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
We are very grateful to you for giving us the simplest yet best process to understand ourselves, the
Supreme, and our relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. We are all trying to
read and understand Your Divine Grace through your books and the message of Lord Caitanya.
As we read and understand Your Divine Grace’s books, we feel very fortunate and protected
from the material influences and misunderstandings about God. If we don’t read Your Divine
Grace’s books, it is not at all possible to understand the simplicity of devotional service and to
develop loving consciousness toward all living entities, Vaiṣṇavas, and the most loving Lord Śrī
Kṛṣṇa.
As we continue in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness, we feel great value in devotee association, which
gives us the opportunity to remember Kṛṣṇa, hear about Kṛṣṇa, and increase our inner strength
and faith in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
To progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, Your Divine Grace gave us books, ISKCON and the
Seven Purposes you devised for it, devotees, and spiritual educational centers (temples). Along
with these Your Divine Grace blesses each of us who follows your instructions.
Your Divine Grace mentioned, “Your credit is that you had not changed any message and
instructions of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and guru.” Similarly, we seek empowerment to use our intelligence to
practice and preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness and its purposes without changing the essence. We seek
to be able to reach out to the Japanese in understanding their cultural sensitivity and require-
ments, and embed this valuable jewel of Kṛṣṇa consciousness in their lives.
In a small center in Yokohama, Japan, we are giving this opportunity of Kṛṣṇa consciousness
to the Japanese by arranging music festivals (kīrtana-melas), prasādam, and yoga study groups,
where we read systematically through Bhagavad-gītā As It Is. We hold Japanese devotee retreat pro-
grams with the sole intention of increasing the respect and love among the devotees. It is surely
helping all of them to easily take Kṛṣṇa’s names and open their hearts to hearing about Kṛṣṇa, the
Supreme God who is our controller and protector, and a loving God who is waiting for us.
After a couple of retreat programs, five or seven of the devotees out of the thirteen who
attended started chanting. They also developed the desire to be vegetarian and attend the
Bhagavad-gītā classes regularly. We see Your Divine Grace’s mercy and empowerment in those who
are simple and strict in following the process.
With all humility, and feeling the great fortune and gratitude in our hearts, we fall at your lotus
feet and seek your shelter, blessings, and empowerment to continue preaching in the Yokohama
and Tsukuba centers.
Your granddisciple,
Sudāmā Dāsa (KCS)
On behalf of the Yokohama devotees
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet on behalf of the Armenian
yātrā. All glories to you, our dearest friend and savior, the empowered representative of Śrīla
Vyāsadeva and Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, you have left us the greatest legacy – unique and perfect for all times
and places! We do not need to invent anything; you have given us everything. Simply by follow-
ing in your footsteps, your example, and especially your instructions, we see the results: people
are becoming attracted to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. What you have given us is perfect! You have pre-
sented this priceless knowledge in a wonderfully accessible way, giving us the culture, etiquette,
standards, and the correct understanding and application of them. Because life is long, in order to
dedicate it to Kṛṣṇa, you have given us everything we need.
Even when we fall or stumble, it is by your mercy that we know we must simply get up and
continue.
Our region, like others, is no exception. Here, people are deeply attached to material con-
ditioning, bodily identification, family, nationality, tradition, and culture … sometimes it even
seems more pronounced here. But like everywhere, sincere souls, when touched by your mercy
and compassion in the form of your books and your devotees, begin to realize their true position,
either instantly or gradually. Their lives and hearts change before our very eyes. This process is
truly wonderful and beautiful!
The legendary love feasts, the kīrtanas, and the best books about Kṛṣṇa in every sense – these
are our weapons and our priceless treasures. All that is required of us is a little sincerity and a
desire to assist you in your mission to save everyone! By your mercy, even in our small yātrā, there
are already so many of your fearless and selfless pure devotees, striving to fully dedicate their lives
to Lord Caitanya’s mission.
Sometimes there are difficulties and disagreements, but you said that if everyone’s goal is to
satisfy Kṛṣṇa, all differences will be resolved. We pray for your blessings to always follow this goal
in all situations!
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, please allow us to be instruments in your hands! Please bless us to
develop even a drop of your compassion – true compassion! Please bless us so that difficulties do
not stop us but instead strengthen us. Kindly allow us, with full determination, to simply assist
you.
With endless gratitude to you, your eternal servants,
the devotees of the Armenian yātrā
(written by Hemāṅgī Devī Dāsī)
Our dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Śrī Guru and
Gaurāṅga! All glories to Your Divine Grace! All glories to your 129th divine appearance day!
This year marks the fiftieth brahmotsava of the Śrī Śrī Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma temple – a milestone in
the history of ISKCON. Vrindavan was always your home, from your humble room at the Śrī Śrī
Rādhā-Dāmodara temple to the magnificent Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma Mandir, which manifested as a result
of your unwavering surrender to the instructions of your spiritual master, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta
Sarasvatī Ṭhākura.
