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Vyāsa-pūjā 2022

Hema Kṛṣṇa dāsa (Perth - Australia)

Please accept my humble obeisances on the auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā.

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe

Life of Paramahaṁsa

Born in an aristocratic family in Wisconsin with extra ordinary intelligence, interested in philosophy and spiritual matters in his teens.

Enrolled into Brown University but was only interested in spiritual theme.

Experience an awakening after attracted by the Tilak sign on a devotees face in the campus surrounding.

Hit in a nail, said Jayānanda Prabhu to make the Ratha-yātrā Cart.

Shave up and joined the San Francisco temple was not hard.

Pulling the Ratha-yātrā Cart was a good start.

Going to Montreal and meeting Śrīla Prabhupāda was the best part.

Given a mission to develop the golden land of Māyāpur dhāma.

Ploughing the fields with snakes around was really tough.

With bountiful grain harvest, you taught them planting techniques and gained their trust.

Building the Long Building was a challenging task.

Meeting the deadline was a great satisfaction for Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Busy preaching the Nāmahaṭṭa and Bhakti-vṛkṣa program.

Lectures and seminars, you encourage the idea of Śrīla Bhakti Vinoda Ṭhākura’s ideal program.

Calling out, preach, preach and preach if you want to be on the divine tram.

A General orchestrating the world Congregational Preaching Plan.

Answering all the emails you hope to sort out.

All devotees’ problems you try to help out.

Preaching programs, GBC meetings, Vedic Planetarium discussion and court cases.

You are always present and your presence gives love and nourishment to the souls’ satisfaction.

Surviving a murder attack in Spain by an insane man.

Fixing your mind on Kṛṣṇa and the devotees support and prayers you recovered then.

Carrying on Śrīla Prabhupāda and Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s movement against māyā’s plan.

Holding the Victory Flag you lead, inspire, preach and gave us strength.

Initiating more than 50,000 devotees from many different countries.

Connecting them to the main paramparā Kṛṣṇa Tree.

Pleasing Śrīla Prabhupāda to fulfil his 100 instructions.

You do not mind the karmic body inconvenience.

You zoom in for the benefit of so many countries devotees’.

To give love and a spiritual charging to the devotees.

You speed up the preaching momentum without going in and out of airports.

Reaching out to more thousands of devotees more than we thought.

In spite of going through a stroke, transplant and COVID.

Moving from hospital from Calcutta to Chennai and Mumbai.

Any doctors or nurses treating you will get to receive your blessing to chant the holy name.

Always immersed in the saṅkīrtan mood of Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s preaching mission.

Flying from Calcutta to Kuala Lumpur to Perth for festivals.

Attending many colorful packed Ratha-yātrā festivals.

Playing your trademark whompers and calling Jaya Jagannātha.

Lighting up the condition soul’s dormant love of Kṛṣṇa in the form of Lord Jaganath.

With folded hands we pray to YOUR DIVINE GRACE.

To Rādhā Mādhava, Pañca-tattva and Lord Narasiṁhadeva.

To bestow food health and longevity to YOUR DIVINE GRACE.

For these lowly servants taking shelter of YOUR LOTUS FEET is our only pure and peaceful place.

Your Insignificant Servants,

Hema Kṛṣṇa Dāsa (dīkṣā)
Anaṅga Kamalā Dāsī (dīkṣā)
And All the Youngs

Australia (Perth)