Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupāda, who is very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Bhakti
siddhānta
Sarasvatī Gosvāmī. You are kindly preaching the message of Lord Caitanya
deva and
delivering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and voidism.
We find this verse in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 22.34, spoken by Lord Rāmacandra and
quoted from the Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha-kāṇḍa 18.33:
sakṛd eva prapanno yas
tavāsmīti ca yācate
abhayaṁ sarvadā tasmai
dadāmy etad vrataṁ mama
It is My vow that if one only once seriously surrenders unto Me, saying “My dear Lord,
from this day I am Yours,” and prays to Me for courage, I shall immediately award
courage to that person, and he will always remain safe from that time on.
When Vibhīṣaṇa comes to surrender to Lord Rāma, He promises complete shelter by quoting the
above śloka. Similarly, Śrīla Prabhupāda, you give anyone and everyone who joins ISKCON at
any level immediate shelter by connecting them to the guru-paramparā of thirty-two ācāryas and
the Supreme Lord Himself.
Lord Rāma declared Vibhīṣaṇa as Laṅkeśa, coronating him king of Laṅkā, while promising to
protect anyone who surrenders. And Lord Rāma declared that if Rāvaṇa surrenders, He would
make Rāvaṇa king of Ayodhyā. On being questioned about Bharata, Lord Rāma stated He would
give Him a Vaikuṇṭha planet to rule. When He was questioned where He would stay, Lord Rāma
very happily said He would stay in the heart of Hanumān.
Similarly, we see, Śrīla Prabhupāda, that Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
always stays in your heart. You have converted practically every city in every state in every country
in the world into an abode of the Lord and gifted Kṛṣṇa consciousness to unlimited souls.
All the qualities of Hanumān are found in Your Divine Grace.
Devotion: Hanumānjī represents the epitome of devotional service. Lord Rāma expresses His
indebtedness to Hanumān, stating, “I don’t know how it is possible to ever repay the debt to you.”
At that time Hanumānjī asked, “Let me also be affectionate toward You – that is all I want.” And
Lord Rāma reciprocated. Similarly, you are blessed with unalloyed devotional service.
Service: Lord Rāmacandra Himself on occasion says to Hanumān, “Even if I sell myself
completely, still I cannot, because your service makes me bankrupt.” This is the reciprocation of
the Lord with the devotee. Similarly, Lord Kṛṣṇa is always indebted to Your Divine Grace.
Nonenvy: Hanumānjī crossed the ocean to find Sita, and on his way entered Surasā’s body and
came out again by shrinking himself. He escaped without being touched by her enviousness.
Similarly, Śrīla Prabhupāda, you crossed the ocean aboard the Jaladuta, facing various challenges
to fulfill your guru’s mission.
Self-control: Hanumānjī was not affected when he saw Rāvaṇa’s wives. Similarly, although you
possessed so much opulence, you were never attracted. Rather, you used everything for serving
the Lord.
Commitment: When Hanumānjī returned after his mission to find Sītādevī, the Lord said, “My
dear Hanumānjī, I am in exile and have nothing with which to reward you for what you have
accomplished. The only thing I can offer you is My embrace, dear Hanumānjī. Please accept it.”
Lord Rāma then offered Himself to Hanumānjī. Similarly, Lord Kṛṣṇa has offered Himself to
Your Divine Grace.
Glorious moments: As Hanumān meeting Lord Rāma is glorious, so your first meeting in 1922
with Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura is glorious. At that very first meeting, he gave
you an instruction: “You are all educated young men. Why don’t you take up Śrī Caitanya
Mahāprabhu’s cult and preach it all over to the English-speaking public? Why don’t you take up
this matter?”
Lord Rāma’s order to Hanumān to find Sītādevī was his life and soul. Similarly, Śrīla
Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura’s order, “If you have money, print books,” was your life and
soul.
When Mount Maināka offered Hanumānjī rest during his flying-journey to Laṅkā, Hanumānjī
said, “I am an arrow shot from Lord Rāma’s bow and can accept no rest until I reach my destina-
tion.” Saying this, Hanumānjī showed humility, giving importance to Lord Rāma’s bow. Similarly,
to fulfill your guru’s order, you never rested.