It is said that when you chose the temple site in Vrindavan it was on the outskirts of town – just
as Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Rasabihārī’s temple in Juhu was initially in a remote area. But due to your vision
and determination, these places have become magnets for kṛṣṇa-bhakti, drawing thousands of sin-
cere seekers. Today, because of your surrender, we have such wonderful temples and, more impor-
tantly, spiritual guides – our śikṣa- and dīkṣā-gurus – leading us on the path of bhakti.
The scriptures reveal that pure devotees carry the holy places within their hearts and transform
ordinary locations into places of pilgrimage simply by their presence. Śrīla Prabhupāda, you
not only sanctified lands across the world – from the USA to the UK and beyond – but you also
gifted us your sincere disciples, who now serve as our spiritual mentors. The paramparā continues
as they, in turn, guide their own disciples, keeping your legacy alive.
Today, we reflected on how a skilled surgeon prioritizes saving the patient over the technical
perfection of the operation. Similarly, you adapted your approach – making adjustments without
compromising the essence of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Instead of insisting on strict adherence to
sixty-four rounds, prohibiting Deity worship by women, and enforcing rigid qualifications for
initiation, you chose to cultivate devotees first. Your policy of compassion over rules led to the
expansion of ISKCON as a global family, proving that inclusivity in bhakti bears greater fruit
than mere rigid institutional success. Here at ISKCON Yavatmal, we are witnessing the fruit of
your mercy.
• Over the past few years, many new devotees have joined the congregation.
• Youth participation is growing, with special sessions tailored for them.
• A prominent businessman, though unable to join ISKCON full-time, has committed to sup-
port ISKCON externally.
• A respected veteran, though not officially joining, has pledged to donate an entire floor of a
prime-location building to ISKCON.
• Our Janmāṣṭamī celebrations have grown from fewer than a hundred visitors in 2014 to over
fifteen hundred attendees today.
Inspired by this momentum, we seek to expand our bhakti-vriksha programs and home-based gath-
erings to reach even more souls.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, we humbly pray that as we endeavor to serve you and the paramparā, we
may develop the same unwavering faith you had and always feel the presence of Guru and
Gaurāṅga by strictly following their instructions.
Your servants at ISKCON Yavatmal
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga! All glories to you!
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, on this 129th anniversary of your appearance, we offer this homage to
you on behalf of your granddisciples and uninitiated followers at ISKCON Manitoba, Canada.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, your tireless efforts to establish Kṛṣṇa consciousness globally have not only
transformed individual lives but have also created vibrant communities where devotees can come
together to glorify the Supreme Lord. By your divine will and unlimited mercy, ISKCON Mani-
toba has been blessed to manifest its first new temple, Shri Hari Vaikuntha Dham, a place of devo-
tion for generations to come. We gave this name based on your words:
Everywhere wherever Krishna Katha is spoken, that is Vaikuntha. And wherever I go
to my branches, you my good devotees turn it into Vaikuntha, and I wish to be there
where my disciples are. (Letter to Citśukhānanda Dāsa, July 29, 1972)
You are very fond of Śrī Jagannāthajī and Ratha-yātrā, so we have named the temple Sri Hari
(name of Jagannātha) and Vaikuntha Dham (name of Śrī Purī-kṣetra).
In a world engulfed in material turmoil, where everyone is in kuṇṭha, anxiety, you gave us the
ultimate shelter: a place where devotees can gather to chant the holy names, immerse themselves
in the nectar of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and cultivate pure devotion under your divine guidance to
become free from kuṇṭha. This new temple will serve as a sacred space where hearts will be trans-
formed and souls will find their eternal connection with Kṛṣṇa through His holy name.
Your compassion has empowered devotees in Winnipeg to carry forward your mission with
enthusiasm and dedication. Through regular programs, kīrtanas, festivals, and outreach efforts,
the community here is striving to uphold the high standards of devotion and service that you
exemplified.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, we humbly pray for your continued guidance and blessings as we endeavor
to make Sri Hari Vaikuntha Dham a center of spiritual excellence and a place where the glories
of Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa resonate eternally. May this temple stand as a shining tribute to your divine
mission and inspire countless souls to take shelter at the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa. On Śrī Rāma-
navamī, we will open the doors to the temple. The grand inauguration will be on Janmāṣṭamī,
August 16, 2025. Your disciple His Holiness Bhaktimārga Swami will come to bless this cer-
emony. This temple was built in memory of your disciples His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami
Mahārāja and His Holiness Bhakti Chāru Swami, because their personal instruction to me and
the guidance I received from them helped us manifest Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mission of spread-
ing the holy name in Winnipeg.
On your Vyāsa-pūjā, we bow down to your lotus feet and pray to you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, for
enthusiasm, determination, and patience in bhakti. Please bless us that as our congregation grows,
we have loving relationships among devotees and cooperate with one another to serve ISKCON
(your body) with love and care. May we all have strong sādhana, taste for the holy name, and
dedication to studying and distributing your books. Thank you for engaging us in the Kṛṣṇa con-
sciousness movement.
