Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES
When Prthu Maharaja met the four Kumaras, he stated that "great personalities can be satisfied only by their own activities, which are distributed amongst human society out of their unlimited mercy." Therefore, our attempt to glorify you can best be done by describing your activities, otherwise we can see no other means of satisfying you. We saw a living example of this last year in London on Vyasa-pūja day, the very last Vyasa-pūja day we would be able to spend with you in your manifest presence. As you sat in your elevated palanquin across from Sri Sri Radha-Gokulananda, your eyes gazing on them with love beyond our comprehension, your servant began to recite the history of Your Divine Grace's transcendental activities in this material world. We gazed up at Your Divine Grace in your weakened state, and we watched as you tilted your head back, and your face spread with a glowing smile of eternal satisfaction. In this wonderful mood of ecstasy, you sat and heard your pastimes, the activities of one who is always in direct communication with Krsna. May we always be immersed in remembrance of this scene on that final Vyasa-pūja day.
Now, one year later, we are feeling the pangs of separation from your lotus feet. The Vyasa-pūja book is complete, but for the first time we are unable to mail you the first copies from the printer. In this condition, we can remember the glorious times when we would bring you a new book, the tangible result of your hours of selfless labor, and these memories bring us back once again into the peaceful, loving shelter of your association. Please allow us to recall some of these incidents for our own benefit and your eternal glorification.
One time we brought you a new Back to Godhead magazine. On the back cover was an advertisement showing a stack of your books extending up into the sky. With a wonderful smile, you looked at the tower of books and said, "Come on!" challenging the entire world to try to defeat you. A maha-ratha is nothing compared to you. He can only fight with ten thousand warriors at a time, while you are prepared to battle with all the demoniac living entities within this material world. Thus your father named you after the "fearless lotus feet of Lord Krsna."
The last time you were in your beloved Mayapur, you were looking at some new paintings, although your sickness had you in a very weakened state. You came to the picture of Lord Ramacandra breaking the bow of Lord Siva at the assembly where mother Sita was to choose her husband, with all the competitors falling down unconscious. Looking up at us, you smiled and said in a feeble voice, "It is not so easy business to marry Sitadevi." When an ordinary man would have been in great distress, you continued to inspire us with your transcendental sense of humor in your relationship with the Lord.
On another occasion, in New York at the time of the Fifth Avenue Ratha-yatra, your last days ever in America, a new Bhagavatam volume was ready at the printer. In our own foolish way, we decided we would surprise you. We picked up the books at the airport and arrived back at the temple well past midnight. As usual, you were awake, working on your translations. Your slippers rested outside the door to your darsana room, while you were around the corner and down the hall by your bedroom. Being your transcendental children, we hid the new book behind our backs and waited for you to come around the corner. As you rounded the corner, you saw us standing there with huge grins and our hands behind our backs. Chuckling, you walked into your darsana room, motioned with your hand, and said, "Come on!" (your all-purpose slogan). As you stood on your asana preparing to sit, we were unable to control ourselves any longer and handed you the beautiful new gold-bound book. In great ecstasy, you touched the book to your head and began to page through it, so immersed that you didn't even sit down. As always, you spoke the introductory verse and sat down to look at the paintings. Then, deep in thought, you paged through the book and read to us and preached for an hour and a half. It was impossible to appreciate your transcendental glories. Without caring for your body, you could go on forever talking about Krsna and His devotional service. You knew no limits to the pleasure of sravanam kirtanam because you are an intimate associate of Radha and Krsna who descended on this world at Their request to reclaim Their fallen servants.
Feeling the pangs of separation while remembering these transcendental activities of Your Divine Grace, we can only follow in the footsteps of Arjuna when he heard of Lord Krsna's disappearance from the earth:
"Due to grief, Arjuna's mouth and lotuslike heart had become dried up. Therefore his body lost all luster. Now, remembering the Supreme Lord, he could hardly utter a word in reply. With great difficulty he checked the tears of grief that smeared his eyes. He was very distressed because Lord Krsna was out of his sight, and he increasingly felt affection for Him. Remembering Lord Krsna and His well wishes, benefactions, intimate familial relations and His chariot driving, Arjuna, overwhelmed and breathing very heavily, began to speak. Arjuna said: 'O King! The Supreme Personality of Godhead Hari, who treated me exactly like an intimate friend, has left me alone. Thus my astounding power, which astonished even the demigods, is no longer with me. I have just lost Him whose separation for a moment would render all the universes favorable and void, as bodies without life.'"
