introduction

[Guest guest]

Dear all,

 

I am Suresh, aged 28, recently married. I am working for Tata Consultancy

Services, Mumbai, in Finance Section.

 

I was given to understand about the bhakti group, through my friend, Mr.

Vijayaraman, who is actively participating in Sri Vaishnava Vedenta.

 

I am deeply interested in our 'samprathayams'. As such i have to start with

'sandyavandanam' to 'arathanam'.

 

Hope the bhakti group will guide me.

 

Regards

Suresh

[Guest guest]

Dear Bhagavatas,

Let me, introduce myself as I am new to the discussion group. My name

is N.S. Venkataramanan, but I go by the name Venkat Nagarajan. I am

25, and reside in Toronto Canada. My life was without direction and

purpose until about 8 months ago, at which time I starting reading about

Vedanta. In fact, I can say, with conviction, that, experientially, through

the process of negation I arrived the conclusion that the ultimate goal

("only goal") in life is liberation from samsara. Metaphorically, we can

think of it as climbing mount Everest (as someone suggested to me.)

Identifying the goal (experientially not reading about it in a book) itself is

tough and only occurs through the grace of god; having identified the

goal it is the duty of one to not stand and admire the view, but progress

towards it diligently. I have strong conviction that the metaphysics of

Visistadvaita, of Sri Ramanujaarchaarya, is the most perfect

interpretation of Vedanta, and that Prapatti is the most practical means to

attaining the goal. I feel that sharing my perspective and hearing the

perspective of others (following the same path), on spiritual matters, will

help me to maintain my focus on the peak and not allow the view to be

obscured or the progress towards it to stop. I hope this introduction is

sufficient; I want to portray myself as at least a partially self conscious

entity (as having partial Dharmi Jnanam)and not an entity that is almost

one with unconscious matter (i.e., I don't to give my ego a chance to start

talking.)

 

Venkat