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All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!
Vyāsa Pūjā
Celebrating the auspicious day of the appearance of our beloved
Spiritual Master
His Divine Grace Mahāmaṇḍaleshwar Mahant
Śrī Kṛṣṇa Balarām Swāmījī Mahārāj
23 June 2020
His Divine Grace Mahāmaṇḍaleshwar Mahant
Śrī Kṛṣṇa Balarām Swāmījī Mahārāj
nama oḿ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate kṛṣṇa balarām swāmin iti nāmine
śrila prabhupāda śiṣyeṣu kevalam vrajavāsinam
vāḍava vaṁśāvataṁśāṁ haṁsaṁ dhvāntāntakaṁ namaḥ
“We offer our respectful obeisance at the lotus feet of His Divine Grace Mahāmaṇḍaleshwar Mahant Śrī Kṛṣṇa Balarām Swāmījī Mahārāj, who is very dear to Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa for having taken shelter at His lotus feet.”
“Among all the disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda, our Gurudeva is the only Vrajavāsī disciple born in Śrī Vrindāban Dhāma, and is born into an enlightened Gauḍa Brāhmaṇa family. He is vastly learned in the Vedic scriptures and is able to remove the darkness of ignorance as the sun removes darkness upon rising.”
A TRUE SPIRITUAL MASTER
krpasindhu susampurnah sarva satvopakarakah
nisprhah sarvatah siddhah sarva vidya visaradah sarva samsaya sancchatta 'nalaso gurur ahrtah
“A pure devotee is an ocean of mercy, he
feels pain by seeing others unhappy, he is always content in himself, he works for the welfare of others; he does not desire sense gratifications; he is perfect in all respects; he is expert in scriptural knowledge; he is expert in removing the doubts of his followers, and is never lazy. Such a devotee should be accepted as one's Spiritual Master.”
[Hari-bhakti-vilasa 1.45-46]
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Offerings
Dear Swamiji,
Please accept my most humble obeisance at your lotus feet!
On this most auspicious day of your appearance I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your guidance, instruction, blessings and your immeasurable kindness and mercy towards such a fallen and insignificant soul as myself.
You are so kind and have appeared as an ocean of mercy to instruct and guide the conditioned souls and reawaken their natural loving relationship with Lord Sri Krsna, Govinda. As stated in the scriptures, there is no difference between the Supreme Lord Sri Krsna and the initiating and instructing spiritual masters. Therefore, You are the actual external manifestation of the Supersoul appearing in the physical form as Spiritual Master.
Anyone and everyone who is lucky and has the good fortune to come in contact with you, can only come away with a profound feeling of awe reverence. The sincere seekers will directly experience the powerful seed of Krsna Consiousness that you have planted and watered, growing stronger and stronger
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day by day.
Please forgive my offenses and allow me to continue serving you to the best of my abilities, know that you have always been and will always be my worshipable Lord and Master.
Thank you so much.
Jai Sri Radhe!
Your Humble servant, —Kaviraj
(Swamiji’s Godbrother. California, USA)
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SRI GURU CHARANA KHAMALEBHYO NAMAHA
Hey Gurudev please accept my most humble obeisances in the dust of Your Lotus feet.
It has been my great fortune to accept the shelter of Your Divine Grace Mahamandaleshwar Mahant Sri Krsna Balaram Swamiji Maharaj as my Spiritual Preceptor. I certainly had no qualification to receive this boon; rather it is due to Your causeless mercy, I was blessed to know the true Lord Krsna and to practice Devotional Service.
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As you said that sastras explain that we can associate with great Souls in 2 ways, one by his personal association and the other is through his words or writings. Of the two it is recommended that association through his words is more important because wheather Guru is Personally Present with me or not, we can still receive valuable instructions.
Gurudev I am feeling Your presence by reading Your books and I owe a lot to you for it.
Hey Gurudev please make me strong & straight in devotional path by your causeless mercy. I am always falling in the clutches of Maya.
Please shower Your blessings on me always so that I can follow the path said by you and do the perfect devotional service.
Understanding the divinity of Krsna’s appearance liberates one from bondage and the same is true for understanding the significance of the appearance of a pure devotee like you Swamiji. You work so hard in preaching and writing the books day and night to save the conditioned souls (like me) tho took birth due to karmic reactions in this kaliyuga and to get their souls liberate and reach spiritual abode (Golok).
This is in fact a Privillege for us to glorify you to our heart’s content asby doing so we indeed become purified as it is said in Srimad Bhagavatam 12.10.25:
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śravanād darśanād vapi mahā-pātakino ‘pi vah
sudhyerann antya-jāś cāpi kim u sambhāsanādibhih
Even the worst sinners and social outcasts are purified just by hearing about & seeing Personalities like you. Imagine, then how purified they become by directly speaking with you.
Your qualities are so magnanimous that so many tried to imitate but only to prove themselves as utter failures as they could hardly come anywhere near to even a fraction of your glories.
