Homages from ISKCON Centers
Homages from ISKCON Centers
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Çré Vyäsa-püjä 2012<br />
Phoenix<br />
Dear Çréla Prabhupäda,<br />
Please accept our most humble obeisances at your lotus feet!<br />
On this auspicious occasion of your Vyäsa-püjä, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you<br />
for your support and unconditional love.<br />
Çréla Prabhupäda, this Age of Kali is so difficult to overcome. The material world is truly a place of<br />
misery, of doubts, of unbelievable illusions. How could aspiring devotees navigate this ocean of nescience<br />
without your guidance and mercy?<br />
We have your teachings in your books, but we miss your association. How much we wish we could have<br />
had the opportunity to personally interact with you! You always had time to listen to even the most insignificant<br />
questions; you were the father to many, the guiding light for all. You were always available to everyone, and<br />
your charismatic personality—the radiance of your aura—would illuminate even the darkest room.<br />
Please guide us as we try to follow in your footsteps and become Kåñëa conscious. The road is not<br />
easy. At times we forget that we have to be humble, that we have to be tolerant, that we have to be<br />
sincere in our approach, that we have to see everyone with an equal eye, and that every living entity is<br />
worthy of respect.<br />
Çréla Prabhupäda, you wanted to have a big family of devotees cooperating in the mission to spread<br />
Kåñëa consciousness far and wide. You wanted all your sons and daughters around the world to be<br />
united, and today that wish has been fulfilled. Who could have imagined that a person could accomplish<br />
so much in such a short time, and at such an advanced age? While others decided to retire, you chose<br />
to travel around the world and liberate as many conditioned souls as possible. That was an act of love<br />
for your spiritual master, an act of love for Rädhä-Kåñëa, and an act of love for the common man.<br />
Çréla Prabhupäda, please forgive our mistakes and accept our prayers and respects.<br />
You live forever in your books; you live forever in our hearts.<br />
With love and highest respect,<br />
Your aspiring devotees in the <strong>ISKCON</strong> community in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.<br />
Phuket<br />
Dear Çréla Prabhupäda,<br />
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace!<br />
We are gradually developing our center here in this tropical land. It is not an easy task because<br />
this place is a haven for all the materialistic sense-gratifiers of the world. They flock here to enjoy the<br />
sunshine and idyllic beaches. They are fully absorbed in the pleasures of the skin and have no thought<br />
of self-realization.<br />
But we know that you have some plan to convince them of your message; therefore we are determined<br />
and patient. Gradually we have built a congregation of loyal devotees. We have nice festivals, and last<br />
year we had our first Ratha-yäträ.<br />
Please be kind to us and cast your glance on our meager efforts.<br />
Please keep us engaged in your service. We have no other shelter than your lotus feet.<br />
Your servants at <strong>ISKCON</strong> Phuket, Thailand.<br />
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