால் உண்மையான பலனை அடையமுடியாது, அவர் துயரத்தையே அடைகின்றார். மேலும் சில நேரங்களில் நாம் மாயையில் ஆழ்த்தப்படுவதும் கிருஷ்ணரை நாம் முழுமையாக சரணடையவேண்டும் என்பதை நமக்கு நினைவுபடுத்திக் கொண்டேயிருப்பதற்காகவே என்பதால், மாயையில் நாம் ஆழ்த்தப்படும் போதெல்லாம் இதுவும் அவளுடைய கருணையே என்றே நாம் மனதார நன்றி சொல்லி நமது மனதை முழுமையாக கிருஷ்ண தாமரைப் பாதங்களில் பதியச் செய்யவேண்டும் என்று உபதேசிக்கும் நமது அன்பார்ந்த, பிரியமான, நேசமான, பாசமான, கனிவான, கண்ணியமான, ஆனந்தமயமான, பிரேமானந்த ரூபமான குருவின் பொற்பாத கமலங்களில் கோடானனு கோடி கோடானு கோடி கோடானு கோடி, கோடானு கோடி நமஸ்காரங்களை சமர்ப்பித்து தங்களுடைய கருணாசாகர பாதகமலங்களில் இந்த தாசிக்கும் இடமளிக்க வேண்டி பணிவுடன் ஏங்கிநிற்கும் தங்களுடைய தாஸானு தாஸானு தாஸானு தாஸானு தாஸியான

கந்தர்விகா மோஹினி தேவிதாஸி மற்றும் குடும்பத்தினர்கள்

சுனந்தவாசுதேவ தாஸ்

சபரிகிரிஷ்

கௌரிலக்ஷ்மி

சிவேஷ் குமார்

மற்றும் துறையூர் இஸ்கான் உறுப்பினர்கள்.

ஹரே கிருஷ்ண

நிதாய் கௌராங்கா

ஜெய் குருதேவ்

வியாசபூஜா மகோத்ஸவ் கீ ஜெய்

ராதா ரமணா கீ ஜெய் ஜெய்!!

Gāndharvikā Mohinī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

India (Thuraiyur)

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

Guru Mahārāja ke charon me garima sharma ka koti koti Praṇāma mere Guru Mahārāja apke janamdin par bhagwan se yahi prathna karti hu ki apke swaths me śrīgra ati śrīgra labh ho Jisse hame apka shang or apki kripa milti rahe ham daily apke dwara di jarhi class ka amritpan karte hai apne hindi me classes dekre apne bhot bada upkar kra hai apke dwara hindi me prshan Uttar Dekar bhot bada labh mil rha hai yhe kripa hamare upar aise hai bane rha.

HARE KṚṢṆA:

Apki sisya,

Garima Sharma (aspiring disciple)
Sahibabad, India

हम गुरु महाराज के चरणो मे व्यास पूजा के अवसर पर ह्रदय से दंडवत प्रणाम करते है। परम पूजनीय जयपताका स्वामी गुरु महराज की जयजगत गुरु श्रील प्रभुपाद की जय।

एक प्रमाणिक गुरु अध्यात्मिक जगत का निवासी होता है । जो भगवान की इच्छा से हमे अध्यात्मिक संसार का साक्षात्कार करवाने हेतू इस संसार मे प्रकट होते है और हम पतित जीवो का उध्दार करते है। प्रभुपाद जी की सब्से बड़ी देन उन्के शिष्य है । जो हम जेसे पतितो पर प्रभुपाद जी की असीम कृपा को वितरित कर रहे है । उनमे से गुरु महराज आप एक महान योद्धा है। हमे गर्व है की हम आप्के शिषय है। हम  पूरा प्रयास करेगे की हम भी आपके अच्छे शिष्य बने जिससे आपको श्रील प्रभुपाद को गर्व हो। गुरु महाराज आपके अंदर हम बहुत विशेष गुण देखते है। जिसमे एक महत्वपूर्ण है की आप श्री प्रभुपाद अन्य सभी के प्रति बहुत कृतज्ञ रहते है। आप जहा भी प्रचार करते हे या कही भी जाते हे आप सभी पर दया करते है और सभी की चिन्ता भी करते है। अपने सभी शिष्यों के बारे मे सोचते रहते है हम सब के लिये भगवान से प्रार्थना करते रहते है गुरु महाराज हम भी सब के प्रति कृतज्ञ रहेंगे ताकि हम आप को खुश कर सके। यदि हम कुछ एसा कर पाये जिससे आप खुश हो तो हमारा यह जीवन सफल हे। गुरु महाराज आप आध्यात्मिक जगत की अमुल्य धरोहर हे। आपका इस भौतिक संसार मे रहना बहुत जरुरी है। हम लोग तो इस संसार मे भार के सामान हैं। अब हमारे जीवन का एक ही लक्ष्य हे की हम तन मन धन पुर्ण निष्ठा से प्रभुपाद के मिशन को बड़ाने के लिय गुरु महाराज की पूरी क्षमता से सहायता करेगे। और यह सब आपकी कृपा से ही सम्भव हे। आपकी अहेतुकी कृपा हम पर हमेशा बनी रहे।

आपकी कृपा दया पर आश्रित आपके अयोगय सेवक,

गौर श्याम दास (dīkṣā)

शची देवी दासी (dīkṣā)

लक्ष्य (sheltered)

India (Ambala)

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet dear Guru Mahārāja

I don’t have enough intelligent or ability to glorify your appearance day, but because of your Causeless mercy I will try to narrate and glorify.

When I heard first time that there is no such service which is not executed by you Guru Mahārāja for pleasure of Śrīla Prabhupāda, this give me deepest enthusiasm to serve. When I hear the glory about (you) Guru Mahārāja, how you come to know the mind of your disciple and after knowing your reciprocation it becomes transcendental līlā. And by hearing that I can make spiritual progress, This Itself is proof that your presense is made to deliver fallen conditioned soul like myself.

After getting discharged from hospital Guru Mahārāja (you) didn’t stop for a while, and re-continued preaching services for the pleasure of Śrīla Prabhupāda, it gives and surely empowers me to develop service faith toward spiritual master.

Guru Mahārāja your presence, your each and every activities are made for preaching (I’m blind to see but scriptures proves) the message of Lord, but I’m foolish who always starving behind māyā, and couldn’t go ahead not even pinch by myself. I have forgotten my real relationship with Lord and came here to satisfy so-called pleasure which arise from connection with material objects. And Guru Mahārāja your divine presence is the only shelter for me, kindly save me and bless me

Your ever insignificant and aspiring servant

Gaurāṅga (aspiring disciple)

Ahmedabad, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Most Beloved Spiritual Father,

Please accept our respectful obeisance at the dust of your lotus feet.

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

All glories to you 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...

On this most auspicious day of your divine appearance, we beg the words to glorify the wonderful, exalted personality who is a Vaikuṇṭha Man with unlimited divine qualities. As we are 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 Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s saṅkīrtana movement.

His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja is the spiritual master who spread the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa according to his spiritual master Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions. Following the footsteps of his spiritual master Śrīla Prabhupāda, our Guru Mahārāja leads his life as “Simple living and High thinking” Following the footsteps of Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu, he spread the mission of Saṅkīrtana movement and their līlās.

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.

On this auspicious day, I humbly beg you to bless me, my Prabhu Ṣaḍbhuja Viśvambhara Dāsa, our daughter Athira, son-in-law Prajosh and sweet granddaughter Aradhita to be fully charged up with your divine energy to be useful instruments in your mission.

Please protect us from all demonic forces.

Please bless all devotees and children who we are trying to care, train and help on their services on behalf of you Gurudeva.

We (my entire family) pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to give you healthy long life to deliver more and more fallen soul like us.

Your Insignificant Spiritual Daughter,

Gaurapriya Śacī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

India (Thiruvananthapuram)

Querido maestro,que Dios escuche nuestras oracione para que usted se recupere completamente y pueda poner a mas almas al servicio de nuestra señoria Śrī Rādhā y Kṛṣṇa con sus bendición pasará automáticamente,gracias maestro por haberme permitido tomar refugio en sus pies de loto,espero recibir la bendición de para seguir haciendo mi servicio dado por la misericordia de los devotos mayores,

atentamente el devoto Jay

Giridhārī Dāsa (dīkṣā)
India (Māyāpur)

Hare Kṛṣṇa

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Please accept my humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of our Guru Mahārāja H.H. Jayapatākā Swami.

Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas.

We are praying to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Narasiṁha dev to bless you the best of health and bestow you with long life.

Also engage us into loving devotional services of Their lordships under your leadership.

My sincere prayers unto the Supreme personality of Godhead for the best of health on this most auspicious Vyāsa pūjā of GuruMahārāja.

Your humble servant

Gītā-gāyinī Yaśodādevī dāsī (dīkṣā)

India (Māyapur)

HARE KṚṢṆA

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Please accept my koṭi koṭi daṇḍavat praṅāms unto Your merciful Lotus Feet

This is Gīteśvarī Viṣṇupriyā devīdāsī, New Delhi, India

My Dearest Beloved GuruMahārāja

This beautiful opportunity of Your Holy Vyāsa Pūjā... I get this wonderful chance to offer my Gratitude to You. Thank You Dearest GuruMahārāja

I feel the utmost luckiest to be born in this particular generation of Your presence on Mother Earth. You literally spoon-feed us. I have the luxury to be dependent on You... completely... There are so many miracles which happen due to Your causeless mercy in someone as insignificant as myself in my life... few of which I have never even dared to dream of..... but solely due to Your loving causeless mercy...many impossible miracles happen

Everyday You give me Your direct mercy through virtual Darshan and so beautiful nectar of CAITANYA Līlā class. I have Your direct association... nectar of devotion says if one gets even a moment of direct association of a pure Devotee... that person gets the highest position and her life is successful... n you bless me this so many unlimited times even on days of severe ill health You suffer due to me. I get the fortune of listening ŚRĪMAD BHĀGAVATAM from Your Lotus mouth... thus purifying me in so many ways. Your mere glance upon me during gallery virtual Darshan eradicates so many millions of my precious birth's sins and eventually saves me from so many sufferings. Your kindness allows me to do service to You in small ways which I am not even worthy of.. just n just by Your causeless mercy I derive so many unlimited benefits. Please forgive me for using this word benefit... but this is actually happening and true. Thank You

I am so secured because of You. You are my savior... as well as for my Family my sister Kairava Candrikā my Parents n soooooo many more people like us. Thank You for Your big heart to keep us all under Your special care... Because of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Your presence in our life we have got the lottery ticket to go back to Godhead. I just have to keep it safely by doing good Chanting, not doing offenses to Vaiṣṇavas n reading n distributing Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Books

Thank You.

This Auspicious Vyāsa Pūjā time I promise to not let You down...not commit mistakes n offenses. I want to make You feel proud of me. I pray my desires be to please You always.

I pray to You and LORD KṚṢṆA to fulfill all my desires. I also pray to you I never make any offenses to any Vaiṣṇavas. I love You very much. You are taking unbearable pains because of me. I want to always serve You and make You feel proud of me

Please forgive me if I have written anything which was not appropriate

HARE KṚṢṆA

Happy Happy Happy Vyāsa Pūjā

Thank You Dear GuruMahārāja

I Love You

Your insignificant servant and daughter

Gīteśvarī Viṣṇupriyā devī dāsī (dīkṣā)

India (New Delhi)

 

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma!

All Glories to Guarāṅga!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to You!

Thank you very much Guru Mahārāja for connecting us to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu mission and showing us the perfect way of living and surrendering to Lord Kṛṣṇa. Because of your mercy and blessing we are trying our best to serve devotees, Śrī Rādhā Śyāmasundara, Śrī Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadhrā Mahārāṇī and Gaura Nitāi.

Guru Mahārāja, we are very grateful to you for choosing us as your disciple even though we don’t have any qualifications.

We pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva for your good health Guru Mahārāja.

Guru Mahārāja, my daughter Mahālakṣmī and Meenakshi both of them are in high school. They both help us in garland sevā for our Temple. Guru Mahārāja, please pray for them to become a nice devotee and for their spiritual growth.

Guru Mahārāja, we pray at your Lotus Feet to bless our family, so that we can serve Śrī Rādhā Śyamasundara, Śrī Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā Mahārāṇī and Gaura Nitāi nicely.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for everything.

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Haribol,

Golokapati Govinda Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Madhavī Padmalocanī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Mahālakṣmī Devī Dāsī
Mīnakṣī Devī Dāsī
India (Māyāpur)

HARE KRISHNA 

 

nama oṁ viṣṇu pādāya kṛṣṇa preṣṭāya bhu-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā swamin iti nāmine

namaste saraswati devi gaura vani pracharine 

nirve shesha shunya vadi pashyata desha tarine 

 

My Dearest Spiritual Father, Srila Acharyapad 

Please accept my most respectful & humble obeisances at the dust of Your Divine Lotus Feet, My only and only shelter in this material world.  

Happy 73rd Vyasa Puja Gurudevvvvvvvvvvv!

 

How can I ever find the apt words to even convey my indebtedness at the dust of Your Divine Lotus Feet Gurudev. This one lifetime is too short to even summarize how thankful I can be for your mercy. There is nothing more I desire than to be sheltered under the most merciful umbrella of Your Lotus Feet Gurudev. More than my fortune it is the mercy of My Spiritual Father to have acceptED a fool like me as His spiritual daughter. Not a single day goes by when I'm not Thankful to my Lord to have given me My Gurudev, My Master, My only and only well wisher. No set of words can ever be sufficient to glorify the Glories of Srila Guru Maharaj. 

 On this auspicious day of Your 73rd Vyasa Puja, I humbly beg for Your shelter today and forever Gurudev. Let me be the faithful dog who's only aim is to serve His Master even if it costs His Life. 

 

Although I'm not even worthy to say these words yet I Seek Your  humble forgiveness for all my aparadha's at the dust of Your lotus feet Srila Guru Maharaj!

 

Your insignificant spiritual daughter 

Golokapriya gaurangi devi dasi (dīkṣā)

India (Bhopal) 

 

 

 

।। হরে কৃষ্ণ।।

পরম পূজনীয় গুরুমহারাজ আপনার শ্রী চরণ কমলে অনন্ত কোটি প্রণাম নিবেদন করি

শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের জয়

শ্রীল গুরুমহারাজের জয়

আজ আপনার ৭৩ তম আবির্ভাব দিনে আমরা সবাই খুব আনন্দিত

আমরা এতটাই মূর্খ এবং পতিত আত্মা যে আপনার গুনগান করার মতো শক্তি আমাদের নেই কিন্তু আপনার কৃপা আশীর্বাদ নিয়ে আপনার গুনগান করার চেষ্টা করছিআপনি তো করুণার সাগরকত পতিত জিভ কে উদ্ধার করেছেন এর এর কার্য আনভাত চালিয়ে যাচ্ছেন আপনি যে ভাবে প্রচার করছেন (প্রাণ আছে যার সেই হেতু প্রচার) অসুস্থ থাকার মধ্যে এটি সর্বদা আমাদের উৎসাহ বাড়ায় যে আপনি সর্বদা শ্রী চৈতন্য মহাপ্রভুর মিশনকে যে কোনো অবস্থায় আগে নিয়ে যাচ্ছেন আপনি শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের প্রিয় আপনি যেভাবে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের বাণীর আদেশ অনুসরণ করছেন তাতে বোঝা যায় আপনি গুরুর বাক্য পালন এর সাগর দয়া করে আমাদের কে আশীর্বাদ করুন যাতে আপনার এবং শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের আদেশ পালন করতে এবং প্রচার কার্যে সাহাযোগিতা করতে পারি

।।হরে কৃষ্ণ।।

আপনার অধম পুত্র এবং পুত্রি,

সমদর্শী মাধব দাস (dīkṣā)

গলোকসেভিনি মাধবী দেবী দাসি (dīkṣā)

আহমেদাবাদ, গুজরাট

Hare Kṛṣṇa to my dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeiscances unto your divine lotus feet,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

My dear father your causeless mercy I am living, who can be so merciful towards all living entities? Though unqualified you gave service in e-Care. I am trying to do my best Guru Mahārāja. Seeking your blessings to go forward and help many more. I am so trying to help some youth to engage in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I am always trying to keep engaged I some services. Sometimes māyā keeps me engaged I am so sleepy. so kindly bless me to get over my drowsy. My recent realization I had Guru Mahārāja I am growing old don’t know how long stay in the world. I felt I should become more serious in my sādhana.

I am chanting 16 rounds and following 4 regulative principles. I am pursuing my Bhakti-vaibhava. Most of the times I am not able to understand the purports read, most of the times I am spaced out Guru Mahārāja. Seeking your blessings to get over. I know Guru Mahārāja you’re always praying and blessing us. Trying to always remember Kṛṣṇa. Seeking your blessing to serve you better in e-Care.

Guru Mahārāja I don’t know if I am a fit to be in e-care, but I love this service.

Guru Mahārāja whenever I take your darśana your effulgent body, you’re so bright Guru Mahārāja. I feel so happy.

Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for all the love and care to the most insignificant soul. Actually, I don’t deserve anything. All the good fortune is given by you Guru Mahārāja.

Please bless your granddaughter Deshna and grandson Lavith to be attached to the lotus feet of the Lord.

I want to connect to you always in my thoughts.

Please bless Pāvana Gaura Prema Dāsa he is always helpful in doing my household duties and cooking service.

your insignificant daughter,

Golokeśvari Harinī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
India (Māyāpur)

Todas las Glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda

Todas las Glorias a Guru y Gaurāṅga

Acepte por favor mis más respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto en su glorioso día de Vyāsa-pūjā.

Aunque estoy desprovista de buenas cualidades trataré de glorificarlo y honrarlo en este día tan especial, ya que para sus discípulos usted Guru Mahārāja lo es todo.

No estamos capacitados en el servicio devocional y usted igual nos ha dado refugio en sus pies de loto.

Tengo la esperanza de que algún día cercano podremos servirle fiel y entusiastamente, solo gracias a su misericordia ilimitada que tiene con cada uno de nosotros.

Recitó este mantra para usted:

El maestro espiritual es el sirviente más íntimo del Señor; por lo tanto, debe recibir exactamente el mismo trato que la Suprema Personalidad de Dios. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.28,43)

Que el señor Narasiṁha lo proteja siempre y kṛṣṇa lo bendiga para que pueda complacer a su maestro espiritual Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Mis servicios como ofrendas a usted son:

En el templo son de adorar a la deidad todos los días lunes a medio día.

Predicó casi todos los días en el templo o fuera de el, a las personas nuevas o vecinos.

También predicó en otras zonas de chile junto a los programas de los Vaiṣṇavas en regiones.

Realice la maratón de saṅkīrtana de diciembre y di como ofrenda a usted 900 libros entre grandes y medianos.

Denos su misericordia sin causa Guru Mahārāja para ofrecerle un servicio de calidad y con verdadera entrega a kṛṣṇa.

Perdone a esta alma sus ofensas.

Su insignificante sirviente

Gopa Gopīkā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
India (Māyāpur)

My dear spiritual father,

Please accept my humble praṇatī and to your Lotus feet.I am sheltered to your lotus feet. Yesterday you came in my dream. I offer a rose to Rādhā Rāni daily in my home through you. My humble request is to make me a devotee  of Rādhā Rāni.

Gopal Poddar (sheltered)
India (Raipur)

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

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

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānanda-mādhavam śrī caitanyam īśvaram
hari oṁ tat sat!

My dear spiritual father Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja.

please accept my respectful obeisance unto your Lotus feet.

All glories to you on the occasion of your all auspicious 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā celebrations.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

First of all, I sincerely pray to Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Śrī Jagannātha Baladeva Subhadrādevī and Śrī Narasiṁhadeva for your speedy recovery from all health problems and for long healthy life. By the mercy of supreme Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu you have appeared on this auspicious day in this material world in order to save the most fallen conditioned souls like me from the dangerous material life which is full of sufferings. I am very very grateful to Your Divine Grace for saving me and others from the hellish conditional material life. And by your mercy you are helping us to go Back to Godhead. As advised by Śrīla Prabhupāda I am hereby humbly submitting my glorifications unto your Lotus feet. By doing so I will be able to progress in discharging pure devotional service unto yourself and Kṛṣṇa I am praying Guru Mahārāja please bless me to execute pure devotional service to guru and Kṛṣṇa. As mentioned in the sastras all good qualities are already manifested in you as you are pure devotee of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Hearing your vāṇī our doubts are cleared and helps us in our spiritual advancement. Nowadays we are able to get Guru Mahārāja darśana and blessings through Caitanya-līlā class (Caitanya-līlā book compilation class) every day. I would like to mention one pastime of Guru Mahārāja which I call it Līlāmṛta of His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāj. When you were in leech treatment for your leg problem in Coimbatore Dhanvantarī temple hospital, Āyurveda treatment I have been asked to suggest spiritual names for the leeches which part took in your leg leech treatment. I proposed one name as Karuṇā Sāgara dāsa. Hearing this name all devotees who attending your vapuḥ services laughed at me thinking that leech is sucking Guru Mahārāja blood in the process of treatment. Guru Mahārāja you corrected them saying Look he is doing guru-sevā do not laugh at him. Guru Mahārāja you humorously commented me why dāsī name not suggested. Soon after completing my Deity services, I was doing this service. Guru Mahārāja you appreciated me as doing guru-sevā. This shows how merciful you are. Like this more līlās which are not possible to indicate in one write up. On this day of your appearance, I request Guru Mahārāja to forgive me for the offences made by me, which may be knowingly or unknowingly. Also please bless me in chanting process of mahā-mantra very effectively. And perfectly. Finally, once again I pray their Lordships Jagannātha, Baladeva, Subhadrādevī, Narasiṁha deva and Gaura Nitāi to shower their blessings for good and long life so that you can save many more conditioned souls.

All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

73rd Vyāsa-pūjā mahāmahotsava kī Jaya!

Hare Kṛṣṇa...

Your insignificant spiritual son,

Gopati Govinda Dāsa (dīkṣā)

India (Coimbatore)

Dear Guru Mahārāja, please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

Everyone have been asked to write Vyāsa-pūjā offering in this auspicious occasion of Vyāsa-pūjā day, honestly I have no grammatical knowledge and also don’t know how to glorify spiritual master but I have remember one story of a brāhmaṇa who was illiterate from South India his spiritual master instructed him to read Bhagavad-gītā daily although he was unable to read properly bur strong desire to follow the instructions of spiritual master in that way that brāhmaṇa was trying his best to read Bhagavad-gītā not carrying that other scholar brāhmaṇa was laughing but one day Mahāprabhu came and saw this brāhmaṇa have Bhagavad-gītā in his hand, tears rolling from his eyes that time Mahāprabhu asked my dear brāhmaṇa why r u crying? brāhmaṇa replied lord loves his devotees so much so that he becomes the chariot driver of his devotees that thought make me cry, when Mahāprabhu heard this Mahāprabhu embraced that brāhmaṇa so although he was illiterate that don’t not become the disqualification for Brāhmaṇa to get Kṛṣṇa Prem rather scholar brāhmaṇa’s was missed that opportunity this is the magnanimity of Mahāprabhu patra apatra vicāra nāhi so as we have heard from Śrīla Prabhupāda that our beloved Guru Mahārāja is associate of Mahāprabhu we can also see the compassion which Guru Mahārāja have for all living being therefore he have taken so much disciples all over the world not carrying for his own body due to other suffering souls and still accepting disciples.

By seeing Guru Mahārāja, I feel protected because Guru Mahārāja is the inspiration for all the people that in any situation of life one can continue devotional life ‘unmotivated’ ‘uninterrupted’

Whenever I become sick, I remember Guru Mahārāja in this way, I boost up myself, in this way Guru Mahārāja have set strong example in every one’s life.

I pray to the lord for the health of Guru Mahārāja so that he can deliver more souls like me and accept me as his disciple.

Your insignificant son,

Govind (aspiring disciple)

Māyāpur, India

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances onto the dust of your lotus feet.

All glories to you and your auspicious divine appearance day!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

I am so fortunate to have you in my life dear Gurudeva, by your blessings only last year my marriage ceremony completed successfully. JPS Marriage bureau devotee helped me a lot for the matching by proper guidance and specifically with marriage questionnaire.

I was thinking how much you are careful about our overall protection in bhakti life. Although you have so many gross bodily difficulties still you are going on spreading the mission of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu like an incredible warrior.

You blessed us both myself, and Her Grace Vṛndāvaneśvari Keśavī Devī Dāsī by giving your writing whishes through mail and through zoom darśana. I am eternally indebted to you.

By your order only last year I have started online Bhakti-vṛkṣa Preaching under the guidance of His Grace Premānanda Caitanya Prabhu (Councilor). Currently two batch I am taking care in Kolkata region. In two batch totals 30+ devotees are there, and they are chanting maximum more than ten rounds.

Also, I am trying to preach voice youth near my staying place in Kolkata. By your encouragement only I am trying to read Śrīla Prabhupāda books everyday around 30min. Currently I am reading Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5th canto 4th Chapter. Getting lot of inspiration and wisdom in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Also, I am trying to help financially to youth preaching every month from last more than five years.

Please bless me dear Guru Mahārāja so that I can continue serving you with more intensity as Śrīla Prabhupāda given you so many instructions. In that regard also I am so fortunate. As It’s stated by Śrīla Narottam dāsa Ṭhākura. “chāḍiya vaiṣṇava sevā nistāra peyeche keva”. So, serving Vaiṣṇavas under your guidance is my only hope.

So many people are ready to keep Kṛṣṇa Consciousness specifically after this corona pandemic. Please bless me so that I can more intensely able to preach with proper attitude. I am remembering the payers of Śrīla Devakīnandana Ṭhākura....

hañāchena habena prabhura yata dāsa
sabāra caraṇa vandoṅ dante kari’ ghāsa

I may able to distribute more this Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and may I able to keep this mood.

So, on this auspicious day please be merciful on me and blessed us so that we can both by starting and executing duties properly in gṛhastha āśrama serve you in a better way in the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Your insignificant fallen servant,

Guṇāgrāhī Gaurāṅga Dāsa (dīkṣā)

Kolkata, India

परम आदरणीय गुरु महाराज,

73 वें व्यास पूजा महामहोत्सव पर कृपया आपके चरण कमलों में मेरा कोटि कोटि दंडवत प्रणाम स्वीकार करें।

श्रील प्रभुपाद की जय हो!

गुरुदेव, आप करुणा के सागर हैं। आपने अनेक पतित आत्माओं का इस विषम मृत्यु सागर से उद्धार करने का व्रत लिया है। आपने श्रील प्रभुपाद जी के अभियान को अपना जीवन लक्ष्य बनाया है, आपकी गुरुभक्ति निःसंदेह अतुलनीय है। आपका अपने अन्य गुरु भाइयों एवं बहनों के लिए प्रेम मेरे लिए सदा प्रेरणा दायक है। आपके हृदय में श्री चैतन्य निताई जी के लिए जो अद्भुत प्रेम है वह आपकी वाणी एवं कार्यों से छलक कर हमारे मन एवं हृदय को उनके श्री चरणों की ओर सहज ही आकर्षित करता है। समस्त प्राणी मात्र को इस मृत्यु-संसार से उबारने के लिए आपका दृढ़ प्रयास मुझ पतित आत्मा को निरंतर सेवा में लगे रहने हेतु प्रेरित करती है।

हे गुरुदेव! हे करुणा सिंधु! मुझ पतित जीव को पिछले रामनवमी तिथि को अपनी शिष्या स्वीकार कर आपकी सेवा का अवसर प्रदान करने हेतु आपको कोटि कोटि धन्यवाद एवं आभार। श्रील प्रभुपाद जी के इस अभियान में आपके सेवकों की सेविका बन में अपना योगदान दे सकूँ ऐसा बल एवं सामर्थ्य कृपया प्रदान करें। कृपया मुझे आशीर्वाद दें जिससे में आपके निर्देशों का अक्षरसः पालन कर सकूँ एवं भगवान श्री गौर निताई की कृपा प्राप्त कर सकूँ। गुरुदेव मुझ पर दया करें एवं आपके निर्देशों के पालन में मुझसे जो कुछ भी भूल हो रही हो उन्हें आप मुझे अज्ञानी समझ कर क्षमा करें।

आज के इस शुभ दिवस पर हम सब भगवान श्री श्री राधा माधव, श्री नृसिंह देव एवं श्री पंच तत्त्व के चरण कमलों में आपके उत्तम स्वास्थ्य लाभ हेतु प्रार्थना करते हैं जिससे आपकी दिव्य उपस्थिति मात्र से मुझ जैसे करोड़ों करोड़ों जीव लाभान्वित हो सकें।

आपकी नित्यसेवाभिलाषी,

गुणमयी गौरांगी देवी दासी (dīkṣā)
India (Māyāpur)

हरे कृष्ण परम पूज्यनीया गुरुमहाराज,

श्रील प्रभुपाद की जय।

गुरु और गौरंग की जय।

आपको ७३ व्यासपूजा महोत्सव की बहुत बहुत शुकामनाएं।

आप कितने दयालु कृपालु हैं की आपने मुझ जैसे बद जीव को अपने चरणों में शरण दी है। आपने मुझे अपनाया है और मैं इस लायक नहीं थी पर आपने मुझे जानवर से इंसान बनाया है। आप हमेशा ये समझiने की कोशिश करते हैं की कैसे हम इस मनुष्य जनम को भगवान की सेवा में अलग अलग रूप से लगा सकते हैं। आप मेरे आध्यात्मिक पिताजी है, कितनी सौभाग्यशाली हु मैं गुरुदेव।

आपको शारीरिक तकलीफ होने के बावजूद आप निरंतर इतने सारे जीवों का उधार करते हैं। ये हमारे लिए बहोत प्रेरणादायक है गुरुमहाराज आप बिलकुल भी शारीरिक सत्तर पर नहीं है। आपको देखके हम हमेशा सीखते रहे की कैसे कृष्णा भावनामृत रहना चाहिए हर स्थति में ऐसी राधा माधव से निवेदन है।

मुझे प्रचार करने की और पुस्तक वितरण करने की बेहद ईचा होती है पर कर नहीं पाती हु क्यूंकि जो भी लेक्चर सुनती हु या कुछ पड़ती हु तोह भूल जाती हु, इसीलिए आपकी कृपा और आशीर्वाद की ज़रूरत है की मैं कैसे भी करके आपको इस मिशन में सहयोग दे पाऊ।

गुरुदेव कृपा बिंदु दिया कर दासे तृणापेक्ष अतिहिन,
शक्ति बुद्धि हिन मी अति दीन कर मोरे आत्म
आप हमेशा स्वस्थ रहे नरसिम्ह भगवान् से ये प्रार्थना है।

आपके दासों की दासी,

गुणवती गीता देवी दासी (dīkṣā)
India (Nashik)

Hare Krishna Guru Maharāj Dandavat praṇām

Guruprasad

Legal name: Hari Kṛṣṇa
Spiritual Name: Hari Govinda dāsa
Yātrā: India (Tirupati)
JPS Relation: Well-wisher

nāma 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 your auspicious Appearance Day

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Mahārāja please accept my respectful obeisances.

Myself disciple of your godbrother His Holiness Rādhānatha Swami Mahārāja. By your disciples’ mercy I came to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

There is a Thyāgarāja kīrti - anupama guṇambudhi yani ninnu nera nammi anusarincina… Lord Rāma having ocean of Good Qualities. Like that His devotee like you also having such qualities. In that you are very compassionate and very very, merciful Mahārāja.

Your greatness can be understood by your disciples’ service attitude, bounded to gurus. words and universal brotherhood. So, on it shows that how much they are sincerely in loving their spiritual father.

I am very, very, indebted to you Mahārāja because of your dear most disciples’ mercy only I became Kṛṣṇa consciousness seeker and I’m pleading to your lotus foot please bless me by that I will uplift in my Kṛṣṇa consciousness in the mood of servant of the servant.

I’m begging Śrī Śrī Rādhā Govinda aṣṭa sakhī Girirājajī and Śrīla Prabhupāda for your good health.

Your Humble Servant,

Hari Govinda Dāsa,

Śrī Śrī Rādhā Govinda Aṣṭa sakhī Girirāja Temple, ISKCON Tirupati.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Śrīla Guru Mahārāja
Please Accept my Respectful Obeisances!!
All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Your Divine Grace!

Thanks a lot for accepting this fallen soul as your disciple. You have changed my life. In my initial days, I came across your lectures on Facebook. Being inspired from your nectarian classes, I started to read Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books.

I wonder how can be a single person favourite of everyone irrespective of age, state, country, economical statuses etc. The way You reciprocate with us is out of imagination. Despite your busy schedule, you care for us and give classes daily. Thanks for answering my questions. Your darśana in Māyāpur dhāma has purified us. For the first time, I saw hundreds of people waiting and running behind the vehicle of a guru. You are the deliverer of fallen souls.

You are my superhero. Please bless me so that I can follow the initiation vows throughout my life. May my mind always be attached to your divine lotus feet. I just want to serve you Father. Always seeking your blessings and guidance.

Your unworthy son,
Harihara Kṛṣṇa Caitanya dāsa (dīkṣa)
Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my respectful obeisance
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda
All glories unto your divine lotus feet

We have learnt about goṣṭhy-ānandī Prahlāda Mahārāja from Śrīmad-bhāgavatam, who practiced devotional service amidst all odds. But we can see the practical example in your divine grace, practicing and preaching devotional service amongst all odds. No excuse given. Simultaneously you are lenient to accommodate the fallen souls and become pleased with whatever little they can offer. This is an all-attractive feature of your divine grace.

Some of the things that I practice in developing my relationship with you are
Feeling the direct presence: I started the practice of attentively and legibly chanting guru-praṇāma mantra and Śrīla Prabhupāda praṇāma-mantra at the beginning of every round of Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, praying to enable me to hear the holy name. This practice has helped me a lot to connect with you as you really engage me in hearing the mantra clearly, which is otherwise not possible with my own endeavors. This makes me feel your personal presence.
Personal vapuḥ sevā: I am far away being engaged in local services, hardly to get any vapuḥ sevā. Almost every day, except when I am travelling, I try to offer sevā to your photograph, cleaning and offering flowers, begging forgiveness and praying for mercy to render my services nicely. This daily sevā helps me tremendously to connect with you.

I also would like to mention the instructions that I am meditating upon.

1. Make Bangalore Kṛṣṇa Conscious city.

2. Sending regular preaching reports and book distribution reports. I could be able to send one video report last year. I am preparing the next one.

3. Hearing attentively

  • Chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra
  • Lecture of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Yourself

4. Become serious and mature

Hoping and praying that my services of preaching in Bangalore may offer you pleasure. Pleasing the spiritual master is the only business of a disciple.

Seeking your blessing for rendering service unto you. Begging to forgive my offences in course of my services.

Your disciple,
Harikṣetra dāsa
Bangalore, India

নামো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠয় ভূতলে

শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনিতি না মিনে।।
নমো আচার্য পাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে
গৌরকথা ধামাদায় নাগর গ্রাম তারিনে ।।

হে আমার পরমারাধ্য গুরুমহারাজ আপনার শ্রীচরনে আমার সশ্রদ্ধ ভক্তিপূর্ন দন্ডবৎ প্রণাম গ্রহণ করুন । হে গুরুদেব আপনার অসীম গুণাবলী বর্ণনা করার কোনো যোগ্যতা আমার নেই। আপনি সব রকম শারীরিক অসুবিধা সত্বেও সকলকে ভক্তিতে যুক্ত থাকতে এবং যুক্ত করতে উৎসাহ দিচ্ছেন। আপনার কৃপায় আমি প্রভুপাদের গ্রন্থ সমূহ পড়তে চেষ্টা করছি এবং ভক্তি বৈভব কোর্স করছি। হে গুরুদেব দীক্ষার মালা দেওয়ার সময় আপনি আমাকে বলেছিলেন বেশি করে জপ করতে । কিন্তু আমি এত অধম যে আপনার আদেশ পালন করতে পারছি না। চারটি নিয়ম পালন করতে ও অসমর্থ হচ্ছি । গুরুদেব আপনার কৃপা ছাড়া আমার কোনো শক্তি নেই ভক্তিতে অগ্রসর হওয়ার । আমি আপনার অহৈতুকি কৃপা আশীর্বাদ প্রাথনা করছি। যাতে আপনার আদেশ পুঙ্খানুপুঙ্খ ভাবে পালন করতে পারি। এবং এই জীবনে আপনার এবং প্রভু পদের সেবা করে যেতে পারি। হরে কৃষ্ণ ।

আপনার অধম শিষ্য

হরিনাম গোপাল দাস

দিল্লী ভারত

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances at your Divine Lotus feet.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All Glories to Your Divine Grace,

Wish you a very happy Vyāsa-pūjā Śrīla Guru Mahārāja

First and foremost we would like to express my sincerest, heartfelt gratitude to you Śrīla Guru Mahārāja for accepting us as your disciples.

Thank you for participating as the chief guest in the International online quiz competition results held during Śrīla Prabhupāda’s 125th appearance day anniversary celebration, on Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Vyāsa-pūjā day in spite of your busy schedule on that day. It was very wonderful how you interacted with every winner and made it a very pleasant experience for everyone who took part in the competition and participated in the prize distribution session.

Heard from His Grace Śrīnāthajī Prabhu that Śrīla Prabhupāda said that you are the personal associate of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. We are so fortunate to be under your guidance and having got connected to the illustrious Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava paramparā through you Śrīla Guru Mahārāja.

Just like Mahāprabhu is mahā-vadānyāya, most merciful, who appeared to deliver all the fallen souls without seeing their qualification and whose appearance is coming up in next 3 days on 18th March, I am thinking how you are travelling all over the world to deliver Kṛṣṇa consciousness to all. As I am writing this homage, you have reached Dāmodaradeśa and are planning your trip to the US to get the green card so that you can regularly visit the US for preaching and making devotees all around the world.

We are reciting one verse from Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Caitanya-caritāmṛta and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s daily quote every day during brāhmā-muhūrta and we are doing congregational chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra everyday along with you Śrīla Guru Mahārāja in our JSSS online brahma-muhūrta program.

Every Ekādaśī, we are reciting Gītā-māhātmya, Gītā-dhyānam, 108 important ślokas of Bhagavad-gītā with translation and all the 700 verses of the Śrīmad-Bhagavad-gītā and one round of congregational chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. Around 100 devotees joined on Gītā-jayantī and around 20 devotees join every Ekādaśī.

Please bless us that we may always engage in your service, in service to Śrīla Prabhupāda and guru-paramparā in an unmotivated and uninterrupted way for the pleasure of Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

Your spiritual children,

Harināma Kṛṣṇa dāsa
Medhāvinī Sakhi devī dāsī
Dhanyā, Dayitā
Mumbai, India.

Dearest Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja. Please kindly accept my respectful obeisances unto your most merciful lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to you!

All glories to your most auspicious appearance day!

You are the life of our spiritual life
Because of your prayers and mercy we survive

Thank you for your daily classes and darśana live
Because of them we are able to strive

Thank you for your daily visits, mahā-prasāda and time
They save us from our crimes

Thank you for your immense efforts to connect and care
They shield us from Māyā devī’s snare

Unflinching faith you have in the holy name
That It will surely change māyā’s game

You lead, encourage and teach by your behavior exemplary
Always taxing yourself how to free us from our material lives temporary

Your causeless mercy you give to all
Always declaring a war against māyā, you stand tall

Our ever well-wisher and best friend
You want to put an end to our material lives’ trend

For every living entity you desire to take their sins
And send each one of us back home to Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, our greatest kins

To shower your mercy you are always finding new ways
In our dark lives they are like the sun’s rays

Serving Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions is your life and soul
For his pleasure you have dedicated your life whole

Giving out the inconceivable mercy of Lord Nityānanda
You seek out and save those who are the most manda

While giving out mercy you know no bounds
Just to save us from perpetual material rounds

You never reject or discriminate
Always protective, loving and considerate

To wipe out our material life and not leave even a trace
Your shelter and instructions are our only saving grace

Unlimited are your glories
Inconceivable are your mercy stories

What can a wretched one like me say
Only by your mercy I can simply try to pray

O all powerful Vaiṣṇava Ṭhākura,
I wish to become your faithful, pleasing and beloved kukura

I wish to carry out all your instructions to your utmost pleasure
I wish to spend not a moment of leisure

But to be worthwhile and determined I am too weak
To be strong please tell your special mercy how can I seek

I wish with each passing day I may fulfill your heart’s desire and preach
My initiation vows I wish never to breach

I pray never to be for you a disappointing black spot
I do not wish to come back here again to rot

But alas, always running after lust, name and fame
I have no taste for chanting the holy name

Numerous offenses everyday I make
Please save me, my spiritual life is at stake

Please kindly bless me with faith pure
For that is my only cure

Aspiring to be the dust of your lotus feet
My Lord, please in my heart kindly reside and have your eternal seat.

Please bless that your unlimited mercy I am able to receive and retain
And my material life be eternally detained

Please kindly bless me with Harināma
And to serve you with mind, body, words, intelligence and without any desires for personal kāma

Please kindly bless me to quicken my devotional pace
All glories, all glories, all glories to Your Divine Grace.

Your fallen insignificant sheltered spiritual daughter

Harṣitā Ṣarma (sheltered)
Delhi, India

All Glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to Śrīla Gurudeva!

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. After two years of celebrating your Holiness Vyāsa-pūjā online, the thought of this year’s live darśana and celebrations at Māyāpur is creating great eagerness in our hearts.

Although the online Vyāsa-pūjā attracted millions more people and was a great combined international event – a genius act of mercy of yours, Gurudeva! - we still miss the beauty of the Māyāpur celebrations.

In this past year, I remember how in your lectures and messages, you stressed upon studying Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books as well as taking the ISKCON Board exams. You also encouraged devotees to teach these to others. It’s known that a great ācārya is one who systematically plans for all his followers. You are nicely constantly guiding us, giving instructions on how to advance and always be in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Last year I made a video offering, mentioning my services here at ISKCON Govardhan Eco Village, Wada, Maharashtra. My main focus in preaching is in the local tribal villages, as well as in local schools. You had commented once that “I think we should do some special program for the various saints, Vaiṣṇavas around India, that glorify the chanting of the holy name, and utilize them to propagate Lord Caitanya’s saṅkīrtana movement.” (message on JPS App, 22nd April 2021). I find this a great source of inspiration and hope to try to do something along these lines.

The last few months of reading about your health updates were really astonishing. Clearly, your dedication and great transcendental faith and love for Śrīla Prabhupāda and Kṛṣṇa is unlimited. I feel so blessed that you are my guru, yet at the same time, I feel so fallen and ashamed, that I am not able to do better or improve in my devotional life.

I can only pray that you kindly be merciful unto me and bless me so that I can really somehow serve and remember Kṛṣṇa always. I pray that I may be protected from my anarthas and offences! Gurudeva, I have been initiated for 12 years now, second initiated as well, it sometimes feels more hard as the years are going on. We know what is to be done, but just this entire material atmosphere is unpleasant. A great soothing solace comes, when we do Harināma saṅkīrtana and especially see how others are relishing taking up to bhakti! I think this is because Lord Caitanya is happy, so we are feeling happy.

My dear spiritual father, please kindly bless me that I can be a proper devotee of Lord Caitanya, and please the paramparā – I have no faith in my material senses, mind or intelligence. I sincerely pray that you, my only pillar in life, be forever merciful to me and guide me always.

Your servant and son,

Hemarūpa Caitanya dāsa,
ISKCON Govardhan Eco Village (GEV),
Maharashtra, India.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma
Rāma Rāma Hare Hare

My Dear Father and Spiritual Master,

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Gurudeva, Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to you!! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!

Guru Mahārāja,

It is a great privilege and honor to be able to write an offering to the most elevated person in this planet. Really I don’t have any qualification even to address you, then what to speak of writing to you. Whatever I may write is very insignificant compared to the sevā that you are doing for Śrīla Prabhupāda, despite your health.

You have given us enough lessons to learn and have shown us by example what it means to be a devotee or a sincere disciple. Unfortunately, I am still learning my lessons the hard-way, but surely I am trying to learn.

Guru Mahārāja, because of your causeless mercy your insignificant daughter Hemasundarī Gaurāṅgī dd trying to do group chanting everyday morning at 5.30 am to 6.30 am. Around 8 devotees are chanting together thru zoom. By your mercy it is happening more than 8 months regularly. I want your mercy to reach more and more people and surrender your lotus feet.

Around morning 10 am everyday around 8-10 devotees chant together 2 rounds and discuss about the importance of chanting. This has been happening almost last 2 years by your causeless mercy.

My sincere request Gurudeva,

Please bless Us to reach more and more souls and bring more souls to surrender unto your lotus feet.

Purely because of your mercy, I am reading Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Caitanya-caritāmṛta with devotees regularly.

Really happy to inform you Gurudeva, my prabhu His Grace Rāmarūpa Gaura dāsa, your insignificant disciple reads Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Caitanya-caritāmṛita with devotees because of your mercy. Because of your mercy we should live together and serve together under your lotus feet. Because of Your mercy we should be healthy and serve you more and more.

Because of your causeless mercy our son Sanjeeva Ramanathan is an aspiring devotee of you Gurudeva. He should surrender under your lotus feet as soon as possible. Requesting you Gurudeva, please bless him so that he can take up Kṛṣṇa conscious seriously and serve you better. With your blessings our son Sanjeev should serve you more and more and help you to expand the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Because of your causeless mercy his thinking should get purified. Because of your mercy he observes Ekādaśī and chants regularly. Our humble request Gurudeva Please take him under your shelter of your lotus feet soon. Because of your mercy Sanjeev should study well and earn well and lead a good gṛhastha life and should serve you nicely. Because of your mercy he should inspire many younger generations.

Really because of your causeless mercy our daughter Jananī and Son-in-law Anand Mohan got shelter under your lotus feet. This is our sincere desire and request they should get initiation soon, Gurudeva and they should serve you more and more. They should be blessed with a Kṛṣṇa Conscious child soon because of your mercy Gurudeva. Because of your causeless mercy they should lead a good happy gṛhastha life and serve you and inspire many younger generations. During Corona, you showered your mercy thru zoom visit to our houses and filled our hearts with your mercy, Gurudeva. We are indebted to you Gurudeva.

My father S. Rāmamurthy and my mother Tripura Sundari are doing 16 rounds of chanting. They have lot of health issues. By your causeless mercy please accept them as your disciples soon. Praying unto your lotus feet they should take shelter under your lotus feet soon. Please bless them to surrender unto your lotus feet soon Guru Mahārāja. Because of your causeless mercy my sister and his husband should take shelter under your lotus feet.

Because of your mercy myself and my daughter are taking children class thru zoom. Weekly once around 8 children are attending the children class

Because of your causeless mercy I am trying to conduct Bhakti-vṛkṣa class for ladies. 4 to 5 devotees are attending. Please bless me Guru Mahārāja so that they can take up Kṛṣṇa conscious seriously and surrender unto your lotus feet soon.

Because of your causeless mercy we all should serve you eternally and do devotional service eternally. Because of your causeless mercy We should become a good sincere devotee of you, Gurudeva.

Praying Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda to give you a good healthy long-life and reach more fallen souls like me. Please bless us to serve you eternally Gurudeva.

Your insignificant Daughter,

Hemasundarī Gaurāṅgī Devī Dāsī
Māyāpur, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept the obeisances of this unworthy spiritual son, at Your most auspicious lotus feet, on this most auspicious occasion of Your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā. All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga, All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja, You are a genuine follower of Śrīla Prabhupāda. You have made Śrīla Prabhupāda yours by making his instructions your way of leading life. You have declared yourself as the best servant of Śrīla Prabhupāda by living just to carry out his orders, making them your life and soul. Your activities are exemplary as you have imbibed Śrīla Prabhupāda Himself fully, befitting a perfect disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja, your thoughts, your words, your activities are always full of pure devotion to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Gaurāṅga. Whenever I see you, whenever I hear you, whenever I think of you, I am reminded of Your strong conviction and unflinching determination in your dedication to His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda’s movement which is second to none.

O my beloved spiritual master, I worry many times that I missed Śrīla Prabhupāda by mere thirty years and that makes me feel very dejected. My only solace at such times is that I have got shelter at your most merciful lotus feet. What better place could I have asked for, in both the spiritual and material worlds, to take shelter in, than your divine lotus feet? I am a conditioned soul wandering in the material universe for time immemorial. Other than taking initiation from you, I don’t find myself doing anything else to engage in devotional service. This absolutely is my irresponsibility and wretched insincerity. Though māyā is very strong, it’s clear that I have myself held on to it very tightly. I know that it’s not going to help me in any way, but I don’t have the spiritual strength to fight māyā that comes through my material desires, anger and greed. This spiritual strength is what I need.

ekakī āmāra, nāhi pāya bala,

hari-nāma-saṅkīrtane

tumi kṛpā kori’, śraddhā-bindu diyā,

deho’ kṛṣṇa-nāma-dhane

I don’t deserve it Guru Mahārāja. But if you don’t give me the strength then, to whom else can I ask it. I will try my best to follow all of your instructions. Particularly, my reading and hearing of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books is very less and I want to improve it as much as possible. Just the thought that You will be hearing this offering someday, inspires me to fight back my anarthas and overcome my spiritual drawbacks. I am sure Gurudeva that someday I will do it completely by your mercy and become worthy to be your disciple.

cakhu-dān dilo jei, janme janme prabhu sei,

divya jñān hṛde prokāśito

I humbly weep at your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja- please, please allow me to be your servant eternally.

Your insignificant disciple,

Hemavarṇa Caitanya Dāsa
Vellore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeiscences.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!

All glories to Gaurāṅga!!!

I am very happy to have your loving attention in the form of the daily live classes you have been extending during the lockdown time.

Also I have been able to progress in my study of Śrīmad-bhāgavatam during this time with the help of devotees guidance.

I am still unable to hear each and every lecture of yours, and match the pace at which you have been giving your association.

Kṛṣṇa willing, this year I want to increase my association with Śrīla Prabhupāda’s transcendental purports and your lectures along with attentive chanting.

Seek your mercy for the same.

I pray to Rādhā Mādhava, Pañcha-tattva, Narasiṁhadeva and Śrīla Prabhupāda for your good health so many fallen souls like us can benefit by your association.

Your servant,

Hemavatī Rādhikā devī dāsī
Pune, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

I offer my most respectful and humble daṇḍavat praṇāma at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

I wish you a very happy Vyāsa-pūjā and praying to Gaurāṅga for many happy returns of this day. Mahārāja, last few years have been full of spiritual realizations and new experiences only because of your blessings. I faced many health issues last year due to which I neglected many important activities in my life, and the only thought that crossed my mind very often is that, you never missed any chance to give your association through calls, lectures, activity reports etc., no matter how your health was. You are a live example of exemplary service and unconditional pure love for Śrīla Prabhupāda and I beg you to instill in our hearts a tiny drop of your mood of servitorship. You have surrendered your life to your spiritual father Śrīla Prabhupāda in order to fulfill Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mission. Beloved Guru Mahārāja, wishing you the most wonderful Vyāsa-pūjā celebration again and again.

Your insignificant servant,

Himāni (Well-wisher)

Bangalore, India

নমো ওম্ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণ প্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে
শ্রী মতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনিতী নামিয়ে।
নমো আচার্য্য পাদায় নিতাইকৃপা প্রদাইনে
গৌরকথা ধামদায় নগর গ্রাম তারিনকে।

আপনার শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথির জয় হোক।

আপনার পতিতপাবন নাম আমার মতো অধম পতিত জীবনের জন্য। সত্যিই আপনার মহিমা কীর্তন করার কোনো যোগ্যতা আমার নেই কারন আপনার নিকট দীক্ষা গ্রহণ করার ১৬ বছর পরেও আমি সেই অধম থেকে গেছি। আপনার সাথে যোগাযোগ হওয়ার প্রথম দিনগুলো ভাবলে আমি সত্যিই অবাক হয়ে যাই। আপনি কতই না উৎসাহের হেতু ছিলেন তখন। মঙ্গল আরতির পর পঞ্চতত্বের সামনে জপ করার সাথে সাথে ভক্তদের নানা রকমের আবদার আপনি কেমন হাস্য মুখে কৌতুক ভরে বলতেন। তারপর প্রাতভ্রমন করে গুরু পূজা সুলভে নয়তো গদায়। আপনার সঙ্গ ছাড়তে আমাদের মন একদমই ঢাইতএমনকি আমি নাওয়া খাওয়াও সময়মতো করতে পারতাম না। কিন্তু এখন সেই উৎসাহ সব যেন আমি হারিয়ে ফেলেছি আমার আবার পতন হয়েছে।আমি নিত্য অপরাধী, জানি না এর শেষ কোথায়। আমি ভীষণ অহঙ্কারী। প্রথম প্রথম আপনার শ্রীচরণে অনেক অপরাধ রয়েছে, আমার জড় বুদ্ধি দিয়ে আপনার তুলনা করেছি। আপনার মহিমা উপলব্ধি করতে পারিনি। আমার মতো দুর্ভাগ্য খুব কয়জনের। আপনার বিশেষ কোনো সেবা না করে আমি নিরন্তর অপরাধী সেবার অযোগ্য।। আপনার সেবা অভিলাষী হয়ে জন্মজন্মান্তর ধরে আপনার সেবা দ্বারা নিজেকে শুদ্ধ করার প্রয়াসী রইলাম।আপনার একান্ত অনুগত হৃষীকেশ গৌর দাস রাণীগঞ্জ পশ্চিম বর্ধমান

Hṛṣīkeśa Gaura dāsa

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale

śrīmate jayapatākā swamin iti nāmine

nama ācāryapadaya nitāi-kṛpa-pradayine

gaura-kathā-dhāma-dayā nagara-grama-tarine

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja, por favor acepte mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto.

Todas las Glorias sean para Śrīla Prabhupāda y el movimiento de saṅkīrtana de Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

En este Vyāsa-pūjā 2022 quiero expresarle humildemente las siguientes palabras:

Gracias Guru Mahārāja por toda la misericordia sin causa que nos brinda a diario.

Usted nos lleva a los pasatiempos eternos de Śrī Śrī Gaura-Nitāi y sus asociados cada día en su vivir.

Regalándonos sus valiosas instrucciones a través de sus clases, palabras, respuestas, conversaciones, etc.

Un profundo y real amor a Śrīla Prabhupāda expresa en sus acciones, llevando sus enseñanzas a cabo en cada respiro.

Mas allá de su natal Milwaukee llego a Māyāpura por pedido de su amado Maestro espiritual, en donde no había construcciones y diversas complicaciones enfrento, todo para poder ayudar a desarrollar una ciudad para devotos, dándonos así la oportunidad de estar en los lugares donde Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ejecuta sus pasatiempos.

Así fue como robo el corazón de los devotos de Bengala, hablando la lengua local a la perfección y ayudando siempre para velar por su protección espiritual y material, llegando a las aldeas mas remotas para llevar ese regalo incomparable.

Hace incansables planes y propuestas para preservar las enseñanzas de Śrīla Prabhupāda, trabajando en cooperación con sus hermanos espirituales.

Ahora, cientos de Nāma-haṭṭa y Bhakti-vṛkṣa están en todas partes del mundo, gracias a su énfasis e inspiración de llevar conciencia de Kṛṣṇa a cada hogar.

Riendo en éxtasis levanta sus brazos diciendo ¡Gaurāṅga! ¡Gaurāṅga! ¡Nityānanda! ¡Nityānanda! Y así nos contagia con la alegría del mundo espiritual

Así es como nos anima a recordar que mediante el vāṇī (su instrucción), es como podremos servirlo el resto de nuestras vidas.

Jayapatākā es el nombre que Śrīla Prabhupāda le otorgo, diciendo: “«Serás la bandera de la victoria de Kṛṣṇa». Usted ha hecho de ese nombre una realidad.

Anhelando poder complacerlo siempre con gratitud y amor, aspirando ser un sirviente del sirviente del sirviente su discipula Indirā Jāhnavā Devī Dāsī

Actualmente me encuentro sirviendo en JPS ARCHIVES en Māyāpura, en la sección de español, ayudando a corregir libros, clases textos.

También hago servicio en el SMIS, como educadora apoyando Nursery y Reception class.

Indirā Jāhnavā Devī Dāsī
Māyāpur, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to your divine grace

All glories to your auspicious 73rd appearance day.

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet.

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

I beg for your mercy on this most auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, so that I can even to some degree, understand your unlimited glories, and thus increase my appreciation, dedication and gratefulness towards you.

I must admit, that I have not endeavored enough to hear from you or hear about you, because of which I feel a real hook of belongingness in my spiritual life.

Kindly bestow me the strength Guru Mahārāja, to endeavor in this regard, and to stick to my words, which is something, I really lack.

This year, I was fortunate enough to have more association of devotees who have guided me since the beginning days of my Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

And under the guidance of His Grace Nitāicandra Nimāi Prabhujī, I assisted in some of the Youth preaching endeavors on behalf of IYF Śrīdhāma Māyāpur.

Programs such as Wisdom eye, Business yoga from Bhagavad-gītā, 2 Personality-Software development camp, spiritual tours to Śrīdhāma Māyāpur and Śrī Jagannātha Purī, also individual programs at BCET college and NIT college were conducted, along with preaching programs for DSP employees.

I was also very fortunate to have the opportunity to participate in Śrīla Prabhupāda book marathon, and devotees from our BACE distributed more than 1200 Bhagavad-gītās.

By your mercy, I got some taste in distributing Śrīla Prabhupāda books, so I beg your for your blessings, so that I can think of newer and better ways to distribute these transcendental literatures and be an a proper instrument in your hands to connect more and more number of people to this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.

You have mercifully given us the goal of reaching out to 5,00,000 youths by 2025, so I beg you to bless me, so that I can worship this and always meditate on ways and means to fulfill this GOAL for your pleasure and for the pleasure of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Also, kindly bestow your blessings on me Guru Mahārāja, so that I can always remain an obedient disciple of yours and also obey the instructions of my authorities, under whom you have placed me, and that I can avoid having independent mentality.

I sincerely pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava, Śrī-Śrī Pañca-tattva, Śrī Śrī Prahlāda- Narasiṁhadeva and Śrīla Prabhupāda, to bestow you with good health for many more years to come, so that all of us can develop attraction for serving the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda by your association.

Begging for your mercy,

Your most unworthy son,

Iṣṭadeva Gopāla dāsa (dīkṣa)
Māyāpur, India

Dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my obeisance at your divine lotus feet. All glories to you on this most auspicious appearance day of Your Divine Grace.

As the representative of Śrīla Vyāsadevā, you have lucidly explained the original teachings of Śrīla Prabhupāda. You are the ideal ācārya because you teach us everything about spiritual life by your personal example. Even though you have been empowered by Lord Caitanya to spread the Holy Name of Kṛṣṇa throughout the world you perform your devotional service strictly following the instructions of your spiritual master. By your personal example, you teach us to accept all austerities to carry out the order of the spiritual master.

Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, you have been very merciful to all of us. It is because of your compaction that we have good fortune in serving Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. It is because of you we have access to transcendental Vedic Knowledge. It is because of you we can chant and hear the Holy Name of the Lord. It is because of you we know today about Lord Caitanya and the opportunity to serve His mission. It is because of you I had got the opportunity to serve in your Archives office.

Śrīla Guru Mahārāja on this special day I beg your mercy so that I do not forget my first duty which is mentioned in the following quote—’’If one remembers his first duty which is keeping in constant contact with the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa everything will be successful.’’ Śrīla Guru Mahārāja on this special day I beg you to give me inspiration, intelligent, determination, and strength to accept only those things which please you and reject those things which displease you. Let me always remember the true source of my power and abilities. Please allow me to remain your servant eternally.

Your humble servant,

Īśvara Purī Sevaka Dāsa (dīkṣa)
JPS Archives office,
Māyāpur, India

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

Respected Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

It is said “Pressure creates diamonds and fire refines gold.” You are always a pure devotee but we gradually understand your diamond and gold-like glories when we see the hard struggles you have been doing in terms of your health. Recently when you fell sick in Śrī Māyāpur dhāma and were taken to Rela Institute, Chennai, we were all anxious and worried about you. I was praying to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to kindly recover your health from this great illness and you may resume your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda. But I was wondering if you ever stopped your preaching service for Śrīla Prabhupāda! The answer was NO. Even in your stay in Hospital and later at Ajita Gopīnath prabhu’s place you were preaching to whoever you met. That’s surprising to many of us. I recently heard a class where my śikṣā-guru was explaining the devotees were like Rasagullās, wherever you touch rasa or gratitude comes out. I immediately thought of you Guru Mahārāja, how your heart is overloaded with gratitude for your Guru, Śrīla Prabhupāda. We being physically fit and healthy do not value the gift of Śrīla Prabhupāda and what to say of distributing the mercy of him! But you, through your own example inspire and encourage us to share Kṛṣṇa-consciousness with whoever we meet. That was one of the instructions of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu “yāre dekha tare kaho kṛṣṇa-upadeśa”.

Another thing which always draws my attention towards you, that is, your effort of connecting with your disciples. That’s why you have introduced JPS App from where we get your daily updates. Your JPS e-Care service is another big step of connecting with all your disciples and extending your care for them. Daily you answer to lot of e-mails sent by many devotees all around the world and I personally had such experience that your mail is just not a mail. It’s full of care and concern for us. Practicing bhakti in a relationship with guru is always joyful and easy for a practitioner. And you are the first person who is always eager to build the relationship with your disciples by many means but as a disciple I need to ‘receive’ this opportunity to feel connected with you.

Recently in a Q-and-A session a devotee asked you whether there is any difference between general initiation and virtual initiation. Your answer imprinted in my heart where you said that the most important thing was the disciple felt that he was always connected to his guru. That’s the real meaning of initiation, irrespective of virtual or other way.

Guru Mahārāja, you are always extending to me but now it is my turn to reciprocate with your unconditional love. I have got your shelter and mercy, but I need to prepare my heart to become grateful to actually ‘receive’ the gift.

Seeking your blessing to glorify you and Śrīla Prabhupāda, I thus end here for today.

Your spiritual daughter,

Iśvarī Lalitā Devī Dāsī [dīkṣā]
Pune, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my sincere obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. I bow down my head at your divine lotus feet, which are travelled all over the world to distribute the Holy Names of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaurāṅga.

All glories to your auspicious appearance day.

My Dear Spiritual Master,

On this auspicious day of your appearance, I am trying to contemplate on the glories and mercy of the Holy Name.

The Holy Name is the only shelter in this material world of dukhālayam. Mere utterance of Holy Name removes all the sinful tendency from the heart of the chanter.

Chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra wipes out all the contamination of material desires. The disconnection with Kṛṣṇa is the root cause of all the problems in this material world. Whoever chants the holy name of Kṛṣṇa will become aware of his forgetful relationship with Kṛṣṇa. The Holy name is the only means to awaken our dormant kṛṣṇa-prema.

That treasure of Goloka freely distributed by Lord Caitanya and His followers to all the suffering souls in this material world. The true well-wisher is one who preaches the glories of holy name and encourages the people to accept the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. Mercifully, you have given me that Harināma dīkṣā and connected me to Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava paramparā and offered Your shelter. I remember many times that I prayed for Your help to come over from my difficult situations, despite of many mistakes of mine, you have been giving opportunities to correct my behavior and protect me in all situations.

I am grateful for Your constant compassion on this fallen soul Guru Mahārāja. Expression of love manifests in the form of service. Your love, gratitude, commitment, and determination to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda always inspire me to become serious in devotion. On this auspicious day, Guru Mahārāja please bless me to become humble and forgive my offences at your lotus feet.

Guru Mahārāja,

In recent days I have been reading your commentary on Vaiṣṇava Ke? It is giving so much solace and enlightenment to my heart and mind, to give up unfavorable thoughts.

I shall be ever thankful to You for Your merciful blessings upon me.

Your servant,

Jagattāraṇī Viśākhā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā),

India (Hyderabad – ISKCON ABIDS)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.

How are you Guru Mahārāja?

Wish you Happy Kṛṣṇa Conscious Vyāsa-pūjā Day. On this auspicious day, please bless me and my family. I beg for your forgiveness for any offense I may have committed intentionally or non-intentionally.

Guru Mahārāja, I’m very grateful to you for all your care and all your efforts. You always keep in touch with all your disciples and help them when needed.

I like your Q/A sessions which clarifies all doubts and help us in progressing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Every evening I enjoy Your Caitanya-caritāmṛta class along with your darśana and blessings.

We pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to protect you from all danger and keep you healthy.

Please take care and get well soon Guru Mahārāja.

All glories to Guru Mahārāja!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Haribol! Gauuraaaannngaaaaaaaaa!!

Your spiritual daughter,

Jaṭilā Rādhikā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
India (West Mumbai)

All glories to your auspicious appearance day of 73rd Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava my dear Guru Mahārāja. I kindly request you to accept my humble obeisances onto your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja. Guru Mahārāja thank you for very much for accepting me as your disciple and showering causeless mercy on me to be in Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses for which I am today.

Guru Mahārāja no words to glorify you. Guru Mahārāja when you were in the hospital and treatment was going on you were so duty Consciousnesses that you remembered that you had a meeting at 5.p.m.and you attended the meeting without any one reminding you. In that situation. Really great Guru Mahārāja. Which is not possible for ordinary people.

Guru Mahārāja so many miracles happened after you accepted me as your disciple. I had problem in working place. But with your causeless mercy and blessings the problem was solved Guru Mahārāja and helped me to spend more time in Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, very much Guru Mahārāja. My humble request is to shower your causeless mercy on me to be in Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses and I also beg for your mercy and blessings for qualitative and quantitative chanting and also for the spiritual progress Guru Mahārāja. Thank you very much Guru Mahārāja.

Your humble servant

Jaya Mātājī (aspiring disciple)

Bangalore, India

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Respectable Gurudeva,

I, with my husband Anjaneya Sethy, offer our respectful obeisance at your lotus feet.

In New Rājāpur Jagannātha dhāma, Bangalore, India, we are doing our sevā. Earlier, we were staying 25 kms away from the temple, hence we were not able to do practical services regularly. After getting shifted to temple premises, doing practical services in the association of devotees. My husband is very co-operative. At present, he is under your shelter and waiting for initiation. My two sons are supporting us but yet to join Kṛṣṇa consciousness. It is possible by your blessings. Our only wish is to spend our remaining life in your service to fulfill Prabhupāda’s mission.

Yours spiritual daughter,

Jaya Subhadrā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Kṛṣṇarūpa Gaura Das (dīkṣā)
Anjaneya Shety (aspiring)
New Rājāpur Jagannātha Dhāma,
Magadi Main Road,
India (Bangalore - ISKCON - New Rājāpur Jagannātha Dhāma Magadi Road)

To my precious Spiritual Father,

Hare Kṛṣṇa. Please accept my respectful obeisances at your glorious lotus feet and all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to you!

May you have a very first class and elegant Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava! May this year beckon in new innovative and esoteric forces into your life and services.

My dear Guru Mahārāja, you are the embodiment of sacrifice and selfless service. Please bless me to become a transparent medium for your crystal clean pure energy. Please bless me to reflect your blazing sacrificial fire in everything that I do.

I beg for your blessings that I can open my heart and mind to surrender to your every order and sincerely assist you in serving Śrīla Prabhupāda and the guru-paramparā.

I am immensely grateful to be your daughter and disciple. I feel very fortunate that I get to serve you, such a first class Vaiṣṇava and gentleman.

Thank you for your discipline, for it continuously blesses me to grow and refine.

I pray that this year I may please you by behaving like an elegant first class Vaiṣṇavī.

I love you with all of my heart. I pray that this year I can fully and completely commit myself to you and the holy name. Please bless me to become a sincere and humble servant to you and the holy name.

Please bless me to be accountable and responsible, so that I may receive and carry out your orders. May our relationship deepen and open new dynamic paths of love and service this year. You know my heart and what is best for me, so please take full control of my life and engage me as your instrument. I belong to you eternally, so please make of me as you wish!

With love from your spiritual daughter,

Jayadā Hariṇī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
India (Māyāpur)

Dear Spiritual father Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

All glories to your auspicious appearance day. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to your divine grace.

Thank you Mahārāja for the shelter of your divine lotus feet. Please bless me with your mercy. This material world is so frightening but I know I don’t have to worry because my spiritual master is there to guide, to help me cross this frightful ocean. I feel so blessed and secure under your shelter. Please shower me with your mercy and guide me from this material world to the spiritual world, as I am still with my baby steps, Guru. I am still groping in the dark, and with your mercy I am slowly approaching the spiritual path. All glories to you Mahārāja.

Thank you Mahārāja

Your devotee daughter,

Jayalakshmi.B (sheltered disciple)

Māyāpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Millions Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas to your lotus feet.

Your mercy to the conditioned souls is unlimited. By your mercy thousands and thousands of conditioned souls got the param tattva. We are not the body that you have demonstrated by your action. You have shown that in all conditions can do the devotional service. My humble request you to give shelter to all the fallen souls to your lotus feet. I pray to Rādhā Gopīnātha for your good health and stay with us more-longer.

Your insignificant spiritual daughter,

Jayaśrī Rādhikā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Dearest Śrīla Guru-Mahārāja,

We offer our most respectful 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 Rādhārāṇi for many happy returns of this auspicious day.

By your blessings of mercy and potency to do devotional services I am trying to fulfill your expectations to serve and please you.

There are ups and downs in my sadhana and association but since sometime, I am trying to perform sādhana and seek association regularly.

Please forgive me as due to me your health is affected.

By your mercy I am serving and associating in online class and council devotee care.

It is by your personal example that we learn how to never give up under any circumstances and always fix mind in serving the orders of spiritual master.

Dear, Guru Mahārāja, I got initiation from you in 2013 in Dāmodara deśa yātrā now I settled in Mumbai. In Dāmodara deśa by your mercy I was serving for book distribution, in outreach preaching, Dāmodara-ārati. Now in Mumbai I am not able to perform same service but serving in small proportions. as now am working and trying to settle in gṛhastha life.

Dear Guru Mahārāja I wish to become nice gṛhastha and serve trying to please you, following your orders, seek your shelter and mercy for performing devotional service and stay in Devotees association.

Your unqualified insignificant servant,

Jīvapāvana Gaura Dāsa (dīkṣā)

Mumbai, India

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

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Guru Paramparā.

We are eternally indebted to you for having accepted us as your disciple. We are trying to do our best of Kṛṣṇa consciousness practices. Through your causeless mercy, daily we are able to do maṅgala-ārati at home @4:30 am, 5-7 am chanting, discussion of one purport of Namāmṛta and Bhagvad-gītā for about 20 minutes daily with 7-10 new members online, evening Tulasī-ārati, Gaura-ārati and 30 minutes Kṛṣṇa book reading.

By your mercy, we are also doing weekly Deity dressing sevā, cooking sevā and some maintenance sevā regularly at temple. We are eternally grateful to you for blessing us with some taste of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We vow to follow further sincerely and will also strive to engage many more fellow devotees also in Lord’s sevā. Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for blessing us with the intelligence and knowledge to progress further in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We understand that without the mercy of guru nothing good happens to a disciple.

Glorification attempted by your servant of your servants,

Jyotīśvara Mādhava Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Rāseśvarī Padmā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
India (Bangalore - Śrī Jagannātha Mandir Seshadripuram)

¡Todas las Glorias a Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi! ¡Todas las Glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda!

¡Todas las Glorias a usted Guru Mahārāja!

Hoy en su glorioso día de Vyāsa-pūjā me es muy grato escribir unas palabras para usted.

Sin duda este año fue muy difícil para todos, pero usted nos sigue dando el claro ejemplo de que a pesar de todos los obstáculos debemos seguir adelante, peleando contra māyā.

Cada vez que veo sus clases en vivo o su fotografía en mi altar, o simplemente cuando en mi mente veo su imagen, siento que estoy muy cerca de usted, que usted me da sus bendiciones a cada instante.

Actualmente tengo el servicio de encargarme de la cocina de la Deidad de Ciudad de México. Si bien anteriormente ya había hecho este servicio junto con mi esposo, siento que ahora es mucho más difícil todo. Estamos tratando de dar lo mejor para que la atención de la Deidad mejore y desde hace unos meses me he encargado de hacer un manual de cocina para que todos los que hacemos servicio lo hagamos de acuerdo al estándar de Śrī Śrī Rādhā Madana Gopāla.

Lo único que me mantiene de pie es su misericordia sin causa y la guía que Śrīla Prabhupāda nos da mediante sus libros.

Este año quiero ser mejor para usted, porque usted siempre nos da lo mejor.

Este año quiero tomar Bhakti-śāstrī para ser mejor discípula, más capaz para hacer servicio.

Quiero demostrarle que puedo ser leal a sus instrucciones y que aún con todas mis fallas le quiero demostrar mi amor.

Disculpe por todos los errores que he cometido hacia los vaisnavas, hacía las Deidades, hacía el servicio, incluso espero que perdone si he cometido alguna ofensa a usted.

De alguna u otra manera trato de estar en contacto con mis hermanos espirituales, de tomar lo mejor de las personas y ayudar a los que necesiten de mi. Usted es mi inspiración, y en cada situación usted está presente en mi mente y en mi corazón.

Muchas gracias Guru Mahārāja por todo!

Si Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī me lo permiten algún día podré estar junto a usted!

¡Gracias por su Vāṇī!

¡Gracias a todos sus asistentes que nos permiten estar en contacto con usted!

Con mucho amor. Su insignificante discípula,

Kālindī Premarūpa Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
India (Māyāpur)

Hare Kṛṣṇa my dear Guru Mahārāja

I am eternally indebted to you for giving me a golden opportunity to get connected with such a mercy full guru-paramparā. Also, I am grateful to be your child who is getting a continuous and powerful inspiration no matter whatever the situations are... Of course, with all my limited senses I am trying my best to keep up the oaths that I gave you on my initiation day.

With all the inspiration and causeless mercy from you we’re trying to cultivate the people all around Tirupati, Renigunta (a nearby town) and as many possible villages around the Tirupati dhāma by doing a continuous village saṅkīrtana program and new outpost center’s in multiple places are been initiated. As it’s been said the youth preaching is major fuel to our moment, we have started many college programs and approaching local educational institutions to allows us to be part in their student induction program on every year.

We humbly seek your blessings and inspiration for all this lifetime to progress in our own upliftment in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and also to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda moment as a servant to expand the moment as big possible.

Your humble and loving servant for eternity,
Kāliya Kṛṣṇa Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Sreyas
India (Tirupati ISKCON Tirupati, AP India)

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Śrīla Gurudeva!

All glories to your auspicious appearance day!

Hare Kṛṣṇa, Daṇḍavat Praṇāma Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept my humble and respectful obeisances

From the day I got initiation I became impatient and started thinking “How can I serve Guru Mahārāja”, “How will I give justice to my spiritual name”, “How will I follow his instructions”. I am still trying to figure out how I will serve you in a better manner. Along this I also feel myself so much fortunate enough that I am your disciple because you have shown so much courage and endurance during this whole period of pandemic with bad health conditions and made me release how to serve guru and Gaurāṅga in that kind of phase.

I saw pictures of you distributing Bhagavad-gītā in Chennai hospital to staff members of hospital that really made me think of my fallen position. I need your blessings so that I can serve you and help you little bit in your mission. Your divine guidance is very much important for me, as I feel I am nothing without your causeless mercy.

I pray to Lord Narasiṁha for your wellbeing.

Your insignificant disciple,

Kamalāṅgi Lalitā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
India (New Delhi - Dwarka)

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

Dear Most merciful, magnanimous, jubilant and conqueror of all tribulations; Mahārāja You have topmost place in our heart, though Person as me is totally disqualified to have your presence in my life but out of compassion and your never-ending love for guru and Gaurāṅga You accept rotten soul as me to topsy turn my wrong life to Kṛṣṇa conscious one.

Your never giving up attitude to preach Gaurahari’s message has brought us to think how wasteful our life will be if we miss out to hear about Gaurāṅga and His message and kathā.

Guru Mahārāja You have reached into millions of heart and have made them to took darśana of divine couple Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and for very sure they are saved from blazing fire of material existence.

Dear Guru Mahārāja Please have your choicest mercy on me so that after having all dirty things in my heart I can still choose pure devotional service to guru and Gaurāṅga and ultimately cleanse my heart in order to seat Śrī Rādhā Mādhava there.

Thank You Guru Mahārāja for being in my life,

Your insignificant servant,

Kamalendra Singh Rathore (sheltered sisciple)

Jaipur, Rajasthan

Dear Guru Mahārāja jī!

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to you.

As I continue my spiritual journey with every passing day, I realized the utmost importance of the spiritual master in my life, how you are inspiring me and helping me to keep practicing the regulative principles of sādhana-bhakti. Indeed, you’re the miracle man in my life and I know that without your mercy, I cannot make any progress. Therefore, I pray:

Guru Mahārājaji!

kṛpā-bindu diyā, koro’ ei dāse,
tṛṇāpekhā ati hīna
sakala sahane, bala diyā karo’,
nija-māne spṛhā-hīna

Gurudeva, O spiritual master! give to this servant just one drop of mercy. I am lower than a blade of grass.

Give me all your help! Give me strength! Let me be as you are, without desires or aspirations.

I also pray that you please guide me to become a first-class surrendered disciple and represent you both in character and behavior at all times, places and circumstances, by taking your every instruction as my life and soul.

You, again and again, instruct all of us your disciples to become the pure devotee and to deliver the world. Please help me to conquer the enemies of the heart and the mind to situate myself in transcendence and in this way fulfill your desire.

Praying for your good health and bodily strength so that you can continue flooding the whole world with pure Kṛṣṇa bhakti.

Your insignificant servant,

Bhaktin Kanchan (aspiring disciple)
Uttarakhand (India)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

Please bless me to moving forward in Kṛṣṇa conscious to serve Guru and Kṛṣṇa to achieving the goal of this human birth.

Regards,

Kantha Perumal
India (Māyāpur)

Hari Kṛṣṇa Śrīla Gurudeva!

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto the dust of your Lotus feet. All glories to your divine appearance day dear spiritual father!!

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

Guru Mahārāja, A person like me who is so much conditioned and always suffering from the pangs of three modes of material nature, can never understand and estimate your glories. Gurudeva, you are the divine form of compassion. You are distributing the mercy of Lord Nityānanda so compassionately to all the living entities without seeing their qualities and disqualities. Your mercy is unlimited and you are giving it to all the people. Nothing can stop you from spreading the message of Lord Caitanya. Whatever your health condition is you’ll never miss the chance of preaching, because you are so much merciful that you want to take all the conditioned souls like me to go back to godhead.
Last year on the very auspicious day of Devaśayanī Ekādaśī you accepted this most fallen child as your sheltered disciple. Guru Mahārāja I know I am so much unfit for this, but you compassionately accepted me, ignoring all my bad qualities. Thank you thank you so much dear Guru Mahārāja!!

You love us so much that you take all of our sins and offences. Guru Mahārāja I also want to love you, serve you.

Gurudeva currently I am serving as a Bhakti-vṛkṣa leader in ISKCON Girl’s Forum, Rohini, Delhi. I have also completed my IDC few days back. Gurudeva due to many internal and external problems I am not able to serve you properly. The quality of my chanting is also very bad. I’m not able to perfectly manage my spiritual and material duties. Gurudeva I need your Mercy.

On this very auspicious day of your appearance please please please bless me Gurudeva that I can become qualified to take initiation from you and can become a good servant of yours. Guru Mahārāja I will not be able to repay the debt of your Mercy even life after life. So please please please always engage me in your mission to serve in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. Gurudeva I am promising you that I will never compromise with my daily 16 rounds and 4 regulative principles till the death. I will always be engage in preaching mission. Gurudeva, I need your association please always keep me with your divine association either vapuḥ or through vāṇī. Guru Mahārāja my heart is so dark, filled with all the sins, lusty desires and anger. Gurudeva please bless me so that I can get attachment to the dust of your Lotus feet in my heart. I can always remember you and can never forget about you for any moment.

Please forgive this most fallen daughter for all of the offences and sins.

Thank you so much Gurudeva for everything.

Your insignificant sheltered daughter

Karishma Tomar (sheltered disciple)

Rohini, New Delhi

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Call you as Nārada. You give Nārāyaṇan to all. Because of your causeless mercy Kṛṣṇa entered into our home, entered into our life. I am seeing you everyday in my thoughts. Wish you Kṛṣṇa conscious Happy appearance day. Will pray to Rādhā Mādhava to shower His blessings upon you to remember Kṛṣṇa always and never forget Kṛṣṇa. Wish you a healthy and happy Kṛṣṇa conscious life.

Your loving Servant

Karthikeyan Murugan (aspiring disciple)

Māyāpur, India

Please accept my humble Obeisances Guru Mahārāja! All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!! All Glories to Gaurāṅga!!!

Respected Guru Mahārāja,

On this most auspicious day of your Vyasa-pūjā. I beg to offer you prostrate obeisance, unlimited time.

Dear Guru Mahārāja... I am very grateful to you because you accept me as your disciple. You are so merciful. Guru Mahārāja I was taken online initiation from you... and I never seen you. Only I have taken your online classes on Zoom but still I really love you with all my heart Guru Mahārāja. Please give me your mercy.

I pray to Narsimha dev, Pañca-tattva, Rādhā Mādhava for your good health so that I serve in your lotus feet more and more by following your instructions....

Your Fool servant,

Kārtikeśvarī Rādhā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

India (Gorakhpur)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances. I am doing this offering for my own purification, otherwise I don’t have any qualifications.

I had some reversals in terms of health challenges but by your causeless mercy and blessings I am almost alright now. Can’t express in words how grateful I am for you Guru Mahārāja.

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

We (along with Bhakti-vṛkṣa members) tried to collect śāstra-dhāna/distribute books part of book marathon to please you and reached a humble 650 Bhagavad-gītā books.

Please bless Bhakti-vṛkṣa members, family members to nicely progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness for your pleasure Guru Mahārāja. Please bless me one day I will be able to please you, that is my strong desire. I am trying to support His Grace Śyāma Rasika Prabhu in managing transcription services, please bless JPS volunteers, Guru Mahārāja.

Guru Mahārāja, we came to visit you in Chennai. A miracle happened. I thought of passing by Chennai for a function, suddenly inspired to take darśana of you, at the same time, I don’t want to take darśana without Lord Varadarāja’s prasāda. So did all the plan, visited temple, collected prasāda and gave it to your servants. Came to know that you desired to have Lord Varadarājar prasāda and you got it.

How Lord is so conquered by love of pure devotee and to fulfil pure devotee wish he somehow instrumentally used us. Even more is how Guru Mahārāja is so merciful to involve this fallen one for his service. Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for your causeless mercy.

Please forgive me for any offenses I committed at your lotus feet. Also thank you so much for giving names for Deities, Nitāi Karuṇa and Patita-pāvana Gaura. Please bless us to please them nicely for your pleasure.

Your humble servants,

Karuṇāpati Keśava Dāsa, (dīkṣā)
Kavirūpa Keśavī Devī Dāsī, (dīkṣā)
Bhānumatī Yaśodā Devī Dāsī, (dīkṣā)
Rādhā Sakhi, Viśva

India (White field, Bangalore)

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisance.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to Śrīla Gurudeva

On the auspisious occasion of your appearance day, I would like to wish you Gurudeva.

You are the most merciful and munificent personality. I have a deep desire to preach and request your cause less mercy on this degraded fool. Also so much blessings, mercy and facilities are available still I am unable to actively engage in devotional service with focus, dedication and commitment. Request your causeless mercy. Thankyou Gurudeva

Your unworthy daughter,

Kāruṇya Rādhikā Devī Dāsī
(Bangalore - New Rājāpur Dhāma)

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories unto you Śrīla Gurudeva

A Very Happy Vyāsa-pūjā to you!

This past year has been tough for my family and particularly, I felt I was hit hardest among us although I’m not sure how much the others have expressed. I feel lost and the situation at our house and community is not helping me. I do not want to describe it because I believe this will be published on the internet. My sadhana has also dropped and I need help physically, emotionally and spiritually. I know this is supposed to be a letter of homage, but my mind is reeling and I have been distracting it till now. I am writing this as a request letter more than one of homage because I really require help. I am also approaching my 10th board final exams and I hope to pass with flying colours with your blessings. Please help me so that I can improve physically, emotionally and spiritually so that one day maybe I could take initiation and serve you without any anxiety.

Your ungrateful aspiring disciple,

Kaushikha (aspiring disciple)

Bangalore, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I always feel so fortunate to have you as my spiritual master due to your dedication to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission.

It’s been 6 years of my Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I have gone through many changes in my life with your blessings. I get many positive vibes when I chant the Mahā Mantra. I do 10- 12 rounds of chanting every day. I also read some books of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I feel very calm and happy when I read these books. I also attend the online classes and the programs. I also need blessings on my family members. I’ll be satisfied to even have a single drop of your determination. I beg for your mercy, so I can move forward in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Your dāsānu dāsī,

Kavitha Murthy (aspiring disciple)

New Rājāpur Dhāma, Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa GuruMahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances onto your lotus feet. At first , Heartiest wishes to you on the occasion of your birthday and vyas pūjā. I hope that Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva and Śrīla Prabhupāda always bless you so you can preach around the whole world the glories of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Your preaching always uplifts and inspires everyone and I am one of them. My constant effort is to walk in that path which you always direct your disciples to. I take bhakti Vṛkṣa class because of your blessings where we learn about Bhagvat-gītā and Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. This years Dāmodara-ārati was also very auspicious, I did dīpa-dāna with many children from our building and conducted online Aarti as well. Guru Mahārāja, your Praṇāma mantra feels like magic to me because whenever I pray onto you, all my problems become easier to solve. You are a magician. Everything is very difficult for me because I do not know English but because of your blessings, my daughter translates for me and helps me out and also helps in the sevā of our gaur-nitāi. My son also plays the mṛdaṅga and I hope for your blessings on them so they keep chanting and doing sevā as much as possible. Recently one mātājī , blessed me with her deities of Rādhā Mādhava which gives me a realization of the major blessings of you ,Guru Mahārāja. It is all your blessings that I am able to try to at least do as much as service of Rādhā Mādhava and gaur-nitāi who have entered home to give me blessings and it is because of your blessings. Please give blessings Guru Mahārāja to my husband and our family to always be in the mission of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and keep preaching and doing a lot of sevā of devotees and gaura-nitāi. I hope you always stay healthy and fit so you can keep preaching about Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu and this will always be my prayer.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare.

Seeking your divine blessings from your lotus feet,

Your spiritual daughter,

Keśava kaminī devī dāsī

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Mere adyatmic pita param pujiniya Guru Mahārāja apke charano me mera koti koti param

Kṛṣṇa kripa mūrti apke gun asimit hai jinke smaran se matra se ham vismaya hote hai ... ap bina sandeh yhi darshate hai ki ham sarir nahi ātmā hai or Kṛṣṇa das hai ... saririk chunotiyo ke bad bhi apki sadhna me bhi koi badlav nahi aya mere Guru Mahārāja aap jaisa utsaahi or unnat guru ka 1 ansh bhi hame mil jaye to ham dhanya ho jaye.

(HARE KṚṢṆA)

APKI SHISHYA

Keśavī Karuṇa devī dāsī
India (Ghaziabad) 

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

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

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ


My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Millions of humble and respectful daṇḍavat praṇāmas to the dust of your lotus feet. Please accept them, out of your own sheer causeless mercy... Guru Mahārāja!!

All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
All glories to Your Holiness.
All glories to all the Vaiṣṇavas.

Guru Mahārāja, this is your insignificant servant – Keśi Damana Kṛṣṇa dāsa, attempting to offer this homage letter and my deepest gratitude to your Holiness on your auspicious 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā. I humbly request at your holy feet to accept it out of your sheer causeless mercy alone.

Your holy self, being a sincere disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda, has been serving his mission and ISKCON untiringly for many decades with tremendous enthusiasm and joy, without displaying even an iota of tiredness in your spiritual journey. That gives me more encouragement to serve you in my little insignificant way and earnestly trying to do so.

Guru Mahārāja, even though you know that I do not have any qualification or eligibility to become your disciple, still you mercifully blessed me with Harināma dīkṣā in 2016. Because of your unlimited mercy and blessings alone, I’m still hanging on in Kṛṣṇa conscious life and able to hold my blessed beads everyday morning for chanting. I’m ever grateful to you and I wish to serve you for eternity and beyond as a servant of servant of your servants.

Guru Mahārāja, I was very much worried for you when I got to know about your abdomen internal bleeding that happened recently, and you had to be airlifted to Chennai for further treatment. It was too painful to know that you had to undergo many surgical procedures. However, by our dear Rādhārāṇī and Kṛṣṇa’s mercy only, you recovered soon and you are back to Māyāpur. During your stay in Chennai, I got the golden opportunity to humbly serve Your Divine vapuḥ in the form of washing your transcendental clothes. I felt myself the most fortunate person in this world that I could personally serve my Pūjya Gurudeva (you) in my little way, which I never thought even in my dream that I can personally serve you anytime, though it was my humble deep wish always! Thank you very much for lovingly accepting our insignificant services and blessing us with this rare opportunity. I wish I would become your “eternal washerman” to wash your divine clothes, my dear Guru Mahārāja! We wish to see you again in Chennai, not for your treatment, but with good health only. My deep and sincere prayers at the lotus feet of our dear Rādhārāṇī and Kṛṣṇa to bless us with your physical presence for many more years to come Gurudeva!!

Gurudeva, knowing well about my helpless inabilities, I humbly and sincerely beg at your lotus feet to please, please, please bless me to serve you in the way it pleases you the most. Without your merciful glance upon this THE MOST FALLEN conditioned soul, I don’t have any strength to perform any service to your lotus feet and to our dear Rādhārāṇī and Kṛṣṇa and all the guru-paramaparā. Just like a honeybee finds a cool shelter in the lotus flower, I feel safe and secured only to be under the shelter of your lotus feet, Guru Mahārāja!
Guru Mahārāja, as it is said that Vaiṣṇavas are generally very merciful always, and on their divine appearance day, they are even more merciful than ever to the fallen souls – like myself. Keeping this truth in view, on this auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I humbly fall at your lotus feet and earnestly beg and beg and beg to you, dear Gurudeva, please forgive your this patita sevaka for all the offences committed—knowingly and unknowingly—towards your holy self and towards any other devotees and disciples.
Gurudeva, I heard from my sīkṣā-guru that the greatest gift that we can ever offer to anyone is to sincerely pray to Kṛṣṇa for them. Although I do not at all have any qualification whatsoever, keeping this truth in mind, Gurudeva, on this auspicious occasion, from the very depths of my heart, I earnestly pray to our beloved Rādhārāṇī and Kṛṣṇa, Śrīla Prabhupāda and all the guru-paramparā to please give you Their merciful blessings in your mission to please Śrīla Prabhupāda, Rādhārāṇī and Kṛṣṇa. This is what this poor, helpless, unworthy and unfit servant of yours can do for you. Out of your own sheer causeless mercy alone, please accept this insignificant service of mine as a small token of my love for you, dear Guru Mahārāja.

Please bless me that my love for you becomes really pure, unconditional, uninterrupted and limitless, and it keeps on ever-increasing, and my guru-niṣṭhā and my commitment to your mission keeps on deepening, and I render— most lovingly and most unconditionally—pure, loving, unconditional, uninterrupted, limitless, unflinching and unmotivated devotional service to your holy self, all the guru-paramparā, all the Vaiṣṇavas, and our beloved Rādhārāṇī and Kṛṣṇa, in the way it pleases Them the most – eternally and even beyond. Your merciful blessings alone can take me in that direction – Guru Mahārāja!

With my heartfelt deep gratitude and millions of humble obeisances at your lotus feet,

Aspiring to be the servant of the servant of the servant of your holy self,

Keśi Damana Kṛṣṇa Dāsa (dīkṣā)
India (Chennai)

Hare Kṛṣṇa and daṇḍavat praṇāma, my dear. Gurudeva, all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, on this very auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, pl shower your mercy on to me, I have no qualifications to serve you, still, you gave your lotus feet shelter to me, you are as merciful as Lord Gaurāṅga. Please forgive our all mistakes and sin what we do unknowingly. Please bless me so I CAN serve you, Prabhupāda, and Gaurāṅga my best. Let me hold your lotus feet tightly so I will never fall down, and always engage in loving devotional service to Kṛṣṇa and his associates like you.

Your Servant of Servant,

Kīrtimati Gaurāṅgī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
India (Hyderabad)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances at your Lotus feet.

All glories to Your Divine Grace!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Dear Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept a small homage (glorification) on your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā day, I feel that I am not qualified to write an Homage due to my fallen condition state, but still I do an attempt to glorify your divine grace just to purify my existence.

Your Holiness mercifully gave me an opportunity to do vapuḥ-sevā, which I never expected that I will get an opportunity in this lifetime.

I has been called for 3 months of vapuḥ-sevā, but it extended to 6 months which was an jackpot for me, and in this 6 months of sevā I was doing some of the menial services, and assisting some of your personal servants.

I learnt many things when I was in vapuḥ-sevā, and most wonderful and amazing thing was everyday I get your Holiness darśana.

I heard some of your glorious activities before I came for vapuḥ-sevā, but I got opportunity to render service personally then I witnessed those great qualities. I saw Your Holiness like a great spiritual master who came to deliver fallen souls like me, not caring about your health and bodily needs, Also like a father who cares for his children, like mother who loves everyone, like a teacher who give right guidance and correct if disciples are doing wrong and many more.

Your Holiness has unlimited great qualities and no end for me to glorify those qualities.

Dear father I have received by your mercy 2nd initiation and saffron clothes on Dec 26th, 2021 personally. Please bless me that I should continue as a brahmacārī till my last breath and serve you and Śrīla Prabhupāda mission. Hope so that Guru Mahārāja will call me (who is an unqualified son) again for your personal vapuḥ-sevā. So that by just rendering some menial services at your Divine Lotus feet, I can get purified and perfect my life.

I am not so good in understanding philosophy of scriptures, for me the best engagement what I feel is “I can only do some physical service”. Till now I am serving in ISKCON Whitefield, Bangalore temple as a full-time devotee, and most of my services are physical services.

Most of my services will be like making Garlands for the Deities, Deity worship, cleaning temple hall and ashram, decorating temple on festivals etc. I am good at these services.

Hope by your mercy I will get some taste in the services which I am doing and progress further in devotional service.

Gurudeva, I always seek your blessings and mercy, it is my only hope and by your mercy I can progress nicely in Devotional service.

Koṭiśaśi Gaurāṅga Dāsa (dīkṣā)
India (Bangalore)

Dear Guru Mahārāja

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our respectful obeisance at your divine lotus feet.

You are representing our guru-paramparā with high standards even at the time of Corona. Your daily Caitanya-līlā class and daily darśana helped us to maintain basic our sādhanā and doing online services.

Your home visits and accept offering gives lots of enthusiasm to us and among the devotees.

Because you encouraged to do Bhakti-śāstrī, we are doing Bhakti-śāstrī, it is wonderful to read Śrīla Prabhupāda books and understand more about Kṛṣṇa and his devotional service. It gave lots of taste to read Śrīla Prabhupāda books and hear Śrīla Prabhupāda lectures.

You are praying to devotees who is sick due Corona and many devotees recovered without much complication and continued their devotional to service to Lord Kṛṣṇa.

You are doing everyday book distribution very innovative way to please Śrīla Prabhupāda.

You are blessing the devotees’ birthday and devotees’ anniversaries; it has lots of positive impact on our spiritual life and devotees’ spiritual life progressing in their spiritual path. It helped Bhakti-vṛkṣa members a lot.

You started giving online initiation this is another innovative way. You are following Śrīla Prabhupāda as it is as per time, place and circumstances.

By your mercy and devotees’ mercy in Bangalore we are trying to help in your preaching.

Since you gave order to make Bangalore ISKCON city, many devotees tirelessly working. We want to become an instrument in your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda, so kindly shower your mercy and blessings to us to do more and more devotional service to you.

This year we participated book marathon physically as well as online, our circle exceeded the target (2500 mahā books) set by our center, more devotees participated enthusiastically and distributed books and in ISKCON Whitefield our center servant head His Grace Harikṣetra Prabhujī and circle servant leader His Grace Kārtikeya Prabhujī encouraged us by following your instruction. It was very wonderful doing book distribution with group of devotees, while doing book distribution we realised that lots of souls are waiting for Śrīla Prabhupāda books.

Śrīla Guru Mahārāja you are ocean of mercy please forgive us for all offenses we did knowingly and unknowingly. We pray to you and Lord Kṛṣṇa that at any time we don’t want hurt, any devotees and living entities and at the same time increase our devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa. By your causeless mercy and devotees’ causeless mercy we come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, now by your mercy and devotees’ mercy only we are able to practice and continue in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Now our prayers are we want serve you throughout this life and even after this life, kindly bless us Śrīla Guru Mahārāja.

Your Spiritual Children,

Kṛṣṇa Karuṇāmūrti Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Yoginī Yamunā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Hemachandar K
India (Bangalore - ISKCON White Field)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

For the last few months, I’ve been listening to your lectures regularly and trying to understand the secret of Kṛṣṇa consciousness by our causeless mercy – making one’s life goal to fulfil the desires of the spiritual master and the Ācāryas in the disciplic succession. This is just in contrast to the materialists who always strive hard to accumulate wealth and see to the comforts of children and grandchildren. You have been the epitome of following Śrīla Prabhupāda instructions and fulfilling His Divine Grace’s each and every desire – this gives me much inspiration that for the few months I kept meditating on this realization just after waking up and pray at your lotus feet as follows.

Gurudeva! kṛpā-bindu diyā,
koro’ ei dāse, tṛṇāpekhā ati hīna
sakala sahane, bala diyā koro’,
nija-māne spṛhā-hīna

Gurudeva, 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. Let me be as you are, without desires or aspirations.

You have shown by your example how to preach and distribute books to please Śrīla Prabhupāda in whatever condition one may be - as You have mercifully distributed Bhagavad-gītā books to the doctors in the Chennai hospital.

Through your mobile app, everyday, you teach by your example so many conditioned souls like me how to wear tilak, water tulasī and attend maṅgala-āratis without your causeless mercy how it would be possible to learn the science of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

I humbly beg at your lotus feet to kindly accept me as your surrendered disciple and I hanker to serve your Holiness and become an instrumental servant in your fulfilling Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions.

Finally, I beg to shower your mercy on my family members and bhakti-vṛkṣa named ‘Rādhā Kṛṣṇacandra’ members in empowering us to practice pure devotional service as exemplified by your life standards and become valuable contributors to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission of spreading the teachings of Lord Caitanya everywhere.

Your sheltered humble disciple,

Kṛṣṇa Mohan (sheltered disciple)

Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Spiritual Father,

From the last year Vyāsa-pūjā to this year, many things happened in our Spiritual life, by simply hearing your Caitanya-līlā class. It is so realistic, that while hearing your transcendental lecture from your lotus mouth, we felt that we are also participating in the particular pastime.

We came with our family and settled in Māyāpur and accepted service at Śrī Māyāpur International School as a teacher for your pleasure.

We also conducting an online Bhakti-vṛkṣa program (called as Prīti-vardhanam) for the university professors and research scholars. They are consistent in attending the program and following their sadhanas.

Through this program we are donating every Ekādaśī for go-sevā to our Māyāpur gośālā and Narasiṁha Deva arcana for the good health of His Holiness.

We are praying at your lotus feet on this auspicious day, that please bless us to stay in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur to serve you.

Your humble servants,

Kṛṣṇa subhadrā Dāsa (dīkṣā)

Satkīrti Rādhikā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

Nandinī and Madhumatī

India (Māyāpur)

HareKṛṣṇa, Dandavat Praṇāma

De Parte de Kṛṣṇapriyā Sugopī desde Māyāpur reciba mis humildes reverencias mi amado Śikṣā Guru en su 73rd anniversary.

Kṛṣṇapriyā Sugopī
Māyāpur

HARE KṚṢṆA!

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.

On this auspicious occasion I pray to Lord Narsimha Dev to keep you in best health condition which will help you to fulfil all your desires to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda.I would like to thank you Guru Mahārāja for all the mercy you have bestowed upon me by accepting your disciple on Ramanavami day last year.

Guru Mahārāja, by listening your lectures I have been able to understand the science of self realization. In each lecture you glorify your Spiritual Master Śrīla Prabhupāda whole heartedly, which make me to understand how to develop love towards Śrīla Prabhupāda and his teachings. Guru Mahārāja, I am so fallen soul but because of your causeless mercy I am trying to serve you in your mission by distributing books and spreading the message of the Lord Chaitanya Mahāprabu’s whoever meets me.

Guru Mahārāja please bless me so that I can serve you in Kṛṣṇa Conscious movement in better way.

All glories to Śrīla Guru Mahārāja and Gaurāṅga,

Śrīla Prabhupāda kī Jaya,

Śrīla Guru Mahārāja Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava kī Jaya,

Yours most fallen daughter,

Kulavatī Gaurāṅgī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

India (Māyāpur)

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa Gurudeva,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at the dust of your divine lotus feet.

All glories to Jagad-Guru, Śrīla Prabhupāda and all glories to your loving divine grace.

Very happy vyāsa-pūjā dear Guru Mahārāja.

I’m very unqualified and insignificant to glorify you but I’m doing this for my own purification.

We all are so indebted to you for the great sacrifice you are undertaking for saving insignificant fallen souls like me.

None of the material problems affect your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

You are such an inspiration Gurudeva.

But I’m very much affected by the material miseries, I’m so fallen and conditioned.

You are my only hope Śrīla Gurudeva.

Kindly save me from this cage.

gańgāra paraśa hoile paścate pāvan
darśane pavitra koro-ei tomāra guṇ

“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 just aspire for your mercy life after life Gurudeva.

Please bless me so that I always remain at your divine lotus feet and serve you in spreading this Kṛṣṇa conscious movement more and more and engage myself in the service of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and keep myself aloof from the vicious snake of materialistic sense.

B. Kumuda Sowjanya (aspiring disciple)

ISKCON NRJD Bangalore

Respected Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

On the most auspicious occassion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I would like to glorify you though I am not qualified as to speak about your limitless glorifications. I started reading Bhagavad-gītā in the previous year of January because I had some questions regarding life problems and to that all this questions I got the solutions very clearly. Then by mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu I got connected with His Grace Śuddha vigraha Gaurāṅga Prabhu your very sincere disciple in February and after some months I got connected with Her Grace Nitāi Chandra Nimāi Prabhu your another very sincere disciple who is in-charge of the Māyāpur BACE, Durgapur. After some classes I came to know about you. I get lots of inspirations from you Guru Mahārāja about knowing your health condition is not so well but still you are determined in the mission of Mahāprabhu and Śrīla Prabhupāda. Also in this unhealthy condition you are giving everyday classes on Caitanya-caritāmṛta. Guru Mahārāja you are so merciful that by Mahāprabhu, Śrīla Prabhupāda and your mercy I was able to distribute at least 30 Bhagavad-gītā 2021 Gītā Marathon. I would like to pray at your Lotus feet, that you kindly stay with all of us healthy for many-many years to go and keep inspiring us in Pure devotional service without offences. Please bless me Guru Mahārāja so that I can render service in the mission of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Śrīla Prabhupāda. Please forgive me for the offences I have committed.

Your most fallen servant,

Kuntal Kundu (Aspirant)

Māyāpur, India

Dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Please Accept My Respectful Obeisances.

On this auspicious occasion I request you to kindly grant me the eternal shelter at your lotus feet, connect me to the Ācārya Paramparā, and kindly use me as instrument in your mission to please HDG Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Kindly relieve me from the strongest Shackles of Māyā by showering your blessings on this fallen soul out of your causeless mercy and please initiate actual process of connecting to Kṛṣṇa.

I have wasted my whole life without having knowledge of Initiation from the bonafide Spiritual Master and now, I am approaching you for elevating this conditioned soul in the Bhava Sāgara with tonnes of hopes for crossing this miserable ocean.

Although I don’t have enough qualification to stay in Śrī Dhāma Māyāpura, I have dared to have some shelter in order to associate with Senior Vaiṣṇavas and get initiated by your causeless mercy.

I would like to stay here in Dhāma, render some service humbly and protect my consciousness in continuous devotee association.

Please bless me to have the association of Vaiṣṇavas and be always an active Participant in spreading the holy names of Gaurāṅga. Even, I have taken up the translation services in JPS Archives.

I have no words to praise the Glories of Gurudeva, who can deliver the most fallen soul to the Back to Godhead by removing the darkness in the heart and giving the divine vision to perceive the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa.

All glories to Śrīla Gurudeva.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to the Vaiṣṇavas

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Your eternal servant,

Lakṣmī Nārāyaṇa Andra (aspiring disciple)
ISKCON Māyāpur

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Gurudeva

I offer my most respectful and humble daṇḍavat Praṇāmas at the dust of your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and all glories to your loving divine grace.

I wish you a very happy vyāsa-pūjā Gurudeva. My sincere prayers to Lord Narasiṁha for your good health. Although I have no qualification to glorify you I take this opportunity for my purification. I feel very fortunate to be able to glorify you on this special occasion.

Gurudeva, this past year was full of learnings and realization. I had so many distractions and problems coming my way but somewhere in me I had you guiding me in right path.

You have been so merciful to this insignificant fallen soul. Your mercy on us is unlimited.

I feel I am indebted to Your causeless mercy life after life Gurudeva.

Thank you so much for all the love and concern you show to your disciples.

With your blessing I have started to realize and understand Kṛṣṇa’s plan in all circumstances. Your blessing and guidance has pushed me to have more faith in Kṛṣṇa.

Thank you for inspiring us Gurudeva. The amount of difficulties you go through is unimaginable. As an aspiring disciple I will make sure to be consistent with my Sadhana.

I am too fallen that I don’t know when I am going to completely realize your causeless mercy.

Gurudeva please forgive me for all the mistakes I do. No matter what, please don’t leave me.

I really need you to get rid of this Saṁsāra Sāgara.

Gurudeva Please bless me with transcendental knowledge and determination

so that I don’t live a life like an animal and I don’t waste this precious human form.

Lavanya (Aspiring disciple)

ISKCON NRJD Bangalore, India

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Myself a beginner in Kṛṣṇa conscious, got your association through your online classes and home visits which made me to understand your love and care towards devotees. By your extended mercy I got Kṛṣṇa consciousness from my middle of childhood. I am eager to become your disciple and your servant. I am studying medicine so that I can get a chance to serve you directly and I want to help you in serving Śrīla Prabhupāda by giving Kṛṣṇa conscious to my friends. I am always grateful and indebted to Guru Mahārāja.

Always seeking your Love and Mercy,

Yours spiritual son,

Līlā Kṛṣṇa Charan, (aspiring disciple)

Śrī Śrī RādhāGovinda Astasakhi, Giriraj temple, ISKCON Tirupati

Mi Amado Guru Mahārāja, por favor acepte mis más respetuosas reverencias al polvo de sus divinos pies de loto.

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Todas las glorias a Śrī Śrī Guru y Gaurāṅga.

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

Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual, el liberador de todas las almas caídas, cuya misericordia convierte a los mudos en oradores elocuentes y permite a los cojos cruzar montañas.

En este auspicioso día de su bendecida aparición quiero expresarle lo importante que es usted en mi vida espiritual. Sin embargo, ninguna palabra alcanza para decirle cuanto lo aprecio y cuan agradecida estoy por ser tan misericordioso y compasivo y por tanta paciencia hacia sus hijos espirituales, especialmente hacia los mas caídos, tanto, que es capaz de soportar cualquier sufrimiento con tal de śālvar la vida espiritual de cada alma que encuentra en su camino.

En lo personal estoy tan agradecida a usted y a los Vaiṣṇavas, por permitirme traducir sus libros, servicio devocional que trato de hacer de la mejor manera, para poder complacerlo.

Como muchos se lo han dicho, usted es nuestra constante inspiracion y la fuerza que nos da impulso para seguir adelante en la vida espiritual y que siempre deja pasar por alto nuestras fallas e imperfecciones. Estoy tan agradecida a Śrīla Prabhupāda por haberme concedido un maestro espiritual realmente fidedigno.

En realidad, entre más leo sus libros más lo admiro y más comprometida me siento como discípula, para tratar de servirlo, tanto como me sea posible.

Gracias amado padre por toda su bondad hacia mí y mi familia y por permitirnos refugio bajo sus pies de loto.

Su hija espiritual que siempre lo necesita

Līlāvatī devī dāsī

India (Māyāpur) (Originalmente de Ecuador)

Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Lord Caitanya told yāre dekhe, tāre kahe.... Instruct everyone to chant the holy name.

Following his direction, Śrīla Prabhupāda spreads the Hare Kṛṣṇa māhā-mantra to every Town and Village. Following His Order, Guru Mahārāja Preaching to the people of villages, Towns, Countries around the World. This is the mood of Nityānanda Prabhu.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, please bless me so that can serve in your mission. At present we are doing regularly college preaching, Harināma saṅkīrtana in the Villages like Renigunta, etc. in spreading the holy name please use me as small instrument in spreading the glories of Holy Name.

Once you told, that My disciples should be Moon like disciple rather than star like disciples.

Every disciple should strive in spreading the Light of Bhāgavata.

Please bless me so that I can follow your Instructions throughout my life.

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Your Servant

Locanānanda Govinda Dāsa

Sreyas

IYF, ISKCON Tirupati. AP India.

ISKCON-Renigunta (Outpost of ISKCON Tirupati)

Haribol, ofresco mis nobles y mas gratas reverencia.

mi nombre es lorena caceres de la ciudad de guayaquil en el ecuador, soy una debota con refugio hace ya tres años y estoy totalmente agradecida por las benciciones que me dio krhisna para encontrar este camino y a mi guru mahārāja, el cual me ha ayudado y aconsejado en los momentos mas dificiles de mi vida mostrandome el camino con amor y ternura pero sobre todo el respeto que siempre ha estado presente

ofresco mi servicio de bhakti-yoga hacia el con reparticiones de comida, y trasmitiendo sus conocimientos, historias, etc, a quienes me lo han preguntado, en mis oraciones siempre esta presente para que su salud este estable y continue haciendo este gran servicio que es mostrar el camino a los demas para ayudarno en este mundo material

sin mas me despido deseandoles bendiciones.

Lorena Caceres Puero (aspiring disciple)
Māyāpur, India

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa -preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Worshipable Gurudeva,

Please accept our respectful obeisances. On this auspicious day of your appearance, we offer our homages at your lotus feet.

I, with my wife, preach in some of the areas of Bangalore and my son Kṛṣṇarūpa Gaura Dāsa is helping in preaching to the youths. My wife is looking after Mātājīs and I am looking after Prabhus. Myself and my son are preaching on a weekly basis, while my wife is practicing on a daily basis. We request for your special blessings, so that we become more serious in the process and help bring more and more souls to take shelter of your lotus feet.

Though, online preaching has increased many-fold in Covid period yet we feel that we are losing practical/physical devotional services. Now, to some extent it is gearing up. For the last couple of months, my wife has been facing some health challenges but by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, we are trying to be steady in our services. Myself and my son are a little slow and not that serious, due to some mundane work/job. We are purchasing a new house, 2 kms away from ISKCON Magadi Road, New Rājāpur Jagannātha temple, Bangalore, under the guidance of His Grace Caitanya Avatārī Prabhu. This will help us be in the association of devotees, we can do more devotional services and responsibilities. With your blessings, I am hopeful that we will do it.

Yours spiritual sons/daughter,

Madan Mohan Mādhava Dāsa, (dīkṣa)
Anukampita Rādhā Devī Dāsī and Kṛṣṇarūpa Gaura Dāsa
New Rājāpur Jagannātha Dhāma, Bangalore

हरे कृष्णा गुरू महाराज आप के चरणों में मेरा दंडवत प्रणाम

मेरी इतनी योग्यता तो नहीं किमें आपकी glorification कर सकूं। पर मैं फिर भी आपकी glorification करनी चाहूंगी।

मुझे आपके lecture में जो आप सेवा और संर्पण के बारे में बताते हैं। वो बहुत अच्छा लगता है। आप जो महाप्रभु और तोते की कहानी सुनते हैं वो भी बहुत अच्छी लगती है । आप का स्वस्थ खराब हो ने के बाद भी आप प्रचार कर रहें हैं ये मुझे बहुत प्रभावित करता है।

धन्यवाद

आप की तुच्छ दासी

माधवी मीनालोचनी देवी दासी।

Mādhavī Mīnalocanī devī dāsī
India

 

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

Respected Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept Our Prostrated Humble Obesciences unto Your Lotus feet! All Glories to Your Divine Grace! All Glories To Gaurāṅga! All Glories To Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Guru Mahārāja, I am eternally indebted to you for shower of mercy choosing me and engaging in the sevās. In spite of my shortcomings, limitations, I am cherishing the downpour of reciprocation and inspiration to serve more.

I beg you to bless with strength and energy to follow your instructions sincerely and empower me.

Your recent preaching initiative in this Covid-19 challenging time is inspirational and manifestation of pure heart filled with Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu’s compassion for fallen souls.

My son Ānandamaya Ambarīṣa dāsa is desiring to offer vapuḥ sevā unto you and is enthusiastic in devotional service by your causeless mercy.

My wife Mañjari Gopī Devī Dāsī has rendering sevā in the efforts of Caitanya-caritāmṛta Malayalam initiative team and our family is realizing her contribution.

Your quality of sacrifice and tolerance has no bounds. Your very life and every act, move oozes out of this wonderful nature, teaching wretched one like me important lesson and purpose of life.

Every given opportunity, Your Holiness share your care and concern in guiding others exploring all latest forms and modes including Apps, zoom calls, Instagram, House visits, darshans, accepting offerings rejuvenates and enlivens our spiritual pursuits.

Your Insignificant Servant

Madhu Gopāla Dāsa,
along with Mañjari Gopī Devī Dāsī,
Ānandamaya Ambarīṣa Dāsa
Coimbatore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your Lotus Feet.

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to you on this auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā.

Guru Mahārāja, I always pray to you for me and my families spiritual growth. I chant 16 rounds everyday and I attend Bhakti-vṛkṣa program every week. By your mercy only we can perform devotional service without any difficulties and can be success also. Your most valuable guidance has given us great courage and enthusiasm to manage our spiritual life. Your blessing and encouragement has given us great strength to render devotional service. We pray at your divine lotus feet to always have your shelter despite my entire shortfall. Thank you for being there when we need you. We look forward to serve you more and more. Please bless us so that we can follow your instructions and become a worthy servant of Yours.

Madhu Mālinī. N (aspiring disciple)
Māyāpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Daṇḍavat Praṇāma please accept my Respectful obeciences unto your Lotus Feet Śrīla Gurudeva...!!

Śrīla Gurudeva every year I try to find words within my heart that can properly glorify Gurudeva. I have come to a realization that I don’t have a heart worthy of your glorification as it’s harder than a rock and almost non-existent. But by your mercy and the strength of Gurudeva, I manage to make a pitiful offering. Gurudeva tirelessly preaches all over the world and inspire thousands and thousands of souls to follow our bellowed Śrī Mahāprabhu and his instructions for chanting the holy name and performing Harināma saṅkīrtana without offenses. In every way Gurudeva is teaching us how to be a devotee and to serve our eternal beautiful Śrī Śrī Rādhā Kṛṣṇa Yugala Kiśora. Yet due to our contamination we cannot follow the basic instructions of our beloved Gurudeva and What to think of following higher instructions. Gurudeva by the mercy of Śrī Kṛṣṇa I have come into contact with Gurudeva, and I think I have been fortunate enough to make a negligible advancement and for that I am eternally grateful. My constant prayer is that I will one day realize the blessings I have received and to be eligible to serve with Gurudeva and Śrī Rūpa Mañjarī in the groves of Vṛndāvana. Right now I feel that I am an embarrassment to Gurudeva and I am not worthy for even submitting this pitiful offering. I only pray that some of my offering is genuine enough for Gurudeva’s worth and not just words that are of no value.

From the bottom of our heart Gurudeva we know you are a fully realize soul and you are our salvation from this miserable situation. Our humble prayer is that Gurudeva don’t give up on us and have patience with us. Some devotees develop quickly and other slowly. Guru Mahārāja Please allow us to be your insignificant servant’s life as said when the pupil is ready the teacher will appear: you showed me the way to serving at the lotus feet of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Kṛṣṇa and for that I’m eternally grateful to you.

May you continue to spread the message of Mahāprabhu: the only way in this Age of Kali is the chanting of the holy name - Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare,

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma and good wishes to you Gurudeva on your Vyāsa-pūjā.

Your forever grateful disciple I am so sad that you are not here today, that I cannot hear the sweet voices of all the devotees singing your glories Gurudeva you are such a perfect representative of Śrī Śrī Rādhāpārthasārathi Gurudeva I pray on this most auspicious day that someday I will develop by your grace the strong desire to follow the sincere souls who are truly dedicated to you and our entire guru lineage, to make my life successful and become a real disciple, Mahārāja on this your appearance day I am reminded of your compassion and kindness to anyone who is in your vicinity. Your compassion is shown by the way you give Kṛṣṇa to everyone who comes to you. No matter how fallen or how advanced an aspiring Devotee is you were constantly encouraging, enlivening and showing the proper way to do things.

Your kindness is manifested by the way you care for each individual that comes to you. I have experienced in the past how you are always concerned and are very personal with your disciples. Your tolerance that I have seen through the years in different situations shows me by example how I hope to be. Within this past year I have had major pain physically and emotionally but somehow you have help me and gave me the strength to deal with it and rise above it. When I am in your association either vāṇī or vapuḥ I always feel enliven to be a better person in my life… Spiritual n even in my material dealing. I am forever your servant a soul surrendered to you Mahārāja. You planted a seed of love and devotion in my heart. The land was dry. And there was not much growth in the beginning. But You didn’t seem to be disappointed or frustrated. You just kept watering the sprout with Your endless care and affection. You observed its growth, giving nurture and protection it needed. This if how much dedication and faith you have. This is how much you believe in Your disciples. You never give up. Always having hope, ready to give Your encouragement and support.

The human brain has a function that makes us adjustable to everything in our life. It improves our ability to survive physically and mentally but may make us forgetful and ungrateful. With that function inside we become adjustable even to severe sufferings and pain. But in the same time we are easily getting used to be adored, to be taken care of, and to be nourished. And it used to happen to me! How many times I took You for granted. And still You were there for me. How many times I didn’t show You due respect! How many times Still you were there for me. This is how much forgiveness You have to your disciples. This how much love You have for me and for all of us.

I do believe that Guru is a form of Kṛṣṇa in a disciple’s life. And the biggest gift that You gave me being my guru is the sense of Kṛṣṇa’s presence in every aspect and in every moment of my life. You showed me His charisma, His wit and tricks. You showed me His wisdom, foresight and gumption. You showed me His love, affection and care. You made me feel totally enveloped with His gentle support and guidance, which gradually lead me to His Adobe as His eternal servant. You filled my heart with gratitude, with faith and hope. You filled up every single hole in it, making it capable to feel love and give back.

There is nothing in this world that can bend or break my firm faith in Kṛṣṇa and You, my dearest Gurudeva. Nothing can turn me away from You or from the path I’ve chosen. Nothing can withdraw my attention from the only desire I have – to be a Kṛṣṇa’s servant life after life after life and make You happy with every step I make.

Today, on the auspicious day of Your Appearance, I offer You my innumerable obeisances, wishing You to continue Your loving Mission in this world with all possible success and appreciation. I wish you to continue be a perfect, loving and profound guide for all Your disciples. I wish you to continue spreading The Holy Name with the same level of purity, sincerity and dedication that You constantly show by all Your actions and teachings.

Your insignificant,

Madhumayī Haripriyā devī dāsī  (dīkṣa)

East of Kailash, New Delhi, India

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories unto Your Holiness! Wishing you a very happy 75th Vyāsa-pūjā, Dearest Gurudeva.

I fondly recall my early days in Kṛṣṇa consciousness when you guided me at every step until initiation and assisted me in engaging in various services. Your eagerness to know how many people are embracing Devotional Service in our Bhakti-vṛkṣa is inspiring, motivating me to serve more diligently. Your humility serves as a beacon, inspiring me to cultivate humility and recognize my own insignificance. You are indeed an expert doctor, Śrīla Gurudeva! A skilled surgeon who performs surgery on our hearts, transforming them even without our awareness. Your mercy knows no bounds. Your care for each of your disciples is unparalleled. Despite having over 50k disciples, you maintain a personal connection with each of us, which is truly remarkable. We eagerly anticipate your monthly emails describing your transcendental and inspiring activities. All glories unto you, Śrīla Gurudeva. This year, I was fortunate to attend the opening of the Lord Narasiṁhadeva wing in TOVP. It was an incredible experience witnessing your dream come true. Your heartfelt prayers to Lord Narasiṁhadeva touched my heart, immersing me in bliss. I realized how joyful Śrīla Prabhupāda and all our ācāryas must be. On this most auspicious day, I seek your blessings, Gurudeva, that I may also develop the same love and attachment you have for Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Caitanya. Please forgive me for any offenses I may knowingly or unknowingly commit. Please always keep me sheltered at your lotus feet and never forsake me.

Your Spiritual Daughter,

Mādhurī Mamatāmayī Devī Dāsī
(Initiated Disciple, Mumbai Juhu)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja..

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to you Guru Mahārāja!

Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for being with us always, for bestowing your causeless mercy to us always. Your causeless mercy is my good fortune gifted by Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja, instead of your serious health issues, you are taking class. You are continuously pulling your disciples to come out from mode of ignorance. Such compassionate heart you have. You are so exemplary to us, how you are connected to Śrīla Prabhupāda, how much you love your spiritual master, how you are practicing avyabhicāreṇa bhakti.. only fixing your heart in Śrīla Prabhupāda lotus feel. Your focus, your determination is teaches us so much. although you are in transcendental stage but you are still doing this, to teaches us. my relationship with you is very weak, so I am not able to understand your heart, but for your causeless mercy whatever little bit I am realizing is really touching my heard. And my heart intensely feels to enhance my relationship with you and my spiritual teacher... I want to live my life only in the direction of this relationship, so that I can help you in your mission. I want be focused on “janma sārthaka kari’ ‘, so that I can do para-upakāra and thus please you more and more. Your mercy is raining in my life all the time, by the grace of my spiritual teacher Her Grace Ramya Vṛndāvana mātājī, now I can feel this little bit. So I want to reciprocate 0.1% of your love and mercy by trying to do, janma sārthaka kari’ koro para-upakāra. ‘‘

Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja, you are always available to us, in the form of spiritual teacher, in the form of teachings and also through your live classes, question answer sections. Thank you for giving your association.

Lots of Thank you Guru Mahārāja for making such a disciple like Her Grace Ramya Vṛndāvana Mātājī, who carry you in her heart all the time, and thank you for gifting me, her as my spiritual teacher. This is your glory that only you can make such wonderful devotee for the benefit of whole world…

Having guru like you is the real wealth because as Śrīla Prabhupāda said what is lacking in the world is love and the real wealth, selfless, unconditional love can only give by guru, so having guru like you is the most blissful situation. When I interact with such people who don’t have Guru, I really feel bad that they are spending an ORPHANS’ life...

If you so desire, please forgive me because in my conditioned stage, am not able to glorify you exactly. Because to glorify a transcendental person needs transcendental relationship. If you so desire please bless me so that I can enhance this relationship more and more and please you more and more…

Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for bestowing this transcendental relationship not only to me but also you are wanting to give this whole world. Only your presence in the world is the wealth, good fortune for all living entities in the world...

Your most insignificant spiritual daughter,

Mādhurya Keśavi devī dāsī (dīkṣa)
India (Silchar)

Hare Kṛṣṇa

My Dear Dear Father, Please accept my humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet gurudev.

Am a very fallen soul, by your causeless mercy ,you accepted even me as your spiritual daughter. 

I  pray for your mercy so that I will be a part in your journey of  fulfilling your spiritual father Srila prabhupada instructions. 

Srila prabhupada from India went to western country to save the fallen souls, by bringing them to Krishna consciousness He found and identified a very precious Gem there in Milwaukee for his mission in preaching Krishna consciousness ( our dear gurumaharaj) and he instructed you to go to india to save fallen souls like me. SO OUR BELOVED GURUMAHARAJ CAME FROM WESTERN PART OF WORLD TO RESCUE US FROM CLUTCHES OF MAYA .I surrender at your lotus feet gurudev, please forgive me for all my offenses I have made and allow me  to serve you eternally. 

HAREKRISHNA DEAR FATHER 

Mahalakṣmī Madhurā devī dāsī
India (Chennai)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja.

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I am indeed very fortunate and blessed for having come across and met your disciples some 11 years back who sheltered me and guided me in my Kṛṣṇa conscious journey. Although many a times I felt very weak, alone and unenthusiastic in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, but I have pushed myself against all odds and trying to be steady in my sādhana.

I am very much grateful, as had you not been sent by His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda I would not have understood the real purpose of this invaluable human birth.

I pray to you that may I always be fixed up in my sādhana and continue contributing in whatever capacity I can towards the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I am very inspired by your steadiness and loyalty towards the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

May I have the same kind of mood to help you expand the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda and thereby please you and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Thanks.

Yours,

Māhamani Mādhava Dāsa (dīkṣa)
Ex-Brahmacārī @ ISKCON Śrī Narasiṁha Giridhari Mandir,
Bangalore, India

Legal name: -
Spiritual Name: Mahāprabhu Maheśvara dāsa
Yātrā: India (Māyāpur)
JPS Relation: Dīkṣā Disciple

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja!

vande gurūn īśa-bhaktān
īśam īśāvatārakān
tat-prakāśāṁś ca tac-chaktīḥ
kṛṣṇa-caitanya-saṁjñakam

I offer my respectful obeisance’s unto the spiritual masters, the devotees of the Lord, the Lord’s incarnations, His plenary portions, His energies and the primeval Lord Himself, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja, we hope your health is good by Kṛṣṇa mercy, we are praying every day to Lord Narasiṁha deva for your good health. Guru Mahārāja actually I am a fallen condition soul in this material world but by the mercy of senior and pure devotees and Gaura Nitāi and by your mercy you have given me a new birth (initiation) on the spiritual path for me and my family. Please bless me so that I can do more service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I have no words to describe about you Guru Mahārāja because in your current health condition also you are always preaching each and every place where ever you travel. We are so grateful to you Guru Mahārāja for accepting me as your disciple please forgive me and my family if we do any mistakes.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja.

Your servant,

Mahāprabhu Maheśvara dāsa and Satyavrata Viṣṇupriyā devī dāsī (dīkṣā)
 

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja.
Please accept my most humble obeisances in the dust of Your lotus feet.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
All glories to You, His Holiness!

Firstly, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude in Your Divine Lotus Feet to accept me as Your spiritual daughter, despite being an undeserving candidate.

Guru Mahārāja, Your Holiness is gaura-priya-jana, a dear devotee of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu, carrying Kṛṣṇa-prema in Your heart and distributing His mercy worldwide, thereby delivering countless conditioned souls.

Guru Mahārāja, Your Holiness is a living example that You are not this body. You are here only and only to deliver all the conditioned souls. Despite your unfavorable health conditions, you travel round the world for the pleasure of the devotees, to accept service from them for their purification.

Guru Mahārāja, reading your everyday quotes and lecture transcription gives me strength to go on as well as your one statement is keeping me alive that you told me in the first meeting with Your Holiness. You told me to repeat after Your Holiness word by word, “I WILL NEVER LEAVE KṚṢṆA CONSCIOUSNESS.”

On this auspicious day of Your appearance, I really want to thank you for taking my responsibility to take me back home, back to Godhead. I beg at Your Divine Lotus Feet to please bless me to always serve my initiation vows and please You in this lifetime.

Guru Mahārāja, I also want to offer you one prayer today on Your appearance day to please help me to develop personal relationship with Your Holiness as sometimes I feel an impersonal relation with You due to my conditioned nature.

Your spiritual daughter
Mahāsundarī Gaurāngī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)

Vṛndāvana, India

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

Gurudeva, kindly accept my humble obeisances unto the dust of Your Divine Lotus Feet.

All glories to His Divine Grace Śrī A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to Your Divine Grace!

Wishing you a very Happy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Gurudeva!!!

I do not have any sort of qualification to glorify such an exalted ācārya and Vaiṣṇava like you, but it is just your causeless mercy Gurudeva.

Thank you so much Gurudeva for accepting this unworthy soul as your disciple.

Gurudeva, you are like a touchstone, that whoever comes into contact with you is guaranteed of Nitāi-Gaura’s mercy. Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I learnt this only after coming into this ISKCON movement; more merciful and benevolent is Lord in the form of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, delivering the souls, in this Kali-yuga; and more merciful is the Lord in the form of Nityānanda Prabhu who delivered the greatest of the sinners, Jagāi and Mādhāi; and more merciful is you Gurudeva who is accepting souls like me more sinful than Jagāi and Mādhāi. Gurudeva, please always touch me with your touchstone like quality that one day this sinner like me also becomes a devotee in a true sense and spreads your divine glories.

Gurudeva, as shared by many senior devotees, the only purpose you are still carrying out your services in the body of yours which is giving you various physical challenges, is to fulfill the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda, you are tolerating all the pain and sufferings in that body and showing us the example that the guru’s instructions are the life and soul for the disciple. I beg you to kindly give me a drop of that guru-sevā-bhāva that this worthless body of mine becomes situated in that consciousness and serves you.

Gurudeva, kindly bless my wife, Jñāna Pranīta, to take to this process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, there is no hope for me but your dear Father.

Gurudeva, kindly forgive me for the countless offences I keep committing at the feet of so many Vaiṣṇavas.

Praying to Rādhā-Mādhava, Aṣṭa-sakhī vṛnda, Narasiṁhadeva, Pañca-tattva, and Śrīla Prabhupāda to give you good health and to always protect you, so that we eternally reside under the cool shade of your lotus feet.

Your unworthy son,

Maheśvara Advaita dāsa (dīkṣa),
Bangalore, India

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at the dust of the lotus feet of your divine grace. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

My dear Guru Mahārāja, I am very grateful to Gurudeva, for all the very wonderful abundant mercy coming into my life enabling me to practice devotional service nicely. Fallen as I am, your divine grace have given meaning and direction in my life in devotional service. I am very grateful for the invaluable connection to Śrīla Prabhupāda and thus the disciplic succession that Gurudeva is bestowing upon me by enabling me to read, understand and relish Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books, hear Śrīla Prabhupāda’s lectures and for engaging me in the many services. I am very grateful to Gurudeva for the classes and lectures of your divine grace which is enabling me to become steadfast in devotional service despite my incapability.

My dear Gurudeva, the web of protection offered by your divine grace in my life is unlimited as is the mercy of your divine grace which is enabling me to practice devotional service very nicely and serve ISKCON according to my capacity and realizations.

On this most auspicious and glorious occasion of the Vyāsa-pūjā of your divine grace, it is my earnest request that Gurudeva bestow causeless mercy on this fallen soul keeping me ever at the lotus feet of your divine grace. I beg for the dust of the lotus feet of Gurudeva life after life.

On this glorious occasion our ardent prayers are to Śrīla Prabhupāda, the disciplic succession, Lord Narasiṁhadeva, Rādhā Mādhava, Rādhā Govinda, Rādhā Madana Mohana and Rādhā Gopīnātha that they bestow their causeless mercy upon all of us and keep your divine grace in our midst for very long time so that many fallen souls such as me can benefit and so do the general mankind by the most auspicious presence of your divine grace in this planet.

I remain always begging at the dust of the Lotus feet of Your Divine Grace,

Servant of Your Divine Grace,

Mahipāla Govinda dāsa, (Dīkṣā)

Kochi, Kerala.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas Gurudeva,

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 jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-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 Saṅkīrtana Movement...

All glories to Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa for sending you here...

Please accept my humble obeisance’s at your merciful lotus feet...

I was born in the darkest ignorance and my Spiritual Master H.H. Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja, opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer my humble and respectful obeisance’s unto him.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, with your mercy I am serving as humble servant in the Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa (Qatar) (Kethuri Chakra) full fledge in serving your mission of spreading Kṛṣṇa Consciousness by regularly conducting Śrīmad Bhāgavatam and Bhagavad-gītā at my residence (Śrīnātha Dhāma). All this I am able to execute because of your causeless mercy. You have been my inspiration to keep me moving ahead with activity in spite of unfavourable conditions in Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa.

Thank you for being so very kind to us this past year.

Thank you for guiding us.

Thank you for the service you allow us to do.

Thank you for enthusing us.

Thank you for your endeavors for Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Thank you being so caring to all the devotees.

Thank you for making us laugh.

Thank you for your integrity.

Thank you for encouraging us

Thank you for being so compassionate.

We pray the Lord to give you Good and Stable health and to fulfill Chaitanya Mahāprabhu

and Śrīla Prabhupāda Mission--- I like this statement “Always Chant and Be Happy”

and also my mother always tells me that” Always Remember Kṛṣṇa and Never Forget Kṛṣṇa”

Rādhā Kṛṣṇa ki Jaya, Guruparamparā ki Jaya, Śrīla Prabhupāda and H.H. Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja ki Jaya, Anantha Koṭi Vaiṣṇava Bhakta Vṛnda ki Jaya

Hari Bol Hari Bol Hari Bol

Mallela Jayacandra (aspiring disciple)
Māyāpur, India

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

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

On this most auspicious day, Your Vyāsa-pūjā day, I am trying to write a few words. When I met You, in Sweden 2006, my life was filled with the most glorious event. You became the meaning of my life. The goal for the searching soul. You offer us Your helping hand and lead us home. Back home to the Spiritual World, where we all will serve Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa together again. How can I express my gratitude? I pray that I can serve You in my capacity, in any small way possible, before this life ends. This is my only prayer. I pray that I can follow Your instructions this lifetime and become eligible to enter the goal of this souls searching. After so many lives, You told me after my initiation in Sweden 2007, that You want to see me go back to Kṛṣṇa now. How would this be possible, without the help, guidance and blessings by You, my Dear Spiritual Father.

You are serving Your Guru Mahārāja, Śrīla Prabhupāda with so much determination, austerities and devotion that we all are amazed by the example You set for us. I am most grateful that I was fortunate enough to meet You this lifetime, and get the opportunity to take the shelter of Your Lotus Feet, which are shining like the brightest Honey, for all us bumble bees, searching for eternal truth. You quench our thirst by giving us the Holy Name, service and Your association.

My dear Guru Mahārāja, I take the opportunity to beg for forgiveness, for all offences I committed, knowingly and unknowingly. Thank You for being the guiding light in my life.

Your spiritual daughter,

Mallikā Mādhavī devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

Juhu, Mumbai, India
 

An insignificant soul like me cannot glorify your loving affection and merry to all. Your preaching through all media, Facebook, YouTube, zoom, books, etc has made easy access to yourself. It is up to us fallen souls to take advantage of your spoon feeding preaching and make Śrīla Prabhupāda vision come true. I pray for kind mercy.

Yours most fallen Disciple,

Mañjari Maṅgala devī dāsī (dīkṣa),

Māyāpur, India
 

हरे कृष्ण,

सबसे सम्मानित और प्रिय गुरु महाराज,

कृपया अपने चरण-कमल में सबसे विनम्र और सम्मानजनक विनती स्वीकार करें।

श्रील प्रभुपाद की जय।

श्रील प्रभुपाद की प्रसन्नता हेतु आपके द्वारा दिव्य की गई और महानतम सेवाओं की जय।

हे गुरु महाराज! आपके गुणगान करने के लिए भी मैं अयोग्य हूँ, आप इतने दिव्य हैं कि मेरे पास कोई शब्द नहीं हैं। आपके आशीर्वाद से मैं और मेरा परिवार ठाकुर जी की सेवा करने की कोशिश कर रहे हैं।

गुरुदेव, आप कृपा करके आशीर्वाद दीजिये कि मैं गोविन्दजी की सेवा और आपकी सेवा-भक्ति निष्ठावान मन से कर सकूँ। हम पर कृपा करें। हमें आपका आशीर्वाद और दर्शन मिल जाए तो हमारे शतकोटि जीवन धन्य हो जाएंगे। गुरुदेव, मुझे अपनी संतान के रूप में स्वीकार कर मुझपर कृपा करें।

हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे।
हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे॥

गुरु महाराज के चरणकमलों में शतकोटि कोटि दंडवत प्रणाम।

आपकी बेटी,

मंजु हैत

Mañju Haita (aspiring disciple)
Māyāpur, India

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

Though I am not qualified to talk about you Guru Mahārāja, I as a fallen disciple would like to share my realisations by offering a tons of obeisances to lotus feet of you.

I am very much grateful to you for your mercy on me as an aspiring disciple, though I am not qualified. Kindly bestow your blessings and mercy in order for me to grow in my spiritual life. I am really unfortunate, as I am not able to follow four regulative principles as I surrendered to māyā. I am really struggling to give up onion and garlic and follow Ekādaśīs, as my whole family is surrendered to māyā. I am also struggling to develop faith and love for Kṛṣṇa and you, though we are reading inspiring spiritual books like Gaurāṅga, spiritual master and disciple, Śrī Jagannātha.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, my whole family need your mercy and blessings in order to cut the knot of māyā and grow in our spiritual life, so that I can serve you and Gaurāṅga. I am really happy, and inspired by the way you associate with the disciples worldwide via different channels and preaching Kṛṣṇa conscious though you were severely affected by Corona.

On this auspicious occasion of Your Vyāsa-pūjā, I pray to lotus feet of Supreme Lord to provide stable health and increase your duration in this material world so that you can deliver more conditioned souls like us and show the spiritual path.

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Your aspiring disciples,

Mañjunāth, Shantala (wife), Prema (mother), Ashray (son)

New Rājāpur Jagannātha, Bangalore

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Guru and Śrīla Prabhupāda!

You are ocean of mercy, very friendly, very kind to everyone, very compassionate, so loving and caring.

Always thinking of others. Giving everyone unconditional love.

You go out of your way to help others even if you don’t know them.

You are a perfect spiritual Father, perfect guru, perfect brother, perfect son and perfect friend. I love you very much. I am very much blessed and most most fortunate in the universe to have your association and be your daughter.

Thank you very much for making my life so colorful, thank you very much for making my spiritual life good.

Thank you very much for accepting fallen souls like me who have no qualifications.

Thank you very much for giving me everything, things which I don’t deserve at all you gave me so easily, which is very difficult to obtain.

Please bless me so that I can serve you nicely, follow your instructions nicely and associate with you eternally.

Your most fallen servant,

Manohariṇī Gandharvikā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Mumbai, India

Todas las glorias a Su divina Gracia Śrīla Prabhupāda

Todas las glorias a Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami.

Le ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto.

Quiero agradecerle por haber aceptado darme refugio en sus pies de loto e inspirarme cada día. Por iluminar nuestras vidas y preservar nuestra fé.

Por mantenerme siempre ocupada en el servicio devocional.

Su sirviente,

Manohariṇi Vṛndā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)
 

My Dear Spiritual Father (Guru Mahārāja),

Please accept my respectful obeisances on the occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā.

The quality of your devotion to spread the glories of Śrīla Prabhupāda and the saṅkīrtana movement of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu are beyond our ability to understand and properly glorify.

You have shown us how we should be dedicated to serving Guru and Gaurāṅga, how we should be following your footsteps.

Prabhupāda said, “You was an associate of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in your previous life and in this life you will make more than 10,000 disciples”.

Your unstoppable service, astonishing determination to preach in all circumstances even after your operation you were ready to take GBC calls as usual.

You delivering, the very same message of Vyāsadeva to the fallen conditioned souls like me.

I am indebted to my beloved spiritual master for taking me out from the material ocean and accepting me into your fold as worthy recipient of your mercy.

If we want to see Kṛṣṇa, we can see in your heart Guru Mahārāja.

Your Servant,
Mathurā Prāṇa Mādhava Dāsa (dīkṣa)
ISKCON Dhanbad, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

My Dearest Spiritual Father,

All Glories to Your auspicious appearance day

All Glories to Your Lotus Feet

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Gaurāṅga,

I am so happy to write this email to you, my dear Guru Mahārāja, for Your special Appearance day.

We are so blessed that you took birth in this mortal world to help fallen souls like us. It’s only because of your mercy, that we can even think of crossing this vast material ocean.

Guru Mahārāja, You have taken so much trouble to help all the fallen souls who come to your lotus feet to get your blessings and protection. I always pray to Kṛṣṇa to help me become your good disciple, so I can become capable of serving you in any way.

It would be my good fortune to serve my spiritual father, who has given me a new life, a new spiritual name and brought me closer to Kṛṣṇa.

I always think of my new name that you have given me, it’s a beautiful, beautiful name. The perfect name that I could have wished for. When you were announcing my name after taking dīkśa from you, I was so excited to hear what name you have decided for me. Thank you so much Guru Mahārājajī for thinking of such a beautiful name for me.

I feel a spiritual connection with you, like a daughter feels for her father. I wish you always stay healthy and happy. Since you’re our Guru, your representative of Kṛṣṇa, so I have no doubts that Kṛṣṇa is always walking by your side, holding your hand and personally protecting you all the time.

I just want your blessings to become a good devotee of Your and Kṛṣṇa’s Lotus feet. It is only because of your mercy I can think of reaching my destination.

Please accept my heartfelt obeisances and prayers at Your Lotus feet.

I wish and hope to see you soon in my life.

More than that I wish that you stay happy with me as your disciple and that I don’t ever disappoint you in my spiritual journey.

I hope I can be of any service to Your Lotus feet.

Obeisances to Your Lotus Feet!

Obeisances to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Gaurāṅga!

Your eternal servant

Mati Rādhā Rāṇī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)

Gurugram, India

Please accept my humble obeisance’s, all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All glories to you on your most auspicious Vyāsa-pūjā!

It has been just under 1 year since I took formal initiation. When I reflect on my short time in Kṛṣṇa consciousness I can only thank you for your causeless mercy, your never-ending inspiration, your kindness and your constant guidance.

I am very much a work in progress, trying daily to keep strong and focused on my service with the hope I can help share Kṛṣṇa Consciousness with others.

I have had huge support from Sevā Priyā Devī Dāsī who has reached out and held my hand during this first year. She has been the epitome of warmth, love and care. The same warmth, love and care I feel from you. I can only pray I can take a fraction of this and give to others.

I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity. I pray I can make you proud.

Your spiritual daughter,

Mayapureśvarī Lakṣmīpriyā devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances at your Divine Lotus feet

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All Glories to Your Divine Grace

Wish you a very happy Vyāsapūjā Śrīla Guru Mahārāja

First and foremost, I would like to express my sincerest, heartfelt gratitude to you Śrīla Guru Mahārāja for accepting me as your disciple.

Thank you for participating as the chief guest in the International online quiz competition results held during Śrīla Prabhupāda’s 125th appearance day anniversary celebration, on Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Vyāsa-pūjā day in spite of your busy schedule on that day. It was very wonderful how you interacted with every winner and made it a very pleasant experience for everyone who took part in the competition and participated in the prize distribution session.

Heard from His Grace Śrīnāthajī Prabhu that Śrīla Prabhupāda said that you are the personal associate of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. I am so fortunate to be your disciple and having got connected to the illustrious Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Paramparā through you Śrīla Guru Mahārāja.

Just like Mahāprabhu is mahāvadānyāya, most merciful, who appeared to deliver all the fallen souls without seeing their qualification and whose appearance is coming up in next 3 days on 18th March, I am thinking how you are travelling all over the world to deliver Kṛṣṇa consciousness to all. As I am writing this homage, you have reached Dāmodara deśa and are planning your trip to the US to get the green card so that you can regularly visit the US for preaching and making devotees all around the world.

We are reciting one verse from Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Caitanya Caritāmṛta and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s daily quote every day during Brahma Muhurta and we are doing congregational chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra everyday along with you Śrīla Guru Mahārāja in our JSSS online brāhma-muhūrta program.

Every Ekādaśi, we are reciting Gītā Māhātmya, Gītā Dhyānam, 108 important ślokas of Bhagavad-gītā with translation and all the 700 verses of the Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā and one round of congregational chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahāmantra. Around 100 devotees joined on Gītā Jayantī and around 20 devotees join every Ekādaśī.

Please bless me that I may always engage in your service, in service to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Guru Paramparā in an unmotivated and uninterrupted way for the pleasure of Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.

Your spiritual daughter,

Medhāvinī Sakhī Devī Dāsī
Mumbai, India

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Please accept my humble obeseinces unto your lotus feet...

Whenever I hear Glorification of Guru Mahārāja, I gets tears in my eyes... He is beyond words...

May He always remain healthy...

Meenakshi Verma (aspiring disciple)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Dear Dear Guru Mahārāja, My dear Eternal Father, My dear eternal Spiritual Master!

Please accept my respectful and most humble obeisances at Your divine lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to You, my eternal father and spiritual master!

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

Dear Spiritual Master, I used to stay very disturbed before coming into Kṛṣṇa consciousness because of many material things. I was staying in Gurugram India at that time.

I mostly felt insignificant and useless while staying there and was struggling with many domestic issues (which are still there, but not effecting me up to that extend)

Then with Kṛṣṇa’s mercy - came in contact of one of your disciples who was like ray hope in that darkness. Slowly I had started chanting 2 rounds. I started chanting 16 rounds. Once, out of deep hopelessness - I beg to Lord Kṛṣṇa for showing me path in my life which was full of darkness and ignorance. And Lord Kṛṣṇa answered my prayers in the form of spiritual master.

Suddenly one day I came to know that You are going to visit us through zoom. But I felt your presence in our home and that day you declared for shelter and aspirations. After that I enquired about my eligibility for your divine shelter from my mentor. She inspired me to take shelter.

Guru Mahārāja, I strongly feel that Guru himself chose his disciple (not disciple chose his/her Guru).

Although I have no qualifications to become your disciple Guru Mahārāja and to connect to this glorious Guru paramparā but Dear Guru Mahārāja you are so merciful that you had accepted me in your shelter. I am really grateful and thankful to you Guru Mahārāja. And I AM EAGERLY WAITING FOR THAT DAY WHEN I WILL GET DĪKṢĀ FROM YOU. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE accept me as your disciple.

Today on you Vyāsa Pūjā, I pray to Kṛṣṇa to bless You with a long long life, so that You can fulfill all the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda and engage fallen souls like me in the service of Śrīla Prabhupāda and the Guru paramparā. Your magnanimity knows no bounds, it extends all over this planet and may be to other planets... By just one merciful glance of yours, You can transform the lives of fallen people like me.

Thank you, my dear Spiritual Father, for being there for me at every step. I strongly feel your divine presence in my life and waiting for your mercy in the form of Dīkṣā.

I beg You to bless me and my family that we can serve you and Śrīla PRABHUPĀDA every moment and dedicate our life to bringing happiness to You and Gaurāṅga. Please bless so that we can do best use of our human life to please you and Lord Gaurāṅga.

HARI HARI!

YOUR very very very insignificant servant,

Your daughter,

Meenu Bhardwaj (aspiring disciple)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obesiance unto your lotus feet,

All glories to guru and Gaurāṅga, all glories to you. I am not qualified to say about your glories even I am trying to do so, if there is any mistake please pardon me and give me blessings to express few words regarding your glories.

Guru Mahārāja, your glories are par - excellence, how you have proved yourself by fulfilling the desire of spiritual master, how nicely giving your full effort to fulfill the desire of your spiritual master by making TOVP. Of course, there are so many hurdles coming in your paths, but you never bewildered by such, because of your determination of serving his spiritual master by all means. However I get shelter of your lotus feet and practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness, but I got bewildered many time and losing taste in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, even knowing that māyā is so strong. So please bless me Guru Mahārāja, I can practice devotional service so nicely and always try to get association of nice devotees.
Guru Mahārāja, you are the inspiration for me and coming generations, being affected by so many health issues, you are carrying the order of Prabhupāda so nicely. So please bless me.

Megha Gupta (aspiring disciple)

Hare krishna dear Gurumaharāj

Please accept my humble and respectable obeisances unto your divine lotus feet

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

I am very happy to glorify you Gurumaharāj on this auspicious day. Last year I was your sheltered disciple. But this year, By your mercy you accepted me as your spiritual daughter. Everytime i feel your presence in my life Gurumaharāj . You saved me from the greatest danger and every time when i do any service i think of you and asking question to myself whether it pleases you. I want to dedicate my whole life to pleasing you and assist you in Mahāprabhūs mission. You came to my life at right time and make me to understand about the purpose of my life. Whenever i need your guidance you immediately guiding me Gurumaharāj i always feel you are very near to me and watching over my thoughts and actions. Recently you said that developing love for Kṛṣṇa is most pleasing you. Please bless me Gurumaharāj by your mercy i will also develop love for God and pleasing you is my goal of my life. Your instructions are my life and soul and sometimes i think whether it's possible everytime you prove me that by the mercy of Guru and Kṛṣṇa everything could be possible. Please forgive me for all my mistakes Gurumaharāj and enlighten me always, please keep me always under your shelter Gurumaharāj . My deepest prayer to the lord is your good health Gurumaharāj and my prayer to krsna is whatever my Gurumaharāj desires please fulfill that because i never seen anyone like you in my life and i won't see in future also. All the times i feel your presence in my life is the mercy of Śrīla Prabhupāda and previous Ācāryas. 

I am very indebted to repay you Gurumaharāj. Please shower your mercy on this unfortunate soul so i can be able to complete the tasks alloted to me. Thank you so much Gurumaharāj for always being in my life and guiding me in every situation. 

Your insignificant humble servant

Minākṣī Vraja Gopī Devī Dāsī
India (Chennai)

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to guru and Gaurāṅga!

This is Mithilā Kumārī sītā devī dāsī, initiated, from Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa.

Please bless me so that I will not do any aparādhas to any jīvas

Please bless me, so that i will improve my devotional service to yourself and paramparā.

Long live to save more souls at your service

Mitila kumari sītā devī dāsī
Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

 

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Please except my humble obeisances Guru Mahārāja,

I’m happy To connect with your ISKCON Whitefield disciples Guru Mahārāja they are very nice devotees I’m inspired to take initiation from you Guru Mahārāja already I’m taken your shelter Guru Mahārāja,

I want to serve in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission I want to read Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books nicely I want to preach, I want to distribute Prabhupāda’s books, I want to do cow’s sevā Guru Mahārāja, please bless me give me that intelligence, strength, and strong determination Guru Mahārāja, I want to pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa

Mohan Kumar (aspiring disciple)
ISKCON Whitefield, Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. Śrīls Prabhupāda often emphasizes on the statements of our Acharyas like Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, “yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo...”. You are an embodiment of this ultimate principle of surrender to Śrī guru and Gaurāṅga. Your service to Guru and Gaurāṅga is ceaseless, irrespective of TPC(even in hospitals), “ ahaituky apratihatā...”.

By the mercy of Guru and Gaurāṅga, somehow I have joined ISKCON Māyāpur as brahmacārī. But because of my bodily/mental conditionings (speculation), anarthas, I have been unable to surrender to the Preaching Mission. Since this preaching movement is so pleasing to your divine grace, ācāryas and Lord Gaurāṅga, I want to dedicate myself completely. You desired in one of your talks to IYF Māyāpur, to connect to 1 lakh youths... Kindly bless this ignorant soul so that I can become a humble instrument in the hands of your sincere servants engaged in executing this desire.

Your lowly servant,

Mohana Rādhāpati 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

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

I offer my 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.

I wish you a very happy Vyāsa-pūjā and pray to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī for many happy returns of this auspicious day.

Guru Mahārāja we had a very tough time last year year because of your Daughter’s Health issue, but this year because of your causeless mercy we are able to overcome it with less anxiety.

Guru Mahārāja you have been always been inspiring us with your service to Guru and Gaurāṅga, but we fallen souls are so engrossed in our routine material activities that we have forgotten our real purpose of our life.

Guru Mahārāja it is only because of your association and association of our senior devotees, we are engaged in some menial services of preaching. This Year Guru Mahārāja we are happy to inform you that 4of our Bhakti-vṛkṣa members have taken Śrīla Prabhupāda ashraya,1 devotee has taken Kṛṣṇa-upāsaka and 1family Kṛṣṇa-sevaka and during this year’s transcendental Book marathon with the help of senior devotees and our Bv members could distribute close to 200 books.

Guru Mahārāja I please, please beg upon you to kindly bless us to become Qualified, Sincere and serious in your service. My only ray of hope is you Guru Mahārāja because I know that if not your blessings I would have written by this time in this material world.

On this auspicious day, I pray to remain a speck of dust at your lotus feet, O my beloved Guru-Mahārāja. Wishing you the most wonderful Vyāsa-pūjā 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 servants

Mohanarūpa Madhusūdhana dāsa (dīkṣa)

Sucāru sudevī dāsī

Deepika

Śrī Śrī Narasiṁha Giridhari Mandir, Bangalore, India
 

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Vanchaa Kalpa Tarubhyascha Kripa Sindhubhya evacha
Pateetanam Paavanebhyo Vaishnavebhyo NamoNamaha.


My Dear Spiritual father, you are the most precious gift to us from Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Please accept our respectable obeisance at the dust of your Lotus Feet.​​​​

Please accept our offerings for your 73rd Appearance Day (Vyāsa-pūjā) celebrations.

First I thank all Vaiṣṇavas who all encouraged us in spiritual path, with their soft and sweet hearts and connecting us in Śrīla Prabhupāda Family.

I thank all my śīkṣā-gurus, godbrothers and godsisters who all helped us to bond relationship with you.

Years 2021 and 2022 are also the memorable years in our lives because we had your darśana in Māyāpur during Kartik on the occasion of Bhīṣma-Pañchaka. I had opportunity to have your darśana and observed Bhīṣma-pañcaka in your presence in Gītā Bhavan, Māyāpur during our Kārtika-yātrā conducted by Vijayawada Temple.

In this year, we got an opportunity to preach Bhagavad-gītā and also got service of Bhoga Cooking for Jagannātha Deities. We are also given service of nitya-sevā by our śīkṣā-guru (temple authorities). We beg you to give more mercy and strength in doing our services to Lordships Rādhā Śyāmasundara, Jagannātha, Baladeva Subhadrā Mayī and understand the mood of śīkṣā-guru, give strength to us in performing all the services given by our śīkṣū-guru, have spiritual advancement in our life’s and be instruments in Śrīla Prabhupāda Mission.

Thus every second in our life you are showing way and uplifting us. Please Guru Mahārāja kindly strengthens us all in doing sadhana and Kṛṣṇa-sevā. Also bless us that we may please Guru and Kṛṣṇa.

By your mercy, Vaiṣṇavas gave a chance to translate newsletter in Telegu and my father was doing that service through which my parents are also getting your association. Please, Please Guru Mahārāja I beg for your mercy so that my daughter and son also advance in spiritual life.

Our temple management team constructed a New Jagannātha Centre in Vijayawada city. They are expanding their services in Vijayawada by different preaching programs… Please empower them in fulfilling Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. Please bless me and all my family members to be instruments in Śrīla Prabhupāda Mission.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, I am completely filled with anarthas and able to understand my mistakes, but I am helpless to uplift myself from those anarthas. So kindly uplift my conscious levels and bless me to render services selflessly to Hari Guru and Vaiṣṇavas in this lifetime.


Thank you for giving me this opportunity to share inner words of my heart. Please accept our offerings and also forgive if any mistakes in conveying since I am not good in English.

Yours,
Dāsa Dāsa Dasanu Dasas,
Keśava Vraja Kiśora Dāsa (Dīkṣa)
Mohinī Rūpa Mādhavī Devī Dāsī
Indra Sai Śrī Pravallika
Nagsiva Sai Manideep.
Vijayawada

oṁ ajñana timirandasya/ jñanam jñanam salakaya
caksur unmilitam jñena tasmai/ śrī gurave namah

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

Dear Guru Mahārāja and our beloved spiritual father

Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas!

Please accept our humble obeisance unto your Lotus Feet

All glories to Guru Mahārāja!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga!

Hare Kṛṣṇa, O dear father and spiritual master, kindly bestow your mercy so that I can write something to glorify you.

It is really beyond my ability and comprehension to be able to write about Your Holiness but with your mercy I will try my best sincerely.

Guru Mahārāja, you provide an in-exhaustible source of continuous inspiration and amazement with your personal transcendental pastimes. We are so fortunate to come to understand this through a variety of communication channels established by you.

In a recently organized JSSS meeting of Delhi NCR disciples, we got an opportunity to hear about Your amazing pastimes narrated by one of your serving doctor disciples. We were all wonder-struck with your attitude of utmost sincerity and dedication to serve and preach others in spite of your own such critical physical conditions and other virtually impossible circumstances.

Now just to recount one of the personal realization- around 3 months before, your spiritual daughter and my life companion – Viśākhā Sevinī devī dāsī, after hearing the realizations from one of your disciples, desired in her mind to receive a gift of Your Personal Socks. To her great amazement, her wish was fulfilled automatically, without being discussed with any one, by your dear personal servant His Grace Mādhava Kānta Prabhujī who gifted one of your socks to her on his own.

We come to know of so many of Your wonderful reciprocations with the devotees that we feel simply so fortunate and blessed to be counted among your disciples.

Also, Your Caitanya-līlā classes and Question-Answer sessions particularly, provide an insight into almost all aspects of bhakti and sevā and clears all doubts in our minds. It encourages and inspires all of us, your disciples, to remain fixed in our devotional services.

Guru Mahārāja, you have been suffering on account of sins committed by us, your disciples. Kindly bestow your mercy on us so that we can avoid all offences and sins. Also, kindly bless us so that we can continue to serve you faithfully.

We feel completely blessed and fortunate that you have so mercifully accepted us as your disciples. We can only pray for your continued wellbeing and mercy for giving us an opportunity to serve you in whatever way possible.

Finally, we just humbly and earnestly pray to the Lord Shri Kṛṣṇa, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Lord Śrī Lakṣmī Prahlāda Narasiṁhadeva, Lord Śrī Caitanya and Nityānanda Mahāprabhu and Śrīla Prabhupāda, for fulfilling your cherished dream of being able to dance in ecstasy and bless all of us, your blessed disciples to witness this with our own eyes.

Submitted unto the lotus feet of Guru Mahārāja, Your Holiness Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja.

Your Humble servants,

Mṛdula Govinda dāsa, Viśākhā Sevinī devī dāsī

Sweta Agrawal (daughter) – Sheltered, Ashish Agrawal (son) – Aspirant,
Gurgaon, India

 

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

I wholeheartedly pray to the Supreme Lord that He may allow you to render sincere services unto Him for so many years to come as many many fallen souls are in need of you Guru Mahārāja.

Your humble servant,

Murali Hastha Kṛṣṇa Das

Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa (Kozhikode)

My Beloved Guru Mahārāja

First and foremost, please accept my respected Praṇāmas unto your lotus feet with a sincere prayers that Lord Narasiṁha may protect you all the while and you remain healthy. As, your health benefits not only you but many fallen souls like me. Through your causeless mercy you tirelessly picked insignificant and fallen souls to transform them to the path of perfection. Immense devotees had that privilege and my sincere prayers to the Lord that your mood and mission to spread Lord Caitanya’s message be continued eternally.

With your mood to serve the fallen you had really proved the scriptural injunction that we are not the body but the soul, and who else could do this service tireless in spite of the fact your limbs are uncooperating with your body

Guru Mahārāja with your permission and blessings with the cooperation of some devotees I could start a ISKCON center and community project in Kanjkode. To start with, upon relinquishing my middle east profession I started preaching in a local temple and most of the being totally from a very low-profile society, with your mercy molding them was easy and they all started chanting, some reading and observing Ekādasī vrata etc. second step, we constructed a preaching hall In our colony and now the preaching is going full swing. Book distribution, nagara saṅkīrtana. etc are still not able to do to the extend we need to do. Hence, I seek your blessings so that these tasks be benefited to the local mass. In this connection I am trying my level best to fetch a saṅkīrtana van. As of now our Sunday classes, 40 to 50 devotees are attending and all are new.

Now I am relentlessly trying to collect money for our new temple project for which I sincerely seek your blessings so that many locals be benefitted with the manifestation of this temple. Please bless me to support your mission of spreading the messages of Lord Caitanya. April 3 is the first anniversary of our Kanjkode preaching Hall and I sincerely seek your presences and blessings so that many get inspired with your presence.

Guru Mahārāja I am trying my level best to serve the Guru and Gaurāṅga and my life has been completely dedicated for this purpose, but still my chanting is not perfect and satisfactory. Please bless me so that I could get the taste of Holy name.

I have lot of desires and duties to be fulfilled in our Kanjikode project and without your causeless mercy I cannot do anything. Hence, I am falling at your lot us feet with a sincere prayers and request I be blessed to perform this task so that this be grown to a full-fledged center.

Your humble servant,

Murāri Gaurāṅga dāsa

ISKCON Kanjikode

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet....

Guru Mahārāja you are such a merciful soul, always ready to give Kṛṣṇa to each and every soul as I remember when you are in a hospital you encourage staff members to chant even your health is not in a good condition. I am very much amazed by seeing how you are attending a zoom session everyday and give your mercy to the devotees in their various occasions like appearance day, anniversary etc.

At last I pray to you please bless such a fallen soul like me and my family so that I follow your instructions whole heartedly and help in Caitanya mahāprabhu mission selflessly.

Yours,
Nādia Lakṣmīpriya Devī Dāsī

Ghaziabad, India

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Respectable Gurudeva,

I, with my husband Nāgaśayana Govinda Dāsa, am offering our respectful obeisance at your lotus feet. We are doing our services under the able guidance of His Grace Caitanya Avatārī Prabhu, the temple president of New Rājāpur Jagannātha Dhāma, Bangalore, India. Earlier, we were staying 25 kms away from the temple, hence we were not able to do practical services on a regular basis at the temple. Now, we have shifted to temple premises and are getting more services. Though my husband is a serious devotee and doing a lot of practical sevā, yet he should develop his interest in reading sastras. By your blessings, it is possible. After reading śāstra, we get to know a lot of things and our faith towards the process will be amplified and our service attitude will be right. Please bless us, so that my son and daughter-in-law join this movement and make their life successful.

Yours spiritual son and daughter,

Nāgaśayana Govinda Dāsa and Paurṇāmasī Sakhī Devī Dāsī

New Rājāpur Jagannātha Dhāmaa,

Magadi Main Road,

Bangalore (India)

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Please accept our most Respectful obeisances.

Guru Mahārāja, you have given us the golden opportunity to go back to Godhead, in this very lifetime.

Guru Deva, we are very insignificant, fallen conditioned souls. We don’t have any qualification to glorify you. We seek your blessings at your lotus feet. For our own purification and spiritual progress, we are trying to glorify with few words.

Guru Mahārāja, in this health condition you are travelling all over the world tirelessly to fulfil the Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission and save the fallen souls like us.

With your mercy, wherever we are, whatever the material situation, we could able to do our daily sādhana such as follow the four regulative principles, sixteen rounds chanting, Fasting on auspicious days such as Ekadashi day, Gaura Pūrṇimā and Janmāṣṭamī day etc.

Please bless us to do our sadhana attentively and qualitatively.