Glow worms may try to shine only in the absence of Your divine sun but as soon as one just hears about you it immediatelly nullifies their position and relegates them to some embarasing situation with utter humilliation.
Year by year your supreme position is becoming more and more prominent and clear and many are seeking and taking refuge in them and very dearly with all their hearts and souls.
As we have seen too on the contrary anyone trying to deny taking shelter of your divine feet suffer terribly. S.B 10.87.33 says:
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vijta-hrsīka-vāyubhir adānta-manas turagam ya iha yatanti yantum ati-lokupam upāya khidah vyasana satānvitāh samavahāya guros caranam
vanija ivaja santy akrta-karnadharā jaladhau
O unborn Lord, the mind is more flickering than any rellentless horse. It even disturbs those who have regulated their senses by practising the breathing exercises of the yoga system. People that try to control the restless mind without following the commands of spiritual master fail in all categories of spiritual practices. Such people face hundreads of problems on the spiritual path, like a businessman who sails a boat to the middle of the ocean and experiences difficulties because he didn’t employ an expert captain to sail it.
Hey Gurudev, on the other hand just by depending on you solely we were able to cross many obstacles that we are continually facing in our lives.
In fact it is said that to get a father or a mother we can get in any species of life but to get a bonafide spiritual master - a pure devotee as yourself - is a very rare opportunity and is not possible unless we had done heaps and heaps of pious activities and or sometimes simply due to Your causeless mercy. So please Swamiji, kindly continue being the eternal captain of our ship.
To prove that your causeless mercy is very authentic and fully backed by the Lord we can see that by strictly following your instructions one certainly makes rapid progress.
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So dear Swamiji, kindly bless us that we would be able to similarly cling on to your instructions life after life and not move even an inch from them by having them tightly bounded around our neck.
Please bless us on this most auspicious day that we can stay forever as your most humble servant.
I pray you to forgive me for my shortcomings in serving you and to give me extra mercy so that I can understand and to live by the Principles of Devotional Service you taught.
Ever your Dasi, Lalitha Devi Dasi
(Andhra Pradesh, India)
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All glories you His Divine Grace Mahamandaleshwar Mahant Sri Krsna Balaram Swami Maharaj.
My dearest Swamiji you are the savior of this world. I actually realize this more and more as time passes on. I feel sorry for those who do not know you. I can’t imagine being in this world without you. If I didn't know you life would be terrible. This world is actually a torture chamber. But you my dear Gurudev have relieved me of this torture.
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On this day your appearance day I honor you. You have been put in this world to save all who will take the mercy. One must want the mercy to get it so it is our duty to make your mercy available to all. I only hope that I can help you fulfill your mission. The only real mission I may add at this time in history. Please keep me with you my dear Gurudev.
Your servant, Mukunda das
(Hanover, Maryland, USA)
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My humble obeisances to the Lotus feet of HDG Mahamandaleshwar Mahant Srikrsna Balarama Swamiji.
On this occasion of Vyasa puja I pray the Supreme Lord Srikrsna to bless my Guruji for His long life and energetic to preach Krsna Bhakti throughout the world . My Spiritual Master is only Real Guru at present who has taken birth in the Srotriya Brahmin dynasty and having full knowledge of all scriptures by fallowing all the devotional rules and regulations by Himself and who make all His disciples also to fallow them scrupulously. His mission is to uplift the materialistic people to know their original Suppremme Lord SRI KRISHNA and serve Him with full faith and devotion instead of wasting their valuable and limited time.
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He wrote so many commentaries on the Scriptures like Srimat Mahabhagavatam, Srimatbhagavatgitha, Vedanta sutra and also Upanishads. He is a living library to His disciples and devotees. He sings and dances in front of the Supreme Lord Srikrsna and Srimati Radha Rani in fully immersed love and devotion. He teaches and preaches His disciples how to be in right path to learn the perfect devotion with all their senses put together.
In this connection I beg my Guruji to pardon my inability to serve Him fully at present condition of having indulged in the family attachment for some time.
Always at your Lotus feet, Sarvatma das
(Andhra Pradesh, India)
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My dear eternal Spiritual Father,
Jai Om Vishnupad Paramhamsa Astottara Sri Srimad His Divine Grace Mahamandaleswar Mahant Sri Krishna Balaram Swamiji Maharaj.
Please accept my prostrated obeisances at your divine Lotus feet.
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Swamiji, you are an embodiment of all the past Sampradaya Acharyas coming in the most revered Brahma Madhva Gaudiya sect.
Your divine grace is indeed the most ardent follower of our predecessor Acharyas and have always lived by the vedic rules and regulations. You have achieved so much in so little time that we can clearly see that you are the only self effulgent Acharya after the disappearance of your gurudev.
Swamiji you possess all good qualities with you which are seen by your beloved disciples and well wishers. I personally can mention only a few of those qualities in the little bit of association that I have had with your Divine Grace.
