Dearest Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Sri Radha Gopinath. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. 💐🙏🙏🙏💐 My fondest memories of you Srila Gurudeva, goes back to Durban, South Africa in the late 80s/90s. The Rathya Yatra Festival on the beach front every summer. As a child, this was my favourite time of year! The festival brought all devotees together to serve Lord Jaggarnath! Your ecstatic kirtans in the temple room of Sri Sri Radharanth would have every devotee jumping for joy! You would then lead all the devotees outside, dancing around the moat, chanting the maha mantra! I remember atttending programs at devotees homes where…

Dearest GurudevPlease accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. Srila Prabhupad ki Jay!Last year in Kartikji Parikrama I had the best fortune of personally taking your Darshan! That was the best day of my life and my dream coming true. Gurudev you are known for your humongous and amazing festivals attracting 100,000s of souls, for your most melodious kirtans, for your divine deities worship, and for many more uncountable qualities and thingsOut of various qualities of yours the outstanding quality was your humbleness!I saw you taking to the localities in Vrindavan with so much of love and affection. It doesn’t matter to you, which sampradaya or…

Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to You! Today we are celebrating your Appearance day. I am very proud to have a Spiritual Master who gives such authoritative classes, who cares for children, youth and adults, who always finds innovative ways to preach such as in Hrishikesh and through your Sadhu Sanga retreat where everyone in US can meet you in the one place. You also deepen your Krishna Consciousness by making Vrindavan your home. You also have solid relationships in Krishna consciousness. We are currently scheming how we can somehow bring you to Australia so we can have your association…

Dear Srila Gurudev,Please accept our humble obeisances All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to you on this auspicious day of your Vyasapuja. We pray that your are blissful and in the pink of health (body, mind and spirit). titikṣavaḥ kāruṇikāḥ suhṛdaḥ sarva-dehināmajāta-śatravaḥ śāntāḥ sādhavaḥ sādhu-bhūṣaṇāḥ The symptoms of a sādhu are that he is tolerant, merciful and friendly to all living entities. He has no enemies, he is peaceful, he abides by the scriptures, and all his characteristics are sublime. (SB 3.25.21) You truly walk the talk dear Gurudev! The way you deal with your Godbrothers and sisters, disciples, sadhus and spiritualists out of Iskcon, the general public and…

Hare Krsna Dear Srila Gurudeva, All Glories to Srila Prabhupada This year we are so blessed to receive extra mercy to serve as a host for your Vyasa Puja in Melbourne. This would not have been possible without the blessings and support of our God Family. We are really blessed to be part of a loving God Family due to your mercy, Gurudeva. Though I have not seen you physically in person I always felt connected to your lotus feet by listening to your lectures and kirtan. Each pastime makes me feel closer to Krsna and Radharani through your mood. You have always kept me very inspired through Vrindavan lectute…

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!Hare Krsna dear Srila Gurudeva,Please accept my humble obeisance’s.I bow to your Lotus feet, dear Spiritual Master servant of Srila Prabhupada you have blessed me with so much mercy, initiation into the maha mantra and the Gayatri mantra how can l sufficiently praise you. You are the servant of a glorious spiritual master, the highest position obtainable. I pray to always serve you no matter what my physical or material condition and never waver from that. Surrendering to the process, chanting, following the regulative principles and mostly listening to your Krsna Katha has given me the blessing of always being engaged in devotional service. Sri Hari…

Dearest Gurudev,Happiest Birthday to you today. Such a glorious day for such a glorious and wonderful person.This year has been an intense year for me where I’ve gone through some difficult stages of my life but through your mercy I’ve continued to carry on. My sadhana has been tested in many ways and I know I’ve come out stronger than ever. I am slowly understanding that being initiated is not easy and it doesn’t get easier. It is a constant reminder that we need to constantly be surrendering to krishna. Thankyou for always holding on to me dear gurudev even when I feel I am breaking apart. Thankyou for teaching…

Other side of Srila Narottam Das ThakuraSrila Gurudev I have still remembered that dayWhen I heard from you about Tamal Krishna maharajAnd you were sharing how TKG shared vraj pastimes with you in a room,Jokingly you told you were dosingBut, What I have been seeing now, doesn’t allow me to trust it.The few lectures shared by TKG maharaj have been expanded by you into a long YT list.All this came into my life when I was living in the spiritually deserted western city,Cities full of car, truck and online stream, seeing few people on streetsI thought the west is more advance materially with big buildings, beaches, industries andYes, it isBut…

Dear Maharaj,Please accept my humble obeisances on this sacred day of your vyasapuja. All glories to you.I offer my heartfelt gratitude for the day our paths crossed at Murwillumbah during the sacred sound retreat. My interaction with you has made a salient impact in my life Your presence, Maharaj, touched my heart deeply, and I will forever cherish the memories we shared during those sacred moments. I long to relieve the experiences from the retreat and hope I will have the privilege of playing kirtan with you once again. It is my aspiration to participate in the Sadhu Sanga retreat in America sometime in the future.As I enter a stage…