I don’t know how to glorify you. We pray Lord Kṛṣṇa; please give good health and strength to Guru Mahārāja to save more fallen souls like us.

Śrīla Guru Mahārāja kī jaya!

Śrīla Prabhupāda kī jaya!

Nitāi Gaura Premānande!

Seeking your blessings at your Lotus Feet,

Your humble servants,

Nagendra Govinda Dāsa,
Kalindhī Siromaṇī Devī Dāsī,
Saitharun Manimaran
ISKCON Pondicherry

Querido Guru Mahārāja, por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias, todas las glorias para usted.

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

“Nací en la más oscura ignorancia y mi maestro espiritual está abriendo mis ojos con la antorcha del conocimiento transcendental, a él le ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias.”

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

“Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.”

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.”

En este día tan auspicioso, con toda sinceridad ofrezco mi insignificante homenaje a tus pies de loto.

Guru Mahārāja, usted es la persona que realmente necesito, hay familia, parientes y muchos amigos, pero la persona que realmente necesito eres usted.

Llegué a darme cuenta de esto recientemente, que nadie realmente me necesita. Es posible que quieran asociarse conmigo durante algún tiempo o que quieran utilizarme para algo, pero no siempre me necesitan ni quieren estar conmigo. Yo tampoco necesito a nadie. Sólo si me ayudan a desarrollar amor por Kṛṣṇa su asociación es realmente necesaria y debemos permanecer en esa asociación todo el tiempo, de una forma u otra uno debe permanecer en la asociación de devotos.

Śrīla Prabhupāda dijo que permaneciendo juntos y cooperando con los devotos seremos fuertes en nuestra conciencia de Kṛṣṇa y al separarnos y pensar que podemos hacerlo por nuestra cuenta, que somos lo suficientemente fuertes, eso nos hará ser víctimas de māyā.

Querido Guru Mahārāja, gracias por su guía constante.

Su insignificante discípulo

Nanda Jīvana Kṛṣṇa Dāsa.
Māyāpur, India

পরম পূজ্যপাদ গুরু মহারাজ,

আপনার শ্রীপাদপদ্মে আমার শতকোটি প্রণাম। আমি দু মাস আগে আপনার চরণ আশ্রিত হয়েছি। আমার পুত্রতুল্য  শিক্ষা গুরু রূপরাজ রামদাস এর কাছে এবং কিছু কিছু ইউটিউব ভিডিওতে আপনার গুণ কীর্তন শুনেছি। আমি অবাক হয়ে যাই যে আপনি আমাদের মত অধম ব্যক্তিদের জন্য কি না করছেন। এত শরীরের অসুবিধা সত্বেও প্রতিটি মানুষকে ভগবানের কাছে ফিরিয়ে নিয়ে যাবার জন্য অক্লান্ত পরিশ্রম করে চলেছেন। বর্তমানে অল্প বয়সেই মানুষ রোগগ্রস্ত হয়ে পড়ছে ,বৃদ্ধকালে আরো কষ্ট পাবে। কলিযুগে কষ্টের শেষ নেই। কিন্তু কৃষ্ণের নামকীর্তন করলে যে আনন্দের সীমা থাকে না এবং সমস্ত নিরানন্দ দূরে যায় তা আপনি আমাদের দেখিয়ে দিয়েছেন। গোলকের প্রেম ধন হরিনাম সংকীর্তন ছাড়া যে কলিযুগের কোন মানুষের গতি নেই তা আমরা আপনার কথায় উপলব্ধি করতে পারছি। প্রকৃত জ্ঞান বলতে আত্ম তত্ত্ব জ্ঞান লাভ করাকেই বোঝায় তা আপনি আমাদের বুঝিয়েছেন। আবার আপনার চরণ কমলে শতকোটি প্রণাম জানিয়ে আপনার কৃপা প্রার্থনা করি।

ইতি আপনার একান্ত অনুগত সেবিকা,
শ্রীমতী নন্দিতা দাস।

 

परम पूजनीय गुरु महाराज की जय!

जगतगुरु श्रील प्रभुपाद की जय!

परम पूजनीय गुरु महाराज मैं आपके श्री चरण कमलों में सादर प्रणाम करता हूं|

गुरु महाराज मैं तुच्छ पतित जीव आपके अनंत गुणों का अपने इस छोटे से मुख से आपका क्या गुणगान कर सकता हूं गुरु महाराज आपके दर्शन मात्र से हमें भक्ति में दृढ़ होने की शक्ति प्राप्त होती है गुरु महाराज जब भी हम आपकी कोई बुक पढ़ते हैं या कोई लेक्चर सुनते हैं या आपकी कोई क्लास अटेंड करते हैं तो इससे हमें भक्ति में आगे बढ़ने के लिए और भक्ति में दृढ़ होने की प्रेरणा मिलती है गुरु महाराज जिस प्रकार आप जेपीएस केयर टीम के माध्यम से प्रत्येक भक्त से जुड़ कर उनके भक्ति के जीवन में आने वाली सभी समस्याओं का समाधान करते हैं और उन्हें भक्ति में आगे बढ़ने के लिए प्रेरित करते हैं और आप अपनी शारीरिक अक्षमता के बावजूद भी प्रत्येक भक्त की सहायता के लिए इतने आतुर रहते हैं इस से पता चलता है कि गुरु महाराज कितने करुणामई है वह अपने भक्तों के लिए कितनी करुणा रखते हैं गुरु महाराज का यह स्वभाव हमें बहुत प्रभावित करता है गुरु महाराज हम पर इतनी कृपा कीजिए कि

हम आपको अपनी सेवा के माध्यम से प्रश्न कर पाए|
धन्यवाद
आपका तुच्छ दासानू दासानू दास

नंदकिशोर

Nandkishore (sheltered disciple)
Māyāpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

All Glories to Your Auspicious Appearance Day,

Please accept my humble obeisance’s at your lotus feet and bless this insignificant servant to continue in serving you to fulfil the desire of Śrīla Prabhupāda of spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness all over the world.

Dear Guru Mahārāja...

I am not qualified to glorify your ocean of glories,

But by your mercy only I can express something.

Recently Guru Mahārāja got sick and not able to speak also, in that condition He is Extending Himself and ready to attend GBC Meetings from the hospital bed.

This Shows the level of intensity to Serve Guru and Kṛṣṇa and Pleasing Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja as I was promising you that from last two years, I am trying to preach youth and putting the efforts on my level best Guru Mahārāja, by your mercy.

Please bless me Guru Mahārāja So, that I can Spread your glories.

All glories to Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Always seeking your blessing and Mercy.

Your Spiritual Son,

N. Venkatesh (shelter disciple),
Tirupati, India

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

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto Your lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace! All glories to Your beloved spiritual master ISKCON Founder Ācārya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda!!

Guru Mahārāja on this auspicious occasion of the Vyāsa-pūjā, I beg you to be merciful to me as I hold your lotus feet and beg pardon for all the offenses I committed knowingly and unknowingly.

I still remember the day when you came to Bengaluru and I got an opportunity to serve you and your servants personally under the guidance of Bengaluru temple leaders. I was very fortunate to be able to serve you even though it is for a very limited time.

You are full of good qualities. I came to know many glories about you Guru Mahārāja while attending the JSSS classes given by so many senior devotees including Māhavarāha prabhu, Mani Gopāla prabhu, Varada Kṛṣṇa prabhu, etc. They shared their personal realizations with you and that even moved my heart.

I learned how much you gave importance to the devotee caring. There were many examples that prove this. In one JSSS class, Māhavarāha prabhu mentioned one incident where how you personally touched the gṛhastha couple in Moscow, who was not agreeing and not understanding each other. And I learned in the middle of the night, you were explaining to the devotee husband the importance of the family relationship without caring about your health. Also, Guru Mahārāja, you personally have set up the JPS care team to take care of the disciples and have a personal connection with you and each of us.

I also learned how you are having the mood of preaching while you are getting yourself treated in hospital and having compassion for other fellow patients who you don't know, how you used to preach to nurses and doctors and make them chant and read Bhagavad Gītā.

A pure devotee sees everything in relationship to Kṛṣṇa. He does not see anything which is not connected to Kṛṣṇa. You also connect and see Kṛṣṇa in everything. During the pandemic period, you told us to preach to people so that they will chant the holy names of the Lord by making them chant Hare Kṛṣṇa or by making them unknowingly making them chant indirectly like by saying Go-ran-go (Gaurāṅga).

I pray that I may also develop such qualities and mercy so that I can also grow together with other devotees by your mercy.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, I really thank you for accepting me as your spiritual son and giving me shelter and being a guiding force for me. I pray that you bestow your causeless mercy to me so that we can expand this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement and try to carry out the instructions Śrīla Prabhupāda gave to you. I also pray to you so that I may become as dedicated and serious as my seniors wish and my heart gets cleansed of all material desires and my also desire to be engaged in your service.

Your servant,

Narasiṁharūpa Caitanya dāsa,

Kochi, Kerala

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda 

All glories to Guru Maharāja 

 

Dear Guru Maharāja, 

Obeisances on your lotus feet

 

Guru Mahārāja I was very fortunate, I got many online seva opportunities last year, like taking kids Bhagavad Gītā class, Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class (in a story format), Rāmāyana and ladies BG class. Also I have taken some youth classes as well. It happened due to your endless mercy on disciples like me. 

As a child we do not realise what the father and mother going through and they are the best well wisher, their blessings always help us in going forward in life. Similarly may be initially it is hard to convince our mind that it’s not ME but your blessings through which we can able to do our sevas properly and achieve our spiritual goals but in due course of time we realise that it's ONLY YOU and no one else. So now I try to meditate and thank you after each service. I want to always remain in such consciousness though it’s quite difficult and even to achieve this i again need your blessings. To be precise, we always and always need you guru maharaja for whatever tiny endeavours we perform. 

Guru Mahārāja I need your mercy to get more sevas and trying to invest more time in KC including the household chores. I also want to do quality chanting.

I only and only have one desire now that my prabhu and a five year old son also become devotees. My prabhu chants 16 rounds and had taken Prabhupāda Āśraya, please bless him also Mahārāja in his spiritual journey.

My prayers for your health and strength though you have Mahāprabhu's direct mercy but being a child I always pray for your well being. 

Your servant’s servant 

Nārāyaṇī Kṛpāmayī Devī Dāsī
India (Bengaluru) 

Please accept my respectful obeisances Guru Mahārāja. All glories to your 73 rd Vyāsa-pūjā Festival.

I find myself very fallen to glorify you Guru Mahārāja as you are a ocean of mercy and every word in your glorification is just a drop in front of huge ocean of mercy. Whenever I pronounce your name I thought of Victory Flag and feel that at the end of my life the success is guaranteed by your mercy. So, your name is only sufficient to make one feel the power of your mercy.

Last year you gave me blessings on my 22nd appearance day through Zoom meeting and you ask me to speak something. My mind was messed up of what to speak out, but I just wanted your blessings so that I can live life in such a way that I can serve you and the devotees upto my full capacity and bring as many as possible souls in devotional life and can contribute in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission.

I read how you were preaching in hospital in Chennai. You were distributing Bhagvad Gītā, made the doctors to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and even attending GBC meeting in hospital. This shows how much eager you are in directing the fallen souls like me towards the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa. This also shows that the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda are more than your life and soul. My feeble mind is unable to imagine this kind of mercy and sincerity. Please bless me Guru Mahārāja that atleast a drop of this sincerity comes to my life and then my life will be successful.

Being your disciple I find myself very fortunate and accepting me as a disciple by you is the biggest achievement of my life. This was only possible by the mercy of Ambala devotees and my sīkṣā guru that somehow I am able to reach your lotus feet. So, please bless me Guru Mahārāja that I can serve the devotees and follow your instructions sincerely life after life.

Yours insignificant servant

Naveen Sharma (sheltered disciple)
Ambala, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Maharāja

My prayers to Śrī Prahlāda Nṛśingadeva for you always

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet., I always inspired by your compassion towards so many rascals like me. It is you who are helping me out for my spiritual progress by the mercy of Gaura Nitāi. It is your mercy i got spritual birth by you in the year 2022. Seeking your blessings for how to love krsna and progressive devotional service and wish to support you in the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Your insignificant servant

Navīna Gopīnātha Dāsa
Bengaluru [Koramangala]

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānandaṁ mādhavaṁ śrī caitanya iśvaram

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto the dust of Your Lotus Feet and a very happy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā celebrations. My heartfelt obeisances to all your personal servants taking care of you day and night Guru Mahārāja.

I have so much love for you Guru Mahārāja but I am not following your instructions properly, I don’t know what kind of love is this. I am nowhere qualified to write a homage but as a daughter I wish to express my feelings to my loving father.

Before there was a lot of respect and affection but only by the karuna of corona and the daily association you gave Guru Mahārāja, I was able to develop the deep attachment for your lotus feet. The classes you deliver everyday and mainly the question-and-answer session has been helping me a lot both spiritually and materially.

Even though I don’t have that strength and qualification, it’s only because you desired that all your disciples have to do Bhakti-śāstrī, I am just trying to do the course. I wish I could complete the course and offer it to you Guru Mahārāja. And this year my book reading has improved a lot and a group of devotees are daily reading Prabhupāda books systematically.

While reading Bhāgavatam the happiness I am experiencing now is out of this world and when I come across some of the purports that Prabhupāda has given, I feel like embracing someone and I am just embracing Bhāgavatam Guru Mahārāja. It’s only by your mercy that my attachment to Śrīmad-bhāgavatam has increased a lot and I am able to relish the taste.

I can strongly say that only by the association of Bhāgavatam and your divine shelter I was able to withstand any situation in life and continue my devotional practice. But somehow, I feel so much separation from Rādhā Kṛṣṇa Candra and I beg your blessings that I can offer some little service to their Lordships following your instructions.

I offer my repeated obeisances for all your support, care and shelter. I am in a great need of spiritual strength and I wish that the strength to follow your instructions be bestowed upon me forever Guru Mahārāja. I am so much worried about your health and trying my level best to support you in any insignificant way I can.

Please forgive me for all my offenses and accept this humble offering at your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja.

All Glories to Your Holiness!
All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
All Glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

Your loving spiritual daughter,
Navīna Mādhavī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)
Guntur, India

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn 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 Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma.

On this auspicious occasion of your appearance, please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. Really I am not at all able to glorify you and your divine qualities, but I am glad to avail the opportunity and making an attempt to offer a few words.

*Dear Guru Mahārāja*,

I am so grateful and lucky enough to be on this path, so like to express my love and gratitude to Shree Gurudeva and beg his blessings for my spiritual journey, which is not possible without your blessings.

5 years ago, when I came to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, I heard about you and your glories, which touched my heart. After that, when you visited Bengaluru, I saw you twice, I was more impressed and from there several changes came in my life.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, inspite of a lot many health challenges, you are still engaged, 24 hours to give Kṛṣṇa Consciousness to many fallen souls like me. I had many critical problems earlier, still facing many, but because of your blessings, I with my husband get spiritual strength and stable in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Gurudeva, kindly bless me and my family (daughter- Khushi, son Nishant and spouse- Ramesh) to continue our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness in the association of devotees.

Your aspiring daughter,

Nidhi Kumari (aspiring disciple)

ISKCON NRJD, Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

As Śrīla Prabhupāda mentioned in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that there are two father in our life, one is our biological father and other one is our spiritual father, both are equally important and if our biological father is not responsible then spiritual father is there for us and we have to take shelter of our spiritual father, I can relate this particular statement with myself.
So dear spiritual father please guide me in every aspect of my life and take myself under your protection.

Recently during gaur mandala parikramā festival, I heard what you said to Vraja Vilas prabhu holding his hand that when he was going to complete this TOVP project and how you are waiting to perform Aarti in TOVP temple, you also mentioned that you are holding your life for this dream project of our predecessor Ācāryas.

Each second of your life is dedicated to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions and his missions.
You are source of inspiration for dull headed person like me who is not understanding the depth of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s movement, By listening to you may my faith on our predecessor ācārya would grow progressively and this way I can develop the mood of serving our paramparā system and follow the instructions given by our authority.

Your spiritual daughter,

Neha Kumari (sheltered disciple)

Jamshedpur, India

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my most humble obeisances,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories unto you!

Wish you a very happy and healthy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava Gurudeva.

All glories to your most auspicious appearance day!

I offer this most heartfelt poem at your lotus feet, kindly accept it Gurudeva if it so pleases you,

You are not an ordinary personality,
Dwelling in this material misery,

Rather your heart dwells only at the lotus feet of “Rādhā Mādhava”
And your speech always ornamented with utterance of “Gaurāṅga”

Your life is not less than a miraculous feat,
Gurudeva, you reside in the centre of my heart’s seat,

I know I have been rebellious many lifetimes,
Not wanting to hold you strongly, to cross this nescience,

Having suffered enough, the material pangs,
I promise this time not to budge away from your merci-filled glance,

How much do I owe you, I can’t fathom,
Not a single day goes by, without you imparting spiritual wisdom,

You are a true representative of Lord Nityānanda,
Your presence bestows one with supreme ānanda,

You bare physical difficulties so graciously,
Distributing holy names wherever you are, tirelessly,

In awakened state you fulfill the desires of Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Whilst asleep, your tongue always chants the holy japa,

Gurudeva, one can learn so much from your example,
That how impossible can become possible,

I only wish to see you stand again on your feet,
A sight so sublime and sweet,

That will be the perfection of my eyes,
And this is what I always wish and visualize,

May each day be more healthier for you,
And I pray for you to continue,

Continue to give your association to most fallen one like me,
Gurudeva, there is no end to your glory!

All glories, all glories, all glories unto you
This fallen daughter always wants to hold onto you!

Your Fallen Spiritual Daughter,

Nīla Rādhe Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Nashik - India

nāma 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 Gurumaharāja,

Please accept my respectful prostrated obeisances at your divine lotus feet. I am an insignificant fallen soul who doesnt have the slightest capability of glorifying your Holiness. Please bestow your mercy on me, so that I may be able to pay homage unto you on your auspicious appearance day.

I listened to your pastimes through the lips of devotees. (As the ever-sweet Bhāgavatam have become even more tasteful when narrated through the lips of Mahābhāgavata Śukadeva Goswāmī, similarly your ever-sweet pastimes become even more relishing when being described by devotees). You are an ocean of mercy, overflowing with compassion for the fallen conditioned souls of Kaliyuga like me. You are an Ācārya, teaching devotional service through personal example. In spite of so much physical turbulence you are going through, you are continuing your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda like a lion, simultaneously showing us that to rise above bodily inconveniences, the only way is getting submerged in bhakti-yoga, a lesson which continues to touch my heart. Your actions inspire and remind me that “durlabhaṁ mānuṣaṁ janma tad apy adhruvam arthadam”. Honestly, I am the most fallen soul because very often I forget the goal of human life and get engaged in materialistic activities. Yet I am the most fortunate, because devotees take the pain to remind me time and again. I humbly desire a drop of your mercy which can enable me to remain steady in the path of devotional service, understand the rarity and urgency of human life, and not get distracted from this path. Please give me a chance to serve your lotus feet and provide my insignificant assistance to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission, so that I can at least try to make my human life successful.

Your most unworthy aspiring servant,

Nilanjan Das
Śrī Māyāpur 

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 मैं निरंजनी राधा देवी दासी आपकी आध्यात्मिक पुत्री आपके 73 वें आविर्भाव दिवस के शुभ अवसर पर आपके

श्री कमल चरणों में कोटि कोटि प्रणाम करती हूँ।

गुरु महाराज आप हमारे प्रेरणा स्रोत हैं जब भी हम भक्ति में डगमगाते है तो आप का ध्यान आते ही हमें दिशा मिलती है।

कितनी भी विषम से विषम परिस्थितियां क्यों न हों आप कभी विचलित नहीं होते हैं। आप अपने गुरु के प्रति बहुत समर्पित हैं उनके बताये हुए आदेशों का यथा रूप पालन कर रहे हैं। आपका प्रचार कार्य कभी रूकता नहीं हैं।

आप सभी का व्यक्तिगत रूप से बहुत ध्यान रखते हैं आप ने हमारे लिए अपनी कक्षाओं का सीधे हिन्दी में भी अनुवाद की व्यवस्था की है। हमारे लिए प्रश्नोत्तर सत्र भी शुरू किया है जिससे हम बहुत लाभान्वित हो रहे हैं।

प्रश्नोत्तर सत्र की कक्षाओं से हमारे अंदर उठने वाले प्रश्नों का काफी हद तक उत्तर मिल जाता है।

गुरु महाराज आप हर समय प्रचार के नये नये तरीके खोजते रहते हैं आपने कोरोना काल भी हम सब के ऊपर विशेष करूणा की, ज़ूम के माध्यम से दर्शन देकर हमें कृतार्थ किया व अपने लेक्चरों के द्वारा लगातार हमारा मार्गदर्शन करते रहे।

गुरु महाराज आप भगवद् गीता का वास्तविक चित्रण प्रस्तुत करते हैं मैं शरीर नहीं आत्मा हूं शरीर की परवाह न कर यही सोचते हैं कि कैसे गुरु व गौरांग के आदेशों को ज्यादा से ज्यादा पालन कर सकूं।

पतित जीवों के उद्धार के लिए आप अनेकों पुस्तकों का प्रकाशन कर रहे हैं।

नवद्वीप परिक्रमा में आपके प्राण बसते हैं सभी परिक्रमा पार्टीयों को आप इंटरनेट के माध्यम से लीलाओं का बहुत रूचि पूर्वक वर्णन करते है ताकि सभी को परिक्रमा का ज्यादा से ज्यादा लाभ हो।

जब आपके मुख से गौरांग या नित्यानंद शब्द का उच्चारण होता है तो ऐसा लगता है जैसे वो दोनों वहां साक्षात् उपस्थिति हों।

मैं राधा-माधव, राधा श्यामसुंदर व ग़ौर निताई से प्रार्थना करती हूं कि आपको स्वास्थ्य लाभ दे व आपके मिशन को पूरा करने की शक्ति दें, ताकि हम सभी भक्तों को आप का मार्ग दर्शन व आशिर्वाद मिलता रहें।

आपकी आध्यात्मिक पुत्री,

निरंजनी राधा देवी दासी।

साहिबाबाद, गजियाबाद, UP (India)

My Dear Spiritual Father.

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto the dust of your divine lotus feet.

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

Certainly this Age of Kali is condemned by many scriptures and learned people of all the ages nevertheless when I have darśana of my spiritual father, I cannot stop counting the merits and fortune of this age. Lord Caitanya has fathered Harināma saṅkīrtana for the deliverance of all living entities and the kid of Harināma saṅkīrtana is well maintained and groomed in the lap of His Divine Grace.

Dear Spiritual father certainly you are the most unique personality of the Universe. Even demigods, all siddhas, yogīs and ṛṣis cannot be compared with your most exalted personality.

nava-koṭyas tu devānām ṛṣayaḥ sapta-koṭayaḥ

nārāyaṇāyanāḥ sarve ye kecit tat-parāyaṇāḥ

Translation:- “There are ninety million demigods and seventy million sages, who are all called nārāyaṇāyana, devotees of Lord Nārāyaṇa. Among them, only a few are called nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇa.” Tantra Bhāgavatam (Purport Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.14.5).

Your Divine Grace is not only Nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇa but the Personification of “Śrī Gaura-parāyaṇa”. Your divine grace is celebrated throughout the universe for guru-bhakti and dedication to your beloved Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Dear Gurudeva, I am a very fallen disciple of yours, my mind often goes defocused from your instructions. In one of your talk you were mentioning that I want that every village and town of the world should reverberate with Harināma saṅkīrtana. Your instructions to me for creating 100000 Spiritual Youth leaders keeps always playing in my mind, but I feel myself unworthy and powerless to execute these instructions.

Dear Gurudeva Without your mercy and empowerment it would be impossible to fulfill those milestones. I am fully dependent upon you mercy and desperately seeking for it so that I could be engaged in your service eternally to fulfill your all desires. Although Incapable and unworthy still I am hopeful that a dumb, lame and blind like myself would be able to satisfy you one day through following your divine instructions.

Seeking For the Eternal Shelter

Your Unworthy Son,

Nitāi Candra Nimāi dāsa (dīkṣa)

Māyāpur, India

Śrī Caraṇa Kamaleśu Guru Mahārāja and My Dear Spiritual Father,

Please accept my humble obeisance and respectful pranam at the dust of Your lotus feet.

All glories to His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to Your Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja and Śrīman Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu.

I am fortunate for being able to write the Vyāsa-pūjā offering on this auspicious 73rd appearance day of Yours. I express sincere gratitude, praṇāma and thankfulness for all the care, mercy, and blessings that You are showering.

My Dear Spiritual Father, there are many carefully designed facilities being offered at ISKCON. I am very thankful for these offerings.

But without your shelter and prakaṭa (vapu) presence, for some of us, the entire world will become void, bitter, and ferocious despite the presence of all these high value offerings.

Thus, requesting you to consider not leaving us while we are at our neophyte – premature stage. We will enter a struggle for existence without Your prakaṭa presence.

I am choosing hereby to write about the previous two years i.e. 2020-2021. Lockdown and the Covid-19 Pandemic have been devastating.

But from a spiritual perspective, it became a boon. We got connected with You! Directly!! We found our Spiritual Father in our own space through Jayapatākā Swami App and Facebook. We can hear the JPS Archives lectures through Facebook, YouTube whenever needed.

In Your digital presence, “আনন্দের সীমা নাই, নিরানন্দ দূরে যায়” – this aura of auspicious energy cum happiness fills the complete atmosphere.

Whichever place You visit, You share the pictures of Your new residence along with the Deities. You post the temples that You visit every day. We feel so Happy and energetic after reading these messages.

I became good at Social Media Technology simply by following You. I can’t even believe myself as I was allergic to these platforms fearing it will trigger my earlier addiction of watching bad videos, bad movies, or anti devotional materials.

I started going through all the videos that you were posting on the App as well as Facebook since 2019; after several months, my addiction to the anti-devotional material which pops up so easily, started diminishing. Guru Mahārāja – You have made a fundamental change in my digital media taste.

I had this chronic disease from my childhood days and feared that I would never ever be able conquer this digital media movie - video addiction. Post growing up, I had to force myself from seeing them which put a lot of stress on me. Because I had this tendency to switch on which I was resisting by tremendous force. But You simply cut this addition very effectively.

How did you manage this Miraculous change in myself Guru Mahārāja? Now I have a much lesser tendency to see anti devotional materials or can pull off easily from a movie without stressing my mind.

I learnt Tulasī Mahārānī worship and circumambulation from You. This service has brought phenomenal change in my spiritual journey.

I also learnt how to dedicate Ekādaśī māhā-vratā, Lord Narasiṁhadeva tulasī Offerings, importance of flower offering, visiting temple physically, at least visiting one temple Deities per day over digital media, attempting to read one verse of Śrīmad-bhāgavatam per day, decorated presentation of bhoga offering.

I learnt the importance of goṣṭhy-ānandī and attempted to become one. I was highly averse to this concept because of multiple harmful experiences. I witnessed the complete spiritual and material destruction for several elevated devotees during my devotional journey. Somehow, I was being prevented from being a part of those harmful events, however those fatal incidents had a lasting impact upon me. I resolved to be a general temple visitor, occasional donor, and home practitioner of bhakti-yoga. Probably many like me also thought the same.

But then I came into direct contact with Yours through digital media from 2018; my perspective started changing very slowly. Out of many versatile qualities that You exhibit, the ones that touched me most are Your honesty, transparency, non-manipulative interactions, hard work, always leading from the front courageously, bravery, aura of pure happiness, affection, and genuine care for everybody.

I questioned myself, are these Vaikuṇṭha qualities that I am observing in my Guru Mahārāja? Because, imitating them for a short time is manageable. But it is impossible to imitate these qualities for a prolonged period. I also started reading more about your previous pastimes since 1968 and prior to that. It was overwhelming as realization struck that I have come to the shelter of a Pure Bonafide Guru and You quickly became my spiritual father.

I am learning this art of managing to be associated with proper v. This has happened owing to the Lord Narasiṁhadeva message that You post in the App Guru Mahārāja.

Initially I disliked this word very much but forced myself to read it. After reading this word for about a year or more, the message started sinking in me. This is another miraculous change you have brought in my brain.

It occurs to me that I am doing so much testing, pattern observing, fact searching about my Guru Mahārāja, but You accepted myself as a disciple in a general Bhakti-vṛkṣa program without any thoughts! Lot of my time has gone by simply researching upon You from 2018 and vice versa is not true.

So, the conclusion is that I am a Sajāru (সজারু - a thorny animal) disciple of Yours. Despite my own unworthiness and fallen status, I am kind of following and researching upon Your Holiness from all possible perspectives very persistently! What a pure - impure combination!!

I seek forgiveness and pray to remain under the moonshine of Your mercy. May I pray Your blessings for my initiated mother (Her Grace Cinmayī Gaṅgā devī dāsī) and my college going daughter Devakṛpā Dāsa Ray such that we become a Govinda’s Family. Please forgive my unwanted offenses considering I am a Sajaru (সজারু) or bad disciple of Yours sitting at neophyte stage.

Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and Śrīla Prabhupāda may be very protective of You.

I feel happiness in praying to Lord Narasiṁhadeva and Mahāprabhu for giving You protection, good health, and a very long life. I keep praying that You are not snatched away from us. We won’t be able to sustain probably if my Spiritual Father is taken away.

Your affectionate spiritual daughter and humble disciple,

Nitya Vraja-līlā devī dāsī (dīkṣa)
Kolkata, India

 

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

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja you are the strongest pillar in my Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I am very grateful to you Guru Mahārāja, you are inspiring everyone even though your health is not good. Your commitment to Śrīla Prabhupāda and dependence on Lord Gaurāṅga is really inspiring us to take Kṛṣṇa consciousness seriously. By sending your activities in the app, you are reminding us to always take shelter of Kṛṣṇa and always be careful in executing our devotional service. Guru Mahārāja your enthusiasm to spread the movement of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is inspiring many devotees.

Guru Mahārāja you are really compassionate, tolerant, caring towards everyone. Guru Mahārāja you have so many qualities. You keep us motivating to be in the association of devotees. Guru Mahārāja you set the example of following our previous ācāryas and just repeat what they have said. Guru Mahārāja by remembering you we were able to remember the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Guru Mahārāja without your mercy, I don’t know where would I have been now.

Please be merciful upon me Guru Mahārāja.

Please forgive me for any offenses I may have committed.

Your insignificant servant,

P.Rohith (shelter disciple)

Tirupati - India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisance. Guru has shown the path of Kṛṣṇa Enlightenment.

In this age of greed and a fallen soul like me who thought Corporate career and gṛhastha life is the final target, I was directed by your advises to Kṛṣṇa.

How can I pay you this debt, I am indebted to you and Guru Paramparā for this salvation for my ātmā from generations of birth and death.

No words can pay you off. I am still egoistic and greedy of material benefits at least sometimes. Hope with Chanting and your advice I will be saved.

I am trying my best to fix my mind in Kṛṣṇa Conscious, and my family and my kids too. I am trying as much possible to spread saṅkīrtan yajña by doing Gītā classes online.

As of now today itself I have two classes.

Thanks

Padmanābha Bhagavān dāsa (dīkṣa)

Māyāpur, India

Respected Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja

On the auspicious occasion of your 73rd Vyāsa-Pūjā Ceremony, I would like to convey my heartiest greetings. My prayer to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Nityānanda is that you recover from your all illness and give lots of strength to lead their mission in all towns and villages all over the world.

I have deities of Lord Prahlāda and Lakṣmī Narasiṁha. On this auspicious occasion, I pray to Lord Narasiṁha and all Vaiṣṇavas that May Lord Narasiṁha, recover you from all the illness and give you lots of strength and energy so that you can fulfil the mission of Prabhupāda.

May Lord give you strength to make the name of Māyāpur a brand Name and most pronounced Name in the world.

By your blessings, I have been in the Kṛṣṇa Conscious Movement for the last twenty years. By your kindness and benevolence, I got initiations- both Harināma and brāhmaṇa.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, it is for your kindness and benevolence only for the fallen soul like me who has been in this Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Despite your illness, you are taking all the troubles and steadfastly leading the mission Chaitanya Mahāprabhu.

Guru Mahārāja, in this changing world Media, can play a great role to lead your mission. I want to help your mission in spreading the messages of Prabhupāda and Caitanya Mahāprabhu through the media. Since I am in the media line. I want to spread this message through the media. Please bless me so that I can be of help to you and Prabhupāda in spreading the Holy Name through the media.

I had the fortune to meet you in 1998 in Guwahati for the first time. Many times I had met you personally and very closely many times. I Cherish all these meetings and they are still fresh in my mind and soul.

I seek your forgiveness for my offences at your lotus feet through my body, speech and mind.

Yours Insignificant Servant,

Pañcatattva Prema Dāsa (Pranab Saikia)

Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Our Dear Spiritual Father and Guru Mahārāja March 15th, 2022

Please accept our respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet on your Most Auspicious 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Day.

Another troublesome year for the World has passed by with the pandemic in this Dark Age of Kali-yuga. We are so blessed to be here in service to You Guru Mahārāja at ISKCON’s World Headquarters in Śrī Dhāma Māyāpur, India and Your World Headquarters for your vāṇī-sevā or JPS Archives.

You have remained very active this past year, Guru Mahārāja, every day giving talks and having meetings, etc. through ZOOM and YouTube keeping in touch with disciples and well-wishers. Every day you were continuing adding to your Śrī Caitanya Book compilation which is keeping your JPS Archives very busy trying to keep up with your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

The JPS Archives was able to move along at full speed ahead due to disseminating your vāṇī Form through the World Wide Web of Global communications at the speed of light to every town and village. The GBC’s current endeavor is releasing a video every Ekādaśī about preaching to Every Town and Village with their many speakers.

We were releasing your audio talks on Soundcloud, video on multiple You Tube Channels, Photos on Flickr, also Lava-Mātra App, Jayapatākā Swami App and multiple websites. Books have also been coming out. All Disciples around the world can help serve your vāṇī form either by donating financially or coming to serve in the Archives.

One devotee came to help by translating all of your books into Hindi which is Dharmātma Nimāi dāsa. This is not only direct vāṇī service to you Guru Mahārāja but service to all the Hindi speaking devotees to gain access to reading all your many wonderful books that have come out in the past few years. Even one devotee can make a big difference in your worldwide campaign to bring more souls to Kṛṣṇa.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for giving your blessing to my wife and I to remain here in Māyāpur and serve your vāṇī form in the JPS Archives.

Your servants,
Paṇḍava dāsa and Caitanya Rūpa devī dāsī - Māyāpur

Hare Kṛṣṇa 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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Please accept our respectful obeisance at your holy lotus feet.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to You Gurudeva!

How are you Guru Mahārāja? Very happy to wish you on your 73rd appearance day

Happy birthday Guru Mahārāja!

We pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Madhana Mohana to give you good health. We are able to do daily tulasī parikramā (4) and one round of chanting regularly for your good health.

Very happy to be under your shelter.

Thank you so much for naming our Gaura Nitāi Deities. Nitāi Karuṇa Gaura Hari ki Jaya!!!

Gurudeva, you are so merciful to us. Every act of yours, let it be travelling, preaching, zoom association, personal visit, email, Facebook, and many social media, is used in inspiring all fallen souls to somehow get engaged in Kṛṣṇa’s service. I always wondered; how could I help my Guru Mahārāja in His mission… How can I please my Guru Mahārāja…

Today māyā is prominently increased a lot and it is very difficult for me to keep myself fully Kṛṣṇa conscious. So just by Seeing your activities I am getting great enthusiasm to preach and thereby engage in Kṛṣṇa’s service.

Guru Mahārāja, you are teaching humanity how to balance fully in Kṛṣṇa consciousness in this present moment. You are showering your mercy on your disciples(us) by the E-care team, through the JPS app, zoom association and many more innovative ideas. You are a great Father.

Now I am convinced and know the answer that, just by following your footsteps (vapuḥ and vāṇī) we can be successful and be happy in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

We personally offer our humble obeisances and humble request to bless us, so that we could follow and practice your instruction and progress in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for always guiding us and making us very comfortable in performing Kṛṣṇa consciousness and not falling down.

Your Spiritual son and Daughter,

Parama Karuṇa Kṛṣṇa dāsa (Brāhmanical initiated, Maṇḍala Sevā dāsa (KKD), Bhakti-vṛkṣa HOD)

Raṅginī Lakṣmī Devī Dāsī (Brāhmanical initiated, KKC teacher (kids class))

Godruma Cakra

Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I am honestly not sure what to write to you dearest Gurudeva. Throughout the year, my meditation on you is very cursory but suddenly I feel so empty and blank and not sure of what to write to you on the occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā. You have always been a great strength to me and even without my awareness, you have been protecting me, guiding me and caring for me. You are a true father to thousands including myself. Like a true father, you have taken all the inconveniences to engage your sons, bore the brunt of the actions of some of the unruly children such as myself yet so kindly loved us all.

At this age and situation, when the best would have decided to chant the holy name and retire, you continue to spearhead several initiatives and continue to take keen interest even in the most avoidable administrative affairs so that devotees are cared for. You are a living example of how a pure devotee, fully immersed in the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, can withstand any kind of material reversals. I feel afraid of the day this earth will be bereft of your direct association and what would be the state of thousands of sons. I can only pray this year that I can do my best to fulfil the desires of Śrīla Prabhupāda for the care of devotees and for the Dehradun city that you have engaged me in.

Dependent on your blessings and mercy, like a person dying of thirst looks for water.

Your servant

Parama Karuṇā Mādhava Dāsa.
Vṛndāvana, India

 

Dear Guru Maharāj

Dandavat praṇāma

On this Vyāsa puja occasion , I will pray to Kṛṣṇa to give good health to my Guru Maharāj to serve his Guru Śrīla Prabhupāda more. I learn from your tolerance of bodily problems. My small bodily problems affect me more that time I think of you Guru Maharāj , how to overcome this problem. 

I need your blessings to further improvement in my spiritual life. And need your blessings to my family also to remain in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. 

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Your son

Parama Pāvana Govinda Dāsa
India (Chennai)

My dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances on the glorious occasion of your 73rd Appearance day! All glories to you Śrīla Gurudeva! Happy Vyāsa-pūjā!

Śrīla Gurudeva, this year, 2022 will mark the 6th year of your presence in my life. I am still counting my blessings Śrīla Gurudeva. Ever since you have come in my life, every moment has become a moment of thankfulness and ever-expanding bliss. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything you have given me Śrīla Gurudeva.

Śrīla Gurudeva, this year you had another major health challenge. When I came to know that there was 2 litres of blood clot that was removed from your abdomen, I was shocked. When I read that, I was remembering how Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura once said, “I wish every selfless, tender-hearted person of Gauḍīya math will be prepared to shed two hundred gallons of blood for the nourishment of the spiritual corpus of every individual of this world.” I couldn’t help but have tears in my eyes, thinking of how much difficulties you have endured for the sake of conditioned souls like me. Please forgive me Śrīla Gurudeva for all those times when I have not been sincere.

I don’t want to be incompetent and weak Śrīla Gurudeva. I want to be your true disciple in the actual sense Śrīla Gurudeva - please continue to give me strength, competence, love, and mercy. Your love and mercy are the only things that I am surviving on Śrīla Gurudeva. Please also help me to chant the Holy Names with attention, attachment, and devotion Śrīla Gurudeva, so that I can always perform devotional services with great enthusiasm and energy always. Please bless me in all my spiritual endeavors as I humbly attempt to repay my debt to you Śrīla Guru Mahārāja.

Begging for your mercy and forgiveness always,

Your spiritual daughter,

Paridhi Rathi (aspiring disciple)

Mumbai, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa dearest Guru Mahārāja, Please accept my request obeisance unto your divine lotus feet.

Happy appearance Day dearest Guru Mahārāja, I’m happy to celebrating this year offline Vyāsa-pūjā.

O Dearest Guru Mahārāja please Bless me so can I always follow your instructions. please please please bless me Guru Mahārāja so can I everyday complete my daily Japa. Guru Mahārāja I quit my job and I moved from Mumbai and now I am back in Māyāpur please bless me Guru Mahārāja

Partha Mondal (aspiring disciple)

Māyāpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa dearest Guru Mahārāja! Please accept my respectful obeisance unto your divine lotus feet.

Happy appearance day dearest Guru Mahārāja! I’m happy to celebrating this year offline Vyāsa-pūjā

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

Dear His Holiness Jayapatākā swami Guru Mahārāja please accept my unlimited obesiances to your lotus feet, I am very fortunate to get this opportunity to glorify your unlimited glories, please accept my humble obesiances.

I am praying for your health recovery daily, I am chanting extra round for your quick recovery, I meet you once directly in Tirupati GBC 2019 Maharaj, also I had shelter from you in 2019 GBC- October 17- Thursday, Guru Mahārāja I am not even qualified to glorify you, but by the mercy of you and your disciples devotees mercy I got this opportunity, I am very fortunate to came under you Maharaj, I will pray to Rādhāgovinda aṣṭasakhī, Girirāja Mahārāja and Narasiṁhadeva for your quick health recovery and to fullfill your Guru Mahārāja’s instructions (Śrīla Prabhupāda) I know you completed his instructions but still your trying as best as possible to shower your mercy upon This fallen souls like me.

All glories to your feet Maharaj I am very fortunate, I will pray for your quick health recovery Maharaj, please shower your mercy too upon this degraded fallen soul bhakta Pavan Kumār (my touch point of KC life) Tirupati (ISKCON youth forum) Śreyas.

I am so thankful/ gratitude to you Maharaj, all glories to Śrīla jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja.

Yours obedient humble son,

Pavan Kumar. C (aspiring disciple)
(Tirupati ISKCON youth forum)

Hare Kṛṣṇa my beloved Gurudeva,

Please accept my obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga. All glories to your auspicious appearance day.

I wrote my last year Vyāsa-pūjā offering from Māyāpur which I consider the fortunate bestowed upon me by your mercy. But this year I am very fortunate to write my Vyāsa-pūjā offering from your office in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur. From 2021 July I am serving in your office. Once when I told His Grace Atul Kṛṣṇa prabhu in Māyāpur that I am serving in my Guru Mahārāja office, he immediately told, Serving guru directly in Māyāpur dhāma? What a bhāgyavan! It’s inconceivable for me to think that I am living and serving in Māyāpur. It is all your mercy and mercy of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu.

It’s almost 8 months, I am trying to do my service meticulously, but I have a lot of hindrance in my services. I was so frustrated with anger and intolerant. I discussed the whole situation with my śikṣā-guru who is one of your senior disciples in Māyāpur. He told me that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is more interested in my purification than accepting my service. I can always think of these words when I was put into difficulties.

Now, I am trying to become more tolerant. I have faith that you and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu will not let me down for any reason. I want to take advantage of the favorable situation in Māyāpur leaving behind unfavorable things around me.

According to Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi-līlā 1.45 guru kṛṣṇa-rūpa hana śāstrera pramāṇe guru-rūpe Kṛṣṇa kṛpā karena bhakta-gaṇe You are non-different from Lord Kṛṣṇa.

So my Lord, I beg you and offer my repeated obeisances unto your Lotus feet for my deliverance. I beg you offer me a position to serve your eternally doesn’t matter even in the hellish planets.

I pray to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya that He allows you to stay with us for a long time to deliver more and more conditioned souls like me.

Your Insignificant Servant,

Pāvana Gaura Prema dāsa

Māyāpur, India

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa, dear Guru Mahārāja,

please accept my humble obeisances at Your lotus feet!

All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

On this occasion of Your auspicious appearance day I will mention only few areas of my appreciation of how much You are doing for all of us; but the list could be limitless. Every week I hear about Your glories on our JSSS meetings and get to know new and new things. I can really confirm that by hearing about the glories of guru by His mercy also our determination in service and faith is growing. I am very grateful to have association of all those wonderful devotees who are coming to bring us messages about Your glories.

I very much appreciate Your list of requirements for initiation which is subject to my daily meditation. I am realizing that just by this meditation we can be better devotees in all aspects because we know what is important and can focus on it. One tangible example how my meditation on Your requirements changed my life is that I focused on having regular service and this consequently triggered positive changes also in other areas of my life. By Lord’s mercy devotees gave me some responsibilities and I pray I can execute them for Your pleasure.

Thank You for Your daily messages on Telegram, Jayapatākā Swami App, Facebook and other media including forth-nightly e-zine which comes on Ekādaśī which keep me more Guru and Kṛṣṇa conscious. I am also grateful when I meet You in ISKCON campus and can offer You my obeisances. It was the second year that I could follow Bhīṣma-pañcaka by Your mercy and I was happy to see You also coming to encourage and inspire us. I consider myself very beginner and therefore am happy to be here in Māyāpur in Your association and other devotees to have strong impressions from performing devotional service.

Recently I approached devotees from the e-care team because I had some doubts in how to move forward with certain areas in my life and I wanted to know how You approach these things. Or in other words I needed authorized advice for important life decisions because then I feel secure and sheltered and can move forward. It was very pleasant to know about Your recommendations how we should solve our life situations. These discussion apart from JSSS were also very valuable source to more understand Your mood. I am very grateful for that.

Thank You also for Your daily effort to deliver us the message about Lord Caitanya’s pastimes and QandA sessions to dispel our doubts. I heard from Your servants how much it is important for You to give us regularly Your association despite the condition of Your body. Thank You, Guru Mahārāja!

And ultimately please forgive me for all this non-sense which I am doing when Māyā catches me. There are still so many things that I can improve and I don’t want to be that person who would cause You any suffering.

I daily pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva that He will protect You and remove obstacles from Your service and hope that I will be Your worthy spiritual son.

Thank You very much, Guru Mahārāja!

Seeking Your blessings,

Bhakta Peter Hropko (sheltered disciple)
Serving in Māyāpur, ISKCON campus Harināma group

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

Mi querido maestro espiritual, por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto una y otra vez.

Usted es la encarnacion personificada de lo que es misericordia. Ya que Usted ha aceptado miles,miles y miles de discípulos y nos ayuda ha entregarnos a la Suprema Personalidad de Dios, “Kṛṣṇa’’. Y aún así,en la condición en que se encuentra en este momento Usted sigue aceptando más discípulos.

Usted se ha entregado completamente a los pies de loto de su maestro espiritual, Su Divina Gracia A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda. A pesar de todos los grandes obstáculos que se le ha presentado a través de todos los años, Usted ha sido fijo en su prédica constante « ahaytuki apratihata» inmotivado he ininterrumpido.

Usted ha sido bendecido por el Señor Gaurāṅga. Por lo cual muestra que Usted es un maestro espiritual fidedigno y un excelente predicador en las glorias del Señor Gaurāṅga.

Su presencia en el Santo Dham, son momentos de gran felicidad y entusiasmo que hace que nosotras nos mantengamos en nuestro servicio.

Nosotros tenemos la gran fortuna de tenerlo a Usted como nuestro maestro espiritual.

Sigo orando al Señor Nrisinhadeva que le proteja.

a Usted.

Todas loas glorias a Guru Mahārāja ki Fay

Su sirviente eterna, que siempre lo recuerdo,

Phaṇi Sevikā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)

Māyāpur, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances,

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

Dear Guru Mahārāja, I am fortunate to be here to have this wonderful opportunity to write the homage though I am not qualified enough.

By your causeless mercy I have got the association of devotees in Tirupati, through these devotees you made me connect with you and Kṛṣṇa.

I want to completely utilize the opportunity of this human form even without wasting the single moment in the sense gratification but to always engage in the service of you. You have gave me the shelter at your lotus feet, my aspiration is to take renounced order in my life but I don’t see any single quality or qualification and knowledge to attain that, please bless me with intelligence and teach me to understand and apply the literatures (Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-bhāgavatam, Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Nectar of Devotion, Nectar of Instruction, Īśopaniṣad etc..) given by Śrīla Prabhupāda and spread the message of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to every corner of the world (nagarādi grāma), please accept me as your disciple and empower me to serve you in the mission without getting deviated in the purpose.

Please always protect me and help me to strictly attend daily morning program, chant at least 16 rounds, to read Śrīla Prabhupāda books, hear lectures, follow the 4 regulative principles without fail, not to offend Vaiṣṇavas, give me strength, intelligence and proper understanding to face problematic complex situations which may cause in midst of the devotee community because of not having proper understandings or any other motives.

Yours sheltered disciple,

P Balaji,

ISKCON Tirupati.

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances,

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda!

On Your glorious Appearance day, I wish to convey my heartfelt gratitude to Your Divine Grace for your unlimited mercy on this fallen soul.

Dear Gurudeva you are the pure devotee Bhāgavata who is indicated in this beautiful verse:

My dear Lord, You are glorified by the selected verses uttered by great personalities. Such glorification of Your lotus feet is just like saffron particles. When the transcendental vibration from the mouths of great devotees carries the aroma of the saffron dust of Your lotus feet, the forgetful living entity gradually remembers his eternal relationship with You. Devotees thus gradually come to the right conclusion about the value of life. My dear Lord, I Therefore, do not need any other benediction but the opportunity to hear from the mouth of Your pure devotee. (SB 4.20.25- Pṛthu Mahārāja’s prayer)

Praying to always remain attached to Your amṛtavāṇī and live by your instructions in word, thought and deed.

Thank you again dear Guru Mahārāja,

Your most fortunate undeserving spiritual daughter,

Prāṇapriyā Padma devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

Thiruvananthapuram, India
 

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

My dearest spiritual father Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet

Guru Mahārāja your glories are unlimited who can find an end to the glories of Kṛṣṇa similarly who can find an end to your glories but still I will try to say a few. You are the personification of unlimited mercy and showing all the qualities of mahā-bhāgavata. Among all your qualities the one attracted me more is the care you are giving to your disciples and all the living entities. Guru Mahārāja you never find a fault in any one I liked this so much you are like Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja who don’t have any enemies since he is able to find something good in everyone. your love and dedication to your spiritual master is incomparable irrespective of your health conditions of course Guru Mahārāja you are least bothered about your health considering it belongs to Guru and Kṛṣṇa. your love for Guru and Gaurāṅga is spell bound. Please bless me also to get a tiny drop of these qualities so that my life will be blessed under your lotus feet. I find no hope in this prison house other than service to your lotus feet. I am very sure that because of my past good karma I got you as my spiritual master Gurudeva. Please forgive me of all the offences knowingly and unknowingly I have committed at your lotus feet.

Please bless our Surabhī-kuñja congregation also to progress quickly under your shelter. Guru Mahārāja use, me as your instrument in preaching and other devotional activities.

Your unworthy insignificant servant,

Prāṇasakhī Lāsikā devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Please accept our respectful obeisance at your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

First of all, we are not worthy to glorify you, rather, we are so conditioned souls that we are not worthy of even offering our respectful obeisance at your lotus feet. You have adopted us by showering your causeless mercy on us.

Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, the way you have carried forward the message of Śrīla Prabhupāda during last two years at the stressful time of COVID andamp; also fought two COVID attacks apart from other health issues, this is unparalleled. In true sense, Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, you are FIELD MARSHAL of Śrīla Prabupada’s Army. Field Marshall is the one who never retires. In the Indian Army, this is ceremonial designation but you are leading from the front and amp; spreading Lord Kṛṣṇa’s-bhakti and; Lord Caitanya’s Love. This gives us tremendous power whenever we feel down in our spiritual progress. You are leading by example, always spreading the love for Hari Nam to everyone in any situation, whether you are in hospital or down with other health issues. We seek your causeless mercy for given below.

guru-mukha-padma-vākya, cittete kariyā aikya,
āra nā kariha mane āśā.

And

ayi nanda-tanūja kiṅkaraṁ patitaṁ māṁ viṣame bhavāmbudhau
kripayā tava pāda-paṅkaja-sthita-dhūlī-sadṛśaṁ vicintaya

We should be able to follow the same in letter and spirit.

We once again seek your love, blessings and causeless mercy to move forward on the path of Bhakti, Chant with devotion and go back home back to Godhead.

Yours insignificant Son and Daughter, always seeking your KARUṆA…

Praneśvara Nitāi Gaura Dāsa and Prema Dāyinī Tulasī Devī Dāsī

Dīkṣā Disciple, Ambala City – Haryana

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

My name is S.R. Prashantha presently staying at Bangalore.

Everyday I am chanting 16 rounds of Hare Kṛṣṇa japa with the mercy of his divine grace of A C Bhaktivedanata Swami prabupāda and your blessings. I am still in the material world and unable to get the sweetness of the japa. I request you please bless me to be always in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and to find the taste of Hare Kṛṣṇa japa. With your guidance and blessings, I would like to take initiation but unable to fully concentrate in the devotional service due to material world. You are our spiritual guru, I humbly request for your blessings to avoid all obstacles and difficulties to reach the final path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

I am very happy to read your few books and understand the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I am not comfortable in the material world due to number of obstacles facing day to day in family life. please show me the path of success in achieving final goal.

I am facing lots of obstacles, ups and downs, joy and sorrow in the material world so please guide me how to divert my mind towards devotional service.

I am a dāsī not at all qualified to surrender to you but still I beg your sweet kindness and bless me to continue in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness. My husband Rāma mūrthi, sons shree charan and shree Kiran also requesting you for your blessings to show interest in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Your servant of servant of servant

Prashanthi (aspiring disciple)
New Rājāpur Dhāma, Bangalore, India

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

Amado padre espiritual:

Sabiendo que tener su misericordia es mí la mayor bendición, me postro agradecida ante la sombra de sus pies de loto.

Su amor por Sus Señorías y su ejemplo y tolerancia son mi inspiración. Gracia por sus tantas maneras de procurar nuestra liberación, por encima de las adversidades.

Oro por siempre estar bajo su amparo y poder comprender el sambhanda Jñana, pues solo así estoy a salvo y conectada con La Suprema Personalidad de Dios.

Pido a Kṛṣṇa que nos conceda la gracia de tener su śānta asociación y contar con su misericordia infinita siempre.

Por favor amado padre, no aparte su mirada compasiva de está alma condicionada, que lucha por mantenerse a flote en este océano de dualidades y que desea complacerlo con mi humilde servicio.

Perdone por favor mis ofensas, mi imprudencia y mi poca inteligencia, pero todas mis acciones y pensamientos están encaminados a no defraudarlo y sentirme digna de ser su hija.

Feliz Vyāsa-pūjā amado padre,

Su insignificante sirvienta,

Prayojana Prema devī dāsī (Dīkṣā)
Māyāpur, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga.

All glories to your most auspicious appearance day! I bow down before you again and again with great reverence, devotion, gratitude and love.

Your glories are unlimited and transcendental. I am a tiny conditioned jīva under the grip of the three modes of nature. It is impossible for me to understand or pen down your glories. Yet as a matter of duty and seeking your mercy and blessings I make this bold attempt to express a few of your glories.

Despite my dull intelligence, negative qualification, sinful life and poor service attitude, you very mercifully accepted me as your disciple and gave me shelter under your lotus feet, just like Nityānanda prabhu showered His mercy on Jagāi and Mādhāi.

You gave me residence in the audarya dhāma Śrī Māyāpur and engaged me directly in the service of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s vision though I have absolutely no qualification whatsoever to serve our founder ācārya. I do not have the ability to perform even a sesame seed worth of devotional service. Yet you very magnanimously gave me that service. Whatever results have been obtained in this service are 100% due to your causeless mercy and blessings only – there is no other cause, no other cause, no other cause.

Śrīla Gurudeva, whatever you have done for me and given to me till now, nobody in the three worlds will do – nobody, nobody, nobody – not even demigods, parents, teachers, relatives, friends and well-wishers.

Guru Mahārāja, we have seen time and again that every time you come out of a sickness, you become more and more resolute in your determination and actions to fulfil Śrīla Prabhupāda’s desires. Just like Arjuna could single-handedly fight and win a war against many akṣauhiṇīs of strongest warriors, Guru Mahārāja you can single-handedly go on war against māyā and come out successful. Your transcendental potency is inconceivably unlimited.

Your enthusiasm to preach Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and give out Lord Caitanya’s mercy knows no bounds. For you, any and every time, place and circumstance are perfect for preaching. You do not miss even a single opportunity to give Kṛṣṇa consciousness to conditioned souls as well as inspire your disciples to advance in their Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, even if you yourself are on a hospital bed. Your recent message from Rela Hospital, Chennai, to all disciples stands testimony to this.

Your will power to fulfil Śrīla Prabahupada’s instructions is so strong and pure that Lord Kṛṣṇa appears to have given you the boon to remain in this body as long as you desire. You are an epitome of guru-niṣṭhā.

You are one of the most empowered spiritual sons of Śrīla Prabhupāda and your pure desire to serve him “even life after life” has empowered you to bring hundreds of thousands of suffering conditioned souls into this society founded by him.

I pray at the lotus feet at Rādhā-Mādhava, Pañca-tattva, Prahlāda-Narasiṁhadeva and Jagannātha Baladeva Subhadrā maharani that They may always protect you and keep you in the best of health as long as you desire to perform your līlā on this earth planet.

I very sincerely beg you to forgive me for whatever offenses I may have committed at your lotus feet, knowingly or unknowingly, and remove my ignorance. And to shower your causeless mercy and blessings on me to act as a puppet in your hands and assist you in constructing the Māyāpur Institute Campus Project for the satisfaction and pleasure of Śrīla Prabhupāda and our previous ācāryas.

Your very insignificant spiritual son,

Prema Gaurasundara dāsa

Māyāpur, India

Beloved Spiritual father,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances to Your divine lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Ācāryapāda, your presence and association is very valuable for this planet, as even a moment’s association with Your Divine Grace can give one the seed of Kṛṣṇa Bhakti. That is why we pray everyday that you should regain your bodily health, strength, and capability even better than your pre- stroke days. Like Nārada Muni, your eagerness to reach out to all, is tremendous! You once remarked that you were forced to apply for visas in so many countries which delayed your travel, unlike Nārada Muni who can go anywhere at a moment’s notice!

Gurudeva, you are the engine providing the spiritual energy for us to continue our spiritual lives. Your instructions as well as blessings and prayers keep helping us to try and come out of māyā’s clutches and try to render pure devotional service.

This pandemic has been very spiritually productive in my life as I could focus completely on trying to render better quality service to Your Divine Grace. My sadhana and my consciousness have become more focused in pleasing you. I have tried to share this with other devotees and new devotees as well.

The internet has helped in continuing our programs even more rigorously than before.

One thing I realize through this is about your high level of dedication, love, and commitment to Śrīla Prabhupāda! I feel so humbled and dwarfed both quantitatively and qualitatively in my attempts to serve You!

I can understand a little better now about your desires for us- to become humble, selfless, and service -minded. That is really the goal of rendering all services, including preaching. So that we become eligible to taste kṛṣṇa-prema.

Dear Gurudeva, your purity is a benediction upon us like the sun’s rays removing darkness.

As long as I live, I wish to be a useful instrument in your mission. I wish to realize my true identity and develop pure love for Kṛṣṇa. I seek your blessings for this- for my eternal bond of loving relationship with you- so special and unique even though you have thousands and thousands of souls attached to Your Divine Grace!

For you, even 50.000 is a small number of disciples! That is why Śrīla Prabhupāda asked to expand the number of devotees unlimitedly! Please keep me as a particle of dust at your lotus feet so that I can always keep serving you selflessly.

You have been very strict with me. I wish to qualify to please you naturally and spontaneously without any anarthas.

Gurudeva, once, during the Māyāpur parikramā, I was praying in front of the Rājāpur Jagannātha Deities among so many devotees. I was wondering what to pray to the Lord for, and Your Divine Grace from somewhere behind came and told me to pray that Bhakti-vṛkṣa preaching should reach and spread all over the world and for blessings and good fortune for my two sons!! So I pray for the Bhakti-vṛkṣa preaching and also beg you to bless my two sons Pradeep and Ananth and make them both your loving servants. Please also bless my husband Vijay Venugopal das for rendering wonderful services to your lotus feet.

I also seek your blessings on all the devotees of our Bangalore yātrā. Please bless everyone that they may advance very nicely and engage in loving services including extensive preaching for your pleasure. Please also bless all the devotees that I am helping, from all the other places.

Please kindly forgive me father, for all my offenses unto your divine lotus feet. You are an ocean of love. I have no shelter but you.

Your insignificant spiritual daughter,

Prema Padminī devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja, please accept my respectful obeisances unto Your divine lotus feet.

By Your mercy I am given some services in the JPS App. When I read Your messages I am understanding that how You are always Kṛṣṇa conscious in each of Your activities. I am thankful to You for the sevā opportunity. I beg for your blessings so that I can serve Yourself and other devotees always. It is very astonishing to see Yourself traveling and giving online darśanas and classes in any condition. Thank you, Guru Mahārāja for everything you have bestowed on all of us.

Your Dīkṣā disciple,

Prema Vinodinī Devī dāsī (dīkṣa) and family,
Śrī Jagannath Mandir Kumaraswamy Layout, Bangalore, India
 

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

Guru Mahārāja, please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. This is your 75th Vyāsa-pūjā celebration. All your disciples are celebrating this occasion most enthusiastically and in a prayerful mood.

This is the day when every disciple is expressing their gratitude at your lotus feet Gurudeva. This is so nice that by this offering you connect with each and every disciple and disciples get a chance to express their gratitude, thoughts, views and love in the form of words and offer it to your lotus feet.

In your recent quotes you were saying that, “Although my body may not keep up now, but my desire to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Caitanya is ever increasing! Hari Bol!”

By this you show us that this is spiritual thirst which can never be satisfied, it is increasing, increasing and ever increasing. In another quote you said that, “Even if we be in the worst situation we can be Kṛṣṇa conscious. ”

This also you show by your own example, but Guru Mahārāja we are so body conscious and don’t have such mood to serve Guru and Gaurāṅga. Guru Mahārāja please bless us so that we acquire at least one drop of such mood. Only by your mercy, we gain the ability to serve Guru and Gaurāṅga. So, please keep showering your mercy upon us always.

Guru Mahārāja in a very small way, we are doing our service under the guidance of His Grace Mantreśa Prabhujī and Her Grace Nitya Yoginī Mātājī, we are engaged in their online preaching program. Please bless all preachers and all the devotees of Baroda Bhakti-vṛkṣa so that we can do our sādhana sincerely and help to preach in the mission of Guru and Gaurāṅga.

Guru Mahārāja, we cannot serve you directly, So I would like to express my gratitude for giving us the opportunity to serve you in the form of prayers to Lord Narsiṁhadeva and Lord Dhanvantari for your good health.

Lastly, my all family members want to serve you in your mission but somehow and other they are bound by their karmic duties, so this is the prayer in your lotus feet that in whatever situation we are please let us be in Kṛṣṇa conscious and do our sādhana sincerely and keep on preaching this mission always.

Thankyou Guru Mahārāja for accepting me as your disciple.

Your spiritual daughter,

Premapriyā Keśavī Devī Dāsī

 

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

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance at your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to you...!!

Availing the opportunity of your auspicious 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā; I am putting efforts to phrase my feelings of indebtedness to you and via you; to the whole paramparā which is holding me in this world full of distractions and frustrations.

Guru Mahārāja, amid the pandemic situation when I was going through a tough phase of managing my office, family and child; I was very upset and stressed. But attending evening Chaitanya Līlā class used to give me solace. One day after hearing the class; I thought to open up my heart and wrote an email to seek your guidance. Somehow the reply took some time but soon after sending you the mail; my situation turned better. I was feeling so thankful to Gaurāṅga. And after a few months when I received mail from your end it filled me with tears as it was for the first-time I had heard directly from you. Your each word was full of compassion, care and love. You also further connected me to your senior gṛhastha disciples. I felt so grateful and elated. Gurudeva; you are truly ‘Kṛpā-sāgara – ocean of mercy’ and you are distributing this mercy profusely to all jīvas. I feel extremely reverential and thankful to Lord Kṛṣṇa for your presence on this planet. Because every time I hear and read about you, I come to the conclusion that you don’t belong to this world. I also want to express my gratitude for your mercy as when I chant the names Nitāi Gaurāṅga... Jaya Śacīnandana... I feel a lot of happiness and bliss. Thank You so much Guru Mahārāja.

Dear Gurudeva, when I read your letter in mid of January while you were in Chennai where you expressed the desire that your disciples shall do Bhakti-śāstri, take second initiation, preach actively and become guru; I am glad to share that with your mercy we are about to complete instruction one; we will be graduating Bhakti-sāstrī within month and would aspire for second initiation.

Gurudeva, please bless and give me strength that I can absorb the purport of Śrīla Prabhupāda into my heart and implement the lessons learnt in Bhakti-śāstri into my life. I also seek your blessings to continue my services of IYF- girls here at Chandigarh and as a mother of two daughters.

I pray to Pañca-tattva, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and Lord Narhari for your good health and give us your divine association for many years ahead.

Your eternal servant,

Premeśvarī Haripriyā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)

Chandigarh, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda Please accept my Humble Obeisances Guru Mahārāja I constantly pray to Lord Narasiṁha for your good health. For your causeless Mercy on a fallen soul like me I find no words to express. I seek your blessings so that I can advance on devotional path and able to overcome anarthas.

Please accept me as your spiritual daughter.

Your insignificant servant,

Priyā (Aspiring)

Rohini, New Delhi, India

Hare Krishna dandvat Pranam Guru Maharaj ji

Apni kripa  sada Banaye rakhiye Guru Maharaj

Hari hari bol

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare

Priyanka Dubey
Śrī Māyāpur

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my most respectful obesciencses

All glories to your Vyāsa-pūjā day,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All glories to You!

Although I have no qualifications to glorify an exalted personality like Yourself, but for my own purification I will try to do so.

Because of being very much unfortunate, I have not witnessed Your pastimes physically but from Your Great Servants, Well-Wishers, and Sīkṣā disciples, I have heard some of the inconceivable pastimes of Yours.

One devotee was telling that once You were in a hospital, and a person next to your bed was about to leave his body. Upon seeing his situation, the devotee was telling that, You immediately told the nurse “Give him neck beads, give him Tulasī, I will initiate him right now and free him from repeated birth and death”, no fire yajña, no information of him, but You, being infinitely merciful, were ready to initiate him then and there.

Another time, a devotee was telling us that we should practice and dive into the nectarine Holy Names of Kṛṣṇa, and with this process, we will transcend this bodily conception of life and he was giving the most vivid example of Yours, “Mahārāja (You) has completely absorbed himself in the holy names of Kṛṣṇa that he is completely transcendental to this body. So much pain Mahārāja has to go through, you all cannot even imagine. How is Mahārāja able to do so much for Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission? Because due to his absorption in the holy names of the Lord, he is completely transcendental to the body.”

As in a Vyāsa-pūjā offering to You, His Grace Jananivāsa Prabhuji was saying, “Every time I see Jayapatākā Mahārāja, I say to myself, ‘take a good look, this person(You), he does not live for himself, he simply lives for others... take a good look, it is very rare to find such a Person’.” and this statement of Jananivāsa Prabhu was technically proven to be absolute truth when you were having your liver and kidney transplant. A devotee was sharing that, at that time, doctors had left all the hope. So, devotees asked an astrologer, out of their great love for you, if the surgery is going to be a success? Would you be present amongst the devotees for some more time? The astrologer deeply answered the devotees that according to your astrological charts, the time period of your manifest pastimes on this earth planet already came to the end when a miscreant attacked you on the neck with a knife but you are still here. After that incident so many health-related traumas including that awful stroke in 2008, but you are still here. He added further, “This saintly man is just here to fulfill the orders of his Spiritual Master and to deliver the fallen souls, that’s all... Do not worry he will continue to give his divine association to all of us for at least 10 more years” and since that time Dear Guru Mahārāja, you went through many health challenges but just out of your own sweet will, for the sake of delivering the falling souls, you are on this planet and gave up your life just for the sake of others. Indeed, today is the most auspicious anniversary of your ‘52 Years of Self-Sacrifice’.

Knowing the mood of Your Spiritual Master, ‘Preaching is the essence, Purity is the force’, as a Perfect Disciple, You have led all of us, all the way to this point, as your name transliterates: Victory Flag, please Guru Mahārāja I beg at your Lotus Feet, please continue to lead us and inspire us so that we may also, in some lifetime, at least try to follow in your footsteps.

O Gurudeva, I am completely fallen but you are so much merciful that out of your own sweet will, you have causelessly saved a fallen person like me from Spiritual Death. O Spiritual Master, please keep me under the shelter of your divine Lotus Feet, if it so pleases you. I am completely filled with vāsanas and anarthas, O Guru Mahārāja please accept this humble offering unto to Your Divine Lotus Feet and please Gurudeva, kindly forgive me for my mistakes.

O Gurudeva, please give me your divine mercy and strength, so that I may endeavor to carry out your divine instructions.

śrī-guru karuṇā-sindhu, aDhāmaa janāra bandhu,
lokanāth lokera jīvana
hā hā prabhu koro doyā, deho more pada-chāyā,
ebe jaśa ghuṣuk tribhuvana

All glories to your Vyāsa-pūjā day,

All glories to You,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Your aspiring servant,

Priyanshu Dwivedi (aspiring disciple)

Allahabad (Prayāgrāja), India

Dear Guru Maharāja, 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories unto you! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! 

A very happy Vyāsapūja Gurudeva.

Am very grateful that you have accepted me as your spiritual daughter else I would have been lost in the waves of this material world. Thank you Gurudev for taking charge of my ship and protecting me. You have always been very merciful on me, providing us opportunity to serve you during 2018 Vyāsapūja in chennai and blessing me through the zoom call during my pregnancy. The amount of struggle you take to connect to us and deliver each soul is beyond my thinking ability. Last year physically you had many challenges with your health , yet again and again you overcome every single obstacle before you victoriously and keep on preaching to the fallen souls. I still couldn’t imagine how you have traveled to different countries within a short span of time without proper rest, this clearly proves that you are living the Gītā and demonstrating that we are not the body. Seeking your blessings Gurudeva that I could render devotional service seriously and be your insignificant servant of the servant. Kindly forgive me for the offences that I have committed at your lotus feet.

Jai Gurudeva!!

Priyasakhī Mālatī devī dāsī
India (Chennai)

গুরুমহারাজ এই অধমের প্রণাম নেবেন । আপনাকে দেওয়া কথা আমি যেন সারাজীবন পালন করতে পারি।

ভগবানের দেওয়া উপদেশ আমি যেন সারাজীবন পালন করতে পারি প্রচার করতে পারি।হরেকৃষ্ণ

Provat Hazra (aspiring disciple)
India

 

Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to our Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to your divine grace.

थैंक यू गुरु महाराज जी,की आपने मुझे अपना शिष्या बनाया।मुझे भक्ति करने का मौका दिया है,गुरु महाराज जी आपका प्यार, कृपा,करुणा है की अभी शिक्षा गुरु रम्या वृंदावन देवी दासी माताजी के सानिध्य में रहकर भक्ति को और अच्छे से करने भक्ति पूर्ण जीवन जीने के लिए उनके सरंक्षण में हैं। गुरु महारज जी आप हमारे लिए उदाहरण हैं की कैसी भी भौतिक तकलीफों में हमे गुरु और भगवान कृष्ण का ही शरण लेना है,और भक्ति करना है,और इस भौतिक जगत में कोई और रास्ता नहीं है। गुरु महाराज जी आपने जो भक्ति का मौका हम सभी को दिया है ये अनुकंपा है,और प्रभुपाद जी का जो शिक्षा हम सभी को मिल रहा है ये हमारे लिए प्रसाद है कृपा है की जो हम भक्ति में आ पाए हैं अपने जीवन को गुरु की इच्छा के साथ लगा सके, मिशन में अपने जीवन को लगा सके,तभी हमारा लाइफ का उदेश्य पूरा हो सकेगा,एक सिपाई के जैसे हम भी कृष्णा कौन्सियस मिशन में आपका सेवक बनकर सेवा कर सके.जो आपने भक्ति का खजाना दिया है ओरो को भी दे सके.

All Glories to your appearance day, Guru Mahārāja Jī.

Your spiritual daughter,

Pūjitā Mādhavī devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

New Delhi, India

Todas las glorias a SS Gaura Nitāi!

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda!

En este día de su Vyāsa-pūjā número 73 queremos saludarlo con mi esposo.

Le queremos comentar de nuevos servicios que estamos haciendo para ayudar al templo y servirlo a usted en cuerpo y alma.

Actualmente con mi esposo tomamos el servicio de:

Purāṇando Dāsa Cocina de la deidad

Natalia campillay ayudante de pūjāri y tesorera de harināma saṅkīrtana.

Pūrānanda Dāsa (dīkṣa)
 

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectful obseiances unto your divine lotus feet

Wishing you a very Happy Gaurāṅga Conscious Vyāsa-pūjā Spiritual Father

Gurudeva our sincerest heartfelt prayers unto Lotus feet of Guru Paramparā Narasiṁhadeva Pañca-tattva and Rādhā Mādhava Aṣṭa Sakhī for the best of your health.

Gurudeva your consistent untiring effort to reach out to all of us and to new people is indeed the most inspirational moments of my life. Gaurāṅga classes topped with home visits and blessings are most awaited moments of the day. Hearing about your unlimited glories from various Senior Disciples through JSSS makes it so much more-easier to understand the message given by Lord Kṛṣṇa in Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Your divine graces Caitanya-caritāmṛta classes helps me to understand the message of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Your personal care to all of us is indeed true Sunshine in this dark world of cheaters and cheated.

Guru Mahārāja 2020 November to 2021 August has been the most challenging time of our lives. I am victim of black magic for trying to preach to devotees, relatives and also as it did not work on my prabhu, it was directed to my father-in-law who got bed ridden for a year and finally left his body peacefully on January 1st 2022. The effect of black magic which reduced our preaching to a large extent. It has also affected my right hand so much that for 3 months had to chant and do my gāyatrī in left hand. Now my realization is that because of your prayers was able to chant my 16 rounds in spite of these challenges.

August 2021 and December 20201 had two operations on my right elbow and am able to use my right hand 85%. It’s a challenge for me to do ācamana in my right hand.

Gurudeva my intention of expressing is show, my deepest gratitude which words cannot express, your blessings and prayers during house visits has brought me back to track in terms of health physically, mentally, emotionally and most important of all Spiritually. In fact just the previous day of my first surgery you prayed to Lord Narasiṁhadeva for my protection and from that moment it has been big positive change.

Also, Gurudeva would like to mention that His Grace Prema Padminī Mātājī and His Grace Vijay Venugopal prabhu have been of great support during these most trying times. My prabhu Prasannātmā Balarāma Dāsa, our son Abhinav, my sister Lakṣmī Lokeśvarī devī dāsī, my brother Manju, cousin Vinoda Vāṇī devī dāsī and my two domestic help Mamatā and Nandinī help nursed me back to normal lifestyle. Seek your blessing for their over all well being.

My prabhu and myself by your causeless mercy have restarted our preaching activities seek your blessings to do some small sevā for Your Holiness. We seek special blessings for our son Abhinav Vasistha for his spiritual advancement

Also, Gurudeva please bless our Bhakti-vṛkṣa, Youth Club and Kṛṣṇa Club members to advance spiritually without any obstacles.

Once again Kṛṣṇa Conscious appearance day Gurudeva and Koṭi Koṭi Koṭi Daṇḍavats Praṇāma for your blessings and protection

Your Spiritual daughter and servant,

Pūrṇa Nandinī Mādhavī Devī Dāsī

Bangalore, India

¡Todas las Glorias a Śrī Śrī Goura Nitay! ¡Todas las Glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda! ¡Todas las Glorias a Guru Mahārāja!

Querido Guru Mahārāja, le ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias.

En esta oportunidad quería agradecerle enormemente por siempre inspirarme y mostrarnos como ser mejores sirvientes. Gracias por su determinación pese a las dificultades recordarnos siempre al señor Kṛṣṇa. Gracias por inspirarme en mi vida espiritual. Deseo siempre mantenerme en servicio a Kṛṣṇa y Devotos.

Su aspirante a sirvienta,
Bhaktina Purṇamāsī
(aspiring disciple)

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful Obeisance. All glories to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedant Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to you and to 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava.

While the world was trying to survive the Pandemic, it was because of your Mercy, that our spirit’s were still high, looking forward to meet you in the zoom class every Sunday, getting the opportunity to offer prasāda, and get your blessings. Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for giving us this opportunity to serve your lotus feet virtually.

Guru Mahārāja, in spite of so many anarthas in me, you mercifully gave me Shelter, although I’m not at all worthy of it. As I’ve been involved in some translation work for the past 3 years, translating Śrīla Prabhupāda’s lectures, closely scrutinizing his words for translation, I’ve realized more and more how mercifully Prabhupāda has saved Generations of souls. He gave the Kingdom of God to you, and you have not only developed it, but also distributed it all across the globe. All glories to you Guru Mahārāja. Had you not held up the torchlight of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, how would I ever realize the worthlessness of material endeavors and the right destination to strive for!

To understand I’m not this body but a soul is easier said than done, until we see the live example in you. I have done nothing in this world to deserve your mercy, but still somehow I have got it. If I could develop even an iota of Humility and forbearance that you have dear Guru Mahārāja, my life will be successful.

Guru Mahārāja, I pray to Rādhā Mādhava to keep you healthy, and help us all to always serve your lotus feet. Please Bless that I get rid of my Ego and always Serve You, Gaurāṅga and Vaiṣṇavas, and never ever forget Kṛṣṇa.

Please accept my Respectful Obeisance.

Your most insignificant sheltered disciple,

Poonam Dalwale

Atlanta, GA (under the care of NRJD)

nāma oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dear Gurumaharāj,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to you on this auspicious day of your Vyāsa pūja.

Our family is so fortunate to get your constant mercy and be in Kṛṣṇa Conscious at all times.

 We were disheartened to see you becoming sick again recently and got admitted in the hospital in Chennai.

In spite of your ill health, feeling weak at all times, your untiring effort in fulfilling Śrīla Prabhupāda’s vision is unfathomable.

After the sudden demise of my husband Śyāma Sundara Jagannātha Dasa in Māyāpur last year February, our family was totally shattered. Your kind words and blessings brought us  lot of solace to our heart. I felt lost in the ocean of material world like a rudderless boat. Your blessings helped me to take childrens class in Bangalore, the seva which I am doing till today.

During Covid times your virtual home visits brought immense happiness to us. We got special mercy from you at all times.

When my daughter Anusha got married to Anunay in Rājāpur in  November last year, you gave your special blessings to the couple in spite of your busy schedule of classes in the evening. We were overjoyed to see you and the special care you have for our family.

I pray to Lord Nṛsimhadev to bless you with a healthy and vibrant life to spread Śrīla Prabhupāda's message to the whole world and  also help me to become your devoted servant serving you eternally.

Long Live Gurumaharāj,

Your servant,
Puṣpāmukhī Sacī Devī Dāsī
India (Bengalūru)

My Dearest Gurudev,

Nama Om Vishnu Padaya Krishna Preshthaya Bhutale Srimate Jaya Pataka Samin iti namine

Namo Acharya Padaya Nitai Kripa Pradayine Gaura Katha Dhama Dhaaya Nagara Grama Tarine

Dear Gurudev, please accept my respectful obeisances Unto your Lotus Feet.  All Glories to your Devine Grace and Devine Appearance Day.

Dear Guru Maharaj, you are a perfect example to all the qualities that the shastras mention about a disciple.  Your whole life and being is a dedication to Your Spiritual Master Srila Prabhupada.  Without any break every moment, every breath is in service of Guru and Gauranga.

Occeans contain themselves in a particular region but your Ocean of causeless mercy just expands towards every soul that comes close to you.

You are sensitive to the smallest feeling of devotees and at the same time you make the biggest plans for our ISKCON movement and preaching all over the world.

Any small bodily inconvenience I find difficult to tolerate but you push yourself to the maximum for Srila Prabhupada and knowingly and voluntarily accept all kinds of hardships.

As you mentioned getting a daughter married is like crossing a mountain.  Please bless us that our daughter settles down in marriage.  Please bless me that I absorb some of your mood and qualities so that Your Devine Grace and the Parampara are pleased upon me.

Your unworthy daughter

Radha Shakti Devi Dasi 

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

I offer my humble obeisances onto the Lotus Feet of my worshipable Spiritual master His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja

All Glories to Your auspicious Appearance day Śrīla Guru Mahārāja!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Dearest Śrīla Guru Mahārāja

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

All Glories to Your All Auspicious Appearance Day

First of all I want to request forgiveness for all the offences I have committed at Your Divine Lotus Feet. I have one after another committed offences at Your Lotus Feet and You have been forgiving me. I try not to commit offences but always end up not following Your instructions and engage in sense gratification, But still how merciful are You.

Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, I have been so sinful that although I got Your mercy, but still due to my great misfortune and pride, I actually misunderstood You and committed a very great offence at Your lotus feet. For this offence Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi at Juhu even punished me, but still due to ignorance my mind conspires with me. I used to take online darshan of Their Lordships at Juhu. During that time, somehow I read some false criticism about You from sites made by a few envious people who wanted to blaspheme Śrīla Prabhupāda and His mission. Oh, how angry the most merciful Personalities became. For nearly a month Śrī Śrī Gaur Nitāi didn’t give Their darshan. In the beginning I was not able to understand why Śrī Śrī Gaur Nitāi had become so angry although they are the most merciful. But later when I heard Śrīnatha Prahu jī Glorifying You then I understood how dear are You Śrīla Guru Mahārāja to Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi and Śrīla Prabhupāda, and how dedicatedly You have been serving them. Nearly a month later, when I started to regularly attend Your lectures and was trying to hear more of Your glorification and was asking Their Lordships to now have mercy on me to become Your faithful servant. Oh, finally on one afternoon Bhoga Ārati all of a sudden Their camera started. As soon as I saw them I prayed to them to forgive me and let me become a dedicated servant of Yours Śrīla Guru Mahārāja.

But Guru Mahārāja I have now understood that I have done such a great blunder that I am unqualified to get even the mercy of the most magnanimous Lord Nityānanda then what to say of Lord Gaurāṅga. They have not resumed giving darśana because I have become nice but because You are very merciful.

Without Your mercy Śrīla Guru Mahārāja I have no existence, without Your shelter Śrīla Guru Mahārāja I am just like a small new born puppy is, near a busy street without its Master. Every moment he has a fear of being eaten up by some other big dog, or being smashed under some fast-moving vehicle, but as soon as its Master comes and takes it under His shelter, oh, then there is no more fear. Please take me under Your shelter, this world is very bad. Here even parents leave their own children for their personal interests. There is no shelter in this world but still Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, I am so fallen that again and again I look back towards this material world with some expectation of happiness. Śrīla Guru Mahārāja I am fallen and poor and have been quite injured by the mad elephant of Vaiṣṇava Aparādhā, please have mercy on me, I have no existence without Your mercy. Although my position is so fallen, Śrīla Guru Mahārāja but still again and again pride comes in heart for no reason, please have mercy on me Śrīla Guru Mahārāja that every time I become proud may it be broken, may I be able to see myself as Your servant. I desire to serve You Śrīla Guru Mahārāja but I am so unfortunate that I am not even able to do that. I am qualified for nothing, Śrīla Guru Mahārāja for I am rejected by the most merciful Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaura, but Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, You can save me if it so pleases You. You can save me or throw me away as dirt, as You wish Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, But I request You Śrīla Guru Mahārāja to kindly place me as a dust particle under Your Divine Lotus Feet, for I do not desire to leave and go back to material sense gratification. Kindly accept this poor and fallen soul as Your servant.

How great are You Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, surely my words are less in Your Glorification. Please have mercy on me Śrīla Guru Mahārāja so that I may be able to faithfully serve You without any pride and without any sense of being recognized or any other dirt in mind.

All Glories to You Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, How merciful are You, How Great are You and who sinful am I to blaspheme You, please have mercy on this sinful person.

Your insignificant aspiring servant

Rādhe (Vaṅśika) (aspiring disciple)

Mumbai (Vasai), Maharashtra, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to Your Divine Grace!

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

Wishing you a happy and glorious Vyāsa-pūjā.

This is just an attempt by an insignificant, fallen soul to glorify your Holiness.

It’s been a year now since I came into Kṛṣṇa consciousness and although I’m unintelligent, I’m trying to do some service for the devotees. By your grace, I was pointed to this oasis of transcendence, else I would have been lost in the desert of material existence forever. Thank you, Gurudeva.

By your mercy I was able to join the ashram 3 months into Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Mahārāja, your temple gave me shelter, put a roof over my head, feeds me sumptuously and gives me the opportunity to try and serve the Vaiṣṇavas everyday. This wouldn’t have been possible without your blessings. I am eternally grateful to you, Master.

It’s really mesmerises me to see how you never fail to deliver classes everyday, just to deliver a pathetic soul like me. Although you have various ailments, you keep them aside and come through for me. Sometimes it feels like you are not from this planet, but Superman from another world come to save us.

Although my prayers are insignificant, I will still pray for your quick recovery. You are a true inspiration and driving force for millions.

With deep gratitude I offer obeisances at your lotus feet. Please bless me so that I may serve the servant of the servant of Your Holiness.

An insignificant and fallen aspiring soul.

Rāhul Rādhā Kṛṣṇan,

ISKCON Whitefield, Bangalore

Dear His Holiness Jayapatākā Swamijī,

Hare Kṛṣṇa!! Daṇḍavat praṇāma!!

On this most blessed and auspicious day, the celebration of your appearance ; Śrī Vyāsa-Pūjā, please accept my most humble Obeisance’s at your divine lotus feet, and kindly forgive my offences.

On 31st Dec, 2019 I met my spiritual brother (Sushil Madhav Prabhu). He established a good relationship with me and nurture me a lot. My spiritual journey started on 1st Jan, 2020 with two rounds of Mahāmantra chanting after maṇgla-āratik, I found myself more pleasant after chanting. Spiritual brother asked me to do Mahāmantra two rounds daily. Slowly slowly he introduced so many things in my life and I also started to put on tilaka, follow four rules and 16 rounds chanting.

I was about to śaraṇāgata under HH Bhakti Cāru Swamiji Mahārāja but Swamiji became disappears on 4th July 2020. And I become hopeless at that moment. Meanwhile I used to go through the video lectures of Mahārāja and In one of lecture Mahārāja mentioned that how you went to Kolkata to meet him when he left Māyāpur without saying anything to anyone.

When I came to know that I wanted you as my Dīkṣā Guru. I found back all my hopes again. Swamiji always guide me through enlightened path, do not left me alone.

Yours obedient,

Raj Kumar Sah (aspiring disciple)

Rajarhat, Kolkata

Being in very critical condition of body, still you were able to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness to each and every one around you.

Please accept my humble obeisance. Wishing you very good health ahead.

Also requesting you to shower mercy upon us to serve Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Your servant,

Kālindī devī dāsī and Rājārāma dāsa

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Gurudeva.

Please accept my humble obeisance unto your lotus feet.

On this auspicious occasion of your vyāsapūjā day I sincerely pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to protect you and give good health.

Gurudeva you are situated in such an exalted position. I am really unqualified to glorify you. But you are so kind you made me as your disciple.

Duty of disciple is to help his guru in his mission of spreading Kṛṣṇa Consciousness to everyone. To fulfil that we have plan to start a prayer hall with an altar near to my house. The proposed land is owned from my ancestors and it is also situated near Śiva temple where many people come to do rituals for their ancestors like śrāddha ceremony.

That Śiva temple is considered to be equivalent to kāśī because there river is flowing in front of lord Śiva, like Gaṅgā. Because of that only this place is famous for śrāddha ceremony.

In this auspicious occasion of your vyāsapūjā day I seek your blessings to remove all obstacles. Some of our God brothers and we’ll wishers from our village also come forward to render their contributions for this attempt.

Now in mathurādeśa my śikṣā-guru give me an opportunity to serve Malayalee Chakra devotees. Also my family who are now in Kerala doing Bhagavat-gītā class for children and elders also attending other spiritual classes.

Once more I pray to Rādhā Mādava and Pañcatattva for your good health.

Jai Śrīla Gurudeva.

Respected and most beloved Guru Mahārāja, My spiritual father

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Please accept my respectful obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet on this most auspicious occasion of your appearance day. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja, it is indeed our greatest fortune to write to you on your appearance day, though we have no qualifications still it is just your mercy upon us that we are given this opportunity to get connected to you and through you to this glorious paramparā.

You have always been a source of inspiration for us the most important quality among innumerable qualities which you posses is Ācāryopasanā, your commitment and dedication to your spiritual master Śrīla Prabhupāda. Every moment of your life is dedicated to the service of your spiritual master and every thought of yours is to think how to please Śrīla Prabhupāda. This most luminous quality of yours inspires us maxima that how can we serve you more and more, how can we please you more and more, how can we help you in your mission of serving Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja, time to time you have so many physical ailments and restrictions, but that does not deter you in your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda, we realise all these external problems are coming because of us not following the regulations strictly still you are so merciful that that you are always blessing us and guiding us PERSONALLY almost every day through your vāṇī and darśana by modern means of communications, you have actually taught us how to use these instruments of Kaliyuga in the service of Kṛṣṇa most effectively, you have taught us how can we practice this Yukta Vairāgya optimally. Recently you have personally enquired each of your disciple about his well-being and about his spiritual progress which touched my heart, you are constantly praying for our spiritual well-being and always ready to help anyone , this personal care of yours is beyond description, everyone feels loved and cared under your protection.

Dear Father, you are an eternal associate of Lord Gaurāṅga and like Him only you are Distributing Mercy everywhere without considering any qualifications, anyone who comes in your contact, gets the mercy of Lord Gaurāṅga through you, may he be on street, or hospital or ICU, your only mission to connect as many souls to Gaurāṅga as possible, such merciful magnanimous is OUR SPIRITUAL MASTER.

Guru Mahārāja, it is my sincere though insignificant prayers to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Pañcatattva, Śrī Śrī Narasiṁhadeva and Śrīla Prabhupāda for your health and we should always be in your service wherever you are.

Guru Mahārāja, it is a sincere request that please use me in any service you feel appropriate.

Please accept my Daṇḍavat Praṇāma again and again at your lotus feet.

Your spiritual son

Rajiv Mukha Govinda Dāsa

Dīkṣā disciple

New Delhi

Respected and most beloved Guru Mahārāja, My spiritual father

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Please accept my respectful obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet on this most auspicious occasion of your appearance day. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja, it is indeed our greatest fortune to write to you on your appearance day, though we have no qualifications still it is just your mercy upon us that we are given this opportunity to get connected to you and through you to this glorious paramparā.

You have always been a source of inspiration for us the most important quality among innumerable qualities which you posses is Ācāryopasanā, your commitment and dedication to your spiritual master Śrīla Prabhupāda. Every moment of your life is dedicated to the service of your spiritual master and every thought of yours is to think how to please Śrīla Prabhupāda. This most luminous quality of yours inspires us maxima that how can we serve you more and more, how can we please you more and more, how can we help you in your mission of serving Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja, time to time you have so many physical ailments and restrictions, but that does not deter you in your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda, we realise all these external problems are coming because of us not following the regulations strictly still you are so merciful that that you are always blessing us and guiding us PERSONALLY almost every day through your vāṇī and darsan by modern means of communications, you have actually taught us how to use these instruments of Kaliyuga in the service of Kṛṣṇa most effectively, you have taught us how can we practice this Yukta Vairagya optimally. Recently you have personally enquired each of your disciple about his well being and about his spiritual progress which touched my heart, you are constantly praying for our spiritual well being and always ready to help anyone, this personal care of yours is beyond description, everyone feels loved and cared under your protection.

Dear Father, you are an eternal associate of Lord Gaurāṅga and like Him only you are Distributing Mercy everywhere without considering any qualifications, anyone who comes in your contact, gets the mercy of Lord Gaurāṅga through you, may he be on street, or hospital or ICU, your only mission to connect as many souls to Gaurāṅga as possible, such merciful magnanimous is OUR SPIRITUAL MASTER.

Guru Mahārāja, it is my sincere though insignificant prayers to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Pancatattva, Śrī Śrī Narsimhadeva and Śrīla Prabhupāda for your health and we should always be in your service wherever you are.

Guru Mahārāja, it is a sincere request that please use me in any service you feel appropriate.

Please accept my dandavata Panama again and again at your lotus feet.

Your spiritual son

Rajiv Mukha Govinda Das

New Delhi

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

Respected Guru Mahārāja, our Spiritual Father.

Please accept our respectful prostrated obeisances to your lotus feet.

All Glories to your auspicious appearance day on Kamada Ekādaśī.

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

We have no qualification to glorify you as our lives are full of various sinful activities (amara jivana, sada pape rata, nahiko punyera lesha) but we are writing this glorification just to purify ourselves.

Guru Mahārāja, O’ Ocean of Mercy,

Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the most merciful benevolent incarnation of Godhead and delivers everyone who surrenders to Kṛṣṇa. And you are the order carrier of Mahāprabhu via your spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda by encouraging thousands and thousands of fallen souls to chant and empowering them in performing various kind of devotional services. Your appearance on this planet is your spiritual pastime to fulfil the orders of your spiritual master and the whole disciple succession leading ultimately to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Śrīmati Rādhārāṇī. For the pleasure of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Pañcha-tattva, Lord Narasiṁhadeva-Prahlāda Mahārāja and Śrīla Prabhupāda, you work incessantly and hold daily classes and take questions on Zoom.

Your overflowing mercy is revealed to everyone who meets you irrespective of age, gender, caste, creed or profession. You have personified Śrīla Prabhupāda’s words “Preaching is the Essence”, and everyone is a witness that preaching Holy name and about “Kṛṣṇa” is your life and soul. You have defied all your physical limitations for purpose of preaching, whether it is liver disease, transplant, COVID or internal bleed.

You are bestowed with all the qualities of previous Acharyas – you are fearless (Abhay) and are always serving the lotus feet of all fearless Kṛṣṇa (HDG Abhay Charan Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda) and this is reflected in your preaching attitude in difficult and dangerous terrains of the world. You are personification of principles of devotional service (HDG Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Saraswatī Goswami Mahārāja) as is evident with your daily attending online Maṅgala Ārti and all the temple programs in whatever health condition you are. You have enticed the devotees in various parts of the world to start various programs and festivals based on scriptural evidence. You are always chanting “Gaura-Gaura” and the glories of Lord Caitanya with an enthusiasm like an adolescent (HDG Śrīla Gaura-Kiśora Dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja). You are always joyful and jubilant in performing devotional practices (HDG Śrīla Bhakti Vinoda Ṭhākura Mahārāja) and entice others to perform them. You are an eternal servitor of Lord Jagannātha at Rājāpur (HDG Śrīla Jagannath Dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja).

As per Bhagavad-gītā (BG Chapter 12, Slokas 13-14):

adveṣṭā sarva-bhūtānāṁ
maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca
nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ
sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣamī

santuṣṭaḥ satataṁ yogī
yatātmā dṛḍha-niścayaḥ
mayy arpita-mano-buddhir
yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ

You live the above 2 Slokas – you are kind towards everyone and never envious, you are free from false ego and proprietorship, you are tolerant, satisfied, self-controlled and equal in both happiness and distress and always engaged in devotional service with determination and your mind and intelligence fixed always on Kṛṣṇa, and thus very dear to Him.

Bhakti-rasamrita Sindhu Śloka 1.2.255 says:

anāsaktasya visayān
yathārham upayunjatah
nirbandhah kṛṣṇa-sambandhe
yuktam vairāgyam ucyate

You have shown with your live example the actual meaning of Yukta Vairāgya – renunciation by accepting everything which is in relation to Kṛṣṇa, but at the same time not attaching to anything. You have utilized all the modern world scientific technologies for the devotional service of Kṛṣṇa and in this way reached to thousands of devotees sitting at their homes. Your online sessions have served to connect devotees from various parts of the world with you. You also started mobile App to regularly update your disciples about your activities.

As we are devoid of any power or intelligence and most fallen, hence we request you to please accept both of us (śakti-buddhi-hina, ami ati dina, koro’ more ātmā-satha) and bless us so that we would be able to take initiation and do some service together as per your instructions.

All Glories to the Spiritual Master!

Your insignificant servants,

Rajeev and Anju Khanna (Sheltered disciples)

ISKCON East of Kailash Temple, New Delhi

नमः 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 मैं रामकेशव दास आपका आध्यात्मिक पुत्र आपके श्री चरण कमलों में दण्डवत प्रणाम, कोटि कोटि धन्यवाद आभार व्यक्त करता हूँ कि आपने इस अधम जीव को अपनी शरण प्रदान की, मनुष्य जीवन को जानने भगवान की सेवा में अग्रसर होने का अवसर प्रदान किया।

गुरु महाराज यह मेरा सौभाग्य है कि इस 73th व्यास पूजा के पावन अवसर पर मुझे अपने मैले चित् की शुद्धि के लिए आपका गुणगान करने का सौभाग्य मिला।

गुरु महाराज आप हमेशा प्रभुपाद द्वारा दी गयीं अनेकों सेवाओं को पूरा करने में लगे रहते हैं इसके लिए आप अपनी शारीरिक क्षमता कष्टों की भी परवाह नहीं करते। ज्यादातर सेवाएं पूरी कर भी चुके हैं आप 50 हजार से ज्यादा शिष्य ग्रहण कर चुके हैं।

मायापुर धाम का भव्य विकास, चैतन्य लीला स्थलीयों की खोज उनको ISKCON के अन्तर्गत लेकर आना उनका विकास करना तथा संसार के वैष्णवों को चैतन्य महाप्रभु तथा उनके भक्तों की लीलाओं के दर्शन को सुगम बनाने के लिए आप नये नये तरीके निकालते हुए अलग अलग हिन्दी, बंग्ला, अंग्रेजी, रशियन आदि भक्तों के समूहों को इंटरनेट, ज़ूम या सीधे अपनी उपस्थिति के द्वारा लाभान्वित कर रहे हैं।

जो मायापुर नहीं पहुंच पा रहें हैं उनको इंटरनेट के माध्यम से यात्रा का लाभ पहुंचाया जा रहा है।

गुरु महाराज आप इस्कॉन रुपी अति विशाल तम्बू के उस मजबूत केन्द्रीय स्तंभ के समान हैं जिस पर उस तम्बू की स्थिरता की सबसे बड़ी जिम्मेदारी होती है आप इस सेवा को प्रभु पाद के निर्देशों अनुसार बहुत ही अच्छी प्रकार से कर रहे हैं।

गुरु महाराज आप अपने सभी शिष्यों का व्यक्तिगत रूप से ध्यान रखते है तथा सभी

के उद्धार के लिए उन तक कैसे पहुंचा जाएं योजना बनाते हैं।

आप ज़ूम के माध्यम से संसार भर में फैले भक्तों के पास तक जाते है तथा कृपा प्रदान करते हैं।

आप ने हिन्दी भाषी भक्तों को ध्यान रखते हुए अपनी कक्षाओं का हिन्दी में भी साथ साथ अनुवाद कराके उसको गुरु गौरांग की कृपा को आसान बना दिया है।

आप का प्रश्नोत्तर सत्र हम सभी के लिए बहुत ही लाभप्रद है हमारी बहुत सी जिज्ञासाओं को शांत करता है।

आप अनेकों भाषाओं में पुस्तकें प्रकाशित कर रहे हैं जो हजारों साल तक मानव जाति का कल्याण करेंगी।

TOVP का निर्माण जो आप का बहुत बड़ा सपना है बहुत ही जल्द साकार होने वाला है।

गुरू महाराज पिछले काफी वर्षों से आपका स्वास्थ्य ठीक होने के कारण आपका काफी समय अस्पतालों में व्यतीत हो रहा है परंतु वहाँ रहते हुए भी आपने डाक्टरों अन्य स्टाफ को कृष्णभावनामृत प्रदान किया कुछ को शिष्य रुप में भी ग्रहण किया।

50 से ज्यादा साल से आप प्रभुपाद के बताये भक्ति के नियमों का पालन करते हुए सारे विश्व मे फैले भक्तों को गुरु गौरांग प्रभु पाद की सेवा में लगा रहे हैं।

आपका हर कार्य सभी भक्तों के लिये एक शिक्षा/आदेश है कि चाहे कैसी भी विपरीत परिस्थितियॉ क्यों आयें हमें अपने गुरु के निर्देशों का अक्षरशः पालन करना चाहिये।

आपका आध्यात्मिक पुत्र,

रामकेशव दास।

साहिबाबाद, गाजियाबाद, (India)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja, Please Accept my Respectful Obeisances, All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

I am happy to associate with ISKCON Chennai Devotees, Especially Amarendra Goura Prabhu and Sukīrtī Mādhavī Mātājī I was inspired by the Bhagavad-gītā made easy Classes conducted by them online, I and Gaurāṅga Prema mayi Prabhu your disciple have gone to ISKCON Chennai to Receive Śrīmad-bhāgavatam Set Gift we have received it from His Grace Sumitra Kṛṣṇa Prabhu, As per the guidance of my godbrothers His Grace Sadasivānanda Prabhu and His Grace Adideva Giridhārī Prabhu I have created Tamil Bhagavad-gītā Lectures and has uploaded them in You Tube channel also I am rendering services to Lord Śrī Jagannath, Baladeva, Subhadrā mayi, because of the pandemic we are doing everything on a small scale seeking your blessings to expand it further in Thiruvalluvar and Kanchipuram Districts, also seeking your blessings to enter Gṛhastha ashram and lead an ideal Gṛhastha life.

Your insignificant Servant

Rāmānanda Caitanya Candra Das

ISKCON Tiruvallur

My dearest father, Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my heartfelt and respectful obeisances. All glories to our saviour Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to your divine grace.

Thank you for giving me an opportunity to glorify you as a drop of reciprocation for the ocean of mercy and love that you keep showering upon me. Undeservingly I have found you in this life and out of your causeless mercy, you have come to purify this impudent and rebellious soul.

Glories glories to my spiritual father! How is it possible to glorify someone who is exuding Vaiṣṇava qualities incessantly and more in all situations? You touch the hearts of thousands simply by your compassion and love. Every health crisis for you is an opportunity to reach out to densely ignorant doctors, nurses, other health staff and so on to somehow connect them to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. And these are nothing but the occasions when you engage your mūḍhā disciples like me in your service. We may flap or jump in anxiety during those phases but you are unperturbed like still water. The best part is somehow by direct intervention of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva and Śrīla Prabhupāda, you come out of those critical phases like padma-patram ivāmbhasā. Nothing can ever pull you down. Your victory flag always leaves the world wonderstruck.

Your pastimes in the hospitals and other times are like oasis in our desert-like heart. In Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa gives 3 reasons for His advent but the actual internal reason is He advents to give pleasure to His devotees with His pastimes of loving exchanges. Likewise, you manifest those pastimes to inspire us to become a more serious devotees, those pastimes give us the impetus to live and progress on the path of spirituality. Your determination to function as one of the dearest disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda inspires me to become a committed disciple. Unfortunately, I am still the most useless disciple.

Just to complete the incomplete aspects of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Caitanya’s mission you are fighting with all the health hazards. Till the time TOVP is inaugurated and settled, you will not rest in peace. You wish to materialize the dream of Śrīla Bhakti Vinoda Ṭhākura and Śrīla Prabhupāda and the prophecy that there would be a wonderful temple where people from all around the world will come to chant and dance. How intensely you must be pleasing our previous ācāryas by investing your life and soul in their services!

A goṣṭyānandi is a bhajanānandi first. Unless one is fixed up in his sādhana, one cannot instil the purity in the hearts of others. In other words, unless one makes one’s janma sārthaka, one cannot do para-upakāra. Although you are a nitya siddha pārśada of Lord Caitanya, you are setting an impeccable example of a sādhaka in front of us by your uninterrupted sādhana, no matter what; thus establishing the principle of yad yad ācarati śreṣṭhas, tad tad evetaro janaḥ. All glories to your perfect leadership!!

It is unfortunate that despite this, there are many disciples who break 4 regulative principles and fail to chant 16 rounds daily after initiation and you take the brunt of their misdeeds. But merciful as you are, you suffer silently without punishing your children. In this way you are shouldering so much of burden of Mother Earth. It brings tears to my eyes to see you go through the pain and sufferings but indeed it only enhances your glories manifold in my heart.

The whole awestruck world is singing your glories as you have set a unique example of an unstoppable fighter!! It makes me jubilant to sing eve yas ghusuk tribhuvane…. I am sure it is already happening beyond our ability to perceive.

On this auspicious day of your divine appearance, I humbly pray to Śrī Śrī Pañca Tattva, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava Aṣṭa Sakhī vṛnda, Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva and Śrīla Prabhupāda that They continue to keep you protected in Their loving embrace, as always.

All glories to your appearance day, dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja!!

Your lowly spiritual daughter,

Ramya Vṛndāvana devī dāsī.

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisences unto your lotus feet,

All Glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga,

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

I would like to express my boundless gratitude and thanks for accepting me as your disciple.

It is a debt that cannot be paid back in many lifetimes.

I am always amazed by your determination to execute the orders of your spiritual master, despite of all your external difficulties.

You always set an ideal example for the dedication expected from a disciple and the resolve and determination to serve one's spiritual master under all circumstances.

Your compassion towards your disciples and people in general is unlimited and you are always looking for opportunities to give mercy to the fallen souls like myself.

Your mercy and prayers are the only hope for fallen souls like me. I hope that someday I will be able to please you by my endeavors and by that I hopefully would become qualified to advance in the spiritual path.

I pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva and Śrī Rādhā Madhav that they continue to shower their blessing upon you so that you can deliver more and more souls from the clutches of Māyā.

Your insignificant servant

Raṇacora Govinda Dāsa

हरे कृष्ण।

गुरु महाराज की जय।।।।

गुरु महाराज आज मैं स्वयं को बहुत सैभाग्यशाली समझती हूं कि मुझे आज अति पावन अवसर आपका गुणगान करने का अवसर मिल रहा है।

गुरु महाराज, मैं बहुत सौभाग्यशाली हु कि मुझे आप जैसे गुरु की प्राप्ति हुई। आपने मुझे अज्ञान के अंधकार से बाहर निकाला है।गुरू महाराज आप इतनी तबियत खराब होते हुए भी देश,विदेश में प्रचार कर रहे है,पतित आत्मायों का उद्धार करने के लिए।।।।।

*गुरु महाराज गुणों की खान है*

गुरु महाराज छोटेबड़े में भेदभाव नही देखते है, सबको समान दृष्टि से देखते है।गुरु महाराज, मैं भगवान से प्रार्थना करती हूं, की मैं आपके मिशन में कुछ हेल्प कर सकू।।।।।

आपकी पतित शिष्या

रास रानी कमला देवी दासी

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet,

All glories to guru and Gaurāṅga

This is Rasa sagara rāma das, initiated, from Kṛṣṇa kathā deśa

Happy to write your Vyāsa-pūjā homage

Thanks for accepting me as Dīkṣā disciple

I have a strong faith that you will take me to Kṛṣṇa as I have no qualification.

śrī-guru-caraṇe rati, ei se uttama-gati, je prasāde pūre sarva āśā

Attachment to your lotus feet is the perfection that fulfills all desires.

please bless me to follow and act according to your words

my faith and devotion to Gaura Nitāi is strong -simply because of yourself Guru Mahārāja, thanks

hope yourself will save more jīva s like me, in the coming days, by the mercy of guru and Gaurāṅga

hare Kṛṣṇa,

at your service,

Rasa sagara rāma das

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa! Daṇḍavat Praṇāma!

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Your Holiness.

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

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 obeisance’s at your merciful lotus feet.

Happy Kṛṣṇa conscious birthday to you. May Lord always bless you with good health so that many fallen souls like me can get your mercy and come to know about aim of life and achieve real happiness.

Guru Mahārāja listening to the vyāsa pūjā offerings by your godbrothers and your disciples make me realize what does it mean to be a representative of A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda and great legacy of Vaishnava paramparā of lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

I feel how fortunate we are to get you as our spiritual master even though I am not at all qualified for it but since you are the associate of merciful Caitanya Mahāprabhu as said by Prabhupāda. As Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted sinful Jagāi and Mādhāi, merciful Guru Mahārāja you have accepted me as a disciple.

I don’t find any strength in me to grow in spiritual life but have faith, under able guidance and association of devotees and your special mercy and blessings I will sustain in devotion.

On this special day please bless me along with my family to continue in our bhakti.

You are and will always remain a source of inspiration for us.

Your humble servant,

Rāsalīlā Rādhikā Devī Dāsī

Hare Kṛṣṇa

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to you

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

By your cause less mercy I received first and second initiation. I am from Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa Yātrā. Yātrā has assigned me some sevā of TOVP fund raising and Bengali group development. I humbly request your blessings to perform the sevā in a better way and also to improve my personal sadhana.

A fallen conditioned soul, your spiritual son,

Rasanatha Gopāla 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

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. 

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, the captain of our ship riding us back to godhead

All glories to Your Divine Grace, you are our leader in the ship who connected us and is keeping us in this Ship leading us back to lotus feet of Lord Gaurāṅga.

All glories to your determination in serving Śrīla Prabhupāda mission, which I being a fool is not able to understand

If I am not able to understand any of your glories then how will I glorify you, seeking your mercy on this auspicious occasion of Your Divine Grace 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā. Only by Your mercy will I be able a understand a drop of your unlimited qualities and thus could glorify you.

In this particular year, Your divine grace has being engaging me in many services, directing personally, I am very fortunate but somehow I couldn’t accomplish anything in your service.. I remained caught up with my ego and couldn’t be patient enough to be part of internal team in serving you.. I am not surrendered enough to your teachings and instructions Guru Mahārāja, so I am getting far away from serving you personally.

Many times, because of many situations I am losing my faith, I was saved by your affection for me, I am like a child who couldn’t understand the father was trying to run away from you, but your love for me and you are holding me still now. So, if I am doing something in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, it is purely by your mercy, and I offer all credit to you if anything positive from my service but if anything, negative I take credit for my anarthas.

Last year was very tough in many ways, but you were always there for me… I know I will cherish this as memorable in my whole life. I remember once His Holiness Rādhānatha Swami Mahārāja, told in his class, the difficult times in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness are valuable jewels we should cherish it as these are moments which has taken us closer to Kṛṣṇa.

Some of my situations where I have to inject myself some medications, I was reminded a glimpse of what You are undergoing to be with us, which you are still undergoing … I don’t know how can I do something that you don’t have to undergo any health issues, my prayer to Lord Narasiṁhadeva every day, let They never take you to any more hospital visit..

We want you guru Mahārāja, we don’t know where we will be if you are not with us, as usual this is my request, please always keep me as dust under your lotus feet. No other request from you Guru Mahārāja.

Let me not deviate from your instructions anytime and let I be always reminded of all the sacrifices You are doing to take forward Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission, let we be also part of your sacrifice, please engage me in this great sacrifice. Never let me go away from You, śāstra says Guru is like FIRE, if one tries to go too close we will be burnt but if we try to stay away from you, we will not get the warmth and we will freeze.

Let me always remain under your warmth and take every step carefully and consciously that I will become more Kṛṣṇa conscious,

Let me take every mantra sincerely with prayerful mood.

Let me take everyday in my life as a wonderful opportunity to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission.

Let me take every service as my life and soul and perform it with proper attitude to please Lord Janārdana, who is bhāva-grāhī.

Let me study every single line of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s book with full attention and devotion and apply for myself walking towards the path of pure devotioṇ

Let me aim for the Rhinoceros, Kṛṣṇa-prema and accept with proper mood whatever I could accomplish with humility

Let me remain humble in any post or service I have given understanding that I always remain servant of servant.

Let me understand your mood of service for Śrīla Prabhupāda mission and let this life and any upcoming life be only and only dedicated in serving this mission of Lord Caitanya.

Thank you very much for always caring me giving so much affection which I can never deserve.

Yours earger to serve even life after life,

Rasapriya gopika devī dāsī,

Śrīdhāma Māyāpur , India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and your loving eternal service for his pleasure.

All glories to your Divine Grace!

All glories to your appearance day!

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

It is completely a miracle to get shelter at your Lotus Feet. Śrīla Prabhupada says in the introduction to Śrīmad Bhagavatam that the beloved devotee of the Lord can favor a neophyte more liberally than the Lord. You mercifully accepted the fallen soul, me as your disciple. So, You are inconceivably magnanimous more than Gaura-Niāi who delived Jagāi and Mādhāi.

It is not possible to measure the complete glories of the Supreme Lord, who is unlimited. Even the Lord Himself in His incarnation as Ananta, or Śeṣa, cannot describe His own glories. His pure devotees like Your Devine Grace possess the unlimited qualities just like the Lord.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, it’s said

bile batorukrama-vikramān ye

na śṛṇvataḥ karṇa-puṭe narasya

jihvāsatī dārdurikeva sūta

na copagāyaty urugāya-gāthāḥ

[ŚB 2.3.20]

One who has not listened to the messages about the prowess and marvelous acts of the Personality of Godhead and has not sung or chanted loudly the worthy songs about the Lord is to be considered to possess earholes like the holes of snakes and a tongue like the tongue of a frog.

But Lord Himself is serving His Devotees – [Śrīmān Mahāprabhu says to Sanātana GosvāmI as he was asking not to touch while Mahāprabhu was trying to cleanse Sanātana Gosvāmī’s body]

tomā dekhi, tomā sparśi, gāi tomāra guṇa

sarvendriya-phala, — ei śāstra-nirūpaṇa

akṣṇoḥ phalaṁ tvādṛśa-darśanaṁ hi tanoḥ phalaṁ tvādṛśa-gātra-saṅgaḥ jihvā-phalaṁ tvādṛśa-kīrtanaṁ hi su-durlabhā bhāgavatā hi loke

“By seeing you, by touching you and by glorifying your transcendental qualities, one can perfect the purpose of all sense activity. This is the verdict of the revealed scriptures. [CC. Madhya 20.56]

“‘My dear Vaiṣṇava, seeing a person like you is the perfection of one’s eyesight, touching your lotus feet is the perfection of the sense of touch, and glorifying your good qualities is the tongue’s real activity, for in the material world it is very difficult to find a pure devotee of the Lord.’” [CC. Madhya 20.61]

So, on this most auspicious day, I am trying to use a few words to mention a few of your unlimited glories – which is the real activity of my senses, for the purification of my existence.

Dear Gurudeva,

yasyāsti bhaktir bhāgavaty akiñcanā

sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ

All the demigods and their exalted qualities, such as religion, knowledge and renunciation, become manifest in the body of one who has developed unalloyed devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva. [ŚB 5.18.12]

Your Divine Grace is personification of those qualities with unalloyed devotion onto Kṛṣṇa.

(1) Kṛpālu (Merciful)—Dear Gurudeva, despite of risks you mercifully accepted us, innumerable suffering souls all over the world as your disciples to take to Kṛṣṇa.

Not only You fulfilled the desire of Śrīla Prabhupāda but as a Spiritual Father You always shower Your mercy with Your personal reciprocation by zoom darśanas and extensive travels not caring your personal discomforts and even the lethal COVID situation. Who can measure your kṛpā-śakti.

(2) Akṛta-droha (compassionate to everyone or harmful to noone)—Dear Gurudeva, You compassionately forgive our ignorant and offensive behaviour and understanding our nature/interest engage us in the service of the Lord for our ultimate benefit.

tiraskṛtā vipralabdhāḥ śaptāḥ kṣiptā hatā api

nāsya tat pratikurvanti tad-bhaktāḥ prabhavo ’pi hi

The devotees of the Lord are so forbearing that even though they are defamed, cheated, cursed, disturbed, neglected or even killed, they are never inclined to avenge themselves. [ŚB 1.18.48]

Despite all the attacks you faced, Your Divine Grace with a great compassion and concern, gives everyone the opportunities of experiencing the Absolute Truth. Thus you are the true friend of all.

(3) Titikṣu (Tolerates offenses against oneself)—Dear Gurudeva, being at a completely transcendental platform You completely ignore our obnoxious behavior and ignorance of proper reciprocation with you, a pure devotee but showers unconditional love as a spiritual father.

(4) Satya-sāra (Truthful)—Dear Gurudeva, you always serve to fulfill the instructions of Your beloved Spiritual Master, His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda as his servant to please him and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the ultimate enjoyer of all activities.

Whatever the success or glory You receive You sincerely pass it on to Your Guru Mahārāja, Śrīla Prabhupāda and Kṛṣṇa. And teaching us how to faifully serve Guru and Kṛṣṇa

(5) Anavadyātmā (Who never criticize)—Dear Gurudeva, you never try to agitate others or criticize them unnecessarily and always encourage and glorify the service rendered even if it is very small. You even mercifully saves by correcting who have the tendency to criticize.

(6) Sama (Equipoise)—Dear Gurudeva, you are beyond the material dualities. Pleasure or pain, Your only interest in all circumstances is distributing your only wealth, Kṛṣṇa Consciousness to the fallen.

(7) Sarvopakāraka (Works for everyone’s benefit)—Dear Gurudeva, you always work for the pleasure of Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is the resting place of all living entities by preaching his message around the world. You help, encourage and reciprocate with even a normal devotee who has no special qualities. I personally saw You inquire a visiting devotee about his stay in Māyāpur.

(8) Kāmair ahata-dhī (Devoid of Sense-gratification)—Dear Gurudeva, considering all material things as Kṛṣṇa's energy with your personal example you always instruct us to utilize them in Kṛṣṇa's service - yukta-vairāgya.

(9) Dānta (Sense control)—Dear Gurudeva, For more than half a century following strict sannyāsa vows you are fully engaged in Kṛṣṇa's service. But in reality, You are an eternal associate of Mahāprabhu.

Just being in your association by vpuḥ or vāṇī and having your darśana on zoom or directly, we are able to purify our senses and engage in the service of the Lord.

(10) Mṛdu (Gentle)—Dear Gurudeva, As an ācārya, being harder than the thunderbolt in your practice of devotional service – walking the talk – setting an example for us. Being softer than the rose with your loving reciprocation, You are nourishing our lives in Kṛṣṇa's service.

(11) Śuci (Pure)—Dear Gurudeva, Your presence makes us Kṛṣṇa Conscious - the supreme pure.

prabhu kahe, — “tomā sparśi ātma pavitrite

bhakti-bale pāra tumi brahmāṇḍa śodhite

[Śrīmān Mahāprabhu says to Sanātana GosvāmI as he was asking not to touch while Mahāprabhu was trying to cleanse Sanātana Gosvāmī’s body] “I am touching you just to purify Myself, because by the force of your devotional service you can purify the whole universe. [CC. Madhya 20.56]

bhavad-vidhā bhāgavatās tīrtha-bhūtāḥ svayaṁ vibho

tīrthī-kurvanti tīrthāni svāntaḥ-sthena gadābhṛtā

My lord, devotees like your good self are verily holy places personified. Because you carry the Personality of Godhead within your heart, you turn all places into places of pilgrimage. [ŚB 1.13.10]

You continuously purifying the contaminated whole world by Your visits and darśanas to the people.

(12) Akiñcana (Free from possessiveness)—Dear Gurudeva, Śrīla Prabhupāda says…

“A factual devotee, or mahātmā, does not give anything material to anyone because he has already left all material assets. He can, however, deliver the supreme asset, namely the Personality of Godhead, because He is the only property of a factual devotee. Unless one is able to see everything as spiritual in relation with the Supreme Lord, one must always distinguish between spirit and matter.” [Excerpt from ŚB 1.8.27 purport]

Though you were born in an aristocratic family You renounced everything for – Your only property - Śrīla Prabhupāda and for his service to Kṛṣṇa.

And You continuously encourage us to read Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books and follow his teachings.  You are a Pamahaṁsa!

(13) Anīha (Aloof from worldly affairs)—Dear Gurudeva, though you are not interested in world affairs, as an ācārya with suitable examples you make the people Kṛṣṇa Conscious who approach with worldly problems.

(14) Mita-bhuk (Accepts material sense objects if necessary)—Dear Gurudeva, you never accept or reject anything for your personal prestige but for Kṛṣṇa’s service and inspire everyone with same motive.

 Śrīla Prabhupāda to Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahāraja, 6th October, 1968: “Your body is dedicated to Krishna, therefore you should not be neglectful about your body. You should always think that your body is no more your body, but it is Krishna's body. Therefore you should take care of it.”

Your Divine Grace, with only motive to serve the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda tolerates all the material inconveniences and pain.

(15) Śānta (Peaceful)—Dear Gurudeva, by distributing your ever-increasing wealth, Glories of Lord – especially Caitanya Līlā  - for the real peace of the world you always make us blissful.

(16) Sthira (Steady)—Dear Gurudeva, the lord residing in your lotus heart, makes us steady in our devotional practice as we hold your lotus feet in our hearts. - śrī-guru-caraṇe rati, ei se uttama-gati, je prasāde pūre sarva āśā

(17) Mat-śaraṇa (Taking only Kṛṣṇa's shelter)—Dear Gurudeva, you always instruct us – ‘bala kṛṣṇa, bhaja kṛṣṇa, kara kṛṣṇa -sikṣā’ – to take shelter of Kṛṣṇa and his holyname and to preach the message Kṛṣṇa

(18) Muni (Thoughtful)—Dear Gurudeva, you always think of plans to make us Kṛṣṇa Conscious and meticulously engage us in the Lord's service to progress in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

(19) Apramatta (To be sane)—Dear Gurudeva, you are always enthusiastic to share the mercy of lord Nityānanda to the whole world. We are surcharged when you chant the Lord’s holynames – Gaurāṇgā!!! Nityānanda!!!

(20) Gabhīrātmā. (Deepness in awareness)—Dear Gurudeva, who can fathom Your magnanimous heart, the deep ocean of love for Mahābhāva Gaurāṅga!

(21) Dhṛtimān (Strongly situated)—Dear Gurudeva, with your strong faith and love for Śrīla Prabhupāda you are leading our worldwide community against the insurmountable force of material energy.

(22) Jita-ṣaḍ-guṇa. (Ability to conquer the 6 pushings)—Dear Gurudeva, your staunch desire to make everyone Kṛṣṇa Conscious in the world made even the death bow down at Your Lotus Feet many times.

(23) Amānī. (Not expecting respect)—Dear Gurudeva, your only expectation is to make everyone in the world to chant the Holyname of the Lord Kṛṣṇa.

(24) Māna-da (Giving all respect)—Dear Gurudeva, your every action – supreme compassion - is to engage everyone in the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa as you see all belong to Kṛṣṇa.

(25) Kalya (Expert in teaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness)—Dear Gurudeva, you always bring down the intricacies of Kṛṣṇa Conscious Philosophy for us, even a layman can easily understand.

(26) Maitra (The true friend of everyone)—Dear Gurudeva, you not only brought the unity in our ISKCON/Gauḍīya family but also you bring a stranger into Kṛṣṇa's family being a compassionate of all.

(27) Kāruṇika (The most merciful)—Dear Gurudeva, though externally you are in critical health condition, we see your magnanimity in caring for the soul of the patients and doctors nearby.

(28) Kavi (The most learned)—Dear Gurudeva, your words make us become Kṛṣṇa Conscious in all the contradictory and bewildering situations.

You are a Paramahaṁsa, inconceivable to our tiny brain. Though I am unworthy in anyway, I took this opportunity to glorify Your Divine Grace. Please forgive me if I committed any offences in this process at Your Lotus Feet.

brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva

guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja

Dear Gurudeva, you mercifully gave shelter at Your Lotus Feet to this wandering and suffering soul on 26th September 2021 in Māyāpur. It’s a miracle I never had, happened only because of Your Divine Grace’s inconceivable mercy and blessings of dear Vaiṣṇavas. All glories to You, Gurudeva! All glories to Srila Prabhupāda!

My only prayer to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva, Śrī Śrī Prahlāda Nṛsiṁhadeva and Śrīla Prabhupāda is to give You good health to travel and spread their glories around the world.

On this most auspicious day of your appearance, I am begging for your mercy to be engaged in serving your lotus feet each and every moment eternally.

Jaya Gurudeva!!!

Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma.

Your eternal servant-son,

Rasasāgara Govinda Dāsa (MāyāpurTV) (Dīkṣā)

Hare Krishna Gurudeva, 

Kindly accept my obsceneces unto your lotus feet, 

Gurudeva there are lots of obstacles are happened to me while I was chanting the Hare Krishna Maha matra. Then immediately I meditate you asked your blessings  to remove  obstacles. Then within a few minutes I got very pleasant to chant the holy name. So even though l am away from you Gurudeva, whenever I am meditating on you such a disturbance are going away. You are patitapavana Gurudeva. I need your blessings further to improve my Krishna Conscious more and more Gurudeva.

Your humble servant

Raseswar gopal das. 

Our beloved spiritual father.

Dear Gurumahārāja our humble and respectful obesences please accept at your lotus feet. We are praying for your good health and long life in this special, auspicious occasion. We are started two new Bakthi Vṛkṣas by your causeless mercy. Thank you so much Gurumahārāja for your love and kindness. That is our strength and hope of our life.

Once again koṭi koṭi Praṇāmas

Your insignificant servants...

Rasika Madhusūdhana Dāsa, Mānasī Rādhikā Devī Dāsī and Arjun and Athirā, she is doctor by your blessings.

JAI GURUDEV

Dear Gurumaharaj

  Hare Krishna.

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto your divine, delivering lotus feet.

All glories to HDG Srila Prabhupad.

All glories to my Merciful Gurudev on your auspicious appearance day.

 

_Nama Om Visnu padaya Krishna_ _preshtaya bhutale_

_Srimate Jayapataka_ _swamin it namine_

_Nama Acharyapadaya_

 _Nitai kripa pradayine_

_Gaura katha dhama_ _daya nagara grama tarine_

 

Dearmost Gurudev I am at loss of words as always. You are already glorified, you do not need our glorifications infact we make our lives auspicious by gloryfying you. 

My merciful Gurudev your love for Srila Prabhupad is unprecedented...kindly bless a absolutely fallen soul like me so that I can love you and serve you as I wish to. When I see your unstoppable services and astonishing determination I feel for myself like a ant in a vast desert....helpless.

 O dear Saviour kindly put me away from this vast desert of material desires and fill me with such determination that I can serve you eternally. 

O Dear Master, Inspite of your shortcomings of your health you preach incessantly and take care of minute details of each disciple. Kindly bless me with this purity so that I can meditate upon you which i am unable to do with this nefarious mind.

 O Pure Soul...You are so piously pure ever meditating upon and always glorifying Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, invoking in all of us deep love for 

Gauranga. Kindly give me a drop of mercy so that I can chant the holy names attentively and give immense pleasure to the Lord. 

O Ocean of mercy...kindly bless me so that I can preach sincerely and please you Gurudev because I know I am unable to do so. 

I am a contaminated stained soul......O Gurudev kindly bless me so that I do not forget you even for a moment. I can't move a step without your mercy...

I have now gradually started preaching. Kindly accept my small squirrel like efforts. I am able to do so by the guidance of my mentor and guide HG Radhapati Gopinath das Prabhu and my God sister also my own sister, your spiritual daughter HG Satyabhama Sadhvi dd. I assist her in running a bhakti vraksha. I communicate with people and convince them to read Bhagwat geeta and join our crash course and advanced courses introduced by my god sister. I follow them, take their feed backs, help them in their queries, inspire them for dham yatras etc

 During kartik we went on the roads everyday and conducted deepdans for the conditioned souls. Approximately 6000 souls could offer lamp to Lord Damodara by the incessant flow of Your mercy . 

With all this I want to please you only. Though I am totally incapable but by your mercy I am able to serve you. Kindly empower me so that i can serve you and help Srila Prabhupad in his mission. 

Kindly bless me to remain sincere in my devotional life. 

My daughter Palak is chanting four rounds since last four years but is not very serious. My prabhu and my son are still not krishna conscious due to which things become very difficult.

Kindly bless them and take them in the orbit of your mercy and accept them too unto your divine lotus feet.

WE LOVE YOU GURUDEV.

Your most insignificant daughter

     Rati Shreshth keshv dd.

My dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet

All glories to you, Śrīla Prabhupāda and Gaurāṅga

As I go back in time, I remember how I used to struggle to get some feelings for Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Nityānanda. I could connect to Śrīla Prabhupāda instantly, but not to Lord Caitanya. But being your disciple, it is impossible not to get Gaurāṅga consciousness. By your mercy, slowly I was able to understand how without Gaura Nitai, my understanding of devotion could never be perfect. Your most exalted love for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, transfers to your disciples. By you, we understand that we are not just Vaiṣṇavas, but Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas. And that without the mercy of Gaura Nitāi, we can never get the perfect service attitude for Kṛṣṇa, the correct mood to serve him.

Thank you Dear Gurudeva for saving us from this deep dark ocean of material existence.

Please bless me that I can serve Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission and that I can always be conscious of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Your struggling daughter,

Ratiprada Rādhikā Devī Dāsī

Noida.

"Nama Oṁ Vishnu padaya Kṛṣṇa presthaya bhutale
Śrīmate Jayapatākā swamin iti namine,
Nama Acharya padaya Nitāi kripa pradayine
Gaura kathā dhāma daya nagara grama tarine."
Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisance to your lotus feet. All glories to you, All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
All glories your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava.

On this auspicious occasion I trying to glorify your divine qualities.
Please bestow your mercy upon me to write something about you.

For the pleasure of His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda you attempted many projects like development of Śrī Māyāpur Dhāma, Book distribution, Prasāda distribution, spreading Holy name etc.

You give shelter so many fallen souls to your lotus feet.

You giving loving association towards devotees by online class give blessings devotees birthday marriage anniversary to encouragements practice spiritual life very nicely.

After disappearance of His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami Guru Mahārāja you give me shelter to your lotus giving 2nd initiation to serve deity. All I have no quality you just mercifully gave.

Please bestow your causeless mercy upon me to achieve Bharmanical quality.
In the Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā chapter 12 /13-14

adveṣṭā sarva-bhūtānāṁ
maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca
nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ
sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣamī
santuṣṭaḥ satataṁ yogī
yatātmā dṛḍha-niścayaḥ
mayy arpita-mano-buddhir
yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ

Translation : One who is not envious but is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor and is free from false ego, who is equal in both happiness and distress, who is tolerant, always satisfied, self-controlled, and engaged in devotional service with determination, his mind and intelligence fixed on Me – such a devotee of Mine is very dear to Me.
I want above mention quality please give me knowledge & mental strength to achieve such quality.

Your Insignificant Servant,

Ratnabahu Das
ISKCON Temple Ujjain.

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে জয় পতাকা স্বামী নিতি নামিনে।।
নমঃ আচার্য পাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে৷
গৌর কথা ধামদায় নগর গ্রাম তারিনে।

হে আমার প্রিয় পরমারাধ্য গুরুদেব, আজ আপনার ৭৩তম শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথি ব্যাস পূজা মহা মহোৎসব উপলক্ষে আপনার শ্রীচরণ যুগলে জানাই অনন্তকোটি দন্ডপত প্রনাম।আপনি কৃপাপূর্বক তা গ্রহণ করুণ।

আপনার গুণ মহিমা কীর্তন করার যোগ্যতা আমার নাই। আপনার এই শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথিতে মেতে উঠেছে সারা বিশ্বময়।২০০৭ এ যখন আপনি ত্রিপুরায় আসবেন শুনেছি আমার মনে খুব আনন্দ লেগেছিল। মন্দিরের পূজারী, আমি, আমার শিক্ষা গুরু করুণেশ্বর মাধব দাস প্রভু সহ ধনীসাগরে পদ্ম ফুল পেরেছিলাম আপনার জন্য।দ্বাদশীর দিন মন্দিরে আপনি আসবেন, আপনাকে দেখার জন্য আমার মন পাগল হয়ে রয়েছে। আমার কাছে কিছু ছিলনা যে আপনাকে প্রনাম করে দেওয়ার মতো।মন্দিরে একজন এসে আমাকে বেল পাতা পেড়ে দেবার কথা বলেছিল তা দেওয়াতে ২ টাকা দিয়েছিল আমি নিতে চাইনি জোড় করে দিয়েছিল, আপনাকে প্রনাম করে সে দক্ষিনা দিতে পেরেছি,আমার মনে খুব আনন্দ লেগেছিল, চরন সেবার সু্যোগ পেয়েছিলাম। কিন্তু আমার মা কান্না করছিল দেখে সিনিয়াররা বারণ করেছে আমাকে। আমি সেই দিন আপনার সন্তান হতে পারিনি ঠিক মনে প্রানে আপনাকে পারমার্থিক পিতা বলে জেনেছি। আপনি আমার মাথায় হাত দিয়ে বলেছিলেন কৃষ্ণ কৃপা করলে আমার সন্তান হবে কান্না করো না।জানি না কবে আমাকে নিজ গুণে কৃপা করে আপনার সন্তান করবেন।

ব্রক্ষ্মান্ড ভ্রমিতে কোন ভাগ্যবান জীব
গুরু কৃষ্ণ প্রসাদে পাই ভক্তিলতা বীজ।

হে গুরু মহারাজ আমার ব্যক্তিগত কোন যোগ্যতা নেই। পারমার্থিক জীবনে যা কিছু লাভ করেছি তা শুধু আপনার কৃপার ফল। আমার প্রার্থনা আপনি ভালো থাকুন,সুস্থ থাকুন এই আশা করি। আপনার কৃপাই আমার একমাত্র সম্বল। আমি যেন আপনার নির্দেশ গুলি যথাযথ ভাবে পালন করতে পারি।কৃষ্ণভক্তির পথে এগিয়ে যেতে পারি।শত বাধা সত্ত্বেও আমি যেন আপনার শ্রীচরণ থেকে বঞ্চিত না হই। কৃপা করে আপনার এই চরণশ্রিত সন্তান কে কখনো বঞ্চিত করবেন না।

ইতি,

আপনার অধম সন্তান

রত্নজিৎ বনিক
শ্রীশ্রী জগন্নাথ জিউ মন্দির বাইখোড়া (ইসকন)
দক্ষিন, ত্রিপুরা

Ratnajit Vanik (sheltered disciple)

O Lord of my heart, Gurudeva

Wishing you the most blessed 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Celebration of your Divine Grace

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

O dear Guru Mahārāja please accept my repeated respectful obeisances onto your lotus feet, this conditioned soul simply begging at your lotus feet for your causeless mercy.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, I am so very fortunate to have recently (7th March 2022) got shelter of your divine lotus feet, currently I am pursuing my Engineering. While remaining in the association of devotees in Durgapur under the guidance of Nitāi candra Nimāi Prabhu, I am reading Śrīla Prabhupāda books SB(1canto 9th chapter, BG 2nd time 5 chapter), listening to Prabhupāda and your nectarian lectures.

O Lord of my heart, O Gurudeva I am just an insignificant servant of yours who is trying to serve you, though I am not at all worthy to glorify you, how can I glorify you with my material consciousness, O Gurudeva you are fully transcendental, always absorb in service of His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, always engaged in satisfying Śrīla Prabhupāda.

By listening to the JSSS Meeting, I came to know who you actually are and how I can serve you, how to approach you, what is your actual position in my life, what is my duty toward you. Their devotees shared various glorious pastimes of yours which are never ending.

O Guru Mahārāja on this most auspicious occasion, I am just begging at your lotus feet and loudly crying for your mercy, please shower your causeless mercy upon this insignificant servant of yours who is trying to serve you, O my Lord, I just want to become faithful dog of yours

Ohe vaiṣṇava Ṭhākura ami tomara kukkura

And want to serve you eternally birth after birth.

Your most insignificant Lowly Son,

Ravi Kishan Raja (sheltered disciple)

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to Your Divine Grace.

With deep appreciation and humbled by your extraordinary example of spiritual qualities and undeviated focused determination to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda, I am unable to fully delineate as your glories are unlimited and unfathomable.

I cannot find words to express my gratitude for your loving compassion and encouragement from the very first day of my Kṛṣṇa Consciousness till to date.

Cakṣu-dāna dila yei, janme janme prabhu sei:’, You are my master, birth after birth. You cannot live a single moment without glorifying your spiritual master A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda. Each and every cell of your transcendental body is vibrating with Kṛṣṇa’s potency. That’s how you are able to accomplish unimaginable tasks even at this crucial point of health crisis. All credits received at all times for your wonderful service rendered, you immediately offer it to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s lotus feet and the entire paramparā.

Guru Mahārāja, you have made all the arrangements in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur not only for your disciples but for all the devotees worldwide through your many innovative ways of caring, facilitating, dynamic management and on top of everything, the spiritual vibrant ambiance for everyone to feel the spiritual ecstasy. In every activity of yours, you never fail to strengthen our commitment and conviction to Śrīla Prabhupāda and his ISKCON. In a very exemplary way, you teach us the mood of becoming an eternal disciple by displaying your unconditional pure love for Śrīla Prabhupāda. Please Guru Mahārāja, instil in our hearts a drop of that mood of servitorship for Your Divine Grace as you have for Śrīla Prabhupāda.

As a GBC, I strive my best to assist you in the TOVP project. Also, I bring glory to you by focusing on upcoming leaders to train them to carry your mood, vision and Śrīla Prabhupāda consciousness in their hearts. I will assist you in your zones where preaching can expand vigorously and also devotees can uplift themselves to greater, deeper and matured understanding of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Gaurāṅga! Nityānanda!

Thank you Guru Mahārāja

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to dearest Gurumahārāja

All glories to this most auspicious day

Please accept my respectful obesiences onto your divine lotus feet

Dear Gurudeva

•Oh my dear Lord you are an ocean of divine mercy, you teach everything by your own example.

•You have immense care for everybody in the entire universe and always bless everybody without any distinction.

•Your care towards each and every soul is the “chocolate” of their life.

•Your instructions like sharp knives cut the mesh of this material world.

On this auspicious day of your divine appearance please bless dear Gurudeva that this fallen daughter is also able to develop such compassion and love towards all with so much care to small small needs and happiness of people.

Prayers to Lord Narasiṁhadeva that you always remain in good health.

Your unqualified spiritual daughter

Revatī Susevikā Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā)

New Delhi,India

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa Śrīla Guru Mahārāja

Please accept our respectful obeisance. All Glories to You and

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All Glories to Your Appearance Day Śrīla Guru Mahārāja.

This is our first homage after our marriage, and we are really happy to write this one together. Śrīla Guru Mahārāja we have seen the tremendous efforts You are putting into TOVP and spending a lot of time spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness with love in the world. Every time we hear news about Your poor health condition, we feel so worried thinking how will Kṛṣṇa consciousness be spread in a grand way in the world without Your presence, how will we do all the sevas You have mercifully given us. The reason behind this worry is that You are our strength, Your presence gives us spiritual strength to continue with our devotional services in the right direction. It is rightly said in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books that Spiritual Master is representative of Balram ji and gives us the strength to do bhakti in all kinds of circumstances. In our life, we are really fortunate to get that spiritual strength from You because You are our Spiritual Master. We know that You are always present with us because of our heart-to-heart connection, and You always help us and reciprocate in Your own magical ways.

This year we were pondering about the fact that we have mostly attempted to do all the sevas You have mercifully given us like preaching. chanting, becoming a teacher, cooking, deity worship, etc., and thought that this is all that we have to do in this life. Śrīla Guru Mahārāja we must say that You are surely watching us and like a true Father making sure that we always engage ourselves in serving You and Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava. We are saying this because recently by Your mercy and blessings, we understood our next sevā in Gṛhastha āśrama which You recently gave us when we took Your darśana this month. We both are highly thankful to You for making our married life a Kṛṣṇa-centered married life. In one of Your lectures, You mentioned that if we follow Your instructions then gradually everything will become fine. We have practically experienced it in our lives. We both are trying to move on in our Kṛṣṇa-conscious married life based on His Holiness Gopal Kṛṣṇa Gosvāmī Guru Mahārāja and Your instructions, so we easily come to know our next Kṛṣṇa conscious step. Your instructions are saving both of us from the greatest dangers and trying to keep us happy. We thank both of You for Your mercy, blessings and teachings.

We request You to always bless us and always allow us to serve Your Lotus Feet for eternity. Your presence in our life is one of the causes behind our enthusiasm and inclination towards Kṛṣṇa consciousness so please always be with us. We both are really happy to reside at Your Lotus Feet and at the Lotus Feet of His Holiness Gopal Kṛṣṇa Goswami Guru Mahārāja so please always keep us under Your shelter. We love to serve Śrī Śrī Mādhāva based on Your instructions so we request both of You to always give us sevas and we will try to do it together.

Your Spiritual Daughter

Ria (sheltered disciple)

Your Spiritual Son,

Apūrva Prema Dāsa
New Delhi, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my repeated humble and respectful obeisances unto the dust
of your divine lotus feet.

I would like to thank all your dear disciples who have given me this wonderful opportunity to glorify you.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Your Divine Grace!

Wishing You the Most Blessed 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Celebration of your Divine Grace.

I get wonder, whenever I see and hear about your glorious activities, even in the COVID-19 and lockdown period, you travelled continuously to preach, in order to please Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Gaurāṅga, how determined and enthusiastic you are in reaching out to your disciples, and that too everyday... This also shows, how much you personally care for each of your disciples, this is the proof that Spiritual Master is not an Ordinary person. This event reminds us, as on multiple other occasions in the past, that you are situated transcendentally, beyond the conception of body, and it also shows your dedication and determination to please Śrīla Prabhupāda. I humbly beg to you to kindly bestow upon me such attachment unto you and association of your dear disciples and the execution of your instructions.

Previous year in my college Bengal College of Engineering and Technology by your causeless mercy, your dear disciple His Grace Nitāicandra Nimāi prabhujī came to our college and I got an opportunity to listen his lecture upon Bhagavad Gītā. By your mercy I am able associate with all of your wonderful disciples His Grace Nitāichandra Nimāi prabhujī, His Grace Iśṭadeva Gopal prabhujī, His Grace Mohana Rādhāpati prabhujī, His Grace Dinabandhu Nitāicanda prabhuji... I want to serve them and learn from them how to they are following your instructions how they are serving and glorifying you, by serving them I’ll able to follow your instructions and I’ll able to do some service for you.

Inspite of all your kindness, I’m still a rascal fellow always accepting my mental concoctions I’m not worthy to take care of that. I’m a constant offender unto the lotus feet of all the Vaiṣṇavas and also the Holy name. I would like to pray at the dust of your Lotus feet, that you kindly stay with all of us healthy for many-many years to go and keep inspiring us in Pure devotional service. Let this miserable soul remain in engaged your service eternally.

Your most insignificant son

Rishav dāsa (aspiring disciple)

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Your Divine Grace.

This year we are celebrating your divine grace’s 73rd Vyāsa-Pūjā, your Divine appearance day.

Your Divine appearence removed all misfortunes from our lives. On ISKCON KOLKATA Ratha Yātrā 2019 I first got your darśana at Guṇḍicā Temple, Park Street. I was amazed when I saw you physically before I heard about you many times but when I first got your darśana and saw your determination towards the service of Śrīla Prabhupāda the only day I decided to Surrender myself onto your lotus feet. When I am sad about some thing or get heart from someone or if someone abuse me about my devotional life like by relatives friends at school or outside when I become sad I think about you and get a new energy to preach him/her. You are the distributor of Lord Nityānanda’s mercy and by your blessings all the services in our devotional life could be successful. You are the associate of Lord Caitanya without your mercy how can we do the service of Lord Caitanya. In your heart Lord Caitanya resides please accept my offering onto your lotus feet on your Divine 73rd appearance day.

শ্রী গুরু কৃপা কটাক্ষ
ভক্তি শ্রদ্ধা পায় রক্ষা
প্রাণে পায় শক্তি।।
তব পদ দুটি
ভক্তি লতার পুষ্টি।
গৌরাঙ্গ এর বাণী প্রচারিতে
তুমি হইলে অগ্রসর
গৌর ধম তুমি
কৃপা কটাক্ষ করি
দিও হে আশ্রয়।।

Your insignificant servant

Ritam Naskar (sheltered disciple)

Kolkata, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Gurudeva!

Please accept our respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga!

We wish you a very Happy Vyāsa Pūjā celebration and Happy appearance day dear Gurudeva. Thank you so much for accepting us as your disciple. By your causeless mercy we are trying to chant every day and try to follow 4 regulative principles. Gurudeva, you are so merciful for like us fallen souls”. Hope we can fully surrender at your lotus feet and serve you sincerely. We are trying our best to serve you only by seeing your determination to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda. Please Gurudeva give your blessings. Without your mercy, we are useless, we cannot go forward in spiritual life. In this very auspicious day, please grant your mercy upon us dear Gurudeva, so we can serve you eternally.

Your servants

Rohiṇī Kumāra Balarāma Dāsa

Añjanā Gopikā Devī Dāsī

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

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda .

Ioffer my humble and respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet

How this insignificant soul glorify the purest of pure.

Still I feel that trying to glorify you as this will make me think about you.

Guru Mahārāja you are the personification of mercy. You show your causeless mercy to insignificant soul like me. How indebted we are to you our Spiritual Father. You have given us Kṛṣṇa Prema and you are an example of. Never Give Up.

You are suffering because of our sinful activity, still you are guiding us.

We sincerely apologise for this and please help to do our sadhana perfectly.

We pray Lord Narasiṁhadev for your good health.

Please bless us Guru Mahārāja to be KṛṣṇaConscious always and serve you eternally.

Your insignificant daughter

Rohiṇī Vrajasevini dd

Ravichandran

Vrinda

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Nama Oṁ Vishnu padaya Kṛṣṇa presthaya bhutale

Śrīmate Jayapatākā swamin iti namine,

Nama Acharya padaya Nitāi kripa pradayine

Gaura kathā dhāma daya nagara grama tarine

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to you!

On this auspicious occasion of your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā, I shall attempt to glorify you, although I have no qualification.

I wholeheartedly thank you for accepting this extremely fallen and useless soul under your shelter. One clear instruction that I remember reading prior to my initiation was to cry that we are not crying for Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa while chanting. It has been 2 years since my initiation and it is my misfortune, that my steel-hard heart still does not cry. I pray to you, seeking your blessings so that I can fulfil your instruction.

I meditate on the fact that you have extended your stay on this planet to fulfil Śrīla Prabhupāda's instructions. You ecstatically enlighten us with nectarean pastimes of Lord Caitanya, every evening. How fortunate I am to be under the shelter of an eternal associate of Lord Caitanya! Yet, I am so wretched that I often do not utilize this wonderful opportunity. Hence, on this auspicious occasion I would like to reinforce my meditation on my initiation vows.

Guru Mahārāja, with each day passing, I learn how deeply compassionate you are, completely absorbed in the mood to preach unlimitedly and deliver all the fallen souls. You inspire me everyday with your daily activities- how each and every activity is for pleasing Śrīla Prabhupāda and his mission, which is non-different from the mission of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu, of yāre dekha, tāre kaha ‘Kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa.

I again and again offer my respectful obeisances unto you, who is attached to fulfilling the desires and instructions of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and the previous ācāryas. By bestowing the mercy of Nityānanda Prabhu and spreading the glories of the abode, transcendental pastimes and instructions of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, you are delivering all the inhabitants of the towns and villages.

Your compassion for the fallen souls is remarkable- urging everyone to somehow chant the Holy Names (yena tena prakareṇa manaḥ kṛṣṇe niveṣayet) in the hospitals, to the doctors, nurses, other patients- literally, everyone; taking every opportunity to distribute prasāda and talking about the Supreme Personality of Godhead and how everyone should serve Him lovingly. Your mind is always absorbed in devising new ways to preach and reach more and more souls who are suffering.

Śrīla Gurudeva, by your blessings, my family is engaged in Bhakti-vṛkṣa preaching. Two of our relatives, who are also a part of our Bhakti-vṛkṣa, are also aspiring to take initiation from you, and have formally taken aspiration earlier in January. We all seek your blessings for our Bhakti-vṛkṣa members. Please bless us so that we can act as instruments in awakening the dormant Kṛṣṇa consciousness in them.

I beg for forgiveness for the offences that I have committed, knowingly or unknowingly. I seek your mercy and blessings so that I can fulfil your instructions.

Your spiritual daughter,

Rūpamayī Sudevī dasī

Nama oṁ vishnupadaya Kṛṣṇa prasthaya bhutale

Śrīmate Jayapatākā Swamin iti namine

Namah ācārya padaya Nitāi - kripa - pradayine

Gaura kathā dhāma daya nagara - grama - tarine


My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma!

Please accept my respectful obeisances! All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
All glories unto you!

I am one of the fortunate souls who has taken initiation from you Guru Mahārāja. You are an inspiration to me everyday, to sincerely do my service in any situation. Please bless me so that I can serve you and Vaiṣṇavas.
My husband Bhakta Munusamy is aspiring to take shelter from you Guru Mahārāja. He is chanting 16 rounds and attending Bhakti-vṛkṣa and Bhakti-śāstrī classes. Please bless him so that he can take initiation from your divine grace in the near future. I have a daughter Deepthi who is 24 years and a son Tarun shyama  who is 15 years and both of them are chanting 8 rounds daily. My son is attending Bal utsav classes. I want my daughter to attend classes and study many Śrīla Prabhupāda books but she is currently not doing it, but she is doing small sevas like bhoga preparation, she's making posters for JSSS meetings in Chennai. Please bestow your mercy upon them so that they can take up Kṛṣṇa Consciousness seriously and serve your divine lotus feet and Gaurāṅga in full swing.

By your causeless mercy and the blessing of the senior Vaiṣṇavas, I am taking Bhakti-vṛkṣa class for ladies and Children's class (BPSS Chennai). I am very blessed and happy Mahārāja, that I have started Bhagavad-gītā reading group daily 1 hour from Monday to Friday and 15 to 20 mātājīs are joining the group and I am also doing Tamil translation of your daily activities in the JPS app. I am blessed to do that sevā. In the month of December, I helped in book distribution by distributing nearly 400 books (BG and Śrīla Prabhupāda books). I am doing my sādhanas along with my deity worship but I should increase the quality of my chanting. Along with my regular chanting, I am chanting 4 more rounds for your health and wellbeing. I am also doing 4 rounds of Tulsi parikramā daily. Please show your mercy upon my Bhakti-vṛkṣa members and the children from my Children's class so that they can take KC seriously.

I sincerely fall upon your Lotus Feet, begging you to bless me and guide me in any situation and to do more and more service unto your divine lotus feet I pray to Lord Narasiṁha that He gives you strength to continue your service for a long time.

Your insignificant Daughter
Ruparāṇī Revathī devī dāsī

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে

শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনিতি নামিনে!

নমো আচার্য্যপাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে

গৌর কথা ধামদেয় নগর গ্রাম তারিণে!

অজ্ঞাতর গভীরতম অন্ধকারে আমার জন্ম হয়েছিল এবং আমার গুরুদেব শ্রীল জয়পতাকা স্বামী গুরুমহারাজ জ্ঞানের আলোকবর্তিকা দিয়ে আমার চক্ষু উন্মীলিত করেছেন তাকে আমার সশ্রদ্ধ প্রণতি নিবেদন করি।

সমস্ত গৌরব শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের।

সমস্ত গৌরব শ্রীল গুরুমহারাজের।

শুভ ৭৩ তম আবির্ভাব দিবস গুরুদেব। আপনার শ্রীচরণকমলে আমার শতকোটি দন্ডবৎ প্রণাম

Hare Kṛṣṇa

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All glories unto your Divine Grace,

On this auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā I offer my sincere and heartfelt prayers to their Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Narasiṁhadeva, Śrī Pañcatattva and Śrīla Prabhupāda so that you may keep good health and be able to fulfil all your desires in the service of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja I have always been awe struck seeing your transcendental activities and as time moves your activities become even more wonderful. The feats you achieve that clearly shows that you are an eternal associate of Lord Caitanya which was even confirmed by Śrīla Prabhupāda. Your divine grace’s tireless and unending efforts to reach out to every soul on this planet and sow the seed of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness in their hearts cannot be paralleled.

“yāre dekha, tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra’ ei deśa”  you personify these word of Mahāprabhu by your tireless and determined efforts, in spite of the many challenging situations that you come across. All this is possible by your constant meditation on the lord. We pray that more souls get the opportunity to get your blessings and at least moments of association with you which can make their life perfect.

Guru Mahārāja you are constantly extending yourself in many ways to not just give a moment’s association but to shower your love and care to all those whom you have come across and those who will come across you. You don’t miss an opportunity whether it’s a hospital, an airport or your zoom darśan. You make devotees feel that personal connection with you and fill their life with all auspiciousness.

Guru Mahārāja by your causeless mercy I am very fortunate that you allowed me to serve the desire that is so close to your heart. JPS Care is beyond my ability and I took it up just in my enthusiasm to serve you. I knew I was unqualified but somehow by your grace and mercy I am taking baby steps and of course I feel incapable at times but just thinking of you and your instructions helps to overcome that obstacle and helps to move forward. I am trying my best and I feel very grateful to you for guiding me patiently and being so tolerant to my inabilities. You have given me some wonderful instructions which I am trying to follow but I do fall like a small child but just remembering your words brings me back on track.

I am a mere fool and don’t know how to really serve you but I am trying to do my best and I beg for your causeless mercy and blessings so I can remain in your service and please you and not get distracted by Māyā. Please also forgive any offenses or foolish behaviour on my part so that they do not become a stumbling block on the path of progress.

Your insignificant spiritual daughter

Śacī Jananī devī dāsī

Hare Kṛṣṇa

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All glories unto your Divine Grace,

On this auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā I offer my sincere and heartfelt prayers to their Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Narasiṁhadeva, Śrī Pañca-tattva and Śrīla Prabhupāda so that you may keep good health and be able to fulfil all your desires in the service of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja I have always been awe struck seeing your transcendental activities and as time moves your activities become even more wonderful. The feats you achieve that clearly shows that you are an eternal associate of Lord Caitanya which was even confirmed by Śrīla Prabhupāda. Your divine grace’s tireless and unending efforts to reach out to every soul on this planet and sow the seed of Kṛṣṇa consciousness in their hearts cannot be paralleled.

“yāre dekha, tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra’ ei deśa” you personify these words of Mahāprabhu by your tireless and determined efforts, in spite of the many challenging situations that you come across. All this is possible by your constant meditation on the lord. We pray that more souls get the opportunity to get your blessings and at least moments of association with you which can make their life perfect.

Guru Mahārāja you are constantly extending yourself in many ways to not just give a moment’s association but to shower your love and care to all those whom you have come across and those who will come across you. You don’t miss an opportunity whether it’s a hospital, an Airport or your Zoom darśana. You make devotees feel that personal connection with you and fill their life with all auspiciousness.

Guru Mahārāja by your causeless mercy I am very fortunate that you allowed me to serve the desire that is so close to your heart. JPS Care is beyond my ability, and I took it up just in my enthusiasm to serve you. I knew I was unqualified but somehow by your grace and mercy I am taking baby steps and of course I feel incapable at times but just thinking of you and your instructions helps to overcome that obstacle and helps to move forward. I am trying my best and I feel very grateful to you for guiding me patiently and being so tolerant to my inabilities. You have given me some wonderful instructions which I am trying to follow but I do fall like a small child but just remembering your words brings me back on track.

I am a mere fool and don’t know how to really serve you but I am trying to do my best and I beg for your causeless mercy and blessings so I can remain in your service and please you and not get distracted by māyā. Please also forgive any offenses or foolish behavior on my part so that they do not become a stumbling block on the path of progress.

Your insignificant spiritual daughter,

Śacī Jananī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

India (Māyāpur)

An humble offering and obeisances to Śrīla Guru Mahārāja unto your Lotus Feet Guru Mahārāja!

Finally the day has arrived,
On which no one is deprived;

From receiving the mercy and blessing,
Of our beloved Guru Mahārāja, whose glories we always sing.

Out of compassion, ohh! Śrīla Gurudev,
You have removed all my ignorance;

With the luminous lamp of knowledge.
Always dwelling in my heart,

Your presence I can feel constant;
Guiding me in every aspect

Showing the correct path.
You are my eternal father, Oh dear Guru Mahārāja.

In your eyes, as we behold,
We attain Siddhartha satva; and have darshan of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Madhav and Panca-tattva.

Freely distributing love of Godhead,
And helping us to cross this material shore;

Narasiṁhadev is protecting you always,
With His powerful hands and roar.

Spreading the message of Lord Caitanya
Along with the mercy of Lord Nityānanda,

Fulfilling Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission and dream
Delivering villages, cities and town
Putting all obstacles down.

Chanting loudly the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra
In front of Lord Jagannath, Baladeva and Mahārāṇī Subhadrā

Of Bhakti Yoga, teaching us the right sutra
And those ecstatic kīrtana of Jagannath Ratha Yātrā.

Oh Śrīla Guru Mahārāja on your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā,

I dedicate this poem as an offering.

My humble obeisances unto your Lotus Feet
From your servant of servant of servant...

Please allow me to continue serving you;
With all that Kṛṣṇa has given me and qualities very few.

Bless us to forever sing your glory,
Dear to Śrīla Prabhupāda, You are the Flag of Victory.

Saha (aspiring disciple)
Kolkata, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja!

Please accept my humble obeisances!

This is my first homage to His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja. I must say that I am a lowly living being drowning in the ocean of material existence. My only mercy hope is the pure devotees of Kṛṣṇa. Who have sacrificed their whole life for serving Śrīla Prabhupāda.

In the scriptures it is said that when we want to progress in the path of bhakti, we must take shelter of the Lotus feet of a pure Vaiṣṇava. And for that we should pray to Kṛṣṇa that he send you such a vaiṣṇava. I think His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Had Injected Me with a vast amount of Transcendental Science of Kṛṣṇa.

I can just offer my humble most humble and respectful crores of obeisances, Unto his divine Lotus feet. And I pray to his holiness that he bless me sufficiently so that I can preach the message of Kṛṣṇa and Caitanya Mahāprabhu and serve his holiness and Śrīla Prabhupāda, for millions of births.

Thank you

Your Insignificant Servant,

Sahil Kumar (well-wisher)
Jamshedpur, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja please take our humble obeisances.

Please bless me so that we can serve you forever.

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Your Spritual Son/Daughter:

Sajjana Giridhārī Dāsa &

Puṣpita Madhavī Devī Dāsī

Dear Śrīla Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet.

The principle of Śrī Guru is absolute. The spiritual master is on par with the Supreme Lord as sākṣād hari. The mercy incarnation of God Himself is the karuna avatar or Śrī Gurudeva. To have implicit faith in Śrī Guru requires great pious merit, as revealed in the famous Mahābhārata śloka ‘mahā-prasāde govinde nāma-brahmaṇi vaiṣṇave’.

Being very merciful, you have accepted me as your Dīkṣā disciple and for that I am eternally indebted to you. Your unwavering devotion and loyalty to your dīkṣā Guru Śrīla Prabhupāda is clear as day for all to see and behold in deep admiration, awe and veneration!

Acharya means leading by example and you have lived and led an exemplary life of a Vaishnava saint. Even in your present externally debilitated condition, you maintain the same level of intense dedication and love for the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission to spread the teachings of lord Caitanya all over the world.

Due to my wicked and miserly nature, I tend to be a separatist and not a team player. This is the cause my ultimate downfall and I regret to admit this fault to you, Śrīla Gurudeva. With all my faults, selfishness and multiple failings, I still hope to become a good disciple and render valuable services to your lotus feet. Such service automatically means serving all the previous acharyas, with special refence to our dearly beloved Śrīla Prabhupāda.

On this most auspicious occasion of your Śrī Vyāsa Pūjā, I fall at your feet begging for your merciful association, chastisement and blessings.

Your fallen and wretched servant,

Sākhyarasa Prema Dāsa.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to your glorious appearance day.

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 bless me in my humble attempt to glorify you. I can never explain completely how much mercy you shower on me.

You are one of the most merciful representatives of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Your ability to carry on with service in spite of all impediments is always inspiring.

Please bless me with the intelligence to properly use everything given by supreme in your service, for your pleasure.

This year has been so special for me, because of your causeless mercy you gave your darśan for the first time during Śrī Rādhāshtami and then during Bhishma-Pañcaka I got your darśan again for consecutive three days. You have given me everything, but just because of my previous impressions and habits I'm not able to understand it's importance. I pray at your lotus feet please remove every other hurdles and desires which is stopping me to completely surrender at your lotus feet. With your mercy I got the best opportunity to visit the most merciful Nityānanda's eternal abode Ekacakrā.

Thank you so much for everything, although I don't have adequate surrender or qualities.
I pray at your lotus feet, please allow me to engage my energy, qualities, potentials, every other thing in glorifying you, and the Supreme Lord and His all devotees.
Please bless me with unflinching faith, determination, patience and enthusiasm to serve you and your strict followers efficiently. Please allow me to propagate Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission wide and far in a tangible manner and serve all the Vaiṣṇavas.

Trying to serve you always!

Always Indebted and Insignificant servant,
Sākṣī Singh(shelter)
Jamshedpur, India

হরে কৃষ্ণ

প্রিয় গুরুদেব আপনার শ্রী চরণে শত কোটি কোটি কোটি কোটি নমন নিবেদন করছি, প্রভুপাদ কি জয় গুরু মহারাজ মহারাজ কি জয়,

আপনি আমাদের মত তুচ্ছ অতীতের উদ্ধার করার জন্য অবতার ইন হয়েছেন, আমার এটাই ইচ্ছা যে আমি যত জনমে ই পাই আপনাকে গুরুদেব হিসাবে পাই আমার জনম জনম সার্থক হবে, গুরুদেব আপনার আশীর্বাদে আপনার কৃপাতে আমি আর আমার সপরিবার ভক্তি পথে আসার চেষ্টা করছি আমাকে আশীর্বাদ করুন যেন আমি নিষ্ঠা ভাবে ভক্তি করতে পারি পরমপিতা শ্রীকৃষ্ণের আর আপনার গুরুদেবের চরণ কমল সেবা করতে পারি, আমার মতন পাপী অধমকে কৃপা করুন আশীর্বাদ করুন আপনার শ্রী চরণে এটাই আমার কামনা, আপনি এত অসুস্থতার মধ্যেও আপনি প্রচার বন্ধ করেননি আপনার মতন দিব্য কেউ নেই, আমাকে আশীর্বাদ করুন আমি প্রচারে যেন আপনার কিছু সাহায্য করতে পারি,

নারী 73 তম আবির্ভাব দিন এ আমার খুব আনন্দিত

হরেকৃষ্ণ হরেকৃষ্ণ কৃষ্ণ কৃষ্ণ হরে হরে

হরে রাম হরে রাম রাম রাম হরে হরে

আধ্যাত্নিক পুত্র

সনাতন হাইট, জম্মু

Sanātana Hāiṭa (aspiring disciple)
Jammu, India

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

Everyday has been a struggle with my insincerity. So many opportunities for serving your divine grace and the temple, yet so many excuses I have for not doing them.

On this auspicious day, my prayers at your lotus feet should be to commit to better whatever little service I am doing. Praying that I do not let down so many wonderful devotees and god brothers, whose association is a huge blessing on me, though I do not deserve.

You inspire me in every way with your love for all of us and faith in the words of Śrīla Prabhupāda. The mercy of Gaurāṅga flows through you and I am so fallen that I am not able to capture it sincerely.

From the many instructions you give us - in the past year, I have taken on doing the Bhakti Vaibhav course from Māyāpur Institute after finishing Bhakti Shastri in 2020.

