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Perfection at
Home

Special Feature
Vyāsa Pūjā 2019:
Selected Homages
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Rādhā Madanamohana
Presiding Deities at Sri Krishna Mandir

Ārati timings

5.00am ~ 5.30am (Maṅgala-ārati)

7.00am ~ 7.30am (Sundara-śṛṅgāra-ārati)
8.30am ~ 8.45am (Dhūpa-ārati)
12 noon ~ 12.30 pm (Rāja-bhoga-ārati)
4.00pm ~ 4.30pm (Dhupa-ārati)
7.00pm ~ 7.30pm (Sandhyā-ārati)
8.45pm ~ 9.00pm (Śayana-ārati)

Darśana timings

5.00am ~ 5.30am
7.00am ~ 8.15am
8.45am ~ 11.30am
12 noon ~ 12.30pm
4.00pm ~ 6.30pm
7.00pm ~ 8.30pm
8.45pm ~ 9.00pm

“Kṛṣṇa takes special

appreciation for His devotees
who are angaged in risking for
His preaching work.”

- Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Letter to Amogha on Aug 09 ,1972

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Founder-Ācārya of the Worldwide Hare Kṛṣṇa Movement

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At the advanced age
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Cutting through the illusion of
pseudo-religious processes

SPECIAL FEATURE
VYASA PUJA 2019: SELECTED HOMAGES TO
SRILA PRABHUPĀDA
Beautiful prayers in glorification of His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

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 Dear Reader,

This issue is a little special. The contribution of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupāda is immeasurable. On the occasion of his Vyāsa-Pūjā celebrations (his 123rd birth
anniversary) on the 25h of August, devotees have submitted eloquent, heart-felt prayers and
praises. We have featured some extracts of some of them here. It really shows the mood of the
various devotees in their servitude to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

The feature article of this issue is a very instructive essay penned by Śrīla Prabhupāda in the 1960s.
It sheds light on the most important topic of today’s context — how to achieve perfection in a
world filled with cheater-teachers.

The song section features a beautiful, melodious song called the Dāmodarāṣṭakaṁ, a song
dedicated to the playful and naughty Kṛṣṇa who was tied up by mother Yaśodā. The depth of
that extraordinary pastime of Kṛṣṇa is explored in this song. In fact, in the lunar month Kārtika
(Oct-Nov), which is fast approaching, devotees sing this song to Lord Kṛṣṇa in the temple both
morning and evening.

THE So many blissful festivals have transpired here at ISKM since the success of the Ratha Yātrā —
like Jhūlana Yātrā, Balarama Jayanti, Janmāṣṭamī, Rādhāṣṭamī,
Radha-Kṛṣṇa Boat Festival, Vāmana Dvādaśī. We have
mentioned these in the News Room section.

EDITORIAL
Apart from all the festivals, our main activity is to educate and
benefit everyone with the message of Kṛṣṇa on a daily basis,
thus giving everyone a chance to liberate themselves. We are
conducting classes every day at our temple. You can come and
join the classes either physically or on Facebook Live. Don’t miss
Tattvavit dāsa this valuable opportunity!

A Message For Deepavali

Please promise me something, for this Deepavali, instead of just lighting some lamps for a few
hours, start the study of Bhagavad-gītā and light the lamp of transcendental knowledge in your
heart. The lamps you buy in the market will be extinguished in a few hours whereas the lamp of
Bhagavad-gītā will light your life for eternity! Then, every day of your life shall become Deepavali.

Deepavali is the day that Lord Rāmacandra returned to Ayodhyā from His exile and the residents
of Ayodhyā received Him into their city and into their hearts with the lamplights of their love.

In our case, we have exiled the Lord from our hearts for millions of years. Therefore, we have been
exiled from the spiritual world and are suffering in this miserable material world. It is high time
we receive the Lord back into our hearts with full devotion. It all starts with reading Bhagavad-
gītā. Please commit yourself to it. And we are here to help you at ISKM.

Thank you.

Your servant in the service of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa,

Tattvavit dāsa
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ŚRĪ JAGANNĀTHA
RATHA YĀTRĀ 2019:
A COLOSSAL SUCCESS

The Divine Journey of Lord Jagannātha pulled the curtain with monumental
success. There is no denying and disputing of the fact that the colorful festival
brought joy and satisfaction to all those who were a part of it.

Everyone was in exuberant ecstasy to pull the chariots of their Lordships Śrī
Jagannātha, Śrī Baladeva and Śrī Subhadrāmayī. The wide variety of stalls sold
various items such as Kṛṣṇa souvenirs, books by Śrīla Prabhupāda and other
merchandise. Accompanied with thunderous kīrtana,
sumptuous Prasādam meal for every single guest, and
a wide variety of stalls, the festival was a real treat for
everyone who attended it.

View more photos http://bit.ly/RY19Photos1

ŚRĪ KṚṢṆA JANMĀṢṬAMĪ

CELEBRATIONS @ ISKM SINGAPORE

Śrī Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī is the most significant festival in the Vaiṣṇava calendar
of Sri Krishna Mandir to commemorate the birth of Lord Kṛṣṇa, The Supreme
Personality of Godhead. The Festive fervour hit high and the preparations
reached an auspicious crescendo on Janmāṣṭamī day.

On Janmāṣṭamī day, festivities began before dawn and continued throughout

the day until midnight which was the time Lord Krishna took birth to embrace
the world with love, protection and spiritual wisdom. The celebrations included
ecstatic singing and dancing, theatrical performances, dance, children’s shows
and honouring the most delicious prasādam dishes and delicacies prepared
specially for the occasion. The Deities were dressed in special outfits, the altar
and temple room elaborately decorated with fresh fragrant flowers.

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FESTIVITIES
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ŚRĪ VYĀSĀ PŪJĀ 2019
@ ISKM SINGAPORE

On this most auspicious day of Śrīla Prabhupāda Vyāsā Pūjā

celebration we had a very wonderful experience at ISKM Singapore.
There was a very big turnout of many devotees who came to
celebrate this most auspicious occasion. The highlight of the
program was that everyone had a very rare chance of having the
divine darśana of a flower from a garland worn by Śrīla Prabhupāda
which was given to HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu in 1983 while he was
preaching in Houston, Texas. Since it came from a flower garland
personally worn by Śrīla Prabhupāda, the devotees were greatly
ecstatic to come in contact with it.

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of Vyāsā Pūjā and to read photos here!
some homage offerings to Śrīla
Prabhupāda, turn to Page 18.
http://bit.ly/VP19-ISKMSG

YOUNG DEVOTEES @ ISKM SINGAPORE [VLOG] TEACHING OR CHEATING?

