The cost of printing and distributing this year’s Tributes book has been made possible by a donation from His Holiness Subhag Swami, His Holiness Jayadvaita Swami, and a devotee in Africa, who wishes
to remain anonymous.
The Tributes Team
Every member of the Tributes team (listed below) has offered their time and service on a voluntary basis.
Editorial and Production Advisor Jayādvaita Swami
Production Manager Pradyumna Dāsa
Submission Managers Harṣarāṇī Devī Dāsi & Rosie Patel
Senior Editor Nimāi Devī Dāsi
Sanskrit Editor Radheya Fournier
Proofreader Kṛṣṇa-kṛpā Dāsa
Editorial Support Bāsudeb Kṛṣṇa Dāsa
Outreach Gaura Dāsa, Sevānanda Dāsa
Designer Jagannāth Śaraṇa Dāsa
Thank you to Draviḍa Dāsa for sharing and editing many of the sannyasi and some of the initiated disciples’ offerings which also appear in the BBT Vyāsa-pūjā book.
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First Printing, limited printing, 275 copies, 2018
To find out more about this publication, please visit: www.sptributes.com
The copyrights for the tributes presented in this book remain with their respective authors.
Quotes from books, lectures, letters and conversations by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © 2018 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
Cover image courtesy of The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. www.Krishna.com. Used with permission.
Printed in England and the USA in 2018.
Design and layout by Jagannāth Sharaṇ Dāsa (Janak Rajani)
https://www.behance.net/inajardesign
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TRIBUTES BY SANNYASI DISCIPLES …………5
Satsvarūpa dāsa Goswami ………………………………………………… 7
Mukunda Goswami ………………………………………………………….. 8
Jayādvaita Swami ……………………………………………………………..12
Jayapatāka Swami …………………………………………………………….13
Prahlādānanda Swami ……………………………………………………..14
Trivikrama Swami …………………………………………………………….16
Gopāl Krishna Goswami …………………………………………………..18
Girirāj Swami ………………………………………………………………….. 20
Hridayānanda dās Goswami …………………………………………… 25
Kavicandra Swami ……………………………………………………………27
Tridaṇḍi Swami Bhaktivedānta Bhāgavat Swami ……………. 28
Subhāg Swami ………………………………………………………………… 32
Tridaṇḍi Swami Bhakti Vigna Vināśa Narasiṁha ……………. 35
Bhaktivaibhava Swami ……………………………………………………. 36
Dānavīr Goswami …………………………………………………………… 43
Guṇagrāhi dās Goswami ………………………………………………… 44
Nava Yogendra Swami ……………………………………………………..47
Sacinandana Swami ………………………………………………………… 48
Kṛṣṇakṣetra Swami …………………………………………………………. 50
Anand Kishore das Babaji ……………………………………………….. 53
Bhakti Gauravāṇī Goswami ………………………………………………54
Dhīraśānta dāsa Goswami ………………………………………………. 60
Lokanāth Swami ……………………………………………………………… 62
Bir Krishna dāsa Goswami ……………………………………………… 66
Gaṇapati dāsa Swami ……………………………………………………… 68
Janānanda Goswami ……………………………………………………….. 70
Rādhānāth Swami …………………………………………………………… 79
Keśava Bhāratī Dāsa Goswami ………………………………………….81
Pārtha Sārathi Das Goswami …………………………………………… 90
Śivarāma Swami ……………………………………………………………… 92
Bhakti Caitanya Swami …………………………………………………… 93
Bhaktimārga Swami ………………………………………………………… 95
Candramauli Swami …………………………………………………………97
Varṣāṇā Swami ……………………………………………………………….. 99
Nirañjana Swami …………………………………………………………….103
Bhakti Viśrambha Mādhava Swami ………………………………..105
Bhakti Rāghava Swami ……………………………………………………106
Hanumatpresaka Swami …………………………………………………108
Devāmrita Swami ……………………………………………………………109
Dhanurdhara Swami ………………………………………………………110
Rāmāi Swami ………………………………………………………………….113
Giridhārī Swami ……………………………………………………………..116
Amala-bhakta Swami ……………………………………………………..120
Candraśekhara Swami …………………………………………………….121
Guru Prasād Swami ………………………………………………………..125
Vedavyāsapriya Swami …………………………………………………..126
Bhakti Chāru Swami ……………………………………………………….127
Bhakti Prabhupāda-vrata Dāmodara Swami …………………..129
TRIBUTES BY INITIATED DISCIPLES ………..139
Dayānanda Dāsa ……………………………………………………………..141
Mālatī Devī Dāsī ……………………………………………………………..143
Dāmodara Dāsa ………………………………………………………………145
Ranadhir Dāsa ………………………………………………………………..146
Bhūrijana Dāsa ………………………………………………………………..147
