Dear jagad-guru Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine holy feet. All glories to your lotuslike ISKCON movement.
I say “lotuslike ISKCON movement” because some weeks ago, I attended a wonderful seminar on Religious Movements, on the account of a GBC college course. From the seminar, I realized that although the ISKCON movement is much younger and not much spread compared to other spiritual organizations who are far older in terms of their existence, ISKCON’s teachings are very unique and more elaborate in terms of essence and conclusion on the Absolute Truth. So you were nominated with the title: A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, the one who revealed the conclusion of the Vedas.
You are a special spiritual ambassador who brought a special message at the right time, circumstance, and place (the Western countries). Some other spiritual messages become irrelevant in the modern society with the evolution of time, but your teachings are timeless and very practical to all situations.
Your teachings are practical to every class of person in the society … rich, poor, scholars, scientists, politicians, businesspeople, etc. There is nothing you didn’t teach in your books. Today we are hearing about nuclear and atomic weapons, but these are not new. In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam we know that Aśvatthāmā threw a brahmāstra (mystical weapon) at the womb of Uttara.
We see marvellous buildings and astonishing architectural works, like the Egyptian pyramids and others, but these are not new. Viśvakarmā built the marvellous Indraprastha city for the Pāṇḍavas. There are many more examples to mention.
Now the world is amazed by so many discoveries, and we talk about the eight wonders of the world. But in the Bhagavad-gītā (10.8) Kṛṣṇa says: “I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds.” So Kṛṣṇa is the real wonderful person to whom we need to give all respect and credit.
We know all those things by your mercy. Thank you for being the torchlight for a society in deep darkness.
Begging to remain the servant of your servants,
Bhakti Cārudeśna Swami