Bhakti Tirtha Swami Medical Assistance Fund

From Citi-Sakti Devi Dasi

Posted May 14, 2005

Dear Maharajas and Prabhus

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

In his final letter to the Vaisnava community, H.H. Bhakti Tirtha Swami mentioned that all the remaining laksmi from what had been donated to him for his medical expenses would be put into a fund to provide grants of $1000 to $3000 to devotees requiring financial assistance with their health care.

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My Final Letter

From Bhakti Tirtha Swami

Posted May 10, 2005

May 8, 2005

Dear Maharajas, Prabhus and Disciples

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

This is the final letter that I will be sending out. Our movement is like a young adult. There are many things that everyone experiences, individuals as well as institutions, that are part of the maturation process. As we grow, we also have to deal with growth pains. Often after these growth pains we experience the greatest benefits from our struggles, just like a mother who is pregnant and who is bringing forth children. Each time before she gives birth she has to deal with almost unbearable challenges.

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A True Spiritual Warrior amongst Us, a Mahatma

Riddha Dasa Adhikari
presents an article by
Bhakti-Tirtha Swami

Posted May 3, 2005

I first came in contact with Bhakti Tirtha Swami in Chicago around about 1974. Maharaja was then named Ghanasyama dasa Brahmacari. It was while I was stationed at the O’ Hare Airport in Chicago working for the BBT that I was fortunate enough to become a close Godbrother and friend.

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On Forgiveness

Bhakti-Tirtha Swami sets the
stage for his final offering

Posted Apr. 26, 2005

Dear Maharajas, Prabhus, and disciples

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

This is probably the penultimate special message of wisdom from the ground hog aka the beggar aka spiritual warrior. So let this prepare you for the ultimate message. (smile) You can see that this kind of communication that I am doing must actually come to a stop. First because it is natural, for I definitely have to get out of this body some time in the near future, but also because if I am not careful, this sort of communication could become my biggest failure.

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You Are the Best

From Bhakti Tirtha Swami

Posted Apr. 20, 2005

Dear Maharajas, Prabhus, and Disciples,

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

I am like the groundhog that lives in the ground and every now and then pokes his head out of the ground. I am like the guy who's being stubborn about death, who every now and then sticks his head out (just like the groundhog) and tries to share something.

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I Am Outrageous

From Bhakti-Tirtha Swami

Posted Apr. 8, 2005

7th March 2005

Dear Disciples and Well Wishers,

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

I want to apologize, as I won't be able to travel to visit any of you in your various temples and projects. The cancer is spreading every day. The tumors in my body are also getting larger every day. My main personal caretaker at this time in addressing issues with my body is Dhruva Maharaja Dasa from South Africa. He literally sleeps in the room with me every night.

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Just to Know that Someone Is Trying to Help Us

Correspondence between Bhurijana Prabhu and Bhakti Tirtha Swami

Posted Apr. 5, 2005

From Bhurijana Prabhu:

Hare Krsna Maharaja,

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

I pray that Krsna is awarding you sufficient strength of spirit to deal with your difficult situation. Certainly you are under the protective shell of Srila Prabhupada and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

I'm writing to you because a question came up in my mind.

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Be Greedy.
Don't Miss Out.

From Bhakti Tirtha Swami

Posted Dec. 13, 2004

Dear Maharajas and Prabhus,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to ISKCON Founder Acharya Srila Prabhupada.

Sending updates is rather difficult because there is always some good news, some surprises, and seemingly bad news. My situation changes from day to day.

Before leaving Hawaii, I was admitted again into the hospital for six days, having to undergo blood transfusions and a host of other tests. Upon returning to Dasaratha's house, I took a few steps on my crutches and immediately collapsed.

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Please Make Me Worthy

From Bhakti Tirtha Swami

Posted Dec. 10, 2004

Dear Maharajas and Other Devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to ISKCON founder-acarya Srila Prabhupada!

By now you have heard that I had to go back into the hospital. During my stay there, I received two blood transfusions and a series of additional tests. The sonogram and catscans gave us information of what is directly going on with the cancer. The other tests were to find out why I am always extremely tired and having constant breathing problems. I seem to be always gasping for breath, even when I brush my teeth or shave.  The foot is still swelling. Actually I am unable to walk due to pain in the foot and the breathing problem.

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Everything is Extremely Ambiguous
A letter from
Bhakti Tirtha Swami
Posted Nov. 21, 2004

Dear Bhakti Charu Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to ISKCON founder-acarya Srila Prabhupada.

Thank you so much for taking the time out from your busy schedule to write the foreword to my book, Reflections on Sacred Teachings 5, which elaborates on the 64 principles given by Bhaktisiddhanta Maharaja for once again establishing spiritual institutions.

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My Personal Update
From Bhakti Tirtha Swami
Posted September 28, 2004

Dear Maharaja and Prabhus,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to ISKCON Founder Acharya Srila Prabhupada.

I have completed my first few weeks of intensive treatments in Mexico. They went from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Eight hours each day I was on IV, which administers different solutions through a catheter, which was inserted into my chest.

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Hare Krishna, devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Thank you for all the well-wishing emails sent by concerned devotees regarding our Guru Maharaja's health condition. I have been asked by many of you to keep you updated on what is going on, so here is an update.

Bhakti Tirtha Swami is currently in Mexico, receiving treatment for his condition. I am pasting below a letter where he talks about what is happening. Please continue to send him your love and prayers,

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Dear Maharajas and Prabhus,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to ISKCON Founder Acarya Srila Prabhupada.

Yesterday after a team of doctors reviewed all of my test results, the spokesperson informed me of the need for immediate amputation, chemotherapy, radiation, etc. He also stated that there is a need for another biopsy operation to take out some of the lymph nodes that seem to be also diseased by cancer. They could give no guarantees of the results of the treatment.

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I did not phone Bhakti Tirtha Maharaj yesterday, thinking that I would rather wait until he gets the pathologist's report. However, in the evening, I received a phone call from one of Maharaj's disciples, Citi-sakti devi dasi, who is a doctor herself. In a voice choked with emotion, she informed me that she just learned from one of her Godsisters in Washington that Maharaj's report says that his cancer is on level four plus. I did not know what that count meant, but I could understand that it must be quite ominous.

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