Dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I write to you to honour your appearance day. May it be filled with much spiritual enjoyment and enlightenment.

As the day approached I kept meditating on it, on what a spiritual master means to me. Some thoughts that came: he is a guide through spiritual life, he is a teacher who gives unconditional love and instruction to his student.

I feel that I might have taken that second point for granted over the last few years. You are always wiling to be there for us, your students, for me. We might become too caught up in our material dealings and just for a moment forget you and Krsna. But that connection that was made between you and us remains there always, in such a subtle way. We can't forget about it and when we remember, it brings back those transcendental memories that gave us such joy and ecstasy. I remember the day I took my vows and my enthusiasm to keep them. I offer to you that enthusiasm once more.

Your humble servant,

Rasa-mandali dasi

HpS - Thank you!!!