His Grace Sankarshan
Das Adhikari
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Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and all glories to your ecstatic service to him. All glories to your Vyasa puja celebration. You are a shining example of Srila Prabhupada's desire for his disciples and I read your daily travels, preaching and so forth with great interest and amazement at what you have created by his mercy! My humble obeisances to Srimati Visnupriya as well who is accompanying and serving you in so many ways. May you continue to bless so many people all over the world with Krsna Consciousness so that they may become happy and go back home back to Godhead. May Sri Danvantari bless you with good health (I hope you are feeling better) and may Sri Radharani bless you with love and compassion. Yours in humble service to Srila Prabhupada,
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Dear Gurudeva, All glories to Srila Prabhupada. On this day of your auspicious appearance into this world, please accept my humble offering of thanksgiving to Krishna for the gift of your being. Honestly, I feel a bit lost as to how to celebrate this truly blest day. Vyas Puja, and other special times of the year like 'Kartik', etc., seem so foreign to me, given my Catholic background. I realize I have so much to learn since these are part of the Hindu culture. My dear Guru, in the light of your generous self-giving so others would see the light of truth about God, I feel truly small and undeserving. I must be your most weak student. Friends send me so much reading materials about the Catholic Faith and the more I read them, the more I feel torn and indecisive. The conclusions one arrives at through mental speculations alone are truly not enough proof as to where real truth lies. The only thing now that makes me see that Truth lies in the science of Krishna consciousness is the fruit it bears. Being faithful to the chanting and the eating of prasadam feel so powerful that I get through the day without irritation or anger which I have previously been always experiencing due to the overwhelming demands of being a wife and mother. No amount of recited prayers from my former prayer books (Catholic) give me this spiritual strength and nourishment. How I wish I can offer you some financial support for your preaching ministry, but I truly have nothing now. I am a housewife and have no earnings of my own. Maybe in the near future... I pray for your recovery from sickness... your humble student, Alpha |
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Dear Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada. On this most auspicious day of your appearance I want to thank you for all the good help and mercy you give me and others through your presence on the internet. All glories to you for opening up the eyes, of anyone who wants to know, to the facts of real life, spiritual life. Best regards and wishes from Your Servant,
Bhakta
Andre |
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Sriman Adhkari Prabhu PAMHO I am following your World Tour with great interest. It is totally amazing and awesome to me that, you remain so calm even in the worst situations and seek every opportunity to detach from the material body and world. Examples are your sickness at holy Vrindavan, flight delays, and slow internet connection and I am sure there will be some more local issues in India or temple management or as simple as cleanliness. Normally people get snubbed or exasperated at material things when they do not work according to their wishes. You have converted all these petite to have more Krishna prema and renunciation. I offer my obeisances to you on this day of Vyasa puja. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
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From Ankita PRANAAM PRABHUJI! I would like to thank You on this auspicious day for bestowing your causeless mercy on me, by so miraculously coming into my life. I thank You for showing me the way back to GODHEAD. Right now I can just wish that some day I'll be able to meet You personally and serve You. Your humble servant, Ankita |
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My dear Guruji, Please accept my humble obeisances. Oct 27th is indeed an auspicious day, for Krishna brought you to earth. I'd like to offer my thoughts on your presence in my life: I was born a sturdy branch, perched high on a banyan tree - a branch with beautiful peepul leaves, which were my limbs, my mind, my thoughts, my consciousness. My family, the banyan tree, was deeply rooted in Krishna's kingdom, spreading gently, growing branches, turning to roots, the roots finding their way back to earth. My purpose as a branch with the beautiful heart shaped leaves was to shade, shelter and protect. Shade and protect weary travelers, shelter everybody who decided to stop and spend some restful time, and shade, shelter, protect all God' s creatures that dwelled in the tree. Then my direction in life was to develop into a root, wind downward and find God residing in Mother Earth, thus, building on the breadth of the banyan tree. But I decided to travel a different path. My beautiful heart shaped leaves decided to fly out on their own, floating away, and landing in a pile of trash full of muck, rotting vegetation, and dirt. Instead of shading my husband and sheltering my children, I seared them with bad personal habits, anger, scathing words. Instead of developing into a root to find God in Mother Earth, I embarked on seeking material gratification. Till Guruji found me. Like a gentle whiff of breeze, he fills my mornings with nectarean words. He is helping me dust off the muck, rotting vegetation and dirt from my beautiful heart shaped leaves so that I may protect my children and shelter my husband. He is helping me develop my roots so I may find God. I pray that my heart shaped leaves now fulfill their goal in life - to shine with luster and lay on the ground so that the lotus feet of my Guruji may step on them. Your humble servant, Aruna. |