Although Hanumānjī could have accomplished the whole mission by himself, he gave all credit
to Lord Rāma. Similarly, whenever you were glorified, you gave all credit to your spiritual master.
Hanumānjī brought out the importance of Lord Rāma’s name by writing His name on each
and every stone while building the bridge to Laṅkā. In the same way, you glorified the mahā-
mantra throughout the universe.
On May 5, 2024, you called His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami back to you to join your
pastimes in the spiritual world. It has been a time of great separation for us here. On February
23, 2025, our temple president, His Grace Kamalalocana Prabhu received sannyāsa initiation and
became His Holiness Bhakti Padma Saurabha Pracharak Swami Mahārāja.
Here we share the offerings for the 150th appearance day of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī
Ṭhākura by devotees at ISKCON Mira Road:
• 150 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam sets were distributed for Bhadra Pūrṇimā.
• 65,000 Bhagavad-gītās were distributed for the Prabhupāda marathon.
• 150 summer camps were conducted, offering stories and descriptions of Śrīla Bhakti-
siddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, along with a list of thirty-six qualities, with stories from chap-
ter 12 of the Bhagavad-gītā. These were shared with hundreds of children in residences and
schools.
• 1,500 bhoga offerings were made on Jagannātha Rath-yātrā.
• 150 devotees glorified Śrīla Prabhupāda on Vyāsa-pūjā day.
• 1,500 devotees joined in on a harināma kīrtana-mela.
• 150 devotees chanted sixty-four rounds on nirjala-ekādaśī.
• 150 students learned to sing the guru-paramparā bhajana written by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta
Sarasvatī Ṭhākura.
• 150 students participated in stage performances, enacting the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa
through dramas and dance performances, opulently costumed, to celebrate Janmāṣṭamī
in an auditorium of ICSE board schools N. L. Dalmia, Kapol Vidyanidhi, and Shailender
School.
• 80 schools celebrated Diwali in their schools by doing deepdhan to Lord Dāmodara.
• Bhaktivedanta College has started short courses apart from the Journey of Self-Discovery
course and Bhakti-śastrī. These are Teachings of Lord Caitanya (TLC); Four Books Are
Enough; Teachings of Queen Kuntī; and Science of Self-Realization. This course announce-
ment was done on Nityānanda-trayodaśī, and His Holiness Bhakti Padma Swami began the
TLC course on March 3 this year.
• The Deity department has been functioning perfectly, with pūjārīs serving the Deities by
dressing in innovative ways, making the Deities flower outfits on festival days, and perform-
ing divine āratis at all times with great devotion. Mātājīs cook regular offerings, and on
festivals offer fifty-six types of bhoga. Mātājīs also make the flower garlands with great love
every day.
• Govinda’s is attracting huge crowds on weekends and holidays.
• On Ekādaśīs we hold twelve-hour kīrtanas.
• Upāsanā festivals for boys from our youth group attract numerous boys from different areas.
• Jagannātha Ratha-yātrā, Janmāṣṭamī, Rādhāṣṭamī, Brahmotsava, Nityānanda-trayodaśī,
Gaura-Pūrṇimā, Balarāma Jayantī – all these festivals attract huge crowds from in and
around the Mira Road area. The Deities are dressed opulently, and thousands attend and go
home happily after a grand feast.
• The Food-for-life department serves khicadi daily to visitors, and opulent prasādam on
Sundays.
• Harināma-saṅkīrtana is done daily for one hour in the streets around Mira Road.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, please protect us from the narrow-mindedness and divisiveness that pollute the
world today. Please empower us, your humble servants, to carry forward this great mission of love
and redemption. Let us remain fascinated and inspired by your boundless compassion, remem-
bering that all souls are the Lord’s servants and that there is “no bar for anyone in the world” to
go back home, back to Godhead. We pray to develop the determination you had for serving Śrīla
Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura and thus please Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.
Your insignificant servants,
The devotees at ISKCON Mira Road
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to the saṅkīrtana
movement of Lord Caitanya.