MEMORIZE ŚRĪ BRAHMA-SAṀHITĀ — MY EXPERIENCE OF GAUR GOPAL DAS

In this vlog, Tattvavit Prabhu discuss the

Bhakta Nandagopal and Bhakta Shriyans from ISKM
Singapore recently completely memorised all the 29
slogans from Śrī Brahma-saṁhitā. A big round of
applause to both of them and to Viṣṇupriyā Mātājī for
encouraging them on their spiritual journey. The other
students of the Sunday children’
classes are also progressing steadily
and many have nearly completed
memorising the verses as well.
standards for preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness
as given by Śrīla Prabhupāda and how it is
easy to fall into the traps laid out by Māyā in the
shape of mundane adoration and money! Gaur
Gopal Das is the case study for this video. He
was here in Singapore in January 2019.
Watch the
video here!

Read more! http://bit.ly/Young-BS http://bit.ly/TOC-Vlog

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About the song:

Every year during the whole month of Kartika, often called Damodar by Vaishnavas, the pastimes of Lord Krishna are celebrated: especially
the story of the young butter-thief and his mother Yaśoda.  The verses of the Damodarastakam both tell the story and illustrate its spiritual
significance to the aspiring devotee.

(1)
namāmīśvaraṁ sac-cid-ānanda-rūpaṁ Listen to a kīrtana recording of the
  lasat-kuṇḍalaṁ gokule bhrājamanam 
song here:
yaśodā-bhiyolūkhalād dhāvamānaṁ 
parāmṛṣṭam atyantato drutya gopyā
  http://bit.ly/Damodarastakam
(2)
rudantaṁ muhur netra-yugmaṁ mṛjantam 
karāmbhoja-yugmena sātaṅka-netram 
muhuḥ śvāsa-kampa-trirekhāṅka-kaṇṭha
sthita-graivaṁ dāmodaraṁ bhakti-baddham
 
(3)
itīdṛk sva-līlābhir ānanda-kuṇḍe 
sva-ghoṣaṁ nimajjantam ākhyāpayantam 
tadīyeṣita-jñeṣu bhaktair jitatvaṁ 
punaḥ prematas taṁ śatāvṛtti vande
 
(4)
varaṁ deva mokṣaṁ na mokṣāvadhiṁ vā 
na canyaṁ vṛṇe ‘haṁ vareṣād apīha 
idaṁ te vapur nātha gopāla-bālaṁ 
sadā me manasy āvirāstāṁ kim anyaiḥ
 
(5)
idaṁ te mukhāmbhojam atyanta-nīlair 
vṛtaṁ kuntalaiḥ snigdha-raktaiś ca gopyā 
muhuś cumbitaṁ bimba-raktādharaṁ me 
manasy āvirāstām alaṁ lakṣa-lābhaiḥ
 
(6)
namo deva dāmodarānanta viṣṇo 
prasīda prabho duḥkha-jālābdhi-magnam 
kṛpā-dṛṣṭi-vṛṣṭyāti-dīnaṁ batānu 
gṛhāṇeṣa mām ajñam edhy akṣi-dṛśyaḥ
 
(7)
kuverātmajau baddha-mūrtyaiva yadvat 
tvayā mocitau bhakti-bhājau kṛtau ca 
tathā prema-bhaktiṁ svakāṁ me prayaccha 
na mokṣe graho me ‘sti dāmodareha
 
(8)
namas te ‘stu dāmne sphurad-dīpti-dhāmne 
tvadīyodarāyātha viśvasya dhāmne 
namo rādhikāyai tvadīya-priyāyai 
namo ‘nanta-līlāya devāya tubhyam

1) To the Supreme Lord, whose form is the embodiment of eternal existence, knowledge, and bliss, whose shark-shaped earrings are
swinging to and fro, who is beautifully shining in the divine realm of Gokula, who I (due to the offense of breaking the pot of yogurt that His

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mother was churning into butter and then stealing the butter that was kept hanging from a swing) is quickly running from the wooden grinding
mortar in fear of mother Yasoda, but who has been caught from behind by her who ran after Him with greater speed--to that Supreme Lord, Sri
Damodara, I offer my humble obeisances.
 
2) (Seeing the whipping stick in His mother’s hand) He is crying and rubbing His eyes again and again with His two lotus hands. His eyes are
filled with fear, and the necklace of pearls around His neck, which is marked with three lines like a conch shell, is shaking because of His quick
breathing due to crying. To this Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, whose belly is bound not with ropes but with His mother’s pure love, I offer my
humble obeisances.
 
3) By such childhood pastimes as this He is drowning the inhabitants of Gokula in pools of ecstasy, and is revealing to those devotees who are
absorbed in knowledge of His supreme majesty and opulence that He is only conquered by devotees whose pure love is imbues with intimacy
and is free from all conceptions of awe and reverence. With great love I again offer my obeisances to Lord Damodara hundreds and hundreds
of times.
 
4) O Lord, although You are able to give all kinds of benedictions, I do not pray to You for the boon of impersonal liberation, nor the highest
liberation of eternal life in Vaikuntha, nor any other boon (which may be obtained by executing the nine processes of bhakti). O Lord, I simply
wish that this form of Yours as Bala Gopala in Vrndavana may ever be manifest in my heart, for what is the use to me of any other boon besides
this?
 
5) O Lord, Your lotus face, which is encircled by locks of soft black hair tinged with red, is kissed again and again by mother Yasoda, and Your
lips are reddish like the bimba fruit. May this beautiful vision of Your lotus face be ever manifest in my heart. Thousands and thousands of other
benedictions are of no use to me.
 
6) O Supreme Godhead, I offer my obeisances unto You. O Damodara! O Ananta! O Vishnu! O master! O my Lord, be pleased upon me. By
showering Your glance of mercy upon me, deliver this poor ignorant fool who is immersed in an ocean of worldly sorrows, and become visible
to my eyes.
 
7) O Lord Damodara, just as the two sons of Kuvera, Manigriva and Nalakuvara, were delivered from the curse of Narada and made into great
devotees by You in Your form as a baby tied with rope to a wooden grinding mortar, in the same way, please give to me Your own prema-bhakti.
I only long for this and have no desire for any kind of liberation.
 
8) O Lord Damodara, I first of all offer my obeisances to the brilliantly effulgent rope which binds Your belly. I then offer my obeisances to Your
belly, which is the abode of the entire universe. I humbly bow down to Your most beloved Srimati Radharani, and I offer all obeisances to You,
the Supreme Lord, who displays unlimited pastimes.