Your fallen servant,
Vishwambhara Kripa Dāsa
on behalf of the ISKCON Manitoba congregation
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet! All glories to you on this most
auspicious appearance day!
Thank you for sowing the seed of bhakti and devotional service in the hearts of everyone, with-
out distinction!
Thank you for the ocean of unconditional compassion toward all the fallen souls!
Thank you for visiting us!
Thank you for sacrificing your life for us!
Thank you for showing us how to live a Kṛṣṇa conscious life!
Thank you for your legacy!
Thank you for the books you translated and commentated for our benefit!
Thank you for your stalwart disciples, who are capable of guiding us and preaching your mis-
sion further!
Thank you for our new life and the chance to return back to Kṛṣṇa, back to Godhead!
Thank you for your full-length photo hanging in our temple room, giving us the chance
to touch your lotus feet, which can deliver us. They save us from the bondage of the material
world, which keeps us trapped like fools. We bow down before you again and again in respectful
obeisances.
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda we beg for your mercy! Please help us to attain Kṛṣṇa consciousness!
Only by the mercy of Lord Caitanya, by your mercy, and by the mercy of your great disciples can
we be saved! Thanks to the spiritual master, we are not left alone on the path to Kṛṣṇa! Without
Kṛṣṇa consciousness, true and eternal happiness is impossible to achieve!
Thank you for this, Gurudeva! Thank you for being the one we, your spiritual grandchildren
and great-grandchildren, can follow. We bow down before you again and again in respectful obei-
sances, dear Śrīla Prabhupāda. Falling at your lotus feet we beg for your mercy: please help us
attain Kṛṣṇa consciousness!
Thank you for your godly mercy on all fallen souls!
Thank you for your selfless, superhuman work!
Thank you for the knowledge you left behind for generations to come!
For all these reasons we would like to express our highest esteem for you on this very auspi-
cious day of your appearance.
Your instruction to chant and read daily is keeping us always in touch with you! We are aston-
ished by the depth of your comments on the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and your devotion and love for
the Supreme Lord. Your words lead always to bhakti, pure devotional service to Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Your
books purify our hearts and deepen our devotion every day.
Also, thank you for your ISKCON society! Thank you for allowing us little spiders to be in
Lord Caitanya’s army, with you captaining us toward pure love of God in this lifetime!
What can one say to you other than to say continually “Thank you, thank you, thank you”? You
are and remain the jagad-guru! You inspire through Your books. You speak through your disciples
and followers in their lectures. You sing through the devotees. When we distribute your books,
you give us instructions from within. There is no day we do not remember you!
Thank you for sending us exactly the right gurus, who correct us from within. Thank you for
sending us śikṣā-gurus, who train us in such a way that even persons like us understand how to
become Kṛṣṇa conscious and, hopefully, remain so eternally.
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to your Divine Grace and the guru-paramparā! On the day
of your Vyāsa-pūjā, we wish to express our gratitude to your parents – your father, Gour Mohan
De, for his great contribution in developing your love for Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa and encourag-
ing your heartfelt attachment to serving Their lotus feet; and your mother, Rajani De, for her con-
cern for your health, growth, and well-being.
In our life, you also play a significant role as both father and mother, grandfather and grand-
mother, all rolled into one. It is because of you that we have come to know about Kṛṣṇa and
loving devotional service to the Supreme Absolute Truth, God, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
Because of you, we are growing up in your spiritual home called ISKCON, receiving spiritual
care and instruction, learning the science of devotional service from your disciples. Because of
you, we and many thousands of people have received the saving nectar of spiritual knowledge, the
real breath of life, without which there would be no chance to know about God as He really is.
There would be no chance to know that there is an eternal relationship between us, the jīva, and
Kṛṣṇa, and that the way to know and develop this relationship is through devotional service. You
have made the difficult simple. You have extended a helping hand to all living entities, and we
pray to you that we and all who have come into contact with the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement
not only get a chance to go back to Godhead but also utilize that chance to the fullest. We thank
you and the entire guru-paramparā, along with our spiritual master, for the opportunity to serve
Lord Caitanya’s movement. Hare Kṛṣṇa.
Your devotees at Harināma-deśa, Weisbaden
My dearest Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our obeisances at your most exalted feet. All glories unto you.
Thank you for founding ISKCON and giving shelter to thousands of conditioned souls all
around the globe. Thank you for your wonderful books. Thank you for exposing us to the holy
name, prasādam, and other diverse forms of sevā. Please kindly pardon us for not building on the
esteem of the indelible marks you left on the ground, and please bless us to be better and more
improved servants of your servants and functionally contribute to the expansion of ISKCON
globally.
Your lowly servants from Warri temple, Nigeria, West Africa