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I have been trying to write a few words to give you my offerings on the occasion of Vyasa Puja day. Though I am your student, I still feel unfit even to offer my greeting as I still am covered with a lot of material desires. Your weekly lessons are guiding me into the right path. I only request your mercy on me to get out of my illusion. Hare Krsna Your humble student
Bala
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Jai Shri Krishna By the time you receive this mail, it will be early evening in your part of the world. However, in honour of this momentous and auspicious occasion, it is only fitting that we send our best wishes. May you be blessed to continue on your teaching for a long time to come yet and continue to enlighten us. We have only recently subscribed to Thought for the Day, but have already received much encouragement during difficult and trying periods. We eagerly await your daily e-mail because it's almost as if we are on your journey with you as well. Furthermore, as you are currently in the most holy of all places, Vrindavan, India. We are certain you will also be partaking in the Diwali festivities next week and would therefore like to take this opportunity to wish you a joyous celebration, and wish you well over the rest of your journey. May you continue enlightening all beings as you spread the word. Hare Krishna
Bharath & Meena Rawjee |
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29 October 2005 Hare Krishna, Please accept my humble obeisances Guru Maharaja, All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyasa Puja celebrations, I take this opportunity to pray Lord Narasimha Dev and Sri Sri Radha Damodara to bless you with good health, long life and to remove all the obstacles, if at all any, from your path of selfless preaching activities, in order to relieve as much conditioned souls as possible from their life of ignorance. Gurudev, I am an insignificant disciple of Srila Jayapathaka Swami Maharaja from Maturadesh, and I get a lot of inspiration from your daily messages. I also make it a point to pass this nectar on to various new devotees while we have our regular satsanga. We discuss about your preaching activities traveling around the world and your sound and unflinching faith in Srila Prabhupada which are really motivational factors for all the people in our Parampara. We, the devotees in Maturadesh look forward to have an opportunity for your physical association. Please accept this as an offering from this insignificant son on the occasion of your Vyasa Puja celebrations, though belated. Please bless us so that we can progress in this spiritual path and render little service to Srila Prabhupada's movement. Hare Krishna, Yours loving son, Budhi Krishna Das Maturadesh |
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Dear Guruji, Please accept my obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I wish you a very happy, happy birthday! & I pray to Godhead that you live long! "tum jeaon hajaro sal aur sal ke din ho pachas hajar" - ( in Hindi Language) Pranam D L Kodilkar
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Dear Srila Gurudeva! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Hare Krishna! Today is Your Vyasa Puja Day and I would like to express my gratitude to You. The Kartik has become the loveliest and the same time the very important period in my life. Last Year at the end of October I met You and Mataji at first and that became the very beginning of my spiritual life in the Krishna consciousness. I'm very happy about it and beholden indeed Lord Krsna that He is given me so invaluable chance to meet such glorious, auspicious, Vedic sciential, unselfish, throughout unique and the same time so humble person like You. Please let me give You my very humble obeisances to Your lotus feet. Please accept from me at this wonderful Vyasa Puja Day the crop of the very white and the very aromatic petal mixed with my very grateful love, alone what a pity, today it's possible only in my mind… Your humble servant,