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A Novel Contribution to the Fallen Humanity

By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Founder-Ācārya of the Worldwide Hare Kṛṣṇa Movement

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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the supreme
merciful incarnation of Godhead, is the
supreme benefactor of all human race in their
most fallen conditions by the stringent laws
of nature.

The modernized setup of human civilization

is a perpetual struggle against the grim laws of
nature in a befooled manner.

THE BEFOOLED BIRD

There was a big mirror hanging on the wall

and a small chirping bird saw its reflection
in the mirror. The bird thought that there is
another chirping bird just opposite him and
thus it wanted to strike it by the beak. The
chirping bird in the reflection equally struck
the beak of the real one and thus a struggle
of biting one another began on the face of
the mirror. The befooled creature continually
tried to go to the other side of the mirror
without any success. We saw this illusory The bird thought that there is another chirping bird just opposite him and thus it wanted to strike it
struggle of the befooled little bird personally by the beak.
and got the lesson from it how we are also
beautiful Nature. It is just like the small manner by sincere aural reception, without
befooled in the same manner on the surface
chirping bird mentioned above perpetually any irrelevant interpretation. The most
of the illusory nature. Compared with the
chirping bird we may be intelligent enough trying for going to the other side of the dangerous thing is to interpret the message
mirror through the hard glass. of the Personality of Godhead in one’s own
to understand the foolish endeavor
Such foolish persons must interpretation in the pedagogical attitude. The
of the tiny being but there are as
be baffled in their hopes only restriction that He imposes upon His
many bigger problems in which
The modernized because they have audience is that they must give up the idea of
we are also befooled. In the
neglected to know a false sense that a living being is equal to the
animal life, it is completely setup of human the Personality of Supreme Lord both in quality and quantity
impossible to understand civilization Godhead, with and thus to become one with Him at the end.
our foolishness but in
the human form of life, is a perpetual His multifarious In the devotional path, these two dangerous
there is every possibility struggle against potencies. The things are stumbling blocks of the superlative
the grim laws bewildered hopeful degree for realization of the Supreme Truth.
of understanding such
persons are of
foolishness because in of nature in a different grades. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu met Śrī Rāmānanda
the human form of life the befooled manner. Some of them are Rāya , a highly placed government official and
consciousness is developed.
karmīs, or the fruitive a learned scholar in the devotional science.
A human being can, of course,
workers, who want to Both of them talked on the supreme goal of
know the nature of the mirror and
enjoy the fruits of their labor. life in a detailed manner. The Lord Himself
as such he will not spoil his energy like
Some of them are jñānīs who played the part of an enquirer and the learned
the bird.
cherish the wishful desires to merge into the official, although he was neither a brāhmaṇa
existence of the Supreme Being or to become nor a sannyāsī, replied the questions of the
THE BEFOOLED HUMANS
one with Him. And some of them are pseudo Lord in a fitting manner.
devotees who want to enter into the eternal
But there are befooled human beings in the
kingdom without the existence of God. But all At the beginning of the discussion, Śrī
present set of human civilization who are
of them, being inconclusive of the Supreme Rāmānanda Rāya, the devotee of the Lord,
like the befooled bird are trying perpetually
Personality of Godhead and disrespectful to submitted the importance of the system
to penetrate into the mysteries of the
the Person of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, will be baffled in their of varṇāśrama-dharma, the program of
material nature without any tangible success;
respective attempts for the above reason. regulative life in the order of four scientific
because the laws of nature are not so easy
that one can surmount them without the castes and statuses of social organization.
A CONVERSATION TO SAVE THE But Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu rejected
help of the Supreme Lord. They are trying
BEFOOLED this proposal as useless because both the
to make various plans to become happy in
this miserable land. In the Bhagavad-gītā principles of caste system as well as the orders
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has however given of social life are now not in order neither
[Bg. 9.12] such foolish activities have been
hopes to all the above-mentioned hopeless such system can actually lead one to the pure
deprecated in the following words:
persons by His way of teachings. He does not transcendental state. Nobody can revive now
disturb anyone in his respective position of a the lost system of varṇāśrama-dharma to its
moghāśā mogha-karmāṇo
karmī, jñānī, or so-called bhakta. He does not original position for so many reasons and as
mogha-jñānā vicetasaḥ
disturb others also who do not come within such the system was altogether rejected as the
rākṣasīm āsurīṁ caiva
the above-mentioned classes of persons in means of self-realization.
prakṛtiṁ mohinīṁ śritāḥ
their different respective positions.
Foolish persons, who are captivated by the The next important proposal was explained
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advises every one by Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya on the plan of karma-
bewildering situation of the material nature,
of the above classes only to hear the message yoga. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu rejected
do desire to lord it over the resourceful and
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 foolish fruitive workers will not agree now A practical example of this befooling pretends to preach the teachings of Bhagavad-
to accept the principles of karma-yoga or do business adopted by the so-called sannyāsīs, gītā but he himself is a willful violator of
everything for the satisfaction of the Supreme the Geeta Mandir at Baroda which we had the principles mentioned in it. Śrī Caitanya
Lord. Nobody can now perform any work the opportunity to visit personally. Here Mahāprabhu the Supreme Lord were aware
without any desire for the fruit. It is as much we have seen that in the Mandir an idol of of the intentions of the so-called sannyāsīs
impossible as the observance of varṇāśrama- a four-armed woman imagined by the of this age and He expected all these
dharma. So this was also rejected in order. Avidyānanda sannyāsī is installed disturbances by the sannyāsīs,
and worshipped. Along with therefore He rejected the
CHEATER RENOUNCERS this idol there is another The iconographers proposal of sannyāsī or
statue of this nonsense engrave an idol of his renounced order of life
Similarly when Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya sannyāsī. This sannyāsī own imagination and as the means of spiritual
proposed about the efficacy of sannyāsa is making such waste the iconoclast who realisation in this age.
either in the order of the Māyāvādīs or in the of public money and is intolerant of idol
order of the Vaiṣṇavas, the same was again as a result of this, the worship does break Similarly He rejected
rejected by the Lord for He thought that in public in general is such idol. Both these the attempt of
this age sannyāsa is an impossible game. becoming disinterested iconographers and the becoming one with
The so-called sannyāsīs dress themselves in in the real acts of iconoclasts have no idea the Supreme Lord by
the red garments to earn an easy livelihood religiosity. This sannyāsī, scientifically what is culturing devotional
but in action they are like ordinary men of it is understood, has many the Śrī Mūrti (or the service as means to this
filthy mind. Such filthy sannyāsīs of the age other such temples in other Deity of the Lord). end. Devotional service
of Kali may be able to accumulate large sums cities and the poor people are mixed up with empiric type of
of money by the plea of establishing temples so befooled that they continue to knowledge is a futile attempt for
and deities by exploiting foolish persons but contribute in such unauthorized enterprise. self-realization. As such the Avidyānanda
they are unable to bring their followers to sannyāsī and company do some pretension
Godhead. These sannyāsīs generally construct These sannyāsīs are in fact ‘iconographers’ to practice devotional service but at heart
some temples and install deities in them and they are as good as the iconoclasts. the desire is to become one with the Lord
to exploit the religious feelings of different The iconographers engrave an idol of his where the so-called devotional services
men but the main purpose of constructing own imagination and the iconoclast who is completely stop. Such pretentious religion
such temples is to open different branches intolerant of idol worship does break such is completely rejected by the Bhāgavata
of income for comfortable material idol. Both these iconographers and School. Transcendental loving service of the
life although in the dress of a the iconoclasts have no idea Personality of Godhead is an eternal affair
renouncer. They construct such scientifically what is the Śrī of the pure devotees. It is not a means for
temple most unauthorizedly Mūrti (or the Deity of merging into the Absolute as conceived by
and thus implore many Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the Lord). The scientific the Māyāvādīs. The upāsana is never to be
considered to be the most
foolish men to join to method of installing ceased even at the liberated stage because it is
magnanimous incarnation
make contribution upon of Godhead because He a deity of Śrī Mūrti an eternal engagement. The object of worship,
it. And some of them wanted to award the highest of the Personality the process of worship, and the worshipper all
perform unauthorized perfection of spiritual of Godhead is of them exist eternally in spite of the childish
yajñas and thus bliss to the emaciated mentioned in the disturbances of men like Avidyānanda and
accumulate money. The persons of this age who have revealed scriptures. company. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted
temple builder sannyāsī practically no bona fide These so-called to stop the method of false devotion because
assures every one of the qualification to receiving sannyāsīs act against according to the Bhāgavata school this is
contributors to become the award. the rulings of scriptures religious pretension.
the chief donor in such pious and therefore willfully
act but ultimately none of them violate the established law THE MOST SUITABLE PATH TO
is given any position but the sannyāsī although they pretend to be the PERFECTION
himself becomes all in all by accumulating defender of faith. Such foolish men are selfish
a big bank balance for his personal material and are never happy, neither they can attain When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu rejected all
comfort. to perfection. That is the verdict of Śrīmad these pseudo religious practices of spiritual
Bhagavad-gītā. The Avidyānanda sannyāsī culture, He had considered within His mind
about the ability of the present generation
being poor in everything. The present
generation of the human race in the kali-yuga
are hopeless, spiritually emaciated persons.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme
Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya
Merciful incarnation of Godhead, gave special
facilities to these emaciated population,
a right to preferred perfection which was
unattainable even by the personalities
like Brahmā in other ages — the highest
stage of attainment of loving service of the
Personality of Godhead. Brahmānanda or
the transcendental bliss derived out of an
attempt for merging into the Absolute is
compared to a fig in the presence of the ocean
of transcendental bliss derived from the direct
loving service of the Personality of Godhead.

