The 27th August 2024 marked the 128th anniversary of Shrila Prabhupada's divine appearance, and the B.L.I.S.S devotees celebrated by writing and
reciting offerings to him.
Bhaktin Heidha:
Dear Shrila Prabhupada, I am struggling to write something which is nice enough to offer to you. I want to glorify you, but I unfortunately have no love and no devotion to you and I am afraid that any words emerging from my wretched tongue can only cause offence to your lotus ears. I can only thank you for your causeless mercy, and I cannot thank you enough. I am eternally indebted to you, for you have given me life.
Shrila Prabhupada, I am most unqualified to carry out your mission, but somehow you have allowed such a wretched soul as me to join this sublime movement. How merciful you are. O spiritual master of the universe! This inconsiderable soul prays only for your mercy. When will the day come when you accept me as an atom of dust beneath your lotus feet?
I have nothing to offer to you. No love, and no devotion. So please, take my mind! Take my body! I beg of you! For they are of no use under the counsel of my ungodly self. My hands wish to always touch your lotus feet, my feet wish to always jump for you in ecstasy, my tongue wishes to only sing of your glories, my eyes wish to read only your literature, and my ears wish to always hear your divine instruction. But such a wicked soul as myself is incapable of fulfilling these desires. You are a desire tree, so please fulfil my soul’s innermost desire and accept me as an instrument in your lotus hands.
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