Diary of Guru Maharaja - August 31, 2010

Guru Maharaja was invited for a Vaisnava feast at Sulabh Bhojanalaya (Big Kitchen) by one of our Godsister Janani Radha Mataji. She is an elderly lady and a very simple devotee. She always carries Laddu Gopal Deity with her. She is very devoted to Guru Maharaja. She has been collecting donation for two years since the stroke to arrange a feast to all the Mayapur vasis in regards to the full recovery of Guru Maharaja's health. She wanted Guru Maharaja also to take prasad along with other devotees. Since Guru Maharaja has a different diet, eats slowly and the time of his prasad is also early he said he would just visit the devotees.

Janani Radha Mataji had instructed the door keepers to not stop any devotee and to allow every one to take prasad. She didn't want to commit any vaisnava aparad as this feast was arranged for the recovery of Guru Maharaja's health. She was praying to her Gopal for the blessings. Around 1500 to 2000 devotees took prasad and every one seemed to be very happy. In the end Guru Maharaja also came and thanked the devotees for accepting the prasad. Everyone praised Janani Radha Mataji's endeavor to arrange such a big feast which is difficult for a poor lady. It just shows how if someone has a sincere desire to serve Guru and Krsna then nothing is impossible to achieve.

In the evening Guru Maharaja went to the community hall for the Vyasa Puja celebration. Guru Maharaja recollected different memories when Srila Prabhupada was in Mayapur. The local grihasta devotees had made hundreds of preparations for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada.

by Vaikunthapati Das and Ratnavali dd