Homages from ISKCON Centers

Homages from ISKCON Centers
“If you are indeed interested in logic and argument, kindly apply it to the mercy of Çréla Prabhupäda. If
you do so, you will find it to be strikingly wonderful.”
O Çréla Prabhupäda, propagator of the holy name worldwide, please empower and enthuse us to
chant çuddha-näma and distribute çuddha-näma!
This year the ISKCON Leadership Saìga in Mäyäpur offered another revelation of your compassion
by facilitating, for the first time in ISKCON history, intimate sädhu-saìga between GBCs and many
leaders from around the world. Devotees often say that you built a house in which the whole world can
live. In Mäyäpur this year, devotees experienced that global family mood in a very wonderful way. We
feel blessed to be part of your divinely empowered family. His Holiness Bhakti Chäru Swami said that
“after seeing all the up-and-coming leaders interacting with the present GBCs, I am now sure that Çréla
Prabhupäda’s movement is in safe hands.”
O divine father, Çréla Prabhupäda, please always keep us united in your ISKCON family!
Here at Amravati, the birthplace of Çrématé Rukmiëé Devé, your ISKCON is developing nicely by your
blessings. Last year we celebrated the tenth anniversary of the installation of our Deities, Çré Çré Rukmiëé-
Dvärkädhéça. After that, by your grace and the devotees’ sincerity, all our projects started moving in a
positive direction and have continued doing so over the last year.
Soon after the celebration, someone sponsored the generator, the air conditioner, and the glass door
for the altar, and another person sponsored a new saìkértana vehicle.
The standards in the brahmacäré äçrama also improved—strict morning program attendance and
sädhana, regular reading of your books, regular brahmacäré classes, etc.
The construction of the prasädam hall and improvement of the brahmacäré äçrama are progressing
nicely, and both projects are expected to be completed by your appearance day.
Congregational preaching is also increasing: Our regular educational workshops, retreats, and festival
kathäs are enthusing our congregation more and more in Kåñëa consciousness. Congregational devotees
are becoming stricter and more focused in their sädhana. They are very eager to hear kåñëa-kathä.
In addition, our congregation is becoming more actively involved in many temple services. O Çréla
Prabhupäda, please bestow your blessings on all the devotees of Amravati so we may advance rapidly
in Kåñëa consciousness and serve your mission efficiently and unitedly.
We just completed our first year of youth preaching, and there has been a very favorable response.
We rented a flat, and about ten boys will be moving there. There is very high potential here in Amravati
for youth preaching. O Çréla Prabhupäda, please bestow your causeless blessings so that your teachings
can transform the lives of all the youths of Amravati.
Many people recount divine experiences they have had when blessed with the darçana of your mürti.
On this auspicious appearance day we humbly offer you your new mürti and a new vyäsäsana. Please
incessantly shower your mercy on all the souls who come for your darçana. At the same time, please
empower us so we can serve you in this divine form without committing any offense; in this way we may
develop strong love for you and unflinching dedication to your mission.
Çréla Prabhupäda, these are just a few of your recent wonderful accomplishments, executed by your
servants, under your orders. They are your gifts. They give us hope. They are proof of your continued
presence in the world, and of the potency of your mission and your instructions.
Eternally aspiring to remain your humble servants, we are
The devotees at the ISKCON temple in Amravati, India.
(written by Ananta Çeña Däsa)
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