The most important quality that is possessed by you is truthfulness. You are the only protector and propagator of Absolute Truth in the present times. As you had mentioned that in the present age of Kali, many heretics have come in the garb of devotee's attire. Only by your mercy I am able to identify such people and overlook their show of Bhakti yoga. You have stressed on the point that a real devotee is from inside out and not the other way around, which is so true.
I personally was sincerely in searching for absolute truth but unfortunately I was caught up in the trap of a heretics who portrayed themselves as the most sincere servitors of ISKCON'S FOUNDER ACHARYA, but in reality they are deemed to be a dangerous cult. Fortunately, after having read your books
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namely Gurunirnaya deepika and Vaishnava Kanthahar I could build the courage to question their activities which in reality were simply a shadow of Bhakti. All your books are an eye opener for anyone sincerely seeking to establish a genuine connection with Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhus Sankirtan movement. Your books encourages us to serve the only one worshipable Lord Krishna inspite of passing through difficult times. It is only because my first step(adau guru ashrayah) was right, that Rest of The process has naturally become so sweet,simple and sublime.
You are always fixed in your determination to abide by your gurudev's instructions. This was observed by me when you sent an uninvited guest out of the temple as he didn't attend the mangal aarti and darshan aarti aswell.
Through you, your Guru's desire of having a beautiful Temple for Lord Krishna has manifested in the form of The RedStone Temple in Sri Vrindavan dham. You have built this beautiful edifice 16yrs ago, and your mercy is dawned upon us through the glance of their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Govinda Dev upon us daily. You are hence engaging us in authorised devotional service for the pleasure of Sri Radha Govinda Dev ji.
Your personal association has cleared so many doubts that were haunting me from within. The most striking one being that initiated name of a disciple is given by Paramatma through the mind of an authentic guru and that, after initiation, both guru
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and disciple are always thinking about one another. Swamiji, I cannot imagine any of my day pass by without thinking of you.
Swamiji when I read the North American Judicial comitee's report of ISKCON framed against you, I was caught in tears. I then concluded that Bhakti Devi has since then taken your side and left ISKCON to suffer for their nefarious acts against a Pure devotee. We can easily notice that the Present day ISKCON simply turns out to be just another cult in disguise because of their disconnection from the Disiplic succession.
Swamiji, there are many more fallen conditioned souls like myself who are being carried away by the shadow of devotional service. I wish that in near future all such souls would learn a lesson and someday take shelter at your lotus feet and make there God given human birth worthwhile.
I would like to end my offering here. I beg you to kindly shower your causeless mercy on me, since I am the most fallen conditioned soul. Without your causeless mercy I would surely become a miser leading a miserable life. O Swamiji, I eternally seek your blessings to carry out my services for the pleasure of Sri Guru and Shri Gauranga.
Your most fallen servant, Chaturbhuj dasa
(Nambur village, Andhra Pradesh India)
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nama oḿ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale śrīmate kṛṣṇa balarām
swāmin iti nāmine
śrila prabhupāda śiṣyeṣu kevalam vrajavāsinam
vāḍava vaṁśāvataṁśāṁ haṁsaṁ dhvāntāntakaṁ namaḥ
Dear Swamiji,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to your divine grace. This is just a small endeavor of mine to glorify you on your divine appearance day even though I had no capacity to do so. You gave Govinda, Hare Krsna mahamantra, vedic literatures and all over them immeasurable blessings. From innumerable number of lives I’m having turning in this cycle and death had all relatives. But I have a real owner i.e. your divine grace. It’s a very good fortune for me to get an authentic guru, who can pull me out of this cycle of birth and death. I can’t even think of how to repay this debt, if so I would fool not better than an animal. By your mercy I’m honoring Krsna prasadam, chanting japa and reading books.
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As stated in Chaitanya charitamrita:
guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja
By the mercy of guru and Krsna, one can get the seed of devotional service.
As stated by Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarthi Thakur in guruvastakham:
yasya prasadad bhagavat prasado yasyaprasadan na gatih kuto’pi
dhyayan stuvams tasta yasas tri-sandhyam vande guroh sri caranaravindam
By pleasing the Spiritual Master the Supreme Lord is pleased, but by displeasing the Spiritual Master there cannot be any solace for the soul anywhere. Therefore, while Meditating on him and praising his glories at least three Times a day, I offer my respectful obeisance at the lotus feet of my Spiritual Master.
Also in Padma purana, it is stated that:
harau ruste gurus trata gurau ruste na kascana tasmat satva prayatnena gurum eva prasidayet
If Lord Krsna somehow becomes displeased with a devotee, their pure and perfect Spiritual Master can save that devotee, but if the pure Spiritual Master becomes displeased with a disciple the n there is no shelter anywhere for that
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devotee. Therefore, certainly it is the duty of a disciple to keep their Spiritual Master satisfied by using all means and endeavors.
