Srila Prabhupada’s 128th Vyasa-puja Book has been released in advance of the 2024 Vyasa-puja of our Founder-Acharya. Devotees are encouraged to “share the file widely so all followers of Srila Prabhupada can avail [themselves] of this shower of nectar in glorification of His Divine Grace,” said the VP Book Team, made up of Kaisori Devi Dasi, Praghosa Das, Satyamedha Gauranga Das, Ananda Tirtha Das.

This latest offering can be read online and is also available in a high-resolution format for printing.

As a sample, please see below the homage written by our dear late HH Gopal Krsna Maharaja:
“Dear Srila Prabhupada:

Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet.

This year we are celebrating your 128th Appearance Anniversary. Because of
your purity and determination, the Krishna Consciousness movement has spread
to every corner of the world. In the purport to CC Adi Lila Ch.7 Text 164
you had stated “the Goswamis not only engaged in writing books but also
constructed temples, because both are needed for preaching work.” You had
stated that both distribution of books and construction of temples should
continue side by side on parallel lines.

In the next few days, on the auspicious occasion of Rama Navami, we are
going to inaugurate a new temple in Rohini, Delhi. You had spent
considerable time in Delhi. Residing in the Radha Damodara temple in
Vrindavan, you would regularly travel to Delhi to get your books published
and distribute them. As you did not have enough funds you would travel from
Mathura to Delhi in a 3rd class compartment. After establishing ISKCON in
the West you had returned to India to preach to the Indians who had
forgotten their Vedic culture. Your vision of Delhi focused on the fact that
Delhi was the most important city in Asia. According to Tejas Das who was
the President of the Delhi temple until 1976, “Prabhupada wanted to do
programs every week in different parts of Delhi. Prabhupada kept increasing
his desire to have temples in Delhi from 8 to 18 centers! He wanted
influential people to be invited to these programs”.

Prabhupada, due to your causeless mercy we have almost achieved the target
you gave us. During the 1975-77 period, I went with you to many locations to
obtain a land to build a temple. After a long struggle we obtained a very
significant piece of land in South Delhi. Sri Sri Radha Parthasarathi
deities were first installed by you at Ananda Niketan in a rented facility.
Later on, they were moved to another rented house in Bengali market.

Finally, a beautiful temple was built for the pleasure of Their Lordships
Sri Sri Radha Parthasarathi, Sri Sri Gaura Nitai and Sri Sri Sita Rama
Lakshmana Hanuman. This Project was inaugurated on Rama Navami in 1998 by
the late Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee who praised you and your
movement. Then we obtained a second temple in Punjabi Bagh. This temple has
also attracted thousands to Krishna consciousness. Gradually your movement
went on expanding and ten temples were opened in different locations.
Currently we have 6 major temples under construction.

As I mentioned above, the Rohini temple will be inaugurated on Rama Navami,
2024. Located on the main road, this temple is a very grand and artistic
presentation. It will also be one of the temples where significant attention
has been given to many details. For the very first time Panchatattva deities
will be installed outside Bengal in India! Presently we have temples under
construction at Kurukshetra, Dwarka, Ghaziabad and two other locations. By
your causeless mercy we have achieved the target you had given, that of
constructing temples, gradually growing from 8 to 18 temples in Delhi!
Often, devotees are amazed by the number the temples we have in Delhi! All
this has become possible only due to your purity and the tapasya you had
performed in Delhi. We are reaping the fruits of the seeds planted by you.

On this auspicious day, I beg you for your mercy that I may continue to
serve you eternally.

Your eternal servant,
Gopal Krishna Goswami”