The following is an extract from the TKGRC opening day speech, 11^th March 2005, Srila Tamal Krishna Goswami Gurudeva Disappearance day, from his brother Professor Carl Herzig:

"This is, of course, both a bitter and a sweet occasion. Every day we mourn again for the loss of direct association with our dear Tamal Krishna, our beloved Srila Gurudeva. And yet never has presence been more obviously manifest then in the opening of this centre.

In his last years with us, Srila Gurudeva focused with utmost intensity on Krishna conscious research projects, such as his own dissertation, for which these projects had the same purpose, to glorify his spiritual master.

So it is most appropriate that we glorify his Holiness Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaja in a manner that follows his lead-practical and productive-with actual work such as the oral history and Vaisnava schoolbook projects.

The journey of self-discovery, the path back to Godhead, can seen long and winding. But now we have a home on the way back home. Full of old memories and alive with new projects, the TKGRC reminds us that Srila Gurudeva's work is still going on, in Vrindavan, in Oxford, in the States-wherever devotees are engaging their talents, skills, and energies to carry on Srila Prabhupada's Krishna consciousness movement."

Thank you very much.
Yours humble servent,
Bhakta Carl