After relating some of his pastimes with the Lord, Arjuna finally stated, "Now I am attracted to those instructions imparted to me by the Personality of Godhead [Govinda] because they are impregnated with instructions for relieving the burning heart in all circumstances of time and space. Sūta Gosvami said, "Thus being deeply absorbed in thinking of the instructions of the Lord, which were imparted in the great intimacy of friendship, and in thinking of His lotus feet, Arjuna's mind became pacified and free from all material contamination."
So, in the same way that Arjuna's distress could only be relieved by Krsna's instructions, we can once again live in your association by following your instructions. You have told us many times that everything is in your books; there is no need to look anywhere else for shelter. Anybody that reads your books knows what to do-chant sixteen rounds, follow the four regulative principles, attend the temple programs, preach Krsna consciousness vigorously and serve the Lord with every spare moment, under the direction of the guru. If we can simply do these things, you have guaranteed us that we will return back home, back to Godhead. We therefore humbly pray at your lotus feet to give us the strength to constantly remember and follow your instructions. We lie prostrate at your feet and beg this benediction from you. Please, Srila Prabhupada, please pray to your Guru Maharaja and self-realization Sri Gaura-Nitai to empower all of your disciples to always follow your instructions. If we can accept this mercy, then it is guaranteed that this movement will overwhelm the world, and those who sincerely participate will one day again have the opportunity of sitting at your lotus feet, receiving your merciful glances of love.
Los Angeles
Sannyasis
His Holiness Ramsvara Svami (GBC, BBT Trustee, Initiating guru) / His Holiness Acyutananda Svami (Preaching) / His Holiness Surabhir abhipalayantam Svami (Preaching) / His Holiness Jayadvaita Svami (BTG Senior Editor) /
BBT Press (Art Dept., Book Production, Back to Godhead, Spanish Division)
Radhaballabha dasa-Ksama-devi dasi / Jagannatha-sūta dasa-Naradevi dasi, Kunti, Jagannatha-prasada / Gopiparanadhana dasa-Duḥkhahantri-devi dasi / Muralivadana dasa-Kaumodaki-devi dasi / Nara-Narayana dasa-Nisintya-devi dasi, Sakuntala / Navadvipa dasa-Varanasi-devi dasi, Candrakanti / Paramarūpa dasa-Jagat-karana-devi dasi / Pariksit dasa-Bhadra-devi dasi, Tulasyananda, Krsna-prema / Srikanta dasa-Kulapriya-devi dasi / Dhrstaketu dasa-Jitamrta-devi dasi, Krsna Caitanya / Vicaru dasa-Tribhuvanesvari-devi dasi / Anadi dasa-Tuhgabhadra-devi dasi / Draviḍa dasa / Drutakarma dasa / Ekanatha dasa / Jagajivana dasa / Jitatula dasa / Ramadasa Abhirama dasa / Ramanatha dasa / Gaura-bhavana dasa / Indrapramada dasa / Gadagraja dasa / Yamaraja dasa / Vira Krsna dasa / Sarabhavana dasa / Rohini-priya dasa / Jaya Jagadisa dasa / Simhesvara dasa (1) / Simhesvara dasa (2) / Janajivana dasa / Bhargava dasa / Sasha / Ralph / Srikara dasa / Gopavrndesa dasa / Kusakratha dasa / Balai-devi dasi, Nandini / Yadurani-devi dasi / Sita-devi dasi / Kubja-krpamaya-devi dasi / Shirley / Pūrnacandra-devi dasi / Nityatrpta-devi dasi / Mamata-devi dasi / Dhrti-devi dasi / Drigha-devi dasi
BBT Offices & Warehouse (Accounting, Distribution, Legal Dept., Temple Services, Library Party)
Mahendra dasa - Sukhada-devi dasi, Janaki, Gauracandra / Ranadira dasa-Sandhini-devi dasi, Sanatana / Narayana dasa-Divya-devi dasi / Svarūpa dasa-Kahka-devi dasi, Krsna-kumara, Mandakini / Janardana dasa - ananda-cinmayi-devi dasi / Vira Radhaaghava dasa-Vira-mala-devi dasi, Yamuna, Rūpa-manohara / Vraja-kisora dasa-Vraja-sakhi-devi dasi / Radha-Gopinatha dasa-Vrnda-devi dasi, Krsna-prema, Gaura-premananda / Janananda dasa-Ayonija-devi dasi, Tulasi / Rasa-vilasa dasa / Srutasrava dasa / Candanacarya dasa / Varūthapa dasa / Mahesvasa dasa / Amala-bhakta dasa / Kalakantha dasa / Candranana dasa / Mardaraja dasa / Chuck / Sesa dasa / Mahakrama dasa / Karunamayi-devi dasi, Jagannatha Puri, Nimai, Brhat-mrdahga / Daksina-devi dasi, Govinda / Mano-mohini-devi dasi / Mary / Satadhari-devi dasi / Bhagavata-citta-devi dasi, Visakha / Srila-devi dasi / Nirakula-devi dasi
F.A.T.E.
