From your servant, Ambarisa das (Mayapur Foundation) - Please READ

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Your golden opportunity

to serve Sri Panchatattva

NOW ONLINE at www.panchatattva.com

 

Dear Prabhu,

 

Please accept my humble regards and the blessings of Srila Prabhupada for the

well-being of you and your family.

 

I pray that this new year will bring you increasing happiness in Krishna

consciousness

 

I would like give you the opportunity to be one of the first devotees to

offer your appreciation to Srila Prabhupada on his 108th Anniversary year at

Sridham Mayapur in a unique way that even Lord Nityananda and Bhaktivinode

Thakur will appreciate.

 

Early in my devotional life Srila Prabhupada made me aware of the importance

of his project in Mayapur. I knew he instructed the Governing Body to have

their annual meetings there. I knew it was the birthplace of Lord Chaitanya.

I knew His Divine Grace had some kind of big plan for this holy tirtha.

 

But my understanding really increased when I was initiated as Ambarisa dasa

in 1975.

 

I got the good fortune to travel in India with Srila Prabhupada for two whole

months. I was so blissful to be with Krishna’s pure devotee and watch him

developing his world-wide mission by watering it’s roots in India. Especially

Mayapur.

 

I returned to Detroit very enlivened and I helped with the purchase of

the “old Fisher Mansion” for Krishna’s temple. This was the former home of

the owner of Cadillac cars. In 1976 Prabhupada came to Detroit to see the

new “Bhaktivedanta Cultural Centre”.

 

At that time I received the most important instruction of my spiritual

service to my guru maharaja.

 

During a discussion of universal cosmology, Srila Prabhupada talked about

building a grand temple of Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur. He asked me what I

thought about his idea and I responded that it was a very nice idea.

 

He told me:

 

“ My desire is to attract people from the whole world to visit and take part

in Mayapur development.”

 

I was deeply struck by Srila Prabhupada's vision for Mayapura, and his

compassionate desire to flood the world with the mercy of Lord Caitanya and

the chanting of Krishna's holy names.

 

In later years, as I researched the project more and more I found so many

auspicious descriptions confirming the importance of Mayapura for all members

of the Krishna consciousness movement.

 

In the Navadvipa Mahatmya Nityananda Prabhu reveals to Jiva Goswami:

 

“When our Lord appears, by His desire the Ganges will swell. The Ganges water

will almost cover Mayapur for a hundred years, and then the water will

recede. For some time, only the place will remain, devoid of houses. Then

again, by the Lord’s desire, this place will become prominent, and people

will live in Mayapur as before. All these ghats on the bank of the Ganges

will again be manifest, and the devotees will build temples of the Lord ...

 

Because Srila Prabhupada and all our acaryas wanted a beautiful temple and

city of Mayapur to be manifest I know that I must focus my energy, my

determination to do it.

 

Therefore, this year, in order to serve the desires of Srila Prabhuapada and

the previous acaryas, myself and the other members of the Sri Mayapur Project

Development Committee are moving ahead with elaborate arrangements to install

the most beautiful full size forms of Sri Panca-tattva deities (Lord

Chaitanya and His four associates) in Sri Mayapura Dhama.

 

On February 23rd, 2004, just before Gaura Purnima, as a gift for Srila

Prabhupada’s 108th birth celebration year, his followers from around the

world will install seven-foot tall Panca-tattva Deities in the existing

temple at Sri Mayapur.

 

The Panca-tattva (5) deities are being cast from ashta dhatu (eight kinds of

metal) and will weigh an incredible 14,000 kilos.

 

In the future, when Nityananda’s prediction is completely manifested the

Panca-tattva will preside, along with Sri Sri Radha Madhava, in the Temple of

the Vedic Planetarium, the centrepiece of Srila Prabhupada’s grand vision for

Mayapur. They will be worshipped there for the next 10,000 years.

 

On behalf of my guru maharaja, Srila Prabhupada and on behalf of the

Governing Body Commission, and the Sri Mayapur Project Development Committee

I want to invite you to participate.

 

Because Lord Chaitanya appears once in a day of Brahma you might say this is

a “once in the day of Brahma” opportunity.

 

We have set a goal of raising $500,000 for the Sri Pancha-tattva

Installation Festival.

 

More than half of this is needed just to cover all the costs of casting the

deities, transportation to Mayapur, arranging new altars, dresses, jewellery,

etc.,

 

The balance will provide for a spectacular Gaur Purnima festival with 18 days

of sumptuous free prasadam for the more than 10,000 devotees who are expected

to come.

 

I urge all of you to join me in this effort by gifting to the best of your

capacity. Please visit our website www.panchatattva.com for a full list of

the different levels at which you can donate.

 

As their Lordships Sri Panca-tattva will weigh 14000 kilos we are offering

sponsorship for the ashta dhatu metal (gold, silver, copper, tin, zinc,

mercury, lead and iron). Thus you could sponsor metal for yourself and

family members or friends.

 

At each level we have arranged for some wonderful gifts to show a token of

our appreciation for your support of the Mayapur Project.

 

These include a unique commemorative medallion at the 1 KG or $41 level and,

at the 70 KG or $2001 level, a beautiful set of 12 in. Panchatattva deities

cast from the same metals used for the main deities on which these are

modelled.

 

So please don’t delay! Go to www.panchatattva.com and then with a generous

heart and spiritual vision make your gift online.

 

I beg to remain your humble servant in the service of Srila Prabhupada,

 

Ambarisa das (Alfred Brush Ford)

 

P.S. I almost forgot to mention that I and my wife Svaha dasi are looking

forward to meeting you or your representative in Mayapur on February 23rd and

presenting you with certificates and other gifts for your birth anniversary

gift to Srila Prabhupada.

 

 

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