Swamiji please bless me with service to Your Divine Grace and Govinda, so that I can develop the creeper of bhakti in my heart. Please bless me that I can come out of this material world. Please bless me with firm determination and good service attitude, so that I can quickly grow in my Krishna Conscious life. Please forgive me for any offenses that occurred due to this offering written by this insignificant servant.
JAI SRI RADHE
Yours insignificant servant, Tirupathi Reddy.
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namah om visnu padaya krsna presthaya bhutale srimate krsna balaram swamin iti namine
srila prabhupada sisyesu kevalam vrajavasinam vadava vamsavatamsam hamsam dhvantantakam namah
“I offer my respectful obeisance at the lotus feet of His Divine Grace Mahamandaleshwar Mahant Sri Krsna Balaram
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Swamiji Maharaja, who is very dear to Lord Sri Krsna for having taken shelter at His lotus feet.”
“Among all the disciples of Srila Prabhupada, our Gurudeva is the only Vrajavasi disciple born in Sri Vrindaban Dham, and is born into an enlightened Gauda Brahmana family. He is vastly learned in the Vedic scriptures and is able to remove the darkness of ignorance as the sun removes darkness upon rising.”
Dear Swamiji,
Please accept my obeisance at your lotus feet.
Your nature is to benefit everyone. One who merely appreciates you or sees you is benefited, what to speak of by following your commands or surrendering to you. You instruct the world to chant the Holy Names of the Lord, worship in the home and Temple, read and distribute spiritual books, plant and worship Tulasi, and perform so many other activities that uplift the soul and bring one near the Supreme Lord Krsna. You are propagating the greatest benediction to the world. Nobody surpasses you in realizations or scriptural knowledge. You are the Perfect Spiritual Master.
Your servant, Jagadish Das
(USA)
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namaste gurūdevāya sarva-siddhi pradāyine sarva-mangala-rūpāya sarvānanda-vidhāyine
"O Gurudeva, O rewarder of all perfections of life, I pay my most humble prostrations at your divine lotus feet. You are the personification of all auspiciousness and your blessings reward the ultimate transcendental bliss. Please accept me as your menial servant."
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet Swamiji. I am very grateful to you for lifting me up from the darkness and ignorance, and I will be forever thankful for all the blessings and wonderful arrangements you gave to me and to Jagadish. Every challenging test is bitter, I thought I couldn't handle anymore, but you gave us realizations and that is very sweet, and that make us stronger too. Please forgive me for my offenses and lead me to the right path. Jai Sri Radhe! Jai Swamiji!
Your humble servant, Yashoda (USA)
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NAMA OM VISNU PADAYA KRSNA PRESTHAYA BHUTALE SRIMATE KRSNA BALARAM SWAMIN ITI NAMINE SRILA PRABHUPADA SISYESU KEVALAM VRAJAVASINAM VADA VAMSAVATAMSAM HANSAM DHVANTANTAKAM NAMAH.
FIRST OF ALL PLEASE ACCEPT MY MOST HUMBLE OBEISENCES UNTO THE LOTUS FEET OF MY GURUDEVA.
VANCHA KALPA TARUBYHAS CA KRPA SINDHUBHYA EVA CA PATITANAM PAVANEBHYO VAISNAVEBHYO NAMO NAMAH.
Guru dev before all, my family and I congratulate you happy vyasa puja I am very fortunate that you are my spiritual master who I have proven to myself and experience that the impossible is possible I have no ability to spread and share the books that are written are radha and krsna's past time but because of the blessing you have put into my heart and i believe the impossible is possible because you guru dev that your exterior and inner shape is radha's and krsna without a doubt. We devotees here in the Philippines will wait until that time comes and you can bless the devotees who want to take shelter in your lotus feet.
Happy Vyasa Puja my dear Guru dev.
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Jai Sri radhe govinda deva.
YOUR INSIGNIFICANT SERVANTS, Ramabhadra das Rukmini Dasi Rama Krsna das Kapila Deva das Laxmi dasi Narayani dasi Rama govinda das Jagannath das
(Philippines)
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nāma śresthaṁ manumapi śaciputramatra svarūpaṁ rūpaṁ tasyāgrajamurupurim māthurim goșthaväțim rādha-kuņdam giri-varam aho rādhikā-madhavāśāṁ präpto yasya prathita krpayā śrīgurūm taṁ nato'smi
"I pay my most humble obeisance at the lotus feet of my divine Spiritual Master Mahamandaleshwar Mahant Sri Krsna Balaram Swamiji who made me realize that Lord Chaitanya's teaching of chanting the holy name of Lord Krsna is the best way among all the spiritual process for self-realization. He taught me when Lord Krsna is together with His elder brother, Balaram,
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and His cowherd friends is the most pleasing form of Lord Krsna. When Lord Krsna is with Srimati Radharani inside the groves of Vrindaban performing His conjugal amorous pastime is the best mood of worshipping Him and taught me that Radha Kunda lake, situated in the foothill of Govardhan, is very pleasing to Lord Krsna. Unto such a Spiritual master I pay my humble obeisance at His lotus feet."
