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From Sri Kunda-Valli Sakhi – Australia, Melbourne
Dearest Gurudev,Happiest Birthday to you today. Such a glorious day for such a glorious and wonderful person.This year has been an intense year for me where I’ve gone through some difficult stages of my life but through your mercy I’ve continued to carry on. My sadhana has been tested in many ways and I know I’ve come out stronger than ever. I am slowly understanding that being initiated is not easy and it doesn’t get easier. It is a constant reminder that we need to constantly be surrendering to krishna. Thankyou for always holding on to me dear gurudev even when I feel I am breaking apart. Thankyou for teaching…
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from Kundalatika Dasi – Belarus, Vitebsk
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! I am glad to wish you a happy birthday! Your birthday is like a New Year eve to me. Thanks to the devotees for the amazing opportunity to personally congratulate you! Everything is possible by the mercy of the devotees! By the mercy of the spiritual master, our eyes are opened and the darkness is scattered away by the rays of knowledge. It is said that spiritual masters are asked only about spiritual development. But I am sure that the guru can reply all the questions. And the answers come mystically.…
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From Bhakti Rasayana Sagarа Swami
Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet on this auspicious occasion of your 73rd Vyasa Puja celebration. All glories to SrilaPrabhupada! This is the day when we have an opportunity to reflect on your mercy, which I definitely received in abundance. I remember we’ve discussed sometime back my desire to give time and attention to the Western preaching, since there is not much happening there in terms of Krishna Conscious development. You told me that I can preach in the US and you will preach in Russia. And it was happening for few years until the pandemic changed everything. I asked you for advice on…
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From Hema Gauri Dasi – Belarus, Minsk
My dear Spiritual master, Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glory to you on this auspicious day of your Vyasa Puja! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to guru-parampara! I am infinitely grateful to Krishna and Srila Prabhupada for meeting you. Dear Srila Gurudeva, thank you for accepting me as your disciple. By your own example, you inspire and lead me on the path of devotional service. Being a disciple and faithful servant of Srila Prabhupada, you follow his instructions with faith, determination and love. Therefore you show us how to practice the spiritual principles and what devotion in the…
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From Kumari-radha dasi – Russia, Kovrov town
Kumari-radha dasi Kovrov, Russia Hare Krishna. Dear Srila Gurudeva. Please accept my obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glory to Sri Guru Sri Gauranga! All glory to Srila Prabhupada! Let me humbly express my boundless gratitude to you for the mercy that you so generously pour out on me in this life. It is impossible to overestimate the importance of the presence of a spiritual teacher for a person following the path of spiritual development. By the grace of the spiritual master the fortunate conditioned soul receives the seed of devotional service in the form of invaluable instructions in the practice of bhakti. And at the same…
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From Malini devi dasi -Moldova, Kishinev city
Malini devi dasi Moldova, Kishinev city Dear Srila Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glory to Srila Prabhupada. All glory to you, dear Srila Gurudeva. On this auspicious day of your appearance, let me express my gratitude, respect and glorify your wonderful qualities that inspire me, delight me and give me hope that such qualities can be developed to the maximum simply by following the instructions of someone who possesses them. Having been born in this world, for the most part, we follow in the footsteps of our parents, we should study at school, get an education, a profession, we should start…
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from Rasa Vallari dasi -Russia, Saint-Petersburg
Rasa Vallari dasi Russia, Saint-Petersburg Hare Krishna, dear spiritual master Indradyumna Swami. Please accept my obeisance! All glory to Srila Prabhupada, Guru ISKCON and all the devotees. On this significant day of your Vyasa Puja, let me express my gratitude to you. By your grace, such a large number of lost souls take refuge at the feet of Srila Prabhupada, Sri Krishna. I am very happy to have such a unique opportunity too. Exactly a year has passed since you accepted me as your student. I feel very grateful to you for this. I feel more and more the importance and value of this moment every day, as if spiritual…