2020-offerings-public
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from Anandini Priya Dasi – United States, Chicago
Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and your lotus feet. Happy birthday Srila Gurudeva. Your birthday is most precious and important to me. I pray to Lord Nrisimhadevafor your healthy and long life. I have very deep gratitude for you for accepting me as your disciple. At the cost of your health, you have taken my sins so that I can attain the highest goal and happiness. Many times I meditate on it; who on the earth would do that? Here everyone takes advantage, who thinks good for others? But on the other side you have taken all the sins for my happiness.…
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from Amrita Gopi Dasi – United States, Los Angeles
Dear Srila Gurudevа,Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! On the occasion of your Vyasa Puja, I want to glorify my SpiritualMaster by sharing a few of his personal qualities that to me solidify his position as Guru and pure devotee. He is the best example of Vaisnava and such an inspiration of what I as his disciple must aspire to demonstrate in my life. My Guru is fearless in his preaching. He has travelled to all corners of the world tо deliver Krishna Consciousness never stopping at obstacles that would have most of us turn back. My Guru is always eager to serve Srila Prabhupada and…
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from H.G. Chaturatma Prabhu – United States, Alachua
How do you thank someone who has given you the most wonderful present in the world? Well, first you could ask, What is that present? Love. Indradyumna Swami has shared with me his love for Prabhupada, his love for Krsna and Mahaprabhu, his love for theHoly Dhamas, his love for devotional service in all of its many wondrous forms, his love for festivals big and small — but mostly big! — his love for his disciples and then of course, his love for me. Taking me under his wing he has brought me to a level of devotional service and devotional realization that I would have never had on my…
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from bhaktin Alicja Wasowicz (Syama Sundari) – United Kingdom, Birmingham
Dear Srila Gurudeva, All glories to You! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to the sankirtana movement and Lord Gauranga! Happy Birthday dear Srila Gurudeva! I may not have a direct connection with You because I am still too fallen to take shelter of Your lotus feet. However, Your grave, free and unconditional mercy motivates me to try and progress in spiritual life. I deem myself Your secret servant. I would like to share with You tiny memories which I hold very dear in my heart and which keep me going… I have seen in old photographs from about nineteen years ago how You showered me with mercy: You…
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from Vraja Gopali Dasi – United Kingdom, Radlett
Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my obeisances and my good wishes. All glories to you and Srila Prabhupada! I came with empty hands today and I am standing in front of you, begging: “Please love me”. Not because I did anything to deserve it. Just as a father, who has natural affection to his children. I somehow have this deep need to feel loved nowadays, more than ever. And I know you love me. And I love you too. And I hope one day I will be worthy of your love. Your servant, Vraja Gopali Dasi
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from Sri Rama Das – United Kingdom, Milton Keynes
Dearest Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to your Divine Grace. As I am chanting, I am contemplating, as much as I can, how to glorify you. I find it the most difficult thing to do, plus we have to do it in a very short space of time this year as well! While doing so, what I realised was Krsna Consciousness is so beautifully designed that simply thinking of and glorifying the spiritual master you will be automatically thinking of and glorifying Krsna. I remember when I first came in contact with Krsna Consciousness by reading Srila Prabhupada’s “Science of Self…
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from Saumya Radhika Dasi – United Kingdom, London
Dear Srila Gurudev, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupadaю All glories to you. You are: o Ecstatic about devotional serviceo eXceptionally graceful in dancingo Perfecting our desire to surrender through your story tellingo Endearing to one and allo Removing all our misconceptionso True in heart to your spiritual master Oh EXPERT captain, please guide this ship towards the lotus feet of the Lord. Your servant,Saumya Radhika Dasi
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from Premaniketana Das – United Kingdom, Watford
Dearest Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Your Divine Grace. I already know three persons who are mercy personified. Lord Nityananda, Gauranga and You. As the first two, You are also always ready to give. Ready to give Your time, energy and causeless mercy. You are never tired to give Your association, help and love. You are such an amazing person, burning Your own life in service to others. Only a pure devotee can be so selfless and loving, because he already has the connection to the source of love, to Krsna. We are very fortunate to have such a spiritual…
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from Padmaksa Das – United Kingdom, Birmingham
Dear Srila Gurudeva, I offer my respectful obeisances onto Your lotus feet. All glories to You. This wonderful day of Your Vyasa Puja is an opportunity for me to convey my gratitude for Your grace. Thank You for Your company and for your instructions on the Bhakti path. In this 2020 year, Your Vyasa Puja is different than before, because we have your company through internet connectivity only. Yet still, I feel the closeness with you and your instructions. Thank you very much for such frequent lectures and stories that you cast live from Vrindavan. Recently you talked about Kamyavan — The Forest Of Desire. I remembered Your words about…
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from Niti Laksa Das – United Kingdom, Watford
Dearest Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. On this auspicious occasion of your appearance I meditated on the day when I met you for the first time. Little I knew then that it was destined for our paths to cross, and as with everything in life, there are some moments that determine our destiny by the will of the Lord. Every moment I spent with you from that day onward directly impacted my life towards the progress on my spiritual path. Sometimes — through joy and laughter, and sometimes — through pain and tears, but everything you have done for me moved me…