Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our most humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet.
As Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 19.151 states:
brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva
guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja
Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an
opportunity to associate with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of Kṛṣṇa.
After many years of hard struggle, by your kind mercy we have finally got a wonderful opportu-
nity to experience the spiritual world at ISKCON Dharwad. Many years of continuous Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Janmāṣṭamī celebrations have gradually transformed into monthly festivals, weekly Sunday feasts,
and daily worship of Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Nīla-mādhava.
Out of the many thousands of people who attended these programs, a few have come forward
to sincerely dedicate their lives to your mission and have received formal initiation from your dis-
ciples. Following your teachings we all try to cooperate with one another, with a successful model
of multiple dīkṣā-gurus in the community. We are also very fortunate to receive the enlivening
association and constant guidance of many of your granddisciples, especially His Holiness Bhakti
Rasamrita Swami and His Grace Sadayogi Prabhu.
Today we have a thriving community of Bhakti Kutir programs, a Hubli outpost center, and
other facilities. We have more than 250 dedicated devotees who sincerely follow the four regula-
tive principles and chant sixteen rounds of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra rigidly every day. They
also actively participate very enthusiastically in all the temple services, such as setting up for
festivals, organizing book distribution, cooking for Their Lordships, making flower garlands, and
decorating and worshiping Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Nīla-mādhava.
Every year we try to distribute your books to the best of our ability and capacity. Last year we
distributed 2,500 copies of your Bhagavad-gītā As It Is in the local language, Kannada, and 60 sets
of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
Now we have secured a 4.5-acre piece of land near the NH48 National Highway. This will
be transformed into a beautiful community, by the mercy of Your Divine Grace and the sincere,
humble efforts of your granddisciples. We have also started a preschool named Bal Gopal Shishu-
vatika, which we hope to transform into a gurukula in the near future.
At ISKCON Dharwad’s new temple project, we have completed our phase 1 construction,
meant to facilitate our preaching activities. It consists of a temporary grand temple hall, kitchen,
and offices. A Govinda’s restaurant and Annapurna catering services will also be built there. You
created a roadmap for how to make temples financially self-sufficient in the long term through
projects like Govinda’s restaurants. We also need your blessings for starting a farm project con-
nected to this temple.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, please accept our sincere efforts to please you and shower your divine bless-
ings upon us so that we may continue to serve enthusiastically in a healthy, cooperative spirit in
this community and cultivate pure love of God for Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Nīla-mādhava
in this worldwide ISKCON movement.
Your insignificant servants at ISKCON Dharwad
Our dearest 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
Please accept our respectful obeisances at your lotus feet with utmost gratitude for giving us shel-
ter. All glories to your continued causeless mercy on humanity.
In 1976, you came to Detroit and showered the greatest blessings on all the residents of Michi-
gan by installing the most merciful Deities, Śrī Śrī Gaura-Nitāi. You instructed us to worship
Them like two princes. Until then we were worshiping a beautiful painting of Śrī Pañca-tattva
on the altar. We humbly beg your blessings to celebrate the whole year of 2026 as the grand
celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Śrī Śrī Gaura-Nitāi’s installation. We have already
started preparing to repaint the magnificent temple room, keeping the most beautiful architec-
ture intact. In continuation, we would like to refurbish the elegant historical home of Śrī Śrī
Rādhā-Kuñjabihārījī.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, you were so happy when this mansion was bought for Śrī Śrī Rādhā-
Kuñjabihārījī’s new home. You stayed here and gave detailed instructions on what to do. It has
such a glorious history here, with so many great leaders of our movement having participated in
loving services to you and Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kuñjabihārījī.
At this moment, all the devotees who are currently serving here feel fortunate and blessed to be
able to participate in your mission at Devasadhan Mandira.
O savior of the whole universe, we are begging you to give us the good fortune to continue
to participate in loving service at your lotus feet and our most merciful Deities Śrī Śrī Rādhā-
Kuñjabihārījī while we are in these bodies. Please hold our hands tightly, because we have a ten-
dency to run away from you.
