Agenda for December Sri Vaishnava Conference (Denver, CO)

[Guest guest]

Dear Members,

 

Here is the revised agenda for the December Sri Vaishnava

conference in Denver, Colorado, passed on to me by Smt. Nagu

Satyan.

 

Mani

 

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Thursday, December 25

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12:00 - 1:00 PM anushTAnam and Lunch

1:00 - 1.30 PM Salutations to Sri Vaishnava guruparampara

(taniyans compiled by Sri V. Sadagopan)

 

1:30 - 1:45 PM Invocation by Smt Kalpana Iyengar and

Suma Krishnachandra

 

2:00 - 3:45 PM Introduction to Vedas and Upanishads

 

Chair: Sri Krishna Kalale

Panel: Dr. B.T.A. Sagar and Sri Krishna Kalale

 

3:45 - 4:15 PM Break

 

4:15 - 6:15 PM Sri Vaishnavism -- What, Who, Why, How

 

Chair: Chi. Mani Varadarajan

Panel: Sri Mohan Sagar and Chi. Mani Varadarajan

 

6.15 - 6:45 PM sAyam sandhyA / Break

 

6:45 - 7:45 PM Introduction / Dinner

 

7:45 - 9:45 PM Alvars' Life Stories

 

Chair: Sri P. Dileepan

1. First three Alvars Mani

4. Tirumazhisai Yashoda/Krishna Kalale

5. Nammalvar Madhava Dasan

6. Madhurakavi Jaganath Bharadwaj

7. Kulasekaran Amirtha Dileepan

8. Periyalvar Krishna Satyan/Nagu Satyan

9. Andal Venkat Rajaji

10. Tondaradippodi Anand

11. Tiruppan Aravind Dileepan

12. Tirumangai Vijayaraghavan Triplicane

 

 

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Friday, December 26 Ski Ski Ski (All Day)

 

6:30 - 9:00 AM dvAdaSI tiruvArAdhana by Sri Vijayaraghavan Srinivasan

(For nonskiers) nityAnusandhAnam/tiruppAvai recital

 

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Saturday, December 27

 

7:00 - 9:30 AM nityAnusandhanam & tirumanjanam

(led by Sri Jaganath Bharadwaj)

 

9:30 - 10:00 AM Dance by Suma Krishnachandra (10)

Bhajans by Smt Krishnapriya Kalale

 

10:00 - 10:30 AM Break

 

10:30 - 12:30 PM Introduction to prapatti / SaranAgati / bhakti

 

Chair: Sri Vijayaraghavan Srinivasan

 

o What is Prapatti

o Difference between bhakti and prapatti

(Vijaraghavan Srinivasan)

o Alvar's aruLiccheyalgaL (P. Dileepan)

o Sri Ramayana as prapatti SAstra,

"Rahasyatraya sAra" (Krishna Kalale)

o "MumukshuppaDi" and "Sri Vacana bhUshaNam"

(T.A. Varadhan)

o Vedantic Basis of Prapatti (Krishna Kalale)

 

12:30 - 1:45 PM mAdhyAhnikam / Lunch

1:45 - 3:45 PM Sri Vaishnavism Panel: Open Forum, Q&A

 

Moderator: Sri Rajaji Raghavan

Panelists: Keshava Prasad, Mani, Dileepan, Mohan

Support from other members

 

3:45 - 4:00 PM Devotional / Carnatic Music

by Mani Varadarajan, Krishna Satyan

 

4:00 - 6:00 PM Life and Works of Sri Vaishnava Acharyas (Part 1)

 

Chair: Sri Nadadur Madhava Dasan

 

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Introduction

Emberumaan (Our Lord)

Tirumagal (Lakshmi)

1. Senainathan (Vishvaksena)

-- Sri Madhava Dasan

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2. Sadagopan (Nammalvar)

3. Nathamuni

4. Uyyakkondaar (Pundarikaksha)

5. Manakkaal Nambi (Rama Misra)

-- Sri Raghavan Rajaji

------

6. Alavandaar (Yamunacharya)

-- Chi J. Srikanth

------

7. Periya Nambi and other disciples of

Alavandaar

-- Chi Mani Varadarajan

------

8. Ramanuja -- Sri Krishna Kalale

------

 

