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From Damodara das – Russia, Karachay-Circassian Republic, Stanitsa Barrier
My dear Srila Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances in the dust at Your lotus feet. All glory to You! All glory to Your spiritual master, his divine grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.This year is special for me, 30 years have passed since I met you for the first time.Many different events have happened in my life. The pain of losses, the joy of small victories. Most of them have been erased from memory witj time, leaving a barely perceptible trace. But the moment I met You for the first time is fresh in my memory like a newly plucked flower.In July 1992, devotees from Vladivostok during their visit…
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From Chanchala Sri devi dasi – Latvia, Riga
Dear Shrila Gurudev, Take my bows.My first encounter with Krishna was about 30 years ago, when I heard you sing a maha mantra.I don’t remember how, but I got a musical cassette tape in my hands where you sang.I could and can listen to your singing for hours and now, thanks to this first meeting, I have been waiting for you all these 30 years, and all because I felt an unspecified connection with you and what you are singing about—Krishna.Music and now painting, this is my language, for the projection of my thoughts and feelings against this world and thanks to you and Krishna, this world has become colorful…
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From Bimal Prasad das, bhakta Boris, Mukhara devi dasi, Adi Rasa devi dasi – Russia, Moscow
Dear Srila Gurudeva,Please, accept our humble obeisances in the dust of Your lotus feet! All Glory to Srila Prabhupada!All Glory to You! All Glory to Guru ISKCON! All Glory to the devotees of Sri Sri Radha-Shyam! Let us congratulate You from the heart with the anniversary of Your arrival in this material world as an eternal servant of Srila Prabhupada and a faithful follower of the parampara of GaudiyaVaishnavas. Great humility is the only reason why You don’t consider Yourself worthy of these honorary titles.But Your actions and way of thinking tell us, Your disciples, the opposite. Since childhood You’ve been looking for the true shelter and meaning of life,…
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From Ananda gopika devi dasi – Russia, Saint Petersburg
Dear Srila Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! On this special day, I would like to glorify You and your example of service to Srila Prabhupada, your beloved spiritual master.Without the grace of the Spiritual Master, any attempts to achieve perfection is faiked.You have become a conduit for Srila Prabhupada’s grace, conveying the message of the Absolute Truth without a distortion, with deep faith and devotion.You set an example of what it means to be a disciple, a disciple means discipline. Despite the pandemic period, you found an opportunity to continue preaching widly, and organized a journey to…
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From Amrita Rasa Lila devi dasi – Russia, Yekaterinburg
Dear Srila Gurudev! Accept my humble obeisances to Your lotus feet! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!The duty of the disciple is to glorify his Spiritual Master on this auspicious day of His appearance. Please accept my awkward attempt to do this. Now I recollect the first timid steps in my spiritual practice.I don’t know by what causeless mercy but in 2020 in the midst of the pandemic you accepted me into your spiritual family through an online ceremony. Three days before the coronavirus knocked me down. I didn’t immediately understand what was going on. All the unpleasant symptoms didn’t let me get out of bed. I couldn’t believe what was…
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From Sarasvati-lila devi dasi – Russia, Chelyabinsk
Dear Srila Gurudeva! Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of Your lotus feet!Just as the thousand–headed Lord Ananta-Sesa praises to Lord Krishna and Srimati Radharani, thousands of disciples around the world sincerely express their love and gratitude to You. Meditation on Your unlimited qualities brings peace and happiness.Such acaryas as Srila Rupa Gosvami, Srila Jiva Gosvami, Visvanatha Chakravarti Thakura, Narottama Das Thakura, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura honored the exalted qualities and high position of the spiritual teacher in beautiful prayers. Sri Sri Gurv-ashtaka Srila Visvanatha Chakravarti Thakura allows to understand the deep and intimate truth about the Spiritual Master.samsara-davanala-lidha-lokatranaya karunya-ghanaghanatvampraptasya kalyana-gunarnavasyavande guroh shri-charanaravindamLike other living beings I wandered through…
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From Rukmini-seva devi dasi – Russia, Ivanovo
My Dear spiritual master, Srila Gurudeva please accept my most humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Guru and Gauranga!On this wonderful day, your Vyasapuja, I would like to say thank you very much for everything! For your example, instructions, inspiring lectures, amazing stories, for the taste you so generously share, for the amazing example of your devotion to Srila Prabhupada, for your love for Krishna, for Vrindavan, for the devotees. You are the source of my hope. Once you wrote to me: “Remain steadfast in your chanting of the Holy Names.They are our life and soul. Every day, when…
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From Rukmini Mangala devi dasi -Ukraine, Horishni Plavni
Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances, in the dust of Your lotus feet!On the day of Your Vyasa Puja I want to express from the bottom of my heart my respect and gratitude to You for Your boundless love, compassion, mercy, patience, for the desire to help all fallen conditioned souls realize their true nature, purify their hearts and help You fulfill the mission of Your spiritual master Srila Prabhupada and Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu spreading the Holy Name!Your life is an example of self-sacrifice, love and service to the spiritual master Srila Prabhupada!You are always in the mindset of service ready to go everywhere when necessary, despite…
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From Rohini devi dasi -Russia, Yekaterinburg
Hare Krishna!My dear Srila Gurudev!Please accept my obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to You. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! I congratulate you on Your wonderful Vyasa Puja.Fulfilling the mission of Srila Prabhupada, on May 13th 1995 during Nrisimha Caturdasi festival in Saint Petersburg You accepted as disciples 100 people and gave gayatri mantra to 8 devotees. On this day I was honored to become your disciple and I was extremely happy. You, Gurudev, have been looking for me for so long and yet You found me. Srila Gurudev, I can constantly talk, think and write about Your divine qualities.Displaying your love, care and mercy, you…
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From Rasamandali devi dasi and Dinanatha das – Ukraine, Kiev
Dear Srila Gurudev, please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!Today I want to say “thank you very much” for dedicating your life to continuing Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. That you are his true follower, his spokesman, his guide and give us the opportunity to connect with this great saint, and our eternal well-wisher Srila Prabhupada! We often hear that Srila Prabhupada has built a house in which everyone can live. I did not understand the depth of that expression before. I am sure there are many more discoveries to come. But how beautifully the immense meaning of…