Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances. All glories unto you, who are most
dear to Kṛṣṇa and forever sheltered at His lotus feet.
For your Vyāsa-pūjā this year, I come, perhaps a bit shy but resolute, to offer you humble ser-
vice in the field of education for young adults. This service is carried out through the Instituto
Jaladuta, named in honor of the vessel that once crossed oceans to carry you to the West, with the
summum bonum of all Vedic literature, the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, in your hand luggage.
This year, the Instituto Jaladuta celebrates its Silver Jubilee, twenty-five years of dedicated
service inspiring and guiding the systematic study of your books among the sons and daughters
of ISKCON members, as well as among new bhaktas and bhaktins who are coming closer to your
movement.
Our curriculum is the Bhakti-śāstrī course, which you established as the foundational academic
degree within your ISKCON. As students spend approximately nine to ten months immersed in
the ashram environment, we also offer strong sādhana-bhakti and personalized guidance in human
development through sadācāra and other tools to equip them to become leaders and opinion-
shapers in society.
Throughout these twenty-five years, our team, composed exclusively of your faithful follow-
ers, has continuously refined this service as an offering to you. Now at this mature stage, having
already graduated around five hundred young men and women as Bhakti-śāstrīs, having estab-
lished three advanced campuses in Brazil and Argentina, and having launched a distance-learning
department that offers both Bhakti-śāstrī and Bhakti-vaibhava levels, we have finally found the
courage to formally present this service to you.
On this most auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā, we also wish to express our heartfelt gratitude
for all the instructions you gave us regarding the vital importance of śāstric education, both for
the members of ISKCON and for society at large. It is these instructions that empowered us to
overcome inertia and serve our students with renewed enthusiasm.
Please, Śrīla Prabhupāda, accept this humble offering for your pleasure and satisfaction, and
kindly allow us to continue forever as your humble servants.
Your eternal servant,
Dhanvantari Swami
Brazil

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