Thank you for all the mercy and love you shower on us every day, every moment.

Your servant,
Sanātana Nitāi gaura Dāsa

Dearest Guru Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances on your lotus feet.

All glories to Srilla Prabhupada.

 

I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to write to you on the auspicious day of your appearance. It is the planning of lord Krishna that you entered in my life and heart that made me completely changed to know the correct things.

I want to express my gratitude to you today for your determined and steady effort to preach and increase Srila Prabhupada's mission.

Thank you for truly caring for devotees and putting their needs ahead of the institution. That's the formula for strengthening the institution.

Thankyou for tasting and illuminating the unlimited nectar ocean of Srila Prabhupada's personal ecstasies in his transcendental books.

Thankyou for helping to unfold the wonderful plan of Srila Prabhupada for a Krishna conscious lifestyle across the globe.

May you live a long life and continue your relentless preaching efforts to fight to your very last breath.

Your fallen son

Shankar Aranya Nitai Das

ISKCON Sahibabad, 

Ghaziabad, UP.

All glories to your auspicious appearance day of 73rd Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava my dear Guru Mahārāja.

I request you to please accept my humble obeisances onto your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja.

Guru Mahārāja there are no words to glorify you. When you were in the hospital you were asking the doctor’s and nurse’s are you all chanting. For the physiotherapist Guru Mahārāja said if you chant I will obey and do what you say. I will lift my leg. In that situation also Guru Mahārāja you were keen to give Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses and thought us how to spread Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses which is a lesson for us.

Guru Mahārāja thank you very much for accepting me as your disciple and showing causeless mercy on me to be in Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses for which I am today. Guru Mahārāja so many miracles happened after accepting me as your disciple. I had health issues which needed surgery but because of your prayers and causeless mercy without surgery I am recovering Guru Mahārāja.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you very much Guru Mahārāja, please always shower your causeless mercy on me to be in Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses and I beg you for your mercy and blessings for qualitative and quantitative chanting Guru Mahārāja

Your humble servant,

Śāntā Mātājī (aspiring disciple)

Bangalore, India

“Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru jī daṇḍvat praṇāma!

Main "Santosh Bhardwaj" main aap ke charno me jab se aashrya liya hu. tab se meri bhakti me pragati huyi hain. mera 16 mālā pratidin jap ho jata hain. es liye mai aap ko koti koti dandvat praṇāma karta hu guru jī!

Santosh Bhardwaj (aspiring disciple)

Dear Gurumaharāj,

Please accept my most humble obeisance’s at your lotus feet.
All Glories to HDG Śrīla Prabhupāda and all the Ācārya’s in our Paraṁparā.
This is my 1st Vyāsapūja offering at your lotus feet, please forgive me for my ignorance.

I lived 40 years of my precious life in complete ignorance doing all kinds of sinful activities and leading an unregulated life. Coming from a God fearing Hindu family, I use to treat all Gods as equal and use to visit temples on special days with big list of material demands, I respect all religion alike with a belief we all have chosen different path but destination is same.

My friend who is a Christian, took me to church and I use to visit church with family every Sunday and glorify god. He was insisting me to read Bible and said this is the only path to god against my belief system as mentioned above. When I was pushed to read Bible, I got an inner voice that I born to a Hindu family not by my choice, but it’s God’s plan and if I have to read any scripture then I need to start with Bhagavad Gītā 1st then I will read Bible too. Since then my search to understand god, my purpose of life and what is our relationship started. All thanks to my friend who pushed me to read Bible for starting my spiritual journey, please bless my friend.

One fine day in September 2020, by mercy of Gaurāṅga and HDG Śrīla Prabhupāda, I got a poster of 18 days online Bhagavad Gītā course being conducted in ISCKON Mangalore under the aegis of HG Nāma Niṣṭha Prabhu. Since that day, by blessings of HG NND Prabhu and devotees my life has taken a complete U turn, started following all 4 regulative principles. My entire family has taken up Kṛṣṇa Consciousness movement. I have started chanting daily 16 rounds of Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahāmantra from 31st Dec 2020, and by mercy of Guru and Gaurāṅga chanting minimum 25 rounds daily now, my wife does 20 rounds daily, my son Pranav.V.S - 12years old and daughter Shreya.V.S-9years old also does 16 rounds chanting daily and in my limited capacity trying to preach glories of Holy name and Bhagavad Gītā and serving as Bhakti Vṛkṣa leader under ISKCON Mangalore – Sri Sri Rādhā Govinda Mandir.

Gurumaharāja, when I hear mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhū and Nityānanda prabhū who went door to door distributing Kṛṣṇa Prema, and even liberated Jagāi and Madāi. Instead of taking shelter of Nitāi-Gaurāṅga, I missed the opportunity and continue to take births in this Dukhālayam, I feel am even more sinful than Jagāi and Madāi. More I read HDG Śrīla Prabhupādaś Books and listen to Senior Devotees, more I realize how helplessly I have entangled in this material world trying to satisfy my own senses, my conditioning and inner anarthas are haunting me. However, through devotee’s association, Sādhanā and Service I am trying hard to purify my anarthas. My only hope in this life is your shelter, I have applied for Guru Āśraya and eagerly waiting or that fortunate day, I see my inner anarthas as an Ocean and trying to dry up with a hope you will give me shelter just like Garuḍa Dev come to the rescue of little sparrow.

Gurumaharāja, on your Vyāsapūjā I sincerely pray to Sri Sri Gaura-Nitāi and HDG Śrīla Prabhupāda to give you lot more strength, good health and long life, so that you can continue to deliver many fallen conditioned souls like me from these material entanglements through your preaching services and causeless mercy. Somehow, by shear mercy of Guru and Gaurāṅga this life I have come into this movement, now I don’t want to turn back for any reason and utilize this life to serve as a menial servant and engage in unalloyed devotional service at your lotus feet and contribute till my last breath for preaching mission of HDG Śrīla Prabhupāda and Sankīrtana movement of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhū. Please bless me to rise in my Faith, Devotion and Love to serve Sri Rādhā Kṛṣṇa, Gaura Nitāi & Pañca Tattva under your shelter and association of Pure devotees eternally.

Santosh.V.K (Aspiring for your humble Shelter and Dīkṣā)
Bangalore

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

My dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. I am a fallen soul, who has no intelligence. Please keep your blessings on me and make me a puppet of your hand and engage me in devotional services. Though I have no qualification, please accept me as your eternal servant. All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Santu Pramanik (sheltered disciple)

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and to you, Guru Mahārāja. All glories to your beloved Vyāsa-pūjā. All glories to your dedication to the holy names. You were always surrendered to the holy names with great sincerity and devotion.

Thank you for showing us how to chant with love, serve with love. I am grateful to be able to dedicate my service to you and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Your aspiring disciple,

Śāradā Pārvatī (aspiring disciple)

Hare Kṛṣṇa my dear Guru Mahārāja. All glories to your auspicious appearance day of 73rd  Śrī Vyāsa Pūjā Mahotsava Guru Mahārāja.

I Sarasvatī Mādahvī Devī Dāsī. Bengaluru, India.

I request you to kindly accept my humble obeisances onto your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja. Thank you very much for accepting me as your Dīkṣā disciple and showering your causeless mercy on me to be in Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses for which I am today.

Guru Mahārāja no words are enough to glorify you. When you were in the hospital when your dedicated servants were reading Bhagavad-gītā A sit is you asked them to read for the patient who was in the next bed. That soul needs the most. In that situation also you were very keen to give Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses and spread Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses which is a lesson for us. Wherever you are whether in hospital or in temple your main was to give Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses and spread Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses to all which is very remarkable. Which ordinary people can't do.

Guru Mahārāja Thank you, Thank you, Thank you very much Guru Mahārāja please always shower your causeless mercy on me to be in Kṛṣṇa Consciousnesses and I beg you to bless my family members also should be in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Guru Mahārāja.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you very much Guru Mahārāja.

Your humble servant

Sarasvatī Mādahvī Devī Dāsī.

Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas Guru Mahārāja.

Jaya Gurudeva.

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to you dear Guru Mahārāja!

I am Sarika Jajodia.

I desire to serve Kṛṣṇa and serve you in Prabhupāda’s mission to the best of my abilities.

I am begging My Dīkṣā from you. I am chanting 16 rounds since July’2021, following the 4 regulative principles.

Please bless me that I can overcome any hindrance in the path of Bhakti.

I am eternally grateful to you for providing me with knowledge and guidance through various devotees.

Please accept me as your humble menial servant!

Sarika Jajodia (aspiring disciple)

Dear guru maharaj,

       Dandavat pranams at your lotus feet. Please accept my humble obeisances. It is a great fortune for an insignificant disciple like me to get an opportunity to write a vyasa puja homage to you. On this auspicious day, I am feeling grateful for accepting this clueless soul at your lotus feet by giving blessings and showering causeless mercy on me. We know we can never repay this dept back but I will try to be sincere in my sadhana and will assist you in whatever insignificant ways I could. My dear guru Deva, you are a great source of inspiration to millions of people and your dedication to srila Prabhupada, to commit oneself completely and you are toughest fighter I have ever seen. I feel safe at your mercy and I wish I could come out of my weakness and become strong in krsna consciousness to make you happy. Kindly bestow your unlimited mercy by which I always take shelter and empowerment to preach krsna consciousness.

 

Your humble and insignificant daughter,

Sarojini kalindhi devi dasi

 

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obesciances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

All glories to you!!!

Because of your causeless mercy, now I am your sheltered disciple... I am able to do little bit of service all because of your only mercy... I am seeking your blessings for my spiritual growth and initiation Guru Mahārāja.

Your insignificant servant

Sarumathy (sheltered disciple)
Śrī Jagannath Mandir Seshadripuram, Bangalore, India

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

Querido Śrīla Ācāryapāda,

Por favor acepte mis reverencias a Sus pies de loto. Todas las glorias a Usted y Su Vyāsa Pūjā. Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Querido amigo y maestro en mi humilde opinión tu eres el Ācārya. En mi corazón estás mostrando al mundo en amor extático los síntomas propios de una alta realización ya que eres un asociado de Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Estás automanifestando las cualidades de Ācārya y por eso eres el sostén de la casa de Prabhupāda, Iskcon. Me siento tan afortunado de de haber sido aceptado bajo Tus adorables pies de loto.

Siento que no tendré tiempo (por la fragilidad de mi salud) de terminar el servicio de desarrollar al menos una pequeña comunidad ecológica consciente de Kṛṣṇa con un alto grado de autosuficiencia que me propuse realizar para ponerlo a Tus pies de loto y de Śrīla Prabhupāda como mi humilde contribución por todas las contribuciones recibidas. Cuando estaba disponiéndome a integrarme a trabajar el plan piloto del proyecto en México, donde ya tenemos tierras, vacas y plantaciones, quedé limitado porque ahora mi cuerpo depende de una máquina a la cual debo estar conectado de por vida (tres horas y media por cada una de tres sesiones semanales). Pero a pesar de todo con Tu misericordia continuaré fomentando, avivando y motivando vía redes sociales para que tomen consciencia y sigan el deseo y orden de Śrīla Prabhupāda acerca de la autosuficiencia: "no dependan de nadie", "dependan de las dádivas de la naturaleza", "tierras y vacas son la verdadera riqueza", "la ciudad es detestable, tan detestable", etc. Esto viene a ser el 50% de Su misión y de alli su importancia. Sé muy bien que es también Tu propio deseo. Miles y miles de vidas no serán suficiente para corresponder Tu amorosa gracia a este descualificado y el más último de Tus discípulos.

Tu aspirante a sirviente

Sarva Deva Dāsa

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 humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to your divine appearance day!

All glories to you!

I am so grateful to you to be under your shelter. You are very merciful to so many fallen conditioned souls like me. You are always thinking of innovative ways to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness and expand the saṅkīrtana movement all over the world. Your dedication and commitment in fulfilling the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda is beyond extraordinary. The care that you exhibit for the devotees and disciples is exemplary. Without your blessings, it is not possible for me to continue in devotional service as I am such a fallen soul. I am praying that I become more and more serious in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and wishing to get initiated by you soon. I beg at your lotus feet to accept me and shower your blessings upon me on this divine appearance day of your holiness.

Your insignificant Servant,

Saravanabagugan (sheltered disciple)

Śrī Jagannath Mandir Seshadripuram, Bangalore, India

Dear Gurumaharaj

Please Accept My respectful Obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada, All Glories to you!

“Nama Om Vishnu padaya Krsna presthaya bhutale
Srimate Jayapataka swamin iti namine,
Nama Acharya padaya Nitai kripa pradayine
Gaura katha dhama daya nagara grama tarine”

nama om vishnu Padaya krishna Presthaya Bhutale
srimate bhaktivedanta svamin iti namine
namaste sarasvate deve gaura vani pracharine
nirveshesh sunyavadi pashchatya desa tarine

Today is the most auspicious day, Kamada Ekadashi and my beloved Gurumaharaj’s 73rd Vyasapuja day.

O’ Gurumaharaj, you do not need our glorification, you are already glorified.

But I am so fallen, for my purification, to bring in some auspiciousness in my life, I am putting my humble effort to glorify you.

I was reading a Facebook post in Bengali, the heading attracted my eyes “abak kanda”- astonishing moment.

Once you were travelling out of Hyderabad airport, suddenly an airport officer said “I need to check you”. Your personal servants informed the officer, “Gurumaharaj is a sannyasi and ISKCON Guru, do you want to check him?”

The officer was adamant and took you to check up room and closed the door.

The officer touched your lotus feet and did a dandavat pranam.

The officer got up and apologized to you “Maharaj, I wasted your valuable time. I used my position to touch your lotus feet. Please forgive me.  I had seen you long back and had a desire to touch your lotus feet. I am chanting since then.” He then offered flowers on your lotus feet and begged for your shelter.

It strikes my stone like heart, people had so much transformation seeing you in the airport and I am so unfortunate, O’ Gurumaharaj, that you mercifully gave me shelter but my heart did not change at all, I could not develop love.

gurudev!
kripa-bindu diya, koro’ ei dase,
trinapekha ati hina
sakala sahane, bala diya koro’,
nija-mane spriha-hina


sakale sammana korite sakati,
deho’ natha! jathajatha
tabe to’ gaibo, hari-nama-sukhe,
aparadha ha ’be hata

Please give me the energy to know you correctly. Then, by chanting the holy
name in great ecstasy, all my offenses will cease.

O’ Gurumaharaj, you are a great disciple of Srila Prabhupada, a very very special person because you have dedicated 100 percent to Srila Prabhupada.

Your mind is completely engrossed in executing Srila Prabhupada’s instructions. Srila Prabhupada was aware of your capability and had given many instructions which you have successfully completed, yet you are mercifully asking us and engaging us in Srila Prabhupada’s service.

You have demonstrated an infinite and unfathomable dedication to your spiritual master. 

We get inspired how you are dedicated on book distribution, development of Navadwip Dham, and building the TOVP to please Srila Prabhupada.

To illustrate your desire to complete the TOVP for Srila Prabhupada’s pleasure, you are going to flag off the official launch of the TOVP 2024 Marathon to open the temple in 2024 and relocate our beloved Mayapur Deities into Their new home by lighting and carrying a TOVP Victory Torch. How pleasing it would be to Srila Prabhupada!

O’ Gurumaharaj, you are an embodiment of endless inspiration. Taking the charge of more than 55,000 souls- initiated, or diksha disciples , a great number of aspiring devotees. There are thousands who take siksha from you.

Your unlimited compassion for conditioned souls

Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu instructed jare dekho tare kaho krishna updesh- deliver the message of Lord Krishna wherever you go and to whoever you meet.

O’ Gurumaharaj, you are exemplary. We see how you preach to the doctors and nurses who comes to treat you and you transform them.

On this auspicious day, O’ Gurumaharaj, please give me mercy, give me mercy so that I can use myself for any service unto your lotus feet.

Your very insignificant spiritual servants

Sarvanatha Krsna Das

Revati Manoharini Devi Dasi

Shreya Kundu

 

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 Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All glories to your divine lotus Feet,

I find myself very incapable to write your unlimited glories.

1. You are very caring. Once my mother was seriously ill with symptoms of Covid 19. I wrote email to you for prayers and by your grace my mother became alright. When other people are dying of corona. You saved my mother. In spite of so many health difficulties and busy schedule you considered my email. In reply to my email you asked about the health of my mother. Simply by reading to your email my Sadhna got improved. I cannot find anybody more caring than you. In every aspect of my life, I can see only you are taking of me.

2. You are very enthusiastic for Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. In Spite of so many health difficulties you are always very enthusiastic for Śrīla Prabhupāda for Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission.

Guru Mahārāja I am trying to mediate on below points which I heard from your lectures.

Improve my chanting. I am not able to chant attentively. Some unnecessary thoughts used to come while chanting. I am trying to improve my chanting but it's impossible to do pure chanting without your mercy.

Praying for the mercy: I cannot think my spiritual progress without your mercy. Even after knowing the facts, I am not able to pray with proper mood. Guru Mahārāja, please shower your mercy so that I can pray for my progress in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Pleasing Guru Paramparā In of your lecture you mentioned that the secret of advancement in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness is to please the Guru Paramparā.Now wit your mercy I know the secret, now I am trying to put my endevour to please you ultimately whole Paramparā can be pleased.

Bhakti Śāstrī Course – You have also mentioned to do Bhakti Śāstrī Course so I am undergoing the course from Māyāpur Academy. This course is helping me a lot. Thank you so much.

Book Distribution – I have desire to please you by engaging myself in book distribution. Seeking your blessing to do book distribution.

Bhakti-vṛkṣa – Guru Mahārāja, I know you will be very much pleased if I do Bhakti-vṛkṣa. Please shower your mercy so that I can connect new souls to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and conduct Bhakti-vṛkṣa for them.

Guru Mahārāja, please shower your mercy so that my wife, Vinita and son Jayānanda can progress nicely in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

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Happy Vyāsa-pūjā 2022

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Yours disciple and spiritual son

Sarveśvara Nanda Kumar dāsa

Dear Guru Maharaj,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to your divine Vyasa Puja Mahotsav. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

In this auspicious Vyasa puja day, I would like to thank you for being our role model. You gave us Krishna Consciousness and changed our lives. It is your mercy that you have been taking tremendous effort and spreading Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s teachings in every town and village. You are the reservoir of all the twenty six Vaishnava qualities. Being a disciple it is my responsibility to acquire your beautiful qualities and pass on these qualities to our next generation. 

I remember once you said, if in a family children can’t become devotees, that child’s karma, personal choice, many reasons are involved. However, it is the responsibility of the parents to understand their commitment, how much we need to rectify ourselves, so that by seeing us they will learn. 

I bow down to your lotus feet, and pray for your mercy, I beg your blessings to develop these Vaishnava qualities within myself and to pass on these qualities to our next generation. 

My prayers at the lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha Madhav, Sri Panchatatva, Sri Narasimha Dev for your good health and long life.

Please forgive me for any offences I have made, and allow me to serve you eternally. 

Your Spiritual Daughter,
Sarveshwari Jahnava Devi Dasi,
Your Spiritual Grand Daughter, 
Palika
Vancouver, Canada.

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto your divine, soft, delivering lotus feet.

All glories to your incomparable, spiritual master HDG Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to you O' supremely glorious Gurudeva on your auspicious appearance day.

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

On this most awaited auspicious Vyāsa pūjā day dear Gurumahārāja I wish to reflect and meditate on Your glorious Praṇāma mantra.

1.) Dear to Kṛṣṇa:

As an authentic Guru from the paramparā, as the spiritual son of _'THE'_ Śrīla Prabhupāda, You're very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa because You've taken complete shelter of the lotus feet of The Lord. All the qualities of a devotee who is very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa given in BG (12.13-12.20) are present in You. My very divine Gurudeva, You are non-envious, tolerant, ever equipoised in dualities, pure, expert, silent, satisfied and above all You ARE A Kind Friend of all living entities. With all these divine qualities there's not an iota of doubt left that You're so so dear to Kṛṣṇa. I bow down into your lotus feet with all my worth and might to pray that if You so please bless this fallen daughter of Yours with these qualities, as, because of my innumerable vices I am unable to chant with purity. Please purify me dear Gurudeva. You and Only YOU can do that.

2.) Ācāryapāda:

I offer my respectful obeisances again and yet again unto Your divine lotus feet, who is determined and committed to serve the lotus feet of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda and the previous ācāryas. You're so focussed in serving Prabhupāda that You have asked _Kala_, the element of Time, Kṛṣṇa's potency to wait for You. Thus, by the sheer strength of Your deep desire to serve Your Gurumahārāja You can deliver the whole universe. Such totality of faith in the predecessor ācāryas evokes in you great energy and capacity to render pure devotional service.

Gurudeva I beg, please kindly grant me one percent of this same desire, same enthusiasm and consciousness to serve You, lifetime after lifetime. (if necessary)

3.) Distributor of Nitai's mercy:

You are the knower and lover of Lord Nityānanda, totally and externally fixed on The Lord's pastimes. You have dedicated Your life to please Your dearest Supreme Lord. Hence, as reciprocation, becoming the most qualified recipient of Nityānanda's mercy.

Someone who has not truly realized the causeless mercy of Nityānanda, will not be able to share it with others by constantly speaking or writing about it. Thus the title _Nitāi kripa pradāyine_ is so apt!!

You distribute the same, whole heartedly with open hands and teach us to develop attachment with Lord Nityānanda. Lord Nityānanda's mercy reaches us through You, dear Gurudeva.

You being the Real representative of Nitāi, Guru Mahārāja You alone can mercifully bless me that all my material attachments go away.

4.) Constant Speaker of gaura-kathā:

When it comes to speaking about Lord Gaurāṅga You're unstoppable. Your love for gaura-kathā is sometimes poured down from Your lotus eyes. Every evening's Caitanya līlā class is an evidence enough of Your unflinching faith on the mercy element of gaura-kathā. I was attracted to Śrī Śrī Kṛṣṇa Balarām deities of Śrī Vṛndāvana Dhāma but after listening to gaura-kathā, ( by virtue of my service of simulcast in hindi on Your FB page) I have by Your mercy developed some attachment for very beautiful and merciful Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaursunder (All India ISKCON Pādyatrā) deities. Dear Baba please allow and bless me to bring Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaursunder deities, home.

5.) Distributor of Dhām's mercy:

Śrīdhāma Māyāpur was developed by You practically. This kingdom of God came to look like, to what it is today because of your dedicated toiling.

That’s not an ordinary thing! Śrīdhāma Māyāpur is not an ordinary place! It is nondifferent from Lord Caitanya. The Lord was watching And He instilled in You an immovable dedication.

Thus, the spiritual Cintāmaṇi Dhāma of Gauḍadeśa, Śrīla Ācāryapāda, was nourished by You, who continues to distribute the mercy of the Dhāma by applying different ideas.

You're familiar with the Dhāma as Your supreme friend, and are truly concerned with the future of Māyāpur As a responsible parent so much so that Śrī Māyāpur and Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami are synonymous.

Kindly bless me to develop the same perception of the holy Dhāma and qualify me to reside in the dhāma.

6.) You deliver towns and villages:

Caitanya Mahāprabhu said-

pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi grāma

sarvatra pracāra haibe mora nāma

Śrīla Prabhupāda confirmed You, my dear Lord as an eternal associate of Lord Caitanya. You have been commissioned to appear again to revive the fallen conditioned souls and take them back home, back to Godhead. Thus, You're intensely preaching without paying any heed to the boundaries and limitations of Time, space and circumstances. Thus, delivering towns and villages. By the virtue of being Your spiritual daughter allow me to preach sincerely and become a tool in Your lotus hands to dissipate the divine message of Lord Śrī Gaursundar.

A fallen soul like me would need Your love and compassion eternally dear Gurudeva. Allow me and bless me to hold Your Divine lotus feet, tightly, forever and ever.

Thank you for accepting me dear Gurumahārāja. You made us all so fortunate!!

Intensely begging for Your mercy Your most foolish and sinful daughter

Satyabhāmā sādhvī dd

By Your blessings I seek Your kind permission to now share my meagre preaching activities and seeking empowerment for devotional strength needed to preach successfully.

Gurudeva I have been preaching since 2016, in Ajmer, under the able guidance of Hg Rādhāpati gopīnātha prabhu.

I began by taking bhakti vṛkṣa classes and added 10-12 members. All of them are now chanting 16 rounds and are ready for initiation.

Then I introduced two courses Bhagvad-gītā crash course (A 15-day course giving a quick overview of the 5 main topics of BG) and also The Bhagvad-gītā Advance course (a systematic and detailed study of BG.)

By Your mercy I have completed 5 crash course batches and one BG, advance course batch during the lock down period. At present taking The 6th crash course batch and 2nd Systematic study batch.

On the auspicious occasion of Safala Ekādaśī by Your blessing we launched a new batch of Bhagvad-gītā advance course. 125 participants joined our WhatsApp group out of which 88 devotees attended the class and 85 devotees were listening to the class till the end. My God sister (also own sister) Your spiritual daughter Hg Rati Śreṣṭha Keśavī dd is constantly helping me, religiously in all my preaching activities.

During Kārtīka we went on the roads every day and conducted dīpadānas for the conditioned souls. Approximately 6000 souls could offer lamp to Lord Dāmodara by the incessant flow of Your mercy.

Gurudeva we had procured sponsorships for book distribution and by your mercy I could send lakṣmī for 108 BG's to the Virtual table. I also distributed approximately 200 Bhagvad-gītās here in Ajmer in a school, amongst bhakti vṛkṣa members and also door to door. Most of the teachers from that school are now my Bhakti vṛkṣa members.

Hope all this pleases you my dear beloved Gurudeva.

Thank you for your unconditional love dear baba, thank you for accepting the insignificant services that we're rendering, again by your blessings only.

Preaching is your life and I want to do everything for your pleasure only. Kindly empower and bless me dear Gurudeva to be determine in rendering my devotional service and to please You be the sole objective of my life.

My prabhu Mukesh bharti, daughters Dhairya and Veda are all Kṛṣṇa conscious and are chanting also but are not very seriously.

Kindly bless them and accept them unto Your divine lotus feet Gurudeva. We love you loads dear baba.

Your most insignificant daughter

Satyabhāmā sādhvī dd. Dear Guru Mahārāja,

माझे परंप्रिय आणि परंपूज्य गुरू महाराज,

तुमच्या चरणी तुमच्या मुलीचे अनंत कोटी कोटी चरण स्पर्श.

गुरू महाराज, तुम्ही प्रभुपदांबद्दल लिहिले की - “यदि प्रभुपाद ना होईतो, तबे की होईतो, ये जीवन बहित किशे”.. त्याच प्रमाणे गुरुदेव तुम्ही माझ्या जीवनात माझ्या आयुष्यात नसते तर माझे जीवन पशू प्रमाणेच होते.

हे पतित पावन गुरू महाराज, जीवनात खूप खूप संकटे आहेत. पण तुमच्या कृपेने, तुमच्या करुणेने, या संकटांना सामोरे जायची शक्ती मिळते. तुमचे ऋण मी कितीही जन्म घेतले तरी चुकवू शकणार नाही.

या भूतलावर माझ्यासाठी तुम्हीच माझे हित-चिंतक, शुभ-चिंतक आहात. माझ्या सर्व आशा तुमच्या चरणी आहेत. माझ्यात शक्ती नाही, बुद्धी नाही, गुरू महाराज. माझ्यावर तुमची करुणा, तुमची दया दृष्टी सदैव राहुद्या.

तुमची शारीरिक स्थिती माझ्या सारख्या शिष्यांमुळे आहे गुरू महाराज. तरी सुद्धा अशा स्थितीत तुम्ही सदैव प्रभुपादांच्या आणि गौरंगाच्या सेवेत असतात. तुम्ही कधीच जाणवू देत नाहीत की तुम्हाला त्रास होतो.

आमच्या साठी, माझ्यासाठी गोलोक धाम सोडून तुम्ही आलात, तुमचे ऋण नाही चुकवू शकत मी. माझ्यात ती शक्ती नाही. मला सदैव तुमच्या सेवेत ठेवा.

उद्या गौर पूर्णिमा आहे - चैतन्य महाप्रभूंच्या प्राकट्य दिन. मी चैतन्य महाप्रभुंच्या चरणी हीच प्रार्थना करते की माझे आयुष्य माझ्या गुरू महाराजांना दे, आणि त्यांना खूप खूप आयुष्य दे, जेणेकरून माझ्या सारख्या खूप जीवांचा ते उद्धार करू शकतील.

परत तुमच्या श्री चरणी (जे माझे सर्वस्व आहेत) माझे अनंत अनंत कोटी चरण स्पर्श.

तुमची मुलगी,

सेवाशक्ती देवी दासी

My beloved Guru Maharaj,

I pay my respectful obeisance unto your divine Lotus feet. All glories to you. As Chaitanya Mahaprabhu being the God himself appeared to teach us pure devotion to Lord Krishna, by God's grace you have appeared (Krishna has sent you along with Prabhupad) to show us how to serve Guru Maharaj. You have fulfilled every wish of Vakti Vedanta Swami Shreela Prabhupad even some of them were expressed insignificantly by him. You are the true warrior against Maya. In spite of being son of a very rich family , you shrugged of all the material desires and took 'sanyas' at an early age. 

I am in Krishna consciousness and trying to be a servant of Lord Krishna but can't get rid of Maya. But I believe the shelter at your lotus feet would ensconce me at the devine lotus feet of Lord Krishna.I again pay my I respectful obeisance at your lotus feet.

Your servant,

Shashthidulal Das.

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obesiences to your lotus feet.

On this auspicious occasion Please bless me and my family so that we can surrender and serve Guru and Gaurāṅga with all our sincerity and always keep Kṛṣṇa in our hearts and minds.

Dear Guru Mahārāja Please forgive us for our mistakes and shortcomings and always keep us at your lotus feet.

Thank you, dear Guru Mahārāja, for keeping me under your shelter. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Your humble servant,

Shayna Aswani (sheltered)

New Delhi, India

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণ প্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামিন ইতি নামিনে।
নমো আচার্য পাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে
গৌর কথা ধামোদায় নগর গ্রাম তারিনে।।


প্রথমেই আমি আপনার শ্রী চরণ কমলে সশ্রদ্ধ প্রণতি নিবেদন করি। শ্রী চৈতন্য মহাপ্রভুর পার্ষদ হিসেবে এবং শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের এক অনন্য শিষ্য হিসেবে আপনি এই ধরাধামে অবতীর্ণ হয়েছেন, আমার মত ক্ষুদ্র পাপী জীবাত্মাদের উদ্ধার কার্যে। এক সম্ভ্রান্ত পরিবারে জন্মগ্রহণ করা সত্ত্বেও জড়জাগতিক ভোগের প্রতি বিন্দুমাত্র আসক্ত না হয়ে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের জন্য আপনি যেভাবে সারাজীবন উৎসর্গ করেছেন তা আমাকে জড়বিষয়ে অনাসক্ত হতে অনুপ্রাণিত করে। অশেষ শারীরিক প্রতিবন্ধকতা থাকা সত্ত্বেও আপনার অবিচ্ছিন্ন সেবা, প্রচার ও উদ্যম বিশেষভাবে প্রশংসনীয়। আপনি " নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে"  হয়ে নিত্যানন্দ প্রভুর কৃপা বিতরণ করেন। আমার মত অধমের কোনো কৃপা পাওয়ার যোগ্যতা নেই, তবু আপনার কৃপা হলে নিতাই শচীসূতের সেবা করার সুযোগ পাবো। ভগবান শ্রী নৃসিংহদেবের কাছে আপনার শারীরিক সুস্থতা ও দীর্ঘায়ু কামনা করি। আপনার নিকট হরিনাম জপের সামর্থ্য ও মনুষ্যজীবনের উদ্দেশ্য সফল করার যোগ্যতা প্রার্থনা করি। 


আপনার অযোগ্য সেবিকা,
 শ্রেয়তা

Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā Homage

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

My dearmost Gurudeva,

Please accept my most humble and prostrated obeisances at Your Lotus Feet.

All glories to Your Divine Grace.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

In fact I do not have words to glorify Your mercy towards fallen souls like me. I never could imagine that with all these bodily discomforts You would travel to Middle East and onwards to USA. Like Sirla Prabhupāda who travelled to western world at the age of 69 to fulfil the order of His Spiritual Master, Your Divine Grace also now travelling to shower Your mercy to the devotees who are eagerly waiting to serve You.

I can only pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and Śrī Pañcatattva that They take care of Your health so that You can continue Your mission of delivering more and more fallen souls and thereby able to always keep Śrīla Prabhupāda pleased. I am daily continuing my 4 mala extra japa and 4 extra rounds of tulasī parikramā for Your continued recovery.

Gurudeva, by Your causeless mercy I am trying my best to improve my sadhana and giving online classes thereby maintain my promise given to You at the time of taking Dīkṣā.

Gurudeva, by Your mercy I am trying to assist CFO to the best of my ability at Māyāpur Treasury. My wife Bṛndāvan Prāṇ Devī Dāsī is trying her best to serve You at E-Care office. Our elder son Kṛṣṇa Dayā Sindhu Dāsa and his wife Lokatāriṇī Lakṣmī Devī Dāsī, their two children Madhurima and Jayaprada Rādhā and our younger son Śyām and his wife Śrīvidhyā (both aspiring from You) are also well-settled. All these because of Your mercy Gurudeva.

On the occasion of Your 73rd Vyāsa Pūjā we seek Your blessings and continued guidance to advance in devotional service and to assist You in Your preaching mission and pray to Lord Narasiṁha Deva for Your speedy recovery and good health.

Your humble servants

Siṁha Advaita Dāsa & Bṛndāvan Prāṇ Devī Dāsī

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Spiritual Father,

Please accept my humble respectful obeisances to your holy lotus feet.

I thank you for all the mercy that you have shown on us and unlimited souls like me by giving the nectar of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. As Lord Gaurāṅga has appeared just to deliver the fallen souls by giving them Kṛṣṇa Prema, similarly the associates of Lord and the whole paraphernalia of Lord helps in promoting the very mission of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu. And Śrīla Prabhupāda had right addressed you dear Guru Mahārāja as one of the personal associate of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu, who is continuously and untiringly dedicated in propagating the Holy Mahā mantra to general people and distribute them the sacred knowledge about the Lord and his pastimes. Wherever you are whether in a hospital visit or meeting people or travelling, you never miss the chance to preach. I was reading a few days back how you have requested the physiotherapist to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahā Mantra and he agreed with a condition that you will work and lift your foot up and down, hearing which you have replied back that if he obliges to chant you will mobilize and lift both your feet completely. Doctors and Nurses are amazed when they see your spirit. Despite the internal health struggles that you face, you always come forward to give classes and never go away from preaching spirit and stand like a soldier in the battle field. You are fulfilling the desires of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda personally by distributing the ocean of mercy of their Lordship Gaura Nitāi to one and all. Your concern on Vaiṣṇava care is unparalleled and I pray to Śrī Śrī Prahlāda Narasiṁha dev, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Madhav and Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva and our Guru Paramparā to bestow a very good health to you so that you continue to spread Kṛṣṇa's mercy around the globe.

All Glories All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrīla Gurudeva.

Your Spiritual Daughter,
Sirisa Haripriya Devī Dāsī

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Spiritual Father,

Please accept my humble respectful obeisances to your holy lotus feet.

I Thank you for all the mercy that you have shown on us and unlimited souls like me by giving the nectar of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. As lord Gaurāṅga has appeared just to deliver the fallen souls by giving them Kṛṣṇa Prema, similarly the associates of lord and the whole paraphernalia of lord helps in promoting the very mission of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu. And Śrīla Prabhupāda had right addressed you dear Guru Mahārāja as one of the personal associate of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu, who is continuously and untiringly dedicated in propagating the Holy mahāmantra to general people and distribute them the sacred knowledge about the lord and his pastimes. Wherever you are whether in a hospital visit or meeting people or travelling, you never miss the chance to preach. I was reading a few days back how you have requested the physiotherapist to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahāmantra and he agreed with a condition that you will work and lift your foot up and down, hearing which you have replied back that if he obliges to chant you will mobilise and lift both your feet completely. Doctors and Nurses are amazed when they see your spirit. Despite the internal health struggles that you face, you always come forward to give classes and never go away from preaching spirit and stand like a soldier in the battlefield. You are fulfilling the desires of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda personally by distributing the ocean of mercy of their lordship Gaura Nitāi to one and all. Your concern on Vaiṣṇava-care is unparalleled and I pray to Śrī Śrī Prahlāda Narasiṁhadeva, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Madhava and Śrī Śrī Pañchatattva and our Guru Paramparā to bestow a very good health to you so that you continue to spread Kṛṣṇa’s mercy around the globe.

All Glories All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrīla Gurudeva.

Your Spiritual Daughter,

Śirīṣa Haripriyā Devī Dāsī

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to your Divine Grace. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

On the most auspicious day of this Kāmada Ekādaśī which is your Divine appearance in this mortal world Please allow me glorify you of your unlimited qualities. Time and again you are proving that when one surrenders to the spiritual master and Gaurāṅga then one can cross all the obstacles and makes all the imposible tasks possible. This you have shown in the last two years when the whole world almost came to a halt with their activities and many of the preachers are taking it easy from travelling and engage in active preaching You have never stopped your preaching activities, like Caitanya līlā classes every evening, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam classes on Saturday morning, home visits, visiting the temples and taking darshan of Their Lordships, blessing the devotees on their Birthdays, marriage days, praying for the devotees who are going through the health crisis just to name a few and the list can go on and on. This shows you never stop giving your mercy and you never stop serving Śrīla Prabhupāda. – Please dear Guru Mahārāja please bless me so that I can get a fraction of a fraction of your determination to serve you and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission.

Here in Perth, the devotees are steadily practicing their devotional services. Its very inspiring to see that many of my God siblings are becoming serious to study Śrīla Prabhupāda books by taking up the courses of Bhakti śāstrī and in the last year many have successfully completed their course and graduated. This is because in one of your class you gave the instruction that you want all of your disciples to study Śrīla Prabhupāda books by doing Bhakti śāstrī, Bahkti Vaibhava and Bhakti Sārvabhuama courses. This devotees are taking seriously. By your mercy and Śrīla Prabhupāda mercy our temple project is going slowly. We have submitted our amended application for DA approval and planning to go for the next step of detailed design work with an aim of starting the project soon. We are hoping to lay foundation in August around Śrī Balarāma pūrṇimā time. We had our first successful Fund-raising dinner in January. This project is becoming a big one and we are afraid how we can do this. One thing is sure we can ONLY DO THIS BY YOUR MERCY and PRAYERS. So we need your blessings to take this project to the next step and beyond to completion.

So on this special day I beg you to always keep me at your lotus feet and engage me in whatever way you feel like. I know you are very compassionate so please be compassionate on this lowly servant of yours.

Your Servant

Sītā Rāma Lakṣmaṇa dāsa

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Respectable Gurudeva,

On the auspicious occasion of your appearance day, I, with my husband Sītānatha Kṛpāmaya Dāsa, offer our respectful obeisance at your lotus feet. We are doing our devotional services in New Rājāpur Jagannātha Dhāma, Bangalore, India. In the past few years, we have seen that you have faced so many health challenges. Inspite of it, you have continued your preaching to please Śrīla Prabhupāda. This has inspired us to preach and bring a few souls under your shelter. We are preaching a few families to bring them to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Please bless us, so that our children can join this movement and make their life successful.

Yours spiritual daughter and son,

Anupama Sacīmātā Devī Dāsī and Sītānatha Kṛpāmaya Dāsa

New Rājāpur Jagannātha Dhāma,

Magadi Main Road,

Bangalore (India)

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Your Servant,

Kṛṣṇarūpa Gaura Dāsa | +91 - 9738610847 | krgd.jps@gmail.com

ISKCON - New Rajapur Jagannātha Dhāma | Magadi Road

Bangalore IN

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Gurumahārāja

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet dear Gurudeva.

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

On your Vyāsa-pūjā, I would like to offer you my humble homage. You have blessed me with your association and picked me up from the pool of material conditioned life. You showered upon me the mercy Gaurāṅga by initiating with Harināma and gave a real meaning to life.

Gurumahārāja your daily Facebook classes on Caitanya Līlā compilation are so wonderful that it makes us feel we are witnessing all lords pastimes live.

As per your instructions able to follow regulative principles and chant prescribed rounds of Hare Kṛṣṇa mahāmantra. Even could do bhakti shastri course with your blessings. Whenever and wherever there is an opportunity given by Lord Caitanya able to do śāstra-dāna.

If your divine self and Kṛṣṇa so desire would desire to take brāhmanical initiation from your divine self.

We humbly and sincerely pray Śrī Narsiṁhadeva, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava Aṣṭa Sakhī and Śrīla Prabhupāda to keep you healthy for many more years to come. So that your holiness can serve Śrīla Prabhupāda. And we insignificant disciples can serve your Holiness and His Divine Grace.

Your insignificant disciple,

Sitarupa Vishnupriya Devī dāsī

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Dandwat pranam

Please accept my respectful obesiences unto your lotus feet

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to you our beloved Guru Mahārāja

Dear Gurudeva,

Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for everything I can't stand alone in this battlefield of Māyā you are giving us causeless mercy and giving us the strength to stand against the Māyā.

Guru Mahārāja you are the only one who can save this most fallen conditioned soul. I don't deserve anything but I am getting everything in spiritual life by your mercy only.

By your causeless mercy all the conditioned soul who are suffering in this material world are getting the eligibility to go back to godhead.

Guru Mahārāja please always keep us with you. I want to serve you in this movement for next ten thousand years.

You are distributing the mercy of Lord Nityānanda and Śrīla Prabhupāda and sending millions of millions souls back to home back to godhead.

Guru Mahārāja, I am the most fallen and conditioned soul. I failed to become a good disciple of yours and I lost the eligibility to go back to godhead I lost the eligibility to achieve the mercy of Kṛṣṇa but Guru Mahārāja you are the most merciful you are the only person who can save me, who can give me the shelter of your Lotus feet. Oh Guru Mahārāja, please bestow mercy on me and keep me in the shelter of your Lotus feet.

Your most fallen spiritual son

Sīva Pālaka Nītāī Dāsa

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn 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 Kṛṣṇa, Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please Accept My Respectful Obeisances!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to your Divine Grace!

All glories to you on your auspicious 73rd Appearance day!!

Dear Guru Mahārāja, by your causeless mercy, I and my mother were able to get aspiring from your Holiness in May 2021. Presently I am able to chant 12 rounds of Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahā Mantra.

I have been mentored in this wonderful process of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness by the devotees of NRJD (Bengaluru), Minneapolis and Tallahassee. By your blessings and their able guidance, I am relishing the process of Bhakti so much but whenever I try to share about it with my family and friends, they are little reluctant to take up the process. So on this auspicious day, I kindly request you to shower your blessings Guru Mahārāja, so that as a family we could serve you and Lord Gaurāṅga and make Kṛṣṇa Consciousness not a part of our life but the very heart of our life.

I find spiritual studies to be very interesting while reading yours and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books. I really wish to complete my material studies soon and take up spiritual studies seriously so that I can apply the teachings of our Acharyas in my life and get rid of all my anarthas by your mercy.

Your preaching had always been and will continue to be a source of inspiration for all of us Guru Mahārāja. Seeking your blessings so that we imbibe the same mood and become tiny instruments in Nithyānanda Prabhu and Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mission of spreading the Harināma and thus be of some service to your preaching movement.

Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Your Insignificant servant,

Sneha T. (aspiring disciple)

New Rājāpur Dhāma, Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa beloved Guru Mahārāja. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to your most auspicious divine appearance day!

Your fame is spread all over the three worlds and this joyous day is a special one to broadcast your glories far and wide.

It is so amazing that you are invested in understanding the large to small intricacies of this world so far as they concern the propagation of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission like so many languages, cultures, current affairs; and yet remain aloof from them, like a lotus leaf in water. And not just that, it does not affect your continual transcendental absorbption – prati-kṣaṇāsvādana-lolupasya. While remembering mādhurya-līlā guṇa-rūpa-nāmnām, you extend the most excellent personal care, as in taking every individual very seriously and caring for them as their eternal well-wisher, while being laden with the sweet fruits of love, sensitivity, humility, tolerance, forgiveness, forbearance, sacrifice and austerity.

In your classes as in your life and personal example, all of the Caitanya Caritāmṛta comes to life. Most of us may have theoretically read of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu but your association infects one with realized Gaurāṅga fever. With the milieu that we find ourselves in today, it is so scarce to come out of a merely historical understanding of the propagator of the Saṅkīrtana movement and accept Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Your personality makes that very feat attainable and sustainable by incessant nourishment. By your glorious Caitanya Līlā classes, one feels so much connected with Lord Caitanya and His associates and gradually They come to occupy more and more of one’s consciousness until one eventually starts living with Them. The distinctive phala-śruti of those pastimes is sure to reserve one’s ticket in Gaura-līlā, and certainly one gets the unlimitedly merciful opportunities of becoming a singer in the Lord’s saṅkīrtana like Mukunda Datta, dancing in the footsteps of Vakreśvara Paṇḍita, honoring prasad with The Lords, hoping to participate in the most confidential Śrivasa Aṅgan kīrtanas, and the list is endless. It gets to the point where the Gaura Bhakta Vṛnda of the Pañca-tattva, mahā-mantra immediately invokes the innumerable devotees that you talk about in your classes – Ramānanda Rāya, Puṇḍarīka Premanidhi, Acyutānanda, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya, Kolaveca Śrīdhar, Devānanda Paṇḍit and the list will never end, so one can only roar and invoke all of the Gaura Bhakta Vṛnda. You make it so natural and easy, and increasingly so.

kali-kālera dharma — kṛṣṇa-nāma-saṅkīrtana
kṛṣṇa-śakti vinā nahe tāra pravartana

[Cc Antya 7.11]

Dear respected Guru Mahārāja, your flabbergasting preaching imprint unstopped by equatorial heat, South American altitudes (where you would walk with oxygen cylinders on), Bangladeshi austerities and so on while maintaining your principles to the highest of standards highlights evermore Lord Kṛṣṇa’s special empowerment of you and your exceptionally intense surrender to and love of the Lord.

adhama patita jīvera dvāre dvāre giyā
harināma mahā-mantra dicchena bilāiyā

As the very lovable representative of Lord Nityānanda, you intoxicatedly distribute the mercy to the very fallen and the really weak, not to forget, with a great amount of personal inconvenience. It requires a very tall personality to take on the sins of so many souls and take charge of their deliverance from the material world. You are Selflessness and Magnanimity personified. I am personally testimony to your great potency to pick one out of the dustbin and then hone one meticulously and holistically. Your blessings and prayers are the elixir of life.

Meditating on your countless glories is an everlasting exercise in purification. Dhyāyan stuvaḿs tasya yaśas tri-sandhyaḿ… Thank you a thousand times over, and more, Guru Mahārāja. Please make me an instrument of your mercy in this lifetime, more and more, dear Gurudeva.

Your ever-indebted loving daughter,

Snigdha Mādhavi Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā), Kharagpur, India

Report:

Dear Guru Mahārāja, All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to you

Under the able guidance of HG Mukund Līlā Prabhujī and HG Devahūti mātājī, I have been teaching English to tribal children in our Bhaktivedanta National School of the India Tribal Care Trust.

By your blessings and prayers we have also started girls’ preaching in IIT Kharagpur, Jadavpur University and NIT Jamshedpur. We are also taking classes and caring for the New Alipore (Kolkata) congregational mātājīs.

Thank you so very much! Please accept these services!

Dearest Gurumahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to Your Divine Grace!

Another year has passed by witnessing your transcendental pastimes. A very happy 74th Vyāsa Pūjā. So many course of events appear in the memory as I begin to write the offering.

When the world sank in disappointment, you devised new methods to reach out to your disciples who were far away from you physically. You not only made our days wonderful with your divine audience on the Zoom screen but also filled our hearts with gratitude to the Lord for giving us shelter at your lotus feet.

For the last few months as I closely observed your regular health upheaval, I could see how you are the walking Bhagavatam. You are teaching the entire society of devotees and the human race in general how to practice what they preach. Every single day in your life is full of health challenges, big or small, however, you are untouched by the circumstance and remain absorbed and focused in spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness in every town and village.

The files that contain your health reports is expanding and falling too short so as to make another new file. So is your enthusiasm and energy competing with the physical challenges, increasing manifold to give Kṛṣṇa to everyone.

I am grateful to you for allowing me to stay, see and serve you in Sridham Māyāpur more than ever. While so closely handling your blood samples, I was overwhelmed with the thought of the unbearable pain you tolerate, yet remaining a dhīra. Recently when you had tested positive for COVID, I was not surprised to see you attend your disciple's aspiring ceremony at 11 in the night, the day before you were hospitalised. Later when Sukhi Acyuta Prabhu told me how he witnessed your complete dependence on Kṛṣṇa under such challenging circumstances, I felt so hopeful to be in the right hands of a glorious master, who is the dear most servant of the Supreme master.

On the penultimate day of the Navadvīpa Maṇḍala Parikramā, we saw how you did not even have enough energy to lift your hands to honour the medallions and sit straight, you still made your appearance on the stage to see your disciples who have come from all across the globe to be able to see you once. Similar incidents of your leg pain during the ToVP festival could not compel you to take rest instead of witnessing the installation of Chotā Rādhā Mādhava deities. Now that you have gone to the US, even though weak, to meet and nourish the seeds of devotion in the hearts of thousands of devotees waiting to meet you there.

As disciples, we have been seeing how the unbelievable acts are normal and usual for you to execute. But recently when His Holiness Indradyumna Swami Mahārāja was here in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur and handing out cookies and sweets to each and every devotee who came to hear his class. I was reminded of the good old days when we could not only go and get those cookies from your lotus hands but sometimes even talk to you for sometime. How during the Gaura Pūrṇimā festival, we could sit up till late in the nights and hear from you and meet you in person. Over the years so much have changed, but I am grateful for all the good fortune you have made for us. However, at the same time I feel so guilty, for it is because of us that you are undergoing so much trouble that these new restrictions arose.

As I am struggling and struggling and loosing hope in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, I beg for your mercy so that I overcome them. Please bless me so that I may develop unflinching faith and devotion unto your divine grace. Please empower me to perform the services and execute the instructions that I received.

Please forgive me for the offences I have knowingly or unknowingly committed at your lotus feet. Thank you so much for everything.

Willing to love you someday,

Your spiritual daughter,

Snigdhamayi Sudevī Devī Dāsī (initiated disciple)

Śrīdhāma Māyāpur, India

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Hare Kṛṣṇa

I offer my most most most respectful and humble obeisances at your lotus feet, my dearest Guru Mahārāja. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.
Dearest Guru Mahārāja, you are patitapavan. Just by the power of your name, I am able to cross across the immense difficulties in my path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness practice. By your mercy and blessings, I am able to chant and able to get the association of your dear disciples and lead my life under their guidance otherwise what is my qualification- I am a hopeless fallen soul. I had no hopes in this whirlpool of my karmic burden. I desire to eternally serve you and please you with my loving devotional service and if your mercy is there, only then will I be able to please Gaurāṅga. Oh Guru Mahārāja I am your aspiring disciple but due to my karma and unfavorable circumstances in married life I am unable to take initiation from you.. please accept me as your servant at your lotus feet and enable me to serve you in utmost pure love and devotion. Your lotus feet is my only hope Guru Mahārāja and I surrender myself at your lotus feet.

gurudeva!

kṛpā-bindu diyā, koro’ ei dāse, tṛṇāpekhā ati hīna
sakala-sahane, bolo diyā koro nija māne spṛhā-hīna

Your insignificant spiritual daughter,

Soma Ray Chatterjee (aspiring disciple)

Śrī Śrī Narasiṁha Giridhārī Mandir, Bangalore, India

হরে কৃষ্ণ গুরু মহারাজ।

দয়া করে আপনার শ্রী চরণে আমার দন্দবৎ প্রণাম গ্রহণ করুন।

আপনি এখন দিব্য ব্যাক্তি, আমার সম্মন্ধে কিছু বলার আমার কোনো যোগ্যতাই আমার নেই, আপনার সাথে কাটানো কিছু মুহূর্ত আমি বলতে পারি শুধুমাত্র, আমি প্রথম যেদিন আপনাকে দেখেছিলাম আমি সেই ছবি নিচে দিয়েছি, দিনটি ছিল ৪ ঠা মার্চ, ২০২২ । আমি সেদিন দেখেছিলাম একটা দিব্য জ্যোতি বেরোচ্ছে আপনার চারিপাশ থেকে। সেদিন আপনাকে দেখে আমার মনে পড়ে গেলো সেই পুরোনো দিনের কথা, আপনি যখন জম্পো নিয়ে গোটা ওয়ার্ল্ড পরিপূর্ণ করে দিতেন কৃষ্ণ প্রেমের বন্যায়। আমি যখনই আপনার কাছে সাহায্য চেয়েছি পারমার্থিক উন্নতির জন্য আপনি কৃপা করেছেন। আমি আপনার কৃপায় এবারের নবদ্বীপ মন্ডল পরিক্রমা অংশগ্রহন করতে পেরেছি। এবং শ্রীধাম মায়াপুরে অনেক সেবা করার সুযোগও পেয়েছি। আপনি হচ্ছেন ঔদার্যের অবতার, আপনি পতিত পাবন। শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ বলেছেন আপনি হচ্ছেন শ্রী চৈতন্য মহাপ্রভুর নিত্য পার্ষদ। গুরুমহারাজ আমি আপনার চরণআশ্রয় নিয়ে ভক্তি করতে চাই। দয়া করে আপনি কৃপা করুন এই অধম এর প্রতি ।

আপনার আখাঙ্খি শিষ্য

সৌম্যদীপ পাল

Soumyadeep Pal (aspiring disciple)
Bardhaman, West Bengal, India

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায়া ভূতলে।
শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনিতি নামিনে।।
নমো আচার্য্য পাদায় নিতাইকৃৃৃপা প্রদায়িনে।
গৌরকথা ধামদায় নগরগ্রাম তারিণে ।।

জয় জগৎগুরু শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ ।
জয় পতিতপাবন গুরুমহারাজ ।

গুরুমহারাজ, কৃপাপূর্বক আপনার শ্রীচরণ কমলে আমার সশ্রদ্ধ দণ্ডবৎ প্রণাম গ্রহণ করুন।

আপনার ৭৩ তম শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথি ব্যাসপুজা মহোৎসব জয়যুক্ত হোক।

ভক্তবৎসল ভগবান শ্রীনৃসিংহদেবের কাছে আপনার দ্রুত আরোগ্য ও দীর্ঘায়ু কামনা করছি।

হে গুরুমহারাজ আপনার গুণমহিমা কীর্তন করার মতো কোনো যোগ্যতা এই অধমের নাই। তবুও গুরুমহারাজ ও সকল বৈষ্ণববৃন্দের আশীর্বাদ প্রার্থনা করে ব্যাসপুজার শ্রদ্ধার্ঘ্য নিবেদন করছি।

হে পরম আরাধ্য গুরুমহারাজ আপনি গৌরাঙ্গের নিজজন এবং শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের অন্যতম একনিষ্ঠ প্রিয় সেবক, শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের সংকীর্তন আন্দোলনের বীর যোদ্ধা।সর্বদা, সবসময়ই প্রতিকূল পরিস্থিতিতেও আপনি আপনার প্রতিটি সেবার মাধ্যমে আমাদের আকৃষ্ট ও অনুপ্রাণিত করছেন। জীবনের প্রতিটি মুহুর্তে কিভাবে কৃষ্ণভাবনাময় থাকতে পারি সেই শিক্ষা আপনি আচরণ করে আমাদের প্রদান করছেন, তাই তো আপনি আচার্য্যপাদ।

শুধুমাত্র আপনার অহৈতুকি কৃপাবলে আমার মতো আসুরিক ভাবাপন্ন,সদা কামরত,নরাধমও, ইসকনের মতো শুদ্ধ ভক্তির নৌকায় আশ্রয় লাভ করতে পেরেছে, আপনার শ্রীচরণে আশ্রয় পেয়ে ভক্তসঙ্গের সুযোগ পাচ্ছি।

পরম করুণাময় নিত্যানন্দ প্রভু যেমন অকাতরে সকলকে হরিনাম দিয়ে উদ্ধার করেছেন আপনিও তেমনই এই ভূভারতের যত অধম পাপীদের উদ্ধার করতে সর্বদা আগুয়ান। তাই আপনি ‘নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে’, সেই লোভে আমার মতো পাপীও আপনার কৃপাপ্রার্থী।

আপনার অকৃত্রিম কৃপার বলে ইসকন ইউথ প্রোগ্রামের সাথে যুক্ত হয়ে আপনার শিষ্য শ্রীপাদ মনোরম গোপাল প্রভুর আনুকূল্যে আপনার বাণী সেবার সামান্য সুযোগ লাভ করেছি। আপনার বাণীই আমার প্রতিটি দিনের চালিকাশক্তি এবং মায়ার কবল থেকে মুক্ত থাকার অস্ত্র। জীবনের প্রতি পদক্ষেপে, পারমার্থিক হোক আর জাগতিক হোক সকল সমস্যার তৎক্ষনাৎ সমাধান আপনার শ্রীমুখের বাণী। কিন্তু আমার হৃদয় এত কলুষতায় পূর্ণ যে আপনার বাণী, আপনার নির্দেশ সঠিকভাবে পালন করতে পারি না। তবুও আপনি সবসময় কৃপা বর্ষণ করে চলেছেন এই অধমের প্রতি। চৈতন্য লীলা প্রবচন ও অভিনব জুম দর্শনের মাধ্যমে আমাদের আনন্দ ও কৃপা প্রদান করছেন।

আপনার এই ৭৩তম আবির্ভাব তিথিতে আপনার শ্রীচরণে নিবেদন এই যে আমি ব্যক্তিগতভাবে আপনার কাছে ক্ষমাপ্রার্থী আপনার উপদেশসমূহ সঠিকভাবে পালন করতে পারছি না, আপনার চরণে অনেক অপরাধ করছি। গুরুমহারাজ দয়া করে এই অযোগ্য চরণাশ্রিত দাসের ভুলত্রুটি অপরাধ মার্জনা করে কৃপা-আশীর্বাদ করে আপনার পুত্র হিসেবে স্বীকার করে শ্রীচরণে স্হান প্রদান করবেন।

জয় পতিতপাবন গুরুমহারাজ ।

জয় শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ

-- আপনার অযোগ্য চরণাশ্রিত শিষ্য সৌরভ শেঠ, আরামবাগ, হুগলি, ভারত।

Sourab Seth (সৌরভ শেঠ) (sheltered disciple)
Hooghly, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

I am very fortunate to get shelter from you. You have so mercifully accepted a very insignificant person like me.

Guru Mahārāja you have completed more than 50 years in sannyāsa āshrama. It is even very difficult to stay as a brahmacārī for long-time, what to speak about sannyāsa. I don’t have sufficient capability to glorify you. Your contribution to ISKCON is very great. You have given your life for ISKCON, for fulfilling the desire of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja you are the personified humility. Your humility and all other vaiṣṇava qualities know no bound. You had tolerated so many ups and downs, you have stuggled a lot for ISKCON. It is really amazing.

Guru Mahārāja, I am connected to ISKCON whitefield. Although I am following all regulative principles, continuing 16 round japa, reading and hearing still I feel I am progressing very slowly. I seek your blessing for fast progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. By your mercy my anarthas can be reduced and I can progress fast in bhakti.

Guru Mahārāja, I am aware of your desire that you want Bangalore to be the 1st Kṛṣṇa conscious city in the world. please use me as an instrument in your mission. Please let me serve you guru mahārāja. Please bless me so that I never go out of ISKCON and that I can practice my sevā and sadhana very very sincerely and seriously

Your very insignificant servant,

Sourav Dey (aspiring disciple)

Māyāpur, India

Dear worship-worthy Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your merciful lotus feet.
Namo oṁ visnupadaya Kṛṣṇa presthaya bhutale śrīmate jayapatākā swamin iti namine
Nama ācāryapadaya nitāi kripa pradayine gaura kathā dhāma daya nagar grama tarine

Today is a day of great jubilation for your disciples and well-wishers, for it is the day when Kṛṣṇa kindly allowed two extremely special souls, John Hubert Erdman and Lorraine Erdman to facilitate your descent into this world! Countless souls are born every day in this material world because of karma. In your case, it is different. You are not one of the ordinary souls like us, who have come here to empty our karma baggage by suffering or experiencing some relief that is mistakenly referred to as “happiness” in this world. You are an extraordinary soul of purified intelligence. You have come not to empty any karma baggage but to aid us in emptying our karma baggage with the power of your pristine karma-free state of being. Although your existence is totally spiritual and free from all negative karma, you voluntarily accept suffering out of your causeless mercy by accepting disciples. You could so easily have had a very successful material life in the karmī world, as you were born the son of a millionaire! But you gave up that comfort zone of opulence for saving us hopeless conditioned souls! You therefore are the best example of selflessness and compassion!
I lost my parents when I was just a little boy of eight. And somehow, by Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mercy, I was introduced to Kṛṣṇa consciousness in my teens, and soon after that, to Your Holiness. Ever since then, you have been both my mother and father, and you have never made me feel alone, whenever I needed to be sheltered by your association through vāṇī or vapu service. Of course, because of māyā, sometimes I distance myself from your elevating association, but a mere mention of your transcendental name injects my soul with the tonic of enthusiasm to continue putting up a good fight against māyā. Such is the glorious strength of your enlivening personality! Your rock-solid presence within ISKCON never fails to inspire me to try harder to advance spiritually What milk is to a haṁsa or swan is your beautiful lotus face to my heart and soul!
You are doubtless my spiritual father, but you are also like my father materially, because you have kindly allowed me to serve at your department Victory Flag Publications & Archives in the meagre role of an editor. In this sense, you are my Anna-data (rice provider) or maintainer! You have blessed me with a wonderful service of editing the transcripts of your enlightening lectures and compiling them into books. No words will suffice if I were to express the depth of gratitude, aI feel for engaging me in this beautiful service. All I can do is make an attempt to do so. I’m eternally indebted to you for compassionately engaging me in a service that allows me to materially and spiritually support myself and live in Śrī Māyāpur Dham! Thank you a million times for being both my Ātmā-data (giver of life) and Anna-data (giver of rice/livelihood)!

Last but not least, I implore Your Holiness with straw between my teeth to pardon the offenses I have knowingly or unknowingly committed at your lotus feet. All glories to the wonderful occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā! All glories to your dedication to fulfilling Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission of spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness worldwide!


Always humbly Yours,
Sravan Kīrtana Dāsa
Victory Flag Publications & Archives
Śrī Māyāpur Dham, Nadia, West Bengal.

Dearest spiritual father,

Please accept our respectful obeisances

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories unto you, Śrīla Guru Mahārāja!

nāma oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Happy Vyāsa-pūjā, Guru Mahārāja!!

Guru Mahārāja, it's painful to see you continue to take all our karma and suffer and the latest episode that triggered you getting admitted in Dr Rela institute gave us great anxiety and pain. How much austerity you take to please Śrīla Prabhupāda inspite of all your health challenges! By your inspiration, we are doing our Bhakti śāstrī course, thereby trying to scrutinizingly study Śrīla Prabhupāda's books. By this endeavor, we hope that we will be able please you by applying our learnings in effectively preaching to new souls. We pray to you that we get atleast an iota of love unto you so that our life will become successful.

Please bless us that we continue to please you until our last breath by preaching the glories of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. By your causeless mercy, we are trying to bring up our daughter, Kiśorī the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and hopefully she surrenders unto your lotus feet. Thank you for your mercy in allowing us to serve you in whatever little way we could. Please forgive us for all our offences and kindly continue to shower your mercy so that we become nice Gṛhastha couple.

Your spiritual children,

Gaurāṅga Prasāda dāsa (dīkṣā)
Śrī Guru Sevanandī devī dāsī (dīkṣā)

Kiśorī

(Chennai)

Dear and respected Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my prostrated, tearful obeisances! May your glories spread over the whole creation!

Guru Mahārāja, you are so glorious. Spiritual masters like you come on this planet once in 1000 years or so. I am so proud of you and the devotion and surrender you demonstrate towards Lord Gaurāṅga and Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Though I should be glorifying you, I am choosing to confess, report and seek your empathetic blessings and protective shelter, and a passage back to Godhead!

Though I do not know if you know me in person, my humble request is - please do not forget me and please, despite no qualification nor sadhana to back me up, please get me back to the eternal service of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa in this one lifetime. Please do not let me take another birth.

Guru Mahārāja, the year gone by seems so different from any other year. There has been so much pain. When I wrote to you in 2021, I did not, in the least, expect to go through what the last 1 year made me go through. Losses like HG Paṅkajāṅghri prabhu is too much a pain to bear. I have been through lots of health and other personal crises but nothing hurts as much when due to me, others suffer. You, my parents, my ex-wife, gurus who taught me, brothers, pet animals who trusted and loved me and believed in me, friends... I have let them all down terribly. Lives have been lost. I have too much blood on my hands. Though the court ruled me as being cruel, mental harasser and a torturous being, still I cannot forgive myself. The guilt is too deep. I am right now in a state of consciousness similar to that of Arjuna after losing Abhimanyu, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira after the Mahābhārata war and so on. I am really really sorry! :(. Please bless and please request Kṛṣṇa to soothe those souls who have been so negatively impacted due to me.

Guru Mahārāja, I am really really sorry for not tuning into your classes over the past year. Sorry for missing many days of my commitment to chant at least 16 rounds. Sorry for not following some of the regulative principles, even externally. Please do not mistake me. I have my own story, which is too complicated, which has led me to this. I do not have the strength nor the motivation to do the same activities and thoughts which I have tried doing for the past 2.5 decades. I really do not know why I am alive and writing, and what purpose my living has to serve in this Universe. Objects exist, people live. As I pen this, I honestly do not know why I should exist, for that is what I am now - a living dead object. Thoroughly disillusioned and motivationless - both in the material and spiritual planes - to take any single step further. I am yearning for an answer to the most fundamental, basic WHY question.

Guru Mahārāja, the puzzle of life seems too complex. I am too too too mentally and spiritually tired. On my last legs. Whether the upcoming year would replenish me and bring me back to life from just existing, I do not know.

But as I write, if given a choice between living and leaving, I would prefer to leave provided I have the guarantee that I am being taken back to the spiritual world. I feel I and the world would be better off with me not being on the face of earth, than being on it. I do not see a purpose/service motivation to remain in this body. There seems to be not one thing which I can do right. I hope that you and acharyas across the different Vaiṣṇava sampradāyas pick this lost fumbling kitten and keep me on your laps. I do not aspire to be the monkey kid, for I cannot on my own hold onto the mother monkey, despite her being very loving and merciful. Please do not expect me to. I am exhausted and incapable. I can't fly my own plane. I need to be flown out. Please never ever ask me to fly my own plane. Please. I am crying. I can’t. I have given up. There is absolutely nothing at all I can ever ever humanely do to cleanse myself or make myself worthy enough to be liberated but at the same time, I do not want another birth. Guru Mahārāja, please do not let me down. I am solely dependent on the power of mercy and grace.

Hare Kṛṣṇa, Gurudeva! Please keep safe and take extra care of your health! You are so sweet and kind. May all your heart’s desires be fulfilled and may you live 108 years in the service of Śrīla Prabhupāda and His mission!

I am once again very sorry for letting you and the battalion down, Commander! I should have done much much better!

desiring for the revelation of my life’s puzzles and be properly placed as a servant,

Śrī Nṛsiṁha dāsa

Gurudeva’s 73rd VYĀSA PŪJĀ

My humble obeisances unto to the lotus feet of Śrīla Gurudeva Gurumahārāja.

Your astounding determination in all situations is very much inspiring us all Gurumahārāja.

Gurumahārāja, You are a perfect living example of how a perfect devotee should be I am very much fortunate to be a disciple of

Gurumahārāja, following instructions given by You, myself and my family together will try our best to serve You, Gurumahārāja. Haribol!

Your loving servant

Śrīdhara Gopikāntha Dāsa

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

When little Dhruva Mahārāja had the darśana of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as a result of his austerity, he did not know how to glorify the Lord. The Lord out of his causeless mercy touched his forehead with his conchshell, which made Dhruva Mahārāja get transcendental knowledge and thus he could glorify the Lord in a worthy manner. Our position is similar to him, we are like small babies who can’t speak proper sentences and your glories are unlimited. We are not even qualified to glorify your extraordinary Vaiṣṇava qualities. Therefore, we beg you to give us intelligence to properly glorify you.

We feel immensely inspired when we hear your glorifications by your confidential disciples. We feel delighted to have your virtual association in your Caitanya Leela classes.

In a song, Śrīla Bhakti Vinoda Ṭhākura writes,

kṛṣṇa se tomāra, kṛṣṇa dite pāro,
tomāra śakati āche
āmi to’ kāṅgala, ‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘kṛṣṇa’ boli’,
dhāi tava pāche pāche

Kṛṣṇa is yours; you have the power to give Him to me. I am simply running behind you shouting,

“Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!”

Kṛṣṇa is yours, and you are Kṛṣṇa’s. You are absorbed in the pastimes of Caitanya Mahāprabhu in dreams, wakefulness, and even in deep sleep. We are your insignificant servants who are under the tight grip by the external energy of the Lord. You are our only hope.

tvaṁ naḥ sandarśito dhātrā
dustaraṁ nistitīrṣatām
kaliṁ sattva-haraṁ puṁsāṁ
karṇa-dhāra ivārṇavam
~Śrīmad-bhāgavatam 1.1.22

“We think that we have met Your Goodness by the will of providence, just so that we may accept you as captain of the ship for those who desire to cross the difficult ocean of Kali, which deteriorates all the good qualities of a human being.”

We beg you to kindly accept to be the captain of our ship and help us cross over the difficult ocean of material existence!

In a song written by Narottama Dasa Ṭhākura, he sings,

guru-mukha-padma-vākya, cittete koribo aikya,
ār nā koriho mane āśā
śrī-guru-caraṇe rati, ei se uttama-gati,
je prasāde pūre sarva āśā

My only wish is to have my consciousness purified by the words emanating from his lotus mouth. Attachment to his lotus feet is the perfection that fulfills all desires.

We can think of this verse when we meditate upon your lotus feet. Kindly bless us that we become perfect in practically following the meaning of the above-mentioned verse, that is to be able to strictly stick to fulfilling your instructions, and not desire anything else, life after life.

Your Servants,

Śrīhari Śrīdhara Dāsa and Premamayi pūjā Devī Dāsī

Śrī Jagannath Mandir Seshadripuram, Bangalore, India

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

Respected Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept our respectful obeisance’s unto Your Divine Grace. All glories to Your Divine Grace and to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Today we were reading the 13th chapter of Bhagavad-gītā in which Śrīla Prabhupāda was giving an analogy that air is in water, fire, sky and everywhere but doesn’t mix with it. Similarly, soul is present in the body but it is aloof from the bodily activities. And that’s why a pure devotee does not get disturbed by happiness and distress. Such a devotee goes on serving the Lordships without considering any situations or obstacles. At that moment we just remembered you Guru Mahārāja. So true are the words of Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-bhāgavatam. Just by your example we could understand the truthfulness of the Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Guru Mahārāja when you were admitted in hospital because of covid and other complications, We were very worried and that was the first time we felt orphaned and feared what will we do without you. You always thinking, meditating upon how you could serve your spiritual master and Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu mission. Your disciples were sharing your daily routine and health condition. In that we were astonished to hear how you serve Lordships without any hesitation. One side the nurse is injecting you, another side chest ECG is going on, you were in ventilator, in between you were attending GBC meeting. Devine grace you are the best example for the whole world and as per the scriptures you are performing devotional service constantly, with determination and lovingly.

All of us have only 24 hours in a day. But we complain no time. Oh My Spiritual Master, you are so determined to do daily routine of chanting, hearing, reading, preaching, attending GBC meetings, giving darśana to the devotees in zoom meeting and so many activities in the mid of taking care of your body like steaming, gargling, sun therapy, chest therapy, exercises without missing even a single day.

When we think of Your Divine Grace we get new energy, feel fearless and try to follow at least to a dust particle of yours. And of course, Guru Mahārāja, we need your mercy and protection to do this dust particle.

We both got initiated by Your Divine Grace on January 9th 2022, You taught us in various ways how to solely depend upon You and Lord Kṛṣṇa before taking shelter of Your Divine Grace which we would have not learnt otherwise. Thank you so much for giving us this most valuable lesson. And we need such lesson and shelter from you always to perfect ourselves and go back to Godhead. We could see your love and care for this most degraded and insignificant souls in all aspects of our life.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for all that you have given us. But at the same time please we beg forgiveness at your lotus feet for the mistakes we have committed. We beg from you to please show mercy and teach how to cry for Lord Kṛṣṇa. Our heart is a hard stone so we could not even feel a drop of gratitude for the Lordship. We are so cruel minded, unfit to be a servant of an ant also and what to speak of being your servant. Guru Mahārāja your most humble personality that’s why you don’t see any difference neophyte devotee or advanced devotee. Your divine grace shows equal importance to all the creatures in this material world that’s why you take care of us at cost of own health.

Guru Mahārāja this pen, paper, book is enough to write your glories. We have been with very minute intelligence all the words have written It’s because you have that intelligence, if suppose there is any flaw that is our ignorance and mistake, forgive us.

Guru Mahārāja, we are under the guidance of His Grace Harikśetra Prabhujī and His Grace Kārtikeya Prabhujī. We are an extension of Narasiṁha Giridhārī Mandir in Bangalore. By the devotees mercy a new center ISKCON Bhakti Center, Panathur has been started. We and many other devotees come under this center. We request you to please shower your mercy upon the devotees in this sector to advance in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and server Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission unalloyedly. And also we need your powerful blessing to start more and more Bhakti centers in Bangalore.

Hare Kṛṣṇa!!!

Yours in service,

Śrīnidhi Gaurahari dāsa (dīkṣa)
Dayavatī Gaurapriya Devī Dāsī
Tattva Darśan

Śrī Śrī Narasiṁha Giridhārī Mandir,
Bangalore, India

Respected Gurumahārāja,

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 73rd Vyāsa Pūjā, I sincerely pray to Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva and Śrī Śrī Nṛsiṁha Deva for your complete and speedy recovery from all health problems and for the long duration of life.

Normally, conditioned souls like me are always engrossed in the modes of passion and ignorance. So, we will get easily agitated when difficult situation comes in front of us. But, Gurumahārāja, in your dealings with various ISKCON related affairs, you will always handle even the most challenging situations in a very smooth and magnanimous way without getting agitated even a least bit. I am very much amazed to see your transcendental behavior. This is the proof that you are always unaffected by the modes of material nature. This is the main qualification for being a representative of the Lord as confirmed in Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.4.31 Purport that, “The specific qualification for becoming the representative of the Lord is to be unaffected by the material modes of nature”. From this definition, I am realizing that the word ‘Guru’ cannot be used very cheaply. It is a very heavy word. Gurumahārāja, you are perfectly fulfilling this definition of ‘Guru’.

As per Bhagavad-gītā 14.26 “māṁ ca yo ’vyabhicāreṇa bhakti-yogena sevāte……”, “One who engages in full devotional service, unfailing in all circumstances, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman”. As per this śloka, because of your constant Gaurāṅga smaraṇa, you have crossed the influence of 3 modes of material nature. This is your glorious transcendental position. Please bless this poor fallen soul also for constant engagement in Kṛṣṇa smaraṇa.

In Thirukkural it is mentioned that, “Solludhal Yaarkkum Eliya Ariyavaam Solliya Vannam Seyal”. The meaning is, “To say how an act is to be performed is indeed easy for anyone; but far difficult it is to do according to what has been said”. This is also confirmed in Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya Līlā 4.103, “Acara, pracara , - namera karaha dui karya tumi – sarva-guru, tumi jagatera arya” . Here, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is saying to Śrīla Haridās Ṭhākura that, “ You simultaneously perform both duties in relation to the holy name by your personal behavior and by your preaching. Therefore, you are the spiritual master of the entire world, for you are the most advanced devotee in the world”. Śrīla Prabhupāda also had mentioned that, “Acharya means one who teaches by example”. Gurumahārāja, you are the perfect Acharya, because you are not only preaching Lord Gaurāṅga’s glories, but you are also personally practicing those teachings very perfectly. I am very fortunate to have such a glorious spiritual master.

Kṛṣṇa attracts everyone by His transcendental qualities. In the same way a pure devotee also attracts everyone because of possessing pure bhakti in his heart. Similarly, Gurumahārāja, because you are always possessing Gaurāṅga in your heart, you are able to attract everyone simply by your transcendental presence.

When a conditioned soul acquires various material designations, he will become proud unnecessarily. This is the history of the conditioned soul. But, on the other hand, when one advances in Bhakti, the more he will become very simple. The reason is, he is freed from the concept of False Ego- nirahaṅkāraḥ - by the strength of his intense Bhakti. In Śrī Caitanya Caritamrita, Madhya Līlā 23.74, it is mentioned that, “dakṣiṇo vinayī hrīmān śaraṇāgata-pālakaḥ ………”. As per this śloka, Kṛṣṇa is possessing a transcendental quality called Dakṣiṇaḥ – which means ‘simple and liberal’. Even though Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and no one is greater than or equal to Him, still Kṛṣṇa is very simple. If Kṛṣṇa is not very simple, then no one will be attracted to Him. In the same way, Gurumahārāja, even though you are an Acharya and holding many many positions inside the Movement viz., GBC member, BBT Trustee, Zonal Secretary, Sannyāsī etc., still you are always very simple and will handle every situation in a very straightforward Kṛṣṇa Conscious manner without any complicated thinking. This clearly shows that you are freed from the influence of false ego. Gurumahārāja, you are the perfect example of ‘nirahaṅkāraḥ’. That is why you are very very dear to the Lord -which is confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā as “yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ”.

Gurumahārāja, I sincerely pray at your Lotus feet that practicing intense bhakti alone should be my only motive. Gurumahārāja, I need your causeless mercy to completely fix my mind only upon your transcendental instructions.

Your insignificant Disciple,

Ṣrīnivāsa Hari dāsa, Dīkṣā disciple

ISKCON, Śrī Jagannātha Mandir, Aerodrome post,

Coimbatore – 641 014 PH: 0422 2574812, 8754955815

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja please accept my humble obeisances all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. When I write the Vyāsa-pūjā offering thanking you for the mercy shower on us. your mercy is most important to me. Please never ever forget about me and keep me always at your lotus feet. i try to serve the devotee very sincerely I am fortunate to have you as my spiritual master. I commit to continue to learn and improve in my services to lord Kṛṣṇa every moment. Kindly keep us your shelter and bless us. We feel proud to be your disciples. I am inspired You to become simple sincere hardworking. Please give me intelligence and keep me under your guidance.

Your Servant,
Śrīnivāsagan (aspiring disciple)

Our Dear Spiritual Father,

Please accept our respectful obeisance’s at your lotus feet,

All glories to your divine lotus feet,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, All glories to Gaurāṅga

Dear Spiritual father we never get qualified to glorify you. We are most insignificant servants especially on this day It’s always golden opportunity to speak and hear about your divine past times in which our hearts get cleansed.

Dear spiritual father you undergo immense pain every second to help conditioned souls in this material world. You always put all your energy to glorify Lord Caitanya, Nityanada & Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Dear spiritual father you shower ocean of mercy by guiding us answering all our small question.

Dear spiritual father your enthusiasm to help Śrīla Prabhupāda mission is inconceivable, you always beyond your limit it inspires not only devotees yet every one in this material world. Dear spiritual father your divine grace if you have not showered mercy on us during this kali domination. We have no hope to remember Lord Gaurāṅga name.

Dear Spiritual father we heard from your secretaries recent visit at Chennai painful treatment you were undergoing. But you never missed any of your GBC meeting though you were at intensive care attending with complete attention surrounded many medical.

Dear Spiritual father you are always keen, enthusiastic, sincere to serve your spiritual master His Divine grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabupada. On this day we seek your blessings to meditate and get little fragment of your guru bahkti in our life.

Dear Spiritual father due to covid past two years we missed visiting Māyāpur dhāma and taking your wonderful darśan and blessing.

Dear Spiritual father your unlimited mercy we could have your darśan from our home through online zoom call with your blessing soon after we had blessed with girl baby on last year Vyāsa-pūjā day.

Dear spiritual father we are always taken care by your wonderful disciples and senior devotees. We could always feel your love and mercy flows through them.

Dear Spiritual father fortunate to have guidance and help from your senior disciples we have small Bhakti-vṛkṣa and we had a difficulty past two years few of our members got scattered due to covid seeking your blessings to continue to preach and small attempt to please you.

Dear Spiritual father we seek your blessings and protection to continue our Kṛṣṇa bhakti we recommit to chant 16 rounds, read & hear Śrīla Prabhupāda books & classes daily.

We struggle to fulfill your instruction but sincerely begging you please forgive us.

We beg at your lotus feet please forgive us for all our offenses we understand material desires are deep rooted in our heart with unlimited impurity living most ignorant fool inside thick conditioned stage. We beg your protection and seek shelter at your dust of divine lotus feet otherwise there is no hope dear spiritual father.

Your Servants

Śrīpati Suresa Dāsa (Dīkṣā Disciple)

Vraja Śrīriupa Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā Disciple)

Bhaktin Manasi Gaṅgā

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble Obeisances.

All Glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Wish you many more happy Kṛṣṇa conscious Vyāsa-pūjā Guru Mahārāja. I am very blissful in KC by your mercy. I remember one sweet and most important pass time with you in my life. When you came to Chennai in 2012, I gave you my marriage invitation and I was very new devotee that time. You kept that small invitation in you packet, I was most privileged :) then we all did Guru pūjā for you, when my turn came to offer flowers at your lotus feet, Sukirti mātājī told me that I am going to get married and need your blessings. First question you asked me was, are you marriage a devotee? I said No!, you asked me, Is he a vegetarian? I said No! then you asked me why are you marrying a non vegetarian? we said my marriage was fixed before I came to ISKCON, then you asked me Do you want to take shelter from me? That was big surprise!! I didn’t realize the meaning of those words that time!! Now I am understanding how you protected me that day :)

You mercifully gave me shelter. Most of the time I never realised your mercy upon me, but now I am able to understand It’s only because of you I am practicing KC, giving my kids KC life and now my husband also left non-veg, chanting 16 rounds.

Though I am not worthy enough for your mercy you always showered your blessings.

Guru Mahārāja, I have taken simple effort to read BG daily with my kids and few more devotee kids. This small preaching effort giving me so much bliss in Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda words.

I shall pray to Kṛṣṇa that you will get enough physical strength to serve Prabupad. Kindly forgive my offenses and give me your mercy to preach pure Bhakti to others to please you.

Your Spiritual Daughter,

Śrīprada Gaurāṅgī devī dāsī

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

 nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

My Dearest Spiritual Father, please accept my Koti Koti Praṇāma at your Divine Lotus Feet of Mercy.

When I examine, I find no good qualities within me, I find myself most degraded than a worm in the stool. Although, I deserve no Mercy, still you have made me your spiritual daughter. Gurudeva! I am made of only your love and mercy…. I always want to be a recipient of your ‘kripa kataksha’ as your darling daughter. Kindly deliver me from all my anarthas and keep me at the shelter of your lotus feet always. Empower me to execute the mission of your heart’s desire. My only ask is that my lips never stop the glories of your mercy, my mind never things of anything except you, my actions culminate into your service. Engage me at your lotus feet service eternally with my mind, words, and actions. Make me dive deep into the transcendental ocean of Gaurāṅga’s devotional service to attain perfection of my life in this lifetime. Bless me to develop taste for chanting and hearing the Harināma!

Oh dear father, I beg forgiveness at your lotus feet for all my offenses and protect me from falling the prey of /for offenses.

“Most fallen is Most eligible for the mercy” – Like an insignificant bumblebee takes shelter of the lotus flower; I, Śrī Rupa taking shelter of your lotus feet Gurudeva!

Your dearly loved daughter made of only your love and mercy,
Śrī Rupa Mādhavī Devī Dāsī (Initiated)

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn 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

titiksavah karunikah

Suhrdah sarva-dehinam

ajata-satravah santah

sadhavah sadhu-bhusanah

mukam karoti vachalam

pangum langhayate girim

yat-kripa tam aham vande

shri-Gurum dina-taranam

Dhyana Moolam Guru Mūrti

Pūjā Moolam Gurur Padam,

Mantra Moolam Gurur Vakyam,

Moksha Moolam Guru Kripa

All Glorious to Hari Guru Vaiṣṇavas!

Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectable Obeisance to your lotus feet.

We are practicing and preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness in Tirunelveli Thachanallur. We as a couple practice in devotion service with children. Every Monday and Tuesday my husband serves as a Pujari at the Bhakti Center. On Tuesday I make garland and make Maṅgalārati sweet boga to the Lord. And our congregation every Sunday we distribute books by auto rickshaws with chanting of Hari Nam and free prasādam distribution. I have two children. My daughter is engaged in her devotional classes. Boy is a little naughty and we involve him in devotional service. I listen spiritual classes online everyday. Mainly we listen the lectures of Śrīla Prabhupāda with the family. The biggest challenge for me in devotional service is not being interested in reading books.

I want to service you at your satisfaction, if you wish please kindly bless me so that I will do this preaching service without any hurdle and to bring more soul to your lotus feet.

Your Servants.

Śrīvāsa Mādava dāsa

Tuṣṭi Lalitā DD

Anurādhā

Nandagopāla

Tirunelveli.

Tamil Nadu

mukam karoti vachalam

pangum langhayate girim

yat-kripa tam aham vande

sri-gurum dina-taranam

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শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এর জয় হোক ,

গুরুদেব সবার প্রথমে ধন্যবাদ আমার মত অযোগ্য সন্তানকে আধ্যাত্মিক কন্যা এবং শিষ্যা হিসেবে গ্রহণ করার জন্য। আমার কোনো যোগ্যতাই নেই গুরুদেব আপনার গুণমহিমা কীর্তন করার। আপনি যে পতিতপাবন দয়ার সাগর সেটা শুধুমাত্র আমি আমার নিজেকে দিয়ে বুঝতে পেরেছি।

গুরুদেব 2021 সালের 24 শে জুলাই দিনটি আমার জন্য খুবই অবিস্মরনীয়।কারণ এই দিনটিতে আমার হরিনাম দীক্ষা হয়েছে। আমি নিজেকে অত্যন্ত ভাগ্যবান মনে করি আপনার শিষ্যা হতে পেরে , যদিও আমি অত্যন্ত অযোগ্য নগণ্য শিষ্যা , কিন্তু আমি নিজেকে খুবই ভাগ্যবান মনে করি।

গুরুদেব আপনি আমাকে অনেক কৃপা করেছেন । গত বছরে ৩০জুলাই আপনার E-care অফিস এ আমি join করেছি । বর্তমানে আমি E-care অফিসে আপনার কৃপাতে সেবা করছি।এই সেবা করতে পেরে নিজেকে অত্যন্ত ভাগ্যবান মনে কররি ।গুরুদেব আমার সবসময় আপনার কোনো সেবা করার খুব ইচ্ছে ছিল। গুরুদেব যথাসাধ্য চেষ্টা করছি সবাইকে সাহায্য করার এবং কিভাবে আরো ভালো করে সেবা করতে পারি তার চেষ্টা করছি , গুরুদেব আমার কোন যোগ্যতা নেই শুধুমাত্র এটা সম্ভব হয়েছে আপনার কৃপাতে।

গুরুদেব আমার জীবনে আমি আজ পর্যন্ত যা কিছু করেছি শুধু মাত্র আপনার কৃপাতে।গুরুদেব আমি সব সময় মনে করি আপনি আমার সাথে আছেন ।আমি নিজেকে কখনও একা মনে করিনা । যখনই আমার সাথে কিছু খারাপ হয় আমি সব সময় আপনকে স্মরণ করি,এবং আমি এটার প্রমান ও পেয়েছি আপনি আমাকে সবসময় রক্ষা করেছেন।

গুরুদেব আপনার গুন মহিমা যত করবো ততই কম । গুরুদেব আমি যাতে সারাটা জীবন এভাবে আপনার সেবা করে যেতে পারি আমাকে আপনি কৃপা করবেন ,আশীর্বাদ করবেন যাতে আমি সবসময় গুরু গোরাঙ্গের সেবা করতে পারি।

আপনার অযোগ্য সন্তান

শ্রুতিরুপা রাধা দেবী দাসী ( দীক্ষা)

Māyāpur, India

Namo Oṁ Vishnu padaya Kṛṣṇa presthaya bhutale

Śrīmate Jayapatākā swamin iti namine

Namo Acharya padaya Nitāi kripa pradayine

Gaura kathā dhāma daya nagara grama tarine

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to your auspicious appearance day. Your deep Love for Śrīla Prabhupāda is exemplary for all of us. Despite having so many physical limitations, you are constantly engaged in expanding the preaching mission of Lord Caitanya. By your activities, I realize what real compassion means.

Guru Mahārāja, I know I don't have any qualification to get your mercy, still out of compassion you have given me your causeless mercy. But, still I am so much engrossed in material attachments and struggling hard to overcome my anarthas. I pray to you to bless me to develop spiritual strength so that I can follow your instructions properly. Before giving initiation, you have told me to do ātmā-nivedanam to Kṛṣṇa. Your divine words gave me the goal of my life and I am always trying to develop that mood of surrender to Kṛṣṇa and You. Please bless me so that I can take shelter of lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I pray to Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Pañca-tattva and Śrī Narasiṁhadev that you recover your health soon so that all devotees get benefit by your association more and more.

Your spiritual son,

Subala Kṛṣṇa Mitra Dāsa.

My dear spiritual father,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet

All glories to you!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

I reflect on your auspicious appearance day as a great opportunity & great fortune in my life to glorify the whole paramparā through you. Though this glorification needs to be done each and every day, due to my inability I am unable to do so. For multiple generations of devotees, you have been a great inspiration; for those around you, a Kṛṣṇa-conscious influencer.

Some time back, I came across these two beautiful verses spoken by Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa to His dear devotee Akrūra:

bhavad-vidhā mahā-bhāgā
niṣevyā arha-sattamāḥ
śreyas-kāmair nṛbhir nityaṁ
devāḥ svārthā na sādhavaḥ

na hy am-mayāni tīrthāni
na devā mṛc-chilā-mayāḥ
te punanty uru-kālena
darśanād eva sādhavaḥ

“Exalted souls like you are the true objects of service and the most worshipable authorities for those who desire the highest good in life. Demigods are generally concerned with their own interests, but saintly devotees never are. No one can deny that there are holy places with sacred rivers, or that the demigods appear in deity forms made of earth and stone. But these purify the soul only after a long time, whereas saintly persons purify just by being seen.” —(Śrīmad-bhāgavatam 10.48.30-31)

These two verses immediately reminded me of Yourself. I once again realized my good fortune that I am allowed to serve you. It is said that a disciple can never repay His guru for the thankless service of giving initiation. Despite my fallen status, by your mercy, I consider myself fortunate to be accepted as your spiritual daughter.

O Gurudeva! Daily, I wake up early in the morning and chant on my japa 20 rounds, read Śrīmad-bhāgavatam, and also do service in your office. Last year, I started conducting a Bhagavad-gītā class in my mother tongue, Marathi. Initially, I was not confident to give a class but after receiving your heartful blessings, they are going smoothly. So much so, some of them have started chanting rounds. I wish to preach more and more, as doing so will make you happy. Lastly, my deep desire to serve you more personally got fulfilled as I got the opportunity to translate the messages on the JPS app into Marathi.

I am praying daily to Lord Narasiṁha for your quick recovery and good health. I beg for your guidance and mercy at every step of my life.

On this auspicious appearance day, I pray at your lotus feet for two blessings — May I develop Śaraṇāgati, complete surrender at the Lotus feet of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Pañca-tattva, Śrī Narasiṁhadeva, and may I serve Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission perpetually.

Thank you very much for accepting me as your disciple.

Aspiring to be your significant servant,

Subhadrā Śubhāṅgī devī dāsī,

Śrīdhām Māyāpur, India.

Śrī Vyāsa Pūjā - 2022

My Dearest Śrīla Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept my humble obeisance's unto your divine lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to you Śrīla Guru Mahārāja!

I am wishing you a very Happy Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Birthday and praying to Lord Kṛṣṇa for your good health onwards. This is one of the happiest occasions when we get the opportunity to express our joy to celebrate your birthday.

My dearest spiritual father I am so illiterate and incapable of glorifying you in proper manner but still I am so emotional about our spiritual eternal relationship and I truly believe it.

Dear spiritual father, your delegation and commitment to serve your beloved Guru Mahārāja A.C. Bhaktivedanta Śrīla Prabhupāda is amazing. We can see you are serving Kṛṣṇa in any form in every breath of your life, even though physically you are so ill sometimes, still you are giving lectures and giving us darśana and distributing your mercy restlessly .Now a days ,through your zoom class wherever we are in this world we can watch you through your zoom calls. Your commitment to serve Lord Kṛṣṇa is beyond our imagination. Truly, you are the real example to prove that “we are not the body, we are the sole” .

Even though I have no quality and I am the most fallen soul, still you mercifully bestrew your blessing to me and kindly provide shelter in your lotus feet. I am so fortunate to be your spiritual daughter. Many times, I pray to you and felt the reciprocation internally and then I felt that you and your prayer were always with me. Dear spiritual father, please kindly keep me under your divine lotus feet all the time.

My Dearest Guru Mahārāja and Spiritual father, please kindly bless me so that I can serve Guru and Gaurāṅga properly and chant without offend . And Please kindly forgive me knowingly or unknowingly if I committed any offense to you.

Your insignificant spiritual daughter,

Subhadrā Suvarṇāṅgī DD

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Jay Prabhupāda!

Jay Gurudeva!

Obeisances to Jayapatākā Swami Gurumahārāja!

All Glories to Vaiṣṇavas!

We are blessed to write the homage to our beloved Guru Mahārāja on this 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā. Please shower your causeless mercy and blessings upon us continuously, then only we can come up in our spiritual life step by step like a snail.

The situations prevailing in this material world shows that how Kṛṣṇa Consciousness is important to every human being and how much efforts taken by Śrīla Prabhupāda and all Ācāryas (like You, Your God brothers and all other disciples and followers of Śrīla Prabhupāda) to spread Kṛṣṇa Consciousness – Ātma concept (we are all ātma – soul not body). Now, Śrīla Prabhupāda’s followers and disciples extended their helping hands in the war field - Ukraine.

Guru Mahārāja! Please shower your mercy and blessings and pray for these materialistic people to regain their spiritual life, peace and harmony.

Guru Mahārāja Ki Jai!

Your humble servant,

Subhasini Candrasekhar (aspiring disciple)

My dear most Guru Mahārāja, 

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

nāma oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Please accept my humble obeisances to the dust of your lotus feet, a million times.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to you.

I am a fallen(patīta) sheltered disciple of your holiness. I have heard that Sri Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhū is the deliverer of the most fallen, so He is known as Patīta Pāvana and thus the most merciful among all avatāras. But my dear spiritual master, you are even more merciful than the supreme Lord Gaurāṅga. You travel all around the globe with a deep compassion for all fallen conditioned souls, spreading Kṛṣṇa Consciousness in every situation. The best example of a fallen conditioned soul is me, whom you have very mercifully provided shelter. Being an eternal associate of Caitanya Mahāprabhū, you are filled with ecstatic Prema to the Supreme Lord and His associates, and you give blessings to the devotees “Kṛṣṇe Matir Astu” so that they can also be Kṛṣṇa Consciousness like you. You are an exemplary empowered Ācārya, someone who teaches by personal example (Ācārya Pādāya). You save the fallen souls by providing them the mercy of Nityānanda Prabhū (Nitāi Kṛpā Pradāyiṇe) and develop their dormant love for Krishna by speaking about Lord’s transcendental pastimes to them (Gaura Katha). Srila Prabhupada gave you the kingdom of God and you have developed it (Dhāma dāya). Today millions of devotees can visit Śrīdhāma Māyāpura to receive the mercy and grace of Mahāprabhū and Vaiṣṇavās. Despite of immense inconceivable physical pain and obstacles, you travel from village to village, from town to town, from one country to another just to be with the devotees and to inspire them in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, being their greatest well-wisher (Nagara grāma tāriṇe). This shows your overwhelming enthusiasm and desire to meet devotees and care for them. Today, on this auspicious occasion of your 73rd appearance day, Vyāsa Pūjā ceremony, my heart is filled with joy seeing you seated on the beautifully decorated Vyāsa Āsana surrounded by your loving associates who are wonderfully serving you. Therefore, all devotees sing “Nirānanda dūre gelo, Ānander Sīmā Nāi”. Hearing about your glories, pastimes and your intimate dealings with the devotees fills my day with joy and bliss. Being an unworthy aspiring servant of yours, I just beg at your lotus feet to kindly bless me and empower me so that I can follow your instructions and serve you at least in a tiny way in your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

 

Always desiring to be fixed at your lotus feet,

An aspiring servant of your servant,

Srijeeta Pal
Śrīdhāma Māyāpura 

 

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

Hare Kṛṣṇa! You are very merciful. Despite the condition of your health, you never fail to awe me by always giving classes and preaching to all the people you meet. You show is by your personal example how to always be in the Lord’s service however our body is. I will really miss being at Māyāpur for the celebrations.

I have read and also heard from senior Vaiṣṇavas that Śrīla Prabhupāda had asked you to develop Māyāpur which was just a barren land. To think that it is now a place recognised by the whole world and there is a Vedic Planetarium and so many people visiting there, is no less a miracle. You are a great teacher and a great man. I just wish to see you someday holding big kartālas and dancing to the kīrtana, the way my mom sees you in her dreams and I see in pictures.

Please bless me that I can chant well and stay in Lord Kṛṣṇa’s and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s service. And by your mercy, I hope to become your disciple someday.

Your servant,

Sudarśana S (aspiring disciple)

Śrī Jagannātha Mandir Seshadripuram, Bangalore, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa my beloved Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. I will be 70 years old this year. At this age, being a widow and with health disturbances this is what I am doing as per Your advice.

I am chanting a minimum of 30 rounds a day, reciting some slokas from BG, SB and reciting some prayers. I am hearing Your lectures, Śrīla Prabhupāda's, your god-brothers and disciple’s. I want to share and PRACTISE the absolute TRUTH with my family and whoever I meet which I have been always doing I.e preaching and distributing BG, SB and other books.

I hope dear Gurumahārāja this will please You as You have been always been my only goal, that is to serve You and please You in all that I do. I just want to surrender unto Your lotus feet.

Gurumahārāja, I have always been dependent on You whenever I had any disturbances and You have always showered me with Your causeless mercy.

In 2009 when the doctors had given up on my prabhu it was You who gave him his second life. It was the same Gurumahārāja in my presence You revived my nephew (Ravilocana’s son) who was in coma. The doctors had told me that he was physically dead. How can I not know who you actually are Gurumahārāja. You have come just to deliver the fallen souls.

You gave me the strength during my most difficult moments when I lost my prabhu last year. I came out of the situation swiftly by Your causeless mercy. Please dear Gurumahārāja on this auspicious day I want to thank You profusely and want to surrender unto Your Lotus Feet.

I am not qualified nor do I have the appropriate words to glorify You. I just have mentioned all that I am doing hoping that it will please you.

Please continue to shower me with Your causeless mercy so that I may continue to serve You. I hope my dear Gurumahārāja this will please You as You have been always my only goal.

Your Most Fallen Disciple,

Sudevī Sakhī Devī Dāsī

Dear Gurudeva,

Hare Krsna.

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All glories unto you Srila Gurudeva!

A very happy Vyasa Puja to you Srila Gurudeva! Please forgive me for sending my ofering so late.  You have always been the guiding light and protector for me since I came into the process - when there were uncertainties due to people around me - family or friends. You have helped me out of awkward situations and above all you always guided me in even trivial things - just like a father would take care of his little girl.  I have heard from senior devotees that you often say, "When you have a guru you should never be sad." That is how you have taken care of me and my children all the while. You have removed those anxieties and problems very expertly and made happy and peaceful.  What would I do without you my dear father! During the most recent adverse situation you took complete control over it and pulled me and my children out of it.  A disciple can never repay the debt he owes to his spiritual master. But with this kind of love and care and help, I know it is impossible, no matter what I do. With the help of the JPS ecare team, me and my children are peacefully carrying out our Krsna conscious duties. Thank you for everythig Gurudeva.  You are and have always been our saviour.

Please bless me and my children on this auspicious day that we serve you and Srila Prabhupada exemplarily and advance nicely in our Krsna consciousness. Thank you for coming into our lives.   Both of my children Gautham and Kaushikh are facing board examinations this year ( 10th and 12th) they are studying hard. Please bless them to do their exams well and come out with flying colours. Please bless us that we all become good preachers and serve Srila Prabhupada's mission and make you and Srila Prabhupada proud. 

Please forgive me for all my offenses  I am committing unto your lotus feet knowingly and unknowingly.

Praying for your good health and strength to Sri Sri Narasimhadeva.  

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet .

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

With lots of love, your insignificant spiritual daughter,

Sudhamayi Chitra Devi dasi

 

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

On this auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I would like to thank you for accepting me as your disciple. Look forward to have your darśan in Māyāpur soon.

This year - 6 of our Bhakti-vṛkṣa members with their family are visiting Māyāpur for the first time. They all have taken 4 round and 8 rounds sīkṣā and have been attending Bhakti-vṛkṣa and BG classes for almost a year now. We now have around 15 devotees attending our Bhakti-vṛkṣa weekly. I sincerely beg your blessings that they all progress in KC and be engaged in your service.

We would also like to start one more Bhakti-vṛkṣa as we have more new contacts. Please bless me that I am able to manage my time well in office and home and be able to give more time for service.

We have always been cared for in the devotee community and now we would like to extend the same care to our Bhakti-vṛkṣa members and inspire them to do the same and bring more and more people to our ISKCON family.

I have many dreams of you Guru Mahārāja and I cant tell you how much I treasure these.

Thank you for always being there for us.

Please bless us that we become more sincere in our service and be an instrument in your mission to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Your servant,
Sudhamayi Haripriya Devī Dāsī

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

I am one of the fortunate souls initiated and connected to the Gauḍīya Paramparā by your holiness. Even though Dhruva Mahārāja was a young boy he was blessed by the Supreme Lord to glorify Him. Similarly, without your mercy and blessings I cant write even a single word to glorify your holiness.

I still wonder how your holiness executed the plans of the Supreme Lord to bring me back to be in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness - making me enroll in courses like Bhakti Śāstrī and Bhakti Vaibhav and become stronger and healthier in devotional service under the guidance of HH Bhakti Vinoda Swami and many of your other Spiritual Children.

Your Holiness is a " para-dukha-dukhī, para-dukha-dukhī. " like Prahalada Mahārāja who still stays in this material world to liberate the conditioned souls, tolerating the onslaughts of bodily sufferings of this " dukhālayam ".

Your Holiness acts as the "Pied Piper of this Material World" attracting many conditioned souls and making them disappear from this :" dukhālayam ".

Your holiness is a "True Warrior" fighting against "māyā" and guiding us also to fight.

Begging your mercy to strengthen my faith by obeying all your orders eternally,

Your Spiritual Daughter,

Sugunāvatī Lalitā Devī Dāsī

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obedience, your contribution are incomparable as Śrī dhāma Māyāpur bring up to as a spiritual City, you have always greatest effort to spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness and Rescue Fallen soul at everywhere.

I am so Fortune that I have got shelter in your lotus feet, Lord Kṛṣṇa always bless you.

Here Kṛṣṇa.

Best Regards

Sujan Chandra Majumder (aspiring disciple)

Hare Kṛṣṇa my Respectful GuruMahārāja.

On the Sublime Occasion of your Holiness 73rd, Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava, I your Dīkṣā Disciple Sukhakara Kṛṣṇa dāsa & Sukha Soubhāgya Devī Dāsī would like to pay my respectful Obeisances unto Your Lotus Feet and Please kindly & mercifully accept the same from this fallen soul from Chennai, Tamilnadu- Ex-Temple President Servant and Founder Servant Member of ISKCON ŚYĀMADEŚA, SHARJAH, UAE.

All Glories to The JagadGuru His Divine Grace A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All Glories to Your Holiness Gurudeva Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja.

Today on this Divine Occasion of Your Transcendental Appearance Day, I am Praying from the Core of my Heart to Śrī Śrī Narasiṁhadeva for Your Holiness’s Complete Recovery of All your Health Issues and make Your Holiness like before your Stroke.

Also I am Praying to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava for you start your Live Visits to our Chennai Caitanya Yātrā as You are the only Shelter for all of us fallen Souls as Your Holiness is our Patit Pāvan.

Śrīla Gurudeva I am conducting with Your Holiness the Zoom Classes Śrīmad Bhāgavatam & Bhagavad-gītā for Devotees in Shahibabad, New Delhi, Kannoor, Kerala, ŚYĀMADEŚA, Sharjah, Doha Qatar, Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa and Śrīvās AṅganDeśa, Ajman, who have just joined On Line Classes during the Corona Lockdown.

Daily morning there is Zoom Morning Congregational Chanting Japa Group started with your Senior Disciples such as Vijay Venugopal Prabhu and Prema īmātājī now in Bangalore, Ex- Mathurādeśa, Muscat Temple President and Founder Member of Muscat Yātrā now in Bangalore. Around 80 to 90 Disciples of Holiness from All over the World join your this Zoom Daily for Chanting from 4.00 AM IST to 6.30 AM.

And from 6.30 AM IST to 7.30 AM, IST Prema Padmini conducts a Zoom Lecture for All of us Online and tells the Importance of Chanting by way of Namāmṛta citing stories from Śrīmad Bhāgavatam and Caitanya Caritāmṛta Līlās of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Pastimes and also from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Līlās.

Evening again from 4.30 PM to 6.30 PM IST every day we join for Zoom Chanting started by your Disciples myself Sukhakara Kṛṣṇa Dāsa and Prema Padminī mātājī, as Padmini mātājī is my Śikṣā Guru.

On this Divine Occasion I seek your Profuse Blessings for my Spiritual Progress to serve your more and better.

Your most Humble Servant,

Sukhakara Kṛṣṇa dāsa,

Alwarpet, Chennai, Tamilnadu.

On this Divine Occasion I seek your Holiness Blessings for my wife and your daughter Sukha Sowbhāgya Devī Dāsī, my mother and your daughter Mīnākṣī Rādhārāṇī Devī Dāsī, my daughter and your Spiritual Daughter Vandita Haripriyā Devī Dāsī and my Son in Law And your Spiritual Son Ṣabdahari Dāsa and my Two Grandsons Bhakta Rishabh 9 years old and Dhruva 4 years old. All are staying in Chennai.

Guru Mahārāja we need your Profound Blessings for Everyone to Progress in Spiritual Life and Good Health to Perform Devotional Services for the Pleasure of Your Holiness and for the Pleasure of Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi.

Your Humble Servant Sukhakara Kṛṣṇa dāsa. Chennai.

Mobile no 9884014934.

Mail I’d cvsramani108@gmail.com

Hare Kṛṣṇa my Respectful GuruMahārāja.

On the Sublime Occasion of your Holiness 73rd, Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava, I your Dīkṣā Disciple Sukhakara Kṛṣṇa dāsa & Sukha Soubhāgya Devī Dāsī would like to pay my respectful Obeisances unto Your Lotus Feet and Please kindly & mercifully accept the same from this fallen soul from Chennai, Tamilnadu- Ex-Temple President Servant and Founder Servant Member of ISKCON ŚYĀMADEŚA, SHARJAH, UAE.

All Glories to The JagadGuru His Divine Grace A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All Glories to Your Holiness Gurudeva Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja.

Today on this Divine Occasion of Your Transcendental Appearance Day, I am Praying from the Core of my Heart to Śrī Śrī Narasiṁhadeva for Your Holiness’s Complete Recovery of All your Health Issues and make Your Holiness like before your Stroke.

Also I am Praying to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava for you start your Live Visits to our Chennai Caitanya Yātrā as You are the only Shelter for all of us fallen Souls as Your Holiness is our Patit Pāvan.

Śrīla Gurudeva I am conducting with Your Holiness the Zoom Classes Śrīmad Bhāgavatam & Bhagavad-gītā for Devotees in Shahibabad, New Delhi, Kannoor, Kerala, ŚYĀMADEŚA, Sharjah, Doha Qatar, Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa and Śrīvās AṅganDeśa, Ajman, who have just joined On Line Classes during the Corona Lockdown.

Daily morning there is Zoom Morning Congregational Chanting Japa Group started with your Senior Disciples such as Vijay Venugopal Prabhu and Prema īmātājī now in Bangalore, Ex- Mathurādeśa, Muscat Temple President and Founder Member of Muscat Yātrā now in Bangalore. Around 80 to 90 Disciples of Holiness from All over the World join your this Zoom Daily for Chanting from 4.00 AM IST to 6.30 AM.

And from 6.30 AM IST to 7.30 AM, IST Prema Padmini conducts a Zoom Lecture for All of us Online and tells the Importance of Chanting by way of Namāmṛta citing stories from Śrīmad Bhāgavatam and Caitanya Caritāmṛta Līlās of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Pastimes and also from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Līlās.

Evening again from 4.30 PM to 6.30 PM IST every day we join for Zoom Chanting started by your Disciples myself Sukhakara Kṛṣṇa Dāsa and Prema Padminī mātājī, as Padmini mātājī is my Śikṣā Guru.

On this Divine Occasion I seek your Profuse Blessings for my Spiritual Progress to serve your more and better.

Your most Humble Servant,

Sukhakara Kṛṣṇa dāsa,

হরে কৃষ্ণ দণ্ডবৎ প্রণাম গুরুদেব।

 আপনার ৭৩ তম ব্যাস পূজা উপলক্ষে আমার প্রণাম গ্রহণ করুন।

  নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় পেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীন ইতি নামিনে
নমো আচার্যপাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে
গৌর কথা ধামদায় নগর গ্রাম তারিনে।

   শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের জয় 

হরে কৃষ্ণ গুরু মহারাজ আপনার ৭৩ তম আবির্ভাব উপলক্ষে আপনাকে অনেক অনেক শুভেচ্ছা। আমি এতটাই নিকৃষ্টতম জীব যে আপনার মতন শুদ্ধ বৈষ্ণবের গুণকীর্তন করার মতো কোনো যোগ্যতাই নেই। কৃপা পূর্বক গুরুদেব আমাকে কৃপা করুন যেন আমি আপনার গুণময় করার জন্য সক্ষম হতে পারি। 

  প্রথমে জানাই আপনাকে অনেক অনেক ধন্যবাদ । আপনার চরণ কমলে আশ্রয় পাওয়ার দু'বছরের মধ্যে ভগবান এবং শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ আমাকে অনেক পরীক্ষা নিয়েছে। সত্যি বলতে আমি খুব দুর্দশাগ্রস্ত হয়ে গেছিলাম । কিন্তু শুধুমাত্র আপনার জন্যই এখন অব্দি আমি ঠিক আছি। যখনই আমি আপনার ছবি দেখি তখনই আমার মধ্যে এক আলাদা রকমের শক্তি উন্মোচন হয় । এবং জপ করার মাধ্যমে আমি এক আলাদা রকমের আনন্দ উপভোগ করতাম।আর এই শক্তি আপনার কৃপা ছাড়া আর অন্য কোন জিনিস না ।  তাছাড়াও আমি এখনো শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এর কথা শুনে চলতে পারছি এটাও আপনার অসীম করুনার ফল । আমি নিজেকে পুরোপুরি ভাবে হারিয়ে ফেলেছিলাম আমার সব পথ যেন মনে হচ্ছিল বন্ধ। আমি এটা ভেতর থেকে অনুভব করছিলাম যে আমি যেন আস্তে আস্তে নিজেকে শেষ করে ফেলেছি । কিন্তু আমি জানতাম যে আমি এমন একজন ভক্তের চরণ কমলে আশ্রয় পেয়েছি যে "কোনদিন হাল ছাড়েন না" আর আমার এটা দৃঢ় বিশ্বাস ছিল যে আপনি আমাকে কোনদিন ছেড়ে দেবেন না। আমি এটা আপনাকে বলে বোঝাতে পারবো না তাছাড়া আমার বলার মতো কোন ভাষাও নেই যে আপনি যদি আমার জীবনে না থাকতেন তাহলে হয়তো আমার সাথে অনেক কিছুই হয়ে যেতে পারত। গুরুদেব আপনিতো অন্তর্যামী আপনি জানেন আমার সাথে কি হয়েছে আমার ভিতরে কি চলছে বিশ্বাস করুন আমার কোনো ভাষা নেই বলার।  গুরুদেব কৃপা করে আপনার পাদপদ্ম থেকে কোনদিন বঞ্চিত করবেন না তাতে আমি যাই করে ফেলি আপনার এই শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথিতে আমার এই বিনীত অনুরোধ রইলো। গুরুদেব আপনি আছেন বলেই আমি টিকে আছি কেন জানি না আমি খুবই অসম্পূর্ণতা এবং খারাপ গুন বিশিষ্ট একজন পতিত । আমি জানিনা আমি কত জন্মের পর উদ্ধার পাব বা নাও পেতে পারি তবুও আমাকে আপনি আপনার সঙ্গো থেকে বঞ্চিত করবেন না। আমি এত অধম যে আপনার শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথিতেও আপনাকে আমি নিজের সমস্যা বলছি । হে নিতাই কৃপা প্রদানে আমি জানি না গৌড় নিতাই আমার প্রতি কেন এত অসন্তুষ্ট। হে পতিত পাবন আপনি "নিতাই কৃপা" প্রদান করেন তাছাড়াও শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ বলেছেন আপনি "গৌরাঙ্গ মহাপ্রভুর" পার্ষদ। ক‌ৃপা করে তাদের কাছে আমার জন্য একটু প্রার্থনা করুন তারা যেন আমার উপর করুনার দৃষ্টি প্রদান করে। এবং সর্বশেষে এই শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথিতে আপনার কাছে এই প্রার্থনা করি যে আমার ভালোবাসা কোনদিন যেন শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এবং আপনার প্রতি না কমে তাছাড়া কৃপা করে আমাকে আপনি প্রভুদের কাছে  পাঠিয়ে দেন। এটা আমার আপনার কাছে শেষ ইচ্ছা। সত্যি আমি সবথেকে বেশি সন্তুষ্টি পাব। 
  
শ্রীল গুরুমহারাজ আমি অধম যদি কিছু ভুল বলে থাকি কৃপা করে আমাকে ক্ষমা প্রদান করবেন ।


    --- ইতি 
            আপনার অযোগ্য ও অকাজের সন্তান
                                 সুমধুর নন্দসুত দাস
                                      দুর্গাপুর, ভারত

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

Dear Gurumaharaj,

Please accept my humblest obeisances at your lotus feet on this magnificent day of your merciful appearance; I pray that you constantly award me service at your lotus feet.

Guru Maharaj, you personify the unlimited ocean of mercy. You are always in the presence of Śrīmati Rādhārāṇī and assisting the gopīs, who always at different times make different tasteful arrangements for the perfection of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa’s conjugal loving affairs within the groves of Vṛndāvana. Although dwelling in Vṛndāvana, and always merged in transcendental ecstasy, relishing the mellow of pure devotion, you have descended for the welfare of fallen souls, and you are preaching the divine love Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa and delivering the whole planet from the darkness of illusion.

'sādhu-saṅga', 'sādhu-saṅga'—sarva-śāstre kaya
lava-mātra sādhu-saṅge sarva-siddhi haya

Even by a little association with you, the conditioned souls can get out of this miserable material condition. Your heart is always the resting place of Lord Govinda. I desire the dust of your holy lotus feet in every birth I may take. Please be kind upon me.

 

Your insignificant servant,
Sumadhura Syama Dasa

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya

jñānāñjana-śalākayā

cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena

tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

Hare Kṛṣṇa dearest Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectful obeisances

All glories to Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to you!

This is my first offering as one of your spiritual daughters. Thank you Guru Mahārāja for accepting me as your spiritual daughter. I feel very fortunate to get you as my spiritual father. Last year 24th July 2021 you gave me initiation. O Patita Pāvana Gurudeva, always keep me in your lotus feet. By your causeless mercy I have completed one year in your JPS care office and trying to serve your disciples according to your instructions. After joining here my spiritual life has been helped and I realized your care for your disciples and eagerness to preach by following Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions.

Today on this most auspicious day of your Vyāsa-Pūjā, sincerely I am praying at your lotus feet. Please help me to develop my consciousness towards Kṛṣṇa-prem and for my sādhana. Always engage me in devotional service for the pleasure of Lord and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Gurudeva, your never-ending blessings are my great strength in my spiritual life, I am praying to Lord Narasimha Dev for your good health.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for always forgiving me for my mistakes and for your endless love and care.

Your insignificant spiritual daughter

Sumādhurī Tuṅgavidyā devī dāsī (Dīkṣā)

Māyāpur, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respected obeisances at your lotus feet

All glories to Śrī Gurudeva! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Just as it is said that Lord Sesha even with hunderds of mouths in unable to glorify Śrī Kṛṣṇa completely, a conditioned soul like will not be able to do justification of glorifying you, I can just try to my capacity. This is the first year writing my Vyāsa-pūjā offering after getting initiated by you. In shastras we hear that guru is mercy personified, but I am one of those who has received your mercy.

I remember when I went for taking initiation, there prabhuji told that they missed to send my name to you for initiation and asked if I could come next day. Then one prabhuji from JPS office told that they will try and see if it’s possible to get initiation that day and had asked me to sit there along with other candidates.

And there started initiation lecture by one Mahārāja and they were mentioning that if any one of you will be asked that you can not get initiation today, what will you think and how you will behave. And Mahārāja said, you should agree and say Okay Guru Mahārāja, whenever you say I will take at that time only and start leaving from there.

At that time I thought, yes this part of lecture is certainly for me, I think Kṛṣṇa has prepared me that I will not get initiated today, and I will follow what Mahārāja is saying.

Then Mahārāja continued in the lecture, when you will start leaving Guru Mahārāja may call you and give you initiation and that is actually the mercy of Guru. Without knowing the candidate personally, Guru is taking the responsibility of taking you back to godhead and that is what causeless mercy is called.

And indeed my name was announced at the beginning and I didn’t thought that within 2 hours after sending the name, I will get initiated that day. It was all your causeless mercy only Guru Mahārāja.

I remember 2 years before you came to ISKCON Hyderabad, Abids temple, and there I got the sevā of preparing pumpkin juice every morning for you. I tried to meet you even once that time and ask for blessings but it couldn’t happen. Certainly, I was not qualified to even receive your mercy. But, when next time I came to Māyāpur in jhulan-yātrā time, by your mercy arrangement, I got the opportunity to honor your māha prasāda. I realised that it is your way of sending blessings and mercy.

I am eagerly waiting for the day you will start walking again Guru Mahārāja.

Although unqualified, I pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Pañca-Tattva, Śrī Narasiṁhadeva, Śrī Jagannātha Baladeva Subhadrā, Śrīla Prabhupāda that we get your association life after life and certainly in this life for a long.

Guru Mahārāja, hearing you everyday class on Caitanya Līlā completes our day and getting updates on JPS App makes us feel attached to you, sometimes we wonder from where you get so much energy to manage everything, But then next moment Śrīla Prabhupāda’s and Māyāpur deities pictures comes in our mind.

Guru Mahārāja, please bless me so that I can also serve you and guru paramparā on eternity, and not get allured by māyā.

A small poem written by me offered unto your lotus feet:

After going through so many repeated cycles of births - death - old age - disease,

We have been lucky to catch your lotus feet and cross this ocean with breeze.

We see you as real mercy personified,

Even though we are not so qualified.

As we are struggling in this material swirled,

You are ready to take us to spiritual world.

You are mercy personified for us,

ready to take all of us in Saṅkīrtana bus.

You have so much abundant mercy for all living beings,

Alas we’re so unlucky caring for here temporary things.

If we didn’t got shelter of your lotus feet in this life,

we would had spent our life in strife.

You give every night class on Lord Caitanya,

It’s like sounds coming out from Pañchjanya.

Please shower your blessings and mercy on us,

that we can engage in devotional service thus.

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj!

Please accept my humble obeisances!

All glories to HDG Srila Prabhupada and All Vaishnavas!!

Please bless us on this auspicious day to follow strictly HDG Srila Prabhupada instructions and implement them in our life with out deviation. You are exemplary to us in devotional path. We are neophytes, trying to uderstand the basics of spiritual life. Please bless us to maintain our committment, enthusiasm, positive attitude towards this path so that we can achieve the ultimate goal within this life time. Please bestow us humble attitude to serve Vaisnavas and bestow us attitude not to commit any offenses. We try our very best to follow the instructions perfectly, how much ever we try, our bhakti life is not always straight upward curve. We greatly depend on Vaisnavas mercy, especially your Holiness to advance spiritually. We understood, on our own we can't make much progress in spiritual life.

Your servants,

Sundara Murari dasa
Sadanandini Vasudha Devi dasi
Harinii S
Hasini S

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আপনার চরণ সিক্ত এই ধরণী।

করিলেন আমায় কৃপা ধণ্য আপনী।।

 

উচু নিচু বিচার নাহি কৃপা বিতরীতে।

ধনী, গরীব, আবাল, বৃদ্ধা মগ্ন সংকীর্ত্তনে।।

 

শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের আদেশ করিতেন পূরণ।

আপনাকে পেয়ে মোর ধন্য হলো জীবন।।

 

সর্বক্ষণ আপনার চিন্তন আমাদের জন্য।

ভক্তজন আপনায় পেয়ে সকলেই ধণ্য।।

 

আপনার আশির্বচন আর দরর্শণ।

পতিত জীবের হৃদয় করে আকর্ষণ।।

 

আপনার শুভ ব্যাস পূজায় মোর নিবেদন।

আপনার পদকমলে ভক্তি থাকে সর্বক্ষণ।।

 

আমার ভুল ত্রুটি কৃপায় মাজনীয়া।

গুরুদেব শ্রীচরণে রাখুন পদ ছায়া দিয়া।।

नम: ऊं विष्णु पादाय कृष्ण प्रेषठाय भूतले श्रीमते जयपताका स्वामिन इति नामिने। नमो आचार्य पादाय निताई कृपा प्रदायिने ‌‌‌‌‌गौर कथा नाम दाया नगर ग्राम तारिणे।।

हरे कृष्ण गुरू महाराज,

आप भक्ति में दृढ़ हैं और सदैव प्रचार करते हैं। मैंने श्रील प्रभुपाद की भारत के आध्यात्मिक राजदूत पुस्तक पढ़ी जिससे यह ज्ञात हुआ कि भक्ति में दृढ़ता बनाए रखने के लिए सतत प्रयास करना होगा।

आपके द्वारा दी गई चैतन्य चरितामृत और श्रीमद्भागवत की कक्षा सुनने का पूरा प्रयास करती हूं। इसके माध्यम से बहुत प्रेरणा मिलती है जैसे आपने कहा कि मृदु सत्य कहना चाहिए।

मुझे भक्तों का संग मिलता रहे जिससे भक्ति बढ़े और मैं भगवान के लिए प्रचार कर सकूं। ऐसा मुझे आशीर्वाद दीजिए।

आपकी शिष्या (दीक्षा)।

सुप्रिया ज़ाम्बवती देवीदासी

गाजियाबाद।

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances

All glories to you.

It's a great big important opportunity that I am getting to express n present my gratitude to you.

I cannot explain how much you are doing to me to make me do the little that I am doing in devotional life.

My chanting has become much clear & focus, concentration & begging attitude while chanting is much better than before as I pray to you & Śrīla Prabhupāda before start of the chanting services.

I take Bhakti-vṛkṣa where you give me the points that I should explain. I also host SB reading sessions every day. But there again you make me speak & answer the questions of the different members. I give children classes, & you enable me to present it to the children in the manner which is interesting to them. I speak to the Bhakti-vṛkṣa members& you help me speak pleasingly. So every way I see that your hand is present in everything I do. By your mercy I am able to be occupied n different devotional services. So, depending upon you is the best I understood.

I need not be independent & suffer. Just depending upon you is the solution to all the problems.

You make me do much more. You are such a treasure in my life Gurudeva. Without you I am just a piece of dust only.

Thank you for everything Guru dev. Now please give me the Benediction of progressing more and more to please Rādhāranī & Lord Kṛṣṇa. I want to be an instrument I your hands in making Bangalore a Kṛṣṇa conscious city. Please bless & accept me. Hare Kṛṣṇa

Kindly accept my obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories unto you.

Guru Mahārāja Ki Jai

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Ys

Supriyā Kalavatī Devī Dāsī

Dear Gurumaharaj,

Kindly accept my humble obeisances at your Lotus Feet. On the auspicious occassion of your Vyasapuja day, I seek your mercy and blessings that I should involve myself whole heartedly in the mission of spreading Krishna consciousness. 

I beg you to please make me worthy to be an instrument in the hands of stalwart devotees and serve them humbly to spread this worderful movement of Lord Gauranga. This way I can be in very safe association of stalwart devotees and happily serve under their guidance.

I seek your blessings for serving the mission of Srila Prabhupad with best possible endeavours physically, mentally, financially and through preaching. Whatever best abilities I have, should be utilized in service of Your Grace, Srila Prabhupad and Vaishnavas.

I sincerely pray to Lord and to Srila Prabhupad that you should have a very good health and with no physical sufferings and continue to motivate the devotees across the world.

your eternal humble servant,

Suranath Madanmohan das.

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 गुरु महाराज के चरणों में मेरा कोटि कोटि दंडवत प्रणाम।

आप भक्तों के अंधकार को दूर करके हैं और हम पतित आत्माओं पर कृपा करते हैं।

आप भक्तों पर कृपा करते हैं।

आप गोरांग की ध्वनि से झूम उठते हैं।

आप पूरे विश्व का कृष्ण भक्ति के द्वारा कल्याण करते हैं और भक्तों के हृदय को प्रकाशित करते हैं।

आप भक्ति वृक्ष के प्राइम मिनिस्टर वने।

माया पुर का टी ओ वी पी आप के प्राण है।

आप व्यस्त होने पर भी प्रचार कार्य करते हैं और अपने भक्तों पर कृपा करते हैं।भक्तों के कारण ही आप इतना कष्ट उठाते हैं।

आप कोई साधारण मनुष्य नहीं है और आप से हमें यही शिक्षा मिलती है कि हम भी प्रचार करें।

आप की आश्रित शिष्या

सुरेश चौधरी

साहिबाबाद, दिल्ली यात्रा, (India)

Suresh Chowdary (aspiring disciple)
New Delhi – Sahibabad, New Delhi

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

Guru Mahārāja, you were given the shelter at your lotus feet for this fallen soul on Jan 9th 2022. Still, I remember my family was affected by COVID and myself and my wife got an opportunity to take your shelter on the same day. I am so fallen that I don’t know how to speak and write English. But With the mercy of Guru and Gaurāṅga got an opportunity to please you in the preaching service by taking Bhakti Vṛkṣa. Please use this fallen soul for any service you like but never through me away from your lotus feet Mahārāja.

I am eagerly waiting to take your initiation from you Guru Mahārāja, but I am facing so many obstacles in the path. Its only your mercy where I can overcome these obstacles and come closer to you.

Very eager to meet you personally and not sure when the day comes. Again, I beg at your lotus feet to shower your mercy unto me.

Your eternal servant,

Suresh Vinjamuru (aspiring disciple)

हरे कृष्णा गुरू महाराज आप के चरणों में मेरा दंडवत प्रणाम।

मेरी कोई योग्यता तो नहीं है कि मैं विषय में कुछ बोल सकूं आप की glorification कर सकूं। मगर फिर भी मैं आप की glorification करूंगा।

मुझे आपकी वाणी बहुत अच्छी लगती है आप के विचार बहुत अच्छे लगते हैं। आप जो चैतन्य महाप्रभु कि कहानियां सुनाते हैं वो भी बहुत अच्छी लगती है। आप का स्वस्थ खराब होने के बाद भी आप जो प्रभुपाद के आदेशों का पालन कर रहें हैं। प्रचार कर रहे हैं ये मुझे आपकी तरफ बहुत आकर्षित करता है और प्रेरणा देता है।

आप का तुच्छ दास

सुरिंदर ।

Surinder (aspiring disciple)

Hare Kṛṣṇa..
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda
All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga....

Dear Guru Mahārāja....

Please accept my respectful obesiances.

On this auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I am feeling so much fortunate that I got opportunity to glorify you...

Guru Mahārāja, I can experience your causeless mercy in all aspects of my life not only as a spiritual master but as a constant companion and ever well wisher of me....

Guru Mahārāja, whenever I attend JSSS class, (which we conduct monthly basis), my heart and mind becomes totally fixed in you and always keep on thinking that how I can repay you what you have done for all of us...
The day I got initiation, is unforgettable for my whole life, that day is real achievement which I got in this life...
Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for your so much compassion on this fallen soul....

Please bless me that I can serve you more and more and can follow each and every instruction of yours and make you always happy and satisfied...

Your fallen servant
Susakha Mukund dāsa
Ambala, Haryana, India...

Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahārāja, Daṇḍavat Praṇāma!!!

All Glories to you, to Śrīla Prabhupāda, to Shiksha Guru and to all our Paramparā ācāryas! Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Please accept my humble obeisance on this special and remarkable day of Vyāsa-Pūjā 2022.

Understanding: Praṇāma Mantra itself clears objects to ISKCON movement to be spread to all Grāmas.

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

While reading biography, realized that you are one of the most intimate person of Lord Kṛṣṇa to whom presented by Śrīla Prabhupāda. “Jayapatākā Swami was born John Gordan Erdman on April 9, 1949 (the Ekādaśī after rāma-navamī) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA to John Hubert and Lorraine Erdman. He was born into opulent surroundings, his father’s father being the founder of a large paint factory, which was a multi-million-dollar concern at the time of his birth. Later HH Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja was glad to see that his name – Gordan John (Gour Dhan Jan) – already suggested what Śrīla Prabhuapda confirmed, that he and two other devotees were formerly associates of Lord Caitanya and that they had taken their birth in the west to facilitate spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness around the world”

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, All Glories to Śrīla Gurudeva… Śrīla Gurudeva Mahārāja ki Jai.

Your most humble servants,

Sushant (aspiring disciple)

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja.

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

Happy 73rd appearance day Guru Mahārāja.

It’s written, “guru prasāde kṛṣṇa mile, kṛṣṇa prasade guru”. By Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, I have found you, my eternal spiritual master.

All the restless souls wandering in the deep land of darkness found the ray of hope, when you enlightened our way back home. We can never thank you enough for the mercy you have bestowed on us every time. We wish to help you with these tiny little hands, at your service towards Prabhupāda and continue to please you. Thank you for appearing in our lives Guru Mahārāja.

Your exemplary devotion, dedication and determination towards Śrīla Prabhupāda, inspire me to pursue my spiritual life dedicatedly despite of all the hurdles that come on my way. I am a fool, I don’t know anything, who is Kṛṣṇa, what ecstasy is found in His service. But when I see you happy and pleased with my service or with my progress in my spiritual life, I feel my life is worthwhile. You are very kind Guru Mahārāja. May I always seek your shelter. You are the best father in the whole world.

Your sheltered daughter

Sushreeta Sahu (sheltered disciple)

Māyāpur, West Bengal, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Gurudeva!!

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!

All Glories to your 73rd Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava!!

Gurudeva, Kindly Forgive me for all my Offenses and kindly Cleanse my heart which is contaminated with so many sinful tendencies, anarthas from many lives. Every day I realize how much fallen I am. Only because of your causeless mercy and with your blessings I am blessed with devotional service from the very initial stage, even though I am not having any qualification to serve Gurudeva.

Guru Mahārāja last year when we came for Māyāpur yātrā in Dāmodara month, I am very blessed to have your near darśana personally. Taking your darśana from a far place is the most blessed thing but on that day you looked into this most fallen soul eyes for a few seconds, from that day I am realizing my anarthas instead of finding faults in other Vaiṣṇavas.

Guru Mahārāja I have a desire to serve you both vapu and vāṇī. I understood that without purification it is impossible for me to serve you personally and also to hear your lectures Kindly give your blessings Gurudeva to understand Guru, Gaurāṅga and to attentively concentrate on your lectures with total dedication.

Guru Mahārāja, I see you in Peak of compassion, tolerance, enthusiasm, selflessness and many more. When you are staying in hospital... in that condition also your enthusiasm to preach, selflessness to serve others for getting them into Kṛṣṇa consciousness, tolerance to your health issues, your compassion for other souls to give Kṛṣṇa Prema... used to make me feel, what I am thinking as hurdles in my life to do devotion is nothing and those hurdles becoming very tiny and giving me more and more energy to serve, to do bhakti and to move ahead in the path of bhakti Gurudeva. Guru Mahārāja at the time, when you are being in hospital wrote a letter regarding initiations., last year, unfortunately, missed taking initiation due to some personal problem. so, I am awaiting this year to hold your hand more tightly with the bond of initiation. Kindly bestow your blessings to this most fallen soul my dear Gurudeva...!!

On this most sacred occasion of your 73rd appearance anniversary in this world, I would like to fall in the dust of your divine lotus feet and begging at your lotus feet for your blessings to always dwell in the service to Lordships, to follow your footsteps, instructions, to become like a tiny instrument in the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda and to serve you Gurudeva.

Thank you, Gurudeva...!!!

Your Spiritual Daughter and Servant,

Sujitha (sheltered disciple)
Vijayawada, India

।। হরে কৃষ্ণ।।

প্রিয় গুরুদেব আপনার শ্রী চরণে অনন্ত কোটি প্রণাম নিবেদন করছি। শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এর জয়। শ্রীল গুরুদেব এর জয়।

আমি এতটাই পতিত যে আপনার গুনগান করার মতো আমাদের খোমতা নাই তবু আমি আপনার কৃপা আশীর্বাদ এ আপনার কিছু গুনগান করার চেষ্টা করছি।

গুরুদেব আপনি আমাদের মত পতিত দের উদ্ধার করার জন্যে অবতীর্ণ হয়েছেন আমি আশা করি যে প্রত্যেক টি জন্মে জন আপনা কে গুরু হিসাবে পাই। আপনি এত আসুঠতার মধ্যে ও আপনি প্রচার কার্য একদিন ও বন্দ রাখেননি আপনি আমাকে আশীর্বাদ করুন যাতে আমি ও আপনার প্রচার কার্যে কিছু সাহায্য করতে পারি।

আপনার এই ৭৩ তম আবির্ভাব দিন এ আমরা খুব আনন্দিত

।। হরে কৃষ্ণ।।

আপনার অধতমিক পূত্রি,

স্বপ্না সামন্ত
আহমেদাবাদ, গুজরাট.

Svapna Samanta (স্বপ্না সামন্ত) (aspiring disciple)
Ahmedabad, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dearest Guru Mahārāja and my spiritual father, Please accept my respectful obeisance. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Wishing you very Happy Vyāsa-pūjā. Though I am very insignificant and fallen soul but I try to express gratitude for the living life you have given to all of us.
You always emphasized to all of your disciples to do Bhakti Shastri but we being in ignorance always busy in doing the same thing every day. On joining Bhakti-śāstrī we all realized that how important it is for each one of us. Thank you Gurudeva for enlightening us.
You always emphasized to every devotee to do Navadvīpa Parikramā but I always thought that it wouldn't be possible to take this much of leaves. Finally, I joined Navadvīpa Parikramā 2022 and it was too relishing to hear about Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu lilas and visiting those places. Thank you Gurudeva for your endless love for all of us.
I heartily pray to Rādhā Mādhava aṣṭa sakhi, Śrī Pañcha-tattva and Narasiṁhadeva for your good health.
Gurudeva please forgive me for all my offenses to your lotus feet and bless me to have Anurag in Harināma, reading and hearing more about Mahāprabhu.
Your's Son,
Svarūpa Gopāla Dāsa,
New Delhi, India

২৭ কালীবাড়ি লেন ঢাকুরিয়া কোলকাতা-৩১ ৯ই মার্চ

““নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণু পাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে। শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীন ইতি নামিনে।। নমো আচার্যপাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে। গৌরকথা ধামদায় নগর গ্রাম তারিণে।।”

শ্রদ্ধেয় গুরুমহারাজ, শুরুতেই আপনার শ্রী চরণে আমি আমার শত কোটি দন্ডবৎ প্রণাম নিবেদন করি। আপনার শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথির জয় হোক। আগামী ১৩ই এপ্রিল আপনার শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথি মহামহোৎসব সেই উপলক্ষে আমি স্বর্ণেন্দু সামন্ত (শুভাকাঙ্ক্ষী) আপনাকে আমার বিনম্র শ্রদ্ধাঞ্জলি নিবেদন করি। আপনার আশীর্বাদ আমাদের একান্ত কাম্য। লেখায় কোন ভুলত্রুটি থাকলে এই অধমকে ক্ষমা করবেন। ইতি আপনার শুভাকাঙ্ক্ষী স্বর্ণেন্দু সামন্ত কলকাতা, ভারত।

Swarnendu Samanta (well-wisher)
Kolkata, India

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn 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 Guru Mahārāja, Happy Vyāsa-pūjā!!!

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to your divine appearance.

I feel great fortune getting this wonderful opportunity to glorify your Holiness. Knowing that, I am not qualified to glorify your divine qualities and transcendental activities, I take this as an opportunity for my purification. A tiny attempt to glorify you Guru Mahārāja.

My dear Guru Mahārāja, by your causeless mercy, I have got this very fortune to associate with the wonderful devotees, HG Caitanya Avatari Prabhu, HG Rasamayī Mātājī, and entire NRJD devotees. And by their blessings I am so fortunate to get your divine mercy.

You are a living inspiration to everyone. Inspite of your health challenges, you make yourself available for all devotees. Always giving spiritual solutions to our material problems and encouraging us to serve the lord. Despite your busy schedule Guru Mahārāja, you never miss giving us the opportunity to relish nectarean pastimes of Mahāprabhu and giving darśana to so many devotees everyday. Who else can be more merciful, other than yourself Guru Mahārāja.

Whenever I think of you Guru Mahārāja, I feel so fortunate, that I am blessed with such a wonderful father and getting such wonderful opportunity to serve and associate with you. And this very fortune is also your blessing and mercy upon such a fallen person like me.

I am so grateful to you Guru Mahārāja for giving us all, everything that brings us closer to Gaurāṅga’s service.

I am like a child who is always looking after self and busy, not caring that her dear father is taking so much pain just to deliver her. Alas! My heart is filled with so many anarthas that I’m not able to develop even a tinge of taste and devotion for you Gurudeva. I am such a fickle minded, foolish girl who is always running after material happiness. Dear Guru Mahārāja, you are an ocean of mercy. What can be more auspicious than taking shelter at the dust of your lotus feet? It is by your causeless mercy that I am still continuing to render some service to the vaiṣṇava devotees and practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

O Gurudeva, Your merciful glance is the only ray of hope for me to escape this material world. I beg for your mercy that I always stick to the service of your lotus feet.

My only aspiration is just to serve under instructions of my mentor and senior devotees. My only desire is to serve you eternally and get your association. Lastly I pray at your lotus feet to bless my mom, dad, my two sisters and my little brother to develop unflinching faith and devotion for you and serve you life after life.

All glories to Patita Pāvana Guru Mahārāja!!!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s victory flag!!!

Your very insignificant daughter,

Swati Priya (aspiring disciple)

ISKCON NRJD Bangalore, India

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn 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 Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja.

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet, All glories to you on your auspicious appearance day!!!

Your appearance is a blessing to the world and beyond,
on this auspicious day your every son and daughter of yours can feel a special bond...!

Oh Gurudeva, your mercy flows far beyond my reach,
to the foolish me and others, through your examples you teach...!

In showing compassion, love and care you always lead,
in the hearts many, you have sown the bhakti seed.!

Through your vāṇī and darśanas, the condition souls you rescue,
Oh fallen me! when will I feel that gratitude towards you...!

For the attachments that are deep,
For the sins that I weep,

For the false possessions that I keep,
to overcome this your blessing is all that I need...!

When will that day be mine?
to get the glimpse of your divine...!

Oh Gurudeva, to the most fallen you are the most kind...!
As the victory flag, we witness your transcendental glow,

unto your most soothing lotus feet I humbly bow!!!
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam

Please also bless me and my family, Father (Kṛṣṇa Kumar), Mother (Arti Kumari), elder sisters (Swati, Monika), younger brother (Nitāi) to be of some use at the service of your lotus feet.

We pray to the Lordship Śrī Śrī Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā, Pañca-tattva, Rādhā Mādhava and Narasiṁhadev for your 100% good health (though I am not capable of)

Your useless aspirant servant,

Sweety Priya (aspiring disciple)

ISKCON NRJD Banglore

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja!

All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava!t

Please accept my respectful obeisances. The good fortune that is bestowed up on your disciples have no words to explain. Out of thousands I am getting so much of Your Divine association is makes me silent. Whenever I think about how to repay this debt, I am lost. Whatever, I am doing for Your Divine Grace is not at all enough. I am in an illusion that I am doing a lot for Your Divine Grace! But, in reality it is not.

Being very next to Your Divine Grace, we witness lots and lots of miracles. How Your Divine Grace, truly tolerating and bestowing mercy to the conditioned souls. Kṛṣṇa repeatedly providing us a chance to understand Your mercy, importance of Your physical presence, and more over, giving this great opportunity to serve Your Divine Grace. But due to our own conditioning, we are not taking all these offers, rather we give excuses after excuses.

I am very much scared about the future, I am still not matured enough in spiritual life, I am not serious about Your instructions. But simply by Your blessings, I am engaged in many services. Always I feel that, your blessing hands is on my head and protecting me and guiding me in every step.

I have personally witnessed many miracles of Your Divine Grace. Since my intelligences is very much covered, these personal experiences are very much needed to uplift me to at least to human platform.

As a co-manager in JPS Archives and Victory Flag Publications – we are trying to please Your Divine Grace in our humble efforts. His Grace Pāṇḍava Prabhu and Caitanya Rūpa Mataji, His Grace Vidvan Gaurāṅga Prabhu are guiding and being like a pillar for these departments. And we are trying to give out Your vāṇī to the world. Slowly, I am realizing the great responsibility of these departments. Each lecture of Your Divine Grace was like pre-answered for disciples’ questions in the future. It shows that the spiritual master’s vāṇī is eternal. Your Divine Grace said to us that, Your Archives and Publications are Your immediate expansion, and this will benefit Your disciples, and ISKCON devotees in the present and future. So, this is a great responsibility on our shoulders.

This year, I am very much praying to work and complete the Gaura maṇḍala bhūmi darśana book. And as per your instruction, we are also working on Śrī Navadvīpa maṇḍala map and we will offer it soon to Your Divine Grace. Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya book also becomes a priority in this period of time, as Your Divine Grace investing hours and hours of your energy to give this book, which is going to flood the world with Gaurāṅga-līlā smaraṇa. Your Divine Grace given so much mercy up on me and engaged me in all these projects.

We from Publications, trying to expand in Bangladesh, South America, Russia, and in Europe by translating your books in to different languages. Also, we are desiring to start a dedicated Bengali to reach out your vāṇī in greater scale. I very much believe that Your Divine Grace holding our hands and doing this wonderful artwork, but we are foolishly thinking that we are doing. You own us eternally, and we owe you birth after birth.

I thank His Holiness Bhakti Vinoda Swami Mahārāja for his personal training in my initial days of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. He engaged me in printing small magazines, and he guided me to learn multi-media, book layouts, etc.

I thank, Mahā Varāha Prabhu for providing me an opportunity to serve Your Divine Grace personally. I thank, Vidvan Gaurāṅga Prabhu, who engages me in various ways accordingly. I thank, Vaikuṇṭhapati Prabhu for supporting us in our efforts to develop Archives and Publications. I thank my sister Rasa Priya Gopikā devī dāsī and her husband Vraja Kṛṣṇa Prabhu for their constant support to serve Your Divine Grace. I thank all the devotees in JPS Archives and Publications.

It is all by Your causeless mercy, that all these great souls gives me association. As this life is very short, I would like to do something substantial service in order to please Your Divine Grace and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I pray to Your Divine Grace to bestow, taste for the holy name, please drill humbleness in my heart. I wish to do Bhakti-śāstri, Bhakti-vaibhava as per your instruction. Always, keep under Your Divine shelter.

Your Ever Servant,

Śyāma Rasika dāsa (dīkṣa)
JPS Archives and Publications
Śrī Māyāpur dhāma, India

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa Our Dearest Guru Mahārāja.

Please Accept Our Humble Obeisances unto Your Lotus Feet.

Wishing you a Very  Very Happy 73rd Vyasa Pooja  Day Celebartions.

All Glories to you on this most auspicious day of   your appearance in this World Gurudev. We are fortunate to have the opportunity to write to you.

We are very gateful  having accepted us as your disciples by giving intiation  on 27th November 2020 on Uttana Dwadas though we did not have any qualification and fallen souls. We are extremely happy that we became your Spiritual Son and Daughter.

During 2015 we started going to ISKCON Sri Sri Radha Krishna Mandir In Chennai.  Prior to that we went to ISKCON Juhu once.  I (Ratnagarbha Nandarani DD) used to go every week to ISKCON Chennai and my Prabhu  (SyamaSundar Acyuta Das)  dropped me several times  to ISKCON Mandir. In this process  he used to have Darshan Of Sri Sri Radha Krishna, Sri Sri Jagannath, Baladev and Subhadra Mayi  and Sri Sri Narsimha Bhagavan Darshan at ISKCON Chennai.  He used to take Krishna Prasadam also. I also used to pray that my prabhu should come to Krishna Consciousness.

From 2018 We are going to ISKCON Vijayawada and now and then to ISKCON HBR layout, Bangalore , also called as Nava Narasimha Temple whenever we go to our daughe’s house in Bangalorer. In Vijayawada  with your mercy we have excellent devotee association and  listened  lectures by temple President , Our Siksha Guru , HG Chakradhari  Prabhuji  and  other Devotees.  We have regularly attended and listened Srimadbhagavatham, Bhagavadgita and Nectar of Devotion classes. During Covid  time also we had online classes which made our spiritual progress day by day better. We also joied Bhakti Sastri Classes.

We are very fortunate to listen to your online Lectures  through Zoom, Facebook and You Tube. During covid  and also in critical health conditions you never stopped online preaching Gurudev. It really gave us a big boost and inspiration. Recently we received mails from you through JPS Care  Team. We are very very happy to read your mails Dear Gurudev. Also we  see messages etc., in JPS Mobile App  , Telegram and facebook. Thank you so much for showering your mercy upon us  for our spiritual growth as well as all humanity.

During  Online Initiation You showered  blessings upon us  Gurudev. Also you blessed  us  ” you follow the 4 principles and chant 16 rounds I will take you to  Krishna”. Thank You so much for your love and affection on theses fallen souls Dear Spritual Father.

Ratnagrabha Nandarani DD had your Darshan and  blessings in Chennai and  in  Puri in previous  years. This year we both came along with ISKCON Vijayawada Devotees, Karthika Yatra, to Mayapur and had your Darshan and blessings.

We are following the 4 Principles with minimum 16 rounds of chanting Dear Spiritual father.  Also we pray for your health and doing extra rounds of Japam.(Syama Sundara Acyuta Das 4 Rounds and Ratna Garbha Nanda Rani 6 Rounds). We are reading and listening Bhagvadgita and Srimad Bhagavatham Classes through local authorities.

We  are also  listening  your online classes now and then which are very very useful in our spiritual life Gurudev. With your mercy we are  also engaged in Temple Services –Kitchen Services,Serving Prasadam, Online Services, Donation Collection, Book distribution etc., in small way.  Ratnagarbha Nanda rani is cooking weekly one time Bhoga  in Sri Sri  Jagannath Mandir. Syama Sundar Acyuta Das is taking online Mangal Aarati and Japam Class weekly once. Thank you so much for  showering your blessings   and giving us opportunities in devotional services for our spiritual growth. Whenever we have difficulties in any thing we pray you Gurudev and it gives a lot of solace for us and we come out of that situation. Please bless us with enough strength,ability  and courage to do the devotional services entrusted to us  without  interruption.

We Pray Sri Sri Radha Shyama Sundar, Sri Sri Jagannath Baladeva and Subhdra Mayi, and Sri Sri Narasimha Bhagavan to protect you with good health so that your mercy on fallen souls continues forever. Your virtual home visits, With your  mercy,inspiration and Guidance only we are progressing our spiritual path Gurdev.

Please bless my daughter  Smt. Jayasudha , son-in-law  Vidya Sekhar Naidu and grand daughter Thanuja  to come to Krishna Consciousness.

Please bless us Dear Guru Maharaj so that we do not commit any offence at the feet of all disciples and  Vaishnavas. 

All Glories to Your Holiness

All Glories  to  HDG Srila Prabhupad and Guru Parampara,

All Glories to Sri Guru and Gaurāṅga,

Your Loving Spiritual Son,

Syama Sundara Acyuta Dāsa

Your  Loving Spiritual Daughter,

Ratnagrabha Nanda Rani Devi Dasi

Dear Guru Maharaj, 

Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my most humble obeisance at the dust of your lotus feet.

I fall flat on the ground and beg for the strength to always engage in your service through which alone I can become a devotee. I have relocated from Chennai to Greater Noida. Your mercy has fallen on this unworthy disciple. The Greater Noida Temple residents have been very grateful and have asked me to help in the Kitchen services for the Sunday Feast Program and Worship Services for Śrī Śrī Gaura Natrāja Dayal Nitāi every Saturday evenings. Thank you so much for your compassion. I pray for your good health and seek your mercy.

Your Servant's Servant
Śyāma Vraja Kumāra Dāsa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeiscences.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Gaurāṅga!!

You are the only way to get rid of material miseries through your lectures.

When we see you all the miseries that are coming into our lives are eradicated immediately.

In this Kali yuga when we hear your vāṇī through daily evening classes, it uplifts us into spiritual consciousness.

The transcendental bliss of seeing your lotus feet, may we always constantly meditate on your lotus feet to progress in our spiritual life.

Praying for your health and increased association to all devotees.

Your servant

Śyāmasundara Śrīnīvās Dāsa

Hare Krishna Mahārāj,

Please accept my most humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet.

I had the great fortune to have your darshan many times during your visit to ISKCON Kolkata. During Ratha Yatra 2019, you were given your close association in the small room for the question-answer session. I had asked one question there, "what is more important, chanting or service?". While answering you triggered me with a question, "why are you separating chanting and service? Chanting is your first service!" This answer really blew my mind! I could realize my insincerity towards the Holy name and how cheaply I have taken the most benevolent gift of this age! 
Mahārāj, even after your warning and instruction, I could barely increase my taste in chanting and making it my first priority. My over obsession with post, prestige, and material comforts has covered my spiritual knowledge which I have received from my Śikṣā Gurūs and devotees. 
Whenever I hear your dedication to the instructions of your spiritual master, I repent and try to realize your mood, although I have hardly developed such surrender. On this auspicious occasion of your appearance day, I just want to pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Govinda to keep you with us for time immemorial. And I pray to you to shower your causeless mercy and eject your mood of service and surrender.


Your insignificant servant,
Tamoghna
India (Kolkata)

nama oṁ vishnu-padaya Kṛṣṇa-preshthaya bhu-tale

śrīmate Jayapatākā-svamin iti namine

nama acaraya padaya nitāi Kripa Pradayine

gaurakatha dhamadaya nagar grama tarine

My Dear Spiritual Father

Please accept my humble & respectful obeisance’s at the dust of your merciful lotus feet, on this auspicious occasion of your appearance day.

I have absolutely no qualification to glorify you my dear Gurudeva, as your glories are endless. You are the source of my all-spiritual energy.

There were never any time where you have not thought of executing Śrīla Prabhupāda mission and order. It is extremely unimaginable for a neophyte like me, the level of love and respect you have for Śrīla Prabhupāda. Despite of so many health complication, you always keep on executing Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu’s mission, which definitely proves that you are only living for delivering fallen conditioned souls like me. All glories to you Śrīla Gurudeva. You are teaching by your own example to all of us that how to become strong under difficult situation. Last month, despite of so many painful surgery, bitter medicine you always thought of all our progress in Bhakti. You have the three world’s largest broad compassionate heart, my dear Gurudeva.

Śrīla Gurudeva, you have made this world holy and fortunate just by your presence. You are Śrīla Prabhupāda’s army commander chief. Hence to say.

পতিত উদ্ধারিতে মোর গুরুদেব করেন বিশ্ব ভ্ৰমণ

জগৎবাসীকে বেলায় শ্রী চৈতন্য চন্দ্রের চরণ।

হরিনামের প্রচার, মন্দিরের বিকাশ আর গ্রন্থ বিতরণ

সকলকে অনুপ্রাণিত করে শ্রীল গুরুমহারাজের বিনম্র আচরণ।।

I am eternally very grateful to you for blessing me with Harinaam initiation.

Presently, I am engaged in preaching, book distribution and other Saṅkīrtana activities. By your blessing, in 2021 book marathon I was able to distribute one Bhāgavatam set and 221 Bhagavad-gītā. On this auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, my humble prayer unto you, that; you please continue to give your blessings and causeless mercy so that I can assist you and dear Śrīla Prabhupāda in some small ways in bringing people closer to Kṛṣṇa and distribute more books.

While practicing devotional service, there are many obstacles I face, which sometimes seems non conquerable, but your causeless mercy is my only hope. Gurudeva you know very well that at every step of my devotional life I do so many mistakes, I have so many flaws but still you are mercifully teaching me, allows me to do service; and never belittle me.

I pray to their Lordship, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Narasiṁhadeva, Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva Bhagavān and dear Śrīla Prabhupāda that they give their extremely special blessings to you.

Your’s Lowly Servant

Tapta kāñcana Gaurachandra Dāsa (Dīkṣā)

Māyāpur, India

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

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Please accept my respectful obeisance’s unto your Lotus Feet on the auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa Pūjā.

All glories to your Divine Grace.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I am not qualified to glorify you, but still I will try my best, to write a few words of your glorification for my own purification.

You are very dedicated to your spiritual master, Śrīla Prabhupāda and that can be seen from the way you are trying to reach out and preach to foolish disciples like me.

Gurudeva, you are an ocean of mercy! You are giving classes on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam and Caitanya līlā, and also the question-and-answer sessions to keep your disciples connected to you. You are taking so many austerities only for delivering fallen souls like us.

I am grateful to you for keeping me engaged in Devotional Service for which I am indebted to you, but I haven’t done anything significant so far, in the last so many years of my spiritual life.

Unfortunately, both myself and my wife and your spiritual daughter HG Saraṇāgathī Gopīkā DD were caught up in Covid and your spiritual daughter left her body, but I was saved, but it left behind in me, some difficult symptoms, the results of which I am still going through. Now My body is becoming weak and my intelligence is also reducing, my memory is going down. I am fully dependent on your mercy for progress of my spiritual life, in this long spiritual journey. I am trying to do whatever Service possible with all the limitations I am going through.

On this most auspicious day, I beg forgiveness at your lotus feet for all my offences, that I may have committed knowingly or unknowingly at your lotus feet.

My sincere prayers, that let me be an instrument even as a small particle of dust at your lotus feet, and assist you, in whatever way possible. Please let me a have a drop of that taste of satisfying you, as you are having, to please your Spiritual master.

I chant extra four rounds and recite Narasiṁha Kavaca prayers three times every day, for your well-being apart from four rounds of Circumambulating Tulasī Mahārāṇī four times, whenever I am able to go to the temple.

I sincerely pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and Āṣṭa Sakhī and the Pañca- Tattva and my beloved Spiritual Grand Father Śrīla Prabhupāda to Bless You with good health and give You a speedy recovery from the physical illness you are undergoing.

Your Insignificant servant,

ISKCON Śrī Śrī Jagannnatha Mandira, Seshadripuram.

Bangalore.

Tīrtha Caitanya Dāsa.

All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

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

Respected Gurumahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.

People search for Absolute truth. People search for God.

You are distributing Love of Godhead, by which everyone will be satisfied unlimitedly.

You are giving the highest wealth to me. I have never sincerely served you.

On this auspicious occasion of your appearance day, I remember one shloka from Śrīmad Bhāgavatam.

janasya kṛṣṇād vimukhasya daivād

adharma-śīlasya suduḥkhitasya

anugrahāyeha caranti nūnaṁ

bhūtāni bhavyāni janārdanasya

O my lord, great philanthropic souls travel on the earth on behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead to show compassion to the fallen souls, who are averse to the sense of subordination to the Lord. SB 3.5.3

I am shameful not to be grateful for your compassion. Please forgive my disobedience. Please i beg you to pull me out from the illusionary life so that I can serve your instructions sincerely.

Your insignificant son

Tirthanga Nitai dasa.

শ্রী শ্রী গুরু গৌরাঙ্গ জয়তঁঃ

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে ।

শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীন্ ইতি নামিনে ।।

নমো আচার্যপাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে ।

গৌরকথা ধামদায় নগর গ্রাম তারিনে ।।

হে আমার পরমারাধ্য গুরুদেব কৃপা করে আমার সশ্রদ্ধ ভক্তিপূর্ণ প্রণাম গ্রহন করবেন ।

গুরুমহারাজ আজ আপনার ৭৩ তম শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথী । এই শুভ দিনে আপনি শ্রীমন নিত্যানন্দ প্রভুর কৃপার অবতার রূপে অবতীর্ন হয়েছেন এই ধরাধামে ।যার দরুন আমার মতন পাপী নরাধম আপনার চরণ ছায়ায় থাকার সুযোগ পেয়েছি।

গুরুমহারাজ আমি আপনার অধ্ম সন্তান । । আমার কোন যোগ্যতা নেই আপনার মতো আধ্যাত্মিক পিতার সন্তান হবার । কিন্তু আপনি করুনা করে সেই যোগ্যতা আমাকে প্রদান করেছেন । গুরুমহারাজ আপনার রাতুল চরনে আমার প্রার্থনা আমাকে কখনো আপনার সেবা আশির্বাদ থেকে বঞ্চিত করবেন না । আপনার সেবা আশির্বাদ ব্যতিত আমার জীবন মৃত প্রায় হয়ে যাবে ।

গুরুদেব , এই শুভ মঙ্গলময় দিনে আমি আপনার শ্রী চরন কমলে আমার হৃদয়ের আন্তঃস্থল থেকে এই প্রার্থনা জানাই যেন , আমি আমার জীবনের অন্তিম সময় পর্যন্ত শ্রীল পভুপাদের এই দিব্য আন্দোলনে আপনার সেবাতে যুক্ত থাকতে পাড়ি । আপনার কৃপার হোক আমার লক্ষ বস্তু ।

কৃপা করি করো মোরে পদ ধূলি সম ।

তোমার সেবক করো তোমার সেবন ।।

এই শুধু আমার প্রার্থনা আপনার চরনে গুরুদেব ।

আপনার আধ্যাত্মিক কন্যা

তৃপ্তিময়ী জাহ্নবী দেবী দাসী

(JPS Care office)

Guru Mahārāja, at first take my humble respect. I have not any quality to writing any letter or wishing to you. But I know you are so kind like as Nityānanda and Mahāprabhu. So, you forgive me.

I want shelter to your lotus feet. Kindly take me as your servant. My life will be hopeless without the mercy of your lotus feet and Śrīla Prabhupāda. Please bless me. I want to be your servant and a Prabhupāda solider.

May Kṛṣṇa long live you.

Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda ki jaya!

Jya Śrīla Jaypatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja ki jaya!

Your most fallen servant,

Tushar Roy Sajeeb (aspiring disciple)

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Namah oṁ vishnu paday Kṛṣṇa preshthhay Bhutale Śrīmate Jaya pataka Swami iit namine, Namo charya Paday Nitāi kripa pradayane, Gaur kathā Dham Daya Nagar gram tarini

My respected spiritual father Śrī Jayapatākā Swami,

Greetings and prayers on your 73rd Appearance day!

Please accept my most humble obeisance’s in your lotus feet. Today is a very auspicious day of your divine appearance in the life of a disciple. Today is the day When a disciple opens his/her heart and with a great feeling sings the glory of the spiritual master, But a fool like me neither has words nor possesses any feelings in the heart, so how can I glorify your holiness?

I have never met you in person but overwhelmed by Just seeing you, according to your instructions, I am chanting 16 rounds of 'hare Kṛṣṇa’ māhā-mantra and also following four rules of Vaiṣṇavas.

Couldn't even see you for the last two years, despite the lock-down, you are constantly promoting your health. You have also done programs online. Like the program of Q&A, story of peace, your consciousness, etc. we are listening to the visionary voice even after such situation.

May your blessings stay with us forever and you continue to shower mercy upon us.

Your disciple,

Udāra Śacī Devī Dāsī

My life was full of darkness
Is needing a ray of hope
You are the one who opened my eyes
My life was empty whole

You are my eternal spiritual Father
Saves me from many danger

As being your spiritual daughter
Can’t give anything in return

Have done many mistakes even
After taking your shelter

You always try me to rectify the mistakes
By your daily instructions

But me a fallen soul doesn’t even
Realize my mistakes

Because of me you have to suffer
Taking my responsibility as whole

I want to ask you please forgive give me
And accept me as your spiritual daughter

From small I have seen my Father and Mother serving you as their spiritual father. From them I develop the connection for you.

But still can’t understand the value of your When I see you the first time in front of me.

Time goes and one day because of your blessings I got back my spiritual Identity.

And understand your position in my life

I want to dedicate my whole life to you

Want to fulfil your desire but every time I fall

‘o’ Gurumahārāja

Please bless me with Śrīla Prabhupāda blessings, Gaura Nitāi blessings.

Please bless this fallen soul.

Your Shelter disciple,

Urmila Namasudra (aspiring disciple)

From Meghalaya

Hare Krishna most respected Guru Maharaj, 

            Please accept my respectful and humble obeisances. All glories  to Srila Prabhupada, all glories to your esteemed self.

           I wish to express my deep gratitude for your care and concern for us,your disciples.I attend your classes regularly on Facebook and listen to your lectures on Kathamrita Radio, and it is always a wonder to me how you retain your enthusiasm despite so many bodily discomforts. What an example you set us, dear Guru Maharaj, in your unwavering dedication to the promises you made to your spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada! Please bless us to have the same determination and dedication in serving you.

           I was going through a stressful period two years ago with some health issues. If I  came through it unscathed,  it is totally due to your mercy. I saw with wonder how you extended your mercy to me still further by engaging me in the Tamil translation service of your JayapatakaSwami app. Reading about your daily activities brought us very much closer to you. The love and affection your devotees expressed for you during your online darsana and the temple visits on Saturdays made us realize what a great fortune you had bestowed on us by accepting us as your disciples 

               Again  it is entirely  through your mercy that we were able to serve your assistants during your recent stay in Chennai, and also serve you through laundry seva. It was a blissful and vibrant time for us - we were  a little anxious about your health condition   but that was also mitigated.

