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Heartfelt offerings by devotees of ISKCON Whitefield to Srila Prabhupada on the occasion of his appearance day

Offering by K Padma Priya

Jai Srila Prabhupad 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🪷🪷🪷🪷

All glories to Guru and Gauranga🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🪷🪷🪷🪷

Today on this auspicious day of your appearance day…..with heart and mind i bow down to pay humble obeisances to your selves dear Srila Prabhupad. Happy birthday Prabhupad 🎂

After getting service opportunity for Janmashtami even though I am not so qualified…..got so many realizations…..got so many devotees association at every step …..etiquette while dealing …. learning that these things are very necessary for us to cherish n relish not other mundane things in life.

With heartfull of gratitude I bow down for giving us such a big family 🌎 where every one has common goal that is service to Lord Krishna …..where every one contribute their time n energy n life with bonding n teamspirit that “come let’s serve our eternal father and mother “

” _Your birth is the birth of devotional service”_ in this age of Kaliyuga.

Please 🙌 bless me with more strong devotional service mood in the years to come with such great devotees around me 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare

Offering by Yogesh Gautam

With Wholehearted Love, Deep Faith and Trust, Patience, Gratitude, Humility, Grace; I surrender each and every particle of me in your devotion and service Srila Prabhupada.

I am so grateful to receive your blessing.

Your Servent,
Yogesh Gautam
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Offering by Amrtamayi Vishnupriya Devi Dasi

Dear Srila Prabhupada

Please accept my respectful obeisance

All glories to you.

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya- deśa-tāriṇe

I don’t have any qualifications Srila Prabhupada but I am very fortunate to have this opportunity to offer my heartfelt thanks to you on your 126th appearance day for showing us the path of Krishna Consciousness.

I beg unto you for your causeless mercy so I can chant properly and do devotional service without any offenses. Please bless me that I be more and more Kṛṣṇa conscious by every passing second and surrender to Lord Krishna with all my heart and soul.

Thank you very much for writing so many books which are like a single ray of hope for us Kaliyuga people who do not know anything, we all are eternally grateful to you. By hearing and reading your books Srila Prabhupada, I’m trying to understand more deeply what it means to be Krishna conscious and I know you and only you can help me.

I would also like to tell you that I got initiated by your beloved desciple, Srila Jayapataka Swami Gurumaharaj on June 19th and got initiated name ‘Amrtamayi Vishnupriya Devi Dasi’. Please always keep me under your shelter and guide me to become a faithful devotee of Krishna and a better servant of your servants 🙏.

Thank you so much Srila Prabhupad,
Your eternal servant,
Amrtamayi Vishnupriya Devi Dasi
(Aditi Thakur)

Offering by Vennila

Dear Srila Prabhupada,

Dandawat Pranaam…
My heartfelt humble obeisances to you and all the spiritual leaders who are your disciples who are making the path of many lives clear by your instructions that are given from your valuable books that you have given us.

I feel so small to give offering to you as I am not that well versed in even completely understanding a great soul like you. But I could give out a tiny drop of experience that I got when I come in contact with your books or the deities and devotees in ISKCON.

I visited two ISKCON temples in last one year. Whenever I could hear the kirtans of devotees and could see you and the deities, I could get tears out of my eyes naturally that gives me some emotional bonding. Only your books fill my home and keep me going each day as I did not get a chance to get a regular association of devotees and get indulged in services at your lotus feet.

But for the next Vyasa puja offering, surely I will be near your one of the ISKCON temples and do any services that I can take up and get the most precious association of devotees who keep doing services energetically irrespective of their situation however it is.

Yours humble servant,
Vennila

Offering by Manju lali gopi dasi

Dear srila Prabhupad,

Please accept my most humble obeisances 🙇🙇

“ Thankyou “ is a very small word to express my gratitude to all that you have done for uplifting me from the worries of my family , children , work and all sort of mundane engagements .

By awarding me devotional service , dear Prabhupad , you have given me the highest of benedictions for human life .. jivera swarupa Hoya Krsnera Nitya das🙏🙏

This Janmashtami we performed a skit on your first arrival in Boston and you transforming the many hippies into happies 🙌🙌the audience were spell bound to see how you at the ripe age of 70 years could transform the lives of so many souls single handedly 🌹🌹

Praying and begging for mercy unto your lotus feet srila Prabhupad so that i may continue to serve you and Krsna this entire lifetime until my last breath 🙏🙏

Your servant ,
Manju lali gopi dasi

Offering by Nishant

nama Om Visnu-padaya Krsna-presthaya bhu-tale
Srimate Bhaktivedanta Swamin iti namine
namas te Sarasvate Deve Gaura-vani-pracarine
nirvisesa-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine

yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasado
yasyaprasadan na gatih kuto ‘pi
dhyayan stuvams tasya yasas trisandhyam
vande guroh sri-caranaravindam

Srila Prabhupad’s Appearance Day is a very special day for all ISKCON devotees as they joyfully glorify their eternal saviour Srila Prabhupada on His appearance day.

