Srila Prabhupada

My dear spiritual father Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada,

Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace.

When I offered to serve you life after life, you replied, “Why do you want
me to come back again and again?”

So then I said, “Well, if you do not want to take me back to Godhead, then I
want to serve you here, life after life.” You smiled.

On another occasion I said, “Srila Prabhupada, you are the most merciful and
I am the most fallen – “.

You interrupted and said, “You are not the most anything.”

In this way you are always giving your mercy in so many ways. I am very
grateful that I had many personal exchanges like these with Your Divine
Grace.

Now I am trying to follow the GBC, as your representative. They asked me to
stay here in Los Angeles to undergo treatment for my stroke. By the time of
your Vyasa puja celebration I will have been here over six months. Gradually
I am recovering.

I am very happy – and I am sure Your Divine Grace is also pleased – that the
Plenatarium is underway thanks to the efforts of Ambarisa Prabhu and his
team.