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Dear Prabhuji, Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of Your divine lotus feet. All glories to Guru and Srila Prabhupada!. All glories to you, the spiritual revolutionary, a great Vaisnava disciple of Srila Prabhupada! Prabhu, today is your Vyas Puja day. I am not your disciple (I am the disciple of H H Gopal Krsna Goswami Maharaj), and I don't know if it is appropriate to write. But I know for sure what my Guru Maharaj said that by serving and glorifying the Vaisnavas we get purification and instructions to progress in Krishna Consciousness. So, here I am, trying without any qualification being inefficient and wordless to glorify a Vaisnava like you! Prabhu, I have been reading the thought of the day for sometime and I have come to know you through your mails and thoughts. Srila Prabhupada's desire was to spread Krishna Consciousness in the nook and corner of the world. You are really really serving Srila Prabhupada from your heart and acts. You are taking so much pain to deliver so many fallen souls and fulfill the desire of Srila Prabhupada. No body would have ever thought that through internet we can communicate worldwide the timeless message of Krishna Consciousness and you did that. You have students registered throughout the world and just by email correspondences you have made people aware of the futile nature of material world. You are even guiding them in their spiritual endeavours. You make yourself freely available to everyone for consulting on spiritual matters through email, phone or even one-to-one meetings. That's why you are now on a world preaching tour and despite so many difficulties you are reaching to all. Prabhu, Vaisnavas are very very compassionate and you are an example of that. It is said that on the Vyas Puja Day, the Vaisnava are more compassionate than other days and hence I would like to ask for Your divine blessings so that I can be always engaged in the service of My Guru Maharaj and Vaisnavas and satisfy them, make them happy through service. Please forgive me for any offense, Your servant, Harihara Das
Prabhuji, I will be coming to
Sri Dham Vrindavan on 4th and 5th November. Please grant me
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My dear Srila Gurudeva Sankarshan Das Adhikari, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Like it is stated in BG 2:7, now I am confused about my duty and in my ignorance I have lost all composure because of this weakness. In this condition I am asking You to please tell me clearly how I can serve you best and what is best for me. Now I am Your aspiring disciple and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me. The only glorification I can surrender unto you in this short time is the mantra for the guru, for my Guru Maharaj:
om
anjnana-timirandhasya Please accept this from me. My dear Master I want to please you, I’m striving to please you, I am trying to please you. How can I do this? I feel so unworthy. All glories to you! Humbly I bow down my head unto your lotus feet and beg for your mercy and instruction. Your eternal servant
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Please accept my most humble
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7 October 2005 HARE KRISHNA GURUDEVA All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. Kindly accept my humble obeisances All Glories at your Lotus Feet. On this auspicious day of your Divine Appearance in the month of Kartik in this material world, let me pay homage at the dust of your lotus feet and beg for your mercy. In Lord Caitanya’s teachings to Srila Sanatana Goswami, He has said: mahat
krpa vina karme “bhakti naya “Unless one is favoured by a pure devotee, one cannot attain the platform of devotional service. To say nothing of krsna-bhakti, one cannot be relieved from the bondage of material existence” (CC Madhya 22.51) Gurudeva, without your mercy , just like many lost souls in this material world, I would be lost in the unending darkness in this material world. Only by receiving your mercy, (you, a pure devotee of Lord Krishna), Gurudev, it is possible to develop the eligibility to engage in devotional service. Although I am not qualified to receive your mercy, you are compassionate to shower your mercy by sending me your daily transcendental emails as well as your valued guidance to allow me to continue serving Srila Prabhupada's mission.. I have much to learn in this process of Krishna Consciousness. You are traveling and teaching by example regardless of your discomforts. I thank you for your dedication. Srila Prabhupada has surely blessed you with Bhakti. Gurudev, thank you for your personal care and spiritual advice via your e-mails. Although, we have never met, I always feel that you are guiding my actions in my daily spiritual life. By Lord Krishna’s arrangement we will someday meet . Gurudev, Today, we celebrate your appearance day together with your disciples around the world. I pay my obeisances unto you on this auspicious day of your appearance and all the Vaisnavas’ who so like yourself serve this only worthy cause of Krishna Bhakti by the mercy of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada. Koti Koti Pranaam…. Your fallen servant Jaya Ramkhelawan |
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Haribol, Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. All Glories to Sri Sri Gaura Nitai. Dear Gurudeva, On this auspicious day, I hope you will accept these belated obeisances at your lotus feet. I AM in the darkest ignorance of material life. You ARE trying desperately to open my darkened eyes with the torchlight of knowledge, but my eyes are firmly closed in my sleep in the lap of Maya Devi.
