Our dearest Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, we, the devotees of ISKCON
Ichalkaranji, offer our heartfelt obeisances at your divine lotus feet.
You are the transcendental gardener who has planted the seeds of Kṛṣṇa consciousness across
the barren fields of this material world, nurturing them with your boundless mercy and unfathom-
able love. Your spiritual vision, wisdom, and compassion illuminate our path as we humbly strive
to carry forward your glorious mission.
The distribution of your transcendental books remains one of our greatest sources of joy, touch-
ing countless souls and awakening their eternal relationship with Kṛṣṇa. Preaching programs
have also become a powerful instrument in spreading the divine message of the Bhagavad-gītā
and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam to every corner of our community, inspiring new devotees and profound
transformations.
In addition to these efforts, we are deeply humbled and overjoyed to share an update that
fills our hearts with hope and unlimited excitement. By your divine blessings, a new temple for
Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Śyāmasundara is under construction. This temple is envisioned as
a spiritual sanctuary, where devotees and newcomers alike will experience the warmth and pres-
ence of the Divine Couple. Our aspiration is to complete this sacred project within the next year,
offering it as a humble service to Your Divine Grace and the community. This endeavor is a testa-
ment to our collective dedication to fulfilling your mission and establishing a haven where bhakti
flourishes.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, you are the guiding force behind all that we do, the eternal well-wisher of
every soul. You have given us everything – knowledge, purpose, and a loving spiritual family.
We remain forever indebted to you for your gift of causeless mercy. We earnestly pray that you
empower us with devotion, courage, and humility so that we may continue serving your divine
mission with sincerity and determination. May your words forever remain the guiding light of our
lives.
On this sacred day, we renew our commitment to spreading the glories of the Supreme Lord,
serving the devotees, and immersing ourselves in the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s holy names. Please con-
tinue to guide us, Śrīla Prabhupāda, so that we may one day become true instruments of your
boundless compassion and love.
All glories to Your Divine Grace, Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to your tireless endeavor to
awaken the dormant spirituality within us all!
Your humble servants,
The devotees at ISKCON Ichalkaranji
Hare Kṛṣṇa, our dearest Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances. All glories to you! All glories to all
the great Vaiṣṇavas!
I can’t imagine how fortunate I am – such an insignificant, fallen soul like me – to be given
a chance to write a homage to you for your Vyāsa-pūjā day. I am writing on behalf of the Hong
Kong yātrā. I believe my personal feelings and experience of your mercy toward me is similar to
what the other devotees have experienced in Hong Kong and so also represents their feelings and
appreciation.
When I initially came to your ISKCON Society, it was an extremely difficult period in my life.
I had a hard time with myself, my health, and my family. In short, I was in complete darkness
and my life was messy. However, after I read your books – books like The Science of Self-Realization,
Beyond Birth and Death, Chant and be Happy, and finally, the Bhagavad-gītā – I was certain that
Kṛṣṇa consciousness was the medicine for my diseases. You gave me – and all of us – light and
hope through your books, dear Śrīla Prabhupāda!
You then appeared in my dreams – three times. These dreams are still vivid in my mind. They
gave and continue to give me much strength and confidence on the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
I recall one of the dreams in this offering.
This dream took place after I had watched The Final Lesson, the documentary video of your final
pastimes in this world. I dreamed of you that night. You were very sick and fragile. The setting
was in the countryside. Many disciples and devotees had come to pay their loving respects to
you. Everyone was too sad to say anything. I remembered that I was also there, and so I also paid
my sincere respects to you. When I came out of the room, I choked up and told myself, “Śrīla
Prabhupāda has done so much for me, for all of us, for the world. We must do our very best to
continue his mission.”
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, thank you so much for giving me such loving, intimate, and personal
association through my dreams. Thank you for also giving me such loving and intimate associa-
tion through your followers, your books, and everything else you gave us. They are the impetus
that continues to enable me to hold fast to my dream of going back home, back to Godhead. They
are also indispensable in helping me go through so many trials on my spiritual path.
On behalf of the Hong Kong yātrā, all of the devotees have gained much from your mercy,
kindness, and teachings. We miss you greatly and will try our best to continue your mission in
whatever small way we are able. Śrīla Prabhupāda Vyāsa-pūjā kī jaya!
