Syamasundara dasa

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

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!

Your divine grace is so kindly visiting the Bay area year after year to take care of your spiritual children and to see if we are progressing okay with our personal and spiritual lives. You travel from one place to another continuously with no break whether it be North America or Asia or whatever continent just to spread your compassion, mercy in the form of retreats/classes/seminars in a simple digestible pill which anyone can take and apply to move forward in bhakti.

I’m very grateful and indebted to your Holiness for giving me some service and I wanted to take credit for it but again you dealt with me so gently that I could understand it’s your power and Krsna’s magic that I could render some insignificant service. Hearing from you is the real joy. Despite your very busy schedule, you take time to connect with each and every one without discrimination. You compassionately listen to whatever petty things we might bring up and offer invaluable suggestions on what can be done. Moreover, you do not force upon anyone that they have to do like that or like this particularly. This is the hallmark of one of your divine grace’s amazing qualities of being very personal with the devotees. This is the reality of how the uttama-bhagavata devotee listens patiently and offers perfect guidance to those who look up in every respect.

Guru Maharaja, I have been unable to write to you regularly since early last year and been complacent. Seeking your blessings and inspiration to resume that enthusiastic service unto you for your pleasure and for establishing a heart-to-heart connection. This year by the inspiration of kind-hearted devotees and by your mercy, I have procured the live streaming equipment to learn the art of doing this very special service which you like the most in your service to Srila Prabhupada. I did have some feeling of uncertainty and fear before taking up the huge responsibility when you visit the Bay Area. I messed up one whole class last year without audio and video setup, but then mistakes are a great way to come out of one’s comfort zone to serve the sankirtana mission of Lord Caitanya. You were so compassionate and very merciful to me that you didn’t even ask me as to what happened for messing it up big time. I beg and pray humbly to your divine grace to continue to shower me the blessings, empowerment and love so I can develop some affection in serving the Vaisnavas of the Lord for your pleasure and in representing the guru-parampara transparently.

I pray to Lord Nrsimha-deva to humbly bestow upon his pure devotee good health to preach the glories of devotional service year after year in service to Srila Prabhupada for his pleasure.

Your aspiring servant,
Syamasundara dasa