Canada & USA, Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2026
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories unto your lotus feet.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, you said, “We are like fish out of water. Just as a fish cannot be happy unless he is in the water, we cannot be happy apart from the spiritual world.”
At ISKCON Vancouver, devotees are immersed in spiritual activities. Every month is filled with festivals and events, where devotees are looking forward to the celebrations. The number of visitors is increasing by the day, and more of them are taking to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Daily classes are wonderfully facilitated by your disciples and other advanced speakers. Kirtan events are beautifully organized by devotees.
The year began on a spiritually vibrant note with the Adhivāsa festival for Lord Nityānanda’s Appearance Day – celebrated for the first time at New Gokula Dhāma. It was performed by our head priest Shanti Parayan Dāsa, who made a meaningful impact on the community as well. Brāhmaṇa-initiated devotees took part in this special ceremony, offering twenty-seven items to Lord Nitāi in honor of His divine appearance. The congregation and visiting guests were deeply moved, witnessing both this unique festival and the beautiful three-day Gaura-Pūrṇimā celebrations that followed shortly after.
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam classes are conducted every Saturday without fail by dedicated Vaiṣṇavīs in Bengali, Hindi, and English, making the teachings accessible to a diverse community. Prakriti Sundarī Devī Dāsī facilitates the Bengali preaching sessions to audiences around the world. Similarly, Nāndīmukhī Devī Dāsī has been consistently facilitating preaching sessions in Hindi. The Vaiṣṇavī Ministry here continues to inspire and encourage women to read your books daily, a practice being followed with sincerity and commitment. Your biography, Śrīla Prabhupāda-līlāmṛta, is imparting countless valuable lessons and deepening our understanding and appreciation during our weekly reading sessions. We are also truly fortunate to receive the guidance and blessings of advanced Vaiṣṇavīs, whose presence enriches and uplifts the Vaiṣṇavī Saṅga gatherings.
Bhakti Home preaching efforts are being made by some of our core members under the guidance of the Congregational Development Ministry. Forming these small groups and inspiring their members to take small steps, we are making great progress, and devotees are taking up chanting on japa-mālā and reading all of your books, dear Śrīla Prabhupāda.
This year, on the occasion of ISKCON’s sixtieth anniversary, our yātrā is looking to conduct the groundbreaking ceremony for a new temple on our current property. With your blessings, devotees have acquired a beautiful piece of land in Metro Vancouver, which has housed our Deities for so many years. With time, the need has arisen for us to construct a new temple. Several devotees have come forward to contribute their resources for this noble cause. Please bless us so we can give better space for Their Lordships and Your Divine Grace.
Our book distribution team, headed by Rasasindhu Dāsa, is doing a tremendous job. In 2025, more than a thousand copies of the Bhagavad-gītā along with others of your books were distributed around the Greater Vancouver area. During our 2025 book marathon, devotees placed the Bhagavad-gītā, Science of Self-Realization, and Higher Taste in more than 200 Little Free Libraries as well as at the Vancouver and Lynn Valley public libraries, in senior care homes, hospices, several thrift stores, and more.
By your boundless mercy and the power of your transcendental vision, what began as a small, humble offering of flowers has, by your grace alone, blossomed into something we could never have imagined on our own. In 2026, we enter the fifth year of the Vancouver Pushpanjali Flower Farm – a small expression of your instruction to engage everything in the service of Kṛṣṇa. Situated on the sacred grounds of ISKCON Vancouver, we grow thousands of fresh, seasonal flowers – marigolds, cut flowers, and more – for the pleasure of Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Madana-mohana, and for the garlands and offerings of our beloved temple and community festivals. In the words of Murāri Charan Dāsa and Dhruva Nārāyaṇa Dāsa, who lead this project, “Each petal grown is an attempt, however imperfect, to honor your vision that devotional service can flow through the earth itself.”
