Dear Srila Prabhupada,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet on this most auspicious day of your divine appearance.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Sri Krishna is very compassionate upon the suffering souls of this world. He personally descends to deliver them and He also sends His confidential servitors like your divine grace to deliver these suffering souls.
You have descended from the spiritual world simply to deliver all the suffering souls. Some of the fortunate souls take shelter of your lotus feet and follow your instructions to prepare themselves to go back to Godhead. Yet there are many others who are unwilling to get out of their present condition. You show compassion upon them also by tirelessly preaching to convince them of Krishna consciousness. You have established the Hare Krishna Movement to institutionalize and perpetuate the preaching activity to deliver all the suffering souls of this world, so that the preaching continues with out cessation even after your physical departure.
In carrying out your instructions to preach, I recently had a realization because of your causeless mercy upon me. In my many attempts to preach, I would work very hard to carry out my preaching duties and not sufficiently pray for your mercy, thinking that hard work alone is important. At other times I would earnestly pray for your mercy to carry out my preaching duties and not work hard sufficiently, thinking that dependence on your mercy alone is important. I now realize that both are important – working very hard to carry out the preaching duties and praying earnestly for your mercy also.
I pray to you that I may never spare any effort to work hard for preaching Krishna consciousness just like you demonstrated by your personal example as the Acharya. I also pray that I may learn to depend on your mercy always for carrying out my preaching duties, working always under your shelter, in cooperation with your sincere disciples. May I not become proud by working hard nor become lazy under the pretext of depending on your mercy by merely offering prayers.
I am confident of getting your mercy, after I read the following entry in your diary recorded on Sunday, 6th March 1966 while you were in New York:
“According to Mayapur Panjika today is Adhivas day of Gour Purnima. Devotees at Vrindaban and Nabadwipa are enjoying the celebration. I am here alone without any devotee companion. But I have come here to serve the Lord and not for personal happiness. I am prepared to live in hell even, if I am able to serve the Lord. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu wanted that His mission should be propagated all over the world and that is my objective. I do not mind the inconvenience personally felt.”
On this auspicious day, I fall at your feet and offer my obeisances a million times and commit myself to serve your mission with renewed dedication.
Your humble servant,
Stoka Krishna Dasa
Vice President, ISKCON-Bangalore, Co-President, ISKCON-Mysore
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet on this most auspicious day of your divine appearance.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Sri Krishna is very compassionate upon the suffering souls of this world. He personally descends to deliver them and He also sends His confidential servitors like your divine grace to deliver these suffering souls.
You have descended from the spiritual world simply to deliver all the suffering souls. Some of the fortunate souls take shelter of your lotus feet and follow your instructions to prepare themselves to go back to Godhead. Yet there are many others who are unwilling to get out of their present condition. You show compassion upon them also by tirelessly preaching to convince them of Krishna consciousness. You have established the Hare Krishna Movement to institutionalize and perpetuate the preaching activity to deliver all the suffering souls of this world, so that the preaching continues with out cessation even after your physical departure.
In carrying out your instructions to preach, I recently had a realization because of your causeless mercy upon me. In my many attempts to preach, I would work very hard to carry out my preaching duties and not sufficiently pray for your mercy, thinking that hard work alone is important. At other times I would earnestly pray for your mercy to carry out my preaching duties and not work hard sufficiently, thinking that dependence on your mercy alone is important. I now realize that both are important – working very hard to carry out the preaching duties and praying earnestly for your mercy also.
I pray to you that I may never spare any effort to work hard for preaching Krishna consciousness just like you demonstrated by your personal example as the Acharya. I also pray that I may learn to depend on your mercy always for carrying out my preaching duties, working always under your shelter, in cooperation with your sincere disciples. May I not become proud by working hard nor become lazy under the pretext of depending on your mercy by merely offering prayers.
I am confident of getting your mercy, after I read the following entry in your diary recorded on Sunday, 6th March 1966 while you were in New York:
“According to Mayapur Panjika today is Adhivas day of Gour Purnima. Devotees at Vrindaban and Nabadwipa are enjoying the celebration. I am here alone without any devotee companion. But I have come here to serve the Lord and not for personal happiness. I am prepared to live in hell even, if I am able to serve the Lord. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu wanted that His mission should be propagated all over the world and that is my objective. I do not mind the inconvenience personally felt.”
On this auspicious day, I fall at your feet and offer my obeisances a million times and commit myself to serve your mission with renewed dedication.
Your humble servant,
Stoka Krishna Dasa
Vice President, ISKCON-Bangalore, Co-President, ISKCON-Mysore
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