Dear Jaya Pataka Swami Maharaja,

Please accept our humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Your appearance day is certainly a happy day for ISKCON and the world. Following the order of Srila Prabhupada you have taken the message of Lord Gauranga far and wide all over the globe, showering the mercy of the Sankirtan movement on all the conditioned souls. You have left an indelible imprint of pure devotional service in the minds of thousands upon thousands of conditioned souls wherever you went. The expansion of ISKCON worldwide is in large part a result of your unending effort to reach newer and newer audiences and give them Srila Prabhupada's mercy.

It is also apparent that your senior disciples are well trained and having a big impact in various temples and projects of ISKCON which require mature and dedicated leadership, and this shows that you are passing the responsibility on to the the next generation in a way which would give relief to Srila Prabhupada who was greatly apprehensive that we, his sons and daughters might allow ISKCON to become fragmented and derelict after his disappearance.

The best example of this smooth and seemless transfer of responsibility can be seen in Sri Dham Mayapur where we are now witnessing the fulfillment of Srila Prabhupads's heart's desire, the construction of the Planet of the Vedic Planetarium. The job of managing and exploiting the opulences of this phenomenal preaching tool will fall to the 2nd and 3rd generations of Mayapur devotees who are already seasoned veterans of mass preaching due to many years of putting on the annual Mayapur Gour Purnima festival and countless other festivals.

However, our humble and repeated request is that you now pay maximum attention to your health and wellness. We are all aware that for you this may not be a welcome use of your time, you may prefer to keep traveling and preaching, but rest and recovery is very necessary .ISKCON needs and requires that you remain for a much longer time for guidance and wisdom for the upcoming challenges of an increasingly toxic and hostile world.

Our family wish you all happiness and Krishna conscious bliss on your appearance day.

Your servants,
Paradhyeya Das
Caitanya Dasi
Balaram