Homages from ISKCON Centers

Çré Vyäsa-püjä 2012
mükaà karoti väcälaà paìguà laìghayate girim
yat-kåpä tam ahaà vande çré-guruà déna-täraëam
I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of the fallen souls. His mercy
turns the dumb into eloquent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains.
nama oà viñëu-pädäya kåñëa-preñöhäya bhü-tale
çrémate bhaktivedänta-sväminn iti nämine
I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupäda, who is
very dear to Lord Kåñëa on this earth, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.
namas te särasvate deve gaura-väëé-pracäriëe
nirviçeña-çünyavädi-päçcätya-deça-täriëe
Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvaté Gosvämé. You are kindly
preaching the message of Lord Caitanyadeva and delivering the Western countries, which are filled with
impersonalism and voidism.
jaya çré-kåñëa-caitanya prabhu-nityänanda
çré-advaita gadädhara çréväsädi-gaura-bhakta-vånda
Hare Kåñëa, Hare Kåñëa, Kåñëa Kåñëa, Hare Hare
Hare Räma, Hare Räma, Räma Räma, Hare Hare
Our dearmost Çréla Prabhupäda,
Please accept our most respectful and humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet on this the
most holy and auspicious day of your divine appearance. All glories to Your Divine Grace!
The year 2012 marks the 40 th anniversary of the installation of Çré Çré Rädhä-Kälachandjé. They
were personally installed by you on the best of all days, Çré Rädhäñöamé, the appearance day of Çrématé
Rädhäräëé. As a result, the Dallas temple became one of the premier temples in ISKCON, with the proud
distinction of the presence and mercy of the oldest Deity of Kåñëa in ISKCON.
As a result of your supremely merciful and diligent care, continued subsequently with the vision and
the personal nurturing of His Holiness Tamäl Krishna Goswami and thereafter Their Holinesses Giridhäré
Mahäräja, Giriräj Mahäräja, Åtadhvaja Mahäräja, and Keçava Bhäraté Däsa Mahäräja, along with other
stalwart devotees, our devotional community has progressed and thrived wonderfully.
Among the major categories of service now being faithfully and sincerely carried out by your disciples
and granddisciples are Deity worship, devotee care, book distribution, prasädam distribution (including
restaurant/gift shop and Food for Life), harinäma, festivals (including the Sunday Feast), education
(including seminars and gurukula), outreach (including home and college programs), communications,
membership, and property care (including maintaining the treasury).
The year 2016 will mark the 50 th Anniversary of the founding of your International Society for Krishna
Consciousness. You asked that we show our love for you by cooperating within ISKCON to push on this
saìkértana movement with proper organization and intelligence. You asked that we not change what
you had given us and at least maintain the institution that you had so carefully nurtured and developed
during your physical presence on this planet.
We want to always remember you and Kåñëa and all of your merciful instructions. You instructed us
that if we would only come together, clap our hands, chant the holy names, and distribute prasädam,
that would be enough in Kali-yuga. You really wanted us to chant attentively and incessantly (“Why
sixteen rounds? Why not sixteen thousand rounds?”) and do practical service, particularly preaching
through harinäma, book distribution, prasädam distribution, Deity worship, education, setting up rural
communities, and caring for one another.
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