On this sacred day of your glorious appearance, we wish to express our deep gratitude to you
for bringing the eternal words of Śrī Kṛṣṇa to these forgotten countries. Thank you very much
for giving us the opportunity to perform loving devotional service to the Supreme Personality of
Godhead through the ancient system of bhakti-yoga. Thank you also for giving us your inspiring
books, which contain precise instructions for purifying and liberating all souls. Thank you very
much for giving us the Deities to worship and the merciful prasādam distribution program.
May your blessings reach this humble place, enlightening all beings through the mass distri-
bution of your books. Please bless us so that the saṅkīrtana movement may flourish ever more
with renewed enthusiasm. We humbly ask for your powerful blessings for the spiritual health of
all of the devotees in this yātrā and that the nāmahaṭṭa programs that have been established may
continue united and strong. May the expansion of the movement be consolidated with beautiful
future bhakti-vriksha groups and Ratha-yātrās. Bless us so that the philosophy of Kṛṣṇa conscious-
ness may triumph in all educational and social spheres of these lands.
We also beg for your blessings so that the Kṛṣṇa conscious self-sustaining farm project may
also be a success. All for your transcendental pleasure, dear Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to your
beloved International Society for Krishna Consciousness, our original consciousness. We bow
down again and again in the dust of your lotus feet.
We remain insignificant servants of the servants of your beloved devotees,
Sundara Śekhara Dāsa
on behalf of ISKCON Montevideo
Dearest Srila Prabhupada,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
On behalf of our Minnesota temple and Kṛṣṇa conscious community, I consider myself pro-
foundly honored to pen this Vyāsa-pūjā offering – a humble gesture of gratitude for the trans-
formative blessings of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement in our lives. This sacred mission has
become a guiding light amidst the turmoil of Kali-yuga, providing clarity, purpose, and joy in
service.
The thought of your courageous journey to the United States, armed only with a typewriter, a
few books, and your unshakable trust in Kṛṣṇa’s plan, fills us with awe and reverence. The power-
ful image of you chanting under the tree in Tompkins Square Park is a constant source of inspira-
tion, reminding us of the beauty and strength of surrender to Kṛṣṇa’s divine will.
Your teachings continue to guide and illuminate our path. These are not merely philosophical
principles but living truths that you embodied with every step, word, and action. Through your
example, we learned that to serve Kṛṣṇa is to serve others, and sharing His glories brings the
greatest joy and fulfillment. Your immense sacrifice and compassion have changed countless lives,
and we are eternally grateful to be among the blessed recipients of your legacy.
In our small attempts to honor your vision, under the guidance of my spiritual master, His
Holiness Romapāda Swami, the ISKCON Minnesota community has taken meaningful steps to
share Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We organized our first university program for students at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota, joyfully planting the seeds of Kṛṣṇa’s message among young hearts. Our
Monthly Saṅkīrtana program brings the holy name to our local community, spreading joy and
spiritual upliftment. We also encourage children to participate in kīrtana and temple activities,
nurturing their spiritual growth and fostering a deep connection to Kṛṣṇa from an early age. Wit-
nessing their enthusiasm fills our hearts with hope and gratitude for the future of this movement.
Personally and as a community, we feel truly blessed to have found spiritual shelter, guidance,
and purpose within the movement you created. We humbly pray for your blessings, Śrīla
Prabhupāda, that we may carry this mission forward with faith, determination, and devotion. May
we honor your legacy in every thought, word, and deed, and may our collective efforts contribute
to the fulfillment of the beautiful mission you envisioned – a world united in Kṛṣṇa’s loving ser-
vice. Thank you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, for all that you have done for us.
Your servant of the servant,
Śauri Dāsa, temple president
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
As we gather to celebrate your auspicious Vyāsa-pūjā ceremony, we are humbled by your compas-
sionate preaching. At an advanced age, you traveled to a foreign country without money, contacts,
manpower, or physical strength – driven solely by one purpose: to serve your Guru Mahārāja.