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ajnana timirandhasya I pray for the day that when I will truly understand your instructions and follow them with the utmost joy in my heart. It is my greatest misfortune that it has never occurred to me to consider myself your disciple. You at least have always considered me so, regardless of my ignorance. I have always held back on these occasions thinking myself unworthy and unable, without realizing that this is indeed my eternal condition and yet I have to follow guru and sastra to continue receiving your mercy. I am still chanting regularly and attempting to increase my chanting and concentration. I still often get carried away on waves of hatred, anger and confusion, but slowly coming to understand the concept of always being equipoised in distress or happiness. Hare Krishna
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Please Accept my humble Obeisances, All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. First of all let me wish you “HAPPY BIRTHDAY”. May Krsna fulfill all your desires. May you attain Vaikuntha….(so you can reserve seats for all your disciples!!.. just joking) I was in search of a Guru who I could be in touch with easily, who could guide me to Krsna and I don’t remember how I got your website. Maybe Krsna made me browse and introduced you to me, through your self realization course and thought for the day. I was surprised and happy at your quick response. I have been reading your email regularly and they have always inspired me and guided me . We are born as a disciple, when the Lords Grace comes to us through his agent called the Guru. I consider you as one of my Guru. On your saying I gave up the difficult task of satisfying my relatives by eating what they eat- namely veg food with onion and garlic. I was scared of their response and thought I would have a tough time with them. But by Gods grace and your grace , it was handled with little problem. Now they have accepted and cook food without Onion and garlic. Even in Africa, we were in Nairobi, a country where I had no friends and relatives. We had to fly down from Rwanda to Nairobi in the midnight air ambulance, as no CT Scan was available in Rwanda to diagnose my husbands brain hemorrhage and facial fractures. In spite of that, I got food without onion and garlic- all veg food, dahls , salads etc. That was a Miracle!!! All thanks to you and Krsna. This episode taught me that if there is a will, there is a way!! And why fear when Krsna is Near. No spiritual practice can be conclusive without the Guru's grace. His Compassion uplifts the seeker from the pangs of relativity. You lifted me from sense gratification of the tongue and attachment to relatives. Thank you. Chisel and Hammer are used to carve a beautiful Krsna out of a hard rock. So also the Guru gives hard knocks to bring out the best in a disciple. Being confident and having faith in your instructions, I am becoming a better person gradually. Thank you. I hope I can continue to have your blessings, guidance and association eternally. To jump into spiritual life is easy, to sustain that momentum is difficult. It is the guru who keeps up the momentum of the seeker, in spite of the pitfalls. I hope you continue pushing me when I go slow and pull me up when I fall down. I am thankful to Mataji also for giving a warm motherly support. Her face is always smiling and full of grace and mercy. Kindly bless my family so they can also grow to love Krsna. I have come to the last station of my life. My journey is over- At your Lotus feet. For I know you can take me to Krsna. You will eternally be my guide- initiation or not!! Please forgive me if I have offended you or Mataji in any way. Yours in service Allways and Always
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I am writing not because I am coming to visit, (I would love to, but it will take me a while to get there on such short notice from Canada), but because I felt the need to pay my most humble respects and obeisances to His Grace Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari, my spiritual guide, on this most auspicious day. If you can ensure that He receives my message I would greatly be forever in debt to whom ever is reading this mail. I will be there in spirit because my heart is there enjoying this day with all the blessed devotees who are so very very fortunate to be there. I had no idea what Vyas Puja was all about, but I was anxiously awaiting today to be informed. Then this morning I forgot it was the day. So when I opened my mail for "thought for the day" I was given a great surprised blessing. Again my most humble obeisances to His Grace Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari, who I've come to respect and love over the past months since I've been on the self realization course. May He be blessed a million times over to spread Krishna consciousness purely and honestly. Your student, with love and
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Dear Srila Gurudeva Please accept my respects. Dear Gurudeva, it is amazing how you connect us all to Sri Krishna everyday by your e-letters. Everyday, before I check my e-mail, I wonder what type of enlightenment will I receive today and I always find something that is similar to all of our daily lives. And this keeps increasing our faith in the All Mighty Lord, Sri Krishna. I beg you to accept this Worship on your auspicious Vyasa Puja Day. Mitu. |
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I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Grace Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari who is very dear to Lord Krsna, having taken shelter at His lotus feet. tvam gopika
vrisharaves tanayantike 'se
sevadhikarini guro nija-pada-padme "O beloved spiritual master, you are always in the presence of the cowherd girl Radha, the daughter of King Vrishabhanu. Please award me service at your lotus-like feet, which are the proprietors of devotional service. Please place me in the ocean of joy by bestowing upon me happiness in the mellows of service at the feet of Sri Radha in the groves of Vraja Dhama." mukam
karoti vachalam pangum
langhayate girim "I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of the fallen souls. His mercy turns the dumb into eloquent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains." om
ajnana-timirandhasya
jnananjana-shalakaya "I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance, with the torchlight of knowledge."
