Dearest Śrīla Prabhupāda,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
On this most auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā, dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, we feel most fortunate to be engaged in the service of ISKCON Málaga and to have this opportunity to glorify you.
You have indeed created a marvelous society with the most wonderful Vaiṣṇavas across the globe. We have been connected with our local center in Málaga for more than forty years, and through this temple, our entire family, though it is scattered across the world, from the Far East to the United States of America.
Upon the slightest willingness on their part to hear about Lord Kṛṣṇa and His glories, we take great joy in introducing them to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and speaking of your marvelous work – the immense sacrifice, determination, and struggle you undertook to establish temples and spread Lord Kṛṣṇa’s holy names throughout the world.
As we ourselves approach the age at which you single-handedly began this movement, we already feel the tiredness, weakness, and a lack of enthusiasm sometimes. Every single day we get the realization of your extraordinary achievements at the age of seventy, when most people in the world would retire from active life.
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, you single-handedly and without economic support or help from your godbrothers fearlessly crossed the Atlantic Ocean to preach to the Western countries. You reached the port in Boston and brought forth a spiritual revolution that transformed countless young teenagers’ hearts, making them from hippies to happies!
We have not even reached that age, yet we already feel so limited. Reading about your divine life in the Līlāmṛta so beautifully composed by Satsvarūpa dāsa Goswami, inspires us greatly. Your unwavering determination, purity of purpose, and absolute dedication to your spiritual master remain our guiding light.
We pray at your lotus feet to empower us to such an extent that we may preach to more and more conditioned souls and bring them into Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Guided by your inspiration, we are doing pretty well at our local temple along with the selfless dedication, encouragement, and collaboration of the local resident devotees, who faithfully participate in all the major programs of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness – from the full morning program, beginning with maṅgala-ārati to the Sunday Love feast and grand festivals like Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī. Even though we are a small center, by your causeless mercy we are able to attract hundreds of local people, especially during our festivals.
We also have weekly kirtans, harināma-saṅkīrtanas, and devotees engage in book distribution as well as sell your transcendental books online along with devotional paraphernalia. All of this we do is in an effort to spread your mission and the glories of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, we humbly pray for your mercy. Please bless us with inspiration, strength, and determination so that we may continue serving in your mission. Without your blessings, we are simply a disturbance, but with your blessings, even our small efforts may become meaningful in your service.
Please allow us to remain engaged in your service, life after life. Hare Kṛṣṇa.
Your humble servant,
Hema Gaurī Dāsī and the devotees of ISKCON Málaga