We endeavor to tend this land with ecological care and consciousness, honoring the gifts of Mother Earth as Vaiṣṇavas ought to. Every year, by your grace, the farm reaches new milestones in service to the temple. Most recently, the land has been granted Farm Status in Canada – a development that now saves the temple approximately $20,000 per year. These resources may now be redirected to Kṛṣṇa’s service. Through the Federal Canada Summer Jobs Program, we have also been blessed to engage young students from UBC, offering them the opportunity to participate in this sacred sevā during the summer months. Murāri Charan Dāsa further says, “What began as seeds – both literal and spiritual – has grown into a living instrument of community, devotion, and sustainability. The farm has become a place where hands touch soil in your service, where strangers become devotees, and where the land itself participates in a higher purpose. We humbly pray that you continue to guide and bless this service, that it may remain always pure, always useful, and always for the pleasure of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and His devotees.”
The Vancouver Food for Life team has consistently distributed prasādam in downtown Vancouver since 2022. Every Sunday, rain or shine, Bhakta Victor, along with the other team devotees, prepare and transport prasādam to downtown eastside Vancouver. People in that neighborhood are struggling with addiction and homelessness. It reminds us of how merciful you were to live in the Bowery loft that was offered to you by Harvey Cohen. Living among addicts did not deter you from serving your spiritual master’s wish that Kṛṣṇa consciousness be spread in the West. We are praying that by the mercy of prasādam these individuals can realize the importance of their human life and slowly reintegrate into society.
Members of the Friday Night Youth Kirtan team immerse themselves in the nectar of the holy names. There are at least a dozen youth that sing soulfully for the pleasure of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Madana-mohana, Śrī Jagannātha, Śrī Baladeva, and Lady Subhadrā, and Śrī Śrī Gaura-Nitāi. Hari-nāma eva kevalam! Śrīla Prabhupāda, your blessings are bountiful for this group. We are consciously preparing the little souls to lead the congregation in the future.
This past year, ISKCON Vancouver has seen tremendous growth in spiritual activities for teenagers and youth. While the parents are busy serving in the temple, their children are bonding with their spiritual buddies. Teen mentorship involves spiritual goal-setting and serving in the temple while sharing their highs and lows for the week.
I read recently this remembrance by Yamunā Devī Dāsī: “It was a very crowded situation – perhaps ten to fifteen of us in one room – and the only place free was the bottom shelf in one of the walk-in closets. We had all of our paraphernalia piled up, and I was in a sleeping bag down on the bottom shelf. Śrīla Prabhupāda noticed I was missing, and I was later told that he had inquired many times where I was. Śrīla Prabhupāda had a hospital bed brought in for me and moved me into a room right next to his, with floor-to-ceiling windows, neem trees outside, and a fan. And I remember being propped up in this bed, and he came in every day to check on my progress.”
Śrīla Prabhupāda, you are the personification of devotee care. Despite having thousands of disciples worldwide, you carried each one in your heart, personally guiding them through your tireless correspondence. Today, that same compassion flows down to us, your granddisciples, through your esteemed disciples. Inspired by this legacy, ISKCON Vancouver has made devotee well-being our highest priority. Each week, our management team begins by meditating on your instructions for leadership. We don’t just read them; we strive to breathe them into our decisions, knowing that a temple only truly flourishes when the servants of Lord Kṛṣṇa are deeply cared for.
In a letter to Tribhūvanātha dated 17 July 1971, you wrote: “I am also glad to note that a meeting of all the presidents was held just recently in order to unify the temples. That is the process. Unless we work cooperatively, how this movement will go on? So my request to you all is that you maintain that spirit of cooperation always and help me to deliver Lord Caitanya’s message all over the globe.”
Our temple leaders and managers are dedicated to channeling positive energy toward the temple’s mission. Rooted in your instructions on cooperation, we are successfully advancing Lord Caitanya’s vision of global outreach. Our strategic focus for this year is Education and Training, providing developmental opportunities for devotees and council members alike. While we remain committed to our preaching efforts, we are equally focused on maintaining the strength of our personal sādhana, and we pray for your blessings to succeed in this endeavor.
