introduction

[Guest guest]

Dear Bhakthas of Sri Vaishnava mailing list,

I'm Vijayadamodar and this is my brief note introducing

myself.

I aspire to be a devotee of Sree Krishna and I'm trying

to do sadhana according to the Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya

for the last 15 years. My initiating guru is Sri Jayapataka

swamy, who is a disciple of Sri Bhaktivedantaswamy Prabhupada,

the founder Acarya of ISKCON.

I've immense respect and adoration for Sri Ramanujacarya and

his followers. I was deeply impressed by the genuine humility

and good behavior of the Sri Vaishanva devotees I met in

Srirangam, Tirupathy, Madurai and Bangalore. That is the

reason I wanted to join this mailing list and Mani has kindly

included my name also.

I hope to learn the basic tenets, philosophy and mainly how to

take shelter of the lotus feet of Sriman Narayana. Also how to

appreciate Sriman Narayana in ever newer[to me!] methods and

forms. I also have an addiction to read the biographies of the

devotees of the Lord. I should say that I won't be much of a

contributor to the list other than asking some questions and

seeking clarifications.

My background:

Born in Trivandrum in 1965. Lived there until I got my first

degree [1985]. I took initiation from my guru in 1980.

Rest goes as follows:

M.Sc [Physics;T.I.F.R, Bombay]; PhD [Theoretical Chemical Physics

;I.I.Sc, Bangalore];

Postdoc [93- 95; Tel Aviv, Israel]; [95 - ? Boston

university]

Married and has a daughter.

Currently I'm trying to read and understand Vedartha sangraha

of Sri Ramanujacharya.

I hope the above is not too boring for the readers.

Vijayadamodar.