Radha Madhava dasa and Prema dhatri devi dasi

Hare Krsna Dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We wish a very happy Vyasa-puja day!

It has been our great fortune that we have been allowed to do some service to Srila Prabhupada’s mission with your blessings and mercy. In Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.20.17):

nr-deham adyam su-labham su-durlabham
plavam su-kalpam guru-karnadharam
mayanukulena nabhasvateritam
puman bhavabdhim na taret sa atma-ha

“The human body, which can award all benefit in life, is automatically obtained by the laws of nature, although it is a very rare achievement. This human body can be compared to a perfectly constructed boat having the spiritual master as the captain and the instructions of the Personality of Godhead as favorable winds impelling it on its course. Considering all these advantages, a human being who does not utilize his human life to cross the ocean of material existence must be considered the killer of his own soul.” [SB 11.20.17]

Purport: 

The human body, which is obtained after passing through many inferior forms, is created in such a way that it can award the highest perfection of life. A human being is supposed to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the bona fide spiritual master is the appropriate guide for such service. The causeless mercy of Lord Krsna is compared to favorable winds that help the boat of the body to ply smoothly on the course back home, back to Godhead. Lord Krsna gives His personal instructions in Vedic literature, speaks through the bona fide spiritual master, and encourages, warns and protects His sincere devotee from within the devotee’s heart. Such merciful guidance of the Lord moves a sincere soul quickly on the path back to Godhead. But one who cannot understand that the human body is a suitable boat for crossing the ocean of material existence will see no need to accept a captain in the form of the spiritual master and will not at all appreciate the favorable winds of the Lord’s mercy. He has no chance of achieving the goal of human life. Acting against his own self-interest, he gradually becomes the killer of his own soul.

We are begging for your mercy and prayers that we can strengthen our desire to serve Sri Sri Radha Madhava Hari through the service of all the devotees. Please keep us always under your shelter.

Praying to remain at your lotus feet.

Your servants,
Radha Madhava dasa and Prema dhatri devi dasi