Syamasundara dasa and Hari-Katha devi dasi

Dear and Respected Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at the dust of your most merciful lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace and All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Guru Maharaja, it’s unfathomable how you are spreading Srila Prabhupada’s causeless mercy by travelling all over the world whether its pandemic or post pandemic in your service to his Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. Your holiness effortlessly moves from one retreat to another just to edify and enlighten your spiritual children in the principles of bhagavata dharma i.e hearing and chanting the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Your ardent love for Srimad-Bhagavatam in whatever situation one is in, always amazes me and wonder how shall I go deeper in the study of Bhagavatam not just as academic text rather become absorbed with rapt attention. I pray humbly unto your lotus feet to please bestow me an iota of eagerness to develop a relationship with Srimad-Bhagavatam so I can study with utmost concentration as my unpredictable monkey mind wavers even while reading. You have recently shared one of your God brother’s lovely and touching offerings to Srila Prabhupada that was simply astounding and emotional. I’m very grateful to your holiness for picking that very special offering out of all the offerings. The inspiration I took from it was that I don’t have to become a great devotee to go back home back to godhead, it’s very self-assuring and faith building. I can be myself and not pretend like someone I’m not and by taking a series of small baby steps in the right direction to make advancement by having faith in Srila Prabhupada’s sublime and profound teachings to attain the end goal, of course that requires your Divine Grace’s causeless mercy. It’s not by my own pious merits that I have received the great gift of Krsna consciousness and you are the transparent instrument of passing down the causeless mercy of previous acaryas in our guru parampara.

Guru Maharaja, I will pray to Lord Nrsimhadeva to bestow you good health to preach the message of Lord Caitanya to one and all over the world and serve Srila Prabhupada eternally.

Hare Krsna!

Your aspiring servant,
Syamasundara dasa

Hari-Katha devi dasi’s Offering:

Dear and respected Guru Maharaja

Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to you!! All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

As I was preparing to write this offering, I was contemplating on the gifts you have bestowed upon me. Attending virtual Vrndavana yatra made a deep impression in my heart. I felt more connected to you. When I struggle with difficult emotions, your discourse comes as a beacon, changes my perspective and makes me grounded. When you couldn’t give classes for somedays during Balarama Purnima, I felt void. This gave me opportunity to pay more attention and not take your teachings for granted. Your series of lectures on Six Goswami’s helped me take more shelter of them, pray to them for guidance. You made your mercy easily available to me through your dear disciples. I feel nourished in their association. On this auspicious day of your appearance, I seek your blessings to stay faithful to my mentors and follow their instructions more so that I can serve you better.

Your aspiring servant,
Hari-katha devi dasi