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From bhaktin Elena Apsina – Russia, Yekaterinburg
Hare Krishna! Please accept my obeisances, dear Guru Maharaj. In the dust of your lotus feet. All glory to Srila Prabhupada! All glory to you!On this day of your Vyasa Puja, I want to express my gratitude for the inspiration you share in your diaries. I admire your determination to follow Srila Prabhupada’s precepts despite all the difficulties and obstacles (especially in organizing the Polish tour) and I am very eager to learn to follow your precepts and participate in Srila Prabhupada’s mission with the same determination.Dear Gurudev, thank you for your lectures and kirtans that immerse me very quickly in the spiritual atmosphere. Listening to your lectures on the…
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From Kunja Priya Devi Dasi – India, Bengaluru
Hare Krishna.Dear respected Srila Gurudev,Please accept my humblest obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to you. All glories to all vaishnava devotees of the Lord.I am so happy to be writing this epistle to you. I pray on the special day of your vyasa pooja Lord Sri Nrsimha, Radha Damodara to bestow you with good health. Born in this material world, being a conditioned soul, being in the clutches of maya, forgetting my super father –The Supreme Personality of Godhead ,I was leading an abominable life. Thanks to Lord Krishna and other vaishnava devotees as well as your disciples who showed me a torch…
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From Vilasa Manjari – Australia, Sydney
Dearest Srila Gurudeva,Happy birthday! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.In the past few months, I’ve been meditating on your words in a homage you wrote to Srila Prabhupada in the late eighties. It was the first homage that I heard from you, it touched my heart then and I’ve always remembered it when I’m faced with challenges. It’s so simple and heartfelt and it always brings into my mind a picture of your genuine love and dedication to serving the mission of Srila Prabhupada. This missionary spirit and your faith in the holy name, has carried you through seemingly insurmountable obstacles and I believe this spirit…
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From Kunja Priya Devi Dasi, India, Bengaluru
Hare Krishna.Dear respected Srila Gurudev,Please accept my humblest obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to you. All glories to all vaishnava devotees of the Lord.I am so happy to be writing this epistle to you. I pray on the special day of your vyasa pooja Lord Sri Nrsimha, Radha Damodara to bestow you with good health. Born in this material world, being a conditioned soul, being in the clutches of maya, forgetting my super father –The Supreme Personality of Godhead ,I was leading an abominable life. Thanks to Lord Krishna and other vaishnava devotees as well as your disciples who showed me a torch…
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From Bhakta Raghunath, South Africa
Hare Krishna Guru MaharajPlease accept my humble obeisances. All glories to His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.Happy Vyasa Puja Guru Maharaj.We miss you in South Africa… Your rocking kirtans and warm hugs.I loved your classes on the Lord’s Paraphernalia.. It was amazing.I recall the wonderful talk we had about going to space to preach. Perhaps we can ask NASA to take up some of Srila Prabhupada’s books for us on their next mission!You make me feel spiritually safe -Thank you for that.With gratitude and love from Bhakta Raghunath.
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from Rasarasik das – India, Maharashtra, Pune
Dear Srila Gurudev, Please accept my most humble obeisance’s on to your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you Gurudev. All glories to our guru parampara. We wish you a very happy Vyāsa-pūjā and pray that May Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva always protects you. Although I am not having any qualification to glorify you shrila Gurudeva but it’s your kind mercy on me that allowing me to write my offerings to you on this auspicious day of your vyas puja utsav. This is one more best way our acharyas has given to purify souls like me. If your mercy were not a part of my life, my life…
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from Bhaktin Nila – Germany
Dear Srila Gurudeva, AS i am blessed so much by your Mercy having beenable to Serve you in so many different Kind ofwas i thank you. If IT was preparing the Vyasa Puja Last Time orgoing Out on Harinam SANKIRTAN i am Alwaysgrateful and feel dignified to do so. You have given me so many Chances to preach SrilaPrabhupad s words and wisdom , so many Chances toReach people s Hearts by Dancing together inHarinams. AS IT IS my duty I will Take Care for this givenBody s health and mental Hygiene to BE able to domore and more in the Future. Always filled with glance i could spread HisMessage…
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from Giridhari Govinda das – India, Pune
Hare Krishna Srila Gurudev. Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet.All glories to Srila Prabhupada and to you.I consider myself utterly unqualified to say or write anything about you, but I also do not want to miss this opportunity to glorify you, especially on your Vyas Puja day. Srila Gurudev, I consider myself very fortunate for you have given me shelter at your lotus feet and connected me to the Parampara. If it was not for you and Srila Prabhupada, I would not have understood the real purpose of human form of life and would have acted whimsically thinking satisfying the senses is the real…
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from Mathura Jivan das – Nepal, Pokhara
Param Pujya Guru Maharaja, Please accept my most humble obeisances unto the dust of your divine lotus feet.Today is auspicious and beautiful day – when unique and special personality appeared on earth. To teach, inspire and share his unique care. Light of knowledge and transcendental melody from golden heart.In the hope of your endless patience and forgiveness, I try to rethink, refresh, and reconsider our spiritual principles, year after year in the hope that once I could reach the stage of their realization. Take my hand, let me be with You in Braj.Teach me what love is, train me.You are my good fortune and ever well-wisher.In service of Srila Prabhupada,…
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from bh. Pranay Nanded – India, Maharashtra
Hare Krishna,Please accept my humble obeisance’s unto your lotus feet Srila Gurudeva.All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!!All glories to you!!! Dear Gurudeva, Krishna means all attractive and whoever gets in touch with Krishna, Krishna’s qualities start manifesting in him and the same Srila Gurudeva which we can see in you, with your qualities attracting everyone.As it is stated in BG 10.9mac-citta mad-gata-praṇabodhayantaḥ parasparamkathayantas ca mam nityamtuṣyanti ca ramanti ca The thoughts of My pure devotee’s dwell in Me, their lives are fully devoted to My service, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss from always enlightening one another and conversing about Me. As we read in diaries, we see how people…