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From Sakhi-rai das – Australia, Brisbane
Dearest Srila Gurudeva,Nama Om Visnupadaya Krsna presthaya bhutale,Srimate Indradyumna Swamin iti namineNamo Prabhupada priya dasaya, Jagannatha yatra anandenamurtaye, bhakta sukhaya Krsnotkirtanena , Nrsimhena raksitaya namah .Nama Om Visnupadaya Krsna presthaya bhutale,Srimate Bhaktivedanta Swamin iti namineNamas te Sarasvate deve Gaura vani pracarine, nirvisesa sunyavadi Paschatya desa tarine.Today as I reflect on the past year, I can see that this year has been extraordinary in many ways. The world was just opening up after the COVID 19 pandemic. ISKCON as a movement was going through some challenging times. Srila Gurudeva, you were personally on the receiving end of unfair criticism. But you stood as a pillar. A pillar of purity, a pillar…
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From Jahnava Mata dasi – New Zealand, Dunedin
Dearest Srila Gurudeva..Please Accept my humble and heartfelt obeisances..All Glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga..All Glories to You on this Most Auspicious Day of Your Appearance .Thankyou for coming to this crazy material world and showing us by Your first class example what it means to be an Ideal Guru and an Ideal Disciple..There are so many wonderful qualities of Yours i admire.Its Never difficult to express my appreciation for You..its just difficult knowing how to stop.I have chosen a few of Your exemplary Qualities that inspire me the Most.Firstly..Your Preaching Spirit.You are tireless and Enthusiastic to Always share the Mercy You have received from Sri Guru and Sri…
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From Gandharvika Radhe dasi – New Zealand, Auckland
Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances on the glorious day of your Vyasa Puja!All glories to you! All glories to your beloved Srila Prabhupada!Gurudeva, though we have not physically seen each other in quite a few years now, I feel you are right here through your divine Vrindavan pastimes. My children have been listening to the Spring/summer/monsoon pastimes for months now as their bedtime stories without fail. They say that it makes them feel most safe listening to you narrate these pastimes. I know how they feel because it was your Pada-kamalam cassette that put me to sleep for years as a child. I would say it was…
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From Prasad Joshi – Australia, Brisbane
Dear Gurudeva,Please accept my humble obeisances,All glories to Srila Prabhupada!On this auspicious day I would like to take this opportunity to humbly submit a few words of glorification in the dust of your lotus feet.Just as a frog cannot understand the vastness of the ocean, I find it very difficult to fully conceive of the impact that one person can make when equipped with the mercy of the guru parampara.On this most auspicious day of your appearance, I want to thank you for all that you do to spread Krishna consciousness across the world.You are an unlimited inspiration to me. Being a pure representative of the guru parampara, you act…
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From Venu Gopal das – Australia, Melbourne
Dear MaharajPlease 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…
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From Karunika dasi – New Zealand, Christchurch
Dear Srila Gurudeva,Please accept my humble obeisancesAll glories to Srila PrabhupadaAll glories to you, dear master. TransformationWave-chasing California golden boy,duty bound to Uncle Sam’s plan,intrigued by ‘The Revolution ‘s promise of love and peace……but WHERE?Four bamboo sticks would point THEREto the Divine Adventure as servant ofthe sublime master Srila Prabhupadain the Golden Avatar’s rankson the streets of Kaliyuga.Holy Names echoing endlessly,books in everyone’s hands.Blessed to conquer Europe…France, Italy, Spain, England,‘So much endeavor in this material world…..A fork in the road, ‘the one less traveled by’,entering Nrsinghadeva’s protection in saffron. A disaster explodes!New direction unfolds: The world cries out for mercy!Africa, Amazon, Australasia,Iron curtain, POLAND!‘The Greatest Show On Earth’ begins,thirty-two years…
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From Yamuna-sevini dasi – New Zealand, Christchurch
Dearest Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!!Every Monday morning I feel privileged to be able to take darshan of you through your classes on The Stimulation for Ecstatic Love. We spoke as you were driving to Rishikesh, and I told you that I listened to your classes while I cook the breakfast offering for Sri Sri Nitai Gaurachandra. I told you how fortunate I feel to stay connected to you through your classes and you told me that this was good. You said that this is service to the spiritual master, to hear from him. Gurudeva, I appreciate the great detail you go into…
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From Govindasthali dasi – Australia, Brisban
Dear Srila Gurudeva, please accept my most humble obeisances.All glories to Srila Prabhupada!All glories to you! MUKAM KAROTI VACALAMPANGUM LANGHAYATE GIRIMYAT-KRIPA TAM AHAM VANDESRI-GURUM DINA-TARANAM ” I offer my respectful obeisances unto my Spiritual Master, the liberator of all fallen souls; by whose mercy a dumb man can speak eloquently, a blind man can see the stars and a lame man can cross mountains”Looking back, I can quite believe nearly thirty years have passed since I first had the mercy of your association. I know that is not much on an absolute scale of time, and it seems like the years pass much more quickly the older I get, but…
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From Madhava Gauranga das – Australia, Melbourne
Dear Srila Gurudeva,Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada.Happy Birthday Srila Gurudeva.Srila Gurudeva, In the year 2019 in Sri Vindavana dham we met you and you had kindly gifted us with a Srila Giriraj shila and ever since we have been worshiping him very dearly.Ever since the covid pandemic has hit we haven’t had a sacred sound retreat which means we wouldn’t have your darshan but you kindly started to do online lectures on your youtube channel which have been very inspiring and fulfilling any time I get the chance to listen to them. Srila Gurudeva, I wish Sacred Sound retreat can start again during Easter break…
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From Sri Krsna Candra Dasa & Hema Gauri Dasi – Australia, Melbourne
Dear Srila Gurudeva,Please accept my humble obeisances unto dust of your lotus feet.All glories to Srila Prabhupada.On this auspicious occasion of your 74th Vyasa Puja, I was meditating on your various qualities, so that I can learn and develop those qualities of yours to become a good disciple. Perfect disciple of Srila Prabhupada:As perfect disciple of Srila Prabhupada you assimilated the instructions of your Guru in your heart. In spite of challenging circumstances you have continued carrying forward that instruction of your Guru Srila Prabhupada without any selfish desire. Srila Gurudeva you decided to dedicate your life to your spiritual father, Srila Prabhupada. And from the day you met him…