nama om vishnu-padaya Krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale
srimate Hanumatpresaka Swamin iti namine

nama om vishnu-padaya Krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine
namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracharine
nirvishesha-shunyavadi-pashchatya-desha-tarine

Om ajñana-timirandhasya jñanañjana-salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namah

 Dear and esteemed Gurudev,
 ‎please accept muy humble obeisances,
 ‎all glories to Srila Prabhupada,
 ‎Another year in the ISKCON family. Yes!!
 ‎Thank you for all the austerities you make to set the example. Preaching, sadhana,travelling so much,etc.
 ‎Thank you for pushing ISKCON into another level. Your generation, made it very good, although the bad times, you kept the institution afloat. No matter all the troubles you had.
 ‎You gave us a huge legacy, expanding, translating, Srila Prabhupada's and previous Acharyas instructions to the most fallen souls like myself.
 ‎What is the main purpose of our generation? What should we do with ISKCON? Which should be the focus? Education, administration, devotee care?
 ‎What will happen when your generation is gone? All the glorious Srila Prabhupada disciples. Are we ready for the task? I have fear!! I feel myself more a burden than a helpful tool.
 ‎The only thing I can do is keep trying. And i will, until I succeed. Don't know when.
 ‎You showed me by your living example that everything in Srila Prabhupada's books is true.
 ‎I always remember what you said once. Fifty percent of the people in ISKCON are insane. But outside ISKCON eighty percent of the people are insane. So where do you want to stay?
 ‎So despite all the things we have to improve, ISKCON is a great place to be.
 ‎In SB 6.7.23 Brahma tells Indra:
 ‎O Indra, your enemies, the demons, were extremely weak because of their disrespect toward Śukrācārya, but since they have now worshiped Śukrācārya with great devotion, they have again become powerful. By their devotion to Śukrācārya, they have increased their strength so much that now they are even able to easily seize my abode from me.
 ‎By your mercy Gurudev everything is possible.
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 ‎mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ
paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande
śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam

(Madhya 17.80)

By the mercy of the guru, even a dumb man can become the greatest orator, and even a lame man can cross mountains.

Wherever you are, I want to be,
One of your worse disciples,
Nikunja bihari das.

HpS - Thank you. We are full of selfish motives, but Srila Prabhupada is using us.  We say that you only have to be 50% sane, madhyama, to live in ISKCON, not that 50% of the devotees are insane, but it is a fact that in the hospital you expect to find people in various degrees of illness. Go ahead. Smile a lot!!!!!

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