Srila Prabhupada was sent by the Lord to fulfill Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s prediction- Prtvithe ache yata nagaradi grama, sarvatra pracara haibe more nama: In every town and village of the world, My name will be heard.

Srila Bhakti Vinoda Thakura wrote in his Sajjona-tosani, “Soon there will be a time when the chanting of Krishna’s name will be heard in England, France, Russia, Germany and America.”

Srila Prabhupada made a perfect appearance, led a perfect life and had a perfect departure. Srila Prabhupada lives forever through his books. This legacy will always provide the devotees with Lord Caitanya katha and teach everyone to chant the Maha mantra.

Yesterday on eve of Janamastmi, I saw your impact to the society and to the world. Even after so many years of your departure, the Krishna consciousness movement still is growing and how strongly it is growning. So many new souls are coming to know about Krishna consciousness because you Srila Prabhupada. You have given real meaning on what is the value of birth in human form and that too in bharat bhumi. Various devotes from different sect caste creed coming together and joining forces to spread krishna consciousness without any conflicts can only happen in this material world because of you Srila Prabhupad. You are our grandfather, you are the jagad guru, you the messiah. Every member in the family is benefitted because of you be it kids, husband, wife, youth, grandparents… everybody.

When first time I read your books, I found that it is filled with pearls of wisdom. For the first time ever in my life, I found that your books, your lectures have all the answers to all my questions. The answers were convincing, filled with logic.

The more I read your books, more I heard your lectures, more my love for you kept on increasing

I was wandering in the forest filed with thorny bushes and venomous serpents. But like a caring father you held my hand and revealed to be the most important secret which was the cause of all my sufferings.

During my spiritual journey, I have understood one important thing – the process to attain Krishna is simple, but it is not easy. No one in the entire universe can stop me from becoming a devotee of Krishna but my mind. It is my mind which is my fiercest enemy. When I go deeper, I find that it is my mind which is creating feeling of pain and pleasure for me.

Dear Srila Prabhupada, Please give me strength so that like Avantī brāhmaṇa in all situations and circumstances I should tolerate the urges of my mind. Nothing in this world should agitate me. Nothing in this world should allure me. For me pleasure and pain remain the same. Happiness and distress should not distract me from my eternal goal which is to contribute in spreading Krishna consciousness in my limited ability to this world with the association of wonderful devotees.

Dear Srila Prabhupada, I am eternally grateful to you for all you have given to me. I am not qualified enough to express it in proper words. Or I think there are not enough words which can ever glorify you.

Today the whole world especially the devotees are celebrating your Vyasa Puja. On this most auspicious day, I just want to say “Thank You” for everything. And I beg you to continue guiding me forever.

Small poem dedicated to you Srila Prabhupad:

Aap ne is duniya to di hai disha

Ab to lehra raha ha Krishna bhavana mrta ka dhwaja

Saare duniya ke jagad guru hain aap

Hum sab mein seva bhava ka pad gayaa hai amit chaap

Aap ke chatra chaaya ka ye hai parinaam

Saara jag le raha hai bhagwan Sri Krishna ka naam

Your eternal insignificant servant

Nishant

Offering by Sirisa Haripriya Devi Dasi

Namah Om Vishnu Padaya Krishna Presthaya Bhutale Srimate Bhaktivedanta Swamin Iti namine
Namaste Saraswathe Deve Gaura Vani Pracharine Nirvishesha Sunyavadhi Paschaatya Desa Tarine

Dear Srila Prabhupad,
All glories to you, All glories to the Guru Parampara

With your kind and unlimited Mercy, today I am connected to the wonderful community of ISKCON. You have given us everything Srila Prabhupad in this material world to stay connected.

Your Books are the backbone for the ISKCON movement.You have brought us the sweet nectarian purport and analogies, without which it would have been very hard to understand the wonderful pastimes of lord and his devotees. Your books are the basis for our movement for generations to come who can appreciate and understand the movement in an unadulterated way.

You have blessed us with wonderful Guru Parampara, and great association of devotees without whom we would have never ever got any taste in hearing the holy name and in the Krishna Katha. Devotee association keeps us safe at every step even if we repeatedly make endeavours to fail.

Your divine grace , you have left your beloved Vrindavan & Radha Damodar temple to preach to western countries and faced lots of difficulty in bringing us the Joy of krishna consciousness. Now the whole world is dancing and singing holy name. You have simply united the whole world and gave us a Vasudeva kutumbakam.