We are eternally grateful to His Holiness Bhaktimārga Swami, Indresh Gaura Dāsa, and Vrinda Devī Dāsī for guiding us as we follow your instructions in all our endeavors. While His Grace Rohita Prabhu’s dedication to tulasī service reflects your teaching and instruction, Her Grace Mother Rādhikā’s contribution to our temple’s growth is remarkable as well. Pārtha and Uttama Prabhus have taken time from their busy schedule to deliver seminars and the disciples course, which are indispensable for our spiritual growth. Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, we are eternally indebted to you for your mercy on millions of souls. Thank you for giving us this family called ISKCON.
On behalf of ISKCON Vancouver’s temple council and congregation,
Nitya Kishori Devī Dāsī
Canada & USA, Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2026
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to you!
This year in DC
we celebrate your visit
of 50 years ago, in 1976
to the property at Potomac
13 acres of good land
with a hill to remind us
of Govardhana
a small stream that
becomes the Yamunā
and a flood plain
to remember the mercy
you carried, to inundate
the world with beauty and truth
Because you gave us the eyes to see
you gave us the language to understand
and gave us wisdom to dig beneath the surface
of an ordinary life, an ordinary piece of land,
we find Kṛṣṇa here and our identity in relationship to Him
Tucked into every nook and corner
are the seeds of bhakti that you planted
the seeds of golokera prema-dhana, hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana
Take advantage, you would say, and make your life perfect.
We thank you for planting this place of pilgrimage.
“In Vrindavan there is a place where there was no temple, but a devotee desired, ‘Let there be a temple and sevā, devotional service.’ Therefore, what was once an empty corner has now become a place of pilgrimage. Such are the desires of a devotee.” (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.13.50)
Your servant,
Ananda Vrindavaneswari Devī Dāsī, temple president
Canada & USA, Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2026
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested that His message be preached in every town and village. Through the visionaries who foresaw His instructions coming to fruition, we can proudly say that ISKCON Waterloo is one such center.
We wish to offer our deepest appreciation for the immense effort Your Divine Grace invested in establishing Kṛṣṇa consciousness worldwide. We marvel at how you managed this mission before the existence of modern technology, which today allows us to broadcast a message at the touch of a button.
We also thank you with profound gratitude for the hardships you endured to plant this seed across the globe. Were it not for Your Divine Grace and the dedication of your sincere disciples, we would be lost in this material realm of instant sense gratification.
We are striving to work strictly under your instructions and the guidance of our spiritual masters. We recognize the challenges, but as you so wisely stated, “Purity is the force” and we are committed to abiding by that principle. We understand that progress begins with cooperation, and we are deeply appreciative of the support from our leadership, which has allowed us to foster a true sense of unity.
Through the profound knowledge you have given us in the śāstra, we are working to ensure that our devotees grow with a deep philosophical understanding, moving beyond mere sentimentality toward a fixed state of devotion.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, the ISKCON Waterloo center has been steadily growing, and our only desire is to continue pleasing Your Divine Grace and the Lord. Although we were officially registered as an entity in April 2025, our community has been active in various forms for the last six years. Having maintained a steady location for the past year and a half, we are pleased to report a consistent increase in our congregation.
Our weekly programs now regularly host 50–55 devotees. During last year’s Janmāṣṭamī celebration, we were blessed to welcome over 350 guests. Furthermore, your Chariot Festival, the Jagannātha Ratha-yātrā, has become a cornerstone of our outreach. Following the success of our last two festivals, we are preparing to go “bigger and better” this year. We are implementing more structural organization in our dealings with the city, inviting more delegates, and refining our outreach to bring the mercy of Lord Jagannātha to every soul in this area.
This is merely our humble and sincere attempt to serve your mission. We pray for the strength to continue expanding this center for your divine pleasure.