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is considered to

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be the most magnanimous incarnation of
Godhead because He wanted to award the
highest perfection of spiritual bliss to the
emaciated persons of this age who have
practically no bona fide qualification to
receiving the award. He therefore accepted
the following method of a spiritual realisation
as it was spoken by Brahmājī. This is as
follows:

jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta eva

jīvanti san-mukharitāṁ bhavadīya-vārtām
sthāne sthitāḥ śruti-gatāṁ tanu-vāṅ-manobhir
ye prāyaśo ‘jita jito ‘py asi tais tri-lokyām

The only qualification that is necessary for

attaining the topmost spiritual bliss is first
and foremost to give up completely the idea
of merging into the identity of the Absolute.
This dangerous idea will never qualify one
to enter into the transcendental loving
service of the Lord face to face which is the Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is considered to be the most magnanimous incarnation of Godhead because
highest blissful life. The living being is an He wanted to award the highest perfection of spiritual bliss to the emaciated persons of this age who have
practically no bona fide qualification to receiving the award.
infinitesimal particle of the Supreme Spirit,
like a drop of water of the vast ocean. To become a humble and meek personality
merge into the ocean by a drop of water is before the Lord and this submissive Such sannyāsīs’ one-sided preaching of one
not all a very difficult task and it is always attitude makes him qualified to enter into with the Absolute makes the common man
at the command of the pure devotee, but to the kingdom of God. By submissive aural a puffed up being and although
keep one’s identity as a creature of the ocean reception of the powerful messenger Śrīpada Śaṅkarācārya adopted
and at the same time to attain to the stage of of the Lord, or His bonafide the method to serve some
a strength more than that of the ocean is far representative, the ācārya, particular purpose as
more glorious a thing than the act of merging who is a self-realized soul, ordered by the Lord,
into the ocean. The drop of water merged one is sure to be awakened Any fraction of just to bring in the
into the ocean is always at the risk of being to his original spiritual deviation from this most materialistic
evaporated by air unless it has attained the consciousness which is an universal principle persons to the stage
necessary power to remain with the ocean. inborn quality of every of eternal servitude of renunciation
The process of attaining this transcendental living being that remains to the Supreme Lord and to prove the
strength is unknown to the person seeking to in dormant condition is proportionately a non importance
become one with the Absolute. Such persons even in the primitive form covering of nescience. of the material
are therefore possessed of a poor fund of of human being. Even the nature, at the present
knowledge. savage and uncivilized groups moment the whole
of men bow down to the order of procedure is miscarried
To merge into the identity of the Absolute is the Supreme Powerful. As such they and the preaching sannyāsīs
not the highest perfection of achievement. worship the emblems of theism in the themselves enjoy the highest
In the Bhagavad-gītā it has been clearly form of thunderbolt, big ocean, big mountain standard of material comfort while
mentioned that persons who are addicted or any other gigantic natural phenomenon. preaching the nullity of the same. And all
to this impersonal feature of the Absolute the so-called incarnations of gods are being
Truth suffer more troubles than those who UNAUTHORIZED DEVOTION DISTURBS more and more pressed by the laws of nature
concentrate their devotional activities NATURAL OBEDIENCE by such false propaganda. This rabid habit of
on the personal feature of the posing oneself as God has done tremendous
Supreme Lord. Therefore the That the dormant inborn quality harm to the people at large and as a result of
only qualification that is “Impersonalists fall of obedience to the Supreme this they are now more passionate than ever
necessary for a deserving down from their exalted is present in primitive before. This attitude is not only harmful in
person to enter into the position and take pleasure condition means it is this life but also it is very much risky for the
kingdom of Godhead in the bunglings of dirty quite natural to the next and what to speak of salvation as dreamt
is that a person politics. As such they are human being but with by those misguided men.
must be completely sent into the cells of the the advancement of
reluctant to this prison walls and instead so-called civilized form THE FUTURE OF MISLEADERS
method of salvation of becoming one with the of life this dormant
which is the easiest impersonal Brahman they quality of human How these irresponsible men are being hurled
of all five categories of become one of so many being is killed by bad into the ocean of material miseries is correctly
salvations mentioned in criminal prisoners.” association and artificial pictured in the Bhagavad-gītā [Bg. 16.19-20]
the scriptures, although standard of conventions of as follows:—
a pure devotee is not meant the so-called civilized man.
for any of the above-mentioned This happens especially on account tān ahaṁ dviṣataḥ krūrān
salvationary processes. of the Avidyānanda sannyāsīs who are now saṁsāreṣu narādhamān
unproportionately increased by the grace of kṣipāmy ajasram aśubhān
When the puffed up idea of becoming one Kali (kali-yuga). āsurīṣv eva yoniṣu
with the Lord is given up, one is sure to

