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From Gandharvika Sakhi devi dasi – Russia, Naberezhnye Chelny
Dear Srila Indradyumna Maharaj, please accept my humble obeisances All glories to You, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!Dear Gurudev, let me make my small offering to You and congratulate You on Your Appearance Day. On this beautiful day, when the Lord sent you, His pure devotee, to the Earth planet, all the demigods certainly rejoiced. You have come to help dear Srila Prabhupada with His mission of bringing all souls back to Godhead. For many decades You have devoted Your life to serving Your spiritual teacher and for us, Your disciples, You are an example of complete surrender to Your Guru. I think there is no doubt that You have…
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From Dvija Govinda das – Ukraine, Kyiv
Dear Srila Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to you and Srila Prabhupada!I am trying to follow your personal instruction to me: always writing offerings to you, my Spiritual Master. On this most auspicious day of your Vyasa Puja, I would like to express my gratitude to you for the example of complete surrender to the mission of the spiritual master. You show us an example of uncompromisingly following the path outlined for us by Lord Chaitanya, Lord Nityananda and Srila Prabhupada. You are the embodiment of the principle of anugatya, following the instructions from above. As Srila Prabhupada writes, the…
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From Deva-dharma das, Adi-sundari devi dasi,Shyama-charan das – Ukraine, Odessa
Please accept my obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Praphupada. All glory to you.On this auspicious day of your appearance, I would like to thank you for turning your merciful eyes on me and my family by accepting us into Srila Prabhupada’s family.I am Deva-dharma das now serving during the fighting in my free time I make altars for devotees and go to chanting, my wife Adi-sundari cooks for the deities and tries to feed the Vaishnavas, my son Shyama-charan teaches computer science and receives a second education, he is not subject to conscription , teachers are not called.I’m sorry that I write about…
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From Dana-lakshmi – Russia, Moscow
Dear Srila Gurudeva,Please accept my respectful obeisances!All glories to Srila Prabhupada!I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the love and mercy you show me. This is very valuable to me. Thanks to you, my life has become colorful in Krishna Consciousness. Thank you so much for the wonderful inspiring transcendental diaries that you can listen to and read continuously! Also, I can’t imagine my life without your kirtans and nectar lectures. I miss you very much and hope to meet you soon! Your servant Dana-lakshmi, 15 years19.05.2022 Дана-лакшми Россия, Москва Дорогой Шрила Гурудев! Пожалуйста, примите мои почтительные поклоны! Слава Шриле Прабхупаде!Хочу от всей души поблагодарить…
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From Damodara das – Russia, Karachay-Circassian Republic, Stanitsa Barrier
My dear Srila Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances in the dust at Your lotus feet. All glory to You! All glory to Your spiritual master, his divine grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.This year is special for me, 30 years have passed since I met you for the first time.Many different events have happened in my life. The pain of losses, the joy of small victories. Most of them have been erased from memory witj time, leaving a barely perceptible trace. But the moment I met You for the first time is fresh in my memory like a newly plucked flower.In July 1992, devotees from Vladivostok during their visit…
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From Chanchala Sri devi dasi – Latvia, Riga
Dear Shrila Gurudev, Take my bows.My first encounter with Krishna was about 30 years ago, when I heard you sing a maha mantra.I don’t remember how, but I got a musical cassette tape in my hands where you sang.I could and can listen to your singing for hours and now, thanks to this first meeting, I have been waiting for you all these 30 years, and all because I felt an unspecified connection with you and what you are singing about—Krishna.Music and now painting, this is my language, for the projection of my thoughts and feelings against this world and thanks to you and Krishna, this world has become colorful…
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From Bimal Prasad das, bhakta Boris, Mukhara devi dasi, Adi Rasa devi dasi – Russia, Moscow
Dear Srila Gurudeva,Please, accept our humble obeisances in the dust of Your lotus feet! All Glory to Srila Prabhupada!All Glory to You! All Glory to Guru ISKCON! All Glory to the devotees of Sri Sri Radha-Shyam! Let us congratulate You from the heart with the anniversary of Your arrival in this material world as an eternal servant of Srila Prabhupada and a faithful follower of the parampara of GaudiyaVaishnavas. Great humility is the only reason why You don’t consider Yourself worthy of these honorary titles.But Your actions and way of thinking tell us, Your disciples, the opposite. Since childhood You’ve been looking for the true shelter and meaning of life,…
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From Ananda gopika devi dasi – Russia, Saint Petersburg
Dear Srila Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! On this special day, I would like to glorify You and your example of service to Srila Prabhupada, your beloved spiritual master.Without the grace of the Spiritual Master, any attempts to achieve perfection is faiked.You have become a conduit for Srila Prabhupada’s grace, conveying the message of the Absolute Truth without a distortion, with deep faith and devotion.You set an example of what it means to be a disciple, a disciple means discipline. Despite the pandemic period, you found an opportunity to continue preaching widly, and organized a journey to…
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From Amrita Rasa Lila devi dasi – Russia, Yekaterinburg
Dear Srila Gurudev! Accept my humble obeisances to Your lotus feet! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!The duty of the disciple is to glorify his Spiritual Master on this auspicious day of His appearance. Please accept my awkward attempt to do this. Now I recollect the first timid steps in my spiritual practice.I don’t know by what causeless mercy but in 2020 in the midst of the pandemic you accepted me into your spiritual family through an online ceremony. Three days before the coronavirus knocked me down. I didn’t immediately understand what was going on. All the unpleasant symptoms didn’t let me get out of bed. I couldn’t believe what was…
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From Amiya Vilasa devi dasi – Ukraine, Kyiv
Dear Srila Gurudeva! Please accept my humble obeisances. Today is a very important day and I am happy to have the opportunity to write You an offering and thank You for what You are doing! I saw You for the last time in 2019 on a Polish tour, but during this time I really feel the strength, strong protection and support that You give me in my spiritual life. Your blessings are very strong and I find your mood in association with devotees, especially your disciples. Thank You very much for such a wonderful life in Krishna consciousness and there is no doubt that I want to devote my whole…