Dear Srila Prabhupada, please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to your international mission to bring the mercy of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Love of Sri Krishna to all the people suffering in this material world.
This is called a ‘Tribute’; formally “an act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration.” One can barely scratch the surface.
Srila Prabhupada, thank you for giving us the Holy Name of Hare Krishna. Without this simple method of contacting the Supreme Personality, how could we survive in this dangerous place? It keeps us safe and focused, and there are no hard and fast rules. This simple method is the underpinning of the sublime spiritual life you have taught us.
Srila Prabhupada, thank you for saving us from ignorance. Your books are the shining beacon for all the bewildered and misdirected people of Kali-yuga. Before reading your books, I was completely lost. Your boundless mercy has saved me and countless others from madness and nihilism.
Srila Prabhupada, thank you for saving me from banality. It is the 50th reunion of my high school graduating class. I keep getting invitations to join classmates for a golf weekend. After 68 years on this planet, this is the best they can come up with as a way to spend their years leading up to inevitable death?
Srila Prabhupada, thank you for giving me a purpose. I was lost for so many years, not knowing the purpose of life. The result was self-destruction. Before reading your books and listening to your recorded classes, my ignorance kept me bound up in a downward spiral.
Srila Prabhupada, thank you for saving me from boredom and lethargy. Krishna Consciousness as you have taught us is a dynamic ever-expanding experience, even beyond birth and death. It is constantly challenging us and is tailored to our individual abilities and spirit.
Srila Prabhupada, thank you for the gift of good association. Because of ISKCON, we can go anywhere in the world and find devotees for association, without which we would surely fall.
Srila Prabhupada, thank you for introducing us to prasadam. The world is full of nasty things to eat which totally pollute the consciousness and keeps the jivas in the cycle of birth and death. By honoring prasadam, the entire atmosphere becomes purified, and we become qualified to hear the message of Bhagavatam.
Srila Prabhupada, thank you for revealing all the Vaisnava festivals which help keep our focus on Sri Krishna throughout the whole year. Mundane celebrations seem so stale compared to the holidays of the transcendental world.
Srila Prabhupada, thank you for showing us how to beautifully worship the Archa vigraha of Sri Krishna and Mahaprabhu. The deity worship in ISKCON is second to none and is famous around the world.
Srila Prabhupada, thank you for circling the planet non-stop for 12 years to bring your unconditional mercy to all the people of the earth. You have given everything and all in all to benefit us. There is no way we can ever repay you but to remain stringently loyal to the program and organization you have freely given with love
Your servant, life after life, Ambarisa das.
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