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Vyāsa-pūjā 2018

Kusumamodharaṇī devī dāsī (London - Bhaktivedanta Manor - United Kingdom)

Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda All glories to Your Divine Grace On this auspicious occasion of Your Vyāsa-pujā

Guru Dev thank you for engaging me in the service of running a Bhakti Vriksha group under the guidance of Aravinda Krishna Prabhu and Yamuneswari Devi Dasi.

Because of this great service we are able to participate in all the services dear to Srila Prabhupad primarily book distribution and assisting in organising festivals.

The Bhakti vriskha  model so quickly connects us to our Supreme Father and then engages everyone in devotional services and as a consequence of this we learn to work with other devotees in a co-operative mood which helps us to be humble, tolerant and gets rid of all our unwanted bad qualities like ego, pride, lust, greed and envy.  It helps us to develop good qualities like compassion.  All devotees regardless of whether they are men or women, old or young we all learn to cook, clean, etc.  We systemmatically read Srila Prabhupad's books and because we have to share this knowledge we have to ensure that we understand it otherwise it will be difficult to explain it to others. This is the beauty of the bhakti vriksha.  We can undertake many courses in ISKCON but none can surpass what you have given us in Bhakti Vriksha.  I have personally been able to develop qualities such as talking with confidence to total strangers, going to people's homes and conducting Damodar programmes and other outreach programmes.  Because of undertaking this service we become very dear to Krishna 18.68 as it says in Bhagavad Gita 18:68 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.

Guru Dev please help me to follow all the advice contained in the Bhakti Vriskha syllabus, our local leaders and help me to engage all the members in devotional service so that they can progress in their spiritual life.

I pray to Lord Narasimha Dev to protect you always and to bestow upon you good health so that you may continue to guide us and keep ISKCON  safe.

Your aspiring servant,
Kusumamodharani Devi Dasi