From Karunika dasi – New Zealand, Christchurch

Dear Srila Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
All glories to you, dear master.
Transformation
Wave-chasing California golden boy,
duty bound to Uncle Sam’s plan,
intrigued by ‘The Revolution ‘s promise of love and peace……
but WHERE?
Four bamboo sticks would point THERE
to the Divine Adventure as servant of
the sublime master Srila Prabhupada
in the Golden Avatar’s ranks
on the streets of Kaliyuga.
Holy Names echoing endlessly,
books in everyone’s hands.
Blessed to conquer Europe…
France, Italy, Spain, England,
‘So much endeavor in this material world…..
A fork in the road, ‘the one less traveled by’,
entering Nrsinghadeva’s protection in saffron.
A disaster explodes!
New direction unfolds: The world cries out for mercy!
Africa, Amazon, Australasia,
Iron curtain, POLAND!
‘The Greatest Show On Earth’ begins,
thirty-two years and counting…
hundreds of thousands of rescued souls, both the servants and the served.
One young Russian heart petitioned,
Back to Vrindavan!
Parikrama! Inviting willing souls
to purification traversing Cintamani sands.
STOP!
The world locked down!
Vraja’s undaunted scholar quelling the world’s fear and anxiety by revealing eternal shelter in the celestial secrets infused with love and knowledge….. To this very day!❤️
Thank you, Srila Gurudeva
On the glorious day of your appearance I pray that one day I will be able to adequately glorify you, who does what no one else can.
“I desire to purify with the dust of the lotus feet of My devotees the material worlds, which are situated within Me. Thus, I always follow the footsteps of My pure devotees, who are free from all personal desire, rapt in thought of My pastimes, peaceful, without any feelings of enmity, and of equal disposition everywhere.”. SB 11.14.16
Thank you for keeping me on the path,
Your servant forever, Karunika dasi