Rukmiṇī Devī Dāsī ………………………………………………………….150
Sachi Devī Dāsī ……………………………………………………………….151
Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu Dāsa Adhikārī …………………………….152
Cathurbhuj Dāsa …………………………………………………………….154
Swarup Dāsa …………………………………………………………………..156
Bhakta Dāsa ……………………………………………………………………157
Kusha Devī Dāsī ……………………………………………………………..158
Nāgapatnī Devī Dāsī ………………………………………………………160
Śatadhanya Dāsa …………………………………………………………….163
Nārāyaṇī Devī Dāsī …………………………………………………………165
Mahāśinī Devī Dāsī …………………………………………………………166
Sureśvara Dāsa ……………………………………………………………….167
Maṇḍaleśvara Dāsa …………………………………………………………172
Chayadevī Devī Dāsī ………………………………………………………173
Sankarshan Dāsa Adhikārī ……………………………………………..175
Srikanta Dāsa ………………………………………………………………….176
Yadubara Das & Viśākhā Dāsī …………………………………………177
Advaita Acharya Das and Archya Devī Dāsī …………………..177
Ātmānanda Dāsa …………………………………………………………….178
Anuttama Dāsa ……………………………………………………………….181
Sarvamaṅgala Devī Dasī …………………………………………………185
Nṛsiṁhānanda Dāsa ……………………………………………………….188
Ramanya Dāsa ………………………………………………………………..191
Vaiṣṇavānanda Dāsa ……………………………………………………….192
Ali Krishna Devī Dāsī ……………………………………………………..194
Gauragopāla Dāsa …………………………………………………………..197
Janmanalaya Dāsa …………………………………………………………..199
Sevānanda Dāsa ……………………………………………………………. 200
Madan Mohan Dāsa ……………………………………………………….204
Kṛṣṇanandinī Devī Dāsī ………………………………………………….207
Sharanagata Devī Dāsī ………………………………………………….. 208
Bhubaneswar Dāsa ………………………………………………………… 209
Arjuna Dāsa ………………………………………………………………….. 209
Govardhana Devī Dāsī ……………………………………………………212
Bādarāyaṇa Dāsa …………………………………………………………….214
Mohanasini Devī Dāsī …………………………………………………….218
Sarvāṇī Devī Dāsī ……………………………………………………………219
Kadamba Devī Dāsī ………………………………………………………. 220
Citraka Dāsa ……………………………………………………………………221
Sarva-drik Dāsa ………………………………………………………………224
Pṛthuśravā Dāsa ……………………………………………………………. 226
Rajendranandana Dāsa ………………………………………………….. 228
Madhusevita Dāsa ………………………………………………………… 230
Rambhoru Devī Dāsī ………………………………………………………231
Avyaya Dāsa ………………………………………………………………….. 232
Yādavendra das Vanacārī ………………………………………………. 233
Tattvavit Dāsa ……………………………………………………………….. 238
Phalini Devī Dāsī …………………………………………………………….242
Jagadvira Dāsa ………………………………………………………………..244
Mrtyuhara Dāsa and Arthia Devī Dāsī ……………………………245
Lalitā Devī Dāsī ………………………………………………………………247
Māyeśa Dāsa …………………………………………………………………..248
Pārvatī Devī Dāsī …………………………………………………………….249
Tamohara dāsa ………………………………………………………………..251
Mahā Punya Devī Dāsī ………………………………………………….. 253
Jaya Gouranga Dāsa ………………………………………………………. 255
Nartaka Gopāla Devī Dāsī …………………………………………….. 256
Rathayātrā Dāsa …………………………………………………………….. 259
Lelihana Devī Dāsī ………………………………………………………… 260
Medhavi Dāsa ……………………………………………………………….. 262
Mokshalaksmi Devī Dāsī ………………………………………………. 264
Ādikartā Dāsa ……………………………………………………………….. 266
Sandamini Devī Dāsī ………………………………………………………267
Sukhavaha Devī Dāsī …………………………………………………….. 268
Ambarīṣa Dāsa ……………………………………………………………….270
Rāga Bhūmi Devī Dāsī ……………………………………………………271
Samapriya Devī Dāsī ………………………………………………………273
Dayānidhi Dāsa ………………………………………………………………274
Śrī Padāmbuja Dāsa ………………………………………………………..275
Narakāntaka Dāsa …………………………………………………………..276
Bhutiha Dāsa …………………………………………………………………..281
Laṅgagaṇeśa Dāsa …………………………………………………………..281
Ashalata Devī Dāsī ………………………………………………………… 285
Śubhavilāsa Dāsa ………………………………………………………….. 286
Haridāsa Dāsa ………………………………………………………………..287
Arjuna Dāsa ………………………………………………………………….. 288
Jitendriya Dāsa ……………………………………………………………… 292
Gaura Dāsa ……………………………………………………………………. 293
Subuddhi Devī Dāsī ………………………………………………………. 295
Akhiladhara Dāsa …………………………………………………………. 296
Cakri Dāsa …………………………………………………………………….. 298
Drumila Dāsa ………………………………………………………………… 299
Jaya Mādhava Dāsa ……………………………………………………….. 300
Vaibhava dāsa Adhikārī ………………………………………………….301
Jaygurudeva Dāsa …………………………………………………………. 302
Yogīndra Dāsa ……………………………………………………………….. 303
Jānakī Devī Dāsī ……………………………………………………………. 305
Punyatama Dāsa ……………………………………………………………..307
Guruprasad Dāsa ………………………………………………………….. 308
Pauruṣa Dāsa ………………………………………………………………… 309
