from bhaktin Maria Perun – Ukraine, Cherkassy

Dear Srila Gurudev,

Please accept, my humble obeisances in the dust of Your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I am only chanting Your pranama-mantra. But still, on this great day I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to You. Thank You, dear Gurudev, for having found me in the midst of the fire of this material existence. Although I have not yet fully realized this, but You are graciously giving me Your refuge and protection. All glories to You!

You saved me and continue to do so day after day. Your lectures are a reality in which one wants to be every day. And this quarantine gave such an opportunity. For me, this is a blessed quarantine, thanks to Your broadcasts. I want to be honest, sometimes I do not listen to them, but I am getting here. All glories to You!

I am inspired to become better than I was yesterday, to change, when I look at You, at Your example, at how You communicate and preach. I want to be like You! All glories to You!

In Your recent lecture You said that the best compliment for a devotee is when some call him “a man of Prabhupada”. At that moment, I realized who could be called that. Listening to Your lectures, it can be easily understood. You are a man of Prabhupada. You are constantly glorifying Srila Prabhupada. All Your successful endeavors You connect with Srila Prabhupada, who is dear to Your heart. All that You do, You do it for him. All glories to You! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

You are absolutely amazingly touching people’s hearts by simply telling them about Krsna. So simple and sublime! A couple of days ago I watched a video- interview with You on a YouTube channel. You were asked where to find happiness. And You spoke about chanting God’s names, and that there is no happiness in this world. It was so inspiring! In the comments under this video, one man said that he bursted into tears while listening to You. He called You an “honorable person”. And it is the truth. And this is just one case. In fact, there are many such people. Your love for Krsna, for Srila Prabhupada is so attractive. All glories to You! All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Just by looking at Your attraction and faith in chanting the Holy Names, I also gain faith in this sublime process. Thank You!

Listening to and watching video-parikramas with You from the Holy Dham, my desire to visit it is rising, and desire to dance for the Lord and glorify Him, as You do there with many devotees, is also rising. All glories to You!

Thank You for dedicating Your whole life to spreading the message of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! Your whole life inspires me to follow this path. All glories to You! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I am so happy that You have become a father-like figure to me. And I hope, that soon it will become reality through the initiation, by Your causeless mercy.

I wish You, from the bottom of my heart, good health and many, many, many more years of spreading the mission of Srila Prabhupada! Hare Krsna!

Your servant, bhaktin Maria