You did not come to gather mundane followers, earn money, gain fame, seek a job, or pursue a
degree. Nor did you come to start a business or establish a large following, as many yoga teachers
did. You came not to take but to give pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness to all.
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, who valiantly spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness across
India, wanted so much to spread the message overseas. He sent a couple of disciples to London
with instructions to preach Mahāprabhu’s message in English to the Western world. Unfor-
tunately, those disciples returned after some time and proclaimed that Westerners were not
interested in the message. So your Guru Mahārāja instructed you to print books and spread the
message. You took his instruction to heart, and to fulfill the desire of your Guru Mahārāja you
charted a plan to execute his tall order.
After immense struggle, the long-awaited day of your departure for the West finally arrived.
You took your meager possessions – a suitcase, an umbrella, a supply of dry cereal, and a trunk of
your books. You didn’t know what you would find to eat in America, but you were determined to
serve your guru to the best of your ability.
Here are some memories we’ve heard from your disciples:
Śrīla Prabhupāda had his own style of answering questions: Once, a middle-aged, well-to-do Indian
businessman challenged Śrīla Prabhupāda, “Why are you building new temples when there are so
many old temples in need of renovation and repair?” Śrīla Prabhupāda didn’t answer the question
directly. Instead, he asked the gentleman, “Who is that lady sitting next to you?” The man said,
“She’s my wife.” Prabhupāda asked, “Why did you get married?” The man was flabbergasted and
couldn’t answer, so Prabhupāda said, “You got married because you wanted to have children. But
why have children when there are so many children loitering in the streets? Just as you want to
have your own child, similarly a devotee wants to build a temple, install the Deity, and offer the
temple to Kṛṣṇa.”
Śrīla Prabhupāda taught true compassion: Śrīla Prabhupāda was strict, but also compassionate
and concerned. For example, for at least two months before he passed away, he wasn’t eating
anything. Occasionally he accepted some fruit juice or a little diluted milk, but still, he regu-
larly inquired, “How are the devotees eating? How is the devotee prasādam?” One day, Śrīla
Prabhupāda asked me to check out the devotee prasādam. I came back and told him that the
prasādam was not so nice. Śrīla Prabhupāda called the temple president and reprimanded him. He
asked, “Why is the prasādam not nice?” Śrīla Prabhupāda himself hadn’t eaten for two months,
but still he was concerned about how the devotees were eating.
Śrīla Prabhupāda teaches true advancement: In Juhu, a senior godbrother was annoyed with me
and was chastising me heavily. I felt bad that he chastised me. When I went to Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Prabhupāda said, “The sign of one’s spiritual advancement is not the big position one has. The
real sign of advancement is how humble and tolerant one has become.” That instruction took
away all the heaviness in my heart and I often remember it. The sign of our advancement is not in
our position but in how humble and tolerant we have become.
Śrīla Prabhupāda (guru) knows all: One morning in Vrindavan, Śrīla Prabhupāda asked me to
prepare two varieties of spinach – green and red – as well as pumpkin, radish, eggplant, and
bitter melon. I went to the market to buy everything. When I came back, I told Śrīla Prabhupāda,
“Prabhupāda, I got everything.” Śrīla Prabhupāda asked, “What did you get?” “I got two varieties
of spinach, eggplant, pumpkin, and radish.” Then I remembered that I had forgotten to get bitter
melon. It was stupid of me, but I lied to Śrīla Prabhupāda and told him I’d also purchased bitter
melon. I thought I’d arrange to get the bitter melon later.
To my surprise, Śrīla Prabhupāda told me to bring the vegetables. I ran out. At that time there
was an employee in the guesthouse named Kishan. I gave him some money and said, “Go to the
market and get some bitter melon.” I thought he’d take ten or fifteen minutes, and in the mean-
time, I went to the kitchen and started to prepare everything. Kishan came back and said, “There
is no bitter melon in the market.” I knew that there was also no bitter melon in any of the temple
kitchens. I felt as if the whole world was crumbling. I prayed to Kṛṣṇa, “Please save me! Now I
have to tell Śrīla Prabhupāda that I lied to him and that I forgot the bitter melon.” I was think-
ing, “Prabhupāda is going to get annoyed with me, and who knows what kind of chastisement I’ll
get.” I was so dazed that instead of taking the usual passage next to the temple to Prabhupāda’s
kitchen, I started to go through the gurukula building, and there, on the balcony of the guru-
kula was a green bitter melon. I pounced on it and ran, thanking Kṛṣṇa in every possible way.