Dear Swamiji,
In this most auspicious day of Your appearance . I humbly greet You. Swamiji I have no knowlege and devotion but i have very significant faith at Your lotus feet. It is imposible to maintain my devotional life, but because of Your Mercy they become posible to do my devotional life in my natural daily way of living therefore, I will always pray unto Your Lotus Feet and please forgive my faults and protect my devotional life.
We thank You very much. Happy Appearance Day!
Youre most fallen servant, Ishwara das
(Philippines)
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namah om visņu-pādāya krsņa preșthāya bhūtale
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śrīmate krsna balarām swāmin iti nāmine
"I offer my respectful obeisance at the lotus feet of His Divine Grace Mahamandaleshwar Mahant Srī Krsna Balarām Swāmīji Mahārāja, who is very dear to Lord Sri Krsna for having taken shelter at His lotus feet."
Dear Swamiji,
First of all, I want to greet You a very Happy Auspiciuos appearance day. I’m very fortunate soul to accept a scripturally authentic Guru like You, although I have no any qualification still You accept me as one of your disciple. I’m also thankfull to your all blessings. Swamiji you are my real Father and Mother pls. forgive my faults to my devotional service.
Your humble servant, Ishwari devi dasi
(Philippines)
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Namah om visnu padaya krsna presthaya bhutale Srimate Krsna Balarama Swamin iti namine
His Divine Grace Krsna Balaram Swamij
Happy appearance Day
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Swamiji, I pray at Your Lotus Feet that I may not given up the chanting of the Holy Name.
Although i am not fortunate enough to accept Your transcendental Mercy. My life is incomplete without Your blessing. Though my mind is so weak. Controlling the sense of confusion is not easy in my conditional life.
But hearing from your Lotus Mouth. You Lighten up my existense. Hoping that i may live under the shelter of your transcendental Guidance.
Jai Sri Radhe Govinda!
Your aspiring menial servant, Bhakta eddie
(Philippines)
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Nama Om Vishnu-Padaya Krsna-Presthaya Bhutale, Srimate Krsna Balaram Svamin iti Namine. Srila Prabhupada Sisyesu, Kevalam Vrajavasinam, Vadava Vamsvatamsam hamsam dhvantantakam namah.
Dear Swamiji,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to your
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beautiful lotus feet where I can take shelter. I feel so amazed when I experience the depth of attachment and love that myself and your disciples feel for you. You conquer your disciples heart with your purity, never deviating from your Gurus mission. I pray for your guidance on how best to serve You and Krsna. It is said the eyes are the mirror of the soul. Swamiji when I see your eyes I see the mirror of the Spiritual World.
By Krsna’s Mercy on this occasion of your Vayasa-Puja I am given the opportunity to express to you my thankfulness for accepting me as your disciple. I feel there is no greater blessing.
Swamiji I miss being in Vrindavan with you.
Your loving Servant, Jayadevi Dasi
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All glories to His Divine Grace Mahamandaleshwar Mahant Śri Krsna Balaram Swami!
Dear Swamiji, please accept my most humble obeisances, I hope you are well.
A young lady told me, "I visited the ISKCON -temple and
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the devotees there treated me as second class, because I am a woman. How is Swamiji dealing with women?" I told her, "Swamiji is the perfect gentleman, he is treating women, like everyone, very nicely, he doesn't care about bodys, man, woman, old or young, he cares about souls, what we really are. He is so merciful that he invites everybody to meet him, also if this person is very fallen, spoke harsh or bad about him. Also people without or with wrong knowledge, a lack of etiquette or bad habits are always welcome, and he shares his Prasadam with them.
Swamiji is never afraid of wicked or false leaded, perhaps dangerous people, also if they are very powerful. He cares never for himself, but always for our Sweet Lord Govinda and his devotees. Swamiji came not in this world because of karmic reactions, he is beyond karma and the gunas. He came only to rescue the most fallen souls like me. By dedicated following him karma will be burn to ash and destiny will change. He has the power to change people into devotees of Krishna."
Dear Swamiji, since I met you the first time in Vrindaban, my life changed. In front of you all questions and doubts disappeared. Just to touch your lotus feet is a very good reason to travel around this planet. A glance from your eyes, filled with eternal knowledge, true love and wisdom touches my heart. Your voice, sweet as a summer wind or thundering like a storm, touches my soul.
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I never really loved before I met you, but now I do, and this love becomes stronger day by day.
Your presence is auspicious, is real sadhu-sanga, where ever you are there is knowledge, joy, bliss, real devotion, the Vedas and Śri Govinda.
You explain the science of God perfect, you were never tired to answer my questions and your answers leave no room for doubts.
