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From bhaktin Elena Apsina – Russia, Yekaterinburg
Hare Krishna! Please accept my obeisances, dear Guru Maharaj. In the dust of your lotus feet. All glory to Srila Prabhupada! All glory to you!On this day of your Vyasa Puja, I want to express my gratitude for the inspiration you share in your diaries. I admire your determination to follow Srila Prabhupada’s precepts despite all the difficulties and obstacles (especially in organizing the Polish tour) and I am very eager to learn to follow your precepts and participate in Srila Prabhupada’s mission with the same determination.Dear Gurudev, thank you for your lectures and kirtans that immerse me very quickly in the spiritual atmosphere. Listening to your lectures on the…
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From Kunja Priya Devi Dasi – India, Bengaluru
Hare Krishna.Dear respected Srila Gurudev,Please accept my humblest obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to you. All glories to all vaishnava devotees of the Lord.I am so happy to be writing this epistle to you. I pray on the special day of your vyasa pooja Lord Sri Nrsimha, Radha Damodara to bestow you with good health. Born in this material world, being a conditioned soul, being in the clutches of maya, forgetting my super father –The Supreme Personality of Godhead ,I was leading an abominable life. Thanks to Lord Krishna and other vaishnava devotees as well as your disciples who showed me a torch…
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From Vilasa Manjari – Australia, Sydney
Dearest Srila Gurudeva,Happy birthday! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.In the past few months, I’ve been meditating on your words in a homage you wrote to Srila Prabhupada in the late eighties. It was the first homage that I heard from you, it touched my heart then and I’ve always remembered it when I’m faced with challenges. It’s so simple and heartfelt and it always brings into my mind a picture of your genuine love and dedication to serving the mission of Srila Prabhupada. This missionary spirit and your faith in the holy name, has carried you through seemingly insurmountable obstacles and I believe this spirit…
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From Kunja Priya Devi Dasi, India, Bengaluru
Hare Krishna.Dear respected Srila Gurudev,Please accept my humblest obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to you. All glories to all vaishnava devotees of the Lord.I am so happy to be writing this epistle to you. I pray on the special day of your vyasa pooja Lord Sri Nrsimha, Radha Damodara to bestow you with good health. Born in this material world, being a conditioned soul, being in the clutches of maya, forgetting my super father –The Supreme Personality of Godhead ,I was leading an abominable life. Thanks to Lord Krishna and other vaishnava devotees as well as your disciples who showed me a torch…
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From Bhakta Raghunath, South Africa
Hare Krishna Guru MaharajPlease accept my humble obeisances. All glories to His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.Happy Vyasa Puja Guru Maharaj.We miss you in South Africa… Your rocking kirtans and warm hugs.I loved your classes on the Lord’s Paraphernalia.. It was amazing.I recall the wonderful talk we had about going to space to preach. Perhaps we can ask NASA to take up some of Srila Prabhupada’s books for us on their next mission!You make me feel spiritually safe -Thank you for that.With gratitude and love from Bhakta Raghunath.
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From Sundari Kishori devi dasi – Ukraine, Kharkiv
Hare Krishna!All glory to Srila Prabhupada! Please accept my humble obeisances.I would like to thank you, my spiritual master, for always saving me by helping me in every hour of my life.Your grace is incredibly important to me, as I alone would not have been able to withstand the difficulties and temptations of this world. Even in the worst moments of life, when war covers the world with terror, I feel complete peace of mind knowing that Krishna’s hand is protecting me, and I have received this protection through your mercy.Every day I pray to Krishna to enable me to remember Him in all circumstances. The repetition of the Maha…
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From bhaktin Radha – Mauritius
Dear Maharaja,Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to you on this auspicious day of your VyasaPuja. I offer my obesiences towards you again and again.On this very auspicious day I would like to thank you for all the mercy you have bestowed upon me by accepting me as your aspiring disciple. I take this great opportunity to glorify you for your Vyasa Puja for my own purification and pleasure.I was praying to Srimati Radharani that I want to get your darshan and more association from you. As, an answer of my prayer Srimati Radharani gave me an wonderful opportunity to see you that was…
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From Radha kripa dasi – Belarus, Minsk
Srila Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances.All glories to Srila Prabhupada.All glories to Vyasa-puja celebration.“Unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master, all the imports of Vedic knowledge are automatically revealed”Svetashvatara Upanishad 6.23ear Srila Gurudeva, Thank you for saving me from ocean of death, and please accept this offering to your Vyasa-puja.I am inspired by your holy activities and very gratefull for your preaching, organizing festivals, cooperating with Vrindavan Research Institute and many other services to Srila Prabhupada.Your attachment and feelings toward Srila Prabhupada melts my heart. For me is very essential to see this emotional connection, because thus I can see…
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From Nandisvara das
Dear Srila Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisance at the dust of your lotus feet.All glories to the Srila Prabhupada.I’m so grateful to you and Srila Prabhupada, that we get opportunity to glorify such a exalted personality as you are. In some previous times we thought that in due course of time , it would be naturally that we follow your footsteps by traveling and preaching around, making festivals, making devotees and be blissful.But, we find out that even in small amount, small dose of it, that’s a task which requires tremendous energy and constant enthusiasm. For just a small dose of it.What to say about being fully engaged, throughout…
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From Sri Nrsimha Das
Hare Krishna dear Srila Gurudeva!Please accept my obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!Two years ago, You accepted my wife and me as disciples, and during these two years there have been many amazing realizations and great upheavals. Revelations and insights.Often at Your Vyasa Pujas You said that disciple to the next Vyasa Puja should offer the spiritual teacher his heart cleansed of some anarthas. And this will be the best offering.Therefore, You say that if the goal is set, it is achievable.I would very much like to say that I have freed myself from some unfavorable things in these two years, but unfortunately I cannot say that. These two years…