March 15, 2019<\/p>\n
Dear follower of Srila Prabhupada, <\/p>\n
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! <\/p>\n
This is our *final reminder* to submit your homage to Srila Prabhupada for his Vyasa Puja book by APRIL 1. <\/p>\n
In addition, if you’re a direct disciple of Srila Prabhupada, please check out www.sptributes.com to learn about a Vyasa-puja book open to all his disciples. The deadline for submission to this book remains April 15. <\/p>\n
The standards for submitting an offering to the traditional Vyasa-puja book (the one published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust) are as follows: <\/p>\n
\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 <\/p>\n
*Absolutely no offerings will be accepted after APRIL 1, 2019.* <\/p>\n
Offerings must be in English. <\/p>\n
Please restrict the length to a maximum of 3,000 words. <\/p>\n
Please omit all diacritics on words that can be found in the VedaBase. It\u2019s easier for us to put them in. If you quote a verse from outside the VedaBase or compose original Sanskrit, please include diacritics. <\/p>\n
Do not “recycle” an offering \u2014 no offerings from previous years will be accepted. <\/p>\n
The Vyasa-puja book is meant for glorifying Srila Prabhupada, not venting grievances. The BBT reserves the right to reject an offering it deems inappropriate or to ask for a rewrite. <\/p>\n
When writing an offering on behalf of a temple or other unit, please try to write in such a way that the other devotees in your unit can also identify with the offering. <\/p>\n
Who may write an offering? <\/p>\n
1) Governing Body Commissioners <\/p>\n
2) Sannyasis <\/p>\n
3) Authorized representatives of ISKCON temples, preaching centers, farms, gurukulas, BBT offices, and “others,” such as BTG magazine and ISCOWP (this is not a complete list). If there is some doubt, we will request you to send written authorization from your GBC representative. <\/p>\n
4) No multiple offerings. For example, a temple should not enlist all its bhaktas to write offerings under the temple heading. Joint authorship (2-4 devotees) of a single offering is fine. <\/p>\n
5) Please make sure you tell us where the offering originates. For example: New Vamsi-vata (the Madagascar farm community), NOT just New Vamsi-vata. If we don\u2019t know where the offering comes from, we will not print it. <\/p>\n
6) Always leave a double space between paragraphs. If you want some special formatting, submit your offering as an attached file in Microsoft Word or RTF format. <\/p>\n
7) Submit your offering by emailing it to Dravida Dasa at dravida108@gmail.com. <\/p>\n
Offerings may be submitted any time from now until APRIL 1, 2019. We will confirm receipt of your offering by e-mail. If you do not receive a confirmation, resend it. <\/p>\n
The BBT is not responsible for lost offerings. <\/p>\n
———— <\/p>\n
Hoping this meets you well, I remain
\nYour servant,
\nDravida dasa <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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