By reading Śrimad Bhagavatam come sometimes questions up or something is unclear for me. But, how wonderful, just some pages later I find the perfect explanation in your purport. This happened many times.
Your dynasty is in the unbroken chain of disciplic succession, connected direct to to source of everything, Krishna. Since you came in this world you constantly served Guru, Sadhu, Śastra. Your parents were pure devotees, you had the best thinkible education, you are absolute pure, and you know the secrets of God.
I know many intelligent people but you are the most intelligent, your knowledge is unlimited, it is the knowledge of God, you can see Govinda unveiled because your eyes are spiritual, you can see God how He is. You have the power of a lion, I had the blessings to follow you while your Govardhan- parikram, and it was difficult to follow you, you walk very fast.
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By seeing a beautiful flower I think "This flower should be offered to Swamiji!". While working at night I look at the stars and they remember me at my beloved Guru. Since years I think what I could cook for you if you would visit me once, and many times I was in bliss for hours by meditating about you.
I'm eternally in your debt, because you gave me spiritual initiation in Vrindaban. How fortunate I am! Krishna! After millions of life I found the perfect Guru, received initiation in God's own land from this Guru under perfect circumstances.
"Dear Krishna, Karuna Sindhu, please give Swamiji a very long life, he is very dear to you, but, Sweet Lord, please don't take him to quick back to you. I, and so many others fully depend on him, our lives and happiness depends on him. Please let me Swamiji serve sincere, let me make him happy, let me protect him, I am his eternal humble servant, I am nothing without him, he is my bright light in the darkest night. He can bring me beyond this ocean of birth and dead, he can teach me real love and devotion to you, Krishna."
Dear Swamiji, if I made any offenses against you, knowingly or unknowingly, please forgive me. You know me better than I know myself, you know what and how I am. But you are like a touchstone, you can turn rosty iron into gold.
My place is at your lotus feet.
All glories to you!
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All glories to you! All glories to you!
Your humble servant, with my highest respect, Prahlada das,
(Switzerland)
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Namo Om Visnu Padaya Krsna Presthaya Bhutale Srimati Krsna Balaram Swamin Iti Namine!!
Srila Prabhupada-Sisyesu Kevalam Vrajavasinam Vadava vamsamvatamsam Hamsam Dvantantakam Namah!!
My worshippable deity Srila Prabhupada,
Please accept my millions of obeisance’s and prostrations at the lotus feet of your transcendental form!
On Feb.28 2020, in your homeplace of Sri Vrindavan Dham, you gave us the most valuable gift that any soul could ever receive in all the creation, the acceptance of us as one of your humble disciples. As our first Vyasa Puja Offering, we humbly make the attempt to glorify you as the spiritually surcharged representative of their the eternally beautiful
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Lordships Radha Krsna, and the Founder Acharya of Bhagavat Dharma Samaj. We ask that The Lord forgives us for our short comings in anything we don’t mention about his pure devotee! And we kindly ask that you please show your grace to us and accept this offering.
The day of Lord Jagannath’s Chariot Festival in Sri Jagannath Puri-Dham is amongst the most glorious days in all of the celebrations of the chain of disciplic succession that you have accepted us into. Even more significant than the chariot festival itself is the fact that, this is the day that Lord Krsna has personally commissioned one of his eternally situated devotees from Golok Vrindavan, the capital city of the spiritual world, to come to the material plane and impart the age old Vedic Science, during this most challenging age. Just as His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada came to this world on Nandotsava (Nanda Maharaj’s festival for Lord Krsna’s birth), similarly you have descended into this world on Lord Jagannath’s Chariot Festival day, on the order of Lord Krsna. This is a strong indication that any one from the spiritual world will come into a spiritually surcharged family, on a spiritually arranged day, to make their grand appearance known, and become the next link in the chain, that leads back to Lord Krsna himself. The sastras support such a statement; in the Paramatma Sandharba (Anuccheda 47 Text1) Srila Jiva Goswami states there are two types of living entities; 1. The souls who from time immemorial are favorable to Lord Krsna and 2. the others who
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are averse from Lord Krsna and have floated in this material world for an incomprehensible amount of time. Therefore, we conclude, that you are that spiritual master the ancient scriptures talk about, that makes you the primary object of our love and devotion, for you are the bonafide representative of the Lord.
From our spiritually limited vision, we are able to understand, due to your nectarian books, that as Rupanugas our only hearts content is to fulfill the Mano-bhistam of our Sri Gurudev. Through cosmic mercy of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Rupa Goswami was spiritualized and was tasked with the most important work in all of the universes, to pass down the doctrines and teachings of Uttama Bhakti. In the Bhakti Rasamrta Sindhu Uttama Bhakti is described thus:
anyabhilasita-sunyam jnana-karmadyanavrtam anukulyena krsnanusilanam bhaktir-uttama
Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.1.11)
Perpetual, ardent endeavor meant exclusively for Sri Krsna and performed out of genuine kindness to Him, when neither prone to any selfish, ulterior desires nor eclipsed by impersonal knowledge, fruitive work, or any other occupation, is known as uttama-bhakti.
