2020-offerings-public
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From Candrika Madhavi Dasi – Kazakhstan, Almaty
Dear Srila Gurudeva,Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!On this most auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to you. I got acquainted to you, dear Srila Gurudeva, in February 2010, when I first met the devotees. By their mercy I had a chance to listen to some amazing kirtans; so one day I heard the voice, whose owner changed my whole life; that was you singing. From that moment I had been praying to meet you as soon as possible, dear Srila Gurudeva. And only in April 2016 by your causeless mercy we met in Almaty…
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From Ananda Gopi Dasi – Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan
mantra-guru āra yata śikṣā-guru-gaṇa tāṅhāra caraṇa āge kariye vandana[Chaitanya Charitamrita, Adi-lila, 1.35] Dear Srila Gurudev,All glories to you. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.According to the shastras, on this auspicious day it is said to praise the spiritual teacher in spirit of devout reverence. Allow meto express my gratitude to you. Vedas say, it is impossible to ever repay the spiritual master entirely for all the mercy he pours onto his disciples. Thank you for all the love and care for us, your disciples.Being at such an advanced age you render so much service to Srila Prabhupada: worldwide preaching, supporting initiated disciples, accepting new ones and candidates, helping God brothers, leading…
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From Dina Dayal Das – Ireland, Dublin
Dear Srila Gurudeva,Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your divine grace!Please allow me to congratulate you and thank you on this most blessed day of your Vyasa Puja. Eighteen years have passed since our guru- disciple connection was officially formed. Hopefully you have observed at least some degree of improvement and progress in this aspiring disciple throughout these years.Since a guru-disciple relationship is a two-way street, I similarly had a chance to discover your various transcendental characteristics as a bona fide spiritual master. Over the past two decades I saw you manifesting those rare qualities exhibited by saintly…
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From Citralekha dasi – South Africa, Durban
Dear Gurudev,Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to You. All glories to the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada.Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to glorify you on this auspicious day of your Vyasa Puja. It is by your mercy, that I am able to perform devotional service. I am grateful to you for your instructions in your books and discourses. It is through your instructions, that I try to better myself in service and in associating with devotees. Watching the meticulous and exemplary ways you serve your deities make me happily want to better myself in my own practices. Thank you, Gurudev. I am forever indebted to you.Thank…
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From Campakalata dasi – South Africa, Durban
My Dear Srila Gurudeva,Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.All glories to you, Srila Gurudeva, on the auspicious occasion of Sri Vyasa Puja.This day which celebrates the anniversary of your appearance on this planet, is certainly the most special day for me, as without your appearance, my life would be void of your presence, resulting in it being empty and meaningless. This unique relationship of spiritual master and disciple is the most fulfilling of all relationships one may experience. Grounded on a spiritual platform, it is causeless in nature, with an outpouring of abundant compassion from you for fallen…
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From Anjana Priya dasi – South Africa, Durban
nama om visnu-padaya krisna-presthaya bhu-tale srimate bhaktivedanta svamin iti naminenamas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine nirvisesa-sunyavadi pascatya-desa-tarine My Dear Gurudeva,Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of Your Lotus Feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to You on this auspicious day of Your Vyasa Puja.On this auspicious day of Your Vyasa Puja I would like to take this opportunity to tell You how much You mean to our ISKCON family. You truly exemplify what it means to serve as a powerful, faithful, outstanding Spiritual Master. You always uplift our souls with Your ecstatic kirtan and Your bold and powerful preaching around the world. I am truly grateful for…
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From Prana Sakhi dasi – Slovenia, Podcetrtek
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to You.Words seems to be too “narrow”, but I try to find best ones in thinking of You, my dear spiritual master:It is You…Heart of a preaching lion ,Whose glance makes everyone blissful. Smile of a ever well wisher,That imprints in a heart.Well knower of intimate God’s scriptures Words full of compassion.Surrendered to Srila Prabhupada, andWill of burning desire to give Krishna to others. Lightness, joy and humour,Love of a father. Eternal shelterThat also i am blessed one to have. Thank You, Srila Gurudeva!Your servant, Prana Sakhi dasi
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From bhaktin Olga Bayandina – Russia, Perm
Dear Srila Gurudev!Hare Krsna! Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!In honor of your Vyasa Puja, I want to try to put into words the changes that have occurred in my life over the past year. I do not yet have a clear understanding of spiritual life, and my relationship with you is only just beginning to emerge. But due to the opportunity to observe your activities and behavior, thanks to your lectures and memories of Srila Prabhupada that you share, this year I became a little more serious and conscious in the practice of Krishna consciousness.I am very inspired…
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From bhaktin Olga Barovikova – Russia, Saint Petersburg
Dear Guru Maharaj,Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of Your lotus feet. All glories to Guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!First of all, I would like to congratulate You on Your Vyasa Puja day and express my gratitude to You! Dear Gurudev! It will be only three years in September since I met the devotees, but you came into my life even before this wonderful event because in the chain of those who brought me to Krishna Consciousness were Your disciples. Actually, matajis who I watched for and admired on Instagram. And when I found out that each of them had a spiritual teacher,…
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From bhaktin Nilina Malikova – Russia, Ufa
Dear Srila Gurudeva,Please accept my humble obeisance at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Guru-parampara!It’s hard for me to express how lucky I am to have the chance to associate with you, dear Gurudeva. You are the Divine Grace who day and night is trying to save us from suffering of this terrible material world and return us back home, to Godhead. Your glory is endless because you are connected with the unlimited Lord Krishna. And you are a genuine disciple of Srila Prabhupada, who is undoubtedly proud of you.Not in every life one can encounter such a pure Krishna Consciousness movement, and not in every…