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Jñānī:
Mental Speculator
Karmī: Fruitive Worker
3 types of baffled people in the endeavor for perfection; the karmī, jñānī and yogī.
āsurīṁ yonim āpannā
mūḍhā janmani janmani
mām aprāpyaiva kaunteya
tato yānty adhamāṁ gatim
The disobedient asuras who are envious of
the exalted position of the Supreme Lord
are called the narādhamas (the lowest of the
human being) and the mūḍhas (one who has
no information of the spiritual realm). We
have already discussed the position of the
narādhamas and the mūḍhas in our article
THE LOWEST OF MANKIND. We do not
wish therefore to go into further
description of these notorious
creatures.
One may note herein only
how the narādhamas
Spiritualism is
and mūḍhas are treated
by the laws of Nature.
pure and simple
The narādhamas and Love of Godhead.
the mūḍhas who do not
surrender unto the Lotus
feet of the Lord and still
desire salvation are, in fact,
sent to the lowest regions of hell
instead of getting salvation from the material
existence.
Many sannyāsīs who are known to be very
learned men are sometimes seen to take part
in the rotten politics, which is the last shelter the birds and the beasts in the
of the scoundrel, because in spite of their
erudition and hard penances they had no
faith in the Person of the Supreme Lord. Due
to impersonal conception of their spiritual
culture they cannot have position in the realm Mahāprabhu saved the Hindu
of transcendental service. As such, they fall
down even from their exalted position by
the laws of nature and sometimes they take
pleasure in the bunglings of dirty politics. As
such they are sent into the cells of the prison
walls and instead of becoming one with the
14 SCIENCE OF GODHEAD
Yogī: The mystic
impersonal Brahman they become one of so
many criminal prisoners.
In that way the mūḍhas and the narādhamas
do not get the shelter of the lotus feet of the
Supreme Lord and are forced to take birth
in the species of the demons or lower grade
living beings. That is the progress of life in
the wrong direction attained by the class of
mūḍhas and narādhamas.
LORD CAITANYA’S PERFECT FORMULA
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wants us not
to become one of the mūḍhas and
narādhamas. There are as many
mūḍhas and narādhamas in
the midst of the sannyāsīs as
there are in the midst of so-
called householders. Similarly
according to the opinion of
the Lord, there are as many
mahātmās in the midst of the
householders as there are in
the midst of the renounced order
of life. He is not very eager to turn
anybody into the life of sannyāsī from the
life of a householder neither He is anxious to
pick up spiritualists from the community of a
particular class, society, nation,
or group of people. He is in fact
for every one and all, even for
jungle.
Some mūḍha class of men
consider that Śrī Caitanya
religion from the onslaught of
the Muhammadans and His
appearance at a suitable time
for the sense gratification for
the Hindu-designated people
was quite appropriate. But Śrī
SEP-OCT 2019
Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not appear either
to serve the Hindu community or to declare
war against the Muhammadan community.
Even the then Kings and Nawabs of Bengal
and other parts of India were friendly to Him
so much that some of them intuitionally
recognised Him to be the Supreme Lord. So
He was never against any community but He
was for all humankind. He appeared for the
Supreme benefit of the complete set of the
living entities never mind in whatever form of
quality he may be. He wanted to teach the real
science of spiritual life or He was to propagate
the REAL RELIGION which is the inborn
quality of the living being. He asserted that
every living being is eternally a transcendental
servitor of the Supreme Lord and as such the
whole and cent percent energy of the living
being must be engaged in the Lord’s service
only. Any fraction of deviation from this
universal principle of eternal relation with the
Supreme Lord is proportionately a covering
of nescience, and a living being is completely
freed from all designations when he is
substantially purified to render transcendental
service to the Lord.
According to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, one
who is sufficiently conversant in the science
of Kṛṣṇa or the all attractive feature of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead — whether
he be a brāhmaṇa, a śūdra, a sannyāsī or a
householder — can act as a bona fide spiritual
master for the deliverance of the fallen souls.
So according to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu one
can perfect himself in any position and in any
place provided he learns the science of Kṛṣṇa
from Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
During His preaching propaganda He made
a practical demonstration of this truth in the
following manner.
He deputed Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrīla
Sanātana Gosvāmī to expand the science
of devotional service although they were
householders and government officials.
These Gosvāmīs were not created or inflated
Gosvāmīs or the caste Gosvāmīs; but they
were Gosvāmīs by action even not undergoing
any ceremonial function or changes. They
were Gosvāmīs even they were playing
the part of the householder. They did not
require to become sannyāsīs in the order of
renounced life.
Considering all the different phases of
preaching activities of Lord Śrī Caitanya
Mahāprabhu, it is evident that one has to learn
the art of the approved method and nobody
has to change his position of worldly life. That
is the purport of teachings in the Bhagavad-
gītā. The process of submissive hearing from
the self-realized sources will help one in every
way. That will inject and that will make one
able to receive the message of Godhead from
the innermost region of one’s own self.
UNADULTERATED SPIRITUALISM
As a matter of fact, Back to Godhead
(the spiritual magazine founded by Śrīla
Prabhupāda) is the helping medium to
convey the self-realized messages of liberated
souls. This paper does not manufacture
any idea of pretentious religion in the line
of Avidyānanda sannyāsīs or by mental
concoction. Those who are carried by the
process of mental concoction can never
develop his inborn quality, viz. unadulterated
love of Godhead. Man’s only business during
life is to awaken the divine nature of Love of
Godhead. The divine nature is misused in the
material plane by love of flickering objects of
material gain, fame, and stability.
All material creeds under the name of
socialism, communism, communalism,
nationalism, altruism, bolshevism,
Leninism, Gandhism, Christianism,
Hinduism, Muhammadanism, or any
other hundreds and thousands of -isms are
different manifestations of the divine nature
adulterated with materialism. Divine nature
FOUNDER WRITES
is spiritualism and is completely free from
all the above-mentioned materialism and
therefore spiritualism is pure and simple Love
of Godhead.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wants to divert the
different misplaced channels of Love into the
original form and we shall gradually publish
His most instructive teachings in the pages of
Back to Godhead. There is no better spiritually
realized soul than that of Śrī Caitanya
Mahāprabhu.
We shall therefore request the people in
general, religionists, modern philosophers
and all other enlightened men and women to
take advantage of this opportunity and try to
attain perfection of life at home.
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 Jackfruit Fritters
Ingredients:
• 1 x 400g tin jackfruit, drained and rinsed
• 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 2 large tomatoes, finely chopped
• 2 mild red chillies, deseeded and finely chopped
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• Handful of coriander, finely chopped
• Handful of parsley, finely chopped
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 190g chickpea flour
• Vegetable oil, for frying