At every stage of life , Srila Prabhupad you have practically demonstrated and lived by example. There are many teachings that are and will be taken by all your disciples, grand disciples and generations to come..
In a very short time you have shown how one should respect and handle life both spiritually & materialy, how one should handle Krishna’s assets. All these teachings are like precious gems.

I pray to Gandharvika Giridhari Mahaprabhu, Lakshmi Narasimha Dev to always keep us under your divine shelter and give us energy to appreciate the most valuable devotee association. We seek your blessings so that we always get absorbed in Holy name and develop taste in hearing Krishna katha.
We are deeply indebted to you Srila Prabhupad.

Praying at your lotus feet,
Your grand daughter,
Sirisa Haripriya Devi Dasi

Offering by Mohan Lal Singhal

Hare Krishna. Srila Prabhupada ki Jai!! You are the senapati bhakta envisioned by Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to free us from the clutches of Maya. Your contribution to humanity is immense with building of more than 108 temples across the world to deliver Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s message of Krishna Consciousness. Dandavat Pranaam to you and to your Spiritual Guru Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati for uplifting souls like me by delivering the message of Krishna Consciousness and making the environment conducive as such with the nectar of your books. Thank You, Thank You, Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Your servant,

Mohan Lal Singhal

Offering by Abhayacarana Acyuta Das & Pooja

nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine
namaste saraswate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
nirvishesha-shunyavadi-pashchatya-desha-tarine

Hare Krishna Srila Prabhupada
Please accept our respectable obeisances at your divine lotus feet!
All glories to you!

It is all by your causeless mercy we are getting the association of the devotees anywhere we travel.

Thanks for all the lectures and literatures which are encouraging us to chant and follow the instructions. Thank you for making this process so accessible to us. In one of your lectures you mentioned that if our spiritual life is good then automatically everything will be fine. It is like watering the root or providing food to stomach. This is very inspiring line Srila Prabhupada to get up and continue whenever we feel left behind or discouraged.

Your association through your lectures is like oasis in this desert of material existence.Thanks for this amazing ocean of lectures.

Aspiring to seriously study your books and start distributing this facility of being happy in whatever condition of life in being happy in Krishna consciousness.

Aspiring to be under your divine guidance and shelter always.

Your Eternal Servants,
Abhayacarana Acyuta Das,
Pooja

Offering my Devendra Singh

My involvement with ISKCON is quite brief but found it an unique organisation in that apart
from awakening Krishna consciousness among devotees and apart from cleansing inner
self, it brings people together, something extremely important for a human society to survive
and thrive. All glories and credit goes to you and your vision for creating such a vibrant and
forward looking Krishna consciousness model.
Shrimad Bhagwad-Gita As It Is continues to remain one of the main Gita source for me for
seeking solutions whenever I find myself in any difficult situation.
I have written a small Hindi poem for your Janm Divas.

श्रीकृष्णचन्द्र जब जन समाज में, धर्म को ह्रसित पाते हैं ।
स्थापन करने धर्म कृष्ण, अवतार नया दिखलाते हैं ।

जब हो आवश्यक परिस्थिति बस, रौद्र रूप दिखलाते हैं ।
असहाय त्रसित मानव समाज में, भक्ति भाव जगवाते हैं ।

चैतन्य प्रभु बन युगल, राधिका कृष्ण रूप में आते हैं ।
और हरे कृष्ण के महामन्त्र से, कृष्ण राग बरसाते हैं ।

अपने प्रतिनिधियों के द्वारा, महिमा का गान कराते हैं ।
माया की पट्टी से आवृत, चिन्तन को मुक्त कराते हैं ।

इस क्रम में अभय चरण बालक, कलकत्ता में जन्मा आकर ।
जन्मोत्सव कृष्ण दिवस पहले, सब आनंदित प्रसाद पाकर ।

नन्दोत्सव पर था जन्म लिया, इस से नन्दू कहलाते थे ।
बालकपन में क्रीड़ा अवसर पर, देवालय में जाते थे ।

ठाकुर सिद्धांत सरस्वती से,छब्बीस उम्र में भेंट हुई ।
वे हुए प्रभावित ठाकुर से, मन में जागी चेतना नई ।

महाभागवत प्रेमी ठाकुर जी, आचार्य और दार्शनिक थे ।
गौड़ीय मठ कलकत्ता के वे, संवाहक और संस्थापक थे ।

ठाकुर सिद्धांत सरस्वती से, आगे चल कर दीक्षा पायी ।
स्वामी जी पर निज गुरु देव की, अनुपम अनुकम्पा छायी ।