Begging for forgiveness for our unlimited offenses to the Vaiṣṇavas,
Your humble servants at Devasadan Mandir,
(written by Jagad-guru Dāsa)
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
In a lecture of yours, given on Gaura-Pūrṇimā in 1976, you say, “Kṛṣṇa is prepared to be
appreciated by you in any condition of life if you take His instruction how to realize Him.” You
elaborate that remembering Kṛṣṇa even in everyday activities, like drinking water or seeing the
sunshine in the daytime or the moonshine in the nighttime is devotional service, or smaraṇam. It
can be that simple.
Always ready to reciprocate with the living entities wherever they’re at, the Lord appears
according to our individual qualifications for understanding Him. You say, “If you want to under-
stand the Absolute Truth, you can realize Him.… You can realize the Absolute Truth in any way.
He is prepared to manifest Himself as you desire.”
This broad accessibility to Kṛṣṇa is your signature offering. Our prayer on this Vyāsa-pūjā day
is that we live as active agents of this offering.
Your servants, with love, at New Badarikashram
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to you.
I am delighted to offer this tribute on behalf of the devotees and congregation members of
ISKCON of Delaware. There is no limit to your glories. In this world of chaos, anxiety, and uncer-
tainty, you are like an oasis. We cannot imagine what life would be like without your transcenden-
tal presence. It is only by your mercy that we are able to continue, beginning each new day with
the hope that you are always there for us.
Through the blessing of your causeless mercy, ISKCON of Delaware has acquired two proper-
ties to better serve the devotees here. The first, located in Bear, Delaware, has been operational
since 2013 and, as of 2024, is owned outright by ISKCON of Delaware. The second property,
located in Magnolia, Delaware, is dedicated to serving cows and providing care for senior
Vaiṣṇavas who have dedicated their lives to your service. Please continue to bless us so that we
may overcome all obstacles in our efforts to serve you and further fulfill the mission of ISKCON.
This year, we are launching a free prasādam distribution program for senior citizens in Dela-
ware. Through this initiative, we hope they will come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and, in turn, sup-
port the growth of our mission.
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, we are still full of passion and ignorance. Please bestow your mercy
upon us so that we may at least rise to the platform of goodness, sincerely practice our daily pre-
scribed sādhana, and enthusiastically share your teachings with others.
On this auspicious occasion of your appearance day, we humbly pray for your blessings so that
we may flourish in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, remain joyful in your service, and continue spreading
your glories through your teachings and mission.
We remain your eternal servants,
Kṛṣṇa Kīrtana Dāsa (temple president)
on behalf of the devotees of ISKCON of Delaware
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, Your Divine Grace,
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
Your appearance has given birth to a new world – a world that has no night or day but is per-
petual wakefulness; a world that has no past, present, or future but only dharma, duty; a world
that has no days, weeks, months, or years but only darshan of the lotuslike abode of your beloved
Lord, the all-merciful Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the darling of Mother Yaśodā
and Nanda Mahārāja; a world where dry arguments have withered away under the effulgent luster
of your transcendental form reflected on your dearest devotees; a world that breaks individual
circles and restores them to that original circle of devotional service to Śrī Rādhe-Śyāma; a world
where the shady characters of impersonalists, voidists, and atheists in the garb of theists are at
once exposed by the illuminating light of your Bhāgavatam purports; a world where the deceitful
fruitive workers, speculators, salvationists, and meditators run away, scattering hither and thither,
by once hearing the thunderous roar of your preaching, a manifestation of your unwavering
devotion to protect and serve the message of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, which you received
from Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, your beloved Guru Mahārāja; a world that was
once upon a time puffed-up with its so-called material advancement and is now fallen to its knees,
losing all its power when hearts feel the vibration and dance to the beat of your bṛhat-mṛdaṅga.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, this world that once attracted those who have deluded themselves, thinking
themselves enjoyers, has now taken a new form, after your appearance – one of yukta-vairāgya
(actual, proper renunciation) after receiving a tiny fraction of your mahā-bhāgavata prasādam.
