Homages from ISKCON Centers

Dear Çréla Prabhupäda,
Homages from ISKCON Centers
Accra
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
Once again the season has come for devotees worldwide to offer their homages to Your Divine Grace
in appreciation of the rare opportunity given to us to participate in the yuga-dharma, harinäma-saìkértana.
As I reflect on the unparalleled compassion and mercy showed toward the conditioned souls, one saying
from the Vedic literature comes to mind:
Just as rivers do not drink their own water but flow for the benefit of others, just as fruit-bearing
trees do not eat their own fruits but bear them for the benefit others, and just as clouds do not
drink their own rain water but shower it down for the benefit of others, so saintly persons live
simply for the benefit of others.
Çréla Prabhupäda, you shed gallons of blood to create ISKCON and thus provide spiritual shelter for
all. You spent sleepless nights writing your Bhaktivedanta purports just to give enlightenment to others.
You collected and spent huge sums of money constructing big temples around the world just for the
benefit of your followers and others. And you traveled around the world many times, even in your old
age, just to save many conditioned souls. Çréla Prabhupäda, you lived simply for the benefit of others.
Therefore you are the greatest saint of our time.
Your servants in Accra, Ghana.
(written by Çréväsa Däsa)
Agartala
Dear Çréla Prabhupäda,
Please accept our prostrated obeisances at your lotus feet.
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
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