Request for a prayer for the earth quake victims.

[Guest guest]

Dear Maharajas,Prabhus and Mothers,

Please accept my humble obeisances.All glories to Shrila Prabhupada.

 

You are all aware of the most devastating earthquake in the recent history

of the world that shook up the whole Indian subcontinent from Kerala to

Nepal and Pakistan to Calcutta.I have never heard of such a wide spread

earth quake.It really shook up Gujarat.I have been living in Ahmedabad for

twenty three years and in Gujarat for all my fifty two years barring five

years in USA where I joined ISKCON in 1972 and two years in Bombay.I have

never experienced any earth quake in Gujarat ever.So this was really a bolt

from the blue.

The devastation physical and mental is beyond description.While we tended to

the need of quake affected areas of Ahmedabad where more than two thousand

people have died,the devotees from ISKCON BOMBAY AND BARODA went to Kaccha

and did a lot of feeding and helping.Bomaby doctors from Bhaktivedanta

hospital did very long and sincere service.

Now the real thing is giving permanent healing touch to their souls.That can

only be done by spiritual mercy.If Vaishnavas pray for someone,Krsna never

lets him down.Some of our social worker friends who came out on our street

sankirtana on the first monthly anniversary of the earth quake,were so

enlivened by the experience that they immediately said "This is the best way

to help all the affected people both living and dead." They requested us

that you please ask all the ISKCON devotees all over the world to pray for

them.That will be the greatest homage from them and ISKCON to these

suffering people.

I know many of you have been quite shocked by the horrible effect of this

earthquake that killed over a hundred thousand people and want to help in

whatever little way you can.Here is your chance.A Vaishnava is "para duhkha

duhkhi". He becomes unhappy to see others' suffering.We beg you all to

please pray for these very afflicted souls from Gujarat by offering one

round of your chanting Hare Krsna Mahamantra and five minutes of your

kirtana,congragational chanting on the auspicious Gour Purnima day,and

simply click the answer button and say done.We will announce this in the

media and avalanche of appreciation for Shrila Prabhupada and his movement

will follow.

Thank you all very much in anticipation.

Your servant

Jashomatinandan Das.

President,ISKCON Ahmedabad,Gujarat