Your appearance has given birth to a new world – a world that was once filled with the agita-
tions of persons acting like śva-viḍ-varāhoṣṭra-kharaiḥ has now dramatically evolved to a purer plat-
form of accepting initiation, simply observing the four regulative principles of not eating meat,
fish, or eggs, taking no intoxication, not gambling, and not having illicit sex, and chanting six-
teen rounds of the mahā-mantra. These persons will fast on Ekādaśīs and mahotsavas; a world that
was heavily peopled by sahajiyās and those desiring to become sole masters is at once revolution-
ized by the collective, undeterred missionary activities headed by one-pointed valiant mahārathīs
from your saṅkīrtana movement, whose loyalty and adherence to the ultimate managing authority
of ISKCON, the Governing Body Commission, is remarkably exemplary. Harmonious coopera-
tion at its best.
There will be a new world – one that once succumbed to crumbling is at once raised on a rock-
solid foundation of undeniable strength, which can only be derived from the association of your
Vaikuṇṭha-effulgent devotees. This world, which was bombarded by chaos, frustration, and hope-
lessness is now reborn through the vigorous chanting of the blissful holy names of Kṛṣṇa: Hare
Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare / Hare Rāma Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma Hare Hare.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, a world where work is binding will now involve learning the art of perform-
ing liberating work as a sacrifice to please the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu; a futile world is becoming a
world developing affinity for hearing the messages of Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa. And, once a lost world,
we’re now attaining this rarest opportunity, access to the via medium, the spiritual master who is a
pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa, whom if pleased, will take one to that Supreme abode of the Lord, Goloka
Vrindavan.
I utter today my earnest prayer, Śrīla Prabhupāda, to very kindly grant me shelter at the soles
of your lotus feet, where I can humbly serve in the association of your dearest devotees.
On behalf of my beloved wife, Mālikā Devī Dāsī, and our daughter Nandinī, the devotees
and students in our local Bhāgavata Saṅga online study group, and the devotees, well-wishers,
and friends of the Davao Hare Kṛṣṇa Centre, Philippines, I would like to thank you, Śrīla
Prabhupāda. I beg to remain forever indebted to Your Divine Grace.
Śrīla Prabhupāda kī jaya! Founder-ācārya of ISKCON, param-guru Śrīla Prabhupāda kī jaya!
Your insignificant servant,
Nārada Ṛṣi Dāsa
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our sincere, respectful obeisances. All glories to you.
When we were asked to offer our glorification to you, we were at a complete loss for words.
First, we are not competent, with little capacity, and we are also short of imagination to be able to
comprehend the contribution you made to uplift the confused and godless human society from
their sufferings and revive their God consciousness. In essence, any offering will not justify your
contribution to the fallen humankind of Kali-yuga.
Your unconditional surrender to your Guru Mahārāja in obeying his instructions is unpar-
alleled in current history. You embarked upon a journey across seven seas to spread Kṛṣṇa
consciousness without any material resources but only with unflinching faith in your guru’s
instructions and the mercy and teachings of Nityānanda Prabhu and Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu.
We in ISKCON Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, are a small congregation trying to carry out as many
activities as we can with your blessings and under the guidance and blessings of your disciples
and granddisciples. Whenever we feel low, your books, lectures, and the sacrifices you made
through your immeasurable hardships to spread the mission of Caitanya Mahāprabhu inspire us
to uplift our consciousness and energy to improve our sādhana and serve by spreading the mission
of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, in your teachings you keep clarifying that the purpose of our existence and
the goal of life is to attain the eternal service of the Divine Couple, Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. You have
already engaged us in such pure service through missionary activities, starting with book dis-
tribution, preaching, and Food-for-Life. You have given us a pure purpose, pure activities, pure
understanding of the scriptures, and the pure faith needed to attain the ultimate perfection of this
human life.
Thank you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, for all that you gave us. We will be indebted to you forever in
this as well as our future lives. We all beg for your eternal mercy. Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Your fallen servants,
ISKCON Dar es Salaam
(written by Parīkṣit Hari Dāsa and Vijaya Gopīnātha Dāsa)
