Homages from ISKCON Centers

Homages from ISKCON Centers
Prague-Luzce
Dear Çréla Prabhupäda,
Please accept our respectful obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace!
This day is a source of joy and gratitude not only for us, the members of your transcendental ISKCON
movement, but also for millions of other people around the world who, only by your mercy, have had
the opportunity to come in contact with Kåñëa consciousness through çré-kåñëa-saìkértana, which is the
only hope for saving the conditioned souls in this Age of Kali.
No renewal in modern world history, whether spiritual or social, was as successful as your spreading
the mission of Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu through ISKCON. Çréla Prabhupäda, you once said that historians
would note the appearance of the saìkértana movement in the West as a breakthrough in the history of
modern civilization.
Before your arrival in the West there was only a spiritual wasteland. Frustration and hopelessness
reigned in the lives of millions of souls.
But since your arrival and your development of ISKCON, your books have become the source of
essential knowledge in the lives of millions of people. Your books have gradually been affecting the
curriculum of many teachers at schools of all levels, and ultimately they will become the law books for
all mankind for the next ten thousand years.
In your commentary on Çrémad-Bhägavatam 4.20.25 you explain:
Although when a pure devotee speaks the articulation of his voice may resemble the sound of
this material sky, the voice is spiritually very powerful because it touches the particles of saffron
dust on the lotus feet of the Lord. As soon as a sleeping living entity hears the powerful voice
emanating from the mouth of a pure devotee, he immediately remembers his eternal relationship
with the Lord, although up until that moment he had forgotten everything.
Therefore demons fear your books immensely, as confirmed by legal efforts attempting to ban them.
The benediction moon of Kali-yuga, harinäma-saìkértana, purifies our hearts and changes the shape
of society, or at least polarizes it. People are joining the joyful singing and dancing of nägara-kértana.
Kértana in the association of devotees guarantees the bliss that each of us desires.
The temples where you taught us to worship and serve the merciful form of Çré Kåñëa, His arcä-mürti,
are the real shelter for all souls yearning for a perfect reciprocal loving relationship.
Kåñëa-prasädam has become a very “dangerous drug.” After experiencing it for the first time, people
often ask us to open a Hare Kåñëa restaurant in their city.
The idea of a Kåñëa conscious self-sufficient farm project is a great attraction and inspiration for
people who perceive the growing calamity of godless modern society and understand the futility of
trying to achieve happiness by animalistic sense gratification.
The Näma Haööa community allows the greatest number of people to engage in devotional service.
Hundreds and thousands are getting a new taste for life in the nectar of bhakti-yoga.
To sum it up, people are become happy because of the spread of Kåñëa consciousness in the Czech
Republic.
Our eager desire is to see a smile of satisfaction on your lotus face due to our efforts at properly
following the process of devotional service and assisting you in spreading Kåñëa consciousness.
Your servants at the ISKCON temple in Prague-Luzce, Czech Republic.
(written by Néla Mädhava Däsa and Rädhikä Sundaré Devé Däsé)
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