Ottawa

nama om visnu-padaya krsna-prestaya bhū-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine

namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
nirvisesa-sūnyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine

Even the most illusioned and sinful living entity cannot continue his degraded activities if he has the association of a pure devotee of Krsna. Because of you, Srila Prabhupada, a whole batch of eternally damned souls is breaking free of the shackles of death and springing up into eternal life. You are giving us the highest platform of activity and knowledge. Our simple task is to learn to absorb it all.

The very first principle of success is:

yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasado
yasyaprasadan na gatiḥ kuto 'pi
dhyayam stuvams tasya yasas tri-sandhyam
vande guroḥ sri-caranaravindam

Therefore we are constantly trying to remember that our connection with Krsna is there only because of your mercy. Krsna is displaying the spiritual world by you invitation. Because of His love for you, He is allowing us to live in His direct presence, even though we are so offensive.

You have taught us everything we know; you are giving us the intelligence to realize it, and by your unlimited perfect qualities, you are attracting us to continue. If we can become absorbed in appreciating you, then that is our realization of actual transcendental knowledge, for you are transcendental knowledge personified.

Thank you, Srila Prabhupada, for being so selfless in giving everything you are to us. We are so pleased to realize that it will take eternity to receive it all.

Amsu dasa adhikari / Bhakta Bernard / Dharmaraja dasa adhikari / Jagatikanda dasa / Srivasa dasa brahmacar / Saḍbhuja-devi dasi / Raghava Panḍita dasa brahmacari / Karana-karana-devi dasi / Krsnadasa dasa brahmacari / Ratri-devi dasi / Sasvata dasa brahmacari / Mother Maureen / Jayabalarama dasa brahmacari / Mother Diane / Laksminatha dasa brahmacari / Krsnacandra-devi dasi / Trilokanatha dasa brahmacari / Jahnava-devi dasi / Bhakta Maurice

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