Your insignificant servants,
The devotees of ISKCON Waterloo
Canada & USA, Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2026
Our dearest ever well-wisher, Śrīla Prabhupāda,
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
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 our humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to you on this most auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, the 130th anniversary celebration of your appearance.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, we stand before you with no qualification. We have no good qualities, no strength, and no ability to serve you properly. Still, by your causeless mercy, you have given us a place in your mission, and that alone gives us hope.
In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.10.18), it is said that the symptoms of a sādhu are that he is tolerant, merciful, and friendly to all living entities. When we think of this, we can only think of you. You showed these qualities perfectly in your life.
Another verse describes how a tree gives everything to others without expecting anything in return. Even when cut or neglected, it continues to give shade, fruit, and shelter. Śrīla Prabhupāda, you are like that tree. You tolerated so many difficulties, traveled across the world at an advanced age, and gave Kṛṣṇa to everyone without discrimination. In fact, you built a house (ISKCON) in which the whole world can live, the true definition of vasudhaiva kuṭumbakam.
From Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Ādi 11.59):
anargala prema sabāra, ceṣṭā anargala
prema dite, kṛṣṇa dite dhare mahābala
All these devotees had unlimited strength to deliver unobstructed, unceasing love of Kṛṣṇa. By their own strength they could offer anyone Kṛṣṇa and love of Kṛṣṇa.
Purport: Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has sung, kṛṣṇa se tomāra, kṛṣṇa dite pāra, tomāra śakati āche. In this song, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura describes that a pure Vaiṣṇava, as the proprietor of Kṛṣṇa and love of Kṛṣṇa, can deliver both to anyone and everyone he likes. Therefore, to get Kṛṣṇa and love of Kṛṣṇa one must seek the mercy of pure devotees. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura also says, yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto ’pi: ‘By the mercy of the spiritual master one is blessed by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa. Without the grace of the spiritual master, one cannot make any advancement.’ By the grace of a Vaiṣṇava or bona fide spiritual master one can get both love of Godhead, and Kṛṣṇa Himself.
It is described that a pure devotee has the power to give Kṛṣṇa and love of Kṛṣṇa to anyone. Śrīla Prabhupāda, you have done exactly that. You have given Kṛṣṇa to the whole world. Because of you, even in a small city like Burlington we are able to chant, hear, and try to practice Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Home away from home – just because of your causeless mercy.
We know that without the mercy of the spiritual master, we cannot get Kṛṣṇa. So today, we simply pray to you: please shower us with your bhakti-śakti (Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 7.99). Please give us even a small drop of your faith, your determination, so that we, your followers, are able to preach this message of Kṛṣṇa consciousness to everyone.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, we also remember how Lord Kṛṣṇa embraced Sudāmā and the leper Vāsudeva with great compassion (Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 7.143). In the same way, we pray that you kindly embrace us also at ISKCON Burlington, even though we are unqualified and full of faults.
By your mercy, this past year has been very special for ISKCON Burlington. We started Bhakti Vriksha programs in devotees’ homes, where we gather in a simple and informal way to hear, chant, and associate. These programs have helped us come closer as a community and stay connected in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
With your blessings, we were also able to conduct our fourth Ratha-yātrā at Spencer Smith Park. It is one of the most beautiful places in our city, and many people came, took prasādam, had darshan of Lord Jagannātha, Baladeva, and Subhadrā, and received Their causeless mercy. We could feel that this is your movement, and you are bringing people to ISKCON step by step.
Our small community has also grown. More devotees are regularly coming, and for the first time at ISKCON Burlington, two devotees have received first initiation. This has given us great hope that many more will come forward in the future to take up Kṛṣṇa consciousness seriously.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, whatever little we have been able to do is only by your mercy. We cannot claim anything as our own.
Looking forward, we have one strong desire: to establish a permanent home for your mission here in Burlington. We are searching for a place where devotees can come together regularly, where your books can be distributed, where kirtan can go on, and where new people can be introduced to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Please bless us so that we can collect the required lakṣmī and resources to make this happen for your pleasure, if you so desire.