By completing his mission, Srila Rupa Goswami was able to fulfill the inner most heart’s desire of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the deliverance of the fallen souls of the age of Kali
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Yuga by delivering the perfect spiritual process for realization of love for God. Similarly, you followed in the footsteps of all the Acharyas in our Guru-Parampara and fulfilled the innermost desire of your Gurudev, Lord Chaitanya, and their Lordships. As an eternal associate you never had to take to the renounced order of life, but because your eternally auspicious position you have done so for the benefit of the human society. Out of your sublimely sweet, and merciful heart, you came to the west to preach the unchanged, unbroken, message. Out of your spiritual potency you manifested The Greatest Temple in all of Vrindavan, The Red Stone Temple! A temple your Gurudev wanted built in that place where Lord Krsna and his brother Balaram loitered. Due to your scriptural expertise, and spiritual vision you have given all inhabitants of the world The Vrajavasi Purports in your books, so that we can understand Krsna’s will and follow properly. When I read your books all the visions are so clear to me, my mind runs with laugher, with ecstasy, and with bliss.
The mission you have come to complete is very clear within our heart and we vow to dedicate every last one of our breaths in the engagement in that mission as well. Because of the words of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Krsna consciousness has been taken worldwide. Unfortunately, because of the influence of many heretics and agents of Kali Yuga, the authentic process of Lord Chaitanya has been compromised. You are that Nitya-Siddha (eternally perfected) devotee that he has chosen to redeliver the correct way to all humankind. Your tolerance has
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been so pure in this pursuit Prabhupada, and we surrender to you and see your transcendental compassion. You remain in this position ardent, and caring, despite your wellness being attacked several times. We don’t know how we, given all of our past misdeeds, have somehow come into contact with you, what to speak of us actually being initiated by you. Upon me disclosing some of the most horrible things I have done, you simply dismissed them and engaged me in Hari-Bhajana. What kind of mercy!? How good my Guru must be?
One time when you were still in Sri Vrindavan-Dham at the Red Stone Temple, we were waiting for you anxiously to come back to your place in America. We could not bear the feeling of separation any longer from our Gurudev, our Bhakti was slackening, and we were becoming progressively weaker. Praying in our mind for our Gurudev, we called your disciple in The Red Stone Temple, to see if we could tell you our distresses and downfalls on the spiritual path. As soon as you answered many of my anxieties were burned away, by simply seeing your shining, vibrant face. When we humbly submitted our doubts saying, “Our bhakti is suffering, what is happening? please Prabhupada be merciful to us” you simply told me “You have to follow!”. Immediately by your mercy we understood everything in that moment, it was as if all the Acharyas of the disciplic succession put their hands on our hearts and imbued it with the actions we had to take going forward. By the dust of your lotus feet and seeing your beautiful form we have been given a unique
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ability to understand the Vedic scriptures, and are progressing quickly because of your perfect Vrajavasi Commentaries. As it says in the Svetasvatara Upanishad; “For anyone who has staunch devotion to the Lord and an equal quality of devotion for the Spiritual Master, all the secrets of scriptural knowledge are automatically revealed in truth unto the heart of that great soul."(6.23). I am far from a great soul but just as all those following in the line of Rupa Goswami seek to fulfill the Mano-Bhistam of their Guru, so do I have the longing to fulfill your inner most desires, and to see all your wishes come true Prabhupada.
Since the beginning you took me in as your own and so mercifully gave me so many sessions of Hari-Katha, which freed my plagued heart from so many anarthas. All of those past times are vividly running through my mind, constantly, and we only seek to turn our ears into cups so we may drink from your lotus mouth when you give us your holy darshan again. The opposition in the form of the Agents of Kali Yuga have no idea what is going to come next. I have humbly repeated to my God brothers and God sisters that this is the calm before the storm. This is the calm before that storm that Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu starts again, and when the truly bonafide spiritual master takes his rightful place as the leading figure in the spreading of Krsna Consciousness, all around the world! When people look upon you with dull eyes, they cannot see your spiritual form nor any of your glories because Lord Krsna is
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keeping it concealed and away from them. But those who are firmly seated in the state of samadhi, meditating only on your words and your instructions, as your followers, can see who you truly are and what you were sent here to accomplish for Lord Krsna. A spiritual master of your caliber is never to be seen through materialistic vision, as Lord Krsna says in the SB;
acaryam mam vijaniyan navanmanyeta karhicit
na martya-buddhyasuyeta sarva-deva-mayo guru
“One should know the acarya as Myself, and never disrespect him in any way. One should not envy him, thinking him an ordinary man, for he is the representative of all the demigods.” (Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.17.27)
Through the journey we have never looked at our dear spiritual master with material eyes, and we never will. In the song written by Bhaktivinoda Thakur ‘Suddha Bhakata Carana Renu’ we meditate on those lines, which you have given us in the Bhakti Bhajan Mala. Service to the pure devotees of the highest order is the creeper of devotion. Your Grihasta Sadhaka devotee Madhava Dasa will serve your lotus feet because we know in our hearts by serving you and you alone we can accomplish the goal of pleasing and receiving the mercy of All the 6 Goswamis of Vrindavan, and Lords Chaitanya-Nityananda, thus gaining entrance to the divine lila of Lord Krsna. Every day we pray with
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folded hands that our Gurudev, as the Supersoul seated within, drives our senses to that which will make our spiritual life successful, and to ultimately what will make him happy, because that is our life’s highest success.