आगे चलकर स्वामी जी ने, वृंदावन जाकर बास किया ।
दामोदर मन्दिर में रह कर, गिरधारी का सानिध्य लिया ।

गौड़ीय वैष्णव संस्था से उन ने, एक नाम उपाधि को पाया ।
भक्तिवेदान्त प्रभुपाद नाम, जिस पर राधेश राग छाया ।

प्रभुपाद जी की अंग्रेजी में, दक्षता सुदृढ़ अकल्पित थी ।
वेदिक विषयों की व्याख्या की, प्रतिभा भी सारगर्भित थी ।

आदेशित होकर गुरुवर से, महाप्रभु संदेश प्रचारण का ।
भारत की वेदिक विद्या का, अंग्रेजी में रूपान्तर का ।

भगवतपुराण भगवतगीता, का किया अंग्रेजी रूपान्तर ।
कर डाला गिरिमर्दन सम्भव, जैसे कोई जादू मन्तर ।

इस मुरलीधर शक्ति का बल, अति अतुलनीय ही होता है ।
जो करे समर्पित मोहन को, मोहन करता जब सोता है ।

जब मानव अपने पौरुष का, प्रति कण अर्पित कर देता है ।
वह कृष्ण कृपा से लिए कार्य में, विजय श्री पा लेता है ।

टंकण सम्पादन परिशोधन, पर किया नियुक्त स्वयं को ही ।
तज भूख प्यास आलस्य नींद, सब किया स्वयं जो लगा सही ।

सत्तर की उम्र जलदूत बैठ,न्यूयार्क शहर प्रस्थान किये ।
तैंतीस दिनों में हृदय गति के, विधि ने झटके तीन दिये ।

ईश्वर भी सक्षम लोगों की, घनघोर परीक्षा लेता है ।
बिन परखे पूर्ण समर्पण वह, कोई कार्य कभी वह देता है ।

आखिर कर वे पहुँचे बन्दर, श्री कृष्ण भक्ति के अनुगामी ।
सरकार विरोधी हिप्पी जन ही, मिले जहाँ उतरे स्वामी ।

स्वामी जी ने हरि नाम गीत से, हिप्पी जनों को तृप्त किया ।
श्रीकृष्ण नशे का पान करा, उन्हें नशे की लत से मुक्त किया ।

फिर अल्प समय में भक्त जनों की, संख्या बढ़ती गयी बड़ी ।
बनती है शृंखला और बड़ी, जब जुड़े कड़ी से नई कड़ी ।

संस्था इसकोन बनायी फिर, भूमण्डल में विस्तार किया ।
श्री कृष्ण कृष्ण श्री कृष्ण कृष्ण, की महिमा का गुणगान किया ।

अनगिनत पुस्तकें लिखीं आपने, मौलिकता दिखलाती हैं ।
हे ज्ञान सिन्धु हे प्रभुपाद, भक्ति का पाठ पढ़ाती हैं ।

विश्व में जगन्नाथ यात्रा का भी, श्रेय आपको जाता है ।
यदि गुरु का हाथ शीश पर हो, तो सब सम्भव हो जाता है ।

संस्था इसकोन फूलफल कर, भक्तों को राह दिखायेगी ।
सदियों तक जहाँ मनुज गोष्ठी, कृष्णामृत पीने आयेगी ।

श्रीकृष्ण महामंत्र द्वारा, जन में चैतन्य जगाया है ।
यूरोप अफ्रीका अमेरिका, आस्ट्रेलिया तक पहुँचाया है ।

श्रीकृष्ण सिद्धि और साधन का, एक सुगम मार्ग बतलाया है ।
जो साधन जोड़े समाज को, वह सबके मन को भाया है ।

साधारण शब्दों के द्वारा, श्रीकृष्ण तत्व समझाया है ।
उनकी लीलाओं द्वारा, कृष्णामृत पान कराया है ।

प्रभुपाद आपके चरणों में, यह कृष्ण भक्त करता वन्दन ।
इस जन्म दिवस पर करतल ध्वनि से, शीश नवा कर अभिनन्दन ।

Offering by Saccidananda Vigraha Dasa

Dear Srila Prabhupad,

Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet.
All glories to your divine grace.

tasyānubhāvaḥ kathito
guṇāś ca paramodayāḥ
bhaumān reṇūn sa vimame
yo viṣṇor varṇayed guṇān
[SB 8.5.6]

Just like no one can count the transcendental qualities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, no one can count the transcendental qualities of your divine grace also. So, I humbly beg your divine grace to bless me to glorify your transcendental qualities.

Srimad Bhagavatam 1.5.11 says that Srimad Bhagavtam is meant to create revolution in the impious lives of this world’s misdirected civilization. Similarly, your divine grace has actually created revolution in the lives of impious people through the propagation of the message of Srimad Bhagavatam.

