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From Krida Kavani Devi Dasi – Germany
Dear Srila Gurudeva, please allow me to offer my obeisances to you in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! On this happy Day of your Appearance, I can not stop thanking the Lord for giving me the opportunity to have your association and to render some service to you. Where would I be and how much would I suffer, if it were not the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and your sensitive and patient spiritual guidance! Firmly convinced I can say that during the last year I became even more determined to follow your instructions. This year I had the opportunity to serve you personally on…
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From Anastasia Pilipenko – Ukraine
Dear Srila Gurudeva,Please, accept my humble obeissances in the dust of Your Lotus Feet!All glories to Srila Prabhupada!Dear Srila Gurudeva, it is with great joy that I wait for Your upcoming Vyasa Puja. This day is very happy and important. I admire your devotion to Your Spiritual Master. I admire Your many years service to him. When reading your diaries over and over your with my spiritual sisters, we are always sincerely happy to hear about the miracles that happen to you and sad about the difficulties you encounter. But you always and in everything see Krishna ‘s mercy and bravely continue your way. I liked very much how you…
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From Devotees – Lithuania, Vilnius
Dear Srila Gurudeva, please allow me to offer my obeisances to you in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! On this happy Day of your Appearance, I can not stop thanking the Lord for giving me the opportunity to have your association and to render some service to you. Where would I be and how much would I suffer, if it were not the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and your sensitive and patient spiritual guidance! Firmly convinced I can say that during the last year I became even more determined to follow your instructions. This year I had the opportunity to serve you personally on…
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From Radha Kanta Priya Devi Dasi and Acarya-ratna Das – Latvia, Riga
Hare Krishna dear Srila Gurudeva, please accept our humble obeisances! We heartily congratulate you on your Appearance day and thank you for all the love and mercy that you are shedding on us! If I used to think, How can a Guru serve me so that I can progress on the spiritual path?””, now there is more and more understanding and desire – how can I serve my dear Spiritual Teacher in His mission and satisfy Him? Recently we had a dream with you, where you said that you need to do everything – together! We try to follow this instruction and be a good married couple, we read Srila…
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From Sri Chaitanya Das – Moldova, Tiraspol
Dear Srila Gurudev, please accept Our Obeisances All Glory to Srila Prabhupada, Sri Sri Guru Parampara and Eternal Guru Tattva. This is a collective offering from your servants united by the Mission of Lord Chaitanya. Sri Chaitanya Das, wife of Braja Kshori, daughter of Yamuna Priya, Saraswati Priya, Prem Kirtana, Krishnaveni, Vrindavana Priya. Srimad-bhagavatam 11.22.10. anādy-avidyā-yuktasya. puruṣasyātma-vedanam svato na sambhavād anyas. tattva-jño jñāna-do bhavet. The soul, which has been covered by the darkness of ignorance since time immemorial, cannot understand itself by its own strength, and therefore it needs someone else who can actually know the Absolute Truth and can give it this knowledge. You are exactly the messenger who…
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From Satkirti Das – Latvia, Riga
Dear Srila Gurudev, please accept my most humble obeisances! All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga! all glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to our effulgent Rupanuga Gaudiya Guru Varga, who comes from Lord Brahma himself! My obeisances to the senior Vaishnavas and all the devotees. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura has pointed out that the original cause of offending the Lord and falling down from one’s position is one’s not learning how to properly worship a bona fide spiritual master. One who is trained to offer respectful obeisances and worship to the bona fide spiritual master automatically offers proper worship to the Supreme Lord. Without the mercy of a bona…
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From Sundari Keli Devi Dasi – Ukraine, Dnipro
Hare Krishna, dear Srila Gurudev. Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada.In this auspicious day I would like to thank You for guidance through this not easy year. I feel Your presence in every event that is happening. Your mercy manifests itself through different hardships. When the war started I didn’t understand that. I felt like I was left behind. But then when the Polish tour started, I understood that this festival is taking place only because of Your unconditional love for Your disciples. This love exchange can not leave anybody indifferent. I am proud that I was part of the tour. And with Your blessings I…
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From Gunavati Devi Dasi – Ukraine, Chertkov
Dear Srila Gurudev, please, accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! On the day of your Vyasa-Puja I offer you myboundless gratitude for another year spent in your service. I was lucky enough to serve with my other God-brothers and God-sisters during the Polish Tour last year and to be very inspired by your courageous preaching at festivals, the professionalism and talent of the devotees who organize and conduct theseincredible events, the cooperation and friendliness reigning in the family of the devotees and by incredible gratitude and attention from the people who attend your festivals. Those were the happiest days of…
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From Vishnupriya Devi Dasi and Damodara Das – Ukraine, Kharkov
Hare Krishna! Dear Srila Gurudev, please accept my humble obeisances! Allow me to congratulate you on the day of your appearance! Let me express infinite gratitude for meeting you! Damodara Prabhu and I continue our spiritual practice and devotional service, living in a village in the Caucasus and trying to inspire new devotees. I serve at the temple on festivals to the Deities, while Damodara gives lectures. We always remember you with love and eagerly await the opportunity to meet you again! I deeply miss the Polish Tour and all the dear devotees of the tour, with whom I had the fortune to serve together once! I am very concerned…
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From Damodara Ananda Das – Ukraine, Kharkov
Hare Krishna, dear Srila Gurudeva! Please Accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! The war in Ukraine has been going on for more than a year. This is a difficult and difficult time. I am with my parents: my father and mother live just in the city of Kharkov, in the Northern Saltovka, one of the most dangerous areas at the beginning of the war. It is difficult to put into words what we experienced during the first 10 days of the war: these are constant bombings, fear and tension, fear for their lives, the lives of relatives, friends, and friends.…