             By your mercy, I am involved in translating the slides of the bhakti vriksha class for hearing impaired persons into Tamil. I am also part of an endeavor to record Bhagvadgita As It Is fot sight impaired persons. I am fortunate to be able to continue the school preaching program,  which had been stopped due to Covid.

          I thank you again and again for your kindness to me, Guru  Maharaj. I beg for your blessings to be able to peach and distribute books and please you in every way, and thus please Krishna and Srila Prabhupada 

                       Your insignificant spiritual daughter, 

                      Uttama Damayanti Devi Dasi 

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja!!!

Please accept my humble blessings.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!

Guru Mahārāja! You have helped me a lot in my spiritual life. I am really indebted to you forgiving me Dīkṣā as am not at all eligible to become your disciple, somehow with your blessings I am helping others by conducting Bhagavad gītā classes in English and Telugu. And some of them took Sīkṣā for 1 round recently. They all supported me in book distribution by giving donations. Kindly bless them Guru Mahārāja!

Also please bless me as I am the most fallen soul and help me in getting rid of all my negative qualities. Only your blessings can help me to progress in spiritual life. Please Guru Mahārāja, I know you are so merciful that you will never leave my hand but help me too to hold your lotus feet tightly so that I can serve you and the Lord in the way you want.

Daṇḍavat Pranam Guru Mahārāja!!

Thank you very much for all your help and support!!

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Your insignificant servant,

Uttama Vasudhā devī dāsī

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and to Your lotus feet.

etad eva hi sac-chiṣyaiḥ

kartavyaṁ guru niṣkṛtam

yad vai viśuddha bhāvena

sarvārthātmārpaṇam gurau

This indeed is the duty of all true disciples: to repay the debt to their spiritual master by offering him, with pure hearts, their wealth and even their very lives. (Sāndīpani Muni to Sudāma & Kṛṣṇa: SB 10.80.41)

Guru Mahārāja, you sacrificed all your wealth and offered your very life to Śrīla Prabhupāda thus setting an example to others as to how a disciple should be. Even recently when you had to be taken to Chennai for treatment, your priority was preaching to hospital staff and make them chant somehow or the other fulfilling the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda to preach unlimitedly.

Guru Mahārāja, in my own limited way I’m trying to preach online to a few congregations based in India and abroad. I am very keen to establish a preaching centre in the Eastern suburbs of Mumbai where there is a good scope for spreading Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Guru mahārāja, I seek your blessings for the same.

With your blessings started Śrīla Prabhupāda Disciples Care Program but so far it has been on a very low profile. Currently one of your God brothers is under the scheme. Another God sister of yours based in Māyāpur was helped under the scheme. One more God brother has approached for assistance. But coming year would like to spread the wings and assist as many as possible. All these are possible only by your mercy. I hope this activity will please your holiness.

Guru Mahārāja, I can feel your purity whenever I see you in person or on online. At that time I feel very small before you. Also feel guilty that I am not doing enough for you. Please forgive me Guru Mahārāja for not coming upto your expectations and being a disappointment. I will surely try to rise up and do my best to please you. But this also is possible only by Guru’s mercy.

I beg your mercy Oh Guru Mahārāja to remain in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and do the preaching activities sincerely and establish a nice preaching centre in Eastern suburbs of Mumbai.

My sincere prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda and to Guru Paramparā to give you a long healthy life full of bliss and spiritual happiness.

Your eternal servant,

Vaikuṇṭhapati dāsa

Lokamātā Lakṣmī dd
 

Dearest Gurudeva!

Please accept our respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All Glories to your divine Grace!

 

gurudev!
kṛpā-bindu diyā, koro' ei dāse,
tṛṇāpekhā ati hīna
sakala sahane, bala diyā koro',
nija-māne spṛhā-hīna

 

 Gurudeva, 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. Let me be as you are, without desires or aspirations.

 

Dear Srila Prabhupada Victory flag!!

You are our only hope! Every moment you are an inspiration for every single soul, whom you get to come across. Even the most recent trip of your’s like Dubai and US you have inspired many of the new Bhakti vrksha contacts there.

 

 As you always say, “anand da sima nai” – No limit for transcendental happiness. Same way I see there is no limit for Your mercy causeless mercy. Your care through online during the tough time of pandemic has attracted many new souls around the world. Even our son Dhruva – 4+ year old. He gets so thrilled as he watches you online. After seeing you online for last 2+ years, He is so excited to see you at Mayapur for this 73rd Vyasa puja. We are overwhelmed with your causeless mercy and feeling more and more indebtedness to you, dear Gurudeva. I don’t think we would be ever able to repay our debt to you.

 

 

Our only wish and prayer is, may we be of some use in your preaching service and connect many souls in service of Yours for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada and the Parampara. Please bless us Gurudeva, that we overcome our anartha’s and be fixed in your services, if it so pleases you! Our son Dhruva may he develop all Vaishnava qualities and he preach to many new souls by leading as a sincere Vaishnava devotee of the Lord and Guru. We desire to be fixed in Your divine grace preaching services, at every second, minute, hour, days and years to come.

 

Thank you for showering your mercy upon us!

Your useless children,

Vaishnavananda Nitai Das,

Soundarya Radhika Devi Dasi,

Bhakta Dhruva

Dear Guru Maharaj,


 Please accept my respectful obeisances.


 All glories to Srila Prabhupada. 
 On the occasion of 73rd Vyasa Puja, prayers to their Lordship for your health and seeking blessings from you that I may always remain engaged in service of your holiness & Srila Prabhupada. 


 On this special day, I am setting focus on ‘preaching’ as a priority for myself as a humble service at your and Srila Prabhupada’s lotus feet. I can only be but an instrument and can do nothing without your mercy & blessings.


 The more I am getting to know you the more I become astonished. I am sure that like for me, you are a role model for many and when it comes to what specific aspect you want to imbibe the list just goes on & on.


 You are a reservoir of mercy, trying to deliver whoever, wherever and whenever you meet. You never discriminate giving out of mercy based on caste, creed, wealth or position. On the way to a meeting, in hospital, during consultation with doctor, at airport, in flight… not one opportunity is left unutilized. Thinking and acting of giving out Krishna Consciousness 24 by 7, even the clock must be wondering about its purpose to distinguish time of the day. It’s like your prime and only objective is welfare of all.


 You are an example of preaching by example, a living embodiment of exclusive surrender. Intense desire of service to Srila Prabhupada & Krishna is what drives you and you direct everything you have, even the last remaining bit of energy in service. At the same time you don’t demand anything from your disciple asking them to at least just maintain their initiation vows. 


 Your heart and thoughts are magnanimous engaging each and every soul in service to Srila Prabhupada and Lord Krishna in some way of the other. Completely disregarding any faults you focus on whatever enthusiasm and eagerness the individual has thus making them feel cared for and expertly motivating them to do more. You know how to connect and interact making the person comfortable and cared for. It’s astounding how you remember names of all with whom you interact. 

 Aspiring to follow in your foot steps in service to Srila Prabhupada. 


Your insignificant servant,
Vamsidhara Visala Das

My most worshipable Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances at your divine loving lotus feet.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

On the occasion of your holy appearance day, I am seeking your blessings.

Guru Mahārāja, you are a loving son of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda and your divine līlās are very exemplary and inspiring for the whole world. You are a practical example of the 3rd verse of Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam. Your compassion and true love are the actual assets or gift for a conditioned soul like me. Your causeless mercy is the only hope to get out of this conditioned stage.

Today, I am trying to meditate upon some attractive qualities of you, the significance of devotee care and to feel non-envious to one and all. While thinking upon devotee care at first I remember how you care for all your disciples and followers in very possible ways. For example: despite all your health issues, you try to be present for Caitanya classes and meeting with devotees. This is how you value each and every conditioned soul. I was thinking how I must look forward to having your association with respect and gratitude. Secondly, the quality of non-enviousness is very natural for you. This is the most essential quality of a person bhāgavata. I must aspire to follow in your footsteps.

Guru Mahārāja, you are very much loving and caring for all of us and today I pray to you that if you so desire please bestow your grace to this conditioned soul. So, someday I can aspire to follow in your foot-steps.

Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for giving me the opportunity to remember your divine qualities for my own purification of heart.

Your aspiring servant.

Vanamālī Govinda dāsa.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All Glories to your auspicious appearance day.

All Glories to you!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

I started chanting and following regulative principles in June 2021. I was begging Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda to give me a spiritual master who can help me to serve Kṛṣṇa. Later, you showered your mercy and held my hand.

You always listen to my prayers and answer me via lectures. You hear my unsaid problems. I don’t deserve your mercy. I am a sinful and insignificant person, but you are so compassionate. You already know it, but I still want to share that you came in my dream and told me “Absolute truth of life is Kṛṣṇa”.

Please bless me so that I can take your divine shelter and serve you, Śrīla Prabhupāda and Gaur-Nitāi. Please bless me and make me a Vaishnavi which you and Prabhupāda would want me to be. Your instructions will always be the motive of my life. I am entangled in this material life. Please free me from this cage of Māyā and give me kṛṣṇa-prema.

Your determination to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda and Mahāprabhu is an inspiration. You are most merciful. Please make me an eternal servant at your lotus feet. Begging for your mercy and blessings. Thank you so much for everything. Please forgive my mistakes. I am not capable enough to glorify you.

Your Aspiring disciple,

Vanshika (aspiring disciple)

Pubjabi Bagn, New Delhi

My dear gurumahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at the lotus feet of your divine grace. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

On the most auspicious occasion of the Vyāsa Pūjā of your divine grace, I want to express my gratitude for all the blessings in my life which is enabling me to practice devotional service nicely. I want to express my gratitude to Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda for all the mercy showered upon this fallen soul by bestowing upon this fallen soul the status of a spiritual daughter of Gurudeva.

Gurudeva, your divine grace have been very merciful and thus enabling me to practice devotional service nicely and to recognise the dangers and miseries of the material world and take shelter of your divine lotus feet which is the source of all strength in my life.

Gurudeva, I am very grateful to your divine grace for all guidance, prayers and love and care which is enabling me to do all services nicely and which is the only hope and shelter in my endeavours to go back to Godhead.

On this most auspicious and glorious occasion, I would like to submit my humble prayers at the dust of the Lotus feet of your divine grace that I may be able to serve the Lotus feet of your divine grace eternally, this life and ever after. Kindly be merciful and take this fallen soul back to Godhead.

Our prayers are there always to Lord Kṛṣṇa that He may keep your divine grace in our midst so that millions can benefit in this dark age of kali and go back to Godhead.

Please accept my respectful obeisances at the dust of the Lotus feet of your divine grace.

Servant of your divine grace,

Varadāyinī Rohiṇī Devī dāsī. (Dīkṣā)

Kochi, Kerala.

Dear Guru Maharaja, 

Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and his followers. All glories to Your Divine Grace and the Vaishnavas. 

More than twenty years back, Your Divine Grace ordered me to follow Prabhupada's instructions as found "in his books". I was a bit surprised at this expression and so queried you about its significance. You then said that actually whatever Prabhupada had wanted to convey to the world are best presented by him in his books and therefore the standard of Krsna consciousness found in Prabhupada's books is generally higher than the standard set out by him outside of his books. You also mentioned that at least a few of your disciples must come up to those standards, "brahminical standards", you said. If those who teach scriptures and worship the Deities are as bad as others, their advice and preaching will have very little or no effect, you noted. 

This was a new concept to me, but I realized that in fact, in general, Prabhupada is much stricter in his books than (for instance) in his dealings with his disciples. Anyone doubting this can just open up The Nectar of Instruction and read through Prabhupada's purports to see for himself. 

Gradually, by pondering over your instruction, I came to the conclusion that I must not just become a Prabhupadanuga -- I must become a Prabhupada-granthanuga, "a follower of the sacred writings of Prabhupada", which will automatically ensure that I will naturally come up to the standards of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, Srila Gaurakisora dasa Babaji Maharaja, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and their predecessor authorities. 

For about three years, you have expressed in an ever louder voice that you wanted your disciples and in fact all of ISKCON to systematically study Prabhupada's books through Bhakti-sastri, Bhakti-vaibhava, Bhakti-vedanta and Bhakti-sarvabhauma levels of education.

My contribution to this effort will be: (1) to teach in these levels to my best ability, (2) to help other practicing devotees study through these levels, (3) to help those interested in teaching become spiritually and intellectually equipped to teach in these levels, and (4) to ensure that there are systems and facilities in place within ISKCON where such education is given free of charge to devotees of a brahminical aptitude.

I have a special interest in the last objective that I have noted above, for in Vedic civilization, four items are given free of charge: food, healthcare, justice and education. Even now in places of traditional Vedic education, training in scriptural knowledge is given free to selected candidates. 

Those who have the courage to function as genuine brahmanas in Krsna consciousness can come up to the standards of Krsna consciousnessness as set forth in Prabhupada's books and teach Prabhupada's books for free. With this in mind, I have presented information about Catuspathis to the Ministry of Education, and it has been warmly received. 

Another way to get this going: Students of Bhakti-sastri or higher levels can be sponsored, you say. This would also a very noble endeavor on the part of the sponsor. 

The more we, your disciples, study Prabhupada's books, understand his standards and take up the austerity of coming up to them, the more we will be equipped to spread Krsna consciousness to the suffering humanity at large. This is the need of the hour, and I will certainly do my very best to become fully equipped, both practically and in terms of spiritual purity, to carry out this service to Prabhupada's movement as envisioned by Your Divine Grace. 

And as per your orders, I beg to remain always

Your servant in the service of Prabhupada and his followers,
Vidvan Gauranga dasa

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja.
Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
All glories unto you Guru Mahārāja on your auspicious appearance day!

Neither have I understood your true mercy, and even if I understand a drop of your glory through your dear most disciples, then I do not find any words befitting enough to glorify you Guru Mahārāja.

But by your mercy and the blessings of His Grace Vijay Venugopal Prabhu and Her Grace Prema Padmini mātājī; and His Grace Prasannātma Balarāma prabhu and Her Grace Purnanandini Mādhavī mātājī and all the glorious Vaiṣṇavas, I am sure that even a fallen soul like me, can do devotional service that would spread the glory of Śrīman Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His senāpati bhakta Śrīla Prabhupāda and the glorious sacrifice of his ever glorious disciples. Hence, I am attempting to glorify you Guru Mahārāja.

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."

I am indebted to you Guru Mahārāja for accepting me as your spiritual daughter. Though I had the desire to take shelter under you for the past 7 years, there had been a lot of insecurities and blockages from my end. But you had always been merciful to this fallen soul.

Pure devotees of the Lord are more powerful than the waters of the sacred river Ganges. One can derive spiritual benefit out of prolonged use of the Ganges waters. But one can be sanctified at once by the mercy of a pure devotee of the Lord. (- Śrīmad-bhāgavatam 1.1.15 purport)

I couldn't perceive the glory of receiving the mercy and association of a pure devotee, but I practically saw that in my life in the past two years. After receiving your blessings and mercy in 2019 when you visited Bangalore, life had been so different. Though It was really testing materially, I could see spiritually it was very purifying and elevating!

By your mercy, I could understand the aparādha I committed in my dealings with Vaiṣṇavas and many other souls. I could understand how I had created many conditioning for myself lifetimes after lifetimes and the amount of karma that I have gathered is beyond imagination. By your causeless mercy, I could see that this material world is full of suffering and how souls like me have entangled ourselves in the material complexities due to unlimited desires to satisfy the senses. But as Kṛṣṇa forced Bhima in the battlefield of Kurukshetra to surrender Infront of the Nārāyaṇa astra; you drag and save us conditioned souls from the material ocean with your causeless mercy and love and put us under the shelter of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu.

I do not remember doing any service sincerely to please you Guru Mahārāja or any Vaiṣṇavas, but you have shown so much care and protection for my weak devotional creeper. During my tough times, I remember feeling hopeless and sincerely chanting your pranam mantra; (Though I was not initiated, but) you reciprocated to my prayers and had sent help within a few days through your dear most senior disciples through their guidance and care. I have no words to express the glory of your pastimes and the wonders that you create in our lives by bringing us closer and closer to Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu!

In the past one year, by your mercy, I could chant the holy names much better and sincerely hear and read Bhāgavatam and Bhagavad Gītā. Through many people and at different times and by various means, many of my past anarthas were revealed to me, and you gave me the strength to undergo intense purification. By your mercy and the blessings of the Vaiṣṇavas I could then see a glance of the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu on the fallen souls of this Kali Yuga. He has made everything very simple that just by crying and calling out GAURĀṄGA, GAURĀṄGA GAURĀṄGA GAURĀṄGA!, we get a taste for chanting the holy names of Kṛṣṇa!. How is it even possible! How can a word (as it seems to be eternally) be so powerful to cleanse the immense dirt accumulated in the heart from many lifetimes?!! Kṛṣṇa is His holy name! The glory of Śrīman Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu's holy names are limitless. One need not undergo any intense austerities for purification, but just chant His holy name. Which other incarnation is more merciful than HIM!!.. If I understand even a drop of His mercy, and the causeless mercy of His dearmost associates and servants; I consider this human life of mine to be successful.

You have been merciful not just to me, but to my family too. My parents being non-devotees, I was worried how they would respond about me getting initiated. But I saw absolutely no obstacles and by your mercy, they watched the entire initiation online. My father was very happy to hear my new name and he kept saying it a few times. And when I returned home after initiation, he welcomed me by calling my initiated name. Your mercy and miracles are beyond words Guru Mahārāja!.

You have taken so much of our karma to deliver fallen souls like me. Yet you only show the happiness and joy that you experience in Gaurāṅga Consciousness. Within a few days after accepting me as your spiritual daughter and initiating me, your health deteriorated and had to undergo so much by taking our karma. I only pray at your lotus feet to always keep me under your shelter and give me the strength to always engage me in your service through all the tough and thin times, without any ulterior motive; and only for the pleasure of Guru and Gaurāṅga.

Thank You so much Guru Mahārāja for not giving up on me and guiding this crippled soul at each and every step with lots of love, care and patience in my journey to attain the supreme goal! I do not know how I can serve to please you. I beg and pray at your lotus feet to bless and shower your mercy on my parents Mahesh and Rani; my sister Veena, Piyush prabhu and myself so that we can make this human life successful in this very life time, and serve as many souls as possible on their journey to attain the shelter of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and go back home back to Godhead. I really want to do pure devotional service Guru Mahārāja, but I don't even know what service is.

Guru Mahārāja, If you so desire, I have a humble request, to please bless myself and Piyush prabhu to come together and engage us in your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Sevas that I render by the Vaiṣṇavas mercy:

Online Preaching

1) Bhakti-vṛkṣa - Nupur mātaji, Anjali mātaji (her father, Rāma Kṛṣṇa Reddy, left his body last month), Śiva Nārāyaṇa prabhu and Citrā mataji. Kindly request you to bless these devotees so that they can quickly progress and overcome the obstacles in their Kṛṣṇa Conscious life.

2) Children's class: Vyom, Vedhika, Sreenidhi, Sravya, Reyansh, Anagha.

3) Youth class: started an online class with college students, but the number of students interested are very less. Please bless Guru Mahārāja so that I could do a nice preaching.

(Requesting your blessings for all the above preaching activities so that more and more souls come and take shelter at the lotus feet of Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi)

I am currently doing Bhakti śāstri. Chanting 16 rounds (and few extra rounds Narasiṁha Kavachā, whenever possible for your good health so that you can travel again and preach) and following 4 regulative principles. Reading Śrīmad-bhāgavatam 5th canto.

Guru Mahārāja, requesting special blessings and mercy for wellbeing and spiritual progress of Himāni mātājī, Mahalakshmi mātājī, new born baby boy of Ambika mātājī, and for initiation of Kalyani mātājī (Goa) from HH Rādhānatha Swami Mahārāja.

Please bless this fallen soul so that I can engage in serving you and the Guru paramparā and all the Vaiṣṇavas by preaching extensively.

gurudeva!
kṛpā-bindu diyā, koro' ei dāse, tṛṇāpekhā ati hīna
sakala-sahane, bolo diyā koro nija māne spṛhā-hīna

Gurudeva, 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. Let me be as you are, without desires or aspirations.

Children's class annual day celebration of Sanskrit club (2021-22): https://youtu.be/0gpUFS4yuOs

Janmashtami 2021 drama by children: https://youtu.be/gNb43k2Woqk

Aspiring to be your sincere servant,

Vidya Svarupīnī Rādhikā devī dāsī

(I love this name Guru Mahārāja! Thank you so much.)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept our humble obeisance. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. This year was year of pandemic by your blessing we had opportunity to participate in online programs.

The gaura kathā which you were giving was very inspiring and at all your health challenges you take the austerity to inspire the fallen souls to take up the Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Your dedication to Śrīla Prabhupāda is very much reveled when planned all the disciples to get initiated should have Bhakti-śāstrī which is giving us to read more and more Śrīla Prabhupāda books. His divine grace has shown his compassion and mercy in his books we understand Śrīla Prabhupāda books are essence of our lives which is giving us an opportunity to relish the nectar of spiritual love to the fallen souls.

We really understand Gurudeva is karunāvatara helping each and every moment his disciples to progress in the right path by educating the disciples to follow the regulative principles and sadhana bhakti every day which is helping us to go nearer to the Lord ships.

Your senior disciples are helping us to progress spiritually by community building. Your empowerment of disciples is very nice and heart whelming and your concern on your disciples to advance is very imperative when you say please take second initiation even at your health challenges.

We understand even in pandemic situation you want travel and preach which is very inspiring your love of Gaurāṅga is very deep.

We are very much pleased by you mercy and association which is helping us to carrying with the Kṛṣṇa consciousness family.

Please bless us to be in the association of devotees and serve you and Gaurāṅga Mahā Prabhu eternally.

Your Insignificant Servants,

Vijay Gaura Kṛṣṇa Dāsa (New Rajapur Jagannātha Dhāma Bangalore)

Daīvī prakṛti Devī Dāsī

Nama Oṁ Vishnu padaya Kṛṣṇa presthaya bhutale
Śrīmate Jayapatākā swamin iti namine,
Nama Acharya padaya Nitāi kripa pradayine
Gaura kathā dhāma daya nagara grama tarine
Hare Kṛṣṇa koti koti Daṇḍavat praṇāmas Guru Mahārāja. I have realized that your presence is the cause of saving the bhakta samaj of ISKCON, and keeping devotees inspired and preaching mission going full speed. In 2008, when you were recuperating in Mumbai from the stroke, there was a massive terrorist attack. Simply by the dint of your holy presence, not even one devotee there was anyway hurt during terror attack. Likewise, somehow, even during the recent pandemic your continuous online association has saved the countless spiritual lives on this planet. Your full faith in Śrīla Prabhupāda 's words, his mission and his vision has encouraged thousands of souls like me to keep serving so that your mercy can reach far and wide, especially through Bhaktivṛkṣa preaching. Despite all external health issues you are unstoppable in giving your mercy through internet platforms like Facebook etc. May we keep getting your continuous grace by Lord Gaurāṅga 's mercy for many many decades to come.
Please let me be the servant at your lotus feet forever.
Your servant
Vijay Parthasarthi Das
(Dīkṣā disciple, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, UP)



My dear spiritual father,

Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to Your Divine Grace!

The last one year, especially the last couple of months, have given us great anxiety about our beloved Gurudeva.

So many new health challenges arising one after the other has been very difficult for me to see.

But when I see that you are resolutely fighting each challenge and doubling down on your mission to please our spiritual grandfather Śrīla Prabhupāda, I am struck with wonder. I see that you just become more and more determined not to reduce your focus, and to stretch your body beyond all limits. The whole Guru Mahārāja Healthy team is meditating all the time on how to keep up with your desires. In this way you engage your disciples in pleasing guru and Gaurāṅga.

It is very clear to me now that all that matters for the rest of my life is to expend my efforts to pleasing you. This is what I am trying.

Firstly - to purify myself by everyday hearing / reading the discourses given by you and Śrīla Prabhupāda. The spiritual purity and power I experience is like a powerful cleanser of my mind and touches my heart.

Secondly - to improve my japa quality a little every day, by eliminating every thought which enters my mind, as fast as it comes. It is rather like baling out water from a leaky boat, but this is what I must do every day of my life.

Thirdly - do as much as I can to help other devotees to remember guru and Kṛṣṇa. I have to do this while simultaneously doing housework, managing my finances, managing my farm, managing my restaurant, and serving my family. It takes every ounce of my energy and patience.

Without your mercy it is not possible for me to do this.

Please bless me with more capability. Please bless my sons Pradeep and Ananth to get more involved with our Kṛṣṇa conscious life and become your initiated disciples. Please bless them to be able to take over the running of the Farm and the Restaurant, start making profits, and earn a good living from them, and donate substantially for your projects.

Please bless Prema Padminī with good health and good fortune to serve you more and more.

Please bless me with more and more opportunities to serve you unrestrictedly.

Your fallen spiritual son,

Vijaya Veṇugopāla dāsa
Koramangala, Bangalore, India

Hare Krishna  My beloved  spiritual father

Please accept  my most respectful  obeisances  on your lotus feet

All glories  to shrila Prabhupada. 

Thanku my loving  spiritual  father to give me chance to send homage. You are the ocean of mercy, I have no single quality  to write   its done only by the your mercy..

Gurudev you are the very dedicated to  Srila  Prabhupada. Please give me your blessings  so that I can also serve you and built strong  relationship. 

My dearest  spiritual  father You are the victory  flag of ISKCON and always  shower your selfless love on us. Please  protect  Me from maya Devi and her test, it can only possible  by your blessings. 

Thanku for accepting  me as your disciple.

Gauranga Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu love you so much.Please bless me on this auspicious  day so that I can develop faith and dependency toward lord.

Without  your mercy I can not able to serve, to develop feeling with you and Sri Sri Nitai Gaur Sunder ji. 

I am very dumb Please  never reject me and please  forgive  my offences.

Your's Spiritual  Daughter 

Vilasini Vrindavani Devi Dasi 

Dwarka, New Delhi 

Nama oṁ Vishnu-padaya Kṛṣṇa presthaya bhutale
Śrīmathe Jayapatākā swamin iti naamine
Nama ācārya Padaya Nitāi krupa pradayine
Goura kathā dhamadaya Nagara grama taarine.
Jaya Śrī Kṛṣṇa Citanya prabhu Nityānanda Śrī Advaita Gadadara Śrī Vasadi Goura Bhakta vrunda.
Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma
Rāma Rāma Hare Hare.

Respected Guru Mahārāja,
Hare Kṛṣṇa. Please accept my humble obeisances unto your Lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

On this auspicious day of your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā, I sincerely pray to Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva and Śrī Śrī Narasiṁha Deva Bhakta Prahlāda Mahārāja for your complete and speedy recovery from all health problems and for the long duration of life. Your appearance day is most glorious, because in this day only, you had mercifully descended from the spiritual world under the order of Śrī Kṛṣṇa to reclaim the fallen conditioned souls like me. I am very very grateful to Your Divine Grace for saving me from the dangerous materialistic life.
As a Great disciple of His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedānta swamy Śrīla Prabhupāda you are full filling the mission of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu by following the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Your determination and dedication in devotional service to Kṛṣṇa and Gaura-Nitāi is very inspirable to all of us. Particularly your devotion in different situations like health problems like even not cooperating of your body also doing devotion enthusiastically. My dear spiritual master you are the benediction to all of us which is Kṛṣṇa gave us to practice devotion and perfection of our life's in this life. By hearing your classes I am getting the taste on the Holiname.
In Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta it is said, “ lava-mātra sādhu-saṅge sarva-siddhi haya – Simply by associating with a pure devotee even for a moment, one will attain all types of perfection”. Guru Mahārāja, You are that type of pure devotee and I am fully convinced that by hearing your Vāṇī and following your instructions strictly, one will make spiritual advancement very fast. Thank you Guru Mahārāja.
Begging for Your mercy always,

Your insignificant Disciple,

Vinoda Venkateśa dāsa
ISKCON Hyderabad (India)

Dear Guru Maharaja please accepts my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada. All glories to you on this auspicious day of your Vyasapuja.
The time of year has come when we have to write a Vyasa Pooja Offering. The
words and sentences just stop. How difficult it becomes to put the thought into words?
“Caksu – dana dila yei, janme janme prabhu sei”, you are my master, birth after birth. Still I
am unable to glorify you. Each and every moment of your life, you teach us by example. You
never lose a single moment to glorify your spiritual master A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada.Anytime anyone credits you with the wonderful service you are doing, you
attribute it to Srila Prabhupada mercy. Guru Maharaja, you have made all arrangement not
only for your disciples but for humanity at large through your many innovative ways of
getting your association through your lectures, live internet broadcast, and activity report. In
every activity of yours, you never fail to strengthen our commitment and conviction to Srila
Prabhupada and his ISKCON. In very exemplary way you teach us the mood of becoming an
eternal disciple by displaying your unconditional pure love for Srila Prabhupada. Please Guru
Maharaja, instil in our heart a drop of that mood of servitor ship for your divine grace as you
have for Srila Prabhupada. Since, we have initiated we have been tried to follow your
instruction to the best extend. I have completely depended on your mercy on this. By your
mercy only we can perform devotional service without any difficulties and can be success
also. Your most valuable guidance has given us courage and enthusiasm to manage our
spiritual life. Your blessing and encouragement has given us great strength to render
devotional service and to serves the mission of Sri Caitanaya Maha Prabhu by spreading the
holy name and message of the Supreme Lord. Please accept my heartily gratitude by
accepting and guiding us taking us through the path of divine knowledge (Krishna
Consciousness).
Last but not least, your health is very important for our tender spiritual life. We
beg the mercy of Their Lordship Sri Sri Radha Madhav, Sri Sri Radha Shyam Sunder and Sri
Sri Panch Tatva to keep you in the best health for preaching Krishna Consciousness all over
the world- Apratihata. For now, I pray at your divine lotus feet to always have your shelter
despite my entire shortfall.
Thank you for everything for accepting me as your “Spiritual son”. I look forward to
serve you more and more. Please bless me so that I can follow your instructions and become
worthy servant for yours.

Yours insignificant spiritual son,
Vipinvihari Acyuta Das

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to you on your most auspicious Vyāsa-pūjā. I have no qualification to glorify you but it is only by your mercy-potency I am attempting this.

I always use to wonder where we would have been if you would have not inspired us all for practicing Kṛṣṇa Consciousness which the soul is seeking since time immemorial, you had causelessly given your blessings to this most fallen soul and engaged him in practicing and preaching the topmost cult of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Despite your ill health, you set another level of benchmark for following your sadhana and preaching and thus inspiring us all to push ourselves more.

Śrīla Gurudeva, my heart always cries out in the thought of not progressing in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, not preaching Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, maybe I’m not aware of the actual reasons or couldn’t realize my mistakes, therefore like a lost child I’m crying out at your lotus feet to uproot all the hurdles and forgive my offenses.

Always praying and begging you to keep me under the shelter of your divine lotus feet and engage me to preach more and serve you more birth after birth, despite all my imperfections.

Your most fallen and unworthy aspiring servant

Vipul (aspiring disciple)

Indore, India

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisance at your lotus feet.

All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga!!!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

All glories to Pañchatattva!!!

All glories to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava Aṣṭa Sakhīs!!!

All glories to Śrī Ugra Narasiṁha and Prahlāda Mahārāja!!!

All glories to Rājāpur Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā mai!!!

Guru Mahārāja,

Your daily zoom darśana, giving lectures on the new book Lord Caitanya līlāmṛta are very wonderful.

You are a right example as a disciple of His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda as well as ācārya in practicing devotional services and following instructions of His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda are appreciable as true and pure devotee of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. You are performing all these services and your sādhana even at very adverse health conditions. You have strong determination to fulfil Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions and make him satisfied with his disciples sincerity and commitment to serve Guru without any expectations. This is anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ, the Pure state of devotees.

I pray and beg Śrī Rādhā Madhava to shower Their cause less mercy upon you to continue to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda with the same spirit and good health.

I beg you to give me your blessings to serve you and Śrīla Prabhupāda mission until my last day. since last three years I had very tough time due to my wife’s health conditions (Ananta Mañjarī devī dāsī - She suffered a lot with cancer and left this world on 19th July’2021). Now I want to serve villagers with Kṛṣṇa consciousness to make them devotees of Kṛṣṇa. Please bless me to serve without any obstacles.

Your humble servant,

Vīra Govinda dāsa
(Kharghar-Navi Mumbai)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances onto your divine lotus feet on this auspicious day of your Vyāsa Pūjā

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to you Guru Mahārāja

Guru mahārāja, this is my first Vyāsa Pūjā offering as your disciple and also my first Vyāsa Pūjā offering. This most fallen soul got initiated from you by your divine mercy on 9th January 2022. I'm so grateful to you for choosing this fallen soul as your disciple.

Guru Mahārāja, You are giving classes and darshans daily, this despite many physical impediments. We have even seen you lying down on your hospital bed and giving darshan. During the Navadwīpa maṇḍala parikramā 2022, you just came out although you looked very tired, so that we could get your darshan before you leave to dāmodardeśa. Who can be more merciful than you. We are very grateful to Śrīla Prabhupāda for making you a member of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu's army and giving you to us.

By seeing you Guru mahārāja, your dedication to Śrīla Prabhupāda, to Lord Caitanya's movement and your endless efforts in guiding many fallen souls through JPS E-care, I become enlightened. I'm then reminded of my real duty of serving you and Śrīla Prabhupāda. My only hope is your lotus feet. Kindly bless me so that I could help you to my fullest extent in fulfilling the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru mahārāja, for your pleasure we (ISKCON youth forum, SNGM, Bangalore) had distributed 614 Śrīla Prabhupāda transcendental books (382 Bhagavad-gītā 's & 232 small books) during the December month book marathon 2021. Most of the book distribution happened on the road during traffic signals. We remember your instruction for Bangalore, to make Bangalore the first Kṛṣṇa conscious city of the world. Please bless IYF Bangalore so that we could be of some help in fulfilling this instruction of yours.

Please forgive me for my many offences. Kindly bless me to overcome them.

Seeking your blessing on this auspicious day so that I could help you in fulfilling Śrīla Prabhupāda instructions.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for this opportunity.

Your most insignificant servant,

Visvavijaya Nimāi Dāsa

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

Hare Krishna Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. 

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. 

All glories to Your Divine Grace on this auspicious day of Your Vyāsa-pūjā.

One more year Your Divine Grace have blessed us, people of this material world, with Your divine association.  Although You are a person of spiritual realm still it’s Your causeless mercy that you are loving us and caring us and encouraging us to go back home back to Godhead. You, by Your divine will, showed Your kind mercy on all of us, otherwise we don’t have any inclination to think about Kṛṣṇa or do any devotional service. We are Just interested in sense gratification, envying others, hating others, full of selfishness. 

It is not at all possible for us to chant the Holy names. Why Lord in his most merciful form of Holy names will vibrate on our tongue, what qualification do I have? It is not at all possible. It is possible only and only by the prayers, blessings and mercy of Spiritual master that I am producing this sound vibration through my mouth which is always speaking nonsense.

The great fortune of being a part of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement and able to see such exalted devotees, hear from them is a causeless mercy which is coming through Lord Caitanya, Guru Paramparā and finally through Your Divine Grace. And Causeless mercy doesn’t have any cause, it is purely the heartfelt desires of great vaiṣṇavas Like Your Divine Grace who always thinks about the welfare of the fallen souls. Causeless mercy cannot be demanded. It is not my birth right, it’s a privilege, it’s a blessing which I don’t deserve but still getting. How can I repay such gift?

I don’t have even intelligence to understand my good fortune. I Just do chanting as a ritual, go to temple, read books etc., just because You are always encouraging us to do so and shows by Your own example. 

Your Stone like determination to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda is beyond my conception of service. I am limited with my bodily boundaries, capabilities, and situations. But Your Service attitude has no such limitations. You are unstoppable under any circumstances and I am so fortunate to observe these divine pastimes of Your Divine Grace. Just seeing You, hearing You makes me purified and increases my faith in Lord Krishna and Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Movement. 

You are Conscious of Kṛṣṇa at every step of walk, every spoon of food, every blink of Your eyes. I feel like just observing You and Your activities every second because these activities are essence of all shastra, essence of all teachings and culmination of all spiritual understandings. 

I feel and I know for sure that any spiritual progress, Understanding or even going back home back to Godhead will be possible only and only because You desire so for all of us. There is no other possibility. There can’t be any other reason.

Finally, I pray to Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, supremely merciful Pañca-tattva, Jagatguru Śrīla Prabhupāda to bestow Your Divine Grace with Good health, Long Life and all strength so that We all can see Your Divine Grace again walking like a Lion amongst the Jackal like misinterpreted, unauthorized spiritual leaders and performing Your extended pastimes of Caitanya Lila and creating good fortune for all of us.

Thank you for being there always and when We need you. Thank you for always answering questions and clearing my doubts. Thank you for everything You gave us . I look forward to serve Your Divine Grace more and more and more. 

Please bless me so that I can chant with proper concentration and prayerful mood, can read and study Śrīla Prabhupāda books, can understand the real essence and principle of devotional service, can do some value addition to this glorious movement, follow your instructions, able to please Your divine Grace and become a worthy servant of Yours.

Your Fortunate Sīkṣā Disciple

Vraja Kṛṣṇa Dāsa, Śrī dhāma Māyāpur.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept my humble Obesiences!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to your Divine Grace!!

I am very fortunate to have received eternal shelter at your lotus feet. I saw your dedication towards Śrīla Prabhupāda and His Mission on 10th March 2022, when I saw that Your Divine Grace's body was ill and I could see that Your Divine Grace were not able to open your eyes and also Your head was bowed down due to bodily illness but still when the donors of TOVP came Your Divine Grace opened your eyes, blessed them, gave them medals and then again closed your eyes and bowed your head down due to bodily illness. I was very touched by that incident. It proves that the pain that a sādhaka like me takes in preaching is highly insignificant in front of the pain which Your Divine Grace is bearing for the mission of Prabhupāda. Your Divine Grace is really the heart of whole of Māyāpur.

I being a nitya baddha jīva is certain to commit many offenses knowingly or unknowingly. Therefore I beg forgiveness for all my offenses and also for any improper use of words. I do daily 8 rounds of Tulasī parikramā for you Gurudeva. Kindly bless me that I can be a good disciple of your and also that I can serve His Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Your Divine Grace, ISKCON and All the Vaiṣṇavas of the universe.

Yours unwanted servant

Vrajapati Mādhava dāsa

IYF Māyāpur

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa my Dearest Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet.

Wishing you a very happy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā day celebrations. All glories to you on this most victorious day to celebrate your auspicious appearance in this world. I am trying to write something to express my gratitude towards you. But I am feeling there are no sufficient words to express my gratitude as you have done so much for me Gurudeva. Still I am trying to write as per my ability, kindly accept it at your lotus feet.

In the life of a disciple, what can be a sweeter day than the appearance of his beloved spiritual master. Today is the day I open my heart with a great feeling and sing the glories of my spiritual master in a loud voice.

Guru Mahārāja, once you said, in material life one has to have a spiritual master, because by the guidance of a guru he or she can understand the glories of Kṛṣṇa and reach Him. I still remember that speech, what you have spoken on my initiation day. Guru Mahārāja you said, They are many Brahmāṇḍas in these universe, out of 100 crores people, only one person can get the chance to take initiation from a bona fide spiritual master in this Kali Yuga - you all are getting a chance to go back to godhead. Guru Mahārāja at the end of the lecture, You loudly said “I will take all of you back to Kṛṣṇa”. You have made me very fortunate by accepting me as your disciple and showering your mercy in this lifetime. Else I would be just wandering in this Brahmāṇḍa for millions of lifetimes with no spiritual goal. We can see how merciful you are to a fallen soul like me.

Guru Mahārāja, It’s almost a year since I have taken initiation from you, But I am simply struggling to follow your instructions in my life to become serious and sincere in my spiritual life. A fool like me, always busy with my own self, doesn’t even try to realize what kind of troubles my spiritual father is going through to protect me. Guru Mahārāja you are so compassionate and kind with everyone, just like Lord Nityānanda, you don’t discriminate to whom to give your mercy. We are so fortunate to live under your protection. Please bless us Gurudeva so that I can have an intense desire to read and hear Caitanya līlā, Bhāgavatam and Bhagavad-gītā.

Guru Mahārāja, once I heard from my sīkṣā-guru, on Vyāsa-pūjā day, the guru will be more merciful, he fulfils the wishes of his disciple. I personally experienced that incident in my life. On last year Vyāsa-pūjā day, I prayed for you that I want some service to serve you. In next few days, I got a call from my beloved god sister Bhāgyavatī Subhadrā Mātājī, she said there is one service, you have to translate the Guru Mahārāja messages from English to Telugu. By hearing this news, I felt very happy. But I have no idea about this service Guru Mahārāja. My other god sister Sumukhi Hariṇī Mātājī, she is the head of Telugu translation team, she helped me a lot in doing this service. May 4th 2021, I’ll never forget in my life Guru Mahārāja. The day I started your app service, on the same day our dear most His Grace Paṅkajāṅghri Prabhu left this material world, went back to Goloka dhāma. But you are always there for everyone Gurudeva, you gave so much strength to Jananivāsa Prabhu, you stood beside him in this most sorrowful situation.

Guru Mahārāja, from the last 2 months, I am feeling very depressed and unable to focus on my devotional services. I have so many questions in my mind. I was thinking deeply, how to solve my problem. In this situation, I have no other hope other than you Gurudeva. Whenever I have any doubt, you are always there to help me and direct me in the right way. March 1st 2022, You gave me your darśana in my dream. Guru Mahārāja in that dream, you were so young, it was in the year 1978, all the devotees are around you, the question-and-answer session has been going for the last 3 hours. I sat down at your divine lotus feet; I am seeing your Lotus face. Guru Mahārāja you opened your diary and started asking me a question. I was shocked, I have no ideas about that question. Finally, I saw that answer from your dairy, and answered “eyes”. Gurudeva, you came a little closer to me and you said that “See the situations through eyes”. Even now I do not understand what you have said to me. But my situations have started changing in a positive way. We cannot understand your mercy Gurudeva, you simply change our lives with your divine glance.

Gurudeva, you are planning to bring many more apps to be in touch with your disciples every moment like JPS care, Vaiṣṇava Marriage Bureau for girls, to find perfect devotee life partner, you encourage us to send questions through emails. On every Ekādaśī, we are getting your special mercy through Newsletter, it’s really a feast to my ears. This shows how much you love and take care of your devotees. Gurudeva you are always absorbed in Gaura-kathā and how wonderfully you show us the solution to every single thing in our lives. Giving us confidence that Nitāi Gaurāṅga are the most merciful personalities, telling us that Māyāpur Dhāma is our home and telling us you have to bring more people to home. Simple amazing Gurudeva!

After Caitanya-līlā class, you dedicated yourself to meet every single devotee by visiting different countries in the world through Zoom. Gurudeva, all south India devotees eagerly wait for Tuesday class, so we can make different food preparations for you. I remember one incident, Gurudeva, On Pānihāṭi day, I prepared ciḍā-dadhi-prasāda with so much love, by seeing my offering you said “fruits ciḍā-dadhi” that made me smile. Your love for your devotees is invaluable Gurudeva.

Guru Mahārāja, by your causeless mercy, I am rendering services at ISKCON Vijayawada. This year we got a new Jagannātha Mandir in the centre of the city. By your blessings me, my mother (Ratirūpa Mitravṛnda devī dāsī) and my father (Gurunātha Kṛṣṇa dāsa) are your disciples. We got a chance to cook Raj-bhoga for Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā once a week. Last year ISKCON Vijayawada Mātājīs started Gopal fun school for children Guru Mahārāja. I am one of the teachers. We want your mercy, so we can continue this service without any obstacles, and we may please Lordships with our services so that I can carry on my services to you and Śrīla Prabhupāda eternally. This year we celebrated Śrī Śrī Rādhā Śyāmasundara 20th anniversary very grandly.

This year, at the Rādhā Mādhava golden jubilee festival, His Grace Jananivāsa Prabhu and His Holiness Lokanātha Mahārāja offered you a Golden medal for your wonderful valuable service from the last 50 years in ISKCON. These make us know how deeply you dedicated your life and soul to your spiritual master following his instructions throughout your life. Gurudeva words are less, Your glories are endless. Śrīla Prabhupāda’s vision became your heart, you never give up the service, which is dear to you, preaching the fallen souls who are stuck in the dark well of ignorance.

Guru Mahārāja it’s really encouraging to see your enthusiasm and eagerness to give classes on zoom, even in a bad health condition. But at the same time, it’s painful to see you undergoing so many health issues and it’s all because you are taking our bad karmas. Please bless us so that we should be careful at every step of life and do everything keeping Kṛṣṇa in the centre.

Guru Mahārāja, you know well what a big rascal I am, my mind is filled with material desires. I request you please take the charge of my mind and never allow these desires to be fructified and replace them with spiritual desires. Always keep showering your blessings on our family and bless my sister Dedeepya and brother-in-law Kaushik to always remember Kṛṣṇa and never forget Kṛṣṇa, also we could be able to become instruments in helping you to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness. It’s been 2 years Guru Mahārāja, we have not taken your direct darśana and association. We beg your blessings Gurudeva so we can take your direct association and visit holy dhāmas this year.

We would like to pray for Lord Narasiṁhadeva to protect and bless you so that you recover from your current health condition and gain good health to serve and fulfil Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. Guru Mahārāja please bless us so that we chant our rounds offenselessly and continue to relish the taste for chanting and help to bring eagerness for chanting. You always guided, motivated and helped us to progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. You sacrificed everything to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda and Kṛṣṇa. We Love you lots Gurudeva with all our hearts. Thank you is a very small word for what you gave us but thank you so much for everything Guru Mahārāja.

All Glories to Your Holiness!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Guru-paramparā!

All Glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

Your loving spiritual family,

Yamunā Priyā Gopīka Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Gurunātha Kṛṣṇa Dāsa
Rati Rūpa Mitravinda Devī Dāsī
Dedeepya
Kaushik
Vijayawada

My dear spiritual father Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful prostrated obeisance’s at Your Divine Grace’s lotus feet on

your Centennial Vyāsa-pūjā celebration! Unfortunate I am making trying to increase fortune by singing glories of your holiness.

Make this unfortunate a great fortunate one by gracing your divine shelter. Suffering in this material world without any shelter is deliberately waiting for your shelter, other than which there is no other hope.

O Lord and my master, I repeatedly failed in my ways to enjoy and find no means of shelter other than your lotus feet. Not able to follow the divine lotus like words waiting for your divine shelter from above. Scriptures glorifies your qualities which even attract Kṛṣṇa, how can this unfortunate one can really understand in full, but I hope for your mercy to reveal from within.

If I make your instructions as my life and soul, then that day will become my success of life, May that day be mine (guru-sevāya bastu mile jīvana sārthaka jadi hoy). Give me your drop of mercy so that I can become humbler than blade of grass and give me all strength to bear all troubles and trials and make me devoid of all desires of personal honor.

Lacking faith in holy name is begging for your drop of faith which you have on holy name. If by your grace if you bestow the mercy, then I will be able to pay respects to all living entities then I will be able to chant holy names in proper way. Obtaining by your mercy I will consider myself blessed by your grace. If your give mercy then I will be able to follow the Nectar like instructions, make me your own servant then I will be freed from desire of personal honor.

If you examine me, you find me devoid of spiritual qualities, but it is your compassion which can surely help this fallen soul to grace your divine grace on this fallen. Finding no other means my hearting is burning with fire of material desires, like a desert scorched by sun. Save this fallen by mace in your hand.

Hoping for your divine mercy with aspiration of service.

Your Insignificant Servant aspiring for shelter,

Yogānanda (aspiring disciple)

Kanpur, India

Italy

Hare Kṛṣṇa beloved Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances at Your amazing lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

The lotus feet of the spiritual master are the only way by which we can obtain pure devotional service.

I bow down to Your lotus feet with owe and reverence. By Your grace I can cross the ocean of material suffering and obtain the mercy of Kṛṣṇa.

No doubt You are gently and mercifully pulling me out of this world, where I foolishly decided to come.

I have experienced how your glance over a conditioned soul is enough to create a crack in the stone heart, not visible to human eye, but it cracks slowly to uncover the natural spiritual desires of the soul. It just a question of time.

Your constant and unretiring desire to connect souls to Kṛṣṇa is humbling for us who witness it.

I am moved by your heart-to-heart connection and by how souls get spiritually surcharged and energized by Your presence either personally and online.

I bow down repeatedly at Your lotus feet, as without Your mercy I cannot live. Please do never abandon me, I do not have realization of the spiritual world or Kṛṣṇa, but I do know that You are my master and Kṛṣṇa has sent You to me to facilitate my surrender and there is no higher happiness than feeling Your presence in my heart.

I pray Kṛṣṇa to give You good health, if He so wishes, as this world needs You tremendously.

Your grateful daughter,
Akarsinī Rādhikā devī dāsī

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

Dearest Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

please accept my most respectful obeisances to Your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to You, my beloved spiritual father!

I'm Antaraṅga Śakti devī dāsī, from Italy.

Here I am addressing You, dearest Śrīla Guru Mahārāja on the occasion of Your glorious Vyāsa-pūjā, that for all of us, Your disciples, is the most important event as You, Guru Mahārāja, are the most important person in our miserable existence.

I constantly thank Śrī Nityānada Prabhu, the Supreme Spiritual Master, for having granted me the immeasurable mercy of having welcomed me into the ranks of devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Saṅkīrtana Movement, of Śrīla Prabhupāda and placing me on Your way. I don't know what You saw in me, but for my great fortune You accepted me as a spiritual daughter and disciple.

Now I am here, thanking You, for all the compassion, mercy, patience, tolerance You pour out on me, as on each of Your spiritual children.

In recent times, many things have changed in the world we live in, but You have always given us enthusiasm and a solution to obviate the uncertainties in the changes, a solution that is summed up in the refuge and in the chanting of the Holy Names.

You have always given us an additional input to join and remain united, like a large family of brothers and sisters who love each other, dialogue, support and help each other. We are working on it and something is moving.

Objectively, dear Guru Mahārāja, I am not much of a devotee and disciple, I try, I try to commit myself, but my gaps are so many. Despite this, for Your mercy, I am here, at Your direct service, which I carry out in various fields of research and also through the translations of the Jayapatākā Swami APP. I am infinitely grateful to you for this! Thanks to this service I feel constantly in Your association, I participate in Your days, which are really intense, and I learn a lot, I take an example from You, because You are our example.

You are always fixed and concentrated in everything You do but at the same time you are detached from it, even in important or challenging matters, conveying the awareness that everything is under Kṛṣṇa's will and control.

From research I have done on current issues, from the last two and a half years to today, I have come to understand that the instabilities of these times help us to take more and more solid refuge at the lotus feet of the Spiritual Master and Gaurāṅga.

Awareness of what is happening is also a tool to understand ever more deeply the illusory nature of this material world, It’s liar component, It’s temporariness and instability. All this is useful for me to definitively break down the illusions related to this fictitious reality and focus on what is really useful, for ourselves and for all those around us.

In this I must confess that You are a source of inspiration and example. You always update on everything, but You are detached from it. I too am succeeding, in part of course, not like You.

I pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to always protect You and keep You healthy, to continue to guide and instruct us. I also address an "egocentric" prayer to the Supreme Lord: I ask Him to help me become a reliable devotee and allow me to be a useful tool in Your lotus hands, to satisfy You and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

It is night here, but in Vṛndāvana it is time for Maṅgala Ārati. I often follow the live program, since my day ends late, then I go to rest with the wonderful Lordships in my eyes and singing in my ears. Everything fills the heart with beauty.

I have asked Śrī Nityānanda, the Supreme Spiritual Master, to help me find the right words to express the gratitude, the feelings I have towards You, dearest Guru Mahārāja.

I do not think I have succeeded: your qualities are so many that it is impossible for me to just know them, what to say to understand them.

My prayer is that You continue to keep me in the service of Your lotus feet.

With eternal gratitude

Your "clumsy but evolving" servant,

Antaraṅga Śakti devī dāsī
Italy (Lecce)

To His Holiness

Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja

Dearest Guru Mahārāja, Hare Kṛṣṇa.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga!

Please accept our most respectful obeisances to Your lotus feet and we thank You for being an example for us all.

Birth, illness, old age and death are the evils that afflict conditioned souls, but You, with Your elevated spiritual conscience, are overcoming these conditionings with serenity, determination and courage, unlike us, ordinary Jives, who, in similar situations, are always ready to complain, sometimes forgetting our nature as spiritual souls.

When we listen to the Bhagavad-gītā, we realize, through Your example in dealing with difficulties, that it is possible for us too, following in Your footsteps, to stop complaining and welcome the joys and sorrows of life.

You show us in this way that, being in union with the Supreme, one can overcome the dense forest of illusion and that, following the directives of Guru and Kṛṣṇa, one can live with satisfaction under Their tutelage.

You are concretely demonstrating that Kṛṣṇa Consciousness is the salvation for all souls living in the material world and that the safe path is Your example of dedication to Śrīla Prabhupāda's instructions.

Indeed, you are demonstrating that a high level in spiritual life can be achieved with satisfaction by following Guru and Gaurāṅga.

You are the commander of the vessel that will take us to Kṛṣṇa, and if we continue to follow Your directions, navigation will be safe.

Without Your lofty association, surely, we would have no escape sailing the stormy ocean of Māyā.

If we accept, as we accept, that books are the basis, purity, strength, utility and principle, then You are the brightest example of guidance for all.

On this auspicious day of Your appearance, we wish You to regain Your former good health in service to Śrīla Prabhupāda and the devotees.

Wishes, wishes, wishes!!!

Your insignificant servants

Rāma Gaurāṅga dāsa

Anusariniṣṭha devī dāsī

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

nama oṁ vishnu-padaya Kṛṣṇa-preshthaya bhu-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine

namas te saraswate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracarine
nirvishesha-shunyavadi-pashchatya-deśaa-tarine

All the Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All the Glories to You Gurudeva Śrīla Ācāryapāda

Dear Beloved Guru Mahārāja Śrīla Ācāryapāda

please accept our most respectful obeisances onto Your lotus feet today, the most auspicious day for us, the day of Your Vyāsa-pūjā.

We have the great opportunity to glorify You in Your Vyāsa-pūjā Day.

The Śātra say us that Guru is not different from Lord Kṛṣṇa himself.
Your words are Kṛṣṇa words

This period had been a difficult time, for preaching by the streat and for your health condition.

The asura are creating difficulties to preaching, and MĀYĀ is always very strong.

We always attend any news/report about Your sevā to ISKCON and Your health.

We follow your sublime sevā for MĀYĀPUR TOVP and all-around world preaching and attending Your disciples.

All of that give us enthusiasm to following Śrīla Prabhupāda mission.

Thank you Guru Mahārāja.

Even you are in a very impaired body condition, still Your Preaching is going on and still You are taking care of all of us in so many ways.

This wonderful Your appearance Day in the material world, we can just put our head below Your Lotus Feet and continue to serve You.

We 'll always pray Lord Narasiṁhadeva to protect You in everywhere and every time.
Your insignificant, unqualified and humble servants,

Aśoka Nitāi dāsa (Dīkṣā disciple)
Gopanandinī devī dāsī (Dīkṣā disciple)

Dulāla Gaura (son of above devotees, Well-wisher)
(ISKCON Rome / Italy)

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

My dear and beloved Śrīla Gurudeva, please accept my most respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. On this auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I would like to take the opportunity to thank you for all the genuine spiritual love you are giving me, for the example that you set to which I always refer to, for being constantly present in my mind and for helping me step by step.

Your activities are incomparable, please bless me and allow me to imbibe your urge to preach and your compassion to every fallen soul. Please always allow me to be engaged in service and to execute it with full concentration and devotion.

Your example is our daily nourishment. All glories to your lotus feet!!

Your fallen daughter,

Devakī Rūpa Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

Italy (Florence - Villa Vrindavan)

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

please accept my respectful obeisances at Your Lotus Feet!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaurāṅga, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Kṛṣṇa and all glories to You!!!

First of all, I want to offer You my respectful obeisances and wishes on this very special day for all of us.

This year I am late with the Vyāsa-pūjā letter because I had problems with covid.

But here I am, to try to offer You my best wishes with all the heart and humility of which I am capable.

These are not easy times, they have not been easy for anyone, but thinking about You and remembering You with spiritual love fills my heart with spiritual joy, light and hope.

During this time, I have tried my best to serve and remember You.

I taught school children with the “Yoga-bumbi” project and brought them the stories of Kṛṣṇa.

I have tried to distribute books and prasādas and have tried to make Kṛṣṇa consciousness known to those I have met on my path. Sometimes it was a success, sometimes not, even if the benefits are always there, as You teach us every day!

My family always remembers You with affection and joy and Nīlamaṇī asks for You and looks at You with admiration, amazement and love.

He too prays that You will always be in good health.

During this year, by Your grace, I have felt the closeness of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and am trying to heal from my anarthas by following the sādhana.

I've thought of You a lot.

You are always in my thoughts, and sometimes I imagine that I can come and visit You, even though I know that You are always happy if we serve with intensity and love where we are...

There is always something useful and beautiful to do!!!

Happy Birthday Beloved Master of Infinite Qualities!

Thank You for Your presence, for Your mercy, for Your immeasurable spiritual affection.

Thank You for accepting me as a disciple and for always protecting me and my loved ones.

Please bless me so that I can always use my time well and joyfully, to be able to help You spread the real message of Bhakti Yoga that Śrīla Prabhupāda taught us and which You represent so well!

See you soon, dear Guru Mahārāja, if Kṛṣṇa wills.

Thank You for taking care of Your health for all of us too.

Your spiritual daughter, always united with You in the service with

Little Nīlamaṇi and family
Ekarādhā devī dāsī,
Italy (Bergamo)

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa, dearest Guru Mahārāja.

Please accept my most respectful obeisances to Your lotus feet.

I am Gora Nata Raj das, from Italy.

I am writing You this letter on the occasion of Your glorious Vyāsa-pūjā to thank You for Your inner strength.

Ever since I was a child in Villa Vṛndāvanaa, You have always seemed to me a good giant, in which to take refuge and feel safe.

When You raise Your arms in glorification of Lord Caitanya, You give me so much energy and I want to hug You, since I feel Your presence and You give me strength, courage and determination in engaging myself more and more in service and in the chanting of the Holy Names, to make You satisfied with me and to progress on the bhakti’s path.

I am so homesick to see You and to be in Your close association!!!

I wish You a good recovery, we always pray for You, and if Kṛṣṇa wills, we will be able to see each other again and enjoy Your association.

I try my best to follow Your instructions.

I would like to inform You that for some time now I have been staying many hours in the home temple, in front of our Deities of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Govinda, Jagannath, Subhadrā and Baladeva, Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi, Śrī Nrisimha Bhagavān and I speak with Them, aware of the fact that They, through You, dear Spiritual Father, are our hope, strength and refuge to overcome this difficult and unhealthy period, not so much for a virus that no longer exists, but because I see that many devotees are also losing their spiritual clarity and I feel more alone.

By the mercy of Jagannath, Subhadrā and Baladeva there are You, who with Your words help me to maintain a good conscience and always eager to improve myself.

Once in Villa Vṛndāvanaa You were climbing the stairs to go to the sannyāsī asram and I, I was 7 years old, with my mother Antaranga Śakti devī dāsī and other devotees we followed You. Seeing me having difficulty climbing the steep stairs, You handed me the end of Your stick. I held on and You helped me up the stairs.

Likewise, You are still helping me to climb the stairs to pure devotion today.

The stairs to climb are steep and difficult, but with Your safe and powerful guide, I will surely make it.

Again and again I offer You my most respectful and humble obeisances to Your lotus feet, thanking You for the infinite mercy and love that You bestow on all of us, Your spiritual children.

Your would-be servant,

Gaura Naṭarāja dāsa

Dearest Guru Mahārāja, Hare Kṛṣṇa!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga!

I am Lakṣmī Priyā Sundarī devī dāsī from Rimini, Italy.

On this sacred day of Your apparition and Your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā I would like to express to You what I feel.

I don’t feel up to writing proper words, because You are great and Your example as a Kṛṣṇa conscious devotee confirms this at every moment.

I was wondering, “But Kṛṣṇa consciousness is singing dance, it’s joy! So, why so much suffering?”

But You gradually made me realize how indispensable, urgent it is to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. The devotee is not a person who does not suffer, who does not get sick, whose life is only joy, but he is the one who depends on guru and Kṛṣṇa, in the difficulties and sufferings that arise on his path, and I am working on it... it seems easy, but it is not.

If only I realized the great mercy that has been bestowed upon me by receiving refuge at Your lotus feet! And I often wonder if I’m up to it!

Guru Mahārāja, you are the savior of fallen souls, you are the one who bestowed causeless mercy, who sees beyond appearances, the one who can be truly trusted, because only You can save us from this ocean of material sadness.

These are talks said and repeated, but now they come spontaneously to me.

Only when I will be able, by Your and Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, to serve You adequately then, only then will I find true peace.

Your insignificant servant at your lotus feet.

Lakṣmīpriyā Sundarī devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

Italy (Lecce)

Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja

Most beloved Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisance’s to your lotus feet, where many conditioned souls beg to take shelter.

All glories to Your Divine Grace who’s only ambition is to Serve His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda who has given the whole world the shade of His Divine Lotus feet, with His unconditional mercy.

I have no understanding of why or how I ever came to be part of this wonderful spiritual family, but I am so happy that I did. It is the most worthwhile event in all my lifetimes.

Guru Mahārāja you have shown me countless of times, how to overcome obstacles that I face while in this material condition world, and so many times I am overcome by your love and concern for me, even if your very own material body is undergoing such harsh pain and to see You to have to endure this makes it so hard for me. Many times, I wanted to come online but to see all that you are having to deal with make it so painful for me to witness.

Every year that is passing is just one step less to take here in the material world if we only just surrender fully without asking anything but to serve the Spiritual Master and Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

I miss so much the personal service we got to do when you arrive, the ecstatic moments of listening to You and watching your wide smile as you look around at all of the devotees in your presence.

You actually love all the devotees and always trying to make them happy just by a word that they take into their hearts or a sweet or mahā-prasāda.

The very first time I spoke to You emotional as I was, and confused I asked a question which was “How can one know His Spiritual Master after Śrīla Prabhupāda lifted so many were worthy and having different qualities of His Divine Grace?”

Your reply was, “Just go and pray to Lord Nityānanda and he will guide you to your Guru.”

Today Guru Mahārāja is Lord Nityānanda and I am remembering those words, that brought me to Your Lotus feet.

Guru Mahārāja this is the only thing that made my whole life worthwhile.

You asked me the day before Initiation so when are you going to become serious?

My reply was Now Guru Mahārāja considering after all I had been around in the movement for around 15 years after Śrīla Prabhupāda left, I didn’t know if I ever get the chance to become involved in ISKCON and being with devotees.

You Guru Mahārāja at that time You were the only one who actually considered to Initiate those who lived outside of the temple but as long as they were doing service and preaching, at that time everyone had to live inside the temple to get the initiation.

Of course, I was helping making a preaching center at that time in Terni and we had the Radio Kṛṣṇa a 24-hour nonstop, at that time I had to put on tapes every hour or so, which is still ongoing but with computer now.

So, you gave me the blessing to take Initiation even if I was living outside the temple.

This was not possible at all in those days.

Now it has become possible only by your mercy Guru Mahārāja, that anyone who has the desire to become serious in Kṛṣṇa Conscious and help serve Śrīla Prabhupāda mission you have made this an actual reality to all living entities, and now everyone is implementing this idea of Nāmahaṭṭa and home preaching and it’s become a huge success with thousands of gṛhasthas taking shelter, such is Your Huge Heart and mercy to us. Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, just by making this little insignificant soul just a small speck of dust at Your Lotus feet I bow to those lotus feet eternally.

Your most useless servant but always praying to remain dedicated to You,

Līlāvilāsinī devī dāsī (Dīkṣā)

Italy (Terni)

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

My dear Guru Mahārāja please accept my respectful obeisances!!!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

According to the instructions given to Arjuna by Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gītā, You are infinitely dear to the Lord as You preach His glories to His devotees.

Since joining Śrīla Prabhupāda's movement, You have been preaching incessantly throughout the world to bestow the mercy of Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda to as many souls as possible.

As everyone knows, no obstacle has ever stopped Your preaching; neither the obstacles of the body, nor the pandemic, nor the social restrictions that have prevented travel from one country to another.

Since I was born in this body, the difficulties of life have gradually worsened.

The historical period we are experiencing seems the most difficult to face; it seems that man wants to demonstrate stupidity in all It’s manifestations with all his strength, and I remember that at the beginning of the tragic events (first lockdown), in a zoom link with all the Italian God- brothers, You turned to me saying:

“Remember that this battle is not fought with swords, but with Japa”.

I am realizing how severe social problems are putting a strain on our level of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I am thinking for example of the devotees and God-brother in Ukraine who are facing the war. Such trials often stimulate fear, anger and apathy towards life, but the devotee should always remain impassive, calm and abandoned to Kṛṣṇa.

There are many ways You have taught me in this difficult time to take Śrīla Prabhupāda's teachings and chanting the Holy Names even more seriously and I am eternally grateful to You.

The Guru always teaches by example, and observing You for thirty years, I denote how You have always dedicated Your life without reserve to the mission of Your Spiritual Master, by declining to Him all the merits and successes of Your service. I also observed and studied the impressive mission and work of Śrīla Prabhupāda, who also sent all glories and honors back to His Guru Mahārāja, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhnata Sarasvatī Goswami in the same way.

So in the same way, I am striving to follow Your humble example, leaving the credit for my closeness to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, to Your incomparable mercy, without which I would not even be part of this transcendental movement.

And it is precisely in this difficult period that I humbly ask You to keep me in the shadow of Your lotus feet, with the sole purpose of serving You in a feeling of love and devotion, thus transforming my service from miserable to sublime for Your satisfaction.

I will never tire of being infinitely grateful to You!

All glories to my beloved and merciful Spiritual Master!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhuada!

Your foolish disciple,

Murāri-Caitanya dāsa (dīkṣā)

Catania, Sicily, Italy

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

Dear Guru Mahārāja Please accept my humble obeisance at the dust of your lotus feet. The times of the year has come when have to write a Vyāsa-pūjā offering. The words and sentences just stop, you are my master, birth after, still we are unable to glorify you. Each and every moment of your life, you teach us by example. you never lose a single moment to glorify your spiritual maste A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, all glories to you, You have protected us from so many deviations and showed the clear path of bhakti which is the only shelter for helpless conditioned souls like me. Please make me qualified to take shelter at your feet and serve you in every possible way.

Your humble servant,

Phanīndra dāsa (dīkṣa)

Florence - Villa Vrindavan, Florence, Italy

Slovenia

Dear Beloved

Guru Mahārāja, Śrīla Ācāryapāda! Please accept our most respectful obeisance's unto Your lotus feet today, the most auspicious day for us, the day of Your Vyāsa-pūjā.

Your desire is to bring as many fallen soul to the lotus feet of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Gaurāṅga. You are constantly thinking have to encourage us to be more active and Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

In this purport is shown that you are exemplary sanyasi since you where and you still traveling “from door to door, from village to village, from town to town and from country to country, all over the world”.

You are the first Śrīla Prabhupāda disciple who brought to Slovenia bhakti vṛkṣa and this tree is still grooving by your mercy. Thank you.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.21.31, Purport

“To award fearlessness to the common man is the greatest act of charity. A sanyasi, or one who is in the renounced order of life, should wander from door to door, from village to village, from town to town and from country to country, all over the world as far as he is able to travel, and enlighten the householders about Kṛṣṇa

consciousness. A person who is a householder but is initiated by a sannyāsī has the duty to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness at home; as far as possible, he should call his friends and neighbors to his house and hold classes in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Holding a class means chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa and speaking from Bhagavad-gītā or Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. There are immense literatures for spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and it is the duty of each and every householder to learn about Kṛṣṇa from his sannyāsī spiritual master. “Please bless me so that I can never leave Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and develop pure love for Kṛṣṇa.

Happy Vyāsa-pūjā my most beloved Spiritual Father!

Your grateful servants,

Abhinandana Nitāi Dāsa (dīkṣā),
Vraja Premā Devī Dāsī (śikṣā),
Viṣṇupriyā Devī Dāsī and Girirāja dāsa,
Ljubljana New Yoga-pīṭha, Slovenia.

PS. Through JSSS Europe we are trying to inspire and coordinate ourselves for your pleasure.

Dear Gurudeva,

please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, ISKCON, all the Vaiṣṇavas, Śrī Pañca-tattva, and Śrī Śrī Rādhā Kṛṣṇa.

The last year was full of difficulties, Covid virus, other restrictions, and now Russia-Ukraine war. The material energy is showing Its power and the living entities are swimming helplessly in this material ocean.

The Śrī Caitanya movement is the only solution/cure for this world, where living entities are suffering on the account of their sinful activities. Gurudeva you are the best example on how to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda mission. Even on the account of your illness, you are still every day serving and inspiring countless living entities to take Kṛṣṇa consciousness seriously. Our family (Durlabha Gaurahari dāsa, Dīnapāvana Haripriya devī dāsī and Balarāma) hope that we can serve you in the way that you will be happy with us. For that we need your blessings.

We wish you better health and that you will be able to give service to Śrīla Prabhupāda for many countless years.

Please, forgive us for our mistakes.

Your servants,

Durlabha Gaurahari Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Dīnapāvana Haripriya Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
and Balarāma
Slovenia (Ljubljana - New Yogapitha)

Sweden

All glories to You, my admirable and very, very dear Spiritual Father,

Śrīla Gurudeva, whose heart is unlimitidely great, overflowing with

compassion for each and every soul and so dear to Śrīla Prabhupāda

and our previous ācāryas!

Please accept my most respectful obeisances on

this super auspicious Day of Your Appearance.

Your calling out, Gaurāṅga! Gaurāṅga! Gaurāṅga! touches the heart of

everyone, enables us to raise to the transcendental platform and get

inspired in the harināma saṅkīrtana movement.

It is said that, as much as we serve Lord Caitanya's saṅkīrtana movement,

that much we are qualified to serve Śrī Rādhā in Vraja, where we will serve

under Śrīla Gurudeva, but in this world we serve our Spiritual Master in His

mission, which is the abode of happiness.

All glories to Your outstanding, exemplary service to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

endeavoring to fulfill each and every instruction You have received from

Your Spiritual Master - in spite of all circumstances!

All glories to all Your initiatives to care for everyone!

With increasingly failing health, loosing bodily forces and other capacities

for daily life in this world, I realize what endeavors all this must take

for You.

May You kindly bless me so I can somehow

serve Your Lotus Feet for Your happiness!

This is my only desire in this world.

Your spiritual daughter and servant,

Udaraṅga devī dāsī, Sweden

United Kingdom

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our respectful obeisance's until your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

We feel blessed on your wonderful auspicious appearance day.

We are fortunate to have you as our Spiritual Master, Guru Mahārāja.

During the Pandemic we have not opened our center but we have kept ourselves occupied in the service of Gaurāṅga.

We distributed Bhagavat-gītā to the Hotels and Bread and Breakfast. We did Dāmodara Programs in the University Campus and homes.

We engaged the children. They did the 18 chapters of Bhagavat-gītā with Stories from the Gītā Māhātmya.

We have contributed towards in supporting the devotees in Ukraine. I am part of the new BMA to assess and treat health care of Vaiṣṇavas via digītāl platform.

With the concept of devotee care in UK we at Nāmahaṭṭa are being supported by ISKCON Leicester and Birmingham.

We are hoping to start our Nāmahaṭṭa after two years of Pandemic this April. We seek your blessings to do more in Nottingham.

We are fortunate to see yourself on Facebook and Zoom platform. You are a great inspiration for us all.

All Glories to your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja for tirelessly being with us and giving us opportunities. Our heartfelt gratitude!

Wishing you Guru Mahārāja- a wonderful Gaura Pūrṇimā Celebrations at Dāmodardeśa. Also our sincere prayers for your well-being Gurumahārāja.

Please kindly pray and bless us, so we continue to sincerely serve yourself and Śrīla Prabhupāda's Mission-to the best of our abilities.

Yours servant of the servants,

Acyuta Rūpa dāsa and Rāgavallī devī dāsī (Dīkṣā Disciples Aug 2008)

(Children Haribaladeva and Nadia Lakṣmī)

Nottingham UK

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

Dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectful obeisance unto your divine lotus feet. All glories to your causeless mercy and compassion on us, all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Since you have given my new birth in 2016 through Harināma initiation, I always realise that my daily sadhana (inattentive chanting) may not be pleasing you. I felt guilty, hence constantly and wholeheartedly trying my best to bring up to the level you except. I very frequently listen your “never give Up” youtube videos and Initiation lecture you delivered on 23rd March Gaura Pūrṇimā Day in Māyāpur to keep myself inspired in my practice. Even though I was completely unqualified, and I think still I am, from the ocean of mercy, you have accepted me as your insignificant son, what else can be the best blessing in this material world could be for me. In whatever way I make an attempt to glorify you on your 73th appearance day, words will merely be shorter. When every time I listen to your 80’s lectures, I feel that you have one of the main forces and strongest pillars to move forward Hare Kṛṣṇa movements till now in 2022. From the very beginning of the Covid pandemic, you have established an amazing and super exceptional way to keep in touch via zoom and facebook with all your initiated, sheltered, aspired and well-wishers throughout the whole world online participants. I missed you very much on my son Yaduvīra Dās’s 2nd appearance day to get your blessing as by only your mercy he can be warrior of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s army to spread Kṛṣṇa Consciousness in their time which will be our next generation. I am trying to complete Bhakti Śāstrī Course, please Guru Mahārāja, keep showing your lotus hand on my head so that I will be enabled to complete this course, keep cleansing all the anarthas from my mind to become humble and if Kṛṣṇa and you so desire can advance in devotional life. Even though I am a glow warm intolerant material living being, without your mercy, it will not be possible at all to get going and worshiping our home deity “Nitāi Gaur Sundar”. Please Guru Mahārāja, I humbly beg your blessing so that by doing a strong sadhana, I can improve first my practice and inspire all of our Bhakti-vṛkṣa members to grow in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and expand myself in more preaching capabilities in the same way as you are unconditionally distributing Nitāi Kṛpa to all conditioned souls. Kṛṣṇa has so many times helped me to have you in my dream very recently where either you are chastening me (which is the best way to receive your blessing and mercy), or travelling with you in various preaching services where I see you are stout and very much healthy! Recently again in dream, you have been again instructing me how I can serve more Saṅkīrtana devotees and I was pretty much touched that you are always with me to keep myself out of illusory energy (Māyā) through engaging to serve Vaiṣṇavas without committing offences to them.

At last I humbly beg your forgiveness for all of my offences I might have been committed unknowingly or unintentionally on your lotus feet. From my bottom of heart, I sincerely pray for you to Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, Rādhā Mādhav Aṣṭasakhī, Pañca-tattva and Jagannātha Baladeva and Subhadrā Mahārānī, you become as fit like you were in 2008 before stroke. If Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva is so desires, I really want to see that you became enabled again will be playing the big Karatālas and jumping with ecstasy as you are always. Jaya Vaiṣṇava Ṭhākura, Jai Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Your Insignificant Spiritual Son

Acyuta Vrajeśa Dāsa

East London, United Kingdom

My dearest beloved Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto Your Divine lotus feet. All glories to Jagat Guru Śrīla Prabhupāda, all glories to You, Guru Mahārāja.

All glories to Your auspicious appearance day dearest Guru Mahārāja.

First of all, I would like to sincerely apologize from the bottom of my heart for any mistake I make since this is my first time, I am writing to You dearest Guru Mahārāja.

How should I glorify You dearest Guru Mahārāja? I have no words! As my śīkṣā-guru, Yamuneśvarī Mātājī always says that You can read and feel all our minds and hearts! You may be physically very far from us, but You are mentally and spiritually always connected to us. Guru Mahārāja, despite of You being with me and my kids 24/7. I’m a sinner, I am a sinner, I am a sinner. It has been around 10 years now that You have showered all your mercy upon my kids and me. I am spiritual very unwell Dear Guru Mahārāja, please shower Your mercy upon my kids and me as we are going through very tough time materially and spiritually.

Guru Mahārāja I read somewhere that in this Kali-yuga, Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu is more merciful than Kṛṣṇa. My personal experience says that You are much much more merciful then Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu! Within these past 10 years You have shown tremendous amount of mercy to my family due to which we are still existing in this planet.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, my mother, Madhuśrī Patel also shares her 73rd birthday with you today. Please bless my mother’s soul. You gave my mother special blessings few days before she left her body last year 5 January. I, as Your spiritual daughter cannot ever repay You for all that You have done and are doing for all of us dearest Guru Mahārāja, despite of very ill health.

I know how material bound I used to be before coming into Kṛṣṇa consciousness, unfortunately I still am Guru Mahārāja. Without Your kṛpā and mercy I cannot move an inch! I ought it to my śīkṣā-gurus, I ought it to You, dearest Guru Mahārāja kṛpā kara, give me the intelligence to correct myself from all the wrong paths and read the scriptures spontaneously and follow all principals to the path of taking initiation. So much is there to say Guru Mahārāja, You know my mental condition, I’m too fallen, please help me to rise up in my Kṛṣṇa consciouness dearest Guru Mahārāja and I beg of You to forgive me for all the sins committed knowingly and unknowingly.

I love You so much Guru Mahārāja, You are my father You are my mother. You are my everything. Please don’t ever leave me alone. I have no existence without You dear father. I love You.

Your most unqualified and sinful daughter,

Alka Niranjan Patel.
Bhaktivedanta Manor, London, Uk

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

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

My dearmost spiritual father Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances, all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to Your Divine Grace.

Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, please allow me to make this humble offering on the most auspicious and glorious occasion of Your Vyāsapūjā.

titikṣavaḥ kāruṇikāḥ
suhṛdaḥ sarva-dehinām
ajāta-śatravaḥ śāntāḥ
sādhavaḥ sādhu-bhūṣaṇāḥ

The 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.

(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.25.21)

Guru Mahārāja, Your Divine Grace is the living Bhāgavatam. When we read Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, we can see how Śrīla Guru Mahārāja exemplifies the words of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

bhavad-vidhā bhāgavatās
tīrtha-bhūtāḥ svayaṁ vibho
tīrthī-kurvanti tīrthāni
svāntaḥ-sthena gadābhṛtā

My lord, devotees like Your good self are verily holy places personified. Because You carry the Personality of Godhead within Your heart, You turn all places into places of pilgrimage. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.13.10)

“It is the duty of a sannyāsī, therefore, to go and awaken the forgetful souls with enlightenment of their eternal relationship with the Lord and to engage them in devotional service. The devotee should show mercy to the fallen souls and also give them the assurance of fearlessness.”

(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.21.31, purport)

Gurumahararaj, who can fathom Your ocean of compassion? Your Divine Grace physically travelled all over the world nonstop for 40 years trying to give mercy of Lord Nityānanda to the fallen souls. Many people like me, completely immersed in illusion, didn’t even realise the mercy. In a wave of adoration and hero-worship, we sentimentally discussed how Guru Mahārāja gave us a flower, how Guru Mahārāja smiled at us, how Guru Mahārāja gave us prasādam, how Guru Mahārāja gave us blessing, how Guru Mahārāja answered the question we had in our mind, how Guru Mahārāja called us by our name etc etc.

Then on 23rd October 2008, in a stroke, Your Divine Grace withdrew all that. When Guru Mahārāja was in ‘coma’, devotees all over the world were praying and chanting extra rounds and doing various austerities. In Māyāpur, I was crying to His Grace Paṅkajāṅghrī prabhu how much we are missing Guru Mahārāja. Then prabhu asked me ‘why do You want Your Guru Mahārāja to be in good health?’ I thought about it for a few minutes, and I said ‘selfish reasons'; the reasons why I was praying for Guru Mahārāja’s health was because I wanted Guru Mahārāja to speak to me, to give me mahā flowers, to give me mahā prasādam, to call my name again… I was completely on a sentimental platform.

It took me another 5 years to come out of that mental plane and understand that Guru Mahārāja is giving mercy in other forms. The relationship is, as Guru Mahārāja says, is heart to heart and completely independent of material circumstances. Through the few ups and innumerable downs of my life, I could deal with those situations only because I kept telling myself, ‘Guru Mahārāja knows what I am going through, and Guru Mahārāja is always there for me’. Whenever I saw no ray of hope, when I felt there was no escape route, and felt completely stuck, I remembered Draupadi. Draupadi called out ‘Govinda’; I call ‘Guru Mahārāja!!!!’ and always, Guru Mahārāja saved me. Thank You Guru Mahārāja, for being there for me always. I wouldn’t have made it till now, without Your saving grace.

Thank You Guru Mahārāja for giving us Your mercy, even when the whole world was under lockdown. Thank You for the nectar of Caitanya Līlā and for answering various questions. Thank You for visiting our house every single day and accepting our insignificant offerings.

Guru Mahārāja, You have given me life. I was living like the blacksmith’s bellows. Guru Mahārāja’s mercy has enabled me to at least theoretically understand that I am a spirit soul, part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, completely different from the gross and subtle body. It was a great relief to know I am not this body!

Thank You for giving us the association of wonderful devotees who keep us engaged in Guru Mahārāja’s service. Thank You for giving us the amazing and continuously growing spiritual family. Thank You for sending us wonderful and sincere souls.

Guru Mahārāja, many times when things happen, I reflect that I had desired it a long time back. I am not sure what all I have desired in my millions of lifetimes and how many of them are good for my spiritual progress and how many of them are entangling me in this material world. Please bless me I can get rid of all the unwanted desires and that all my desires will be in line with Guru Mahārāja’s plans and the purpose of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission.

Guru Mahārāja, I am so scared of this material world and the material energy. Please award me fearlessness. Guru Mahārāja, please bless me to be always humble and tolerant even amidst the most provoking situations.

Guru Mahārāja, please bless me that at every moment, I do only what Guru Mahārāja would like me to do. Please don’t let me stand in the way of Your mercy, please let me be Your instrument. Please allow and empower me to execute Your plans.

Please bless that everyone who comes in contact with us becomes an empowered soldier in Lord Caitanya’s army.

By Your blessings and mercy, You are kindly allowing me to be engaged in Your service. Please empower me to do all the services that Your Divine Grace has kindly assigned me, in exactly the way Your Divine Grace would like it to be done.

Guru Mahārāja, I am very grateful and indebted to You for Your mercy. I am also living a life of guilt every moment, repenting for the countless mistakes and offenses that I have committed at Your lotus feet. Considering me as Your servant, please forgive me for all the offenses. And please help me to overcome my anarthas so I can progress in my spiritual life and I can offer a better version of myself at Your service. As Kuntī Maharani prayed, as the Ganges forever flows to the sea without hindrance, let my attraction be constantly drawn unto You without being diverted to anyone else. Let every moment of my life be focused on how to serve Guru Mahārāja better.

Guru Mahārāja, please bless that the whole world becomes blissful and peaceful by taking shelter at Your Lotus Feet. Please use us as instruments in achieving this goal, Guru Mahārāja. Please bless that very soon, I can report to Your Divine Grace that the market is saturated!

Your insignificant spiritual daughter,

Amala Mañjarī devī dāsī (dīkṣā)

Reading, UK

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

Dearest Guru Mahārāja:

Please accept my obeisances again and again. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, who has given the world the greatest gift of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

This time of year, the month of Phālguna, is always a time when I think of you most and wish to be near you. As a great devotee of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda, your vast knowledge of Their pastime places give immense pleasure to the devotees who hanker to roll on the cintāmaṇi dust of Śrī Māyāpur Dhāma. My treasured memories always involve seeing you in the holy tīrtha stans of Bengal and beyond. You clearly adore being in those sacred spots and hearing you speak about their significance and mercy-bestowing potencies establish an indefatigable connection in the hearts of all who gather round your lotus feet. The wonderful way in which you reveal the dhāma is truly unique, and your eternal residency there is undeniable. Watching a recording of your recent homecoming from Chennai back to Śrī Dhām Māyāpur I was moved to see the excellent reception organised by the devotees: all of the traditional Vedic elements generating auspiciousness coupled with the devotees’ unabashed joy at receiving you confirmed that your home is where your heart is. Your heart is always with Śrīla Prabhupāda and the previous ācāryas, and your mission to develop Śrī Māyāpur Candrodaya Mandir is always your heart’s desire.

A verse I read recently in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, 5.19.24 reminded me of you. Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Purport confirmed to me that the inner meaning of the verse applies to your extraordinary existence within the transcendental realm of Lord Caitanya’s beautiful appearance place. The verse is sublime:

na yātrā vaikuṇṭha-kathā-sudhāpagā
na sādhavo bhāgavatās tadāśrayāḥ
na yātrā yajñeśa-makhā mahotsavāḥ
sureśa-loko ’pi na vai sa sevyatām

An intelligent person does not take interest in a place, even in the topmost planetary system, if the pure Ganges of topics concerning the Supreme Lord’s activities does not flow there, if there are not devotees engaged in service on the banks of such a river of piety, or if there are no festivals of saṅkīrtana-yajña to satisfy the Lord [especially since saṅkīrtana-yajña is recommended in this age].

Even though you travel the planet, attracting many souls situated in many apparent nationalities, it is your infectious love for Śrī Navadvīpa maṇḍala that unites and excites us all. Śrīla Prabhupāda elaborates on the special glories of Śrī Māyāpur Dhāma:

“The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement has established its center in Māyāpur, the birth-site of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, to give men the great opportunity to go there and perform a constant festival of saṅkīrtana-yajña, as recommended herein (yajñeśa-makhā mahotsavāḥ) and to distribute prasāda to millions of hungry people hankering for spiritual emancipation. This is the mission of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Caitanya-bhāgavata confirms this as follows: ‘One should not desire to be elevated even to a place in the heavenly planetary systems if it has no propaganda to expand the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, no trace of Vaiṣṇavas, pure devotees of the Lord, and no festivals for spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness. It would be better to live perpetually cramped within the airtight bag of a mother’s womb, where one can at least remember the lotus feet of the Lord, than to live in a place where there is no opportunity to remember His lotus feet. I pray not to be allowed to take birth in such a condemned place.’”

Śrīla Prabhupāda trusted you, his devoted and expert disciple, to seize the keys of the Kingdom of God. Your complete dedication to fulfilling your Spiritual Master’s instruction, from the pioneering years of planting seeds to the present time, just on the cusp of completing the Temple of Vedic Planetarium, has borne unlimited fruit. There is no other shelter in the fourteen planetary systems as merciful as Śrī Dhāma Māyāpur, and to comprehend the depth of your attachment to the dhāma is to glean a glimpse of your eternal identity. I simply pray that I can render a little service under your guidance as an aspiring resident of the dhāma.

Longing for your merciful instruction and awaiting your merciful glance, your spiritual daughter,

Amṛta Gopāla dāsī
UK

My 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

My Dear most Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance’s at your lotus feet, all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, all glories to Your Divine Grace.

Please accept my most humble obeisance’s, and kindly forgive my offences. On this most blessed event; Śrī Vyāsa-Pūjā, the appearance day of my beloved spiritual master, I am filled with a sense of gratitude and wonder. I cannot even imagine where my life would be today, if you had not appeared and blessed us all with your divine benediction. “On this auspicious date I have come with this offering to worship you, remembering your lotus feet.

The fact that you have always resided in my heart and have been my most constant friend and ever well-wisher, even without your physical presence, proves our eternal relationship with you. You live in the hearts of your sincere devotees. You have touched us all so deeply. I am so grateful and thankful for your blessings.

“Indeed, I am just like a dwarf who wants to capture the moon. Although I am completely unfit, a desire to receive Your mercy is awakening within my mind.”

I am a fallen soul, desiring only your causeless mercy to be bestowed upon me.

Begging to remain forever in Your Divine Service

Ānand and Bhārgavī Family
Thanks and Kind Regards,
Jyothi (Aspiring disciple)

East London, UK

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

Dearest beloved Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.

All glories to His Divine grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to your divine grace, dearest spiritual father.

All glories to your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Ceremony!

Dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, firstly I would like to express my deepest heartfelt gratitude and my unlimited respectful obesiances unto you divine Lotus feet for your unlimited mercy, compassion and tolerance towards insignificant, unqualified, conditioned souls like me. I am eternally indebted to you for accepting me as your spiritual daughter and for always being there with me.

Dear spiritual father, though unqualified and unworthy, I consider myself so fortunate to have received initiation from your Divine Grace. All this was possible only because of your causeless mercy and unlimited compassion that you have for all of us.

I am like that youngest, immature child in the family who is so rejoiced to see her spiritual father everyday while I eagerly wait for your online Caitanya Leela class. In every single class your deep connection with Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is so prominently visible that I also pray to receive a minute drop of that mood and affection for you dear Guru Mahārāja, for Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. At the same time, I am eagerly awaiting for that day when I will be able to receive His Divine grace’s physical association and could be in some or other way engaged in some menial service for your pleasure.

Dear Spiritual father, I would also like to thank you for guiding us, giving us your blessings to serve Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi deities. It was a beautiful reciprocation by your Divine Grace especially while you gave the names for our deities. It made me reflect that you have been always there with us and will always be there with us in every single moment of our lives.

Dear Spiritual father, I have always seen you tirelessly taking up so many new initiatives and extending yourselves to so many families even during the time of lockdown. Your love and care is unlimited for everyone. Even while Your Divine Grace has so many physical difficulties especially with health but I have always seen your strong determination and unflinching faith on the Supreme Lord, that you continue to spread the transcendental knowledge to all the unconditioned souls under any circumstances and your mood is unparalleled.

It is by your mercy Śrīla Guru Mahārāja and the guidance of our mentors His Grace Supriyā Jāhnavā Mātājī/ His Grace Manohara Nitāicandra prabhu that I am able to render some preaching service by taking up Kids classes in the local area. I would like to seek your mercy and blessings so that we as a family are able to even take up adults preaching and inspire more new souls in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Kindly bless us dear spiritual father that we could try to be tiny instruments and help you in fulfilling the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda and the previous Ācāryas.

Kindly forgive us for any kind of mistakes or offenses that we have been committing knowingly or unknowingly. I beg for your forgiveness at the dust of your Lotus feet and seek for your causeless mercy and blessings so that I could eternally serve you dear Spiritual Father.

Dear Spiritual father, please keep this youngest, immature and most insignificant spiritual daughter of yours always at the dust of your lotus feet. Requesting your mercy and blessings so that I could develop tolerance and patience in the most challenging and provoking situations of my life and overcome my anarthas.

We pray to the Supreme Lord for your very long and strong healthy life so that many conditioned souls like me could receive your mercy in their spiritual lives. Eagerly looking forward for your associations for many many years to come.

Your most insignificant spiritual daughter,

Anurādhā Acyutapriyā Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā)

East London - United Kingdom

Dear Gurumahārāja

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

This is my humble offering on this auspicious occasion of your vyāsa-pūjā.

There are not any words I can express for the gratitude I have for you. You have accepted me as a disciple, regardless of my lack of qualification, and given me so much support. This has given me the strength to continue to develop my spiritual life and take on more service in the Newcastle Yātrā (UK). Your support has been for our entire family too, my husband, Satya Medha Gaurāṅga das, and our two sons, Bhānu Nitāi and Oscar Nitāi. This has given us, as a family, a good foundation for our Kṛṣṇa Conscious life. We owe this to the mercy you shower on us.

Thank you for being an example to us, in how to serve Kṛṣṇa, and encouraging us to serve more and more.

All glories to you on your auspicious appearance day.

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

From your spiritual daughter

Anuttama Gaura Priyā devī dāsī

Newcastle upon Tyne UK

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

On this very auspicious day, The celebration of your appearance Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā day, please accept my respectful obeisance’s unto your lotus feet, and please forgive all my offenses. Although I’m an insignificant soul and full of faults, I’m constantly waiting for your causeless mercy to be bestowed on me.

Happy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Guru Mahārāja. This is your sheltered disciple Aparna Nagloori from East London. Am under the guidance of Her Grace Yamuneśvarī Mātājī and His Grace Arvinda Kṛṣṇa Prabhu.

You are so much determined on the service of Gaurāṅga, as I know you faced so many health issues and recently had Covid but still, with so much patience, you are giving Caitanya-caritāmṛta Classes on Zoom. Really wonderful Guru Mahārāja, you are my inspiration Guru Mahārāja all the time. You are a Prabhupāda’s Warrior Guru Mahārāja to save insignificant souls like me.

By your causeless mercy, Lord Kṛṣṇa and Gaurāṅga gave me an opportunity to preach Bhagavad-gītā, currently, I and my husband is taking Gītā Jñāna classes. Guru Mahārāja please bless us so that we can continue to preach Lord’s glories to n number of souls. Without your mercy nothing Is possible Guru Mahārāja, please bless us as a family we should serve Guru and Gaurāṅga very sincerely. Please pray for our good health and unalloyed devotional service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

The First time I met you in London 2019, that time I was in so many difficulties but since you enter my life all the obstacles are taken U-turn Gurudeva. Whenever am in difficulties you come into my dream and make me solace and give me some instructions to follow.

Please bless me Guru Mahārāja to get initiation from you. And please remove all my difficulties on my way of Initiation. Because I cannot imagine as a Guru anyone accepts you in my life Guru Mahārāja.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja.

Your Eternal servant

Aparna Nagloori

East London, UK

Legal name: Apu rani ghosh
Spiritual Name:
Yātrā: United Kingdom (London - East)
JPS Relation: Sheltered

Today on your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā I am making a small effort to pay my respect.
Oh our Guru Mahārāja, in your śrī ratul feet please take my respect of this insignificant child of yours.

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

Oh Guru Mahārāja all the efforts, sacrifice and devotion that you are putting through to fulfill the wish of spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness from your Gurudeva, AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda, we can all see it.

You have given me a place in your feet with your blessings, thank you so much for that. I do not know what would have happen to me if I get your blessings, but I want to put all my strength and effort in surrendering myself in your service and that I can continue to serve as much as I can to Kṛṣṇa in my bhakti life. Please bless me that I can be focused and have my pure intentions in Gaura Nitāi’s feet.

Your faithful devotee

Apu Rani Ghosh

East London, UK

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

Dear Śrīla Gurudeva,

Please Accept Our Respectful Obeisances

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to Your Divine Grace!!

Thank you for giving us an opportunity to remember your Divine Grace on your 73rd Vyāsapūjā Celebrations Guru Mahārāja.

Please save us Gurudeva... Please save us!!!

I couldn’t explain how miserable life has been for many devotees and people in general in this world due to all the misery caused by virus, war, economy constraint, job loss, relationship strain and many more calamities, in the last 1 year…

Even for us personally we just couldn’t digest all the chaos which is going on with people all around us and just to witness and be around all this makes us feel overwhelmed and depressed… what to speak of us being affected by it!

It looks like a dream, when I think of days before covid where people were moving freely with no fear of any sorts... because now due to the fear of virus, we are not even able to touch anyone or anything with peace of mind!

The more I get to see and experience this miserable life, it just makes me think what an idiot I must be to make a crazy choice to live in a world like this, away from Kṛṣṇa... but it’s even worse because even after getting kicked by māyā constantly with all problems in life, I am still attached to please my senses and mind!!.. this whole battle just looks to be hopeless for me… as the days are passing, I feel I am going down and down against the battle of controlling my mind and developing any interest towards Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

In that regard, I can see your divine grace is totally in different world, even though you are faced with all the challenges one can ever imagine – your enthusiasm and determination to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda is resolute and you are fixed in your purpose! And in fact you are getting stronger and stronger as māyā throws more challenges against your divine grace...

You always find excuse to serve Kṛṣṇa and his devotees... this is something beyond my imagination. I can only wish and pray I can develop a drop of that eagerness by your mercy to serve Kṛṣṇa and your divine grace.

I am just making my spiritual life complex day by day due to my ignorance and absence of desire to serve Kṛṣṇa. I am digging my own grave by running after satisfying my senses, even though I know that’s not good for me. I am voluntarily committing spiritual suicide!

Deep inside I really don’t want to lose my interest to do devotional service but my anarthas are pulling me to be more lazy in my Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

I very well understand, everything I got in my life is only by your blessings and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s blessings. I was thinking I am a great leader and great devotee but I can see, I am not even able to handle my own life with simple common sense... forget about leading and guiding other’s life!

This being your divine grace’s vyāsa-pūjā, I am taking this golden opportunity to beg for your causeless mercy and magic to help me get lifted out of this mental ditch I have put myself in... so that I can be enthusiastic to do my morning sadhana and able to serve your divine grace with love and devotion.

Thank you Gurudeva for being with us, amidst all the challenges you are going through. Yes you are liberated pure devotee but it doesn’t deny the fact, you are taking the burden of love on your shoulder single handedly... struggling a lot just to deliver stubborn rascals like me. I call myself stubborn because even though I know what is right and what is wrong, I am still being stubborn to follow the wrong path every single time. But you are still mercifully tolerating and being with us just to help us improve in our spiritual life.

I am begging you once again on this auspicious day Gurudeva, to please forgive all my repeated offences I am committing and begging for special benediction to help me get out of this material clutter which I am sinking down in... so that I can be enthusiastic in serving and assisting your divine grace to preach unlimitedly Kṛṣṇa conscious and bring many souls to Kṛṣṇa consciousness! - seriously that’s what is life all about!! …not work hard like an ass for making money, eating, sleeping, mating and DIE!

I apologies for just pouring out what’s in my heart in this homage... it could be incongruent and not in the right flow but I just want to share what I felt, so that we can seek special blessings on your divine grace’s vyāsa-pūjā, to step up in our spiritual life and be an effective servant of your divine grace. I just don’t see any other hope than this!!

Please Guru Mahārāja - We humbly seek your blessings, to be empowered with the mood to do pure devotional service for the pleasure of your Divine Grace. So that we can eternally serve your Divine Grace in bliss as your humble instruments just like your Divine Grace is serving your dear Gurudeva His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda with pure joy.

Please allow us to be part of this bliss party as your humble servants Śrīla Gurudeva.

Please forgive us for all our offences Guru Mahārāja and we beg for your mercy to be an effective servant in the service of your Divine Grace.

Praying to see your divine grace soon... and have the mood and opportunity to serve your divine grace’s vapuḥ with love and devotion.

Happy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Celebrations Śrīla Gurudeva!!

Thank you once again for all your mercy.

Your Dear Insignificant Servants,

Aravinda Kṛṣṇa dāsa and Yamunesvarī devī dāsī

From East London BV, UK

My dear spiritual father
Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and all glories to you.

Unqualified person like me not capable to glorify you Guru Mahārāja without your mercy.

We haven’t seen Prabhupāda physically but when you speak about Śrīla Prabhupāda with so much love and emotions we can feel Prabhupāda’s presence through your words it’s nothing but your love and dedication for Śrīla Prabhupāda. You have taught us that if anyone has strong desire to fulfill spiritual master’s instruction then nothing can come as obstacles on the way not even death.

You have so much love and affection for your disciples that despite of knowing that we are committing so many offences still you give instructions and guidance through your class so that we come back to our standards. Truly you are patita-pāvana. We are so fortunate and grateful to Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda that we got spiritual father like you.

Despite of your many physical challenges you just float on the ocean of Gaura prema which we all experience through your daily Caitanya līlā class.

You are so much caring for your disciples and well-wishers that after Caitanya līlā class you sit for hours to meet devotees through zoom house visit.

Guru Mahārāja you are truly a gift from Kṛṣṇa to the living entity on this earthly planet that’s why you always eager to find a way how you can connect them to Kṛṣṇa to ease their miseries.

I cannot glorify your qualities enough Guru Mahārāja with my dull brain.

In every phase of my life, I could feel your mercy Guru Mahārāja which I cannot explain in words, you are antaryāmi you know better than me. I am so thankful and grateful to you Guru Mahārāja for showering your causeless mercy upon me whenever I was in problem.

Guru Mahārāja still there are so much anartha in my mind which are being obstacles to grow in spiritual path, I am begging your mercy Guru Mahārāja on this auspicious occasion of your 74 Vyāsa-pūjā so that all those get removed and I can chant sincerely with love, serve all vaiṣṇava without committing any vaiṣṇava aparādha, follow the instructions of seniors, serve our Lordship with pure love and render my Bhakti-vṛkṣa service sincerely to please you and to serve you.

Guru Mahārāja please forgive me for all those offences which I have been committing knowingly or unknowingly and bless me so that I can render my service unto your lotus feet with my family and extended family with good physical and mental state.

Your insignificant servant and spiritual daughter
Arpitā Lakṣmī Devī dāsī
East London, UK

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and all Glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

On the occasion of your 74th Vyāsa pūjā, the day of your blessed appearance in this world, we offer our sincere prayers unto the lotus feet of Śrī Śrī Rādhāmādhava Aṣṭasakhī, Pañca-tattva and Narasiṁhadeva to shower Their mercy on your Holiness with a healthy long life so that you will be able to inspire more and more Souls into Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and also accomplish the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

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. Please bless us with the dust from your holy lotus feet for without that dust we cannot make any significant spiritual advancement.

We are connected with Bhakti-Vṛkṣa. Arabinda Kṛṣṇa Dāsa and Yamaneśvara Mātājī guides us. We worship Jagannātha, Baladeva and Shubadrā Mahārāṇī and Gaura Nitāi. We live in UK, East London. We have taken shelter to your lotus feet 1 year ago.

My dear Guru Mahārāja, please help us to take your orders as our life and substance. Please bless us and help us to serve your instructions whole heartedly with body, mind and speech.

Your Servants,

Arthur Gosh (sheltered) and Sabita Gosh

East London, UK

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!! All Glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga!!!

Please accept our respectful obeisance’s unto your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja.

Happy Vyāsa-pūjā to you on this most glorious occasion. Thank you for accepting us as your sheltered disciple.

Thank you for inspiring and guiding us every day through Caitanya-caritāmṛta Class despite of having so many health issues. Even during covid time you were preaching and showering your mercy and blessing on us, this kept us enthusiastic for our services.

We have just started bhakti Shastri course from Māyāpur institute.

Me and my wife are doing Gītā Jñāna outreach. I am also taking Teen Bhakti-vṛkṣa online classes. Please bless them so that they can advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Dear Guru Mahārāja we looking to start for a Bhakti-vṛkṣa in Chelmsford (UK) kindly bless us so that start Bhakti-vṛkṣa soon and bring more souls to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Kindly shower your blessings on us Beloved Guru Mahārāja and also our two daughters (Pihu and Eswari) so that we can follow your instructions and serve you and Kṛṣṇa eternally.

All Glories to you our beloved father.

We seek your blessings to improve our sadhana and engage us in your service.

Your Servant

Ashish and Urvashi (Shelter Disciple),

Yours spiritual granddaughter Pihu and Eshwari.

East London, UK

শ্রীল জয়পতাকা স্বামী গুরুমহারাজ।

আজ আপনার ৭৪ তম ব্যস পূজা উপলক্ষে আমার ভক্তিপূর্ণ শ্রদ্ধার্ঘ্য নিবেদনের ক্ষুদ্র প্রয়াস করছি,

হে আমার পরম আরাধ্য গুরুমহারাজ আপনার শ্রী রাতুল চরণে এই অধমের শত সহস্র সশ্রদ্ধ ভক্তিপূর্ণ প্রণাম স্বীকার করুন

নমঃ ও্৺ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্টায় ভূতলে।
শ্রীমতি ভক্তিবেদান্ত স্বামী নীতি নামিনে।।
নমো আচার্য পাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনী।
গৌর কথা ধামোদায় নগর গ্রাম তারিণে।।

হে গুরু মহারাজ, আপনি আপনার পরমারাধ্য ওম বিষ্ণুপাদ পরমহংস পরিব্রাজক আচার্য অষ্টোত্তর শত সি ভক্তিবেদান্ত স্বামী শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের যে মনোভিলাষ, তা গুরু পরম্পরাক্রমে আগত শ্রীমন মহাপ্রভুর অভিষ্ঠ পূরণের অভিলাষ। শ্রীচৈতন্য মহাপ্রভু বলেছেন

পৃথিবীতে আছে যত নগরাদি গ্রাম।
সর্বত্র প্রচার হইবে মোর নাম।

শ্রীচৈতন্য মহাপ্রভুর অভিলাষ পূরনের লক্ষে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ সারা পৃথিবীতে ভগবানের প্রকৃত নাম প্রচারচ করেছেন। যার ধারাবাহিকতায় হে গুরু মহারাজ, আপনি আপনার এই বপু নিয়ে অক্লান্ত পরিশ্রম করে আপনার গুরুদেবের দেয়া অসংখ্য আদেশ নির্দেশ আপনি সঠিক ভাবে পালন করে যাচ্ছেন একজন সঠিক পথ প্রদরশক বা আদর্শ আচার্যের পরিচায়ক।

আপনার অদম্য প্রচারে আমি একজন অধঃপতিত জীব। হে গুরুদেব আপনার অশেষ কৃপা না হলে যে কি হত, আমি তা ভাষায় প্রকাশ করতে পারছি না। আমি অনেক অপরাধে অপরাধী সেটা জেনেও আপনি আপনার শ্রীচরনে ঠাই দিয়েছেন আমাকে। হে গুরুদেব আমি আপনার কাছে চিরকৃতজ্ঞ, চিররিনি। আমি যেন সকল প্রকার অপরাধ থেকে মুক্ত হয়ে আপনার দেয়া আদেশ গুলো সুন্দর ভাবে পালন করতে পারি আপনি আমাকে কৃপা আশীর্বাদ করবেন। হে গুরুদেব আপনি আমাকে এই কৃপা আশীর্বাদ করুন, যাতে আমি আমার সারাটি জীবন আমার পরিবারের সবাইকে নিয়ে আপনার শ্রী চরন কমলে সবাই যুক্ত থাকতে পারি। আপনার চরন কমলের সেবাই যুক্ত থেকে প্রসার,সাধন, ভজন,প্রবচন শ্রবন গ্রনথ অধ্যায়ন করতে পারি একটি মুহূর্তে যেন ভক্তিযোগ থেকে বিচুত্য না হই। আমার মনটা যেন শ্রী শ্রী গৌর নিতাই এর চরন কমলে থাকে সেই কৃপা আশীর্বাদ করুন।

ইতি আপনার সন্তান

বাসুদেব নাথ (sheltered)

East London

Dear Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja, our Spiritual father, daṇḍavat pranām.

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

Guru Mahārāja you are a living example of strong willpower and encouragement to serve one’s Guru in the best way possible. In spite of bodily challenges, you never fail to carry on with your services for the Śrīla Prabhupāda’s movement in ISKCON.

I always look up to you when the times are challenging. I really am grateful to you for accepting me as a disciple.

Your humble servant,

Bhānu Tank (aspiring disciple)
London, UK

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to your services, Gurudeva.

All glories to your auspicious appearance day.

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

“We offer our respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace Jayaptākā Swami Guru Mahārāja, who is very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.”

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

“I offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami, who is dedicated to serve the desire, instructions, and lotus feet of the previous ācāryas by offering the mercy of Lord Nityānanda prabhu. He is freely distributing the glories of the transcendental pastimes, instructions, mercy and abode of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.”

Dearest Guru Mahārāja, since taking shelter at your lotus feet and having you as my Spiritual Master, sometimes, I feel Kṛṣṇa is testing me by putting you through so much pain and challenges. In the last year or so you have endured more health issues than any ordinary person. I don’t know how you cope with it all and still manage to maintain your services. I have come to realize that you are not just any ordinary Guru Mahārāja, but a very special, highly elevated soul whose mission is to help other Vaiṣṇavas. Also, you have helped me to understand that pain is there, but how to deal with it in Kṛṣṇa’s service is the way I should learn to move forward.

Not a day goes by without praying for your good health and praying that I may serve you in some way here in England.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, I just wanted to share how your mercy and blessings are always with me and how it has helped me in my spiritual life. Without your mercy I have no abilities to do any services, so I am feeling truly blessed.

In such a short time you have given me a lifetime of spiritual energy to help others and do my services for Lord Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā, Rādhā Mādhava and Gaura Nitāi at ISKCON Reading. I am also able to continue with my sewing services to make outfits for the Deities in Reading, which is a service that Rādhā Gokulānanda blessed me with.

Now I understand better that Kṛṣṇa has His plans, which are much better for me and it has worked out well. I have been truly blessed by you to help others to perform arti in their own home and learning to sing our ISKCON prayers and āratis, although I am not qualified at all to do this service. Especially since I cannot sing myself. But they are singing so nicely and offering āratis for the Sunday Morning maṅgala-ārati programs on zoom every week. This is all possible since you saved me from the ocean of māyā and took me under your shelter by giving me initiation.

So many times, I have been fortunate to cook for Lord Jagannātha on festival days and serve Vaiṣṇavas. This is only possible with your blessings and mercy.

Please, Guru Mahārāja, bless me, that I may continue to do my services better, so I can please Kṛṣṇa and please you also. I don’t have any other desires.

It has been two years since we started having your association through vāṇī (listening to your lecture and more on the daily Caitanya-caritāmṛta classes) and Facebook classes. These have been the most blissful two years of my life. Now I am looking forward to the vapuḥ association. Although you give us live darśana everyday, still I am looking forward to the day when we can have your personal association and serve you in any way we can.

Dearest Guru Mahārāja, I will continue to pray for you everyday. May you have a nice Vyāsa-pūjā Day.

Your spiritual daughter,

Bhāratī Revatī Devī Dāsī

UK (Reading)

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa. Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All Glories to your Lotus feet and All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

This Vyāsa-pūjā day is a very special occasion for me just surrender at your lotus feet and only ask blessings from you.

I am very eager to see you soon.

Please accept my humble obeisances

Deepak Kumar Ghosh
East-London, UK

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

My dearest Guru Mahārāja, Hare kṛṣṇa please accept our humble and respectful beisances unto your divine lotus feet gaurāṅga!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Your Divine Grace!

I do believe You have appeared in this world to give us Kṛṣṇa love and mercy.

Dearest Guru Mahārāja, I have no qualification, I am a fallen soul but you are so merciful that you accepted me and gave me your shelter. Your body is not supporting you, it’s giving a lot of pain but you perform so many services even in this condition with enthusiasm and you are very blissful. Whenever I face problems I think of you as a symbol of enthusiasm and bliss. Since I having you dearest Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, my and my family life is become a symbol in East London. last year I had you on my dream with your disciple you was guided me so well and blessings us Haribol. I used to having darśana in zoom if one day I didn’t get darśana on zoom I was upset but your divine grace guided me to get normal and all well your mercy and I do chant at same time Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra haribol.

On this occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā I want to recommit myself and my family to you. To improve our chanting, personal hearing, reading Prabhupāda books, attending morning program, we will try to give our 100% effort to be fully Kṛṣṇa conscious with my family for the entire day so that he can perform well in the morning program by attentive chanting, reading and hearing. Please have mercy on me and my family so that I can serve your instructions to the fullest of my capacity.

Always seeking your blessing.

Your servant,

Dīna Śreṣṭha Family (sheltered disciple)

ISKCON East London, UK

Kṛṣṇa dearest Śrīla Guru Mahārāja daṇḍavat praṇāmas please accept our humble and respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet Gaurāṅga!

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 most respectful obeisances to the dust of Your lotus feet, all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, All glories to Your divine grace and all glories to this divine day of Vyāsa-pūjā.

Dear Gurudeva,

This year I had a lot of realization and conformations that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is acting in my life and arranging my purification. I am grateful to You Śrīla Gurudeva for all Your support, instructions, and service opportunities You are giving me even though I am not qualified to do any service.

Many time’s during tough time’s I felt lonely, as if I had no one, but Your mercy kept on flowing Gurudeva in the shape of devotee association and service engagement and much more and by trying to follow Your instructions and suggestions I can see and feel how my life is going towards the right direction.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for uncovering deeper meanings in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books and explaining how to apply them in our lives. Recent circumstances and struggles that I had showed me how important devotee association is and Your senior disciples are expertly guiding me and I really feel myself as member of Your big family.

I very often reflect how with so much health condition You are crossing mountains and seas to meet people around the world as well as all the online darśana and classes You are giving tirelessly in Your sincere desire to give fallen souls the art and science of bhakti-yoga.

You always meditate on how to make it easier for recipient to accept and follow the path of love and devotion.

For conditioned soul it is very hard to give up all nonsense and surrender to Lord Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet but You make all skillful arrangements, tirelessly explain, take Your time out to give disciples and well-wishers personal care and instructions, train and guide us and encourage all of us to continue our devotional service no matter what through Your instructions and You are doing so much more to fan little spark of Bhakti in our hearts.

Gurudeva You are such an amazing, kind and loving, most compassionate and inspirational personality I have ever met and out of Your causeless mercy and compassion You accepted me as Your disciple, You have always showered Your mercy on me which I don’t deserve at all and I can’t appreciate it enough. I am grateful and indebted to you and I hope in time I will be able to develop real gratitude and serving mood towards you.

By Your personal example You set a standard of such surrender as You dive into that ocean not coming up for air. Constantly endeavoring to fulfil the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda and the paramparā You travel almost unceasingly to bring people closer to Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet. If not, physically You are always most of the time preaching Online to reach out to every single one of us around the world. You are following in the footstep of the most munificent incarnation of Kṛṣṇa – Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu freely distributing love of Godhead to everyone qualified and unqualified thus being munificent Yourself.

Gurudeva, you are an ocean of auspicious qualities. Whatever activities You perform are not only filled with devotion but done with complete expertise. When I think of Your qualities it bewilders me. You maintain a contagious spirit of service to Lord Kṛṣṇa and wherever You go You pour down the mercy of Your devotion.

Dear Gurudeva, please give me the strength to follow your instructions and imbibe your fearless and uncompromising mood in serving Śrīla Prabhupāda, the Guru paramparā and Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Please forgive me for all my offences I made to Your lotus feet knowingly and unknowingly.

Your unworthy servant,

Dīpadātri Gaurāṅgī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
United Kingdom (London - East)

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

Dear His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Gurudeva,

Please accept our respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga!

All glories to you on your auspicious appearance day!

Please accept out heart-felt appreciation for the continuing service you continue to do despite the health challenges you face - You really are Śrīla Prabhupāda’s soldier in Lord Caitanya’s spiritual army! Jaya!

You are a true example of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s protection to His pure devotees “māre kṛṣṇa rākhe ke, rākhe kṛṣṇa māre ke” - We pray continuously for your stable health – All Glories to you in your preaching mood mission! May Lord Narasiṁha protect you always

Please kindly pray for us that we can continue to grow in our spiritual journey, serving you and your devotees as well as help you carry out Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions.

We pray by Your mercy and blessings that we can initiated by you this year Kṛṣṇa willing and if you so desire.

With affection,

Your servants and sheltered disciples,

Fiona and Amit Tailor (sheltered disciples)

Bhaktivedanta Manor, London, UK

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our respectful obeisances to your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All Glories to you Gurudeva and All Glories to your auspicious appearance day.

On this auspicious occasion of your 73rd 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 illness.

Gurudeva, we are from Nottingham, and we have a small Nāmahaṭṭa group and in the pandemic, we gather online every Friday evening. We have finished Bhaghavad-gītā study and Nectar of Instructions in the Nāmahaṭṭa. Every Sunday we participate in the Skype Bhāgavatam discussion.

We are planning to reopen our Nāmahaṭṭa in April 2022, then we will be able to restart our Harināma in the Nottingham Street, also planning to do regular book distribution.

I have successfully completed one Bhakti-vṛkṣa by your mercy Gurudeva and with the continued support and advice from our senior godbrother Aravinda Kṛṣṇa Prabhu and senior godsister Yamuneśvarī Devī Dāsī from East London and also with the help of Acyuta Rūpa Dāsa and Rāgavallī Devī Dāsī from Nottingham.

I, Gaṇāśraya Nitāi Dāsa regularly recite Narasiṁha Kavaca and 108 names of Lord Narasiṁhadeva and ugraṁ vīram prayers since few years now for your health, I also circumambulate Tulasī Mahārāṇī 4 times extra for your health and chant extra 2 rounds for your speedy recovery. My wife also does this whenever she is not working but she couldn’t do it regularly because of her long shifts. My daughter Shilpa took shelter in Dec 2019, and she is chanting 16 rounds regularly and she is ready to take Initiation whenever you are ready to bless her with this.

We beg for your mercy so that we can do some preaching in Nottingham.

We are begging to Gaura Nitāi to give our Gurudeva a very long life.

Your insignificant servants,

Gaṇāśraya Nitāi Dāsa Adhikārī (dīkṣā)
Gītānjalī Jānhavā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Shilpa and Shreya
Nottingham – England

Dear Gurudeva,

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 humble obeisances on the auspicious occasion of Your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā.

How can I even begin to write Your glories? Each time You amaze me and others, with the ease through which You overcome every so-called challenge, in a glorious way!

Though it may be a herculean task for me, I make this humble attempt!

Gurudeva, I’ve had Your kind association since 1998/9 in Dubai (DDY) and over the years I see Your saintly qualities that have stood the test of time – they have never changed.

M- You are Mahāprabhu’s Missionary, sent to preach in every corner of this world, as instructed by Your spiritual master, Our founder Ācārya, Śrīla Prabhupāda. You’ve preached the message of Mahāprabhu in countries from Africa, to Middle East and to the tribal areas in Bangladesh. Even to this day, You continue in this spirit of preaching despite any health setback You face.

A- You are anxiety-less - it is very much like the word anxiety does not exist in Your life’s dictionary. In the early days, with a super packed travel schedule, You would always have time, even in the last hour before flying out, to meet and speak with devotees from the congregation, whilst others around you were in anxiety of making it to the flight on time! Now, even with several health issues you still stay determined, fixed and free from any anxiety which is impossible for a common man.

S- Steadfastness - Your steadfastness in devotion to Śrīla Prabhupāda, Guru Paramparā and Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaurāṅga, even in the face of adversities, is an example You set for Your disciples and well-wishers. An example that is too high for an ordinary being like me to reach!

T- Tolerant - You tolerate every health setback that you face with courage and determination to serve Your spiritual master’s orders.

E- Encouraging - You are always encouraging, not just to Your disciples and well-wishers, but also other people You meet like nurses, doctors, movie stars and even young children to chant the Holy names of the Lord even once. I remember when You had asked me, during my University days how many rounds I am chanting. I felt guilty to say that I was doing 2-4 rounds only, but You encouraged me to keep going. You always encourage many youngsters by calculating the total names chanted in 1 year, for 1 round of the Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahā Mantra and you would give a big ‘wow’ which was a huge encouragement for many!

R- You are the ‘Remover’ of the ignorance that has built up in my heart over many, many births and lifetimes because You simply spoke the message of the Supreme Lord that You received from Your spiritual master. You not only remove the darkness that fills my heart but You also replace it with the most beautiful qualities that I need as a servant, such as kindness, care, humbleness, enthusiasm and many more, all of which adorn You like a garland!

Hence, You are my ‘MASTER’, Our dearest spiritual ‘MASTER’. It has taken me many years to comprehend what it means to have a spiritual master and through Your mercy and blessings, I realise everyday what a priceless fortune I am gifted with to have You as my spiritual ‘MASTER’!

Just as Mother Devahūti prays to Lord Kapila in Śrīmad-bhāgavatam (3.25.8) that ‘You are the only means of getting out of this darkest region of ignorance because You are my transcendental eye, which I have attained only by Your mercy, after many many births’, I pray to You, dear Gurudeva, to help me cross from this side of conditioned life to the side of eternal freedom at the Lotus feet of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava.

Your unworthy disciple,

Gauraprema Gāyatrī devī dāsī (London, UK)

Soho Street, London, UK

Dearest Guru Mahārāja, my beloved Initiated Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my Respectful and Humble Obeisance’s.

All glories to your devotional service at the lotus feet of His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

On this auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, please pardon my offenses due to my immaturity and limited planning ability. It was my greatest day when you gave me Initiation on 17th October 2020 on Zoom, social media platform because we could not be with you personally due to pandemic rules and regulations. Even after the initiation you went out of the way to reach us through the social media platform to help us progress in our spiritual life with such hardships with your physical challenges. We are so fortunate to have you as our dīkṣā Guru as you are the direct representative of Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Kṛṣṇa to rescue the fallen souls. You have sacrificed your whole life for helping the fallen souls to reach Lord Kṛṣṇa by taking a lot of their sinful acts on your holy body.

As always, Your helping hand reached out to all the devotees and guided all the way through to keep us in track. Even though we are all in different time zones, you have worked so hard to accommodate everyone to progress in spiritual path by giving discourses every day and satisfying devotees with your darśan and home visits.

Your mercy and kindness are unlimited and unable to thank you enough for all the dedicated devotional service irrespective of your physical health challenges.

I am trying my best to follow the regulative principles at all times. I do 16 rounds of chanting regularly as prescribed and do one round every day for my beloved Guru Mahārāja in the past three years.

With your grace I am doing a speck of devotional service such as Bhakti-vṛkṣa class for children and encourage their families to come into Kṛṣṇa Consciousness as well. The number of children in the class has increased with your divine grace and they seem to enjoy and learn in the class as well. I attend classes regularly and keep up to be in the spiritual path.

I want to narrate your mercy on my life. With your mercy, I could visit the holy dhāma Vṛndāvana in November 2022. By your grace deities of Gaura Nitāi was made in Vṛndāvana and welcomed in Bangalore, India by the help of so many devotees, His Holiness Madhusudan Vishnudāsa Prabuji, His Holiness  Gaura Chandra Gopīnātha Prabhuji, His Holiness  Pramod Nitāi Prabhuji, HH Suvarṇa Gaura Hari Prabhuji, HH Svayam Prakash Prabhuji, HH Śacītānanda Prabhuji, Saṅkarṣaṇa Nitāi Prabhuji and Arathi Mātājī. In UK at Milton Keynes His Holiness Govinda Gopī Mātājī and her team has helped me in various ways. This is your unlimited mercy Guru Mahārāja.

My biggest responsibility of getting my son married to a good girl was also taken care by your merciful grace. What more can I ask when you take all the responsibility? You have given me more than I could ask for.

I am still struggling sometimes with my uncontrolled mind while chanting. I am sure Your divine grace will certainly take care of everything.

Daṇḍavat praṇāmas at the lotus feet of my beloved Guru Mahārāja. Ever grateful for all your unlimited kindness.

Haribol

Gītā Gamya Keśavī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

United Kingdom (Milton Keynes)

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, All glories to you on this most auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā.

You teach us by example. You are always glorifying your spiritual master Śrīla
Prabhupāda you teach us the mood of becoming servitorship. By your mercy only we can perform devotional service without difficulties. Thank you for everything Guru Mahārāja even though your health is not good you are still preaching all over the world you are a great inspiration and jewel in ISKCON, by your glance and mercy people are becoming devotees of Kṛṣṇa. Please bless us so that we can follow your instructions and become a worthy servant of yours we look forward to serve, you more and more.

Guru Mahārāja please forgive me any offences I have made.

Yours unworthy servant,
Gopī Bhakti Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
United Kingdom (Birmingham - UK)

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble and respectful obeisances unto Your lotus feet!

I’m not qualified to glorify Your service determination, instructions following of your spiritual master – Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Come what may (barriers like health, weather, pandemic), you always stood as an inspiration for many fallen souls like me. You always make sure we are in the right mood and are following the proper procedure for everything we do.

For me you stand as an inspiration, both spiritually and materially. Being in software field, we are always told to upgrade ourselves technically but It is not very easy to get upgraded very frequently, but you never fail to upgrade yourself to deliver Kṛṣṇa prem to us. For eg: Started with your books, then recorded classes on a small walk men, then CDs, then your lectures on internet, then transcribing them, then JPS app, then LIVE classes, now I see your shorts on Instagram reels too, you always AMAZE me with your ideas.

I really feel fortunate enough to be in this age of getting everything on the internet, because all your classes are recorded, transcribed and available all the time for us to get benefitted just on our fingertips (Please make sure that I won’t take this boon for granted)

Here are couple of things I wanted to mention on a glorious day like this about what I did in the last year:

Whatever service I take, if it is successfully done, it is only by your mercy. Without you I will not be able to do any (I can definitely say this from my heart that you’re the only reason).

By your mercy, I became an instrument to serve you in your service by proof reading couple of your lectures and translate 1-2 of them.

These days while I’m chanting, I’m trying to turn on your chanting on mobile and chant along with you, which is helping me to get my focus back if I’m diverted.

I’m trying to develop love for Gaurāṅga from your Caitanya Līlā classes (I hear only few of your classes though).

Last but not least, very happy to share with you that my 2 year little one is now able to recite Hare Kṛṣṇa Māha-mantra :).

Being the most useless person, I beg your mercy to shed some light on us to follow the Kṛṣṇa conscious path 100 percent, chant more and devote our lives in the service of Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.

Eternally indebted to you for all the mercy you showered on me and my family.

May you always be in good health and enlighten more souls in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Your grandchild,

Himaja Domakuntla (aspiring disciple)

South Norwood, London, UK

Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to you on this most auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā 2022

Śrīla Prabhupāda Lecture on SB 6.1.6 -- Los Angeles, January 3, 1970:

“Vaiṣṇava means godly person. So, every godly person, he thinks for others. “Oh, people are suffering for want of knowledge, for want of God consciousness, for want of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Oh, let me do some service. Let me enlighten them so that they may be happy.” Therefore, we offer our obeisances to the Vaiṣṇavas: Vāñchā-kalpa-tarubhyaś ca kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca. Vāñchā-kalpa-taru means that “My dear devotee, you are just like a desire tree. Whatever I desire from you, you fulfill.” Vāñchā-kalpa-tarubhyaś ca kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca. Kṛpā means mercy. “You are the ocean of mercy.” And patitānāṁ pāvanebhyo, “And you are deliverer of the fallen souls. Therefore, I offer my obeisances unto you.” It is very nice to offer respect to a godly person. Is described very nicely. Why? Now, patitānāṁ pāvanebhyo. A godly person’s business is to reclaim the fallen souls. They cannot see... A godly person sees that “Here is my brother. He is son of God. I am son of God. Without enlightenment, without knowledge of God, he is suffering. So, let me give him some knowledge of God.” This is godly person’s business. He has no other business.”

Dear Guru Mahārāja this is a description of you that I noticed from the first time I saw you —all your activities were for helping the conditioned souls. I noticed on some occasions people were not interested yet by your interaction with them it lifted them out of their moroseness, and they were smiling and sattvic happy within an hour.

I noticed your jovial mood is constant, because you are relishing the bliss/ joy which comes from taking shelter of the divine energy

I have been trying to give Kṛṣṇa to a person I have been cultivating for over 30 years. During those 30 years there was no perceivable result. I thought that I was failing but following your example I kept on in a friendly mood and just recently this person has started chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa Mantra! He chants it using a small keyboard which sounds like a harmonium. He does it four days every week. I’ve encouraged him to chant everyday between ten minutes to one hour every day So I’m waiting to see what happens. I’m sure it will by Nitāi Gaura’s grace.

Guru Mahārāja, you are literally an ocean of mercy just giving, giving and giving with no limit—no end to everyone whether they are favorable or not and you do it with such charm that people’s hearts are affected

Seeing this example of yours I started cultivating a person who had no interest in Kṛṣṇa. He was against any religion. I found out the reason. He was from a religious culture. His ancestors were devotees of Lord Rāmacandra who had fought for the British in the First World War (1914-18).

When he was young man, he had a good friend who was ostensibly very religious. However, one day the friend disappeared along with a large some of money and no one was able to locate him. From that day forth he never trusted any one religious. He said he preferred dealing with “bad people” because you knew exactly what to expect from them. I understood his feeling because he was from a kṣatriya genealogical line and when you trust someone you trusted them with your life!

Still, Guru Mahārāja I followed your example of trying to find different ways of giving Kṛṣṇa in a friendly mood to this person and also not being attached to the result or difficulties. Ten years went by —no result; 20 years went by—no result; 30 years went by—no result; More years went by—no result; And then he died.

It seemed that all my efforts had failed!

But I found out later that many years before he died, he had told his grandsons to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra which they were doing seriously and at the time of him leaving his body one of them was right there in the hospital room chanting the mahā-mantra! What a result!

His grandsons continue to this day to chant the mahā-mantra seriously.

So, Guru Mahārāja you are an ocean of mercy and by your example you are training your disciples to be oceans of mercy and from the two examples I have recounted I can see why there cannot be a limit to how much we are prepared to give to get someone chanting the mahā-mantra. The result will be there but not how we expect after all we are servants, and the master (Nitāi Gaura) will control how the result will manifest.

Thank you! Guru Mahārāja, for being an ocean of mercy for us all. Never-ever giving up on anyone.

Your grateful disciple always,

Jaitra Dāsa (dīkṣā)
United Kingdom (London - Soho Street)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please Accept Our Respectful Obeisances unto Your Lotus Feet

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All Glories to Śrīla Gurudeva

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

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

There is no words to describe your strong will to spread Kṛṣṇa conscious Guru Mahārāja. Although you are facing so much of pain physically, you always show your miracles to the whole world that a pure devotee could withstand anything for spreading Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. You are the eternal gift for this world given by Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja. You are the Hope, Light for everyone. Myself - Jyothishree, My Husband - Manish, My Son - Radhikesh, we feel so blessed to have you in our life dear Guru Mahārāja. We are from East London, practiced Kṛṣṇa Consciousness under the guidance of Her Grace Yamuneśvari Devī Dāsī mātājī and His Grace Aravinda Kṛṣṇa Dāsa Prabhu.

Thank you for choosing us among millions and billions of people and giving us your kind and warm shelter dear Guru Mahārāja. I have personally experienced your miracle and divine vibes many a times even though it is virtual dear Guru Mahārāja. You are facing so many challenges health wise but still you are so kind towards everyone dear Guru Mahārāja. Whenever Lord Narasiṁhadeva wants more prayers and Kṛṣṇa needs more rounds of chanted by devotees, you fall sick! that is what I feel. We pray to Supreme Lord for your longest and longest, Healthiest life dear Guru Mahārāja. I would love and pray to see you completely recovered from all health complications. You handle Question Answer sessions so well Dear Guru Mahārāja. The answers are something beyond anyone’s imagination.
Please bless us so that we keep up our sadhanas up to mark and take initiation as soon as possible. Please bless my son Rādhikesh so that he too would follow the path of devotees and become a instrument in Lord Caitanya’s mission. Currently I am handling Kid’s Bhakti-vṛkṣa and My Husband is handling Gītā Gyan classes. Please give us that strength to spread this amazing gift of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness to many and many people.

Thank you very much Guru Mahārāja for your Blessings, Support, Love, Care and Kindness on us.

Your Spiritual Children,

Manish, Jyothishree (sheltered discicple), Radhikesh

East London, UK

হরেকৃষ্ণ গুরুমহারাজ শতকুটি প্রনাম আপনার রাতুল পাদপদ্মে।

শুভ ৭৩তম আবির্ভাবতিথীতে অনেক অনেক কৃষ্ণপ্রীতি রইল আপনার জন্য।

পতিতপাবন শ্রীগুরু আপনার আবির্ভাবে ধন্য হয়েছে এই কলিহত জীব,আমারই মত আরও অনেকে প্রয়াস করছে আপনার কৃপা পাবার জন্য।তাই ভগবান শ্রীকৃষ্ণের নিকট প্রার্থনা এই যে,আপনি সুস্হ ভাবে আরও অনেক দিন আমাদের উদ্ধার করার জন্য এই জড় জগতে অবস্হান করুন এবং

আপনার কৃপায় আমাদের শিক্ত করে কৃষ্ণের দাস হওয়ার সুযোগ প্রদান করুন।

দীর্ঘদিন আপনার অদর্শনে হ্রদয় ব্যকুল তাই কৃপা করে লন্ডনে আসবেন।

আপনার প্রতিক্ষায়

আপনার আধ্যাত্মিক সন্তান

 কনিকা ঘোষ

Konica Gosh (śīkṣā-disciple)
East London, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please Accept my respectful obeisances to your divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

Thank you for giving me opportunity to write homage on your Vyāsa-pūjā day. In 2021 is a special year for me you given me initiation and given shelter at your lotus feet. I am so fortunate to take shelter on your lotus feet. You are so personal and kind to every living entity without any discrimination. and your daily classes you asked many devotees well being taking personal care for them as a spiritual father. Any situation you always think about how to fulfill Śrīla Prabhupāda instructions. With your health condition you traveled many places and giving shelter to many fallen souls like me. Please kindly bless me and my family we together serve your lotus feet and help to fulfill Śrīla Prabhupāda instructions

Thank you

Your humble servant,

Kṛpā sindhu Raghunātha Dāsa (dīkṣa)

East London, UK

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Thank you for all that you have done, you are so inspiring. Please show me a path and direction.

Thanks,

Lakshmi Chaitanya Amalapurapu (aspiring disciple)
London – East London, UK

My Dear Spiritual Father Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, Please accept my respectful obeisances.

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

Śrīla Guru Mahārāja you are the most glorified personality who appeared on this universe only to fullfill the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda. I am so fortunate that you have accepted me as your sheltered devotee despite my many shortfalls.

Despite so many challenges in the last 2 years and covid pandemic you were so merciful that you visited our homes in the UK every week only to bless our families. Guru Mahārāja only because of your mercy I and my family have started preaching through outreach and L1/L2 Bhagavad-gītā classes in the East London. I have also been given an opportunity to coordinate Saṅkīrtana programs in the east London.

Because of your mercy my 2 daughters are also engaged in various services here in East London. My elder daughter Tīrtha 10 years learnt byheart over 40 ślokas, she recently received her grammar school results and a place has been offered at one of the top grammar schools in Essex and my younger daughter Rudra Shree who is 6 years learnt just over 20 ślokas by heart from the Bhagavad-gītā at the peak time in pandemic.

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet and I beg you to please bless me with intelligence and memory so that I can be an instrument in preaching Kṛṣṇa Consciousness to everyone I come across in my life and serve as per your instructions.

Your Sheltered Son

Lakshmikanth Jakkula (sheltered disciple)

East London, UK

৭৩ তম ব্যাস পূজা

শ্রীল জয় পতাকা স্বামী গুরু মহারাজ

পরম পূজনীয় পরমারাধ্য গুরু মহারাজ আপনার শ্রীপাদপদ্মে আমি আমার বিনম্র দণ্ডবৎ প্রনতি জ্ঞাপন করছি।

আজ আপনার ৭৩তম ব্যাস পূজা উপলক্ষে আমাদের ভক্তিপূর্ণ শ্রদ্ধার্ঘ নিবেদন গ্রহণ করুন।এই বিশেষ দিনে আপনার শ্রী চরণে আপনার অধম সন্তানদের ভক্তি পূর্ণ লক্ষকোটি প্রণাম গ্রহণ করুন।

নমঃ ওম বিষ্ণু পাদায় কৃষ্ণ পেষ্টায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামী নিতি নমিনে।
নমঃ আচার্য পাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে
গৌর কথা ধাম দায় নগর গ্রাম তারিনে।

গুরুমহারাজা আমি আপনার অযোগ্য শিষ্য। আপনি আমার জীবনকে আপনার চরণে আশ্রয় দিয়েছিলেন, যখন আমি এই জড় জগতের দুর্দশায় আক্ৰান্ত হয়েছিলাম তখন আপনার আশ্রয় পেয়ে অসীম আনন্দের পথ দেখেছি । আপনিই আমার একমাত্র আশ্রয়। আপনার মহিমা বর্ণনা করার মতো কোনো যোগ্যতা আমার নেই। কীভাবে ভগবান গৌরাঙ্গের শুদ্ধ ভক্ত হতে হয়, কীভাবে রাধা-মাধবকে ভালবাসতে হয়, কীভাবে তাদের ভক্তদের ভালবাসতে হয়, কীভাবে ভক্তদের ভাল যত্ন নিতে হয়, কীভাবে প্রচারে সর্বদা অনুপ্রাণিত এবং উৎসাহিত থাকতে হয়। আমার মতো অধমের আপনিই আদর্শ। আমাদের পরম ভাগ্য যে, আমরা আপনার শ্রী-চরণে স্থান পেয়েছি। ইহা আপনার অহেতুকী কৃপার বহিঃপ্রকাশ। আপনি অনেক কৃপালু তাই এই জগতের হতভাগ্য জীবদের উদ্দারের জন্য আপনার আবির্ভাব। দুঃখ জর্জরিত মানব জাতির জন্য আশীর্বাদ স্বরূপ।

শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ আপনার হৃদয়। আপনি শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের আনন্দের জন্য এবং মহাপ্রভুর বাণী পৃথিবীর সর্বত্র প্রচারের জন্য নিরলস ভাবে ভগবানের বাণী প্রচার করে যাচ্ছেন।

রাধা-গোবিন্দ সর্বদা আপনাকে কোমলভাবে ধরে রাখুন এবং আপনার মহৎ ইচ্ছাগুলি সত্য হওয়ার অনুমতি দিন।

ভগবান গৌর-নিতাইয়ের অতীন্দ্রিয় প্রেমময় ভক্তিমূলক সেবায় আপনি সর্বদা সুখী হন।

দণ্ডবৎ প্রণাম গুরুমহারাজ

আপনার শ্রীপাদপদ্মে

আপনার অদম সন্তান

লিটন বৈদ্য, প্রভা সরকার (aspiring disciple)

Bhaktivedanta Manor (Watford), UK

৭৩ তম ব্যাস পূজা

শ্রীল জয় পতাকা স্বামী গুরু মহারাজ

পরম পূজনীয় পরমারাধ্য গুরু মহারাজ আপনার শ্রীপাদপদ্মে আমি আমার বিনম্র দণ্ডবৎ প্রনতি জ্ঞাপন করছি।
আজ আপনার ৭৩তম ব্যাস পূজা উপলক্ষে আমাদের ভক্তিপূর্ণ শ্রদ্ধার্ঘ নিবেদন গ্রহণ করুন।এই বিশেষ দিনে আপনার শ্রী চরণে আপনার অধম সন্তানদের ভক্তি পূর্ণ লক্ষকোটি প্রণাম গ্রহণ করুন।

নমঃ ওম বিষ্ণু পাদায় কৃষ্ণ পেষ্টায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামী নিতি নমিনে,
নমঃ আচার্য পাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে
গৌর কথা ধাম দায় নগর গ্রাম তারিনে

গুরুমহারাজা আমি আপনার অযোগ্য শিষ্য। আপনি আমার জীবনকে আপনার চরণে আশ্রয় দিয়েছিলেন, যখন আমি এই জড় জগতের দুর্দশায় আক্ৰান্ত হয়েছিলাম তখন আপনার আশ্রয় পেয়ে অসীম আনন্দের পথ দেখেছি আপনিই আমার একমাত্র আশ্রয়। আপনার মহিমা বর্ণনা করার মতো কোনো যোগ্যতা আমার নেই। কীভাবে ভগবান গৌরাঙ্গের শুদ্ধ ভক্ত হতে হয়, কীভাবে রাধা-মাধবকে ভালবাসতে হয়, কীভাবে তাদের ভক্তদের ভালবাসতে হয়, কীভাবে ভক্তদের ভাল যত্ন নিতে হয়, কীভাবে প্রচারে সর্বদা অনুপ্রাণিত এবং উৎসাহিত থাকতে হয়। আমার মতো অধমের আপনিই আদর্শ। আমাদের পরম ভাগ্য যে, আমরা আপনার শ্রী-চরণে স্থান পেয়েছি। ইহা আপনার অহেতুকী কৃপার বহিঃপ্রকাশ। আপনি অনেক কৃপালু তাই এই জগতের হতভাগ্য জীবদের উদ্দারের জন্য আপনার আবির্ভাব। দুঃখ জর্জরিত মানব জাতির জন্য আশীর্বাদ স্বরূপ।

শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ আপনার হৃদয়। আপনি শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের আনন্দের জন্য এবং মহাপ্রভুর বাণী পৃথিবীর সর্বত্র প্রচারের জন্য নিরলস ভাবে ভগবানের বাণী প্রচার করে যাচ্ছেন।

রাধা-গোবিন্দ সর্বদা আপনাকে কোমলভাবে ধরে রাখুন এবং আপনার মহৎ ইচ্ছাগুলি সত্য হওয়ার অনুমতি দিন।
ভগবান গৌর-নিতাইয়ের অতীন্দ্রিয় প্রেমময় ভক্তিমূলক সেবায় আপনি সর্বদা সুখী হন।

দণ্ডবৎ প্রণাম গুরুমহারাজ
আপনার শ্রীপাদপদ্মে
আপনার অদম সন্তান
লিটন বৈদ্য
প্রভা সরকার

Liton Boidya (sheltered disciple)
Soho Street, East London, UK

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe


mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānanda-mādhavam śrī caitanyam īśvaram
hariḥ oṁ tat sat.


Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectful obeisances at Your Divine Lotus Feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I am so grateful for Your causeless mercy on this poor fallen soul.

I always think how fortunate I’m, as you were here in London for my birthday in 2016 and 2017 blessed this fallen soul. And the next year birthday also I got your blessing through your senior disciple HG Bhakti Purushottama Swami Maharaj. So I always cherish those moments on my birthday n feel very fortunate.

Please bless me so that I can bring up my kids in KC and be supportive to my husband in all the times.

Guru Maharaj I humbly beg you to bless me and my husband to imbibe this sincere mood of serving You by helping You in fulfilling the instructions of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedānta Śrīla Prabhupāda.

We are eagerly waiting to be Initiated by Yourself Guru Maharaj. To be frank I don’t know the value of initiation, still want to take initiation by your Divine grace. As it is my husbands wish to get initiated by Divine grace together and be a squirrel in your mission of helping His Divine Grace Śrīla prabhupāda.

We humbly beg you to please forgive us for the offences we have committed at Your Divine Lotus Feet.

Thank you for being there for us at every stage and helping us progress in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Guru Mahārāja.

Your spiritual daughters.

Maalya Reddy Nagulapally (sheltered disciple)
Yashaswini Reddy Nagulapally
Kṛṣṇa Priya Reddy Nagulapally
Rajendhar Nagulapally

East London, UK

Hare Kṛṣṇa Gurumahārāja daṇḍavat praṇāma

Please accept my humble obeisances to your lotus feet

I am your dīkṣā disciple Madhura Sītā Devī Dāsī, Kṛṣṇa dāsa from ISKCON Coventry, living in Miltonkeynes.

Wish you happy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava!

With your divine blessings we are doing Kids Bhagvad-gītā classes

Weekly Harināma, house programs and nagara-saṅkīrtana in Miltonkeynes Under the guidance of His Grace Haridāsa Prabhujī, His Grace Vidura Prabhujī ISKCON Coventry and His Grace Govinda Gopī Mātājī Miltonkeynes.

Thank you for giving instructions and blessings

Please bless us in doing more service to You and Lord Kṛṣṇa

Mādhura Sītā devī dāsī (dīkṣa)
United Kingdom (Milton Keynes)

My Dearest Guru Maharaja,

 

Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to your divine lotus feet.

 

I was recently remembering that evening, many years ago. I was cleaning your bedroom. I had recently joined Krishna Consciousness, and my mind was still spinning the fan on all sorts of material and negative thoughts. You stood right in front of me, and pointing your finger at me, exclaimed, “You! Must! Be! Happy!” 

Sometimes I think that happiness is something you can divide into sections. A measurable element in every aspect of our lives. Am I happy with my circumstances?, with my sadhana?, with my performance in this or that service? 

But truly, happiness is more sublime and simple than that. 

As Srila Prabhupada taught us, “By making Krishna happy, we become happy.”

Hare, is the Energy that connects us to the Lord in loving service. It’s the same Ananda, transcendental happiness, the internal potency of the Lord, Srimati Radharani. So, by dwelling at the feet of the internal potency of the Lord, we are Krishna conscious, we are happy. 

And how to secure that shelter? Once you said, “The best one can offer to Krishna is a soul”. Living to connect others to Krishna is living in the internal potency. And you are, dear Guru Maharaja, a vivid example of it.

At last, an instruction of yours that I try to keep closest to my heart, you said, “The most important thing for a disciple is to learn the mood of the Guru”. Though there may be struggles and challenges: being an instrument of your mercy, following your footsteps and living by your instructions, is the blissful path to real happiness.

 

Happy Vyasa Puja Guru Maharaja!!!

 

Your humble servant,

Mādhurī Yamunā devī dāsī
UK (London - BV Manor)

 

 

My dear spiritual father,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances to the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Whenever I think of tolerance, your divine grace comes to my mind.

Rūpa Gosvāmī describes in the first verse of Upadeśāmṛta how a sober person who is able to tolerate different urges from the mind, speech and body, is qualified to make disciples around the world. That’s your position.

Lord Kṛṣṇa in Bg 2.14 tells us that we must learn to tolerate the different dualities of this world, such us heat and cold, happiness and distress.

Mahāprabhu tells us to be as tolerant as a tree.

In order to keep and nourish relationships, we need to tolerate so much. That’s the way to avoid offenses.

At this point, I’m begging from you forgiveness for my offenses, for which cannot find other explanation but intolerance from my side. Despite of your divine grace setting such a wonderful example of tolerance, still cannot follow. Please forgive my ignorance. Please bless me.

Regarding your Facebook page in Portuguese, it’s finally up to date with your daily classes, lately question-and-answers sessions. Anandinī Rādhārāṇī devī dāsī is doing the translation work.

Eternally grateful for your trust, dear Gurudeva.

Your aspiring student,

Mahāpremadā devī dāsī

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance at your lotus feet. All glories to your grace and Śrīla Prabhupāda, All glories to Guru Paramparā and Gaur Nitāi. All glories to Lord Kṛṣṇa!

On occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I pray to Kṛṣṇa to cure you completely so that we can relish your necterean classes like before. I feel due to my sevā or Vaiṣṇava-aparādhā you are suffering. I am a very fallen soul, due to my anartha-nivṛtti you are going through such difficult time. please forgive me for my offences. You are very merciful and kind, please bless me that I become better devotee and serve you and paramparā as you desire.

You always say that you want your devotees to preach. At present I am not engaged in active preaching, I do it occasionally. I feel I am not well equipped with knowledge and wisdom that I require to become an effective preacher. Please bless me that I learn ways to improve myself as preacher. I want to make you happy and proud of me.

We are praying for your speedy recovery and hope to see you back in Māyāpur on your Vyāsa-pūjā few weeks later. Once again, please forgive all my offences which were committed knowingly and unknowingly and always keep me at the dust of lotus feet!

Your insignificant servant,

Mahārānī Bhadrā devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

Birmingham, UK

Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Your Holiness!

I thank you from bottom of my heart for your causeless mercy upon me and my family for accepting me as your disciple though I am not at all qualified. I am also so indebted as you have inspired my husband to take this spiritual path under your shelter so that we can serve as a family. He is waiting to get aspired.

Though I am so worthless to glorify you still I can’t explain how am I awestruck with your service. I feel so much pain that you are suffering for all our sins and mistakes. Please forgive us for that. I can never repay for helping this fallen soul.

You have always fulfilled my prayers. Now I humbly pray to you that I should never be deviated from this spiritual path and follow your instructions.

Guru Mahārāja, I wanted to serve and please you. I am given the service of teaching for teens. Please show mercy on me so that I can guide them in the right path of devotional service. I know I cannot do it with my intelligence and skills.

I also want to serve you with book distribution. Please fulfill my wish.

I know how selfish I am, as I am taking this opportunity to put forth all my prayers. Please bless my mother to take this spiritual path and also Adhi (my friend ‘s son) to progress spiritually and with his studies.

With lots of love

Your daughter,

Māladhārinī Campakalatā devī dāsī (dīkṣa)
East London, United Kingdom

My dear Spiritual Father please accept my respectful obeisances at your merciful feet on this auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā.

All glories to you!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

My dear Spiritual Father I’ve been contemplating just how much you are dedicated and focused on Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions and desire to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousnesses…. And all I could see was that you are unstoppable! The level of your dedication and love is beyond comprehension. What can I, as a frog in the well, say about the ocean?

My sincere hope is that by seeing you and taking to my heart-how you act, how you talk, how you care for so many and how you carry so many responsibilities out of genuine love, brings forth a desire to most humbly try and follow somehow in your holy footsteps.

Loads of inspiration comes from thinking about you - how expertly you bring people to Kṛṣṇa, your straight forwardness, your ability to make everyone welcome and cared for - no matter how they look, where they come from, what status they may have…

That highlighted so many flaws within my own heart and also prompted me to take action to learn and improve set of skills that will offer better quality of service.

Please bless me so I can serve you in my own small way by helping devotees become more introspective and confident to utilize their individual talents and skills in the service of Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga as opposed of feeling lack of care and the lack of sense of individual purpose within institution.

You are teaching us how Lord Caitanya’s mercy is for everyone, and I hope to always serve, from my heart, in that mood of acceptance and non-judgement

Your spiritual daughter and aspiring disciple,

Mālinī Nitāi Dāsī (dīkṣa)

Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Gurumahārāja,

Please Accept My respectful obeisances,

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All Glories to your grace.

I am writing your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā offering for my own purification. Guru Mahārāja thank you very much for everything you have given us and for being with us in every aspect of our life. In the past years because of lockdown, we were able to take more of your divine association which has been transforming. Through your Caitanya class via zoom you inspired many souls like myself to know more about Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Your Divine Grace took every step to ensure that disciples hear from you on a regular basis and get your association and get benefitted. You have taken every effort to extend yourself to us in every situation. In spite of your health not being very good your Diving Grace still ensured that you would give classes online. We pray and hope we take advantage of all these. Hoping and seeking your blessings so that I may be able to listen to more of your classes on a regular basis.

Earlier I used to think Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes are very difficult to comprehend and relate to because I had not read much before. But after attending your class I am able to realize how much I have missed in the past. Now by attending your grace’s class and our mentor Her Grace Yamuneśvarī Mātājī’s class I have started knowing more about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Guru Mahārāja recently by your mercy and by the mercy of our mentors His Grace Aravinda Kṛṣṇa Prabhu and Her Grace Yamuneśvarī Mātājī we have been getting a chance to serve Śrī Śrī Rādhā Londonīśvara in the deity kitchen. This service is very purifying. Kindly bless that we may always serve in the right attitude and by this process get to know Hari, Guru and Vaiṣṇavas more and serve them better.

Guru Mahārāja wanted to share a small reciprocation. I wanted to enroll for Bhakti-śastri so I can study the shastras more systematically but there were few other things happening and was not sure whether I should enroll for the batch now or later. While I was contemplating on this same day I saw your message where you wanted your disciples to study the śāstras deeply by doing Bhakti-śāstri, Bhakti-vaibhava, Bhakti-vedānta etc. I felt this was a direct blessing from Your Divine Grace and I enrolled without any further doubt. Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for guiding me.

Guru Mahārāja every time, we take your darśana we derive so much of spiritual strength, and we see some transformation. We beg forgiveness for any offense committed knowingly or unknowingly to Your Divine Grace and to the devotees. Please always keep us under the shade of your Lotus feet and empower us to share Kṛṣṇa consciousness unlimitedly and extend the devotee care which Your Divine Grace is an epitome of to all the Bhakti-vṛkṣa Members and devotees. Thank you for giving me an opportunity to assist in rendering some personal service to Your Divine Grace. Finally, I also beg that I may develop a taste for chanting the holy name purely and develop love for guru and Kṛṣṇa. I also pray and beg your mercy so I can deepen my relationship with you to help serve your instructions in every aspect of my life. Please give me the strength to follow my vows of chanting and regulative principles. Hoping to see you soon in London in this year Guru Mahārāja.

Your spiritual son,

Manohara Nitāicandra dāsa
London, United Kingdom

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

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

My very Dear Spiritual Father Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance’s on to your lotus feet.

I am feeling extremely fortunate while writing an offering to you dear Guru Mahārāja on your glorious 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā.

Dear Guru Mahārāja like always you have been inspirational to me and my 8 years daughter Siddhi. I cannot thank you enough for your generous and giving nature, even being miles away from us your Divine Grace has missed no opportunity to give us your association, despite all your Health challenges, you never missed out single day to give class. It is always amazing to get your Grace darśana, just after every wonderful classes. It gives me and siddhi a big smile on our face and we celebrate this by talking for hours that how lovingly they calling our names in Zoom call “Meeta and Little Siddhi”

Nothing can stop you dear Guru Mahārāja from spreading Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Thank you, so much dear Guru Mahārāja, for showring your love, care and Mercy through Facebook and zoom calls.

I would like to express my special gratitude and thanks to you because this year my daughter siddhi has got an incredibly special birthday wishes from you on zoom and Facebook on 4th April. She attends kids’ bhakti-vṛkṣa that I take in east London. Please bless me dear Guru Mahārāja so I can preach better as this always makes me nervous before my session. Siddhis participate in all online and other festival in east London bhakti-vṛkṣa. With your blessing I am doing 16 rounds and Siddhi does 2 rounds of chanting and do tulasī-parikramā 2 circle for your better health. Together we do kīrtana service in east London. Dear Guru Mahārāja please bless me and siddhi so we can continue our services in better way to please you.

On this special day I pray to Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Narasiṁhadeva to bless your Divine Grace with good health so that we all can have more of your association and help you in fulfilling Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instruction.

Thank you very much dear, Guru Mahārāja.

Your insignificant servant,

Meeta and Little Siddhi (aspiring disciple)

East London, UK

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

All Glories to His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami

Dear Guru Mahārāja, please accept my offerings on the most auspicious occasion of your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā.

We are very blessed that despite all the health challenges that you have faced and are facing, you continue to serve all your disciples, ISKCON and Prabhupāda’s instructions. You are great inspiration for us all in how to serve Guru’s instructions.

Services for Guru Mahārāja

Contributing towards book distribution monthly

Contributing to Māyāpur TV monthly.

I am also part of Bhakti-vṛkṣa NW London to help new devotees

Personal Care for devotees

Helping a devotee who lost his job in Doha in Covid time financially and possibly getting back job in Qatar

Personal Situation

Due to grandchild care, I have not been able to serve you directly for the last two and half years. As my grandchild grows and my responsibility of childcare becomes less, I hope to contribute more directly.

Currently I have a fractured right-hand wrist and my hand is in plaster. I seek your mercy that my wrist will heal when the plaster is removed next month, and in time with your mercy and blessings I am able to gain full use of my right hand again.

My desire is to complete study of Bhāgavatam this year and help devotees in my Bhakti-vṛkṣa to develop in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Guru Mahārāja’s Mercy

I continue to associate with your disciples from Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa who a great example of sevā are. Due to your boundless mercy, Rūpavatī Jāhnavā Devī Dāsī is supporting me spiritually when I have difficulties due to my hand in plaster. She is my support to keep me motivated until I recover. Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for your mercy.

Humbly your Disciple,

Mīnākṣī Mādhavī devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

United Kingdom (Manchester)

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনিতি নামিনে।
নম আচার্যপাদায় নিতাইকৃপা প্রদায়িনে
গৌরকথা ধামধায় নগরগ্রাম তারিনে।।
নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে ভক্তিবেদান্ত স্বামীনিতি নামিনে।
নমস্তে সারস্বতে দেবে গৌরবাণী প্রচারিনে
নির্বিশেষ শূণ্যবাদী পাশ্চাত্যদেশ তারিনে।।

 


হে পরম পিতা,

আপনার শ্রীচরন যুগল কমলে আমার শতকোটি প্রনতি নিবেদন করচ্ছি।এই জগতে আপনার মত পরম আরাধ্য গুরুদেবকে পেয়ে আমার জীবন সার্থক ধন্য হয়েছে।তা ব্যক্ত করার মত কোন যোগ্যতা আমার নেই এবং আমি অধোপতিত জানা শর্তেও আপনি যে আমাকে আপনার শ্রীচরন কমলে স্থান দিয়েছেন,সেই কৃতজ্ঞতা জ্ঞাপন করার মত সামর্থ্য আমার নেই।আমার সকল অপরাধের জন্য আমাকে ক্ষমা করবেন।

হে পরম আরাধ্য গুরুদেব,

আপনি করুনাময় কৃপাময়।আপনার কৃপার মাধ্যমে আমি যেন আপনার শ্রীচরন তলে থেকে আপনার আদেশ - নির্দেশ পালন করতে পারি এবং সে সাথে ভক্তিবৃক্ষের সেবাটাও যেন সুন্দর ভাবে করতে পারি আমি আমার সহধর্মিনী এবং সন্তানদের নিয়ে যেন সর্বদা আপনার শ্রীচরন আশ্রয়ে থাকতে পারি আপনি আমায় করুনা করুন।

শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ কি জয়

শ্রীল আচার্যপাদ কি জয়

আপনার অযোগ্য চরনআশ্রিত পুত্র

মনোরঞ্জন শীল
লন্ডন

Mono Ranzan Shil (sheltered disciple)
East London, UK

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please Accept Our Humble Obeisances

All Glories to your auspicious appearance day.

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

We are really blessed to be a part of the ISKCON congregation. Many thanks for all your support and enlightenment. Under your guidance we got aspiration and shelter. We are really looking forward to getting initiated under your esteemed blessings. We are amazed to see your energy levels and commitment towards ISKCON. In spite of your health issues, you keep motivating more and more devotees. Whether it is teaching, preaching, management or book distribution you excel tremendously, beyond all comparisons.

Recently, I (Ammu) was infected with Covid and took Bhagavat-gītā class with continuous cough and fever. The whole day, I was thinking about you Guru Mahārāja. You conducted classes with cellulits, covid infection, and so many other issues. Bodily discomfort never hindered your service to Kṛṣṇa. You are our great inspiration, and we try to follow your footsteps.

If you so please, kindly bless us for our spiritual progress.

Yours servants,

Naveen (Shelter disciple)
Ammu Naveen (Shelter disciple)
Linisha Naveen (Aspiring disciple)

East London, UK

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

Dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to Your Divine Grace!

Thank you for giving us an opportunity to write Vyāsa-pūjā homage on your glorious Vyāsa-pūjā.

I came to know about ISKCON through a devotee 7 months back.

Since then, very humble to participate in kirtans, daily chanting, association with devotees and doing service.

Without the guru paramparā, Śrīla Prabhupāda, you and Koṭi Vaiṣṇava devotees, it would have been difficult to uplift the fallen souls like me.

Very pleased to see you after recovering from sickness and happy to see your online darśana. Very inspired to see you guiding several devotees and hearing the glories of Kṛṣṇa through you. Please bless me to progress further on this spiritual journey.

Thank you very much Guru Mahārāja

Your servant,

Naveen Kumar (aspiring disciple)

East London, 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 Spiritual Father Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Thank you very much Guru Mahārāja for giving me an opportunity to write a Vyas pūjā offering to you. Praying to Kṛṣṇa for your good health and speedy recovery, thank you for updating us regularly about your health.

Like everyone says you are unstoppable you once again proved it by house visits over zoom.

Thank you for live Caitanya-caritāmṛta classes on Zoom despite all the heath challenges you are going through, can’t thank you enough for the merciful glances that you cast on us in the zoom house visits and give us an opportunity to serve your grace virtually even though I am not qualified enough to do so, you still accept it.

It’s only by your mercy and blessings that even though we went through pandemic the last one and a half year we were still able to cultivate our Bhakti-vṛkṣa members and do our services and bring more souls to our Bhakti-vṛkṣas.

Dear Guru Mahārāja please bless me as I have taken up the service of looking after kids Bhakti-vṛkṣa here in East London that I can do it in such a way that it pleases you and the entire guru paramparā.

dear Guru Mahārāja please forgive me for any mistake or offences that I must have done in this Vyāsa-pūjā offering as I don’t have the art of writing one. I hope one day I will learn how to write one. But my heart is full of gratitude and indebtedness for whatever you have done for me and my family and our Bhakti-vṛkṣa members.

Looking forward to seeing you in person dear Guru Mahārāja.

Your spiritual daughter,

Nikuñja Sakhī Devī Dāsī

East London, UK

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

please accept my respectable obeisances at your Lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

On your appearance day, I like to sincerely express my gratitude to you. I must beg for you to continue to bestow your unlimited causeless

mercy upon this very fallen soul. Any decent person would reciprocate with your love by surrendering fully to your instructions and serve your mission

to help Śrīla Prabhupāda wholeheartedly. I am so sorry that I have not done this. I remember that when I took the charge of Birmingham Temple,

you came to UK for Māyāpur TOVP project meeting. During the Lunch break you took me for japa walk to the Radlet Park. during that time, you gave me the best instructions how to run the temple nicely. These Instructions are keys for success. I had run the temple for about 20 years only following your instructions. one of the best instructions is that I should not take credit to any success, instead I should give the credit to my fellow devotees and congratulate them. I always remember this Guru Mahārāja. I like to thank you Guru Mahārāja wholeheartedly for guiding me all the times

and allowing me to serve you as your personal servant whenever you used to come to UK. I know my wife and I had done so offences when we used to serve you, please forgive us for the offences we had committed. Now we are missing you too much. please visit us in Birmingham.

Your spiritual son,

Nitāi charan dāsa (dīkṣa)
Birmingham – UK

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Most Auspicious 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā,

All glories to you,

Please Accept my respectful Obeisances

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, All guru-paramparā and Nitāi-Gaura.

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

G stands for Guru Mahārāja and Glorification, both goes in hand in hand. There is no glorification without Guru Mahārāja. There cannot be Guru Mahārāja without Glorification. This is my daily life’s experience, nothing happens without your mercy without your intervention, even I forget you Guru Mahārāja, you are extremely merciful and kind to remind me.

Mostly I chant with you Guru Mahārāja, the days I missed to chant with you are not very focused, chanting with you gives focus, and, determination and not giving any chance to the mind to drift away.

only by your mercy I can chant the holy name attentively with enthusiasm and love, not only you are the driving force in my chanting, also when I am lethargic and think of bodily difficulties suddenly you remind me, and say, I have not given up, so what are you doing?

Guru Mahārāja, recent past I learnt from your tolerance, patience as the time and your mercy allowed me to introspect. I realized it is not possible to move forward without your mercy. I beg for forgiveness and wait for your blessings,

Although could not attend your classes due to services, you are always inspiring in services especially, to do for perfectness. with full attention.

I cannot be grateful enough Guru Mahārāja, accepting Gaurāṅga Prāṇa Śrīvāsa Dāsa as your disciple showing we both that when guru and Kṛṣṇa decide impossible can become possible.

Yasya prasādad bhagavat prasādo, yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto ‘pi, this is the only hope in our lives, and begging to serve you eternally, and seeking your guidance. for pleasure.

Your aspiring servant,

Padmāvatī Nitāimātā devī dāsī

East London, UK

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Spiritual Father,

Please accept my most respectful obeisance unto your divine Lotus feet.

All glories to your Divine Grace!!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!

Guru Mahārāja I have no qualification to glorify your Divine Grace, but on this very auspicious day of your divine appearance day I am making an attempt from the bottom of my heart. If there are any flaws please forgive this fallen soul with your kind heart.

brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva
guru-Kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja

Guru Mahārāja due to my karma I have been wandering in this material universes and suffering birth after birth. It is my great fortune to get the shelter at your Divine Lotus feet. Guru Mahārāja, you have planted the seed of devotional service in my heart. And this seed of devotional service grows and nourishes only by the shower of your causeless mercy on this fallen soul.

