Dearest Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to You. This year I had the good fortune to visit one of your evening programs at the Rishikesh kirtan festival. What can I say, Srila Gurudeva? It was perfect, I was amazed. You personally greeted the guests at the entrance, you picked the best kirtaniyas to introduce the new people to the Holy Names, the prasadam was delicious, everything was so well-organized, devotees paid such attention to all the needs of the newcomers. Everything was perfect from letter A down to letter Z. This is how you…

Dear Indradyumna Mahārāja, Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. What you did for me, you do for everyone. You trusted me, took me seriously, and treated me with love. That is all it takes to win someone’s heart. Yet how hard it is, as if you alone can do it. As an expression of my endless gratitude, I would like to offer you a bouquet of wonderful flowers which I collected in Vṛndāvana forest while reading the most blooming fifth act of Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Vidagdha-mādhava.In this act Kṛṣṇa is waiting for Rādhā under a punnāga tree which would bloom only by the embrace of Rādhā’s creeper…

My dearest Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances.All glories to Srila Prabhupada and to you. After 20 years I was able to spend three weeks in your association again by the mercy of a lot of devotees and by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa. It was so wonderful! I’m very thankful to all of them. I can’t express my gratitude properly… And I’m so thankful to you, Srila Gurudeva. It was a really sweet and deep spiritual experience for me and for Govinda Hari too, in the most critical period of our lives. I feel a real shelter in our spiritual family, in your mission. In your words, in your…

Dearest Srila Gurudeva,Please accept my humble obeisances.All glories to Srila Prabhupada and to you. On the most auspicious day of the year, when you appeared among us to kindly lead us to the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada I pray to you. Now my spiritual life is on the periphery of devotees but none of the reasons are plausible explanation for my present passive situation. The bottom of my heart is dry and thorn-filled but the Holy Name and the books and mostly the touch of your lotus feet give me the hope of one day serving you in a way that will be worthy to your Vyasa-Puja.Until then, I…

Dear Sríla GurudevaPlease accept my respectful obeisances.All glories to Srila Prabhupada. The events of the past few years have made it clear that the material world is a dangerous and unpredictable place. I’d like to thank you for your presence, your actions and your teachings that provide much needed safety and security for us.I thank you for all the time, attention you give us all, for your teachings to have faith in Kṛṣṇa and to try to love Him.You’re our shelter!Your servant,Rasika prema dási

Dearest Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my obeisances.All glories to Srila Prabhupada. On the occasion of your vyasa-puja I’d like to express my gratitude for all the immense effort that you’re making for me. How many times have I witnessed your example, how many classes and kirtans have I attended? And these are only what I was able to witness with my own eyes; these memories are my precious treasures. How many more treasures are there from where these came from? How could I possibly express my gratitude to you for constantly bestowing these treasures on me?Sometimes I wonder, is it enough that I serve in the mission of prasad distribution…

Dearest Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glory to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to your lotus feet. Srila Sivarama Maharaja’s Vyasa-puja class touched my heart. He talked beautifully about how rare devotees were and how exceptional it was to meet our spiritual master. I do think about this topic often. This universe is so huge. There are so many different planets on which there are so many various life forms. Logically, there is quite a slim chance for a soul to meet an extraordinary pure devotee in a particular place at a specific time. One truly needs to do something exceptional and valuable to attain the good fortune…

Dearest Srila Gurudeva, Please, accept my humble obeisances.All glories to Srila Prabhupada.All glories to you. I would like to wish you a very blessed appearance day. I thank Lord Krishna for you. I feel very grateful that you accepted me and initiated me into Krishna’s and into your family. The thought of belonging to you gives me inspiration and strength in my service and in my spiritual practices as well. I am totally in awe how dedicatedly you serve Lord Caitanya’s and Srila Prabhupada’s mission with a full heart, and how warmly and welcomingly you can connect others to the Krishna conscious community. Your openness, your friendly and accepting attitude…

Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeiances.All glories to Srila Prabhupada. May is my favorite month. This month is so dear to me, because this time there are the two most important appearance days in my life to celebrate. One is Nrismha Chaturdasi, when my Lord appeared in His dearest form. The other most special celebration is your Vyasa-puja. I have been able to feel the spiritual connection to you through Narasimhadev since my childhood. When others told me to worship Radha-Syamasundar, you were the one who encouraged me in worshiping Nrismhadev, thinking about him as Kṛṣṇa. As long as I can remember you have always been showing me…