Sri Rupa and Sri Balarama   Srila Gurudeva in Vrndavana
Vrndavana, India: August 19, 2005 Tridandisvami Sri Srimad
Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja  [This year, 2006, Srila Rupa
Gosvami's disappearance day festival and Sri Baladeva Prabhu's
appearance day festival was held from August 6-9. Last year
during that time, Srila Narayana Maharaja gave a class in Hindi,
glorifying both Srila Rupa Gosvami and Sri Baladeva Prabhu. That
class was not published last year. We hope that you will enjoy
reading it this year, because Srila Narayana Maharaja was not
able to speak much during this festival due to health
considerations.  Over seven hundred devotees from India and
abroad were present each evening for the programs, and many also
in the mornings, and several scholars and senior, scholarly
devotees spoke on the occasion. Although seated on the raised
platform with the several scholars present, Srila Narayana
Maharaja spoke only a few words. Please therefore accept this
first-time published lecture of last year, as