Baradraja dasa-Rukmini-devi dasi, Gauravani / adideva dasa - Siladitya-devi dasi / Adhilananda dasa-Mrgaksi-devi dasi, Mrkanḍa, Jahnavi / Dayalu Nitai dasa-Jaganmayi-devi dasi, Janaki, Kavidatta / Dravina-prada dasa-Kūrmayani-devi dasi, Gaurasundara / Yadavacarya dasa-Thomastina, Narayana, Devakinandana / Kaunteya dasa-Laurie / Locana dasa-Krsna-vilasini-devi dasi, Ratha / Prabhupada dasa-Radhika-sakhi-devi dasi, Hrsikesa, Atmabhū / Sri-garbha dasa-Hardajnna-devi dasi, Sita / Tirtharthi dasa-Jagarini-devi dasi, Subala, Subhavilasa, Ananta / Narendra dasa-Mallika-devi dasi / Ron-Maryanne, Tulasi, Kelly, Sita / Ameyatma dasa / Baḍa-hari dasa / Panḍava dasa / Rasanatha dasa / Visoka dasa / Yadunandana-pada dasa / Rathagrahi dasa / Kumari dasa / Kaviraja dasa / Vrndavana-candra dasa / Neal / Charles / Hector / Dharmada-devi dasi / Madhyama-devi dasi / Manasa-gahga-devi dasi / Jayananda / Palika-devi dasi
Spiritual Sky
Rsabhadeva dasa-Kuhkuma-devi dasi, Vaijayanti, Bharata / Dr. Nandlal Parekh-Kusum / Jitesvara dasa-Antardhyana-devi dasi, Krsna-devi dasi / Lal Krsna dasa-Parvati-devi dasi, Lila, Candravali, Dvarakadhisa / Maitreya Muni dasa-Sandipani-devi dasi, Gaura Gopala / Garuḍa Panḍita dasa-Bhranti / Acyuta dasa-Madhuresvara-devi dasi, Vrsabhanu / Mantri dasa-Niradhara-devi dasi, Abhaya Carana / Dhanesvara dasa-Candrit-devi dasi, Visvambhara, Vamana-bhava / Upendranatha dasa-Sahkari-devi dasi, Radha-Vrndavana, Jagajivana / Abhirama dasa - Srutirūpa-devi dasi, Pūrnima / Bhaktagana dasa / Satangati dasa / Leopoldo Violante / Sriprada-devi dasi
Temple (Sahkirtana, Gurukula, Temple, ISKCON Cinema, Golden Avatar)
Gopala Bhatta dasa-Krodhasamini devi dasi, Nitai, Gaurakisora / Gopavrndapala dasa-Mūlaprakrti-devi dasi, Cakra, Sundari / Sumahat dasa-Sanatani-devi dasi / Gurūttama dasa-Devamata-devi dasi, Govinda Datta / Madhukara dasa-Lila-sakti-devi dasi, Manasa-candra / Dattatreya dasa-Bhaktapriya-devi dasi / Damodara dasa-Mrganetri-devi dasi, Gulab / Radhapati dasa - Subhra-devi dasi / Apūrva dasa-Kamalini-devi dasi / Yudhamanyu dasa-Jivana-devi dasi / Madhusūdana dasa-Kancanabala-devi dasi / Tryadhisa dasa-Nagapatni-devi dasi, Janmastami, Dharmapatni / Dvarakanatha dasa-Krsnapriya-devi dasi, / Kamesi-devi dasi, Sammohini, Uddhava / Sri Govinda dasa-Srilekha-devi dasi, Sudarsana, Kisori / Nalinikanta dasa-Ratnesvari-devi dasi / Dharmadhyaksa dasa-Rasahgi-devi dasi, Maitreya / Lalitanatha dasa-Vaikuntha-mūrti-devi dasi, Krsna-katha / Suresa dasa-Ujjvalaprada-devi dasi / Mithiladhisa dasa-Rasa-manjari-devi dasi, Mandalibhadra, Nitai-Caitanya / Kuvera dasa-RevatI-devi dasi, Govinda-mayi, Krsnanda, Gopalananda / Maharaja dasa-Viharini-devi dasi, Jayadharma, Narayani / Jagannatha dasa-Danta-devi dasi / Jayasacinandana dasa - Sikhanḍini-devi dasi, Vaidehi / Saptaratha dasa-Himalata-devi dasi, Sita, Vanamali / Bahulavana dasa-Jalasayi-devi dasi, atma, Arjuna / Duryodhanaguru dasa-Vrnda-devi dasi / Kausalendra