Oh Guru Mahārāja! You are unlimitedly merciful. You are constantly thinking of how to deliver all the fallen conditioned souls. And you have come to uplift and deliver this poor ignorant fool who is drowning in the material ocean. Gurudeva, there was not a moment when you did not preach despite of all the health challenges. You are our great inspiration, Guru Mahārāja. You are the power house of compassion, mercy, love, care, dedication etc.

You taught us chanting, deity worship, devotional services, Reading Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books, and many more services by your example. I am very much indebted to you Guru Mahārāja. I feel immense bliss when I am translating your app messages. I feel as if you are always present with me. Thank you Guru Mahārāja, for constantly guiding us and showing so much love and care towards us.

On this very auspicious day of your divine appearance day, I beg you to please shower your blessings on this fallen soul to serve your divine Lotus feet eternally and please enlighten me in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

All glories to your auspicious divine appearance day Guru Mahārāja!!

Your insignificant spiritual daughter,

Parameśvarī Pavitrā devī dāsī (dīkṣā)

Milton Keynes (UK)

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

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Jai Shree Jagannātha.

I offer my most respectful and humble obeisance’s at your lotus feet. Please accept it.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and all glories to your loving divine grace.

All glories to your appearance day Guru Mahārāja!!!

I feel although I am in Reading feeling like in Purī Lord Jagannātha dhāma, due to your blessing I am getting great associates in Reading, Myself Susanta, Wife Śrīmatī Bismita, son Sairam and daughters Rādhā all grateful to you, we have tried to go permanently to India during covid pandemic times but 4 times cancelled, we got worried what we will do but we are so lucky to get association and blessing of Vishal prabhu, Amala mātājī and all our lovely devotee always with great affection connected with Kṛṣṇa consciousness, my whole family is really feeling grateful by association of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, with chanting daily and reading Gītā, Thank you again for blessings.

I am an aspiring devotee and waiting for taking shelter from you Guru Mahārāja.

It was very blissful to have your association and listen to you over zoom meeting.

Please give all my family and all devotees blessing to do more Kṛṣṇa sevā.

I have wish all Reading people will chant every home and read Bhāgavata-gītā.

Your Dāsādi-dāsa,

Patnaik, Susanta, Bismita, Sairam and Sraddha (aspiring disciple)

Reading, UK

Dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet

Dear Guru Mahārāja my respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, all glories to Śrīla Gurudeva

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

Wish you a very happy appearance day Guru Mahārāja.

On this auspicious day I was just recollecting the song which you

composed on Śrīla Prabhupāda the same song always I feel for you if you would have not given this Bhakti Vṛkṣa process I would have totally lost in materialistic way of life, thank you for saving me. I always feel and realising that your presence itself very auspicious for entire world. I got the opportunity to meet you only couple of times but every time your reciprocation with my thoughts gave me so much connection with you. Whenever I become low immediately I remember you to regain my energy, you are my constant inspiration. Even though I am not worthy still you gave me shelter at your divine lotus feet I am indebted to you for that forever and now eagerly waiting to get connected to you as your disciple and serve you eternally.

On this special day I am begging at your lotus feet to forgive for all my offences. My only aspiration and inspiration is to serve you and one day I can become a worthy disciple of you. I am begging for your blessings for my son Akshay to take up Kṛṣṇa conscious sincerely and to serve you eternally for Śrīla Prabhupāda mission.

we are indebted to you for everything which you have given us.

your insignificant servant

Pramida (śikṣā disciple)
East London, Bhakti-vṛkṣa, UK

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

Dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Please Accept Our Respectful Obeisances.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All Glories to Your Divine Grace.

Thank you for giving us an opportunity to write Vyāsa-pūjā homage on your glorious Vyāsa-pūjā celebrations.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, thank you so much for accepting me as your disciple even though I’m not eligible to be your disciple. I got a dream in which you gave me prasāda, I felt like you are giving me blessings through my dream. Please bless me Guru Mahārāja, so that I can serve Kṛṣṇa and progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Please kindly forgive me for offences I have committed knowingly or unknowingly.

Please kindly bless me that I can get the taste of chanting holy name.

Please kindly bless me that I get the opportunity to serve devotees and get their association.

Thank you very much Guru Mahārāja

Your servant,

Prashanthi Pothineni (sheltered disciple)

East London, Bhakti-vṛkṣa

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

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

Most Respectful Dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍvat Pranāma!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and All Glories to Your Divine Grace!

Please accept our most respectful obeisances in your divine lotus feet and deepest gratitude and heartfelt wishes on Your transcendental 73rd auspicious appearance day.

We are eternally indebted to you for your causeless mercy to initiate us who are unworthy fallen souls who were destined to rot in hell.

It is only by your blessing that we are given the opportunity to serve you in our very insignificant capacity in fulfilling the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda in spreading the holy name around the world.

Although we are incapable, it is only by your mercy that we are able to attempt to do Harināma, kīrtanas and distribute books during Bhīṣma-Pañcaka and Book Marathon, serve Śrī Śrī Jagannātha Baladeva Subhadrā Mahārānī Sudarśana jī, Śrī Śrī Śacīnandana Nitāicanda, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and ISKCON Coventry Temple yātrā.

Only by your divine mercy, we are trying to produce some Kṛṣṇa conscious songs and videos on the Bhajan-kuṭir channel on YouTube.

Our online Bhagavad-gītā and chanting “CHANT AND BE HAPPY” group have completed Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā reading twice and now they are independently running the group; hence, we are requesting your divine grace to bless them to progress in their spiritual journey towards Kṛṣṇa. Please bless us to have Harināma rucī and immerse ourselves in loving devotional service.

We feel our efforts are very insignificant in carrying out your orders, so we are humbly requesting your causeless divine blessings, so that, regardless of our situations we can be always enthusiastic and improve devotional services to please your divine grace.

Having unflinching faith in Lord Narasiṁhadeva, we keep praying to Him for your divine grace’s good health and recovery.

All Glories to Your All Auspicious Vyāsa-pūjā Celebration in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur. We thank you again and again for providing us with the opportunity to participate in the transcendental 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā ceremony.

We are ignorant fools, please forgive our unforgivable mistakes and offences committed to lotus feet and please bless us so that we can serve your divine grace with our best efforts.

Your insignificant and invaluable servants,
Prema Prakaśa Gaura Dāsa (dīkṣa)
Īśānī Mādhavī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)

Dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Your Divine Grace!

Happy Kṛṣṇa conscious appearance day to you my dear spiritual father.

I sincerely pray to Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa for your good health and wellbeing. May you continue to shower your mercy to many more souls like me.

By your causeless mercy, I feel more empowered to share Kṛṣṇa consciousness with our Bhakti-vṛkṣa members, teens and Kids group.

Kindly bless our Bhakti-vṛkṣa members to take up KC seriously, progress in their spiritual life and to take up services for the pleasure of Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I have started my Bhakti-śastrī course last month as you have instructed on out initiation ceremony. I would like to take this opportunity to get more closer to Kṛṣṇa with your mercy.

You are continuing to be a great inspiration to preach. Kindly bless our Son Kanish, Adhitya to progress in his spiritual life.

I beg your forgiveness for any mistakes and offences that I have done knowingly and unknowingly.

Please bless me so that I can continue to follow your instructions at all times.

Your insignificant spiritual daughter

Prema Śakti Lakshmi Priya Devī Dāsī.

East London, UK

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনিতি নামিনে।
নম আচার্যপাদায় নিতাইকৃপা প্রদায়িনে
গৌরকথা ধামধায় নগরগ্রাম তারিনে।।
নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে ভক্তিবেদান্ত স্বামীনিতি নামিনে।
নমস্তে সারস্বতে দেবে গৌরবাণী প্রচারিনে
নির্বিশেষ শূণ্যবাদী পাশ্চাত্যদেশ তারিনে।।

হে পরমপূজনীয় আচার্যপাদ,

কৃপাপূর্বক আমার সশ্রদ্ধ প্রণতি গ্রহণ করুন। শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের জয় হোক। আপনার ৭৩তম শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথি জয়যুক্ত হোক।

হে পিতা,

আমি আপনার অযোগ্য সন্তান হওয়ার শর্তেও আপনি আমাকে আপনার চরনে স্থান দিয়েছেন।এজন্য আমি নিজেকে ধন্য মনে করি কিন্তু আমি আপনার এতটাই অযোগ্য সন্তান যে,আপনার নির্দেশ ঠিক মত পালন করতে পারি না।

হে আমার পরম আরাধ্য গুরুদেব,

আমার এই জন্ম তখনই পূর্ন হয়েছে যখন আপনি আমাকে আপনার শ্রীচরন কমলে স্থান দিয়েছেন।কিন্তু আমি এতটাই অধপতিত নির্কৃষ্ট যে,আমি আপনার অশেষ কৃপাটা বুঝতে পারি না।তাই আমি আপনার শ্রীচরন থেকে দূরে চলে যাই।আর তাই মাঝে মাঝে আমার মধ্যে অনেক খারাপ চিন্তা আসে এসব খারাপ চিন্তা থেকে আমি মুক্তি পেতে চাই।এজন্য গুরুদেব আপনি আমায় কৃপা করে করুণা করুন যাতে আমার মনের এই অযাচিত অনর্থক দূর করতে পারি।

আপনি আমায় কৃপা আর্শীবাদ করুন গুরুদেব, আমার মৃত্যুার আগ পর্যন্ত যেন,আমি,পতিদেব সন্তানদেরকে নিয়ে সর্বদা আপনার সেবা করে যেতে পারি আর সবসময় আমার মন যেন আপনার শ্রীচরন কমলের প্রতি আসক্ত থাকে

আপনার অযোগ্য চরনআশ্রীত কন্যা,

প্রিয়াংকা শীল

লন্ডন

Priyanka Shil (sheltered disciple)
Bhaktivedanta Manor, London, UK

Hare Kṛṣṇa dearest Guru Mahārāja

Please accept our humble obesiences.

All Glories to you, to Śrīla Prabhupāda and to all our Paramparā ācāryas!

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

First all please accept my apologies at your lotus feet for so many mistakes..

Memories of your darśana in London few years back are still fresh and that was such a fortunate day of my spiritual journey.

Looking forward to have your darśana again Guru Mahārāja...

Having your darśana - it gives us so much of inspiration to move ahead on our spiritual journey with more conviction and determination.

You are our spiritual father still we are not able to do any service for you.. Pls take us in your shelter Guru Mahārāja and help fallen souls like me to do at least something for the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda and allow us to engage us in your service.

Glories of your Spiritual journey is known to whole world... You are leading by example just like Śrīla Prabhupāda. Though health issues are material but no matter what may come you are one leading the world keeping aside all challenges...

On this auspicious day, praying to Lord Narsimha Dev for you Guru Mahārāja...

Your aspiring servant

Priya (sheltered disciple)

East London, UK

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most Respectful Obeisances unto Your Divine Lotus Feet.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Dear Guru Mahārāja thank you very much for guiding us and protecting us all the way through our journey in the most difficult times.

Another year had passed by and as usual that Your Divine Grace continued to exhibit transcendental pastimes and extra ordinary activities. Your every moment is utilised in the service of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu, on delivering unlimited souls to Lord Kṛṣṇa.

I am realizing that all Your Divine Graces transcendental pastimes are not just for this generation but for all the future generations to come, so they get ultimate benefit just by remembering them as they are practical tips on how to become and live completely in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

To teach that Lord Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Controller, Lord Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Enjoyer and whatever that is happening is completely as per Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu plan to make the whole world chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and to become Kṛṣṇa Conscious, in the process of delivering the whole world. I am realizing more and more that Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so simple and the only beneficial activity.

I have one small realisation to share with You Dear Guru Mahārāja, that the scriptural injunction of “lava-mātra sādhu-saṅge sarva-siddhi haya” is so true, 5 years ago which is in the year 2017 my parents happened to be in UK, they happened to see Your Divine Grace just for a moment in close proximity and bow down before Your Divine Grace and take blessings with Lord Jagannātha Tooth Brush, that moment has completely changed their fate, that moments association has made them eligible to enter into the holy Dhāmas as Śrī Māyāpur, Śrī Jagannātha Purī and Śrī Vṛndāvana, now they are now completely vegetarians, trying to strictly follow Ekādaśī and trying to do some service in our village. All this is just by Your causeless mercy and blessings.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, by your regular online Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya kathā and virtual blessings I am feeling so much secure in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, I have not done any tangible service to please You Dear Gurudeva, please continue to shower Your blessing and pour Your Mercy upon this fallen soul so that I can eternally and continuously be engaged at the dust of Your Lotus Feet.

I pray to the Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava Aṣṭasakhī, Nitāi Gaura, Pañcatattva, Prahlāda Narasiṁhadeva and Śrīla Prabhupāda to protect Your health and keep Your Divine Grace with us for many many years to come and fulfill all the Divine instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda to be fulfilled, and reclaim millions and millions of fallen conditioned souls like myself and engage in the dust of Your Lotus Feet.

I have a strong desire to preach to the western bodied souls and make devotee preachers, if you so desire I beg You to please bless me and empower me so that I can do some service to please Your Divine Grace in this way.

I beg You to please forgive me for all the offences I have committed knowingly or unknowingly at Your Lotus Feet.

Your insignificant fallen soul,

Rajendhar Nagulapally (sheltered disciple)

East London, UK

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja, please accept my Respectful Obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaurāṅga!!

Śrīla Gurudeva, All glories to Your Divine Appearance. Countless thanks aren’t sufficient for the causeless mercy that Your Divine Grace have been showering upon this conditioned soul. Even though I’m worth for nothing Your Divine Grace always care for me. Your Divine Grace always reciprocate in several ways. Your Divine Grace are just taking all this trouble to save many souls like me. Your Divine Grace, in the mood of Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaurāṅga, wants to deliver the entire world. Your Divine Grace presence is giving immense auspiciousness for the entire Universe.

My dear Spiritual Master, am being useless and been wasting my time and energy in ignorance. If Your Divine Grace so desire, please help and empower me dear Gurudeva that I utilise my time and energy in the service of Your Divine Lotus Feet and please Your Divine Grace, also I beg please connect me officially to Our Guru Paramparā by offering me dīkṣā by Your Lotus Hands Śrīla Gurudeva.

All glories to your unconditional causeless mercy!

All glories to your divine grace!

All glories to your divine appearance!

Aspiring servant of Your servants,

Rakesh (Shelter), London, United Kingdom.

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 Mahārāja,

I offer my most respectful and humble obeisance’s at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and all glories to your loving divine grace.

All glories to your appearance day Guru Mahārāja!!!

On this auspicious day of your divine descent into this world, the heart blossoms with thoughts of gratitude to Your lotus feet.

I feel so fortunate to have your causeless mercy even after being so fallen. Your blessings keep me going in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Thank you for allowing me to have your association and serve you in UK. Your lectures, instructions and suggestions have been the main guide during the pandemic for me to facilitate Bhakti-vṛkṣa and do other services. There has been some time where I didn’t had much physical association of devotees and not much physical services to do, when I moved to India. But listening to your lectures, doing online services and preaching has kept me alive in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. I feel so fortunate that I met you and my mentors. Without your blessings it would have been tough to keep going in spiritual life. Please bless me so that I can do more and more services, facilitate Bhakti-vṛkṣas and bring new souls to your lotus feet.

I pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva for your protection and well-being.

I pray that I can be of any service to you and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I pray to remain a speck of dust at your lotus feet eternally.

Your Servant
Rāmakanāi Mathuresh Dāsa

(Reading, UK)

৭৩ তম ব্যাস পূজা

শ্রীল জয়পতাকা স্বামী গুরু মহারাজ

হে পারমার্থিক পিতা,

আজ আপনার ৭৩তম ব্যাস পূজা উপলক্ষে আমাদের ভক্তিপূর্ণ শ্রদ্ধার্ঘ নিবেদন গ্রহণ করুন।এই বিশেষ দিনে আপনার শ্রী চরণে আপনার অধম সন্তানদের ভক্তি পূর্ণ লক্ষকোটি প্রণাম গ্রহণ করুন।

নমঃ ওম বিষ্ণু পাদায় কৃষ্ণ পেষ্টায় ভূতলে
শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামী ইতি নামিনে
নমঃ আচার্য পাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে
গৌর কথা ধাম দায় নগর গ্রাম তারিনে

হে পরমারাধ্য পিতা আপনার শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথি জয়যুক্ত হোক, পৃথিবীর সর্বত্র সেই জয় ধ্বনিত হোক।

হে পতিত পাবন আপনি আপনার পরম আরাধ্য গুরুদেব ওম বিষ্ণুপাদ পরমহংস পরিব্রাজক আচার্য অষ্ঠত্তর শত এ. সি. ভক্তি বেদান্ত স্বামী প্রভুপাদের মনোবিলাস পূরণের জন্য এবং মহাপ্রভুর বাণী পৃথিবীর সর্বত্র প্রচারের জন্য নিরলস ভাবে ভগবানের বাণী প্রচার করে যাচ্ছেন। অনেক অসম্ভবকে আপনার অকৃত্রিম ভালবাসা দিয়ে আপনি সম্ভব করেছেন। পৃথিবীর সর্বত্র আপনার গুণ-গানে মুখরিত হচ্ছে।

আমাদের পরম ভাগ্য যে, আমরা আপনার শ্রী-চরণে স্থান পেয়েছি। ইহা আপনার অহৈতুকী কৃপার বহিঃপ্রকাশ। আপনি অনেক কৃপালু তাই এই জগতের হতভাগ্য জীবদের উদ্দারের জন্য আপনার আবির্ভাব। দুঃখ ও জর্জরিত মানব জাতির জন্য আশীর্বাদ স্বরূপ।

আপনি আপনার গুরু মহারাজের কাছ থেকে যে নিৰ্দেশনা বা শিক্ষা পেয়েছেন তা আমাদের মাঝে উদার ভাবে বিলিয়ে দিচ্ছেন।

হে গুরুমহারাজ আপনার শারীরিক প্রতিবন্দকতা থাকা সত্বেও আপনি দুঃখ ক্লিষ্ট জীবদের উদ্দারের জন্য নিরলস ভাবে প্রচার কার্য্য চালিয়ে যাচ্ছেন। হসপিটালে চিকিৎসাধীন থাকা অবস্থাতেও আপনার প্রচার থেমে থাকেনি। শিক্ষা দিয়েছেন যে আপনি দেহ নন আপনি হচ্ছেন আত্মা।

অনেক দিন পূর্বের কথা মনে হলো, আমি একবার মায়াপুরে গিয়েছিলাম এবং আমাদের সঙ্গে আমার মা সহ অন্যরাও ছিলেন। তখন আপনি মায়াপুরে ছিলেন না। তখন অন্যান্য ভক্তবৃন্দরা বলাবলি করছিলো - শ্রীল জয় পতাকা স্বামী গুরু মহারাজ যখন মায়াপুরে অনুপস্তিত থাকেন তখন সবকিছু নিরানন্দ মনে হয়। কিছুদিন আগে এক মহারাজ তার প্রবচনে বলেছেন-

শ্রীল জয় পতাকা স্বামী গুরু মহারাজ

যখন মায়াপুরে থাকেন তখন স্বর্গের দেব-দেবীরা তার সাথে দেখা করতে আসে।

হে পরম পিতা আপনার অসীম মহিমা কীর্তন করার কোনো যোগ্যতাই আমাদের নেই। এই শুভ তিথিতে, আপনি আমাদের আশীর্বাদ করবেন আমরা যেন আপনার বাণী সেবা শুদ্ধভাবে পালন করতে পারি এবং পরিমার্থিক সন্তান হিসেবে আপনার সন্মান এবং ভাবমূর্তি অক্ষুন্ন রাখতে পারি।

আপনার পরিমার্থিক সন্তান

রামানন্দ জীবনগৌরা দাস

নন্দিতা বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া দেবী দাসী

Dear Guru Mahārāja, my glorious spiritual father.

Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories, all glories to you! And all glories to your beloved Śrīla Prabhupāda!

On this wonderful occasion of your Vyāsa Pūjā, I want to thank you from the core of my heart. You have nurtured and continue to nurture my creeper of bhakti in the most personal, caring and empowering way. I use the word empowering because as a spiritual master you encourage us, your disciples, to take responsibility. Take it upon ourselves to proudly and boldly share the gems of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Gems that we appreciate more and more when we see them through the lens that you provide us with. Your expert dissection of our sastras and penetrating elaborations of their purports bring so much clarity. And your retelling of and absorption in your Lord's pastimes bring so much joy to the heart. You urge us to become strong in our sadhana and learn the art of sharing these gems with others. I make it my life's mission to make you proud in my attempt to do this.

Your eternal daughter and servant,

Ramaṇareti Vṛndarānī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā), Basingstoke, UK

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dera Guru Mahārāja.

Please accept my respectful obeisances at Your Divine Lotus feet.

All glories to Your Divine Grace.

All glories to His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to Gaurāṅga and Nityānanda.

I have been practicing Kṛṣṇa Consciousness for 9 years and it is due to the mercy of your divine grace and Śrīla Prabhupāda. Last year by your mercy, I got initiation from you and you gave me the name Rāmapriyā Mādhava Dāsa. I was very much surprised that you gave me the name Rāmapriyā Mādhava Dāsa and you specifically told me that Rāma means Balarāma. I was very happy because I especially like the forms of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma (or Gaura Nitāi) and you made me their servant by giving their names to me. Although I am not qualified to become your disciple, you still accepted me as your disciple to take me to back to godhead. There is no way that I can repay this debt to you Guru Mahārāja, but I know you will be very happy when we preach and bring more and more devotees to our moment. I am trying to do Bhakti-vṛkṣa under the guidance of His Grace Aravinda Kṛṣṇa Dāsa and Her Grace Yamuneśvarī Devī Dāsī. They both are my mentors, and I am so fortunate to be in their association and guidance because they are completely surrendered to you and they do everything as per your instructions.

This year, we are planning to expand Bhakti-vṛkṣa in my area (Kent, UK) into 2 groups. We are doing 18-day Gītā outreaches to get the members for Bhakti-vṛkṣa and it seems to be now one group is going to form by your mercy Guru Mahārāja. Please bless us Guru Mahārāja that we will form two BV’s this year in this area and offer you as an offering.

Please shower your mercy upon this wretched soul who is rotting in the material world with so many material desires.

Your Insignificant Servant,

Rāmapriyā Mādhava Dāsa,

East London Bhakti-vṛkṣa Group, London, UK

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dearest Guru Mahārāja!! Please accept my most respectful obeisances on to your divine lotus feet!!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!! All glories to your divine grace!!

Wishing you very happy 73rd Appearance Day!!

Thank you so much for accepting this most insignificant person as your Spiritual Son which clearly shows you are an Ocean of Mercy.

With my limited abilities I am trying to Glorify you and I would need your blessings without which I can't do anything on my own.

You being an eternal associate of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, is giving us an opportunity to associate with you both Physically (whenever you travel) and Virtually (almost everyday through Caitanya Līlā class). How much fortunate I should be to get your association. Over the last two years when we all locked down and without knowing what to do, It’s all your efforts and mercy, that kept us alive in our sādhana. Who in this universe would have thought we can participate in Ratha Yātrā Virtually and do Parikramā of Holy Dhams sitting in our Living room. It’s all due to your creative thinking and eagerness to give Kṛṣṇa to all the fallen souls has made it possible. There are unlimited number of Souls who got benefitted because of all your initiatives and I am one among them.

Saturday's has become very special days for us, for the very reason being you come to our home through Zoom. As a family we eagerly await your Home Visit and you are very kind enough to accept any small offerings that we could make while showering your unlimited blessings on us.

Even when you were stuck with COVID, you are kind enough to give your association to us and nothing in this material world could stop you from preaching the glories of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Year 2021 has been very eventful year for us and by your causeless mercy, you have accepted my wife and me as your Spiritual Children. Also, we have started with Gaura Nitāi worship in September and you have kindly named them "Paramakaruna Gaura and Premānanda Nitāi" and they are so merciful on us, just like you Guru Mahārāja.

Your Glories are Unlimited and I am very much limited. Kindly forgive my inability to glorify you in detail. I am really trying hard to overcome my anartas to serve co-operatively with devotees and I am seeking your blessings & mercy Guru Mahārāja. Recently I have got opportunity to serve in the Deity Kitchen of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Londoneswara and I would need your blessings so that I carry out the service in a proper mood, following the instruction of senior Vaiṣṇavas.

As you always insist, your disciples should be reading Śrīla Prabhupāda's books, I am now attending Bhakti Śāstrī course Guru Mahārāja and I need your blessings so that I can understand the scriptures in the right way, as explained by Śrīla Prabhupāda. Also, I am trying to preach, by doing a Bhakti-vṛkṣa program and I am so insignificant that I am not able to inspire other devotees. Kindly use me as a small instrument in the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda to preach the message of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

On this special day, Kindly bless me Dear Father, so that I can be a worthy Son of yours and inbibe at least a very minute portion of your devotion towards your Spiritual Master Śrīla Prabhupāda. Kindly bless me with your eternal association Guru Mahārāja!!

All glories to your 73rd Appearance Day!! All glories to your divine grace!!

Your insignificant Son,

Rasaraja Nrsimha Dasa

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to His Divine Grace A.C.BhaktiVedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda.
All glories to your eternal service in the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Caitanya Mahāprabhu in spreading the holy name.

Dearest Guru Mahārāja, I am an insignificant and unqualified soul to glorify yourselves, and I would like to seek your permission to do an humble attempt. You are a true embodiment of the words disciple, spiritual father, well-wisher, and guide. As a disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda, your mood in fulfilling his instructions has always been focused, enthusiastic, and positive till date irrespective of external circumstances. As our spiritual father, you always been thinking of us, praying for well-being and motivating us in this spiritual journey. As a well-wisher and guide, your inspiration to many many souls is absolutely unimaginable, unfathomable.

Guru Mahārāja, I really thank you for giving your darśan everday through Caitanya Līlā Class over zoom and blessing us personally on special days and accepting our humble offerings. I'm also very very fortunate and grateful to yourselves for kindly accepting me as your disciple last year. I could experience lot of empowerments since then which is helping me a lot personally also in preaching services. Also, many times you have given your personal darśan directly through dreams and gave wonderful service opportunities.
With your causeless mercy, blessings and guidance through senior devotees, we are trying to serve the devotees locally through Bhakti-vṛkṣa and outreach programs for adults and children. Also, we are trying to take Kṛṣṇa consciousness into the community through Gaura Pūrṇimā, Pānihāṭi, Janmāṣṭamī, Ratha-yātrā, Dāmodara and many other festivals, and also through Book distribution programs. We beg for your blessings Guru Mahārāja, so that we can cultivate the members nicely and engage them in devotional service with the help of our mentors.

We sincerely pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva, Śrī Śrī Narasiṁha dev, Śrī Śrī Jagannātha Baladeva Subhadrā Mai to give yourself immense strength so that you can deliver many more fallen souls like me and help them reach the abode of Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. I once again pay my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja and wish to celebrate many more such wonderful occasions.


Your Eternal Servant and Disciple
Rasārnava Gopāla Dasa, East London, United Kingdom

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to your eternal service in the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Caitanya Mahāprabhu in spreading the holy name.

Dearest Guru Mahārāja, I'm an insignificant and unqualified soul to glorify yourselves, and I would like to seek your permission to do an humble attempt. You are a true embodiment of the words disciple, spiritual father, well-wisher, and guide. As a disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda, your mood in fulfilling his instructions has always been focussed, enthusiastic, and positive till date irrespective of external circumstances. As our spiritual father, you have always been thinking of us, praying for well-being and motivating us in this spiritual journey. As a well-wisher and guide, your inspiration to many many souls is absolutely unimaginable, unfathomable.

Guru Mahārāja, I really thank you for giving your darshan everyday through Caitanya Līlā Class over zoom and blessing us personally on special days and accepting our humble offerings. I'm also very very fortunate and grateful to yourselves for kindly accepting me as your disciple last year. I could experience a lot of empowerment since then which is helping me a lot personally also in preaching services. Also, many times you have given your personal darshan directly through dreams and given wonderful service opportunities.

With your causeless mercy, blessings and guidance through senior devotees, we are trying to serve the devotees locally through Bhakti Vṛkṣa and outreach programs for adults and children. Also, we are trying to take Kṛṣṇa consciousness into the community through Gaura Pūrṇimā, Pānihāṭi, Janmāṣṭamī, Rathayātrā, Dāmodara and many other festivals, and also through Book distribution programs. We beg for your blessings Guru Mahārāja, so that we can cultivate the members nicely and engage them in devotional service with the help of our mentors.

We sincerely pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva, Śrī Śrī Narsiṁhadeva, Śrī Śrī Jagannātha Baladeva Subhadrā Māi to give yourself immense strength so that you can deliver many more fallen souls like me and help them reach the abode of Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. I once again pay my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja and wish to celebrate many more such wonderful occasions.

Your Eternal Servant and Disciple

Rasārṇava Gopala Das,
East London, United Kingdom

Powerhouse

Full of grace

Seeking to liberate the human race

Heart of gold

And mercy flows

Caitanya's līlā through you unfolds

Sacrifice

Determined vow

Pulling all of us in tow

Respected Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances!

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to you on your most auspicious appearance day!

Guru Mahārāja, knowing that you are out there surging forward like a tumultuous wave of Kṛṣṇa's mercy, bathing everyone in the deluge of compassion, gives us strength and inspiration to move on with this dreary material life, hoping to someday touch lives the way you do.

I seek your blessings to make you proud as my spiritual father.

Thank you for giving me your shelter.

Your insignificant servant,

Ratikeli Rādhikā devī dāsī (Dīkṣā)
London,UK

Dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our most respectful and 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

Happy Kṛṣṇa conscious appearance day to you, Guru Mahārāja. May the Lord always bless you with good health so that fallen souls like me can continue to get your mercy. Your causeless mercy will help me to become humble and to keep Kṛṣṇa in the centre of our life all the time.

Brentwood Outreach has become Bhakti-vṛkṣa now. Kindly shower your mercy on me to engage our Bhakti-vṛkṣa members in the service of you and the Supreme Lord. Our members are slowly progressing and most of them are chanting minimum of four rounds. Many of the devotees are joining us in the early morning chanting. Please bless us so that we can chant the Holy Name offenselessly and for the all the members to develop the taste for chanting. Thanks for giving us the Bhakti-vṛkṣa system to engage many families in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Please forgive us for any offences committed at your lotus feet knowingly and unknowingly.

Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, you are continuing to be a great inspiration to us in preaching and a role model in showing others to use technology to preach Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Guru Mahārāja, kindly stand with support whenever possible and practice breathing exercises regularly.

Thank you very much

Your insignificant servant

Rati Rāja Gaurāṅga Dāsa

London, UK

Hare Kṛṣṇa Gurumahārāja dhaṇḍavat Praṇāma

Please accept my humble obeisances to your lotus feet

I am your Dīkṣā disciple Raviteja Kṛṣṇa dāsa from ISKCON Coventry, living in Miltonkeynes.

Wish you happy 73rd Vyāsa Pūjā Mahotsava

With your divine blessings we are doing Kids Bhagvad-gītā classes

Weekly harināma, house programmes And nagara-saṇkītana in Miltonkeynes

Under the guidance of HG Haridāsa prabhujī, HG Vidura Prabhujī ISKCON Coventry and HG Govinda Gopi Mātājī Miltonkeynes

Thank you for giving instructions and blessings

Please bless us in doing more service to You and Lord Kṛṣṇa

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Kindly accept our humble obeisances at your Divine Lotus feet on this most auspicious event of your Vyāsa-pūjā.

We are all your sheltered disciple.

Your humble servants,

Ila, Sunil and Ridhi Kakkad (sheltered disciple)

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Hare Krishna Dearest Guru Maharaj

Please Accept My Respectful Obeisances unto your Divine Lotus Feet

All Glories to you, to Srila Prabhupada and to all our Parampara acharyas

Hare Krishna !

“Nama Om Vishnu padaya Krsna presthaya bhutale

Srimate Jayapataka swamin iti namine,

Nama Acharya padaya Nitai kripa pradayine

Gaura katha dhama daya nagara grama tarine”

nama om vishnu Padaya krishna Presthaya Bhutale

srimate bhaktivedanta svamin iti namine

namaste sarasvate deve gaura vani pracharine

nirveshesh sunyavadi pashchatya desa tarine

On account of the date of Your 72nd Vyasa Puja which is very auspicious day for all of your Disciples, I am very fortunate that with Lord Gauranga, Srila Prabhupada and by  your mercy I have got a very kind and generous spiritual master like you.

I know for certain that I Don’t have any quality to be your disciple but still you so you are so compassionate towards me that accept me as your disciple like Lord Nityananda Prabhu is saving Jagai and Madhai from their abominable condition hence is the reason you our here to give Nitai’s Karuna to all the conditioned souls like me though you are going through lots of difficulty but nothing could stop you to spreading the mission of Lord Chaitanya and Srila Prabhupada’s  glories sankirtan Movement. It reminds me at one occasion you mentioned that your only desire is  to fulfil the Srila Prabhupada’s instruction as he was given it to you before he left this material world and you are doing it so vigorously that whole world is appreciating this . Recently you mentioned on the JayaPataka Swami App that you couldn’t sleep in the night because constantly you are thinking of how to fulfil Lord Chaitanya and Srila Prabhupada desire & nbsp;it shows what kind of Guru Bhakti you have and you are completely absorb in your Gurudeva’s instruction that you are not even bothering your Physical condition and you are showing us at every moment that

 “”we are not this body we are the soul””

I cannot see anyone else rather than you who can be the appropriate example of this.

Guru Maharaj I remember on your 69th Vyasa Puja day at Cheenai you mentioned that one of South American Government official asked you that he had seen you few years back you was in wheelchair and few years later you are still in wheelchair and roaming around the glove like anything how is it possible and your answer was...

“””I am Lord Chaitanya’s army who is wounded  but not defeated”””

Guru Maharaj  from that moment you changed my thoughts about life!!!

Thank you Dear Guru Maharaj

Gurudeb I don’t have any quality to Glorify you so please forgive all my offences as I made to your Lotus Feet and please on this Auspicious day of your Vyasa Puja bless me that I can become an your worthy spiritual son and I can fulfil my vows that I made it to you in-front of many exalted Devotees and Srila Prabhupada on my initiation day that  “”I will  help you to fulfil Srila Prabhupada’s Sankirtan mission”” Gurudeb my humble request to you please bless me that I can chase my vows until I leave this body and I can do Bhakti Vriksha service with proper mood which pleases you and Srila Prabhupada!!! 

Thank you Gurudeb for picking me up from this drowning condition and whatever I am today there is no doubt that it’s because of your causeless mercy only

Your unworthy spiritual son

Rupesvara Nimai Das (First Initiated)

East London, UK

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet, all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

On this most auspicious occasion I am reminded of your extraordinary munificence, generosity and magnanimity. Recently I was reading in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, a section in the fourth canto and it reminded me of you. I would like to share it here:

"Knowledge of Kṛṣṇa is such a great gift that it is impossible to repay the benefactor. Therefore, Pṛthu Mahārāja requested the Kumāras to be satisfied by their own benevolent activities in delivering souls from the clutches of māyā. The King saw that there was no other way to satisfy them for their exalted activities. The word vinoda-pātram can be divided into two words, vinā and uda-pātram, or can be understood as one word, vinoda-pātram, which means “joker.” A joker’s activities simply arouse laughter, and a person who tries to repay the spiritual master or teacher of the transcendental message of Kṛṣṇa becomes a laughingstock just like a joker because it is not possible to repay such a debt. The best friend and benefactor of all people is one who awakens humanity to It’s original Kṛṣṇa consciousness." (SB 4.22.47)

I think this paragraph sums up my inability to repay my indebtedness to you for everything that you have contributed to me personally and the contribution that you are in the world.

Today I spoke with my parents and my father asked me to relay his well wishes on this auspicious occasion.

Thank you Guru Mahārāja

Your servant,

Śacī Kumāra Nimāi dāsa

My dear Spritual father Srila Jayapataka Swami.

please accept my respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila prabhupada.

“Nama Om Vishnu padaya Krsna presthaya bhutale
Srimate Jayapataka swamin iti namine,
Nama Acharya padaya Nitai kripa pradayine

Gaura katha dhama daya nagara grama tarine”

Dear father, on your Vyasa puja, I would life to offer my heartfelt offering on your lotus feet. Gurumaharaja I'm so fallen although you are so kind and merciful and gave me shelter on your lotus feet.  

When I heard about you from my wife Madhavi Manjurupa Devi Dasi, I used to fight with her that I don't Jayapataka Swami so why I'll take him as my Guru? And son!! But when she glorified you every single day my heart slowly slowly melted and I fall in love with you. And that love so deep and powerful. And I made up my mind that I'll take you as my guru life after life. Oh my dear father your know my heart that I want to serve you. I had a great wish to see you and meet you. So by your mercy I got your association for many times.  

Oh my Father, before I meet you my life was a ship like without sailor. My life did have any goal. I didn't know the value of my precious human life. In this material world I'm in maya I didn't know how to serve Krishna and Guruparampara. By hearing your Glories reading Srila prabhupada books I got to know the real purpose of this invaluable human life. Gurumaharaja a thank you is far less to give you but still I would like to give you a huge thank to you to save me from Maya and enlighten me from the darkness. 

Gurudeva, I'm suffering a lot particularly from 2015. As I live in the United Kingdom for 13 long years. But my visa is pending and sometimes I become tired. Having so much of financial difficulties I feel like I can't survive next day. I also lost my Mom this year so my life getting tuffer and tuffer. But when I hear your lectures get association of incredible devotees I feel optimistic. But I want your special mercy on me so that I can serve you nicely. Gurudeva, please bless me so that I never forget you even if I'm in a very critical situation which I'm passing now. 

Dear most Gurumaharaja, me along with my wife doing Bhaktivriksha here in London within Bengali community for about 9 years. I'm aware that Bhaktivriksha is very dear to you. So please kindly bless us so that we can continue our mission to preach Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's vani those who doesn't konw. Me along with my wife started doing Bhakshashtri course from Mayapur institute, hoping we will finish that soon too. 

Gurumaharaja, I beg for your mercy. I know I'm so fallen still you have given your unlimited blessings and mercy on me. All glories to your Divine Grace! Jai Gurumaharaja Ki Jai.

Your insignificant disciple 

Sacisuta Nataraja Das  

nama oṁ viṣṇu-padaya Kṛṣṇa-presthaya bhu-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā swami iti namine
namo ācārya padaya, nitāi kripa pradayine
gaura kathā, damodaya nagara grama tarine
Dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,
Please Accept Our Respectful Obeisances
All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
All Glories to Your Divine Grace.


Thank you for giving us an opportunity to write Vyāsa-pūjā homage on your glorious Vyāsa-pūjā celebrations.

During my Kṛṣṇa conscious journey I have realised that one can understand the glories of Guru by how much spiritually advanced the devotee is. I can understand you only to a very limited capacity as I am a neophyte.

You are an embodiment of love, care and compassion which is very rare to find in this world. You are always extremely merciful to all souls. You carry the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda in your heart and it’s inspiring to see how you have been serving the instructions in all circumstances. Words cannot describe the love and determination you have for serving the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

You have been showering unlimited mercy on all souls by regularly giving darśan. Many new people felt blessed by your darśan and we celebrated our appearance days, anniversaries and festivals with you through Zoom Guru Mahārāja. It is always inspiring and heart touching to see you doing all these services despite your health conditions.

Every day I feel grateful to you for accepting me as your disciple. During happiness, I always thank you for your unconditional mercy. During sadness, I always seek your shelter and protection. I have seen you in my dreams twice last year when I was undergoing difficult situations. I felt that you have been kindly and mercifully protecting me. This is always the case, but certain things reinforce the truth.

By your mercy and the mercy of my sīkṣā gurus, I got the opportunity to personally talk with you once during your visit to London. This is my most cherished experience, and I remember that every day.

I have been trying to do preaching services online for the past year. By your mercy, we got some sincere devotees. We met some families, and they are taking up Kṛṣṇa consciousness in their lives. One family have taken up Kṛṣṇa consciousness very sincerely. They are thanking Śrīla Prabhupāda and all devotees as they have found immense joy in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

By your mercy, my husband has got an opportunity to help devotees in INDIA in our area. He is assisting them in opening an ISKCON center. It would be opened on Ugadi (Telugu New Year).

Thank you very much, Guru Mahārāja, for everything. My life is happy because of your mercy and also because of the wonderful community of devotees I live in. The devotee community here is very caring, non-judgmental and always in a mood of serving. All these qualities are imbibed through Your example and teachings.

Please kindly forgive me for offences I have committed knowingly or unknowingly.

Please kindly bless my family and me to get the taste of chanting the holy name. Please kindly bless us to be always in the loving association of devotees. Please kindly bless that we can reach out to many souls and make their lives joyful through Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Please kindly bless our sīkṣā gurus and all devotees in the congregation to carry out all services in good health and happiness.

Thank you very much, Guru Mahārāja.
Your servant
Sādhavī Gaurāṅgī Devī Dāsī
East London Bhakti-vṛkṣa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja, please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

On this day I want to express my gratitude for all the mercy that has come into my life, the life of my partner, Bhakta Christopher Wright and our close friend Bhakta Oliver Samways through you and your disciples.

By your mercy, and the mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, your disciples Vishal Gaurāṅga Das, Amala Mañjarī devī dāsī and Pratāpamaya Nitāi Dāsa have helped us so much in our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness by their association.

They are also helping us with preaching in Cheltenham, UK, by starting a monthly public event called Mantra Vibes, involving Kīrtana, Japa and prasādam, and also a weekly Bhakti Vṛkṣa group in our home.

Thank you Gurudeva for creating the Bhakti Vṛkṣa program, enabling us to be small instruments in fulfilling the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

I hope to serve you any way I am able on your next visit to the UK, and continue serving you by preaching.

Please forgive me for any offences made in this offering, and for not glorifying you anywhere near enough, I am very foolish.

All glories to your devotional service to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Your insignificant servant,

Bhaktin Samantha Holder (aspiring disciple)

United Kingdom

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Mahārāja wish you a glorious appearance day. May the Divine Couple keep showing their blessings on you and you continue on your preaching work. Whenever I I need a little bit of push in my life I always think about you to ‘Never give up’. Mahārāja I pray to Rādhā Mādhava for your good health so that you can guide fallen souls like me. Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahārāja

Your humble servant,

Sandhya (aspiring disciple)

London, UK

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

Dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Please Accept my Humble Obeisances

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All Glories to Your Divine Grace.

Thank you for giving us an opportunity to write Vyāsa-pūjā homage on your glorious Vyāsa-pūjā.

This is my first Vyāsa-pūjā offerings in the entire Guru Paramparā. Somehow, I got attracted to Kṛṣṇa consciousness like two magnets attracting each other from north and south pole.

This is possible purely because of Guru’s mercy that I can chant the Holyname regularly and I realize upon improving my spiritual intelligence. Koti Daṇḍavat Praṇāma.

I beg for your causeless mercy to advance in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and become an insignificant atom to achieve Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission in preaching, book distribution, servant of servant of servant of Vaiṣṇavas, Kṛṣṇa prasāda distribution.

Thank you very much Guru Mahārāja.

Your servant,

Sangeetha Naveen Kumar (aspiring disciple)

East London Bhakti-vṛkṣa

“Nama Oṁ Vishnu padaya Kṛṣṇa presthaya bhutale
Śrīmate Jayapatākā swamin iti namine,
Nama Acharya padaya Nitāi kripa pradayine
Gaura kathā dhāma daya nagara grama tarine”
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances onto your divine lotus feet.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and all glories to you.
My dear spiritual father, on your 73rd appearance day I pray Śrī Śrī Rādhā Madhav and aṣṭa sakhis, Jagannath, Baladev and Subhadrā,Pancha tattva and Narasiṁhadeva for your healthy and long life.Thanks for accepting me as your spiritual daughter. You are an ocean of mercy and you appeared in this material world to deliver fallen soul like me.
Because of your causeless mercy, you are giving your blessings, prayers and virtual darsan everyday through the zoom session. I feel very connected when I am attending this Caitanya līlā class. You always guide me whenever I need you through my dream and by senior devotees. I am very grateful for your love and care. You are distributing Nitāi prema in every town and village without caring for your health and comfort. We are all very fortunate to have you as our Gurudeva. Because of you I got my goal of life. You are living Bhagavat, an example of a pure devotee and dedicated your life to serve your guru and Kṛṣṇa. Please bless me so I can dedicate my life and follow your footsteps.
At present I am having 2 outreach programmes conducting through zoom. By your mercy doing service every Saturday at Soho temple 4pm offering. Please shower your blessings to continue this service without any obstacles. By your mercy I passed Bhakti Śāstrī course and begging for Bhahmin initiation so that I can serve nicely to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Londoneswar. I am seeking your blessings for all of my family members so that they can develop themselves nicely in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and serve your lotus feet. It has been more than 2 years, we didn't get your direct association. We are eagerly waiting for you to receive here in the UK.
Dear Guru Mahārāja, on this auspicious day I am begging at your lotus feet to chant all of my rounds absorb in holy name and deep dive in that nectar and do all services in the right mood.
Please forgive me if I have done any mistakes knowingly or unknowingly.
Your spiritual daughter
Sangeetapriya Mādhavī Devī Dāsī
East London Yātrā. (UK)

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

Dear GuruMahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances onto your divine lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and all glories to you.

My dear spiritual father, on your 73rd appearance day I pray Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and Aṣṭasakhī, Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā, Pañca-tattva and Narasiṁha Dev for your healthy and long life. Thanks for accepting me as your spiritual daughter. You are an ocean of mercy and you appeared in this material world to deliver fallen soul like me.

Because of your causeless mercy, you are giving your blessings, prayers and virtual darśana everyday through the zoom session. I feel very connected when I am attending this Caitanya līlā class. You always guide me whenever I need you through my dream and by senior devotees. I am very grateful for your love and care. You are distributing Nitāi prema in every town and village without caring for your health and comfort. We are all very fortunate to have you as our Gurudeva. Because of you I got my goal of life. You are living Bhagavat, an example of a pure devotee and dedicated your life to serve your Guru and Kṛṣṇa. Please bless me so I can dedicate my life and follow your footsteps.

At present I am having 2 outreach programmes conducting through zoom. By your mercy doing service every Saturday at Soho temple 4pm offering. Please shower your blessings to continue this service without any obstacles. By your mercy I passed Bhakti Śastri course and begging for Brāhmin initiation so that I can serve nicely to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Londoneśvara. I am seeking your blessings for all of my family members so that they can develop themselves nicely in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and serve your lotus feet. It has been more than 2 years, we didn't get your direct association. We are eagerly waiting for you to receive here in the UK.

Dear GuruMahārāja, on this auspicious day I am begging at your lotus feet to chant all of my rounds absorb in holy name and deep dive in that nectar and do all services in the right mood.

Please forgive me if I have done any mistakes knowingly or unknowingly.

Your spiritual daughter

Sangītapriyā Mādhavī Devī Dāsī

East London Yātrā. (UK)

Namoh oṁ Vishnupadaya Kṛṣṇapreshthaya Bhutale

Śrīmate Jayapatākā Swaminiti Namine

Namoh Achryapadaya Nitāi Kripa Pradayine

Gourakatha Dhamdaya Nagargram tarine

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus beautiful feet. All glories to your appearance day.

You take care like the most affectionate father

You are the epitome of compassion's Avatar

Without your mercy, I cannot stay in devotional service

Without your inspiration, I cannot even be starting practice

You have been empowered by Śrīla Prabhupāda's Power of Attorney

You convinced me to accept a spiritual master in my eternal journey

What can I say about your determination

It really explodes all abbreviation

How can I write your transcendental glorifications

This is far above this worthless Dog's expectations

I can only pray to Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda that One day again I will be able to see your most beautiful Lotus feet seeing those at the dream I realized that this is the festival for my eyes forever and there is nothing more beautiful than this and never will be.

You are the best asset in my life dear Guru Mahārāja. I love you more than my life. I beg you, please take my this life on your service. I know I am not perfect, I have a women's fragile body, I am disabled, but I have a heart that wants to serve you above all limitations. When I think about what you have done throughout your whole life for Śrīla Prabhupāda's ISKCON, I feel amazed. You came at yours 18 years of age, stayed and dedicate your whole life. I love you Guru Mahārāja.

I want your blessings.

Your insignificant daughter

Śāntīpriya Jānakī Devī dāsī, (initiated disciple)

University of Sussex, Brighton Yātrā, The United Kingdom.

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

Dear Gurumahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus beautiful feet. All glories to your appearance day.

You take care like the most affectionate father

You are the epitome of compassion's Avatar

Without your mercy, I cannot stay in devotional service

Without your inspiration, I cannot even be starting practice

You have been empowered by Śrīla Prabhupāda's Power of Attorney

You convinced me to accept a spiritual master in my eternal journey

What can I say about your determination

It really explodes all abbreviation

How can I write your transcendental glorifications

This is far above this worthless Dog's expectations

I can only pray to Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda that One day again I will be able to see your most beautiful Lotus feet seeing those at the dream I realized that this is the festival for my eyes forever and there is nothing more beautiful than this and never will be.

You are the best asset in my life dear Gurumahārāja. I love you more than my life. I beg you, please take my this life on your service. I know I am not perfect, I have a women's fragile body, I am disabled, but I have a heart that wants to serve you above all limitations. When I think about what you have done throughout your whole life for Śrīla Prabhupāda's ISKCON, I feel amazed. You came at yours 18 years of age, stayed and dedicate your whole life. I love you Gurumahārāja.

I want your blessings.

Your insignificant Daughter

Śāntipriyā Jānakī Devī dāsī

2nd initiated disciple

University of Sussex, Brighton Yatra, The United Kingdom.

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

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda.

All glories to Your Divine Grace.

The last few years have been very challenging for the world and our devotees worldwide: Pandemic, Bangladesh Crisis, Ukraine crisis.

We require a Love Explosion, more than ever, throughout the world, in the form of Holy Names.

Śrīla Prabhupāda instructed Guru Mahārāja to preach Kṛṣṇa Consciousness unlimitedly. Another crucial instruction was to have millions of Ācāryas in our movement.

Dearest Guru Mahārāja, please kindly allow me to be your assistant and serve you very effectively in your mission to Śrīla Prabhupāda in fulfilling the many instructions you had received from Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Thank you so much, dear Guru Mahārāja, my life and soul!

Your spiritual son,

Satya Medha Gaurāṅga dāsa

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn 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 Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please kindly accept my respectful obeisances unto the dust of your divine lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Your Divine Grace!

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

All glories to your auspicious appearance day!

Thank you so much Gurudeva for unconditionally accepting me and giving shelter at your divine lotus feet.

You have repeatedly been showing through your personal example how nothing can stop one from giving Kṛṣṇa consciousness to others.

Your tireless efforts and determination are unimaginable for someone insignificant like me. You are truly the Victory flag of ISKCON dear Gurudeva. Please kindly bless me Gurudeva with at least a tiny fraction of that spirit and enthusiasm of yours so that I can serve to please you.

I have been doing Bhakti-vṛkṣa together with my family, under the valuable guidance of Aravinda Kṛṣṇa prabhu, Yamuneśvarī mātājī and Sādhvī Gaurāṅgī mātājī.It has been an amazing journey to be able to connect people to Kṛṣṇa and introduce them to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. You have given us the joy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness through this very wonderful program of Bhakti-vṛkṣa.

Please kindly show your mercy dear Gurudeva so that the Bhakti-vṛkṣa members can continue their journey of Kṛṣṇa consciousness with all sincerity and become devotees.

We pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva for your good health dear Gurudeva and that you continue to shower your blessings to the entire world. Thank you for being there for us all the time Gurudeva, giving us classes and darśana every day on zoom. It is amazing to see how concerned you are for your disciples and everyone.

Thank you very much for your causeless mercy upon us dear Guru Mahārāja. Please kindly bless us that we can serve you as a family dear Gurudeva. Please bless me that I can receive initiation from you soon and serve your lotus feet sincerely forever. Please kindly bless me that I make my life meaningful by serving Hari, Guru and Vaiṣṇavas.

I beg you dear Guru Mahārāja to please kindly forgive me for the offences I may have committed knowingly or unknowingly at your lotus feet.

Happy Vyāsa-pūjā celebrations dear Guru Mahārāja.

Your spiritual daughter,

Satya Sree Yerra (shelter)
Anil Kumar Senapati (aspiring)
Kharanshu Senapati (aspiring)

East London, United Kingdom.

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

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.
All glories to His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda.
All glories to Your Divine Grace.

The last few years have been very challenging for the world and our devotees worldwide: Pandemic, Bangladesh Crisis, Ukraine crisis.

We require a Love Explosion, more than ever, throughout the world, in the form of Holy Names.

Śrīla Prabhupāda instructed Guru Mahārāja to preach Kṛṣṇa Consciousness unlimitedly. Another crucial instruction was to have millions of Ācāryas in our movement.

Dearest Guru Mahārāja, please kindly allow me to be your assistant and serve you very effectively in your mission to Śrīla Prabhupāda in fulfilling the many instructions you had received from Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Thank you so much, dear Guru Mahārāja, my life and soul!

Your spiritual son,
Satya Medha Gaurāṅga dasa

 

All Glories to Śrī Kṛṣṇa,

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All Glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga,

Dear beloved Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble Dhandavath Praṇāma. Guru Mahārāja, we are very very pleased to know you’re getting well and I pray to the Lordship that he gives all that you need to complete your mission on this planet.

Guru Mahārāja, yet another year has passed through in my life, but still I am your Sheltered devotee and still entangled with family commitments (Saṁsāra Bandha) and not able to get initiated to become a full time servent to you. Guru Mahārāja I am aware you know everything about me and I am sure you will do what I need to do in serving Śrī Kṛṣṇa and take part in the Mama Sankeerthan Yagna.

Guru Mahārāja, at present I am doing Teens Bakthivṛkṣa and a new Kids Bakthivṛkṣa for children from various part of the UK and they are also nicely getting into KC.

Please Bless me and empower me on doing this Deva nicely without any deviations.

Your ever-loving disciple

Shanmugha Sundharam Subramani (sheltered disciple)

Aka Shan Subramani

East London, UK

৭৩ তম ব্যাস পূজা

শ্রীল জয়পতাকা স্বামী গুরুমহারাজ।

আজ আপনার 72 তম ব্যস পূজা উপলক্ষে আমার ভক্তিপূর্ণ শ্রদ্ধার্ঘ্য নিবেদনের ক্ষুদ্র প্রয়াস করছি,

হে আমার পরম আরাধ্য গুরুমহারাজ আপনার শ্রী রাতুল চরণে এই অধমের শত সহস্র সশ্রদ্ধ ভক্তিপূর্ণ প্রণাম স্বীকার করুন

নমঃ ও্৺ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্টায় ভূতলে।
শ্রীমতি ভক্তিবেদান্ত স্বামী নীতি নামিনে।।
নমো আচার্য পাদায় নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনী।
গৌর কথা ধামোদায় নগর গ্রাম তারিণে।।

হে গুরু মহারাজ, আপনি আপনার পরমারাধ্য ওম বিষ্ণুপাদ পরমহংস পরিব্রাজক আচার্য অষ্টোত্তর শত এ সি ভক্তিবেদান্ত স্বামী শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের যে মনোভিলাষ, তা গুরু পরম্পরাক্রমে আগত শ্রীমন মহাপ্রভুর অভিষ্ঠ পূরণের অভিলাষ। শ্রীচৈতন্য মহাপ্রভু বলেছেন

পৃথিবীতে আছে যত নগরাদি গ্রাম।
সর্বত্র প্রচার হইবে মোর নাম।

শ্রীচৈতন্য মহাপ্রভুর অভিলাষ পূরনের লক্ষে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ সারা পৃথিবীতে ভগবানের প্রকৃত নাম প্রচারচ করেছেন। যার ধারাবাহিকতায় হে গুরু মহারাজ, আপনি আপনার এই বপু নিয়ে অক্লান্ত পরিশ্রম করে আপনার গুরুদেবের দেয়া অসংখ্য আদেশ নির্দেশ আপনি সঠিক ভাবে পালন করে যাচ্ছেন একজন সঠিক পথ প্রদরশক বা আদর্শ আচার্যের পরিচায়ক।

আপনার অদম্য প্রচারে আমি একজন অধঃপতিত জীব। হে গুরুদেব আপনার অশেষ কৃপা না হলে যে কি হত, আমি তা ভাষায় প্রকাশ করতে পারছি না। আমি অনেক অপরাধে অপরাধী । সেটা জেনেও আপনি আপনার শ্রীচরনে ঠাই দিয়েছেন আমাকে। হে গুরুদেব আমি আপনার কাছে চিরকৃতজ্ঞ, চিররিনি। আমি যেন সকল প্রকার অপরাধ থেকে মুক্ত হয়ে আপনার দেয়া আদেশ গুলো সুন্দর ভাবে পালন করতে পারি আপনি আমাকে কৃপা আশীর্বাদ করবেন। হে গুরুদেব আপনি আমাকে এই কৃপা আশীর্বাদ করুন, যাতে আমি আমার সারাটি জীবন আমার পরিবারের সবাইকে নিয়ে আপনার শ্রী চরন কমলে সবাই যুক্ত থাকতে পারি। আপনার চরন কমলের সেবাই যুক্ত থেকে প্রসার,সাধন, ভজন,প্রবচন শ্রবন ও গ্রনথ অধ্যায়ন করতে পারি । একটি মুহূর্তে ও যেন ভক্তিযোগ থেকে বিচুত্য না হই। আমার মনটা যেন শ্রী শ্রী গৌর নিতাই এর চরন কমলে থাকে সেই কৃপা আশীর্বাদ করুন।

ইতি আপনার অবৈধ সন্তান

Shapna rani sarket (sheltered disciple)
Bhaktivedanta Manor, London, UK

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to you on the most auspicious occasion of your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā.

Every year on your Vyāsa-pūjā I feel so grateful to The Lord that he has allowed you to stay with us. I am always praying for your good health so that you can continue to spread Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. I was very happy to hear that you have recently resumed your travels starting with Dubai and pray that you are able to visit the UK soon as we are eagerly waiting for your darśan.

Your deep compassion and love is limitless, and I am constantly in awe of your remarkable qualities. Whenever I face any anxiety or my mind becomes disturbed, I simply think of you and suddenly every problem feels so insignificant. I am so grateful to be in this Kṛṣṇa Consciousness movement, and to you, my dear spiritual father, for your guidance, love, and care.

I wanted to take this opportunity to inform you of how my sadhana is going and I sincerely hope it pleases you. I am nearing the end of my Bhakti Śāstrī course and aim to complete it by July 2022. It has been a wonderful journey so far and has inspired me to read Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books daily, which I am still continuing to do. I also read your new book, Milwaukee to Māyāpur, which was incredible. It beautifully highlighted the love and devotion that you have towards your Guru, Śrīla Prabhupāda, and the steadfast determination to carry out his instructions and your willingness to put up with bodily hardships in order to serve him and The Lord. You are a shining example of what it means to serve Guru and I aspire to follow in your footsteps and do the same for you.

Some of my services include doing book distribution on the streets of London every weekend and I started doing the 7pm transfer service at ISKCON Soho last year. It is only by your causeless mercy that I have been given these opportunities to serve the Lord and become His instrument.

Please bless me dear Guru Mahārāja so that I can follow your instructions, remain steady in my sadhana, always remember the ultimate goal of life, which is to love and serve Kṛṣṇa, and facilitate the devotional service of other living entities. Please also bless me so that I can become humble and a genuine well wisher of others.

Your aspiring servant,

Shilpa (aspiring disciple),
Nottingham, UK
[D/O Ganasraya Nitāi Dāsa Adhikārī and Gītānjali Jāhnavā Devī Dāsī]

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

My dear most spiritual father Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance’s, all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, all glories to Your Divine Grace.

Guru Mahārāja, thank you for giving us darśana every day and for visiting our homes and accepting our humble offerings. Even during the time of crisis when the whole world was under lockdown, you never cared about your own self but always thought about wellbeing of others.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja for keeping all of us at the shelter of Your divine lotus feet. In this Age of Kali-yuga, where everyone is full of greed and trying to take advantage of others, your selfless service and love for Kṛṣṇa and spreading his name everywhere inspires me tremendously that whenever I think about it, it gives me inner strength and hope to fight my negative thoughts and try to do service for guru and Gaurāṅga’s pleasure.

I am a deeply fallen soul with no desires to serve anyone else except my senses. However, only because of Guru Mahārāja’s mercy, I am able to do what I am doing. Please keep me always in your association so that I can also be of some value to you even though extremely insignificant and negligible it may be.

Guru Mahārāja, please bless me so that I continue to follow the path of bhakti and stay devoted in the most provoking situations. I pray that my desires will always be aligned with the purpose of Your Divine Grace’s mission.

Please bless that the whole world become blissful and peaceful by taking shelter of your lotus feet.

Your insignificant spiritual son,

Shivam Śrīvastava (aspiring disciple)

Bhaktivedanta Manor, London, UK

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja.

first of all, I would like to say a big thanks for taking me under your shelter.

Kindly forgive me for all the mistakes I have made in my Bhakti.

kindly bless me so that I can continue my Kṛṣṇa conscience journey under your shelter and can take initiation from you.

Ever since, I’ve joined Kṛṣṇa conscious, my life is complete. Need your blessings so that I can pass this mission to others as well.

Your Aspirant,

Shobha Solanki (aspiring disciple)

Bhaktivedanta Manor, London, UK

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Please Accept Our Respectful Obeisances

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to Your Divine Grace!!

I am your Sheltered discipline begging to take the shelter of your lotus feet.

I am very thankful to you for giving me shelter this year. Please bless me so I can serve you and stay determined in my spiritual life.

You have been inspiring many of us continuously day to day Guru Mahārāja by showing how we can utilize our material body in the service of the Guru and Gaurāṅga despite all the challenges we face. You always take every opportunity to make people chant the holy name despite your health condition Guru Mahārāja. This is the only motivation that I take to stay determined in my spiritual life.

Please bless me that I should progress nicely in my spiritual life and serve you nicely Guru Mahārāja.

We wish you a very happy appearance day.

Your servants,

Śrī Lakshmi Bandhakavi (sheltered disciple)
Ashok Kumar
Siri Hamsini
Sai Loshini

East London, UK


Hare Kṛṣṇa 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 our respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Your Divine Grace!

We are very happy to get this wonderful opportunity to write my offerings on your Vyāsa-pūjā day, feeling blessed.

We would like to express my sincere gratitude for all your blessings and prayers for all your devotees Guru Mahārāja!

It’s a great benediction for all of us to be under your shelter Guru Mahārāja!

What can we say about you, Guru Mahārāja!,

You are our HOPE when we are in difficulties!

You are our STRENGTH when we are down!

You are our INSPIRATION with your services!

You are our KALPA VṚKṢA when we are in need!

Without you, we feel empty Guru Mahārāja!

We are living happily, only because of your merciful prayers and love.

Your Online Home Visits gives us the hope that you are there for us

We are very fortunate to have your darśana every day and you are accepting our offerings with love.

We pray to the Lordships for your good health and well-being every day!

By your mercy, I have engaged in the service of preaching through Gītā Gyan Level1 last year and Level2 completed recently

This gave me an opportunity to share about the Lordships and I have learned a lot during this journey.

I’ve also engaged myself in the service of the Lord as a Festival Lead for East London Yātrā under the guidance of our Mentors and East London Leaders.

My Elder Son, Aryan Sai (8.5 years old), is sharing the message of the Lordships through Kṛṣṇa Club classes to our families in India. And also he helps my wife with her Kids’ weekly classes by preparing PPTs and Narrating past times.

My wife Manjula, was engaged in the service of the Lord by sharing the message of the Lord to Kids through her Kid’s outreach program, Cooking services, garland services, decoration services during the festival.

We are very much grateful to you Guru Mahārāja, for blessing our younger son Tamal Kṛṣṇa with all the saṁskāras (Naming ceremony, Anna Prasana).

We can’t thank you enough Guru Mahārāja, for your kind prayers and blessings for our family during our difficult time.

Please bless all of us to continue serving at your lotus feet and Gaurāṅga

Please bless us to engage ourselves in the service of the Lord.

Please bless us to always stay in the devotee association.

Please bless us with intelligence to share the message of the Lord Gaurāṅga!

Please bless our children to become devotees and always be in the service of the Lord!

Praying to the lotus feet of Lord Narasiṁhadeva for your good health.

Thank you very much Guru Mahārāja for being there for us always,

Your Sheltered Spiritual Son, Spiritual Daughter and Spiritual Grand Children,

Śrīkantha (sheltered disciple)

Manjula, Aryan Sai, Tamala Kṛṣṇa

East London, UK

Nama Om Vishnu padaya Krsna preshtaya bhutale

Srimate Jayapataka Swamin iti namine

Nama Acaryapadaya Nitai Krpa pradayine

Gaura Katha dhama daya nagara grama tarine

 

Nama Om Vishnu padaya Krsna preshtaya bhutale

SrimateBhaktivedanta Swamin iti namine

Namaste Saraswate deve Gaura vani pracarine

Nirvisesa sunya vadi pascatya desa tarine

My dearmost spiritual father Srila Gurumaharaj,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your Divine Grace.

For your pleasure we have started doing Bhakti Sastri and continued with our preaching. we have finished our first Bhakti Vriksha group as Bhakti Vriksha leader. This year we also did Gita Gyan (18 Chapers on 18 week-ends) and also Journey of Self-Discovery (6 Sessions).We have started a new Bhakti Vriksha sessios who are interested, after these sessions. Please bless us so that we can continue these sessions. 

If it is not for your mercy on us, we would not have been able to do all these sessions, as we are fallen souls, we are trying to do our part Gurudev, please forgive for any short-comings from our side.

Last one year has seen a lot of mercy of yours on us, we were able to come out of challenging situations very easily, we had COVID, but because of your blessings and vaishnava's prayers, we did not had much of suffering. My bilogical father had COVID and he had to be admitted to hospital, we being in UK were not of much help, again the Lord was merciful and your blessings and vaishnavas prayers helped him to come out  of hospital quickly and he is doing well. 

Now, father-in-law (S.Vijayasimha Reddy) is not well, he had health issues, when went to hospital, they said, one Kidney has to be removed and is removed and it had fibroids on it, so he is under-going chemotherapy, he is your aspiring disciple. I request your prayers so that he can recover and continue his sadhana and serve you and Gauranga.

Please help me to do my Sadhana, Japa & book reading, everyday with utmost seriousness and progress in my spiritual life. Please help me to overcome all the bad qualities and anarthas I have. Please forgive us if we have done any offenses at your Lotus feet your Divine Grace.

 

I am very thankful to all the God brothers and God Sisters here in the UK and India (Bangalore), who are constantly helping us to progress.

 

Please bless my son (Vineet Panati), who is 9 years old , to take up Krishna consciousness seriously and progress nicely in Spiritual life and help spread Lord Caitanya's mission.

 

Please kindly bless our  biological parents & family to take up serious Krishna consciousness.  Please use them in your mission.

All Glories to Your All Auspicious appearance day / Vyasapuja Celebration in Sridham Mayapur Guru Maharaj!!!

 

Thank you Guru Maharaj.

Your insignificant spiritual son,

Sudarsana Vrajesa das

Diksha disciple

Milton Keynes, UK

My Dear Spiritual Father Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, Please accept my respectful obeisanses.

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

Śrīla Guru Mahārāja you are the most glorified personality who appeared on this universe only to fullfill the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda. I am so fortunate that you have accepted me as your sheltered disciple.

Despite so many challenges in the last 2 years and covid pandemic you were so merciful that you visited our homes in the UK every week only to bless our families. Guru Mahārāja only because of your mercy I and my family have started preaching through outreach. My husband Lakshmikanth and my 2 daughters are also engaged in various services here in East London.

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. Please bless me so that I can continue to be part of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, complete my IDC course, prepare for initiation and serve as per your instructions.

Your Sheltered Daughter

Sujana Jakkula (sheltered disciple)

East London, UK

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.

I pray and hope you are keeping well so that you can carry on with your most valuable services which engages the masses of rascal souls like myself.

I became your sheltered disciple last May 2021, If you can pray for me that I may reach the stage of initiation.

Thank you for your daily classes and time you give to visit everyone personally.

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda for guiding me to your lotus feet and putting me on the correct path.

I am very much a rascal and very insignificant soul and pray that one day I may get Kṛṣṇa bhakti only by your mercy.

Look forward to getting your darśan/blessings soon.

Your Servant,

Sukdev Arya (Sheltered)

Nisha and Niramaya Lakshmi Arya

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dearest Śrīla Guru Mahārāja.

I beg you to please accept my most Respectful obeisances at your Divine Lotus feet.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All Glories to Your Divine Grace

Wish you a very Auspicious Vyāsa Pūjā Dear GuruMahārāja. Praying to Śrī Gaur Nitāi and Lord Narasiṁha Deva Bhagavān to always protect you and All Glories to your Auspicious Appearance day.

Dear GuruMahārāja thankyou soo much for always being with us, your unconditional Love, Care, Your reciprocations through Dreams, 'Touching your Heart' book and Zoom classes giving me the new Life. By the Mercy of the Lord we are expecting 2nd baby and it is due soon i.e., nearly mid of march. Please bestow your causeless mercy on us and to the new born baby so we all my husband, daughter Bhakti devī, me and baby serve you together in the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Please bless the new born baby so he become sincere devotee of Lord Caitanya and please the Guru Paramparā. Please Bestow your mercy on me so I chant offenselessly and do nice sadhana in the association of pure devotees. Begging for your causeless mercy so we may please you and be Kṛṣṇa Conscious.

We cannot even imagine how you are tolerating all the bodily discomforts just to uplift the conditional souls like us. We pray to Lord Narasiṁha Dev to give good health to you Gurudeva so you continuously shower your mercy on many many souls like us.

It is very Purifying to us to write Vyāsa Pūjā offering on this occasion of Auspiouess Vyāsa pūjā day. Thankyou Gurudava for giving us this opportunity. Please Forgive me for the offensenes knowingly and unkowingly done Gurudeva.

Your Spiritual daughter

Sulocana Vrajagopī Devī dāsī

Gopāla Ganāśraya Dasa

Bhakti Devī

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Gurumahārāja

Please accept our respectful obeisances!! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!! All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga!!

On this special occasion of your Vyāsa Pūjā, we feel very grateful for this opportunity to write the Vyāsa Pūjā offering. Gurudeva your glories are unlimited, your compassion for us is so expansive and ever growing and you are constantly reminding us to take shelter of Kṛṣṇa. Your divine is a personal associate of Mahāprabhu walking on this earth and giving us your association and hope in this kali-yuga and leading us back to Godhead. In the pandemic when the whole world was shut down, your divine inspired us to be enthusiastic in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. We eagerly await your house visits and your divine blessings on special occasions which gave us shelter and protection during the difficult situations of the pandemic. Your house visits inspired us to do online house visits for our bhakti vṛkṣa members. Thank you for your causeless mercy on my family members and engaging them in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Gurudeva thank you very much for being with us and guiding us in every step of our life. Recently I prayed to you for help so I can serve your instructions without any interruption. Your divine kindly appeared in my dream and provided a solution and helped me continue my service. We can see how you are always there for us, listening to us and constantly helping us progress in our spiritual path. Last year Gurudeva, there were health obstacles and a lot of learnings in my services as well. But because of your causeless mercy on us, we were able to continue our services without any interruption and these situations have been an opportunity to depend more on Guru and Kṛṣṇa. I cannot thank you enough Gurudeva for your loving care during these times and awakenings that these situations have brought into my life. All these help us to appreciate how important it is to take shelter of a bonafide spiritual master and serve under his divine shelter. Thank you Gurudeva!!

Last year, by your mercy, I was able to connect more with Śrīla Prabhupāda through his lectures and books and develop deep appreciation for Śrīla Prabhupāda. If Śrīla Prabhupāda was not there, what we would be? Praying to your lotus feet may I develop deeper appreciation and gratitude for Śrīla Prabhupāda and surrender to his lotus feet and engage in his saṅkīrtana army to assist you in fulfilling your instructions to your spiritual master. Through the process of Bhakti Vṛkṣa you have helped us appreciate and understand how advantageous is this grihastha ashrama in this kali yuga to perform our devotional service. Your divine has so nicely devised this process that it is a boon for gṛhasthas in the age of kali giving us the opportunity to practise Kṛṣṇa consciousness at our home and become instruments to spread the holy name. Pls bless us that we can become instruments to systematise and assist gṛhasthas to practise devotional service in their journey of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Grateful to your divine for bestowing us Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaur worship. May Śrī Nityānanda Rām and Śrī Caitanya Candra become the object of our life. Gurudeva, pls keep us engaged in your loving service and bless us to take care of the families you have sent and together with the community of devotees we can all become instruments to expand the saṅkīrtan movement. I beg your mercy so I can do my service of chanting the holyname for the pleasure of the Lord and holyname become my ultimate refuge. Please let my mind become a servant of your instructions for that is when it will attain peace. I am failing every time to act in my factual position as a servant in my services and my interactions and therefore I am seeking your causeless mercy and strength to help me realise my constitutional position as the servant of servant and serve the devotees for your pleasure.

All glories All glories to your appearance day!! We pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Nṛsiṁhadeva, Śrī Śrī Pañcatattva for your long association in this earthly planet and to liberate many more living entities in this earthly planet. We wish you an auspicious appearance day dear Spiritual father and thank you for your association with us. May we become your instruments in a humble way to assist you in your mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu!!

your spiritual daughter

Supriyā Jāhnava Devī Dāsī

London

United Kingdom

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

To my dearest, beloved spiritual father,

Please except my humble obeisance’s at your lotus feet. All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga! All glories to Jagad-Guru, Śrīla Prabhupāda and all glories to your loving divine grace!

Wish you a very, very happy appearance day dear Guru Mahārāja!!!

he guro jñāna-da dina-bandho

svānanda-datah karunaika-sindho

vrindavanasina hitavatara

prasida rādhā-pranaya-prachara

"O spiritual master, O giver of divine wisdom, O friend of the fallen, you are the giver of your own bliss and you are the only ocean of mercy. Although dwelling in Vṛndāvanaa, you have descended for the welfare of fallen souls like myself and you are preaching the divine love of Rādhā for Kṛṣṇa. Please be kind upon me."

Thank you very much for all your selfless guidance and for showering your mercy upon a fallen soul like me! I can never express just how much your prayers and blessings mean to me and how much I love you. You are the perfect spiritual father. This year has been a rollercoaster of events for me and I have only had the strength to get through them by your constant reassurance that you are praying for me.

As I hear more of your never-ending transcendental pastimes from God brothers and sisters, they make me realize even more how lucky that I am to have the opportunity to take shelter of the guidance of an exalted personality like yourself.

Your qualities are endless. You are the perfect disciple, magnanimous, extremely merciful, personal, a fighter, selfless, humorous, humble, loving, compassionate and completely transcendental. You always put our needs in front of yours and your love for Guru and Gaurāṅga is infectious. I remember in Māyāpur 2 years ago where you personally made sure to answer my question on your roof top despite it being so late, as you sensed it was important to comfort me.

It is only by your mercy that my family and I have managed to distribute 705 books during the December book marathon this year and distributed 9 sets of the Śrīmad-bhāgavatam and Caitanya-caritāmṛta as well and that I have had the courage to run a Science of Self Realisation and Nectar of Instructions girls saṅga for your pleasure for 2 years so far. I have also been involved in helping organise many park Harināmas this year by your mercy as well with a few devotees to spread the Saṅkīrtana movement, given the opportunity to lead kirtans for Rādhā Londoniśvara and Rādhā Gokulānanda regularly and also had the opportunity to give my first 3 Bhagavad-gītā classes at Bhaktivedanta Manor as well. I continue to sing tulasī ārati and circumambulate tulasī 8 times for your health daily.

I cherish my first meeting with you at Heathrow airport 6 years ago where you blessed me with your lotus hands and shortly after that gave me service at the Birmingham retreat to try and somehow prove that there was a link between Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and happiness and asked me if I wanted to take shelter of your divine lotus feet, I long for that again. I apply the Narasiṁhadeva oil that you applied on yourself and gifted to me daily and wish for it to never end. I also treasure the times when I have been given the chance to sing kirtans for your pleasure and Yadi Prabhupāda Na Hoito in Gujarati and when you mercifully wished me Happy Birthday last year by giving me a virtual garland. Here I have named a few my treasured moments in your transcendental association because of limited space, but every interaction I have with you feels so magical that I never want them to come to an end! I can’t wait to read your recent Caitanya book transcriptions in full when they are published as well.

Please can you pray that I never do anything to displease you and have the strength to dedicate my life to helping you fulfil Prabhupāda’s mission. Also, I pray that I can continue to get your transcendental association and guidance forever and to remain a speck of dust at your lotus feet.

Lots and Lots of Love Always,

Your spiritual daughter, servant and the most insignificant soul,

Śyāmavallabha Gopī Devī Dāsī

(Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK)

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā

cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

To my dearest, beloved spiritual father,

Please except my humble obeisance’s at your lotus feet. All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga! All glories to Jagad-Guru, Śrīla Prabhupāda and all glories to your loving divine grace!

Wish you a very, very happy appearance day dear Guru Mahārāja!!!

he guro jñāna-da dina-bandho

svānanda-datah karunaika-sindho

vrindavanasina hitavatara

prasida rādhā-pranaya-prachara

"O spiritual master, O giver of divine wisdom, O friend of the fallen, you are the giver of your own bliss and you are the only ocean of mercy. Although dwelling in Vṛndāvana, you have descended for the welfare of fallen souls like myself and you are preaching the divine love of Rādhā for Kṛṣṇa. Please be kind upon me."

Thank you very much for all your selfless guidance and for showering your mercy upon a fallen soul like me! I can never express just how much your prayers and blessings mean to me and how much I love you. You are the perfect spiritual father. This year has been a rollercoaster of events for me and I have only had the strength to get through them by your constant reassurance that you are praying for me.

 

As I hear more of your never-ending transcendental pastimes from God brothers and sisters, they make me realise even more how lucky that I am to have the opportunity to take shelter of the guidance of an exalted personality like yourself.

Your qualities are endless. You are the perfect disciple, magnanimous, extremely merciful, personal, a fighter, selfless, humorous, humble, loving, compassionate and completely transcendental. You always put our needs in front of yours and your love for Guru and Gaurāṅga is infectious. I remember in Māyāpur 2 years ago where you personally made sure to answer my question on your roof top despite it being so late, as you sensed it was important to comfort me.

It is only by your mercy that my family and I have managed to distribute 705 books during the December book marathon this year and distributed 9 sets of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Chaitanya Caritāmṛta as well and that I have had the courage to run a Science of Self Realisation and Nectar of Instructions girls saṅga for your pleasure for 2 years so far. I have also been involved in helping organise many park harināmas this year by your mercy as well with a few devotees to spread the Saṅkīrtana movement, given the opportunity to lead kirtans for Rādhā London Iśvara and Rādhā Gokulānanda regularly and also had the opportunity to give my first 3 Bhagavad-gītā classes at Bhaktivedanta Manor as well. I continue to sing tulsī ārati and circumabulate tulsī 8 times for your health daily.

I cherish my first meeting with you at Heathrow airport 6 years ago where you blessed me with your lotus hands and shortly after that gave me service at the Birmingham retreat to try and somehow prove that there was a link between Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and happiness and asked me if I wanted to take shelter of your divine lotus feet, I long for that again. I apply the Narasiṁha deva oil that you applied on yourself and gifted to me daily and wish for it to never end. I also treasure the times when I have been given the chance to sing kirtans for your pleasure and Yadi Prabhupāda Na Hoi in Gujarati and when you mercifully wished me Happy Birthday last year by giving me a virtual garland. Here I have named a few my treasured moments in your transcendental association because of limited space, but every interaction I have with you feels so magical that I never want them to come to an end! I can’t wait to read your recent Chaitanya book transcriptions in full when they are published as well.

Please can you pray that I never do anything to displease you and have the strength to dedicate my life to helping you fulfil Prabhupāda's mission. Also, I pray that I can continue to get your transcendental association and guidance forever and to remain a speck of dust at your lotus feet.

Lots and Lots of Love Always,

Your spiritual daughter, servant and the most insignificant soul,

Śyāmavallabha Gopī Devī Dāsī

(Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances on to your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga!

I am not qualified to glorify your service. Even though I had many opportunities to take up spiritual advancement I am so fallen and ignorant that I could not recognise the call from spiritual father. I come across many obstacles in spiritual and material life but I could feel that you have been with me all the time to make sure I am progressing well.

Now I am very fortunate to be in the association of your disciples in East London. It is because of your causeless mercy now I have been chanting 16 rounds every day, doing Aarthi to deities every day and I have taken up service of preaching to children group. I am so fallen that I cannot remember what I read and I lack quality of reproducing scriptures. But if you bless me I certainly aspire to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Though I am not qualified at all, I wish to take your darśana and serve you. I am aspiring to take shelter on to your lotus feet. I have very strong desire to accept Dīkṣā from you. I humbly seek your mercy for all this to happen. Also, I seek your blessing and mercy so that me and my family members will be able to progress in devotional service and be in the association of great devotees.

All glories to your auspicious appearance day.

Yours humble servant,

Thanigai velu Mani (well-wisher)

East London, UK

His Holiness Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja’s Appearance day homage.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

On this very auspicious day, the celebration of your appearance Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā day, please accept my respectful obeisance’s unto your lotus feet, and please forgive all my offenses. Although I’m an insignificant soul and full of faults, I’m constantly waiting for your causeless mercy to be bestowed on me.

Happy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Guru Mahārāja. This is your sheltered disciple Aparna Nagloori from East London. Am under the guidance of His Grace Yamuneśvarī Mātājī and His Grace Arvinda Kṛṣṇa Prabhu.

You are so much determined on the service of Gaurāṅga, as I know you faced so many health issues and recently had COVID but still, with so much patience, you are giving CC Classes on Zoom. Really wonderful Guru Mahārāja, you are my inspiration Guru Mahārāja all the time. You are a Prabhupāda’s Warrior Guru Mahārāja to save insignificant souls like me.

By your causeless mercy, Lord Kṛṣṇa and Gaurāṅga gave me an opportunity to preach Bhagavad Gītā, currently, I and my husband is taking Gītā Jñān classes. Guru Mahārāja please bless us so that we can continue to preach Lord’s glories to n number of souls. Without your mercy nothing Is possible Guru Mahārāja, please bless us as a family we should serve Guru and Gaurāṅga very sincerely. Please pray for our good health and unalloyed devotional service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

The First time I met you in London 2019, that time I was in so many difficulties but since you enter my life all the obstacles are Gradually removed.

Please bless me Guru Mahārāja to get initiation from you. And please remove all my difficulties on my way of Initiation. Because I cannot imagine as a Guru anyone accepts you in my life Guru Mahārāja.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja.

Your Eternal servant

Topaji Nagloori (aspiring disciple)

East London, UK

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

Dear Śrīla Gurudeva,

Please accept My Respectful Obeisances!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to you Śrīla Guru Mahārāja!

Thank you very much dear Guru Mahārāja, for giving me one more opportunity to glorify your divine grace on your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā.

I am ever indebted to your constant mercy upon me, by that I am able to survive and continue in my spiritual life Guru Mahārāja. I am just praying at your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja that, please please kindly keep flowing your mercy upon me and my family. I would like to share an instance that by your mercy recently Last year September I could enter into kitchen of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Londonishwara to serve their Lordships. And our mentor and senior Vaiṣṇava also gave me good news that I can take Brahmin initiation to continue service for Lordships. Even though I always felt constant under protection and mercy Śrīla Guru dev, but would like to bag more mercy at your lotus feet that, I can never come down from my sadhna and continue on my spiritual journey. Also would like to bag your extra mercy for my husband Vijay Prabhu,, that his desires of taking initiation from your divine grace, become strong and he can come to 16 rounds of japa soon and we both continue our services at your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja through serving our senior Vaiṣṇavas her in East London.

I am bagging forgiveness at your lotus feet Śrīla Guru Maharj on this very special day to forgive my unlimited aparādhās. And please continue keep showring your mercy upon us.

Your insignificant spiritual daughter and your servant ever.

Ujjavala Lakshmipriya DD

East London, UK

All Glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

All glories to saṅkīrtana movement!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to ISKCON!

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet. By the mercy of Guru Mahārāja we receive benediction of Kṛṣṇa. Without grace of guru, one cannot make spiritual advancements so, I always remember guru Please bless me with you drop of mercy this fallen soul, so I can save you more and more. Guru Mahārāja please give me strength

 

Legal name: Vaiṣṇavī
Spiritual Name:
Yātrā:
United Kingdom (Milton Keynes)
JPS Relation: Aspirant

Praṇāma Pūjya Guru Mahārāja,

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Please accept my humble daṇḍvat praṇāma. On your divine Vyāsa-pūjā, I humbly pray for your blessings and forgiveness for all the offences I have committed knowingly and unknowingly. I am struggling in my material life, please help me to overcome struggles that I am facing, I do not have any hope other than your cause less mercy. Please Guru Mahārāja bless my family and my mother and father. My mother and sister, brother practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

I am very lucky I got you as my spiritual master you are such a great example of how to preach in difficult health situations. Please bless myself, my husband and my son so we can focus only to serve yourself and Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Guru Mahārāja, we pray to Rādhā Mādhava, Rādhā Londoneśvara to keep you healthy. We pray for you and chanted extra rounds on the akaṇḍa-japa marathon. and recited Narasiṁha-kavaca with Milton Keynes devotees.

Your humble servant,

Vaiṣṇavī (aspiring devotee)
Milton Keynes, UK

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

My dearmost spiritual father Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances, all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, all glories to Your Divine Grace.

Our dearmost Guru Mahārāja, I have always seen you virtually seeking your blessings from far yet close, our only desire is to be that dust to your lotus feet who is trying to be a humble part of your great mission of spreading peace, happiness and love. I am a beginner in this journey but when I get your darśana and sometimes gets chance to also get your blessings, my heart fills with unlimited love and energy and I feel the intensity of your desire to give this love to each and every one on this earth. My dear Guru Mahārāja, your strong desire to spread this beautiful message of Mahāprabhu in your good health and your sickness makes us feel the oneness in your prayers. How blessed are we that you teach us to be happy and blessed in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. You gave us this one big spiritual family of the entire universe. You make us strong by your blessings, guidance and love. Your tireless effort in reaching to the people of various languages across the globe, inspire me to give the harināma to everyone whoever I meet. With my very tiny being, I pray to the lotus feet of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Gokulānanda for your good health and very long appearance on this earth. We all need your presences, your blessings and your guidance. With your presence we are present. Please bless me and my family to be humble, compassionate and loving carrier of this torch of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness in our life. May I always be aligned with the vision of pure Kṛṣṇa bhakti and able to grow spiritually

Your sincere servant,

Vandanā (aspiring disciple)

East London, BV, UK

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Śrīla Gurudeva!

All glories to your auspicious appearance day.

Please accept my respectful obesciences unto dust of your lotus feet.

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Maharaja.

 

We are very fallen conditioned souls to glorify or wish you, but want to wish you from the bottom of the heart Happy Kṛṣṇa conscious appearance day Gurudeva.

We can't imagine how much difficulty you are going through, still you are working very hard to please your Guru Mahārāja (A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda) to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness to all over the world.

Your mercy is so amazing. In this pandemic we are able to attend your lecture every day (Caitanya-caritāmṛta), get your darshan and blessings. You are coming to everyone's house and every celebration and giving your cause less blessings upon everyone.

We are very fortunate to have such a wonderful spiritual father like you.

You are very special to all of us. Wherever you are still shower your cause less blessings upon us, in my life from day one of my Kṛṣṇa conscious journey you were there till now. Because of your pure blessings only we are here Gurudeva. Please bless us so we can serve you eternally and follow all the rules and regulations properly and chant the mahā-mantra attentively and qualitatively.

Please Guru Mahārāja we really want to serve you and Prabhupāda very sincerely, but we don't have that much intelligence to convince our Bhakti-vṛkṣa (Byron) members to follow Kṛṣṇa conscious properly and chant 16 rounds every day. They are very nice devotees, but we don't have the strength to empower them. Please shower your abundant blessings upon us so we can bring existing devotees to follow 4 regs and 16 rounds mala every day, and many new souls to our Kṛṣṇa conscious and my side family members and my husband side family members should follow Kṛṣṇa consciousness please give your blessings to them as well Gurudeva.

Because of your blessings only we invited Nityānanda Rāma and Gaurāṅga Śyāma on akṣaya-tritiya day last year. Please give your blessings to us so we can serve Them nicely and please Them. We had a son Nitāi Karuṇa (2.8 yrs) please bless him Guru Mahārāja, so he can become instrument in Prabhupāda’s mission and give us intelligence to train him in Kṛṣṇa conscious association journey.

On this special occasion we want to ask you for forgiveness whatever we committed any mistakes knowingly or unknowingly and bless us so we will follow your instructions properly and please you.

We (East London devotees) are in process for initiation from you Gurudeva, please bless us so we can get soon initiation from you dear spiritual father.

We pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to bless you with good health so you can inspire and bring many people to become Krishna conscious.

All glories to Guru Mahārāja.

Your insignificant servant,

Veena (sheltered disciple), Nitāi Karuṇa

East London, UK

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

My dearest spiritual father Śrīla Gurumahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances, all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, all glories to Your Divine Grace.

You are eternal and you are not bother about your bodily position.

You are always keeping your promise to your Guru Mahārāja Śrīla Prabhupāda whatever your physical condition may be.

Please give me blessing to serve you Guru Mahārāja.

Gurumahārāja, thank you for giving us darśana, for visiting our homes and lectures.

This world becoming worst with all material miseries. We only cross or withstand with all these miseries with Your Divine mercy,

Thank you Gurumahārāja for keeping all of us at the shelter of Your divine lotus feet.

Gurumahārāja, please bless that I remain humble and tolerant even in the most provoking situations. I pray that my desires will always be aligned with the purpose of Your Divine Grace’s mission. Please help us to overcome our anarthas so we can serve You better.

Please bless that the whole world become blissful and peaceful by taking shelter of your Lotus Feet. Please use us as instruments for achieving this goal.

Your insignificant spiritual son,

Veṇuvadana Rādhāramaṇa Dāsa (Dīkṣā)

Ilford, UK

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma Guru Mahārāja!

Thank you for giving me this opportunity, I convey my sincere gratitude for everything you have done and doing for us.

Last few weeks we missed you when you were away for treatment. I could not get your Divine Bhava filled darśana, which after seeing purifies my materialistic mind.

I prayed to Kṛṣṇa that I can only understand Śrī Gaura Hari through you, only you can plant the bhakti-latā of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu and as always you came back for us Kṛṣṇa’s mercy.

I feel guilty that I could not offer much preaching services recently due to personal circumstances and lack of initiatives. I’m trying to improve myself so that I can be ready for future services, joined Bhakti Shastri and trying to engage in Bhakti-vṛkṣa services in East London under Yamuneśvari Mātājī and Aravinda Kṛṣṇa Prabhu.

Please bless me Guru Mahārāja, so I can become a useful instrument in your and Śrīla Prabhupāda mission.

Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas,

Vijay Namavaram (sheltered disciple)

East London, UK

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to His Divine Grace A.C. BhaktiVedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda.
All glories to your eternal service in the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Caitanya Mahāprabhu in spreading the holy name.

Dearest Guru Mahārāja, I'm an insignificant and unqualified soul to glorify yourselves, and I would like to seek your permission to do an humble attempt. You are a true embodiment of the words disciple, spiritual father, well-wisher, and guide. As a disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda, your mood in fulfilling his instructions has always been focused, enthusiastic, and positive till date irrespective of external circumstances. As our spiritual father, you have always been thinking of us, praying for well being and motivating us in this spiritual journey. As a well-wisher and guide, your inspiration to many many souls is absolutely unimaginable, unfathomable.

Guru Mahārāja, I really thank you for giving your darśan everyday through Caitanya Līlā Class over zoom and blessing us personally on special days and accepting our humble offerings. I'm also very very fortunate and grateful to yourselves for kindly accepting me as your disciple last year. I could experience a lot of empowerment since then which is helping me a lot personally also in preaching services. Guru Mahārāja with your mercy and blessing we bought New house please bless us so that we can use house for Kṛṣṇa service.
With your causeless mercy, blessings and guidance through senior devotees, we are trying to serve the devotees locally through Bhakti-vṛkṣa and outreach programs for adults and children. Also, we are trying to take Kṛṣṇa consciousness into the community through Gaura Pūrṇimā, Pānihāṭi, Janmāṣṭamī, Ratha-yātrā , Dāmodara and many other festivals, and also through Book distribution programs. We beg for your blessings Guru Mahārāja, so that we can cultivate the members nicely and engage them in devotional service with the help of our mentors.

We sincerely pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Pancha Tattva, Śrī Śrī Narsimha dev, Śrī Śrī Jagannātha Baladeva Subhadrā Mai to give yourself immense strength so that you can deliver many more fallen souls like me and help them reach the abode of Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. I once again pay my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja and wish to celebrate many more such wonderful occasions.


Your Eternal Servant and Disciple
Vijaya Vraja Lakṣmī devī dāsī, East London, United Kingdom

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

My dear Guru Mahārāja, please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to your divine grace.

You have appeared in this world to give us Kṛṣṇa prem. From the young age of 19 you have taken the responsibility of spreading the name of Kṛṣṇa all over the world. Śrīla Prabhupāda had given you so many important services which almost seemed like an impossible task but you achieved all of it happily and blissfully and made the instructions as your life and soul. When there were difficult times in ISKCON you were always present as a symbol of hope. Despite severe health condition you stood firmly as the strongest pillar of hope and faith for all of us. Śrīla Prabhupāda used to hammer and speak that we are not this body but a spirit soul and you have literally proved it.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, I have no qualification, I am a fallen soul but you are so merciful that you accepted me and gave me your shelter. Your body is not supporting you, it’s giving a lot of pain but you perform so many services even in this condition with enthusiasm and you are very blissful. Whenever I face problems I think of you as a symbol of enthusiasm and bliss.

On this occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā I want to recommit myself to you. To improve my chanting, personal hearing, reading Prabhupāda books, attending morning program, I will try to give my 100% effort to be fully Kṛṣṇa conscious for the entire day so that I can perform well in the morning program by attentive chanting, reading and hearing. Please have mercy on me so that I can serve your instructions to the fullest of my capacity.

Always seeking your blessing.

Your servant,

Vivekanand Jha (aspiring disciple)

East London, UK

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please kindly accept my respectful obeisances.

Happy Vyāsa-pūjā.

I am very happy because on my appearance day you held my hand and we cut the cake.

Thank you very much.

From,

Vrinda (aspiring disciple)

East London, UK

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful humble obeisances unto your lotus feet

All glories to the Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to the Vaiṣṇavas, those who have surrendered their souls and are constantly engaged in the service of Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda

Happy appearance day Guru Mahārāja. You are the perfect example for us to follow. you showed us, how to serve Kṛṣṇa and previous ācāryas unconditionally. I am so inspired by you and your senior disciples. Please Guru Mahārāja, kindly bless me and engage me in your service. My heart is desiring to experience the unalloyed and uninterrupted service.

Please shower your mercy on me to understand the scriptures more to develop strong faith on the supreme Lord.

Your insignificant servant

Yamini Yarlagadda (aspiring disciple)

East London, UK

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

My Dearest Spiritual Father,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at the dust of your divine lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Your Divine Grace!

All glories to your glorious Appearance Day!!

On this auspicious appearance day of your Vyāsa-pūjā, first of all like to offer my heartfelt gratitude to you for accepting me as your spiritual daughter and showering me with your causeless mercy.

With my limited knowledge and devotion how can I properly glorify your Divine grace? yet I am making this attempt as a small token of gratitude for the showers of mercy that you are pouring upon me incessantly.

śrī guru karuna sindhu, adhāmaa janara bandhu”

You are an ocean of mercy dear Guru Mahārāja!!! It is unfathomable to describe your compassion in words. How much suffering you are going through to uplift all the conditioned souls?? Starting from Madrid attack to Covid +ve you have been through so many health crisis yet in all these times you have been always pushing yourself to give out the mercy of Lord Caitanya to everyone and now also you are travelling with all inconveniences simply for the wellbeing of all your dīkṣā and śikṣā disciples and for the benefit of everyone in general. Though you have not recovered fully yet still you have started maṅgala-ārati darśana, Caitanya līlā class, attending festivals, meetings and other services and you are constantly serving hard for TOVP fund raising and all other services for the pleasure of Śrīla Prabhupāda. We are broken to tears watching you attending Navadvīpa-maṇḍala parikramā this year and giving out medallions for the various sponsors of TOVP with your fragile health. How can we describe your love for Śrīla Prabhupāda?

our divine grace is always meditating on the development of Gaura-maṇḍala-bhūmi. Your heart is in Māyāpur-dhāma and you are always finding newer and newer ways to develop the kingdom of God given to you by Śrīla Prabhupāda. You are Lord Caitanya’s eternal associate, so you have the power to give Lord Caitanya to everyone. How blessed are we to hear the nectar of Lord Caitanya’s līlā from your lotus mouth?

When the transcendental vibration from the mouths of great devotees carries the aroma of the saffron dust of Your lotus feet, the forgetful living entity gradually remembers his eternal relationship with You….

A pure devotee always engages in the service of the Lord, taking shelter of His lotus feet, and Therefore, he has a direct connection with the saffron mercy-particles that are strewn over the lotus feet of the Lord. Although when a pure devotee speaks, the articulation of his voice may resemble the sound of this material sky, the voice is spiritually very powerful because it touches the particles of saffron dust on the lotus feet of the Lord. As soon as a sleeping living entity hears the powerful voice emanating from the mouth of a pure devotee, he immediately remembers his eternal relationship with the Lord, although up until that moment he had forgotten everything.”

[SB 4.20.25 part of the verse and purport excerpt.]

These transcendental words we heard in one of your Caitanya-līlā Śrīla Guru Mahārāja. We are so grateful to you Guru Mahārāja for your causeless mercy. Please bless us that we can awaken our dormant love for Lord Caitanya, serve His instructions sincerely and spread His message everywhere for your pleasure.

It is purely your mercy Śrīla Guru Mahārāja that we are engaged in Bhakti-vṛkṣa and other services. We can see how your mercy is manifesting in the East London Yātrā. We are eternally grateful to you Guru Mahārāja. Kindly forgive me for all the offenses committed knowingly or unknowingly Guru Mahārāja. Seeking your blessings and mercy so that we can fulfil your instructions in the proper spirit of service and please you dear spiritual father. Kindly give us your mercy so that all the obstacles on the path of our devotional service are removed and we can be useful instruments in your mission of pleasing Śrīla Prabhupāda.

We are eternally indebted for your love Guru Mahārāja. Please bless us that our love for you increases every moment and we can serve you blissfully with all our hearts.

Thank you dear Father,

Your spiritual Children,

Yamuneśvarī devī dāsī, Aravinda Kṛṣṇa Dāsa

East London, UK

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

My dear spiritual father Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!

It has been a great fortune for me to write the offering to your glorious 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā.

Śrīla Gurudeva, by your mercy last year has ended with a very positive note and our association of devotees increased even more further and your Zoom classes gave all energy and encouragement in our devotional life. In spite of all health challenges, you have been giving darśana in Zoom and taking up Q-and-A and giving your unlimited mercy and blessings upon all of us. We are feeling so ecstatic hearing from you on Lord Caitanya’s pastimes and taking your blessings unlimitedly. I am very much indebted to your divine grace for giving this wonderful Kṛṣṇa Conscious nectar with love and care.

I can’t imagine what I would have done without your guidance, mercy and blessings Śrīla Gurudeva. I had a dream in which you came, and I saw you were operating a lift and taking all disciples and everyone from each floor and taking everyone to the top floor where Śrīla Prabhupāda and Kṛṣṇa is. As soon as I came back to normal consciousness, I realized that this is exactly you are doing every day, you are connecting everyone to Kṛṣṇa irrespective to who they are and where you meet them. You are so merciful that even hospital staff are also connecting themselves back to Kṛṣṇa. We feel so fortunate and blessed to be connected to you Śrīla Gurudeva. If life is ocean, Your divine Grace is the boat to take one, across that ocean of life.

You inspired me through your Zoom classes to carry on my service of Bhakti-vṛkṣa preaching via Zoom too and we have been carrying out the Bhakti-vṛkṣa classes online as pandemic is still not completely over. It has been working so nicely that devotees from all over UK and Europe are joining and feeling very blissful. We have been doing Mangal aarti programs, japa marathons, Kīrtana programs, festival celebrations on zoom platform. This all could happen by your mercy and blessings Śrīla Gurudeva. My daughter has been taking part in kīrtana programs and inspiring her classmates also to take up Kṛṣṇa Consciousness with chanting and reading. She is going to go to a new school from September and seeking your blessings Śrīla Gurudeva so she can continue her devotional practice there and preach to her new friends on the aspect of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

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.

Please bless me and all our group members that we can bring more and more souls to Kṛṣṇa consciousness this year in London as an offering to Śrīla Prabhupāda by following your instructions.

Thank you very much.

Your insignificant servant,

Yogeśvara Gopīnātha Dāsa (dīkṣā)

London, UK

Latin america
Argentina

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

Querido Guru Mahārāja, por favor acepte mis reverencias. Todas las glorias sean para Śrīa Prabhupāda. Todas las glorias sean para Guru y Gaurāṅga.

Tantas veces me he preguntado el por que Kṛṣṇa me ha traido hasta aqui, lejos de las comunidades de devotos, a tantos kilometros de los centros de predica, lejos de los templos donde se adoran Rādhā y Govinda... Aveces en mi abrumadora confusion recorde los campos verdes de Vrindavan, las vaquitas andando por las calles y el aire de bhakti que existe eternamente alli. Aqui, el sol ardiente del verano sobre los campos y el frio viento de las sierras se parecen en algo al santo Dhan... En mi soledad, algunas veces, tuve alguna pequeña realizacion que me ayudo a sentir gratitud y a encontrar algunas respuestas de cómo podría yo, una insignificante persona, llevar algo de Śrī Rādhā y Kṛṣṇa a otras personas? Cómo podria yo servirlas sin alguna motivacion personal?

Querido padre espiritual, observo Sus līlās diariamente a través de las lecturas que muy amablemente sus hijos espirituales comparten, gracias a ellos puedo observar Su coraje, su valentía, su entrega absoluta a Śrīla Prabhupāda y en esos momentos realizó que por Su gracia hemos recibido algo de Su personalidad, algo que nos permite vivir en este mundo sin perder el rumbo, ya que esta vida sería un sin sentido en la lejanía de Sus eternos sirvientes, solo por ellos, sus hijos e hijas espirituales, mi vida cobra algun sentido intentando servirlos. Observando sus vidas, sus pasatiempos todo se vuelve colorido y extático, como los campos verdes, el sol ardiente y el horizonte de Vṛndāvana.

Gracias mi querido Guru deva, gracias a Su “bandera de la Victoria” sabemos que todo es posible. “Por Su gracia podemos atravezar el océano de sufrimientos materiales y asi obtener a Kṛṣṇa”.

Oro a Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī para que vida tras vida pueda yo estar siempre en constante servicio a mis queridos hermanos, sus hijos espirituales.

Sin mas palabras de gratitud hacia usted Guru Mahārāja, le ofrezco mi vida, mi servicio por poco que sea, mi alegria y mis respetuosas y humildes obediencias.

Ādi Sakhī devī dāsī (Dīkṣā)
Cordoba Argentina

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

Todas las glorias a Su Divina Gracia Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Todas las glorias a su santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja.

Quisiera agradecer su ilimitada determinación y misericordia, cualidades con las que consigue inspirarme a mí y a sus miles de discípulos, a persistir en sus esfuerzos por continuar en conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en momentos difíciles como los que atravesamos actualmente. Usted ha sido un ejemplo de determinación para mí, y aunque sea complicado continuar esforzándome, el simple hecho de recordarlo logra inmediatamente darme energía para continuar esforzándome.

Orando por su misericordia y por continuar en servicio devocional,

Ananta Rūpa (Aspirante a discípulo)

Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa querido Guru Mahārāja por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias.

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda, todas las glorias a usted en el día más auspicioso, este día de su maravillosa aparición.

Nosotros lo conocimos en el templo de Andonaegui, Buenos Aires Argentina.

Queremos regalarle esta humilde ofrenda de llevar adelante un centro de predica pronto a construir, con el nombre de “Nuevo Mandir Ekacakra” en la cumbre en la provincia de Córdoba en Argentina, por lo pronto estamos con programas diarios en el lugar y programas públicos un domingo por medio.

Le pedimos que nos de sus bendiciones y desde ya muy agradecidos por su gran esfuerzo por contenernos con su prédica y ejemplo de vida, nos rendimos a sus pies de loto.

Sus sirvientes,

Clara María, Octaviano, Rodolfo Guillermo Páez y familia.

Córdoba, Argentina

Querido Guru Mahārāja por favor acepta mis respetuosas reverencias.

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

Nací en la más oscura ignorancia y mi maestro espiritual está abriendo mis ojos con la antorcha del conocimiento transcendental, a él le ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias.

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

Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los Ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Mi querido Guru Mahārāja usted es un ejemplo de voluntad amor y fortaleza espiritual lo quiero mucho querido maestro espiritual.

Todos los días trato de conectarme al zoom y ver y escuchar sus clases, en cada una de ella se aprende mucho. Me gustan los pasatiempos de Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu, estoy contento que se haya recuperado de nuevo. Para mí, usted es un recipiente de amor por Kṛṣṇa y amor por los seres humanos, por la humanidad completa de este mundo material.

Usted es compasivo misericordioso y muchas cualidades más por favor acépteme a sus pies de loto. Mi servicio Sankirtan

Su sirviente,

Claudio Javier Panetta (aspiring disciple)
Argentina [Córdoba]

Hare Kṛṣṇa mi Guru Mahārāja. Acepte mis mas respetuosas reverencias. Yo soy una persona llena de deseos fruitivos y con mucho apego a la complacencia de los sentidos. A pesar de todo usted es muy misericordioso en haberme aceptado como su eterno hijo espiritual. Sin duda alguna, a pesar de mi situacion espiritual, estoy conciente de como le ha cambiado la vida a muchas personas. Solo recordar su presencia es algo que no tiene comparación alguna en todos los sistemas planetarios. A veces me siento culpable cuando no siento apego a sus pies de loto y mis ciegos ojos no pueden ver lo valioso e inigualable que es usted. Quizas puedo ver su grandeza a través de los devotos que lo sirven muy arduamente y en como siempre fue muy querido por Śrīla Prabhupāda. Deseo que este nuevo año sea cada vez mas satisfactorio no solo para usted, si no para todos mis hermanos espirituales y también mis tíos espirituales. Siempre en conciencia de Kṛṣṇa.

Devala Prema (sheltered disciple)
Argentina

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

“Nací en la más oscura ignorancia y mi maestro espiritual está abriendo mis ojos con la antorcha del conocimiento transcendental, a él le ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias.”

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

“Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.”

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.”

En este día muy especial de su glorioso advenimiento le Ofrezco mis Respetuosas Reverencias Gurudeva.

Esperando Se Encuentre Mejor De Salud. Usted Le Envía el Kṛṣṇa Matir Astu Alos discípulos todos los días. Pues Le cuento que A mí me Cambio. Estando Operado del Corazon me pusieron 6 Bypass y me Operacion de la Carotida Derecha. Despues de 1 Año Le Conté Y Le Enseñe mis Heridas Y Usted Puso Su Mano Cálida en mi Pecho Por un Rato Y Casi me Desmayo!

Le Agradezco Siempre Por Su Misericordia, por Aceptarme e Iniciarme.

Siempre Agradecido.

Su Humilde Sirviente

Mis Reverencias Gurudeva Hare Kṛṣṇa Haribol.

Gaura Siṁha Dāsa (dīkṣā)

Isla de Tigre, Argentina (Buenos Aires – Bhaktilatā Purī)

Oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

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

Mi Muy querido Maestro Espiritual, hoy en el día de su Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā, el mundo entero agradece infinitamente al Señor Caitanya Mahāprabhu y a todas las formas ilimitadas de la Suprema Personalidad de Dios, Kṛṣṇa, quien, en su infinita compasión con las almas condicionadas, que confundidas con el ego falso se creen las hacedoras de todo, Ud hace su aparición trascendental, para iluminar este mundo oscuro de Kali-yuga, la Suprema Personalidad de Dios, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān en su eterno amor por nosotros, sus hijos, nos ha traído a ud, de el mundo espiritual Goloka Vṛndāvana, para que bajo la guía experta de nuestro querido Śrīla Prabhupāda, Ud. Amorosamente nos ocupe en nuestro eterno trabajo, el servicio devocional amoroso a la Suprema personalidad de Dios Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Ud, Vive para enseñar, vive para amar, vive para seguir estrictamente las enseñanzas de Śrīla Prabhupāda, vive para perdonar, vive para enseñarnos como ser un discípulo, ud. Vive, para enseñarnos, como en todas las circunstancias de la vida, con salud o sin ella, con aceptación o rechazo, con dinero o sin él, hay que seguir sirviendo fielmente a Śrīla Prabhupāda y a Kṛṣṇa.

Ud es humilde, manso, tolerante y un Vaiṣṇava liberal, ud. Es la personificación de las 26 cualidades Vaisnavas, hoy en el día glorioso de su Vyāsa-pūjā, le expreso mi eterna felicidad y gratitud por haber sido aceptado como su discípulo dīkṣā, y mantenerme siempre bajo su protección y cuidado.

Su aspirante a sirviente,

Guru Maṅgala Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Guayaquil, Ecuador

Querido Śrīla Ācāryapāda,

Por favor acepte mis reverencias a Sus pies de loto. Todas las glorias a Usted y Śrīla Prabhupāda.

En este día de Su aparición trascendental una y otra vez ofrecemos nuestras reverencias ante Usted celebrando este día extraordinario. Con el paso de los años ha demostrado que nada le puede vencer en Su propósito de honrar a Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi en la misión más importante: compartir las glorias del Santo Nombre en cada pueblo y aldea.

Usted no sólo ha vencido a las limitaciones físicas; también ha vencido a la muerte. Durante décadas Usted demostró Su ilimitada capacidad para predicar, inspirar, aconsejar y brindar el mejor refugio. Luego del quebranto de Su salud, Usted siguió viajando, predicando, iniciando y trabajando nuevos proyectos para la expansión del movimiento. Cuando otros entrarían en cuarteles de invierno Usted siguió adelante con una intensidad sobrehumana. El resultado es que los programas se mantienen, se desarrollan, crecen y no importa que la pandemia haya aparecido y Usted mismo se haya contagiado de Covid y haya enfrentado situaciones muy delicadas; Usted nunca paró de predicar, sea durante las clases diarias, sea en el hospital, sea donde sea.
Ante la abrumadora evidencia de la calidad de Su servicio sólo podemos concluir que es gran privilegio abrigarnos al refugio de Sus pies de loto para acompañar con nuestra ínfima capacidad en este gran misión.

Querido Śrīla Ācāryapāda, Usted es tan ilimitado en Sus glorias como el propio Señor Supremo; que este Señor, que apareció en Su forma dorada hace más de quinientos años en Bengala le siga cuidando y protegiendo para que el gran comandante del movimiento, Su Divina Gracia Jayapatākā Swami Ācāryapāda siga con Su imprescindible e inigualable obra en medio de proezas y milagros de prédica que serán recordados por siempre.

¡Todas las glorias a Śrīla Ācāryapāda y a Su aparición divina!

Su sirviente

Hari Buddhi Dāsa (śikṣā)
Buenos Aires, Argentina

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

Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias postrado al polvo de sus divinos pies de loto a Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja.

Muchas gracias por continuar en este mundo material dándonos su ilimitada misericordia a pesar de todas las dificultades físicas que experimenta día a día. Orando a sus divinos pies de loto por obtener una pizca de su brillante deseo de satisfacer a su divino maestro Śrīla Prabhupāda. Muchas gracias por sus revelaciones espirituales, por animarnos y entusiasmarnos en el sendero del servicio devocional. Anhelo su śānta asociación porque usted es un devoto puro libre completamente del deseo de disfrute mundano y del deseo de liberación. Como el señor Kṛṣṇa dice en el Bhagavad-gītā Tal Como Es (6.29):

sarva-bhūta-stham ātmānaṁ
sarva-bhūtāni cātmani
īkṣate yoga-yuktātmā
sarvatra sama-darśanaḥ

Un verdadero yogui me observa a mi en todos los seres y también ve a todo ser en mi. En verdad la persona autorrealizada me ve a mí, el mismo señor supremo en todas partes.

Mis agradecimientos por habernos dado tanta misericordia y nos seguirá dando a través de sus clases, pasatiempos, safari, parikramā, etc. Orando a sus pies de loto por continuar distribuyendo los libros de Su Divina Gracia Śrīla Prabhupāda con sus bendiciones de hacerlo de una manera tan fácil como honrar prasadam.

Todas las glorias en este día más importante de mi vida que es el auspicioso y trascendental día de su aparición.

Todas las glorias a Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja Ki Jaya

Jagad Bandhu Dāsa (dīkṣā)

Argentina (Buenos Aires, Yātrā)

Todas las glorias a Su Divina Gracia Śrīla Prabhupāda

Todas las las glorias a Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami

Le ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami. Le agradezco por su ilimitada bondad, misericordia y determinación. También quería agradecerle por seguir acompañándonos e instruir a sus discípulos, e inspirarnos con sus pasatiempos, muchos de los cuales nos incentivan a mejorar como devotos y a crecer espiritualmente, también a enfrentar momentos difíciles como los que tenemos actualmente.

Trascendiendo lo material nos brinda su refugio en cada instrucción.

Lalitā (Bienqueriente),
hija de Oṁ Syam y Manoharini,

Buenos Aires, Yātrā argentino.

Todas las glorias a Su Divina Gracia Śrīla Prabhupāda

Todas las glorias a Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami

Le ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto.

Le agradezco profundamente por enseñarme diariamente sobre la determinación, esfuerzo, humildad, respeto, empatía, apreciación hacia los devotos, e indicarnos cómo ser devotos.

Le agradezco por mostrarnos el camino cuando somos sorprendidos y abrumados por la ignorancia.

Gracias por plasmar en nuestras cabezas si quiera la idea sobre como es el verdadero amor hacia la Suprema Personalidad, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, a través de sus clases sobre los pasatiempos.

Su sirviente y aspirante a discípula,

Bhaktina Mādhava Priyā

Argentina, Buenos Aires

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

Todas las glorias a Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja,

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Le ofrezco mis respetuosas y humildes reverencias. En este día especial quiero agradecerle por todo el esfuerzo y la dedicación que tiene para poder inspirarnos constantemente. A pesar de las dificultades usted siempre está avanzando en su misión para que todos podamos volver a casa y nos indica amorosamente el camino a seguir. Pese a la situación de la pandemia y las restricciones, siempre voy a sentir el deseo de poder verlo nuevamente.

Aún recuerdo haber recibido la misericordia de poder realizar un kīrtana mientras usted tomaba prasādam. Mientras mi voz temblaba, mis dedos se enredaban y mis manos no se coordinaban bien, junto a mis hermanos pudimos ofrecerle ese servicio.

Con esperanzas de poder encontrarlo nuevamente, le ofrezco nuevamente mis más respetuosas reverencias.

Śrī Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja Kī Jaya!

Mādhavendra Purī Dāsa (Aspirante a discípulo)

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias

Todas las glorias sean para Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Amado Guru Mahārāja

Desde el primer día que escuché hablar a los devotos sobre Usted, mi mente quedó maravillada. ¡Ansiaba conocerlo! Y aquella vez que por primera vez lo ví poniendo sus pies en el templo de la calle Andonaegui, también pisó mi corazón, y su huella de loto quedó impresa para siempre.

Usted es la imagen viva del amor incondicional al Guru. Su fuerza y su determinación obnubilan al más caído. Usted irradia la misericordia del Señor Nityānanda. Su cuerpo es el campo de batalla donde Kṛṣṇa-prema sale victorioso cada día.

Me inclino ante tamaña existencia, Celebro poder ser parte de este mundo material circunstancial donde tuve la fortuna de conocerlo. Agradezco a los devotos y devotas que hayan puesto en mi conciencia la semilla del amor a Usted. Porque Usted es la balsa que me mantiene a flote en este plano, y quien me inspira cada día a ser conciente de Kṛṣṇa, y a seguir remando para algún día llegar a casa, de vuelta al Supremo.

Que el Señor Caitanya lo mantenga por siempre en Sus kirtans, bailando y tocando yayos, en los corazones de cada uno de los seres de este y de todos los mundos.

Reverenciando su enormidad, le deseo un auspicioso y nectáreo día de su Vyāsa-pūjā. Por favor, nunca suelte mi mano.

Su sirviente eterna,

Mādhurya Īśvarī devī dāsī (śīkṣā)
Argentina

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja! Por favor acepte mis más humildes reverencias. Todas las Glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda, y toda Gloria Usted!

Le escribe Mariana Ruiz, aspirante a discípula, desde Andacollo, Neuquén, Argentina

Quiero hacerle llegar todo mi Amor, admiración y gratitud por todo lo que hace y entrega a Kṛṣṇa siguiendo aquello que pidió Śrīla Prabhupāda. Es usted siempre para mí una fuente de inspiración para hacer mis prácticas y mi servicio devocional. Admiro profundamente su entrega trascendental más allá de los avatares del cuerpo, su lucidez e inteligencia al dar las clases, su obra de prédica, su Gran Fortaleza y energía que empūjā y contagia de Amor Puro a Dios a tantos discípulos y bienquerientes!

Gracias, Gracias, Gracias.

Todo lo mejor en este Vyāsa-pūjā, que Kṛṣṇa siempre le colme de infinitas Bendiciones y Gozo eterno.

Quedo en absoluta entrega y servicio a sus Pies de Loto.

Hari Bol!

Mariana Ruiz Andacollo- Neuquén (aspiring disciple)

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas y eternas reverencias a sus pies de loto.

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

“Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.”

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los Ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.”

¡Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Querido Gurudeva, quisiera expresarle todo mi amor y eterna gratitud en estas sencillas palabras. Usted es un gran padre, tan misericordioso, amoroso, un guerrero espiritual. Siempre enseñándonos a través de sus clases, los pasatiempos tan bellos que nos cuenta, sus anécdotas tan inspiradoras, nos encamina por la vía de la rectitud y el conocimiento.

Su amor es incondicional, es nuestra guía que nos muestra el camino de regreso a casa.

Nos llena de emoción tan solo verlo, y expresar su nombre hace que lágrimas fluyan de nuestros ojos por la felicidad del amor para con estas almas.

Lo amamos querido Gurudeva.

Rogamos al Señor Nrshima que lo proteja siempre y que Śrī Śrī Rādhā Kṛṣṇa lo refugien siempre bajo el polvo de Sus pies de loto!!

¡¡¡¡¡¡Todas las glorias a su auspicioso día de aparición Gurudeva!!!!!!

Su querida sirvienta.

Mohinī Rukmiṇī Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā)
Corrientes, Argentina

YO ADORO AL NAVADWĪPA MAṆḌALA PARIKRAMĀ

Yo quiero vivir para siempre

en los verdes bosques de Navadvīpa,

donde el Señor Caitanya

y sus amados devotos

vagan libremente,

disfrutando, compartiendo,

sirviendo, celebrando festivales,

en éxtasis danzante

Yo adoro al Navadwīpa Maṇḍala parikramā

Gente de los 7 mares,

de los 7 continentes,

pasean como hermanos

sabios y puros,

todo alrededor de Māyāpur,

¡para ver templos, samadhis y lagos!

en bienaventuranza divina y sublime.

Yo adoro al Navadwīpa Maṇḍala parikramā

...

VER aquí abajo, VIDEO con RECITADO en español, y CANTO en inglés (con la melodía de Yamunā devī dāsī de “govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ”)

https://youtu.be/aAnz0a7Cg0Q

Pāṇḍavanātha dāsa (dīkṣa)

Argentina

Haré Kṛṣṇa, TOdas las glorias a Śrīla prabhupāda, todas las glorias a GUru Mahārāja JAya pata swami!!!

Feliz cumpleaños querido Gurú Mahārāja

Le deseo lo mejor del mundo

Y agradezco averle conocido en esta vida, estoy muy agradecido por su ayuda,por su bondad y paciencia,y por permitirme dejar servirlo cuando lo veo!!!!

Le deseo Mucha Salud!!!! Y Felicidad en conciencia de Kṛṣṇa!!!!

Haré Kṛṣṇa reverencias Daṇḍavats!!

Su intento de discípulo.

Paramānanda Nitāi Gaura Dāsa (dīkṣa)
Bhaktilata Purī, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Todas las Glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda... Oh My Lord, gracias gracias gracias por tanta misericordia sin causa... Amadisimo Gurudeva por favor acepte esta humilde ofrenda en su Vyāsa-pūjā... su vida al servicio de kṛṣṇa y las Almitas más caída,son su predica ejemplar incesante,ayúdeme por favor a ser cada dia mas consciente de Dios y asi poder salir de esté enredo material alcanzando cualidades Braminicas.su eterna agradecida de esta oportunidad de tener a usted como un padre Guru Mahārāja

Phulapriyā devī dāsī (diksā)
Bhaktilata Purī, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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

Querido Guru Mahārāja,

Por favor acepte nuestras humildes y respetuosas reverencias. Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda y a Usted.

En éste 73 Vyāsa-pūjā, nos sentimos bendecidos de poder intentar servir a Kṛṣṇa a través de Su refugio e instrucciones. Su amor y dedicación al Señor Caitanya nos acerca a sus pasatiempos.

Desde que conoció en ésta vida a los devotos, su vida fue de total entrega y dedicación a Śrīla Prabhupāda, constante, imparable, sea cuál sea la situación por la que esté atravesando, Usted es quien lleva la bandera de la victoria. Esta bandera tiene el color del amor, integración, cooperación, humildad, generosidad, alegría y sentido del humor.

Nos impregna fuerza espiritual, con su ejemplo nos contagia el espíritu de dedicar cada momento de nuestras vidas al servicio de Śrī Śrī Guru y Gaurāṅga y los devotos.

Sus instrucciones tienen su potencia, por su misericordia estamos ocupados en servicio devocional.

Su humor, fortaleza, convicción, lealtad y sobre todo su compasión hacia las almas condicionadas, viéndolos de manera ecuánime y ocupandonos en servicio devocional. En el Bhagavad-gītā 5.18 Kṛṣṇa dice,

vidyā-vinaya-sampanne
brāhmaṇe gavi hastini
śuni caiva śva-pāke ca
paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ

Los sabios humildes, en virtud del conocimiento verdadero, ven con la misma visión a un manso y erudito brāhmaṇa, a una vaca, a un elefante, a un perro y a un comeperros [un paria]. Usted tiene esa visión.

Es un ejemplo vívido de cómo superar cualquier aparente obstáculo en la vida.

Nos sentimos sumamente agradecidos y afortunados de que nos haya introducido en la familia de Śrīla Prabhupāda y dándonos la oportunidad de intentar servir.

Oramos a Śrī Kṛṣṇa para que siga derramando Sus bendiciones sobre Usted para que pueda continuar cuidando y guiando a tantos almas de regreso al hogar.

Estamos eternamente agradecidos por su misericordia sin causa, por sus ilimitadas cualidades, por ser un ejemplo de Sannyāsī y el más antiguo de nuestra Sampradāya. Por su sentido del humor a través del cual conquista y cautiva todos los corazones. Por ser un representante fidedigno de Śrīla Prabhupāda compartiendo el mensaje de Gaurāṅga.

Oramos por sus bendiciones para poder continuar ocupados en servicio, en buena asociación y manteniendo los votos que tomamos frente a Usted.

Intentando servirlo

Sus discípulos,

Prema Rūpa Mādhava dāsa

Prema Rūpiṇī Mādhavī devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

Argentina

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los Ācāryas previos.

Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.

Todas las glorias a sus pie de loto! Querido Guru Mahārāja: Acepte mis respetuosas y humildes reverencias!

Quiero expresar lo mejor de mí en este glorioso Viasa pūjā y agradecerle por tanta inspiración que brinda cada día en sus clases para que podamos volver a casa, volver a Dios.

No soy muy experta en escribir pero si tengo la certeza que, desde que estoy en este movimiento mi vida cambió rotundamente, y me pregunto que hubiera sido de mi si no hubiera conocido la conciencia de Kṛṣṇa y obtenido todo su apoyo espiritual tan noble y genuino.

No tengo palabras de agradecimiento por todas sus misericordiosas bendiciones.

Gracias maestro, padre y amigo.

Mis reverencias y feliz Vyāsa pūjā!

SS Phaṇi Priyā (Dīkṣā )
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Querido Maestro espiritual por favor acepte mis reverencias a sus pies de loto.

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

“Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.”

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los Ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.”

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

Querido Maestro espiritual, en este evento tan auspicioso de su Vyāsa-pūjā, mi deseo es que siga con su admirable fortaleza de poder seguir venciendo todos los obstáculos de las enfermedades.

Inspirada por su dedicación ilimitada, por su fortaleza, por su vida pura, en donde se refugian todas las virtudes, me siento agradecida de poder expresar esta ofrenda de gratitud.

Gracias por toda la misericordia que me otorga, la cual es la causa de todo lo auspicioso en mi vida espiritual y lo que me permite continuar este sendero gracias a usted.

Su sirvienta,

Vraja Vallabhī devī dāsī, (Dīkṣā)
Córdoba, Argentina

Bolivia

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda

Guru Mahārāja Jayapatākā Swami Ki! JAY!!!

Por favor acepte mis humildes y respetuosas reverencias

Guru Mahārāja estoy profundamente agradecida con Usted por toda Su misericordia y bendición que me da al permitirme ser Su discípula y abrir mis ojos en este mundo material, por permitirme acercarme a Usted y de este modo a Śrī Kṛṣṇa con el entusiasmo de hacer servicio devocional, ya que es Usted quien me muestra el verdadero camino de la eterna felicidad en el sendero de amor por Guru y Gaurāṅga

Me siento muy afortunada por tener la misericordia de conocerlo y poder estar eternamente a Su servicio

Que ŚrīŚrī GouraNitay lo bendigan en todo momento

Feliz Viasa Pūjā y advenimiento Suyo

Mis reverencias a Usted

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda

Guru Mahārāja Jayapatākā Swami Ki... JAYA!!!

Caitanya Kṛpā Dāsa
Latin America (Bolivia)

Querido Guru Mahārāja.

Acepte mis reverencias a sus pies de loto.

En este día de su aparición, quiero decirle lo agradecida que me encuentro por tener un maestro infinitamente trascendental. Su ejemplo dejó huellas en mi corazon, en consecuencia mi fortaleza en conciencia de Kṛṣṇa se encuentra firme en el servicio devocional a sus pies de loto. Usted, el fiel representante de Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi, está presente en mi educación y vida. Tengo la seguridad que la confianza y la fe eterna está desarrollándose en una plantita llamada bhakti lata, gracias a usted, mi amado Gurudeva.

Mis oraciones, mi compromiso con usted Gurudeva están latiendo día a día mientras tenga esta vida material y continuará más allá. Estoy segura que algún día lo volveré a ver.

Su hija espiritual

Mahā-Śaktī Mādhavī devī dāsī (dīkṣā)
La Paz – Bolivia

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

“Ofreco mis respetuosas reverencias a su Divina Gracia Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja, uien es muy querido por el Señor Kṛṣṇa, debido a que ha tomado refucio a sus pies de loto”

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a su Divina Gracia Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja, quien está dedicado a servir los deseos, instrucciones y pies de loto de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los ācāryas previos. El esta distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Nityānanda Prabhu y distribuyendo las glorias de los pasatiempos, instrucciones y morada transcendental de Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. El está predicando conciencia de Kṛṣṇa a todos los habitantes, tanto de aldeas como pueblos, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.”

Hoy es un día de alegría, de agradecimiento infinito, y de amor. Celebramos Guru Mahārāja su presencia en este mundo, para beneficio de miles de almas, entre ellas mi alma.

En unos meses se cumplirán 40 años en que iniciamos una relación eterna de padre e hija espiritual. Cuánta bondad de su parte para con esta alma.

Cada etapa de mi vida usted estuvo presente, ya sea físicamente,(en sus visitas a Bolivia, quedándose en casa) como a través de sus intrucciones.

A los largo de estas cuatro décadas,como un padre amoroso me guío, enseñó e inspiró. Desde quehaceres cotidianos hasta instrucciones más especiales, todos centrados en mantener mi Conciencia en Kṛṣṇa.

Usted me entusiasmó a nunca parar de cantar los Santos nombres, a no dejar de realizar servicio devocional, a transmitir el legado de Śrīla Prabhupāda, de los Santos Vaiṣṇavas y de GAURĀṄGA!!!,

Me mostró con el ejemplo cómo debe ser un Vaiṣṇava, un discípulo, un padre, un hermano, un amigo… un verdadero Ser Humano. Por medio de su ejemplo aprendí que las dificultades típicas de Kali Yuga, y de tener un cuerpo temporal, no son inpedimentos para continuar en nuestro proceso de volver a Kṛṣṇa y ayudar a quienes desean hacerlo.

Oro a nuestro Dulce Señor para que le siga protegiendo y otorgando felicidad infinita. Renuevo mi voto de seguir ayudándole en su misión, con su misericordia, hasta mi último aliento en esta vida.

Su hija espiritual (Dīkṣā)

Mahojjvala Premā devī dāsī

La Paz- Bolivia

Oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

Nací en la más oscura ignorancia y mi maestro espiritual está abriendo mis ojos con la antorcha del conocimiento a él le ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias.

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual SS Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual SS Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos, instrucciones y pies de loto de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los Ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa a todos los habitantes de pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la vida material condicionada. Amado Maestro Espiritual, por favor acepte mis más humildes reverencias a sus divinos pies de

loto.

Todas las glorias en el día de su advenimiento.

Sus actividades espirituales son fuente de inspiración y he llegado a la conclusión que usted mi amado Guru Mahārāja tiene dos corazones:

Un corazón de AMOR por Śrī Kṛṣṇa, porque su único deseo es cumplir con la misión de Śrīla Prabhupāda y predicar las Glorias de Śrī Śrī Rādhā Kṛṣṇa.

Y el otro corazón de MISERICORDIA por sus discípulos y por toda la humanidad, distribuyendo amor por Śrī Kṛṣṇa, despertando muchos corazones en consciencia de Kṛṣṇa, ininterrumpidamente.

Pido cada día a Krsnita que no le falte salud y protección. Gracias por hacerme sentir protegida e inspirada con su ejemplo de fortaleza y bondad para mejorar mi servicio devocional. También pido bendiciones para todos los devotos y doctores, que son los devas, ángeles que Krsnita les puso a su lado para atender y cuidar a Su devoto puro. Por favor, perdone todas mis ofensas a sus pies de loto.

Su sirvienta,

Minesī priyā dāsī (Dīkṣā)
La Paz – Bolivia

Todas las glorias sean a Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami.

Mi querido maestro espiritual

A usted le debo la vida ya que me salvó de estar sumergido en el océano de nacimientos y muertes. Me corresponde seguir nadando hasta alcanzar la meta suprema. Soy una diminuta alma tratando de aferrarme a su misericordia que usted está brindando tan amablemente a quien quiera que toma refugio. Su bondad es demasiado grande para mi comprensión. Solo espero cumplir fielmente con mis votos comprometidos y cantar mis 16 rondas, es lo único que puedo hacer por el momento.

Que el Señor Caitanya le tenga siempre en su misión y permita a este sirviente caído ocuparse siempre bajo el refugio de sus pies de loto.

Su sirviente insignificante,

Oṁ Keśavāya dāsa

La Paz, Bolivia

Oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya j!nānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmilitam yena tasmai śrī-gurave namah

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

Mi querido Guru Mahārāja,

Por favor acepte mis más respetuosas reverencias a sus divinos pies de loto en su auspicioso día transcendental de aparición número 73.

Todas las glorias a su Divina Gracia Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Todas las glorias a USTED Guru Mahārāja

Un día usted visito mi casa y mientras recorría los ambientes, le dijo a mi mamá que yo también era su hija, su hija espiritual. Lo que usted dijo, parecía algo natural viniendo de mi amado maestro espiritual, sin embargo, para mí fue la consolidación de mi relación con usted que atesoro como la joya más preciada.

Como un padre amoroso, usted ha fortalecido mi vida espiritual con esmero. Usted siempre vio en mí algo bueno que rescatar para poder ofrecérselo a Kṛṣṇa, a pesar de mi caída condición. El canto de mis rondas, el cuidado de devotos y de nuestra situación legal de ISKCON en Bolivia, la predica, el estudio de los libros de Śrīla Prabhupāda y los peregrinajes a los lugares santos en la India. Todas estas instrucciones alimentadas con su admirable ejemplo han mantenido mi deseo de seguir adelante en este sendero de la devoción, donde me encuentro solo por su śānta misericordia, esperando un día no ser más ofensiva y poder saborear el néctar del Kṛṣṇa Prema.

Gracias mi amado Guru Mahārāja por haberme ayudado a poner el uno a tantos ceros de mi inútil vida, gracias por rescatarme del océano del disfrute material, gracias por ser mi padre.

Acepte nuevamente mis respetuosas reverencias postradas a sus pies de loto

Su caída sirvienta,

Pushpāñjalī Prāṇa d.d.(dīkṣā)
La Paz, Bolivia, Sud América

Guru Mahārāja felicidades Lo quiero muchísimo, Usted es un discípulo directo de Śrīla Prabhupāda, soy muy afortunado de conocerlo y somos muy afortunados de tenerlo, gracias por ser mi maestro espiritual, siempre tengo presente mejorar mi servicio devocional y Usted es parte totalmente fundamental en eso, muchas gracias Guru Mahārāja

Que el Señor Narashimha Deva Bhagavān Lo cuide siempre

Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja ki... JAY!

Dandavats, Vancakalpas y todo mi amor para Usted

Vaiṣṇava Prema Dāsa  (Photo Attached)

Śānta Cruz Bolivia

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

Todas las glorias a Śrī Śrī Guru y Gaurāṅga!!!

Namah Om visnupadaya Kṛṣṇa prestaya Srimate Jayapataka Swamin iti namine

Mi querido Padre espiritual, todas las glorias sean para usted que amorosamente nos está brindando protección bajo sus pies de loto.

Usted es una gran inspiración para mí que está tratando de avanzar en el sendero devocional y alcanzar la morada eterna.

Usted es mi fortaleza para vencer todos los obstáculos, estoy muy agradecida de tener la fortuna de ser su discípula y pido a Rādhā Kṛṣṇa que pueda algún día poder servirle apropiadamente.

Muchas, muchas gracias Guru Mahārāja por ser tan bondadoso!!!

Su sirvienta

Vilāsinī Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā)

La Paz – Bolivia

Brazil

Eu ofereço minhas respeitosas reverências aos pés de lótus de meu mestre espiritual, e de todos os outros preceptores no caminho do serviço devocional. Eu ofereço minhas respeitosas reverências a todos os Vaiṣṇavas e aos seis goswamis, incluindo Śrīla Rūpa Goswami, Śrīla Sanātana Goswami, Raghunata Dasa Goswami, Jīva Goswami e seus associados. Eu ofereço minhas respeitosas reverências a Advaita Acaria Prabhu, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu e todos os seus devotos, liderados por Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura. Eu então ofereço minhas respeitosas reverências aos pés de lótus do senhor Kṛṣṇa, Śrīmati Rādhārāṇī, e toDāsa as gopīs, encabeçaDāsa por Lalitā e Vishaka.

ToDāsa as glórias aos dia auspiciso do eterno associado do senhor Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Guru Mahārāja está sempre preocupado com a população em geral ques estão em Māyā, e também é capaz de fazer qualquer penitência para lembrar elas de Kṛṣṇa e Śrīla Prabhupāda, unicamente pela misericórdia do mestre espiritual se pode fazer algum avanço.

ToDāsa as glórias a esse auspicioso dia, toDāsa as glórias ao movimento de Saṅkīrtana do Senhor Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, ToDāsa as glórias Śrīla Prabhupāda, ToDāsa as glórias aos Vaiṣṇavas. Gooooooourangaaaaaaa

Bhakta Hari (Aspirante)
Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Todasa as Glórias a Śrīla Prabhupāda!!

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn 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

Venerando Guru Mahārāja não tenho certeza do que dizer exatamente nesta data tão especial.

Estou muito feliz pelo seu dia!

Tenho enfrentado dias que de regra costumam ser complexos para as pessoas em decorrência do abandonar do corpo de minha mãe mas os devotos me preparam bem e me sinto intenso a muito dos apegos.

Consegui um lar para a cachorrinha que era dela. E para que da minha felicidade quando fui visitar o novo dono, um professor de filosofia, ele me mostrou uma antiga edição da Bhagavad-gītā de Prabhupāda, a qual ele estava lendo a introdução.

Estive junto com minha querida mãe mormente nos seus momentos finais, sendo um “bom devoto eu seria um bom filho” essas foram as instruções do nosso amado siksaguru Prabhu Hara Kanta.

Peço perdão pela brevidade de minhas palavras. Gostaria muito mesmo de ter pessoalmente com Sua Santidade.

Tenho algumas coisas para assinar e outras ainda a resolver juntamente com minha irmã mas estou bem assistido com os devotos e está sendo tudo relativamente fácil.

Muito obrigado por tudo, peço perdão por minhas ofensas. Os devotos tem sido mais compreensivos comigo o que fez com que eue acomodasse um pouco nesses dias, mas tenho saído a Saṅkīrtana todos os dias. Inclusive uma enfermeira chamada “pipoca” que conhecia os templos de Porto Alegre de épocas remotas me pediu um Gītā num horário do brama muhurta enquanto após ter me interrompido durante a japa.

Minhas dificuldades diminuíram mas no começo da minha vida espiritual algo complicada. Eu sou oriundo de categoria social/profissional entitulada e não foi (tampouco é) fácil para mim lidar com meu falso ego.

Não sabendo se despedir vou partindo Santidade mesmo sábio de não ter escrito uma oferenda sincera. Sinto necessidade de me comunicar mais com Sua Santidade mas essa é a oferenda de nosso amado Guru Mahārāja e não quero misturar as coisas.

Que Śrī Kṛṣṇa lhe conceda saúde eterna propiciando a extensão de seus dias e nosso contato pessoalmente.

Seu bem baixo e caído aspirante a servo,

Bhakta Leandro (aspiring disciple)

Porto Alegre, Brazil

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

You are a saint, eternal associate of the God’s own personality, that, of such compassion, accepts to remain in this mortal world, even with so many discomforts.

To propagate the glories of Caitanya Mahāprabhu and enlighten fallen souls, you never stops and never tires.

But your battle has always been won, because you find yourself straddling the transcendental chariot of Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, where opulence, victory, extraordinary power and morality are already certain.

My wish is that Kṛṣṇa will ease your pains and give you all the time what do you wish.

I want to see you inaugurate the Vedic planetarium of the Māyāpur Candrodaya Mandir, for the pleasure and glory of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

You said that when the Guru is not present, we must serve his vāṇī and he can give his mercy in dreams or in some other way.

So every time you come personally to give your mercy, appearing in dreams to me, it drives me to have faith to keep going. You have all the answers to all my questions.

Please, Guru Mahārāja, continue to bless me so that someday I will become serious and sincere in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Forgive my offenses and give me strength so that I never make you suffer.

I am unable to transcribe all my feelings, but I know that will reach you through your heart.

From an aspiring servant of your servants, your sheltered disciple,

Gabrieli Raulino (Sheltered)

ISKCON mandir Itajaí/Brazil

My dear most spiritual father,

All glories to you, all glories to you, who came to help His Divine Grace during and after his miraculous coming to this material world.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, who mercifully took up all our sins and saved us.

All glories to the most auspicious Kāmada Ekādaśī, when Your Holiness came to bestow your light shadow upon us. It is our mostful blessing being able to glorify you on your Vyāsa-pūjā.

Nāham ijyā-prajātibhyāṁ tapasopaśamena vā tuṣyeyaṁ sarva-bhūtātmā guru-śuśrūṣayā yathā: I, the Soul of all beings, am not as satisfied by ritual worship, brahminical initiation, penances or self-discipline as I am by faithful service rendered to one’s spiritual master. (SB 10.80.34)

It is difficult to understand how you make yourself this present even so far away, being busy being one of the managers of Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mission all over the world. Just because of your will, you extend your lifetime to help to organize the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement and to engage the maximum of souls in it.

It is astonishing how you can be so reciprocating with each of all your thousands of sons. You remain giving daily darśanas, going every town and village, being satisfied with whatever your disciples offer to you.

You are tirelessly chanting the glories of Gauracandra Viśvambhara. This year, after some scares due to the health of your divine body, you again proved that everywhere is a place where the holy name can be chanted. You tried to make the whole hospital Kṛṣṇa Conscious! And due to your mercy, they will surely be.

Your whole history is of surrender to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s feet. In the very beginning, along with your godbrothers with the blessings of Śrīla Prabhupāda, you started Māyāpur. Nowadays, you still do, giving your divine attention to Temple of Vedic Planetarium progress and all your intelligence to congregational development.

You are scrutinizing the literature given by ācāryas and you are very concerned with its massive distribution. You are senior reference and leader in all scopes of ISKCON, and, yet you are very humble and sweet.

Regarding this poor servant, your love made a drastic change in my life when I became to know you. On your Vyāsa-pūjā day, I just ask to remain in the disputed place of your divine lotus feet and to understand the urgency of Śrī Harināma saṅkīrtana.

Your daughter who is begging for your mercy,

Jāhnavā Iśvarī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Brazil (Itajaí)

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn 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

All glories to your Vyāsa-pūjā.

All glories to his divine grace Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to the supreme merciful Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, please accept my humble obeisances.

Year after year His Holiness keeps fighting and fighting to spread the movement of saṅkīrtana of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, therefore satisfying your beloved master His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda, all the previous ācāryas and the Lord’s Nitāi Gaurāṅga. His holiness defies death itself, prolonging beyond your “dharma” in the loving service to Lord Kṛṣṇa.

When I think of his holiness, the principal qualities that I can comprehend are: unbreakable determination, incredible connection with Lord Gaurāṅga, transcendental humility and tolerance, faithfulness to Śrīla Prabhupāda, abundant compassion towards all living beings and 24/7 Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

I would like to apologize for all the offenses and negligence. In the past 3 months my mind is getting stronger, māyā is attacking me harder, I’m losing some battles. I beg for his holiness blessings and prays so that I can win these and future’s difficulties.

Me and my wife Bhaktin Gabriella (she is waiting for initiation from Guru Mahārāja) are planning for a Kṛṣṇa consciousness child. Please bless our future child.

Thank you very much, dear Guru Mahārāja,

From your aspiring disciples,

Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prasāda Dāsa (aspiring)
Brazil (Curitiba)

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

You are sitting in your chair every day, preaching the glories of Śrī Gauracandra... I prostrate myself at your lotus feet.

Going through countless hardships and countless austerities being in this transcendental body and still not stopping... I prostrate myself at your lotus feet.

So compassionate and merciful, sober and gentle, cautious but sure, tireless and unbeatable...I prostrate myself at your lotus feet.

The heart of Śrīdhāma Māyāpur, the heart of my spiritual life, the heart of my relationship in between Rādhā Kṛṣṇa, the heart of any possible devotion that I may have... I prostrate myself at your lotus feet.

Thinking of your spiritual form, alongside Śrī Gaurasundara, Śrī Nityānanda Rāya, Śrī Advaita, Śrī Gadādhara, Śrī Śrīvāsa, chanting and dancing like a madman in love for all of Them... I prostrate myself at their lotus feet.

In your form of a beautiful and sweet Mañjarī of Śrī Rādhā, busy all day in serving Her, preoccupied with how to get others to come to assist in serving Her, and then joining with the other Gopīs and Mañjarīs for a beautiful kīrtana for your Beloved Divine Couple... I prostrate myself at your lotus feet.

I am poor and weak and I am far from satisfying you, but please, Guru Mahārāja, allow me to serve you and bless me so that I can be useful in this saṅkīrtana movement. If I wasn’t very successful in this mission, I’m sure my obeisances to your lotus feet can save me.

Forgive my incapability and my offenses.

Your insignificant servant who loves you,

Līlā Kamalinī Devī Dāsī,
Brazil (Curitiba)

My dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to you, on the sacred occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā

May You be very happy on this auspicious day!

What else could I ask for Kṛṣṇa than bringing me closer and closer of Your holy association?

You are very important to me, I am very fortunate to have you close to me, guiding my paths...

You pour out all blessings upon the devotees, please beloved Gurudeva be merciful to me, give me blessings so that I can serve devotees and serve You a thousand times better.

I want to thank you, for having this mercy upon me... I’m far physically from you but my heart is close to Yours.

Thank you beloved Gurudeva.

From your servant, sheltered disciples,

Bhaktin Mādhavī (sheltered disciple)

Florianópolis, Brazil

Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble and sincere obeisances at Your Holi Lotus Feet!

Like Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says in the song “Doyāl Nitāi Caitanya’ Bole”

Translate: “2) Oh! Such a merciful personality as Nityānanda Prabhu is not to be found anywhere! He suffers a beating from Jagāi and Mādhāi and still gives them the love of God”

Lord Nityānanda is the original guru and you are the representative of Lord Nitāi! So, on this auspicious day of his appearance, I feel so fortunate, for by the mercy of his faithful devotees, especially Hara Kānta Dāsa, I was able to find him, and I was able to take shelter at your feet, which are so rare to be found.

You have accepted so much austerity, so much suffering, but you simply don’t care. Sometimes I think that Kṛṣṇa has tried to take you back home, so many times, but by His unmotivated mercy, you remain here, accepting so much suffering and trying to save so many people who, due to the force of illusion, are contaminated with Jagāi and Mādhāi’ s mentality.

I just hope I can serve you in some way.

You always emphasize the distribution of Prabhupāda’s books, and this is my main service here in my area, so what I can offer you right now is my wish to be able to distribute books for all my lifetime.

I desire, if Kṛṣṇa permits, to distribute at least one Bhagavad-gītā per day during the year, and at least 108 Gītās in the marathon months. That’s the only offering I can make at the moment.

Your most fallen servant

Mahānanda Murāri Dāsa (dīkṣa)

Brazil (Itajaí)
 

Dear Guru Mahārāja, please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Guru Mahārāja, on this auspicious occasion of your appearance day, we are blessed with the great opportunity to remember and meditate on your glorious life and example.

You are one of the pioneers of the Māyāpur project, and you took the great responsibility for preaching in many other countries, including South America. Also, you are responsible for developing Gaura-maṇḍala, in which we were fortunate enough to see, during Navadvīpa-maṇḍala parikramā many historical temples with signs of “Bhaktivedanta Charity trust”, which we know is headed by you.

In one previous Vyāsa-pūjā, in which we were fortunate to be there in Māyāpur dhāma, my godbrothers gave us a booklet “Guru Mahārāja and Prabhupāda’s instructions”. Most of them you have completed, others you are on the way to complete.

Your complete dedication in fulfilling Prabhupāda’s instructions is astonishing and admirable, and you put all your efforts in attending these instructions, including the most difficult ones, as having 50.000 disciples and distributing 100.000 small books and 10.000 big books every month.

Your complete immersion in kṛṣṇa-prema and your dedication to preach to everyone that come close to you is unprecedented. Every doctor, every nurse, anyone who comes close to Guru Mahārāja gets the matchless gift of the holy names!

Dear Guru Mahārāja, my current service is to establish a gurukula here in South Brazil, but I am filled with many vices, lust and desires. Therefore, on this day, I beg unto your lotus feet so I can serve you with at least a pinch of the intensity you serve Śrīla Prabhupāda. In this day, I’d like to offer myself and all remaining energy and strength in this body, as well as my intelligence, and words to your service. Please, kindly keep occupying this aspirant servant of yours, despite my lacking qualification.

Your insignificant servant and son,

Mahāprabhu Dayāsindhu dāsa (dīkṣa)
Brazil (Curitiba)

My Dear Spiritual Father,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your Lotus Feet on the sacred occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā day. All glories to His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda!

śrī-guru-caraṇa-padma, kevala-bhakāti-sadma

Just the very thought of this verse is soothing to the heart. And being sheltered by the dust of your Lotus Feet makes our Spiritual Family stronger in its purpose.

You are the great Victory Flag of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s ISKCON. Your determination and loving care know no bounds.

I am here to reconfirm my vows and beg to remain

Your spiritual daughter,

Mitra Gopī devī dāsī
Brazil

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

“Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.”

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los Ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.”

Todas las Glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!!

Todas las Glorias a La Bandera de la Victoria del Señor Caitanya!!!!

Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami ki Jay!!!!

Todas las Glorias a todos Los Devotos y Devotas Reunidos y Unidos!!!

Por la Misericordia de Śrīla Prabhupāda y Kṛṣṇa!!!

Tuve la oportunidad de conocerlo en un momento especial de mi Vida, a mi Querido Maestro Espiritual Jayapatākā Swami.

Tocando mi corazón con su majestuoso Cariño y mi inteligencia con sus bellas palabras de Sabiduría y Néctar Espiritual de la Cultura Védica, desde el primer momento que tuve la oportunidad de acercarme a usted sentí toda la Dulzura de Kṛṣṇa y comencé a valorizar más por el grande Sacrificio y esmero que Śrīla Prabhupāda trajo La Consciencia de Kṛṣṇa al Occidente y lo bendijo a usted para poder ayudarnos a continuar con más alegría y entusiasmo en nuestra practica del Servicio Devocional al Movimiento del Señor Caitanya Mahāprabhu!!!

Yo me siento muy agradecido de todo corazón por haberme bendecido con una familia Vaiṣṇava y poder ocuparme en reunir a los amigos e amigas de la ciudad donde vivo para escuchar las Glorias de Kṛṣṇa y Śrīla Prabhupāda y admirar todo lo bello y auspicioso de la Cultura Védica al Servicio de Kṛṣṇa en el Brasil..

En este día tan auspicioso oro y le ofrezco repetidas veces mis reverencias para continuar sirviendo a la Misión de Śrīla Prabhupāda!!

Con sus bendiciones y bendiciones de toda la familia Vaiṣṇava del Mundo...

Murāri Govinda Dāsa, (Dīkṣā)
Curitiba, Brasil

Dear Guru Mahārāja, please accept my humble obeisances.

Your Holiness has shown us the strength and determination of a mahā-bhāgavata devotee of the supreme personality of Godhead.

Your Holiness has shown us how the compassion of a pure devotee allows him to accept all risks and tolerate all difficulties in order to share Nitāi Gaura’s mercy with more and more people!

I could read that Your Holiness was in a lot of pain during physical therapy, but that you was laughing and laughing as you remembered how the Pañca-tattva took pleasure in spreading the holy names! that I may remember Your Holiness in this jubilant and tolerant mood at my moment of leaving the body!

Your Holiness has emphasized the importance of studying Prabhupāda’s books and taking the courses offered by ISKCON in order to qualify us to become ācāryas, and thus help people to come closer to Kṛṣṇa... I am very grateful for this inspiring “charge “!

I have managed to go out to distribute books only occasionally, because I am working and helping my wife and dear spiritual sister, Tejasvinī Visnupryiā to take care of our daughter, Līlānanda, but the books I distribute I send the result for your score. Here in Florianopolis, Śānta Catarina, Brasil, my dear spiritual brother, his former disciple Daveśvara das co-leads a congregational mantra yoga program, I have collaborated with some prasāda for events and books for him to sell in his store and collect for the program.

Guru Mahārāja, I still need to improve a lot and a lot even to at least reciprocate with all the mercy that your holiness and Śrīla Prabhupāda has bestowed on me, please give me the strength to sincerely make my life an offering to your lotus feet. In fact, I live absorbed in a quagmire of selfishness, always thinking of gratification of the senses, the maintenance of the family and money... kindly devotees tell us about your transcendental pastimes, and we have access to your classes and Q-and-A sections, and this association of you is a true window to the transcendental world.

By his grace and mindfulness I am reading the Bhāgavata book and by his grace and presence we can see the līlā of the bhāgavata person! Thank you very much for everything. Thank you for putting up with so much trouble just to be among us and help us.

Your insignificant servant,
Phālguna Nimāi dāsa (dīkṣa)
Florianópolis, Brazil

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn 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

Querido GuruMahārāja graças a sua misericórdia imotivada estou tendo a oportunidade de conhecê-lo, tentar servi-lo e me refugiar no transcendental abrigo de seus pés de lótus. Quando estou cansado ganho entusiasmo por meditar em seu esforço e determinação em cumprir a instruções de seu amado Mestre espiritual, Śrīla Prabhupāda. Quando meu corpo já não aguenta o ritmo de serviço que Kṛṣṇa amavelmente nos proporciona, lembro-me em como o senhor tolera as dificuldades físicas sem se perturbar, motivado unicamente pelo desejo compassivo de nos conduzir aos pés se lótus de ŚrīŚrī Goura Nitāi.

Todos sempre glorificam sua habilidade inigualável em entusiasmar todos a praticar o serviço devocional com seriedade, a cooperarem com a missão de Śrīla Prabhupāda; Como o senhor lidera tantos projeto simultaneamente ao redor do mundo ainda que com muita dificuldade em se locomover; Como o senhor bondosamente aceita milhares de discípulos mesmo estando consciente do risco que é se responsabilizar pelo karma de tantas pessoas; Como o senhor persistentemente tenta atrair os devotos que se afastaram do movimento, de volta para a associação dos Vaishnavas; e como o senhor está sempre absorto nos passatempos íntimos do senhor Gaurāṅga;

Gurudeva sou uma alma muito enredada nos modos inferiores da natureza material. Por muitas vidas tenho servido aos desejos hedonistas, tentando de todas as formas satisfazer a luxúria que queima como fogo em meu coração.

Nasci fruto de uma relação débil de dois materialistas irresponsáveis, com todo tipo se propensão pecaminosa profundamente arraigada em meu comportamento. Tais tendências se manifestaram na adolescência, em forma de intoxicação e sexo ilícito. Depois de uma série de frustrações, essa alma degradada que está eternamente condicionada ao ciclo de nascimentos e mortes, agora vislumbra uma chance de se ver livre de toda perplexidade material, graças a misericórdia de Sua Santidade GuruMahārāja.

Ó ilimitada fonte de compaixão, tu que és a bandeira da vitória da ISKCON. Tu que causa júbilo no coração de todos os Ācāryas Vaishnavas. Por favor, seja misericordioso com essa alma ignorante que vos escreve. Por favor, GuruMahārāja, me abençoe de tal maneira que se intensifique no meu coração o desejo genuíno de cantar os santos nomes livre de qualquer ofensa; intensifica o desejo de servir os Vaishnavas com humildade sincera; o desejo de distribuir amplamente a misericórdia de GouraNitai, através dos livros de Prabhupāda. Por favor, Gurudeva, permita-me servi-lo eternamente, nascimento após nascimento.

De seu caído aspirante a servo Rasārṇava Gaurāṅga Dāsa Brahmacārī

Prabhupāda.

Todas as glórias ao dia mais importante do universo , Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā.

*Querido pai

É com imensa felicidade e alegria que te glorifico , hoje , no dia do seu aparecimento pelos 73 anos da sua vida sagrada.

Quando visitei a ISKCON pela primeira em 1983 , naquele momento jamais imaginaria que Kṛṣṇa estava me preparando gradualmente , detalhadamente , ..me mostrando tudo que eu deveria entender para realizar a sagrada relação Guru / discípulo. E assim tudo se deu , não conseguia , , após. alguns anos , entender o porquê de meu Dīkṣā não ter. ainda aparecido. Quando um dia você apareceu percebi que .Kṛṣṇa tinha me concedido a maior misericórdia que a alma condicionada pode receber , o mestre espiritual fidedigno .Apartir daí passamos a escrever juntos um caminho surpreendente dirigido por Kṛṣṇa .Nosso dramaturgo supremo. Então , meu encantamento por você começa c a passada de tilaka " Oṁ keshavaya namaha "no retrovisor da van " q estrategicamente chegou atrasada te trazendo de Nova Gokula p uma aula de domingo.Seu irmão espiritual Paravyoma Prabhu fez o favor de errar o caminho em direção ao Rio de Janeiro.E eu mais um grupo , ficamos aguardando você chegar. Kṛṣṇa é fantástico....!!!!Ficaram somente aqueles que queriam te conhecer .

Quando você optou contar uma Līlā do Senhor Caitanya em vez de ler o Bhagavad Gītā e lá para as tantas da noite você levantou da sana e gritou " Gaaauuuraaanngaaa". eu disse a mim mesmo ,.....esse é meu pai espiritual.

Gratidão Śrīla Gurudeva por ter renascido 2 vezes como seu filho espiritual. Gratidão por salvar d

My dear Gurudeva

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to you, on the holy occasion of your Vyāsa Pūjā

May your day be filled with bliss. My heart is now filled with the purest nectar to be your disciple and follow your every step and be able to be servant of the servant of the servant of Kṛṣṇa and only one small step I can take!!! May on that day Kṛṣṇa pour out many, many blessings.

Rita Medeiros
Lat.Am (Brazil)

Hare Kṛṣṇa, Guru Mahārāja.

Please, accept my respectful obeisances.

I am an aspirant disciple of yours because I see your sincere effort in serving Śrīla Prabhupāda. Although your body does not respond, you push it!

you show by your personal example how we are not this body and how should we transcend everything material to serve Guru and fulfil Lord Caitanya’s desire.

thus, you are always absorbed in Lord Caitanya’s pastimes and in distributing this knowledge.

I am too fallen to properly write you an offering or glorify you. I am trying to please Hara Kanta prabhu, but I am too proud, lazy, and contaminated. I need your mercy to be more humble, have more service attitude, chant good rounds and be able to serve Jagad-Guru, Prabhupāda.

Please, Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja, conceive me shelter under your lotus feet. The world is within a storm of ignorance, and only your lotus feet can save me.

from your aspiring servant,

Bhakta Talles Berlese (aspiring disciple)

Porto Alegre, Brazil, aspiring disciple

Dear GuruMahārāja, please accept my most sincere obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Gurudeva, I write this simple letter in honor of the special occasion of your appearance!

This closed cycle was a year of many changes, tests and determination.

For you, the past year was also accompanied by surprises.

However, even with his health failing, his faith remained unshakable.

Your spiritual commitment to your disciples and aspirants, reminding us of the importance of reading Prabhupāda's books and chanting the mahā-mantra, proves what a great soul you are.

Even with possible health difficulties, his consciousness remained full, proving his mind transcendental to this material body.

His love and care for his disciples and for the future of the spiritual life of each person sheltered in his care is an example of how a truly loving soul works.

Thank you for your mercy, Gurudeva, for allowing me to shelter at your lotus feet, which are filled with the transcendental dust of caitanya mahāprabhu!

I hope I can follow your instructions and hopefully one day have some of your sweetness and compassion.

May the supreme lord in his infinite mercy allow us to enjoy his teachings daily for many more years to come!

Thank you for all the love and teaching, Gurudeva!

From her handmaiden, Tejasvinī Viṣṇupriyā Devī Dāsī.

My dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to you on this most auspicious day of your vyāsa pūjā!

You, eternal associate of Lord Caitanya, came to this world to freely distribute pure love for Kṛṣṇa. Still more merciful than Kṛṣṇa are His devotees, and in this way, without demanding anything, you pour on us a torrent of love, compassion and forgiveness. Always teaching that the path of surrender is also the way to higher knowledge, happiness and peace.

With humility always willing to serve everyone, with practicality, always giving spiritual solutions to material problems.

The greatness of your compassion is expressed in several ways: in the austerities that you accept to protect ISKCON, in accepting so many disciples

and, exponentially, in enduring so many bodily inconveniences to

fulfilling your obligation to save us.

I am always astonished with your determination in fulfill each and every one of the instructions you received from His Divine Grace, Śrīla Prabhupāda. it's wonderful to see that you are always fixed in this determination. Everything about you is impressive. I once saw a senior devotee saying that you are an atomic bomb of determination. And that's it! You really don't belong to this world and you try to show us every moment that we don't either.

Thank you so much for everything, Guru Mahārāja. Thank you for accepting me as your daughter.

Please pour out your blessings on us. I ask for my husband, Ekacakra Prāṇa Dāsa, also your disciple, and for our twin sons, Sevā Priyā and Sarasvatī Rādhā, the first students of our little Gurukula.

We are praying very much for you to regain your health and stay with us for a long, long time.

Your fallen servant aspirant, Tuṅgavidyā Premā Devī Dāsī.

Sevā Priya made the First draw and Sarasvatī Rādhā remember Guru Mahārāja in Nova Gokula

Tuṅgavidyā Prema Devī Dāsī, Sevā Priyā and Sarasvatī Rādhā, Sul Saṅkīrtana Yātrā, Brasil

oṁ ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya caksur unmilitam yena tasmai śrī-gurave namah

śrī-caitanya-mano-'bhistam sthapitam yena bhu-tale svayam rupah kada mahyam dadati sva-padantikam

All glories to the transcendental appearance of His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja

All glories to the Saṅkīrtana movement of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Dear Gurudeva, please accept my obeisances unto your lotus feet.

Your life is perfect, your character is perfect and everything that emanates from you is a form of pure prema to become manifest. Year after year, month after month, day after day, moment after moment you are demonstrating complete surrender to Kṛṣṇa. A glimpse of your journey can inspire even the most cold-hearted person like myself.

You have absorbed yourself so deeply in the love of their Lordships Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi and for so long you are spreading this pure love with so much compassion that all the people who came in contact with you developed profound admiration for your person. It’s mostly impressive how merciful your Holiness is.

Guru Mahārāja, the auspicious day of your appearance is going to be marked in the history of Vaiṣṇavas for ages to come, and even the fallen like myself will always celebrate this great date as a reminder of how it is possible to make life perfect and dedicate our energy exclusively to Kṛṣṇa and to the benefit of His parts and parcels.

I lack the energy to appreciate you with proper prayers, I lack the intelligence to understand the full scope of your glories, but even though I'm most incapable of holding unto it I ask for your blessings so that I can develop also this ecstatic enthusiasm to serve your Holiness, Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Śrī Guara Nitāi with all my energy, twenty four hours a day, and keep myself pure, free from material entanglement.

My only hope is to develop sufficient strength to follow a fraction of your example and give my heart and soul to spread Kṛṣṇa Consciousness with all vigor. I want to help you in the mission of distributing Śrīla Prabhupāda's books, Guru Mahārāja, I ask for your blessings to become completely addicted to distributing Śrīla Prabhupāda's books in such a way that I cannot take my mind out of it for a moment, I want to get myself fully into the devotional madness of unmotivated preaching. This is my only hope in life, to get your mercy and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mercy and in this way get Lord Nityānanda's mercy to awaken the dormant love for Kṛṣṇa in my stone heart. I know that if you bless me with remembrance of your living example I will always get the strength to continue fighting māyā and serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

I cannot express in words the gratitude I feel for you having extended the mercy unto me without me ever deserving it, I pray that I can give you my life in return, even thought it isn't worth much but It’s all I can reciprocate with you. Thank you, you are my inspiration and savior, Jaya Oṁ Viṣṇupāda Paramahaṁsa Parivrājakācārya Aṣṭottara śata Śrī Srīmad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja.