radha-sammukha-samsaktim
sakhi-sanga-nivasinim "O spiritual master, I continually offer my obeisances unto you, who are always in the presence of Srimati Radharani and very much devoted to Her. You always reside in the association of Her confidantes, the gopis, and you are the abode of loving devotion to Krishna."
nama-shreshtham manum api shachi-putram atra svarupam rupam
tasyagrajam uru-purim mathurim goshthavatim "I bow down to the beautiful lotus feet of my spiritual master, by whose causeless mercy I have obtained the supreme holy name, the divine mantra, the service of the son of Shachimata [Lord Caitanya], the association of Srila Svarupa Damodara, Rupa Gosvami, and his older brother Sanatana Gosvami, the supreme abode of Mathura, the blissful abode of Vrindavana, the divine Radha Kunda and Govardhana Hill, and the desire within my heart for the loving service of Sri Radhika and Madhava [Krishna] in Vrindavana." he guro
jnana-da dina-bandho
svananda-datah karunaika-sindho "O spiritual master, O giver of divine wisdom, O friend of the fallen, you are the giver of your own bliss and you are the only ocean of mercy. Although dwelling in Vrindavana, you have descended for the welfare of fallen souls like myself and you are preaching the divine love of Radha for Krishna. Please be kind upon me." amsho
bhagavato 'smy aham sada
daso 'smi sarvatha "I am a tiny part and parcel of the Supreme Lord and I am always and in every way His eternal servant. As I am always hoping for His mercy and kindness, I offer myself to His most dear servitor, my spiritual master."
vancha-kalpa-tarubhyash cha
kripa-sindhubhya eva cha "I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaishnava devotees of the Lord. They are just like desire trees who can fulfil the desire of everyone. They are oceans of mercy and are the purifiers of the fallen souls." Hare
Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare My Beloved Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my dandavat obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada All glories to His Grace Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari In the last year you have changed my life. Although I have called myself a devotee of Lord Krishna for a number of years, it is only in the past year that I have realized the true meaning of being a devotee, and this understanding has come only through your mercy. I am not young, and I have had serious health problems which I sometimes allowed to overwhelm me. But through your instructions and teachings I have finally come to realize that this body will fail no matter what, and is of no particular importance. True happiness lies only in serving Guru and Gauranga and chanting the Holy Names. In the past I would plunge into the depths of darkest depression. While that still sometimes happens, I only need to remember your instructions and chant the Holy Names and I remember my true nature. Through your mercy, kindness and compassion, you are spreading the message of Krishna Consciousness throughout the world and thousands are now listening and following your instructions just as you have followed the divine instructions of your own beloved Spiritual Master. You write sometimes of the austerities and difficulties you face during your travels to spread Lord Caitanya’s mission, and I am sure there are some of which I know nothing. But you always rely completely and without question on the mercy of Lord Krishna. It is your example of complete trust in the Lord which I try to follow. I have seen you write many times that you are unfit for the deep and profound duties you undertake. Yet to me, and I think to your other students, disciples and aspiring disciples, you are compassion, kindness and wisdom personified. You are always ready to answer the questions of those who write to you, even when those questions are challenging and sometimes insulting. You can always defeat the challengers with the authority of Shastra. It is you who are most supremely fit to undertake Lord Caitanya’s mission, and it is us, those who flock to sit at your lotus feet, are unfit and in need of your divine guidance. I long to see you, and in just one month I will be relishing the nectar of your personal association. That month cannot pass quickly enough so that I may offer obeisances at your lotus feet and serve you in person and perhaps one day you will grant me the greatest honor of becoming your disciple. My only desire is to serve you lifetime after lifetime. Your most fallen servant,
