Dear jagad-guru, param-guru, Śrīla Prabhupāda, savior of the whole world,
Please accept our most respectful obeisances at your holy feet.
Every problem has its solution … An expert doctor can cure a patient who has the most com-
plicated health issue. You gave the analogy in your teachings of a snake charmer who can extract
snake venom from the body of someone who is in a coma after a snake bite. There are many
expert people in various fields of activities in this world.
You, as a dakṣa, or expert at everything, know the remedy for this sick society. Your teachings
from the Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and other works are the remedy for the madness of
ignorant people attacked by the highest degree of fever, leaving them in chaos.
Your proposal is captured in the Seven Purposes of ISKCON, and you emphasized important
points like:
• Cultivating brāhmiṇical culture
• Cow protection
• Agricultural development
In short, you introduced daivi-varṇāśrama-dharma as the only solution to all problems. With the
three broken legs of Dharma, the society is imbalanced and unnecessarily creating many sinful
people.
You established the ISKCON society to give specific instructions to your disciples and grand-
disciples to propagate your divine mission all over the world, engaging in glorious activities like
harināma-saṅkīrtana, transcendental book distribution, Food-for-Life – activities that can bring
sustainable, real peace and harmony to society.
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, we want to be an effective part of these activities. Therefore, we are
ever grateful to you and continuously pray for your mercy and compassion on us so that we may
be better able to serve the ISKCON society for your pleasure.
Your granddisciples from Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa