nama om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhu-tale

srimate bhaktivedanta-svaminn iti namine

namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine

nirvisesa-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine

Dear Srila Prabhupada,

I bow to your lotus feet. Many, many times you taught us that your global strategy – your strategy to save this planet – was to establish your Gaura-Nitai’s mission powerfully in the West, especially in America. That way, the world would follow. You also told us that if we could not increase your mission, that we should at least maintain what you bequeathed to us.

Unfortunately, we have not been able to do that. The Western branch of your movement, preaching to Americans, Europeans, Australians, etc., is but a fraction of what you left us. I base this analysis on the metrics that you personally taught me: how many new temples, how many devotees, etc. I pray to you that you please empower us to understand the gravity of the historical situation so that your followers can unite and restore the relevance and power of your Western mission.

Your servant,

Hridayananda dasa Goswami