We also pray that we can continue and expand our temple and Bhakti Vriksha programs and focus more on making devotees and engaging them in your mission. Please give us the intelligence, cooperation, and sincerity to work together and serve you nicely.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, you said that your mission is to give Kṛṣṇa to everyone. We are very small and weak, but if you bless us, even we can become instruments in your hands.
So today, on your Vyāsa-pūjā day, this is our simple prayer:
Please engage us in your service.
Please keep us together.
Please keep us under your shelter.
Let us never forget that everything depends on your mercy.
Thank you for giving us Kṛṣṇa. Thank you for giving us your books. Thank you for giving us a place in your movement.
Your insignificant servants of your servants,
ISKCON Burlington, Canada
Canada & USA, Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2026
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 our most humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. On this sacred occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, the devotees of ISKCON Windsor offer our heartfelt gratitude for your boundless mercy. By your compassion, the teachings of Bhagavad-gītā As It Is and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam have reached even us, guiding our lives toward Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, inspired by your divine vision, we are striving to build a saṅga, a spiritual community, where devotees grow together, serve together, and realize together. In this endeavor, we seek to uphold the sacred principle of yatra nāryastu pūjyante. We recognize that a thriving saṅga is built upon honoring all devotees and on embracing the essential role of Vaiṣṇavīs in particular. In building a saṅga where devotion and dignity unite – that comes from your teachings, Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Though we are unqualified, please kindly engage us as instruments in your mission. Bless us with unity, humility, sincerity, and steadiness in chanting and service.
May ISKCON Windsor always remain an offering at your lotus feet – serving your desire to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness for the benefit of all. We pray to remain eternally under your shelter.
Your aspiring servants,
ISKCON Windsor saṅga
Canada & USA, Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2026
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I offer my heartfelt gratitude for your causeless mercy upon all conditioned souls. You crossed oceans at an advanced age, carrying the pure message of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa without compromise, giving shelter, direction, and hope to innumerable souls lost in material existence.
I feel deeply indebted to you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, because whatever little spiritual life I have is only by your mercy. There is no way I can ever repay what you have given, not only to me, but to my entire family, including my wife and our two daughters, and to so many others whose lives have been transformed through your mission.
Along with my family, I had the good fortune of serving at ISKCON New Orleans for many years, receiving association and guidance from our mentors, many of whom are your senior disciples. By their mercy, we were engaged in devotional service and strengthened in our understanding of your teachings and mission.
Inspired by the instructions of your disciples, including our dīkṣā-guru His Holiness Jayapatāka Swami, in 2018 we felt compelled to begin preaching in Baton Rouge. What began as small weekly gatherings in a rented apartment has gradually grown larger only by your mercy. During the pandemic, the programs continued in our home, sustained simply by faith in your instructions and the strength of congregational service.
By your arrangement, we were able to acquire a space, which we gradually developed into a center for devotional activities. That humble beginning has now grown into a preaching center and temple. We also hold weekly programs at LSU for students, and those who show sincerity are eventually introduced to the temple setting for further nurturing in devotional life. By your mercy, we are also seeing how people come forward in unexpected ways to offer help and support for this mission. We clearly see that none of this is solely our endeavor. It is your desire manifesting through very imperfect instruments like us.
Today, this space has become a shelter for a flourishing community of students, professors, intellectuals and sincere seekers. By your books, instructions, and saṅkīrtana movement, hearts are being softened and lives gradually turning toward Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, I feel completely unqualified and always indebted. No words can express what we have received from you, and no effort of ours can ever repay even a drop of it. Still, we pray only that we may remain constantly engaged in your service without deviation, pride, or forgetfulness.
Please bless us that we may always remain your humble instruments, faithfully carrying forward your mission to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness to every town and village, and never forget that the perfection of life is to serve your instructions with sincerity and devotion. Thank you for giving us a life of meaning, a spiritual family, and a path back to Godhead.
Your most insignificant servant,
Sarvatāraka Dāsa
and the devotees of ISKCON Baton Rouge
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