Without you Srila Prabhupad, we could have gone into the darkest region of ignorance to suffer perpetually as mentioned by Sri Isopanisad verse 3. Without your divine grace, we could never have understood the importance of the human form of life. Even if we could have understood the importance of the human form of life without your divine grace, we could never have understood the process of utilizing it. And most importantly, we could never have understood the rare gift of human life is to gain the association of pure devotees of Krishna as exemplified by SB 11.2.29 below.

durlabho mānuṣo deho
dehināṁ kṣaṇa-bhaṅguraḥ
tatrāpi durlabhaṁ manye
vaikuṇṭha-priya-darśanam

Without your divine grace, we could never have understood that we are servants of Krishna and our life is meant to serve Krishna. Even though we are struggling very hard in our material existence, we could never have understood the purpose of life without you. Not only the purpose of life, we could also understand sambanda, abideya and prayojana only because of you.

When the entire world is appreciating scientists for their discoveries, you are the one who challenged scientists. You are the one who rejected Darwin’s evolution theory. You are the one who rejected scientists’ claim of landing on the moon. You have explained so simply the difference between a dead body and living body. Based on this, you were able to reject the scientific theory that life comes from matter. You have exposed scientists in all their false propositions. You have also explained the concept of interplanetary travel so simply. You have explained sastra in a way suitable to modern people. Not only have you exposed scientists, you have also purified them by saying Rascals and Fools. This shows your compassion to them.

Recently, my father has left his body suddenly due to Covid 19. It was a sudden shock for me. If I would not have been in contact with your ISKCON, it would have been very difficult to bear this situation. Transcendental knowledge received from your books as taught by your representatives helped me a lot to face this bitter truth and see things as they are. In this difficult situation, Lord Krishna has given me the remembrance to understand that both myself and my father are eternal spirit souls, parts & parcels of Krishna and my father has changed his body. This is the amazing effect of transcendental knowledge distributed by your divine grace. And I am hopeful that my father must have got a superior destination because of the prayers of so many wonderful devotees of ISKCON. So, this ISKCON is another wonderful gift to the entire world given by your divine grace. Your books became my friends and helped me a lot in this tough time. They encouraged me to chant Holy names, take shelter of the Lord, hear from devotees and follow the process of devotional service. More than that, your books helped me to be in touch with your divine grace and also practically helped me to apply this knowledge in my life.

You have created one house where each one of us can stay happily in Krishna Consciousness. You made Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, Holy name easily accessible to everyone. You are the one who has awakened us from unnecessary necessities of life like TV, newspapers, cinemas, restaurants etc. You are the one who brought us to senses of simple living and high thinking. Without you, we could have lived our life like asses working hard day and night simply for sense gratification. You have enlightened us to the path of perfection of our life in Krishna Consciousness.

In CC 1.7.91-92, your divine grace informed us what actually makes a spiritual master happy. “The spiritual master is not actually happy if the disciple brings him money, but when he sees that a disciple is following the regulative principles and advancing in spiritual life [91]”. “It is another ambition of the spiritual master to see his disciples not only chant, dance and follow the regulative principles but also preach the saṅkīrtana movement to others [92]”. Taking inspiration from these words, I have started going to all Bhakti Vriksha members’ homes with the hope of pleasing your divine grace and your representatives. I practically experienced how eagerly they are all waiting for Krishna Consciousness.

As mentioned by your divine grace in CC 1.8.27 – Our disease is desire for that which is material; even while advancing in spiritual life, we want material acclaim. One must be freed from this disease. Pure devotion must be anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam, without desire for anything material. I really felt that you were speaking to me when I read this a few days back. I felt in many other instances that you were speaking to me through your purports. This helped me to realize your statement -“I will never die. I will live forever in my books and you can take advantage.” With this recent purport, I am trying to take every situation as an opportunity to be humble and consciously trying to remember the goal behind service. Kindly bless me to apply your purports in my life.

With all these little experiences, I came to understand that we cannot repay your gifts. If there is little possibility of repaying you to a minute extent, I see the only way is to follow your instructions sincerely and seriously. Just like glories of Lord Sri Krishna are unlimited, glories of your divine grace are also unlimited. On this most auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja celebration, I humbly beg for your causeless mercy to follow your instructions sincerely seriously with utsāhā, niścayāt, dhairyāt to render service at your lotus feet for the pleasure of your divine grace.

Your unworthy servant of your servant,
Saccidananda Vigraha Dasa

Offering by Amalatma Haridas and Family

Respected Srila Prabhupada,

Please accept my prostrated obeisance’s at the dust of your lotus feet.

nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine!!!
namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracharine
nirvishesha-shunyavadi-pashchatya-desha-tarine!!!!

