After the morning breakfast Guru Maharaja went to the temple to have darshan
of the Deities and to offer lamps. Rasapriya Gopika dd, our godsister
thoughtfully had brought some roses for Guru Maharaja to offer to Srila
Prabhupada.
Bhaktin Smita has also come from Mira Road, Mumbai to have darshan of Guru
Maharaja. She has been missing Guru Maharaja since he had left Mumbai 6
months ago. She took shelter from Guru Maharaja in January at Bhaktivedanta
Hospital and she regularly used to come to sing for Guru Maharaja while he
was taking his dinner prasad.
After having darshan of the Deities Guru Maharaja went to attend the Mayapur
GBCom and GBC EC meetings. Guru Maharaja attended both the morning and
afternoon sessions.
At 7.00pm, Guru Maharaja was having his dinner. Some Bengali brahmacaris,
Dhanya Nimai prabhu and our godsister, Pujya Visnupriya dd who is a
journalist were singing Hare Krsna mantra for Guru Maharaja. Vrajesvara
Gaura prabhu from Coimbatore was serving and helping Guru Maharaja for his
dinner.
Maha Varaha prabhu wanted to do face therapy after the dinner. Guru Maharaja
seemed really tired and Maha Varaha prabhu asked Guru Maharaja to take rest.
But Guru Maharaja wanted to walk outside his room for a while. As he was
walking, he was trying to read the names printed on the doors of the
different devotees rooms. He cannot read from far distance and also he said
it was a bit blury, still he managed to read the names. When he had made 111
steps he almost reached the end of the pathway and then some devotees
suggested he goes back to his room in the wheel chair as he needs to take
rest but Guru Maharaja decided to walk back to his room. After the meetings
he had already made 220 steps before the dinner.
As he was walking back (with the help of two devotees) Jahnava Mataji from
Taiwan opened the door and she was so surprised to see Guru Maharaja by the
door. Guru Maharaja asked her why she and her husband didn’t come to meet
him as they said they would come to meet him regularly. She had got some flu
and she had asked her husband, Ekacakra prabhu to inform Guru Maharaja. Guru
Maharaja replied, “We have heart to heart connection. Supersoul brought me
to see you. I was looking for your room as you mentioned you are nearby my
room but since there was no name mentioned I didn’t know in which room you
were.” He inquired if she already took medicines or if he should arrange to
bring some medicines. Guru Maharaja anyway asked Maha Varaha prabhu to give
some of his Vitamin C (natural) to her. Guru Maharaja always thinks of
others welfare and cares for them.
Guru Maharaja also was conversing with one other devotee who had come to see
him. She is Kunjarani, a postgraduate in communications. She also does
documentary films. Guru Maharaja remembered her and as well as her
profession. She was surprised of Guru Maharaja’s memory. She is also
aspiring to take initiation from Guru Maharaja. Her parents are devotees and
her uncle and his family in Bahrain are aspiring devotees of Guru Maharaja.
Guru Maharaja had walked in total 440 steps before and after dinner. While
he was waiting for milk we read two letters to him for which he replied
after drinking the milk. I had suggested that he could reply tomorrow but
Guru Maharaja wanted to reply. It was 9.30 pm when Guru Maharaja went to
take rest.
Sometimes the meetings are generally heavy so Guru Maharaja feels relaxed
when he meets with the devotees and hears the letters of the devotees
(positive ones especially). Some kind of balance should be there of course –
his mood, health, time, rest etc.
Your humble servant,
Ratnavali dd