Vyasa Puja Offering to Srila Prabhupada by Amitasana Dasa

Dear Srila Prabhupada,

Please accept my humble obeisance at your lotus feet.

Today is the celebration of your appearance within this world, and it is a time of great rejoicing. We are grateful to Lord Krishna for sending an empowered representative like your good self.

Srila Prabhupada, it’s been a memorable experience working for this great mission of yours. I am grateful to you for your inconceivable mercy and direction.

You and Lord and Krishna have miraculously guided me in my life. There where times, when things didn’t go as per my plan. It was difficult for me to comprehend your plan. At times I was disappointed thinking, “Why Krishna is not helping me?” Now, if I look back, I see that all along, you have been molding me, as per Your divine plan. Let me be grateful for all your inconceivable mercy and guidance.

Srila Prabhupada, keep guiding me, so that I don’t go astray from your instructions and your divine plan. I have no doubt that you have been guiding me and will continue to guide me. My only fear is I should not miss to recognize that and be grateful to you. Let me not get covered to an extent that I start offending you and your devotees, knowingly or unknowingly.

I pray on this day to help me correct my wrong beliefs which are embedded so deep in the mind. Our mindset is caused by what we have been experienced and learnt in this lifetime and experienced over many lifetimes. Our beliefs can be so powerfully embedded that they create a pattern of thinking.Whenever we hear your instructions, the message is first filtered through these belief systems, causing the actual message heard to be distorted. In other words, I may not hear what you instruct; I hear your instructions filtered through my faulty beliefs.

Thank you, Srila Prabhupada, for the wonderful gift of devotional service. Please allow me to remain your servant eternally.

Your humble servant,

Amitasana Dasa

Vice President, ISKCON-Bangalore.