Savitri devi dasi
Dear and respected Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krsna! Please accept my most humble obeisances at the dust of your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to your divine self.
On this auspicious day I express my sincere gratitude to the all merciful Lord to give us your divine shelter. I offer my sincere prayers to the Supreme Lord Krsna to protect you so that many more souls like me can get your divine shelter. This auspicious day reminds us of how fortunate we are to have the association of such pure souls like you who truly give us the opportunity to get the shelter of the Supreme Lord and perfect our lives. With each passing year we only see your increasing dedication to reach out to conditioned souls like me. Your untiring, unwavering determination to spread the message of Srila Prabhupada far and wide taking so many challenges is so inspiring. Even young people think twice before going to challenging places. But you showed it during covid times and even now how Krsna gives the protection when one purely wants to serve Him.
As you always say, the solution to all how-to questions is association of sadhus. In your association we learn how to remain equipoised under different circumstances. Doing the needful, not getting carried away and very sincerely working for His pleasure. Arjuna was lamenting being in bodily platform showing false compassion, not accepting the solution. I too lament over anything that doesn’t go as per my plan instead of accepting the real solution – taking shelter of guru and Krsna. You show by your example what real compassion is. Recently when you were in Singapore and a mishap happened. It was very inspiring to hear how you carried on your duties while giving time and spiritual enlightenment to the family with real compassion.
In this material world, it is so rare to hear genuine appreciation of someone, what to speak of having genuine friends. But you will so humbly share videos of other preachers and encourage us to hear and learn from them. You teach by example – our primary goal is to go back to Godhead and for that we must be ready to learn from anywhere like the avadhuta brahmana who had twenty-four gurus. You have truly lived by what Prabhupada used to say “Preaching is the essence, books are the basis and purity is the force”. Taking risks you dedicatedly preach, very carefully always sticking to the scriptures, never deviating from them and living a life with complete purity. At times of despair and hopelessness, your association through classes and your qualities gives positivity and faith in the bhakti process. Thank you so much for connecting us to the guru-parampara inspite of having no qualifications. I sincerely pray to the Lord to be able to reciprocate with your hard work giving pleasure to you and Krsna. Again sincerely praying for your protection at the lotus feet of Lord Nrsimhadeva. Please forgive me for all the offenses I have committed. Thanking you.
Your fallen yet aspiring servant,
Savitri devi dasi