Homages from ISKCON Centers

Çré Vyäsa-püjä 2012
anywhere. You stay, and keep cows, take milk, produce vegetables, food grains, and chant Hare
Kåñëa. That’s all. This is our philosophy. Make your life successful. By becoming Kåñëa conscious,
you become free from all these troubles of material condition. This is our education. [Morning
Walk Conversation, 25 May 1974, Rome]
Çréla Prabhupäda, you came from Kåñëa’s own land of Våndävana to the very heart of Kali-yuga, New
York City, just to save us. Simply by thinking of your beauty and love, simply by looking at you, we are
blessed. You are the direct representative of Lord Nityänanda. You, Çréla Prabhupäda, carry every bit of
Lord Nityänanda’s mercy. You blissfully invigorated the universe by directing your troops to merge into
the transcendental loving service of Çré Caitanyadeva’s saìkértana movement. We are forever grateful
to you. You created our good fortune, and you enjoined us to go out and preach to create good fortune
for others.
What will be the legacy we leave for future generations? How will we respond to challenges facing
us in the brief time we have left on this precious planet? These are the hard questions we face, Çréla
Prabhupäda. Please empower us. We are eternally your children. Please, beloved father, keep us forever
by your soft, merciful lotus feet in loving service. You are our fearless shelter.
For those who have accepted the boat of the Lotus feet of the Lord, who is the shelter of the
cosmic manifestation and is famous as Muräri, the enemy of the Mura demon, the ocean of
the material world is like the water contained in a calf’s footprint. Their goal is param padaà,
Vaikuëöha, the place where there are no material miseries, not the place where there is danger
at every step. [Çrémad-Bhägavatam 10.14.58]
All glories to you, Çréla Prabhupäda! All glories to your Vyäsa-püjä celebration!
Your servants at the Gétä-nägaré Dhäma farm community in Port Royal, Pennsylvania, USA.
(written by Taruëé Devé Däsé and Rasämåta Devé Däsé)
Guyana
Dear Çréla Prabhupäda,
Please accept our humble and respectful obeisances on this most auspicious day of your Vyäsa-püjä.
We bow to your lotus feet and beg for your unlimited mercy to allow us to continue to serve within your
ISKCON movement.
Your Vyäsa-püjä celebration is an appropriate time for us to focus on those things that are most
important to you. These are the things you endorsed most emphatically and in relation to which you left
us overwhelming directives around which to shape our lives. There are certainly many things that we
know you were clear about and that we can place our complete faith in. The first of these are chanting
Hare Kåñëa, distribution of your books, and Deity worship, which is so essential for steadily developing
the proper feelings for the Lord. And of course, you also emphasized proper Vaiñëava association and
creating a blissful, pure Kåñëa conscious environment within your ISKCON projects. There is no confusion
about how to carry on the work of this movement when everything is so clear and simple.
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