LettersWe Are Not the Enjoyers of This World (08/01/12)
LettersYou Will Never Be in Want of Anything (08/13/12)

Words of Solace (08/06/12)

Dear _____,

After our Skype conversation I was reading Śaraṇāgati by Bhaktivinoda and I thought that these two verses may give you some solace in your difficult service.

tomara sevaya, duhkha haya yate
seo ta’ parama sukha
seva-sukha-duhkha, parama sampada
nasaye avidya-duhkha

“All the distress I encounter in Your service is also my greatest happiness. Both the distress and the happiness that come from engagement in Your service are my greatest fortune; they destroy the distress of ignorance.”

purva itihasa, bhulinu sakala,
seva-sukha peye mane
ami ta’ tomara, tupi ta’ amara
ki kaja apara dhane

“Feeling the happiness of Your service in my heart, I have completely forgotten all past history. I am yours, and You are mine. What need is there for any other wealth?”

Gaura Haribol.

LettersWe Are Not the Enjoyers of This World (08/01/12)
LettersYou Will Never Be in Want of Anything (08/13/12)