Sri Narendran's anubhavams - 1

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> Sri:

> Srimate Sri LakshmiNrusimha Parabrahmane Namaha

>

> Dear devotees,

> namo nArAyaNA. pranAmams .

> Our bhakti list member Sri Narendran has sent his wonderful

> anubhavams at chennai to adiyEn and has asked to post to the

> net. More to come from him later .

> adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

> anantha padmanAbha dAsan

> krishnArpanam

>

> Dear devotees,

>

> As some of you know, I've come to India for sometime to learn about

> our sampradayam. I hope you all celeberated Desika Jayanthi and Adivan

> Sadagopa Yateeendra Maha Desikan Jayanthi Mahotsavam in a grand way.

> By the Bhagavat Bhagavad kataksha visesa, I happened to be in madras

> during this time not only in madras but due to Desika's grace I

> happened to be in Kanchi, the avatara stala of the great Acharya.

> Now I'll share my divya anubhavas with you.

>

> I started my Prabanda adyananam on the auspicious Vijayadasami

> (Victorious - "the birthday of the great Nigamanthacharya") at

> 8.00 am in Sri K.G.Krishnan's house. A van was arranged to Kanchi

> by staunch decotees of Vedanta Desikan. Although we planned to leave

> at 12.00. At that time we had doubts as to whether we would reach

> Perumal Koil (Kanchi) on time. But "Desika kalu Karuna Murtih",

> so that His mercy rain helped our boat (van) to float towards kanchi

> on time.

>

> "DesikOme dayAluhu"

>

> "Kavya sastra vivadena kalo gachati dematam" - Noble persons spending

> their time discussing sastra visaya Bhagavad Visaya. This trip is a

> practical example of the above statement because from the key start

> itself we started chanting Desika Sri Suktis, Divya Prabandam,

> Sahasranamam etc. This happy movement is a good example of the

> following famous statement.

>

> "satsangathi kataya kimha karoti punsam"

>

> (Anything can be acehived by associating with noble people)

>

> This spiritual journey marked the starting point of my philosophical

> journey in Sri Vaishnavam. So "atthigiri aruLALar adaik kalam nAn

> pukundEn". My education of our sampradayam began in Kanchi, which is

> also the starting point our sampradayam viz., Bhagavad BhAsyakAra,

> swami Desikan, and Adivan Satagopa Yateendra Maha Desikan. This is

> only due to the grace of our acharyas.

>

> As I have mentioned before, we were able to reach Kanchi on time. Some

> how we missed the seva of raja Gopura pravesha of SwAmi Desikan and the

> Acharya waited for us in ThAyAr sannidhi. Even this was due to

> SwAmi Desikan's anugraham as the Acharya would normally be in perumal

> sannidhi at this time. At the time of swAmi's vibhava avatAram, his

> anugraham was received by a brahmachAri. Now in ArchAvatAram,

> "Parama DayAlu Acharya" waited for this brahmacharin (myself) in the

> same thAyAr sannidhi to shower his "Karunai KatAksham". Dear

> Bhaktas, my eyes showers the Ananda kannir when I think back on the

> experience. I'll continue narrating my experience in the next mail.

> Adiyen

>

> Narendran

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