Prabhupāda was taking his massage when I went into his room with all the vegetables. He told
me how to cut them, and finally I said, “Prabhupāda, and the bitter melon?” Prabhupāda looked
at me and said, “Bitter melon?” Just the way Śrīla Prabhupāda said “bitter melon” convinced me
beyond any doubt that he knew what had happened.
Śrīla Prabhupāda brought Vrindavan: Śrīla Prabhupāda’s presence was so powerful that when you
came into his presence you felt as if you were no longer part of the material world. You felt that
you were in some kind of a spiritual, transcendental environment. I didn’t know about Vrindavan
then, but nowadays we would say that Prabhupāda brought Vrindavan with him. We felt the Vrin-
davan mood whenever we came into Prabhupāda’s presence. He was carrying Kṛṣṇa in his heart.
Śrīla Prabhupāda was most merciful: Once, Śrīla Prabhupāda was giving a lecture about how we
have to be cent percent Kṛṣṇa conscious. He was ramming home the point that we have to sur-
render to Kṛṣṇa one hundred percent. At the end of the class, the devotees were serious, looking
down, thinking, “Who can come up to the standard of complete surrender?” As if he could read
their minds, Prabhupāda relaxed his mood a little bit and said, “If you can be ninety percent
Kṛṣṇa conscious, then you can also go back to Godhead.” He was on a large, high vyāsāsana,
four feet tall, and he had to climb down some steps to get off the vyāsāsana. As he started down,
he said, “Even if you are eighty percent surrendered, Kṛṣṇa will still take you.” Then he got off
the vyāsāsana and started walking away. His chaddar was flowing behind him, dragging on the
ground. He stopped, looked at the devotees, and said, “Even if you are seventy percent Kṛṣṇa
conscious, still Kṛṣṇa will take you.” He threw his chaddar over his shoulder and walked off with
his head high.
Śrīla Prabhupāda is protecting us: Śrīla Prabhupāda was walking down the stairs in Calcutta.
Many devotees were there. He slipped a little, and it looked like he was going to fall. One of the
senior devotees said, “Watch out, Śrīla Prabhupāda.” Prabhupāda stopped and said, “It is your
responsibility to watch out. You have to take care of the body of the spiritual master. The spiritual
master looks out for your spiritual well-being, but as far as whether I fall or not, that you have to
guard against.”
Today is set aside for deep reflection on the immense sacrifices you made for us, Śrīla
Prabhupāda. Contemplating your sacrifices helps guide us on our journey both in this life and
beyond, as we strive to keep Kṛṣṇa at the center. In our lives, we must strive to imbibe your
true teachings with unwavering sincerity, free from deviation and distraction. Śrīla Prabhupāda,
embodying Kṛṣṇa’s compassion, you came to rescue us just as Kṛṣṇa saved the cowherd boys
from the deadly mouth of Aghāsura, who represents the powerful grip of the material energy in
this Age of Kali. We humbly offer our obeisances at your lotus feet, praying for your mercy and
blessings so that we may remain firmly committed to the principles of your ISKCON.
Your humble servants,
The devotees of ISKCON Milton
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to you, Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to your
International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
On this most auspicious day of your Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā, I would like to express my deepest, heart-
felt gratitude to you, Śrīla Prabhupāda. Your love for your spiritual master and the sacrifice you
made has resulted in so many centers around the world. We will always be indebted to you, Śrīla
Prabhupāda, for bringing Kṛṣṇa consciousness to the West.
Over the years, your temple here at ISKCON Midrand has grown and expanded nicely. We
have recently also purchased a second property, for your pleasure. The devotees are committed
and serve sincerely. By your mercy, Śrīla Prabhupāda, you have also allowed us to serve and
accommodate your loving disciples when they’re traveling. We consider this a fortune.