Yours always,

Vinaya Śrī Nitāi Dāsa Brahmacārī,

ISKCON Curitiba Mandir, Brazil

Chile

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

“Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.”

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.”

Hare Kṛṣṇa amado Guru Mahārāja y eterno padre espiritual,

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias,

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda!

En este día tan especial quisiera agradecerle por toda la misericordia para con sus discípulos, al entregarnos el regalo más valioso y preciado en esta vida, que es poder conectarnos con Kṛṣṇa a través de la sucesión discipular.

El ejemplo que usted nos da día a día con su determinación, humildad y compasión son una fuente inagotable de inspiración que nos acompañará por siempre.

Gracias por todo lo que usted hace por nosotros, gracias por cambiar nuestras vidas y volvernos almas bienaventuradas gracias a que tenemos un propósito claro.

Gracias por darnos su eterna misericordia.

Su aspirante a sirvienta,

Cintāmaṇī Mādhavī Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā)
Osorno, Sur de Chile

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

“Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.”

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.”

Hare Kṛṣṇa amado Guru Mahārāja y eterno padre espiritual,

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias,

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda!

En este día tan especial quisiera agradecerle por toda la misericordia para con sus discípulos, al entregarnos el regalo más valioso y preciado en esta vida, que es poder conectarnos con Kṛṣṇa a través de la sucesión discipular.

El ejemplo que usted nos da día a día con su determinación, humildad y compasión son una fuente inagotable de inspiración que nos acompañará por siempre.

Gracias por todo lo que usted hace por nosotros, gracias por cambiar nuestras vidas y volvernos almas bienaventuradas gracias a que tenemos un propósito claro.

Gracias por darnos su eterna misericordia.

Su aspirante a sirvienta,

Cintāmaṇī Mādhavī Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā)
Osorno, Sur de Chile

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda

Todas las glorias a Śrī Guru y Śrī Gaurāṅga

Por favor acepte nuestras respetuosas y humildes reverencias a sus pies de loto

namah oṁ vishnu padaya kṛṣṇa presthaya bhutale
śrīmate jayapatākā swamin iti namine

“Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.”

nama ācāryapadaya nitay kripa pradayine
gaura katha dama daya nagara grama tarine

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda y de los ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.”

Querido Guru Mahārāja padre espiritual, nos complace poder participar este año 2022 y poder estar presente en su Vyāsapūjā n°73.

Servimos de forma actual en Santiago mandir, como encargado del departamento cocina de la Deidad y departamento flores y guirnaldas.

Deuda eterna
Al igual que se espera la primavera
Por ser la más hermosa estación,
Mi vida no tenía sentido
Hasta que conocí Su expansion
La Verdad nos es desconocida a todos
Que vivimos solo para respirar,
Pero el Absoluto se revela
A través de Su expansión excepcional
Como un hijo no puede pagar a su madre
Por su infinita misericordia,
No podré pagar a Su hijo
Por entregar tan gran sabiduría
Es gracias a aquellos
Que dieron su vida por usted,
Que uno puede conocerlo
Y glorificar sus pasatiempos sin fin.
No Lo conocí como debería
Esa es mi más grande agonía,
Pero cuando escucho sus lecciones y pasatiempos
Me siento como si estuviera en ellos.
La verdad es que me siento inútil
Por no poder complacerlo,
Guru Mahārāja le debo tanto
Soy su siervo eterno.

Pedimos sus bendiciones para siempre estar refugiados en sus pies de loto, en Rādhā Mādhava y en servicio a los devotos.

Ofrenda del matrimonio,

Dayārūpa Viśākhā Devī Dāsī and Acyuta Gopeśa Dāsa (dīkṣā)

Santiago, Chile

Todas las glorias a Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi!!! Todas la glorias para mi amado Guru Mahārāja!!! Usted es tan incansable, fuerte, amistoso y protector. Un padre amoroso, siempre preocupado por nosotros buscando ideas y soluciones para ayudarnos. Usted es un ejemplo intachable, la inspiración personificada. Como un océano lleno de bondad. Por su fuerza, determinación y entrega a la misión de Śrīla Prabhupāda y al Señor Guoranga, ¡¡¡Todas las glorias, todas las glorias a sus pies de loto!!! Eternamente será mi inspiración y fuerza.

Jāhnavī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Chile (Arica)

Amado Gurudeva, acepte por favor mis respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto.

Todas la Glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda!

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

En este día tan especial la verdad es que no tengo las palabras apropiadas para Glorificarlo y todo lo que yo escriba, será poco en virtud de lo que usted significa para mí. A pesar de eso, trataré de exponerle mi gratitud de la mejor forma posible.

Desde el día en que tomé refugio bajo sus pies de loto mi vida cambió por completo, tomó un sentido espiritual más profundo. Desde ese día lo recuerdo con más intensidad y pienso en cómo poder complacerlo y ayudarlo en la misión de Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Sus clases del Caitanya-līlā son para mí una fuente de inspiración, si bien no siempre comprendo todo lo que explica en ellas, escucho hasta el final, tratando de ser iluminada de una forma inexplicable para una mente científica como la mía.

Le doy las Gracias por sus bellas y tan dedicadas palabras en cada carta que me ha respondido; por aceptarme como su discípula a pesar de ser una persona tan baja y caída. ¡Le doy las Gracias por existir!!!, ya que sin su presencia e instrucciones mi vida sería desastrosa.

Amado Gurudeva, oro a Kṛṣṇa por usted día a día, para que pueda permanecer en éste planeta (si ese es el deseo de Kṛṣṇa) y así pueda cumplir cada uno de sus propósitos en ésta tierra, entre ellos śālvar a tantas almas caídas como la mía.

¡Lo amo mucho Gurudeva!!!

Se despide la aspirante a sirviente de sus sirvientes,

Jiveśvarī Gāndharvikā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

Chile (Santiago)

Querido Guru Mahārāja, por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto una y otra vez. Todas las glorias a usted mi admirable maestro espiritual.

En este día tan auspicioso, en el cual se celebra su Vyāsa-pūjā, quisiera expresar mi eterno agradecimiento y glorificación, aunque nunca serán suficientes las palabras para expresar sus cualidades trascendentales por ser de una grandeza inconmensurable.

Guru Mahārāja su vida ha sido un ejemplo a cada paso y una constante inspiración para mi vida espiritual. Usted ha iluminado mi existencia con la antorcha del conocimiento y me ha sacado del océano de la nesciencia.

Usted es un océano de misericordia, el cual no tiene límites y está lleno de compasión por las almas caídas como yo. Su amor es ilimitado, sino de qué otra manera podría haberme aceptado como su discípula.

Gurudeva, usted es como el sol radiante que todo lo ilumina y disipa las tinieblas de la existencia material.

Guru Mahārāja por favor permítame estar siempre bajo la sombra de sus pies de loto, ya que no encuentro otro refugio, y de esta manera poder ser siempre el sirviente, del sirviente de su magnánima persona.

Su hija espiritual y sirvienta eterna,

Kamalā Nandinī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Chile (Coyhaique)

Todas las Glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Todas las Glorias a su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja, quién es la bandera de la Victoria del Señor en la tierra!

Amado Gurudeva por favor acepte mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias, y la entrega de esta humilde ofrenda de Amor hacia su persona.

Agradezco al Señor la posibilidad de haberlo conocido hace 21 años y haber encontrado en usted la primera muestra de Amor Inclusivo y respetuoso de la diversidad, usted nunca ha hecho diferencia entre sus discípulos y discípulas, y trata a todos los seres humanos con respeto y generosidad, oro al Señor para que nunca se apague en mi la luz que usted encendió, de humanidad y deseos de servir sin diferencias ni discriminación.

En este día de su Vyāsa-pūjā ofrezco a sus pies de loto el tiempo que me queda en este mundo para servir al Señor, ocuparme como Psicóloga y mediadora en ayudar a las personas y devotos y devotas que requieran de mi servicio, en educar de forma consciente a mis 5 hijos y entregarme al reencuentro con el Señor con mi mayor sinceridad.

Agradezco a usted aceptarme como su discípula y cada una de sus instrucciones.

Oro al Señor para que sus instrucciones lleguen a cada lugar del mundo y se perpetúen a través de la historia.

Me despido con la dicha de saber que en esta vida tuve la fortuna de haberlo encontrado y usted me entregó la misericordia de haberle servido.

Su bienqueriente

Madre Kṛpāvatī Nitāi Dāsī (dīkṣa)

Chile

Discípula iniciada en el año 2002

Segunda Iniciación año 2006

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

Nací en la más oscura ignorancia y mi maestro espiritual está abriendo mis ojos con la

antorcha del conocimiento, a él le ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual SS Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual S.S. Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos, instrucciones y pies de loto de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los Ācāryas previos. Él está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Él está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa a todos los habitantes de pueblos y aldeas,

Liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.

Querido Guru Mahārāja le ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias y me postro ante sus pies de loto.

En este aniversario de Vyaja pūjā quiero rendirle Homenaje.

Cuando era pequeño era Monaguillo (Ayudante de sacerdote) en la iglesia local y pensaba; me encantaría haber nacido en la época de Jesucristo para conocer a una persona śānta, sin embargo Kṛṣṇa escuchó mi deseo y pude conocerlo a usted!

Cuando vi entrar sus divinos pies de loto al templo de ISKCON Santiago en su última visita, me quedé impactado por esa gigantesca aura que rodeaba su cuerpo, como si un portal de luz y transmutación estuviera purificando todo el lugar y hasta el día de hoy no puedo olvidar cada momento de su estadía en Chile, mi madre de 59 y mi prima de 18 años estaban allí y al verlo a usted, su devoción por Kṛṣṇa se despertó.

Ambas son vegetarianas, Mi madre sigue principios y canta 16 rondas, adoramos a Tulasi Devī y vivimos pacíficamente solo por su santidad y refulgencia.

No tengo dudas de desear servirlo vida tras vida y mi gran deseo es transformarme en tu discípulo!

Gracias por cambiar e inspirar mi vida, usted es mi refugio, mi ejemplo, el padre que nunca tuve, mi iluminación y quién nunca me ha fallado!

Gracias una y mil veces,

Su eterno sirviente refugiado,

Moris león, (Refugiado)

Santiago, Chile.

En este día de su vyāsa pūjā número 73 queremos saludarlo con mi esposo.

Le queremos comentar de nuevos servicios que estamos haciendo para ayudar al templo y servirlo a usted en cuerpo y alma.

Actualmente con mi esposo tomamos el servicio de:

Purāṇando das Cocina de la deidad

Natalia campillay ayudante de pujari y tesorera de harināma sankirtan .

Atentamente a su servicio

Natalia Campillay y Purāṇando
Chile

Todas las Glorias a Śrī Śrī Goura Nitay

Todas las Glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda

Todas las Glorias a sus pies de loto.

Querido Guru Mahārāja por favor acepte mis reverencias.

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

“Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.”

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.”

El día de su Vyāsa Puya es una feliz oportunidad para exaltar sus cualidades como padre espiritual y también su inmensa misericordia, por la que le estoy eternamente agradecida.

La fuerza con la que sigue la misión de Śrīla Prabhupāda, es sumamente potente e inspiradora para perseverar con nuestros servicios y desafíos. Su tenacidad es el ejemplo a seguir, para saber llevarnos de camino a la compañía eterna de Kṛṣṇa.

Toda su vida ha sido una guía de devoción, espero servirle siempre y que Śrī Narasiṁha lo proteja.

Guru Mahārāja, kī jaya!!!!

Actualmente mi servicio es el de entregar atención dental a los devotos del templo y entregar una donación semanal en dinero para las flores y guirnaldas.

Tu sirvienta eterna,

Naṭarāṇī Rādhikā devī dāsī, (Dīkṣā)

Santiago, Chile

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda!!

Todas las glorias a Śrī Śrī Gurú y Gaurāṅga!!

Mi muy querido Guru Mahārāja:

Por favor acepte mis más respetuosas reverencias, al polvo de sus pies de loto.

En este maravilloso día de su aparición, deseo saludarlo, pese a que no tengo ninguna buena cualidad, para glorificarlo, servirlo, o entender sus nectáreos pasatiempos.

El velo ilusorio de la vida material nubla y oscurece todo, pero aún así, sus cualidades trascendentales, son el potente rayo de luz, que cruza la ignorancia, y me permite realizar que Ud. es el mejor de los padres.

Saber con certeza que es La Bandera de la Victoria, un íntimo asociado de Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, el prodigioso desarrollador de Māyāpur - Dham, un hijo predilecto de Śrīla Prabhupāda, un alma rendida y sincera, absorto siempre en Caitanya Līlā.

Ha pasado inmensas tribulaciones, en la forma de graves y crueles enfermedades, que se han presentado por muchos años, recordándonos, la responsabilidad, y la carga inmensa que porta, al aceptar tan gran número de discípulos, en todo el mundo.

Generosidad, valentía e infinita misericordia sin causa, hacia todas las almas caídas, invitándonos sin distinción, a unirnos en la gran cruzada espiritual del śālvador del mundo, nuestro querido Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Su maravillosa prédica, aún en sus momentos de gravedad, nos conmueven profundamente, para ayudarle, aunque sea muy modestamente, a difundir el mensaje de Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, y que el canto del Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahā Mantra sea cantado por todos, y en todos los rincones del orbe.

En mi estado condicionado y caído, oro siempre a Śrī Nrisimha Deva, para que lo proteja y bendiga siempre, en todo lugar donde usted entregue su nectárea prédica, y su ejemplar devoción al Señor Supremo.

Su sirvienta inútil.

Patiprāṇa devī dāsī.
(Dīkṣā 1983 / Santiago de Chile).

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

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

Querido Guru Mahārāja por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias.

Estando en éste hondo océano de existencia material puede vislumbrarse una potente luz en la superficie, puede contemplarse el flameante ondear de la victoriosa bandera de su trascendental servicio amoroso.

Usted puede salvar a todo el mundo con la inagotable misericordia que fluye a través de su personalidad, usted ha dedicado su vida sin ningún tipo de reserva a los pies de loto de Śrīla Prabhupāda y Mahāprabhu.

Su obra se escapa de mi escasa comprensión y no cuento con palabras que se equiparen a la magnitud de sus actividades trascendentales, ideadas para el beneficio de la generalidad de la gente, el cuidado de los devotos y el agrado de los Ācāryas previos.

kata kastasahiprita mane rahi / keva dita harināma

Yo no sé quién más en medio de tantas dificultades podría abrazar la misión de Saṅkīrtana con tanta fuerza como usted, utilizando todo como una oportunidad para incrementar su prédica salvando a innúmeras almas de este océano de nesciencia.

A pesar de sus aparentes limitaciones nos enseña a vivir plenamente, cual árbol de los deseos está dando el fruto que da regocijo al ser, el fruto del servicio devocional.

No estoy cualificado para describirlo y enaltecerlo adecuadamente, pero por ser tan bajo y haber recibido tanta misericordia estoy más que preparado para agradecer.

Gracias por aceptarme en su familia.

Gracias por acompañarnos cada día.

Gracias por guiarnos a cada momento.

Gracias por darnos su asociación y no desampararnos.

Gracias por su auténtico Amor.

Ruego por su bendición para poder mantenerme siempre orando por algún día convertirme en un auténtico sirviente de sus pies de loto.

Prāṇa Śyāma Gaura dāsa (dīkṣa)
Chile (Santiago)

Mi siempre bien amado Guru Mahārāja:

Por favor acepte mis más respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto. Todas las glorias sean para Śrīla Prabhupāda y el movimiento de sankīrtana de Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Al comenzar a escribir esta ofrenda, las palabras se agolpan en mis pensamientos y se me hace difícil poder expresar lo que realmente quisiera.

¿Cómo poder decir lo mucho que significa en mi vida? quisiera plasmar en el papel, lo importante que es saber que tengo un maestro espiritual fidedigno, que es un verdadero ejemplo de fortaleza y perseverancia. ¿Cómo podría levantarme cada mañana si no tuviera su ejemplo que me aṇimā? Gracias por estar, por permitir que tenga una nueva oportunidad de ser mejor y de servirle. Por difícil que sea el caminar en este mundo material, está su presencia y sus maravillosos mensajes que nos impulsan y nos dan seguridad.

Kṛṣṇa dice en el Bhagavad-gītā que Él recompensa a todos de acuerdo a cómo se acercan a Él, según cómo sea su rendición. Aprendí que Kṛṣṇa nos retribuye en la misma medida y reciprocidad. Agradezco tanta misericordia inmerecida, la de haber podido encontrar en esta vida a mi padre espiritual, un padre serio y amable, lleno de compasión por todas las almas caídas.

También dice una frase que repito en mi mente y me permite recordarlo a usted constantemente, querido Guru Mahārāja: - Sa Mahātmā su durlabhah – Un alma así de grande es muy difícil de encontrar.

Su eterna sirviente,

Priya Śāntā devī dāsī (dīkṣā) Concepción, Chile.

Encargada de ISKCON- Concepción, Chile y editora de textos de JPS.

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

 

Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a Su Divina Gracia Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja, quien es muy querido por el Señor Kṛṣṇa, debido a que ha tomado refugio a Sus pies de loto.

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

Mi querido maestro espiritual por favor acepte mis mas humildes reverencias, todas las glorias a Śrīla prabhupāda! En este auspicioso día como es el día de su aparición, me siento muy feliz y afortunada de tenerlo a usted como mi querido maestro espiritual, Gracias por todo el ejemplo que nos da con su devoción en seguir las instrucciones de su maestro espiritual Śrīla Prabhupāda, gracias por su infinita misericordia, Gracias por cada día más que puede estar y compartir con todos sus discípulos sus enseñanzas, me siento muy feliz de ser su discípula y estoy muy orgullosa de usted, sé que no merezco ser su discípula pues no soy capaz de seguir sus instrucciones al pie de la letra, pero usted es tan misericordioso con todos nosotros que aunque volvamos a caer viendo su ejemplo y su coraje para luchar cada día con las modalidades de la naturaleza material y Māyā la ilusión volvemos a levantarnos y despertamos nuestra conciencia espiritual, somos muy afortunados, por tenerlo a usted como nuestro querido padre espiritual.

Mi querido padre espiritual lo único que hay en mi corazón es solo decirle gracias infinitas Gracias por ser mi querido padre espiritual.

En el eterno servicio a sus pies de loto

Rādhā Kuñja dd

Todas las glorias al Paramparā.

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Todas las glorias a Guru Mahārāja.

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto.

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

“Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.”

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los Ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.”

En este día tan especial de su gloriosa aparición, permítame glorificarlo desde lo más profundo de mi ser.

Usted es tan especial y poderoso, que con su mirada puede transformar todos esos corazones duros por la oscuridad, en apacibles y nobles entidades vivientes.

Guru Mahārāja, usted es tan misericordioso que no hace distención para proteger a cada uno de nosotros, a pesar de que conoce todas nuestras faltas y debilidades.

Guru Mahārāja, su ejemplo de perseverancia y determinación en cumplir todas las instrucciones como discípulo de Śrīla Prabhupāda, nos comprueba que usted es un devoto genuino y un alma sumamente trascendental a este mundo material.

Todo lo que usted ha demostrado durante toda su vida, que a pesar de muchas dificultades materiales, solo cabe decir que, ciertamente usted es un Gran Vaiṣṇava genuino y un asociado eterno del Señor Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Muchas gracias por todo real que me ha dado en mi vida devocional.

Su eterno sirviente y endeudado por vida

Raghu Siṁha dāsa (dīkṣā)
ISKCON, Santiago Chile

Todas las Glorias a Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja !!!, quien está completamente rendido a los pies de loto de Su Divina Gracia AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda y por cuya misericordia me ha aceptado en esta hermosa familia.

Absteniéndome de una evidente tentación a hablar de mi mismo, glorifico, destaco y enaltezco las maravillosas cualidades trascendentales de mi Guru Mahārāja. Cada vez que dirijo mi dispersa concentración a sus actividades, siempre encuentro en ellas un ejemplo y una inspiración para mis días. Nadie podría objetar que debido a su delicado estado de Salud decidiera retirarse y dedicarse a su meditación. Sin embargo Guru Mahārāja es incansable en su actitud de servicio a Śrīla Prabhupāda y a su movimiento Iskcon. Él siempre nos da el ejemplo a la perseverancia y la constancia permanente, sin importan las adversidades que se presenten.

En un día tan especial, el día de su aparición, más que pedirle algo, le agradezco por todo lo que me da día a día y por todo lo que me inspira.

Siempre a sus divinos pies de loto:

Rāma Paṇḍit Dāsa.

Arica - Chile.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Śrīla Gurudeva., please accept my most humble obeisance’s at your divine lotus feet, and kindly forgive my offences.

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine

Guru Mahārāja, on this Most blessed and Auspicious day I pray at the lotus feet of Lord Narasiṁhadeva to shower you with Many More Vyāsa-pūjā days. May Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu always keeps you Healthy and Energetic so you can keep distributing His love to millions of conditioned souls

I’m begging for your blessings Gurudeva so I can increase my spiritual life

All glories to your eternal loving service to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga. I wish you all the good health in carrying out your service and helping others.

Your are the Mercy of the ocean, please forgive all my offenses Knowingly and Unknowingly.

Ria (aspiring disciple)
Santiago, Chile

My dear most merciful Śrīla Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to your divine self!

Today on the most auspicious occasion of your divine appearance day i take the opportunity to thank you for being the most amazing and wonderful spiritual father. You have left no room for us to desire more from a spiritual master. You have given us everything we can possibly ask for. Your expertise in preaching, devotee care, determination to move ahead in spiritual life despite so many health challenges, humility, enthusiasm, time management is truly very inspiring.

I pray from the bottom of my heart that you have good health and long life. I don’t know if it is a selfish desire but we need you for the longest period of time dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja. Ever since I have got your association, my spiritual life has known only one direction, to move ahead. Without you I would have been finished long back. Thank you for your immense love and patience. You are the most expert preacher. There is no equal to it in the world. You are simply wonderful.

By your mercy am engaged in correspondence service, preaching service (monthly outreach programme at home and 6 Online Zoom Gītā classes every week, Damodara program at school, and deity service at the temple once every week. Without your blessings, instructions and mercy this would not have been even remotely possible.

Thank you thank you thank you.

Please forgive me for any offenses I may have committed knowingly or unknowingly.

Please engage me in your service even life after life after life.

Your eternal servant and dīkṣā disciple

Śrīnāma Rādhā Devī Dāsī

Santiago

Todas las Glorias Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāī

Todas las Glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda

Amado Guru Mahārāja, padre eterno en bondad y misericordia, acepte mis respetuosas reverencias a sus inmaculados pies de loto.

En este Su Vyāsa Pūjā, expresarle mi más profundo agradecimiento por entregarme su infinita misericordia al aceptarme como su discípula, hace más de 30 años atrás, en la ciudad de Concepción Chile.

Ud. una personalidad maravillosa, una joya inmaculada en este mundo tal lleno de peligros.

Ud. tan cerca de Dios… tan cerca de Dios… tan cerca de Dios; soportando las mayores de las dificultades para śālvarnos a nosotros, los más caídos.

Ud. que todo lo ilumina, en el pasar de la oscuridad de esta vida.

Ud. que cada día, cada minuto y cada segundo entrega su vida, su esfuerzo, su cuerpo y toda su energía al servicio devocional.

Ud. un Maestro, Líder, motivador e intelectual, por naturaleza; pero por sobre todo un Devoto Puro entregado a la instrucción de su Maestro Espiritual, colmado de todas las buenas cualidades de un Vaiṣṇava.

Ud. que nos transmite devoción, sentido a la vida, resciliencia, virtudes y valores espirituales.

Su ejemplar y santificada vida, es, sin lugar a dudas, un libro abierto repleto de amor, compasión y enseñanzas. Un océano de bondad y misericordia.

Su presencia en este mundo es una de las mayores razones que he encontrado, para dar un sentido profundo a mi diario vivir.

Mi insignificancia, ante tal grandeza de corazón y carácter, no me hacen merecedora de tanta bondad y misericordia, por eso desde lo profundo de mis sentimientos le pido perdón otra vez… na y otra vez… mil veces… por muchas vidas, por no poder ser una digna discípula de un Alma tan grandiosa e inmaculada como lo es Ud.

JAY GURU MAHĀRĀJA!!!!!! A sus Pies de Loto Su Sirvienta eterna:

Sumukha Devī Dāsī

Dīkṣā

CHILE

Oṁ ajñana timirandasya/ jñanam jñanam salakaya

caksur unmilitam jñena tasmai/ śrī gurave namah

Nací en la más oscura ignorancia y mi maestro espiritual está abriendo mis ojos con la antorcha del conocimiento transcendental, a él le ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias.

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los Ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.

Mi muy querido Guru Mahārāja

En este 2022 se cumplen 41, años de haber tenido la misericordia de ser aceptada como su discípula y le agradezco a Krisna una y mil veces por haber decidido enviarlo a este mundo material para que nuestras vidas salieran de la ilusión, ya que usted nos ha mostrado el maravilloso conocimiento del mundo espiritual.

Quiero darle las gracias abriendo mi corazón para que usted vea con sus ojos espirituales lo que me es imposible explicar.

Bendiciones eternas para este día tan auspicioso y para el ser más misericordioso que he conocido.

GAURĀṄGA!!!!!!

Śyāmalā Devī dāsī (Dīkṣā), Santiago de Chile

Modista eterna de sus Señoritas Goura Nitay

Colombia

En el momento de más oscuridad e incertidumbre le ore a Śrīla Prabhupāda y a Mahāprabhu que me mostraran que camino debía seguir y de manera mística te manifestaste en mi sueño dándome respuesta a mis plegarias como un rayo de misericordia, aunque sé que no soy apto para ser tu discípulo ni servirte, ruego por tu gracia y misericordia, dado sin tu refugio quedo indefenso a los embates de Māyā, hoy en tu sagrada aparición me postro al polvo de tus pies de loto que son mi único amparo y.

refugio.

Bāla Gopāla dāsa

Bogotá

Colombia

Respetado Guru Mahārāja, acepte por favor mis más humildes reverencias

En esta ocasión de su vyāsa-pūjā quiero expresar mi respeto y agradecimiento hacia usted, sé que no soy digna de aspirar a su refugio, pero usted es tan misericordioso que ya me aceptó. Estoy en proceso de tomar dīkṣā de su santidad pero temo no llegar a complacerlo a usted y a Śrīla Prahupada. No tengo devoción, lo único que tengo es un poco de entusiasmo.

Tengo la esperanza de que si por su gracia y la del Señor soy iniciada, la devoción despierte en mi corazón y algún día los deseos materiales que me carcomen se disipen y pueda llegar a amarlos a usted y a Kṛṣṇa sincera y profundamente, para situarlos en el templo de mi corazón y así vivir en función de complacerlos sólo a ustedes.

Si está en los planes del Señor que yo sea su discípula, haré todo lo posible por no decepcionarlo para servir su propósito de continuar expandiendo el movimiento del Señor Caitanya.

Sinceramente,

Bhaktin Carolina

Refugiada bajo sus pies de loto
Templo Hare Kṛṣṇa ISKCON Bogotá
Bogotá, Colombia

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa amado Guru Mahārāja

Amado padre,

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas y humildes reverencias a sus hermosos pies de loto

¡Todas las glorias a usted en su auspicioso día de aparición! ¡Todas las

glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Me siento muy agradecida y afortunada de poder escribir algo para usted en esté día tan especial y

auspicioso.

Realmente me ha tomado bastante tiempo escribir algo, ya que no sé cómo hacerlo de manera correcta.

Su misericordia realmente es infinita,

No existe nada más real que usted

Amado padre usted es el emblema de la victoria, de la paz, de la paciencia, de la armonía, del cuidado

de los otros, del entusiasmo, de la tolerancia y del amor puro por Dios.

Usted dedica su vida a la entrega absoluta por difundir la misión de Śrīla Prabhupāda y la propagación

de los santos nombres Harināma Saṅkīrtana del Señor Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Amado padre su voz es escuchada en todo el planeta, usted ayuda a liberar las almas más caídas,

amado Guru Mahārāja usted es el camino, usted rompe las cadenas de la ignorancia.

Śrīla Gurudeva, usted es lo más importante en mi vida y yo deseo servirle con el mayor de mis

esfuerzos, solo por su gran misericordia podré cualificarme para seguir su instrucción vida tras vida.

Por Favor no me suelte nunca amado padre.

Permítame servirle siempre.

Me siento afortunada de poder estar al refugio de sus pies de loto pero también me siento nada

merecedora de tan inconcebible compasión.

Solo me queda agradecer sinceramente esta gran misericordia que usted me brinda.

Usted siempre está en mi corazón.

Amado padre por favor perdóneme cualquier ofensa conocida o desconocida por mí.

Su insignificante sirviente y aspirante a Discípula

Bhaktin Eveling Giraldo (Aspirante)
Bogotá, Colombia

Querido Guru Mahārāja. Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias. Todas

las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda. ¡¡¡Todas las glorias a Sus Divinos pies de loto!!!

En este auspicioso día de Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā, aprovecho para meditar en la enorme fortuna que siento de haber tenido su śānta asociación durante estos últimos 10 años. Gracias a su misericordia, he podido entender más y más porque los devotos dicen que todo lo que sucede en la vida de uno es la misericordia del Maestro Espiritual, la verdad, esta afirmación era difícil de entender para mí. Pero ahora gracias a esta auspiciosa celebración, he podido tomar un tiempo para ver hacia atrás y darme cuenta como mi vida cambió radicalmente después de entrar en contacto con usted.

Recuerdo que en el año 2012 viaje desde Colombia hasta Ecuador para recibir Su Darsan, se me presentaron todo tipo de obstáculos, recuerdo que estaba padeciendo un problema de salud que se manifestó en Quito cuando entre al baño y vi que estaba orinando sangre, me puse muy nervioso, pero recordé una declaración que había leído hacia poco en un libro sobre la vida de Su Divina Gracia Śrīla Bhaktisidhanta Sarasvatī Thakur, que uno debía estar dispuesto a recorrer kilómetros para tomar la asociación de una persona śānta. Eso me lleno de valor y finalmente pude lograr el objetivo.

En el aeropuerto, no podía controlar mi ansiedad, no me explicaba por qué.

Su vuelo se retraso y eso aumento mas mi ansiedad. Finalmente usted llego, paro su silla de ruedas justo en la puerta de salida y con un entusiasmo que nos abrazo a todos, levanto ambos brazos en señal de victoria. Yo no paraba de gritar Jay!!!Jay!!!(Victoria..Victoria!!), a pesar de que era nuevo en ese entonces y no sabia exactamente bien el significado de tal expresión.

Recuerdo que usted poso su misericordiosa mirada sobre mi por unos cuantos segundos, y senti como si se tratara de un reencuentro, mi ego vanidoso lo noto, y cuando mi mente empezó a hacer alarde en silencio, usted retiro abruptamente su mirada en señal de rechazo… primer instrucción, humildad!!!. Ese recuerdo esta tan vivo en mi memoria, que medito en el todos los días al cantar Śrī Guruastakam, específicamente en la primer estrofa, ya que ese día usted fue para mi, literalmente, como la nube que llego a apagar el fuego de mi existencia material. Quisiera expresar todas las realizaciones que he tenido en mi relación con usted, pero eso haría esta ofrenda mucho mas larga, así que deseo compartir cada una de las experiencias con usted, en cada Vyāsa-pūjā de aquí en adelante.

Por el momento le ruego humildemente que me permita continuar ocupado en su servicio, ya que es el soporte de mi existencia, y también aprovecho esta oportunidad para pedir perdón por todas las ofensas que he cometido en la ejecución de mi servicio, debido a mi torpeza y falta de realización. Querido Guru Mahārāja, por favor bendígame con mas y mas fe y devoción por

usted, ya que si algún día de verdad logro ser su sirviente, mi vida alcanzara la perfección.

Su insignificante y caido aspirante a discípulo,

Harināma Gaurāṅga Das.

ISKCON Bogotá, Colombia.

Hare Kṛṣṇa querido Guru Mahārāja. Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias. Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda!

En esta gloriosa fecha de Su auspiciosa aparición, quisiera agradecer enormemente por rescatarme de este mundo material, por estar siempre a mi lado en los momentos más difíciles y por darme animo a cada momento en qué mi mente no quisiera continuar sirviendo, por ser el mejor ejemplo de que no somos este cuerpo material sino almas espirituales, por su determinación al seguir las instrucciones de Śrīla Prabhupāda y de esa manera ser nuestra mayor inspiración.

Por favor perdóneme por no ser una discípula digna de un Maestro espiritual como usted.

Su sirvienta,

Īśapriyā Rādhā Devī Dāsī
ISKCON Bogotá, Colombia.

Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Majaraja, Guru Mahārāja, Por favor acepte mis más humildes reverencias al polvo de Sus pies de loto. Todas las Glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda.

En este día de su auspiciosa aparición quiero agradecer por la misericordia brindada al haberme dado refugio. Al comienzo no realice nada por haber tomado refugio, pero con el tiempo, donde he tratado de avanzar en mi práctica espiritual y he experimentado algunas dificultades, he encontrado su apoyo a través de los mensajes de los devotos en las clases del templo y en los mensajes publicados en las redes propias de Usted. Agradezco mucho su apoyo, sé que Usted siempre va a estar cerca para ayudarme a avanzar en mi proceso espiritual.

Guru Mahārāja, admiro mucho su fuerza y potencia, Usted siempre está sirviendo a Kṛṣṇa y dando su misericordia a los devotos a través de sus clases, a pesar de las dificultades de salud que ha tenido. Guru Mahārāja, Usted me inspira a seguir adelante con mi proceso, espero cualificarme pronto para poder ser su discípulo y poder seguir sus instrucciones.

Guru Mahārāja, quiero pedir sus bendiciones para que pueda vencer todas las dificultades que se me presenten en mi proceso espiritual y pueda servir al movimiento Śrī Caitanya  Mahāprabhu.

Siempre agradecido con Usted, Todas las Glorias al auspicioso día de su aparición.

Bhakta José Manuel Cruz (Discípulo refugio)

Bogotá D.C., Colombia

Hare Krshna Guru Mahārāja

Por favor acepte mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias

Todas las Glorias sean a Śrīla Prabhupāda!!

Feliz Vyāsa-pūjā

Guru Mahārāja este es el 13avo año de su Vyāsa-pūjā en el que tengo la oportunidad de celebrar en compañía de los devotos, hermanos espirituales y bienquerientes,

celebro también 13 años de haber empezado el proceso de conciencia de Kṛṣṇa.

Doy muchísimas gracias por eso, por tener tan linda oportunidad, doy infinitas gracia a Rādhā y Kṛṣṇa por permitirnos tenerlo un año más en este mundo y ser el

mejor ejemplo de devoción y entrega, cada día con cada una de sus acciones nos enseña, mil gracias por su amor, por su gran misericordia y compasión por todas las almas condicionadas que como yo anhelamos despertar nuestra conciencia dormida y seguir su gran

ejemplo.

Realmente quedan insuficientes mis palabras con las glorificaciones que usted merece y la gran alegría de poder demostrarle la infinita gratitud de tenerlo como

mi padre espiritual.

Mi eterna gratitud, le es expresada a través de estas cortas palabras, le pido humildemente me ocupe siempre, en poderlo servir de alguna manera, le oro a kṛṣṇa

me mantenga siempre en asociación de los devotos entregado a su servicio y el de Śrīla Prabhupāda, sólo así se que puedo avanzar en mi vida espiritual.

Sea Guru Mahārāja muy glorificado hoy en todo lugar donde llegue sus enseñanzas, mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias, eterna gratitud y amor por todo los

que significa tenerlo como maestro espiritual por darme la imerecible misericordia de ser su discipula, deseo que este y todos los días esté acompañado de la protección de Rādhā y Kṛṣṇa.

Se postra ante sus pies de loto

Su Feliz sirvienta

Kamalinī Viṣṇupriyā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

Colombia (Cali)

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare

Con amor devoción y respeto ofrecemos todas nuestras respetuosas reverencias a los pies de nuestro amado Śrīla Prabhupāda y a todos los devotos Vaisnavas del Señor Hari y de gran manera y muy especial a los pies de loto de nuestro maestro espiritual Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami, Śrīla Gurudeva.

Gracias por la misericordia sin causa y su hermoso cuidado y ejemplo de entrega amorosa al cuidado de la instrucción recibida de su maestro espiritual Śrīla Prabhupāda Jagad-guru, nosotros estamos amparados en conciencia de Kṛṣṇa gracias a los grandes Vaiṣṇavas como nuestro amado Padre y maestro espiritual Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami.

Desde el momento en que nuestro Guru Mahārāja recibió la orden de sannyāsa de Śrīla Prabhupāda ha sido siempre el abanderado del crecimiento del movimiento de conciencia de Kṛṣṇa y especialmente nos ha amparado y nos ha protegido a través de la entreg del conocimiento Védico de ser parte del círculo de los engañados y los engañadores.

El ejemplo que nos dado nuestro amado maestro con su vida devocional es una de las mas grandes muestras de amor por Kṛṣṇa, por su maestro espiritual Śrīla Prabhuapada y a los ācāryas debido a que su condición física actual solamente le hemos visto y le hemos escuchado su enseñanza y su ejemplo, así como sus ganas de hacer más servicio sin escuchar nunca quejas de su difícil de condición.

Ofrecemos todas las glorias al Señor Caitanya Mahāprabhu y a toda la sucesión discipular y a todos los Vaiṣṇavas y muy especialmente a aquellos quienes han tomado la tarea de ser maestros espirituales y han representado de manera fidedigna, humilde y sabia a nuestro maestro ācārya Śrīla Prabhupāda quien otorgó la misericordia de entregar los Vedas, el canto del santo nombre y la conciencia de Kṛṣṇa a las almas caídas del cielo.

Sean nuestras más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a nuestro amado Śrīla Jayapatākā swami Guru Mahārāja nuestro padre amoroso el gran abanderado de la misión de Śrīla Prabhupāda. Con amor y devoción ofrecemos todas nuestras humildes reverencias a los pies de loto de nuestro amado Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja.

Sus Sirvientes,

Madana Mohinī Devī Dāsī y Vraja Maṇḍala Dāsa,
ISKCON Bogotá, Colombia.

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

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda y a usted Śrīla Guru Mahārāja. Por favor acepte mis respteuosas reverencias.

Qué sería de la vida sin usted Guru Mahārāja, nosotros no tendríamos ninguna oportunidad de experimentar felicidad en nuestras vidas y esto es por la misericordia de Śrīla Prabhupāda que lo puso a usted en nuestras vidas. Gracias a usted estamos haciendo cambios en nuestras vidas para ser mejores seres humanos para ser mejores almas espirituales y alcanzar cada vez un mejor estado de conciencia para ayudar a las personas. Gracias de todo corazón por ser tan maravilloso gracias por tener tanto amor en su corazón y tener tanta dulzura, tanto perdón y tantas formas de enseñarnos como servir, gracias por ayudarnos a aumentar nuestra capacidad de servicio.

Con infinita gratitud y amor a Sus Divinos pies de loto Rangy Gaurāṅga Das, Bogotá, Colombia.

Ofrenda para Guru Mahārāja Jayapatākā Swami

Relación: Dīkṣā

Templo ISKCON Bogotá.

Querido Guru Mahārāja Jayapatākā Swami, por favor acepte mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto. Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda.

En esta tercera vez que celebro su aparición trascendental con mis hermanos espirituales, se me ha dado la oportunidad de hacerle esta ofrenda; una vez más le agradezco infinitamente por su gran misericordia y amor que he recibido al darme su refugio y haberme aceptado como su discípulo y sirviente. En un largo tiempo me sentí huérfano y desafortunado, pero desde el momento en que pude tener su darśan, su gran asociación y la relación como mi padre espiritual, ahora soy feliz en la gran familia de Śrīla Prabhupāda y así mi vida ha recobrado la esperanza de poder servir a los devotos del Señor Kṛṣṇa. Guru Mahārāja, su vida y ejemplo son una gran inspiración para todos, pues aprendemos que en cualquier condición en la que nos encontremos en este mundo material por más difícil que sea, nunca debemos perder el ánimo, el entusiasmo, la determinación y la paciencia en nuestro proceso espiritual. Su presencia y su incansable servicio al Señor Caitanya Mahāprabhu son motivo suficiente para adquirir la fuerza de salir a predicar y cantar jubilosamente con amor los santos nombres del Señor. Por favor perdóneme por mis ofensas y errores, espero siempre complacerle y nunca defraudarlo. Oro para que el señor Kṛṣṇa le dé más salud y nos permita tener su sagrada asociación por más tiempo.

Su insignificante sirviente:

Viṣṇu Kāraṇa Kṛṣṇa Dāsa

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

Amado y respetado Śrīla Gurudeva todas las glorias sean para Śrīla Prabhupāda y a Sus pies de loto que son el refugio de miles de almas. Todas las glorias sean para usted mi eterno padre en su auspicioso día de aparición. En el más auspicioso día de su Vyāsa Pūjā número setenta y siete estoy ilimitadamente agradecido y dichoso de haber recibido esta incomparable bendición de poder tener su śānta asociación y divino refugio. He escrito un poema en su honor, espero que sea de su agrado.

¡Oh, divino maestro! ¡Mi eterno padre, amigo, bienqueriente!
Todas, todas las glorias a ti mi Maestro
Aquel que santifica al mundo entero con su presencia
Habiendo trascendido la muerte en innumerables ocasiones
Liberándonos de las ilusiones y aflicciones
Concediendo la misericordia del Señor Caitanya sin prejuicios ni distinciones
Con su ejemplo enseñas al mundo que por amor al Guru se pueden trascender todas las limitaciones.

Sus pasatiempos y enseñanzas son un bálsamo para sus discípulos
Siendo la personificación el servicio devocional ininterrumpido
Inspira a todos a nunca darse por vencidos ni a abandonar el dulce servicio
Viviendo y manteniéndose con el propósito de entregar este tesoro divino
Por amor a Su maestro y al Señor Caitanya quienes residen en su corazón
Él está dispuesto a soportar cualquier dolor si con eso nos salvará de la ilusión
Por amor a Su Divina Gracia y compasión por todos él no se ha ido ni se irá jamás
El servicio devocional se trata de relaciones amorosas
Se trata de servicio e intercambios amorosos con Kṛṣṇa y sus sirvientes
y con todas las entidades vivientes que en este mundo oscuro sufren
Si Su Divina gracia es misericordioso conmigo algún día podré despertar tal compasión
Mi vida es su propiedad y el deseo de mi corazón es servirlo cargando todo ese peso
Si por amor a Śrīla Prabhupāda mi Maestro no se ha rendido
entonces Vraja Vilas le ora ¡Por favor, Maestro!
bendígame para que pueda tener ese mismo amor por Usted y por Su Divina Gracia
Permítame rendirme a Sus Pies y ser tan misericordioso como usted
Por amor, Usted el mundo está salvando y por amor a Usted mi vida se ha renovado
Yo le oro Gurudeva que me bendiga con genuina devoción por usted
que me bendiga con Guru-bhakti y la determinación para hacer lo necesario
Por el movimiento, para su manutención y su expansión
Que por servirlo a Usted yo pueda desarrollar esas cualidades que el mundo necesita con urgencia.
Con deseos de Servirlo y amarlo Su descualificado hijo espiritual Vraja Vilas Gaurāṅga desde Bogotá, Colombia.

Anexo la foto del 31/12/2019 Bogotá Colombia

Costa Rica

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a Su Santidad Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja, quien es muy querido por el Señor Kṛṣṇa, debido a que ha tomado refugio a sus pies de loto”

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a Su Santidad Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja, quien está dedicado a servir los deseos, instrucciones y pies de loto de Su Divina Gracia A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los ācāryas previos. Él está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Nityānanda Prabhu y distribuyendo las glorias de los pasatiempos, instrucciones y morada transcendental de Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Él está predicando conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todo pueblo y aldea, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.”

Hare Kṛṣṇa querido Guru Mahārāja por favor acepte mis más respetuosas reverencias.

Todos las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda y a su refulgente persona.

En esta ocasión tan importante como es su Vyāsa-pūjā quisiera agradecer por toda su protección, acompañamiento en mi crecimiento espiritual, y por ser un ejemplo inigualable e intachable no solo para sus discípulos sino para toda la comunidad vaiṣṇava de como la perseverancia por seguir la instrucción del maestro espiritual debe ser la meta de la vida.

A pesar de todas las pruebas y situaciones que se me presentan en mi camino, de las cuales usted conoce varias, siempre trato y trataré de seguir bajo la sombra del polvo de sus pies de loto y nunca rendirme y servirle en todo lo que esté en mis manos.

Gracias por darme la misericordia sin causa de ser su hija espiritual y permitirme servirle cada día de mi vida y darle sentido insignificante existencia.

No tengo palabras para expresar la admiración y amor que siento por usted.

Su torpe sirvienta

Līlāmayī Gaurāṅgī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)

Costa Rica (San Jose - Costa Rica)

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a Su Santidad Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja, quien es muy querido por el Señor Kṛṣṇa, debido a que ha tomado refugio a sus pies de loto”

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a Su Santidad Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja, quien está dedicado a servir los deseos, instrucciones y pies de loto de Su Divina Gracia A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los ācāryas previos. Él está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Nityānanda Prabhu y distribuyendo las glorias de los pasatiempos, instrucciones y morada transcendental de Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Él está predicando conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todo pueblo y aldea, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.”

Hare Kṛṣṇa querido Guru Mahārāja por favor acepte mis más respetuosas reverencias.

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda y a su refulgente persona.

En esta ocasión tan importante como es su Vyāsa Pūjā quisiera agradecer por toda su protección, acompañamiento en mi crecimiento espiritual, y por ser un ejemplo inigualable e intachable no solo para sus discípulos sino para toda la comunidad vaiṣṇava de como la perseverancia por seguir la instrucción del maestro espiritual debe ser la meta de la vida.

A pesar de todas las pruebas y situaciones que se me presentan en mi camino, de las cuales usted conoce varias, siempre trato y trataré de seguir bajo la sombra del polvo de sus pies de loto y nunca rendirme y servirle en todo lo que esté en mis manos.

Gracias por darme la misericordia sin causa de ser su hija espiritual y permitirme servirle cada día de mi vida, y así darle sentido a esta insignificante existencia.

No tengo palabras para expresar la admiración y amor que siento por usted.

Su torpe sirvienta

Līlāmayī-Gaurāṅgī Devī Dāsī – (Dīkṣā)
Latin America (Costa Rica)

Ecuador

Querido Guru Mahārāja Jayapatākā Swami,

por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto, todas las glorias sean a usted.

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

“Nací en la más oscura ignorancia y mi maestro espiritual está abriendo mis ojos con la antorcha del conocimiento transcendental, a él le ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias.”

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

“Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.”

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los Ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.”

Queriendo brindar mi pequeña ofrenda en este día tan especial!

Deseando y Orando a Śrī Śrī Rādhā Gopīnath que le brinden mucha fuerza espiritual!

Para que continúe adelante y con todo ese entusiasmo para seguir sirviendo a su Guru, a Su Divina Gracias AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda…

Quiero mencionarle que continuo con mi servicio de Gītā Manjari, además de seguir compartiendo con clases de Hatha Yoga en Shanti Yoga Studio cerca de donde vivo ahora…

Concluí el Bhakti Śāstrī el año pasado! Estoy esperando tomar 2da iniciación prontamente!

Así mismo continuaré estudiando este año en lo posible Bhakti-vaibhava

Aquí le comparto esta foto fue el día de mi iniciación el cual es muy especial para mí

Su Sirviente

Ānanda-rūpa Kṛṣṇa dāsa (dīkṣā),
Guayaquil, Ecuador

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

acepte mis más humildes obediencias a sus divinos pies de loto.

amado maestro espiritual, mi padre eterno, solo es por su misericordia que uno puede hacer avance espiritual.

cuando lo vi por primera vez pude entender lo importante de tener a un maestro espiritual en mi vida y usted me dio la gran misericordia

de aceptarme como su discípula.

es usted mi inspiración en el servicio devocional, incansable, incondicional y hasta guerrero.

su deseo es que las almas condicionadas como yo, empecemos a tomar conciencia de kṛṣṇa y purificarnos para desarrollar amor por sus señorías śrī rādhā y kṛṣṇa y volver a casa.

nos dio el regalo de la glorificación de los santos nombres que el señor caitanya entrego como el único remedio para esta era de kali-yuga.

oro a usted amado maestro para que me permita incrementar mi deseo y fuerzas para desarrollar amor por los santos nombres y poder siempre servirlo.

su eterna sirviente atmanandini devī dāsī, resido en el templo de guayaquil ecuador y tengo la misericordia de hacer servicio en cocina de la deidad un día a la semana, ayudo a la distribución de prasādam, y visto a sus señorías śrī jaganatha.

Ātmanandinī devī dāsī
Guayaquil, Ecuador

Mi amado Gurú Mahārāja acepte las humildes Reverencias de este devoto caído, que día a día estoy luchando para así lograr la meta de mi vida que es poder complacerlo, y así poder contribuir con mi pequeño granito de arena al glorioso movimiento de Saṅkīrtana del Señor Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Usted es tan misericordioso que siempre está cuidando de mi incluso en momentos que creo que lo he olvidado, siempre usted vida tras vida ha estado cuidándome dandome directa e indirectamente conciencia de Kṛṣṇa,mandando grandes devotos para que me ayuden a salir de este mundo material, cumpliendo mi deseo que a pesar de que era muy egoísta usted lo hizo realidad de poder tener la iniciación Dīkṣā aún cuando no tenía ninguna cualificacion, día a día es un ejemplo para el mundo entero,enseñándonos con un gran ejemplo que no somos este cuerpo, si no que somos algo más superior, me dió mi nombre cuando estaba en el vientre de mi madre, me dió mi segundo nombre cuando estaba tratando de escapar de los brazos de māyā, me dió educación, le dió sentido a mi vida,me dió uno de los regalos más hermosos que una Jīva puede recibir que es el servicio devocional a través de la instrucción directa del Gurú, me da alimentos,un hogar,paz a mi corazón, fuerzas para seguir luchando para salir de este océano de miseria material, mi corazón está tan sucio que no encuentro las palabras adecuadas para hacer el intento de glorificarlo y con la mente perturbada por su misericordia me puedo dar este pequeño tiempo para hacer el intento de agradecerle todo lo que usted me está dando desinteresadamente.

Por favor perdóneme por las ofensas cometidas,

Su sirviente por siempre vida tras vida,

Govinda Rūpa Narasiṁha Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Ecuador (Guayaquil)

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a Su Santidad Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja, quien es muy querido por el Señor Kṛṣṇa, debido a que ha tomado refugio a Sus pies de loto”

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a Su Santidad Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja, quien está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos, instrucciones y morada transcendental de Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando conciencia de Kṛṣṇa a todos los habitantes, tanto de pueblos como aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.”

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda, todas las glorias a mi Guru Mahārāja todas las glorias a los Vaisnavas del Señor Gaurāṅga.

Guru Mahārāja por favor reciba mis humildes y respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto.

Usted es como una nube para nosotros porque derrama sus bendiciones como lluvia para todo el mundo sin esperar nada a cambio. Aunque lo que más le interesa a usted es que todo el mundo obtenga el conocimiento que nos dejó Śrīla Prabhupāda, la herencia de nuestro abuelo para así cambiar nuestras vidas por completo con una vida sencilla con pensamientos elevados para servir completamente a nuestro Señor Kṛṣṇa y todos Sus Asociados.

Espero que siga cumpliendo muchos Vyāsa-pūjās más, para así tenerlo cerca de nosotros y poder escucharlo en las clases que da y que ilumina mi mente y mi corazón con sus enseñanzas.

Gracias por todo lo que nos brinda y espero seguir sirviendo en lo que más pueda de mi parte, con la bendición suya y la de Kṛṣṇa.

Con todo mis respetos, para mi padre eterno Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja

Su hija que lo extraña mucho

Jaya Yaśodārāṇī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Ecuador (Guayaquil)

Querido Gurú Mahārāja,

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda

Todas las gloras al movimiento de saṅkīrtana de Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias

En el día de su Vyāsa-pūjā, quisiera expresar lo agradecido que estoy por haberme permitido refugiarme a sus pies de loto, a pesar de lo caído y pecaminoso que soy.

Es tan difícil resumir las ilimitadas cualidades espirituales que Usted manifiesta en este mundo, pero la palabra “Ācārya” dice mucho, ya que con su ejemplo de vida nos ha enseñado como es un devoto puro del señor.

Día a día, sin importar la situación de su cuerpo físico, usted se mantiene completamente transcendental y siempre consiente de Kṛṣṇa y de su misión de servir a Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Usted es glorioso y a la vez tan amoroso con todos sus discípulos, que estamos con una deuda eterna, la cual en mi caso espero pagarla con mi servicio para usted.

Todas las glorias al glorioso Vyāsa-pūjā de Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami

Una humilde ofrenda de su más inútil aspirante a sirviente

Jayanta Kṛṣṇa Dāsa (dīkṣā)

Ecuador (Quito)

Amado Guru Mahārāja por favor acepte mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias!! Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda!! Todas las glorias a los devotos reunidos!!!

En esta sublime ocasión de celebración de Su Vyāsa-pūjā lo recuerdo vívidamente en mi corazón, añorando siempre Su santa asociación!!! Oro para poder cualificarme y así glorificarlo apropiadamente!!

Su ejemplo constante, cuidadoso, amoroso y dedicado en satisfacer la instrucción de Su Divina Gracia Śrīla Prabhupāda me inspira y foralece!!

Que difícil nos compáralo con los ācāryas previos!!! En su carácter y actividades de prédica podemos resaltar una determinación sin precedentes!! Usted es la luz de mi vida en momentos difíciles de transitar como en los que todo es tan auspicioso!! Siempre refugiados a Sus pies Guru Mahārāja, por favor envíeme bendiciones para cultivar consciencia de Kṛṣṇa en familia, adorar a Sus Señorías en el humor apropiado, hacer el curso de Bhakti-śāstrī, y sobre todo involucrarme más y más en el Harināma Saṅkīrtana yajña en asociación con los nectareos devotos del yātrā de Ecuador también!!!

Jaya Guru Mahārāja!!!! Luz de mi vida!!!

Nitāi Gaur Sītānātha premānande hari hariiiii bol!!!!!

Suyo en servicio siempre,

Su insignificante sirviente,

Karuṇa Caitanya Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Ecuador (Guayaquil)

Amado Padre

Acepta por favor mis humildes reverencias,

todas las Glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Muchas Gracias por todo el amor que me has dado, todos estos años, gracias por ser ejemplo a cada paso.

He tenido la fortuna de cocinar para ti, desde el año 1990, han sido los momentos más maravillosos,en toda mi vida.

He viajado a tu lado muchas veces, por India, Bangladeśa, Italya, Sud América, y los recuerdos que guardo son mi mas grande tesoro, sin duda alguna, eres la persona mas ecuánime, misericordiosa, compasiva, que he conocido en mi vida.

Mi corazón es tuyo, mis acciones y toda mi vida es tuya Gurú Mahārāja.

Gracias eternas, por darme una razón para vivir.

Tu hija,

Mañjarī Sakhī devī dāsī (dīkṣa)
Guayaquil Ecuador Mandir

Querido maestro,que Dios escuche nuestras oracione para que usted se recupere completamente y pueda poner a mas almas al servicio de nuestra señoria Śrī Rādhā y kṛṣṇa con sus bendición pasará automáticamente,gracias maestro por haberme permitido tomar refugio en sus pies de loto,espero recibir la bendición de para seguir haciendo mi servicio dado por la misericordia de los devotos mayores,atentamente el devoto Jay Giridhari Dāsa das

Nitāi Gaurāṅga Dāsa (dīkṣa)

Guayaquil, Ecaudor

Hare Kṛṣṇa, todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda

De todo corazón deseo que pase un bonito Vyāsa-pūjā S.S Jayapatākā Swami espero que esta nueva vuelta al sol Śrī Krisna y Śrī Rādhārāṇī le sigan concediendo las bendiciones en esa bonita forma que tiene de predicar, no pierda la esencia ni la energía tan linda que transmite a los lugares que llega, las ocurrencias con las que le saca una sonrisa a todos los que estan presente, los pocos momentos que tube la misericordia de estar en el lugar y momento preciso de cruzarme con usted para mi fue muy especial, no fue necesaria una conversación ya que sólo con su presencia todo en mi cambiaba ánimo, las ganas de escuchar sus clases los kīrtana, muchas gracias por permitirme la oportunidad de haberlo conocido, que Śrī Nṛsiṁha lo proteja y nos pueda volver a permitir compartir con usted.

Al seguir haciendo mi servicio de pūjāri, es la manera de estar más cerca de usted, le pido que por favor nos instruya a mi y a mi familia en como mejorar más el servicio

Son los deseos de la Familia Marrero Guerrero

Y prabhu Balabhadra Nātha Dāsa

Guayaquil, Ecuador

Dear Guru Mahārāja.

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma,

Jaya Guru Gaurāṅga!

All glories to your Divine Guru Mahārāja!

Nityānandastakam by Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura:

1

sarac-candra-bhrāntiṁ sphurad-amala-kāntiṁ gaja-gatiṁ
hari-premonmattaṁ dhṛta-parama-sattvaṁ smita-mukham
sadāghūrṇan-netraṁ kara-kalita-vetraṁ kali-bhidaṁ
bhaje nityānandaṁ bhajana-taru-kandaṁ niravadhi

I perpetually worship Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, the root of the Kṛṣṇa-bhakti tree, whose bright face mocks the full autumn moon, whose pure complexion glistens, whose gait is like that of a maddened elephant, who is always intoxicated in Kṛṣṇa-prema, who embodies pure spiritual energy, whose face holds a gently smile, whose eyes are always rolling due to His absorption in Kṛṣṇa-prema, whose lotus hand holds a glowing staff, and who by the performance of nama-saṅkīrtana pierces the influence of Kali-yuga.

Dear Guru Mahārāja you are a sincere devotee of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, by your absorption in His service we become fortunate and link to the Eternal Saṅkīrtana. You also hold the most gentle smile, your eyes always soothing full of kindness bless all that see. Your hands hold the walking staff and we follow in your footsteps.

2

rasānām āgāraṁ svajana-gaṇa-sarvasvam atulaṁ
tadīyaika-prāṇa-pramita-vasudhā-jāhnava-patim
sadā-premonmādaṁ param aviditaṁ manda-manasām
bhaje nityānandaṁ bhajana-taru-kandaṁ niravadhi

I perpetually worship Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, the root of the Kṛṣṇa-bhakti tree, who is the mainstay of all the rasas, who is everything to His devotees, who is incomparable, who is the master of both Vasudhā and Jāhnavā-devī, who consider Him more dear than their own lives, who is always maddened in Kṛṣṇa- prema, and who is unknown only to those of meager intelligence.

May I perpetually worship your lotus feet, who always follow on the footsteps of Śrī Gaura and Nitāi, you are everything for your disciples because you are a perfect disciple of His Divine Grace. You are incomparable, you are the servant of the servants of Nityānanda Prabhu, we come to love Him by your words surcharge with wonder and affection for His sweet pastimes.

3

śacī-sūnu-preṣṭhaṁ nikhila-jagad-iṣṭaṁ sukha-mayaṁ
kalau majjaj-jivoddharaṇa-karaṇoddāma-karuṇam
harer ākhyānād vā bhava-jaladhi-garvonnati-haraṁ
bhaje nityānandaṁ bhajana-taru-kandaṁ niravadhi

I perpetually worship Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, the root of the Kṛṣṇa-bhakti tree, who is very dear to Śrī Śacī-nandana, who is worshipped by the entire universe, who is the embodiment of happiness, who possesses infinite mercy for delivering the souls who are drowning in the Age of Kali, and who by the performance of Śrī Harināma-saṅkīrtana thwarts the progressing false pride of the ocean of repeated birth and death.

You are very dear to Sacinanadana Goura Hari because so valiantly and without complaining continue to be fully dedicated to the glorification of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma who carries the torch and emblem of His Saṅkīrtana Movement.

4

aye bhrātar nīṇāṁ kali-kaluṣiṇāṁ kiṁ nu bhavitā
tathā prāyaścittaṁ racaya yad-anāyāsata ime
vrajanti tvām itthaṁ saha bhagavatā mantrayati yo
bhaje nityānandaṁ bhajana-taru-kandaṁ niravadhi

I perpetually worship Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, the root of the Kṛṣṇa-Bhakti tree, who said to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, “Hey broher Gaurāṅga! What will be the destination of the sinful souls of Kali-yuga, and how will they be redeemed? Please devise a method by which they will easily attain You.”

Dear Guru Mahārāja you constantly meditate in how to bless the souls in this Age of Kali, just like your Master Śrī Nityānanda Rāma do for the sake of all the condition souls, burning in the fire of illusion. You are our example and our strength.

5

yatheṣṭhaṁ re bhrātaḥ kuru hari-hari-dhvānam aniśaṁ
tato vaḥ saṁsārāmbudhi-taraṇa-dāyo mayi laget
idaṁ bāhu-sphoṭair aṭati raṭayan yaḥ pratigṛham
bhaje nityānandaṁ bhajana-taru-kandaṁ niravadhi

I perpetually worship Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, the root of the Kṛṣṇa-bhakti tree, who wandered around Bengal and aproaching the door of each and every home, threw open His arms and exclaimed: “Hey brothers! All of you perpetually perfom Śrī Hari Nama saṅkīrtana in union. By doing so, I will take the responsability to deliver you all from the ocean of material existence.

You wander around in Bengal and beyond, as the most dearest elder brother of all, full of compassion you dance side to side with your arms raised, tears in your eyes in front of the Ratha Yātrā Parede, in Durban, Atlanta, New York, Berlin, Kolkata… Your glowing turban and your kind smiles shining bhakti for all.

6

balāt saṁsārāmbhonidhi-harana-kumbhodbhavam aho
satāṁ śreyaḥ-sindhūnnati-kumuda-bandhuṁ samuditaṁ
khala-śreṇī-sphūrjit-timira-hara-sūrya-prabham ahaṁ
bhaje nityānandaṁ bhajana-taru-kandaṁ niravadhi

I perpetually worship Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, the root of the Kṛṣṇa-bhakti tree, who is the Agastya Muni who forcibly swallows the ocean of repeated birth and death, who is a rising full moon which increases the ocean of the saintly persons welfare and who is a sun which dissipates the darkness of ignorance cast by the various classes of miscreants.

How many austerities you perform each second of your challenging existence now…. You are the greatest of Yogīs, out of love and compassion you tolerated all. You are the greatest of Muni’s, fix in your service to humanity breath with bhakti in a heart melted by Kṛṣṇa Bhakti.

7

naṭantaṁ gāyantaṁ harim anuvadantaṁ pathi pathi
vrajantaṁ paśyantaṁ svam api na dayantaṁ jana-gaṇam
prakurvantaṁ santaṁ sa-karuṇa-dṛg-antaṁ prakalanād
bhaje nityānandaṁ bhajana-taru-kandaṁ niravadhi

I perpetually worship Śrī Nityanand Prabhu, the root of the Kṛṣṇa-bhakti tree, who wandered on every path in Bengal dancing, singing and calling out: “Hari bol! Hari Bol!”, and who lovingly bestowed merciful sidelong glances upon those who were not compassionate to even their own selves.

You wander around in Bengal and beyond, in countless safaris, here and there lifting your arms “Hari Bol, Hari Bol” I have this images of you printed as the background of my mind. Always caring, always loving. Bangladesh, Orissa, South India, Māyāpur, in all directions sharing your love for Nitay and Gaurāṅga.

8

su-bibhrāṇaṁ bhrātuḥ kara-sarasijaṁ komalataraṁ
mitho vaktrālokocchalita-paramānanda-hṛdayam
bhramantaṁ mādhuryair ahaha madayantaṁ pura-janān
bhaje nityānandaṁ bhajana-taru-kandaṁ niravadhi

I perpetually worship Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, the root of the Kṛṣṇa-bhakti tree, who held the supremely soft lotus-hand of His brother Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu, whose heart became filled with the highest bliss when the two brothers gazed into each other’s faces and who wandered here and there delighting the townspeople with His sweetness.

Whoever has been so fortunate to touch your Lotus hands knows how soft and gentle they are just like your heart. But the same time so strong to give a saving hand to those who drown in the waves of māyā.

In Pānihāṭi you always chant ‘parama koruṇa, pahū dui jana, nitāi gauracandra!!!’ You love this transcendental gentle Brothers. And with all your heart, mind and soul surrender to His Divine Grace who gave you the amazing service to leave and to develop the Holy City of Śrī dhāma Māyāpur. You have always delight this towns people with your sweetness been the perfect host for all his visitors and dhāma-vāsīs.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, I am feeling great separation from you, from the Lordships from Śrī dhāma Māyāpur and all the dhāma-vāsīs. So far away from you I sustain myself knowing that maybe you are pleased with our efforts to share the Holy Name the ripened fruit of prema that Your Lordships give freely.

Please bless us with your constant remembrance and bless us with your Pañca-tattva bhakti so we can survive without Their darśana.

Your servants,

Prahlāda Narasiṁha Dāsa Adhikārī (dīkṣa)

Lalitā Sakhī Devī Dāsī

Gualaceo - Giridhāri Deśa Farm, Ecuador

Querido Guru Mahārāja, por acepte mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto.

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda

Todas las glorias a Nitay y Goura

Todas las glorias al movimiento de sankirtan del señor Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Escribir la ofrenda para glorificarlo, es para mí un poco complejo, puesto que un devoto de sus cualidades excepcionales, visto de mi punto bastante caído no es fácil.

Agradezco al señor Kṛṣṇa haberlo encontrado en mi vida, usted ha generado un cambio total en mi vida. Agradezco profundamente sus esfuerzos, dedicación y gran entusiasmo en servir a Śrīla Prabhupāda y a todos los vaisnavas, aun estando con tantas dificultades de salud, eso solo un devoto como usted lo puede hacer.

El Señor lo ha bendecido con tantas cualidades y es sorprendente todo lo que usted hace al menos para mí, a veces no lo puedo creer. Y tratar de glorificar sus buenas cualidades es interminable.

Guru Mahārāja, de corazón le deseo lo mejor, y oro por su misericordia sin causa, hacia esta alma caída.

Gracias por todos sus esfuerzos y por sus clases, yo trato siempre de estar; a veces no puedo estar por el servicio, pero las grabadas las escucho después. He aprendido mucho de ellas, gracias por su dedicación.

No me queda más que agradecerle por todo.

Su sirviente

Sudhāma dāsa (Dīkṣā)

Ayampe, Ecuador.

Mexico

Mi muy querido Padre Espiritual:

Jaya Oṁ Viṣṇupāda Paramahaṁsa Parivrājakācārya Asttotara Sata Śrī Śrīmad Su Divina Gracia Jaya-patākā Svāmī Mahārāja

¡Por favor acepte mis humildes y respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto!

¡Todas las Glorias a Srīla Prabhupāda!

En el más auspicioso día de su Vyāsa-pūjā quiero ofrecerle una y mil veces reverencias a sus pies de loto, invocando sus bendiciones para poder escribir esta ofrenda.

Crecí prácticamente muy solo, pues El Señor Supremo me puso pruebas muy duras desde mi gestación en el vientre de mi madre hasta el desarrollo en mi adolescencia. Por gracia del Señor pude conocer a George Harrison y así poder acercarme a consciencia de Kṛṣṇa. Tiempo después pude leer algunos artículos escritos por usted y eso fue la mayor de las bendiciones, pues en ese momento me sentí sumamente extasiado y motivado para poder ser más serio en mi proceso. Gracias a usted pude iniciar sin ningún inconveniente con mis 4 principios que hasta el día de hoy siguen intactos desde hace 7 años.

Un día llegó la respuesta a uno de mis tantos correos que le había mandado, ahí usted en su respuesta me hizo sentir protegido como nunca en la vida, me escribió con tanto amor que hoy en día sigo sin creer y sin olvidar. Tiempo después gracias a mis hermanos espirituales Jayadeva Hari Dāsa, Anna Pūrṇā Devī Dāsī y Kālindī Prema Rūpa Dēvī Dasī que me ayudaron y me siguen ayudando en el proceso, pude obtener la misericordia de tomar refugio en sus pies de loto el 21 de agosto del 2020. ¡Qué maravillosa y hermosa experiencia fue verlo y escucharlo!

Hoy en día sigo cumpliendo mi servicio en el templo Śrī Śrī Rādhā Madana Gopal ISKCON México, CDMX, esperando próximamente poder obtener la bendición de ser iniciado, hacer formales mis votos ante usted y de esa manera agradecerle por todo lo que me ha dado, todo lo que nos da a sus hijos, toda la misericordia.

Agradezco y admiro con toda mi alma y mi ser el gran ejemplo que usted nos pone ante las dificultades, pues es usted todo un guerrero que nos inspira con su gran fuerza, su gran dedicación y su objetivo inquebrantable de servir a Srīla Prabhupāda.

Sepa que usted es mi mayor inspiración para no abandonar el proceso, y siempre oro a Kṛṣṇa para que por favor nunca me separe de la asociación de sus devotos y que nunca me aparte del camino, pues es mi motor de vida en el día a día, al igual que mis pequeños hijos y mi esposa, a los cuales trato de servir de manera que nunca olviden a Kṛṣṇa, y que si yo puedo servirlos, es porque yo soy el medio de usted, de Srīla Prabhupāda y de Kṛṣṇa para mantenerme fijo en cualquier prueba.

En el último correo que le mandé le conté sobre mi titulación gracias a la voluntad de Kṛṣṇa como Licenciado en Educación Musical, y que esa ofrenda se la ofrecía como un pequeño e insignificante presente por su auspicioso día de aparición. El título me va a servir como una forma de poder llegar legalmente a la educación musical de mi país con metodologías que incluyan adaptaciones musicales de escrituras sagradas, encaminando así un avance bien fundamentado con bases solidas en el área, con el objetivo de poder predicar en lo único que sé hacer, que es música.

Por favor sea misericordioso conmigo y ayúdeme en este caminar, permítame crecer con su protección como un niño toma la mano de su padre y atraviesa confiado los peligros. Quiero ser por siempre su sirviente sin importar en dónde y en qué condición me encuentre. Gracias por iluminar mis pasos, allanar los obstáculos de este mundo material y permitir que pueda servirlo, aunque sea imperfectamente.

Querido Maestro yo no cuento con ninguna cualificación, aun así usted me ha otorgado su misericordia sin causa en la forma de la Iniciación. Orando para permanecer eternamente a la sombra de sus pies de loto, pues no existe otro refugio deseado para mí.

Su insignificante sirviente,

Daniel Cruz Cárdenas (aspiring disciple)
Latin America [Mexico]

Servicio de Saṅkīrtana y cocina del templo

Discípulo Harināma Dīkṣā

Querido padre espiritual, tenga la bondad de aceptar mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto, todas las glorias sean a usted a Śrīla Prabhupāda y al movimiento de Saṅkīrtana de Śrī Catania Mahāprabhu en este día tan auspicioso de su Vyāsa-pūjā

Tengo la oportunidad de agradecer infinitamente por su presencia en este planeta e instrucciones, agradecerle por su siempre ejemplar actitud, digna de un alma pura de un verdadero Gaurāṅga-bhakta, Guru Mahārāja usted es un guerrero ejemplar en esta lucha contra la energía ilusoria, imparable y siempre dispuesto a compartir la conciencia de Kṛṣṇa ya sea en un hospital, en una de sus residencias o dónde sea, sin importar cualquier aparente impedimento físico usted sigue adelante cumpliendo las instrucciones de su Divina Gracia A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Siempre encuentro la más grande inspiración de usted, oro a sus divinos pies de loto para que se me permita seguir prestando algún servicio por insignificante que sea y poder ser útil en el movimiento de Saṅkīrtana permanente.

Somos las personas más afortunadas al tenerlo como maestro espiritual, ruego constantemente para poder ser un digno sirviente suyo.

Su insignificante aspirante a sirviente

Hemāṅga Gauracandra Dāsa
Mexico

Paraguay

Por favor acepte mis más humildes reverencias al polvo de sus divinos pies de loto.

Usted,Guru Mahārāja, es la chispa espiritual que está en mi corazón en cada momento, en cada segundo,es usted mi seguro refugio.

Aquella que necesita siempre su misericordia,aún sin merecerlo.

Bhaktina Beatriz (aspiring disciple)

Paraguay

Por favor, mí querido Guru Mahārāja acepte mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a sus divinos pies de loto,

Oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

“Nací en la más oscura ignorancia y mi maestro espiritual está abriendo mis ojos con la antorcha del conocimiento transcendental, a él le ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias.”

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

“Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.”

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los Ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.”

Usted fue enviado por Kṛṣṇa para reavivar mi deseo de volver de vuelta al hogar, de vuelta a Kṛṣṇa, le tengo una inconmensurable gratitud por ello.

Usted es la luz y la fuerza que inspira mi humilde esfuerzo espiritual.

Me postro a sus pies de loto para rogar por sus bendiciones para llegar a ser consciente de Kṛṣṇa en todo tiempo, lugar y circunstancia.

Su insignificante hijo spiritual,

Janārdana Gaura Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Paraguay (Villa Elisa)

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

En este día nos reunimos para celebrar su transcendental aparición, esperando poder describir

sus cualidades y actividades transcendentales apropiadamente.

Querido Guru Mahārāja, sus actividades de predica son ilimitadas y solamente personas que

reciben un poder especial de la Suprema Personalidad de Dios pueden llevarlas a cabo.

Por citar algunas de ellas: usted es el ministro de la predica congregacional, el presidente mundial del programa Food for Life y de los programas de ISKCON de ayuda alimentaria, El GBC del este de India, en América del sur, Bolivia, Perú, Ecuador y Chile, Del Medio Oriente, Māyāpur Mandir, el Planetario Védico, también programas como Navadvīpa Maṇḍala Parikram, entre otros.

En sus incansables viajes dos veces al año por más de 40 años al rededor del mundo usted ha visitado lugares remotos, Sudamérica, centro América, África, Australia, y Asia. Ha predicado a miles de personas y miles de ellas han decidido tomar refugio a sus Pies de loto y emprender este proceso de Bhakti Yoga, tomando el Harināma Dīkṣā y segunda iniciación (iniciación brahmaṇica).

Por más de cuatro décadas hemos estado escuchado los nectáreos pasatiempos y enseñanzas de

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu y Sus asociados y al ser narradas por usted se han vuelto más nectáreos aun.

Todas sus actividades son trascendentales y gloriosas y para usted no existe impedimento ni limitaciones para llevarlas a cabo, prueba que usted está empoderado por Śrīla Prabhupāda y Kṛṣṇa.

Esta insignificante y afortunada sirvienta suya se siente eternamente endeudada con Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami, Guru Mahārāja por haberme permitido sin merecerlo, tomar refugio de sus Divinos Pies de loto y de esa forma conectarme con la sucesión discipular fidedigna que proviene directamente de Kṛṣṇa.

Es el deber del discípulo seguir estrictamente las instrucciones del maestro espiritual, servirlo sumisamente, sin duplicidad ni vanidad y glorificarlo siempre.

Satisfacer al maestro espiritual auto realizado es el secreto para el avance en el sendero espiritual.

Su humilde sirviente,

Mādhava Priyā devī dāsī (dīkṣā)
Asunción – Paraguay

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a Su Santidad Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja, quien es muy querido por el Señor Kṛṣṇa, debido a que ha tomado refugio a Sus pies de loto.

Hare Kṛṣṇa querido Gurudeva! Por favor acepte mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias, Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda.

En este día tan auspicioso que es la fecha de su advenimiento me gustaría darle esta humilde ofrenda de Glorificación,

Gracias a su misericordia y a la misericordia de Śrī Gaurāṅga pude tomar iniciación con usted, un devoto puro y muy querido de la Suprema Personalidad de Dios, fue el día más feliz de mi vida y lo llevo en mi corazón como un regalo invaluable.

Querido Gurudeva usted en su infinita bondad y belleza espiritual me da todos los días la fuerza para seguir en esta lucha en el mundo material, para seguir firme en conciencia de Kṛṣṇa y poder servirlo a través de sus instrucciones, aunque me queda mucho camino por aprender y crecer espiritualmente confío plenamente que lo que Śrīla Prabhupāda nos dejó.

Voy conociendo de a poco a mis hermanos y hermanas espirituales y me siento muy afortunada de saber que a donde quiera que vaya, tengo esta enorme y dulce familia gracias a usted y a Śrīla Prabhupāda que trajo el movimiento a occidente.

Pido a Śrī Śrī Goura Nitāi que lo proteja siempre y lo siga llenando de luz. Usted ilumina a la humanidad y a todos los mundos con su presencia, su sonrisa, sus enseñanzas e instrucciones trascendentales. Jay mi amado Gurudeva!!

Le deseo un feliz Vyāsa-pūjā!

Le saluda su sirviente eterna,

Nārāyaṇī Gaura Premī Devī Dāsī, (Dīkṣā)
Asunción, Paraguay

Peru

Ofrenda para mi amado Maestro espiritual

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

Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a Su Divina Gracia Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja, quien es muy querido por el Señor Kṛṣṇa, debido a que ha tomado refugio a Sus pies de loto.

Querido Guru Mahārāja:

Agradezco a Kṛṣṇa la inmensa misericordia que me ha dado al concederme la oportunidad de tomar iniciación dīkṣā de usted.

Que bendición tan grande ser su hija!

Usted es mi fuerza cuando me siento débil, porque cuando veo su gran determinación para servir a Śrīla Prabhupāda, a pesar de tantas dificultades con su cuerpo!... pienso que es tan poco lo que yo hago!

Usted me inspira a ser más tolerante, porque aunque cometemos errores, usted siempre nos recibe con los brazos abiertos y nos aṇimā a seguir adelante, como un padre que ama a sus hijos.

Usted me entusiasma para hacer mejor mi servicio, ya que usted nunca deja de hacer el suyo para su maestro espiritual.

Usted me hace sentir confianza, porque usted nunca pierde la confianza en Kṛṣṇa a pesar de todo.

Usted es un ejemplo de amor a Kṛṣṇa, gracias por ser mi amado padre, gracias por confiar en mí, al darme la segunda iniciación y con ello haber tenido la bendición de ayudarlo en su servicio de atender a las deidades, que es lo más hermoso que me ha podido suceder.

Ahora mi hermano espiritual Prabhu Badrarupa me ha invitado a formar parte de la Fundación que ha ofrecido como servicio a usted. Por lo tanto próximamente voy a encargarme de la Fundación en Perú y quiero ofrecerle este servicio con todo mi corazón.

Espero tener su bendición para seguir sirviéndolo con devoción.

Mis reverencias a sus pies de loto.

Su hija que lo ama y admira

Aiśvarya Lakṣmī dd.

Discipula dīkṣā (segunda iniciación)

Chosica, Perú

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

“Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.”

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda y de los Ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.”

Amado padre espiritual y Guru Mahārāja. Deseo agradecerle por su infinita misericordia y compasión que tiene con todos nosotros, almas condicionadas que día a día estamos luchando por tratar de conplacerle.

Mi deseo solamente es poder purificarme en el flujo insesante de sus enseñanzas ya que es por su misericordia que podemos entender el significado de las escrituras y las enseñanzas de Śrīla Prabhupāda y del Señor Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

He estado ocupado en el servicio de pūjāri desde que usted me dió la segunda iniciación, Y simultaneamente adoro las Deidades de Jaganath que le ofreci en el año 2000 en Ecuador yātrā. Ahora estoy formando parte de la junta administrativa de ISKCON lima y participando del programa de food for life de ISKCON San Borja y Lima Centro con mucho deseo de continuar con su misión, de propagar con la este hermoso proseso de la conciencia de Kṛṣṇa.

Me acojo a sus pies de loto invocando por su misericordia sin causa para desarrollar más humildad y respeto por todas las personas que estan nesesitando de su misericordia y así poder también respetar apropiadamente a los Vaisnavas ya que somos muy bendecidos con su hermosa mirada.

Por favor, dese el lugar más puro del universo en Śrī Dhāma Māyāpur, sentado en un hermoso trono de flores de loto a la derecha de Śrīla Prabhupāda y frente a Śrī Śrī Rādhā Madava, El Pañca Tatua y El Señor Nrsimha Deva, me postro y me rindo pidiendo sus bendiciones.

Guru Mahārāja Jayapatākā Swami kī Jaya! Millones de veces.

Īśānanda dāsa (Dīkṣā),
Lima, Peru

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.

Querido Guru Mahārāja en este día de su gloriosa aparición doy muchas gracias a usted y al Señor Kṛṣṇa por permitirme llegar a sus pies de loto.

Mi nombre espiritual es Jīvana Kṛṣṇa das brahmacārī, su sirviente y bien queriente discípulo suyo, tengo primera iniciación y esperando por su misericordia sin causa para poder servirlo en este movimiento de saṅkīrtana del Señor Caitanya.

Mi servicio actual es colaborador de la junta administrativa de ISKCON-Centro, encargado de la distribución del prasāda.

Me considero muy afortunado de estar a sus pies de loto, a los pies de loto de Sus Señorías y teniendo como meta reiterar mis votos a la causa del Señor Caitanya. Oro para que con sus bendiciones pueda lograr el desarrollo de esos votos. Logrando eso, de la misma manera poderlo compartir con las almas caídas para que conozcan y sean felices como un vainava a los pies de loto de Sus Señorías Śrī Rādhā y Kṛṣṇa.

En este día de su gloriosa aparición en este mundo le ofrezco mis dandavas y también mis votos, todo sólo con sus bendiciones será posible.

Su sirviente y bien queriente,

Jīvana Kṛṣṇa Dāsa Brahmacārī (dīkṣā)

Peru (Lima – Chosica (Temple of Understanding))

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

Querido Guru Mahārāja por favor acepte mis más respetuosas y humildes reverencias al polvo de sus pies de loto, en este auspicioso día de su aparición.

Estoy muy agradecida a Kṛṣṇa por a verme hecho conocer a tan gloriosa alma que es mi padre espiritual.

Usted es como el sol que nos ilumina a todos mediante tus instrucciones de predica que a lo largo de mi vida siempre las sigo porque soy su hija espiritual y es por eso que siempre estaré apoyada a sus pies de loto.

En mi vida usted siempre es y será lo más grande en afecto, gracias por ser mi inspiración en mí día a día.

Siempre tendré en cuenta que a nosotros sus hijos, nos enseña con su ejemplo a seguir las instrucciones de Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Imploro infinitamente a Kṛṣṇa que siempre este con nosotros.

Siempre le tendremos mucho afecto por ser un alma tan autorrealizada y por ende yo sé que desde el fondo de mi corazón siempre habrá una luz de esperanza de que yo siga siendo siempre consciente de Kṛṣṇa por su gran bendición hacia todos nosotros.

Gracias Guru Mahārāja por ser mi amado padre y ojala que Kṛṣṇa nos de la bendición de que usted sea parte de nuestras vidas siempre.

Su eterna sirvienta

Lilāmṛtā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

Arequipa, Peru

Oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

“Nací en la más oscura ignorancia y mi maestro espiritual está abriendo mis ojos con la antorcha del conocimiento transcendental, a él le ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias.”

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

“Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.”

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los Ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material”

Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda y guru-paramparā.

Todas las glorias a éste maravilloso y sagrado día de Su gloriosa aparición.

Amado Padre y Maestro Espiritual. Por favor permítame ofrecerle mis respetuosas reverencias a la sombra de Sus Divinos Pies de Loto que son nuestro único y más seguro refugio. Así lo trato de entender y quisiera que Sus Señorías Śrī Gaura Nitāi me dieran la misericordia de poder complacerlo y hacer algo útil para contribuir con un granito de arena a Su servicio a Su Amado Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Tenerlo como nuestro guía fidedigno para llegar a casa es nuestra única esperanza. Su rendición, pureza, devoción, amor, sacrificio e interminables actos de Su vida reafirman que Usted Es el guía perfecto, El Padre que mejor nos cuida y que Su amor por todos y cada uno de nosotros es tan grande que sacrifica todo por ello.

El Señor Narasiṁhadeva Lo proteja a cada segundo Amado Padre y que Sus Divinos Nitay y Gaurāṅga nos permitan tener Su darsan personal que tanto nos da fortaleza en la posición neófita en que nos encontramos.

Gracias por existir en nuestra vida como El amoroso Padre que, cada vez, por nuestras actividades nos encontramos en problemas, Sus bendiciones milagrosas son tan palpables como la luz del día y tan potentes como Su amor.

Gracias por éste nuevo suceso en el que por Sus oraciones estamos aún en este mundo, Su misericordia para darnos ésta nueva oportunidad no tiene límites, por favor deme la entereza para seguir Sus instrucciones. Esto sigue siendo una súplica

Tratando de ser útil en el intento de servirlo

Medini Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā),
Lima, Perú

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

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

Mi muy amado Guru Mahārāja, ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a sus divinos pues de loto una y otra vez

Hoy es el día más importante y auspicioso del año ya que tengo la gran fortuna y oportunidad de glorificar de todo corazón un poco de sus ilimitaDāsa actividades trascendentales dirigiDāsa solamente al bienestar de toDāsa las almas sufrientes en este mundo material.

Estos últimos años viéndolo como usted, día tras día, minuto a minuto y segundo a segundo está ocupado con su vida y alma en crear diferentes medios para que sus discípulos, aspirants, refugiados y bien queriéntes puedan estar en contacto con usted, con su amor, sus instrucciones, su humor. Su humor que es el humor de tanta compasión, cuidado y preocupación por el bienestar de cada uno de nosotros y quizás orando o esperando de nosotros que, una vez ya inspirados y alimentados con su amor y compasión por dar los Santos nombres de Haré, krisna y Rāma al igual que Nitāi Gaurāṅga, podamos salir y dar un poco de eso, compartirlo a través de las redes sociales, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube etc.

Bueno, mi corazón es tan vacío Guru Mahārāja que, aún después de escuchar y leer y cantar mi corazón no se llena lo suficiente como para poder rebozar y dar un poco de esa alegría y sabiduría que usted nos está dando desde siempre. Entregando su cuerpo, mente y alma dándolo todo por nosotros, todo. Por favor Guru Mahārāja, perdóneme por ser tan inútil e inservible.

Oro con lágrimas en mis ojos para de una manera you otra poder satisfacerlo. Si no en esta vida en la siguiente o la siguiente o la siguiente. Se que me usted me dijo en dos ocasiones que este sería mi último nacimiento y que iría de vuelta a Kṛṣṇa. Porque su corazón es puro e infinitamente compasivo, y quizás vio que yo podía dar más, rendirme, pero aún estoy aquí apegada a esta baja naturaleza, envuelta en riñas e hipocresías.

Guru Mahārāja por favor bendigame para poder servirlo siempre eternamente, incluso que sea de una manera imperfecta por favor mantengame siempre a sus pies de loto.

Mi servicio ahora, es en los Archivos suyos, traduciendo, transcribiendo, coordinando el grupo de voluntarias (Kamala Nandini dd, Vaikunta Rādhikā dd, Kamalangi dd, Jivesvari dd, bhaktin María y bhaktin Valentina) y voluntarios (Prabhu Chitrarat Kṛṣṇa das) compartiendo el nectar de los tesoros más grandes. Sus nectars trascendentales, su vāṇī, sus clases, sus pasatiempos con Śrīla Prabhupāda, toDāsa las enseñanzas que Śrīla Prabhupāda desierto en su corazón. Escuchar, leer y ver el legado que Śrīla Prabhupāda le ha traspasado a usted y ese amor y gratitud de usted hacia él es mi mayor inspiración.

Su eterna insignificante sirvienta,

Ojasvinī Rādhikā Devī dāsī
Māyāpur, India

La mas excelsa de todas las Glorias

emana el Camino en su Ser al mirarnos

oh heredero de la gracia de Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi

así la verdad abierta a todas las puertas

nos habla en Usted como el puro amor

al eterno canto de los Nombres de Dios

a la infinita danza de regreso al Señor

jaya śrī kṛṣṇa caitanya prabhu nityānanda

śrīadvaita gadādhara śrīvāsādigaurabhaktavṛnda

hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare

hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare

jaya śrī kṛṣṇa caitanya prabhu nityānanda

śrīadvaita gadādhara śrīvāsādigaurabhaktavṛnda

hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare

hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare

jaya śrī kṛṣṇa caitanya prabhu nityānanda

śrīadvaita gadādhara śrīvāsādigaurabhaktavṛnda

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare

Phaṇi Candra dāsa (dīkṣa)

Actualmente se dedica a la agricultura y reside en Ancash, Perú.

Querido Śrīla Ācāryapada,

Por favor acepte mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a Sus pies de loto. Todas las glorias a Usted y a Su aparición trascendental. Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Quiero agradecerle por acompañarme en la vida espiritual y otorgarme Su guía y protección constante.

En todos estos años de vida espiritual no he visto ejemplo más extraordinario de prédica y potencia espiritual; todo el mundo hoy celebra al comandante del ejército de Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu quien es reconocido y adorado en los catorce sistemas planetarios.

Gracias por haber cuidado de tantos devotos y de haber brindado su tiempo para nuestro país. Los recuerdos de Sus pasatiempos serán combustible permanente para nuestra vida espiritual.

¡Todas las glorias a Usted en este dia, todas las glorias a Su aparición trascendental!

Sus sirvientas

Kauśalyā d.d. (śikṣā discípula) Buenos Aires, Argentina

Kamala Mañjarī (hija)

Candrika (hija)

Rasavatī d.d. (mi madre)

From Perú,

A la Bandera de la Victoria

Todas las Glorias a Śrī Guru-Gaurāṅga, todas las Glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda y al movimiento de Saṅkīrtana de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Oṁ ajñana timirandasya/ jñanam jñanam salakaya

caksur unmilitam jñena tasmai/ śrī gurave namah,

Nací en la más oscura ignorancia y mi maestro espiritual está abriendo mis ojos con la antorcha del conocimiento a él le ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual SS Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual SS Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos, instrucciones y pies de loto de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los Ācāryas previos. Él está libremente distribuyendo la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y está distribuyendo las glorias de los trascendentales pasatiempos de, instrucciones y morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Él está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa a todos los habitantes de pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.

Mi querido Gurudeva cuando me examinó no encuentro nada de valor por lo tanto su misericordia es esencial para mí sin su misericordia estoy condenado a permanecer en este mundo material, le estoy infinitamente agradecido por haberme inspirado en la vida espiritual, llegué ciego y ahora usted me está curando con la terapia del conocimiento, con su devoción a Śrīla Prabhupāda, con las enseñanzas del Bhakti, con su ejemplo de guerrero espiritual, para mi usted es el más grande predicador de Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa después de Śrīla Prabhupāda que ha caminado por bharatha bhūmi, me siento muy orgullosos de ser su discípulo, y le agradezco por la fuerza espiritual que me da para seguir en este largo camino a Kṛṣṇa, camino que está lleno de obstáculos y si no fuera por su bondad que limpia esos obstáculos, no podría continuar. Śrīla Prabhupāda decía que de todas las cualidades de un Sadhu hay dos principales Kripalu y Titiksha y en usted estas cualidades asombran tanto que algunos ni siquiera podemos entender los límites del océano de misericordia y tolerancia que Ud. Manifiesta. Después de la partida de nuestro Ācārya, cuando el movimiento necesitaba de un capitán para conducir la nave usted surgió en forma natural como el líder espiritual que lucho contra las arremetidas de māyā y la personalidad de Kali, y todavía nos está conduciendo junto a sus hermanos espirituales, esta gran nave que está transportando a los devotos sinceros al mundo espiritual dando la oportunidad de que la gente en general se ponga en contacto con Kṛṣṇa después de millones de nacimientos, y que algunos podamos ayudar a servir en esta gran nave. Oramos a nuestras amadas Deidades Rādhā-Mādhava, Pancha-Tattwa, Śrī Nrisimhadeva a darle las fuerzas y cuidar de su salud. Aunque parezca egoísta siempre necesitaremos de sus buenos consejos para salir adelante. Mi relación con usted siempre ha sido basada principalmente en el Vāṇī, desde que llegue al movimiento recuerdo su trascendental sonrisa, cuando me felicitó por haber ganado la maratón de Saṅkīrtana nacional en Perú. Todavía esa sonrisa es mi fuente de inspiración para salir todos los dias a distribuir libros de Śrīla Prabhupāda, una vez en Māyāpur cuando le di mi reporte de Saṅkīrtana usted me regaló un gran abrazo que para mí son los trofeos más preciados que nadie pudiera alcanzar ya que el Señor Kṛṣṇa dice que no se complace con nadie a menos que quieran complacer a Su devoto, me siento muy feliz de siempre tratar de complacerlo con mi distribución de Libros, y como Śrīla Prabhupāda quería que todos los distribuidores de libros estudiaran sus libros sistemáticamente, gracias a su infinita misericordia querido Gurudeva ahora soy profesor Bhakti-Satri y estoy cursando el 3er Canto del Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam en el estudio Bhakti-Vaibhava, mi deseo es complacerlo y poder ser su instrumento para servir, le agradezco por todas las riquezas espirituales que me ha regalado, si hay algo bueno en mí es solo su misericordia.

Quedaré eternamente endeudado con usted Guru Mahārāja, pero me alegra mucho tener esa deuda con usted. Estoy infinitamente agradecido por haberme rescatado de este mundo material, le pido me ocupe siempre en Servicio Devocional y me de la inteligencia para salir adelante en la vida espiritual.

Su aspirante a sirviente,

Rūpa Gosāi dāsa, (Dīkṣā) Lima, Perú

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Amado Gurumamaharaja, en este auspicioso día de su Vyāsa Pūjā Y del beneficio de las almas condicionadas de este mundo material glorificar al devoto puro del señor: “Praptasya Kalyana Gunarnavasya”, un océano de cualidades auspiciosas.

Su compasión hacia nosotros es para mi el aspecto más resaltante: la preocupación por sus clases diarias, los servicios administrativos y la correspondencia con sus discípulos son solo algunos aspectos que demuestran la excelsa alma que es usted.

Me inspira cada día a seguir con mis votos de los principios regulativos, las rondas, el gāyatrī y demás servicios prácticos, cada día en un nuevo esfuerzo para alcanzar mediante el sevā a los vaisnavas, el Kṛṣṇa Prema.

Tal como señala el Caiyanya Caritāmṛta MadhyaLila 22.83 :

“La causa de donde nace el servicio devocional al Señor Kṛṣṇa es la relación con devotos avanzados. Incluso cuando nuestro amor latente por Kṛṣṇa despierta, la relación con devotos es de lo más esencial.”

Por favor GuruMahārāja, bendiga con su misericordia sin causa a esta alma caída para que pueda eternamente permanecer en servicio devocional.

Su insignificante sirvienta

Sarvāṇi Mūrti dāsī (Dīkṣā)

Lima Peru 03.03.22

Uruguay

Querido Guru Mahārāja por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias, todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda.

En este hermoso dia transcendental de su Vyāsa-pūjā son mis mejores deseos de que pase un feliz dia junto a toda la gran familia de Śrīla Prabhupāda y del Señor Caitanya Mahāprabhu!

Usted ha sido y es mi inspiracion y mi entusiasmo para estar en el proceso de conciencia de Kṛṣṇa.

Agradezco inmensamente por todo lo que usted ha significado en mi vida.

Por sobre todo le oro por el perdon de no estar a la altura de ser una hija amorosa y servicial a pesar de estar tantos años intentando transitar el camino espiritual que dia a dia usted nos predica y nos alienta.

Su determinación, su entrega a Śrīla Prabhupāda, a Kṛṣṇa, han sido lo que hasta hoy me ayuda a continuar intentando seguir en el sendero de conciencia de Kṛṣṇa.

Usted con mucho amor me ha demostrado que Si se puede!

Y es por eso que a pesar de mis debilidades y dudas refuerzo mi voto cada dia con el canto del Santo Nombre.

Gracias querido padre espiritual porque un dia glorioso tu me brindaste el Mahā Mantra Hare Kṛṣṇa con mucha misericordia!

Que el señor siempre lo proteja!

Oro por sus bendiciones.

Aspirando poder servirlo

Su sirvienta

Mādhurya Lakṣmī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)
Uruguay

North America
Canada

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble and respectful obesience.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Śrīla Gurudeva!

Dearest Gurudeva,

On this most auspicious occasion of your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā I want to pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and Śrī Narasiṁha dev to always protect you from any danger and always shower their love and blessings upon you. I know Guru Mahārāja that you are very dear to them and they always reside in your heart wherever you are.

Your love and connection with the supreme Lord are so powerful and unconditional that no matter what situation you are in but you always stay in Kṛṣṇa consciousnesses. While sleeping, while honoring prasāda, while exercising doesn't matter what activity you are doing you always connects everything to Kṛṣṇa and Gaurāṅga effortlessly.

That's the reason you are inspiring millions of people every day either on Facebook or YouTube or Twitter or personally or on phone calls or via emails doesn't matter what is the medium you are touching so many hearts and connecting them to Kṛṣṇa. As Śrīla Prabhupāda said purity is the force and you are the pure devotee of the Lord.

By seeing you it is clear that you know that you are not this body you are completely on the soul platform. Even after going through so much pain and health issues from so many years still you have not left anything, but you have increased your service and your love for Kṛṣṇa and your disciples. You are the personification of encouragement and motivation to serve Guru and Kṛṣṇa in every circumstance and with a big smile.

You are extremely kind and merciful to everyone. So many mistakes we are making but still Guru Mahārāja you are accepting us and giving us a chance to grow, never judging and always appreciating with so much love. This is completely unbelievable and out of this world experience for everyone when we get your darśana or when we get blessings from you.

You never expect anything in return what you want is just that we get love of Kṛṣṇa and we can go closer to Kṛṣṇa for our benefit you are taking all this pain and helping us everyday through different mediums

Please bless us Guru Mahārāja so me and my husband (Gaurav) both can serve you and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission and always be with us Guru Mahārāja. We love you so much but I think we don't even know the definition of love. When I see your love for Śrīla Prabhupāda then I think we are far far behind, hard to even understand that level of love you have for your Guru. But we pray to you Guru Mahārāja please bless us so we can also try and please you the way you are pleasing Śrīla Prabhupāda.

It's been long long time Guru Mahārāja, we have not got your divine darśana personally. Hoping and praying to see you soon.

And please accept our humble apologies for all our mistakes Guru Mahārāja,

Please help us to grow in Kṛṣṇa Bhakti.

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Your spiritual daughter

Ācārya Premī devī dāsī and Gourav
Brampton, Canada

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

Our dearest protector, guide, father, Spiritual Master,

Please accept our respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to Your Holiness!

Your example shows us how once you accept a soul as a disciple, how much of your time, energy, mind and resources you invest to make him/ her a proper disciple, so that the disciples can advance in this path.

I remember a vivid dream, shortly after my initiation, in which you appeared and with a concerned face, you told me, “Actually you have not taken shelter of me.”

Twelve years later, when my name was missed from the list of second initiates which was to take place the next day, the president said that it’s very late now to do all the formalities and we can do it in your next visit. At that time while you were honoring prasad, you told, “Actually you are not surrendered enough.” You told in such a way, in such a tone while honoring prasad that only I could clearly hear it although there were many in the room.

Guru Mahārāja, you have given, are giving and will give all the opportunities for me to surrender, but it’s simply due to pride, I am consistently, subtly refusing to surrender myself. And the fact is that you know me thoroughly in and out. You know the struggles that are deep inside which I myself am unaware of. You are patient and persistent in turning me into a pure devotee.

Śrīla Prabhupāda writes, “A person may have a bona fide spiritual master and may be attached to a spiritual organization, but if he is still not intelligent enough to make progress, then Kṛṣṇa from within gives him instructions so that he may ultimately come to Him without difficulty. The qualification is that a person always engage himself in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and with love and devotion render all kinds of services.” (Bg 10.10, purport)

I am not intelligent enough to make progress, Hence I pray with all my heart, may I not miss this once- forever opportunity to surrender unto your lotus feet. Let me really be a surrendered disciple like many of my God-siblings.

Seeing your interactions of true care, appreciation, and love with the good family in zoom visits, gives us a glimpse of your magnanimous heart. Your JPS care initiative to reach each one of us is simply heart touching. The question-and-answer sessions are simply enlightening and it’s truly blissful to see your practical solutions for all the problems. Let me be a true recipient of this guidance and mercy and surrender unto you.

In the past year, you have engaged me in services such as Bhakti-vṛkṣa, kid’s classes, book distribution and cooking for the Deities, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Kṣīracorā Gopīnatha in Toronto. Please pardon my offenses in all these services and please engage me in more services for your pleasure.

There’s nothing significant that I can report although I remember your goal is to see that a significant percentage of world population take up devotional services. Ultimately, let me surrender unto you and be a part of the team that will realize your dreams and be your instrument in your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Seeing you pass through yet another dangerous test, a blood clot and an urgent surgery, and your consciousness fixed in service always, unaffected by extreme physical difficulties, we simply bow down to your transcendental consciousness always fixed at the lotus feet of Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaurāṅga. You are ever ready to deliver us. Let me please surrender unto you and be fixed in your service.

Praying with all earnestness at the lotus feet of Lord Narasiṁhadeva for your good health and traveling and preaching.

Please pardon my offenses. Please engage me in your service eternally. Please let me surrender unto your lotus feet.

Your insignificant servant,

Lalitāṅgī Rādhā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)
Canada (Toronto)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Gurudeva,

My dear Spiritual father, Happy Vyāsa-pūjā.

All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.

All glories to His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, The Founder Acharya of ISKCON.

All glories to His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Acharyapad Guru Maharaaj, My Spititual father.

All glories to Śrī Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, The supreme personality of Godhead.

Please accept our daṇḍavat koti koti pranam unto our Gurudeva, You and spiritual master.

We would like to express our sincere respects and gratitude to our beloved Guru Mahārāja on the special occasion of Vyāsa-pūjā. 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.

On the occassion of 73rd Appearance Day of our Gurudeva, first we beg to Śrī Śrī Narasiṁhadeva Please bring my spiritual Father’s (Guru Mahārāja's) Health condition as normal. I am serving in ISKCON Kannur center as main cook. Sometimes I am doing ārati and offering to Lord Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā devī. Due to Covid 19 temple activities are limited. There is no physical classes. But we have everyday morning and evening online classes on Śrīmad-bhāgavatam daily basis and Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā morning alternately.

Due to Covid 19 circumstances in 2021 also we did not go to temple. We are doing at home Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Our Kerala devotees had daily classes all over Kerala with different time frame. we are attending the classes and coordinating the classes there with hare Kṛṣṇa satsangam Kannur chalad kuzhikkunnu junction, Kerala. On daily basis Gurudeva ’s day to day activities details through JPS app I am translating and preaching with one of our satsaṅga Kṛṣṇa-kathā mruth,Kannur.

May Lord Kṛṣṇa bless our Guru Mahārāja to live more and more years to guide with us.

We offer our humble obeisances and daṇḍavat Praṇāma on this auspicious day of appearance and pray to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Kṛṣṇa to give Guru Mahārāja a long life to inspire of those of thousands and thousands of fallen souls to join with the wonderful life of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

All glories to our spiritual father, master, Gurudeva.

Your insignificant servant,

Usha Ulāsahamayī Devī Dāsī(Dīkṣā) Kannur, Kerala

Vijay Bhagavān Dāsa (Dīkṣā) Toronto, Canada

Revatī Rādhā devī dāsī, Toronto, Canada

Bhakta Anagha (Aspiring)

Bhakta Anjana (Aspiring)

Toronto, Canada

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

My dearmost Spiritual father,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Your Holiness!

On this auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā, we would like to offer our gratitude and homage to you.

Now you are in the mood of resuming travel around the world, and as disciples we have mixed emotions. We want you to take as much rest and be in good health always, but at the same time deeply crave to have some vapu sevā. If it's ok to be spiritually greedy, and Kṛṣṇa desires, then we are constantly praying to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava that we can get both. Praying that Lord Narasiṁhadev give you utmost protection always.

"ekaki amara, nahi paya bala,
hari-nama-sańkirtane;
tumi kṛpa kori', sraddha-bindu diya,
deho'
Kṛṣṇa-nama-dhane"

"I do not find the strength to carry on alone the saṅkīrtana of the holy name of Hari. Please bless me by giving me just one drop of faith with which to obtain the great treasure of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa."

More than ever, I am able to relate to the above song. And really this is my prayer. Because:

"Kṛṣṇa se tomara, Kṛṣṇa dite paro,
tomara sakati ache ;
ami to' kańgala, '
kṛṣṇa' 'Kṛṣṇa' boli',
dhai tava pache pache
"

"Kṛṣṇa is yours. You have the power to give Him to me. I am simply your servant running behind you shouting, "Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!""

And that is your greatness! We really don't even have to run behind you. You are so so so merciful that you are just pouring mercy over every place you visit, every person you come in contact with, and every time you are on social media. You have made Nitāi kṛpa accesible to the inaccessible. I truly believe that it is because of you that we all are even taking up some service anf/or austerity in our lives. I am sometimes surprised by the things I say and I do, and before I can feel even slightly proud I remind myself that it is only because of you. So please this Vyāsa-pūjā, give me some more Kṛṣṇa. You have given me lots and I am still such a pathetic person, that I am asking for more. He is yours to give and so I am begging.

Being here in Niagara Falls without a temple or a center, or any sort of association has been in a sense very spiritually dehydrating. But with a little online saṅga, classes and our sadhana we have somehow pushed through. By the guidance of HH Bhaktimarga Swami Mahārāja we are finally starting our first in-person program on March 20th under ISKCON Niagara’s banner. We seek your blessings and causeless mercy so we may be of some service to the population in and around the region. If Kṛṣṇa desires, it would be our greatest pleasure to have you here so we can serve you and just by your presence this baby of a centre will flourish unlimitedly.

Last year I had prayed for you to guide my husband so he would get some clarification on his initiation situation and in a few months you accepted him as your disciple - Vimalaprema Nityānanda Das, Your very own soldiers His Grace Sanātana Sevak prabhu & His Grace Kamala Gopī mātājī helped us receive your mercy and my husband has also taken brahminical initiation. We cannot thank you enough for how much you have protected us as a family and given us so much love and care no matter our behaviour.

We welcomed a baby girl, Nadia in December 2021, and ONLY because of your mercy was she able to hear the whole of Śrīmad-bhāgavatam and Bhagavad-gītā completely before being born. This was possible only because of the motivation of another soldier of yours - His Grace Lalitangi mātājī. Nadia is probably too young to realise it now, but she is so unlimitedly fortunate to have a grandfather like you. Seeking your blessings so we can bring her up nicely as a good servant to your lotus feet in service to the missions of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Praying that I maybe able to come to Māyāpur for Damodar month this year with Nadia and personally take your blessings.

Your children (& grandchild) always,

Nadia, Snigdha Rādhikā Devī Dāsī & Vimalaprema Nityānanda Das

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to you my dear Gurudeva!

I always pray to Tulasī Mahārānī and Lord Narasiṁhadeva to always keep you in good health so you can continue serving Śrīla Prabhupāda and give us your merciful association.

I am eternally grateful to you, my beloved spiritual father for choosing me as your disciple.

I have been very fortunate to hear your classes regularly and get your blessings every Saturday on Zoom. You are always an inspiration and a blessing to me. During the pandemic situation, you went above and beyond to utilize the social media to reach out to fallen souls like us.

Whenever I am in a difficult situation or just yearn for your blessings, you come in my dreams to bless and guide me. I am very much indebted to you for showering your mercy and blessings.

I am part of JPS Volunteers group to help in proofreading the documents. I am doing the Bhakti Śāstrī course, have completed Bhagavad Gītā, Nectar of Instruction and currently attending Nectar of Devotion. I coordinate with the members of BAEC with the certificates, seminars, and courses. I also engage in book distribution service in the ISKCON Brampton temple.

I pray to you Guru Mahārāja that you always bless me to become a better devotee by overcoming all my defects.

On this auspicious day of Your Vyāsa-pūjā, I totally surrender to Your lotus feet.

Your spiritual daughter,

Ujvalā Vraja līlā Devī Dāsī

United States of America

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

O my Spiritual father and Master,

I don’t have any intelligence to derive any beautiful words to glorify your divine qualities.

How can I repay the mercy that you have poured over me and it is impossible?

I want to glorify you, sing about you and serve you; but I am a wickedly contaminated, without intelligence and I cannot repay your mercy.

You are Kṛṣṇa’s representative and patita pāvana. But I am so contaminated, and I don’t understand them.

Perhaps Kṛṣṇa was irritated with you because you have accepted me as your disciple.

I pray at your lotus feet, asking you to please give me an insignificant place in the immense ocean of your merciful heart. My Śikṣā gurus His Grace Caitanya Avatārī Prabhu and Her Grace Rasamayī mātājī has picked my hand handed over to you. Please continue to sustain and shower your mercy on my family, wife Susevinī Guru Gaurāṅga devī dāsī, Daughters Dhanya and Haripriya.

Your insignificant son

Amānī Gauracandra Dāsa
Minneapolis, USA

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

Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to the blessed and auspicious day of your appearance, all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I would like to express my deep gratitude for your encouragement, compassion, and constant enthusiasm in guide all fallen souls in this material world, and so through your example enthuse us to develop strength and desire to help you in your mission.

You are always tirelessly preaching and distributing the holy names for the pleasure of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya! How could any devotee not be touched by this spiritual force that emanates from you? You are an example to all of us Guru Mahārāja, and so the army of lord Caitanya's growing every day!

I pray for your mercy Guru Mahārāja.

Only by the mercy of the spiritual master does one receive Kṛṣṇa's blessing. Without the grace of the spiritual master, one cannot progress.” Therefore, without your help and mercy, we can never free ourselves from the cycle of repeated birth and death.

I am an insignificant disciple, and full of flaws, and I am constantly waiting for a drop of your causeless mercy to be bestowed on me. I will never give up on my faith, love, and on the hope of one day being a worthy disciple.

Although I have no qualifications, I have written this small Vyāsa-pūjā offering to you with a humble request and deep desire that my husband and I hold in our hearts.

Please Guru Mahārāja give us your blessings to succeed in bringing Kṛṣṇa consciousness to people who are blind, afflicted and suffering in this material world and also that we can continue to do our devotional service with humility and enthusiasm returning to live in the holy land of Śrī Vṛndāvana dhāma.

I thank you for the causeless mercy that I can serve you daily and with a heart full of gratitude, I offer my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet!

All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga!

Your insignificant servant,

Ānandini Rādhārāṇī devī dāsī. (Dīkṣā) Māyāpur, India

Śyamasundara Govinda Dāsa (Dīkṣā) Washington D.C. USA

*I do service of daytime coordination, translation from English to Portuguese language and publication of the daily messages to the Jayapatākā Swami App

My husband serving Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Madana Mohana, Sītā Rāma Lakṣmaṇa Hanumān in the temple, Washington D.C, USA

Dearest Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectful obeisances

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to your Divine Grace

Happy Vyāsa-pūjā!

Today is the wonderful celebration of your most auspicious Vyāsa-pūjā. I reflect upon the blessings you have so kindly bestowed on me which I am eternally so grateful for. It has given me strength to get threw so many challenges and the opportunity to grow spiritually. You have always been my greatest inspiration for love, respect and selflessness. Your blessings have purified my very being and made someone so unfortunate, fortunate. I pray that I can always stay faithful to my vows, to be able to preach and please you in all my actions as mother, wife and as your spiritual daughter. I still have such a long way to go, I pray you never let go of me and that I can always remain at your lotus feet.

With lots of love,

Your very unworthy, insignificant spiritual daughter,

Apūrva Nīlācala devī dāsī

New Jersey USA

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja we prayed to Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda are blessing us by allowing to have your association longer. We need you with us for a longer time Mahārāja. We are praying for your strength and recouperation. Please recover your health with God speed.

Dear Mahārāja,

I am praying to Them to help you come completely back to normal and continue your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda mission.

Please forgive us for all our offences.

I remain,

Your humble servant,

Aśim karuna Nitāi Dāsa and Gaṅgā Karuneśvari dāsī.
New Jersey, India

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

You are personification of causeless mercy and in the mood of Lord Nityānanda delivering thousands of conditional souls and I am one of them who received causeless mercy, in spite of your health situation you still travel and give mercy to the condition souls to uplift them in some way. This is really difficult to understand how you do that. You are teaching us that we are not the body but soul by your example. My wife passed away because of the cancer almost 3 years ago. She had a lot of suffering but looking at your videos and hearing about you inspired her, and she got so much strength to withstand the pain. We are really indebted to you.

It’s unbelievable to understand that you are doing the service to Śrīla Prabhupāda in so many ways and also taking care of your disciples in so many ways. I am totally indebted to you. I hereby beg for your blessings to follow in your foot steps to preach and spread the Kṛṣṇa consciousness in some way.

Your insignificant servant,

Balarāma Prasāda Dāsa

United States of America (Chicago)
 

Dear Respected Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept our respectful obeisance. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
Hare Kṛṣṇa!

With your mercy, we continue to serve the ISKCON of Sacramento.

We are very inspired by your instructions via Facebook “live” and Zoom classes. Even though your material body goes through so many challenges, you continue to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda’s movement.

With your continuous inspiration and blessings, the preaching program in the Sacramento area is growing day by day. We are conducting children’s classes with spiritual topics suggested by the ISKCON education ministry and children’s classes on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Weekly, we conduct Bhagavad-gītā sessions. Also, we manage book supplies, ordering, and distributing books from BBT, live telecast of daily Gaura-ārati, and Spiritual discussion on Zoom sessions attended by our family members in India and friend circle. We encourage attendees to study Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books.

We have completed our Bhakti-śāstrī course as required by the second initiation. On regular basis, we read one chapter of Bhagavad-gītā, Narasiṁha-kavacam, Caitanya-caritamṛta, and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Līlāmṛta daily. With your encouragement, we are performing abhiṣeka on every Ekādaśī for Prema Gaura Nitāi Candra (Name given by you for our home Deities) along with Lord Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā Deities. We offer all services at your lotus feet.

On this occasion, we seek your blessing so that we continue to serve your lotus feet and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. Our souls are indebted to you and Śrīla Prabhupāda. Kindly keep us engaged in your service so we can remain engaged in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission.

Your Humble Servants,

Candravadana Gaurāṅga Dāsa (dīkṣa)

Aṣṭasakhī Mādhavī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)

Bhaktin Vishakha
Sacramento, USA

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

How are you Guru Mahārāja?

As a 15-year-old girl living in Minnesota, it is hard for me. There is almost zero devotee association here and sometimes when I listen to kirtans, all I want to be is anywhere but here. I know that I am in such a good situation compared to many others but still, at times I find it tough to keep going. With school studies picking up and exams coming up soon, I undertake so much stress. On top of that, it is hard for me to find a balance between both my spiritual and material life. I am trying to advance in my spiritual life as much as possible but something or the other comes up. However, last year I wrote another ‘letter’ to you just like this one. In that piece, I asked you for shelter and soon enough, on my 15th appearance day, I received shelter from you.

The day, I got shelter, I was floating for the rest of the day. Ever since I can confidently say that while my school and other struggles are still there, my whole life has just gotten so much clearer. When before I’d take breaks in between homework to browse the internet, now I tend to spend that time alone with a harmonium. Most days, my rounds are done a lot earlier and I feel so happy all the time when I’m doing something Kṛṣṇa Conscious. For that, I wanted to thank you, Guru Mahārāja. All through your blessings, both my lives have turned up and I am so ready to face where they take me.

I am in no rush to get initiation. Even though I would love initiation at any time and I am trying my best to work towards it, I am in no rush. I waited many years for shelter and now that I look back on it, I know that I received Shelter at the best time for me personally. Therefore, while I will and currently am working towards initiation, I am in no rush as I know that you only have the best interests of each and every one of your disciples and all the other devotees. If I receive initiation tomorrow, then I will be more than ecstatic but, I will still be happy even if it takes many more months. While I would like to become your spiritual daughter as soon as possible, I realize that you along with all my seniors and sīkṣā gurus will only do what is best for me, and in the long run, it will benefit me the most.

That does not mean that I am sitting idle and just waiting for a miracle to fall from the sky. I am trying my best to preach and am currently taking a small kids class. I am also currently attending Bhakti-vṛkṣa from Her Grace Gāndharvī Gopīkā devī dāsī. Along with that, I am trying to take as many classes as possible in school that will teach me skills that may better help me in preaching. Hopefully, I may be able to reach more people in the future and I want to help you in spreading Prabhupāda’s mission.

Until next time,

Again please accept my respectful obeisances,

Your hopeful (Kṛṣṇa-willing future spiritual daughter) sheltered disciple,

Dhanya Arulprakasam (aspiring disciple)
Minneapolis, USA

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dearmost Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your Lotus feet.

All Glories to your auspicious appearance day.

All Glories to our dear most ISKCON Founder Acharya His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and all the paramparā ācāryas and Vaiṣṇavas.

Kindly accept the following words that I wrote for you.

My Spiritual Guru

My spiritual Master, your kindness and generosity are without measure.

What I have learned from you is my greatest treasure.

You are big-hearted, benevolent, and charitable to everyone.

Your instructions inspire me to be more compassionate.

Far more than teaching, you motivate everybody with your heartening words.

You are considerate, magnanimous, and caring always.

Your compassion has no limit, your giving has no end.

Being munificent, makes you an ever-selfless friend to the whole world.

Graciously kind-hearted, helpful, and warm.

You carry nobility through any trial or storm.

You are good-natured and supportive, an encouragement to me.

Open-handed, you have unlocked the spiritual gate of many lives on this planet.

Merciful, gentle and surpassing all expectations.

You plant the seed of devotion to whoever you meet.

You continuously encouraging all your disciples and well-wishers in Kṛṣṇa bhakti.

Bounteous and bountiful portray your soft and empathetic attributes.

Above all you have been affable, so easy to approach.

You have been the guiding light of many who were lost in darkness.

May you be honored on the celebration of your birth.

For you are the most respected person I know on this earth!

Praying that you eternally receive the pure blessings of all the ācāryas.

Praying that you eternally receive the immense blessings of all sacred places.

Praying that you eternally receive the showering blessings of the Holy Names.

Praying that you eternally receive the unlimited blessings of all the Vaiṣṇavas.

Praying that you eternally receive the boundless blessings of all the Dhāmavāsīs.

Praying that you eternally receive the never-ending blessings of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Your insignificant servant,

Golokeśvarī Gāyatrī Devī Dāsī, (dīkṣā)
Madana Gopāla Dāsa (CMS) (Well Wisher)
United States of America (Seattle)

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, All glories to you dear Spiritual Master...

First of all, we pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Śyāmasundara and Pañca-tattva to give you good health. We pray to Lord Hṛṣīkeśa to protect you.

Despite your bad health you were giving lectures to the devotees and actively participating in Abhiṣeka, only for the benefit of others. What could be a better example of compassion than this. Oh Guru Mahārāja! You are trying so hard in these conditions to take all falling souls back to God head. I am so fortunate to have you as my spiritual master.

Guru Mahārāja, from your own life, you teach us that we are not bodies but souls. Śrīla Prabhupāda must be so happy to see your service for him. 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.

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 follow your instructions in my life.

Your aspiring servant

Gaurika Māthur (aspiring disciple)

New Jersey, USA

Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaj

 

Please accept our most respectful obeisances at Your divine lotus feet,

All glories to your Divine Grace,

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

We are so much indebted to you, you are showering unlimited mercy everyday on us through your daily darshans from Facebook and zoom. Even though you are sick, travelling all over the world and showering mercy to fallen souls like us.

You are inspiration for us, you are teaching us that in any condition we shouldn’t give devotional service and preaching. You are showing us how to deal with Vaishnavas in unfavorable situations.

Every minute in our life we are keeping You and your instructions in our hearts and trying to execute your instructions and teachings. We are humbly begging your mercy, so that we will become instruments in your preaching mission.

Please forgive us if we commit any offences at your lotus feet knowingly or unknowingly.

 

Your insignificant servant

Gopi Kantha Krishna dasa

United States of America (Edison, NJ,)

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to your divine service to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

The most auspicious day of your appearance is a beautiful reminder for me, how fortunate am I having you as my eternal guru. The thoughts about your most wonderful personality give me strength for everything I do in my life.

When I make mangal sweets, when I cook for the festivals, when I serve the devotees, when I chant, you are always in my heart.

Whenever I go to the temple and stand in front of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Golokānanda, I’m praying for your good health and praying also Kṛṣṇa to keep you as longer as He can on this earth, so we can have your guidance and your divine association.

Thank you for being who you are, the most loving and compassionate spiritual master a devotee can dream of. Your heart is so merciful, and your kindness to whomever you meet is endless.

Since I became a devotee, 31 years ago, I realized that dreaming about fame is useless. The real fame belongs to guru and Kṛṣṇa. Therefore, I don’t want any fame for myself. But if there is potential in my writing to spread the glories of guru and Kṛṣṇa, and to help ISKCON, then I’m begging you to give me your blessings and mercy to make it as a writer.

Also, my secret desire is to be able to cook for you. I believe in miracles and by your blessings and mercy that can happen too.

I admire you from the bottom of my heart and pray to stay close to your lotus feet life after life, forever.

Your insignificant but grateful servant,

Govinda Līlāmṛta Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

United States of America (Hillsborough - New Goloka)

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

Dearest Guru Mahārāja, please accept my respectful obeisances again and again! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!! All glories to you on this most blessed of days!!

In the Nectar of Devotion Prabhupāda says that we should meditate deeply on Kṛṣṇa’s names, forms, qualities and activities. Once I asked you if we can do like that with the Lord’s pure devotee and you answered-

“Since a pure devotee is fully submerged in devotional service to Kṛṣṇa, if you are absorbed in that aspect of the devotee, then there is no difference.” July 14, 2019, Chennai.

Dearest Guru Mahārāja, I find it difficult to meditate deeply on Śrī Kṛṣṇa. But somehow, by the good fortune that you have made for me, it’s not difficult, but rather, relishable, to contemplate your different aspects. You are the manifestation of the Lord of the Heart and the representative of Nityānanda Prabhu who is ādi-guru, so I try to meditate deeply on you and…

Guru Mahārāja: the great teacher who brings his disciples from darkness to light.

Guru-pitā: our dear spiritual father.

Ācāryapāda:  one who sits at the feet of the ācāryas.

Prāṇanātha: the Lord of our life.

Your Form - You are a pure servant of the Lord and not an ordinary person. You are ornamented with all good qualities, possess great shakti and I know too that the body of such an exalted Vaiṣṇava as you, is spiritual.

Sometimes when I remember you as you were, like a great king, a warrior, I become a little saddened. But I know that Kṛṣṇa has a plan to which you are privy and that His many purposes are being fulfilled.

And you stay on! But for what purpose, someone may ask - because you have yet to complete the orders that Prabhupāda gave you and, I think you also stay for us, your children. Who can even begin to imagine how the Lord is reciprocating with you for your surrender!

How can we ever even begin to repay you for what you have given, this great gift, the chance to love and serve you. Once I heard you say that getting to serve the spiritual master means that we are getting trained up to serve the Lord in the Spiritual World! Serving your vapuḥ, your physical body or your vāṇī, instructions, either one, you are fully present in both.

Your Qualities: (So many come to mind!)

Compassionate - You are always ready to shower the mercy of Mahāprabhu on anyone and everyone!

Determined - You are unwavering in your devotion to Śrīla Prabhupāda, intent on fulfilling his instructions! No matter what!!

Strong - It’s almost inconceivable that you do what you do, considering your physical condition but your inner strength and resolve drives you on.

Renounced - For you, EVERYTHING - body, mind, words, intelligence - is used in the service of the Lord.

Kind-hearted - You are constantly manifesting your caring nature.

Your Activities:

Knowing you are not an ordinary person, I can see that you actually operate in a different dimension. Your every breath is for the pleasure of the Lord and your beloved Śrīla Prabhupāda so your entire life is a continuous pastime.

You have become renowned for so many activities - developing Māyāpur, Nama-Hatta and Bhakti-vṛkṣa, Navadvīpa parikramā and Kolkata Ratha-yātrā. You are seeing to the building of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium and acting as lifetime chairman of the Bhaktivedanta Charity Trust. You have travelled the world over for decades, inspiring and encouraging everyone and linking up your disciples with the guru-paramparā. Then there are so many personal interactions that show your ability to win hearts and amaze! Thank you for ALL you do!!

Please bless us here at New Tālavan to move forward with the building of the new temple. It’s already begun.

Please bless the devotees here to work together to help manifest the project more and more for the pleasure of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Please bless me to use the time that I have left to fully engage in devotional service. Please forgive my offenses. Please let my only desire be to always love and serve you.

Your spiritual daughter,

Haridhvanī devī dāsī
New Talavan, USA

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

Happy divine appearance day!

On this auspicious occasion, please bless me so that I can surrender to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Caitanya Mahāprabhu. I am currently aspiring from you and chanting 12 rounds.

For so many years you have worked tirelessly, traveling around the world and helping hundreds of fallen souls. Please add me to that list of fallen souls. I would really like to improve my sadhana and do more Kṛṣṇa conscious activities during the day but I don’t know how to, and I hope and pray that I will be able to serve you and help you in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. I also want to learn how to preach to people so I can please you and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I remember in 2016 you visited us in Minnesota, even though there were barely any devotees here and only two initiation candidates. You tolerated our poor hospitality and were willing to stay in a hotel just so you could be here, even though so many other devotees in other states were waiting for you.

It is all thanks to your mercy that I am where I am today. In 2013 you performed my aksharābhyasam, and until then I wasn’t even able to hold a pen properly! Please continue to bless me both spiritually and materially. I wish to taste just a drop of the endless ocean of your mercy.

Your insignificant aspiring servant,

Haripriyā (aspiring disciple)

Minneapolis, USA

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to your divine grace! Wishing you a very happy 73rd appearance day. Of all festivals, this day is most important and auspicious to us as you have personally appeared to deliver and give shelter to us fallen souls. Guru Mahārāja, when I first took shelter, I was afraid that I may not get enough association or learn directly from my spiritual father as I was just one of over 50,000 children. But Guru Mahārāja, you expand yourself to each and every one of us so we get your direct instructions and attention. On this Holy Appearance day, please accept my extreme gratitude and daṇḍavats for teaching me these:

1. To apply the Vaiṣṇava tilaka on all 12 parts daily.

2. To do tulasī-parikramā 4 times for us and 4 times for your well-being daily.

3. To read the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam daily, I try to read at least one verse daily before resting for the night.

4. To take darśana of the Lord with the right mood daily.

5. To hear from our Spiritual master daily.

6. To offer bhoga to the Lord, through our Guru Mahārāja and Guru paramparā.

7. To take Bhakti-śastri, I have completed the final semester exam and am waiting for the results.

8. To be friendly and compassionate to all living beings, to never bear any enmity or grudge towards anyone.

9. To read and study Śrīla Prabhupāda books attentively.

10. To distribute books, and giving us opportunity to be involved through the virtual book table.

11. To serve Vaiṣṇavas with utmost humility. There are many opportunities available through the JPS app also.

12. To be engaged in Kṛṣṇa’s service and to love Lord Nityānanda Prabhu and Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

We are so eager and wait excitedly to see and hear from you during your Live classes daily but every time you reciprocate multifold by showing us how eager you are to see us too. The way you so lovingly and patiently bless us and come out to give us your mercy is so humbling and even melts my hard heart. You are always working for our benefit, dear Gurudeva, I pray that I can also become an ideal disciple and follow the instructions of Guru and Gaurāṅga faithfully. Praying to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to always protect you and hoping your health improves.

Nitāi Gaurāṅga!

Your servant and daughter,

Indulekhā Karuṇā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā),
Omaha, Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Estimado Gurú Mahārāja,

Por favor acepte mis más respetuosas reverencias en este día tan auspicioso de su aparición.

En Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, 5.3.14, el verso dice,

“Querido Señor, a menos que uno adore los pies de loto de los grandes devotos, será conquistado por la energía ilusoria y su inteligencia quedará desconcertada. En efecto, ¿quién no se ha dejado llevar por las olas del disfrute material, que son como veneno? Tu energía ilusoria es invencible. Nadie puede ver el curso de esta energía material o decir cómo está funcionando”.

En el significado, Śrīla Prabhupāda dice que la liberación de la influencia de māyā es posible solo cuando uno se ocupa en el servicio de grandes devotos. Sin adorar los pies de loto de un gran devoto, uno no puede liberarse de la influencia de māyā.

Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, por lo tanto, dice: “chāḍiyā vaiṣṇava-sevā nistāra pāyeche kebā”.

“¿Quién ha sido liberado de las garras de māyā sin servir a los pies de loto de un Vaiṣṇava?”

En Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 22.53, es originalmente de Śrīmad-Bhagavatam 7.5.32, donde Hiraṇyakaśipu le preguntó enojado a su hijo Prahladha por qué quería ser Vaiṣṇava. Esta fue su respuesta: “A menos que la sociedad humana acepte los pies de loto de los grandes mahātmās... que no tienen nada que ver con las posesiones materiales, la humanidad no puede dirigir su atención a los pies de loto de Kṛṣṇa. Esos pies de loto vencen todos los condiciones materiales no deseadas de la vida material”.

El siguiente verso está en el Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 22.54:

‘sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’—sarva-śāstre kaya
lava-mātra sādhu-saṅge sarva-siddhi haya

[Cc. Madhya 22.54]

“El veredicto de todas las escrituras reveladas es que, incluso por un momento de asociación con un devoto puro, uno puede lograr todo el éxito”.

Querido Guru Mahārāja, es claro para mí que usted ha tenido éxito en liberar a las almas condicionadas de las garras de māyā. Sí, puede que sea un proceso gradual para los neófitos abandonar sus apegos materiales, pero con solo servir sus pies de loto, nos liberamos de la esclavitud de esta existencia material infernal y podremos brindar algún servicio al devoto puro, y usted nos hace posible que podamos servir a Kṛṣṇa.

Desde su accidente cerebrovascular, hace 14 años, hemos tenido acceso limitado a su darśan personal. Nuevas personas se están convirtiendo en sus discípulos con solo escuchar sus clases y asociarse con sus discípulos. Para mí, esto muestra una clase de discípulos lo suficientemente sinceros como para refugiarse incluso sin conocerte muy bien personalmente y viceversa. Creo que después de escucharlo hablar y darles su sabiduría, eso es todo lo que necesitan.

¡Esto también muestra que por solo un momento de asociación con un devoto puro, uno puede lograr todo el éxito, de los cuales el más elevado es la conciencia pura de Kṛṣṇa!

¡¡Muchas gracias, querido Guru Mahārāja!!

¡Todas las glorias a Śrīla Prabhupāda! Todas las glorias a usted, querido Guru Mahārāja, por su devoción imparable en el cumplimiento de las muchas instrucciones de Śrīla Prabhupāda para usted.

Por favor perdona mis ofensas.

Su eterna hija espiritual,

Kaivalya Sundarī devī dāsī (Dīkṣā)
New Talavan, Mississippi USA

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances at Your Lotus Feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to Your Divine grace.

Happy Divine Appearance Day my Dearest Spiritual Father. I am extremely fortunate for being Your disciple though I don’t have any qualification. You saved me from a hellish life and made me a human being. I am trying to be a devotee with Your mercy. I am eternally indebted to You and trying to serve You a little. If it pleases You, please kindly shower Your mercy more and more upon me, so that I can increase my service unto Your lotus feet. I am sincerely begging to Śrī Śrī Jagannātha Baladeva Subhadrā Māyi and Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi, to bless You with good health.

There are no words to describe Your Compassion in the three worlds. I feel there won’t be anybody like You before or after in the History.

G- Guardian of millions of Disciples

U- Ultimate in Compassion

R- Resplendent with Grace

U- Unique in Thoughts

D- Deepest in the Care

E- Elegant Heart

V- Victorious for ever

A- Affluential

You are ever energetic, enthusiastic and can empower more and more and can do many miracles by uplifting many souls like me. Eagerly waiting to see You in USA Guru Mahārāja.

I am humbly pleading to Tulasī Mahārānī every day to give You the result of 4 rounds of circumambulation for Your benefit and Protection.

We have a strong desire to increase our preaching and connect many many souls to Guru Paramparā and thus try to Please You, Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi. If You so desire, please, use me as a worthy instrument in Your service towards Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Your insignificant disciple,

Kālindī Gopīkānta Priyā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

United States of America (New Jersey)

Respected Gurudeva please accept our humble obeisances.

All Glories to Prabhupāda.

All Glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga.

There are many obstacles in my family’s life, but with your mercy, we are able to overcome them. Śrī Guru Mahārāja, you are a fountain of infinite mercy. Your compassion extends to the fallen conditioned soul in me. We have you as our Supreme Father, and my life is taken care of by your lotus feet. There are no words to describe your glory. As such, many obstacles are coming my way, but because of your blessing and instructions, I am surviving. Please bless us so that we can become instruments of your grace to preach to others about Lord Kṛṣṇa. Through your mercy, we receive darshan every Sunday. It is so wonderful. We look forward to it all week. Growing older, I am scared of dying because I am not prepared. We ask that you bless us in order to make use of our time effectively.

Your eternal servants,

Kalindī Sundarī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Urukrama Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Ujjwala Nitāi Dāsa (dīkṣā)

Dīptimān Dāsa (dīkṣā)
United States of America (Columbus - Kṛṣṇa House)

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to you on this auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā. Every time I hear your voice Guru Mahārāja, I feel so enlightened and excited. Whenever I hear your lectures, I want to serve Kṛṣṇa more and go to the temple more often. My son and I started our spiritual journey 5 years ago. Please Guru Mahārāja, give us your blessings so we could continue in this path and I hope to meet with you one day and take blessings and take initiation from you.

Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja.

Your Servant,

Kanika Dāsa (aspiring disciple)

New Jersey, USA

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Śrila Guru Maharāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances.

All glories to Śrila Prabhupāda.

On this Vyāsa-pūjā day, I pray to Lord Kṛṣṇa for your health and long life.

Your daily messages on the Jayapatākā Swami App are my source of inspiration. Every message from you makes me realize how strong your dedication and commitment to Kṛṣṇa’s service is. I feel it is only due to Kṛṣṇa’s benediction and your causeless mercy, a person like me got an opportunity to be part of your family under your protection and associate with your wonderful disciples.

On this occasion, I seek your blessings so that I can serve your lotus feet in advancing your mission to fulfill Śrila Prabhupāda’s instructions. I beg you to keep me engaged in your service.

Your humble sheltered disciple

Kishore Dubagunta (sheltered disciple)

Minneapolis, MN, USA

Hare Kṛṣṇa dearmost Guru Mahārāja.

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet.

All glories to you Guru Mahārāja and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

When I met you first time in JFK Airport in 2011 and heard your conversations with devotees and saw you close by, I could immediately relate to Śrīla Prabhupāda s qualities of compassion and very personal and repeating the guru’s words. More years gone by I am realizing more and more how much dear you are to Śrīla Prabhupāda and guru-paramparā and Lord Nityānanda Prabhu.

In Gītā 10.1 Lord Kṛṣṇa says,

yat te ‘haṁ prīyamāṇāya vakṣyāmi hita-kāmyayā “O mighty armed Arjuna you are my dear friend hence I shall speak to you further most confidential knowledge”.

Similarly, I can see Śrīla Prabhupāda has given you so many personal instructions.

your quality of most mercifulness as Śrīla Prabhupāda (grandfather), you overlook the negative qualities/ our defects / offenses / faults and keep instructing and engage in Śrīla Prabhupāda sevā as Lord Kṛṣṇa says in Gītā 9.30 - “api cet su-durācāro bhajate mām ananya-bhāk” - Even if one commit’s most abominable acts, if he is engaged in devotional service he is to be considered Saintly and In SB we see how King Pṛthu Mahārāja son Vijitāśva (also called Antardhāna) overlooked faults of Indra stealing the horse in 100th sacrifice and he kept quiet and didn’t utter a word. As Śrīla Prabhupāda didn’t want to change temple presidents and other leadership positions because of committing some mistakes we see same quality in you of not changing/ removing leaders from their positions. It is extremely rare to find such an exemplary dedicated loyal stalwart devotee /disciple of guru Śrīla Prabhupāda like you in today’s world you are non-envious and friendly to all to including those who are not favorable / critical of you as Śrīla Prabhupāda was, As Lord Kṛṣṇa says in Gītā 12.13-14 “adveṣṭā sarva-bhūtānāṁ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca” - “non envious, friendly to all and merciful to all”. Preaching even on hospital bed in very extreme health situations, giving books prasad and asking the nurses, doctors and patients to chant and even praying for them, it’s extremely very rare to find a such a soul in this world. You are simply living to give, give, give on the order of Śrīla Prabhupāda. More I see you and hear from you more I feel and want to increase preaching and more I feel like I am not doing enough I am not living to your expectations more I feel unqualified and worthless. Simply it is only your pure mercy is giving me the qualification and energy to do preaching, distributing books and dressing the deities and serving Śrīla Prabhupāda and devotees. Please keep me always in your shelter and preaching service eternally. Please forgive my offenses, please do not reject this ignorant fool. By your mercy hope I will live by the name you have given me and distribute the holy name more.

Your insignificant servants,

Kṛṣṇa Nāmānanda Dāsa (dīkṣā)

Haripriya Gaurāṅgī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

Pannagayukta, Kṛṣṇasaket (grand daughter and son)

United States of America (New Jersey - Laurence Harbor)

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please a accept my respectful obeisances at the dust if your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!

All glories to your lotus feet!!

All glories to your auspicious appearance day!!

We are so fortunate to have this day to celebrate.

We are so grateful to Śrīla Prabhupāda to give us you as our spiritual master.

I was always inspired to see you, and then in Atlanta when we came for 50th sannyāsa ceremony I couldn’t stop crying because I thought I will not get your darśana because it was so crowded but with Kṛṣṇa’s arrangement I took your darśana and you allowed me to give my obeisances at your lotus feet.

You were so merciful to give me shelter and then initiation. During covid we had hopes only through your zoom classes and darśana.

We are going waiting eagerly to have your association in Atlanta again.

How can we count your glories, you went through so many troubles all the time but you always showed your through your personal example to never give up.

I am very new to our god sibling family but when I hear your glories from them I feel I am transferred to those times when you all had yātrā and festivals.

With your blessings all the preaching and outreach program is going on nicely. With your blessings I am sure we will be able to continue serving Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission under your guidance.

Please let me know any services your holiness would like us to do.

Gaurāṅga Nityānanda!!

Nityānanda Gaurāṅga!!

Happy appearance day to you dear Gurudeva,

Praying to Śrīla Prabhupāda for your good health.

Please forgive my offenses which I commit knowingly and unknowingly.

Your aspiring servant, (dīkṣā disciple)

Your spiritual daughter,

Mitravindā Mamatāmayī devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

ISKCON of Charlotte (USA)

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our humble obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories unto you and lord Gaurāṅga.

Guru Mahārāja after 2 years of Covid things are looking a little okay now for going out and preaching. Please bless us so that we can continue serving you and Śrīla Prabhupāda with purity and pure devotion. With this Covid it proves lord Kṛṣṇa’s words that this place is duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam. Please Guru Mahārāja bless us so that we can repeat what you are teaching us and as well as practice ourselves as well. By your mercy we started preaching in Secunderabad and Armoor town in Telangana and we also do book distribution. We pray to Supreme Lord Rādhā Mādhava, Lord Narasiṁha and Lord Nitāi Gaurāṅga to keep you in good health so that many more fallen souls can get benefitted.

Dāsānudāsa,

Muralīdhara Keśava dāsa (Brāhmaṇa Dīkṣā)

Vijaya Vṛndāvaneśvarī devī dāsī (Brāhmaṇa Dīkṣā)

Philadelphia, USA

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

Our Dear Spiritual Father Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,

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

On your auspicious Vyāsa-pūjā day with your mercy I take a moment to write and be eternally grateful, meditating upon your merciful lotus feet for giving us shelter, love of god (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) engaging us in loving devotional service to Guru and Kṛṣṇa.

I am very grateful to you dear Guru Mahārāja. For accepting me as your spiritual disciple. I have no ability, no qualification to glorify you but simply for my purification I offer my humble submission to your lotus feet dear Guru Mahārāja.

You have served Śrīla Prabhupāda constantly no matter whatever difficulties might have come health, weather, pandemic. But you have constantly preached and inspired so many souls, tirelessly giving darśana and speaking to all disciples everyday. You are so mercifully. Begging for your causeless mercy to Please protect us. May I always remember the glories of my spiritual master and serve and follow in his footsteps in a humble state of mind.

I offer my humble praṇāma again and again at your lotus feet, and I beg for the drop of mercy and blessings that I shall stay fixed and focused, undeviated and may I always be in reverential mood in serving devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa and in loving devotional service to Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa unmotivated and uninterrupted.

Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.

Please bless me that I may always and constantly chant the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa. and take shelter of Harināma sevā. It is my intense desire to constantly serve the holy name - Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.

Seeking blessings for all, may we all get kṛṣṇa-bhakti, kṛṣṇa-prema and go back home back to Godhead this very life time.

Also Praying that, I shall develop higher taste and get detached to the lower taste gradually. And may my heart become pure and cleansed from all contamination from the time immemorial.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja.

Your humble servant of servant of servant and Spiritual daughter,

Nagñajiti Rānī devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

Seattle, USA

Dearest Spiritual Father,

Please accept my most humble obesiances!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! 

This is the first offering I'm writing to you after my initiation. My initiation in Atlanta this year was only possible thanks to your unlimited mercy and your dedication to Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission. I would like to extend my utmost gratitude to you for accepting me as your spiritual son and I request you to bless me so I can help you in fulfilling your commitment to Prabhupāda in the spreading the message of Lord Caitanya all over the world.

Your trip this year to Atlanta, even though you were not in the best of health, is a testament to your commitment to the cause of Prabhupāda and Lord Caitanya. Watching you take time to care for devotees, despite your ill health is one of the many things that inspires me about you. 

This year was also the year I found my future wife, Golokapriyā Gaurāngī devī dasī, thanks to your blessings. I would like to thank you for bringing the both of us together. Our commitment to you is what brought us together, and we hope to establish an ideal gṛhasta life to spread the message of Lord Caitanya. I would like your blessings to be a good husband and a good gṛhasta. Both of us are very excited to have you be present at our wedding, to bless us in Māyāpur later this year.

Finally, Gurumaharāj I pray to Lord Nṛsingha Deva for your good health. You have been a constant source of inspiration. Your ability to transcend the material bodily discomforts when engaged in preaching is aspirational and I hope to steadily follow in your footsteps. We still need you to show us the way and guide us out of the ocean of birth and death and back to Godhead.

Your spiritual son,

Nāmarasa Nimāi dāsa
United States (New Orleans)

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Human reason would fail to understand how you have transcended the material plane completely. It is amazing and mind boggling to see how you are engaged in serving Śrīla Prabhupāda in spite of so much pain and inconvenience. You are a perfect example of the verse in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam - ahaituky apratihatā yayātmā suprasīdati. Your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda is not interrupted by any situation. This world has so much to learn from your example. Even in our ISKCON society, every single devotee I talk to has so much appreciation for you. I feel so fortunate to be in your shelter. I pray to Śrīla Prabhupāda, Their Lordships of Śrī Śrī Prahlāda Narasiṁhadeva, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva to always protect you and keep you in good health.

Please forgive any offenses I may have knowingly or unknowingly committed.

Your insignificant servant,

Nanda Kumāra Kṛṣṇa Dāsa

Washington D.C, USA

My Dear Beloved Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisance's unto your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

First and foremost, let me take this opportunity to wishing you a Blissful and Kṛṣṇa conscious Vyāsa-pūjā. To be really candid, it is your Vyāsa-pūjā for me every day as I start my mornings remembering you. The trust that my guru will protect me from the flanges of this material nature is so assuring in every moment of my life. Your presence is always felt in all the activities I do whether it is material and spiritual.

I am failing here to describe all that you do for Śrīla Prabhupāda. Despite all the health challenges, I have never seen any glitch or shortcomings in your commitment to this sublime mission. Thank you for connecting us to this invaluable paramparā. I just see the mercy flowing from the supreme being through you and your prayers. The ‘Never Give Up’ attitude of yours has inspired all of us to do more and be diligent in spreading the holy name.

Though, I will be in Māyāpur in couple of days, not sure if I will get an opportunity to meet and take your darśana as you are currently travelling. Undoubtedly the vāṇī-sevā carries more impetus for me than vapu-sevā.

Please continue to bless me and my family and everyone who consider you as their well-wishers. Thank you for being my spiritual Father. This means so much to me.

Request you to take special care of your health and stay safe.

Your spiritual son and humble disciple

Navadvīpa Nandadulala dāsa (dīkṣa)

Seattle, USA

My dear Spiritual Father,

Please accept my respectful obesiances. All glories to Your Divine Grace. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Dear Gurudeva just recently I came across this verse in SB 1.18.23 part of which says...

nabhaḥ patanty ātma-samaṁ patattriṇas

tathā samaṁ viṣṇu-gatiṁ vipaścitaḥ

“As the birds fly in the sky as far as their capacity allows, so do the learned devotees describe the Lord as far as their realization allows.”

And all I could think of was that just as there is no end to Lord Caitanya's glories and one can describe them as far as one is able to. Similarly, Your Divine Grace being the representative of the Supreme Lord, for us your glories are unlimited but just as a bird cannot reach the end of the sky, it only flies as far as it is able to so will I even though being unqualified try to say a few things as far as my limited intelligence allows, as the ocean of your mercy and compassion is so wide and deep that it can't be measured. It can only be felt by drowning in it and you have bestowed that mercy on an insignificant soul like myself where I have had the opportunity to taste that nectar of mercy.

So, there is a lot to say about your divine grace’s glories but limited as I am, I always fall short of words so will try to write down a few words of gratefulness.

You are our life and soul
Without who life is a big hole

And to make it a complete whole
Only You play the major role

You put kṛṣṇa in the center of our life
And removed the ignorance with the knowledge knife

That changed the whole ball game
As we could still live in the material world’s flame

Which otherwise would have consumed us
But your mercy gave us life’s purpose

Without thinking or caring about oneself
You have selflessly given yourself

To conditioned souls like myself
Who can't even be grateful to thyself

But today I want to Thank you from the core of my heart
For accepting us as kṛṣṇa’s insignificant part

So please keep us rightly engaged
As only devotional service can make us uncaged

From the clutches of Mahā-Māyā
And help us embrace the Yogamāyā

Dear Guru Mahārāja on the auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā I pray for your good health and well-being. I pray to Śrī Śrī Prahlāda Nṛsiṁhadeva, Śrī Śrī Pañcatattva and Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava to bestow Their choicest blessings on Your Divine Grace today and always.

Thank you for everything,

Aspiring to be under your shelter forever,

Your insignificant daughter,

Nayanamañjarī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)

Washington D.C., USA

Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectful obeisances

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to you, Guru Mahārāja, and to your beloved Vyāsa Pūjā.

May we all enthuse and enliven you with our devotional offerings on this joyous day.

In the past few years, devotees worldwide have received great encouragement by your preaching and example. Many devotees express how your devotional determination has been a big factor in their desire to push on this mission despite so-called obstacles.

We see how you have had what externally seems to be overwhelming obstacles, but they are just what you consider opportunities to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda with even more enthusiasm. By hearing from you and observing your example, these past few years have become challenges that you have helped us to rise above. Your mood is one of joyous acceptance of every moment, no matter whether it seems difficult or not.

How pleased Śrīla Prabhupāda is with you, and therefore, how happy we feel by serving you and the devotees.

Much loving gratitude and appreciation, Guru Mahārāja, for your blessings and your devotional heart, always giving out the storehouse of love of Godhead.

Your aspiring śikṣā servant and Godsister,

Nidrā devī dāsī
United States (Denver - New Badarikāśrama)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances at Your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to express our thoughts to You, on the occasion of Your Vyāsa-pūjā.

I had always wondered how one can get into the path of Bhakti. In my case, I mused that I was a small fish swimming randomly in the vast material ocean and by some good fortune I got stuck in the gigantic net that You threw into the ocean (Your outreach and Bhakti-vṛkṣa programs) to catch hold of clueless souls like me and set them on the right path. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura confirms that only Bhakti causes Bhakti. Only a pure and empowered soul like You can bring insignificant souls like me into the path of Bhakti.

The unique thing about Bhakti, devotional service, is that it is both the means and the destination as well. If we want to achieve the ultimate goal, pure devotional service to Kṛṣṇa (sādhya-bhakti), then we must perform devotional service to Kṛṣṇa (sādhana-bhakti). But how can one render service to Kṛṣṇa? It’s only by rendering service to one’s spiritual master. The more service we can do to our spiritual master the faster we can make progress in our sādhana. Śrīla Prabhupāda had mentioned in his lectures and letters that vāṇī-sevā is more important vapu-sevā. With vāṇī we can constantly remember our spiritual master through his instructions.

On the occasion of Your Vyāsa-pūjā celebration last year (2021), You instructed Your disciples to pursue degrees and keep reading Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books. You instructed Your first-initiated disciples to take Bhakti-śāstrī course. With Your mercy through that instruction, I got the motivation and registered to Bhakti-śāstrī course. I have completed 2 modules successfully so far.

You also requested Your disciples to help You fulfill Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions to You. I’ve signed up for a few instructions projects in Your mobile app. Please bless me so that I can render service to the best of my ability in those projects when given the opportunity.

Once we take up the path of devotional service the only thing that could make us not progress is the Vaiṣṇava-aparādha. Please also bless me and all Your disciples so that we never commit any offences against any Vaiṣṇavas and be always engaged in Your service.

Your insignificant servant,

Patitapāvana Balarāma dāsa

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga. Please accept my most respectful obeisances at your lotus feet on the auspicious day of your appearance.

Every day I watch you dedicate your every waking moment to the service of Śrīla Prabhupāda and the mission of Lord Caitanya and I feel overwhelmingly blessed to be a part of this mission. My heart is so filled with gratitude that you have accepted me as your spiritual daughter, and I am trying my best to express my gratitude by fulfilling some of those projects that are very close to your heart. Devotee care is one of the most important topics that you continue to focus on. Realizing the need for a mentoring program, I, along with a few other devotees, under the direction of the NAC, have been working on creating the ISKCON North American Mentorship Program. We have recently launched a website dedicated to training mentors to support devotees on their path of bhakti. In order to become more qualified to address this issue of mentoring and also to become more qualified myself, I have enrolled in the ISKCON Karuna Care Practicum under the guidance of Her Grace Rambhoru dāsī (Brinkman). This is an intensive course dedicated to training chaplains in assisting others deal with issues that can impact their progress in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

The importance of reawakening the dormant Kṛṣṇa Consciousness in the hearts of the children is another important aspect of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness that I am also working on. I continue to teach the Sunday School at our local temple along with Varṣāṇā Devī Dāsī and we are currently practicing for a drama to be performed on Gaura Pūrṇimā. We started out with a small group and now our group has grown and the kids are creating wonderful bonds amongst themselves. His Holiness Badri Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja even remarked that he was very happy to see how the kids were so happy to be together as they practiced for their play. Varṣāṇā and I, together, continue to facilitate the San Diego Vaiṣṇavī Saṅga and are happy to report that we have become a very close knit supportive group. We read and discuss Śrīmad-bhāgavatam together once a week and I am also facilitating a Bhagavad-gītā Reading group for women that meets once a week.

I am just finishing my Bhakti-vaibhava course and have started reading for the next step in my śāstric study. It is amazing to see how Kṛṣṇa uses all these different projects I am working on to help me progress on this path of bhakti. Every time I am able to share Kṛṣṇa with someone I feel like I have just passed on what you have given me. The love you shower on us, your spiritual children, is so powerful that it just passes through us to them. This is the power of a pure devotee, the love that Śrīla Prabhupāda invested in you has not only filled you but that love is overflowing and being passed on to us. I feel that love every time I share Kṛṣṇa and bhakti with another person.

I know that in order to be able to share Kṛṣṇa my sādhana has to be strong and consistent. Some days my chanting goes well and sometimes it leaves much to be desired. My request to you, my dearest spiritual father, is that you bless me that I my sadhana stays strong, that I never lose the shelter of your lotus feet and I continue to dedicate my life to Guru and Gaurāṅga. As I continue to follow my vows of my initiation let my resolve be as strong as your love for and dedication to Śrīla Prabhupāda. Forever indebted to you.

With love and respect from the bottom of my heart, Your spiritual daughter,

Phaṇeśvarī Lakṣmī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa) and Bhaskar Peesapati

San Diego, USA

Dear Your Holiness Jayapatākā Swami,

Please accept our humble obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to Your Vyāsa-pūjā!

I am a neophyte devotee and not qualified enough to glorify your transcendental qualities, but one thing I know for sure that in my lifetime I never seen or heard about any such merciful spiritual master as you are Guru Mahārāja.

You always shower your mercy on the fallen souls. You have initiated thousands of fallen souls and brought them on the path of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness already and continuing with same mission relentlessly. The compassion you have for entire humanity and taking the fallen souls back to Godhead, doesn’t even allow you to take rest even when your health condition is not good. You are so very committed to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission and taking his instructions to next level that you are always busy thinking about the ways how can you utilize all available material resources to fulfill the vision and mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda. I follow your day-to-day activities on your App installed on my phone and my mind bogles down seeing the sincerity and commitment from your side irrespective of whether your are fighting with Covid or undergoing treatment of any of your existing ailments. Sometimes even Medical Science fail to understand how you get energy to do so much in this feeble body condition. This clearly shows that you are so pious and blessed that Lord Gaurāṅga and Śrīla Prabhupāda themselves are with you and helping you fulfill their mission.

Unfortunate me, I couldn’t get an opportunity to see you till now, but I heard so many past times and your glories that my head bow down in your lotus feet. It’s my sincere desire to serve you and please you Guru Mahārāja, but then I realize that without purification it’s not possible. I really wish that I could come out of my false ego, insincerity, duplicity, undetermined and careless attitude so I can serve you Guru Mahārāja.

Guru Mahārāja please bless me and my family to understand the glories of Guru and Gaurāṅga and attentively concentrate on our chanting and spiritual services.

Your mercy and association is the only lifesaving fuel I have in this Kaliyuga, where we all are fully conditioned with material desires.

Guru Mahārāja, I see in you the peak of tolerance. I see in you the peak of compassion. I see in you sympathy and selflessness. Your empathy makes me a blade of grass.

O ocean of mercy when I will enjoy uninterrupted useful service unto your lotus feet.

Guru Mahārāja please help me understand and experience the value of gratitude to one’s spiritual master.

Guru Mahārāja please help me surrender unto your lotus feet making me an unremovable dust under your lotus feet.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja.

Your aspiring servant

Preeti Gupta (aspiring disciple)

Minneapolis, USA

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Our Dearest Spiritual Father,

Our most respectful obeisance at your lotus feet on this very special day of your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā day. We are most grateful every moment that in spite of being the most unqualified in every way you have given us shelter under your lotus feet and continue to guide us even though we are not grasping all your instructions.

Our spiritual and material life is a mixed bag of many blessings and many obstacles. Kṛṣṇa has kept us balanced in dealing with both our Spiritual and Material life. Guru Mahārāja observing you and reading Prabhupāda Līlāmṛta everyday is showing us how to deal with these vagaries. We are not intelligent enough to apply it but we get solace and feel energized whenever we see how in spite of far more responsibility and personal issues you continue to inspire all of us to follow Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's instruction and Śrīla Prabhupāda's desire. Our issues seem insignificant and our blessings are more than our Surrender. Guru Mahārāja, your daily instructions keep us going through very tough times and gives us hope that someday we will be able to actually please you and Śrīla Prabhupāda and thereby please Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

This past year has been tough preaching-wise as we continue our classes on Zoom. Some of our services for this year are:

1. We have started going into Arizona State University (ASU) as well as hosting TSKP book distributors who have distributed over 50 boxes of books on campus.

2. We have been inviting new and regular devotees to our front-porch for kīrtana and prasāda on festival days, as well as having 1:on:1 sessions.

3. We continue with our monthly JSSS Arizona disciples meeting online on the first Saturday of every month

4. We are continuing daily (30 minutes) readings of Śrīmad-bhāgavatam which we started in March of 2020. On Mondays we read other books such as Brahma Saṁhitā, Mukunda Mālā stotram.

5. We are conducting twice a week Kids Bhagavad-gītā As It Is classes online which we started in May 2020. We celebrated Gītā jayanti by having "Gītā at the Park" with all kids presenting a summary of the Gītā to parents and invitees.

We hope with Kṛṣṇa's will and your blessings to increase our preaching effort and fully open our Bhakti Yoga Tempe(BYT) center which was shutdown due to the pandemic the day after Gaura Pūrṇimā in 2020. We hope we can be fully open after this Gaura Pūrṇimā (2022).

Guru Mahārāja, please kindly continue to bless us that we are able to serve you in some way to fulfill our promise to you. Only with your Blessings can we do anything, that is the instructions in the shastra and that is what we have experienced personally. Our only qualification and good fortune is that we have come under your shelter.

We pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava Hari, Śrīnathji and Śrī Gaura Nitāi that they may give you many many years of Good health so you can guide such insignificant souls as us to make some progress in this lifetime.

Guru Mahārāja, please give us instructions to improve our service as we are daily praying that we can please you in some way. Also please bless our children Ankith & Aneka who are helping us in our preaching activities to develop into Kṛṣṇa Conscious devotees.

Yours most unqualified servants,

Rādhā-pranaraja dasa (1997) & Anupama-gopī devī dāsī (1997)

Bhakta Ankith Kṛṣṇa & Bhaktin Aneka Rādhā

nama oṁ vishnu-padaya

Kṛṣṇa-presthaya bhu-tale

śrīmate jayapatākā-

swaminn iti namine

nama ācāryapadaya

nitāi-kṛpa-pradayine

gaura-kathā-dhāma daya

nagara-grama tarine

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our humble daṇḍavat praṇāmas! All glories to you!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā!

After long two years of COVID 19 panic-induced worldwide lockdowns, trauma, and discord, we are beginning to learn to live as normal as possible. If nothing else, the COVID 19 experience reinforced living in the material world is fraught with miseries (duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam).

However, we adopted and celebrated Gaura Pūrṇimā and Govardhana Pūjā as outdoor backyard events with enthusiastic participation from invited devotees and locals. We distributed 200 small books for 200 homes in our neighborhood on the occasion of Gītā Jayanthi. After 12 months of lockdowns, we have begun going to the local temple for deity darśan and to get a glimpse of the lotus feet of Gaura Nitāi and Rādhā Mādhava Hari.

We are doing our best to keep up our sadhana, home deity worship, Vaiṣṇava sevā, and śāstra studies. We continue to make avail of virtual saṅgas, and your nectarine Caitanya book narrations.

We continue to contribute to TOVP and Vishakapatnam Temple constructions. This year we have contributed 10,00,000 rupees as a gift matching challenge for Vishakapatnam to raise another 10,00,000 lac rupees for much-needed funds to cover construction projects expenses.

Raganuga Gaura continued with his service (mostly project management and secretarial service) to CDM under the direction of His Grace Sevā Svarūpa Prabhu.

Sobhini Rādhā Devī Dāsī's daily regular śātra study with our extended family in India via Zoom continued. At least 15 to 20 people join every day and read Kṛṣṇa, Bhagavad Gītā, and Gaura Līlā books. Now we started Śrīmad-bhāgavatam. She distributed 8 Telugu Śrīmad-bhāgavatam Sets, 16 Bhagavad - Gītā, 32 Other Books by Śrīla Prabhupāda. In our library in front of our home so far distributed 8 medium and small books.

We are having monthly JSSS AZ saṅga virtual gatherings, sharing our realizations of your mercy to stay inspired.

Guru Mahārāja, from the depths of our hearts, we are grateful to you for your mercy and inspiration. We are forever indebted to you and hope we can be of more service to you in your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja, we petition to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava Hari, Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi, Śrī Śrī Nimāi Nitāi, Sr Śrī Kṛṣṇa Balarāma, if they are willing, continue to empower you thru your exemplary acts to guide us in our devotional service and allow us to assist you in your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā ki Jaya!

Your undeserving spiritual children

Ragānuga Gaura dāsa

Sobhinī Rādhā Devī dāsī

Dīkṣā disciple of Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Ācāryapād

USA

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!

All glories to you!!

Please accept my respectable humble obeisances!!

I am not qualified, and I am the most fallen soul, but because of your causeless mercy, I am here in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

We are very fortunate to participate in your Vyāsa-pūjā celebrations.

We wish you to celebrate more and more Vyāsa-pūjās

Dear Gurumaharaja,
 

Kindly accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. 
 

On this auspicious occasion of your divine appearance, I want to express my earnest gratitude to you for kindly accepting me as your disciple and giving me an opportunity to come out of the dense ignorance of this material world.
 

You are the personification of the mercy of Lord Nityananda and you have delivered thousands of fallen souls like me by your compassion. Your magnanimity has no bounds as you are ready to take the karmic reactions of even most sinful souls. 
 

In spite of so many physical hindrence, the way you're preaching and executing the orders of Srila Prabhupada, is an inspiration to all devotees of ISKCON. Just by remembering your holy self and meditating on your activities one can get surcharged with spiritual potencies and the dry bhakri lata gets enlivened. You're a great leader of Srila Prabhupada's movement and shelter for many devotees. 

 

You divine qualities attract everyone and like a touchstone you can change the heart of even the most wretched soul. It's my great fortune and privilege to have an eternal associate of Lord Chaitanya like your divine self as my spiritual master.

Oh, Gurudeva kindly bless this son so that I can become more strong in execution of my devotional service, and I can imbibe the mood of preaching that you always carry within your heart and I can always serve you by following your instructions sincerely.

 

Your unqualified son,

Rūparāja Rāma Dāsa

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Please pardon my unlimited offenses due to my immaturity.

Happy Vyas pūjā day Guru Mahārāja.

I pray to Lord Narsimha for your good health.

Every day I thank Lord Kṛṣṇa for giving me an opportunity to be part of Your divine family.

Though I am not qualified, You have accepted me as Your disciple. I am very grateful to You for that.

Your mercy is constantly helping me to stay alive in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Your servant,

Satya Dvārakādīśa 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

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to you! Wish you a very happy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā!!

May Rādhā Mādhava always protect you and may we celebrate this festival with you for many many years. I am so fortunate to get shelter at your lotus feet. Guru Mahārāja, by your blessings this past year has been full of realizations and new spiritual experiences for me. I always feel your unconditional love and mercy on me and my family. Keeping you at the center of my life I try to spend my day with bliss and peace. By your mercy I am finishing the third canto of Śrīmad-bhāgavatam this week. I really enjoy these scriptures, and I know this is all happening because of your mercy.

