In Memoriam - A message sent to all members on January 28th, 2006.

Dear Member,

As you no doubt have noticed, Gaudiya Discussions closed down two weeks ago as the sum total of several events, too elaborate to discuss here in detail. Since many valuable discussions took place during its active years, the archives have been made available. The archives are read-only, all threads are locked.

We no longer have the interest to try to resurrect the forum into a state of active discussions. The main domain will be aliased to a new site acting as a portal to a number of projects we work on, portal helping people keep up to date of what's new in the beautiful Gaudiya world we seek to dive into.

Members may temporarily access their accounts and take advantage of the PM facility for getting in touch with friends and salvaging messages. PM access will be available for a week from now, ending on February 3rd when all accounts will be locked. Please contact others by using the e-mail links found in their profiles, do not prolong your PM exchanges.

The discussions began at the end of January 2002, making it exactly four years. In those years, Gaudiya Discussions brought many good souls to the shelter of traditional Gaudiya Vaishnavism. In that, we consider it a grand success. Yet, all endeavors in this world have their allotted time. The time of Gaudiya Discussions is now full.

We wish to thank everyone for their valued participation. Gaudiya Discussions affected us all, left us with memories bitter and sweet. Our particular heartfelt gratitude goes for those who substantially contributed towards what we hoped the forum to grow into, posting those beautiful poems, sharing insights on our theology and bhajan practices.

May the legacy of Gaudiya Discussions, the purpose it was meant to serve, be carried on under the auspices of other devotional sites.

With all sincerity,
Madhavananda Das //
Gaudiya Discussions Administrators

See also: In Memoriam - Gaudiya Discussions   |   Introduction to Gaudiya Vaishnavism   |   GeeVees - A Gaudiya Vaishnava Archive   |   Lake of Flowers Productions

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