Your humble and insignificant servant,
Gāyatrī Devī Dāsī,
on behalf of the Hong Kong yātrā
Dearest Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Our heartfelt obeisances at your lotus feet, which we know are always moving. We can recog-
nize the great fortune you have bestowed on us – and continue to bestow – as we live our lives
trying to appreciate this matchless gift, the multifaceted gem of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
We have been graciously granted another precious year to distribute this unimaginable treasure
of bhakti-yoga to whomever will receive it, and we are meeting with some success. Given the tur-
bulence in our society and the world, not unlike when you were present in our midst, the suffering
of Mother Bhūmi’s inhabitants is almost tangible. Many humans are looking for the silver lining,
seeking the truth, and for lack of spiritual knowledge they are disappointed, confused, bewil-
dered, and bereft. So we are attempting to reach out to them, offering them some little glimpses
of the beauty of bhakti, that thing which is eternally real, which will relieve their tremendous
suffering. As Kali-yuga progresses, we see the increased degradation of human society; indeed,
it appears as if Father Dharma’s last leg is about to crumble and collapse. As you have so kindly
relieved our intense suffering, Your Divine Grace, we pray that you will empower us to deliver
your loving message to others.
Time is a very elusive thing to fathom; however, we do know that there never seems to be
enough of it. As you told us again and again: (1) Not one moment should be wasted; and (2) We
can never buy back any “unused” time. We can practically see that the whole world is on fire. You
have tasked us to be the fire brigade insomuch as we should attempt to spread the holy names
around, distribute your precious literatures, and interact exceptionally with the various souls we
meet. The impetus to fight the creeping forest fire of Māyā has been instilled by your mercy alone,
O Patita-pāvana! How else could we reasonably function in this phantasmagoria? Your faithful
adherents witness many miracles whereby a momentary meeting with your local representative
has irrevocably changed the life of an unsuspecting spirit soul. Please give us presence of mind in
all such encounters so we may impress a bit of bhakti on those sincere spiritual seekers.
The assembled Vaiṣṇavas lead very busy lives, supporting their families and themselves some-
way or other while endeavoring in their real business in this world: sādhana-bhakti, outreach and
sharing Kṛṣṇa with others, worshiping the arcā-vigraha, and keeping body and soul together to
do all of the above. Somehow all of this seems minuscule in scope compared to your life’s work.
When we remember that you sacrificed your very self to bring us all salvation, we can only pray
to be so surrendered in the service of others. You are incomprehensibly selfless, and your abject
humility in all interpersonal dealings seems unattainable to us, so we can only persist in chanting
the mahā-mantra, as you instructed, to neutralize our false ego. We have understood: purification
is perceivable and palpable if we persevere in our practice. We beg you to shower us with your
inconceivable mercy to follow you closely, as a small child enjoys following their loving father.
O Vaiṣṇava Ṭhākura, we beg for the spiritual strength and discrimination to continue our journey
down this difficult and uncommon path, which is also very sweet, simple, and sublime. We are
deeply indebted to you, as well as eternally grateful to have been gifted this most divine of all
boons, pure devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Your eternal servant,
Līlā-śakti Devī Dāsī, temple president
on behalf of the devotees at New Goloka Dhāma
Dearest Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our most heartfelt and humble obeisances. All glories to you on this divine day of
your appearance!
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 humbled to have this opportunity to be able to express our heartfelt gratitude to you on
this most auspicious occasion of your appearance.
Thank you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, for giving us the path of bhakti and for establishing ISKCON, a
home in which we all can live. During your pastimes on this planet, you provided us with amazing
wealth in the form of your books, lectures, articles, letters, personal teachings, and interactions.
You introduced the Western world to the teachings of Lord Caitanya, festivals, kīrtana, philosophy,
Deity worship, prasādam, and so much more. As the years pass, we continue to realize more and
more how precious this gift is that you have so mercifully given us.
On behalf of your disciples, granddisciples, and followers here at ISKCON Hillsboro/Portland,
we humbly offer you a short description of the activities that devotees have been working on for
your pleasure and the pleasure of our beloved Deities, Śrī Śrī Nitāi-Śacīnandana! Please continue
to bless us, so we may all remain in your service.