dasa-Kadamba-devi dasi, Janardana / Bahulasva dasa-Karunamayi-devi dasi, Yamala, Arjuna, Jahnava / Nrsimhananda dasa-Margo, Jivananda / Amoghavirya dasa-Prsni-devi dasi, Ganga / Tony-Kamagiri-devi dasi, Devaki, Vraja-ananda / Abhipraya dasa-Sharon / Ramanya dasa-Candra-devi dasi / Krsna-kanti dasa-Mitravinda-devi dasi, Hari-lokata / Rajarsi dasa-Vrajaraja-devi dasi, Narayanajvara, Lila-manjari / ananda dasa-Prabhavati-devi dasi, Vasudeva-parayana, Nipuna-buddhi / Sivananda Sena dasa-Devahūti-devi dasi, Gopivallabha / Yaduvara dasa-Visakha-devi dasi / Mahasraya dasa-Tapati-devi dasi, Laksmana / Kadamba-kanana dasa-Kirtida-kanyaka-devi dasi, Nimai / Chris-Terrie / Puspadanta dasa / Mukuna dasa / Usika dasa / Satyasena dasa / Jayasacinatha dasa / Bhagavata-akincana dasa / Dharmamūrti dasa / Tridhama dasa / Mahanta dasa / Mahat-seva dasa / Kavidatta dasa / Gaura Bhagavan dasa / Jiva-carana dasa / Krsna-bhavana dasa / Cakrapani dasa / Bhavananda Radhaaya dasa / Priyatmaja dasa / Ramanujacarya dasa / Ananta-Rūpa dasa / Roosevelt / Jagannivasa dasa / Raksana dasa / Indradeva dasa / Jagat-sakha dasa / Radhika-prasada dasa / Priyamvada dasa / Rūpa-carana dasa / Vidagdha dasa / Jagadisananda dasa / Vaninatha dasa / Murari Caitanya dasa / Jitamrtyu dasa / Ravindranatha dasa / Rucirahgada dasa / Jambavan dasa / Guru-karuna dasa / Hari murari dasa / Nandanandana dasa / Carurūpa dasa / Harer nama dasa / Sūryahga dasa / Kalaksana dasa / Jivnatha dasa / Manupriya dasa / Ratnabhūsana dasa / Puranarsi dasa / Vallabha Bhatta dasa / Tulasi-pati dasa / Mahgaladhata dasa / Ron / Danesh / Erik / Neal / Maniel / Francisco / Ralph / Louis / Victor / John / Hawaii / William / Mark / Red / Dan / Jeff / Terry / Priyo / Neils / Lavahga-latika-devi dasi / Diksavati-devi dasi / Gauri-devi dasi / Narataki-devi dasi, Rasmin / Samapriya-devi dasi, Hitakarana / Susarma-devi dasi, Sati / Renuka-devi dasi / Sulaksmana-devi dasi / Phalini-devi dasi, Krsnadasa / Karuna-devi dasi / Suruci-devi dasi, Susila / Andha-rūpa-devi dasi / Syama-sakhi-devi dasi / Pavitra-devi dasi, Jahnavi / Munipatni-devi dasi / Manohara-devi dasi / Mahasini-devi dasi, Bhakti / Kastūrika-devi dasi, Radha-sakti / Pusti-devi dasi, Laksmi-Nrsimha / Saradi / Omkara-devi dasi, Siromani / Naravesa-devi dasi / Savitri-devi dasi / Karmada-devi dasi / Caitanya-lila-devi dasi / Madhavi-devi dasi / Saci-devi dasi, Bhakta-rūpa, Kirtana-rasa, Yasoda / Caitanya-devi dasi, Draupadi, Gandhari, Mirabai / Vidarbha-kanya-devi dasi, Nimai-candra / Payasvini-devi dasi, Bhakta, Vrndadevi, Vrndavana-isvara / Sevya-devi dasi, Sivajvara / Sasti-devi dasi, Bhadrasena / Tustime devi dasi, Jagamana / Ananta-devi dasi, Syama, Nanda Gopala, Mohini-mūrti / Prayaga-devi dasi, Ranajit, Visnupriya / Khanḍita-devi dasi / Lalananami-devi dasi / Tarani-devi dasi, Mayapura-candra / Margo / Sharon / Terry / Celia / Connie / Wanda / Nori
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