Not only for me, or your disciples, but also for the whole of mankind you have showered your mercy through your lectures, darśans, and live internet broadcasts. I always enjoy your sense of humor. Recently in the hospital in Chennai you won everybody's heart by your compassionate nature. Wherever you go there is always a big celebration, a big festival.

I am so thankful to Kṛṣṇa for sending you as a spiritual master, as a caring father, as a savior in my life. Love you Guru Mahārāja!! I have never met a compassionate soul like you in my life before. May you always stay blessed.

On this auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I pray to remain a speck of dust at your lotus feet. Wishing you the most wonderful Vyāsa-pūjā celebration!

Your spiritual daughter

Satyarānī devī dāsī,

New Jersey, USA

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat. Pranam. please accept my respectable obeisances. All glories to you and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Due to your cause less mercy We are in this path. You are living example and guiding us by showing the practice of bhakti in the midst of material miseries. Your selfless service to give Kṛṣṇa consciousness to all living entities is truly inspiring to set our mood of service. The way you carried out Prabhupāda instructions so sincerely all these years gives us so comfort for us to be in this path.

Please bless us to carry out your instructions sincerely.

Your spiritual children,

Satyarupa Gaurāṅga Dāsa &

Rasamayi Lakṣmī Priyā devī dāsī

Austin, United States of America

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our respectful obeisances unto the dust of your divine lotus feet!!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!

All glories to you and Gaurāṅga!!

We wish a very happy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā. We are very grateful to Lord for regaining your health and giving virtual darśans. We are praying to Lord Narasiṁhadev if it is so pleasing to him for your long life and good health so that you bring many fallen souls close to Lord Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.

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. We don’t have any good quality or capability in to do sādhana bhakti or to take initiation from you. Whatever good happening and whatever favorable devotional service we are doing it’s only by your cause less mercy and prayers and by the blessings and guidance of your dear Spiritual Son and Spiritual daughter Śaksad Prabhuji and Śrīśaktī  Mātājī.

We humbly beg your mercy for the strength to overcome māyā and always follow your divine instructions and teachings with firm faith in all circumstances.

We humbly beg for your blessings to be humble and prideless and to have Jīva daya and nāma-ruci. We humbly beg you to empower us to spread Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Saṅkīrtana movement to other conditioned souls who are eagerly waiting to connect to Kṛṣṇa and bring them close to Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.

Please forgive us for the offenses that we committed or are committing at your lotus feet knowingly and unknowingly.

Your insignificant and unqualified Son & Daughter

Śeṣapati Govinda Dāsa

Śrīrādhe Śravani devī dāsī

Sahiṣṇu

Hariṇī

ISKCON Philadelphia, USA

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our most respectful obeisances. All glories to you. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories, all glories to your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava.

On this auspicious day, thanking you so much for the causeless mercy that you are showering on us and begging forgiveness for the offenses that we have committed knowingly or unknowingly unto you.

Thanking you so much for the nectarean Caitanya book classes and very inspiring tireless preaching examples even amidst your health situations. Praying to our Deities for your good health.

Hoping to see and praying to have your loving glance and darśan soon.

Your spiritual son and daughter,

Sākṣād Hari Dāsa & Śrī Śakti Devī Dāsī

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

To Guru Mahārāja, Daṇḍavat Praṇāms please accept my obeisances. Please forgive me for mistakes committed knowingly and unknowingly, I’m practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness by inspiration given by Her Grace Yamunā Mātājī, and My śīkṣā-gurus Malik Prabhu and Veena Mātājī, who are guiding me and encouraging to progress in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness By Kṛṣṇa’s mercy and Guru Mahārāja with your blessings I have seen a lot of change with in myself since I started reading Prabhupāda’s books, initially started chanting 1 round now slowly getting close to 10 rounds. Guru Maharaj please bless me to chant 16 rounds and I inspire to read more books this year.

I offer my humble and sincere obeisances to your lotus feet, always shower mercy on me and my family Guru Mahārāja.

Your disciple,

Sudha (aspiring disciple)
Charlotte, North Carolina

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and to your auspicious appearance day.

I just wanted you to know that over the past year I organized a project for completing the rank of Eagle in Scouting, and I did it at my local ISKCON temple. In this project, the parking lot lines were all repainted and some bricks and shrubs were placed around the front sign to make it appear more aesthetically pleasing. The reason I’m telling you this is because I would’ve never been able to complete this project without you. This is because of the mental fortitude which you have helped me build, in that I know I can always look to you as an example of how to persevere through whatever obstacles lie in my path. My mom always tells me when I’m nervous about something that I should “pray to Guru Mahārāja,” and that’s exactly what I do whenever a situation that I’m not comfortable with presents Itself. All in all, I’m hoping we have many more of your Vyāsa-pūjā in the future.

Your servant always,

Sudhir Shounak Dāsa,

New Jersey

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

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble and respectful obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and to your divine appearance day!

I will always remain far from qualified to either glorify you or even be in your auspicious presence, but I take this wonderful moment of your Vyāsa-Pūjā as an opportunity to purify myself by engaging in your glorification.

As is the case with each Vyāsa Pūjā offering, I continue to falter and fall short of words to express my gratitude to you. Not a single day goes by without me pondering over what good service I may have rendered in my previous lives to have obtained your divine association all through my growing years and also have the good fortune of serving you as my Spiritual Master!

Your exuberant and steady attitude towards devotional service and Kṛṣṇa consciousness is something I will forever admire and look up to. No matter the circumstance, be it your physical health or external deterrents around you, you continue to push forward like none other. I am in awe of the number of souls you inspire with each passing day – across temples, your medical team, members of various hospitals, the list is endless. Kṛṣṇa says in Ch 18 of the Bhagavad-gītā:

sarva-dharmān parityajya
mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja
ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo
mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ

[Bg. 18.66]

You see Kṛṣṇa in every move and action that you or others take which truly is a display of this śaraṇāgati – full surrender. You set an example each day of this behavior and how we must also be in this lifetime.

Kṛṣṇa consciousness seems attainable and doable when I see you or listen to your classes. I was blessed with a baby boy in October 2021 and since then my devotional service has been faltering. But each time I think of you in my heart and the promises I took in front of you, I am inspired to get back up and resume my service. Despite all my shortcomings, you continue to be as merciful and forgiving as ever, just as a father would forgive his child.

On this auspicious day of your 73rd Vyāsa-Pūjā, I pray to Their Lordships and to Śrīla Prabhupāda to bless you with good health and renewed strength to continue your wonderful service of inspiring so many souls to take up to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and spread the Saṅkīrtana movement all over. I am filled with so much gratitude and joy knowing that Kṛṣṇa and the mercy of pure Vaiṣṇavas brought you into my life so that I may aspire to become a better soul and engage in service.

Vande Guroḥ Śrī Caraṇāravindam!

Aspiring to be worthy of your service.

Your fallen servant,

Sugopi Soumya devī dāsī

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja!!!

Please accept our respectful obeisances on to your divine lotus feet.

All glories to You and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Happy Appearance Day!!!

We are very much amazed on your dedication towards Śrīla Prabhupāda’s and Caitanya Mahā Prabhu’s mission.

Though you are having many physical health challenges, every movement you are thinking of us and organizing many activities, giving lectures, travelling, and showering your mercy to many more souls.

Myself, my wife Ramya and my son Sai Suhas took aspiration from you Guru Mahārāja.

Please shower your mercy on us to progress in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and always serve your lotus feet.

I am praying to Rādhā Kṛṣṇa, Narasiṁha Bhagavān, Pañca-tattva, Tulasī Mahārāṇī and all Acharyas to give you good health. I am trying to do 4 extra pradakisanas to Tulasī Mahārānī to give you good health

All Glories to Guru Mahārāja!!!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

Surya Satya Sai Veerayya Chekka (aspiring disciple)
New Jersey, USA

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dearest Gurudeva!

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet! All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories unto your divine grace!

On this auspicious 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā, I reinstate my initiation vows of following 4 regulative principles and helping you with the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda by preaching to as many people as possible. But I still struggle with many things especially with my health challenges. Due to Covid, in person preaching has reduced to almost nil and opportunities for serving devotees are restricted to only festivals, that too in a limited scale. I sincerely seek your mercy and blessings to give us strength to overcome the obstacles and be fixed in fulfilling the vows. My only wish is to serve you with all my heart and hold a miniscule place in your huge heart.

I offer my obeisances again and again and seeking your All-glorious divine shelter.

Your insignificant daughter,

Susevīnī Guru Gaurāṅga devī dāsī, (Dīkṣā disciple)

Minneapolis, USA

Hare Kṛṣṇa Gurumahārāja!

Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas!

Please accept my humble obeisance unto the dust of your lotus feet!

Gurumahārāja I am taking this opportunity to glorify your holiness even though I am not qualified. Every year you are going through lot of suffering and even though you have lot of pain you are teaching us how to remember Kṛṣṇa in any circumstances. Even in pain you are thinking about others and preaching constantly to satisfy Śrīla Prabhupāda and you won't miss any opportunity to preach to others and give them your unconditional mercy and blessings. I would like to share this small incident. We came to know that you were visiting Atlanta in 2019. So we were so excited to have your Darshan and we were thinking that we don't want to miss the opportunity to serve you. I just went shopping the day before to get everything we need for the journey and I also got a big umbrella and I thought it might be useful. The next day we were so blissful to have your Darshan & blessings, and after that devotees said Gurumahārāja will go for a walk. It was so sunny and the devotees asked for an umbrella to protect you from the sun. I was so amazed how even if we have a small desire, you will fulfill the desire even though we are insignificant to get blessings. Please bless us to serve you forever and instruct us, so that we can please you and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Yours insignificant servant,

Śyāma Mādhavī Devī Dāsī

Newburgh, Indiana, USA

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Ananta Koti Daṇḍavat Praṇāma onto your lotus feet.

Please accept my humble obeisances and all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda... It is a great penance I have done may be some time back in my lifetimes that I have been associated as your disciple and Vaiṣṇavas Many daṇḍavats onto the lotus feet of the Lord giving me. this opportunity for this lifetime. It was really blessing of Vaiṣṇavas that I could participate in the movement of Mahāprabhu to contribute a little bit on my part. Guru Mahārāja, during last year I have your blessings to distribute 2 boxes of Bhagavad-gītā in December marathon, able to preach in Telugu for one of the local Gītā conference, happening every weekend. With your mercy I was able to attend mostly your Caitanya classes, also associate with devotees virtually to listen to your lectures daily. This was a great opportunity organized by one of your dearest daughter Vinita Gandharvikā Mātājī to assign daily lecture to the group and share the points you mentioned in the lecture. Guru Mahārāja, my wish is to start a Bhakti-vṛkṣa or a kids class this year in my local community so that I can imbibe Kṛṣṇa Consciousness in the ripe age. Also, with your blessings I could able to start the Bhakti Shastri course with His Grace Gaurāṅga darśana Prabhuji. If everything goes well and with Lord’s mercy I may be able to complete this course by end of this year. I was very serious to take your instructions to get second initiated next year. Please shower your blessings onto our family, Saketh my elder son and Śrīnidhī my younger one also got aspiring this year from you. Saketh is chanting 4 rounds and Śrīnidhī 1 round with your blessing. Please bless them so that they can be in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness this lifetime and able serve in this movement by carrying your instructions. We were very concerned on your health situation and started performing tulasī rounds every day until now. Guru Mahārāja, if Kṛṣṇa wishes and your desire we are preparing to visit you and serve you during the Atlanta visit. Only by your wish and blessing my wife started to read Bhāgavatam daily and she finished 1st canto. Please bless so that she can take up chanting and be your disciple. Guru Mahārāja, your instructions, your pastimes, your sincere life’s and desire to serve the Lord is inspiring so many people and I do not hesitate to take your example in any of my Lectures or devotee discussion. With your blessing am also participating and managing one Bhakti-vṛkṣa locally. Please bestow the strength and opportunity to serve Vaiṣṇavas and your instructions sincerely. We live for you Guru Mahārāja and there is no other reason that can enable us to do daily routine of Kṛṣṇa sevā.

Please bless us and keep is always on your thoughts and prayers. Please bless so that we can do the chanting daily more sincere and with qualitative rounds.

Your servant,
Śyāma Sudhākara Dāsa (dīkṣa)
Saketh, Srinidhi and Sarada

Charlotte, North Carolina

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obesiances at the dust of your divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrī Śrī Nitāi and Gaurāṅga!! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and All glories to you dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja!!

All glories to your auspicious appearance day and more years to come!!

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

You are the Ocean of Mercy. All Language words won’t be enough to write about your glories. But in an insignificant way, I am trying to meditate about your qualities so I can purify myself. In this attempt of glorification, if any mistakes, please tolerate as you always tolerate all our shortcomings.

J – You are always Jubilant in Gaurāṅga’s holy name

A – Affectionate & Caring to not only disciples but to everyone..

Y – Youthful & active in Śrīla Prabhupāda Mission

A – Always accessible for anyone who needs your guidance through personally, email, Zoom, JPS devotee care and many more ways.

P – You are so Pure, just by your lava matra association, anyone can take up Kṛṣṇa Consciousness easily.

A – Alert in not even wasting a moment without preaching wherever and whatever condition you are.

T – Tolerate all pains to follow and execute the order of your spiritual master Śrīla Prabhupāda

A – You make us amazed by seeing your enthusiasm in serving Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu mission even in this health condition.

K- Kind-hearted, because of that, you are travelling all over the world to show your compassion upon all living entities.

A – Ready to accommodate anyone who comes under your shelter even if they don’t have the qualification.

Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja ki Jay!!! Truly and deeply, we say, We are made up of only by your mercy. Otherwise we are unqualified for performing any devotional service. Last year Vyāsa-pūjā, I wrote to shower your mercy upon my prabhu for his Harināma initiation, and he also got your mercy and this year I beg for your mercy for my second initiation. Following your order to preach, in ISKCON of Richmond, Virginia we are engaged in preaching service, and we started doing many home programs, Sunday schools and Bhakti-vṛkṣa. There are abundant of preaching opportunities available in Richmond and Now I really need your empowerment to bring more and more souls at the lotus feet of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Please kindly use me as your valuable instrument so I can serve and please you, Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Śrī Doyal Nita Gaur Chandra!!!

Please kindly forgive me for any offenses that I have committed knowingly or unknowingly at your lotus feet and always keep us at the dust of your lotus feet.

Our sincere prayers to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Madhav, Śrī Pañca-tattva and Śrī Prahalad Narasiṁhadeva to keep you always protected, so we can all take advantage of your mercy.

All glories to you dear Guru Mahārāja!!!!

Jai Gaurāṅga!!!! Jai Nityānanda!!!

Yours Insignificant daughter & son,

Śyamalā Gopīka devī dāsī

Surānanda Mādhava dāsa

Lokeshkanna. S

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and you!

It’s such a joyous occassion to be able to celebrate this beautiful Vyāsa-pūjā with you Guru Mahārāja... Śrīla Prabhupāda must be so delighted with all the wonderful services that you are continuously rendering in ISKCON. For us personally your life and your very self are a beacon of inspiration and purity. You never cease to inspire us to go beyond any difficulties and to keep serving to our best capacity... Your love for each of us has melted our hard hearts dear Guru Mahārāja... Each day you have taken your most precious time to give classes and to accept our online appearance day cakes and offerings!!! Oh very merciful, you are dear Gurudeva... My little brother Gaurahari who is only 2 and half years is so used to offering you each week that as soon as he sees even your recording, playing on the screen, he will run to the kitchen put some fruits in Kṛṣṇa’s plate and come and hold it in front of the screen!!! Recently when you were in the hospital, he was so adamant that he wanted to offer blueberries to you... that despite my mother’s explanation we would not relent... so we had to play your recording and asked him to offer... This trick pacified him!

I was so touched to see what an incredible impression you have created in his little heart... dear Gurudeva... Only a pure devotee like

Your self can make such miracles. We are ever grateful to you Gurudeva for praying for my mother when her health was in a bad condition.

We are all eternally grateful to you for everything that you have done for us... Under the guidance of His Grace Kṛṣṇa Nama Anand Prabhu and his good wife we feel protected and encouraged on our path in Bhakti...

Dear Gurudeva we beg to always be in pleasing service to your lotus feet... We love you from the bottom of our heart dear Gurudeva!!

Your servant,

Gandharvikā Prakash (aspiring disciple)

New Jersey, USA

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectable obeisances at your divine lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Happy Appearance Day Dear Guru Mahārāja. I pray for your good health everyday. You are always eager to connect to your disciples and caring for us, eager to take us back to Godhead with you. I am very grateful to you. By your causeless mercy I got good fortune to become your disciple. You are amazing and inspire your disciples. Also you have lots of determination, enthusiasm and love for devotees. Please forgive all the offenses I made knowingly and unknowingly. Please kindly shower your mercy upon me to become humble servant of your lotus feet eternally.

Your insignificant servant,

Varuṇī Balāipriyā Devī Dāsī

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine

“Ofrezco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja quién es muy querido por El Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu por haber tomado refugio a sus pies de loto.”

nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

“Ofrezco mis respetuosas reverencias a mi maestro espiritual Su Santidad Jayapatākā Swami quién está dedicado a servir los deseos e instrucciones de Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda y de los Ācāryas previos. Usted está distribuyendo libremente la misericordia de Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu y las glorias de los pasatiempos trascendentales, instrucciones y la morada de Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Usted está predicando Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa en todos los pueblos y aldeas, liberándolos así de la condicionada vida material.”

Muy querido Guru Mahārāja,

Por favor acepte mis reverencias a Sus divinos, proactivos, bienaventurados y misericordiosos pies de loto.

Todas las Glorias a Su Divina Gracia Śrīla Prabhupāda, Océano de Misericordia!

Todas las glorias a usted querido Guru Mahārāja!

Querido Guru Mahārāja, estoy tan inmensamente agradecida de que me haya dado refugio bajo usted en una forma tan misericordiosa a pesar de que con su visión trascendental usted podía ver que yo no tenía ni tengo ninguna cualificación.

Hace varias décadas un Guru de ISKCON, abandono el movimiento de Śrīla Prabhupāda y se fue con un grupo que en Sud América que llaman la reforma. Yo estaba en Quito y Usted nos mandó un telegrama avisandonos de que ese Guru se había ido y que tengamos cuidado y que no nos confundamos. Recuerdo claramente todos nosotros rodeando al presidente de templo, leyéndonos su telegrama, en ese momento sentí que tan fuerte y seguro es su refugio, que leal es Usted a Śrīla Prabhupāda y que afortunados somos todos sus discípulos por haber obtenido su increíble protección.

Siempre le agradezco a Kṛṣṇa por Usted en mi vida, no solo es un erudito y tiene plena realización de Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa, pero también es un verdadero océano de misericordia tratando de salvar a la mayor cantidad posible de almas caídas y ayudarlas a volver a Kṛṣṇa. Lamento que no pueda expresar mejor este sentimiento de amor y agradecimiento por mis pobres limitaciones. Pero su profundo amor por Kṛṣṇa su increíble conexión con Lord Caitanya y con Śrīla Prabhupāda son tan raros en este mundo, tan increíbles.

Guru Mahārāja, gracias desde lo más profundo de mi corazón. Le deseo la mejor salud del mundo. Por favor perdóneme todas mis ofensas. Mucho amor,

Su insignificante sirvienta,

Vijaya Rādhā dd (Dīkṣā) Alachua Florida, USA

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to the previous ācāryas!

Today is the 73rd Vyāsa-Pūjā, your 73rd appearance day. This day is very honored by me. However, I don’t know how to glorify you. I have no quality to glorify you. If you give me your unconditional mercy then I will be able to say something.

Guru Mahārāja, you inspire us every moment by your dedication and commitment towards Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Caitanya. Despite of all adversities you are continuously engaged in serving Śrīla Prabhupāda and connecting so many souls to Kṛṣṇa. Diseases and infections may affect your physical body temporarily but they cannot decrease your enthusiasm to serve and help people all over world. You are continuously and eternally spreading love of Kṛṣṇa to everyone without seeing his qualification thus justifying your position as an eternal associate of Mahāprabhu.

I am worst than Jagāi Mādhāi still you have accepted me and given me your mercy.

You have taught us how one should continuously meditate on the glories of his spiritual master, like you are always absorbed on the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda and your whole life revolves around Śrīla Prabhupāda. You are always singing his glories thus teaching us how one should love, respect, meditate and follow his spiritual master.

Guru Mahārāja on this most auspicious day, please bless me so that I unconditionally surrender at your lotus feet. Guru Mahārāja, thanks for the love and care you have shown to us. Thank you for visiting our house daily and blessing us. We are very grateful to you. I eagerly wait them to spot me so I get blessings. Thanks for appearance day blessing for my daughter, Bala Vrinda, my prabhuji Bala Chandra chenna & my birthday It is a special birthdays for all of us

You also mentioned that the secret of success in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is to push ourselves to the best of our ability and capacity to serve, so I would like to offer my services at your lotus feet to the best of my capability.

Guru Mahārāja from day of your surgery, I am doing Nirjala Ekādaśī but from 2019 January 4th from initiation day I am chanting 64 rounds on every Ekādaśī and hosting call for chanting many devotees also join me in chanting 64 rounds.

After my first spiritual birthday I increased my Ekādaśī sadhana. I am doing Nirjala Ekādaśī 64 rounds and all night chanting. For one year I want to offer all the result at ur lotus feet

Every day also I chant my rounds before 6:30 am, I chant daily 20 rounds.

I teach kids 2 to 6 years old story from Śrīmad-bhāgavatam, Rāmāyaṇa.

I also started a WhatsApp group for divine vāṇī Monday to Friday we hear and our share realizations

We also stared teaching my neighbors kids Bhagavad-gītā verses & Kṛṣṇa stories

When Ekādaśī is on holidays kids are trying to fast please bless them

I co ordinating calls for Śrīmad-bhāgavatam and Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, I upload classes to YouTube and I help as technical team to organize calls.

I cannot go for book distribution so I am doing at ur book table daily from past 5 months please bless me so that I can continue it

My daughter Bala vrinda learnt Bhagavad-gītā 14 chapters & prayers from Śrīmad-bhāgavatam & chanting 2 rounds

My prabhuji helps me so much so I can do my service and chants 8 rounds every day

I sincerely request your blessings and mercy so that I can fulfill my responsibility as a Wife & Mother and become a good devotee.

Please forgive our mistakes and the offenses committed and help to progress effectively, without obstacles, together in our family, so that we practice and preach effectively and be a good example of a devotee family. Give us the fortunateness of following your orders as it is, happily and whole heartedly.

Please give me the understanding of the subject of the real knowledge of our Vedic scriptures and let me remember it and practice it, as it is and preach it perfectly, so that I can do good service in your mission.

Please bless me so that my stupid mind does not trick me and push me to jump out of your transcendental boat!

Your insignificant servant,

Vinita Gandharvikā Devī Dāsī,

College Station Texas,

Nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale

śrīmate Jayapatākā-svāminn iti nāmine

namah Ācāryapādya nitāi kṛpa prādhāyine

gaurakatha dhāma dhaya nagara grama tarine

Nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale

śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine

namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe

nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dear Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept my respectful obeisances!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to your Divine Lotus feet! Happy Auspicious Appearance Day!

Gurudeva, Thank you so much for showering unlimited mercy upon us and holding us tightly, even though we are so fallen. We don’t understand your mercy and naturally tend to slip and stroll freely in this world, without your mercy we would have been lost somewhere by now. Guru Mahārāja we are so much indebted for your mercy and compassion on each one of us at home.

Patita-pāvana Guru Mahārāja, Kindly shower your special mercy upon all my contacts who are in various stages in Bhakti-vṛkṣa of His Grace Amāni Prabhu, Minneapolis and His Grace Vaiṣṇava Prabhu, New Rājāpur Jaganath Dham Bangalore and also bless us to reach out to more souls and serve you in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission.

Am shamelessly asking to continue shower your mercy upon my parents Damodaran prabhu, Gajalakṣmī mātājī and Sister Vidyā Svarupinī Rādhā devī dāsī (Canberra, Australia), Brother in law Bhakta Praveen, son Saranga, and my kids Pavithra, Haripriya wife Rasajna Rādhārāṇī dd and myself to grow nicely in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Kindly forgive all the offences we made knowingly, unknowingly and Please remove the bad qualities.

We pray to Śrī Śrī Prahalad Narasiṁhadeva to protect you from all health challenges and safe trip to US.

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Your insignificant servants,

Vrajavinod Dāmodara dāsa

Rasajna Rādhārāṇī devī dāsī

Pavithra

Haripriya

South Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

শ্রী শ্রী গুরুগৌরাঙ্গ জয়তুঃ
নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে।
শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনিতি নামিনে।।
নমো আচার্যপাদায় নিতাইকৃপা প্রদায়িনে।
গৌরকথা ধামদায় নগরগ্রাম তারিণে।।
(জগদগুরু শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ কি জয়, পতীতপাবন শ্রীল গুরুমহারাজ কি জয়)
প্রিয় গুরুমহারাজ,

আপনার শ্রীচরনকমলে সশ্রদ্ধ অনন্ত কোটি দন্ডবৎ প্রনাম জানাই। আমরা আপনার দীক্ষিত শিষ্য-শিষ্যা, ব্রজেশ গোবিন্দ দাস ও মুক্তিদাত্রী রাধিকা দেবী দাসী ।গুরুমহারাজ আপনার ৭৩ তম ব্যাস পূজাতে ভগবান শ্রী শ্রী নৃসিংহ দেবের কাছে আমাদের বিশেষ প্রার্থনা উনি যেন আপনার শরীর স্বাস্থ্য ভাল রাখেন যাহাতে আপনি অধিক হারে মহাপ্রভুর বাণী প্রচার করতে পারেন এবং অধঃপতিত জীবদের উদ্ধার করতে পারেন । আপনি অনেক অনেক দয়ালু ও করুনার সাগর । আপনি শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ, রাধা-মাধব এবং গৌর-নিতাই কে সন্তুষ্ট করার জন্য একটি মুহূর্ত ও কৃষ্ণভাবনাময় ছাড়া থাকেন না । আপনি কৃপা করে আমাদেরকে আপনার শ্রীচরনে আশ্রয় দিয়েছেন তাই আমরা আপনার নিকট চির কৃতজ্ঞ। গুরুমহারাজ আপনার কাছে বিনীত প্রার্থ্না,আমাদের সকল অপরাধ ক্ষমা করে আশির্বাদ করবেন যেন সর্বদা আপনার নির্দেশ পালন করতে পারি এবং আপনার ও শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের সেবায় নিয়োজিত থাকতে
পারি।

গুরু মহারাজ কিছুদিন পূর্বে একই সাথে স্বপ্নে আমরা দুজনে আপনার শ্রীচরণপদ্ম দর্শন করেছি, আমি দণ্ডবদ প্রণাম করেছি আর মুক্তিদাত্রীকে আপনি স্বইচ্ছায় আপনার চরণকমল ওর কপালে ঠেকিয়েছেন I এই স্বপ্ন দেখার পরে আমরা খুব আনন্দে আছি I কৃপা করবেন আমি যেন বিভিন্ন কৃষ্ণভাবনাময় অনুষ্টানে নির্ভুলভাবে প্রবচন প্রদান করতে পারি এবং আমরা যেন সবাই মিলে
দিব্য আনন্দে হরিনাম করতে পারি I


বিনীত নিবেদক

আপনার অযোগ্য শিষ্য-শিষ্যা
ব্রজেশ গোবিন্দ দাস ও মুক্তিদাত্রী রাধিকা দেবী দাসী

আপনার নাতী-নাতনী
বারসানা আচার্য্য, মিথিলা আচার্য্য
কৃষ্ণ আচার্য্য এবং লক্ষ্মীপতি আচার্য্য

Dearest 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 respectful obeisance at your lotus feet on this very auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!

All glories unto your Divine Grace!!

Happy Vyāsa-pūjā Celebration Guru Mahārāja!!!

Māyā is like a tidal wave
That tries to pull us down
Many feel the pain of grief
Many torn asunder

We all struggle to rise again
To feel the bliss of Kṛṣṇa consciousness
It can be so difficult
Facing so much strife

You are our only Sunshine
You lighten up our world
Every single ray you emanate
Is a sign of hope

Your compassion captures us
And sustains us in tender care
Your smile expels all gloom
And brings only joy in our heart

You came into our life
Like a breath of fresh air
Making difference in each of our lives
Curing us from material suffocation

With your sweet fragrance of Kṛṣṇa Prema!!

O Nectar of Mercy,

I am eternally indebted to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Kṛṣṇa for connecting me to you and allowing me to be your spiritual daughter.

I, the most insignificant, sinner, ignorant, egoistic, corrupted, ill feeling soul do not really know what is good or bad, what to accept or to reject, when to be stubborn or when to be flexible. I bow to your Lotus feet and honestly plead for your causeless mercy. Please help your downtrodden child to be pure, qualified disciple; so that I always remember that I am the insignificant servant of the servant of the Supreme Lord and be able to fix my mind on Gaurāṅga’s Lotus feet. Also please guide this fallen soul to come to light and engage in distributing your bliss Harināma Saṅkīrtana. You are so merciful that anyone who is most sinner and offender can be faultless by your glance. Please forgive me for all the known and unknown offended I committed.

Your most insignificant servant,

Vṛnda Vaiṣṇavī Devī dāsī (dīkṣa)
Rajesh Perumal (aspiring disciple)
Sudarśan,

Atlanta, USA

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our most respectful obeisance at your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Caitanya Mahāprabhu. All glories to you and your services.

On this occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā we both pray to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Narasiṁhadeva to always bless you with good health and full protection.

Guru Mahārāja, we have no words to express our sincere thanks for giving us unconditional shelter at your lotus feet which we feel we don’t deserve. We are very grateful to Kṛṣṇa to have send you in this material World to deliver the conditional souls like us.

The Vyāsa-pūjā celebration on the spiritual master’s appearance day is a day to worship him as the representative of Kṛṣṇa. On this most auspicious of all days we remind ourselves of our duty to lovingly serve and faithfully surrender ourselves unto you Guru Mahārāja. So, when we surrender fully ourselves to your lotus feet so Kṛṣṇa can accept us as his devotees. So, when we celebrate the Vyāsa-pūjā it has a duel effect the supreme Lord is satisfied and also we get the mercy of the spiritual master. This makes us progress on the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Guru Mahārāja You take care of your disciples in spite of your own health condition which you transcend and teach us in an exemplary manner that you are above this material body. The other quality of yours that touch our heart is your surrender, sincerity and following the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda sincerely. We pray to Kṛṣṇa n beg for your blessings also that if we could have even a small amount of surrender, sincerity in following the instruction.

In spite of you having so many health issues and so many services of yours still you responded to my email by giving me blessings for my surgery and thus giving me lot of strength, faith and confidence to go through this whole health crisis.

During my health issues we learnt from you how important is to maintain our daily spiritual practices by seeing you and therefore get great impetus to maintain our sadhana nicely also.

We humbly request you and Kṛṣṇa to please keep both of us under your shelter and guidance so that we can achieve the highest epitome of devotional service and are able to assist you in your mission and your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Kṛṣṇa.

Guru Mahārāja last year we could stay in Māyāpur dhāma for a long period of time of seven months by your mercy only. We have never stayed for so long in Śrī Māyāpur dhāma it was the most memorable, relishable and devotional time spent as we got involved in some services also.

Begging to remain a humble servant at your feet.

Your insignificant spiritual children,

Yashodānandana Mādhava dāsa (dīkṣā)

Lalitā Mādhava premi devī dāsī (dīkṣā)

Washington D.C., USA

RUSSIA
Russia

Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaj! Please accept my respectful obeisances! All glory to Srila Prabhupada! All glory to you!

 

I congratulate you on the Day of Your Vyasapuja! I would like to say a big thank you for all the help that you have done for our family and continue to do! Your heart is boundless! thank you for allowing me to serve you during the pandemic! such an opportunity falls, we can say that once in the life of Brahma, thank you for your mercy! 

 

Being with you for a while, I saw that you devote your whole life, every moment of your life, to the service of your Spiritual Master Srila Prabhupada! Everything you do, everything is connected only with the service of Srila Prabhupada and the fulfillment of His instructions! It's just amazing! But most of all I was struck by your attitude towards all the people with whom you come in contact in one way or another. You give only love! No matter what questions or problems a person comes with, in whatever situation a conversation takes place - you always communicate so personally, giving people so much warmth and love that they just reach out to you in an endless string! You never criticize, but always try to help a person with all your heart, even if he has done some wrong things! 

 

Your enthusiasm in fulfilling the instructions of your Spiritual Teacher simply has no equal! Despite the physical condition of your body, despite experiencing frequent daily pains, you are always ready to go to scheduled meetings or conduct preaching programs! You don't have a moment of free time, it's all dedicated to Krishna, Srila Prabhupada and the devotees! 

 

One moment of communication with you changes the heart of any person for the better, even if he is a sinner. What can I say about those who constantly serve you every day. The hearts of your close servants, they are almost the same as your heart - full of all-encompassing love and infinitely compassionate to all living beings! Their hearts are full of transcendent sweetness and all-encompassing attraction! 

 

Guru Maharaj, thank you very much for everything! We wish you a speedy recovery of health!

 

Your eternal servant,

Krishna Kripamurti d

 

Srila Jayapataka Swami ki, jay


 

Hare Kṛṣṇa, dear Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to you!

All glories to your auspicious appearance Day!

Dear Guru Mahārāja! You accept me with all my imperfections. You tolerate my delusions. You are infinitely merciful. I do not doubt the truth of your instructions for the slightest part. To the best of my abilities, I try to follow your instructions. Please give me power to follow your instructions and always stay at your feet.

You are infinitely merciful and compassionate to any soul. I remember how at the festival you waited until lower living beings take your prasāda. You did not start to eat. Dear Guru Mahārāja, I thank you for you constantly teach me. Some lessons I can understand just long time later. I believe in you and in your instructions. I feel my insignificance and your greatness and pray to become your perfect disciple and follow all your orders.

I try to cleanse my heart in order to gladden you.

More and more I ask you to give me power for I could go along the path of obtaining Kṛṣṇa consciousness, without your mercy and benedictions I have no hope to reach perfection.

Please excuse my offenses.

Loka Pālikā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)

Russia (Moscow - Śrī Jagannath Mandir)

Hare Kṛṣṇa. Dear Guru Mahārāja, please accept my obeisances. All glories to our dear Śrīla Prabhupāda.

On this blessed day, please accept my respect and gratitude for everything you do for us. You are an example of great devotion to guru and Gaurāṅga, inspiring every second of your life. Despite the difficulties, you go to your goal and teach us HOW to serve Mahāprabhu and the spiritual master. I am very happy to be at your lotus feet. Thank you for accepting me as a student. December 26, 2021, in Yekaterinburg, I received refuge at your feet, a new birth, the spiritual name of Mādhavī Sumukhī devī dāsī. And now, the goal of my life is to become a worthy student.

I wrote many letters to you, asking you to take sannyāsa, to move to live in Vṛndāvana. Created a lot of anxiety for you. Please forgive me, I’m a bad student. Now, by the grace of the Lord, I have been in the Dham for the third month. And I feel that if you make an effort, you can stay here to live. I feel how Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa give me this freedom of choice. But I have no more desire to hide in Vṛndāvana or in Māyāpur. I realized that I wanted to travel around Russia with a sermon. Take care of the devotees who have already joined the Movement and attract new ones. This awareness is like an insight for me, it is not just from the mind, but lived as an understanding of the meaning of life. I’m sure this transformation happened by your grace.

Thank you very much for accepting me as a student, I will try to become worthy of my Gurujī. I will try to justify Śrīla Prabhupāda’s special blessings and please Rādhārāṇī and Kṛṣṇa. I will try to serve the Vaiṣṇavas, learn to cooperate.

In 2021, in parallel with the Prabhupāda Caravan, 360 Prabhupāda books were distributed. Weave about 30 garlands for the big Pañcha-tattva in Ilsky and about 10 in Omsk. For about three months serve in the wardrobe of the Deities of Pañcha-tattva in Ilsky and for about a month in the wardrobe of the Deities of Rādhā Govinda in Omsk. To live for a month in the house of the Five Truths family, to serve the Pañcha-tattva and was lucky one day to serve at the altar. This is a different world, the strongest energy. I am very happy to be able to serve like this.

In 2022, three weeks of parikramā have already passed through the innermost places of Vṛndāvana, a week in Jaipur, a week in Māyāpur. We lived in Udupi for a month, went to the temple of Udupi Kṛṣṇa, participated in the Ratha-yātrā three times. Very strong saṃskaras were left by the grace of Mādhava Ācārya and Kṛṣṇa in the Uḍupī temple. Incredible mercy was shed on us in the parikramā, in one day we received the darśana of the three primordial Deities: Madana Mohana (Karola), Govindajī and Gopīnātha (Jaipur). Bathed in many holy lakes and with the thought of you, dear Gurudeva, sending the fruits of austerities to you. 21 chronological films (2-5 hours each) were filmed about parikramā as a service to Vaiṣṇavas. They recorded small videos about holy places and interviews with famous preachers.

Also, I continue to follow your instruction, to use special abilities and talents in the service of the Vaiṣṇavas.

I hope I managed to please you Vaiṣṇavas, Prabhupāda and Rādhā with Kṛṣṇa at least a little.

All glories to Prabhupāda.

Your maid,

Mādhavī Sumukhī devī dāsī 
Ilsk, Russian Māyāpur temple “New EkaCakra Dhāma”

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Харе Кришна. Дорогой Гурумахарадж, примите пожалуйста мои поклоны. Слава нашему дорогому Шриле Прабхупаде.

В этот благословеный день, примите пожалуйста моё почтение и благодарность за все, что вы для нас делаете. Вы пример великой преданности гуру и Гауранги, вдохновляете каждой секундочкой своей жизни. Не смотря на трудности, вы идёте к своей цели и учите нас КАК нужно служить Махапрабху и духовному учителю. Очень счастлива быть у ваших лотосных стоп. Благодарю, что приняли меня в ученицы. 26 декабря 2021 года, в Екатеринбурге, я получила прибежище у ваших стоп, новое рождение, духовное имя Мадхави Сумукхи д.д. И теперь, цель моей жизни, - стать достоиной ученицей.

Я много писем вам писала, просила принять саньясу, переехать жить во Вриндаван. Создавала вам множество беспокойств. Простите меня пожалуйста, плохой из меня ученик. Сейчас, по милости Господа, я уже третий месяц в Дхаме. И чувствую, что если сделать усилия, то можно здесь остаться жить. Чувствую, как Радха с Кришной дают мне эту свободу выбора. Но у меня больше нет желания спрятаться во Вриндаване или в Маяпуре. Я поняла, что хочу путешествовать по России с проповедью. Заботиться о преданных, которые уже пришли в Движение и привлекать новых. Это осознание, как прозрение для меня, оно не просто из ума, а прожито, как понимание смысла жизни. Уверена, эта трансформация произошла по вашей милости.

Спасибо вам большое, что приняли меня в ученики, постараюсь стать достойной своего Гуру джи. Постараюсь оправдать особые благословения Шрилы Прабхупады и порадовать Радхарани и Кришну. Буду стараться служить вайшнавам, учиться сотрудничать.

За 2021 год, параллельно с Караваном Прабхупады, удалось распространить 360 книг Прабхупады. Сплести около 30 гирлянд для большой Панча-таттвы в Ильском и около 10 в Омске. Около трех месяцев служить в гардеробе Божеств Панча-таттвы в Ильском и около месяца в гардеробе Божеств Радха Говинды в Омске. Месяц прожить в доме семьи "Пять Истин", послужить Панча-таттве и повезло однажды послужить в алтаре. Это другой мир, сильнейшая энергетика. Очень счастлива от возможности такого служения.

В 2022 году уже пройдено три недели парикрамы по сокровенные местам Вриндавана, неделя в Джайпуре, неделя в Маяпуре. Месяц прожили в Удупи, ездили в храм Удупе Кришна, трижды участвовали в ратха-ятре. Очень сильные самскары остались от милости Мадхава Ачарии и Кришны в храме Удупи. Невероятная милость пролилась на нас в парикраме, за один день мы получили даршан трех изначальных Божеств: Мадана Мохана (Карола), Говиндаджи и Гопинатха (Джайпур). Омывались во множестве святых озёрах и с мыслью о вас, дорогой Гурудев, отправляя плоды от аскез вам. Снят 21 хронологичных фильмов (по 2-5 часов) о парикраме как служение вайшнавам. Записывали маленькие ролики о святых местах и интервью с известными проповедниками.

Так же, продолжаю выполнять ваше наставление, задействовать особые способности и таланты в служение вайшнавам.

Надеюсь мне удалось хоть немного порадовать вас, вайшнав, Прабхупаду и Радху с Кришной.

Вся слава Прабхупаде.

Ваша служанка, Мадхави Сумукхи д.д из Ильска, Русского Маяпура храма "Нью Эко-Чакра Дхам" (основатель которого стал Аударья Дхама пр).

UAE
Middle East

జై గురు జై గౌరంగా

జై శ్రీల ప్రభుపాద

జై శ్రీల గురుదేవ

హరే కృష్ణ గురుమహరాజ్ మీ పాదాలకు శత కోటి ప్రణామాలు. గురుమహరాజ్ మీరు ఎంతో కరుణామయులు ఎంతో దయామయులు నాలాంటి పతిత జీవులు ఎందరినో ఉద్ధరిస్తున్నారు. మీరెంతటి కరుణామయులు అంటే కరోనా సమయములో కూడా మాకు ఆన్లైన్ లో మీ గురు ఆశ్రయాన్ని పొందే అవకాశాన్ని కల్పించారు మీకు శత కోటి ధన్యవాదాలు. నేను మా ప్రభుజీ ఇద్దరమూ మీ పాదాల దగ్గర ఆశ్రయము తీసుకున్నాము మీ కరుణ వాళ్ళ రాధా దామోదరుని మా ఇంట్లో పెట్టుకొని సేవ చేసుకుంటున్నాము. మా కుటుంబములో నేను మా ప్రభుజీ మాత్రమే కృష్ణ చైతన్యములో ఉన్నాము మా పిల్లలు మా కుటుంబములో అందరు మార్గములోకి రావడానికి మీ ఆశిశులు కావాలి. మేము ధీక్ష తీసుకోవడానికి అర్హులు అయ్యేలాగా మమ్మల్ని దీవించండి. మేము జపం ఇంకా బాగా చేసుకునే లాగా ఇంకా కృష్ణ చైతన్యము మార్గములో వృద్ధి చెందాలని మీ కృప ఇవ్వండి. మీ ఆరోగ్యం కూడా బాగుండాలి మీకోసం నరసింహ దేవ్ భగవానుని రాధా దామోదరుని ప్రార్థిస్తాము. హ్యాపీ వ్యాస పూజ గురు మహారాజ్

మీ శిష్యుడు మరియు శిష్యురాలు

శ్రీనివాస్ ప్రభుజీ

అలివేలు మాతాజీ

Alivelu Mātājī and Śrīnivāsa Prabhu
Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa
 

My Respectful Obeisances to Guru Mahārāja!

A very very happy Appearance day to our spiritual father. we are indeed very Fortunate to have taken Dīkṣā from you. I always pray for your good health to Kṛṣṇa.

Although we are an average devotee and struggling with our regular sādhana, Job and household duties we are committed to serve Your Holiness, Śrīla Prabhupāda and ISKCON in every possible way.

Recently I have been writing few compositions for glorifications of devotees and Lord. Im coordinating SB class for my chakra, Taking Bhakti-vṛkṣa and increasing book distribution as each year passes.

I will improve my sadhana and keep trying to contribute to the great cause.

Please consider us like Squirrel in your great army serving the Lord who will do the best of our small capacity and bless us.

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Sevā Abhilāshī,

Amarendra Vrajeśa Dāsa

Dearest Guru Maharaj,

Dandavat pranam,

Your glories are infinite and unlimited, no amount of words can justify them. You have always been there for me guiding me and reminding me of your presence inspite of my sinful traits. After my initiation i was looking for an answer to the question as to what pleases you the most? In the vyasa puja meditations, I came across the answer where you said "what please me the most is when devotees develop pure love for Krsna." But Krishna is yours. Only you have the power to give Him to us. Just as a father fulfills all the demands of his daughter, on this most auspicious day, I seek your blessings to bless me with Krsna prema. Even to please you I need your causeless mercy. 

I am ever indebted to you for accepting me as your disciple and to all the senior vaishnavas for recommending my name to be added to your family.

Heartfelt gratitude.

Your useless servant,

Anandini Gaura Priya Devi Dasi

 

 

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Please accept my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet.

All glories to your appearance day our beloved Guru Mahārāja.

I, your spiritual daughter Anantalīlā Keśavi devī dāsī praying on your appearance day to Lord Śrī Rādhā Madhav, Pañca-tattva and Narasiṁhadev for your good health. Lord always shower His mercy on you and keep you always healthy so that the fallen soul like me can get blessings from you. By your blessings only possible to keep remembering Lord Rādhā Kṛṣṇa and serving them in this material life. By your mercy and blessing trying to bring more people in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Need your blessing Guru Mahārāja for further progress in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Guru Mahārāja, when you were hospitalized due to abdominal injury, I was very sad and was praying Lord Rādhā Mādhava, Narasiṁha Deva for your fast recovery. When you were hospitalized, I was not feeling happy and badly missing your online classes especially Friday Middle East bhoga offering and home visit. Through social media we were getting your health updated and when I came to know that you are going to discharge from hospital, I was so happy.

Guru Mahārāja, you always be healthy that is my prayers to Lord. I chant daily 16 mālā and following all four regulative properly and will continue, so that you should be healthy and not get trouble.

Again wishing a very very happy appearance day to you Guru Mahārāja.

Śrīla Prabhupāda Ki Jai,

Śrīla Guru Mahārāja Ki Jai

Your's spiritual daughter,

Ananta-līlā Keśavī devī dāsī
Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to Śrī Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances.

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

I am so blessed that became your disciple and I don’t know what pious activity I have done in my previous or current life. I am able to improve on my daily sadhana with your mercy. With your blessings and mercy only, I am able to understand lots of līlās of Bhagavān from Śrīmad-bhāgavatam and Bhagavat Gītā and tell to others.

I got this tiny enthusiasm in the preaching to glorify Bhagavān only due to your unlimited enthusiasm to glorify the Lord. I humbly request you to provide the blessings to get and understand more and more Vedic knowledge.

In this Covid pandemic situation also, we are able to get your darśana on Zoom and listen to your Nectarian lecture. We are able realize your love and enthusiasm towards Lord Kṛṣṇa. I am trying to glorify You more and more but I am not able to do. I think that I am not that much eligible. I would like to request you to bless me so that I will be able to get the knowledge about Absolute Truth.

In this pandemic situation, you are taking care of the devotees by asking about their health during the Zoom meetings. Even when you were affected by Covid, you kept on thinking about your disciples’ health conditions who were affected by Covid. In particular, when the devotees from your personal care team were affected, at that time, you were asking all devotees to pray for their speedy recovery.

You concentrate on Book distribution a lot and recently when Bhagavad-gītā was donated to South Africa, You were encouraging those who donated and we watched that program on Zoom also. With your mercy, I was able to encourage my new Bhakti-vṛkṣa members to distribute 4 sets of Śrīmad-bhāgavatam. Also, they came forward to donate and take participate in TOVP construction.

I am able to improve my book reading with your blessings. In parallel to Śrīmad-bhāgavatam, I have started reading Caitanya Caritāmṛta after listening to your Caitanya Bhāgavata lecture. I am also listening to His Grace Jagadānanda Prabhujī’s lecture regularly on Caitanya Caritāmṛta in Tamil and I am continuously reading now.

With your blessings only, I am able to take Bhakti-vṛkṣa class for the past 2 years. This gave me the confidence and faith to talk about the glories of Bhagavān to others and to bring them into Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Every time, I take KKC class for children, I offer my humble obeisances to your lotus feet so that I can take class in English and tell them about the glories of Lord Kṛṣṇa and sing Vaiṣṇava songs.

Just like I asked all my requirements to my Father during my childhood, me along with my family will be always asking You our Spiritual Father, to bless us to get all our requirements and strength spiritually.

I will be always begging you for getting more and more mercy so that I can bring more and more souls to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and glorify Lord Kṛṣṇa forever.

Your Humble Servant,

Ananta-rūpiṇī Viṣṇupriyā devī dāsī
Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja, please accept my respectful obesiances unto your lotus feet.

I am not eligible to glorify you but I will try my best with your blessings... You are such a great inspiration in my life in all aspects. You are so devoted to Śrīla Prabhupāda and the way how you precisely follow each and every instructions, is so admirable. You were always so sincere and serious about Bhakti. Your life activities give us the best example of a devotee as an ācārya is the one who teaches others by their own example. Despite your health condition and despite getting Covid for 2 times you never gave up preaching. This gives me a great inspiration on how I should stay consistent in Bhakti despite any problems in our life as this is all temporary. You are so merciful that you started taking zoom classes. Because of these zoom classes despite, staying away from you I always felt connected. I love to attend your zoom classes every day and take your darśana.

I still attend classes and I am currently doing bhagavata-pravāha and have almost completed it. I am also trying a bit to serve by preaching and taking classes of children by your and my sīkṣā-gurus mercy. I will be going to college next year and would be missing the association of all the Vaiṣṇavas but I will try my best to read Prabhupāda books and chant everyday to stay consistent in Bhakti for which I really need your mercy because I am so fallen that even if I try I won’t be able to chant properly and preach without your mercy. So please Guru Mahārāja keep, providing me even one drop of mercy to avoid Vaiṣṇnava-aparādhā as much as possible. Please show your mercy so that I can serve you and Śrīla Prabhupāda and never disappoint you or my sīkṣā-gurus. Without your mercy I am capable of nothing so please bless me.

Your sincerely,

Ananya Shukla (aspiring disciple)

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

Guru Mahārāja aapke charan kamlo me mera koti koti pranam mai aapka aspirant disciple hu. aapko aapke aavirbhav divas ki hardik shubkamnaye.mera bht man hai hi mai apne sparivar aapke darśana krne aau mere ko māyāpur me darśana krne ki bhi bht icha hai tovp mandir me darśana krne ka bhi bht man hai.mere teeno bachoo pr aap apni kripa banaye rakhe meri patni aapki Dīkṣā disciple hai. aapka aashirwad sada hamare sath hai kripa kr ke mujhe bhakti me aage badne ke liye or kripa kare. bhakto ki kripa or sahyog se mai abhi tak bhagwat gītā ka 2 bar bhagwatam canton 1 ka addhyan kr chuka hu. roz 16 mālā ka jap bhi krta hu. 4 regulative principal ko follow krta hu parantu kabhi kabhi baher khana hota hai to onion ka sevan ho jata hai pr mai apni taraf se poora prayas karunga ki mai apne regulative principal follow karu. meri beti ka 12 abbi complete hone wala hai uska bhagwan or aapke daya se ache college me addmission ho gya hai aap se prarthna hai ki bachee apni education ko Kṛṣṇa or aapki sewa me lagaye aap aisa unko ashirvaad pradan karen.

aapka aspirant dicpile

Ashish Kumar Mehrotra (aspiring disciple)

Gaurāṅga deśa

East London, UK

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Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

On this auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā I want to show gratitude for everything you do for all of us. The determination you have for your mission and purpose is very inspiring. I have recently started my Bhakti-śāstrī course in online mood with the motivation of my parents. Hearing you talk about It’s significance makes me realise the importance of regulated study of the scriptures. Till now I have not properly done such a study and now I want to keep going. With your blessings I want to continue on my spiritual path with no hindrance or pauses. I want to continue in this path and become an instrument in your mission. Please bless me to get better at my daily sadhana and practices. I will also put in the most effort to better myself.

Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for always watching over and outing in the most effort to enlighten and protect my spiritual journey. I offer this small poem and a drawing with my limited skill.

Thankyou Guru Mahārāja for all that you do
For guiding and pulling all of us through.

What would my human life have been
if you did not fight so hard, so long to win

Māyā would have kicked us tumbling down
no one to save us, just left to drown

Your victory flag keeps us afloat
when things get hard, you give us a quote,

You create new ways to keep in touch
to save us from this material clutch

Can I ever re-pay this life debt
One I will strive to never forget,

All of my life to serve your mission
at least to be a small addition

Thankyou Guru Mahārāja for all that you do
For being the powerful captain of our crew.

Your insignificant aspiring disciple

Amrutha (aspiring disciple)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeissances unto your divine lotus feet.

Guru Mahārāja, I want to speak with you, I have so many things to tell, learn so many things from you because my whole life is centered around you and moves around you and I want to increase this involvement still more so that I can try to understand your mood better and serve you accordingly. Please bless me Guru Mahārāja.

Guru Mahārāja, By your blessings and by the grace of H.G. Hemāṅga Caitanya Prabhujī (My Sīkṣā Guru), I am chanting my 16 rounds very nicely and following 4 regulative principles strictly.

Guru Mahārāja, My Śikṣā Guru, H.G. Hemāṅga Caitanya Prabhujī, he is now in India at Kharghar. He is a very sincere, Strict about sādhana and following rules and regulations. He teaches very nicely all the basic principles of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Please bless him also that all his desires in life may be fulfilled by your grace, Śrīla Gurudeva.

Guru Mahārāja, By your grace, everything in my life (material life) is very nicely taken care off, so much so that it makes it very difficult for me to become more serious in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, please give me your blessings, so that I may become still more serious in the service unto your divine lotus feet.

Guru Mahārāja, I am also associated with JSSS Mumbai, we have got our Brhma Muhurta chanting program, Ishta-Goṣṭhy and collective book distribution/ sponsorship sevā on second Ekādaśī of every month from JSSS Mumbai for your pleasure only. Please bless us so that we can increase our sevā more and more at JSSS Mumbai and make it one of the best JSSS worldwide.

Guru Mahārāja, whatever I have received from you could not be put in words. This debt I will not be able to repay, neither in this life time nor in future lifetimes, because all your mercy is causeless mercy. I am not all eligible for what I have received from you, Guru Mahārāja.

Guru Mahārāja, Thank you very much for coming in our lives and bringing us out of our deep slumber and engaging in your own service. I feel very proud about my luck and destiny, which is always linked with you.

Guru Mahārāja, Please never ever remove me away from your divine lotus feet which are the only shelter for me, Guru Mahārāja. Your shelter is highest blessing of my life and very essential for my own survival also. Please don’t leave me alone Guru Mahārāja, not in any condition of existence.

Guru Mahārāja, we are really worried about your health, As per Śrīla Prabhupāda, to teach us very basic lesson, that we are not this body, but soul, you are tolerating so much pain, inconvenience, uncomfort so that we should learn the lesson. Despite all the odds and degraded health condition, you are always in preaching mood. No man from this mortal world could do this?

Guru Mahārāja, we don’t have any qualification to be your disciple but it is your causeless mercy, that you have accepted us.

Guru Mahārāja, Neither I am a good devotee nor a disciple, so how can I invite your good self in my dreams, but Guru Mahārāja, My beloved spiritual father, Please have causeless mercy on me by coming in my dream and bless me always and forever.

Thank you dearmost Guru Mahārāja, It was very nice to talk with you after so long, in words, face to face. Silently, I try to talk with you every second, every moment. We are always praying for your health, Guru Mahārāja and posting the details on JPS App.

Koṭi Koṭi Daṇḍavat praṇāmas Guru Mahārāja.

Hari bol, Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Your insignificant son,

Avatārī Gaurāṅga dāsa

Kharghar, Navi Mumbai

Hare Kṛṣṇa Gurudeva,

All Glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept our daṇḍavat Praṇāma unto our Gurudeva and Spiritual master.

We would like to express our sincere respects and gratitude to our beloved Guru Mahārāja on the occasion of Vyāsa-pūjā. On this very auspicious occasion of your divine appearance day, we take special pleasure in offering this homage, as a tiny attempt to glorify you Gurudeva.

Last 2020 May 31st we took Shelter from you Gurudeva that day your giving instruction to us for initiation,

One Year period

One Time Bhagavad-gītā

Canto 1 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

We took almost two years Gurudeva.

Guru Mahārāja by your mercy, We completed book reading, now I able to read Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Caitanya-caritāmṛta and Bhagavad-gītā daily. By your mercy I got lot of changes in my heart and got pure devotee association too. Frequently your coming to my dream. Within couple days my Spiritual desire it is getting fulfilled Gurudeva.

All your blessings and mercy Gurudeva.

Please give your mercy and blessings we are seeking initiation from you Guru Mahārāja. We don’t like to wait even single minute Gurudeva. Please give your this Vyāsa-pūjā day itself we need to initiation Gurudeva. Please make me like your instrument we want to improve our Service attitude and Preaching abilities. Please give your mercy, knowingly and unknowingly I don’t want to do any Vaiṣṇava offenses.

Please give your mercy and blessings to me Guru Mahārāja. I can able to do Cooking prasāda, Ārati, chanting only. Supporting my Prabhu to honour prasāda in office.

Serving devotees whenever our dhāma program is there.

I don't know I am eligible to get Initiation Guru Mahārāja. Looks Four level Interview I feel very tough Guru Mahārāja.

Sometimes losing hope but my Prabhu only motivating me to get Initiation. If didn't get I will continue this sevā forever

With your servant,

Bhagavatī (sheltered)
Marikkani

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All Glories to Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja

All Glories to Your Auspicious Appearance Day

Please give your mercy and blessings to me Guru Mahārāja. I can able to do Cooking prasāda, Ārati, chanting only. Supporting my Prabhu to honour prasāda in office.

Serving devotees whenever our dhāma program is there.

I don't know I am eligible to get Initiation Guru Mahārāja. Looks Four level Interview I feel very tough Guru Mahārāja.

Sometimes losing hope but my Prabhu only motivating me to get Initiation. If didn't get I will continue this sevā forever.

Hare Kṛṣṇa my dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my Respectful Obeisances,

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Best wishes on this auspicious day of your appearance.

Due to the Pandemic situation, we came across many new experiences and realizations which affected our life in good and bad ways. By your mercy and uninterrupted guidance, we could cross over the bad situations and make use of the good aspects.

Your daily classes and association gave us strength to be fixed in our sādhana and preaching activities.

Online classes gave an opportunity to connect many souls through Bhakti-vṛkṣa. But the transformation of consciousness is slower than the physical classes. Anyway, this situation gave us a different experience by which we could learn many lessons. Of course, This is also Kṛṣṇa’s arrangement.

Guru Mahārāja, my personal sādhana is affected by hectic duty schedules and lack of physical association with Vaiṣṇavas. Somehow managing to cross over the hurdles in chanting. Your daily activities really guide me how to focus the time in Kṛṣṇa’s service.

We could participate in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Book Distribution Marathon and distributed many books in Kerala.

Many years we were not able to participate in your Vyāsa-pūjā celebrations physically. Hope this year, by your mercy we may get your physical association.

Guru Mahārāja, please, bless me to carry out my duties sincerely and progress in Devotional Service. Please forgive me for my aparādhās and help me to cross over them.

On this auspicious day of your appearance, I beg to Lord Śrī Rādhā Śyāma sundara and Gaura Nitāi to keep you in good health and strength to fulfil the desires of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Your Dīkṣā Disciple,
Bahu Karuṇa Nitāi Dāsa,
Kṛṣṇakathā deśa


Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma at your lotus feet.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Gaurāṅga.

Guru Mahārāja last one-year even though everyone was affected with Covid, it became an opportunity for me to connect easily with my Bhakti-vṛkṣa members and also start one more Bhakti-vṛkṣa in Tamil this year. It was my long desire and I prayed to you and to Gaurāṅga to give an opportunity to start Bhakti-vṛkṣa class in Tamil and it came as surprise that one person asked for the class all of a sudden. From next week three more people got added and I pray to you and to Gaurāṅga that more and more people join the class to hear Bhagavad-gītā and about Kṛṣṇa.

Also, I always desired to play mṛdaṅga for the Kīrtana. For last 50 years I could not learn and I heard about a class started by Puṇḍarīka Prabhu (Śrī Vallabha Prabhu’s son) and your disciple and I joined the same. Within 6 months he taught me how to play basic mṛdaṅga for kīrtanas and now I am able to play for Kīrtana with confidence. Even though, I am not an expert mṛdaṅga player my desire of playing for the deities at home got fulfilled during this year. Now I am playing everyday morning during the maṅgala-ārtī for the pleasure of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and Narasiṁhadeva Bhagavān.

Materially also Kṛṣṇa has given me things that I am not qualified for, and I am very grateful for whatever Kṛṣṇa provided to me. I am also trying to contribute to various projects you are initiating e.g., hospital and contribution for various festivities. I continued to pray that Kṛṣṇa give me the desire to contribute more for his pleasure.

As far as my sadhana’s are concerned I am regular in my chanting and one more good thing happened during pandemic is I am able to complete my rounds before 10 a.m. most of the days and now a days I am finishing 10 to 12 rounds immediately after getting up early in the morning. I continue to pray that please bless me to continue my sādhanā without any disruption and take part in various projects of yours. I am also regularly listening to your lectures and also lectures of various devotees throughout the day.

I started reading Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam last year and I read 10 slokas everyday and by that I completed second canto during this year and I am currently reading chapter 11 in Canto 3.

I really take inspiration from you Guru Mahārāja that with all the health issues you continue your service without any hesitation and with utmost commitment. I do additional rounds every day and also circumambulate Tulasī 8 round every day for your good health. So far, I have submitted 838 rounds of additional chanting, 337 Narasiṁha-kavaca and 3099 tulasī-parikramā and 7 Ekādaśī vratās for your good health.

I am very happy to say that even though pandemic affected everyone it was a blissful year by your and Gaurāṅga’s mercy that I was able to make little progress in the path of devotional service and pray for your mercy to continue to render service to devotees and participate in your projects.

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Your humble servant

Bhagavān Bālāji Dāsa

Gaurāṅgadeśa

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 Guru Mahārāja.

Please accept my humble obeisance at Lotus feet.

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

My sincere prayers to Lord Narasiṁha for your health and welfare so that your tireless service to the Prabhupāda mission is uninterrupted.

It’s really my pleasure to offer this homage to your divine grace, it is my privilege for a part of your 73rd Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā ceremony and my humble offering in this regard. I humbly pray for your blessings and forgiveness for all the offenses I have committed knowingly and unknowingly. You are leading such a great example of how to preach in a difficult situation. My family needs your causeless mercy so we can preach Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. Please keep me engaged in serving you and Gaurāṅga, even though I don’t have any ability. Please help me and guide me to overcome my āsakti, strengthen my faith and chanting and become a nice devotee, in the service of The Lordships.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja for always being so merciful to all of us, fallen souls.

My humble obeisance’s at Your Divine lotus feet.

Your Insignificant disciple

Bhaktanātha Mukunda Dāsa

Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to your divine self.

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

On this auspicious occasion of your divine appearance day, we offer our humble prayers to our presiding deities to keep you healthy to continue your unending services to the humanity, a service that you have undertaken for the pleasure of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Gaura-sundara.

We have seen you swimming across the ocean of tribulations undergoing physical challenges one after the other and giving us life lessons of endurance to remain fixed under all circumstances taking shelter of the Holy names and submissive to the directives of one’s spiritual master.

You silently tolerated all these and remained focused on preaching; a service so dear to Lord Nityānanda! You are always eager to connect to us, your disciples, genuinely caring for us, eager to take us back to Godhead with you! You are ready to practically help us in all ways possible. Let me learn to value every minute of your invaluable association. I don’t have any qualification to be your disciple. I don’t deserve that Gurudeva. Requesting your blessings to let me remain indebted to you, and to always be dedicated to the service of your lotus feet.

Gurudeva, I am facing lot of hurdles in doing the proof reading services. Without your mercy I cannot continue to the service. Please always keep me in your shelter, so I always service you till my last breath.

Gurudeva, you had mentioned that some of your disciples are not able to keep up their vows of initiation and this has caused serious concerns to you resulting in your deteriorating health, you also advised and requested all of us to simply get back to maintaining our vows of initiation, taking the deep import of your heartfelt feelings, we and all our members are sincerely chanting our prescribed numbers of rounds with utmost attention, and continuing to do our tulasī-parikramā every day.

Gurudeva, by your mercy me and our members are chanting the prescribed rounds, and extra rounds for you in the brāhma-muhūrta. We are reading Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam every day. Also am taking them class for 2 hours, covering Śrīla Prabhupāda Līlāmṛta, Gauḍīya history. Teaching them the Vaiṣṇava songs. Gurudeva please shower your mercy on all our members. Gurudeva I am utilizing my time in reading and preaching.

Also, Gurudeva, we are starting a new children class for Tamil speaking children, covering the remote areas in Tamil Nadu. Nearly around 80 children have registered. Kindly bless me dear Gurudeva so that I can do more and more sevā to please you, Śrīla Prabhupāda and Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu. Dear father, please bless my husband, my daughter and my parents, so that they take up Kṛṣṇa consciousness seriously and progress.

Thank you for fulfilling our desire to be with you every day by coming in Zoom. Answering so many questions and letting us see your love for Mahāprabhu. In spite of all the pains you have, you are merciful towards all of us, that you come online everyday. This simply shows your selfless, unconditional, loving and caring heart. We are overwhelmed by your causeless mercy.

Guru Mahārāja, although we are aware that you have lot of regulations with regard to travelling, visiting devotees etc., still Gurudeva, we are eagerly waiting to serve you. We are missing you dear Guru Mahārāja.

Dear Gurudeva, my sincere prayers at the Lotus feet of Lord Narasiṁhadeva for you to recover soon to the good old days, where we could sing and dance with you for hours together.

Please pardon my unlimited offenses. Please keep me and my family members always in your divine shelter. We love you so much Gurudeva.

Your insignificant servant,

Bhavatāriṇī Rādhikā Devī Dāsī

Mathurā deśa

My dear Spiritual father,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet!

All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to you on your auspicious 73rd appearance day!

Like everytime I am in loss of words to express my gratitude for the mercy you have been showering on me and my family. Last year all of us were fighting Covid pandemic, but with your auspicious presence through zoom the wedding of my daughter Lakshmy took place in Toronto. You blessed the couple with your sweet words and instructions on gṛhasthāśrama. We were basking in joy and suddenly our family was struck with the terrible health crisis of my husband, your dear spiritual son Nandasuta Govinda dāsa. We could deal with this unexpected tough situation only because of your blessings. You inspired us by your own example to 'Never Give up'. While dealing this situation we realised the magnanimity of the holy name. It's only because of the Śrīla Prabhupāda's books, we had the strength to face this calamity. You were motivating us by your daily vāṇī, non stop Śrī Caitanya-līlā which we were listening at the hospital. Now my husband is recovering and we are indebted to you for your continuous prayers to Śrī Narasiṁha deva for his protection. It's only and only because we are under your love, care and shelter that we have survived this calamity.

Please bless me that I should always remember how you have saved us and given us a second chance to become more serious and serve you better.

On this day I would like beg you to please shower your blessings on me so that I can sincerely chant and help you in the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Please like always keep us protected with your showers of blessings and mercy!

Ever indebted to you 

Your spiritual daughter,

Bhuvanapījitā Rādhikā devī dāsī

 

 

My 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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānanda-mādhavam śrī caitanya īśvaram

“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 murti
pūjā mūlam gurur padam
mantra mūlam gurur vākyam
mokṣa mūlam guru-kṛpā

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.

Daṇḍavat praṇāmas at your lotus feet and please accept my humble obeisance. I am one of fortunate souls who is your aspired disciple at your lotus feet on 20th April 2019 requesting you to bless me with initiation. Guru Mahārāja, I have completed IDC, NOI and Bhakti Shastri Course.

Last year I was seeking your blessing to get good job and this Vyāsa pūjā I like to share that I have very good job. Please bless me, so that I can continue to improve my chanting, my services and dedicate myself so that I advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and seek your blessing to get initiated.

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Your humble servant,

Bikram Bhardwaj (aspiring disciple)

Dāmodara deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

All Glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga!!!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabupada!!!

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. We wish you Kṛṣṇa Conscious appearance day Guru Mahārāja. Please bless us so that we continue and improve our love towards to Kṛṣṇa.

With you blessings, Pleased to update you that we invited this year Lord Jagannātha, Baladeva, Subhadrā Mayī and Sudharśana Deities in our dhāma. We are learning how we can serve them under guidance from our sīkṣā-gurus.

Pleased to update you that my wife and myself finished Unit 6 of Bhakti-vaibhava. Initially joined in Bhakti-vaibhava with the motivation from sīkṣā-gurus (His Grace Rādhāpati Śyāma Dāsa Prabuji and His Grace Ujjvala Kālindī Devī Dasī Mātājī) but somehow unable to show much interest. Later we have seen how you are encouraging us to take these courses hence I took seriously and finally completed Unit 6 until now with your mercy.

I am not able to do much of preaching activities as used to do earlier. Need your blessing Guru Mahārāja at least to do 2 Bhakti-vṛkṣa sessions every week.

Due to various regulations and limitations of Covid, we are really missing your physical darśana and dhāma visit’s. Hope Kṛṣṇa shower mercy on us so that we get the opportunity to visit any of dhāma visit’s.

I can everyday realize without your mercy and instructions; my life would be waste. We pray to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Prabhupāda to keep you always in good health so that you keep guiding us to improve our bhakti.

Your unimaginable dedication on Śrīla Prabhupāda instructions and love towards Kṛṣṇa makes us to keep full faith on Kṛṣṇa and to be Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

As I can see lot of material attractions keep alluring me and keeping me always in illusion. Please give us drop of your mercy and blessings so that we try involve, any of services from yātrā and support my sīkṣā-gurus instead of wasting time on unnecessary material activities.

Once again wish you Kṛṣṇa consciousness appearance day Guru Mahārāja.

Eternally looking for your shelter at your lotus feet,

Your Disciple,

Candramukha Rāma dāsa (dīkṣa)
Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa, Kola-cakra

परमपूज्य गुरु महाराज,

हरे कृष्ण

कृपया अपने श्री चरणों मे परिवार सहित सादर कोटिशः प्रणाम स्वीकार करे।

आपको व्यासपूजा की हार्दिक मंगल शुभकामनाए। श्री भगवान से प्रार्थना है कि आपको उत्तम स्वास्थ्य प्रदान करे।

आपकी कृपा से भक्ति भक्तिमय सेवा बहुत अच्छे से हो पा रहा है। कृपया आप आशीर्वाद दीजिए कि मैं भगवान और उनके भक्तों की सेवा सदैव कर सकूँ।

आपकी अहैतुक कृपा के लिए बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद।

आपकी आश्रय प्राप्त शिष्या,

चंद्र प्रभा तिवारी

प्रयाग धाम चक्र/कृष्ण कथा देश

Chandra Prabha Tiwari (sheltered disciple)
Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

My dearest Guru Mahārāja.

Please accept my humble obeisances. Wishing you a very very Happy Kṛṣṇa consciousness appearance day and seeking blessings on this auspicious day.

Guru Mahārāja your glories are unlimited, and you set an example for many for the coming generations in this universe. Guru Mahārāja by seeing you daily I get more inspired in my devotional service.

Guru Mahārāja, in spite of so much material difficulties and health issues you go on taking this movement by preaching the message of Supreme Lord Gaurāṅga All over the world

We need your blessings, mercy to continue my sādhana more attentively focused and continue taking Bhakti-vṛkṣa with family members and support

Guru Mahārāja may supreme Lord Jagannātha, Baladeva, Subhadrā Mayī and Narasiṁhadeva protect you from all dangers

Please bless my family wife Nivedita Mundada, daughter Nidhi Mundada, son Keshav Mundada to progress in devotional service and get initiated and shelter at the earliest.

All glories to Gurudeva!

Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda, Jaya Gurudeva Daṇḍavat Praṇāma.

Dayānidhi Dineśa Dāsa (dīkṣā)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories unto your Divine Grace!

All glories to your auspicious appearance day.

On this very auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and Śrī Narasiṁhadeva for your protection, good health, and well-being.

The entire lifetime of the spiritual master is illustrious, but this day is most distinguished and glorious as on this day you descended into the material realm to deliver the fallen conditioned souls. I am one such fallen soul constantly entangled in the web of māyā. My intelligence is non-existent, and I am only able to remain in Kṛṣṇa consciousness because of your grace, mercy, and blessings although my bad qualities and actions continually impede my spiritual advancement.

It is a true inspiration to see your unflinching commitment and dedication to please Śrīla Prabhupāda and Caitanya Mahāprabhu against all odds. Your incessant preaching endeavor and unconditional outpouring of mercy to devotees is beyond comprehension.

It is through this flow of your causeless mercy and blessings together with the mercy of your disciples and devotees that I and my family are fortunate to be in association of Gaurāṅga deśa Yātrā. With great support and encouragement from my wife and children coupled with the handholding, guidance, and association of the gracious yātrā devotees, I am chanting 16 rounds daily and regularly reading Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīla Prabhupāda books.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, you are an epitome of limitless humility, compassion, devotion, enthusiasm and much more. Please bless and bestow upon me an iota of these which will go a long way in enabling me to actively engage in the services in the manner which pleases you and Gaurāṅga.

I plead, for your forgiveness of my offences committed knowingly or unknowingly and, to always remain in the comforting shade of your protection.

On this most auspicious day of your appearance, I offer my deepest love, utmost gratitude and respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet. All glories to your Divine Grace!!

Your unworthy and insignificant servant,

Deepak Joshi (aspiring disciple)

Gaurāṅga Deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja!

Lord Mercy, you have live forever in this material world, so that like me lot of conditional soul you can elevate them spiritual world.

Please can you give your blessings Guru Mahārāja I want to do regularly chanting.

Now I am Supporting my parents, eating prasāda, attending ārati especially Picnic enjoying like anything with devotees friends.

Everything you’re mercy Guru Mahārāja. We got wonderful devotees association Guru Mahārāja.

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Deepika (aspirant)
Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

My dear spiritual father,

Hare Kṛṣṇa! Daṇḍavat Praṇāma!

Śrīla Guru Mahārāja kī Jaya!

Śrīla Prabhupāda kī Jaya!

Kindly accept my humble obeisances at your Lotus feet. All glories to His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to you 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

I am really fortunate to be given this opportunity to submit my homage at your Lotus feet, even though I am not eligible or worthy for the same.

It is your causeless mercy and the blessings of His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda, my śikṣā-gurus of Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa, Qatar and my forefathers that your divine grace took me under your shelter and initiated me. Thus, began my spiritual journey for which I remain always indebted to you Gurudeva.

I am aware that I have miles and miles to go, many many steps to climb before I can reach a minimum level of “anartha-nivṛtti,” this is possible only by your mercy and blessings Guru Mahārājajī. Please be kind enough to enhance my strength, dilute and nullify my weakness, also guide me with ideas and instructions that would sharpen my intellect making me focused towards attaining perfect Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Guru Mahārāja you always beam with confidence, and radiate compassion, forgiveness, humility. You are a symbol of tolerance and patience. A perfect role model for all of us.

Guru Mahārāja you are a great visionary. Your love and care for everyone has no boundaries. Your concern for us created the JPS Care team ensuring we remain connected with each other and to Kṛṣṇa always.

Guru Mahārāja you are an empathetic and a perfect leader always leading from the front. You have shown by your personal example that bodily impediments are no obstacles to practice and spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness. You are always a great source of inspiration.

I always ponder if my dear Guru Mahārāja and Śrīla Prabhupāda would not have come into my life, where I would have been? Aimless and lost in the murky waters of this material ocean.

Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for giving me the “bhakti-latā-bīja”. Please bless me so that I am able to water and nurture this bhakti-latā-bīja always enabling me to rise and grow to your expectations, to be a worthy disciple of yours.

Last but not the least I humbly submit myself at your Lotus feet begging pardon for all aparādhas and mistakes.

I humbly remain your servant,

Deva Deva Gaura Dāsa (dīkṣā)

All Glories to Gurudev on Your Vyasa Puja

Dear Guru Mahāraja!

Please accept my daṇḍavat praṇāmas at your lotus feet! All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All Glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga! All Glories to your Vyāsa-pūjā festival!!

When I look at my previous life before I came under the shelter of your lotus feet, which was sinful, lusty and bewildering, I realize the cooling effect of your lotus feet which soothes the burning pain in my heart. Unfortunately whenever I forget to be under your shelter, I again come back to the same previous material modes. Guru Mahārāja! Please bless me with the spiritual strength so that I never forget the shelter of your lotus feet.

Your life is an example for every one. Your recent ill health situation which you are handling with strong will and determination teaches us a lesson and instructs us how to handle certain situations. It is amazing to know even during extreme difficult situations your enthusiasm to preach and bringing conditioned souls near to Kṛṣṇa was ever increasing. All Glories to your preaching mission!!! Please keep me engaged in your transcendental preaching service forever.

Guru Mahārāja is is merciful and we are so ungrateful that iam not doing any sevā him and towards his mission. We are always committing so many aparādha and mistakes but our benevolent Mahārāja always forgive us.

Yours Insignificant servant,

Dhārāpati Kṛṣṇa dāsa and Jayapradā Hariṇī devī dāsī, Kushal and Vedant Krishna Chaitanya.

My Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa. My humble Daṇḍavat Praṇāma to you Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All Glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.

Guru Mahārāja, you are ocean of mercy- Karuna Sagar and to get your mercy in our life, we need your mercy, mercy of your divine attention to us, your divine thinking of us and that mercy only can help us out from the bondage of this world, bondage of this very life.

vaishnava ṭhākura, doyara sagara,e dase koruna kori’
diya pada-chaya, sodho he amaya, tomara carana dhori

Please bestow your kind mercy to me (and my family, friends) Guru Mahārāja. Please bless us with divine shade of your lotus feet,

Guru Mahārāja, you are life and soul of your disciples and mine too. In past one year there has been 2 times that you were not in good health and you were hospitalized. Those were very hard days for us. But you have always shown that nothing has happened to you. Yor are showing us that how to be strong always. You continued your classes even not in good health. You are my life and soul. We pray at Lotus feet of Śrī Prahlāda Narasiṁha Bhagavān for your best of health always- Jay Narasiṁha Śrī Narasiṁha Jay Jay Narasiṁha.

Guru Mahārāja, I kindly want to share a miracle with you, which has happened in past one year by the wonderful divine effect of your divine attention and your all-merciful lotus feet. In last Vyas pūjā, I had mentioned that I am trying to preach to few of my college friends with whom I am still in touch after my college days. One of my friend -Abhay Patny, I sincerely wanted him to follow Kṛṣṇa consciousness. In that process, I had tried to send him in Gurugram, Haryana, the copy of Bhagvad-gītā As It Is, in last year (2021) but my friend did not receive it and in fact returned the courier. It was a great shock for me.

But miracle happened, your divine attention to my friends through Vyas pūjā offering has changed the whole scenario.

Today my friend Abhay Patny (Gurugram) is chanting 2 rounds of Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahāmantra daily, He is attending the Gurugram temple Sunday Program, He had attended the Bhagavad-gītā learning course program organized by Gurugram Temple. He has changed his what’s up to from Brahma Kamari’s logo to His Lordships Śrī Jagannātha Baldeva Subhadrā Mahārāṇī (Gurugram Temple deities). Jay Jagannath. On 14th Feb-Valentine Day 2022, He brought, all merciful Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam canto 1, from temple and offered red rose to Śrīmad-Bhagvatam as his best valentine. He is reading Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Hari Bol Hari Bol Hari Bol.

This is in fact a big shock for me again - But a pleasant shock. I never even dreamed that this could happen. This is big change in him, and this has come only and only by divine mercy of your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja. Jaya Jaya Guru Mahārāja. Wherever you are, victory is guaranteed. This is by your divine attention only that this has happened. You are like Superman Guru Mahārāja, who can do even the undoable tasks. All glories to you Guru Mahārāja. Please accept my humble obeisances at very divine lotus feet Guru Mahārāja.

Guru Mahārāja, I want to share another great news which has happened in last one year, my mother (Śrīmatī Puṣpa Upadhyay) is regularly chanting 4 rounds daily. Her health has not been good for past many years due to diabetes. I was requesting her before also to chant but she would sometimes do and sometimes not but now she is regularly chanting hare Kṛṣṇa and this is because you have come in my life and actually in our life. My father (Śrī Inderjeet Upadhyay) has started chanting 4 rounds from 25th Dec 2021 onwards daily. This is only by kind mercy of your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja. Infact I am regeulary chanting from the time you have come in my life, prior to that I am alwasy like Indian electric bulb in village which some time on and always off. This “bala” of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa and fixing on it regularly has come only from your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja.Your glories are sperading all over the world, Guru Mahārāja.

ekaki amara, nahi paya bala, hari-nama-sankirtane
tumi kripa kori’, sraddha-bindu diya, deho’ Kṛṣṇa-nama-dhane

It is only by your mercy Guru Mahārāja, that my parents are chanting now regularaly. This all has happened once you have accepted me (and my wife Priti Dwivedi) as your aspiring disciple in 2019 and Shelter disciple in 2020. We are eagerly waiting to be initiated by you Guru Mahārāja.

kṛṣṇa se tomara, kṛṣṇa dite paro, tomara sakati ache
ami to’ kangala, ‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘kṛṣṇa’ boli’, dhai tava pache pache

Guru Mahārāja, you can only give Kṛṣṇa to me and to my parents and my friends. I and we do not have any qualification to have Kṛṣṇa in our life, it is only by your kind mercy that we can have it, else we are doomed in this world. Please bless us with Kṛṣṇa in our life-always -86400 seconds a day and all days of our life. I (and also my family) still have attachments to money, good house, good job, good fame among family and friends, desire of gratification of senses though in Kṛṣṇa conscious way etc. Please extend your divine merciful hand of help to pick us out from this Sagar, Your cause less mercy can only help us out from here Guru Mahārāja.

I kindly wish to put a humble request to you to please accept daṇḍvat praṇāmas and humble obesinaces of my Parents at your lotus feet and please accept my parents as your disciples, I had discussions with them, and they are eager and waiting for mercy of your lotus feet. Please bestow your kind mercy to them Guru Mahārāja.

I kindly request at your lotus feet to accept me as your nitya das, your nitya solider in your army in service to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Gaurāṅga and please use me the way you want- Guru Mahārāja. I wish to surrender to you completely.

Guru Mahārāja, when I listen from my senior Prabhu ji and Mata ji that in earlier days in Dubai, Sharjah, when you used to come, you would hug the devotees all of sudden and they relish such memories with you. I want to kindly mention you that I have desire to be hugged by you Guru Mahārāja- your divine hugging- please grant me this wish Guru Mahārāja.

I am thankful to you Guru Mahārāja for providing me association of such wonderful devotees here in Gaurāṅga deśa - my senior Prabhujī and Mātājī’s who are like desire fulfilling trees and helping me always by their wonderful association and guidance.

Guru Mahārāja, please forgive me for my offences at your lotus feet and please forgive me for mistakes I have done in my offering to you.

Please accept my humble obeisances.

Your Nitya das, your humble servant,

Dinesh Kumar (aspiring disciple)
Gaurāṅga deśa 

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to you dear Guru Mahārāja.

Happy Vyāsa-pūjā!!

Guru Mahārāja, on this most auspicious day, I will try my best to offer you my heartfelt gratitude and prayers.

Guru Mahārāja, you have been blessing us daily through your evening classes. I feel so fortunate to be your disciple. You give so much of your time and energy into preaching which is always inspiring. I used to wait to offer to you Gurudeva. Through your classes, we would also get to see our devotee friends especially during Covid when everything was closed. I remember discussing with my close friends about what are we going to offer on Friday evenings when you would visit Balarāma deśa. The whole week we would be meditating on this. And when we don’t see certain devotees, we would check on them.

Gurudeva, you have brought us, your disciples, all of us so much closer through your classes. It’s always so joyful seeing you, Gurudeva. Celebrating our special occasions such as appearance days with you, is something I had never expected. It’s all because of your causeless mercy that we get your blessings on these days and every day.

Guru Mahārāja, through JPS Matrimony, by your blessings, I got married to Anantaśeṣa Balabhadra Dāsa prabhujī (your disciple from Sydney, Australia) on 6th of Feb this year. Hemakāntī Mātājī was in contact with both of us. We both are eternally grateful to you dear Gurudeva, for bringing us together to serve you eternally. It was so blissful that you blessed us by virtually attending our marriage despite your busy schedule and health conditions of being hospitalized few days ago then. It really touched our hearts, and we will try our best to serve you better Guru Mahārāja.

Gurudeva, you have saved us many times. I am also fortunate to be in association of devotees who have so much of guru-bhakti towards you. Whenever there would be challenging situations, I would be remembered to just have unflinching faith on you, and everything will be sorted. And this has proven true on several occasions. I always pray that we both always remain in your shelter always.

Please forgive me for any offences committed knowingly or unknowingly.

I pray to Lord Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā that you are always in your best health so that we can get your association always!!!

Seeking shelter at your lotus feet.

Your fallen daughter,

Dīpapriyā Gāndharvikā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

Balarāma deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

All glories to you, Guru Mahārāja. Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. I’m totally underserved to be your disciple. But you are so merciful to this fallen soul. I could feel your blessings and protection on me every day though I am not worth of it. I am very indebted to your causeless mercy in every life after life.

Beloved Guru Mahārāja you are my hope and strength. Please take care of your health. I’m doing my sadhana and wish for your blessings to do my sadhana much better to elevate me in this spiritual platform.

Please forgive me for all the mistakes I make. I’m too fallen and stupid that I don’t know when I am going to realize your complete causeless mercy.

Once again I seek your blessings so that I can serve you with all sincerity and dedication. And also become the person as you want to fulfill your needs for this mission.

All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga!!!

Your sheltered disciple,

Durga Laksmi (sheltered disciple)

(Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa)

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma to Your Lotus Feet Śrīla Guru Mahārāja

Please Accept my respectful Obeisances!

All Glories to Your Divine Grace!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

First and foremost, I would like to thank You Śrīla Guru Mahārāja. By your causeless mercy and compassion, I got shelter though I am not qualified at all. It has been three years since You gave me shelter. I am working towards the requirements of First Initiation and have a strong motive to take Initiation, so that I can develop desire to continue to render devotional service Śrīla Guru Mahārāja.

By Your Mercy Śrīla Guru Mahārāja we were able to distribute two sets of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam books, Bhagavad-gītā books, and some small books of Śrīla Prabhupāda during last year.

By Your mercy Śrīla Guru Mahārāja we were able to offer 8 devotees for the subscription of life membership of Bhagavat Darśanam magazine Tamil magazine commemorating 125 years of His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I humbly beg for Your Mercy and blessings so that we can perform our material and spiritual duties with the right attitude and service mood for the pleasure of Śrīla Gurudeva, Śrī Gaurāṅga, Śrī Kṛṣṇa and to all the Vaiṣṇavas.

On the auspicious occasion of Your appearance day of Vyāsa-pūjā celebration we would like to offer prayers to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to keep You in the best of health to lift the insignificant and fallen souls like me.

Your insignificant and fallen soul,

Geethalakshmi NG (sheltered disciple)
Ethiraj Gajabushanam
Gaurāṅga deśa Yātrā

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

I would like to wish you a very happy Kṛṣṇa conscious appearance day on this very auspicious day. I know for a fact that you will be receiving a ton of appearance day messages and homages but I hope that my homage makes you smile. As of the time that I am writing this homage I am studying in 10th somehow and I am attending Kṛṣṇa consciousness classes at Qatar and I really hope that I do good this year. And you know very well without me asking that I need your support and blessings inn order to get through this year of my life. I hope that you do really good this year in means of health and I really don’t need to hope that you will do good in preaching this year because you already do an amazing job in trying to keep up your promise that you gave to our Godfather Śrīla Prabhupāda. I will try my best in all the ways I can support you fulfill your promise to Prabhupāda as I know that it really means a lot to you.

In hopes that I will be able to write another homage to you next year, I end my words with a thank you for all that you have done for us even when you are in this condition. And once again I wish you a Happy Kṛṣṇa conscious appearance day.

Lovingly Ur Grandson,

Gokul Babu (aspiring disciple)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Koṭi Koṭi Praṇāma

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānanda-mādhavam śrī caitanya īśvaram

“I offer my respectful obeisance 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.”

Please accept my respectful humble obeisance unto your lotus feet.

I will never be able to thank you enough for the unlimited showers of mercy given to me to take to Spiritual life and be Kṛṣṇa Conscious. I owe this to my husband who got me into this path and to you who have taken all steps to help me continue my spiritual journey. Now only by your mercy, I am engaged in lots of sevā without involving much into material desires.

My elder son Tejo Kṛṣṇa is getting adjusted to his studies as well as spiritual activities in Mysore. But he needs some good devotee friends in the congregation there. Need your blessings for him to continue his spiritual life strongly along with his material studies.

With your blessings myself and my husband are trying our best to help all the devotees of Gaurāṅga deśa yātrā. But we had to make a sudden decision to move to India. My in-laws and my father have become old and are not keeping that well. They feel that our presence for them much important now. Since we are the only child, we have planned that myself and my younger son will move to India. Prabhu will continue his stay here in Dubai for few more years.

We have training, many devotees in different fields to take up the sevā. So we are pretty sure that they will definitely be volunteering in serving the yātrā together.

I need physical and mental strength to help our parents in their old age. I want to keep them happier and also give them Kṛṣṇa Conscious knowledge. I will also be helping Śrīraṅga Prabhu and other yātrā devotees from India. We have accepted this decision as the mercy of the Lord. Please provide us the all the strength to be connected spiritually in India also.

I would like to offer my heartfelt gratitude to you Guru Mahārāja for the mercy you are always showering upon us and always inspiring us through your vāṇī and life examples.

I am also helping His Grace Padmanayana Prabhu in the Bāla Bhāgavatam Projects. I along with few devotees are trying to make simple videos and PPTs on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam chapter wise and also are taking up children classes in different parts of the world. I need your blessings to continue this even after I go to India,

I am also very excited to see you directly in some days. Hearing that you are coming to Dubai made all our dreams come true. I would be very happy to be see and take your blessings before I travel to India.

My mind is so fickle. Only you can whip it on the path of devotional service. On this auspicious day, my only prayer is that life after life, I will remain in the service of your lotus feet.

I am begging your forgiveness for my mistakes at your lotus feet. Please empower me so that I can do my devotional service nicely and can carry out your orders for the pleasure of guru and Gaurāṅga.

You are always in our prayers. Get well soon Guru Mahārāja. We will pray to the Lord for keeping you in good health and to give you long life; so you keep us inspiring throughout. We also pray that all your aims and missions get accomplished very soon.

Your loving daughter,

Gopīgaṇa Gītā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Gaurāṅga deśa

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa! Daṇḍavat Pranam!

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 jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-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 Saṅkīrtana Movement...

All glories to Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa for sending you here...

Please accept my humble obeisance’s at your merciful lotus feet.

I pray to Śrīmati Rādhārāṇī and Lord Narasiṁhadeva to recover you and give you a very very long life so that you can serve Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission for long time shower your glance and mercy on so many fallen souls.

On this special occasion when we all take time to remember and appreciate the importance of your presence in our lives, I wish to thank you again for your kind mercy, blessings and association.

First, I would like to beg asking for forgiveness for all the offenses against you and your instructions Gurudeva.

You are a perfect living example of “Sthita-dhīr-muni” Guru Mahārāja, even though you were diagnosed of Covid again and Air lifted to Dr. Rela’s Hospital in Chennai, your consciousness was not disturbed in spite of the three-fold miseries that trouble you. For instance, your body is literally not supporting but even in this condition you are preaching and giving Kṛṣṇa-kathā and requesting to the Doctors and Nurses who were attending you during this Chennai visit in 2022 to chant the holy name and indeed they also started chanting. Guru Mahārāja, your daily messages in the Jayapatākā Swami App is a great inspiration for fallen disciple like me, it gives me a personal touch whenever I read your updates on your daily darśanas, your offerings to Tulasī Mahārāṇī, your daily meeting reviews, no words to say Gurudeva, how much we are indebted to you. Recently you have started announcing about your involvement in completing Bhakti-vaibhava as a gratitude to the words of Śrīla Prabhupāda which reveals how intense is your connection with your Guru Mahārāja, His Divine Grace Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Please stay with us for many years Guru Mahārāja to deliver more souls, our sincere prayers to Rādhā Mādhava and Lord Narasiṁhadeva for your recovery Guru Mahārāja.

On this auspicious occasion we humbly request your blessings on our Bhakti-vṛkṣa members to improve in their sādhana and become your disciples,

Your humble servant,

Gupta Gokula Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance into your lotus feet.

You have always been a great example and you are so dedicated and sincere to your guru Śrīla Prabhupāda.

If we are determined towards Kṛṣṇa and guru it is possible. Despite of suffering from covid you used to still preach again giving us an example of how we should be. Thank you for being so merciful to us. By giving us instructions, you will always be there with us. You also show us that anything in this world can be stopped but Kṛṣṇa bhakti and preaching should never be stopped. Thank you so much for everything. Please provide me one drop of blessing so that I can understand you and serve Śrīla prabhu pada. I study in 10th standard please bless me for my study and devotion services.

Please bless me so that I will never fall from the path of bhakti and serve you eternally.

Yours devotee,

Hardik Śrīvāstava (Well-wisher)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Dear Gurumaharaj,

Please Accept My Humble Obeisances. All Glories to you, to Srila Prabhupada and Gauranga.

Nama om viṣṇu-pādāya, Kṛṣṇa-presṭhaya bhū-tale, 
Śrīmate Jayapatāka- Svamīn iti nāmine

On this special occasion i would like to display my heart felt gratitude and bow my head at your feet, your endless love for Krishna and Srila Prabhupada mission is an example and lesson for all of us. Recently you blessed me with intiation, giving me birth and the most ausipicious blessing to get back home to God head. For this Gurumahraj my heart is full of gratitude and belongs to you.

Gurumaharaj your endless energy to preach and serve Srila Prabhupada is nothing short of remarkabale. The way you engage everyone you meet whilst navigating through bodily challenges is inspirational and one we all learn from, thank you for showing us the way.

Gurumaharaj, i continue to support the Radha Seva projects in Goverdhan which focuses on cleaning the holy dham and providing daily Prasadam to the widows of Vrindavan. My aspirations going forward is to preach more and spread the holy name to others that didnt have the opportunity to hear about Krishna, whilst continuing my current seva projects.

Your Eternal Servant

Harendra Govinda Das
Middle East - Dāmodara Deśa

 

 

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

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our humble obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet.

Dear Gurudeva!!

All glories on your auspicious appearance day!!

On this occasion, We pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and Aṣṭasakhī, Śrī Śrī Jagannātha Baladeva Subhadrāmayī Sudarśana, Śrī Gaura-Nitāi, Śrī Narasiṁhadeva and Śrīla Prabhupāda for your good health.

We deeply bow with gratitude, awe and reverence to you, for your causeless mercy on us.

Dear Gurudeva, please bless us so that we can serve you and Gaurāṅga in serving Śrīla Prabhupāda life after life...

Thousands of Praṇāmas unto your lotus feet,

your humble servants,

Hari Govinda dāsa and Suśānti Rādhikā devī dāsī (dīkṣā)

Mathurādeśa

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All Glories to Śrīla Gurudeva!

My dear patita pāvana Guru Mahārāja, I offer my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. I am Hari Vaishnavi and I am 13 years old. My parents got initiated 1½ years ago thank you for that Guru Mahārāja. I am doing 16 rounds chanting and also helping my parents by cleaning and arranging ārati paraphernalia doing sandhya ārati sometimes and attending aarti. by your mercy I wish I to do nice sadhana and sevas Guru Mahārāja. I am also having darśana and taking blessings from you Guru Mahārāja. I also want to attend Bhakti-śāstrī course very soon if I am eligible Guru Mahārāja. I am unable to wake up early morning Guru Mahārāja please bless me Guru Mahārāja so that I can wake up early and dedicate time for sadhana, I am praying to Lord Narasiṁhadeva for your health Guru Mahārāja.

Happy Vyāsa-pūjā Guru Mahārāja. Love you Guru Mahārāja

Your Servant,

Hari Vaiṣṇavī, Seeking Aspiration (aspiring disciple)
Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. I am the most insignificant and most fallen soul, yet out of your mercy and compassion you have given me an opportunity to write for you. I feel I am not eligible to express properly how glorious you are. You have showered your causeless mercy on me by accepting as your sheltered disciple.

My soul is here going through numerous birth and death, you have appeared here to parcel me back to original home i.e. go back to godhead.

Beloved Guru Mahārāja, please hold me tightly never leave me at any cause. Gurudeva I am doing my sādhana and trying to fulfill the requirements to help you for this mission. I need your blessings and mercy to progress in devotional path.

All glories to your auspicious Vyāsa-pūjā!!!

All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga!!!

All glories to Guru Mahārāja!!!

Your most fallen soul,

Harikṛṣṇan Rājamaṇī (sheltered disciple)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectful and humble obeisances at your merciful lotus feet..

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!.

vāñchā-kalpatarubhyaś ca kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca
patitānāṁ pāvanebhyo vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ

“We are very happy to celebrate your Vyāsa-pūjā Guru Mahārāja”.

On this auspicious day please accept my greetings at your Lotus Feet Guru Mahārāja and also seek for your blessings Guru Mahārāja.

I am Hasika an aspiring devotee studying in 7th standard from Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa Guru Mahārāja. My parents are initiated devotees. Under Guru’s and parents guidance practicing Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. I would like to thank you Guru Mahārāja for accepting the request of installing Jagannātha Baladeva Subhadrā mayi deities. I personally love in serving them. I made dresses for the 24-inch Jagannath and 15cm Jagannath deities which I made a with cardboard and color papers through my parents encouragement and also all of them and are being taken care very nicely.

I personally like making craftworks and making short kīrtana and skit videos and also like in editing videos, Along with my friends have made one short song and dance-nadīyā godrume and also I am working on another one.

I do 8 rounds daily and 16 rounds during Ekādaśī’s. I also started learning the BG slokas by heart though our guru His Grace Ujjvala Kālindī Devī Dāsī and so far I have completed 15th Chapter and in future will learn 12th chapter and also kirtans through Amrutha sister. Now due to my exams I am not able to continue to learn more and will start learning them once done with my exams.

Please bless me Guru Mahārāja so that I can keep serving Jagannātha Baladeva Subhadrā māi deities according to my ability and continue learning the Bhagavad-gītā slokas, and for spiritual well-being.

Your Spiritual Grand Daughter,

Hasika (aspiring disciple)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

My dearest spiritual father, Śrīla Gurudeva.

Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet on this auspicious day of your divine appearance.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Oh Guru Mahārāja, I do not have any qualification to glorify you. First, I would like to pray Lord Narasiṁhadeva to protect and bless you so that you recover from your current health condition and gain good health to serve and fulfill Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission.

You have made me very fortunate by accepting me as your disciple and showering your mercy in this lifetime, else I was just wandering in this world for millions of lifetimes with no spiritual goal, suffering in the blazing fire of material existence. We can see how compassionate you are to the fallen conditioned souls like me.

As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

tasya tvaṁ tamaso ‘ndhasya duṣpārasyādya pāragam

sac-cakṣur janmanām ante labdhaṁ me tvad-anugrahāt

Your leadership is my only means of getting out of this darkest region of ignorance because you are my transcendental eye. Which by mercy only I have attained after many, many births. We are suffering simply because of ignorance. By the instruction of the spiritual master, the darkness of ignorance is removed and thus the disciple is enabled to go to the side of freedom. After many, many births, one is able to find a bonafide spiritual master and surrender to such a bonafide representative of Kṛṣṇa, one can be taken to the side of light

I beg for your mercy to do the devotional services to the best of my abilities. Gurudeva, I beg you to please forgive me for my offences, help me to be very serious, do my sādhanas sincerely and give up all unwanted desires. Please let my faith in Śrī Guru, Śrī Gaurāṅga and Vaiṣṇavas grow stronger and stronger. Please bless me and my family so that we can follow your instructions sincerely.

Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas... at your lotus feet

Your insignificant spiritual daughter,

Hemalatā Karuṇāvatī devī dāsī

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas!

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

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 sincere and humble greetings and well wishes on your auspicious appearance day.

We are very relieved to see you flying back to Māyāpur Dhāma from Chennai having recovered from the recent ailments.

We continue to pray to Lord Nṛsiṁha Deva to protect and bless you with good health.

You continue to inspire us by setting an example on how to practice Bhakti despite trying circumstances.

We pray in due course to have your darśana.

In our book reading group (Kheturi Cakra Mātājīs), very recently we completed the reading of Śrīla Prabhupāda Līlāmṛta.

It inspired me to overcome my initial inhibitions and reach out to the public for book distribution.

By your causeless mercy, we distributed 87 Bhagavad Gītā books in the city of Chennai for the Book Distribution Marathon.

We distributed Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, in the Post Office, Banks, Schools and among our acquaintances.

My mother Kastūrī Gopāla Kṛṣṇan was staying with us in Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa during the Covid Pandemic period.

While staying with us, my mother attended Bhakti Vṛkṣa Classes online from Chennai.

She is now chanting 16 rounds regularly and is an Aspiring Disciple of your Holiness.

During the auspicious Dāmodara Month, we invited a number of our neighbours for Aarti at our home.

The response was good and a few families have enrolled their children for the Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa Children Program.

Please bless me with the required intelligence to guide these young children in devotional service.

New Mātājīs who had joined our Kṛṣṇa Book Reading group are more regular in attendance now.

Last two years our daughter Shweta faced a number of difficult medical ailments.

By the protection and shelter of your lotus feet, right guidance at the right time helped us to overcome her ailment.

With constant support and encouragement from my Śikṣā Guru HG Aniruddha Gopāla Dāsa, I am taking Bhagavad-gītā Class in our Cakra.

By your mercy, my children are progressing well in their Sadhana, learning Aarti Kirtans and service to the deities at our home (Aayarpadi Dhāma).

Please bless us with the required intelligence so we will submissively render service to our Kheturi-Ramkeli Chakra and Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa Yātrā.

Your Humble Servant,

Hemamalini Gopala Krishnan (aspiring disciple)

Kheturi-Ramkeli Cakra
Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

I am a devotee writing to you from Qatar on behalf of me and my family. I am in Kṛṣṇa consciousness since almost half a decade, realizing things I was pretty much ignorant of before coming here. Before I came across the ISKCON devotees, I had never opened a Bhagavad-gītā or any other religious books to read. When I came across the merciful devotees they taught me how to lead life and handed me the manual of life, Bhagavad-gītā. They gave me the key to escape this miserable cycle of life and death which is the hare Kṛṣṇa māhā-mantra. I was so grateful to all these devotees and didn’t know how I could repay them. I then learnt about Guru Mahārāja. All this worldwide spread of great knowledge was only possible because of elated souls like you, who show mercy on fallen souls like us. You have dedicated your whole life to spread this great knowledge to save all the fallen souls. My gratitude towards you cannot be expressed through words. I am and will forever be extremely grateful to you.

I hope you accept my humble obeisances

Yours sincerely,

Marada Ravikumar
Marada Hymavathi (sheltered disciple)
Marada Harshavardhani
Marada Ganesh pavan kumar

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Respected Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept I humble obeisances.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Hare Kṛṣṇa.

This is year is very special to us as you have graced Dāmodara deśa with your physical presence.

Your tireless drive to full fil the mission of your Spiritual Master is a very inspiring indeed and this makes you a very special disciple and also special spiritual master to so many around the world.

Your contact with Covid twice has made us worried, but as always, you emerged victorious from those seemingly vulnerable moments.

All glories to Guru Mahārāja!!!

Telugu speaking preaching sevā opportunities are coming in our way. We are fulfilling the requirements of the devotees, seeking your mercy and also by reading the Śrīla Prabhupāda’s purports carefully.

With the blessings and guidance of the Dāmodara deśa leadership we are trying with our limited abilities to fulfil their expectations while carrying out the assigned services.

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Your servant,

Jagajīva Jagannātha Dāsa (dīkṣā)

Revatī Gopī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

Dāmodara deśa

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dear Gurudev,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.

“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.”

“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.”

My dearest Gurudev, words cannot justly express my gratitude and love that I have for you. You are my hero, saving me with your mercy from the clutches of māyā by giving this poorly conditioned soul an opportunity to learn and grow to become a devotee of our Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa. You have immense strength and percervance and unwavering faith in Guru and Guaranga, to follow Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions to spread the holy name throughout the world. Your mission to bring everyone under the shelter of Iskcon, the house Śrīla Prabhupāda built for everyone to live in.

Guru Maharaj, I just wanted to let you know that couple of years were very challenging and sad for me as personally too. Lat 7 years of long marriage still no child. therefore, please requesting you to bless me for my spritual as well as personall growth.

I’m very grateful and fortunate that you have accepted me as your disciple. I’ve heard from many senior devotees about how you pray for each one of your disciples, aspirants. Because of your prayers and mercy, I’m at Kṛṣṇa Katha Desh and trying to practice Kṛṣṇa Conscious life.

Your eternal spiritual Grand Daughter and servant

Monalika Gupta (sheltered disciple)
Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Nāma oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe

Nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.

"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."

My dearest Gurudeva, words cannot justly express my gratitude and love that I have for you. You are my hero, saving me with your mercy from the clutches of māyā by giving this poorly conditioned soul an opportunity to learn and grow to become a devotee of our Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa. You have immense strength and perseverance and unwavering faith in Guru and Gaurāṅga, to follow Śrīla Prabhupāda's instructions to spread the holy name throughout the world. Your mission to bring everyone under the shelter of ISKCON, the house Śrīla Prabhupāda built for everyone to live in.

I'm very grateful and fortunate that you have accepted me as your disciple. I've heard from many senior devotees about how you pray for each one of your disciples, aspirants. Because of your prayers and mercy, I'm at Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa and trying to practice Kṛṣṇa Conscious life.

There were many difficult and challenging times that I had to face however I now see as my purification, and I hold on tight to also remain in ISKCON and never forget Kṛṣṇa. Devotee care is very important and I will try to always practice this at home and in our devotee community. I love distributing books and mahā prasad wherever I get an opportunity to talk to people about Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Your eternal spiritual Grand Son and servant

Rasmaya Brajesh Dāsa, Sheltered Devotee

Nitish Sikder, Sheltered Devotee

Krsihna Kathā Deśa

Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please Accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.

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

Your Holiness is a perfect example for a disciple. As you are remembering all the instructions given by Śrīla Prabhupāda. Under all circumstances, whether body is supporting or not you are trying to accomplish every instruction of Śrīla Prabhupāda. During this Pandemic through innovative ideas like JPS App, JPS e-Care you are trying to reach every disciple. I am happy to see you in Zoom class.

You are very Compassionate and Very mercifully engaging me in the service of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Please bless me Guru Mahārāja so that I can do my sādhana sincere and serve you with dedication.

Your insignificant servant,

Jagatpriyā Hariṇī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja!

Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas! Please accept my respectful obeisance’s at your lotus feet, all glories to your auspicious appearance day, all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja this lifetime of mine is a blessing for me because I have you as My Spiritual father, the guiding star who has shown me the path to spiritual realization. Guru Mahārāja, you have always been a motivation for me right from the beginning, however now the real meaning of the guiding star Dhruv star is personified by yourself. You have untiringly given the nectar of the absolute truth to all the fallen souls and undiscriminatingly you have delivered many souls from this māyā-jāla.

Guru Mahārāja your dedication towards preaching the knowledge of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so strong that you have beaten the Covid situation on every occasion and stood out victorious. We pray to Lord Śrī Narasiṁhadeva to always keep you under His Loving care and protection.

Guru Mahārāja I would like to ask for forgiveness as I am not able to meet up to your expectation, I had taken up the service of Youth girls class, but for some reason or other I am not able to connect all the youth together to come for the class regularly, I have been trying but I feel I have failed in this attempt, Guru Mahārāja please bless this fallen soul so I shall be able to bring the Youth girls back to attend the classes regularly.

Guru Mahārāja one of the girls from my class (Karishma Deepak Joshi) has passed her initiation interview and is now waiting for your mercy to be initiated soon. I have also approached other 2 girls from the class and have been regularly reminding them the importance of having a guru in Life. Please shower your mercy on them so they can take their decision in deciding their guru.

Currently I am serving the yātrā as the Cultural committee member.

Currently I have been doing the service of translating your lectures in Hindi and the Hindi translation for the E-newsletters that are published on Every Ekādaśī. I feel blessed whenever I can do any kind of service at your lotus feet.

Whatever little attempt that I am taking in my spiritual life is all due to Your mercy Guru Mahārāja. Please bless me so that I can continue to serve you in any manner that pleases You.

Your Spiritual Daughter,

Jamunā Sevikā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Gaurāṅga deśa

Jaya Śrī Guru and and Gaurāṅga!

Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Jaya Śrīla Gurudeva!

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

My dear Gurudeva,

Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances onto your lotus feet. Your so kind and merciful. I myself Janani, I am 12 years old, I am daily doing 8 to10 rounds. my parents initiated last year. I am helping my parents. I am attending KKC classes, and I am learning so many slokas from Bhagavad-gītā. And whenever I get time, I used to sit along with my parents and attend your online classes and I was very happy when you give darśana to everyone. I love you Guru Mahārāja, I love you so much. I have some request; I want to learn mṛdaṅga and I want to do kīrtana for the pleasure of Lord Gaurāṅga. Please bless me that I can study very well so I can spend more time in Kṛṣṇa conscious activities, and I am learning bharatanātyam, bless me that I can use that talent in pleasure of Lord Gaurāṅga

Happy Vyāsa-pūjā Guru Mahārāja

Thank you so much.

Yours loving daughter

V. JANANI (Well-wisher)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā-deśa

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat pranaam Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of Your Lotus feet.

I feel so immensely happy to write to you Guru Mahārāja. By your mercy

I received my shelter under you last year on Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī day. I was so so happy. Iam trying to follow all your instructions as best as I can but iam a fallen soul and I always beg repeatedly for your forgiveness for my mistakes.

I am doing some service to my yātrā by your mercy and I pray that I will continue serving you Śrīla Prabhupāda and Caitanya Mahāprabhu mission. I take the bāla utsava classes for children and I am so so happy doing the service.

Please please please Guru Mahārāja I beg you to give me initiation so that I will be able to serve you better.

I pray Narsiṁhadeva Śrī Śrī RādhāMādhava Pañcatattva that you be given complete protection and with good health. I am so inspired by your strong will that it gives me so much of energy to do my sadhana when I am not well sometimes.

I beg you that even my family members my husband and my son come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. There is not a single day that I pray cry to Caitanya Mahāprabhu that my husband and son be Kṛṣṇa conscious. please Guru Mahārāja bless them to be a part of Śrīla Prabhupāda mission.

Your spiritual daughter

Seeking blessings

Jayarāma Pallavi (sheltered disciple)

Gaurāṅga Deśa, India

Dearest Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept our respectful obeisances at your lotus feet!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

It has been another year of ups and downs with your health dear Gurudeva! We are trying to focus on our sādhanās and do them properly including circumambulating Tulasī Mahārānī four times for you every day and chanting more rounds as well. We continue to pray to Śrīla Prabhupāda and the guru-paramparā to give you good health so that you can fulfill Śrīla Prabhupāda’s desire to see the TOVP opened, for which you are tirelessly working.

I am ever so thankful to you for giving, me the mercy of continuing to transcribe your classes and lectures. This is my only service to you and I hope and pray that I will be able to do this as long as you grant me this mercy. This is very dear to my heart as it keeps me in touch with your vāṇī all the time.

My husband, Bhakta Vijay, is aspiring from you for the past two years. He is chanting two rounds or sometimes a few more every day.

Our daughter Mādhavī Gopī is your sheltered disciple. And she is doing Bhakti-śāstrī currently in Canada. Her husband Aman, is very supportive in Kṛṣṇa consciousness but only chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra off and on. He helped build the altar at home.

We know that you are praying for all of us every day and we are so fortunate to be under your loving shelter dear Guru Mahārāja! We love you very much dear Guru Mahārāja!

Your insignificant spiritual children,

Jayarāseśvarī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Bhakta Vijay (aspiring)
Dāmodara deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept my humble obeisances.

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma Guru Mahārāja,

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

All glories to your auspicious appearance day Guru Mahārāja. We all pray for your good health and your dedication to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava.

I’m wondered how you can be so compassionate, even among your health issues you are asking the names of our relatives, friends who are affected by Covid in Jayapatākā Swami app praying for their well-being. You are really the saviour of human society.

In SB 5.18.12

yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanā
sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ

All the demigods and their exalted qualities such as religion, knowledge and renunciation become manifest in the body of one who has developed unalloyed devotion for the supreme personality of god head, Vasudeva.

You proved that “rakhe kṛṣṇa māre ke māre kṛṣṇa rakhe ke” if Kṛṣṇa wants to kill you who can save you? and if Kṛṣṇa wants to protect you, who can kill you? Even Covid cannot withstand your determination to fulfil Śrīla Prabhupāda’s desire and spread Lord Caitanya’s movement.

Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for your causeless mercy to engage this fallen soul in Lord Caitanya’s movement, spreading the holy name of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Presently I’m rendering service of taking two Bhagavad-gītā classes for adults and one kids class, engaged in book distribution sevā. Please engage this fallen soul more and more in your service to become purified Guru Mahārāja.

By your kṛpā-katākṣa on Zoom you showered your blessings on us by Lord Jagannath visits our house for Ratha-yātrā and our house becomes Jagannath Purī Dhāma with new altar for Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava.

yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasāda,
yasyā prasādān na gatiḥ kuto ‘pi

By mercy of the spiritual master, one receives the benediction of Kṛṣṇa. Without the grace of the spiritual master, one cannot make any advancement. I am waiting for your kṛpā katākṣa to become sheltered devotee and take initiation soon from you Guru Mahārāja.

On this Vyāsa-pūjā day I beg at your lotus feet to please bless me to get Hari Naam Ruchi, to make advancement in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness with determination and dedication, to serve Guru Kṛṣṇa and all Vaiṣṇavas and to taste the love of God head in this life time itself.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma Guru Mahārāja

Your humble servant,

Jeya Preetha, (aspiring disciple)
Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to you.

I beg you to accept my most respectful prostrated obeisances at your lotus feet.

Śrīla Gurudeva, on the occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā this year, I pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Gaura Nitāi, and Narasiṁhadeva to protect you and bless you with good health.

Every day we are inspired by hearing about your untiring efforts to preach to everyone you meet and your great enthusiasm to engage everyone in the service of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. But for you, we would not have received the mercy of Lord Caitanya and the association of so many devotees to help us continue in this Kṛṣṇa consciousness process. Gurudeva by your causeless mercy we received Gaura Nitāi Deity and my husband Vinod Aravindan, daughter Tanisha and myself are serving them daily.

Gurudeva by your mercy the Bhakti-vṛkṣa members are growing well in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, by Your causeless mercy please bless me so that I can preach well.

Guru Mahārāja, I want to once again convey my sincere gratitude to you for accepting me and my husband, Vinod Aravindan, as your disciples (aspiring) and giving us the shelter of your lotus feet. Please bless us that we may be steady in our devotional life and continue to be engaged in services to you and the Lord in the association of devotees. Gurudeva please my daughter Tanisha Vinod as she is in her 12th grade so that she can continue her Kṛṣṇa consciousness activities strongly alone with her studies.

I cannot thank you enough and do not have words to express my gratitude for giving us the association of devotees in Gaurāṅga deśa yātrā, who are very kindly tolerating us and engaging us in your services and providing us all the support.

On the occasion of Your Divine Grace’s Vyāsa-pūjā celebration, I reconfirm my surrender and dedication to serving your lotus feet and pray for your causeless mercy and beg forgiveness for all my offenses.

Your insignificant daughter,
Kalpataru Jāhnavā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Gaurāṅga deśa

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

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet at this divine auspicious day of your appearance It is your causeless mercy that you allowed this fallen soul as a dīkṣā disciple to be engaged in the service at your lotus feet. It is only your mercy that gives me all the strength that I require to advance further in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

I refer one of your quotes where you said “Our main duty is to satisfy the Supreme Godhead by our actions, our mind and our words” keeping this in mind...

I have no qualification, knowledge and strength for preaching, but I have a sincere desire to support your mission.

I would like to inform you that by your mercy and under constant guidance of your senior disciple His Grace Vijaya Mādhava dāsa Prabhujī my śikṣā-guru, I am trying on and off preaching in a small group of us.

You always instruct that it would be nice if whole family advance together in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Keeping this in my mind I am trying to engage my children in devotional activities and inspiring them to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Please shower your mercy on my family so that we can overcome all physical and mental weakness and spread your glories.

I am always engaged mentally at your lotus feet and keep you in my prayers to Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and Lord Narasiṁhadeva to give you good health and all protection.

I request you to please shower your mercy in every moment of my life so that I can move ahead and lead Kṛṣṇa consciousness life.

Always at your lotus feet,

Your humble servant,

Keśava Kṛṣṇa Kiśora Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa our dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisance.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

On the most auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā festival, I would like to take this opportunity to thank your Holiness from the core of my heart for giving me Your Divine shelter, for which I am certainly not qualified.

I will be eternally obliged to your Holiness for the love, care and the blessings you are showering onto me, each and every moment in my life, without which I would not have achieved whatever transformation I have got in my spiritual life.

A number of living entities, including my immediate family members, are chanting the holy name of The Lord by your causeless mercy.

All the instructions given by you during the initiation ceremony are being strictly followed by me and I am trying my best to support your mission of developing the movement and making the fallen souls to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa māha-mantra within the limitations I have in the Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa. For the past two years, I have been trying to develop devotees from a remote part of Kerala and with your blessings a number of devotees are chanting the Holy Name regularly and regular Bhagavad-gītā classes are also being conducted.

May Śrīla Prabhupāda and Kṛṣṇa bless you with a healthy and long life, so that, Your Holiness can fulfill your commitments to your spiritual master and make abundant number of living entities to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.

Kindly forgive me, if knowingly or unknowingly I have committed any offense to anyone in this world.

Your most insignificant servant,

Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Kṛpa Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

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

Dear most beloved Guru Mahārāja and our eternal spiritual master, please accept my whole hearted humble obeisance’s unto your lotus feet.

In this world of nescience there are many fighters to upkeep their possessions, but your fight against māyā in this material world, to reclaim many fallen souls (bahir mukha jīvas of Kṛṣṇa), is a noble and remarkable. We are so fortunate to have you as our spiritual Guru and we are very much indebted for your guidance/mercy to keep us on the path of spirituality and march forward to supreme destination of paraṁ-padaṁ, which is highly impossible by any other spiritual methods. We do not have any qualification other than your special mercy to follow this most exalted spiritual path. Our only request is to keep us in your prayers for not to slip down from your services.

You are tirelessly working to align the moods of people from different parts of the world to the mood of Śrīla Prabhupāda as an offering at his lotus feet. You are maintaining friendly relations with all elements of the society without any discrimination and aversion. This is only possible spiritual masters like. Surpassing all material difficulties, you are setting an exemplary lifestyle for all your followers.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for giving the nice association of so many sincere devotees who are guiding us in all aspects of spiritual progress.

Guru Mahārāja our sincere prayers to Supreme Lord to develop attraction at your lotus feet and to give suitable realized of this actual knowledge to serve you eternally life after life.

Your humble servants,

Kṛṣṇa Dāmodara Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Wife: Vīraveṇī
Daughter: Lakṣitā
India (Māyāpur)

My Dearest Spiritual Father,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet!

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

In one of your early Vyāsa-pūjā talks I heard you saying how important it is to glorify all the ācāryas in the paramparā as all are representations of Vyāsadevā. Although I am unqualified in every aspect and lack sufficient knowledge on the glories of all of the paramahamsas in our line, the least I can do is try, with this feeble voice, to glorify my direct link to the paramparā - you O Gurudeva, and Prabhupāda who represents the entire line.

Wish you a very happy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā day!

On this most auspicious day of your appearance, we humbly pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and Śrī Narasiṁhadeva to always bless you with good health.

Gurudeva, no words can glorify your greatness. Even though you have a tight schedule, you give endless darśans to your disciples never thinking of your personal inconvenience. Associating with your vāṇī is no different from your vāpu association. So please bless me to increase my regularity of associating with your divine instructions and to practically apply them in our lives.

Although my attempts to serve you in the past have been miserable, somehow you have continued to allow me the opportunity to render some insignificant service at Your lotus feet. I am indebted to your causeless mercy life afterlife. Gurudeva, I beg with folded hands before you and seek your blessings so that I may earnestly serve you at my best wherever I am. Please continue to hold my hand and engage me in your service always; that is our only way to perfection. Life after life, please engage me.

Your eternal servant and student (trying to be humble),

Karishma Joshi (sheltered disciple)

Gaurāṅga Deśa

nāma 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,
Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda …!!! All Glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga…!!!
On this auspicious occassion of Your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā, we lovingly
wish you a very blissful appearance day. We offer our heartfelt prayers to Lord Nrsimha Dev, ŚrīŚrī RādhāMadhava Astasakhis and Pañca tattva to keep you in good health & let you be in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s service.
Guru Mahārāja, like how it is impossible even for Ananta to chant the unlimited glories of Lord, your glories are so endless for any mundane person to even list out. And I am so ignorant, fallen and incompetent to glorify you duly. Still, I am trying to glorify you and express my deep gratitude to you, as part of my duty as a spiritual daughter.Kindly accept this offering of love and gratitude.
I really like to hear Lord Caitanya's pastimes from you. I feel you are always living in those eternal pastimes & trying to give us glimpses of it. Your total absorption & bliss in Gaurāṅgas pastimes & instructions, is so wonderful. You are an eternal associate of Lord Caitanya and you are also very munificent like Lord Caitanya.
Even when your health is not good, you invest all your time in various devotional services & keep inspiring all of us. Your determination & enthusiasm in devotional service is unparalleled.
Where can I find a greater spiritual influencer & leader? I submit my prayerful gratitude to Lord to have given you as my spiritual father. I pray that somehow I may be able to please you through my insignificant services of preaching.
Like how Śrīla Prabhupāda replied to his disciple
" I made your fortune " regarding how he could get the fortune to get Kṛṣṇa consciousness, your grace definitely made all our fortunes. You are an ocean of mercy. I couldn't serve you much personally. But you give darsan & accept our humble offerings through zoom meetings.. I always felt it is such a mercy, such a fortune, to hear Gaura kathā from you & receive " kṛṣṇe matir astu" blessings from you...thank you dear spiritual father. I cannot express the happiness & support I feel when I see you / receive your blessings.
My dear spiritual father, I was going through many material worries & problems & it helped me to be more prayerful, grateful & to try to depend on Lord more and more. Because my spiritual growth is still very little, I'm going through fear & anxiety regarding a planned relocation to India, with our children. I fear that the situation there is not as conducive to devotional service as it is here in Mathurā deśa. I'm very weak spiritually & so I'm praying that I may get good association & always be in devotional service and that I may be able to carry out my material responsibilities also nicely. I know you are praying everyday for all our spiritual welfare, it is a great assurance, but still I seek your protection, like a weak daughter requesting her strong father.
Guru Mahārāja, when I see your preaching efforts, other services & travel, I realize how much loyal you are to Śrīla Prabhupāda & to paramparā. You have taken the curse received by Nārada muni & Śrīla Prabhupāda, just for the sake of reaching out to more & more souls. Though I always feel very inadequate to preach, I pray to you in all my preaching efforts..Like the tiny squirrel in Lord ŚrīRama's pastimes, kindly bless & accept my insignificant sevā. Gurudeva, I have strong desire to preach / assist in preaching so that many more souls are eternally benefited.
Kṛṣṇa-śakti vinā nahe tāra pravartana. (Unless endowed with the mercy of the Lord, one cannot preach the glories of the Lord) A drop of your mercy can help so many souls, kindly make me instrumental in more preaching sevā with a droplet of bhakti śakti.
I also pray that my mother and my other family members also be blessed with the gift of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Kindly help me in bringing them closer to devotional service. Please shower your mercy on them so that they may also engage in the eternal service of ŚrīŚrī RādhāMadhava.
I sincerely desire that this is my last birth & that I may be allowed to go back to spiritual world after this lifetime itself...I'm so tired & beaten up by all the material experiences, frustrations & though I haven't developed deep spiritual realization, I seek your blessings that somehow I may be able to perfect this lifetime & be able to go back to Godhead.
Guru Mahārāja, please forgive me for any offences I may have committed knowingly or unknowingly and I beg for your blessings for our spiritual advancement and to serve you and Kṛṣṇa in a better way. Please help us to improve devotee care and to increase our preaching activities with more love and care.
Śrīla Gurudeva, please bless us and all the devotees whom we are trying to care, train and help in their services, on behalf of you. Kindly bless us all so that we can overcome the present impediments and improve our preaching to more conditioned souls. Kindly help us to be free from all offenses so that we may develop a taste for the Holy names.
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 Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga. We humbly express our deep desire to be blessed with the dust from your lotus feet. I express my deepest gratitude to you. You are the greatest gift in our lives. We love you Gurudeva.
Gaurāṅga !!!!

Thanking you

Your spiritual daughter,

Lakṣmī Rādhā devī dāsī (Dīkṣā)
Vinay Nitāi chand Dāsa (Dīkṣā)
Nandakiśore (13 years)
Saumya Rādhikā (3.5 years)
Jayakumary (my mother, your aspiring disciple)
Mathurā Deśa

எங்கள் அன்பு தந்தையின் பொற்பாதங்களுக்கு கோடி வந்தனங்கள்.

உங்கள் ஆசியை ஒவ்வொரு கணமும் வேண்டி நிற்கும் இந்த அடியவர்களுக்காக வேண்டி கொள்ளுங்கள் குருமஹராஜ்.

இன்றைய தினம் (மார்ச் 14, 2022 முதல்) தாங்கள் எங்களோடு துபாயில் இருப்பது அனைவருக்கும் சொல்லில் அடங்கா ஆனந்தத்தை அளிக்கிறது.

எத்தனை பிறவிகள் தாண்டி உங்களை காண்கின்ற பாக்கியம் இப்பிறவியில் கிட்டியது என்று எண்ணி பார்க்கிறேன்.பகவான் ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணரை தரிசிப்பதற்கு ஈடான ஒன்று இந்த சம்பந்தம். குருதேவா உங்கள் தரிசனம் தந்த பொலிவு, பிறவிப்பயன்-உங்கள் கருணை மட்டுமே, எங்கள் குருதேவா.

முக்குணங்களில் பொதிந்து கிடந்த ஜடமான உணர்வுகளுக்கு கிருஷ்ணபக்தியெனும் உயர்ந்த உணர்வை, உயிராக அளித்தருளியதால் வந்த பொலிவு.

‘‘கண்டேன் சீதையை’’ என்று பக்த ஹனுமான் உற்சாக பெருக்கால் துள்ளி குதித்ததைபோல், ஆன்மா இத்தனை பிறவிகள் தாண்டி’’கண்டேன் என் குருவை’’ என்று கண்ணீரில் நெகிழ்கிறது. பாதையை தொலைத்து தாயை பிரிந்த குழந்தையைப்போல தவித்து நின்ற ஜீவனுக்கு புத்துயிர் கொடுத்தது உங்கள் சம்பந்தம். உங்கள் பொற்பாத சேவை ஒன்றே எங்கள் அக்ஞான இருளை போக்கவல்ல ஒரே வழி.

காத்தருள்வீர் எங்கள் தந்தையே.

உங்கள் அன்பு மகள்,

லலிதா பக்திமதி தேவி தாசி

Lalitā Bhaktimatī devī dāsī (dīkṣa)
Dāmodara deśa

Jaya Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Jaya Śrīla Gurudeva!

My dear Guru Mahārāja please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet on this auspicious occasion of your appearance day. You’re so merciful and patita-pāvana. Guru Mahārāja, you are so determined in serving Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Gaurāṅga in any condition. You are the living Bhāgavata. You are the live example of ahaitukī apratihatā.... By your kindness and mercy that you have showered on me, you showed me the way back to Godhead. In each and every difficulty you showed your mercy on me. But I am so Insignificant like an immature child, unable to understand your mercy. During this pandemic, you started giving online classes. We have been connected more to you through these classes. Thank you for that Guru Mahārāja. Last year, I wished to you that I want devotees’ association, and you granted my wish. By your mercy, I have returned to Qatar and joined devotees’ association. On this auspicious day I pray to you that at any cost I should follow 4 regulative principles and wanted to chant attentively. By your mercy, in my village I have started Tamil Bhagavad-gītā class online with a few devotees. And mātājī also gave me a chance to teach children. These are the only services I am able to do by your mercy. I pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to protect your health. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Yours Insignificant Servant,

Lāvanyamayī Indulekhā Devī Dāsī
Kṛṣṇakathā deśa

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa! Daṇḍavat Praṇāma!

Please accept my respectful and humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to Your Divine Grace.

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

All glories to you O Gurudeva on your auspicious appearance day...

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Śrī Śrī Nitāi-Gaurāṅga and their saṅkīrtana movement

All glories to Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa!!

Please accept my respectful and humble obeisances at your merciful lotus feet.

vāñchā-kalpatarubhyaś ca kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca
patitānāṁ pāvanebhyo vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ

“We are very happy to celebrate your Vyāsa-pūjā Guru Mahārāja”.

On this auspicious day please accept my greetings at your Lotus Feet Guru Mahārāja and also seek for your blessings Guru Mahārāja.

Guru Mahārāja thank you so much for showering your causeless mercy by accepting me as your disciple. I consider this to be as the greatest fortunate of mine to be your disciple Guru Mahārāja. Guru Mahārāja you are inspiring us in many ways. Especially through home visits we feel so fortunate to see you and all the devotees from different countries and we will be very eagerly waiting for your visit to our dhāma. Through your causeless mercy only we are getting this opportunity Guru Mahārāja but due to some disturbances missing the home visits. Please bless me Guru Mahārāja so that I continue the classes regularly and also be steady in my sādhanā and progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness by becoming an instrument to serve your Instructions.

Guru Mahārāja through your mercy we have installed Jagannātha, Baladeva, Subhadrā Mayī Deities and started serving them under the guidance of our śīkṣā-gurus His Grace Rādhāpati Śyāma Dāsa and Her Grace Ujjvala Kālindī Devī Dāsī. Also learning kīrtanas from their daughter Amṛtā Mātājī which help us to glorify the Lordships. Now also able to listen your 10-15 minutes short audio clips everyday through WhatsApp JPS Daily Hearing. Guru Mahārāja, by your mercy and our sīkṣā-guru’s mercy attending Bhakti-vaibhava Course. Now as the pandemic has reduced planning to have physical association with the Bhakti-vṛkṣa devotees as they were missing the association of devotees, so that they can be fixed and quickly progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Please give your blessings to them Guru Mahārāja. Assisting my prabhu Candramukha Rāma Dāsa in his service.

Please bless him so that we can bring many souls into Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Also please bless your granddaughter Hasikā for her spiritual well-being.

In spite of your health discomforts Guru Mahārāja, you are still encouraging us. We sincerely pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva for your complete protection.

Your Insignificant Spiritual Daughter,

Līlā Rāṇī Sītā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)
Kṛṣṇakathā deśa

Hare Krishna 

Pranams 

nāma 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 Maharaj

Please accept my humble obescienes at the dust of your lotus feet . 

on this auspicious occassion of your vyasa pooja , we wish you a happy krishna conscious birthday . we pray to lord narasimhadev to give you immense health so that you may be able to fulfil the desires of Srila Prabhupada .

We are greatly inspired by the way you follow the instructions of Srilaprabhupada uptill now.Recently on March 20th we got intiated from you at Srivallaba prabhus house . it was his great mercy that we got intiated ,otherwise it was not possible because of your health condition . But inspite of being in that state , you travelled to America .

we are greatly indebted to you for accepting us as your intiated disciples . Personally we feel much protected , under your shelter . we are chanting 16 rounds of HAREKRISHNA mantra on our beads and following regulative principles ,doing morning and evening aratis and watering of Tulsi plants . our daughter Devayani has started her Bhakti sastri course . she is in grade 9 . Intially she had some writing issue ,but now it is almost ok . Both our daughers Devayaani & palika also takes Ekadesi vrta .Guru Maharaj , my prabhu has left tea . but for working purpose he is using little pan . Slowly he will stop that also . Also while driving he found more comfortable in chanting , but chants not on intiated beads while driving . Back home he chants on his intiated beads . GuruMaharaj please forgive him. Also since we are very recently intiated , we had some material desires and also we also sometimes forget that we are intiated disciples. Please forgive us . we will not do anything which will affect you .

Dear GuruMaharaj , please forgive us for all our pit falls . Please bless us and give strength to progress in the spirirtual path .

Attaching also our recent family photo .

RadhaRamana Kripamaya Das (dīkṣā)
Lilāpārayaṇī Lakṣmirāni DD (dīkṣā)
Śyāma 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 jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-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 Saṅkīrtana Movement...

All glories to Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa for sending you here...

Please accept our humble obeisances at your merciful lotus feet.

You are one of the Great souls sent by Lord Kṛṣṇa to Śrīla Prabhupāda to be a part of accomplishing his mission and you are achieving with full effort even in the Hardships, I am wondering.

You are taking Kṛṣṇa consciousness to the people in each and every village in the World, without thinking about yourself.

I am very much indebted to you Guru Mahārāja as without my personal eligibility you accepted me as your disciple.

We feel very much blessed during your home visits to our Madhuvana dhāma.

Whenever I am preaching your blessing are always there, please continue keep your blessings Guru Mahārāja.

Please shower me your blessings for increasing my sādhana level.

Your insignificant servant

Lokeśvara Gopāla Dāsa (dīkṣa)

Kṛṣṇakathā deśa

Legal name: -
Spiritual Name: Madana Mohanadeva dāsa
Yātrā: Middle East (Gaurāṅga Deśa)
JPS Relation: Dīkṣā Disciple

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru - Mahārāja.

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma!!!

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All Glories to you, to Śrīla Prabhupāda and to all our Paramparā ācāryas!

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Many many happy Kṛṣṇa consciousness 73rd appearance day Guru Mahārāja. I pray Lord Narasiṁha for your long life and good health.

Gurudeva… we are not understanding that we have a relationship with Lord Kṛṣṇa. Instead, we are observed in various material identification. So, you are trying your level best to encourage us to re-establish our relationship with Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Please bless me to be in Kṛṣṇa consciousness forever on the auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā. I request your blessing for my parents and family and bless my children also accept a Guru and come up in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Once again, I pray to Lord Narasiṁha for your long life and good health.

Thanks

Your humble servant

Madana Mohana Deva Dāsa (dīkṣa)
Gaurāṅga Deśa Dubai

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa! Daṇḍavat Praṇāma!

Please accept my humble obeisance’s. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Your Divine Grace.

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

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 my respectful obeisance’s at your merciful lotus feet.

I pray to Śrīmati Rādhārāṇī and Lord Narasiṁhadeva to recover you and give you a very very long life so that you can serve Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission for long time.

On this special occasion when we all take time to remember and appreciate the importance of your presence in our lives, I wish to thank you again for your kind blessings and association.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, first I would like to convey my heartfelt thanks to Kṛṣṇa for sending a most precious blessings in the form of GURU in my life. We love you so much Gurudeva, your glance gives us a very soothing care and strength to progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Gurudeva your words bring us back to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. Gurudeva your expressions giving us a lot of inspiration and enthusiasm in our lives. Gurudeva whatever may be the situation you make people chant and progress in kṛṣṇa-bhakti. Recently you stayed in Chennai for few days but still in such a critical situation, you are trying to be approaching us through your question-and-answer session and darśana to us. Your mercy no limit it’s just flowing like river Ganges. How we are purifying by dipping in river Ganges in the same way we are purifying by dipping in the ocean of your mercy. Just by hearing from your mouth my heart becoming clean, but again It’s contaminating Gurudeva, please bless me to always meditate on your instructions and help other jīvas to follow your instructions. Gurudeva I can learn a lot from your daily Caitanya līlā classes, like how to behave with other devotees, how to appreciate and encourage new devotees for their services, how to strictly follow sadhana, how to engage ourselves busy in kc, how to read and meditate on Śrīla Prabhupāda books, how to show mercy on other jīvas, and a lot I am learning Gurudeva. Your teachings and instructions helping us in each and every aspect of Kṛṣṇa conscious life. Praying to Lord Narasiṁhadeva for your good health. Kindly please forgive me Guru Mahārāja for any offenses I did and kindly please bless us and all devotees to improve in our sādhana and progress in bhakti. We are seeking your blessings for all new Bhakti-vṛkṣa devotees, by your blessings they all will become good leaders in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Your spiritual daughter and family,

Madhusmita Padmā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)
Gupta Gokula Dāsa

Bhaktin - Bhavya Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma, My Greetings To You For 73rd Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā.

Happy Kṛṣṇa conscious Vyāsa-pūjā To Our Guru Mahārāja. May Lord Kṛṣṇa shower all his causeless Mercy and all blessings upon you for your both Spiritual and Material endeavor...

Mahalingam Thangavel (śīkṣā disciple)
Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa! Daṇḍavat Praṇāma!

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Your Holiness.

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

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 auspicious occasion I sincerely wish you a very happy Kṛṣṇa conscious appearance day. I pray to His Lordship Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Jagannātha Baladeva Subhadrā Mayī, Gaura Nitāi and Lord Narasiṁhadeva to usher their choicest mercy on your holiness for good strength and health enough for you to keep your promise to His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja, being 2nd year of Covid situation, this year was equally challenging and we were forced to associate thru virtual programs only. Fortunately, many of us are now use to virtual association thereby ensuring little impact on our sādhana and enthusiasm.

However, at the same time, we found great enthusiasm displayed from your end thru Zoom meeting (for Caitanya-līlā and Saturday Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam class from holy dhāma Śrī Māyāpur) as you could associate with us, instruct us, answer queries and giving blessings to devotees all over the world by visiting their dhāmas.

We still miss your SB classes on Saturday morning, hope you will soon resume it.

Guru Mahārāja, though difficult phase (Covid) to generate required enthusiasm in new and existing devotees, fortunately with your blessings everyone have adjusted with situation and continue to join thru Zoom, hence there is less impact in spreading Kṛṣṇa conscious activities.

JSS programs organized by Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa are really useful to associate and learn from senior Vaiṣṇavas around the places.

Guru Mahārāja, sincerely following your instructions, I never neglect on chanting my 16 rounds japa, 4 regulative principles and performing maṅgala-ārati every day. Seeking your blessings so that I get strength, enthusiasm to continue it without fail.

Mahārāja, I request your blessings over all the devotees in Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa for their safe and progressive journey to continue serving the mission of Your Holiness and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Everyone in my family is progressing well by aligning our activities and consciousness to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. For every difficulty, we just prayed Your Holiness and we felt being protected always. We shall always remain highly indebted to you for this invisible special mercy upon us.

Please bless us so that we get courage, strength and humbleness to continue to follow your instructions and extend Kṛṣṇa consciousness to many new comers thru Bhakti-vṛkṣa programs, This gives us better realization of Supreme person Lord Kṛṣṇa and impetuous for quality chanting.

Your humble servant,

Mahāprabhu Manohar Dāsa (Manohar Gajwāni)
Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

On this most blessed and auspicious day, the celebration of Your appearance, Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā, please accept my most humble obeisances at Your divine Lotus Feet.

Please forgive my offences.

You are a bona fide representative of Śrīla Vyāsadeva and Your Guru Maharaj Śrīl Prabhupāda, and You have picked me from the pool of material existence.

Being a pure devotee of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Your desire is to make everyone Kṛṣṇa conscious. That is why You emphasize the importance of reading and distributing

Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books.

Guru Maharaj You are so kind hearted and merciful. I cannot forget that despite having so many disciples and being so busy, You called me 3 times when

His Holiness Bhakti Cāru Swami Maharaj left this material world. Everytime we meet you inquire about my family and encourage them to also chant and progress on the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

I shall always remain indebted to You and continuously work in such a way that I may be able to please You. Birth after birth one receives a Mother and Father, but if one gets the benediction of Guru and Kṛṣṇa, he shall conquer the material energy and return back to Godhead by worship of The Lord.

Your eternal and insignificant servant,

Mahesh Advani (aspiring disciple)

Dāmodara Deśa

Guru Mahārāja, Please accept my respectful, humble obeisance.

All glories to Guru, Gaurāṅga, Śrīla Prabhupāda and Guru paramparā.

One cannot approach Kṛṣṇa directly, only through a spiritual master, Guru, pure devotees, like you Guru Mahārāja, one can reach Kṛṣṇa, the supreme personality of Godhead. So, I wish you to stay with us for long, so that we all can have your valuable guidance.

Please continue to shower your mercy upon us.

Your servant and aspiring disciple,

Mandakini Ganesh Shenoy (aspiring disciple)

Gaurāṅga Deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

All glories unto your divine lotus feet,

My dear father I have always wanted to stay beside you and do a lot sevā for the pleasure of the Lord and for fulfilling Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mission under your instructions ever since I was child, but now I realize that if I simply follow your instructions, I am always connected with you and you are always with me. Even though I was in Kṛṣṇa consciousness from childhood I have just started to progress in my spiritual life.

Please bless me so that I will be able to chant the holy name’s of the Lord with more love and one day be able to be close by your side and help you.in fulfilling Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions.

Your son,

Maniharan Rādhā Krishnan (aspiring disciple)
Gaurāṅga Deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

My Daṇḍavat Praṇāma to you!

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

Happy appearance day to you Guru Mahārāja. Praying to Lord Kṛṣṇa to give you enough strength to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness as instructed by Śrīla Prabhupāda.

As instructed by you, am trying my best to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Trying to complete the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam notes for my preaching purpose.

Your humble servant,

Mañju Keśi Sakhī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

All Glories to your auspicious Appearance Day Dear Guru Mahārāja

I am so fortunate soul you have given me the most matchless, most priceless gift anyone has ever given to me. When I took shelter your giving guidelines to take initiation Prabhu. I took one more year Prabhu. Because your blessings now I can able to read daily Śrīmad-bhāgavatam, Caitanya-caritāmṛta and Bhagavad-gītā. Due to your blessings my level symptoms and realization improved lot Prabhu. This Year Vyāsa-pūjā if I am fortunate, I am seeking your blessings Prabhu, I want to take initiation and surrender your lotus feet. Please give your kindness, blessings to improve my devotional service especially service attitude Prabhu.

You have explained the path of Bhakti-yoga, the path of love and devotion, the path that can free us from the cycle of repeated births and deaths, and leads one back home, back to Godhead.

With your servant

Marikkani (sheltered disciple)

Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

My dear Spiritual father,

Please accept our respectful obeisances on the occasion of your auspicious Vyāsa-pūjā.

You are exhibiting All these transcendental qualities and the characteristics of pure Vaiṣṇavas as mentioned in Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 22.77-80.

kṛpālu, akṛta-droha, satya-sāra sama
nidoṣa, vadānya, mṛdu, śuci, akiñcana

sarvopakāraka, śānta, Kṛṣṇaika-śaraṇa
akāma, anīha, sthira, vijita-ṣaḍ-guṇa

mita-bhuk, apramatta, mānada, amānī
gambhīra, karuṇa, maitra, kavi, dakṣa, maunī

We are so fortunate and thankful to Lord Śrī Rādhāmadhav for giving us an opportunity to serve as your disciple.

(yadi) Jayapatākā svāmi nā hoita tabe ki haita... (e) jivana bahita kise?

This is our status, if you have not accepted us as your disciple and not shown the path of devotional service, what would have been our position in this Kali-yuga? Very pathetically continued the ignorant sinful life. But your mercy and enlightenment has given us the ray of hope to escape from this material world.

Thank you for accepting us as your disciple although we are not qualified.

Right now we are engaged in various services for Mathurādeśa yātrā. Kindly pray for us so that we can practice the pure devotional services and be part of your preaching mission.

our sincere prayers to Lord Narasiṁhadeva for your good health.

Haribol,

Your humble servants,

Mohana Rūpa Śyāma Dāsa (dīkṣā),

Antaraṅga Mādhavī devī dāsī (dīkṣā),

Amruda and Achuda (Aspirant)

Mathuradeśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrī guru and Gaurāṅga.

I’m very fortunate to write homage of my spiritual father. Your timeless devotion and bhakti towards ISKCON and Śrīla Prabhupāda is a great inspiration to all devotees. You’ve been serving for more than 50 years to fulfill your spiritual master’s desire towards Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We need your blessings and mercy to serve your lotus feet and continue to follow Prabhupāda’s mission. Even up till day, your determination and restless service to preach and shower Kṛṣṇa consciousness to devotees and families is very inspiring. Your tireless efforts in propagating the glories and development of ISKCON and Prabhupāda’s mission is greatly appreciated, and we are all blessed to be part of this journey. Kindly shower your mercy for our family to continue to serve with this attitude.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for giving this opportunity to glorify you.

Your servant,

Mṛudula Lakṣmīpriya Devī dāsī

Kṛṣṇa Kathā deśa

प्रिय गुरु महाराज,

हरे कृष्णा! दंडवत प्रणाम!

कृपया मेरा विनम्र प्रणाम स्वीकार करें। श्रील प्रभुपाद की जय हो। आपकी दिव्य कृपा की जय हो।

नम ॐ विष्णु पादाय कृष्ण प्रेष्ठाय भूतले

श्रीमते जयपताका स्वामीन् इति नामिने

नमः आचार्य पादाय निताई कृपा प्रदायिने

गौर कथा धामदाय नगर ग्राम तारिणे

हे गुरुदेव आपके शुभ प्राकट्य दिवस पर आप सभी की जय हो...

आपके अतुलनीय आध्यात्मिक गुरु की जय..श्रील प्रभुपाद...

श्री श्री निताई-गौरंगा... और उनके संकीर्तन आंदोलन की जय...

आपको यहाँ भेजने के लिए श्री श्री राधा और कृष्ण की जय हो...

कृपया अपने दयालु चरण कमलों में हमारी विनम्र पुष्पांजलि स्वीकार करें।

आप भगवान कृष्ण द्वारा श्रील प्रभुपाद को उनके मिशन को पूरा करने के लिए भेजे गए महान आत्मा में से एक हैं और आप कठिनाइयों में भी पूरे प्रयास के साथ पूर्ण कर रहे हैं।

आप अपने बारे में सोचे बिना दुनिया के हर गांव में कृष्ण भावनामृत को लोगों तक ले जा रहे हैं।

मैं आपक़ी बहुत-बहुत ऋणी हूँ गुरु महाराज, क्योंकि मेरी व्यक्तिगत योग्यता के बिना आपने मुझे अपनी शिष्या के रूप में स्वीकार किया।

हमारे मधुवन धाम में आपकी साप्ताहिक गृह यात्रा के दौरान हम बहुत धन्य महसूस करते हैं।

कृपया मेरे साधना स्तर को बढ़ाने के लिए मुझे अपना आशीर्वाद प्रदान करें।

आपका आध्यात्मिक पुत्री

मुख्य माधवी देवी दासी (dīkṣā)
Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances to your divine lotus feet.

All Glories to Jagadguru Śrīla Prabupada,

All Glories to your Holiness,

Wish you a very happy auspicious appearance day my dear Guru Mahārāja. This day is very special day for all of us. without you and your presence through vāṇī-sevā our life is useless and full of ignorance. In this material world getting a truthfully person association is Itself very difficult task for us but somewhere in desert (Qatar KKD) I got a beautiful spiritual family, devotees association, guiding us like our own parents, supportive to each other not only in happy situations but also in difficulties.so I got these valuable persons only because of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, Śrīla Prabhupāda and one and only you Guru Mahārāja. Please take care of your health Guru Mahārāja, we need all your blessings to enthusiastically participate in Śrīla Prabupada’s mission, need special blessings to my daughters Pranita, Chirasvi Charumayi Rādhikā, Gopīvrinda to continue their life in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and always to be in devotees association and to serve Śrīla Prabupāda’s mission.

Gaurāṅga is more merciful than Kṛṣṇa. But you are more merciful than Gaurāṅga for your unconditional mercy to each and every fallen soul. I am spiritually unwell. Don’t know anything. Please forgive me for my guiltiness and give kṛpā. Thank you so much for giving this opportunity to share my feelings with my beloved Guru Mahārāja.

Yours insignificant humble servant

Muktipradāyinī Mādhavī devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā Deśa

My dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisance. My prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa to keep your health very good.

Guru Mahārāja in my retired life I am not finding time to sit in front of TV. Prabhupāda has made our life very busy and with your mercy I am continuing my sādhanas. Apart from this, I am preaching in my village. Whoever I meet trying to tell them to do kṛṣṇa-bhakti and read Bhagavad-gītā Distribution of Bhagavad-gītā was done by me and my mātājī. Even during marriages we give Bhagavad-gītā as gift in a nice wrapping. Donated one set of Bhāgavatam to Lord Viṭoba mutt.

Guru Mahārāja we need your blessings to be in this sevā.


Your humble servant

Mukund Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Dāsa (dīkṣa)

Middle East

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

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma!

Please accept my respectful obeisances! All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
All glories unto your auspicious Appearance Day!

On this auspicious day of Your Vyāsa-pūjā, I’m very glad to write this offering unto your Lotus feet. I’m one of the fortunate souls who is aspiring to take shelter under your Lotus feet. Even with your present health condition, you are very dedicated to your Spiritual Master and Supreme Personality of Godhead. You are an inspiration to me everyday, to sincerely do my service in any situation.

My wife Rūparāṇī Revatī devī dāsī has already taken initiation under your Lotus feet. Due to some financial problems, I’m away from my family for the past four years. I’m chanting 16 rounds every day for the past 6 months. I was doing some small sevās for the Gaurāṅga deśa Yātrā, due to the ongoing pandemic situation, I’m unable to serve our Vaiṣṇavas. My family is in Chennai, please bless me as well as my family. I’m anxiously waiting to take initiation from your Lotus feet. Kindly bless me and give me strength so that I can progress in my spiritual life, to serve your Lotus feet and Gaurāṅga. Please bestow your mercy upon my children Deepthi and Tarun to be in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

I sincerely fall upon your Lotus Feet and beg you to bless me and guide me in any situation and to do more service unto you. I pray to Lord Narasiṁha that He gives you strength to continue your service for a long time.

Your insignificant disciple,

Bhakta Munuswamy (aspiring disciple)

Gaurāṅga Deśa

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

Our dear spiritual father,

Please accept our humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga!

On this very auspicious, most blessed and glorious 73rd Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā Mahotsava” of our beloved Guru Mahārāja falls on the 13th April 2022, we pray for Lord Śrī Chaitanya Mahāprabhu’s, Śrī Narasiṁhadeva’s and Śrī Śrī Rādhā Madhava’s mercy to give you good health and long life to take the message of LORD ŚRĪ CAITANYA to every town and village incessantly. In this physical situation, the unstoppable services, Your astonishing determination to preach in all circumstances and desire to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission is so great, that wherever you go, miracle of inspiration happen. You are empowered by Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa to help many fallen souls like us.

We are seeking forgiveness for any offence to Your Holiness or Vaishnava knowingly or unknowingly if we committed.

This year we are so blessed by Your conducting the Annaprāsana and name giving ceremony of my daughter’s (Your spiritual daughter Premarūpa Mādhavī devī dāsī) baby boy “RASARĀJA” in USA.

Almost for the last 3 decades life experience has taught us that as long as your blessings are with us, Kṛṣṇa is with us.

Time and again and again I have experienced your causeless blessings.

Your every action, especially in this physical condition is a lesson for all your followers and well-wishers... Your eagerness to preach Lord Gaurāṅga’s message with this unbeatable travel schedule is a big lesson for us in this life time. You have a heart, big enough to accommodate anyone and everyone who have the great fortune of coming on Your way.

It is a boon that many fallen souls like us have had the opportunity to understand the very purpose of our existence through Your Holiness.

We are greatly inspired by the example Your Holiness is showing us every day by Your service to Śrīla Prabhupada.

Praying for Your Good health Guru Mahārāja,

Your spiritual children,

Mūrti Mohana dāsa (dīkṣā disciple)

Divyāṅgi Rādhā Devīdāsī (dīkṣā disciple)

Premarūpa Mādhavī devīdāsī (dīkṣā disciple)

Sreedhar Gura priya dāsa (dīkṣā disciple)

Balarāmdeśa, Middle East

 

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat praṇāmas… kindly accept my humble obeissances. Guru Mahārāja thanks for mercy that you r showering on a fallen soul like me and my family. Kindly forgive me for my mistakes, laziness. Kindly provide me the necessary intelligence to do my duties properly and improve in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Kindly provide me shelter at your lotus feet… kindly bless my family to become your disciples very soon Guru Mahārāja. HARE Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja..

Your servant and daughter,

Muthukumari (Tulasī) (aspiring disciple)

Gaurāṅga Deśa

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to Śrī Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances.

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

I am extremely fortunate, to have sheltered under the merciful umbrella of your guidance. You were born into an opulent family, and then renounced everything. But now you are even more opulent holding the most precious treasure of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. You are so knowledgeable that you were offered full scholarships by key Universities throughout America. Now you are using that knowledge to serve Guru and Kṛṣṇa, preaching and distributing love of Godhead. While the Indians were looking up to the west, forgetting their own Indian culture, you were looking for a spiritual path, took up Kṛṣṇa consciousness and you were later even granted Indian citizenship. This clearly shows your commitment towards Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. You created the brilliantly curated Bhakti-vṛkṣa system. It’s widely growing branches is attracting many people into the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. In fact, I came into Kṛṣṇa consciousness through a Bhakti-vṛkṣa in Bahrain. It established a strong foundation for me, starting off with following the four regulative principles and developing the taste for chanting. This led to studying Bhagavad Gītā, hearing lectures from many great devotees, taking part in kīrtanas and increasing my love for Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa more and more.

Currently, I am studying the Bhāgavata Pravaha course put together by His Grace Gaurāṅga darśana Prabhuji, under the guidance of three mātājīs (His Grace Leela Kīrtaneśvari mātājī, His Grace Ujjvala Kālindī mātājī and His Grace Madhusmitā mātājī) here in Qatar. I have completed 3 modules and the fourth is going on. Personally, I feel amazed every week by hearing their lectures and it has boosted me to study Śrīmad-bhāgavatam in more depth.

You are the example of determination. Nothing can stop you from performing the instructions of Guru and Kṛṣṇa. Despite having physical challenges, you do not stop travelling, spreading the message of the Absolute Truth to every nook and corner of the world. Covid had paused the whole world, but even that couldn’t pause you. I have had your darśana 5-6 times in person and even though this pandemic has brought up a lot of difficulties and disadvantages, I think it has done some good things as well. One of them is getting the opportunity to have your live darśana and to hear your nectarian lectures everyday through Zoom.

All these is what makes me understand the True value of the word ‘Fortunate’. I will never abandon the shelter of the merciful umbrella of your guidance. Please bless me to continue performing my sadhana with love and dedication. And also, to inspire others and attract them towards Kṛṣṇa consciousness and experience the bliss of love of Godhead, just like you are inspiring millions.

Your humble servant,

Muthulakshmi Avudaiappan (aspiring disciple)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa! Daṇḍavat Praṇāms to your lotus feet!

vāñchā-kalpa-tarubhyaś ca kṛpa-sindhubhya eva ca
patitānāṁ pāvanebhyo vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ

Happy appearance day to you dear Guru Mahārāja!

We thank Narasiṁha dev for protecting you in all your physical struggles.

After two times covid attack and surgeries you are ready to resume your services without any delay. You are our practical example and teaching us how a devotee should be.

Whenever we feel exhausted in my energy level the first person I remember is you.. Only you.

We have just heard about Prabhupāda. By seeing your sincerity we could imagine and visualize how Prabhupāda would have served this society.

It is unimaginable for us that you have accepted us as your disciples.

Because of your supreme mercy we are having you as our Gurudeva.

Even after receiving such a mercy still we are not able to maintain our focus in devotional service. But with your mercy we are able to do little of services to the Lord. Seeking your blessings for us so that we can improve and improve in our sādhana to progress more in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and render more services to the movement.

We pray to Gaurāṅga to keep you in good health and we always wanted to be under the divine shelter of your lotus feet with complete surrendered and follow your instructions.

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma

Your Humble Servants,

Nāgapati Nityānanda dāsa (dīkṣa)

Nadīyāvāsīnī Viṣṇupriyā devī dāsī (dīkṣa)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

My Dearest Guru deva, kindly accept my humble obeisance at Your lotus feet.

All Glories to Gaurāṅga… all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda… all Glories to Śrīla Guru Deva…

I have never seen a person who is so humble and so merciful to disciples like My Guru Mahārāja.

Whenever disciples are being affected by the influence of Māyā, immediately the signals are being received by Guru Mahārāja and without any delay Guru Mahārāja informing disciples over the JPS App or in the classroom saying that, “Please follow the four regulative principles and do chanting 16 rounds without any offenses”.

Once I heard these messages, immediately trying to rectify myself and advising family members also to do the same.

Last time when My Guru Mahārāja was admitted in the Chennai Hospital, really begged Śrīla Prabhupāda and Kṛṣṇa to return back my Guru Mahārāja without a single scratch, because we required our Guru Mahārāja in this material world more times to elevate many more fallen souls like me.

When My Guru Mahārāja has discharged from Hospital and after reaching Māyāpur, I have seen the real relation of my Guru Mahārāja with Gaurāṅga and Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and that auspicious moment still I am remembering and my eyes are becoming wet… Anantakoṭi daṇḍavat Praṇāma…

On this auspicious occasion I beg for your mercy and pray to Your lotus feet to guide us to attain the real Bhakti and get the power to humbly assist pioneers like you in spreading the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda’ s Mission into too many fallen souls….

Kindly make known to me how I can be a better devotee and of better service to your lotus feet.

I really feel stranded and reliant on your mercy.

Your servant of servant,

Nandakumar S (sheltered disciple)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

Thank you for accepting me as your sheltered disciple and giving me a chance to associate with such a great devotee.

Please bless and guide me in increasing my devotion and love for Kṛṣṇa.

Kindly shower mercy upon this fallen soul to be engaged in serving Kṛṣṇa. Seeking your blessings.

Your humble servant

Navamī (sheltered disciple)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Please accept my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet.

Our beloved Guru Mahārāja, all glories to your appearance day.

I, your spiritual son Navanīta Taskara Kṛṣṇa Dāsa praying Lord Rādhā Mādhava for your good health. Guru Mahārāja, I am thankful that fallen soul like me got chance to serve in mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda. This year Gaura Pūrṇimā, I am coming to Māyāpur dhāma and praying Lord to get your darśana and want to offer flowers to your lotus feet, want to meet you, talk to you few words.

Guru Mahārāja, You are always showring your mercy to my family. You wished my daughter “Śubhī” and son “Sāttvik” on their appearance day. They were very excited to get blessing from you.

Guru Mahārāja, your daily activities give us many lesson, and strong serving mood to serve you and Śrīla Prabhupāda mission. Please bless me to avoid mistakes in spiritual path and seriousness to read books.

Your humble servant,

Navanīta Taskara Kṛṣṇa Dāsa

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.

“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.”

“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.”

I am certainly not qualified nor deserve your fatherly care and protection and I pray that one day I can be of some use to you and spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness as best as I can. I miss you dearly Gurudeva and I sincerely pray daily to Lord Narasiṁhadeva and Tulasī Mahārāṇī to protect you and keep you well physically. You are already super strong spiritually.

Your eternal spiritual Grand Son and servant

Shivanand Singh (sheltered disciple)

Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.

My dearest Gurudeva, words cannot justly express my gratitude and love that I have for you. You are my hero, saving me with your mercy from the clutches of māyā by giving this poorly conditioned soul an opportunity to learn and grow to become a devotee of our Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa. You have immense strength and perseverance and unwavering faith in Guru and Gaurāṅga, to follow Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions to spread the holy name throughout the world. Your mission to bring everyone under the shelter of ISKCON, the house Śrīla Prabhupāda built for everyone to live in.

I’m very grateful and fortunate that you have accepted me as your disciple. I’ve heard from many senior devotees about how you pray for each one of your disciples, aspirants. Because of your prayers and mercy, I’m at Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa and trying to practice Kṛṣṇa Conscious life.

There were many difficult and challenging times that I had to face however I now see as my purification and I hold on tight to also remain in ISKCON and never forget Kṛṣṇa. Devotee care is very important, and I will try to always practice this at home and in our devotee community. I love distributing books and mahā prasad wherever I get an opportunity to talk to people about Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Your eternal spiritual Grand Son and servant,

Shantdev Sharma (sheltered disciple)
Dhananjay Singh (sheltered disciple)
Bikau Sharma (sheltered disciple)
Monalika Gupta (sheltered disciple)
Pramod Kumar Gupta (sheltered disciple)

Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

Dearest Guru Maharāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.

nāma oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Guru Maharāj I am so grateful to have received initiation from you recently, your health wasn't good but still you insisted on personally giving out beads to each and every one of us with so much love and mercy. For me this was the most important day of my life, I am eternally grateful and I am taking all vows very seriously.

Guru Maharāj for all my life I was stuck in no mans land in between a material mountain and a spiritual mountain. I found no happiness at the bottom of the material mountain. I therefore spent a lot of time at the base of the spirirtual mountain, unable to take a step onto the bottom without a Guru. It is with so much mercy that I have been accepted as your disciple and now for the first time in my life I have a sense of belonging, I feel true happiness. Your instructions and your mercy carve a path up this mountain, I pray for the blessings to be able to make this journey.

Guru Maharāj I admire your tenacity to serve the order of Śrīla Prabhupāda the most. I saw first hand in Dāmodara Deśa how you were sick on the day of initiations and how the next day you were so determined to go to expo again and again to see everything just so that you can get ideas for TOVP and make it truly engagaing for all, nothing short of perfection is what you intend to offer Śrīla Prabhupāda. Your desire for everyone to discover and love the Lord is so apparent. You are such an inspiration, have shown us what determination really means and how to serve your Guru. 

Guru Maharāj I pray for your health so that you can continue your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda and your inspiration to all of us, but also so that I can serve you and your mission for the rest of my life and beyond.   

Your servant 

Nityayoginī Rādha Devī Dāsī
Dāmodara Deśa 

Hare Kṛṣṇa my Dearest Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my Koṭi Koṭi Daṇḍavat unto your Lotus feet

I am nothing but an insignificant servant of your servant of servants who has no qualification to write anything about your glories. The way you have dedicated yourself to fulfil the desire of Śrīla Prabhupāda, “your dear Guru Mahārāja”, is really incomparable and one of It’s special kind of surrender which can be seen only in the pure shoulders of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Your bodily conditions never effect you in your service towards Śrīla Prabhupāda mission and preaching to your dear disciples. Even a fallen soul like me always making so many mistakes, you are so merciful that still you not refusing many fallen souls like me who are not able to perform their daily “sādhana” as well routine services following your footsteps.

I seek your mercy and blessings on this glorious occasion so that I can get enough strength to follow your instructions as well as serve the mission in best possible way.

Your humble and respectful servant,

Nityānanda Nilāmbara Dāsa

Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet, all glories to your auspicious appearance day, all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I thank Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa for giving me another year to send you this offering on your Vyāsa-pūjā. Some thoughts that keep coming in my mind Is the way you care for me, the mercy that you have shown upon me and the way you keep on inspiring me day in and day out, just as the sun rises at a set time each day without fail similarly You do not fail to preach to me with the message of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa this knowledge not only dissipates the darkness within my heart but also it is a constant source of inspiration for me to keep on doing my sadhana bhakti.

