A Heart Full of Gratitude

A Heart Full of Gratitude

Cover of A Heart Full of Gratitude, second edition
Second edition, September 2026
Cover of A Heart Full of Gratitude, second edition
Second edition, September 2026

From the back cover

  • Anyone who reads this book through to the end should conclude that the fruit of Guruseva devi dasi’s encounters with Srila Prabhupada’s books have borne the mature fruit of genuine gratitude…

    His Holiness Niranjana SwamiAuthor of Krishna Protects His Devotees and other books
  • A powerful message that certainly will be appreciated by fairly everyone; after all, life itself writes the best stories!

    Krishna Premarupa DasaGBC for ISKCON Switzerland, Germany and Austria
  • The book is brilliant! Once I started reading it, I could NOT put it down!

    Radhakunda Dasi
  • Guruseva has captured her journey with so much love and honesty we’re encouraged to venture, as she bravely did, on the path less traveled.

    Pranada ComtoisAuthor of award-winning Wise-Love

About the author

Guruseva Devi Dasi in white, smiling, outside Nandan Acharya’s home
Guruseva Devi Dasi

Silvia Kaderli was born in 1958 in the lovely town of Zug, Switzerland. She learned the interesting profession of a typesetter. Although she was passionate about her job, she also perceived the chaos of today’s civilization. Therefore she went on a world trip with the desire not to return until she found a better way of life and its true meaning.

While traveling the world, she came in contact with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in New Zealand in 1983. She is a disciple of His Holiness Niranjana Swami, who is a direct disciple of Srila Prabhupada. Niranjana Swami named her Guruseva devi dasi. In 1994 she moved from Switzerland to India where she continues to live to this day. She loves to share the treasure she has found in Vedic wisdom.

  1. Zug, SwitzerlandBorn in 1958
  2. Around the worldSets out in May 1981
  3. New ZealandMeets the devotees, 1983
  4. Ticino, SwitzerlandInitiated in 1984
  5. Sri Mayapur, IndiaHome since 1994
  6. New DelhiFirst edition, 2023
  7. New DelhiSecond edition, 2026

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Madhurika singing kirtan on stage

My granddaughter Madhurika reads from the first edition in English. There is a German audiobook too, and Madhurika’s Janmastami kirtan. Music reaches when words cannot.

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