I feel your warm presence in my heart every day, and if I should ever get weak, I shall take shelter of you with in my mind and chant the holy names and stay fixed in my vows. I have firm faith and belief as your devotee that nothing can hurt me, and I feel empowered to do your bidding in the dissemination of Krsna Consciousness. When we met you, we were so lost thinking “when will lord Krsna give us a real guru” and “who will my guru be? I don’t see my guru in Iskcon”. Then when we moved Lord Krsna brought us to your humble place in Maryland and we knew that you would become our spiritual master and guide us into Prema-Bhakti. I count myself as one of the most fortunate souls in all the existence to be able to serve you. Please be merciful to us and just tell us your will, we will accomplish that which you seek. When you give us the spontaneous devotion you have as a Vrajavasi then our life will be successful.
rūpa-raghunātha-pade rahu mora āśa prārthanā koroye sadā narottama-dāsa
My only aspiration is to attain the lotus feet of the Six Gosvamis headed by Srila Rupa Gosvami and Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami. Narottama dasa constantly prays to attain their lotus feet. (Lalasmayi Prarthana Song 1 // Narottama Das
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Thakur).
YOUR SWEET ETERNAL SERVANT MADHAVA DASA
(USA)
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nama oḿ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale śrīmate kṛṣṇa balarām
swāmin iti nāmine
śrila prabhupāda śiṣyeṣu kevalam vrajavāsinam
vāḍava vaṁśāvataṁśāṁ haṁsaṁ dhvāntāntakaṁ namaḥ
Dear Swamiji,
Please, accept my humble obeisances. I am very happy, that I have found You. I do not know, what I have done to deserve such mercy from the Lord. You filled my sad and angry soul with love, joy, laugh and trust. You are the sun, who brightly enlightens my life. When I think of You, I want to cry out of happiness. With You I feel safe and calm, I am no longer afraid
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of the future. You are my father, Spiritual Father, who gently guides and protects. Your gentle protection softened my heart. Now I am daughter and this feeling is invaluable.
Please, forgive for my anger, offences, and disobedience. Thank You Swamiji for everything from the bottom of my heart.
Sincerely in Your service Rasaleela devi dasi
(Lithuania)
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Dear Swamiji,
Please accept my most humble obeisances on this most auspicious day of your appearance!
All glories to You on this auspicious day. Feeling blessed to be alive, so to you I can pray.
When all appeared lost, No more family or mother. And after all battles fought, I found you, my Real Father.
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The One who I always longed for, The One who can save me from illusion, The One who ends all confusion, Showing us the right door.
Teaching us all the rigth things, and how to do them the right way, Guiding us away from material lingerings, By your words we are rightly swayed.
No more pain, only gain, Material enjoyment is a waste. You give us the real spiritual taste, and help us our original consciousnes regain.
As you take us towards the Supreme Lord, Please be merciful towards this fallen soul. I am indebted to you eternally, for saving me from this mortal world, finally.
On your appearance day, and every day, I worship and surrender unto your lotus feet. Nothing else in this world is worth more, than your mercy and kind embrace.
I pray to the Lord every day, That I can serve you in every way, That your Mission be so great, And that your fame be like the sun rays.
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Your Divine Grace, Our Jagadguru, At your lotus feet, I prostrate.
Your sincere humble servant, Krishna Kirtan
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Dear Swamiji,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
O dear Spiritual Master, we are fallen conditioned souls who are born again and again in this world due to our sinful activities. You are our Spiritual Father who is guiding us towards God.
There are many Gurus in this age of Kali-yuga. I am blessed, because my Guru is a pure devotee, Vrajavasi, Brahmana, who was born in Sri Vrindaban dham. Your pure transcendental books are the light in kali-yuga.
I have read where it is said that the devotees develop their
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faith through devotional service with the guidance of a bonafide Spiritual Master. I am blessed to be engaged in devotional service with your guidance.
O Gurudev, I am very fortunate to have met you in my life. Thank you for your guidance and love.
All glories to Your Divine Grace!
Your humble servant, Bhaktin Akvile
(Lithuania)
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Jāy Gurudev!