Our devotees have been working together on book distribution, as well as ensuring that your
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is is available in hotel rooms. A number of devotees have facilitated local
weekly bhakti-vriksha groups (online and in-person), Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam classes,
as well as Bhakti-śāstrī studies. Every morning and evening, devotees join a call where your books
are read together. It has been so wonderful to see the devotional enthusiasm of our yātrā increase
by associating with you in the form of your books!
We have welcomed many newly initiated devotees and new congregation members. The devo-
tee community has been blossoming, and everyone serves together in a spirit of joy, encourage-
ment, and cooperation. The weekly Sunday Love Feast program, as established by you, is held, as
well as programs on all festival days.
We have a very enthusiastic youth group who engage in kīrtana at every opportunity, and
our youngest devotees continue to share with one another and everyone else what they learn in
Sunday School. At every festival we try to have single-minded focus on the saṅkīrtana of the holy
name, and we encourage everyone to join in the singing for the pleasure of the Lord, as per your
example.
We have enlivening festivals, including two wonderful Ratha-yātrās in prime locations. So
many new people are able to join in the chanting of the holy name. Many plates of prasādam are
distributed, and many of your books are distributed as well. Our Śrī Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī festival
continues to attract thousands of people, with books, prasādam, dramas, kīrtana, and dance. We
observe an annual Deity welcoming ceremony, where devotees gather to lovingly make beautiful
flower outfits and accessories for our Deities and to shower Śrī Śrī Nitāi-Śacīnandana with rose
petals – a Portland specialty, since this is called the “Rose City.”
Devotees have come together to develop a drama team, and their performances of the Lord’s
pastimes capture everyone’s hearts. Amazingly, young teenagers are writing heartfelt scripts after
reading your descriptions of the Lord’s pastimes. We hold these dramas on a monthly basis, and
the entire community looks forward to seeing them with great excitement.
You will also be happy to know that by your compassionate instructions, weekly prasādam dis-
tribution to the homeless community continues in the Portland downtown area. We started it at
the beginning of the COVID pandemic and continue it still. People look forward to receiving this
special form of the Lord’s mercy.
Inspired by the beauty of our Deities, Śrī Śrī Nitāi-Śacīnandana, devotees have formed a deco-
ration team that makes darshan of the Deities a feast for our eyes on a weekly basis as well as at
festivals. We have been fortunate to welcome new full-time pūjārīs, trained in the holy dhāmas,
who kindly teach the rest of us more aspects of Deity worship. Inspired by their encouragement,
devotees have also started sewing and crocheting groups so that more outfits can be offered to our
Deities.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, from your example of extending Kṛṣṇa consciousness to everyone, we have
developed a wider social media presence. Our content across social media platforms has been
enhanced by our new website, which is welcoming and informative for newcomers as well as for
practicing devotees. We are also using other social media to rapidly reach out to the community
beyond our small group, to attract them to what your Society has to offer them. Our devotees
have dramatically enhanced the attractiveness of the content by forming a talented audiovisual
devotee team.
We aspire to always engage in your service to the best of our abilities. We pray for the continu-
ous flow of your mercy and thus to become worthy of serving you in a pleasing manner. On this
auspicious occasion, we ask humbly for your blessings so that our community can continue to
reciprocate in gratitude to your earnest and ceaseless efforts to uplift everyone.
Thank you for giving every second of your earthly presence for our benefit!
Your aspiring, loving servants at ISKCON Hillsboro/Portland
My dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to you, O master at whose
feet all other masters bow. By your mercy, a lame man can cross mountains, a blind man can see
the stars in the sky, a dumb man can recite eloquent poetry, and the most fallen can return home,
back to Godhead.
On this most glorious occasion of your appearance day, we want to thank you immensely for
all the mercy you are giving us. You are very much present in the form of your wonderful mūrti
and very alive in our mandir. Thank you for allowing us to serve you.
In this Kali-yuga, the yuga-dharma is the saṅkīrtana-yajna taught by Caitanya Mahāprabhu. You
spread this saṅkīrtana movement all over the world by traveling fourteen times around this planet.
You are a very dear servant of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, who came to establish the true teachings of
Śrīla Vyāsadeva for the benefit of suffering humanity. Your greatness is constantly increasing as
your Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement continues to expand day by day.
All glories to you and the saṅkīrtana mission of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu!
Looking back at the past years of your ISKCON Heidelberg temple, by your mercy, all the
departments have improved considerably.