I feel proud and honoured to get an opportunity to write your Vyas Puja Offerings in the 125 th year celebration. How, I realise now, having lived in the association of devotees and under your wings for some time, that you being the true representative of the Lord Sri Krsna, showing me path, empowering me in all my endeavours, be it materialistic (as some deeds bound to have materialistic stinge in this Kali-Yuga) or Spiritual. Keep your Kripa Drishti unto this fallen soul dear Jagat Guru Maharaj, so that I carry forward your fore- most desire of spreading Krishna Consciousness and most favourite Book distribution my humble way. Your simple teachings of sincerely Chanting of Harinam Mahamantra and resolutely following Four regulative principles is also felt burden for some in this iron age or Kali kale, still with your empowerment got two jivas to religiously follow them, saved them from going out from the main stream. As for me, I am chanting 20 rounds daily and on special days 64 rounds.

I was asked, will you leave ISKCON? We are wedded to ISKCON now, nothing can change/ break this wedlock at least in this life time. Srila Prabhupada on the auspicious day of June 19 this year, one of your most trusted, dedicated disciples, His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaj and the most resolute, enthusiastic your devotee as also my mentor, Hg Achutya Arjan Sakha, have ushered their mercy and awarded me, the most insignificant servant, ‘Harinam Initiation’. I am following all desired rules and regulations as has
been intimated, suggested from time to time. Please bless me Swamiji so that I am able to preach nicely and bring in more souls in the Krishna conscious movement, Bangalore in particular and else were in general, as desired by my spiritual master.

Your most fallen servant,
Amalatma Haridas, Chinmayi Chitra Sakhi DD. BANGALORE

Offering by Anita Rathore

Hare Krishna

Esteemed guru Srila Prabhupada,

On this most blessed and auspicious day in kaliyuga, the celebration of your appearance; Sri Vyasa-puja, please accept my most humble obeisance’s at your divine lotus feet. I am just an insignificant disciple under your Divine Grace, who repetitively performs misdeeds, still constantly waits for your causeless mercy to be bestowed upon me. Please bless me so that I never give up my faith, or my love for you, nor the hope that someday I may become a worthy disciple. I pray to you to keep me guiding and motivating to follow your path and engross completely in Krishna consciousness.

your humble servant,
Anita Rathore

Offering by Neelambari Radha dasi

Hare Krishna dear most Srila Prabhupada,
Please accept my humble pranam.

The more time I’m spending in Krishna consciousness, the more I’m realizing that what you’ve given to this world and how you’ve appeared as a real empowered representative of Lord Krishna and our Guru parampara.
Your unflinching faith in Krishna and Hari-naam and your unwavering determination to fulfill your guru’s mission is source my inspiration.

I truly admire you as Mahabhagavat when I realize that how you demonstrated below mentioned sublime principle of Srimad Bhagavatam:
किरातहूणान्ध्रपुलिन्दपुल्कशा
आभीरशुम्भा यवना: खसादय: ।
येऽन्ये च पापा यदपाश्रयाश्रया:
शुध्यन्ति तस्मै प्रभविष्णवे नम: ॥ (SB 2.4.18)
Any class of people Kirat, Huna, Pulinda, Yavana, Chinese, Mangolinas, Russians, Germans, tribes….anyone who is engaging in sinful activities or anyone irrespective of cast, creed, time, place can be purified by taking shelter of pure devotees of the Lord.
You practically demonstrated it in your presence as well as in your physical absence.
I’m eternally grateful to you for inducing faith in my heart for scriptures, for Krishna, for Vaishnavas and for things related to Krishna.

Your eternally grateful servant
Neelambari Radha dasi

Offering by Hariksetra das

Dear Srila Prabhupada
Please accept my respectful obeisance
All glories to you.

You are the commander in chief of Lord Caitanya, who spread Krishna consciousness through the hard coverings of passion and ignorance of the western world. It is no ordinary human task. Translating books, preaching, guiding devotees, creating and managing a worldwide organization, inspiring devotees to take up Krishna consciousness deeply, traveling without stopping, and many more, which no ordinary person can imagine doing them. It is inconceivable and beyond imagination. Just like the Supreme Lord, His empowered representative your divine grace is unlimited by the grace of the Lord. Just like Supreme Lord cannot be understood by material senses, we cannot understand your divine grace by material mind and senses. It is only when we get purified we can understand you.

As the years pass by, my appreciation for your divine grace is steadily increasing. As mentioned earlier, the practice of pronouncing your pranama mantra with focus, helps me feel your presence. That offers an immense feeling of security and nourishment. Your instruction of chanting without offenses, later cemented at the time of initiation is a simple yet difficult instruction to follow. When I seek your help chanting the lines “Krishna se tomora, Krishna dite paro, tomara sakti ache”, Krishna is yours and it is completely within your powers to bestow Krishna upon me, that helps me to focus on chanting and experience your shelter and protection.

