Homages from ISKCON Centers

Çré Vyäsa-püjä 2012
namas te särasvate deve gaura-väëé-pracäriëe
nirviçeña-çünyavädi-päçcätya-deça-täriëe
Another year has passed. What did we offer you this year, Çréla Prabhupäda? Today we offer you
a report on a project started some thirty years ago by your disciples and granddisciples. It is situated
in the woods not far from the capital of Sweden, Stockholm, the city you visited and preached in some
thirty-nine years ago. There is a lake, a forest, houses, and fields. Now this project has some forty adults
and thirty children. There are six cows, two calves, and three oxen.
We are running the place in a somewhat democratic fashion. We annually elect a board that administer
the common aspects of our little village. There is the temple housing our beloved Païcatattva Deities.
There is also a bakery, a sawmill, and a barn. The parents are working to reopen the school. We grow all
our own vegetables and offer them to you and the Lord. Last year we cut wood from our land and built
you an äsana. We use wood from the forest to build our houses. Most of the inhabitants are gåhasthas
who work outside to maintain their families. They hope that one day they will have more time for your
direct service.
Last year we held our regular summer festival, with seminars, and this year we will hold the same
festival, with more kértanas. Over the last year grains were grown, a calf was born, cows were milked,
and enough hay was harvested for the year. Meetings where held and Çrémad-Bhägavatam classes where
given and listened to.
The project was started thirty years ago, has been developed to this point, and is continuing. We
pray that one day it will be just the way you wanted it: an example of simple living and noble thinking
in Kåñëa consciousness. But we have some way to go—or maybe some way to backtrack. The simple
thing is sometimes the most difficult. Therefore please bless us with the intelligence to understand how
to proceed in a way that will satisfy you fully.
We, your disciples and granddisiples, the devotees at Almviks Gard, beg to remain your humble
servants forever.
Your servants at Almviks Ga˚rd, Sweden.
Amravati
Dear Çréla Prabhupäda,
Please accept our most respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All Glories to Your Divine
Grace! All glories to your divine appearance day!
Your glories should always be remembered by every devotee (dhyäyan stuvaàs tasya yaças trisandhyaà
vande guroù çré-caraëäravindam), but Vyäsa-püjä is a special occasion for us all to express
our gratitude to you for the oceanic causeless mercy you have bestowed on us. The more the Kåñëa
consciousness movement expands, the more we realize your greatness.
Nowadays ISKCON devotees worldwide are emphasizing more and more the chanting of the Hare
Kåñëa mahä-mantra through japa and kértana retreats, japa workshops, kértana melas, World Holy Name
Day celebrations, etc. In this way they are experiencing deeper realizations of the holy name. The deeper
their realizations of the holy name, the deeper their gratitude for your divine compassion.
çréla-prabhupäda-dayä karaha vicära
vicära karite citte päbe camatkära
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