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Dear members and friends,

Due to administrative reasons I will be unable to utilise this e-mail

account anymore. I am therefore compelled to from the

bhakti-list.

As and when I am successful in securing for myself another account I will

rejoin.

Until then it's Bye-bye from me!

My best wishes to all my young and brilliant friends on the list with whom

I have engaged in many pleasant and thought-provoking discussions on the

list and through private mail. I shall always remember you all.

 

Amidst your several other occupations and onerous cares in life, please set

apart some time to keep working incessantly at the great works of our

"AchAryA-s"... even if you manage to finish just a few stotrA-s or a few

"upa-purAnA-s" in a whole year!

 

Do not be afraid to use your own head to understand them... and learn to

cherish it all at a simple,contemporary and immediately individual level

too. To imbibe and to be able to delight in the riches of our

"sampradAy-ic" literature it is not always mandatory that you should

transport yourself in a time-machine back to the 7th or 10th century CE!

You can with a little effort of imagination learn to enjoy the Azhwars or

Desikan, the poet-philosopher, in the manner and idiom of the present day

too!

 

Do not let lack of knowledge of Sanskrit or Tamil daunt you... try and make

do with rough translations and use your God-given imagination to appreciate

the wonderful ideas behind the mere word.... Remember you CANNOT really

make very big mistakes in arriving at an intuitive understanding of the

works of our great Masters. You might get a phrase or a passage wrong here

and there... but the wonderful conceptions they seek to convey to you will,

by and by, by themselves become clear to you... and when that happens you

will be smothered in the warmth of their embrace... an "AchAryan's"

Grace-bestowing embrace, indeed!

 

Here's wishing you all a great 1999.... and happy "posting" too!

 

adiyEn dAsAnu-dAsan,

sudarshan