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From bhaktin Viktoria Krul – Belarus, Minsk
ear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisance in a dust of Your lotus feet. All glories to the sacred day of Your Vyasa Puja. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! yasya deve parā bhaktir yathā deve tathā gurautasyaite kathitā hy arthāḥ prakāśante mahātmanaḥ “Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic knowledge automatically revealed.” [Shvetashvatara Upanishad, 6.23]. Dear Srila Gurudeva, please allow me to praise You on that great day. You often tell in Your lectures about faith in Lord Krishna and spiritual master. We can confirm as Your disciples that You have such unwavering…
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From Rasa Murti Dasi – Belarus, Minsk
Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to you! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! A year has passed since your anniversary Vyasa Puja in St. Petersburg. These were three days of a loving exchange between you and your disciples: I remember sweet kirtans, exciting classes, presents, creative performances and going to the cinema together with you to watch your “Journey to Kailash”. These memories fill my heart with joy. We all felt like children having a loving father. A year has passed. And again we are waiting for your Vyasa Puja. But we cannot come to you, and you cannot come to us. And we will not…
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From Radha Kripa Dasi – Belarus, Minsk
Dear Srila Gurudev, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Vyasa Puja celebration. The meaning of Vyasa Puja ceremony is to serve to a spiritual master as a representative of Srila Vyasadeva. In scriptures it said, that a spiritual master is non-different from God and only by his mercy it is possible to achieve Krsna’s mercy. yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto ‘pi On this Vyasa Puja day I am trying to offer my service to you, glorifying your unlimited grace and begging for your mercy. Srila Gurudeva, you are so much inspired with a position of being Prabhupada’s man, that you yourself…
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From Kundalatika Dasi – Belarus, Vitebsk
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! I am glad to wish you a happy birthday! Your birthday is like a New Year eve to me. Thanks to the devotees for the amazing opportunity to personally congratulate you! Everything is possible by the mercy of the devotees! By the mercy of the spiritual master, our eyes are opened and the darkness is scattered away by the rays of knowledge. It is said that spiritual masters are asked only about spiritual development. But I am sure that the guru can reply all the questions. And the answers come mystically.…
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From Hema Gauri Dasi – Belarus, Minsk
My dear spiritual master, Srila Gurudeva. Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glory to you on this auspicious day of your Vyasa Puja! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to guru-parampara! I aminfinitely grateful to Krishna and Srila Prabhupada for meeting you. Dear Srila Gurudeva, thank you for accepting me as your disciple. By your own example, you inspire and lead me on the path of devotional service. Being a disciple and faithful servant of Srila Prabhupada, you follow his instructions with faith, determination and love. Therefore you show us how to practice the spiritual principles and what devotion in the service…