Gender

Male

Location

Kalyan, Maharashtra

Birthday:

June 16

Name / Initiated name

SUMEET UTEKAR

Daily number of rounds of Hare Krishna mahamantra.

12

When, where and how did you come into contact with the Hare Krishna Movement?

In 2009-10 in Kalyan East, By my tuition uncle: N.S.Parmeshwaran

Name the nearest or most frequently Visited ISKCON temple/ centre and name few of the devotees whom you know.

Iskcon Chowpatty- Sri Sir Radha Gopinath Temple

Please describe yourself so that other like minded devotees can find you.

Respected Gurudev, I offer my respectful obeisance unto your lotus feet. All glories to you. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga. ... I forgot to write vyasa puja offering to You, so kindly accept my apology. So My Dear Guru Maharaj I'm very much pleased and I got a good inspiration when I read your book "The Journey Home." This is one of the best book I ever read. Your book made me very happy and your book helped me to get more closer towards Krsna and towards Srila Prabhupada’s mission, but I have a issue that my parents are not in Krsna consciousness and it's very difficult to perform devotional service. I completes my rounds in garden or somewhere else where I can feel safe to chant. Let it be, it's all Krishna’s mercy. They will be devotees by only if you shower some mercy upon them. Because your mercy is like a ocean of milk. So it’s very important if my Gurudev will shower some mercy upon them, it's my great fortune. One of the examples I read in your book, whereby Google author also pointed out this sentence and I love that sentence. And the sentence is, "Everybody is looking for Happiness but to find your happiness you don't need to change your externally, all you need to do is change your consciousness." This sentence got stucked into my mind forever and I will never forget this sentence because this sentence changed my overall attitude and I became humble than grass. Another Sentence had been stuck to my mind forever and bind around my nerves is, “The open secret of your life is your unconditional love for Kṛṣṇa, Your total surrender to the will of your Guru Mahārāja, your limitless faith in Kṛṣṇa’s holy names, your unwillingness to compromise Lord Chaitanya’s essential teachings, and your inexhaustible compassion for all beings.” “You are teaching us that the highest preaching is simply to love Kṛṣṇa and be His loving puppet. and to dance as He wishes us to dance.” (Taken From Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa Puja Book). So my dear Respected Gurudev thank you very much for inspiring me from your book. I always see you sitting next to me personally as your Journey Home is always with me. During My chanting or Travelling to college or anywhere else. I carry your journey home and BG. I find out very safe when I take your journey home & Bhagvad-gita wherever I Go. As you are searching for one and different(achintya bheda abheda tatva), I'm also searching for same questions few years back & I got my answer with the help of Parmeshwaran Pr who is my tuition uncle. He is used to glorify you unlimitedly that itself made me very inspirable and thereafter I started your book for reading. The book is very inspiring to our modern youth and old people who had forgotten their relationship with Krsna. This Journey Home is one of the best book I ever read in my life. This is the best book. My Dear Respected Gurudev, I always keep your lotus feet's dust on my head. Because I want unlimited mercy from you. So please shower mercy upon me so that this impious soul can become free from material Bondage. Your whole word & whole philosophy is personally motivating me in my personal life & also in My Krsna conscious service or devotional service. My Dear Respected Gurudev, I thank you to being my such an inspirational person in universe in the form of book, you have helped me a lot. Your book gave me chance to become very humble & also your book had made me more closer to you and towards absolute truth. Thank you once again. Yours Insignificant Servant, Sumeet Utekar

What are your expectations from this community?

To Love and To be loved

Describe any specific service you would love to offer to Lord Krishna & His devotees?

Prasadam service