The devotee care program that was recently started by You goes only to show how much you care for me, the opening of this channel of communication will not only strengthen the bonding between myself and You but I will be able to clear any doubts that may arise in my spiritual life. This medium of constant care and guidance is definitely a boon.

I sincerely pray to Rādhā Mādhava, the Pañca-tattva and Lord Narasiṁhadeva to provide you with all the protection so that you can go on with the mission of fulfilling Śrīl Prabhupāda vision of spreading the message in every town and village which was started by Lord Śrī Caitanya Prabhu.

An update on my spiritual life due to your mercy I still continue with transcribing your lectures and hope to inspire devotees to take up this service. Also, another good news is that 2 of my BV members have expressed their desire to take aspiration from You eagerly awaiting you take them under Your care. In our yātrā we have recently started a weekly reading session of Caitanya-caritāmṛta and the service for conducting this class has been handed over to me. Whatever little baby steps that I am taking in my spiritual life is all due to You Oh Guru Mahārāja. Bless me so that I can continue to serve you in the best possible manner.

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Your Fallen Son,

Parameśvara Prema Dāsa

Gaurāṅga Deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat pranāma!

Wishing you a very happy Vyāsa-pūjā day.

We are your aspirant disciples in Qatar under the umbrella of HG Aniruddha Gopāla Dāsa prabhujī from last 2 and half years. We are fortunate enough that we are getting association of devotees here.

We are attending SB and BG classes which are going on here on Fridays and doing book reading and chanting.

We are having 2 kids, Bhavya (6 years) and Prateek (3.6), trying to give them KC environment so they can grow in a proper way and can be a part of our Śrīla Prabhupad’s mission.

We are requesting you to please bless us so we can serve Guru and Gaurāṅga properly.

Hare Kṛṣṇa

Pooja Amit Kumar Dadhich (aspiring disciple)

Amit Kumar Bajranglal Dadhich
Bhavya Amit Kumar Dadhich
Prateek Amit Kumar Dadhich

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma Guru Mahārāja,

Dear most Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our humble respects and obeisances unto your lotus feet on this auspicious day of your appearance.

All Glories to Gaurāṅga,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All glories to you Gurudeva!

I am an unworthy child taken shelter under your lotus feet to reach the Lotus feet of the Lord.

I pled your mercy and blessings to me and my family that we go forward in Kṛṣṇa consciousness more and more and to serve the yātrā.

I am under several health issues undergoing dialysis and other problems. I am bread winner of my family now. However, whenever I become depressed, I keep thinking of you. With so much of difficulty in your health you have never failed from your duty ordered by your spiritual master. Your thinking is always on preaching and how to get Kṛṣṇa Consciousness closer to material world for benefit of people.

This has inspired me and immediately I cheer up and start back my work again. I become depressed because I have become very slow and I am completely unable to complete my rounds. But somehow managing to do how much ever rounds I can.

I do face lot of other personal problems but I feel every time there comes a solution because of your mercy and Kṛṣṇa’s mercy.

I am still in dilemma whether to continue my job here or go back to Chennai to settle down as my Prabhu is still looking or a job for him.

By Kṛṣṇa’s mercy my Son (Aspired disciple of His Holiness Bhakti Caitanya Swami Mahārāja) has got a job and settling down in UK.

I do listen to your lectures and other Mahārāja lectures and also listen to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam whenever possible.

I don’t know if I am right or wrong, but every morning when I do light diya for Kṛṣṇa, I talk with him. Tell him my health problems and also about my Prabhu to him and seek his mercy and strength to overcome everything.

As per your various lectures I strongly believe that Lord will not let his devotees go if they surrender completely to Him and you are motivation and inspirational guru on this.

On this auspicious day, please do take of your health as we all need you. We will continue always to pray for you, your health. Please bless my son, my Prabhu and my entire family to stay in devotional service always.

Please Guru Mahārāja continues to inspire all of us with your beautiful lectures. Please bless us and give us strength to move forward in our Kṛṣṇa Conscious life.

Needless to say that you have wonderful devotees to take care of your health as you are most important for all of us.

Falling in your lotus feet with my family. Please bless us.

Sarvam Kṛṣṇarpaṇam.

Your servant of the servant of the servant,

Bhaktin Prabha Ramesh (sheltered disciple)

Gaurāṅga Deśa

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances. I am very excited to write my first offering to you on this wonderful occasion. Guru Mahārāja I want to serve Nitāi and Gaurāṅga and want to please them. However I am so sinful and degraded that I am not able to do it. I always look at your face in the altar and ask for mercy and guidance. Please shower your mercy upon me so that I may never deviate from my true path which is to get the mercy of Gaurāṅga and Nitāi. With this material contamination I am always forgetting the real goal of this human life. Please have mercy upon me... On this wonderful occasion, I pray to Kṛṣṇa for your good health.

All glories to your auspicious appearance day.

Your servant

Pranab Nayak (aspiring disciple)

Gaurāṅga Deśa

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

Jaya Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.

We are happy and blessed as we are given the opportunity to pay homage to you Guru Mahārāja on your auspicious appearance day. By your mercy Gurudeva last year we took aspiration and now we are preparing for shelter under you. It’s a big process for us, due to our past karmas we unable to perform our regular sādhanas. We need your mercy to overcome all the obstacles. According to Shastra’s it’s very difficult to get a human body. After taking the human birth, connecting with a bonafide disciplic succession is more difficult. Even after connecting to the paramparā gaining knowledge and serving the supreme Lord and his disciples is a very rare opportunity. By the mercy and prayers of the pure devotees anyhow we are connected with this, and now we do not want to separated from this association anymore. It’s a very rare chance to get a soul to practice the devotional service and go back to the godhead. Please always protect us from the māyā and our past karmas to practice the sadhana without fail. In this Kali-yuga it’s very difficult to follow the devotional path, please blessed us with good health, material opulence and peaceful mind to perform devotional duties. We are the conditioned souls and we are attached to many worldly things, please strengthen our mind and give intelligence to discriminate the wants and needs to progress in the devotional path. Due to my false ego I am not having enough confidence to execute my Sīkṣā guru’s desires, please assist me and bless me to perform my devotional responsibilities. Knowingly and unknowingly, we did many sins and mistakes please protect us from those reactions to perform our devotional activities. We, parents are the role models of our kids, please bless us to perform our duties sincerely and perfectly which will help us to mould the kids as better devotees and pure disciples of Kṛṣṇa.

We pray to Rādhā Kṛṣṇa, Gaura Nitāi and Narasiṁhadeva for your good health to guide all of us.

Your insignificant servants,

Praveen and Shalima (aspiring disciple)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisance into your lotus feet. You have always been a great example and you are so dedicated and sincere to your guru Śrīla Prabhupāda. During this pandemic you show us that we can preach anyone anytime irrespective of the present situation. Despite of suffering from covid you used to still preach again giving us an example of how we should be.

This pandemic was really enlightening since we were so blessed that Guru Mahārāja came to our dhāma and blessed us. Thank you for being so merciful to us. Through zoom we could see you more often despite of physically staying away from you. By giving us instructions, you will always be there with us. You also show us that anything in this world can be stopped but Kṛṣṇa bhakti and preaching should never be stopped. Thank you so much for everything. Please provide me one drop of blessing so that I can understand you and serve Śrīla prabhu pada.. Please bless me so that I don’t commit any offense towards any devotee and serve the Lord more and more. Please bless me so that I will never fall from the path of bhakti and serve you eternally.

Yours sheltered devotee,

Pravin Srivastava (aspiring disciple)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

परम आदरणीय और परमपूज्य गुरु महाराज,

हरे कृष्ण,

कृपया अपने श्री चरणों मे परिवार सहित मेरा कोटिशः दंडवत प्रणाम स्वीकार करे।

श्री श्री राधा माधव से प्रार्थना है कि वह आपको उत्तम स्वास्थ्य प्रदान करे जिससे आप श्रील प्रभूपाद जी महाराज को दिए वचनों को पूर्ण कर सके।

हे गुरु महाराज मै आपका दास आपके श्री चरणों का आश्रय पाकर अतिप्रसन्न हूँ श्रील प्रभूपाद के मिशन मे यथासंभव सहयोग करने का प्रयास कर रहा हूँ।

आपकी कृपा से आपका यह दास शिक्षागुरुओ के समुचित मार्गदर्शन में निर्देशित भक्तिमय सेवाएँ करने का प्रयास करता है।

आपके आशीर्वाद से इतने प्रतिकूल वातावरण मे भी भौतिक जीवन निष्कंटक और सामान्य रूप से चल रहा है।

श्री हरि (राधा माधव), गुरु (आप स्वयं) वैष्णवों की यथा शक्ति सेवा अपने परिवारी जनों के साथ शिक्षा गुरुवो, शिक्षा गुरु माताओ साथी भक्तों के सहयोग से करने का प्रयास कर रहा हूँ कृपया हमे आशीर्वाद दे कि हम सभी भक्तिमय सेवा मे सदैव लगे रहे और भक्तिमार्ग से विचलित हो।

व्यासपूजा की ढेर सारी मंगल शुभकामनाओं सहित पुनः आपके श्री चरणो में दण्डवत प्रणाम।

आपका दास,

प्रयाग दत्त तिवारी
प्रयाग धाम चक्र

Prayag Dutt Tiwari (sheltered disciple)
Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

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

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to Śrīla Gurudeva,

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my respectful obeisance at your lotus feet.

“All glories to your auspicious appearance day”

I am so fortunate to get an opportunity to glorify You, dear Gurudeva on your 73rd auspicious Vyāsa-pūjā. An insignificant servant like me is not at all qualified to glorify You dear Gurudeva, but I am doing it very happily as it is my duty as your disciple to glorify You.

Gurudeva, you are a real acharya, who has dedicated your life in fulfilling the mission of your guru Śrīla Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda. Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions are your life and soul. The Māyāpur which we see, enjoy and relish today is the outcome of your tremendous hard work. Even though your body has undergone severe health issues you are always calm and cool and fully engaged in preaching the glories of the Lord, and molding each and every person you meet to a devotee. You are working tirelessly day and night to fulfil each and every instruction of Śrīla Prabhupāda and not giving enough rest to your body. Gurudeva, you are not at all bothered about your body and always bothered about the spiritual well-being of devotees. Gurudeva, you are 100% soul conscious and not at all body conscious. When the whole world was affected with coronavirus you were bestowing so much “karuṇa” in taking care of the needs of all devotees of Māyāpur and other parts of the world.

Gurudeva, I have really experienced your mercy many times. When I had to go through some adverse situations, I pray and meditate on you which gives immense relief, support and strength to me.

Gurudeva, please bless us to engage in more and more preaching and other devotional services so that we can fulfil the promise we have given you while taking initiation. I am praying to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to protect you and keep you in good health so that you can fulfil Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. We came to ISKCON movement in 2009 and after that I have always seen you in wheelchair. I have a dream and a strong desire to see you dancing blissfully and doing kīrtanas with big karatālas. I am praying sincerely for this dream to become real.

Gurudeva, please forgive me for the offenses which I have committed knowingly or unknowingly. Please bless me to follow strict sādhana. Gurudeva, please bestow mercy on our family, our cell members and all our cakra members so that we all can engage in fulfilling your mission. Gurudeva, hope you recovered nicely after reaching Māyāpur from Chennai. We are chanting extra rounds of japa for your good health.

Waiting for your visit to Mathurādeśa.

Thanks a lot dear Gurudeva for the mercy you have bestowed on us.

Your insignificant servants from Mathurādeśa,

Premamayī Campakalatā devī dāsī (dīkṣa)
Śivanātha Giridhārī dāsa, Shilpa and Mādhava,
Mathurādeśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your Lotus feet dear Gurudeva.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!

All glories to your auspicious Vyāsa-pūjā!

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

On this occasion we want to thank you from the bottom of our heart that you instructed your disciples to stay in the Middle East and preach the glories of the most merciful Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Because of this we got connected to this divine movement of Śrīla Prabhupāda. We got the right direction to live our human life.

We thank you for all the austerities that you have voluntarily undertaken till date for the spiritual upliftment and benefit of fallen souls like us. We have no words to express our gratitude for you and your sincere disciples.

We are trying to preach in our mother tongue Gujarati, to few new devotees. Please bless us so that we can always engage in your services.

May Lord Narasiṁhadev protect you always and may you always stay blissfull in the service of Śrī Gaurāṅga and Śrī Nityānanda.

Please bless us so that we, as a family, can serve you to your utmost satisfaction and that we may always sincerely follow your instructions and be Kṛṣṇa conscious eternally.

Yours most insignificant servants

Priyanka Rakesh Chotaliya (sheltered disciple)
Rakesh Chotaliya
Aditya and Ditya.
Śyāma Deśa

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Guru Mahārāja!

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear spiritual father Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja;

Please accept my humble and most respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet on this most auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā.

My dear Guru Mahārāja, in my life I have never seen such a kind soul like you who has cared for us so much, the most-kindest soul who as given us the most treasurable gift of life, kṛṣṇa-bhakti. Words are not enough to express and tell how lucky and truly grateful I am to have you Mahārāja, as my spiritual father. I first met you in Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa in a program, I was very new but when i met you and got your blessings, unknowingly tears started to roll from my eyes. That feeling was very new and can never be matched to anything in the world. From that day I started to listen to your class and till date, I am. I feel a connection with you when I listen to your lectures.

Dear Guru Mahārāja deep down from my heart I pray to the supreme lord and lord Narasiṁhadeva to give you good health. You my Mahārāja, is an inspiration to many. I beg for your mercy and blessings to help me follow your footsteps in spreading the Caitanya movement all over the world. I fall down to your divine feet to give me the strength and love to face this material world. Please forgive this humble servant of yours if I have done any offence knowingly or unknowingly. Feel immensely proud and lucky to call you as my spiritual father.

Your humble servant,

Premeśvarī padmā devī dāsī
Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

मेरे  परमआदरणीय और परम पूज्य गुरुमहाराज

आप के कमलवत चरणो में मेरा कोटि कोटि  प्रणाम !

Priti Dwivedi
Gaurāṅga Deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma,

Please accept my best wishes. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

It is the very auspicious day of your divine appearance. In the life of a disciple what can be a more sweeter day than the appearance day of his beloved spiritual master who is the life and soul of the disciple?

You are the true representative of Lord Gaurāṅga, who has made millions of people well-known about our Creator, our Almighty Lord Gaurāṅga’s endless compassion. You have showed the path of purification, give away light of knowledge, bestowed the love of Gaurāṅga.

O most respectful Guru Mahārāja,

I am very less intelligent to glorify you.

Bhagavān is bhakta-vatsala. But you are, o Guru Mahārāja Abhakta-vatsala.

You have picked me from this material world and given your shelter.

Thankyou Guru Mahārāja

Your daughter,

Priyanka Singh (sheltered disciple)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa My Dear Gurudeva!

Please accept my respectful daṇḍavat pranam to your Lotus feet.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, All glories to Śrīla Gurudeva!

Dear Guru Mahārāja thanking you for accepting me as your spiritual son and guiding me all the way for my spiritual progress I am always indebted to you life after life. Recently you had again a major health problems despite of all these you never stop practicing His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda words and never stopped helping in his mission of spreading the holy name.

Gurudeva, you always lived with topmost examples in practicing and following the order of your Gurudeva, yes you are my role model in all my day-to-day life. Please bless me so that I can follow your instructions and remain the humble servant to serve Vaiṣṇavas. I always pray for your good health and long life so that many million souls get your blessed association and mercy.

Your humble servant,

Puṇḍarīka Mahājana dāsa

Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja please accept my respectful obesiances unto your lotus feet.

I am not qualified to glorify you.You have ordered us to help Śrīla Prabhupāda in preaching. I want to dedicate my life to your preaching mission but please help me to preach myself and protect me so that I will never be deviated from the wonderful path of Bhakti to which you have introduced me. Last two years we couldnt see you physically because of the pandemic but you are so merciful we are able to see you through zoom everyday. It is a miracle that how despite your health condition and despite getting convid 2 times you showed us from your example of how all this is material and real happiness can be bought only by Bhakti and also how we should stay consistent in our Bhakti. I am sprirtually unwell, please forgive all my mistakes and give kripa. I am trying to preach to the young children about Kṛṣṇa and bhakti by your and our sīkṣā gurus mercy.

Your spiritual daughter,

Puṇyavatī Sītā devī dāsī

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to Srila Prabhupāda,

All glories to Your Holiness.

I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving me very close darshan during my initiation as it was my very first close darshan from you, Guru Maharaj. I got initiation from you very recently in Dubai. I know the meaning of mercy but I haven’t realized practically until I met you. Only while seeing you, I was able to realize, the mercy you have shown towards all of your devotees. And not only the devotees, but also the people who were around you. In order to support you, I want to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness to all the people. But to convince them, I pray to your lotus feet to please bless me with knowledge and to handle all situations.

I also pray to your lotus to bless my husband and my two daughters to take up Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and practice with full spirit. I have so many difficulties without my husband’s support but somehow by your mercy till now, everything is going on. So please enlighten them, so that I can get great support in practicing Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and do many services.

I pray to the lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha Madhava to give you good health and long life to show mercy towards the fallen souls like me and to revive our consciousness to serve Lord Sri Krishna and to go Back Home Back to Godhead.

Your servant,

Purṇeśvari Nitāipriyā Devī Dāsī

(Ananta-ānanda deśa, UAE)

Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisance. I am very much indebted to you Guru Mahārāja for accepting me as your servant. I am in India after coming from Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa. Both me and my Prabhu engaged in Lord Kṛṣṇa service. Keeping busy throughout the day. When compared to other work retirees I am very much lucky to serve you, Prabhupāda and hence Lord Kṛṣṇa. This year as well I have distributed the Bhagavad-gītā books. At my village we both visiting to the villagers and trying to give kṛṣṇa-bhakti to them. Assisting my Prabhu to give pravacana at my place to the villagers. Do not mind if they come more or even some time three.

We need your blessings to continue this service.

Your servant,

Purneśvari Viṣṇupriya devī dāsī
Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

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."

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ

paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim

yat-kṛpā taṁ 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."

To Our Beloved Spiritual Master,

It was great fortune to participate in Bhīṣma-pañcaka Vrata and your nectarian classes at Śrīdhāma Māyāpur during Kārtīka month 2021. It was a tough time during your health crisis and treatment at Chennai, but you have once again taught us how determined and focused one should be in executing Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission and vision, and rendering services uninterruptedly. We are really grateful to the JPS devotee care team, JPS Media and JPS Śiṣya Samūha leaders, who are always showering their blessings and constantly providing your health updates Gurudeva.

In the year 2021, by your blessings was able to study and complete the courses through IBMV- Govardhan, the various courses of Overview of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Overview of Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Bṛhat Bhāgavatāmṛta, Laghu Bhāgavatāmṛta, Śrī Brahma Saṁhitā, Uddhava Gītā, Valmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Diploma in Jaiva dharma, Diploma in Vedic Cosmology, Śikṣāṣṭakam, Nectar of Instruction, Mādhurya Kaḍambinī. Now studying, Diploma in Caitanya Bhāgavata course, seeking your blessings Gurudeva to progress further in Kṛṣṇa Bhakti.

During Vyāsa pūjā 2021, self-took few saṅkalpas such as Distributing 108 Bhagavad-gītā, donating to TOVP project, and Pursuing Bhakti Vaibhava course. By your blessings and causeless mercy Gurudeva, able to complete them and Bhakti Vaibhava course is in progress.

Self, always aspiring to enrich the divine qualities and deepen in devotional services to follow your footsteps. By your blessing had the opportunity to distribute more than 200 Bhagavad-gītā books and more than 200 small books in TamilNadu. Also Had the good fortune to donate 108 FULL SET Of ŚRĪ CAITANYA CARITĀMṚTA IN MALAYALAM language, through HH Bhakti Vinoda Swami Mahārāja to the colleges and universities in Kerala. For the school students in the outskirts of Bangalore, donated 108 Bhagavad-gītā books distributed through, HG Saccidananda Govinda prabhujī. So, kindly empower us more and more to please Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to distribute more and more Śrīla Prabhupāda Books in near future and also to spread more Online preaching, School and Colleges preaching.

Gurudeva, self- always beg at your lotus feet to provide the Spiritual Strength that we all God Brothers & God sisters will serve together to receive your causeless mercy and to spread the Kṛṣṇa Consciousness in every town and village to fulfill Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Instructions & Prophecy. Seeking your divine blessings to be always in the mood of “tṛṇādapi sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā amāninā mānadena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ”.

On this most auspicious occasion of 73rd Vyāsa Pūjā(13-April-2022), We seek your blessings to complete the Temple of Vedic Planetarium Construction, along with HG Brajavilāsa dāsa prabhujī and His team, to successfully complete and inaugurate the temple with in few years, and to serve all the disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda and devotees in our ISKCON society. Guru Mahārāja, pleading at your lotus feet to keep this soul always at your shelter and shower your causeless mercy, guidance and blessings.

Your Insignificant Eternal Servitor,

Puruṣottama Prasāda Dāsa, (Dīkṣā Disciple),
Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

HARE KṚṢṆA

My Very Dear Respected Gurudeva,

Please Accept My Most Repectful 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 Pūjā day of 12th April 2022.

Trust this note finds Gurudeva in a better state of Physical health after your treatments at Chennai Hospital and Covid times.

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 Bliss full.

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 at Śyāmadeśa again.

Gurudeva we are all doing extra rounds and praying at Śyāmadeśa for your full recovery.

Your Spiritual daughter and my Mother Rohiṇī Rādhikā Devī Dāsī, wife Sheela and sons Govind 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

Camp - Śyāmadeśa

Oṁ ajnana timirandhasya jnananjana salakaya
Caksur unmilitam yena tasmai śrī gurave namah


Nama oṁ Vishnu padaya Kṛṣṇa prasthaya bhutale
Śrīmate Jayapatākā swamin iti namine
Nama ācārya padaya nitāi kripa pradayine
Gaura kathā dama daya nagara grama tarine


Guru Mahārāja, my spiritual father,
Please accept my most humble obeisance to the dust of your lotus feet.

In this year, you could not visit you personally due to pandemic, but you have showered special mercy of having your personal association through Caitanya-caritāmṛta classes. This year we received your mercy also through JPS “E-Care team” we got opportunity to connect with you.

This year I fortunately got mercy to read the book “From Milwaukee to Māyāpur”. This gave me insight and more inspiration to serve the movement in under your guidance and footsteps. I came to know your option for serving Kṛṣṇa’s army rather serving American Army and thus you are the savior of the mankind. I wondered for my great fortune to become your disciple Guru Mahārāja.

This year you had many health upsets but your “Never Give up” attitude to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda is your dictation to all of us, in reminding our self, how to serve spiritual master. I fell short of words to glorify your serving attitude and mood to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja, we in Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa, like many other places, were hit by the pandemic and was restricted personal association. But your virtual association/updates through Jayapatākā swami app

Your initiatives for congregation preaching through Bhakti-vṛkṣa program is your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda initiatives for developing the congregation all over the world to fulfill the Lord Caitanya prophecy. These results are ever increasing in Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa in spite the pandemic challenges.

Serving the yātrā in the capacity of south Māha-cakrapati and one of mandala sevā dāsas. Year 2021-22 was another difficult year, but by your mercy we could still manage to get new members through with the other virtual alternatives taught by you (ideas of Virtual Rāma Navamī, Gītā Yagna, 1,00,000 Deepotsav, etc). I started one Hindi Bhakti-vṛkṣa with the help of Namānada prabhu via zoom in India. Happy to contribute, Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa yātrā in achieving 222 Bhakti-vṛkṣa groups.

Please bestow your mercy and empower me to fulfil the above aspirations without any tinge of pride and selfish motives while serving you in helping Śrīla Prabhupāda mission.

Guru Mahārāja on this special day of yours, I humbly beg you for the following benedictions that:


1) To have only one desire, that is to follow your instruction guru-mukha-padma-vākya, cittete koriyā aikya, with focus to purify my contaminated consciousness.

2) Need your blessings to consolidate the existing groups and inspire them to take higher serving responsibilities in the helping.

3) Require all your special blessings to my son Anirudh (for his success in his Engineering studies) and my daughter Amrutha (for her success in her future endeavors.)

4) My mother Varādhātri Paurṇamāsī devī dāsī (Your initiated disciple) needs your mercy to continue her sadhana.

Guru Mahārāja, My entire family (wife, Ujjvala Kālindī devī dāsī, your aspirant children, Amrutha and Anirudh and my mother Varādhātri Paurnamasi devī dāsī) joins me on the auspicious day of your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā, in praying to Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi, Narsimha dev and Pañch-tattva for your good health so that you will be in your best of spirit’s and also complete the “Lord Caitanya” book which would be a greatest treasure for entire Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava community in future.
Your insignificant disciple
Rādhāpati Śyāma dāsa, Dīkṣā Disciple
Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

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

My dear Spiritual father, please accept my humble obeisances at your Lotus feet. All glories to your auspicious 73rd appearance day”.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja, I am blessed to be at your Lotus feet.

I am thinking how I could be able to express my gratitude to your divine grace with a suitable word, I am crying, if you can be able to inspire me within then I will be able to express my feeling.

Gurudeva, You have appeared from the Spiritual world to engage us in Devotional service which is supposed to be our normal state, by your mercy being reminded that you are eternal servant of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Recently You visited Chennai not for your health checkup rather you inspired them the doctors / nurses / physiotherapists to chant the Holy name and then only your health will cure. The causeless mercy and compassion are being touched the heart of everyone who sees or hears about You Mahārāja.

We have the opportunity to see the deities darśana of ISKCON and the devotee’s community around the world in a hand phone having the JPS App. Everyday many messages pop up to think of You and the missionary activities 24hours to remind me from the service of māyā.

Guru Mahārāja, Your instructions to disciples and your daily events are being continually posted in Jayapatākā Swami app, Facebook, Telegrams, Instagram, WhatsApp group, Lava-Mātra app, JPS Media Newsletter. To e-care your disciples, you are visiting our homes via Zoom meeting to inspire and bless all your disciples, well-wishers and all the living beings especially the human beings.

In spite of all abnormal health conditions, you visit around the world online and bless the devotees and patiently hear and answer every silly question that is evidence for us to follow. You show the way of Vaishnava living culture and example for us to follow.

This is very inspiring and keeps us engaged in Devotional service. Following your footsteps in my life to dedicate my little service unto your Lotus feet and the Paramparā.

I am so happy to hear your glories from other Vaishnava and all my pain and anxiety will be relieved by hearing about You.

Mahārāja, I am trying to serve the Gaurāṅgadeśa and Śrīla Prabhupāda family who have picked me to your shelter from deep darkness. Dear Gurudeva, with my sadhana bhakti, I am unable to overcome my anarthas, therefore I the wretched soul seek your Krupa to bestow with your blessings I can able to regain my original eternal duty as a pure servant to serve you and the mission that will make me happy.

Self Will pray for your good health to Śrī Narasiṁha Dev and walk normally as

Your sincere eternal son,

Radikāpati Kṛṣṇa dāsa.

Gaurāṅgadeśa Yātrā Dubai.

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Please accept my humble and respectful obeisances to your feet!

All Glories to Guru Mahārāja and Śrīla Prabhupāda!

On this auspicious occasion of Your Appearance Day, I would like to convey to you my heartfelt gratitude and regards for accepting me as your disciple. It was on 02 May 2004 that Myself and my wife and my brother and his wife were fortunate to have begun the journey Back Home, Back to Godhead by formally accepting you as our Spiritual Master. These 18 years of journey, although fraught with many challenges and pitfalls, has been an exhilarating one. During this journey of 18 years, many a times I have rejoiced and many a times I have grieved, rejoiced when I carried out your orders well and grieved when I am unable to reign in my mind and as a result had a fall down from the lofty standards which you have set for me. However, every time I fell down, I have struggled to rise myself again and bring in a semblance of spiritual normalcy again in my life.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, off late I have been desiring to have your Blessings and Mercy more intensely than at any point of my journey during these 18 years. Yes Guru Mahārāja, your Blessings and Mercy alone can provide succor and happiness to my parched consciousness steeped in matter. Your Blessings and Mercy alone can transform my consciousness from material to spiritual and it is Your Blessings and Mercy alone which can extinguish the blazing fire of lust and greed in my heart. Dear Guru Mahārāja, I am not an adept in matters of life in general and Kṛṣṇa Consciousness in particular, so please bestow your attention on me on a regular basis. Please don’t ever be under the impression that I am now well versed in the nuances of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and just leave me alone to do my sādhana. No, a big no, I need you now more than ever, I need your love, compassion and sympathy in profuse quantities and promise me that You will be with me till the very end when You will hold my hand and take me to the Spiritual world far away from this horrible world of Birth, Death, Old age and Disease.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, The Covid Pandemic has come as a bonanza for me as my preaching efforts has been more than doubled. I conduct 3 Bhakti-vṛkṣa’s and also regularly preach in Govardhan pravachan Mandir, Mysore and also in ISKCON Bahrain Kannada Bhakti Koota. These Preaching activities keeps me quite busy in addition to my office responsibilities; however, I am happy as I am able to study the scriptures scrutinizingly and as the saying goes “an idle mind is a devil’s workshop”.

Guru Mahārāja, the Govardhan pravachan Mandir in Mysore is going stronger by the day and on Sundays and special occasions, a large congregation assembles to conduct Ārati, pravachan, Nagar Saṅkīrtana and Prasāda and Book distribution, this has been possible by Your Blessings and Mercy. It is my ardent wish that I will be involved with Govardhan pravachan Mandir activities and Preaching on a full time after my retirement. Dear Guru Mahārāja, as encouraged by you, I find my fulfillment in reading and preaching and please Bless me to carry out this service to You.

Guru Mahārāja, my mother Śrīmati K.S. Lalitha, my wife Kunja Viharinī Devī Dāsī, my daughter Sindhu Kavya, my brother Nanda Mukunda Kṛṣṇa Das, my sister in law Subhasinī Rādhe Devī Dāsī and my niece Vṛndāvana Priya join me in offering your feet our humble and respectful obeisances on this auspicious occasion of Your Appearance Day. In closing Guru Mahārāja, I once again reiterate my request that You, Your Blessings and Your Mercy is all I need and You would shower these on myself and my family copiously so that we all can aspire to Go Back Home, Back to Godhead in this very life time itself.

Your loving and humble spiritual son

Rāgānugā Bhaktimān Dāsa

Balaramdeśa Yātrā

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa! Daṇḍavat Pranamam!

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and All Glories to your Divine Grace.

Nama Oṁ Vishnu Padaya Krisna Preshtaya Bhutale Śrīmate Jayapatākā Swamin Iti Namine

Nama Acharya Padaya Nitāi Kripa Pradayine Gaura Kathā Dhāma Daya Nagara Grama Tarine.

Please accept our humble obeisances at your merciful lotus feet.

Today is very auspicious day of your divine appearance. In the life of a disciple Guru's appearance day and his own initiation day are unforgettable because of these days, the jīva got an opportunity to start his spiritual journey. On this auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā, we pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva, Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi and Lord Śrī Rādhā Madhav for your good health.

Guru Mahārāja, you have fully utilized the covid period of last two years to spread the message of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu thru all social media platform like zoom, Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp and telegram. Many devotees were available to hear from you directly and most of us got the opportunity to host you in our own home when you extended your virtual visit to our homes. You are so merciful that you accepted our invitation and also accepted our simple offerings.

We earnestly praying to Śrī Rādhā Madhav on this most auspicious day of your 73rd Appearance Day to give you full strength and long life as many souls are still waiting for your mercy.

Thank you Gurudeva for keeping us with you and praying for your blessings to do more devotional service and assist the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Trying to be your servant

Raghurāma Lakṣmaṇa dāsa, Serving as JPSS / GSS Coordinator

Subhagya Citrā Devī Dāsī

Bhakta Rahul and Bhakta Rohit.

Hare Kṛṣṇa

My Dear Guru Maharāj,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to Jagat Guru Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to you and Gaurāṅga..

Your appearance day is very divine and an auspicious one , what can be more important in this life , than celebrating my spiritual masters appearance day. How can a finite soul as me explain your infinite pastimes . This fool knows without you there is no spiritual life in this birth. Just by your causeless mercy, I had my life changed, however I am still under the clutches of Māyā,so I'm begging for your mercy.

One such blissful moment happened in my life is getting your darshan in Caitanya Nitāi deśa, rushing you to airport to have your darśana ,I missed as you entered inside already. I was heart broken and was hankering for your mercy but about a distance you appeared  raised your hand , called “Haribol”. Hari Hari bol !! My soul rejoiced within and that's the blissful moment in my life till now.

Guru Maharāj I have started preaching Śrīmad Bhāgavatam to Adults every Friday's, kids for every Sunday's and Bhagavad Gītā to Adults 4 times a month (whenever I get services). I wanted to serve you more through the mission of executing the orders of Śrīla Prabhupāda.I beg your mercy to become your dīkṣā disciple soon.

 

Your humble servant

Raha Dharsini
Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

 

Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas Guru Mahārāja

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace and Śrīla Prabhupāda.

On this most auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I would like to reaffirm my commitment to continue serving Your Divine Grace in whatever limited capacity I have. Sometimes I wonder how fortunate we are to be connected to the Paramparā and The Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa through you. Śrīla Prabhupāda once said you are an associate of Lord Caitanya. And Lord Caitanya comes once in a day of Brahma to give what no other incarnation has given. And we are somehow under your care. What a fortune!!

Lord Caitanya appeared in Śrī Māyāpur Dhāma. And you have been so instrumental in developing the dhāma by the inspiration of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Your connection with Lord Caitanya and Śrī Māyāpur dhāma is so natural. It clearly appears you had that connection before this life. And you just appeared to continue serving the mission of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Your time is valuable for the people of this world. Despite your health, you are able to reach out to so many people in this world. I hope and pray your health improves so you do not have to tolerate so much for us. Thank you for your association and guidance. I hope to always remain connected with you!

Your humble servant,

Raja Rao Koganti (aspiring disciple)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja, please accept my Respectful Obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaurāṅga!!

Śrīla Gurudeva, All glories to Your Divine Appearance. Countless thanks aren’t sufficient for the causeless mercy that Your Divine Grace have been showering upon this conditioned soul. Even though I’m worth for nothing Your Divine Grace always care for me. Your Divine Grace always reciprocate in several ways. Your Divine Grace are just taking all this trouble to save many souls like me. Your Divine Grace, in the mood of Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaurāṅga, wants to deliver the entire world. Your Divine Grace presence is giving immense auspiciousness for the entire Universe.

My dear Spiritual Master, am being useless and been wasting my time and energy in ignorance. If Your Divine Grace so desire, please help and empower me dear Gurudeva that I utilise my time and energy in the service of Your Divine Lotus Feet and please Your Divine Grace, also I beg please connect me officially to Our Guru Paramparā by offering me dīkṣā by Your Lotus Hands Śrīla Gurudeva.

All glories to your unconditional causeless mercy!

All glories to your divine grace!

All glories to your divine appearance!

Aspiring servant of Your servants,

Rakesh (Shelter),
London, United Kingdom.

Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.

“Nama Oṁ Vishnu padaya Kṛṣṇa presthaya bhutale
Śrīmate Jayapatākā swamin iti namine,
Nama Acharya padaya Nitāi kripa pradayine
Gaura kathā dhāma daya nagara grama tarine”

Your Holiness is the ocean of mercy. You are tireless service to the Śrīla Prabhupāda's movement gives more enthusiasm to perform my sevā. Due to your causeless mercy and blessings today I am in Śrīla Prabhupādas's movement. Please bless me to perform Vaiṣṇava sevā and Go -sevā.

Your most humble servant

Rāmachandra Karuneśa dāsa

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj, 

Very happy to submit my homage on this joyous occasion of your Vyasa Puja celebration.

I left my job last year and came back to India and since then did repairs to our ancestral home and conducted the wedding of my second daughter with your blessings.

I have been taking BG classes and this is continuing after my return to India.

I missed to see you doing your visit to chennai temple last month. I came there on that evening and I learnt that you had come there in the morning. I felt bad. 

I pray to Krishna that I should meet you soon and get your blessings. 

Your humble servant 

Ramanatha Krishna Das 

 

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja.

SB 11.17.27 :

ācāryaṁ māṁ vijānīyān navamanyeta karhicit

na martya-buddhyāsūyeta sarva-deva-mayo guruḥ

One should know the ācārya as Myself and never disrespect him in any way. One should not envy him, thinking him an ordinary man, for he is the representative of all the demigods.

Please accept my humble obeisance’s.

Guru Mahārāja, during this pandemic situation, we witnessed your great resolve in continuing Gurus’ order in serving Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. And your passion in the service of “The Supreme Personality of Godhead” is the leading light for the devotional community. By your devotional activities, millions of worldwide communities are being attracted to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

I am, being very much entangled in this Māyā, practicing little Kṛṣṇa Consciousness in possible ways, still feeling that not blessed with seed of devotion. I pray to grant me the root cause in attaining my ultimate goal in transcendental path. Undisputedly, Guru Mahārāja, you are being realized soul, will bless me in attaining my goal.

Please make me eligible for “Kṛṣṇa Prema”.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja. Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas.

Please accept my humble obeisance’s.

Ramesh
Gaurāṅga Deśa, Middle East

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most humble daṇḍavat praṇāma. On your divine Vyāsa-pūjā 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 me cry and your disciples mercy that you have accepted me as your servant. 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 and service. I also pray, pls help me to overcome 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 Śrī Lakṣmī Narasiṁha Deva, Śrī Śrī Gandarvikā Giridhārī, Śrīmān Mahāprabhu for your good health.

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Your fallen servant,

Ramesh Kumar Mallugari (aspiring disciple),

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

My beloved Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa! At first accept my humble greetings at your lotus feet. This day is much honorable to me. But I don’t know how to glorify you. I have no quality to glorify you. But if you give me your unconditional mercy then I will be able to write something.

Guru Mahārāja, I did not see you Till today physically. But I was feel that you are always with me inform of your blessing. I very fallen soul.

Gurudeva, what I will say? O Guru Mahārāja, from my previous long life, I was detached from you. Just one looking you can purify the heart of the greatest sinner and the most inferior person. And It’s example is I. Because I am the greatest sinner and the most inferior person. You know my condition much better than me. Always I absorbed in self enjoyment, never think about Kṛṣṇa, ever want to do any devotional service and my mind is always filled with naughty things. But in spite of my many bad things, you gave me shelter.

I heard that Gaurāṅga is more merciful than Kṛṣṇa. But you are more merciful than Gaurāṅga for your unconditional mercy to each and every fallen soul.

Guru Mahārāja I am spiritually unwell. Don’t know anything. Please Guru Mahārāja forgive me for my guiltiness and give kṛpā.

Most inferior person of this whole universe.

Ramgopal Singh (sheltered disciple)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Happy Kṛṣṇa consciousness appearance day Guru Mahārāja you are the greatest guru who opened our eyes from the darkness. You give so many dīkṣās and change so many people. And Mahārāja you take all the sins from a person when you give the dīkṣās you remove the lust which is in the heart. Mahārāja you are so brave that we can’t describe it that I heard from the lectures. Guru Mahārāja give me your blessings and engage me in Kṛṣṇa consciousness I also learn mṛdaṅga and saṅgītaṁ bless me that I use it properly in Kṛṣṇa service.

Yours significant devotee,

Ramjatin (Well-wisher)

Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

Nama Oṁ visnupadayakrisnapresthayabhutale

Śrīmatejayapatakaswaminitinamine

Nama ācāryapadayanitaikrpapradayine

Guarakathadamadayanagaragramatarine

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful and humble obeisance at your lotus feet. First of all I would like to express my sincere gratitude unto you for accepting me as one of your servants, and you are so kind enough to all the fallen conditioned souls like me.

Your Holiness is a great inspiration to all of us by your unconditional and determined preaching mission. Your most challenging physical condition has never affected your determination to fulfill the desire of HDG Śrīla Prabhupāda. Guru Mahārāja, You are teaching us by your activity that performing devotional service should not depend on the material circumstances, and through this way, one can please their Guru and Gaurāṅga.

By your mercy, we are continuing our devotional service under the loving care and guidance of His Grace Rādhā bhāva prabhuji, His Grace Rāma Kṛṣṇa prabhuji and Sachi Yaśodā Mātājī, and all other senior Vaiṣṇavas in Shyam Desh.By your blessings We have started a new Bhakti-vṛkṣa class(online)in which we could include people from India as well. Children class also going on very well.. By your blessings, all our Bhakti-vṛkṣa members are progressing nicely,4 of them have taken Harināma initiation and 4 devotees have submitted the documents for the initiation request from Your Holiness. All of them are so much service-oriented.

Guru Mahārāja, please bless us to serve you more and more, and I am sincerely praying to Lord Narasiṁhadeva for keeping you under His protection and in Good health. Kindly forgive me for whatever offenses I have committed unto Your Lotus feet.

Your insignificant servant

Dina pāvana Mādhava Das

Ramya Rādhikā devī dāsī

Mādhavan

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.

“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.”

My dearest Gurudeva, words cannot justly express my gratitude and love that I have for you. You are my hero, saving me with your mercy from the clutches of māyā by giving this poorly conditioned soul an opportunity to learn and grow to become a devotee of our Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa. You have immense strength and perseverance and unwavering faith in Guru and Gaurāṅga, to follow Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions to spread the holy name throughout the world. Your mission to bring everyone under the shelter of ISKCON, the house Śrīla Prabhupāda built for everyone to live in.

I’m very grateful and fortunate that you have accepted me as your disciple. I’ve heard from many senior devotees about how you pray for each one of your disciples, aspirants. Because of your prayers and mercy, I’m at Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa and trying to practice Kṛṣṇa Conscious life.

There were many difficult and challenging times that I had to face however I now see as my purification, and I hold on tight to also remain in ISKCON and never forget Kṛṣṇa. Devotee care is very important and I will try to always practice this at home and in our devotee community. I love distributing books and mahā prasad wherever I get an opportunity to talk to people about Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Your eternal spiritual Grand Son and servant,

Rasamaya Vrajeśa Dāsa (sheltered disciple)
Nitish Sikder (sheltered disciple)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

My dear spiritual Master, HH Jayapatākā Swami 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 jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-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 Saṅkīrtana Movement...

All glories to Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa for sending you here...

Please accept our humble obeisances at your merciful lotus feet.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, please bless to spread love of Kṛṣṇa. Still I am not serious in my sādhanas like finishing rounds with in same day, Reading Prabhupāda’s books daily.

Also bless me so that I can inspire my daughter to engage in KC to progress spiritually.

Will pray to Narasiṁhadeva to give more strength for your good health to perform more and more preaching, Books distribution and fulfil Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions.

This is my humble request Guru Mahārāja,

Your insignificant servant,

Rasānanda Rāmakṛṣṇa dāsa

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisance at your divine Lotus feet.

All glories to Guru Mahārāja.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

You have so many divine qualities, your instinct to preach Kṛṣṇa conscious to all is very inspiring.

Seeking your blessing so that I can at least preach little to others and inspire ignorant people like me to take up Kṛṣṇa consciousness

I am very fortunate for the opportunity to have your darśana and service unexpectedly.

No words to express my gratitude for Your enthusiasm to reach all immaterial of any circumstances.

All glories to you dear Guru Mahārāja!

Your insignificant spiritual daughter
Rasarānī Padma devī dāsī.

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Dearest Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept our respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to you Dear Gurudeva on this most auspicious day of your appearance!

It is indeed a very special day in our lives too, ever since you mercifully accepted us under your loving shelter as your disciples, despite our total lack of any qualification to deserve this mercy.

Today, when all the senior Vaiṣṇavas and Vaiṣṇavīs present their offerings unto you, we find ourselves to be totally unqualified to glorify and worship the dust of your lotus feet. Our sincere desire is to selflessly serve you, just like you have been serving Śrīla Prabhupāda and his mission. Despite all the health hardships and excruciating pain, you have gone through over the past decade and more, your unflinching resolve and zeal to serve your spiritual master is unfathomable. You are undeniably a great inspiration for everyone.

Gurudeva, it is only due to your causeless mercy that fallen souls like us have got this opportunity to engage in the devotional service of Kṛṣṇa and His devotees. We are eternally grateful to you for having accepted us as your disciples and implore you to always keep us under your protection. With your mercy and the guidance of other senior disciples, we will put in all efforts to serve in your mission by continuing to remain inspired and inspire others in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

We, Rasika Madhusūdhana dāsa, Manasi Rādhikā devī dāsī, Bhakta Arjun and Bhaktin Athira are trying to follow a harmonious, Kṛṣṇa conscious life with you as our saviour, leading us back home, back to Godhead. We pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Pañca-tattva, Narasiṁhadeva to bless you abundantly with good health and with continued zeal to carry out the orders of your spiritual master, His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Your insignificant son, daughter and grand-children,

Rasika Madhusūdhana dāsa, Manasi Rādhikā devī dāsī, Bhakta Arjum and Bhakthin Athira, Avatarideśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja. Please accept my respectful obeisance.

All glories to you and all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja, I am a very fallen soul and not at all qualified to write about your glories and it is only because of your causeless mercy that I had got this opportunity to write a few words on this glorious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā. I offer my respectful obeisance again and again at Your Lotus Feet.

My prayers to Lord Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Narasiṁha Deva, and Gaura Nitāi to always bless you with good health, long life and provide you with complete protection.

Guru Mahārāja, you are always my inspiration to take up this path of devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa. I am really amazed at your enthusiasm and zeal in preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness far and wide across the world. Though you were twice affected by Covid you had still continued to take online classes, attended meetings etc. to spread this glorious mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda. You had never compromised on your preaching even during the days of your ill health. I heard that even while you were in the hospital for treatment, you had asked the therapist and the medical staffs to chant the Holy names of Lord Kṛṣṇa. This shows that you take each and every opportunity to preach and spread Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Holy name everywhere.

I am really an unworthy and a fallen soul and It is only because of your causeless Mercy that I had become an aspiring disciple of Your good self. I seek your mercy and blessings so that I can improve the quality of my chanting and continue to progress in reading Śrīla Prabhupāda books. Whatever insignificant, little service I get to do in the yātrā, is all because of your blessings and mercy on me. Guru Mahārāja, I pray and beg for your mercy to please accept and take me under the shelter of your Lotus Feet. I am still in the process of preparation to take Shelter from You Guru Mahārāja. Please bless me so that I can improve my spiritual sadhanas and also be in good health. I beg you to forgive me for all my offences. I also seek your blessings for the spiritual well-being of my husband Shankar and my son Karthick.

All Glories to you Guru Mahārāja.

Your humble servant,

Rathika Shankar (aspiring disciple)

Gaurāṅga deśa Yātrā

हरे कृष्ण

नमः विष्णु पादय, कृष्ण प्रेष्ठाय भूतले

श्रीमते जयपताका स्वामिन इति नामिने

नमः आचार्य पादाय निताई कृपा प्रदायिने

गौर कथा धाम दाय नगर ग्राम तारिणे॥

हरे कृष्ण मेरे प्रिय गुरुदेव आपके चरणकमलों में मेरे कोटि कोटि विनम्र प्रणाम को स्वीकार करें | श्रील प्रभुपाद की जय ! श्रील गुरुदेव की जय ! आपकी व्यास पूजा (जन्म दिवस) महामहोत्सव की जय !

आज के पवित्र दिवस पर मैं श्री श्री राधा माधव, श्री श्री नृसिंह देव, श्री श्री पंचतत्व को आपकी रक्षा, अच्छा स्वास्थ्य और शुभेच्छाओं के लिए प्रार्थना करती हूँ |

मैं भगवान श्री चैतन्य महाप्रभु की कितनी आभारी हूँ कि कभी भी मैं उनका ऋण उतार सकूंगी, जिन्होंने मुझे आप जैसे अत्यंत कृपालु, दयामय, पिता रूपी शुभचिंतक दिए है | आपके दयालु स्वभाव से हमारे जैसे कई पतितो का उद्धार हो रहा है | कृपा के अपार सागर के रूप में आपने मेरे जीवन में भगवत्प्रेम का लक्ष्य दिया है | करूणामय स्वभाव से आप हमें सदैव भगवत सेवा के लिए प्रेरित करते हैं जैसे की प्रत्येक रात को आपका संदेश मिलता है कि आपने श्रीमद्भागवतम् के कितने अध्याय और श्लोक पढ़े, यह हमारे जीवन के दैनिक कार्यों में सर्वश्रेष्ठ प्रेरक नित्यं भागवत सेवया के रूप में प्रस्तुत किया |

गुरुदेव आपकी कृपा यदि मैं गिनने बैठूं तो मेरा जीवन कम पड़ जाए | क्योंकि आपने मेरे अवगुणों को देख कर मुझ पर अत्यंत कृपा बरसाई है, अर्थात आपकी कृपा और दयालु वैष्णवो के मार्गदर्शन से मैं आपके दिए गए प्रवचन जो अंग्रेजी में है उनका अनुवाद हिंदी में करने का सुअवसर और आपके द्वारा हर एकादशी को प्रकाशित किया गया - समाचार पत्र का हिंदीअनुवाद करना मेरे लिए अत्यंत सौभाग्य की बात है | मैंने तो ऐसे कोई सत्कर्म नहीं किए जिनका मुझे इतना अधिक फल मिल रहा है मैं अपना जीवन देकर भी आपका ऋण कभी नहीं उतार सकती परन्तु हाँ, मेरे जीवन का हर एक कार्य आपके दिए गए उपदेश तथा आदेश का पालन करने में निर्धारित हो ऐसा मेरा कठिन प्रयास जरूर रहेगा |

आपको यह कहते हुए मुझे अधिक प्रसन्नता और आपकी कृपा की अधिकारिणी होने का गर्व प्रतीत होता है क्योंकि मुझे आपके द्वारा प्रत्येक दिवस चैतन्य लीला के प्रवचनो में सप्ताह के 2 दिवस हिंदी मेअनुवाद करने का अत्यंत दुर्लभ अवसर कृपालु वैष्णवो के द्वारा मिला है |

प्रिय गुरुदेव ,आपके स्वास्थ्य को लेकर जब मैं चिंतित हो जाती हूँ तब मैं भगवान नरसिंहदेव से प्रार्थना करती हूँ कि मेरे जीवन के जो भी वर्ष बाकी रहे हैं वह आपके जीवन से जोड़ दें, चूँकि आप को चैतन्य महाप्रभु और श्रील प्रभुपाद ने हमारे जैसे पतितआत्माओं को जागृत करने के लिए भेजा है, मुझे ज्ञात है कि मैं बहुत ही तूच्छा हूँ परन्तु फिर भी मैं प्रार्थना करती हूँ आपकी कुछ सेवा कर सकूँ |

प्रिय गुरुदेव,आपके आशीर्वाद से मेरे दो भक्ति वृक्ष एक अंग्रेजी और एक हिंदी में भगवद गीता का अध्ययन करते हैं | इनमें से कुछ माताजी घर के बाहर भी कार्य संभालती है| साथ में यही सब माताजी सप्ताह में दो बार मिलकर श्रीमती श्रीमद्भ भागवत का अध्ययन करते है यह सब आपके आशीर्वाद से कृष्ण भावनामृत में आगे बढ़ रहे हैं | आप हमें ऐसे ही आशीर्वाद देते रहें एसी हमारी विनम्र याचना हैं |

श्री गुरुदेव, आपके प्रत्यक्षदर्शन और आशीर्वाद से मेरे घर के सदस्य मेरे प्रभु जी (दीपक जोशी )मेरे बच्चे (करिश्मा और परम ) मेरी बहन (मित्तल जोशी ) आप से आश्रय (aspiration) ली है, मेरी माता भी हरेकृष्ण मंत्र का जप करती है हम सब कृष्णभावनामृत में प्रगति करते रहे | करिश्मा के लिए हम आपके द्वारा दीक्षा दी जाए इसकी प्रतीक्षा कर रहे हैं | आपके आशीर्वाद हम सभी पर सदैव बने रहे और भागवत सेवा में रुचि बढ़ती रहे इतनी मेरी महत्वाकांक्षा है | आप जब हर शुक्रवार को चैतन्य लीला प्रवचन के बाद जब (Middle East –Gaurāṅga Deśa Yātrā)हमारे घर हमें दर्शन देते हैं, तो हमें अधिक प्रतीक्षा से आपकी राह देखते हैं, और जब आप हमें आशीर्वाद देते हैं तब हम अपने आप को विश्व के सबसे अत्यधिक सौभाग्यशाली मानते है |

हे कृपासिंधु गुरु महाराज, आज के पवित्र दिवस पर मैं आपसे मुझ से किए गए जानें या अंजाने में हुए अपराध की क्षमा प्रार्थना करती हूँ | मैं आपकाआदेश भगवान श्री चैतन्य महाप्रभु और श्रील प्रभुपाद के कृष्णभावनामृत संघ का प्रचार करना इस लक्ष्य को आगे बढ़ाने में आपकी सहायता कर सकूँ ऐसी आकांक्षा के साथ मैं आपके आशीर्वाद और मार्गदर्शन की अभिलाषी हूँ |

आपकी कृपा अर्थी पुत्री,

दासानु दासी

रति रूपिणी जाह्नवा देवी दासी

Dear Spiritual Father,

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to you divine grace

Kindly accept my respectful obeisances to the lotus feet of my Guru Mahārāja.

I offer millions and millions of praṇāmas to my dearest spiritual father on your Vyāsa-pūjā who is intensively practicing Bhakti and preaching with the mercy of Lord Shiva, love and affection of Lord Caitanya and serving nature of Lord Nityānanda.

Kindly include me also in one bogy of Goloka Vṛndāvana Train who is qualified only as your spiritual son.

Twenty 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 Mahārāja’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.

Your Spiritual Son

Ravi Gaurāṅga Dāsa

Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja.

Please accept my humble Obeisance All Glories to Prabhupāda, All Glories to you.

Guru Mahārāja currently I am in Gaurāṅga deśa Sharjah and my family is in Coimbatore Tamil Nādu India.

Guru Mahārāja I am now 57 years old I want to go back to Coimbatore and I want to serve Coimbatore temple.

I need your permission to go back to Coimbatore.

I am not doing any Bhakti-vṛkṣa due to my current working condition I need your blessing to start the Bhakti-vṛkṣa.

Guru Mahārāja my wife also not doing any Bhakti-vṛkṣa please bless to start service to your lotus feet.

in my life atleast one time I want to speak to you please give one chance to talk to you.

Guru Mahārāja pls bless my sons also to come Kṛṣṇa consciousness, I have two sons the Name is Sairaj and Sairakesh.

Daily I am praying to Lord Rādhā Mādhava, Lord Narasiṁha, Pañca-tattva for you good health.

Your humble servant

Ravi Vamsa Rāma Dasa

Neela Rādhā Rani DD.

SaiRaj & Sai Rakesh

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept humble obeisance’s at your lotus feet of your servant Ravindra Patle, Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa. Dear Guru Mahārāja, under the guidance of His Grace Brajeshawar Śyāma Dāsa prabhuji we are inching on the path of devotion. It is great pleasure and jubilation in our hearts that once again His Divine Grace Vyāsa-pūjā has arrived.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, I am so much fallen in the material nescience that I am unable to chant my rounds sincerely and attentively. Dear Guru Mahārāja, I had your personal darśana at Mathurā deśa in the year 2015 and I still cherish the sweet memories of the same.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, you are constant inspiration in my life and I am daily associating with you through your divine vāṇī and through your app.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, with your kind blessings your servant is able to conduct Bhagavad-gītā in Hindi for five aspiring devotees and we have till now completed chapter 11. Please bless us so that we can complete Bhagavad-gītā and start Śrīmad-bhāgavatam this year itself.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, as instructed by Śrīla Prabhupāda we need to work on conserving natural resources provided by Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. We often see in our temples lights are on when day light can be used. We can also install solar panels and produce green energy for power needed. Kindly take into consideration above suggestions and I am ready to serve in my capacity to assist in Green projects as I am LEED certified engineer.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, please accept our sincere prayers for your recovery. We are daily praying Śrīmati Tulasī Mahārānī, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and Lord Narasiṁha to always protect His Divine Grace.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, please bless your servant wife Mrs. Rakhi, Daughters Ms. Ruth and Ruhi so that they can progress on the path of devotion.

Your Servant,

Ravindra Patle (sheltered disciple)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Dearest Gurudeva,

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

 nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Please accept my humble obeisance at your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
The appearance day of my beloved spiritual master, I cannot imagine where my life will be today if I was not blessed with your divine benediction. In 2021 December 25th was my marriage in ISKCON Chowpatty Bombay. My husband name is Hiren Roz. He is working in Bombay Mathralaya.

We would like to wish my dearest Guru Mahārāja a very happy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā, and may my Guru Mahārāja have many, many more to come.

Guru Mahārāja you are so merciful, understanding, compassionate and I am very happy my parents have taken your guidance for which I follow the same path today. Due to covid 19 temple activities are limited mostly closed. Online classes are conducting and going on.
On this most auspicious day, I pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to always protect you and to be in good health in order to carry out Śrīla Prabhupāda mission.

Your humble servant,

Atulya Rukmiṇī devī dāsī

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

On this glorious and auspicious occasion of your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā please accept my respectful obeisance at your lotus feet.

Guru Mahārāja You are a senior most sannyāsī in ISKCON today.

You have immense dedication towards your spiritual master and you have amazing compassion for the conditioned souls.

You are a pure and unalloyed devotee of the Lord.

Your glories are infinite and cannot be penned in this short article.

I am eternally indebted to you that you have chosen me (the most fallen soul) as your Dīkṣā disciple. I beg at your lotus feet to help me to overcome my vices.

I am taking Bal Utsav Classes and Bhagavad-gītā Ladies class, kindly bless the children and their parents and my Bhakti-vṛkṣa Mātājī’s, so they can continue their Spiritual Journey.

Recently I have also joined the team to translate Your lectures to Hindi.

I humbly request your blessings to preach Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and the Mahā Mantra to the souls who have forgotten their spiritual father. And I also wish to help in book distribution.

Please bless my husband and children. And my 3 brothers with their families to progress on spiritual path.

I pray to Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa to give You good health to uplift many more fallen souls.

Your Spiritual Daughter

Rohiṇī Sumukhi Devī Dāsī GDY

Dear Gurudeva,

 

nama oṁ viṣṇu pādāya kṛṣṇa preṣṭāya bhu-tale

śrīmate jayapatākā swamin iti nāmine

 

I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace Jayapatākā Swami Śrīla Ācāryapāda, who is very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.

 

yat-sevayā bhagavataḥ

kūṭa-sthasya madhu-dviṣaḥ

rati-rāso bhavet tīvraḥ

pādayor vyasanārdanaḥ

 

“By serving the feet of the spiritual master, one is enabled to develop trascendental ecstasy in the service of the Personality of Godhead, who is the unchangeable enemy of the Madhu demon and whose service vanquishes one’s material distresses.” (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.7.19)

Please accept my humble obeisances.

 

All glories to Srila Prabhupada and you

 

Happy Appearance Day Guru Maharaj

 

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 my humble attempt.

 

Thank you for appearing in this world, at the most needed time and

place, to assist Srila Prabhupada your divine father in saving the

human race...

 

Thank you for your compassionate, saintly, selflessly dedicated life.

You practice, preach and live in Krishna, all your days and nights...

 

Thank you for your expert outreach, in thoughtful and dynamic ways,

you are reaching Krishna's lost servants, sharing eternal truth relevant

to today...

 

Thank you for your personal vaisnava dealings, how you are loyal and

always there, for a devotee who reaches out to come under your super

care...

 

Thank you for being my spiritual master, a loving father for me too,

any auspiciousness I may have in my life...it has come through you.

 

Thank you.

 

Your humble servant

Rupa Gaura Dasa

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

My dear Si Gurudev

Please accept my respectful obesciences unto your lotus feet

All glories to Srīla Prabhupāda and all glories to you Śrī Gurudeva

On this auspicious day of your appearance we thank you from our heart for all the causeless mercy, guidance and the spiritual support your holiness have given us in encouraging us in the spiritual journey of assisting you in Śrīla Prabupada’s mission. It is purely by the empowerment which is flowing through you in the line of disciplic succession from Lord Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi. Kindly bestow thy mercy on our family to serve you more and more and please bless our Śrī Rādhā Kuṇḍa Cakra devotees in Kṛṣṇa Kathā deśa to be useful in thy transcendental mission of serving Śrīla Prabupāda and there by please Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi.

Please bestow thy blessing on bhakti vṛkṣa and Gītāmṛta programme attending devotees and kindly draw them to thy lotus feet and set us free to serve Śrī Gaur Nitāi.

In spite of your health issues you are giving classes in zoom we are making attempt to hear almost all weekdays and trying our best to follow your instructions because of your causeless mercy. Thank you, so much dear Śrī Gurudeva.

Praying to Tulasī devī and Lord Narasiṁhadeva for your recovery to serve Śrīla Prabupāda. Thy transcendental flag of devotional service flies always high and the bhakti-latā-bīja you planted in us will flourish by your causeless mercy and will find its shelter in the Lotus feet of Lord Acyuta. By hearing your transcendental lectures on Śrī Caitanya līlā our bhakti-latā are growing up and we are getting cleansed by your divine association while hearing. Dear Gurudeva please empower us to follow thy instruction as our heart and soul to please thy Holiness.

Please bless me my prabhu Karuṇāanātha Govinda dāsa, my son Rādhe Śyām and my daughter Saṅkīrtana to progress in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and to be useful in serving your Holiness.

Your Insignificant Servants

Rūpavatī Jāhnavā Devī dāsī, Karunanatha Govinda das, Saṅkīrtana and Rādhe Śyām

Kṛṣṇa Kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Jay Prabhupāda!

Jay Gurudeva!

Obeisances to Jayapatākā Swami Gurumahārāja!

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja. I am pleased to submit my homage under your holy feet begging to bless me to fit myself perfectly well within the Kṛṣṇa Conscious suite, so that Māyā may not have option to kick me away from this Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

After joining ISKCON movement in Doha, I felt very pleasant to have the devotees associations, as it helped me to open a new account in Devotional Service which was temporarily inactive since I came to this Muslim country from India. The way the āratis were performed in devotees’ house just like a

temple, the way uniformity was maintained in performing such āratis in every devotees’ house, the structural way of doing pravacan and finally the way out after SB or BG class with a tasty and blessed prasādam made me to get attached with such association very easily as it gave happiness not to my body but to my soul.

I was involved in performing devotional service and Hindu rituals, from my adolescent age. But I felt very humiliated later after joining ISKCON movement, as I came to know that doing such devotional service and rituals were of no use at all, without taking them to other soul. Earlier I was just a glowing candle melting myself by being in a dark room alone, but after joining ISKCON movement, understood various ways to spread that luminosity to bring brightness for other rooms too. Yes, I really feel my soul getting pleasure in taking the devotional essence to other soul.

Though I feel the change within, I could not sustain the change and thereby follow the devotional activity inconsistently. The basic reason behind this is my incapability in prioritizing my daily activities towards the devotional service and material life. Further reason in depth could be the less faith I have developed towards Lord Kṛṣṇa, even after involving in devotional service. I sometimes fear that I am lagging in performing my duty as a father neither able to feed full devotional essence to my children nor able to bring them as a Performers in their school education.

Hence, I fall under your lotus feet to bless me to develop deep faith towards Kṛṣṇa and relieve me from the fear I have in mind and thereby nourish my children to bring them further deep in the Kṛṣṇa conscious movement and bring more and more souls to the Kṛṣṇa Conscious movement through pravacan.

I take owe to listen more ISKCON guru paramparā’s pravacan and to do vāṇī-sevā to Prabhupāda. But I need your blessings to keep that owe, so that I can develop deep faith towards Kṛṣṇa and therby lead a fearless life.

Guru Mahārāja Ki Jai!!!!

Humbled Kṛṣṇa Sevāka

S. Candra Śekhar (aspiring disciple)

Śrī Ādikeṣava Dhāma Cakra, KKD

 

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat praṇāmas.

I am Sabarinath. I am studying In grade 6. I am doing my sadhanas regularly. Iam doing 12 rounds daily. I am attending my KKC class regularly. I like to recite Bhagavad-gītā ślokas, and love to learn new kīrtanas.

I’m very fortunate to get an opportunity to write for your Vyāsa-pūjā celebration.

Kindly shower me your blessings and mercy to do more service to you.

All glories to Guru Mahārāja!!!

Śrīla Prabhupāda ki Jay!!!

Śrīla Gurudeva ki Jay!!!

Your humble servant,

Bhakta Sabarinath Hari Krishnan (aspiring disciple)
Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All glories to Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obesiance unto your divine lotus feet.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja, today is the auspicious day of your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā. It amazes me that how you have left all your material wealth and comfort to preach the Caitanya movement all over the globe, just to fulfill you spiritual master’s order. During this pandemic it was a hard time to have association of devotees, but having your darśana via zoom was truly a blessing and compensated for all of it and motivated me a lot. Words are not enough to tell how grateful and lucky I am to have YOU Mahārāja as my spiritual master. Despite all the health problems you face, I still see the same enthusiasm, in fact it just keeps growing. YOU ARE MY INSPIRATION! Please bless me so that I can focus my mind and soul in Kṛṣṇa conscious and not get deviated in any circumstances. I pray to the supreme Lord and Lord Narasiṁhadeva to give you good health. Hoping to get your darśana soon in person. Keep inspiring millions and a very happy Kṛṣṇa conscious Vyāsa-pūjā.

Your humble and aspirant devotee,

B. Sadhika shree (aspiring disciple)

Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Happy Appearance Day, you are the only BEST person that I Know Guru Mahārāja. You always pray for us to get out of this poisonous well. Even if you are not in a good situation you always chant for us also to go to back to godhead and preach us how much you can do, Even if you are not having time you do not forget to do your sādhana. I saw so many cartoons where they will be superheroes and protects the people from evil persons, but You are the REAL SUPER HERO who always wants to protect us from poisonous well. Please help me from the situation that I am in. you are only person who can help me. I am really a fallen soul. I Really need your blessings Dear Guru Mahārāja Please Bless me Guru Mahārāja. I am learning veena by your mercy please bless that I can learn better and use for Lord Kṛṣṇa.

I hope your health will soon recover and be normal Dear Guru Mahārāja.

And once again

Happy Appearance Day Dear Guru Mahārāja!!!

Regards, Suryapati Kṛṣṇa Dasa ‘s daughter,

Sahiti –Medisetti (well-wisher)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

“Nama Oṁ Vishnupadaya Kṛṣṇa prestaya bhutale,

Śrīmate Jayapatākā swamin iti namine,

namah ācārya padaya Nitiai kripa pradayine

Gaura kathā dhamadhaya nagara grama tarine“

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Please accept our respectful obeisances at your lotus feet,

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All glories to you Guru Mahārāja,

All glories to your vyāsa-pūjā…

Unfathomable are the various situations in life and one such is your entry in my life in the year 2001 - since then it is an increasing trend of spiritual happiness.

All this is because of your transcendental touch. Thousands all over the world have had this divine touch and their lives are changed forever just like mine. Through the inconceivable and unbreakable faith you have in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions you are creating streams of transcendental pathways for conditioned living entities to get connected and escape the countless lives of ignorance and suffering.

The Bhakti-vṛkṣa preaching tool is one of the unparalleled gifts you gave us to help humanity come back to sanity and get connected to divinity in a very intimate way. Tailor made solutions are your speciality being always connected to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga - your guidance is always perfect for the time, place and circumstances we are situated in.

Being from the spiritual realm you have shown to the conditioned souls in this material world how the body cannot stop the activities of a personality from the spiritual world - even if the body is not in It’s proper state of health. You are pushing on with the preaching of the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda - the saviour of the world - overcoming all obstacles placed by māyā.

You are not leaving any stone unturned in your efforts to build the TOVP - the beacon of hope for millions of jivas in Kali-yuga. No wonder Śrīla Prabhupāda placed so many transcendental projects on your mighty shoulders and you are accomplishing them one by one against insurmountable odds.

You are unstoppable Guru Mahārāja and all your activities for the pleasure of Śrīla Prabhupāda, Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava and the aṣṭa-sakhis, Śrī Śrī Jagannath Baladeva, Subhadrā Mayi and Sudharsana, Śrī Śrī Pancha-tattva, and Śrī Śrī Prahlad-Narasiṁhadeva - are simply spellbinding.

You are trying to reach out to all your dear disciples through the JPS eCare and being one of them we feel touched by your regular audio-video lectures, the ekādaśī newsletters, your books and the zoom darśans.

Guru Mahārāja I am serving as Program Director for the Bhakti-Vriksha program here and my wife leela kirtaneswari dd is serving as the head of Balya sevā dept taking care of the children’s program. Our BV’s are around 222 now (including online) achieving the target set for 2022 and there are around 350+ children enrolled in our children’s program. All these achievements are because of your intense desire and thereby the subsequent mercy of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Caitanya on us flowing through you.

As conditioned souls we feel so overwhelmed by the Lord’s illusory energy and are not able to get the full benefit of the transcendental pathways that you have created - kindly bless us that we awaken to the reality of this miserable temporary life and cling on to your lotus feet with unflinching faith.

Your servants,

From Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

Saṅkīrtana ānanda gaura Dāsa (2nd init)

leela kirtaneswari devī dāsī (2nd Init)

gāyatrī and gowri (aspirants)

Namo oṁ Visnhu padaya Kṛṣṇa Presthaya butale

Śrīmate Jayapatākā Swamin iti Namime

Nama Acharaya Padaya Nitayi Kripa Pradayine

Gaura Kathā dhāma daya nagara grama tarine

Hare Kṛṣṇa hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa hare hare

Hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare.

My dear Spiritual Father and Spiritual Master,

Please accept my respectful humble obeisance’s at your divine lotus feet!!. All glories to you!!. All glories Śrīla Prabhupāda!!.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, it is a great privilege and honor to write an offering unto the most exalted person on this planet. I am not qualified to write or glorify or talk about you.

Firstly I sincerely thank Lord Narasiṁha dev and Śrīla Prabhupāda for giving us our Guru Mahārāja back to us. And also wishing on this auspicious day a very happy Kṛṣṇa conscious appearance day to my dear Guru Mahārāja may you celebrate many many more such appearance days may Lord Rādhā Mādhava always protect you..

You are a great inspiration for us. Everyday you are leading us by your exemplary practices.

Despite your challenging health conditions, you are giving your causeless mercy through zoom you are really amazing Guru Mahārāja You are showing us by example, how having strong faith on our spiritual master and Kṛṣṇa will bring us out of the most trying conditions. You are so merciful Guru Mahārāja; in spite of your health condition you give class regularly without any break. Your determination in serving your Guru is so admirable, Guru Mahārāja. Always with great enthusiasm you are trying to reach more fallen souls like me. during your ill health conditions Jayapatākā app was really helpful to post our extra chanting rounds and regularly know your health conditions and with great enthusiasm you post your all your schedules regularly from time to time it gives us more inspiration and motivation on our routine.

During recent past months seeing your ill health condition and your severe suffering I have understood that I should practice my devotional sādhana and regulative principles very strictly so that I should not become trouble to you.

During many Bhāgavatam classes given on Saturday I have heard that you want all your disciples should study Bhakti-śāstrī and Bhakti-vaibhava courses. By your causeless mercy Guru Mahārāja, I recently joined Bhakti shastri course conducted by GEV Gaurāṅga darśan prabhu. During this year by your mercy started New Bhakti vrikasha classes for Mātājī’s and also, I am conducting Ekādaśī classes for encouring them hope this sevā will make you happy guru Mahārāja.

Till now not even once I have not seen you or met you even once Personally Guru Mahārāja for this, I need your blessings guru Mahārāja. Please kindly bestow your blessings to my Bhakti-vṛkṣa members and Bhakti-vṛkṣa Children’s so that we call can serve you eternally for your pleasure.

Guru Mahārāja please bless me my prabhu and my daughter Hansika she is going to 10TH Class this year and Joshnav 4th standard please bless them so that they will grow nicely spiritually and materially.

On this auspicious day I pray Lord Narasiṁhadev to give you a long healthy life, My sincere obeisance unto your divine lotus feet.

Yours Insignificant Servant

Sarala Haripriya Devī Dāsī.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja.

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your divine feet.

Even with all the medical complications you have been going through, you have been constantly putting on efforts to take people from all over the world to Kṛṣṇa. Your relentless desire to attain your goal to serve Lord Kṛṣṇa by helping us attain him is unworldly. Please bless me so that I can excel in this path of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and ultimately attain the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Your servant,

Saran Kumar (aspiring disciple)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

All glories to you on the auspicious occasion of your 73rd appearance day.

mukam-karotivacalam pangum lanka yathe 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.”
Mahārāja by your mercy, we - myself and my prabhu are preparing to take shelter from you.

I have written my shelter exams and am waiting for my prabhu to complete his exam,

Mahārāja please enable him to prepare and write his shelter exam, in spite of his busy office schedule.

We are eagerly waiting to take shelter from you, and also please bless us to take Dīkṣā from you at the earliest.

Mahārāja, I have been given the opportunity to take Bal Utsav class for a few children, please bless me to provide them with proper knowledge and to help them in their path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and thereby please Śrīla Prabhupāda and your good self.

Mahārāja your unflinching determination to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda in the midst of all your health crisis is mind blowing. You are a living Miracle and an inspiration to conditioned souls like me.

You are empowered by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Śrīla Prabhupāda and I am really fortunate to associate with you.

Mahārāja please bless my son’s Surya, Theja and Cheitanya to take up Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Mahārāja I pray to Rādhā Madhav, Pancha Tattva and Narasiṁha dev to keep you in good health and strength to inspire fallen conditioned souls like myself.

Your insignificant aspired daughter,

Sarasvathi (aspiring disciple)

Gaurāṅga deśa

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Hare Kṛṣṇa!!
Please accept our respectful humble obeisance at your lotus Feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

On this auspicious day of your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā on Kāmaḍa Ekādaśī on 12 April 2022, we pray Lord Narsimha dev, Rādhā Madhav and aṣṭa sakhi, Pañca-tattva for your good health.

Although we are far away from your personal association, yet we are closely associated with you thru social media. With your blessings, we are continued to be engaged in devotional services.

Guru Mahārāja, we have completed two decades in Prabhupāda movement, which has been possible due to your kṛpā only.

Your transcendental qualities, great compassion towards fallen soul is unlimited. We always feel your presence in our heart, we are very grateful and thankful to you and devotees who helped us to bring us on bhakti path and practice Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We wish to become more serious to follow your instructions and fulfil your mission and promise to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I sincerely pray in lotus feet of Śrī Lord Narsimha, Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Pañca-tattva for your good health so that you can deliver so many fallen soul all over the world.

Guru Mahārāja Please bless me and my family for spiritual progress.

Your insignificant servant,

Sarvajaya Gaura prema Dāsa and Nitya Sevi Nidhi devī dāsī, Dāmodaradeśa

Sahil Gupta, (Son), Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa (Qatar)

Tanya Gupta (Daughter), Sydney, Australia

Dearest Spiritual Father,

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja, Please accept our respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Jagadguru Śrīla Prabhupāda and all glories to your holiness.

Despite of your health conditions, you are coming online daily and giving your divine darśan and bestowing your causeless mercy to all of us. Thank you very much dearest Gurudeva for continuously nourishing and guiding us through your vāṇī. Your paramount commitment towards your Spiritual Master is inspiring us immensely.

Thank you very much for lifting both of us from the dirty well of materialistic life and giving shelter under your divine lotus feet. It is simply your causeless mercy that you accepted us as your disciples, even though we are the most unqualified conditioned souls. We really do not know how to repay our debts to you.

On this auspicious occasion of your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā celebrations, we offer our sincere prayers unto the Lotus feet of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Prahlāda Narasiṁhadeva, Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva and our home deities Śrī Śrī Nitāi Śacī Sundara for your good health and protection.

Please bless us to develop more honesty, sincerity, and seriousness in serving You and serving Śrī Gaurāṅga and Śrī Rādhā Kṛṣṇa. We desire sincerely to serve you eternally dear Gurudeva.

Your spiritual children,

Sarva Palaka Rāma Dasa (Dīkṣā disciple)

Parama Rādhā Parvathy Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā disciple)

Hare Kṛṣṇa GuruMahārāja

Koṭi koṭi daṇḍavat praṇāmas,

In the occasion of vyāsa-pūjā mahotsava we humbly submit our obesances to your lotus feet. We are not qualified to glorify your meticulous services to deliver millions from this material word and the clutches of Māyā.

We can only pray to Guru paramparā & lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa the supreme for your good health & long life, also as you are so kind to accept us as your disciples and we think very fortunate to got you are our GuruMahārāja.

Once again praying to lordship for your good health & long life for saving for millions hope.

GuruMahārāja ki Jaya

Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava ki Jaya

Śrī Gaurāṅgaji ki Jaya

yours humble servants

Sarvapati Mādhava Dāsa,

Sarvapālikā Mādhavī devī dāsī

4th march 2022

Doha-Qatar

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All Glories to Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept my humble obesiances unto your divine lotus feet,

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja, today marks another milestone in your records in preaching the saṅkīrtana movement. You are the most merciful and so I have come to you, to seek your shelter. Bless me so that I can progress both in my material and spiritual life, and use my material education in preaching Prabhupāda’s mission. Praying to the supreme Lord for your good health. Happy 73rd Kṛṣṇa conscious Vyāsa-pūjā.

Your humble servant,

B.Sarvesh Nārāyaṇan (aspiring disciple)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

हरे कृष्णा गुरु महाराज आपके चरणो में कोटि कोटि प्रणाम

नमः ओम् विष्णु पदाया कृष्णा परस्थया भी तके श्री मते श्री जयापताका स्वामी इति नामनी नमस्तेय

गुरु महाराज आपको आपके आविर्भाव दिवस की शुभकामनाएँ । मैं प्रभुपादा नरसिंह भगवान श्री श्री राधा माधव से प्रार्थना करती हूँ की आप सदा स्वस्थ रहे व हम सब को आपकी संगति व आशीर्वाद प्राप्त होता रहे । आज ही आप चेन्नई से मायापुर पुनः लौट आए है । गुरु महाराज आपकी कृपा से मुझे अभी कुछ दिनो पूर्व ही आपकी लेक्चर की ट्रैन्स्लेशन की सेवा प्राप्त हुई है आप कृपा अपना आशीर्वाद मुझ पर तथा मेरे परिवार पर बनाए रखे । आपकी सेहत ठीक न होने पर भी आप लगातार भगवान के पवित्र नामों का प्रचार करने में लगे हुए हैं । पर मई आपकी आध्यात्मिक बेटी होने के बाद भी थोड़ी सी कठिनाई आने पर विचलित हो के या आलस में आकर कभी कभी अपना भक्ति वृक्षा की कक्षा नहीं लेती मुझे आपने इस व्यवहार के प्रति खेद हैं। अभी आजकल मैं अपने भक्ति वृक्ष के सभी लोगों के साथ रामायण का अध्यंन के रही हूँ । आपकी कृपा से सभी भक्ति वृक्षा के सदस्य प्रतिदिन आते हैं आप अपना आशीर्वाद उन पर भी बनाए रखे । गुरु महाराज मेरी बेटी का Noida symbiosisमें admissionहो गया है । अभी सितम्बर से उसकी पड़ाई शुरू होने वाली है कृपा उस पर अपना आशीर्वाद बनाए वो जो भी पड़े उसको गुरु व कृष्णा की सेवा में अर्पित करे। मुझे शायद उसके साथ नॉएडा जाना पड़े मुझे अभी नहीं पता की स्थिति क्या होगी कृपा आप मेरा व मेरे परिवार का मार्गदर्शन करें। क्यूँकि उसको मैं अकेले नहीं भेजना चाहती । आपकी कृपा से ही गुरु महाराज अभी प्रभु १६ माला का जप करते हैं भगवतम canto २ पर आ गए हैं भागवत गीता भी २ बार पड़ चुके हैं। वो आपके shelter disciple हैं कृपा आप उनको दीक्षा दे कर हम सब ओर उपकार करे। गुरु महाराज अभी मेरे को मन है की हमारे पास भी गौर निताई के विग्रह आए व हम सब स परिवार उनकी सेवा करे । मेरे दोनो बेटों, प्रभु व बेटी पर कृपा बनाए । आपकी कृपा व भक्तों के मार्ग दर्शन से प्रभु भक्ति में प्रगति कर रहे हैं । मंगला आरती भी करते हैं । शाम को घर आके भगवान को सुलाना उनकी सेवा वो ही करते हैं ये सब आपकी कृपा व भक्तों के मार्ग दर्शन से ही हुआ है । कभी कभी आप जब zoom पर दर्शन देते हो तो हम से आप मिलते हो।

आपके आशीर्वाद की आशा में आपकी आध्यात्मिक पुत्री

शशि मुखी केशवी देवी दासी

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas to you.

All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja despite the several bodily organ troubles still proving the world by Kṛṣṇa's mercy and blessings exhibiting the power of devotional service can protect and we can go back to Supreme Abode and become permanent servitor of the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Recently I heard in one of our God Brother pravacana, HDG Śrīla Prabhupāda proved age is not a factor to preach in the western countries, whereas you proved bodily discomfort is not the factor to preach and spread the Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Guru Mahārāja, in my native village, started one Goshala setup through which I wanted to engage my villagers to serve go-mātā and preach KC, arranging some vaiṣṇava temple visit tours and connecting with our local Nāmahaṭṭa Centers.

Guru Mahārāja recently extended operational support like providing computers (02 nos) for Tamil Back To Godhead Magazine and wants to engage more services in expanding the more subscribers for the monthly magazines.

Guru Mahārāja I am a very insignificant soul and struggling to improve my sadhana and develop my knowledge in KC as well as as well as very fortunate because you accepted me as your disciple by your causeless mercy, i need your blessings to perform my sadhana in a better way and preach more actively.

Being in Dubai and serving at Gaurāṅga Deśa Yātrā as a book distribution sevāka, keeping in touch with the Indian Book distribution team and supporting the best possible manner to achieve the target.

I would like to expand and continue this service. More book distribution is my desire, I want to engage my family (Wife and 2 Sons , doing some book distribution sevā currently ) also part of the team.

Other than that I would like to continue the support role near my hometown 2 Nāmahaṭṭa centers Perambalur and Thuraiyur (Tamilnadu, India) to do more programs and expand the activities. Lot of nearby village programs we want to cover by nagara saṅkīrtan and book distribution, we need your blessings and wishes to become successful… Both of the Nāmahaṭṭa Centers nearby we want to establish Grihastha Ashram setup to attract more devotees to center and practice KC as Vāsudeva-Kuṭumbam.

Since the travel restrictions have been relaxed now, on a yearly basis I would like to extend the possible support to Tribal care programs which are happening in Northern Emirates states. By directly doing sevā with family or contributing to the running projects is also my desire. Visiting one of the tribal care camps or distributing some books personally in that area.

Once the Covid and travel restrictions are over I want to do some kind of service directly along with my family to do some sevā like book distribution and other preaching sevā too. I want to engage more and more book distribution activities all over India whatever the possible activities which are currently in progress.

I need your blessings to engage my both sons to do some kind of service at Chennai temple and wherever they will continue the sevā in a dedicated manner.

My wife HG Ambika Gopīka Devidasi also serves some small services at Chennai temple. We want to do these kinds of services regularly and expand more with dedicated mood and bhava.

Guru Mahārāja I am surprised and wondering about the mood and bhava of you exhibiting the entire world by preaching and interacting with devotees on a daily basis.

I wish to attend more online classes to improve my sadhana and knowledge in KC, again and again seeking your mercy and prayers to continue the present sevā in a more professional manner as well as dedicated bhāva and mood.

Your Eternal Servant,

Satya Acyuta Kṛṣṇa Das.

GDY Yātrā - Dubai.

My dear spiritual father Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda All glories to you on this most auspicious day your appearance day.

First of all, I would like to thank you so much for accepting these insignificant souls under the shelter your lotus feet.

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.”

Guru Mahārāja with your blessing my wife and daughter moved and settled in Māyāpur in the month of Aug 21. My daughter got admission in SMIS and doing 8th Standard. My wife wish to do some service in the community Hospital please bless her to engage some service. The purpose which we moved to Māyāpur to engage some service and advance in the spiritual path.

Guru Mahārāja with your blessing I could able to continue my job without any difficulties and problems, to support my families I will be here in Dubai for 3 to 4 years after that I am also planning to settle in Māyāpur with my family and engage some service at your louts feet.

Guru Mahārāja with your mercy I could able to read Śrīmad Bhāgavatam weekly 1 hrs and Śrī Caitanya Caritamiratam weekly avg 3 hrs. I am attending the reading class but lords message is not going to my heart because of my anartha. Please forgive me if I have committed any offence. Please guide me to overcome such anartha attending the class with full concentration and without deviation. Try to follow and apply the principle in my day-to-day life. Despite of your health condition for the benefit like me fallen soul you are giving the lectures but I am very unfortunate to spend some time to hear your lectures. Please guide me to improve my sādhana and follow your food steps.

I am grateful for the opportunity to distribute books, I am doing this service following guidance of God brothers but not taking any extra steps to distribute the books. My offering is bless me I can remain and become more and more enthusiastic in distributing Śrīla Prabhupāda books for your personal pleasure.

We don’t have authority to worship śālagrāma-śilā , because of your mercy we could able to worship but at the same time you have advise us to get brāhmanical initiation at the earliest. We have not taken your instruction very seriously. please bless us to work towards getting biharmonical initiation in the next Gaura Pūrṇimā festival at your lotus feet.

My son doing college in Chennai, with your mercy he could able to stay with devotee but he is not taken up the devotee association properly. He is not chanting with his full heart, attracted with Electronic games. Please bless him to surrender unto your louts feet. You can only change his heart thereby with full conviction he can able serve your mission. He was in Māyāpur we have not thought of engage him in some service, We seek your blessing whenever he visits Māyāpur he should actively engage in some service.

First time I got chance to attend Gaura Pūrṇimā celebration at Māyāpur. Please give your mercy to take darśan of your lotus feet.

Thank you for your example in pure devotional service.

I ask your blessings to be develop attachment to the lord and one day, serve you with full conviction, love and devotion.

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 Śrī Kṛṣṇa and HDG Śrīla Prabhupāda for delivering me unto your Lotus feet.

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.

Yours humble servant

Sevā Parāyaṇa Dāruka Dāsa.

Hare Krishna Hare Rama

Hare Krishna Hare Rama

Hare Krishna Hare Rama

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

please accept my respect ful obesiance into your lotus feet. You have always been a great example and you are so dedicated and sincere to your guru Śrīla Prabhupāda. If we are determined towards Kṛṣṇa and guru it is possible. Despite of suffering from covid you used to still preach again giving us an example of how we should be. Thank you for being so merciful to us. By giving us instructions you will always be there with us. You also show us that anything in this world can be stopped but Kṛṣṇa bhakti and preaching should never be stopped. Thank you so much for everything. Please provide me one drop of blessing so that I can understand you and serve Śrīla prabhu pada.

Please bless me so that I will never fall from the path of bhakti and serve you eternally.

Yours sheltered devotee,

Shalini Śrīvastava (aspiring disciple)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Gurudeva and all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Gaurāṅga.

Guru Mahārāja, Although I have no qualification to glorify you I feel extremely fortunate for this opportunity to glorify you for my purification. It has been only one year since I got association of Kṛṣṇa Conscious devotees. But the whole year remained very enlightening for me and I got to know about Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and how to progress in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Gurudeva, I am inspired by the way you preach despite of your health conditions. Though I haven’t seen Śrīla Prabhupāda in person, my love towards him increases, when I remember you. You are a live example for determination towards following the spiritual master’s instructions.

On this auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I pray to lotus feet of Supreme Lord to provide you stable health and increase your duration in this material world so that you can deliver more fallen souls like me and show the spiritual path.

Gurudeva, I also request you to please bless me with your mercy and some determination so that I can serve and please you.

Your Dāsānudāsa,

Shivender Chauhan (aspiring disciple)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Nama oṁ vishnu-padaya Kṛṣṇa-preshthaya bhu-tale

śrīmate Jayapathaka swamin iti namine

namaste saraswati deve gaura-vāṇī-pracharine

nirvishesha-shunyavadi pashchatya-deśaa-tarine

oḿ ajñāna-timirāndhasya

jñānāñjana-śalākayā

cakṣur unmīlitaḿ yena

tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer my respectful obeisances unto him.

mukam karoti vachalam

pangum langhayate girim

yat-kripa tam aham vande

Śrī-gurum dina-taranam

"I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of the fallen souls. His mercy turns dumb into eloquent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains."

Dhyana Moolam Guru Mūrti

Pūjā Moolam Gurur Padam,

Mantra Moolam Gurur Vakyam,

Moksha Moolam Guru Kripa

Guru Gītā Skanda Purāṇa 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. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to you on this auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā.

Guru Mahārāja after crossing over this pandemic situation I realized how life is dangerous in every step, In 2021 May month many persons left their bodies very casually with death fear and none of the present advanced medical facilities were unable to help them. At that time I realized your instruction without Kṛṣṇa’s consciousness practice how to remember Kṛṣṇa at the time of death. With your causeless mercy, we disciples got an opportunity to chant the most sacred mahā-mantra.

Last year I purchased all of your books and now I am getting your instruction through your books.

Guru Mahārāja your mercy and care is equal to sun and sunshine, your physical presence not in Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa but we disciple in Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa all receiving strength like sunshine.

Guru Mahārāja for Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa I am carrying out your orders by serving as in-charge of the Shelter and initiation board and doing counseling for higher secondary students through the principles in Bhagavad Gītā.

Guru Mahārāja 31st May 2020 for the online international retreat, His Holiness Bhakti puruṣottama Mahārāja. He was asked to speak about what pleases Guru Mahārāja.

The most important thing, of course, is to remain Kṛṣṇa conscious and practice strong sadhana.

It is vital that we not be the cause of someone leaving ISKCON! In fact, if someone has left we should think about how we can bring them back.

Be sensitive to how your godbrothers and sisters feel. Caring for devotees is very much a focus of Guru Mahārāja.

Don’t ever put others in an embarrassing position in public. Guru Mahārāja is very keen on this.

Guru Mahārāja always sees the good in others.

Especially the senior disciples should take care of the juniors.

We should all help Guru Mahārāja to fulfill the orders of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja with your blessings I will take the above points very seriously and try to please you Guru Mahārāja.

Guru Mahārāja kindly blesses me to serve more to your Kṛṣṇa Kathā deśa yātrā.

Thanking with you

Your disciple

Śiromani Gaura dāsa

Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

Dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obesiances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga!

You are such an inspiration to me Guru Maharaja. I try to attend evening Caitanya Līlā classes and I attend Śrīmad-bhāgavatam classes virtually Guru Maharaja to get your darśan. You are keeping in touch with your disciples by way of virtual visits to so many houses all over the world. I am so blessed to have you as my Guru Maharaja.

With your mercy I am able to do every day 1 round of Guru Maharaja pranam mantra, extra rounds chanting, Narasiṁha kavacham and Tulasī ārati circumbulating Tulasī for your good health and long life. Please bless me to make significant progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and to serve you.

Your humble servant,

Śiromaṇī Nandarāṇī devī dāsī

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

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

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All glories to Śrīla Gurudeva,

Dearest Gurudeva,

Please accept my respectful obeisance’s at your lotus feet.

On the auspicious occasion of 73th Vyāsa-pūjā celebration of our beloved Guru Mahārāja, I wish to glorify You, even though an insignificant soul like me is not at all qualified to glorify You. Gurudeva, you are my spiritual father. I sincerely pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to give You good health so that You can fulfil the mission of your Guru Mahārāja, Śrīla Prabhupāda. Even though your health condition is bad, you are tirelessly travelling and preaching to deliver the fallen souls like me. You are not at all bothered about your health condition and you are always worried about the welfare of your disciples. You are an ācārya showing us through your life, how to preach and how to please guru and Kṛṣṇa.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, you are such a great soul rarely found in material world. You taught us one should be compassionate and humble so that preaching will be effective. And also taught us whatever the service you do, do in the name of Kṛṣṇa. You are the real guru and true representative of Kṛṣṇa.

I am so much lucky to be an initiated disciple of you, my dear Gurudeva. In the past I got opportunity to serve you in person. Gurudeva, I promise, I will do my level best in preaching and bring more and more souls to our movement. Please forgive me for all the offences which I have committed knowingly or unknowingly. Gurudeva, please bestow mercy on our family, our cell members and all our cakra members so that we all can engage in fulfilling your mission. Eagerly waiting for your visit to Mathurādeśa.

We are very fortunate to attend Guru Mahārāja’s Caitanya-caritāmṛta class daily evening and receive Guru Mahārāja’s darśana and blessings. Thanks a lot dear Gurudeva.

Your insignificant servants,

Śivanātha Giridhārī dāsa,
Premamayī Campakalathā devī dāsī,
Shilpa and Mādhava,
Mathurādeśa

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet.

It is great fortune by the Mercy of the Lord, I got spiritual master like you. You are the person Bhāgvata. You give me good fortune. By your own example you are inspiring us how to become and remain in Kṛṣṇa consciousness irrespective of bodily and material world condition. You are always fixed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

I am very fallen that after getting this much great Gurudeva and listening so many instructions from you but not able to fixed. You want every disciple to become ācārya. I have done Bhakti-śāstrī, TTC 1 and now doing Bhakti-vaibhava from Māyāpur academy from His Grace Hari līlā prabhuji.

Still, I am not feeling satisfaction in the heart as whatever service given to me by senior leaders not able to do as I must do.

I need your causeless Mercy forever so that I can help in Śrīla Prabhupāda mission.

Please take care of yourself. Again and again falling on your lotus feet, I beg your causeless Mercy.

Your Spiritual Son

Shivanath Rāmadāsa.

All Glories to His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja.

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

I feel highly blessed and fortunate to write my yet another homage in this year. All through my journey of past 8 years of joining ISKCON, my progress has been very slow, but steadily I keep my faith in you and try to perform my devotional services.

Your enthusiasm and highest level of dedication towards Prabhupāda’s mission has kept me motivated whenever I feel sinking down in materialism.

Over these 8 years, you have given me shelter of your Lotus feet and kept me moving in the correct direction despite my tendency to fall down and incapability to keep a steady fast progress.

I am now determined to steadily progress to become eligible to ask for your Dīkṣā and pray that you continue to bless me and give me your mercy endlessly.

Your humble servant,

Śobanā konar (sheltered devotee)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to Śrī Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances.

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa... I am feeling more blessed and happy when I am with other devotees...

All my anger and negativity gone...

Now I feel there is nothing to worry when we are in Kṛṣṇa consciousness...

Solai Raja (aspiring disciple)
Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare

Namah Oṁ Vishnupadaya Kṛṣṇa Presthaya Bhutale

Śrīmate Jayapatākā Swamin iti namine

Namah Ācāryapādya Nitāi-Kripa-Pradayine

Gaura-Kathā-dhāma daya nagara-grama-tarine

My dear Guru Mahārāja,

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and All Glories to you on this very auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā.

I am your spiritual daughter Śrī Rūpa Rādhā Devī Dāsī from Gaurāṅga deśa  Yātrā. “ Guru Kripa Kṛṣṇa mile Kṛṣṇa Kripa Guru mile”.

" yasya prasadad bhagavad prasado yasya prasadan na gatih kuto’pi

dhyayan stuvams tasya yasas tri sandhyam vande guru śrī caranaravindam "

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.

I understood that no one except Our Spiritual Master who has come from disciplic succession can deliver us from this vast ocean of material world. This Material world is full of miseries “padam padam yad vipadam”. Spiritual Master is the representative of the Lord, delivering the Lords message as it is. Without His mercy we cant do anything whether we live in this material world or spiritual world. You are my Spiritual Guru life after life wherever I am. After initiation I feel that we all belongs to Gaurāṅga family. You are taking care all of us so nicely as a family member and protecting in every difficult situation so nicely. I never seen such special taking care Guru like you. For that Guru, on behalf of our family, I wish to offer koti koti namaskaram and thanks at your divine lotus feet. Your divine feet is the only shelter for all of us.

You are a living example of a pure devotee and dedicated all your life and soul to serve for Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. You are making disciples all over the world and deliver the very fallen souls like us to Go Back to Godhead Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. For such a wonderful, selfless and dedicated Guru I offer my humble obeisances once again. Who can do like this? 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. I offer my obeisances such a wonderful Guru with full devotion.

Guru knows the inner heart of His disciples. I am sincerely praying and begging my Guru for my family to move advance in Kṛṣṇa conscious life. Spiritual life will blossoms only when we performed DS with family joyfully, enthusiastically, healthy with love and devotion.

I Pray Lord Narasiṁhadeva to keep your health in their protection and give you a long and healthy life.

Your spiritual daughter,

Śrī Rūpa Rādhā Devī Dāsī

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to Śrī Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances.

Nama Oṁ Vishnu padaya Kṛṣṇa presthaya bhutale

Śrīmate Jayaptaka Swamin Iti Namine

Namaha Acharya padaya Nitāi Kripa pradayine

Gaura kathā dhāma dhaya Nagara Grama tharine

I feel very blessed to be one of the discipe of yours. Your Mercy is unlimited. I am able to do my sadhana with your mercy. My Book reading is improved and studying scrutinizing while preparing for preaching. I am taking Bhakti-vṛkṣa classes for few new devotees. In this way I am trying to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission.

I wonder that you are making utilization of any miserable situation to the favorable situation. Even in this pandemic situation you made the Communication technology favorable reach all disciples.

From your lecture, I understood that Chanting is like doing Exercise and we need to do this perfectly to win over the Game or Sports which is the devotional service. Chanting is the Basis for all devotional service.

Your Humble Servant,

Śrīman Śacīnandana Dāsa

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to Śrī Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisances.

Nama Oṁ Vishnu padaya Kṛṣṇa presthaya bhutale

Śrīmate Jayaptaka Swamin Iti Namine

Namaha Acharya padaya Nitāi Kripa pradayine

Gaura kathā dhāma dhaya Nagara Grama tharine

I feel very blessed to be one of the disciple of yours. Your Mercy is unlimited. I am able to do my sadhana with your mercy. My Book reading is improved and studying scrutinizingly while preparing for preaching. I am taking Bhakti-vṛkṣa classes for few new devotees. In this way I am trying to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission.

I wonder that you are making utilization of any miserable situation to the favorable situation to serve Kṛṣṇa. Even in this pandemic situation you made the Communication technology favorable reach all disciples.

From your lecture, I understood that Chanting is like doing Exercise and we need to do this perfectly to win over the Game or the Sports which is the Devotional service. Chanting is the Basis for all devotional service.

Yours Humble Servant,

Śrīman Sacinandana Dasa

 

Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas!

Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories To Śrīla Prabhupāda!

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 humble and Sincere greetings on your auspicious appearance day.

By your causeless mercy, I have seen a welcome change and determination in me to progress further in your service.

I sincerely pray at your lotus feet that I get an opportunity to serve you.

It is our family’s sincere prayers that we should begin a Bhakti Vṛkṣa in the locality where we live.

We seek your blessings for us to succeed in the endeavour and for more souls to receive the causeless mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu.

We will continue to pray to Lord Nṛsiṁha Deva for maintaining your good health.

We will continue to pray to Tulsī Mahārāṇī to bless you with all auspiciousness

My children are your aspiring disciples and are completing the academic year for 8th standard now.

My daughter Shweta was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and had severe medical ailments last year.

There were many anxious moments.

By your causeless mercy she is stable now with āyurveda and yoga therapies.

Please bless her with continued devotion and good health.

She is fond of singing Kirtans. Please bless her to serve the Lord with her singing.

My son Śubhaṅg is fond of performing Aarti and service to the Altar at home.

Please bless him to please the Lord with his service.

We seek your blessing and guidance as always to continue our service to Śrīla Prabhupāda and the Guru Paramparā by serving you.

Please accept our humble offerings and bless us to progress further.

Your Humble servant

Srinivasa Kumara (aspiring disciple)

Kheturi- Ramkeli Cakra

Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dearest Guru Maharaja!

Please accept my humble obesiances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and to your lotus feet!

Guru Maharaja, what we are today is only because of your mercy and blessings, you are a source of constant inspiration. Pandemic or no pandemic you are on with your work of fulfilling the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness to as many as possible.

Your daily schedule is so packed with so many meetings throughout the day and this must be really tiring. In spite of that, every evening you take on Caitanya Līlā, every Saturday morning on Śrīmad-bhāgavatam. Your innovative way of keeping touch with your disciples by way of virtual visits to so many houses all over the world is very inspiring. Your virtual visits have purified our houses,

You have been encouraging all your disciples to conduct virtual classes and this you are teaching by personal example. As per your desire we are conducting virtual Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-bhāgavatam, The Teachings of Lord Caitanya classes online but we need your mercy to make it really successful.

On this auspicious day of Vyāsa-pūjā Guru Maharaja, we seek your blessings to commit in your sevā and Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission and thus progress in our devotional service.

Please bless my children and wife,

Śiromani Nandarani Devī Dāsī (Wife)

Sainilanjala Shreya Uppalapati(Daughter)

Sree Kṛṣṇa Uppalapati(Son)

Sree Sravya Uppalapati(Daughter)

Your humble servant,

Śrīnivāsa Mādhava Dāsa

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,

Pls accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to guru and Gaurāṅga

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to you.

I am very fortunate to submit my vyāsa-pūjā offering at your lotus feet.

By your mercy I am trying to do my chanting and other devotional services. Even though you have around 50000 Dīkṣā disciples around the world, me, your most insignificant spiritual daughter have always felt your presence and loving caring hands in everything I do. Because of your compassion and mercy, You have a massive popularity Not only in ISKCON but other sects like shri vaiṣṇavas etc.

The wealthy as well as economically challenged populace consider themselves fortunate even if they happen to get a chance to see you. Some may wonder what makes even the general public so attractive to Guru Mahārāja? The answer is you always walk your talk.

Guru Mahārāja, you are undoubtedly a saint of the highest order sent by Lord Chaitanya to reclaim the fallen souls to bring them back to their eternal home.

Indeed, it wouldn't be an overstatement to say that you are an embodiment of endless inspiration. That is what makes you the guru of nearly 50000 initiated disciples with unknown number of spiritual seekers waiting to be blessed by you.

You, A staunch follower of your spiritual master, Śrīla Prabhupāda, you are an icon of unwavering determination. In order to spread the Holy names of Lord Chaitanya in every corner of the world, you took up the challenge of travelling extensively in all corners of the world, against all odds. In last 50yrs of an untiring preaching spree, you have traversed around the globe back and forth for roughly 100+ times.

One thing that cannot go noticed is, wherever you go, you attract massive crowds,. Your contribution to the initial days and to the present day ISKCON is enormous. You are a proven upholder of gauḍīya vaiṣṇava siddhānta and a protector of ISKCON in many ways. You have written number of books on vaiṣṇava philosophy elucidating the teachers of the previous vaiṣṇava Achar acharyas. Through nāmahaṭṭa and Bhakti Vṛkṣa programs you are steadily transforming the world.

Lord Kṛṣṇa often uses His pure devotees to set examples in the material world. ŚrīlaPrabhupāda's struggle to establish the worldwide society for kṛṣṇa consciousness is a recent example. Despite the health issues you returned to the preaching field and continued to inspire us. This is the quality of a Mahā bhāgavata vaiṣṇava.

I am very very fortunate to be the desciple of such a elevated devotee HH Jayapatākā swami Guru Mahārāja. With a small thanks note to you on this most auspicious vyāsa-pūjā, i would like to end this offering at your lotus feet. I humbly pray you to Pls keep me protected under your wings always.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja.

Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Your humble servant,

Śrīprada Rādhā dd.

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat Praṇāma, kindly accept our sincere obeisance to your lotus feet.

May this mail find you in abundance of love for Śrīla Prabupada and Māyāpur Chandra.

Bg. 7.19

बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते ।
वासुदेव: सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभ: ॥

After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.

Thank you for being the guiding light in our spiritual path, shouldering and hand holding us even before falling, always.

On this auspicious Vyāsa-pūjā day of Guru Mahārāja, our reflections of last year in devotional service in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness as below

1.Following 04 regulative principles

2.Chanting minimum 16rounds of Hare Kṛṣṇa Māha-mantra on daily basis

3.Participating in weekly Śrīmad-bhāgavatam and Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā class

4.Fasting for Ekādaśī and important appearance and disappearance days of Vaiṣṇavas and Guruparamaparā.

5.Assistance to Cakrapati to distribute Dāmodara kits to new members during Dāmodara month in Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa and India

6.Assisted in distribution of Chanting beads and bags to new devotees in Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa and India

7.Go sevā

8.Lakshmi sevā to ISKCON Mahāvidhyalaya, ISKCON TVM, ISKCON Kanyakumari.

9.Studing scriptures -Bhakti Śāstrī

Bg. 3.27

प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि सर्वशः ।
अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा कर्ताहमिति मन्यते ॥

The spirit soul bewildered by the influence of false ego thinks himself the doer of activities that are in actuality carried out by the three modes of material nature.

We are humbly seeking your blessings and kindly glance upon us your mercy and benevolence for fulfilling your wishes by giving us energy and strength to spread Śrīla prabupada’s mission and to serve all vaiṣṇavas without any offense.

Our heart is full of gratitude for giving us an opportunity to serve,

Yours humble servant,

Śrīram Kalpathy Varadarājan (aspiring disciple)

Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Koti Koti Praṇāma


Nama Oṁ Vishnu Padaya Kṛṣṇa Presthaya Bhutale Śrīmate Jayapatākā Swamin iti namine Nama aācārya padaya nitāi kripa pradayin Guara kathā damadhaya nagara grama tharine

Nama oṁ vishnu-padaya Kṛṣṇa-preshthaya bhu-tale śrīmate bhaktivedanta swamin iti namine namaste saraswati deve gaura-vāṇī-pracharine nirvishesha-shunyavadi pashchatya-deśaa-tarine

mukam karoti vachalam

pangum langhayate girim

yat-kripa tam aham vande

Śrī-gurum dina-taranam

"I offer my respectful obeisance 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."

Please accept my respectful humble obeisance unto your lotus feet.

Guru Mahārāja, you are the biggest inspiration in my life. Despite all the problems, you never compromised on the instructions which you go from your Guru, Śrīla Prabhupāda. Till today, you are speaking about it and trying to fulfill each and every instruction. This shows how deeply you have imbibed those in your life. I am mesmerized with the sincerity towards your spiritual master, which in turn is inspiring a lot to do my service better. I don’t see any self interest in you. You are strongly working for the orders of your Guru. Your every thought, word and action is an example from Shastras. You always remained humble and pure.

I wish I could also imbibe these qualities and take your instructions and work on those instructions with full heart and soul. You are my spiritual father. Just like a child cannot grow up without the guidance of his parents, I cannot perform devotional service without your guidance. Even though Kṛṣṇa Consciousness is inside every individual, you were the one who has got it out for me and given me hope to strongly continue my services. You are my only hope Guru Mahārāja.

Currently, I am trying to carry out all the services in Gaurāṅga deśa  Yātrā with all your mercy and along with the cooperation of all our devotees. I am also guiding our devotees to develop. Our programs are still going on through online only. But very soon we are planning to start our live programs. We are also searching for a new venue to conduct our programs. Need your blessings to identify a cheap and best venue.

With your blessings, my eldest son is studying in Mysore and attending the satsang there. I am planning to send my wife and second son, Lokanath also to Mysore by Mid of April. My parents are now 87 and 84 yrs old. My father-in-law is 80 yrs. All are there in the same house. At present, they have become week and wanting a support there. More than me, I felt the necessity of my wife there with them. Requesting your blessings for them to continue their spiritual life there and also help all the elders.

I also need blessings to continue all the services here. My wife will be helping me out from there, but I cannot depend on her completely. This can happen only with your blessings. I wanted to take your permission. But Śrīvallabha Prabhu told me to proceed now as there is necessity and will inform you later.

Guru Mahārāja, Māyā is very strong. I beg and pray at your lotus feet that my mind be fixed on executing your instructions. I beg at the your lotus feet that I may be able to constantly serve you as you desire.

I pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Madhav, Panchattatva, Narasiṁhadevaa to keep you in good health and give you a long life to continue your services to Guru and Gaurāṅga and to always keeping us inspired.

Your loving son

Śrīranga Kṛṣṇa das

Gaurāṅga deśa  Yātrā

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.

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

 nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

 This year again has been a year of action in spite of your confinement in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur for almost first 9 months of this last year. Covid was making its rapid progress, and you were impacted also, and so many around you. We lost His Grace Paṅkajāṅghrī Prabhu, your dear godbrother, so close to you and long term dhāma-vāsī.

Your health had many ups and downs but was largely well managed.

You remained in touch with your disciples, world over by your online presence, visiting more houses than ever before and giving classes almost daily and continuing with Caitanya-līlā compositions.

The last quarter of this last year had so much action, worry-some moments, but all culminating in your resuming travel for essential purposes.

The rise of Omicron gave us so much worry about your health, and somehow it creeped into your fortress, and you were affected by Omicron. Many of your servants were impacted by Omicron. But none of this impacted any of your enthusiasm to preach.

Situation got worry-some, and we had to airlift you into Chennai. At every stage you gave so many sevā opportunities to so many from around the world, and I was fortunate to be able to support you through connections by your mercy, Guru Mahārāja.

Hospitals in Māyāpur to Kolkata to Chennai all had your merciful visits and you got safely docked into Dr. Rela and Dr. Dinesh safe care as always in Chennai. There were ups and downs, but your enthusiasm and determination to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava is what got you clear of all these calamities, again and again.

You returned to Śrīdhāma Māyāpur for the 50th anniversary of the Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava Deities installation and were so keen to take the bold move of travel. The last two years, were total confinement in Māyāpur and only an emergency travel happened to Chennai and back. But here you were willing to take big risk to travel to Dubai and onwards. While we were all happy to facilitate your visit, we also noticed how difficult it is to travel for you in this condition but were still trying your best to make it happen to again only fulfil your support to TOVP Exhibits.

You proceed with full determination on all things you want to do in service of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, and all becomes possible in spite of us all thinking it is impossible.

If someone things that your stoke 14 years ago was a set back, it was not, if someone things that your situation of needing transplant was a set back, again it was not, if someone things that Covid and ill health is a set back, repeatedly you prove that you are unstoppable.

That is definitely an important lesson all of us need to learn from you, dear Guru Mahārāja, and we are all fortunate to be live witnesses to this miracle.

You are clearly not this body, and you fully realize you are not this body. We may theoretically say we are not this body, but we can never come to the real platform of understanding that we are not this body.

Your constant thoughts in and prayers to Lord Caitanya is the clearly the reason for this success.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 14.1

kathañcana smte yasmin dukara sukara bhavet
vism
te viparīta syāt śrī-caitanya namāmi tam

Translation: Things that are very difficult to do become easy to execute if one somehow or other simply remembers Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. But if one does not remember Him, even easy things become very difficult. To this Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu I offer my respectful obeisances.

We had immense mercy when you stayed at your house in Dubai – Victory Flag – for 10 clear days and the house was surcharged with your presence and many, many who flocked to victory flag to have your darśana. We now await your return trip to be able to serve you better.

On the short glimpses that I had of you, you have given many instructions to me and I will try to follow these to my level best.

From the angle of JPS Sevā-committee, there are many incomplete tasks and we need strength and determination to make rapid progress. From the perspective of congregation, there are many more things to be improved and I shall take it up to improve. From the perspective of family, we hope to soon have addition(s) to the family, to enable to serve you better. From our gośālā activities also, we are launching on new projects and seek your blessings to my mother and all of us.

Please forgive us for our frailties and empower us with your blessings to serve.

We pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and aṣṭa-sakhi, Śrī Prahlāda Narasiṁha, Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva and Śrī Śrī Jagannātha Baladeva and Subhadrā Deities and all the holy dhāmas 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

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

Jai Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prabhu Nityananda, Śrī Advaita Gadadhara Srivasadi Gaura Bhakta Vrnda

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

My Dearest Spiritual father Śrīla Gurudeva,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances at your lotus feet on this auspicious day of your divine appearance.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

O Guru Mahārāja, I do not have any qualification to glorify you. I am making an insignificant attempt to glorify you by my limited conditioned mind & intelligence.

First, I would like to pray to Lord Narasimha Deva to protect and bless you so that you recover from your current health condition and gain good health to serve and fulfill Śrīla Prabhupāda mission.

You have made me very fortunate by accepting me as your disciple and showering your mercy in this lifetime – else I was just wandering in this brahmāṇḍa for millions of life time with no spiritual goal, suffering in the blazing fire of material existence.

We can see how compassionate you are to the fallen conditioned souls like me. You are an epitome of compassion. Your compassion for everyone is incomparable. You are personification of compassion and ocean of compassion. Despite your current health conditions, you have never stopped preaching, be it online or travelling across the globe. Whoever comes in contact with you, is blessed by the holy names of Lord– I get overwhelmed when I remember how you are preaching even in hospital when you are undergoing treatment. You never miss an opportunity of showing your compassion to the fallen souls. When I hear your lectures, I see how deeply you feel for conditioned souls, how you want them to get out of this miserable world. And that’s why you don’t care about your health and are incessantly serving your spiritual master to deliver the fallen conditioned souls back to Godhead. No ordinary person can take so much pain and austerity like you do to spread Harināma and to give your association and care to people around the world. Only a pure devotee can be so merciful to all without any discrimination.

When I face challenges in life I see you as a symbol of enthusiasm and unflinching sevā attitude to your spiritual master.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.7.46 purport says “The bona fide representative of God is as good as God Himself. Or, in other words, the loving representative of the Lord is more kind and more easy to approach. A sinful soul cannot approach the Lord directly, but such a sinful man can very easily approach a pure devotee of the Lord.” This words of Śrīla Prabhupāda from the scriptures gives me assurance that sinful souls like me can go back to Godhead just by approaching a pure devotee as yourself. I have so many shortcomings and insecurities. I pray so that I do not commit any offences to anyone. Gurudeva, I beg you to please forgive me for my offences, help me to be very serious, do my sadhana sincerely and give up all unwanted desires…. Please let my faith in Śrī Guru, Śrī Gaurāṅga and Vaiṣṇavas grow stronger and stronger.

Please bless me so that I too can be compassionate and sincerely try to preach Kṛṣṇa Consciousness to as many people as possible and serve you in your mission to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda. I am trying to serve you by taking children class, Bhakti Vṛkṣa, online passive preaching via WhatsApp etc.

Kindly bless my family to develop attraction towards devotional service, so that together we can serve you more.

With prayers and respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.

Your Insignificant spiritual daughter,

Śrutipriya Rādhikā Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā)

Śyāma Deśa, UAE, Middle East

Please accept my respectful obeisances to your divine lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, Guru Mahārāja and Gaurāṅga.!

Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for all your causeless mercy upon me. With your blessings Bhakti-vṛkṣa, Bala-utsava children class going on even though members became less. Please show me more mercy to give them proper words in Kṛṣṇa consciousness so that they all take shelter of you Guru Mahārāja very soon. I have to do creative approach which I am lacking by your mercy. Also I would like to take for more children and mātājīs. Bhaktin Shanthi mātājī is helping me a lot in taking Bhakti-vṛkṣa. Please show her mercy to take shelter of you guru Mahārāja.

Our Gaurāṅga deśa yātrā giving me opportunity to sing Vaiṣṇava songs in group and from last January got opportunity to organize area wise kīrtana once in a month. I am so happy about it. All your mercy and Gaurāṅga’s mercy.

Your granddaughter Akshaya likes to join under graduate in psychology in Europe or Singapore or Hong Kong or India. Please show her mercy to grow in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and good college with good kc environment. My humble prayer is she should be in association of devotees and serve them and take shelter of you Guru Mahārāja soon. She has to do chanting and reading regularly. Please guide us to guide Akshaya, aadarsh in a Kṛṣṇa conscious way always.

Your grand Son Adarsh also have to do chanting regularly and grow in Kṛṣṇa consciousness with good education. he has to practice mṛdaṅga and utilize it in kīrtana service.

My wish is we have to start reading Śrīmad-bhāgavatam or any Śrīla Prabhupāda book as a family. I am not good in reading. Please forgive me for all my offenses and bless me to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

My mother is chanting. please bless her to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness by getting Bhakti-vṛkṣa regularly and reading books, able to serve Vaiṣṇavas. She should be able to take shelter from you very soon by your mercy and Gaurāṅga’s mercy.

Please bless my father-in-law also to chant and read books and take shelter of you guru Mahārāja.

I should maintain my body fit by doing exercise and walking to serve family, you and Gaurāṅga, yātrā.

I have to reduce my sleeping afternoon rest which is a big challenge for me and read Bhagavatam, Prabhupāda līlāmṛta by your mercy.

Thank you so much for giving me wonderful husband in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. please bless him also to serve you and Vaiṣṇavas, Gaurāṅga more and more. both of us should be role model for children in taking kc choices always by your mercy.

My brother has to come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness to allow his family, mother to be in Kṛṣṇa consciousness always by your mercy only.

I pray to you for all our family members to come to kc soon and be happy and also Bhakti-vṛkṣa members, BU children.

I am so absent minded and slow, please correct me to serve you, Gaurāṅga and Vaiṣṇavas in a better way. Thank you so much for giving us wonderful association of our yātrā, Vaiṣṇavas and I pray for their good to guide us always.

I wish to come to Māyāpur and see you with family and Vaiṣṇavas and serve you more and more.

Thank you so much for your wonderful association through classes. I wish to learn and make variety of prasad by your mercy for children and serve devotees.

Your humble servant,

Subhada Śacīdevī dāsī.

Gaurāṅgadeśa yātrā.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances to your divine lotus feet.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, Guru Mahārāja and Gaurāṅga!

Thankyou so much Guru Mahārāja for all your causeless mercy upon me. With your blessings bhakti Vṛkṣa, bal utsav children class going on even though members became less. Please show me more mercy to give them proper words in Kṛṣṇa consciousness so that they all take shelter of you Guru Mahārāja very soon. i have to do creative approach which I am lacking by your mercy. Also I would like to take for more children and mātājīs. Bhaktin Śānthī mātājī is helping me a lot in taking bhakti Vṛkṣa. Please show her mercy to take shelter of you Guru Mahārāja.

Our Gaurāṇgadeśa yātrā giving me opportunity to sing Vaiṣṇava songs in group and from last January got opportunity to organize area wise kīrtana once in a month. I am so happy about it. All your mercy and Gaurāṇga mercy.

Your granddaughter Akshaya likes to join under graduate in psychology in Europe or Singapore or Hongkong or India. Please show her mercy to grow in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and good college with good kc environment. My humble prayer is she should be in association of devotees and serve them and take shelter of you Guru Mahārāja soon. She has to do chanting and reading regularly. Please guide us to guide Akṣaya, Ādarś in a Kṛṣṇa conscious way always.

Your grand Son Ādarś also have to do chanting regularly and grow in Kṛṣṇa consciousness with good education. he has to practice mṛdaṅga and utilize it in kīrtana service.

My wish is we have to start reading Bhāgavatam or any Śrīla Prabhupāda book as a family. I am not good in reading. Please forgive me for all my offenses and bless me to advance in kc.

My mother is chanting. please bless her to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness by getting bhakti vṛkṣa regularly and reading books, able to serve vaiṣṇavas. She should be able to take shelter from you very soon by your mercy and Gaurāṇga’s mercy.

Please bless my father-in-law also to chant and read books and take shelter of you Guru Mahārāja.

I should maintain my body fit by doing exercise and walking to serve family, you and Gaurāṅga yātrā.

I have to reduce my sleeping afternoon rest which is a big challenge for me and read Bhāgavatam, Prabhupāda līlāmṛta by your mercy.

Thank you so much for giving me wonderful husband in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. please bless him also to serve you and vaiṣṇavas, Gaurāṅga more and more. both of us should be role model for children in taking kc choices always by your mercy.

My brother has to come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness to allow his family, mother to be in Kṛṣṇa consciousness always by your mercy only.

I pray to you for all our family members to come to kc soon and be happy and also bv members, BU children.

I am so absent minded and slow , please correct me to serve you, Gaurāṅga and vaiṣṇavas in a better way. Thank you so much for giving us wonderful association of our yātrā, vaiṣṇavas and I pray for their good to guide us always.

I wish to come to Māyāpur and see you with family and vaiṣṇavas and serve you more and more.

Thank you so much for your wonderful association through classes. I wish to learn and make variety of prasad by your mercy for children and serve devotees.

Your humble servant,

Śubhadā Śacī devī dāsī.

Gaurāṅgadeśa yātrā.

Hare Kṛṣṇa... My dear Spiritual Father His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja ki Jaya... Śrīla Prabhupāda ki jaya...Gaurāṅga ki Jaya…

Guru Mahārāja Please accept my humble and respectful obeisance unto your divine lotus feet.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja "All glories to your Auspicious Appearance Day!"

All glories to your “73rd Śrī Vyāsa-Pūjā Mahostava”

“Wish you Happy Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Appearance Day to you Guru Mahārāja”

Dear Guru Mahārāja you’re the so kind and so merciful, your accepted me as your disciple and Son. I am very fortunate to become your disciple It’s possible only with your kind mercy and You’re the living God. Your came to this world to deliver fallen souls like me and sending to our permanent home back to God Head (Goloka Vṛndāvana / Kṛṣṇa Loka) reconnecting with Supreme personality of God Head. You’re here in this world only by your wish, we are very sorry for that you are suffering bodily, but your engaging and staying with Supreme personality of Godhead (Caitanya mahāprabhu) lilas.

Guru Mahārāja, I have one desire that I want to See you and serve direct to you Vapu Sevā (at least one day) in this life. only possible with your kind mercy and your acceptance...Please Gurudeva......

I am hearing about your Lilas done with devotees at (JSSS-Jayapatākā Swami Shisha Samoha) devotees are sharing their experiences done with you. I am so happy to hearing your wonderful pastimes with devotees. There is no Meaning this human life without Guru and Kṛṣṇa, I realized that.

Gurudeva …I am following and hearing your lectures by social media, (Face book and YouTube) and Jayapatākā Swami mobile App. I am daily praying to Tulasī devī, Lord Narasiṁha deva and Gaurāṅga., and offering daily one round chanting and 4 tulasī parikramā for your good health. I am trying to follow your instructions strictly.

Guru Mahārāja Please forgive me if any done offences knowingly and unknowingly on your Auspicious appearance day and Bless me to progress in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and Serve to you and Śrīla Prabhupāda and Gaurāṅga.

Please Guru Mahārāja give me your kind mercy to my daughter Hansika (14 years) and Son Joshnav (8 years) they are very enthusiastic to chanting.

Thanking you, Love you Guru Mahārāja…

Hare Kṛṣṇa! Jaya Gurudeva, Daṇḍavat Pranāma!

Your servant of servant of servant of servant,

Subhānanda Mukunda Dāsa,

Kṛṣṇa-kathā Deśa.

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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Hare Kṛṣṇa to you my dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your Lotus Feet

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga

Today is the very auspicious day of your appearance. As a disciple, for me this day must be best day in every year. Spiritual master is the life and soul of a disciple. Today we can all open our hearts to glorify your Holiness and express our feelings and gratitude, and also hear from our godbrothers and sisters, how much you are thriving amidst so much suffering for the sole purpose of serving Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. Theoretically, we know all these things, but a fool like me doesn't have any feelings in my heart. How can I glorify your greatness.

Guru Mahārāja? All the devotees are doing extra rounds and many austerities for your better health and well-being. I am not even able to do that properly. I am struggling to complete my daily sadhana. Please forgive me for such aparādhās that I am commiting, despite them being numerous. You are my eternal father, I beg you to forgive your daughter though she is not eligible to even ask for it. But without your mercy, I can't move forward, I can't do any spiritual activities.

I sincerely hope that your Holiness is doing well by the mercy of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Guru Paramparā..

In this occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā festival, I would like to thank you with all my heart for bringing me closer to the purpose of my life each day.

I consider it a great privilege to be alive, in the time period of your existence in this material world. I have been wondering how compassionate Śrīla Prabhupāda is, while reading his Līlāmṛta. I felt that I've missed the golden times when Śrīla Prabhupāda walked on this planet. But after having the association of his direct disciple, your Holiness, it is my great fortune to get connected to the guru paramparā through your causeless mercy.

Gurudeva, I cant decide which is it.. your unlimited compassion to save the suffering conditioned fallen souls and to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness to the whole world or your determination to distribute Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mercy to all the conditioned and fallen souls without any discrimination that makes you the Best Disciple and also the Best Guru to ever walk the earth.

I beg at your Lotus feet and pray that we always be in the association of pure devotees of Kṛṣṇa, not commit any aparādhās and maintain my daily sadhana without fail. Gurudeva, I take refuge at your Lotus feet, please provide me the spiritual strength to overcome the hurdles and obstacles in this path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Gurudeva, by the mercy of your Holiness I am conducting online preaching about Śrīmad-bhāgavatam and Bhagavat gītā throughout Kerala's Nāmahaṭṭas. I give Śrīmad-bhāgavatam and Prabhupāda līlāmṛta classes on a weekly and monthly basis. I am not qualified to do such preaching, but your mercy keeps me going. Please bless me Gurudeva, so that I can reach the hearts of those who listen to me and make a change in their lives.

Gurudeva, I am begging for your mercy to empower me to serve you more and more. We're always seeking your blessings for our Ananta Padmanābha Cakra devotees too, please bless me to serve and guide them. By your mercy anything is possible in spiritual life Gurudeva. I shall continue my services to please You and our Guruparampara.

There are many hurdles that I need to pass in both spiritual and material life, however by remembering and tightly holding onto your lotus feet, I am easily able to give up those anxieties. Life after life, I am grateful to you Gurudeva.

On this auspicious occasion, myself, my good husband Bahu Karuna Nitāi Dāsa and our children Gayathri Babu (sheltered devotee of your Holiness) and Gokul Babu (aspiring devotee of your Holiness) join together for wishing you on your appearance day. We are very fortunate to have taken shelter of your protection Gurudeva. Please bless us Gurudeva, so that these fallen souls can make some progress together in pure devotional service and always remain refugees at your lotus feet.

On this auspicious occasion of your appearance I pray to Rādhā Mādhava, Pañca-tattva, Narasiṁhadev..and our dearest Karuna Nitāi Premānanda Gaura to bless you with the health, strength and energy to carry on with your mission of spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness unlimitedly, just as Śrīla Prabhupāda desired.

Your ever-loving Spiritual Daughter

Sucaru Jāhnavā Devī Dāsī

(Kṛṣṇa Kathā deśa)

Nama oṁ Vishnu Padaya Kṛṣṇa Presthaya Bhuthale Śrīmate Jaya Pataka Swamin iti namine

Nama ācārya padaya Nitāi krupa pradayine Gaura kathā dama daya nagara grama tarine

My Dear beloved Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectable obeisances on to your lotus feet.

All glories to your auspicious appearance day.

I am very fortunate in this lifetime because you are accepted me as your disciple and gave me wonderful Kṛṣṇa conscious life.

You are always protecting me in every moment in in my life to progress in my Kṛṣṇa consciousness in spite of I have been committed so many offences. Your mercy upon me is causeless. But, still I am lacking my commitment in following all your instructions. Kindly bless me to continue my sadhana with heartfelt commitment without any offences.

Currently I am serving as a devotee member in Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa yātrā and my services are participate in weekly Satsang programmes. I am also preaching to few new members through conducting Bhakti-vṛkṣa.

Dear Guru Mahārāja........on this auspicious appearance day of yours, I sincerely pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Pañcha tattva, Lord Narasiṁha dev for protection of your good health so that many many fallen souls like me get connected to Kṛṣṇa by your causeless mercy.

Your Dīkṣā Disciple

Sucaru Mādhava Dāsa

Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Dev

Please accept my obeisances on your auspicious appearance day.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

On that day I would like to thank you for your sincere example of pure
devotion to your dear Guru - our lovely Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Your desire for sincere devotional service to Kṛṣṇa and Śrīla Prabhupāda, and Your strong desire to satisfy them, are eternal examples for me.

Your devotion to Lord Caitanya’s mission, your self-sacrifice, your full dedication to the mission of distribution of The Holy Name is admiring and inspiring to me

Thank You, Gurudeva for your selfless service to the Lord, for your steady desire to awake the memory of the Lord in every conditioned soul.

I pray to Kṛṣṇa that your mercy never leaves me and always live in my heart with gratefulness and trying to pay back to you and to be useful somehow in the mission

I wish you a blissful Vyāsa-pūjā celebration.

Your unworthy and insignificant servant.

Sudhāmā Acyuta dāsa

Hare Kṛṣṇa dearest Spiritual father,

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto Your divine Lotus feet

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda a

On this very auspicious occasion of Vyāsa-pūjā may Rādhā Mādhava, Aṣṭa sakhis,Pañca-tattva and Narasiṁhadeva shower their blessings upon you so that your health will be fine to carry out your divine mission

Guru Mahārāja Your feet are the only shelter for us. You are guiding us in every aspect how to become successful in this human life and attain perfection. Guru Mahārāja you are teaching us as ācārya what Gītā is teaching that we are pure spirit souls not this body and consistent in our devotional service whatever physical and emotional condition we may be.

Guru Mahārāja please bless us so that we may have a drop of devotion and service attitude towards Kṛṣṇa and Prabhupāda and surrender our life for the service of Śrīla Prabhupāda and begging forgiveness for any offenses done at your Lotus feet and to others Vaiṣṇavas knowingly and unknowingly

Please allow us to be always at your lotus feet and be at your service and Prabhupāda service

Your insignificant spiritual daughter

Sudhamayī Īśvarī Devī Dāsī

Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my most respectable obeisances unto the lotus feet of My dear spiritual master who is completely surrendered to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa and became very very dear to him.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All glories to dear Gurudeva.

Gurudeva I recently started hearing your lectures daily. I live too far from you but I can feel your association through hearing your Kṛṣṇa-kathā, I don’t feel that you are away from me. While hearing your lecture, I realized that you have very strong unflinching faith on Harināma and your complete dedication and love towards Śrīla Prabhupāda and mission of spreading the mission of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

This is really a great blessing from Kṛṣṇa having you in my life especially as my spiritual master.

Guru Mahārāja despite the fact that you are not physically healthy then also you are providing lectures every day and you are giving darśan to the devotees every day. “How much compassionate you are......” Your compassion is beyond my thinking.

I am sincerely praying Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa to give you good health and very long life to uplift many many fallen souls.

On this auspicious day of your appearance, I am sincerely asking forgiveness for my anarthas committed and also praying for blessings to do very nice japa and strongly fix my mind in following your instructions strictly.

Your very very insignificant servant,

Sukanti Lakṣmī devī dāsī.

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances

Nama Oṁ Vishnu padaya Kṛṣṇa presthaya bhutale

Śrīmate Jayapatākā swamin iti namine,

Nama Acharya padaya Nitāi kripa pradayine

Gaura kathā dhāma daya nagara grama tarine”

nama oṁ vishnu Padaya Kṛṣṇa Presthaya Bhutale

śrīmate bhaktivedanta svamin iti namine

namaste sarasvate deve gaura vāṇī pracharine

nirveshesh sunyavadi pashchatya deśa tarine

oṁ ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya

cakshur unmilitam yena tasmai śrī-gurave namah

Dear guru Mahārāja,

Happy happy appearance day dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances to your lotus feet dear Guru Mahārāja, you are a servitor of Caitanya Mahāprabhu and you are manifestoed representative of god Guru Mahārāja, you have manifested in this world to deliver us from this world, god has send you to this world to deliver us, and we are so fortunate to be your disciples, Even though I have no qualification, and I am not able to recognize your greatness that you have manifested for us, so please forgive us Guru Mahārāja, but day by day I may recognize that you only are the only one who came to me by cause less mercy to deliver me. By seeing your all tolerance, your patience and so much enthusiasm to preach and glorify Lord even in critical condition, you are so compassion on the fallen conditioned souls like me, and you travelled to so many places even this condition, you are doing so many projects, daily you give zoom darśan to everyone by giving your blessings, I thank Lord for giving such a wonderful Guru Mahārāja, but in return I could not do anything Guru Mahārāja please forgive me.

Dear Guru Mahārāja, you always shower your mercy on us Guru Mahārāja, last year I asked for the blessings to preach because I was unable to preach, by your mercy this year I have got a chance to take classes for kids, now for KKC small kids one class in Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa and for India kids one also I am taking separately, and I am taking drawing class now, only for these small kids, and reading Prabhupāda books with some mātājīs I want to start a Bhakti-vṛkṣa next month Guru Mahārāja, and I got a chance to hear Bhāgavatam daily with my Bhakti-śāstrī teacher, even though I am not qualified, and I am doing my Bhakti-śāstrī, even though I am not qualified Guru Mahārāja, I am doing all these by your mercy, and I want to do some books for kids drawing coloring pages regarding keeping center Kṛṣṇa, and trying to help for one tv channel for Kṛṣṇa kids, all this will be possible by your mercy Guru Mahārāja, without your mercy and devotees mercy I can’t progress, you had given us a wonderful house to stay with group of wonderful sweet loving devotees all around the world. I am so thankful to all devotees Guru Mahārāja, If I was not in this Prabhupāda mission I would have definitely become mad, dear Guru Mahārāja you have saved me a lot of times dear Guru Mahārāja, because of your mercy I am safe and healthy and happy dear Guru Mahārāja.

Please make my mind to think always how to give Kṛṣṇa to others, but my kids are not in this Kṛṣṇa consciousness Guru Mahārāja, I want them to come in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and please shower your mercy upon my husband and kids and all our Bhakti-vṛkṣa members and book reading group to do happy service to Prabhupāda family.

Please forgive me dear Guru Mahārāja for all the offences I have done, only you and Kṛṣṇa know about me, even though I am not qualified to do any sevā you came to our lives to purify us, please forgive us dear guru Mahārāja

And please bless me to do my sādhana in a regular way and systematic way and to finish my Bhakti-śāstrī and try to follow even a drop of bhakti which I have learned in bhakti Śāstrī, because whatever I do or hear or follow can be done only by your causeless mercy Guru Mahārāja, and try to read all small books and finish reading Bhāgavatam by next year on your Vyāsa-pūjā day, this is only possible by your mercy Guru Mahārāja, please forgive me once again guru Mahārāja.

Your insignificant disciple,

Sumatī Rukmiṇī Devī Dāsī

হরেকৃষ্ণ
শ্রী গৌরাঙ্গ জয়তু

নম ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে।
শ্রীমতে জয়পতাকা স্বামীনিতি নামিনে।।
নমঃ আচার্যপাদায় নিতাইকৃপা প্রদায়িনে।
গৌরকথা ধামদায় নগরগ্রাম তারিণে।।

নমো ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেষ্ঠায় ভূতলে।
শ্রীমতে ভক্তিবেদান্ত স্বামীনিতি নামিনে।।
নমস্তে সারস্বতে দেবে গৌরবাণী প্রচারিণে।
নির্বিশেষ শূন্যবাদি পাশ্চ্যাত দেশ তারিণে।।

প্রিয় গুরু মহারাজ,
আপনার রাতুল চরণে আমার শতকোটি প্রণাম। গুরুদেব আপনার সুস্থতা কামনা করে শ্রী শ্রী রাধামাধব অষ্টসখি বৃন্দ, শ্রী শ্রী জগন্নাথ বলদেব সুভদ্রা,শ্রী নরসিংদেব ভগবান, শ্রী গৌর নিতাই ও পঞ্চতত্ত্ব, পূর্বতন আচার্য এবং শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ এর কাছে প্রার্থনা করি।
গুরুদেব, আমি জানিনা কিভাবে একজন আধ্যাত্নিক পিতার জন্য অফারিং লিখতে হয়। তারপরও এই ছোট্ট প্রয়াস। যদি কোনো ত্রুটি থাকে অপরাধ ক্ষমা করবেন।
ওহে গুরুদেব, আপনার মহিমা আমি কি বর্ণনা করব এই তুচ্ছ জ্ঞানে। আপনার দয়ার কথা কিভাবে আমি চিন্তা করতে পারি। আপনি নিতাই কৃপা প্রদায়িনে, আপনি নিত্যানন্দ প্রভু কৃপা বিতরণ করেছেন।
গুরুদেব আপনি নিত্যানন্দ প্রভুর কৃপা বিতরণের মাধ্যমে সবাইকে কৃষ্ণপ্রেমে মাতিয়েছেন। নিত্যানন্দ প্রভু প্রেমের বন্যা নিয়ে এসেছেন কিন্তু আপনি সেই নিত্যানন্দ প্রভু থেকে সেই প্রেমের বন্যা মেগে নিয়ে সারা জগত বাসিকে প্লাবিত করতেছেন।
হে পরম আরাধ্য শ্রীল গুরুদেব, আপনার মহিমা অপার- অসীম। গুরুদেব আপনি আমার মত অজ্ঞানী- অযোগ্য ব্যক্তি কে দীক্ষার মাধ্যমে আপনার সন্তান হিসেবে গ্রহণ করেছেন। যদিও আমি সেটার যোগ্য নয়। এটা আপনার অসীম গুণাবলীর একটা নিদর্শন।
হে গুরুদেব আপনার অহৈতুকী কৃপা কি করে যে বদ্ধ জীবের উপর বর্ষিত হচ্ছে তা আমার মত বিষয়ীর পক্ষে বোঝা বড় দায়।
গুরুদেব আপনি আমার জন্য কৃপা করবেন আজকের এই শুভ দিনে (ব্যাস পুজা), আমি যেন আপনার সাথে যুক্ত থাকতে পারি, আপনার আদেশ এবং নির্দেশ অনুসারে প্রচার সেবায় যুক্ত থেকে শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের আন্দোলনে নিজের জীবনকে যেন উৎসর্গ করতে পারি।

ওহে প্রিয় গুরুদেব তব কৃপা সার,
চাই না আমি অন্য কিছু জীবনে আর।

মোর কৃষ্ণ ভজনে চিত্ত নাহি রয়,
বিষয়ে ভোগেতে বিরক্তি নাহি হয়।

ওহে দয়াময় তুমি জগত পতিত পাবন,
তোমার অপার করুনাতে জিবের তারন।

হে প্রভু তোমার চরণে দিও মোরে ঠাই,
ভবসাগরে ডুবি কূল কিনারা না পাই।

দুর্বুদ্ধি অধম মুই করি কৃপা আশ,
তব কৃপা ভিক্ষা মাগে সুরনাথ দাস।

আপনার সন্তান

সুরনাথ জগন্নাথ দাস (দীক্ষা)।
অবতারী দেশ, রাধামাধব নামহট্ট সেন্টার।

గౌరవనీయులయిన గురుమహరాజ్ గారికి,
మీరు ఎంతో కరుణామయులు,మీరు ప్రతీ జీవి మీద ఎంతో
ప్రేమను చూపిస్తారు.మీ కరుణ వలన ఎంతో మంది బద్ధజీవులని భౌతిక జీవితం నుండి బయటపడి,ఎంతో ఆనందమయిన ఆధ్యాత్మిక జీవితాన్ని గడుపుతున్నారు. నేను ఆ కరుణకు పాత్రురాలయినందుకు ఎంతో అదృష్టవంతురాలిగా భావిస్తున్నాను.అయినా కూడా నేను పూర్తిగా ప్రయత్నం చెయ్యలేకపోతున్నాను.మీ కృప వలన,కృష్ణుని కృప వలన నాకు కృష్ణ చైతన్యం లో ఎటువంటి అడ్డంకులు లేవు.అయినా కూడా న యొక్క బద్ధకం వలన నేను ముందుకు వెళ్లలేకపోతున్నాను.నాకు తెలుసు ఇది సరి అయినది కాదని.కానీ నేను వెనకబడి పోతున్నాను. నా శిక్షా గురువులు,నా తోటి భక్తులు,నా భర్త సహాయంతో భక్తిలో ముందుకు వెళ్ళడానికి ప్రయత్నిస్తున్నాను.మీరు నాకు ఆశీస్సులు ఇవ్వండి నా బద్దకాన్ని వదిలి కృష్ణుడి మీద ప్రేమ కలిగి శ్రద్దగా సేవ చేసుకునే మంచి బుద్ధిని ఇవ్వాలని వేడుకుంటున్నాను.
గురుమహరాజ్ మీరు మీ ఆరోగ్యం సరిగ్గా లేకపోయినా మీ గురువుకి ఇచ్చిన మాట కోసం ఎంతో కట్టుబడి ఉన్నారు.మీరు మీ శిస్యులతో ఎప్పుడు అందుబాటు లో ఉండటానికి ప్రయత్నిస్తారు.ఈ కరోనా సమయం లో మీరు మీ శిస్యులందరికి ఎంతో దగ్గరయ్యారు ఆ సమయాన్ని కృష్ణ కథలతో అందరిలో చైతన్యాన్ని కలిగించారు.మీరు ఏ ప్రపంచానికే గొప్ప ఆదర్శం.మీ ఆరోగ్యాన్ని ఆ నరసింహ భగవానుడు ఎల్లప్పుడూ కాపాడాలని తద్ద్వారా నాలాంటి ఎంతో మంది భౌతిక జీవితం నుండి బయట పడగలరని ప్రార్ధిస్తున్నాను.
ఇట్లు
మీ దాసాను దాసాను దాసి
భగవతి వ్రజలక్ష్మీ దేవి దాసి

 

 

Namah oṁ Vishnupadaya Kṛṣṇa presthaya Bhutale

Śrīmate Jayapatakaswamin itinamine

Namahachrya padaya nitaya kripayapradayine

Gauragada damadya nagara grama tarine.

All Glories to Śrīla Guru, Gaurāṅga and Nityānanda.

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda

All Glories to Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my humble obeisance to your lotus feet.

Daṇḍavat praṇāmas Guru Mahārāja.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

My beloved Guru Mahārāja Happy appearance day.

You are patita pāvana. You are delivered so many condition Souls from sinful life to transdental spirtual life.You are distrubuting the Love of God head the Message of Supreme Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with the order of Your Guru Mahārāja jagad guru Śrīla Prabhupāda to all over the world relentlessly even your body is not cooperating with you. By the Mercy of Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Śrīla Prabhupāda you are serving day and night and delivering every soul who are coming contact with you.

You are so merciful Guru Mahārāja daily you are visiting every disciple’ s dhāma and giving your darśan to everyone. With your mercy Now I am able to understand your glories and your relentless services to Kṛṣṇa and his devotees. We are praying daily to supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Lord Narasiṁhadev and Tulasī Mahārānī daily to protect you always so that many more years we can associate with you and take darśan of your Lotus feet which burns all of our unlimited sins. darśan of Your Lotusfeet is enough to all souls delivers at a time in the world.

You are Given your Mercy to us In this age so many people are more sinners than Jagāi and Mādhāi. Your glance of Mercy all are becoming Pure devotees.

Oh Guru Mahārāja Your Glories are spread all over the three worlds for Giving the Seed of Bhakti (Kṛṣṇa Prema) to everyone and make them Pure devotees, which is very difficult in this Age of Kali. Your Glories makes us enthusiastic and to dedicate our lives to Serve the Lotus feet of Śrī Rādhā Krishan.

You have shown the path to us and opened our blinded eyes by showing the example of your unalloyed devotional services.

Oh Guru Mahārāja Please show your mercy upon this fallen condition soul by your mercy I can follow your instructions and dedicate my life to Kṛṣṇa and your service. Please bestow mercy to me for coming out from the powerful clutches of māyā.

By taking your inspiration this tiny soul Suryapati Kṛṣṇa dāsa want to serve you and Kṛṣṇa and want to give Kṛṣṇa prema to maximum people. Please empower me to get strength for making them to accept Kṛṣṇa consciousness path who ever I am meeting. I am eagerly waiting for getting darśan of your Lotus feet due to last 2-year pandemic unable to take darśan of your feet.

Your Humble servant,

Suryapati Kṛṣṇa dāsa (Initiated Disciple)

Kṛṣṇa Kathā deśa.

My dear Śrīla Gurudeva,

Hare Kṛṣṇa! Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto the dust of Your Lotus Feet! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to You!

This year we are very fortunate to have your personal association at Dāmodara Deśa before your 2022 Vyāsa Pūja. Indeed I got the opportunity to meet your Holiness after two years.

Due to covid protocol we do not had our weekly satsaṅga for long time. By your mercy I have joined Nityam Bhāgavata Sevāyā group, a daily Malayalam Bhāgavatam class of HG Sunanda Shyama Prabhu and completed entire SB reading. I become instrumental to encourage more souls to join this group and most of them started chanting the Holy Names.

One of the devotee couples attended my BV is taking initiation from your Holiness during this Gaura Pūrṅmā. Please bless them to advance spiritually and engage in pure devotional services.

Our Nāmahaṭṭa program at ISKCON Kanjikode, Palakkad district, Kerala is getting attracted more souls. We are trying to facilitate good kirtan, prasādam and pravacan. Couples of sincere devotees are on forefront and we support them within our limited capacity.

My material occupational duties are increasing hence spiritual advancement speed is not much increased. Wife and elder daughter chants one round and entire family become vegetarian. Please bless us to become more serious in spiritual journey and advance in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa Pūjā, my sincere prayers to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Nṛsiṁhadeva, Pañca-tattva & Śrīla Prabhupāda to shower Their choicest blessings on you to quickly recover from the health issues and deliver millions of souls from the clutches of maya to the Lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Your spiritual son,

Suvarṇa Gopāla dāsa

Gaurāṅga Deśa Yatra, UAE

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja!

Please accept my humble obesiances unto your lotus feet.

It’s my greatest opportunity to write this year homage for Vyāsa-pūjā 2022!. This past year, I really feel more connected to you Mahārāja. Be it the Zoom Live Classes or the Youth Girls Camp or the GSS classes every month or the frequent updates about your health and activities. I am very happy to be in your association and I am filled with gratitude to you for arranging these wonderful sessions. I want to continue the same and try to please you in the process.

It’s only been your mercy and nothing else which has tied up such a fallen soul to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.

Thank you very much for showing kindness even when I know deep down that I do not deserve even an ounce of it.

I have recently started preaching to kids and reading Śrīmad-bhāgavatam, which has sparked a sense of pride in me. I pray to you Guru Mahārāja to kindly shower mercy upon me and relieve the anarthas beneath so that I can try to be consistent in chanting my rounds.

Your insignificant servant,

Suvedha (aspiring disciple)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

All glories to Śrīla prabhupad

All glories to Śrīla Guru Mahārāja

Daṇḍavat praṇāmas please accept my humble obeisances with your causeless mercy I am able to progress in Kṛṣṇa bhakti and trying to fulfil your Vāṇī.

Taking care is saṁskāra sevā,

Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa matrimonial sevā, taking care of small group as a Cakrapati around 60 devotees(yātrā format), pravachan sevā on Śrīmad-bhāgavatam & Bhagavad Gītā, Caitanya-caritāmṛta.. seeking your blessings to progress individually and to bring more devotees to your lotus feet

Shall pray for your good health to the supreme Lord Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Jagannātha, Baladeva Subhadrā Mai, Gaura Nitāi and panchathathva

Yours menial servant

Śyāmasundara Līlārāja dāsa

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Koṭi Koṭi Praṇāmas


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

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim

yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam

Please accept my respectful humble obeisance unto your lotus feet. All glories to you!

You are the ocean of Mercy. By your blessings only, I am able to write this.

I was in a confusion last year whether to take aspiring before I start my college or should I take it after some years. But then, all of a sudden, one day I felt, I should first take your aspiration before leaving my parents. This would give me the strength to continue my spiritual journey wherever I stay.

With your Mercy, I am able to cope up a little with both my spiritual life and material studies. Along with this, I also have the responsibility of my grandparents too. I need more strength to keep them happy and serve them well. I am happy that my mother and brother will also join me soon.

I am fortunate to get you as my Spiritual Master. I am confident that I will be able to go out of this cycle of birth and death and serve the Supreme Lord by following your isntructions, chanting, hearing your lectures and taking your darśan.

From your mercy and support from your office, I got few references to continue my spiritual journey in Mysore. So now I am attending the Mysore congregation. I am happy that I also got a chance to render few services there.

Guru Mahārāja, please show your mercy upon me and give me the intelligence to proceed further in my spiritual level and meditate on your words.

Desiring to be your eternal servant always.

Your loving grandson

Tejo Kṛṣṇa V S. (aspiring disciple)

Gaurāṅga Deśa

Oṁ ajnana timirandhasya jnananjana salakaya

Caksur unmilitam yena tasmai śrī gurave namah

Nama oṁ Vishnu padaya Kṛṣṇa prasthaya bhutale

Śrīmate Jayapatākā swamin iti namine

Nama ācārya padaya nitāi kripa pradayine

Gaura kathā dama daya nagara grama tarine

My dear spiritual father,

Please accept my most respectful obeisances at your lotus feet on this most auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā. All Glories to your Holiness! All glories to His Divine Grace, Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to Saṅkīrtana movement of Lord Caitanya.

On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I feel most honored for the opportunity to thank you for all the blessings, protection, guidance and care that you are giving me at each and every step of my life. This wonderful occasion always reminds me how much I am sincere in my spiritual life, how much I am dedicated to our glorious movement.

Glorifying the Lord's devotees is recommended for one's spiritual practice and brings auspiciousness. By the sincere glorification and listening to the glorification from your dedicated disciples I get inspiration and charged up once again to carry on the devotional service throughout the year.

Recently, in our JSSS program we were listening to your glories, how you are able to attract the people to Kṛṣṇa consciousness whomever you are coming in contact with. As a true and obedient disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda, you are delivering the whole world by spreading the message of Gaurāṅga, which is the highest truth and most welfare activities for the entire mankind. Your love and care, purity, selfless motive in serving Śrīla Prabhupāda, you always act according to guru, sādhu, and śāstra. You are very compassionate, humble, tolerant, appreciative. You always see good qualities in others. You never give up on people, are very responsible, loyal, always show gratitude to others however insignificant their offering may be. Always thinking of the welfare of others. The list goes on. Your qualities and glories are unlimited.

As it is mentioned in the scriptures that if we meditate, remember the qualities of the Māhājana’s one can imbibe the same qualities in oneself. I pray at your lotus feet, that I can follow in your footsteps and imbibe your mood so that I can represent you properly and assist you in spreading the mission of Lord Caitanya.

Guru Mahārāja, I am continuing my services here in Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa, as Bhakti-śāstrī tutor in regional language (Telugu), and as Principal for Balya Sevā Department apart from taking children’s classes. Need your blessings to complete the Bhakti Sastry first batch by August 2022. My desire is to assist in translating your books into Telugu language. Online Bhakti-vṛkṣa’s are ongoing by your mercy. Even though the strength has been reduced but the present attendees are almost all chanting and started following Ekādaśī. Few members have reached upto 16 rounds of chanting. Please bless all of them so that they can get connected to nearby temples or congregations and progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness with their families.

Currently, I am doing my Bhakti Vaibhav course through Māyāpur Institute. Seek your blessings to properly understand the concepts of Śrīmad-bhāgavatam not only theoretically but also apply them in my life to progress further in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

My daughter Amrutha & son Anirudha joins me in paying their respectful obeisances at your Lotus feet. They have enrolled for the Bhakti-śāstrī course and are on their way to the completion of the same. Please bless them so that they will be always in the association of devotees and in the path of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness all through their lives.

On this most auspicious day of your transcendental appearance, I am simply praying for your mercy so that all my material desires and my stupid endeavors to gratify my senses may disappear forever and I may be always hankering for opportunities to increase my service at your lotus feet. I may have the spiritual strength to execute my sadhana perfectly, my life be motivated and evolve around your exemplary quality of single-mindedness to serve Guru and Gaurāṅga.

On this auspicious occasion of your appearance, we pray to Lordships to protect you always, give you the strength and energy to carry on with your mission of spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness ‘unlimitedly” as Śrīla Prabhupāda wanted you, for years and years to come.

Your insignificant daughter,

Ujjvalā Kālindī devī dāsī, 2nd initiated.

Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

Respected Gurumaharaj,

Please accept our humble obeisances!

All glories to your divine grace!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Today is the Vyas Puja of one of the greatest heroes the world has ever seen and definitely one of the biggest heroes in my life. Guru Maharaj your life is selfless service to the Vaishnavas and unparalleled compassion for the common people. As someone rightly said for you Guru Maharaj - the word "Impossible" means "I am possible". Guru Maharaj, your life is an example to the entire world that, if one is possessed by a burning desire to serve Guru and Gauranga, then anything is possible. 

On the auspicious day of your Vyas Puja, I pray to the Lord Nrisinghadev for your good health and long life. May Lord Radha Madhav always protect you.

We the disciples of UAE were very fortunate to have your association for almost 10 days in the last 3 weeks but somehow I could not take advantage of your presence to improve my commitment to your mission. Please forgive me for this Guru Maharaj.

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. We repeat these lines everyday morning but somehow this does not register in my memory.

Guru Maharaj, I have read in one of your lectures that – once Srila Prabhupada said - I don’t think I will be successful in my spiritual life because I have published so many books. Nor because I chant my rounds every day, nor because I have opened so many temples. All these is simply to please my spiritual master and by his mercy, I will be able to attain perfection.

As disciples and followers of Guru Maharaja, it is our duty to follow in your footsteps and understand your mood so that we can help you in your mission of preaching Krsna consciousness to everyone. Guru Maharaja you have unlimited divine qualities, and I wish that I can imbibe some fraction of the qualities you possess especially the dedication to Srila Prabhupada and his instructions. I offer my most humble and respectful obeisances to your lotus feet millions and millions of times and beg you to bestow a drop of your dedication, determination, devotion, and compassion on this fallen yet hopeful soul. 

I am very pleased and thankful to you Guru Maharaj for accepting my son Namaras Nimai Das as your disciple.

Your insignificant disciples

Urukrsama Krsna das & Seva Padma devi dasi

Dear Guru Mahārāja Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas.

I thank you for accepting me as your disciple

This year I received aspiration from You. I am Varun Shivlani 14 years old from gaurāṅga deśa yātrā.

This year may have been challenging for many of us but despite your health issues you have always increased your preaching and spreading the holy name despite all odds your blessing and teaching shine like the sun upon all your devotees and your knowledge flows upon us like a soothing calm river.

I haven’t been able to keep up with my sadhana I do my 16 rounds of chanting but I am lacking in my Prabhupāda books there should never be any excuse to not read Prabhupādas book and thus I will be lifting up my sadhana and start with the books by Śrīla Prabhupāda

Please shower your mercy and blessing upon me so that I may progress in my spiritual life and serve you till my full extent.

Your Aspired Son

Varun Prem Shivlani.

Hare Kṛṣṇa

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

jai śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda

śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda

hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare

hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare

My dear spiritual father His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja,

I offer my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet on the auspicious occasion of your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā celebration. All glories to your lotus feet! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Guru Mahārāja, Please bless me so I can remain fixed and steady in my Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Guru Mahārāja, Please bless me so, I can get up early Morning and chant my rounds early and become a good chanter and a good preacher.

Guru Mahārāja, Please bless me so that I can be consistent in rendering devotional service and eating prasādam always.

I need your mercy to chant 16 rounds easily with full concentration

Yours eternally,

Vasanth Kumar (aspiring disciple)

Kṛṣṇa-kathā deśa

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All glories to Śrī guru and Gaurāṅga,

I’m so blessed and fortunate to get this opportunity to glorify Guru Mahārāja who’s been serving and showering his mercy for last 50 years. We want your blessings always to serve Lord and follow our spiritual master’s path. I pray for Guru Mahārāja’s long and healthy life so we devotees can serve at your lotus feet. Kindly give your mercy and blessings to me and my family and to all devotees.

Thank you, Guru Mahārāja.

Your servant,

Veṅkaṭeṣa Caitanya Dāsa

Kṛṣṇa Kathā deśa

Dear Guru Mahārāja

Please accept my sincere obeisances to Your Lotus feet . Please bless me so that I continue seriously in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I am fortunate to have met You in this life. Always I think of You , Prabhupāda & Kṛṣṇa .

Yours Obediently

Venkateshwara Gopal Das

( Dr VENKATA RAMANA PAI SAMPIGE)

venkataramana pai <drsvpai@gmail.com>

KKD ( Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa)

Hare Kṛṣṇa to My dear Guru Mahārāja,

Daṇḍavat praṇāma,

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,

All glories to Guru Mahārāja,

Guru Mahārāja you r very merciful. Due to your blessings Guru Mahārāja I am doing my sadhana and all the sevā give by my sīkṣā Guru. Guru Mahārāja when I am sad or upset then I heard your lecture on Facebook t positive energy. Guru Mahārāja you are like bridge between your Kṛṣṇa, now we are trying to serve Kṛṣṇa only because of u.

Please bless us Guru Mahārāja so we can able to do our sādhana. I want your blessings every time.

Veethika (sheltered disciple)
Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to you.

I beg you to accept my most respectful prostrated obeisances at your lotus feet.

Śrīla Gurudeva, on the occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā this year, I pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Gaura Nitāi, and Narasiṁhadeva to protect you and bless you with good health.

Gurudeva, you are the personification of the instruction of Śrīmad-bhāgavatam where it is mentioned that one should engage oneself with all his life – air, wealth, intelligence, and words for the real welfare of all living entities which is participating in the Saṅkīrtana movement.

Gurudeva please bless me so that I am able to progress in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and take initiation at your lotus feet.

Kindly bless me and my family so that we can progress in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness eternally by serving your lotus feet.

Your spiritual son,

Vinod Aravindan (aspiring disciple)

Gaurāṅga Deśa

Jai sri guru and gauranga

Jai srila prabhupad.

Jai srila Gurudev.

My dear gurumaharaj,

                                         Hare krishna gurumaharaj

Hare Kṛṣṇa,

Jaya śrī Guru and Gaurang

Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda

Please accept our humble obesiances unto your lotus feet

Respected Guru Mahārāja,

We came in Kṛṣṇa consciousness in 2013 by your mercy in Kṛṣṇa Kathā deśa.

2015 I and my wife initiated by you, we are doing spiritual sevā for spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness by this way we are progressing in our spiritual life.

Please shower your mercy,so that we can further progress and serve Śrīla Prabhupāda mission.

We are continuously praying for your good health to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Narasiṁha

Your humble servant,

Vraj Vinod Govinda dāsa

Kumarī Vīśākhā devī dāsī

My dear spiritual father,

Please accept my respectful obeisance! All glories to Śrīla Prabupad! All glories to you!

Feeling grateful for one another chance for me to write your glorification for your glorious Vyāsa-pūjā 2022. Ever since you met Śrīla Prabhupāda, you have surrendered yourself unto his mission and serve him sincerely in any condition of life. I wish to have at least a fraction of percentage of this sincerity and determination in my service to you and Kṛṣṇa.

Guru Mahārāja, glad to inform you that by Mahāprabhu’s mercy and your blessings the construction of our apartment at Mahāvan, Māyāpur is completed and have placed one of our god brothers as tenant who is nicely looking after the house. We are fortunate to contribute a 50% of the rental income from that apartment in your service every month.

My son got married in June 2021, due to various issues at home I couldn’t attend. Your holiness had kindly attended the wedding via Zoom and blessed the couples. This has made me to forget all my pains. From April 2021 onwards I’m facing many difficulties in my life, one after another, I was able to face all these difficulties with determination simply by remembering your lotus feet guru Mahārāja.

I’m preaching to my mother and other relatives through Zoom every day. I’m teaching children through Bal Utsava Classes. I’m preaching Bhagavad-gītā and Bhagavatam to mātājīs every Wednesday. I’m doing Bhakti Vaibhav courses through Māyāpur Institute. I’m eager to do more and more special services for you and your office Guru Mahārāja.

So, on this most auspicious and glorious day of your appearance day, I pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to grant you long and healthy life so you can keep guiding your disciples through your firm determination in executing the devotional service to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Kṛṣṇa.

All glories to You Guru Mahārāja!

Your spiritual daughter

Vṛndā Nandinī Devī Dāsī

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

Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja

I offer my respectful obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and all glories to your loving divine grace.

Wish you a very happy vyāsa-pūjā and pray to Lord Narasiṁha protect your health dear Guru-Mahārāja, this past year there so many realization in my spiritual life especially listening and getting your zoom darśan.

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 zoom darśan daily. activity reports in your app and etc

I realized that you did not miss any chance to give your association through Caitanya Līlā no matters how’s your health. I beg for your mercy to get at least to get a tinge of that mood and imbibe in my heart.

Gurudeva, I will be very happy if fallen soul like me, will be able serve you forever.

Your spiritual daughter

Vṛndāvana Sundari Devī dāsī

Hare Krishna

 

Nama om visnu padaya krsna presthaya bhutale

Srimate jayapataka-svamin iti namine

 

Nama acharaya padaya nitai kripa pradaenae

Gaura katha dama daya nagara grama tarenae

 

My Dear Guru maharaja,

 

Please accept our Respectful obeisances at your lotus feet,

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.

All glories to You

 

My dear spiritual father, I am blessed by your mercy at every moment, and I have faith that I would continue doing so and be properly engaged in serving all the devotees.

Me and My wife (Rathi Madhuri dd) together let us serve as team to please you and Srila prabhupada with all our energy.

Now I am able read and listen on daily basis Bhagavatam under the guidance of Rasakrida Prabhu, as I am in Muscat for my job, this is only happening by your mercy guru dev.

I wish to serve you more and I am praying for your fast recover. By your blessing and Lords Gauranga and Nitananda blessings to do more preaching (devotional) service etc. help me, bless me to get a right mood for preaching and serving devotees with humbleness. So that I become strong enough not to get dragged away by material things,to chanting also nicely and properly.

 

With these words I close my offering

 

Your eternal  Servants,

Brindavan Shyam das

 

 

 

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja.

Please accept my humble obiesances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Your Holiness' lotus feet.

Here, in Rādhā Kinda cakra of Kṛṣṇa Kathā Deśa, every evening we listen to Your Holiness' instructions through lectures and share our realizations. We can feel and relish Your Holiness' presence through Your lectures. Thanks for the association, Guru Mahārāja.

Now a days, by Your Holiness' mercy, we start our chanting at 5 in the morning before proceeding to our household or office chores. That has helped me in relishing better the sweetness of the Holy Name.

I'm regretful that Your Holiness suffer due to my imperfections and offences. I will endeavor more to be diligent in spiritual practice and dealing with others, especially devotees.

In KKD institute of Higher Education, everything is going on fine. One more Hindi batch is started in addition to the two current ones. One more Tamil batch is about to be started by May when one of the current batches is going to be finished.

Your Holiness have been merciful towards me always and nowadays more merciful. Please forgive my offences and keep me, a fallen soul, always under the shelter of your lotus feet as I don't find shelter anywhere else. Although unqualified, I beg only your mercy, through which I may serve Your Holiness and Kṛṣṇa always even birth after birth because you are my eternal master. You opened my eyes blinded by ignorance and made me sense the light of spiritual knowledge.

Your Holiness is the representative of Kṛṣṇa and hence my only worshippable deity. Please accept my glorification although it is only childish and hence imperfect.

Your eternal servant,

Sankhapani Janārdana Dasa