Vyasa Puja Offering by Ameyatma dasa (2013)

VyasPuja Offering : 2013

My Dear Srīla Prabhupād - All Glories, All Glories, All Glories to Your Toes.  
Each and every one of them.

Many decades ago, in the fall of 1980, my dear Srīla Prabhupād, you appeared to me in a dream.  That dream was more real than this world.  It has been decades, but, I will never forget what you told me.  You gave me an instruction which you wanted me pass on to your followers. 

Ashamedly, I've never done much to complete that task.  

As Lord Sri Krishna told Rukmini, 'Better late than never'. 

I won't relate the whole dream here, but, for the benefit of others I will share the instruction you gave.  At the end of the dream I blurted out, 'Srīla Prabhupād, I just want to serve your Lotus Feet'. 

In the dream as I blurted this out, I went falling toward your feet.  As I looked up, you were looking down and said,

"Yes.  Which one?"

'Which one?', I thought, 'Oh no, I have to decide which foot to serve'.   I placed one of your feet on my lap and began massaging.  Such Divine Bliss.   But, then I became a little disturbed by what I thought was some blemish.  In my mind I told myself any defects in the body of a pure devotee are like dark spots on the moon, they simply add to the beauty.  Or like froth floating in the Ganges, one must brush it aside and take the purifying water.  But, my mind continued to be disturbed.  I became distraught and looked up at you.  You compassionately told me, "That's all right.  Massage the other foot", as you withdrew that foot and placed the other on my lap. 

I massaged from the heel to the toes, and never again did my mind disturb me.  I began massaging this toe, the next, the next, from small to large and back again.  After some time I found this one toe that just seemed so wonderful.  I really liked massaging that toe and kept coming back to that toe.  I felt like I could serve that toe for the rest of my life, it just made me happy to be in the association of that toe. 

But, I thought, what will you think, Srīla Prabhupād, if I mostly massaged just this one toe?

Thinking like this, I looked up, and suddenly your form towered into the sky, and looking down, you told me,

"Yes, my disciples are like my toes.  It doesn't matter which one you serve.  Simply find the toe you like the best and serve that one."

Just then my sleep broke and you again departed from my presence.  But, as I woke I understood that you wanted me to tell everyone about this dream.  

The message was that Each and Every One of your disciples is like one of your Transcendental Toes.  It doesn't matter if it's a Big, Big GBC or sannyasi toe-like disciple or the littlest toe-like disciple, Srīla Prabhupād wants everyone to know that He loves ALL His toes the same.  He loves all his disciples the same.  Srīla Prabhupād has no favorite toes. He has no favorite disciple. All of His Toes, and all his disciples, are worthy of our greatest and most sincere respects. 

Anyone who wants to serve your Lotus Feet, Srīla Prabhupād, must offer their respects to all of the toes of your feet, and must never think badly about any one of your toes.  

Please, accept my apologies Srīla Prabhupād, for taking so long to deliver this message to your followers.  

Somehow or other, please forgive whatever offenses I may have committed to any one of your toes. 

By your compassion and mercy you taught me that if I really want to serve you, if I really want to serve and please your Lotus Feet, than I must try and serve and please your toes.  How can we win your favor if we become disrespectful to even one of your toes?

So, on this most glorious of days, let me offer my full obeisances to all of your wonderful and glorious toe-like disciples.  

Only when I can finally serve all of your toes, only then can I actually serve your Lotus Feet. 

Only when I can get the mercy of all your toes, only then can I actually get the mercy of your Lotus Feet.  

So, again, Srīla Prabhupād:

All Glories to All Your 1,000's and 1,000's of Toes.    Each and Every One.   From the Biggest of the Big Toes, to the littlest of the little Toes.  All of Your Toes are worthy of my respect. I am not worthy of their dust.

Aspiring to someday become a most humble and worthy servant of all of Srīla Prabhupād's toes.  

Ameyātmā das