From Vinodavani dasi – Russia, Kaliningrad

Dear Gurudev,
Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of Your lotus feet.
I am grateful to you for constantly reminding us, that the material world is not our home and that our goal is to return to the spiritual world. Thank you, that is not only words for you, but the core of your life. I am so glad that my Gurudev constantly holds in front of me this lofty goal to return to our true home and that he says, that this goal is achievable and that we should go towards it.
I am grateful to you, that you lead us by example. Your words which you said to one of your disciples help me a lot. You told her “You were born not to be a mother, sorry, but you were born to end this material existence. That is the reason for your birth”. I took these words as spoken to me. I often recall these words and think “I was born not to be a wife, or a mother, or someone else. I took birth to return to the spiritual world. This is the reason for my birth”. These words help me a lot. Thank you for being told these words.
I wish Krishna gives you many productive years in this life in Krishna Consciousness, so that you continue to keep this goal in front of me and continue to remind me that it’s what I live for.
Thank you that you inspire us for so long time, in particular me, for the service to Krishna.
Your disciple, Vinodavani dasi