Dear Srila Gurudev, please accept my most humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glory to Srila Prabhupada! All glory to you! Today is the most auspicious and important day for disciples – the day of your Vyasa Puja. Because, as Srila Vishwanatha Chakravarti Thakur sings in verse 8 of the Gurvashtaka: Yasya prasad bhagavat prasada. Yasya prasadan na gatih kuto’pi Krishna’s blessings can be attained only by the grace of the spiritual master. Without his grace any attempt to attain perfection is doomed to failure. Therefore, spiritual progress and the attainment of love for God are possible only if the disciple has taken refuge with a true spiritual master. Undoubtedly, Srila Gurudev, you are just that, a true spiritual teacher and…

Dear Srila Gurudeva. Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glory to you! Today, on such an important day, I would like to immerse myself in thoughts about the importance of your role in my life. Although I am not a disciplined disciple, and I do not do everything properly, I have not listened to all the lectures, and my sadhana is far from ideal, I clearly realize that you are my guide to Srila Prabhupada, you are my refuge, you are my strength and joy. For a long time I chose you as my spiritual Teacher, but due to various circumstances,…

Hare Krishna dear Spiritual Master!Please accept my humble obeisances.All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glory to You!On this Vyasa Puja Day, thank You for continuing to be a faithful disciple of Srila Prabhupada unceasingly, showing us the example of discipleship. In each lecture, you give all the glory to your Spiritual Master, and you do it with deep devotion and humility.Thank you for your enthusiasm for devotional service and compassion for all living beings that you want to take with You to the spiritual world. Thank You for your incredibly successful tour in Rishikesh. Srila Gurudeva, You are a liberated soul, because a conditioned soul cannot do as much as…

Dear Srila Gurudeva,Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet!All glory to Srila Prabhupada and Guru ISSKON!All Glory to you!Please accept my humble offering on the blessed day of your Vyasa Puja.Exactly 30 years ago, you accepted me as your disciple. It was September the 26th, 1993 in Rostov-on-Don, during the Ratha Yatra.I was born completely stupid, in complete ignorance. It was only by the causeless grace of Srila Prabhupada and Lord Krishna that I met you. Or rather, you found me at the back of the universe to give your stave of mercy. Despite the fact that I didn’t have any qualifications to become your…

Prema Radhika devi dasi Russia, Omsk region, Ust-Zaostrovka Hare Krishna! Please accept my obeisances, dear Srila Gurudev! All glory to you and His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. Dear Srila Gurudev, I congratulate you on the day of the apparition. In one of your lectures, you said that we should not be happy that we were born and celebrate our birthday. That this is not the best reason to celebrate. But your appearance day is a holiday for many. Because we have the opportunity to listen to you, receive your communication, learn from you, serve you. All that a disciple has is not his merit, but the grace…

Gurudev, please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Due to various events taking place in the world, we do not have the opportunity to see you live and this is very lacking. Just by being near you, answers to questions that bother me come. Your presence alone purifies the place you come to preach the mission of Srila Prabhupada. Practicing Krishna Consciousness in this material world is very difficult without your participation. You are guiding us, giving us the taste of devotional service. You are trying to awaken God Consciousness, Krishna Consciousness in everyone. In relation to your students, you…

Kumari-radha dasi Kovrov, Russia Hare Krishna. Dear Srila Gurudeva. Please accept my obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glory to Sri Guru Sri Gauranga! All glory to Srila Prabhupada! Let me humbly express my boundless gratitude to you for the mercy that you so generously pour out on me in this life. It is impossible to overestimate the importance of the presence of a spiritual teacher for a person following the path of spiritual development. By the grace of the spiritual master the fortunate conditioned soul receives the seed of devotional service in the form of invaluable instructions in the practice of bhakti. And at the same…

Malini devi dasi Moldova, Kishinev city Dear Srila Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glory to Srila Prabhupada. All glory to you, dear Srila Gurudeva. On this auspicious day of your appearance, let me express my gratitude, respect and glorify your wonderful qualities that inspire me, delight me and give me hope that such qualities can be developed to the maximum simply by following the instructions of someone who possesses them. Having been born in this world, for the most part, we follow in the footsteps of our parents, we should study at school, get an education, a profession, we should start…

Rasa Vallari dasi Russia, Saint-Petersburg Hare Krishna, dear spiritual master Indradyumna Swami. Please accept my obeisance! All glory to Srila Prabhupada, Guru ISKCON and all the devotees. On this significant day of your Vyasa Puja, let me express my gratitude to you. By your grace, such a large number of lost souls take refuge at the feet of Srila Prabhupada, Sri Krishna. I am very happy to have such a unique opportunity too. Exactly a year has passed since you accepted me as your student. I feel very grateful to you for this. I feel more and more the importance and value of this moment every day, as if spiritual…