Homages from ISKCON Centers

Homages from ISKCON Centers
viñëor näma-caritam amåtaà ye pibanti pramodä
jévan muktästa iha na punar måtyu-sindhau viçanti
“The nectar of Çré Hari’s holy names and qualities is pure, eternal, blissful, most sweet, most auspicious,
full of knowledge, and full of transcendental mellows, and it is the ripened fruit of the creeper of devotional
service. Those who drink this nectar attain liberation even while living in this world. They will never again
enter into the ocean of repeated birth and death.” (Çré Hari-bhakti-kalpa-latikä 4.22; author unknown)
What you have given is not armchair philosophy but a practical way to approach God. To complete
your act of mercy, you gave us an opportunity to come to the highest level of worship by installing
Rädhä-Kåñëa Deities in every major city of the world.
Now the floodgates of love of God have opened. The simple formula given by Çré Caitanya Mahaprabhu
and followed by the Six Gosvämés—associating with devotees, chanting Hare Kåñëa, hearing Çrémad-
Bhägavatam, living in a holy place, and worshiping the Deity (including honoring Their prasädam)—gives
any sincere seeker an opportunity to go back home, back to Godhead.
In trying to carry all the pearls and diamonds gifted by you, we feel pained to see that some are
slipping from our hands. Realizing the value of this treasure, we try to pick them up and place them
close to our hearts.
So we beg that on this most auspicious occasion celebrating your appearance, you continue showering
your mercy upon us. It is all that we are made of.
Your servants at ISKCON’s Çré Çré Rädhä-Manohara temple in Montreal, Canada.
(written by Lakñménätha Däsa)
Mumbai (Juhu)
Our dearest Çréla Prabhupäda,
Please accept our most humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine
Grace!
By your mercy the new building for the Bhaktivedanta Swami Mission School is almost finished.
Lord Jagannätha, Lord Baladeva, and Çrématé Subhadrä, who will be worshiped in the new building,
have already arrived at Hare Krishna Land, and Their worship is going on at a temporary facility. Their
Lordships also took a ride on Their carts during a Ratha-yäträ festival in January. We pray for your
blessings so that Their Lordships may move to Their permanent residence in the new building as soon
as possible, enabling the present school in Hare Krishna Land to also be moved.
This year the Integrated Preaching Program has started offering a Bhakti-çästré course in Hindi, in
addition to its existing English course. We have also started a new program, “Janma Måtyu Jarä Vyädhi,”
to expand the distribution of your transcendental literatures. Under this program we have distributed
Bhagavad-gétä As It Is at several crematoriums in Mumbai. We pray for your mercy to distribute your
books in hospitals and old age homes in the future.
Your vision to demonstrate “simple living and high thinking” is taking good shape in Nilachal Dham,
the farm project of Çré Çré Rädhä-Räsabihäréjé in Talasari. The Deities of Lord Jagannätha, Lord Baladeva,
and Çrématé Subhadrä were installed at this farm in January of this year. In the goçälä about twenty cows
are cared for, and we are manufacturing milk products on an experimental basis. We have also acquired
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