Rangaramanuja Upa-bhasyas

[Guest guest]

Dear Sriman Balaji Hebbar :

 

How very moving to read your note

and expression of interst to publicize

the works of Sri VaishNavite AchArya ,

Sri RangaraamAnuja Mahaa Desikan .

It will be a great honor for me to do so .

 

These texts have disappeared from

circulation and it is important to preserve

them in the Cyber archives for

future scholars . Your expression of

interest to work with Sri Vaishnava Community

on publicizing the gems of commentaries

from both sampradhAyams is very much

appreciated.The forthcoming celebration

of the 600th anniversary of the Founding

of the Ahobila Mutt at Ahobilam has sessions

on other darsanams .

 

Most recently , we completed an Extended demo CD ROM

on AchArya RaamAnujA , His granthams and Sri Vaishnava

AarAdhanam . The section on the nine great works of

Acharya RaamAnujA will cover extensively the

Upanishadic intrepretation of AchArya RaamAnujA

in the VedAntha Granthams sections .

 

Please feel free to take the initative

in consultation with Professor M.G.Prasad .

I will help in my own small way .

The topic by the very nature of its

specialization and esoteric nature

might not be of interest to many .

The few , who are intersted can get tgether

and learn about the fine points of each

sampradhAyam dispassionately .

 

We have scheduled Srimadh Bhagavatham as a topic

for the May 1999 sessions at the Pittsburgh

temple for the two day annual conference .

Perhaps some where between now and May 1999 ,

we can put together a team to focus on

this area .

Kindest Regards,

V.Sadagopan

 

At 08:41 PM 8/29/98 -0400, you wrote:

>Dear Mr. Sadagopan:

>

>Many thanks for your kind reply. I strongly believe in

>Vaishnava unity. I am a MAdhva-Vaishava. I feel that the

>Advaitins have an unnecessary edge over us precisely because of

>the lack of access to Upanisad-bhASHyas written by the AcAryas

>of our two traditions. Anything that is ViShiSHTAdvaita or

>Dvaita we must make the efforts to publicize. In fact, toward

>this end, I wish to work with the Sri-Vaishnava community in

>the US. Otherwise, all our wealth is useless!!! I think we

>should bring about a rapproachment between our two communities

>by having a conference on South Indian Vaishnavism. My friend

>Mr.M.G.Prasad of NJ is eager about this too. If you folks are

>interested, I shall ask our organization the VMS (Vishva Madhva

>Sangha) to get this moving in this direction. RangarAmAnuja's

>UpaniShad bhASHyas MUST be published in English at all costs!

>Yours in Vaishnava Unity

>Regards

>B.N.Hebbar

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