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from Lila Rani Gaurangi Dasi – France, New Mayapur
My dearest Srila Gurudev, please accept my humble obeisances all glories to Srila Prabhupad. Even though it is your birthday and you are supposed to be the one getting a gift I feel it is truly a gift each year to meditate on my relationship with you and to think about every moment passed in your presence. To think of every connection, every word spoken, every glance taken and swim in the joy of remembrance. Although you do not have to, you gladly give advice and guidance for every single detail in our lives, you teach us not only the joys of experiencing Krishna consciousness, but also how to live…
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From Mathura Shyam Das – France
Greetings, Srila Gurudeva. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. My name is Mathura Shyam Das, and I have a family, including your candidate for initiation, Bhaktin Marina, and three children. I would like to express my gratitude to you, Srila Gurudeva, and all the organizers for the stability and the opportunity to come together and immerse ourselves in katha every year. Your lectures and video reports on the victories of Lord Gauranga’s army come out regularly every month. Currently, we are in a very symbolic place – New Mayapur in France, for Nrsimha Chaturdashi. This is the temple where you were president in 1983, the year I was born. After 40…