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From Manjari Premika dasi – Australia, Brisbane
Dear Srila Gurudeva,Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet.All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! All Glories to You!On this most auspicious day of your Vyasa Puja I pray you are in good health.Every day I pray the Lord keeps you safe and well in your travels.It has been an amazing, spiritually fulfilling year since your last Vyasa Puja. By the mercy of my wonderfulgodbrothers and godsisters I was able to see you in Vrindavan for the Kartik Parikrama.Back in mid 2022, when I thought there was no chance for me to travel to Vrindavan for Kartik, I was feeling very dejected and feeling immense separation from…
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From Kanchana Vali dasi – Australia, Brisbane
Dear Srila GurudevPlease accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories all glories to Their Lordships Sri Sri Gaura Nitai.Gurudev, this year I would like to give a offering of a very personal nature and offer my sincerest and deepest gratitude for the significant mercy, kindness and support you have shown to my sister Ashta in what has been the most challenging few years for her. The advice, time and support you have given her has been of utmost comfort to her and given her so much strength; I cannot express how grateful I am to you to see how much you have helped her. I particularly…
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From Ranchor-rai das – Australia, Brisbane
nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-talesrimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti naminenama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-talesrimate indradyumna-svamin iti namineom ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakayacakshur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namahDear Srila Gurudev, Please accept my humble obeisance.All glories to Sri Sri Gaur Nitai.All glories to Srila Prabhupada.All glories to you.Prahalad Maharaj advised to his demoniac friends, Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 7 Chapter 6 Verse 10,kaumāra ācaret prājñodharmān bhāgavatān ihadurlabhaṁ mānuṣaṁ janmatad apy adhruvam arthadamTranslation by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada:“One who is sufficiently intelligent should use the human form of body from the very beginning of life — in other words, from the tender age of childhood — to practice the activities of devotional service, giving up all other…
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From Sri Kari dasi – Australia, New Gokul
Namah om Vishnu papaya Krsna presthaya bhu tale Srimati Indradyumna Swamin iti namineNamah Prabhupada priya dasaya Jaganatha yatrananda murtaye Bhakta sukhaya Krsnokirtanena Narasinghena raksitaya namahDear Srila Gurudeva please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.All glories to you and your lifetime of truely dedicated service to Srila Prabhupada. Hare Krsna Hare Rama Let’s all goTo Sri Vrndavana dhamaGaura Nitai Radhe ShyamaJaya Jaya Krsna BalaramMeeting disciples dear to youSome very dedicatedAnd some are newYou love them allGoing out of your wayTo share the nectarA transcendental displayWonderful lectures of saints and sagesYou become more enlivenedAs you go through the pages.Hearing becomes profoundIn the sacred placesLooking around –I see mesmerised faces.When…
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From Raja Vidya das – Australia, Brisbane
Dear Srila Gurudeva,Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.As you know very well, Lord Krishna states in His Bhagavad Gita,paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁvināśāya ca duṣkṛtāmdharma-saṁsthāpanārthāyasambhavāmi yuge yugeTo deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to re-establish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium. In his purport to this verse, Srila Prabhupada states, “the prime purpose of the Kṛṣṇa avatāra is to satisfy His unalloyed devotees,” and, “This avatāra of the Lord(Chaitanya Mahaprabhu) does not kill the miscreants but delivers them by His causeless mercy.”We can understand from this that the Lord appears in this world to deliver mercy to conditioned souls. One…
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From Parvati devi dasi – Australia, New Gowardhana
Dear Srila Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to your dearest Srila Prabhupada.Glorification of the Spiritual Master is essential for the spiritual growth of disciple. Lord Krishna Himself makes the statement in Adi Purana addressing Arjuna: “My dear Partha, one who claims to be My devotees is not My devotee. But only one who sincere aspiring to be a devotee of My devotee is actually My devotee.” When sincere disciple comes in contact with potent spiritual master – miracles happen. Since Prahlada Maharaja took the instructions of Narada Muni with full heart-Lord Nrisimhadeva appeared. One pure devotee Sukadeva Goswami and receptive disciple Parikshit Maharaja – Srimad Bhagavatam emerged.…
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From Advaita Kripa das – Ukraine, Kharkiv
Dear Srila Gurudev,Please accept my humble obeisances. All glory to Srila Prabhupada!It has been one year since you officially accepted me as a disciple, but unofficially, it feels like more than ten years. I vividly recall your lecture where you said, “Slowly, but steadily.” However, now I feel the need to move faster. In another lecture, you shared a story about an old man diving into the ocean, emphasizing the importance of diving into Srimad Bhagavatam. Those words deeply touched my heart. Although I am only 45 years old, I feel a strong desire to immerse myself in the wisdom of Bhagavatam.I want to express my sincere gratitude for providing…
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From Ananga Manjari devi dasi – Russia, Sochi
Dear Srila GurudevPlease accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!This year has been extremely nectarean for my understanding of how much I want to be dedicated to you. You have given me spiritual birth, for which I am immensely grateful. You have given me service, and by your mercy, I have had the opportunity to visit the Holy Dham, not just once but many times!By your boundless mercy and permission, the Lords of my heart have come to me, and being a foolish person, not knowing how to approach Them, you bestowed upon Them the names to chant: “Jaya Doyal Nitai,…
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From Venkata Bhatta das – India, Sridham Mayapur
Dear Srila Gurudeva!Please accept my obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet! All glories to you and Srila Prabhupada!Thank you for all the mercy that you shower on me! From Srila Prabhupada, you have received the love and compassion for all living beings! And generously share it with everyone. It is only by your grace, I have been trying to practice Krishna Consciousness for the last 30 years.This year will be my 30th anniversary of becoming your disciple.I am extremely proud of you, that despite everything, you continue to lead me back home, back to Krishna, but I am very ashamed in front of you for my low qualification…
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From Saciprana Gauranga das – Thailand, Phuket
Dear Srila Gurudeva!On this special and auspicious day of Your Appearance, I would like to congratulate You and thank You for what you are doing both for us, your disciples, and for the world.In this age of technocracy and the promotion of sin you give conditioned souls the opportunity to get in touch with Krishna Himself through stories of the Lord’s deeds, the sound of His holy name and the honoring Krishna prasadam. How fortunate and blessed is the world and the time when feet like yours, Srila Gurudeva, tread the earth; feet that know no weariness in fulfilling the precepts of Guru and Gauranga.You always say that Mahaprabhu’s pastimes…