Please accept our humble obeisances!! All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!!
All Glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga!!
Dearest Srila HanumatPresaka Swami,
I cherish the association where i could personally serve you for a week. I will pray to Krishna to further give more such rare oppportunities to be in your personal service.
tulayāma lavenāpi
Bhagavatam describes,
The value of a moment's association with the devotee of the Lord cannot even be compared to the attainment of heavenly planets or liberation from matter, and what to speak of worldly benedictions in the form of material prosperity, which are for those who are meant for death.
I pray to you and Krishna that I relish and realize these words from Srimad Bhagavatam and progress along the spiritual path. For having such associations will bring one to complete satisfaction and realizations in KC.
May this lead to following in your footsteps one day of performing "Kirtaniya Sada Hari", 24 Hr kirtan, which you perform with such intensity.You are always chanting Krishna's name and following our Founder Acharya and your Guru Maharaj Srila Prabhupada and his instructions.
As I remember many such moments where you display Yukta Vairagya, where your words display extreme detachment, based on Sastra, but your actions display the eagerness to engage all in Krishna Consciousness in line with the parampara.
We are improving our sadhana quite a bit. Last year our sadhana had improved for better compared to all the last years, for previously unaware of our best interests and now trying to take to heart and assimilate with your patient goading.
There is a desire to see and get a glimpse in our inner heart of the splendor of the lotus feet of Krishna. May you purify our desire and bless us in our advancement in KC.
Prabhupada during his years of stay in Vrindavana I understand would cry and beg for the mercy of Srila Rupa/Sanatan Goswami, his Guru Maharaja, and from the Vaishnava lineage. This mercy he wanted was to fulfill the impossible task of preaching to the Western world.
May I get such intense desire to be able to serve the Vaishnavas and preach.
I had a short dream in which Prabhupada, had come, and told me to never leave ISKCON.
Also I heard from Tamal Krishna Goswami personally in Houston, that during turbulent times in ISKCON, Maharaj remembered the instructions of Prabhupada. Prabhupada told to consider ISKCON as his physical body and to serve him thru this institution. I never intended to leave but this dream will keep me steady.
I tried to ramp up to read up on scientific articles for a rounded presentation to such related audience. I had read some books from Svarup Damodar Maharaj and other devotees discussing scientific topics using the Vedic understanding.
Prabhupada emphasized preaching activity. It pleased him immensely when he heard any devotee giving his best efforts and having success. He recognized this more precious than any personal service and contributions to please him. The devotees recognized his intense desire to push the movement and were helping him. May Krishna give me the inspiration to remember these instructions and thus constantly updating you of any of my little efforts to please you and our devotee community here, along with Vaisesika Prabhu.
Prabhupada always wanted to hear about the effors and successes of his followers, keep him updated constantly. So may I constantly update you of my personal sadhana with you following such footsteps.
Please further bless and purify our desires in service of Krishna.
Hare Krishna
your humble servant
Sridhar das
HpS -- Jaya! Go ahead, straight forward. You are so fixed on the path that the only thing you have to do is accelerate with some caution. Go ahead!!