My dear , today all over the world people are celebrating the appearance day of Lord Jesus Christ. For me also his appearance day is worshipable. Srila Prabhupada describes him as follows: "We accept him as a śaktyāveśa avatāra, a living entity especially powered from God."
In 1971 I was a young spiritual seeker trying to figure out how to become self-realized. I knew that Jesus was a great self-realized soul. By studying the Bible every morning I was trying to figure out what was his secret so I could become like him, fully self-realized. One day I found it! He says, "Father, not my will, but Thy will be done." I then understood that my perfection would be to do what God wanted me to do, not what I wanted to do.
So I prayed every day, "Dear God, please guide me how I can become your perfect servant."
Shortly thereafter Krishna answered my prayers by sending His Holiness Vishnujana Swami to Austin to establish an ISKCON center here. By associating with him, hearing from him, and serving him I understood that the perfection of my existence would be to fully surrender to Krishna by becoming the eternal disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja. I was accepted by Srila Prabhupada as his disciple on 12 August 1971 in a letter he wrote me from
London. In a follow up letter that he wrote me on 7 September 1971 from London he gave me unlimited encouragement by the following words:
"I can see also that you are a very sincere and enthusiastic boy and are anxious for spreading this movement. Those are first class qualifications for making advancement in Krishna Consciousness. So continue enthusiastically as you are doing and Krishna will surely bless you
So I have Lord Jesus to thank for helping me get the most sublime and wonderful shelter of the lotus feet of my beloved spiritual master, His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.
