Thanks for the Pittsburgh SammeLan

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Dearest Bhaagawatas,

 

Already several laudatory e-mails have been sent out in connection with the

Pittsburgh SammeLan. On my part I could not resist posting this e-mail

despite possible bandwidth overloading and redundancy.

 

I would like to take this opportunity to thank SrimAn Sadagopan for his

skillful leadership, his noble service of getting people to assemble under

one roof to share in bhagawad and bhaagawata anubhavam, and his tireless

efforts in organizing the venue, speakers, and a host of other things during

the just-concluded sammeLan at Pittsburgh. I would also like to extend my

heartfelt regards and thanks for the cooperation of the members of the SV

Temple trust without which the event would not have been as successful as it

was. All speakers and podium-participants deserve commendation for putting

in so much thought and effort into their talks and/or selection of songs,

for adjusting the talks to get across the tenets of VisishtAdwaita to a big

crowd of interested audience, and for serving the amritham (nectar of

bhagawad and bhaagawata anubhavam) in small palatable doses. The speakers

(we should realize) are some of the most learned in the field of

VisishtAdwaita and SriVaishNavism, and it is our great privilege to have got

an snapshot of their thoughts and anubhavam of the Lord, all of which were

unique to every speaker. And last but not the least, I really appreciate

the presence of such a large bhaagawata audience who committed the

most-traveled long week-end in the USA to the experience and service of the

Lord. Some of the people (I gathered later) traveled great distances to

participate in the event. I can confidently say that none were left out in

the experience of Lord Srinivasa. It is no exaggeration when I say that we

had only the Lord and his glory to talk about all through the journey back

home, an inseparable part of His glory undoubtedly being His servants. Such

is the effect of the company of bhaagawatas.

 

I pray to the almighty to grace us with many more such bhaagawata unions --

an indispensable ingredient in the pAyasam of bhagawad anubhavam.

 

|| Sarvam Sri KrishnArpaNamastu ||

 

Murali, Keshav, and Bharathi Kadambi.