Procedure:
1. Using clean hands or a fork, break the jackfruit into small pieces, removing any tough
stems, and then combine well with 1 tbsp of the lemon juice in a bowl.

2. Combine the tomatoes, chillies, thyme and remaining lemon juice in another bowl, then
add the jackfruit mixture. Add the coriander and parsley and mix well.

3. Sift the baking powder and chickpea flour into 
a separate bowl. Add 120ml water, mix
and season with salt and black pepper, then combine this with the jackfruit mixture.
The consistency should be slightly sloppy, so add a little more water if needed.

4. Divide the mixture into eight and shape with your hands into small flat cakes, about
1cm thick.

5. Pour a little vegetable 
oil into a large frying pan set over a medium heat. When the
oil is hot, carefully place as many cakes as will fit in a single layer in the pan
without touching. Cook for about 5 minutes, until golden brown on the bottom, then
turn over and cook for another 5 minutes until crisp and cooked through.

6. Fry the fritters in batches, adding a little more oil 
as needed, and keeping them warm
on a baking sheet in the oven on a low heat.

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 Srila Prabhupada
Vyasa Puja 2019 Homages

Significance of Vyāsa-Pūjā:

In this great ocean of material existence, everyone is struggling very hard and a rare few fortunate souls get reclaimed by a real Ācārya, who
descends into this world by the order of the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa for the very same purpose. Such great souls have the power to reclaim the
entire universe but the majority of the population, who are poor and unfortunate, who are only after paltry sense gratification, are blinded by
their own foolishness and, therefore, are unable to recognize such great souls, what to speak of taking shelter of them?

But those who have taken shelter of such great souls realize that they owe an eternal debt to their spiritual master for saving them from the
otherwise unending cycle of birth and death in this material world. The best recourse for them is to constantly glorify such a great soul,
remember his valuable instructions, and dedicate their life for preaching the message of Kṛṣṇa that he preached.

A bona fide spiritual master is considered the representative of Śrīla Vyāsadeva because he broadcasts the teachings that were penned down by
Śrīla Vyāsadeva in the form of Vedic literature. The anniversary of the appearance day of the spiritual master is therefore called Vyāsa-Pūjā.

In our society ISKM, we observe the Vyāsa-Pūjā on the day after the Janmāṣṭamī every year as His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupāda was born on that day in the year 1896. Every year, we submit written words of praise and prayers to him.

This year, it fell on the 25th of August. So many devotees wrote beautiful prayers in his glorification. We have compiled a PDF of all the prayers
by ISKM devotees worldwide. You can read it here: http://bit.ly/VP19Homages. In this section, we have showcased selected extracts from a few
devotees’ homages. We could not do enough justice to it owing to the limitation of space in this magazine.

Scan now to read the complete

compilation of homages!

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 Sundar Gopāl dās

Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace, my eternal spiritual master.

You are not any kind of spiritual master but a bona fide spiritual master coming down from the
eternal paramparā directly from Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

You were disallowed entry to our country for reasons best known to Kṛṣṇa Himself but you proved
that devotional service to the Lord cannot be impeded by any means. These are the characteristics of
transcendental loving service to Puruṣottama, the Supreme Personality of Godhead: it is causeless,
and it cannot be obstructed in any way.

This you have proved although you were barred from entering this country and also the authorities
have clearly stressed that they have no room for Kṛṣṇa consciousness here, but nonetheless your
divine instruction through your transcendental message in your books, you manage to penetrate all
obstacles to bring many souls in this country into Kṛṣṇa consciousness thus perplexing everyone and
showing how Kṛṣṇa consciousness cannot be hampered in any way whatsoever. This shows how truly
bona fide you are. Indeed, you are a pure devotee, a representative of Lord Kṛṣṇa, without a doubt.

In the pioneering days here, a devotee wrote to you of the difficulties in preaching here, and he
exclaimed that to set up a temple here would be very difficult and practically impossible. He added, the
most we possibly could do was have some house programs but you encouraged by writing that it may
be difficult but by and by there will eventually be a temple with gorgeous worship of the Lord.

Presently, we do have a temple established with gorgeous deities and with many dedicated devotees
devoting their lives for the propagation of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. This shows your divine position of
being a tri-kāla-jña, knowing past, present and future, again proving your unique position as a dear
most servant of the Lord inevitably.

Doing a simple Harinām Saṅkīrtana in the streets would inevitably cause skirmishes with the
authorities here let alone doing some very big festivals like Ratha Yātrā. But you wanted Ratha Yātrā
to be performed worldwide in every major city and we do see how you had accomplished them with very
great success in many major cities of the world.

We could hardly fathom the idea of how Ratha Yātrā would ever be possible here, but again, by your
causeless mercy, this has now come to pass. Here, it is now a major celebrated festival with thousands of
participants and it is very vibrantly growing year by year. This is again an exhibition of your divine
mercy to the many conditioned souls who would otherwise not have obtained the supreme mercy of Lord
Jagannātha.