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Namah om Vishnupadaya Krishna Presthaya Bhutale Srimate Vedavyasa Priya swami iti namine. Namah om vishnu paadaya Krishna Prethaya Bhutale Srimate Bhaktivedanta swamin iti namine. Namaste saraswate deve gaura vani pracarine nirvisesa sunya vadi pascatya desa tarine. Hare Krishna, My dear Maharaj, Please accept my most humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Gurudev and Srila Prabhupada. All and all glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga. And all glories unto this most auspicious day of your merciful appearance. May You have a long life of giving the Holy name to every town and village. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva. Your servant,
Neela
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Pranam and Namaskar to our beloved Guruji Sri Sankarshan Das Adhikari, Guruji, please accept this humble attempt on my part to wish you a very happy birthday and many many more returns of the day. Guruji, I really can't thank you enough for sending your students the Thought For The Day everyday and for answering all my queries. If ever I am depressed, I just need to think about you and your living example and all my worries vanish immediately. You have truly breathed a new lease of life to this unworthy soul. Guruji, your seat is reserved with Sri Krishna but may you be blessed with a healthy long life so that you may assist in guiding thousands of lost souls to head towards God. Once again thank u very much. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Your student, Nisha |
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Dear Srila Gurudeva
Please accept my humble obeisances.
It is only today that I read your appearance day was Oct 27.
Even if it is late I would like to extend to you my my most
humble but warmest greetings for an auspicious appearance
day celebrarations. A great devotee like you, whose
spiritual energy reaches even the most isolated spiritual
aspirants like me, deserves everybody's sincere prayers for
a longer and more fruitful devotional service to the Lord in
this planet. May He always keep you energized so that
fallen conditioned souls may continue to receive spiritual
blessings through you.
Srila Gurudeva Ki Jai!
Govardhan puja Ki Jai!
Most humbly,
Bhakta Phillip
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offer my respectful obeisances to His Grace Sankarshan Das
Adhikari Dear Gurudeva, O Merciful Master, O Friend to all in the world, On the occasion of the celebration of the appearance day of the spiritual master, it is the duty and pleasure of the disciple to offer words of praise and honor to his guide and counselor in the spiritual realm. The spiritual master is to be honored as much as the Supreme Lord because he is His most confidential representative. Just as the head of state will send a close associate to another country to represent him as his ambassador, similarly the spiritual master is the representative of the Supreme Lord, because the spiritual master presents transparently and in an exemplary fashion the interests of the Supreme Lord. And just as the ambassador is treated with the respect due to the actual head of state, so the spiritual master accepts the honor and respect on behalf of the Supreme Lord and His disciplic line of pure representatives. Lord Krishna becomes very pleased when His fearless representative is honored and cherished. All glories to you, dear Gurudeva, who are the personification of devotional enthusiasm. By your fired-up, compassionate dealings you are igniting so many hearts to the path of pure bhakti! The fire of your devotion to the order and mission of Srila Prabhupada is burning through all the boundaries of nationality, race, gender and creed, and inspiring thousands and millions to appreciate the beauty of Krishna consciousness. It will surely bring about the world spiritual revolution you so ardently pursue. You are a friend to all because you see beyond the material coverings of the body, mind and false ego, directly piercing through to the eternal soul inside, and you know without a doubt that the soul's real happiness lies in reconnecting with Lord Krishna and His dear associates in pure loving devotion. You see clearly all this as the only remedy to the pangs of material existence. Your wisdom is truly great, and your simplicity charming. Out of kindness, compassion, tolerance and friendliness, you have taken to the path chalked out by Srila Prabhupada and, along with you dear soul mate, Srimati Vishnupriya Mataji, undertaken the trouble to travel all over the world, wherever the will of Krishna will take you, without discrimination. You are like a kind, lenient and loving father, and yet we see that you are strict in your personal determination to achieve the ultimate goal of life, unalloyed, unmotivated devotion to the Supreme Lord and His associates, untinged by any personal material motivation. By you strict personal practices of chanting, studying, lecturing, and giving of yourself personally to even the most insignificant, neglecting no one, you have captured the essence of pure bhakti. All glories, all glories, ALL GLORIES to you, O Gurudeva! My prayer is to always "catch hold of your dhoti" and never let go, by engaging in devotional service under your guidance. May my only pleasure and anticipation be in seeking your satisfaction, for the pleasure of a truly advanced devotee is the greatest favor one can obtain. Sincerely,
