January 15, 2022

Hare Krishna!

During an upcoming visit to Detroit, February 18-21, I will be conducting a seminar on the Six Goswamis of Vrndavan. The lives as well as personalities of each of the Six Goswamis will be discussed.

To enhance the experience, I request all of you as far as possible to listen several times to both recordings of Srila Prabhupada, where he sings the Sad Goswami Astakam. The YouTube links are https://youtu.be/l4OEevxRtBQ and https://youtu.be/XOtrf8ok6z0.

By doing this, you will experience a sweet loving ecstasy coming through the voice of our Founder-acarya – as clear as sunlight, with the freshness of a soothing and warming spring breeze. In addition, you will become a little familiar with the message of the song which glorifies the Six Goswamis in eight verses.

Early February, as a reminder, I will request Uma dasi to send you a short, sweet five-minute excerpt from those two recordings of Srila Prabhupada to encourage you to listen carefully to the entire recording, in case you have delayed doing so. The entire recording takes around 15 minutes, which you can listen to while honoring prasadam or anything else that you commonly do; however, you will find it to be a fantastic absorption in the mood and the message of Sad Goswami Astakam.

If you would like to deepen your appreciation and inspiration further, view the following YouTube class given by Radhika Raman Prabhu, where he shares special insights and subtle appreciations for one of Srila Prabhupada’s recordings of Sad Goswami Astakam @ https://youtu.be/fQFdzS643Gs

Attached to this letter, you will also find a translation that we will be following during this four-day visit. Please familiarize yourself at least to some extent with the translation. This will help us have the best devotional experience during this upcoming four-day visit.

Thank you very much.

Yours in service to Srila Prabhupada,
Romapada Swami