He is With Us at All Times

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I had some health issues recently.  As soon as I came out of the emergency room, suddenly I became very, very alert and I remembered Gurudeva. I had a japa-mālā in my bag and I took it out and began chanting. Though that was an emergency, I did not feel any fear.  

Gurudeva has said, without Vaiṣṇavas' mercy, their remembrance cannot come.  So when Gurudevaa's remembrance came, I felt that mercy was coming to me.

I was able to sleep, I was not feeling any fear or anything.  When I woke up, I immediately started chanting.  Gurudeva was making me feel that he was with me at all times.

-Viśākhā Dāsi, Bangalore



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