Studying your books and speaking from them nourishes me and sustains me. By the grace of Gurudeva, we have got the instruction to make Bangalore a Krishna conscious city, create 100 centers, and many more. It is a lifetime project and we are very fortunate to receive such a bonafide instruction that can completely engage us. It is all by your mercy. We are ever grateful for engaging us in your divine mission.

This year we celebrated Janmashtami in 8 different locations and as a follow-up, the Gita course is about to start in all these locations. We are about to start 3 more centers soon. It is all possible because of your mercy and sincerity of the leaders and devotees in our community. We are still looking for suitable land to build a temple in this area.

Mind is not fully purified, sinful thoughts still cross often. I am no one to be engaged in the pure service of the Lord. Though I am not pure and not worthy of such mercy, you have chosen to shower such mercy that you engage me in the bonafide service of the Lord. Remaining always grateful.

Your servant
Hariksetra das

Offering by Krsna Gokulesa Das & Sirisha

Dear Srila Prabhupada,
Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to you and Sri Sri Gaura Nitai.

I’m very thankful to your Divine Grace for knowing bit of your glories by your lectures & books and to our ISKCON Whitefield devotees for inspiring to write Vyasa-puja offering on your auspicious 127th appearance day.

Your appearance in this world is not subjected to the laws of material nature but to fulfil the mission of Lord Caitanya, who himself proclaimed that His commander-in-chief devotee would appear – “Mor senapati bhakta” to spread Krsna consciousness all over the world.

It’s also confirmed from your purport to BG 4.7 “Sometimes He descends personally, and sometimes He sends His bona fide representative in the form of His son, or servant, or Himself in some disguised form.”

You mentioned that Lord Jesus Christ and Prophet Muhammad are saktyavesa avatara. I heard from authorities that you are also saktyavesa avatara empowered by Lord Caitanya & Lord Nityananda to carry out the mission –

a. To deliver the fallen conditioned souls from the clutches of śūnyavāda (buddhist atheism) and nirviśeṣavāda (impersonalistic māyavāda)
b. To establish the doctrine of acintya-bhedābheda-tattva – teachings of Lord Caitanya
c. To firmly convince everyone that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and Lord Caitanya is Krsna Himself appeared in the Age of Kali as channa-avatāra, incarnation in disguise. Therefore, complete surrender to Lord Krsna or constant chanting of the holynames is the real goal of religion – “sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja” BG 18.66

You established ISKCON with seven purposes and showered your unlimited causeless mercy on all fallen conditioned souls –
a. by giving shelter of devotees
b. by introducing temple program, chanting & following 4 regulative principles
c. by giving Krsna Kirtana, Katha and Prasadam
d. by giving direct service of the Lord – rathayatra, preaching & book distribution etc..
e. by giving your recorded lectures & books

Kindly shower your blessings unto me to develop unflinching faith in your statements:

“I have instructed everything in my books.” (Srila Prabhupada Letter, February 25, 1976)

“I will never die. I will live forever in my books and you can take advantage.” (Press Conference — July 16, 1975, San Francisco)

By the mercy of senior devotees, I have been given the responsibilities to serve as Assistant Siksha Coordinator and Bhakti-Vriksha servant leader in ISKCON Whitefield. I earnestly pray at your lotus feet to seek your blessings upon me & our Radha-Krishnachandra BV family so that we become worthy instruments in your preaching mission.

Your Servants,
Krsna Gokulesa Das & Sirisha

Offering by Bimala Gaur Das

nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine
namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
Nirvisesha-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine

vancha-kalpatarubhyash cha
kripa-sindhubhya eva cha
patitanam pavanebhyo
vaishnavebhyo namo namaha

● Hare Krishna srila prabhupad it is by your kind mercy that I am somehow able to chant hare Krishna mahamantra 16 rounds daily on a bead.
● I am attending Mangal Aarti on time without fail, as far as possible
● Reading your books
● Distributing your books as much as possible as a service to you
● Gurudev Temple made me involved in various preaching services, such as youth preaching services. Where I go out and register youths for your FOE discourses and simultaneously give your book
● Staying in association with devotees
● Srila prabhupad as you know, this year I completed my graduation in the field of computer science and engineering and preached in college as far as possible through discourses and through book distribution
● Now, currently, I am doing bhakti Shastri at Iskcon AECS, and I am seeking your blessings for successfully completing my discourses with proper understanding.

