Homages from ISKCON Centers

Çré Vyäsa-püjä 2012
I am so fortunate to have gotten the chance to be a menial servant of your servant. By the association
of your sincere disciple His Holiness Bhakti Räghava Swami, my eyes have slowly been opened so that I
can see how truly dangerous this Age of Kali is. In the midst of the modern age, where most people engage
in grievous sinful activities knowingly or unknowingly, your beloved disciple Bhakti Räghava Swami has
taught us on the basis of your books how to develop devotional service to the Supreme Personality of
Godhead Çré Kåñëa while living simply in a varëäçrama community where all the members are devotees of
the Lord. Inspired by your teachings, since 1998 we have been developing this small community, starting
with two full-time brahmacärés in a small hut, where we worshiped the Lord in picture form. Though our
facility was meager, with no proper place to sleep even, we performed our services with enthusiasm and
love. Slowly our efforts moved the project forward, and gradually, one by one, devotees started joining
our community. Eventually, by your divine mercy, one of your beloved disciples came forward with a
significant donation to help us construct a proper mandira to serve the Lord.
Today, by your divine mercy, we are fourteen families gathered to render our humble service to Çré
Çré Gaura-Nitäi, Çré Çré Rädhä-Mädhava with Lalitä-sakhé and Viçäkhä-sakhé, Çré Çré Prahläda-Nåsiàha,
and the Daça Avatäras. Under the guidance and protection of many ISKCON sannyäsés and other senior
devotees who visit regularly, we have great hopes for the future, trusting that your kind mercy flowing
through them will enable us to continue our humble service to all the Vaiñëavas.
On this holy occasion of your Vyäsa-püjä, again and again I bow down to offer my most humble
respects at the holy dust of your lotus feet, begging for your mercy. May this year see the fulfillment
of our plan to start another small farm community project on the island of Sumbawa, where we have
secured a 44-acre plot of forest land.
Please accept our insignificant efforts as our humble offering to you in your holy mission to spread
the message of Lord Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu worldwide.
Your menial servants at Çré Çré Rädhä-Mädhava Mandir, Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia.
(written by Kiçora Kåñëa Dasa)
Gétä-nägaré
nama oà viñëu-pädäya kåñëa-preñöhäya bhü-tale
çrémate bhaktivedänta-sväminn iti nämine
namas te särasvate deve gaura-väëé-pracäriëe
nirviçeña-çünyavädi-päçcätya-deça-täriëe
Dear Çréla Prabhupäda,
Çréla Prabhupäda, we are ever-increasingly coming to realize that just as Ananta Çeña holds the worlds
upon His transcendental hoods, your mercy and unlimited love profoundly sustain all that we do, all
that we have, and all that we are. From your desire to carry forth the order of your beloved guru, Çréla
Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvaté Öhäkura, the beautiful message of Lord Caitanyadeva is spreading throughout
all the lands of the earth.
We were misguided, adrift in the sea of a materialistic and impersonal civilization. The substance
of an eternal purpose had all but evaporated from our lives. Preyed upon by the threefold miseries, we
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