Re: Vyasa Puja Dec 1 2008

Respected Guruji,

         Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances!

         On the occasion of your Vyasa Puja on December 1 2008, I find myself unable to express my gratitude to you and to all your servants as well for having taken so much mercy on ignorant fools as myself to introduce us to the mantrarajas Nityananda and Gauranga and thereby give us an indescribably rare,  once in an eternity opportunity where you have condescended to offer the Lord on a golden platter. Divine mercy of this magnitude astounds the entire universe for its extreme simplicity and rarity, a chance so valuable it is denied even to great demigods.

          On this same day of December last year was the day I was introduced to the most merciful names of Nityananda Gauranga at a time when my Hare Krishna had dwindled so badly I considered to give up and succumb to weakness. The day I chanted Nityananda Gauranga I felt a new awakening of the spiritual fire inside me and the course of events that have conspired over the last 1 year, too elaborate to put into words, have made me realise a tiny bit of how great the mercy of devotees like you really is.

          Among all the modern teachers, you who chose to go beyond all insitutional and formal limitations, the seasoned prejudices and superstitious misconceptions of the orthodoxy, knowing very well the world-wide opposition you could face, and yet with the mercy of your gurudeva and his gurudeva all the way back to the original Vyasadeva, you have openly broken the secret treasure chest of Nityananda Gauranga naama for the sake of all the conditioned souls in the Kali Yuga against all odds with a will and energy that is reminiscent of the immortal Srila Prabhupada's legendary preaching of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra all over the world.  By your own example of breaking the sealed vaults you have inspired me and many others to take it up. We consider ourselves to be very fortunate to be among the recipients of this special mercy although we are ungrateful wretches who totally do not deserve this.

          Your example inspires all of us to practice and preach the chanting of the holy names of the Lord despite all the hardships we may face. All glories to your causeless and unlimited mercy on conditioned souls, the likes of which we insignificant souls may never realise completely. As Hadai prabhu said, although the sacred association of Nityananda Gauranga is there in all scriptures of our acaryas, still you are the only acarya today who has realised the potency of that hidden treasure and also the need to officially and openly invite all conditioned souls to this confidential treasure of chanting the holy names of Nityananda and Gauranga. On this occasion I also express my heartfelt gratitude to your gurudeva who placed his lotus hand on your head and empowered you to spread Nitai Gaura naama and empowered us to be the recipients of your mercy.
 
            The Lord is now knocking on the hearts of all the living entities all over the world demanding, "Let me in. Let me in." It is clear that the glories of Nityananda Gauranga naam have been waiting for this time when a most astute genius would notice the confidential secret and its impilcations by the mercy of the Lord and Gurudeva and inagurate the divine flood that will soon spread everywhere. We cannot do anything but only marvel at the glories of your transcendental personality when we realise that you have noticed something so confidential which has never been revealed in the history of this universe in this day of Brahma. In the future there will certainly be many more great souls who will take up Nitaai Gaura naam and preach with the same vigour and energy. The flood of devotion that swept the planet during Lord Gaura's manifest pastimes will come forth in a second wave, with Lord Gaura-Nitai appearing manifest again as their names.

           Therefore on your Vyasa Puja, I dedicate myself with renewed vigour and determination to serving the Lord and the Vaisnavas. Putting the mistakes of the past behind, I attempt to give your divine grace and all Vaisnavas some happiness by taking the holy names of the Lord with more determination and faith then ever before in gratitude for all the mercy you have shown me. Other than this I do not know any other way by which I can serve you because of all my limitations and I pray for your mercy as always.

Unlimitedly grateful and Aspiring to be of service,

Srinath

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