20241219 Homage to Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Prabhupāda on His Disappearance Day

Jayapatākā Swami: Vijayate Guru Gaurāṅga! Jaya Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda! Today is his disappearance day. I am very grateful that all of you representatives have assembled here, from the Sārasvata Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Saṅgha. This was my Guru Mahārāja’s intent desire that all the followers of Śrīla Prabhupāda and the followers of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura should get together. This morning, I was hearing the glories of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda. I offered Puspanjali to Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda as well. After that my body was a bit weak and the doctors advised me that it was not advisable for me to go out in this condition. That is why I ask you all to pardon me and am sending my homage through a voice message to all of you. I hope that you will pardon me for my absence in the assembly.

Today is the disappearance day of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda. I heard that Śrīla Prabhupāda desired that all of us should assemble and therefore we are getting together. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura’s mother and father had desired that he should preach the glories of Lord Caitanya, Gaura-kathā. And it should be preached in the way the Six Gosvāmīs had desired. This, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda did and he preached all over the country and to some extent abroad as well. Our Guru Mahārāja, Śrīla A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, following Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda’s instructions preached Kṛṣṇa consciousness and the teachings of Lord Caitanya. And he instructed that the followers of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda and himself should get together. And he hoped that all of us would assemble and preach in keeping with his instructions. Today on the occasion of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda’s disappearance day, remembering him I felt very happy.

Jayapatākā Swami

Hare Kṛṣṇa!