Homages Non-GBC Sannyasis, VP2025
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to your good self, who are so kindly delivering the whole world from darkness by your unlimited kindness and austerity. Though you have accepted us as your disciple, we are full...
Homages Non-GBC Sannyasis, VP2025
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, vāñchā-kalpatarubhyaś ca kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca patitānāṁ pāvanebhyo vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ If there was an integral formula behind the success of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s campaign, it certainly consisted of the chanting of the holy names, the...
Homages Non-GBC Sannyasis, VP2025
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances. All glories unto you, who are most dear to Kṛṣṇa and forever sheltered at His lotus feet. For your Vyāsa-pūjā this year, I come, perhaps a bit shy but resolute, to offer you humble ser-...
Homages Non-GBC Sannyasis, VP2025
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, Please accept my humble obeisances. I have been reflecting on just how fortunate I am to have received the gift of being able to engage in devotional service. Lord Caitanya instructed Rūpa Gosvāmī (Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 19.151): brahmāṇḍa...
Homages Non-GBC Sannyasis, VP2025
Dearest spiritual master, Śrīla Prabhupāda, On September 1, 1896, in Calcutta, a child named Abhay Charan was born. An astrologer pre- dicted: “When this child reaches the age of seventy, he will cross the ocean, become a great expo- nent of religion, and open 108...