All these events come to prove time and again of your supreme position of being a very very
confidential servant of the Lord, and that you can make the impossible possible for the Lord.

This is an era where so many unscrupulous so-called gurus are teaching so many concocted
philosophies as they themselves are bewildered by your external energy. It is said:

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SB 6.4.31: Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the all-pervading Supreme
Personality of Godhead, who possesses unlimited transcendental qualities. Acting from
within the cores of the hearts of all philosophers, who propagate various views, He causes them to forget
their own souls while sometimes agreeing and sometimes disagreeing among themselves. Thus He
creates within this material world a situation in which they are unable to come to a conclusion. I offer
my obeisances unto Him.

You, on the other hand, could see through all these to give us the perfect understanding like the sun
clearing all the doubts of darkness.

SB 11.22.6: By interaction of My energies, different opinions arise. But for those who have fixed their
intelligence on Me and controlled their senses, differences of perception disappear, and consequently,
the very cause for argument is removed.

This undoubtably again proves how Māyā cannot bewilder the pure devotees of the Lord and you
being in such a position have, time and again, shown us all the fallacies of all the so-called religious
doctrines with clear references from the scriptures, thus safeguarding us from falling prey to them all.

All these help us conditioned souls tremendously to strengthen our faith and to make some steady
progress towards love of God, Kṛṣṇa.

Śrīla Prabhupāda, we cannot find words of gratitude to honor you for your mercy in making sure
that we develop love of Kṛṣṇa one way or another. How can we ever live without your mercy? I cannot
comprehend this. Please do not forsake me. I cannot even dream of leaving the shelter of your divine
lotus feet, for you are my very life and soul.

So, my dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, on this most auspicious day of your divine appearance I can only pray
to you time and again with a straw in my teeth and with folded hands, please do not forsake this most
fallen soul of yours.

Your very unworthy servant,

Sundar Gopāl dās

Tattvavit dāsa

As hearing and chanting dwindles bit by bit,

Māyā promptly attacks the devotional spirit;
Kali then opens up his frightful armory
Of weapons like lust, anger, greed, and envy.

Vaiṣṇavas who are supposed to offer hope

Become bound up by Māyā’s terrible rope;
Instead of saving the world from hell,
They fight among themselves under Māyā’s spell.

Sometimes by the powerful will of the Lord,

Among the devotees emerges a vicious discord

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To separate those who clasp the guru’s order
From those that wilfully cross that spiritual border.

In this way, real religion is carefully preserved,

From time immemorial, this has been observed;
Recently we had been through a similar phase,
The coast is now clear, there is no more haze.

But the risk of pollution is always present

If our involvement is not a hundred percent;
A little neglect in our devotional activity
Will give rise to materialistic proclivity.

Only a strong taste for Kṛṣṇa’s holy name,

His philosophy and His spotless fame
Can safeguard us from the path of shame
And secure our progress towards life’s real aim.

Now that the milk has been separated from water,

We have to boil it down to make it sweet like nectar;
Devotees should be absorbed in Kṛṣṇa philosophy,
Otherwise, Māyā will trigger her wicked wizardry.

Devotional service without scriptural endorsement

Is the biggest disservice to human advancement;
By hearing and chanting, if we constantly nourish,
The creeper of bhakti will undoubtedly flourish.

We should carefully note the power of the tongue,

Although it can sing, its glories are unsung;
Prasadam and Kṛṣṇa’s topics will make us a hero,
Other foods and gossip will bring us down to zero.

Introducing new people to Kṛṣṇa consciousness

Is without question a very great service;
But if their retention is not taken with cautiousness,
What can be a greater disservice?

Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,

When your books are not purposefully read,

Our minds are agitated, our enthusiasm dead;
All that interests us then will be food and bed,
Our valuable spiritual lives, we unnecessarily shed.

With the advent of every shiny new gadget,

Your books are locked away deeper in a closet;
Although your e-books live on the home screen,
They never get opened, so we ever remain green.

In the Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa makes it loud and clear —

That those who preach to devotees, there is no one more dear;
I wish to contribute more towards making devotees strong,
Not that I am strong, but I myself needed it for so long.

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In this regard, I devise many plans and schemes,
But since I am fallen, I could not realize my dreams;
These youthful years are my only remaining chance,
For when old age hits, I won’t even be able to dance.

By the next Vyāsa-pūjā festival, I take a solemn oath

Of running a tangible program to ensure devotees’ growth;
I have no faith in my ability, so I badly need your mercy,
To climb the mountain of service that lies ahead of me.

Your unworthy dog,

Tattvavit dāsa

Mahāprabhu dāsa

Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,

I write this offering to glorify my glorious spiritual master

You are the only Māyā Blaster
Who has saved us all from the greatest disaster

Your pastimes are a multitude

And the books that you wrote for us have helped us in great magnitude
No words can describe that gratitude
I pray that I offer this offering with the right attitude

The ISKCON gurus are trying to imitate your Divine grace

But all they have done is fallen in disgrace
We ISKM are attacking them face to face
Trying to put your divine grace back in your rightful place.

I request you to hear our plight

As preaching here in Singapore is a big fight
If you give us the might
We can build a permanent temple with great delight
Making Kṛṣṇa consciousness reach a new height

As seen recently we have outgrown our current capacity

Handling the crowd was a real challenging austerity
Therefore we are humbly requesting a new spiritual city
To showcase your eternal beauty

My dear master, please hear this poem if you please

And do as you please
With your help, anything can be accomplished with great ease.

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 Pavaneśvara dāsa

GEMS OF HUMILITY

For me quarreling is simple, cooperation is difficult;

Leading is simple, taking everyone along is difficult;
Becoming boss of boss is simple, becoming das-anu-das is difficult;
Sense gratification is simple, following four regulative principles is difficult; Preaching is simple,
practicing is difficult;
Blaming is simple, appreciation is difficult;
Counting number of rounds is simple, chanting is difficult.
This is how I am degraded. VIDEO TIME

Because of this fault finding and because I had been committing many offenses unto to your lotus
feet, I am always been kicked by Māyā and intoxicated with sense gratification. These are actually
very nice learning lessons for me how not to commit offenses but still, I didn’t learn my lessons. That
is my misfortune. But I have an unbreakable hope that you will show some mercy upon this soul.

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ |

6pm to 9pm
paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim ||
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande |
śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam ||
6pm to 9pm

I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of all fallen souls, whose mercy
turns the dumb into eloquent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains. Watch the video to
know more!

Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, with this hope I am taking an opportunity to ask forgiveness and mercy from
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all the exalted devotees who are present over here.

