from Syamesvari Prema Dasi – United States, Tulsa

Dear Srila Gurudeva,

This is your insignificant disciple from New Jersey writing you from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Please accept this offering on this auspicious day of your Vyasa Puja. I would be lost without you!

S is for the significance you give our lives
R for the rays of the benediction moon, Lord Caitanya, you shed into our hearts
I is for the icicles of lust anger and greed you melt with your love L for your loyalty to your devotees and disciples
A is for the ample opportunities you give us to fall in love with Krishna over and over again
G for your gestures in devotional service which serve as examples for how to advance in devotional life
U is for your uncanny preaching stories that fill our minds with excitement and awe of Krishna’s mercy working through you
R for the respect you give to all
U is for your upbeat kirtans that send us all ecstatically to the spiritual world, even those who may generally be lukewarm to kirtan
D for your divine spirit, potent and inexplicable
E is for your eloquent speech, truth spoken concisely
V for your vehement attempts to free as many souls as you can toss back into the ocean of Gaura-prema
… and
A is for A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada your lord and master, whose grace gives life to your every breath

I humbly pray to remain eternally at your lotus feet.

Gratefully yours, Syamesvari Prema Dasi