Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All Glories to you! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyasa Puja, I want to take the time to sincerely thank you for not only the substantial positive impact that your guidance has had on my own life, but also to acknowledge and honor the profound impact you have had on people around the world. Through your tireless preaching efforts so many souls have come into contact with Sri Krishna, have fallen in love with Srila Prabhupada’s teachings, and kirtan. I remember clearly how in 2016 I had enthusiastically joined your…

Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my deepest humble obeisances at the dust of Your lotus feet. It is my great fortune to be able to read my Vyasa Puja offering for the year 2020. You had accepted this fallen soul as Your duly initiated disciple in 2015 in Vraja Mandala, Sri Vrindavan Dham. I suffered so much in this material world when I wasn’t a devotee of the Lord may because of my sinful past karma. I am deeply indebted to Your mercy. You have given your mercy freely like Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda in their Navadweepa pastimes. I don’t want to take this mercy for granted. I am…

Dear Srila Gurudeva, This is your insignificant disciple from New Jersey writing you from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Please accept this offering on this auspicious day of your Vyasa Puja. I would be lost without you! S is for the significance you give our livesR for the rays of the benediction moon, Lord Caitanya, you shed into our heartsI is for the icicles of lust anger and greed you melt with your love L for your loyalty to your devotees and disciplesA is for the ample opportunities you give us to fall in love with Krishna over and over againG for your gestures in devotional service which serve as examples for how…

Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you! On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyasa Puja, I pray that your heart will soon be pleased to be able to return to the preaching field, sharing Krishna Consciousness with so many fortunate souls. Thank you for giving me full shelter at your lotus feet. I am eternally grateful for your instructions, which enter my ears and go straight to my heart, inspiring me to practice Krishna Consciousness with increased determination and enthusiasm. Your taste for hearing, chanting, preaching, deity worship, and other forms of devotional service is beautifully evident in both…

My dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Happy Vyasa Puja Day! Even though I didn’t meet you in person until I was a young teenager, I can’t recall a time when I didn’t know you. Throughout my childhood, my parents would speak affectionately of their memories with you. My father, Batu Gopal Das, described how the two of you decided to do harinam down every street of Detroit, keeping track of your progress by marking a map of the city. My mother, Guru Bhakta Dasi, told us about the days in New Mayapur when you were temple president, how you were so affectionate…

Dearest Srila Gurudeva, Please, accept our most humble obeisances to the dust of Your lotus feet. All glories to You! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! I am feeling so grateful to be able to write the Vyasa Puja offering in 2020, to be glanced upon and to be blessed by Your Divine Grace. As days and years go by I am realizing how much I should cherish and take advantage of the opportunity of Your personal association, for the material nature is so temporary. Reciprocating with the desire of ours to be absorbed fully in Krsna consciousness, You gave Your blessings for us to move back permanently to India, Mayapur,…

Nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale srimate indradyumna-swamin iti naminenamah prabhupada-priya dasaya jagannatha-yatrananda murtaye bhakta-sukhaya krishnot-kirtanena narasimhena rakshitaya namah nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale srimate bhaktivedanta-swamin iti naminenamas te saraswate deve gaura-vani-pracarine nirvishesha-shunyavadi-pashchatya-desha-tarine sri-krishna-caitanya prabhu-nityanandasri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda hare krishna, hare krishna, krishna krishna, hare hare, hare rama, hare rama, rama rama, hare hare Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances to your lotus feet! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Happy 71st glorious birthday! I don’t know what to say so I will speak from the heart. I would like to say thank you for allowing me to come into Srila Prabhupada family, picking me up and dusting me off and…

Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please, accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to you on this most auspicious Day of your Appearance! Mahajanas set an example of what surrender and love look like. If we follow you, Srila Gurudeva, who has the qualities of these great personalities, we are sure to go back to Godhead. All glories to you, Srila Gurudeva! Manu was a great king in the linePropounding knowledge given to him so fineBy the parampara tradition of teacher to studentVerbatim, as it is, one hundred percentGurudeva follows the same pathGiving us what he hadBeen given by Srila Prabhupada and so onGoes the disciplic succession of…

Dearest Srila Gurudeva, Hare Krsna! Please accept my most humble obeisances at the dust of Your auspicious lotus feet! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Your Divine Grace! Happy 71st Birthday and auspicious Vyasa Puja to You, Srila Gurudeva! nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale srimate indradyumna-swamin iti naminenamah prabhupada-priya dasaya jagannatha-yatrananda murtaye bhakta-sukhaya krishnot-kirtanena narasimhena rakshitaya namah yasya prasadad bhagavata-prasado yasyaprasadan na gatih kuto ‘pi “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.” Srila Gurudeva, this is my greatest fortune and an absolute realization just when the world is in anxiety…

Dearest Srila Gurudeva, Please, accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you on this glorious day of your appearance! Happy Birthday, Srila Gurudeva! How wonderful it is that we are attending your Vyasa Puja even though we are on the other side of the world. We are very grateful for technology these days, for we are to be able to have your regular association through your enlivening webinars. You are always so expert in glorifying your Spiritual Master and God family, showing your utmost respect as well as your genuine love and appreciation with true eloquence. We just pray that we can somehow convey through…