Subala dāsa

What’s the greatest story ever told?

It’s an unbelievable story of a 70-year-old man and his name was A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupāda

He had no money
He had no contacts
He had no support &
He had no ingredients for any success
He was written off as a mad man on a suicide mission

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Yet, in 1965, he journeyed across the Atlantic Ocean on a cargo ship from Kolkata to New
York, having been requested by his Guru to preach the message of Kṛṣṇa In the West.

He was a stranger in a strange land.

Reaching the shores of America in its greatest time of unrest
He loitered the streets of 5th Ave, like an unwelcomed guest
Practically like a vagabond
With only the translations of his ancient Bhakti texts
He was dejected and discouraged several times
He tried to return home many times

Prabhupāda said:

“These people are after meat, wine and illicit sex, How will they accept the philosophy of Kṛṣṇa? They
will say ‘please go home.’”

He was not very much hopeful and wrote,

“Oh Kṛṣṇa why have you brought me here, what can I do? But because you have brought me here, there
must be a purpose, alright make me dance as you like”

And so it happened, The holy name danced on his tongue in Tompkins Square Park. It penetrated and
melted the hearts of tens, hundreds, thousands and now millions everywhere. Bringing a ray of light
into the darkness. Your existence on this earth awakened the dormant spiritual inertness.

Neil Armstrong, ‘the 1st man on the moon’ said “one small step for a man, one giant leap for
mankind” when they faked the moon landing, but the true step for mankind happened when your
divine lotus feet landed on this God-forsaken earth.

Every step you took on this planet was a giant leap for mankind
Every step you took was a step to stop the repetition of birth and death for mankind. Your lotus feet
alone act like thunderbolts hurled to shatter the mountain of sin stored in the minds of mankind.
Only a fool would forsake your lotus feet like a man who gives up the protection of his mother for the
shelter of a witch.

Viśvambhar dāsa

We are living in a dollar-chasing world where capitalism is religion, banks are churches or temples,
bankers are priests, wealth is heaven, poverty is hell, rich people are saints and poor people are sinners,
commodities are blessings and MONEY IS GOD. This is the mantra of materialism.

In all of human history, these jokers — capitalists, socialists, communists,

anarchists, atheists or pseudo-monotheists have created ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING and all they can present is RELIGION and PHILOSOPHY in

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order to try to justify their theft. They have brainwashed innocent public by their Satanic
philosophy. As the saying goes, it is easy to fool people than convince them that they are
being fooled.

In recent times, we have achieved a considerable ability to manipulate our external environment with
the help of science and technology, but the means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which
we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles but misguided
men.

It is rampantly seen that whenever true spiritual knowledge, begins to vanish from the face of the earth
and tends to lapse into oblivion, the divine messengers revive that knowledge by awakening man to
the true knowledge of his real heritage. Srila Prabhupada, without any bias, you are one such divine
messenger who awakens generations to knowledge of their existential constitution as subordinate
part-and-parcels of Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but owing to ignorance, are
presently encaged in temporary material bodies and trying to lord it over material nature, which is the
source of all miseries.

One way of contemplating Srila Prabhupada’s unparalleled contribution is by adapting a quote

attributed to Julius Caesar: “I came, I saw, I conquered.” Srila Prabhupada’s mission was not one of
political conquest, but of spiritual compassion; so, the variant applicable to him is, “He came, he gave,
he conquered.”

Srila Prabhupada, you have sailed to America, the headquarters of materialistic culture, at an
advanced age, utterly alone and practically penniless, for propagating Krsna Consciousness.

Srila Prabhupada, you went all the way showing how to face all the inevitable challenges of material
existence, challenges that become multiplied for those who declare war against Maya, by preaching
the glories of Krishna. You were empowered by Krishna, no doubt, but that empowerment didn’t mean
that you didn’t have to encounter and counter formidable challenges. Your empowerment didn’t cause
those problems to magically disappear; it meant that you magically persevered, no matter how many
and how massive the problems. This magical perseverance came from your pure devotion to Krishna -
pure devotion that manifested as your unbreakable determination to carry out the instruction of Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura, whatever the obstacles and reversals.

Through your words as manifest in your books, you have given us the essence of the Vedic literature.
Your books are the result of your enormous personal sacrifice, waking up early in the morning after
just a few hours of sleep. Throughout the day, you would speak about Krishna with those who came to
meet you. And in the night, you spoke about Krishna with everyone.

Through your books, you inspired and empowered not only those who are living in the remotest corners
of the world but also devotees who have come and will come in many subsequent generations. Srila
Prabhupada, our most eloquent words can’t be enough to delineate even a fraction of your glories. Yet
how can we not glorify you, the great soul who has rescued us from the folly and futility of a life
without Krishna? The best glorification we can offer you is not through words but through actions —
through our dedication to the mission of preaching that you said is our family business. All glories to
the merciful mission of Krishna that you presented and represented, that you protected and propagated,
that you loved and lived.

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 Nimāi Nitāi dāsa

You have eternally been an empowered agent of the Lord and so your spectacular activities have no
limit. Only within the limited range of time and space that is allowed for my mind and senses to
grasp, I am already baffled in realizing your Glories. You have come to the western world, a world built
on four pillars of sinful life, a world devoid of Vedic knowledge and common sense, a dark abode where
the mlecchas dwell and the demons thrive.

You have left the vicinity of Vṛndāvana in order to come to teach us that which we have forgotten, that
we are eternal servants of Lord Kṛṣṇa. In this work of predilection which you have so expertly carried
out, I am yet to find a devotee who has done what you have achieved. Indeed I consider your activities
greater than those of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself.

Śrīla Prabhupāda, you are the representative of all demigods and thus, I am sure that your glories are
sung and relished by the beings in higher planetary systems. To sing of your activities and to hear
of them is the perfection of the speaking and hearing powers. The Supreme Lord is more pleased of His
devotees’ being worshipped than He Himself being glorified. This ceremony of offering our prayers to
you is, therefore, your intelligent way in training us in the art of harvesting the Lord’s blessings.
Your intelligence is unchecked and is limitless in the matter of engaging us in Lord Kṛṣṇa’s
service. The Supreme Lord has unfolded a monumental plan through you and the fortunate souls,
who are willing to correct the bygone mistake of challenging His authority, will take shelter of your
instructions and give up their so-called independence.

Only the most intelligent amongst all human beings will surrender to you, having understood this
material world to be no better than stool and they engage in your blissful service without any material
desire. Such great souls simply crave to sprinkle some of the particles of dust at your lotus feet upon
their forehead.

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