Concluding Remarks -- Sri Madhava Dasan

 

 

6:00 - 6:30 PM sAyam sandhyA / Break

6:30 - 7:30 PM Life and Works of Sri Vaishnava Acharyas (Part 2)

 

Chair: Chi T.A. Varadhan

 

Introduction T.A. Varadhan

Vedanta Desika lineage Anand

Pillai Lokacharya lineage Vijay Triplicane

Summary Madhava Dasan

 

7:30 - 8:00 PM Entertainment (dance by Dipti Prasad)

Music: Open Invitation

 

8:30 - 9:30 PM Dinner

 

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Sunday, December 28 tirunakshatram of Tondaradippodi Alvar and

Periya Nambi

 

8:00 - 10:00 AM nityAnusandhAnam recitation

10:00 - Noon Open Forum Questions / Entertainment

(Bhajans, Music, Dance)

[Guest guest]

>10:30 - 12:30 PM Introduction to prapatti / SaranAgati / bhakti

>

> Chair: Sri Vijayaraghavan Srinivasan

>

> o What is Prapatti

> o Difference between bhakti and prapatti

> (Vijaraghavan Srinivasan)

> o Alvar's aruLiccheyalgaL (P. Dileepan)

> o Sri Ramayana as prapatti SAstra,

> "Rahasyatraya sAra" (Krishna Kalale)

> o "MumukshuppaDi" and "Sri Vacana bhUshaNam"

> (T.A. Varadhan)

> o Vedantic Basis of Prapatti (Krishna Kalale)

 

 

Hare Krishna.

 

Is there some way that one could go about obtaining a transcript of this

conference? I am especially interested in the above discussion/lecture. If

not a transcript, then an audio recording would also be fine. Please let me

know since I am not able to attend. Thanks in advance.

 

-- HKS

[Guest guest]

Dear Bhagawatas,

 

I would like to speak on Tondaradi podi alwar for 15-20 minutes from

10-10.20 Am on Sunday during the tirunakshatram of Tondaradi podi alwar. I

know that this would be a repetition since this subject will be dealt with

in a prior session. I thought that since it was His tirunakshatram, we

could spend few minutes reminiscing on his divya charitam with aspects

which might not be covered in the short duration of the prior session on

alwars.

 

Please confirm if this is OK.

 

someone can also talk on Sri Perianambi.

 

Thanks,

 

Krishna Priya , (wife of Krishna Kalale)

 

 

 

 

At 06:29 PM 12/11/97 -0800, Mani Varadarajan wrote:

>

>Dear Members,

>

>Here is the revised agenda for the December Sri Vaishnava

>conference in Denver, Colorado, passed on to me by Smt. Nagu

>Satyan.

>

>Mani

>

>------------------------

>

>Thursday, December 25

>=====================

>

>12:00 - 1:00 PM anushTAnam and Lunch

> 1:00 - 1.30 PM Salutations to Sri Vaishnava guruparampara

> (taniyans compiled by Sri V. Sadagopan)

>

> 1:30 - 1:45 PM Invocation by Smt Kalpana Iyengar and

> Suma Krishnachandra

>

> 2:00 - 3:45 PM Introduction to Vedas and Upanishads

>

> Chair: Sri Krishna Kalale

> Panel: Dr. B.T.A. Sagar and Sri Krishna Kalale

>

> 3:45 - 4:15 PM Break

>

> 4:15 - 6:15 PM Sri Vaishnavism -- What, Who, Why, How

>

> Chair: Chi. Mani Varadarajan

> Panel: Sri Mohan Sagar and Chi. Mani Varadarajan

>

> 6.15 - 6:45 PM sAyam sandhyA / Break

>

> 6:45 - 7:45 PM Introduction / Dinner

>

> 7:45 - 9:45 PM Alvars' Life Stories

>

> Chair: Sri P. Dileepan

> 1. First three Alvars Mani

> 4. Tirumazhisai Yashoda/Krishna Kalale

> 5. Nammalvar Madhava Dasan

> 6. Madhurakavi Jaganath Bharadwaj

> 7. Kulasekaran Amirtha Dileepan

> 8. Periyalvar Krishna Satyan/Nagu Satyan

> 9. Andal Venkat Rajaji

> 10. Tondaradippodi Anand

> 11. Tiruppan Aravind Dileepan

> 12. Tirumangai Vijayaraghavan Triplicane

>

>

>==================

>

>Friday, December 26 Ski Ski Ski (All Day)