Srila prabhupad I am reading your books, but I have no taste to read them scrutinizingly. Unable to chant, read and listen attentively, Committing offences towards the devotees, I still have not developed a proper service attitude to serve the Lord, as you say lovingly, nor a proper faith on the holy name of the Lord. Suffering from anarthas, looking for my own pleasure and enjoyment, committing sinful activities and many more

Srila prabhupad I beg forgiveness. I know I have committed offense to you and your devotees. I beg that you please bless me so that I can access the holy name of Lord Prabhupad. I am a simple fallen soul, but i simply desire to become a devotee, a Vyasapuja offering to Srila Prabhupada vishnav and surrendered soul who wants to simply serve till my death Prabhupad, please make me as you like Please always engage me in service of your mission, any service as per my capacity

Srila Prabhupad. You are simply amazing. You gave me everything. you gave me the best of the lords, Sri Sri Radha and Krishna; you gave me the best of the scriptures, Bhagavad GIta and Srimad Bhagavatam, you gave me wonderful parampara and associations of devotees but when i see myself, I have no qualification to receive all these; it is only by your mercy

● I Beg for the blessing for my Guru Maharaj and all ISKCON Gurus. To have good health and serve the Lord
● I want to ask blessings for my Siksha Gurus, parents and relatives
● Seeking blessings for my Subordinates and equals Such that we can please you by rendering service to the lord

Your fallen servant
Bimala Gaur Das

Offering by Sriramachandra & Family

Dear Srila Prabhupada,

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to you Divine Grace.

We are forever grateful to you. Our material life without ISKCON and Krishna consciousness is unimaginable. Your divine instructions allow our family to follow Bhakti in the footsteps of you and previous acharyas.

Srila Prabhupada, you teach us the importance of this human form of life in order to escape the cycle of birth and death and go back home, back to Godhead by following the instructions of the guru and previous Acharyas.

Srila Prabhupada, you have blessed us with the gift of Bhakti, which we can attain by chanting a minimum of 16 rounds of the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra daily, following the 4 regulative principles, eating Krishna Prasadam, associating with other devotees and service. This simple approach helps us understand the true essence of Bhakti and the purpose of our human existence. Thank you for this wonderful opportunity.

With your blessing, On January 2023, we started Bhakthi Vriksha with both offline and online classes, and about 12 participants attend our weekly sessions.

Thank you very much Srila Prabhupada for giving us your shelter at your lotus feet.

You insignificant servant of your servants,
Sriramachandra
Usharani
Karthik Eswar
Shruthika Sai

Offering by Mohit Sharma

Dear srila Prabhupada
Please accept my humble obeisances unlimited times unto your lotus feet.

Personalities like you specially come to deliver the mankind from the ocean of nescience. You have set an example of a true disciple . You selflessly took so much hardships just to fullfill the desire of your spiritual master HDG Srila Bhakti Siddhant Saraswati Thakur Goswami Maharaja. Today we can witness the words of Shri chaitanya mahaprabhu come to truth, that the holy name will spread in every corner and every village of this world. This is possible today because of your sincere desire to fulfill the words of your spiritual master.

You are unlimitedly merciful. And I am the proof of your causeless mercy.
You bestowed your causeless mercy on me ,by giving me this gift of holy name, devotee association and infinite forgiveness.You causelessly bestowed your mercy, otherwise,I did not have any qualification to even hear about this Krishna consciousness movement.Just like a father you have taken care of all the devotees and gave us many many pure devotees.

I have personally got many reciprocations,where i could directly see your causeless mercy in my life.
Being a fallen conditioned soul ,my tendency is to engage in sense gratification always. But by your mercy I can definitely cross this ocean of material desires and again situate in my real position of being a servant.

Please forgive me for my repeated nonsense sinful actions performed knowing and unknowningly.Although you do not require my service,but that is my requirement,an opportunity for me to contribute something in your great mission.

Please give me opportunity to serve you. Although I am not qualified to associate with you. Please accept my prayers, please bestow your mercy so that I can perform my all duties perfectly,I can follow all your instructions.

You have saved me till now from all adverse situations. Seeking your mercy for my further progress in bhakti.

Trying to become your humble servant.
Mohit Sharma

Offering by Mariappan Balraj

Hare Krishna Prabhuji,

Please find my offerings.

Dear Srila Prabhupada
All glories unto your Lotus feet

We are able to make nice progress in Krishna consciousness only because you. Only because you, we are getting the association with pure devotees. We are enlightened only by self-less devotees who care more for us. We were living as animals without knowing the value of human life and wasted so much life and life time. We are able to understand the value of human life only because of you. Without you, how come we know our constitutional position. We are seeing a lot of transformation in our life only because of you. Thanks Prabhupad.

Your Servant
Mariappan Balraj