[N. R. Srinivasa Raghavan: INTRO about myself]

[Guest guest]

My humble salutations to the Sri Vasihanvites out there.

 

I am a research student in the department of Computer Science at

the Indian Institute of Science. My broad area of Research would be

in the area of business systems analysis and design. i completed my

M.Tech in Management Studies from the same institute, this year.

 

Coming to the spiritual side, i was fortunate to be initiated into

Sri Vaishnavism by my father Sriman (U.Ve) N.S.Ramanuja Tatacharya,

whom some of you may be knowing.

 

With the very little intellectual acumen that i pretend to posses, all that i

think that i can do is to raise issues and some questions,which i am sure the

congregation of scholars there can ponder over and respond.

 

But it gladdens me to know that a decent set of people on the web

dedicate their time to invigorate the others by doing praise worthy

translations, Divya Desam Project etc.

 

i come forward to offer any little bit of work that i can take up.

You can access my URL : http://www.csa.iisc.ernet.in/~raghavan/.

If there's some problem, you can try http://144.16.67.59/~raghavan/

 

Here goes a sample of my questions:

> the purpose of using Thiruman on our foreheads is reasonably clear:

that it connotes the Lord's Holy Thiruvadi. But, why is it that

the Lord Himself wears Thiruman on His Forehead?!

i would be happy if someone provides a reply

 

Sriman Narayana Prithyartham

[Guest guest]

SriMathAe Ramanujaya Namaha

 

This is my understanding, and correct me if i am wrong. The Namam

(thiruman , SriCharanam) are indicative of the initiation of the Lord

by the acarya. Sounds a bit dubious, but this aludes to the importance

of acaryas in leading one to godhead - God being led to godhead ??.

The argument, as pointed out by one scholar, Tiruvoimozhi acarya swamy

of Melkote (on a related topic) was that the lord, Sriman Narayana,

as observed thru our puranas is many times perplexing, that truth and

the approach to it can escape most in direct worship. However, the

paths indicated by the various acarya's who have followed Sri Ramanujacarya

see the truth as one, uncompromised, unambiguous, and absolute. This attitude

of Sri Ramanujacarya is the culmination of Namalwars thought, and so Namalwar

is considered to be the paramacarya. Therefore, the Namam is considered to be

Namalwars tiruvadi. It is said that the lord Sriman Narayana himself admitted

to the validity of Namalwar and hence Sri Ramanuja's perspective and became

his disciple and hence the lord takes on Namalwars tiruvadi. There is a story

about how Lord Venkateswara of Tirupathi took on the Namam ... which followed

the success Sri Ramanujacarya had in a series of debates that he had with the

advaithists who were then overseeing the temple, which subsequently earned him

the title of SriBasyakara.

 

Mohana Ramanujam

 

srinivas (N. R. Srinivasa Raghavan) wrote:

>

> My humble salutations to the Sri Vasihanvites out there.

>

> I am a research student in the department of Computer Science at

> the Indian Institute of Science. My broad area of Research would be

> in the area of business systems analysis and design. i completed my

> M.Tech in Management Studies from the same institute, this year.

>

> Coming to the spiritual side, i was fortunate to be initiated into

> Sri Vaishnavism by my father Sriman (U.Ve) N.S.Ramanuja Tatacharya,

> whom some of you may be knowing.

>

> With the very little intellectual acumen that i pretend to posses, all that i

think that i can do is to raise issues and some questions,which i am sure the

congregation of scholars there can ponder over and respond.

>

> But it gladdens me to know that a decent set of people on the web

> dedicate their time to invigorate the others by doing praise worthy

> translations, Divya Desam Project etc.

>

> i come forward to offer any little bit of work that i can take up.

> You can access my URL : http://www.csa.iisc.ernet.in/~raghavan/.

> If there's some problem, you can try http://144.16.67.59/~raghavan/

>

> Here goes a sample of my questions:

>

> > the purpose of using Thiruman on our foreheads is reasonably clear:

> that it connotes the Lord's Holy Thiruvadi. But, why is it that

> the Lord Himself wears Thiruman on His Forehead?!

> i would be happy if someone provides a reply

>

> Sriman Narayana Prithyartham

 

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