>

> 6:30 - 9:00 AM dvAdaSI tiruvArAdhana by Sri Vijayaraghavan Srinivasan

> (For nonskiers) nityAnusandhAnam/tiruppAvai recital

>

>==================

>

>Saturday, December 27

>

> 7:00 - 9:30 AM nityAnusandhanam & tirumanjanam

> (led by Sri Jaganath Bharadwaj)

>

> 9:30 - 10:00 AM Dance by Suma Krishnachandra (10)

> Bhajans by Smt Krishnapriya Kalale

>

>10:00 - 10:30 AM Break

>

>10:30 - 12:30 PM Introduction to prapatti / SaranAgati / bhakti

>

> Chair: Sri Vijayaraghavan Srinivasan

>

> o What is Prapatti

> o Difference between bhakti and prapatti

> (Vijaraghavan Srinivasan)

> o Alvar's aruLiccheyalgaL (P. Dileepan)

> o Sri Ramayana as prapatti SAstra,

> "Rahasyatraya sAra" (Krishna Kalale)

> o "MumukshuppaDi" and "Sri Vacana bhUshaNam"

> (T.A. Varadhan)

> o Vedantic Basis of Prapatti (Krishna Kalale)

>

>12:30 - 1:45 PM mAdhyAhnikam / Lunch

> 1:45 - 3:45 PM Sri Vaishnavism Panel: Open Forum, Q&A

>

> Moderator: Sri Rajaji Raghavan

> Panelists: Keshava Prasad, Mani, Dileepan, Mohan

> Support from other members

>

> 3:45 - 4:00 PM Devotional / Carnatic Music

> by Mani Varadarajan, Krishna Satyan

>

> 4:00 - 6:00 PM Life and Works of Sri Vaishnava Acharyas (Part 1)

>

> Chair: Sri Nadadur Madhava Dasan

>

> ------

> Introduction

> Emberumaan (Our Lord)

> Tirumagal (Lakshmi)

> 1. Senainathan (Vishvaksena)

> -- Sri Madhava Dasan

> ------

> 2. Sadagopan (Nammalvar)

> 3. Nathamuni

> 4. Uyyakkondaar (Pundarikaksha)

> 5. Manakkaal Nambi (Rama Misra)

> -- Sri Raghavan Rajaji

> ------

> 6. Alavandaar (Yamunacharya)

> -- Chi J. Srikanth

> ------

> 7. Periya Nambi and other disciples of

> Alavandaar

> -- Chi Mani Varadarajan

> ------

> 8. Ramanuja -- Sri Krishna Kalale

> ------

>

> Concluding Remarks -- Sri Madhava Dasan

>

>

> 6:00 - 6:30 PM sAyam sandhyA / Break

> 6:30 - 7:30 PM Life and Works of Sri Vaishnava Acharyas (Part 2)

>

> Chair: Chi T.A. Varadhan

>

> Introduction T.A. Varadhan

> Vedanta Desika lineage Anand

> Pillai Lokacharya lineage Vijay Triplicane

> Summary Madhava Dasan

>

> 7:30 - 8:00 PM Entertainment (dance by Dipti Prasad)

> Music: Open Invitation

>

> 8:30 - 9:30 PM Dinner

>

>==============

>

>Sunday, December 28 tirunakshatram of Tondaradippodi Alvar and

> Periya Nambi

>

> 8:00 - 10:00 AM nityAnusandhAnam recitation

>10:00 - Noon Open Forum Questions / Entertainment

> (Bhajans, Music, Dance)

>

>

>

>