We feel your love, care, compassion, and strength, and are confident that your temple will con-
tinue to attract new devotees. I continuously pray that you will be merciful to us and allow us to
continue in our services selflessly and without offense. I further pray, Śrīla Prabhupāda, that your
International Society for Krishna Consciousness continues to grow strong and that more and
more people get attracted to it. The purity of this process has been evident through the past years
in seeing how many are attracted.
Your servant always,
Siddha Svarūpa Dāsa, temple president
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our most humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet.
It was an open secret that your greatest priority was to write, print, and distribute your Kṛṣṇa
conscious books. You were so intent on blessing the world with the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and other
books that you would write tirelessly throughout the night, every night, regardless of what time
you arrived at a temple or rested.
In 1965, you came to the United States with nothing but some trunks filled with three-volume
sets of the First Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. When planning your upcoming mission to preach
in the West, you were uncertain, due to the frailties of old age, if you could successfully complete
your Bhaktivedanta purports for the entire Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Consequently, you included all of
the essential philosophy in those first three volumes.
Once established in the United States, and in the same mood as with the first printing of
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, you wrote, Kṛṣṇa, The Supreme Personality of Godhead (the Kṛṣṇa book), a sum-
mary study of the Tenth Canto and a collection of the Lord’s most intimate loving Vrindavan
pastimes. Normally, we are recommended to study the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam from its beginning and
only gradually make our way to the Tenth Canto, but in the same mood of urgency that prompted
you to concentrate on the essential philosophy in the First Canto, you summarized the Tenth
Canto to give us an opportunity to become attracted to the Lord’s intimate Vrindavan pastimes.
We did not understand until years later, when you also gave us the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, that in
fact one of Lord Caitanya’s confidential reasons for appearing in this world was to give us fortu-
nate human beings of Kali-yuga a chance to associate with Him (Lord Kṛṣṇa) in a pure, intimate
way, without any sentiment of awe and veneration. As Lord Caitanya’s representative, you gave us
that same opportunity through your teachings.
In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta it is described that after ending His earthly pastimes, Lord Kṛṣṇa,
contemplating appearing as Lord Caitanya, considered as follows:
If one regards Me as the Supreme Lord and himself as a subordinate, I do not become
subservient to his love, nor can it control Me. In whatever transcendental mellow My
devotee worships Me, I reciprocate with him. That is My natural behavior. In whatever
way My devotees surrender unto Me, I reward them accordingly. “Everyone follows
My path in all respects, O son of Pṛthā.” If one cherishes pure loving devotion to
Me, thinking of Me as his son, his friend or his beloved, regarding himself as great
and considering Me his equal or inferior, I become subordinate to him. (Caitanya-
caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 4.17–22)
Lord Caitanya only appears in this world once in a day of Lord Brahmā, or once every one thou-
sand Kali-yugas. Considering the duration of both the day and night of Lord Brahmā, this would
be a total of 8,640,000,000 years. We are so fortunate that Lord Caitanya’s divine appearance
took place only about five hundred years ago. You, Śrīla Prabhupāda, have made us even more
fortunate by delivering His message to the world. And your message was not restricted or con-
fined to only a few, but rather has become accessible to everyone through the internet, mass print-
ing, your lectures, and the tireless work of many of your disciples and granddisciples who have
been inspired and empowered by you.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, please help us at ISKCON Miami to increase our study, hearing, and teach-
ing of Lord Caitanya and the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Throughout the world there are many devotees
who have developed proven methods of selling your books, inspiring new people to advance on
this path, and methods to care for and enliven devotees who have already come. These success-
ful devotees have not created anything new in principle; they have simply applied the principles
given to us by yourself and the previous ācāryas. One of those principles for success is to be
enthusiastic, and enthusiasm means “To make some endeavor, using your intelligence in Kṛṣṇa
consciousness.”
We pray that at ISKCON Miami we may also enthusiastically endeavor to do our part in this
glorious mission of propagating the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement all over the world.
Your humble servants at ISKCON Miami
