nama om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svaminn iti namine
namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
nirvisesa-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine
om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namah
Dear Srila Prabhupada,
O Most Glorious Srila Prabhupada,
O Most Merciful Srila Prabhupada,
O The Greatest Spiritual Master,
O Most Perfect Master,
O The Greatest Vaishnava,
O The Most Important Messenger of Lord Chaitanya,
O My Gurudeva,
O Most Important Teacher to all the world in this Kali Yuga,
O Teacher of the Srimad Bhagvatam,
O Deliverer of the Bhagavad Gita As It Is to the Western World,
O Instructor of Deity Worship,
O Creator of Bhakti Inspiration within us,
O Translator of So Many Vedic Texts,
O Perfect Provider of Transcendental Knowledge,
O Saviour of Your Disciples,
O Saviour of the Most Sinful of Sinners,
O Most Dear Servant of Lord Krishna,
O Giver of Matchless Gifts,
O True Messenger of the Supreme Lord,
O Introducer of the Ratha Yatra Festival all over the world,
O Founder Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness,
O Spreader of Harinam in Every Town and Village,
O Benefactor of Beautiful Temples all across the world,
O Giver of Krishna Consciousness Philosophy which we can understand,
O Provider of The Chanting and Hearing Process and Devotional Service,
O Flooder of Hari Nama All over the World,
O Srila Prabhupada, you have opened the door Back to Godhead for everyone,
O Gurudeva, You have given me your causeless mercy and I am always indebted to you.
O Prabhupada, I live with the memories of your personal Association and kind mercy on me and the whole family,
O Srila Prabhupada, please keep me bound to your Lotus Feet so I can serve you always.
Your worthless servant,
Subhavilasa Das
 Srila Prabhupada giving instruction to Subhavilasa das at our home in 1976.
 nama om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svaminn iti namine
namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
nirvisesa-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine
Dear Srila Prabhupada,
Please accept my most humble obeisances on to your lotus feet again and again on this auspicious day.
Thank you for making us Krishna Conscious; making us understand the meaning of life; and showing us the path to home – back to Godhead. Without you we would have lost our way.
You gave us Krishna Consciousness which is sweet like sugar candy. It does not matter which way we lick it, it is sweet all around. Whether chanting, kirtan, book distribution, doing arati, reading books, eating prasadam, celebrating festivals or serving the deities – it is all sweet. Without you introducing Krishna Consciousness to us, we would not have had this nectar.
I am proud of being part of your ISKCON Family. You have made this whole globe as one family; wherever we go the ISKCON Mrdanga is going on.
Your lotus feet have travelled the globe 14 times; isn’t it a miracle? This miracle is done by you only. Only you could do it. You wrote so many books. This is not an ordinary human feat, but you are divinely empowered. It is nectar to read and distribute your books.
Because you are so pure; your purity is still making ISKCON grow more and more. Only you are Jagat Guru, Srila Prabhupada!
At such a mature age, you came when normally people take retirement. You took the job to spread Krishna Consciousness with nothing in the hand but sincerity and the order of your Guru and Krishna’s blessings. What a wonderful Guru of ours and what a wonderful disciple of Bhaktisidhanta Saraswati Thakur.
I am so fortunate to have you as my guru.
Srila Prabhupada, you planted the seed of ISKCON and raised it with so many austerities, difficulties, and hardships. Despite all the obstacles and hinderances, you kept going on to fulfill your mission. We are all enjoying the fruit of your efforts.
Srila Prabhupada, please make us follow your footsteps. Srila Prabhupada, we will try our best to serve you and your ISKCON. So please give us the strength to do so.
Thank you for accepting me in lotus feet. Thank you for giving us unlimited mercy and I am always seeking your mercy.
Srila Prabhupada Ki Jaya! ISKCON Ki Jaya!
Your worthless servant,
Ashalata Devi Dasi
The catch up continues... Last Tuesday we posted the family offering to Srila Prabhupada written by Minakshi d.d. on behalf of all 12 of Srila Prabhupada and Sri Sri Radha Shyamasundar's servants in Richmond Hill.
However below is my personal offering to Srila Prabhupada which I read to Srila Prabhupada at ISKCON Toronto. ISKCON Toronto is my initial link to Srila Prabhupada and it is in that building Srila Prabhupada said to me "...can I stay here forever..." and I feel his presence there forever. My Godbrother Krishna dasa Kaviraja das had me speak of this memory and a few more as well so that all the devotees can be closer to Srila Prabhupada and feel his continued guidance over ISKCON and Srila Prabhupada's availability to all devotees.  nama om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svaminn iti namine
namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
nirvisesa-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine
Dear Srila Prabhupada,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to your divine grace.
On this auspicious occasion of Sri Vyasapuja, I would like to offer some words but no pen or number of pages can justify your unlimited mercy and kindness towards us fallen souls. Only because of you, Srila Prabhupada, are we in ISKCON – the Krishna Consciousness family that you have established.
Before you, Srila Prabhupada, Krishna consciousness was limited to India nd even that was not always with the understanding that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But you, Srila Prabhupada, took this out of India and distributed the love of Krishna to anyone and everyone throughout the entire world. Today, because of your efforts people all over the world are being attracted to Krishna Consciousness and transforming from malechas to devotees.
Just like Bhagiratha brought the river Ganga from the celestial planets down to the earth planet, you have flooded the whole world with bhakti-yoga. What you have done, Srila Prabhupada is even a greater treasure than what Bhagiratha has done.
In the Chaitanya-caritamrta, Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Himself predicts “Prthivite ache yadi nagaradi grama, sarvatra pracara hoibe more nama” (“My holy name will be chanted in every town and village”) and in 1896, Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura predicted that a great personality would come to the west and preach the message of Lord Gauranga and fulfill the prediction of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprubhu. You, Srila Prabhupada, are that great personality and you did ensure that Lord Krishna’s names are known and sung in every continent across the globe.
Srila Prabhupada, before we met you, we did not know that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and that each and everyone of us has the opportunity to go back home, back to Godhead. This information has been given only by you, Srila Prabhupada. You gave us the process to achieve this.
You, Srila Prabhupada, gave us the formula to get out of this material life. Therefore, there is no way to repay what you have given us.
Srila Prabhupada, whatever little I know is because of your mercy.
I still remember your sweet memories, your pastimes and your personal association. These are memories that I wish to never forget.
Srila Prabhupada, I would like to thank you again and again and again for your causeless mercy to me, my wife Ashalata devi dasi and my children.
Srila Prabhupada, you are our only hope to be rid of this material world. Please, please, please do not forget me and always keep me in your lotus feet. Please shower us with your blessings and mercy and keep us in your service and Srimati Radharani and Lord Krishna’s service forever and ever. Please grant us the determination and strength to continue to follow your instructions and serve you and your ISKCON.
Srila Prabhupada, thank you, thank you, thank you!
Your worthless servant,
Subhavilasa das
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