2022-offerings-public
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From Kamalakshi Radhe devi dasi – Russia, Sochi
Dear Gurumaharaj,Please, accept my sincere obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet! All Glory to Srila Prabhupada!Your Vyasa-puja is one of the most exciting and important days of the year for me personally.For me, this is a time of honest dialogue with myself whether I have done something that I can offer you, dear Gurudev.This year I want to express my gratitude not only for the sublime lectures on the lilas of Lord Krishna and Srimati Radharani. Through them, You have shed the grace of Lord Caitanya on us as your disciples.I thank You for the example of purity and depth of service to Guru and Krishna. For the…
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From Kalindi-bindi – Russia, Moscow region, Marfino village
Hare Krishna dear Srila Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances!All glory to Srila Prabhupada!By Your mercy, I am still chanting 16 rounds of maha-mantra every day andfollowing the regulative principles.Thank You so much that You care about your students, shedding a lot of mercy on us. Your family is very inspiring!Dear Srila Gurudeva, I ask for Your blessings for further chanting of the maha-mantra, and I would like very much to come back to Your dhama with my family. Please, take care of Yourself. Your servant, Kalindi-bindi Калинди-бинди даси Харе Кришна, дорогой Шрила Гурудев!Пожалуйста, примите мои смиренные поклоны, вся слава Шриле Прабхупаде!По Вашей милости я все еще повторяю 16 кругов…
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From Jiva-raja das – Russia, Saint Petersburg
Dear Srila Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. Glory to Srila Prabhupada! Glory to you on the day of Your appearance! Let me glorify you, although my eloquence is not enough for this, but I will try.Everyone should take shelter of a bona fide spiritual master, who is the representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The spiritual practice of a neophyte transcendentalist is so weak that it’s not possible to make any meaningful progress on this path without special grace. This is especially true of the age of Kali, which is the age of vices and enmity.And even if a person manages…
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From Deva-dharma das, Adi-sundari devi dasi, Shyama-charan das – Ukraine, Odessa
Please accept my obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Praphupada. All glory to you.On this auspicious day of your appearance, I would like to thank you for turning your merciful eyes on me and my family by accepting us into Srila Prabhupada’s family.I am Deva-dharma das now serving during the fighting in my free time I make altars for devotees and go to chanting, my wife Adi-sundari cooks for the deities and tries to feed the Vaishnavas, my son Shyama-charan teaches computer science and receives a second education, he is not subject to conscription , teachers are not called.I’m sorry that I write about…
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From Premika devi dasi – Russia, Saint Petersburg
Dearest Srila Gurudeva!Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!On the day of your Vyasa Puja, I would like to offer you with great gratitude all the service that the devotees have given me over the past year. I have a particularly strong taste and inspiration from Harinam and sankirtana, congregational chanting and distribution of the holy name and Srila Prabhupada’s books.Your amazing lectures full of taste, your words and your example constantly give me confirmation that it is on the chanting and preaching of the glories of the Holy Name that one should focus in life…
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From Premadhana devi dasi – Belarus, Minsk
Hare Krishna!Dear Srila Gurudeva!Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to you! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!I want to congratulate you on your appearance day! You are so merciful to come into this world to save us. And thank you! I want to thank you for accepting me as your devotee. Please forgive me for writing to you rarely, I did not dare to take away your precious time, which you devote day and night to the service to your spiritual master and devotees. And I do not dare to distract you with my small ministries. If I have any questions, I try…
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From Prema Radhika devi dasi – Russia, Omsk region, Ust-Zaostrovka
Hare Krishna dear Srila Gurudeva, accept my humble obeisances. All glory to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.I congratulate you on the day of your vyasa puja. Thanks to the grace of your guru Srila Prabhupada, I can practice chanting the holy names and serve the lotus feet of devotees. Srila Prabhupada’s lectures carry the simple wisdom of the sastras and help me live in Krishna consciousness. I want to thank you, dear Srila Gurudev, for taking shelter at your lotus feet and for your invaluable help in my spiritual life.“The lotus feet of a spiritual master are the only way to attain pure devotional service. With reverence…
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From Prahlad Nrsimha das – Russia, Ufa
Hare Krishna, dear to our hearts, Srila Gurudeva.Please, accept my humble obeisances to Your lotus feet, all glory to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.I congratulate You with the day of Your appearance. I want to express my great gratitude to You which cannot be conveyed in words or in any other way. You accept, support and tolerate us as Your disciples. Everything You do is attracting people and Your disciples to awake spiritual values instead of material ones with the final purpose to develop God consciousness, Krishna consciousness.You completely immerse into the mission of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. You speak, You do and…
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From Srimati dasi and Ramayana das – Russia, Sudogda
Hare Krishna!Dear Srila Gurudeva, please accept my obeisances. All glory to Srila Prabhupada. Just by Your grace is it possible to cross the ocean of material existence and gain love for Krishna. I am infinitely grateful to you for all the mercy you are shedding on my family. My son Ramayan continues to serve, takes responsibility, although lately he often goes on long business trips, while this time he is trying to communicate with devotees, sometimes does lectures in zoom, organizes Kirtan Mela once a year in the our city. His wife Asya supports and inspires him, brings order and cleanliness in the house. She does not chant the mantra,…
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From Sri Sakhi Vrinda dasi – Ukraine, Krivoy Rog
Dear Srila Gurudev, accept my humble obeisances in the dust of Your lotus feet! All glories to Srila Prabhupada, all glories to You!!!Today I want to sincerely confess to You…. Thinking about what to write in the offering this year, I was very upset. The last 2 months have changed my life a lot, including my spiritual life. Being in great fear of sirens and the war in Ukraine, I decided to leave, but then I had no idea how difficult it would be. I came to Bulgaria to the city of Sofia and these 2 months have been so difficult that there is simply no strength to go to…