The 27th August 2024 marked the 128th anniversary of Shrila Prabhupada's divine appearance, and the B.L.I.S.S devotees celebrated by writing and
reciting offerings to him.
Dhananjaya Dasa:
Forgetful of my fallen position I fail to honour you as my spiritual master, as you rightfully deserve. But fortunately, Shrila Prabhupada you have selected this day so i can be reminded to meditate on the mercy of my Spiritual Master His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. For this reason I would like to say a couple of words:
It is not an overstatement that it is only due to the mercy of Shrila Prabhupada that Lord Krishna is still glancing over this insignificant corner of his creation. Prabhupada You are the friend of the most fallen and being one of them I can never repay my debt to you. Everyone is suffering in this world. Although the ignorant will deny it, it is evident.
When you first arrived in London, a news reporter asked you: Prabhupada what is that you are trying to teach us? You answered with: I am trying to teach what you have forgotten. Indeed we have all forgotten our eternal nature that is full of bliss and knowledge, and for the sake of that forgetfulness we are now accepting the repetition of birth death old age & disaese. This vicious cycle can be stoped simply by surrendering to a bonafide spiritual master.
Prabhupad Your message is very simple but it is what everyone needs to hear. Get up rascal get up! Don’t sleep! To remind ourselves of this fact you instructed us to preach this Krishna consciousness movement. For constant repetition is necessary for assimilation of the subject matter.
Although I have no qualification to do as you have done so nicely for your spiritual master Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati, I can only pray to you to please engage my mind, senses and intelligence fully in your service. By making my service constant I would be able to attract Krishna who is impossible to attract even by thousands of years of austerities or many lifetimes of Vedic study But it is understood that he is easily attracted by Pure devotional service that is why the association of a pure devotee is obligatory for by associating with the pure one becomes pure. Such devotees are very hard to come by and rarely appreciated in full. With this in mind I beg you please Forgive me for my ofenses and my disinterest in propagating the Krishna Consciousness movement.
For every second wasted, every bit of rubbish flying from my mouth, every bit of dust left uncleaned, every name unheard and every book not distributed I’m sorry. Prabhupada you are expert at everything and I am a fool number one. To meditate on your perfection is the purpose of human life. Every movement of your body, be it a simple smile, cough, or a single utterance of the word rascal is perfect and complete. Simply by observing your transcendental form one can derive full ecstasy equal to that of associating with the supreme Lord, Shri Krishna. I can only wonder at your expertise playing the mridanga, kartals and harmonium. All of these devotees gathered share the same realisation and this appreciation has manifested in the acquisition of a new speaker which is now purifying the world seven times over with your transcendental vibration. The streets of London are empty in the air sucharged with godlessness without your pure chanting. Your chanting is the life force of our sankirtan and thus the Prabhus and Matajis feel great discomfort with the abscence of your sound.
Prabhupada make our book trolley heavier and heavier and heavier, load it up so that all the world can hear your Bhaktivedanta purports. Make me your beast of burden, for taste for hearing your messages I have very little, the only thing I can offer you is my sudra back. I pray that by such engagement I can be granted a spoonful of that precious nectar that highly elevated devotees derive from hearing and discussing your books.
How can we please you master? For you are complete. You are like a giant ocean whose waters are incessantly flowing filling up the rivers yet not diminishing in its enormous quantity. Although you expanded yourself through your devotees you remain Prabhupada, or as Purujit Prabhu would say “the supreme personality of guru head” although a single word uttered by your lotus mouth has the potential to produce unlimited number of spiritual masters you will always remain the complete whole our Guruhead. Unfortunately some lack faith in your potency, foolishly thinking of the part as equal to the whole. But for those rascals we don’t care. There will always be those desiring to be cheated and Krishna will kindly supply them a first class cheater.
We shall worship you as our one and only Jagat Guru the the Lord and master of the three worlds. Someone once pointed to the cover of Science of Self Realisation, and said Prabhupada looks like the emperor of the universe on this photo. Emperor is a good address. Today we are gathered here in London, the birth place of the infamous British Empire Now this same city will witness the rise of a new empire that will take over the world and fulfill the following:
ekam sastram devaki-putra-gitam
eko devo devaki-putra eva
eko mantras tasya namani yani
karmapy ekam tasya devasya seva
In this present day, people are very much eager to have one scripture, one God, one religion, and one occupation. Therefore, ekam sastram devaki-putra-gitam: let there be one scripture only, one common scripture for the whole world, Bhagavad-gita. eko devo devaki-putra eva: let there be one God for the whole world, Sri Krishna. eko mantras tasya namani: and one hymn, one mantra, one prayer — the chanting of His Name: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. karmapy ekam tasya devasya seva: and let there be one work only — the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And may I ad let there be one Guru: Shrila Prabhupad!
Shrila Prabhupada ki jay!
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