Aṅkottha Dāsa ………………………………………………………………..313
Tattva Darśinī Devī Dāsī …………………………………………………314
Matsya Avatar Dāsa ………………………………………………………..315
Gopīmātā Devī Dāsī ………………………………………………………..317
Dikpal Dāsa …………………………………………………………………….318
Haridāsa Ṭhākura Dāsa ………………………………………………….318
Jīvānanda Dāsa Vanacārī …………………………………………………319
Kośarūpā Devī Dāsī ………………………………………………………. 320
Patita Pāvana Dāsa Adhikārī …………………………………………. 322
Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa …………………………………………………. 325
Viṭhṭhaleśvara Dāsa ………………………………………………………..327
INTRODUCTION
My dear godsisters and godbrothers, Years ago, Śrīla Prabhupāda said:
“Kṛṣṇa is giving you good sense and intelligence. Take care of your godbrothers and godsisters very carefully.” [Letter to Karāndhara, September 19, 1970]
Śrīla Prabhupāda values his disciples and granddisciples enormously and would inquire where someone was when he visited a temple and did not see them present. Once he even sent a entire temple in Switzerland to visit a godsister who was in hospital. Śrīla Prabhupāda’s ability to be concerned about everyone but himself is one example of his greatness. The celebration of Vyāsa-pūjā, is an impetus for us to come together and think of each other’s wellbeing throughout the year.
Śrīla Prabhupāda initiated some 4,750 disciples of whom approximately 600 have departed. We are still to locate over 3,200 members of our lineage family and to ask what service we can render them. Since Śrīla Prabhupāda’s physical departure, there have been many quarrels and a general lack of the love that could have connected us.
On the other hand, it is wonderful that so many intelligent and resourceful devotees have developed mature and thoughtful realizations of how Prabhupāda’s movement should be maintained. Therefore, let us continue to express ourselves regarding his legacy. At the same time, let us care for each other with love and respect. If we nurture one another, imagine what a wonderful example we will leave for future generations. By respecting one another as his family of loving children, despite our differences, we will show by example how to serve Kṛṣṇa cooperatively. When loving Kṛṣṇa is foremost in our hearts, things will go on peacefully. The most spiritually advanced will be known by their humility.
In 2010, Jayādvaita Swami explained to me that in the early days, all the devotees would write their Vyāsa-pūjā homage which would be bound in a book as an offering to Śrīla Prabhupāda. As ISKCON got larger, published homages were limited to offerings from the GBC, sannyasis and temple presidents. But now, members of our transcendental family in the UK, have most kindly offered to publish a Vyāsa-pūjā book entitled Śrīla Prabhupāda Tributes, for the past eight years.
Any Śrīla Prabhupāda disciple who submits a ‘tribute’ will receive in return, the complete book of offerings as a gift. Hearing of this wonderful idea, I was inspired to search for as many godsiblings as possible, with whom to share this good news. With the help of others, I managed to find 300 godsiblings on Facebook that year, and ever since we have further developed a reunion saṅga that has grown to 859 disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda.
So, thank you very much for submitting your tribute here. Please also ask others to do the same in time for next year’s deadline of April 15th, 2019.
“I shall remain your personal guide whether I am physically present or not, just as I am getting guidance from my Guru Mahārāja.” [Letter to Tamāl Krishna, July 14, 1977, Vṛndāvana]
All glories to our eternal guide and spiritual master, Śrīla Prabhupāda!
Your servant,
Gaura Dasa
To download the whole pdf: http://sptributes.com/downloads/
All glories to Srila Prabhupada, and koti pranams to the team for putting this together – year after year.
I had already mentioned this before (and I apologize for doing so). There is a typo in the book (in 2018 AND 2017 edition) … it says:
"Sumbmission Managers Harṣarāṇī Devī Dāsi & Rosie Patel"
Should be SUBMISSION, yes?
Thank you, Hare Krishna
ys Raghava Pandit das