My dear 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
Please accept my humble obeisances. I am stating a few sentences of your glorification for my own purification, because when a person simply remembers you, he is purified.
Your books are a great blessing for human society. Through your books, you eternally give your divine association to the conditioned souls. So many souls have been delivered, and for thousands of years to come, many more will be delivered.
Although I have no purity at all to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness, I have strong faith in your books, which preach with complete purity. Therefore, I simply try to facilitate others to read your books. I have seen that by reading them, people gradually cultivate your mood of preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Your letters, quotes, and discussions help us realign our consciousness. This is your causeless mercy – that you have given this unqualified, sinful, conditioned soul the responsibility to lead the project in Gaya Dhāma, where Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu began the saṅkīrtana movement after having darshan of Viṣṇupāda and receiving initiation from Śrīpāda Īśvara Purī.
My only qualification is that somehow or other I am attached to your morning program. This morning program is truly wonderful and purifies us very quickly. I have experienced in my own life that although I had so much conditioning, by attending your morning program I gained the realization to give up sense gratification and to practice pure devotion.
I have a spiritual desire, Śrīla Prabhupāda, which has also been sanctioned by our immediate authority. I wish to build a 108-foot statue of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu here in Gaya to mark the place where He began the saṅkīrtana movement. The statue may be called the “Statue of Love” or “Statue of Devotion.” I do not know whether I will be able to render this service in this lifetime.
If you so desire, Śrīla Prabhupāda, please bless and empower me. Your mercy is my only qualification.
Your humble servant,
Jagdish Shyam Dāsa