04/09/2026
Pranam Gurudev. 🙏 Shankaratilaka Swami
Thank you.
For every word.
For every inspiration.
For every revelation.
For every step I have been able to take, following in your footsteps.
Now, as I celebrate another year of life, I look back and understand that growing is not only about accumulating years, experiences or knowledge.
It is also about learning to recognize how much we have received.
Growing older under your shade and with your protection is, for me, a privilege and a constant teaching.
The relationship with a Guru may not always be easy to understand from the outside. It is not simply about admiring someone, nor about surrendering our will to another person. The Guru is the one who confronts us with what we still do not want to see, who reminds us of who we are when we lose our way and, above all, who teaches us to walk with greater humility.
Because the more I learn, the more I understand that I did not get here alone.
There have been many hands, many teachings, many blessings and many footsteps that came before mine.
And perhaps growing is precisely this:
letting go of the idea that everything we are is our own achievement.
Today, I can only feel gratitude.
For life.
For the path.
For the teachings.
For the people who have walked alongside me.
And for you, Gurudev.
Always. Always grateful.
Pranam. 🙏
Thank you GuruSvatantra Chaitanya ji for this beautiful memory
