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From Premavista Dasi – Kazakhstan, Almaty
Dear Srila Gurudev,Please, accept my obeisances to Your lotus feet! Long ago, in 1949, on May 20th You appeared in this world, bringing such a great happiness to Your parents! As for us, this is our greatmercy and luck that You appeared in this world and became our spiritual father.My heart still remembers, and will remember forever, the moments, when You came to Almaty, and I tried to be a good driver for You, or when I was in a very difficult situation, and You called us, thanks to Bhakti Bringa Govinda Swami Maharaja’s mercy. Hearing Your voice, so caring and peaceful, my heart was fulfilled with happiness that we…
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From Nrisimha Smaranam Das – Kazakhstan, Aktobe
Dear Srila Gurudev,Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of Your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to You, Srila Gurudev.On this day of Your Vyasa Puja, I want to express my gratitude. First of all, dear Srila Gurudev, You are an example of the perfect Srila Prabhupada’s servant, who has completely dedicated his life to the mission. Secondly, You are clearly demonstrating how it is possible to glorify and distribute the Holy name for many years throughout the world. We are watching You tirelessly do the grand preaching through festivals, harinams, kirtans, lectures, distributing prasadam in different parts of the world on a…
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From Nila Kamala Dasi – Almaty, Kazakhstan
Dear Gurudev,Please accept my humble obeisances! All Glory to Srila Prabhupada and Guru-parampara. All Glory to you my dear Gurudev.I remember the first time I found out about you. I was presented with a CD with your kirtan. And from that moment on, listening, singing, became necessary for me. It became clear to me that you are my spiritual master. You have allowed me to chant your pranama mantra. Then, I got the initiation, and the beautiful name — Nila Kamala Dasi. Since then, I feel connected with you! You are leading me on the path of Krsna Consciousness! My gratitude to you, my dear Gurudev!O all-merciful Lord! Accept my…
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From Nava Kishori Dasi – Kazakhstan, Almaty
My dear Gurudeva!Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet! I want to congratulate you on your appearance day and I wish you good health, happiness in Krishna Consciousness and long life.By your causeless mercy, dear Gurudeva, I am lucky to practice, and I feel that I am made of your mercy and the mercy of our beloved Srila Prabhupada! What a wonderful knowledge you gave us!Dear Srila Gurudeva, I can see that you are making so much effort in your preaching and I gain so much enthusiasm in following your instructions. I attend the classes at the School of Bhakti (2nd year) and School of…
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From Jayananda Thakur Das – Kazakhstan, Aktobe
Dear Gurudeva,Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Please kindly let me congratulate you on your Vyasa Puja. Let me glorify and thank you.First of all I am grateful to you for your shelter and protection. This is my biggest success, and I will definitely appreciate this causeless mercy of yours.I am very grateful to you for an excellent example of a faithful, strong, enthusiastic and determined disciple of Srila Prabhupada. I am especially inspired by your preaching spirit which is stable and continuous.The enthusiasm and interest in service usually tends to decrease over the years. But it refers only to a conditioned soul like me. But…
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From Govardhan Krishna Das – Kazakhstan, Kentau
Dear Srila Indradyumna Swami Maharaja,Please accept my most humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to you! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!Bhagavad-gita 16.1 lists the divine qualities of holy people, and fearlessness is the first quality among them. Being a spiritual warrior of Srila Prabhupada, you preach fearlessly in Poland, in the Amazon jungles, you preach to the indigenous tribes in Kwazulu-Natal, on the island of Mauritius, in New Caledonia, in Siberia, in Bosnia, Herzegovina, in Indonesia, risking your health and life. You organize pilgrimages to holy places and webinars on the Internet. In the place where you appear with a team of devotees, people hear…
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From Candrika Madhavi Dasi – Kazakhstan, Almaty
Dear Srila Gurudeva,Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!On this most auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to you. I got acquainted to you, dear Srila Gurudeva, in February 2010, when I first met the devotees. By their mercy I had a chance to listen to some amazing kirtans; so one day I heard the voice, whose owner changed my whole life; that was you singing. From that moment I had been praying to meet you as soon as possible, dear Srila Gurudeva. And only in April 2016 by your causeless mercy we met in Almaty…
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From Ananda Gopi Dasi – Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan
mantra-guru āra yata śikṣā-guru-gaṇa tāṅhāra caraṇa āge kariye vandana[Chaitanya Charitamrita, Adi-lila, 1.35] Dear Srila Gurudev,All glories to you. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.According to the shastras, on this auspicious day it is said to praise the spiritual teacher in spirit of devout reverence. Allow meto express my gratitude to you. Vedas say, it is impossible to ever repay the spiritual master entirely for all the mercy he pours onto his disciples. Thank you for all the love and care for us, your disciples.Being at such an advanced age you render so much service to Srila Prabhupada: worldwide preaching, supporting initiated disciples, accepting new ones and candidates, helping God brothers, leading…
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From Dina Dayal Das – Ireland, Dublin
Dear Srila Gurudeva,Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your divine grace!Please allow me to congratulate you and thank you on this most blessed day of your Vyasa Puja. Eighteen years have passed since our guru- disciple connection was officially formed. Hopefully you have observed at least some degree of improvement and progress in this aspiring disciple throughout these years.Since a guru-disciple relationship is a two-way street, I similarly had a chance to discover your various transcendental characteristics as a bona fide spiritual master. Over the past two decades I saw you manifesting those rare qualities exhibited by saintly…
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From bhaktin Ekta Sharma – India, Bangalore
Dear Srila Gurudeva,Hare Krsna! Jai Srila Prabhupada! Kindly accept my humble obeisances to your lotus feet.First of all, I want to wish you a very happy Appearance day and a happy Vyasа Puja. Srila Gurudeva, I was wondering like a blind before meeting you, and I was in the darkness of my grief, which was making me very weak and mentally disturbed, too. I did not know anything, and the whole situation was hindering my bhakti also, but the day when I met you at your house in Vrindavan and told you everything about myself, I got a bit relieved, though I still was nervous whether you would accept me…