from bhaktin Kristina Badyuk

Dear Guru Maharaj!

Hare Krsna! Accept my humble obeisances in the dust of Your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. With all my heart, please accept my congratulations on the day of Your Vyasa Puja. I am happy that I
can join all Your disciples’ congratulations.

The birth of a devotee is like a sunrise in the east. I glorify Your birth! For Krsna to appear in our heart, at first we have to open it to the spiritual master. I wish that Your disciples’ hearts will always be filled with love for You and for Krsna. May Your devotion to the Lord illuminate their path to human hearts and to the spiritual world.

All of us have spent many of our lives searching something surprising, happiness, love, searching for knowledge of the reason we exist for. It is a great fortune that the fate gave us an opportunity to come in contact with such a person like You, a self-aware soul, in this life. You have received this awareness from Your spiritual master and generously share it with thousands of Your disciples. For me, You are a perfect example of selfless service to Vaisnavas. They say that disciples are chosen in advance and random people can not come to the master, therefore our whole life is a preparation to this meeting.

My meeting with You is a blessing. It happened in 2005 at the Bhakti Sangama festival. You went into the festival cafe surrounded by Your disciples. At that time I was at the prasadam distribution. The whole cafe was completely filled with devotees, but You turned directly to me. I got numb from such suddenness. After a short communication with You surrounded by many devotees and one instruction given to me that day I have realized that it was not accidental. I am infinitely grateful to Krsna for meeting with You.

Changes in spiritual life occur in our heart. It is the place where desires appear and where these desires go.I wish for you to have only one desire in Your heart — the desire for deep love for the Divine Couple. May Krsna send You strong health, strength and energy. After all, they are very necessary for You in Your mission, assigned by Your exalted spiritual master. I wish You to achieve all planned goals in this material and spiritual world.

Two natures live in our hearts. I wish the spiritual nature to prevail in the hearts of Your disciples and in my heart. Dear Gurudev, bless all of us to fulfill this desire. Thank You so much for Your love and care shown in lectures, books and festival tours. May Lord Krsna And Srimati Radhika protect You and remove all obstacles from Your path!

Your servant, hoping to become Your disciple, bhaktin Kristina Badyuk