By Śrī Śrī Gaura-Nitāi’s arrangement, many devotees are now coming to our temple from dif-
ferent parts of the world. Russians and Ukranians enhance your saṅkīrtana movement here in
Germany – twice a month we go on harināma through the streets of Heidelberg, Mannheim, or
Karlsruhe. We also go to Baden-Baden and Frankfurt, distributing your books along the way as
well as prasādam, for your pleasure. The people, by your mercy, are more receptive to Kṛṣṇa con-
sciousness. Your books are distributed on harināmas and in the temple, where we have Bhagavad-
gītās, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatams, and other books in many languages. The distribution of kṛṣṇa-prasādam
gives the people a taste of the nectar for which everyone hankers.
Our community has grown by the affluence of the Indians working in enterprises near our
temple, and by the divine plan, they are very happy to come to the temple and revive their lost
culture as well as to find a spiritual family.
Our pūjārī and kitchen departments have built up very nicely, with many pūjārīs and many
cooks serving you and Śrī Śrī Gaura-Nitāi with a high standard and devotion.
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, thank you for giving us this wonderful Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.
We are eternally indebted to you! Śrīla Prabhupāda kī jaya!
Your servant,
Śrījī Devī Dāsī
on behalf of the devotees at ISKCON Heidelberg
To our most beloved spiritual grandfather, Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet. On this most auspicious day of the
129th anniversary of your appearance, we offer our heartfelt and deepest gratitude as an expres-
sion of our love to you.
As your granddisciples at ISKCON Harrisburg, we are forever indebted to the immeasurable
mercy you bestowed upon us. We can’t thank you enough for all that you have given us. You have
truly built a house in which the whole world can live.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, here at ISKCON Harrisburg we have been focusing on the “Seven Purposes
of ISKCON” you wrote in 1966. Currently, we are in the process of:
• Educating, teaching, and training devotees in the techniques of spiritual life through your
instructions, books, and the teachings of the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
• Gradually, our sādhu-saṅga has been increasing, which is encouraging devotees to come
closer to the Lord and to take to the chanting of the holy name.
• Helping devotees see that the temple is the embassy to the spiritual world.
• Encouraging devotees to read the books you so tirelessly wrote for us.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, since the appearance of Śrī Śrī Nitāi-Gauracandra in 2023, devotees have
become inspired to engage in more service for the pleasure of Their Lordships.
We started local university preaching at Penn State Harrisburg called the Bhakti Club. It
started at a grassroots level in late 2024, but now it’s gradually and organically picking up – all by
your mercy.
This year, we started our first training workshop: Journey to Self-Discovery. It was a success,
and the devotees are looking forward to more such opportunities. We will be starting more spiri-
tual educational workshops for the devotees to develop their Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
In 2024, we held our first Paṇihāṭi festival. Both adults and kids were enthusiastic about
making preparations for the Lord in clay pots. We hope to celebrate Paṇihāṭi every year for the
pleasure of Śrī Śrī Nitāi-Gauracandra and make it better each year.
Our Ratha-yātrā festival continues to invite and excite people – we have over a thousand
attendees each year – giving the public the opportunity to hear the holy name and to see Lord
Jagannātha-Baladeva-Subhadrā. This year we will be celebrating our fifteenth annual Ratha-yātrā,
and we hope to make it even more special.
Our morning Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam classes have doubled in attendance and participation. The
daily morning japa call has continued consistently, and devotees are keener to join the congrega-
tional chanting. With this, we are seeing a rise in commitment and dedication.
Our book distribution team of devotees is making extra efforts to spread the knowledge and
your transcendental books at every Monthly Saṅkīrtana Festival. We ask for your blessings and
mercy upon the devotees as they continue to distribute your books, which will plant the seeds of
devotion within the hearts of those who will touch, feel, and read them.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, we hope and pray that these humble efforts in preaching are pleasing to you.
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to engage our minds, bodies, and senses in devotional
service at your lotus feet. It is only by your mercy that we have been able to assist you in a small
way for Lord Caitanya’s mission.
We are beggars at your lotus feet, Śrīla Prabhupāda. Please help us to continue serving you –
with determination, enthusiasm, and lifelong commitment – now and always, until our last breath.
Dāso ’smi,
on behalf of ISKCON Harrisburg
Anasūyā Devī Dāsī
