Anandambudhi dasa, Vrajesvari Pran devi dasi, Yashoda and Kirtida

om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri gurave namah

“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.”

nama om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhu-tale
srimate romapada-svamin iti namine

My dear spiritual master and eternal father,

My meditations while writing this Vyasa-puja offering is especially my gratitude towards you. Your mercy in our lives through your lectures is changing us and giving new directions to our day-to-day activities.

Professional Life: I was always an individual contributor in professional life since it involves no risks. Management decided to move us to leadership roles, to guide the team towards single goal is very tough for me, yet we had our interviews for the same.

I was not prepared about leading the team, roles, and responsibilities. I just answered everything from what I heard from you and Srila Prabhupada. Few of my answers are

• Rather than bossy nature, helping each other to make the project success with whatever skill set one has or Helping each other with collective decision towards the common goal.
• Recognizing whatever skill, one may have and encourage them.

I cleared the interview. After clearing the interview, I was thinking these thoughts are not mine in fact yours, in engaging all of us in our ultimate goal. Thank you, Maharaja.

Spiritual Life: Once I heard from Madhava Ananda prabhu that devotees are very much interested to share their meditation on chanting with each other and be inspired (parasparanukathanam). Maharaja you always inspire us with your chanting experience, it is very touching. Few of them are

• Your meditation while chanting seeing Krsna Balarama picture at Houston.
• Say “YES” to Nama Prabhu lecture series you mentioned that Your Godbrother Gopal Bhatta Prabhu’s experience – he likes to work on enthusiasm side to reach spontaneity.

You always mention Prabhupada stories with great enthusiasm, and your vani seva for Prabhupada lectures is very inspiring. Many times, I heard you saying, ” Just today morning I heard from Srila Prabhupada”. Your commitment to hear Prabhupada’s vani is very inspiring and I started following your footsteps to hear from you regularly.

Personal Life:

• I was going through very rough phase in my life, and struggling with relationships, but after writing to you and holding the lotus feet of “Hari Nama Prabhu” I got hope to work on it and move forward.
• I was a person with lot of competitive mentality and I tried injecting same spirit in my children. It took almost ten years to understand their individual nature and interest. The bhakta-sanga you gave us helped me to build my relationships based on “LOVE” rather than expectations.

Your mercy through your letters, lectures and association of God brothers and God sisters helped me a lot. Finally, I am “Work in progress”

If I see overall whether personal, professional, and spiritual, your teachings are helping everywhere. It’s not that one applies or uses Krsna conscious at some place and different, we can be filled with Krsna conscious at every place, every day and throughout once life.

I remembered from Bhagavad-gita that one who surrenders to Spiritual Master amid difficulties and challenges

karpanya-dosopahata-svabhavah
prcchami tvam dharma-sammudha-cetah
yac chreyah syan niscitam bruhi tan me
sisyas te ‘ham sadhi mam tvam prapannam

[Bhagavad-gita 2.7]

Spiritual Master gives or shows the ultimate benefit for the soul where one can remember Krsna all the time.

man-mana bhava mad-bhakto
mad-yaji mam namaskuru
mam evaisyasi satyam te
pratijane priyo ’si me

[Bhagavad-gita 9.34]

I know that everything that is happening in our lives is because of your mercy. There is no limit to my gratitude unto you.

Desiring to remain eternally at the dust of your divine lotus feet,
Vrajesvari Pran devi dasi, Anandambudhi dasa, Yashoda and Kirtida.