Video - Srila Govinda Maharaja's Appearance Day 2007 - Soquel, California

I got to the Ashram a bit late (due to celebrating the commercial holiday of "Xmas" (sadly, not "Christmas"), so I missed Sripad Srutasrava's offering and the first part of Sripad Sarvabhavana's. Here's what I *did* get, though.

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Part 1:

On the anniversary of the Divine Appearance of Om Vishnupada Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya Sri Srimad Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaja, though Sripad Srutasrava Prabhu's offering was not captured and only the last part of Sarvabhavana Prabhu's offering is included, this brief clip includes that and the first part of Kamal Krishna Brahmachari's offering (before the web-cam crashed and needed to be restarted). Continued in two more parts.

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Link:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7258074053532573900&hl=en

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Part 2:

On the festival day honoring the Divine Appearance of Srila Govinda Maharaja, as celebrated in Soquel, California, USA, the remainder of Kamal Krishna Brahmachari's remarks, Sripad Bhakti Pavan Janardan Maharaja's offering, as well as that of Sripad Pusta Krishna Prabhu are recorded in this "web-cam" video.

Jai Gurudev!!

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Link:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3507637556224062804&hl=en

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Part 3:

After the spoken offerings of the assembled Vaishnavas, this clip depicts the subsequent Bhajan and Arati to their Lordships Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga Gandharvika Giridhari Jiu.

While the audio is distorted at times, the elation of the attendees is plain to see.

Due to the director's desire to participate more fully in the Guru Puja and pushpanjali offerings, this recording does not include those events.

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Link:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4120447269069004790&hl=en

Ooops! I forgot to mention Jagadananda Prabhu's offering is included.

Also, Indulekha didi and I were recently discussing Sripad Pusta Krishna Prabhu and his family. Yesterday, we were blessed by their association.

Pusta Krishna Prabhu's offering can be viewed in part 2 at 48:50.

While declaring himself a "Prabhupada man" (and who could doubt that?), Pusta Krishna Prabhu expresses that he cannot help but serve Srila Gurudev.

All glories to all the merciful Vaishnavas.

In his offering, Sripad Janardan Maharaja repeats his recent exhortation that we establish some sort of practical service connection with Sri Guru.

I can't help but wonder if he has in mind how much time I spend on this forum, which might otherwise be better spent doing something useful.