Lecture of Shri Velukuddi V. Krishnan swami

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Shri !!

Sri Mathe Ramanujaya Namah !!

Srimathe BAla Dhanvhi Kuruvae Namah !!

 

Respected devotees,

 

Shri Velukuddi V. Krishnan swami needs no introduction to the Shri Vaishnava

community. Following the foot steps of his father in delivering upansayams, he

has even excelled him in his style and most importantly his presenting the Shri

Vaishnava sampradayam in clear, lucid and easy to understand manner

 

The 9 day upanyasam on Shri Valmiki Ramaayanam is being held at Bharath

Kalachar, and will concluded this week-end. To present the contents of the

lecture here is impossible. It should only be reheard from the Swami himself.

 

The purpose for posting this article, is to share the Swami plan to spread the

message of Emperumanar. He explained that the mininum thing a Vaishnava should

know is pay respect to our poorvachariyars by honouring/reciting their

thaniyans. Swami has devised a small box for this purpose to be distributed

here in India.

 

The box with 4 sides will contail the following pictures on each of the sides

 

Side 1 :- Picture of ThAyar and ThiruVenkatamudaiyan, with sloka "Shriyak

Kanthaya kalyana ....."

Side 2 :- Picture of NamAzhwar with his thaniyan "Mata Pitha ..................."

Side 3 :- Picture of Udaiyavar with his thaniyan "Yothiyam Achutha............"

Side 4 :- (is left empty) - Each one should find his achariyan, get a picture of

him along his achariyan's thaniyan.

 

As to what one should do with the box, the Swami explained..

Everyday ALL THE MEMBERS of the family should chant each of the thaniyan

to-geather. Those who know should teach the unknowing.

 

The pictures can be removed and replaced with new ones. After a month or so,

when everybody becomes familiar with the thaniyans, the thaniyan of other

achariyars like Shri Kurathazhwan, Shri Mudaliyandan, Shri Embar etc will be

placed instead and the process of learning to chant their thaniyan will be

continued.

 

The swami said that he would personally pray our Arangan at Shri Rangam and Shri

Ranga Naachiyaar that this process should confer "ecchai"(desire to serve the

Lord, which alone is in our hands) on the auspicious occasion of Shri Punguni

Utthiram. The swami is back from Sri Rangam tommorrow(2/4/99) and will be

distributing his box.

 

The box will also serve as a hundiyal. The swami prayed each and everyone, as a

sign of reciting the thaniyan each day, the familiy should put Rs. 2/- in the

hundiyal. The swami elobarated the following

 

1. The offering of money should be done every day only after the thaniyans are

chanted. Posponement for 2 days and chanting the thaniyans twice and putting

Rs.4/- will not be entertained.

 

2. Each family will be given only one box. The swami stressed that every body in

family should be invited to participate in the reciting of the thaniyan.

 

This money will be collected by selected devotees( appointed by the Swami

himself) coming to the respective houses and the money will be used for the

following purposes

 

1. Low priced edition of books in Shri Vaishnava sampradayam are published by

various institutions. Though the books are highly subsidised in price, still

people find it difficult to buy. So 2/3 of the money will be used in the

purchase of these low priced editions and will be distributed to the respective

family personally.

 

2. Many upanyasams are conduted by various mahans. Some are able to attend while

many are not due to various constraints. So important upanyasams will be

recorded in cassettes and will be distributed to the respected family. This

will benefit those who cannot participate in utsavams personally.

 

3. Organization of trips to divya desams like Azhwar Thirunagari, during

important occasions like the forth coming Azhwar utsavam.

 

The remaining 1/3 money will be used for the performance of kaikariyams at

various temples, some where there no money even to offer a little curd rice to

the deities.

 

Adiyen requests the blessed devotees and elders to pass this information to

their family in India and participate in this event. For furthur information

any body could even contact the swami personally. The swami is available here

in Chennai from tommorow and will continue the Ramayana upanyasam at Bharath

Kalachar from 6:30pm daily till 6th April. On the concluded day (6th April )

this holiness Shri Shri Thiurdandhi Narayana Jeeyar swami has offered to give

his divine presence and bless us.

 

Adiyen

Aravinda Lochanana Ramanuja Dasan.

 

 

Azhwar Emperumanar Jiyer Thiruvadhighalae charanam