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Dear Sankarshan Das Prabhu. Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada. You have been an instrumental part of my life spiritually, always willing to guide me and always answering my questions no matter how silly or trivial they are. I have really learnt a lot from your weekly lessons and thought for the day. I read them and wonder how you manage to get through the days, especially now with your tour, yet you will still make it your duty to answer to everybody's assignment or questions. I am truly inspired by you. I am really grateful to have your association. I was very happy to get an instruction from you and will always try to follow it because you are my guru and I couldn't ask for any better. All I pray for is to always be your servant Thank you. Hare Krishna.
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Bless you on this day. Your most Divine Grace, I have only just begun your course thru email, but already your daily thoughts and thoughtful lessons have blessed me a thousand times over. To think that you will take time out of your busy schedule to contact each one of us is humbling to say the least. Thanks to your energetic teachings and wonderful accessibility throughout the entire God created world, there is no doubt that many honest seekers have found the truth about themselves, this universe and the wonderful loving God who loves and resides in each of them. May our beautiful Lord Krishna continue to bless you and through your teachings bring all of us back to Godhead. I just can't describe how much your contact has meant to me. I feel my ability to keep focused on Krishna has been wonderfully magnified by your blessings to all of your students. Thank you so much.
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Dear Sankarshan Das Adhikari Maharaj! Please accept my humble obeisances All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Glories to You! I am very happy to use this opportunity to say a few words. Actually to be a devotee of Lord Krishna is a big thing for one who lives in a material world. To be a devotee means always come to Krishna and doesn't matter what is happening to seek for shelter of His lotus feet. The system is such that we should find and never ever again lose shelter of a dear servant of Krishna, a spiritual master. For otherwise who would show the example what it is to be one who is always with Krishna. The Spiritual master is not only giving the knowledge, but a practical application and he feels devotion to Krishna. Thus even a small thing gives such a good result. What is the use to compare to material things? And he loves His disciples and gradualy when their hearts become cleaner they more and more reciprocate the love and true concern of their beloved spiritual master.
ya idam paramam guhyam "For one who explains this supreme secret to the devotees, pure devotional service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me." This applies to all devotees. For we are dependent on pure Krishna Conciousness even more than on the food we are eating (of course Krishna Prasadam)which sustains our material body. Rather pure devotion feeds the actual self, who is an eternal servant of Krishna. I sincerely wish You to take as much mercy of Lord Krishna and all the devotees in Holy Vrindavan Dham, which is ever dear to Lord Krishna Himself as only You can understand. Your servant Ratnabahu das
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My Dear Gurudeva, Sankarshan Das Adhikari, Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. I just wanted to tell of my appreciation of your helping me on my journey to Self-Realization toward Krishna Consciousness and for taking me under your wing as a student, seeking to unlock the greatest potential that is available to the world through Lord Sri Krsna. I wish you the best Gurudeva Sankarshan on your travels throughout your preaching around the world and hopefully we'll meet in person next year in the spring-summer of 2006. Please write back when you are able to do so. I am in a cheerful and happy mood, as your blessings and conversations through telephone and e-mail, along with the Ultimate Self-Realization Course have enriched my understanding of who I am in the truest sense! Hare Krsna, Roger
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Dear Sankarsana Prabhu,
Vyas Puja Offering to a
Great Vaisnava
nama om
visnu-padaya
krsna-presthaya bhu-tale
Namah
Om Vishnupadaya Krishna presthaya bhutale 
In Bg 18.68