New member Introduction

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SrI :

 

SrImatE RamAnujAya namaH

 

Most respected VaiSnavAs,

 

Please accept Dundavats from this insignificant Soul.

I am very fortunate and grateful to be included in this mailing list.

 

I have been asked to introduce my self.

 

I am not a Sri-Vaisnava. But I am among those, who admire Sri-Vaisnavism and

regard RamAnujAcArya as their well wisher, master and Lord. With all your

blessings, I would like to become a True Vaisnava, serving RAmAnujar one day

with all my heart.

 

For my purification and as service to SrI RamAnujar, I type the following

(Taken from a book - The Life of Ramanuja), the greatness of RAmAnuja.

 

Goshti Purna - the second guru of Ramanuja, revealed the secrets of religion

to Ramanuja, by exacting the promise that he would not impart the same to

others, But Ramanuja broke the promise by openly declaring the secrets to

all in the temple. Purna became wroth on coming to know this and demanding

an explanation from Ramanuja, the later confessed but submitted that, if his

disobedience did entail on him hell, he had the satisfaction of thinking

that thousands were saved a great price to get in return. And that Purna on

hearing embrassed Ramanuja exclaiming "What a large heart thine for others,

my shallow heart did not warm like this! Thou art no other than he (Yamuna)"

and he made his son, Terk-AlvAr his disciple.

 

 

 

I would be indebted grately, if vaisnavas can suggest any book on Sri

Vaisnavism, for a beginer.

 

Please forgive me, for the offences I have committed in writing this letter.

 

Hoping to receive the blessings from all of you,

AdiyEn dAsan,

Mahesh

PS : By profession, I am a soft ware Engineer, working for Infosys at

Bangalore, India.

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kmahesh <kmahesh

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Monday, April 10, 2000 1:55 AM

New member Introduction

 

> I would be indebted grately, if vaisnavas can suggest any book

on Sri

> Vaisnavism, for a beginer.

>

 

 

Welcome to the Bhakti list, Sri Mahesh.

 

While there are several excellent primer books on SriVaishnavam.

Among books in English, I would highly recommend The Way and the

Goal by Dr. Vasudha Narayanan. It is a lucid work that

summarizes the basic philosophical views and devotional mood of

SriVaishnavam in its early years of development, from the AzhwArs

to Sri Ramanuja and his immediate sishyas. I believe that you

can order this book through Amazon.com

 

A slightly more detailed work that goes into the nuances of the

philosophy is A Dialogue on Hinduism by V N Gopalan Desikan.

This book should be available in India, and can probably best be

obtained through the Visistadvaita Research Center in Chennai.

 

I hope this helps as a start.

 

dAsan

 

Mohan