Om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjan- salakayaCaksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namahDearest Guru Maharaj,Please accept my humble obeisance unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to you.Today is the very auspicious day of your divine appearance. I would like to wish you happy and healthy Birthday. I today pray to Krishna for your long ever lasting life with unending energy that you always carry with in.Covid has ended and we all are going back to our pre-covid life. Our life style changed 180 degree due to this global pheonomena however it appears that it hardly affected you in anyway. You were preaching before by visiting places, organising festivals and…

Dearest Srila Gurudeva,Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories Srila Prabhupada and all glories to your Lotus feet.The Vyasa puja, among other things is a day of reflection and gratitude for the disciple. As Chanakya Pandit says,‘A disciple cannot even repay the spiritual master for even quarter of a verse learn from him, what to speak of you, my glorious preceptor from whom I’ve learnt how to live life itself!In your recent lecture series in Sridham Mayapur, while glorifying Narasimhadeva You spoke at Narsimhapalli that how for is devotee, there is no reason for depression or despondency as we always have the holy name (to take shelter of), the dhams…

Dearest Srila Gurudev,Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to you dearest Srila Gurudev on this very auspicious day of your appearance. I would firstly like to thank you for giving me this opportunity to write to you personally on this very special occasion of your appearance day.Dear Gurudev, we had the honour of hosting your Vyasa Puja for 2023 in our home in Melbourne. It was such a mind blowing experience. Our God family helped and supported us in every single way and went over and beyond to make sure that we felt no pressure whatsoever. It is a memory that we will cherish…

Dear Srila GurudevaPlease accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your lotus feet, your mood and mission. On the occasion of your Vyasa Puja, I would like to express my deepest gratitude for accepting me as your disciple and for watching over me since then. Therefore, on this day I would like to glorify some of your auspicious qualities. You provide protection to all of us. Only through your mercy, is success possible. Not long ago I went through an experience where I experienced great fear. On this occasion, I could not calm my mind. Failure in this state, was certain. I tried many techniques…

My dear Srila Gurudeva, Hare Krishna!Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.All glory to Srila Prabhupada! All glory to you, my dear spiritual master!In this changing time for the world, challenging time for the Brisbane Yatra, and in facing my life I am taking shelter of the vows I gave you, and of the instructions you gave me.I pray that your mercy awakens me and I grow in virtue. Srila Prabhupada said that we must become human being first before becoming a devotee. And what is a human being without a virtue? No better than animal which follows instincts of self-preservation.I am praying for you mercy, dear Gurudeva,…

Dear Srilla Gurudeva,Please accept my humble obeiscences at your lotus feet. All glories to Srilla Parabhupada. All glories to Sri Sri Gaura Nitai. All glories to worldwide spreading of Lord Chaitanya’s movement.Born in the darkness of ignorance, you opened my eyes and filled my heart with the torchlight of transcendental knowledge. I am eternally grateful to Sri Sri Gaura Nitai and Sakhi rai and Vrajlakshmi mataji for guiding me to your shelter. In this modern day and age which is filled with so many difficulties you are fulfilling the mission of Lord Chaitanya of spreading the Holy names to every town and village. Your every step, word and action follow…

Dear Maharaj,Please accept my humble obeisance’s on your auspicious day of your Vyasapuja.All glories to Srila Prabhupada.I am 17 years of age and I live in Melbourne Australia I have been going to the temple since the age of 3. My parents are disciples of HH Vedavyasa Priya Swami Maharaj. I have been actively involved in the temple by serving in various capacities for the past few years.Last Karthik, I I remember listening to your amazing lecturers on various Krishna lilas, and how sweetly you would narrate each pastime. I am chanting 5 rounds daily and wish to chant 16 rounds daily verry soon. Your kirtans are verry melodious and…

nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-talesrimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti naminenama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-talesrimate indradyumna-svamin iti namineom ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakayacakshur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namah Happy Vyasa Puja dear GurudevI have been chanting 16 Rounds some days.I pray Krishna will give me mercy to chant always at 4:00 so I can get initiated at an early age so that I can start doing seva for Krishna at an early age. I have been doing bharatNatyam for many years And this year I was very lucky because my dance teacher taught me a Krishna dance and I leant another Krishna dance from YouTube.There is a school fete at my school and my mum is…

nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-talesrimate Indradymna Swami iti naminenamo Prabhupada priya dasayaJagganath yatra anandena murtayeDear Srila Gurudev,All glories to you on your appearance day and always!!Please accept my humble obeisance at your lotus feet.I feel this year Vyaspuja offering is special because we had an opportunity to meet you, to be with you in Parikrama for the first time after my initiation. I remember on our initiation day you said that come to Vrindavan and we will visit 60 million holy places. I tried last year; I pray that I can come every year.I remember the day of parikrama when we were in forest of Varsana, you spoke about ‘Mahabhav…