Appearance Day of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati

Today is the most auspicious day. It was on this day 138 years ago that Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur appeared in this world. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur is gaura-sakti. Gaura-sakti means that he is empowered with world-delivering potency by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who wanted His mission to be broadcast all over the world. Lord Caitanya stated:

pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi-grāma
sarvatra pracāra haibe mora nāma

"In as many towns and village as there are all over the world the Krishna consciousness movement will be spread."

This prediction was made by Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally five hundred years ago. And it was Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati who had the vision and potency to make it happen. He established the Krishna consciousness movement widely throughout India and fully empowered his topmost disciple, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, to solidly establish the Krishna consciousness in every corner of the world. We are therefore eternally indebted to His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta for giving us our savior, Srila Prabhupada.

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur:
The Great Pioneer of Inundating
the Whole World with Pure Krishna Bhakti

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: How to Show to Gratitude to Krishna?

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!!!!
Gurudeva, please accept my humble respects,

You mentioned that we need to be grateful with Krishna for all the blessings He kindly give us. How can we show that gratitude to Him? By chanting His Holy names in a daily basis and Thinking or saying in our prayers "Thanks Krishna for all the blessings You give every day?

I can imagine several ways to be grateful, but I humbly ask you to illuminate me with your wisdom.

Thank you for your blessings,

Hare Krishna!!

J. Raul Cardenas

Answer: Follow His Instructions

The way to show Krishna our gratitude is very simple. All we have to do is follow the instructions that He gives us in the Bhagavad-gita.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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