![]() ![]() One of the incredible aspects of this lecture is its integrity and consistency. He hits his stride and then builds and builds to numerous climaxes and then ending with the appropriate pranams to his gurus and to his audience. But then he goes on to mention the fact that he was born in Braj in a Goswami family and been awarded the association of many gurus, including his own father and grandfather, both of whom were great speakers on the Bhagavatam and very influential on the Vrindavan scene.īut then he slowly moves into his subject. ![]() He talks humbly about himself, saying he has received many awards in this life, starting with the human form of life itself. ![]() He even mentions that some people in Vrindavan ask him what's this about a Valmiki award, isn't that a step down for a Brijbasi Radha bhakta. The nature of the occasion means that he has to start slow. Watch Morari Bapu feel the rasa, especially when Pundrik really breaks into his stride. Just watch how he plays this audience and gives them joy, sometimes with humor, but mostly through the inspired realizations and the incomparable language of his expression. He is speaking to an audience of predominantly Rama bhaktas, especially Morari Bapu, who have evidently been impressed by Pundrik's lectures on Valmiki Ramayana, and for good reason.īut the test of any speaker is how he performs in front of an audience of the educated and experts in his own field. In this lecture he uses the Bhagavatam and Ujjvala-nilamani to make comparisons between Krishna lila and Rama lila, especially as it pertains to the tattva of union and separation ( samyoga-viyoga). There are a number of points that I would like to highlight about it.įirst of all, besides being well-educated in his metier as a Bhagavata speaker, Pundrik is extremely clever, which is something I already noted in the Sant Sammelan article. Since then I have not had much contact with Pundrik Goswami Prabhu, so I listened to his lecture with some interest. At the time he was only 21 years old and newly risen to the gaddi of the Vaijayanti Ashram after his father Sribhuti Krishna Goswami had entered the dust of Vrindavan. I have seen Pundrik Goswami speak on a couple of occasions.and I even wrote an article about him on Vrindavan Today in 2011 because even then I had been very impressed by him. So after my post on Rajendra Das, where I mentioned Pundrik Goswami's name in connection with his visit to Montreal earlier this year, Pundrik himself (or whoever is in control of his FB page) sent me a link to a lecture he gave in 2018 when he was given a "Valmiki award" by the most renowned Ramayana speaker Morari Bapu. ![]()
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