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From Govinda Rupini Dasi – Thailand, Phuket
Dear Srila GururdevaPlease, accept my humble obeisances. All glory to you. All glory to Srila Prabhupada.I would like to say thank you again and again. Huge-huge.You put so much effort to take care of us, your disciples, You are about literally every disciple and his\her spiritual path.I would like to say thank You for Your preaching. Of how brave and energized You are for searching for new opportunities and prospective to spread the Lord Chaitanya movement. That means, that so many people will get Your and Krishna’s mercy, and so many disciples will get the honor and Your mercy to help you in that and to be part of THAT…
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From Shyamalika Sevika devi dasi
Dear Srila Gurudev, please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to you, all glories to Srila Prabhupada.On this auspicious day of you Vyasa-puja, I would like to express a few words of gratitude, although in fact no words would be enough to thank you for all the mercy you gave me.To you are my obeisancesIn the dust of your lotus feet.With folded hands I’m simply standing,Eagerly waiting you to greet.You dedicated your entire lifeTo the mission of your master.And by preaching you’re helping youTo Lord’s abode achieve much faster.You know exactly what’s in heartOf to you surrendered souls.You always land your gracious hand,Helping…
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From Kamala Sita dasi – Germany, Goloka Dhama
Dearest Srila GurudevaPlease accept my humble obeisances to your lotus feet. All glories to you, all glories to Srila Prabhupada.Last year I wrote to you about my thoughts on vani and the different fathers I had in my life. I wrote that I had three fathers: you, Kadamba Kanana Swami and my biological father. Since then, both my dad and Kadamba Kanana Swami have left their bodies.The passing away of my father on 19 December 2022 has been the most profound experience of my life thus far, even more so than my wedding. So, this year I would like to dedicate my offering to you by telling you how much…
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From Caitanya Bhav Das – Australia, Melbourne
Other side of Srila Narottam Das ThakuraSrila Gurudev I have still remembered that dayWhen I heard from you about Tamal Krishna maharajAnd you were sharing how TKG shared vraj pastimes with you in a room,Jokingly you told you were dosingBut, What I have been seeing now, doesn’t allow me to trust it.The few lectures shared by TKG maharaj have been expanded by you into a long YT list.All this came into my life when I was living in the spiritually deserted western city,Cities full of car, truck and online stream, seeing few people on streetsI thought the west is more advance materially with big buildings, beaches, industries andYes, it isBut…
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From Vedavati devi dasi – New Zealand, Tauranga
Dear Srila Gurudeva,Please accept my most humble obeisances on this glorious occasion of your appearance.namo om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhu-talesrimate indradyumna-swamin it naminenamah Prabhupada-priya dasaya Jagannatha yatrananda murtayebhakta-sukhaya krsnokirtanena narasimhena raksitaya namah“I offer my repeated obeisances unto His Divine Grace Indradyumna Swami, who is a very dear servant of Srila Prabhupada, for he is the ecstasy of the Ratha-Yatra festival. He makes the devotees blissful by his rousing Krishna kirtan and he is always protected by Lord Nrsimhadeva.”Hare Krishna! I have been meditating on this vyasa puja homage for months, and just a couple of days ago I finally had the realization of who you really are – as it says…
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From Prema-mayi Radha Dasi – New Zealand, Auckland
Hare Krishna Srila Gurudeva! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, and all glories to you!Dear Gurudeva, on the most auspicious occasion of your appearance, we are thinking of you with all our hearts here in Auckland, New Zealand.I must start by saying that I love you very much, as a daughter would their father, and I miss you more than I can describe.You are the light in my destructed life. You have given more than I can know to myself and my family. You have given us everything. Therefore, we owe everything to you Srila Gurudeva. Thank you.I remember long ago, in 2017 I met you…
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From Shanti Parayana das and Rasamayi dasi
Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to You on this 74th anniversary of your appearance.As the majority of our association is through the “media” we would like to express our gratitude for your Vrindavana classes.It is so valuable to tune into your Friday classes for many reasons.To spend a regular time hearing your profound presentation of shastric study on forever enthralling topics.To marvel at the sweet results of your patient and exhaustive research culminating with the most palatable essence.To become educated on the endless subtleties of pure Vaishnava culture.To deepen our awareness of the unlimited intricacies of the Personality of Godhead.Thak…
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From bhaktin Apoorva – India, Agra
Hare Krishna Dearest Srila GurudevaPlease accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to your lotus feet.Few years back, by Srila Prabhupada’s mercy, I got the highest fortune of getting connected to ISKCON. Though I don’t have any good qualifications, still the devotees of the Supreme Lord, being more merciful than the Lord Himself, held my hand tight.But my limited intelligence couldn’t fathom the magnanimous Guru Tattva and the glories of the Spiritual Master, until you entered my life, Srila Gurudeva.Though I am yet to discover the endless ocean of your glories, whatever little I know and whatever little qualifications I have to be able to serve…
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From Sri Kunda Lata Dasi
Dear Srila Gurdev,Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to you and Srila Prabhupad.Happy Krishna Conscious Birthday Gurudev!Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura writes,yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādoyasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto ‘pidhyāyan stuvaḿs tasya yaśas tri-sandhyaḿvande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam“By the mercy of the spiritual master, one receives the benediction of Krsna. Without the grace of the spiritual master, one cannot make any advancement. Therefore, I should always remember and praise the spiritual master. At least three times a day I should offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master.”On this auspicious day of your 74th Vyasa Puja, I wish to glorify you as it is our duty as disciples to glorify…
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From Bhakta Venu Gopal – Australia, Melbourne
Dear Maharaj,Please accept my humble obeisances on this sacred day of your vyasapuja. All glories to you.I offer my heartfelt gratitude for the day our paths crossed at Murwillumbah during the sacred sound retreat. My interaction with you has made a salient impact in my life Your presence, Maharaj, touched my heart deeply, and I will forever cherish the memories we shared during those sacred moments. I long to relieve the experiences from the retreat and hope I will have the privilege of playing kirtan with you once again. It is my aspiration to participate in the Sadhu Sanga retreat in America sometime in the future.As I enter a stage…