from Taralaksi Dasi – United States, Alachua

Dear Srila Gurudeva,

Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All Glories to you! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyasa Puja, I want to take the time to sincerely thank you for not only the substantial positive impact that your guidance has had on my own life, but also to acknowledge and honor the profound impact you have had on people around the world.

Through your tireless preaching efforts so many souls have come into contact with Sri Krishna, have fallen in love with Srila Prabhupada’s teachings, and kirtan.

I remember clearly how in 2016 I had enthusiastically joined your Polish tour and was amazed to be witness to the power of the Holy Names through these festivals that you had so expertly organized.

People, many of whom spoke little English, eagerly took up chanting and dancing in the kirtan tent at Woodstock, and on harinam. The prasadam lines, many in number, stretched in long lines across the fields as happy festival attendees eagerly awaited a taste of maha-prasadam each day. Oh what a blessing it was to see!

This and so much more is all possible only through your blessings and tireless guidance. How grateful I am for those blessings! There is so much more that could be said about the amazing and wonderful influence that your guidance has had on my life. Although I lack education on sanskrit verses and cannot claim to be a great writer, what I really want to say on this occasion of your Vyasa Puja is Thank You.

Thank you Srila Gurudeva. For all that you are, for all that you have done, and for that which has yet to come.

Thank you. Happy Birthday!

Your spiritual daughter, Taralaksi Dasi