Acharya RaamAnujA Jayanthi,2000

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

AchArya RaamAnujA was born some 983 years ago(1017 AD)

at SriperumbhUthUr and lived on this earth for

120 years and joined Sriman NaarAyaNA at His Parama Padham

in 1137 AD.He is our great AchAryan , who systematized

the teachings of VedAnthA as expounded earlier by

BodhAyanA, TankA and DramidA. His sacred life and teachings

through his nine Sri Sookthis have been celebrated in

the CD ROM released last year by the International

RaamAnujA Society (http://www.geocities.com/irscd).

 

AchArya RaamAnujA's devotion to the blessed collection

( aruLiccheyalkaLs /dhivya Prabhandham ) of AzhwArs is

well recorded. He asked his Jna~na puthran KurukkEsan

( ThirukkurukaippirAn ) to write the first commentary

on Swamy NammAzhwAr's ThriuvAimozhi known as shatsAhasrI

or AarAyirappadi (6000-padi). Additional commentaries

on ThiruvAimozhi came from the successors of RaamAnuja

achArya paramparai: Nanjeeyar(9,000-padi), NampiLLlai

(24,000-padi),vadakku ThiruveedhippiLLai (36,000-padi),

VaadikEsari Azhagiya MaNavALa Jeeyar (12,000-padi) and

PeriyavAcchAn PiLlai (24,000-padi). In addition to his

commentary on ThiruvAimozhi , PeriyavAcchAn PiLLai

wrote commentaries to all other dhivya prabhnadhams

and acquired the title of VyAkyAna Chakravarthi. Swamy

Desikan's DramidOpanishadh Taatparya RathnAvaLi

and DhramidOpanishath Saaram were blessings of

this Ubhaya VedAntha AchArya RaamAnuja paramparai.

 

It is only appropriate that Thiruvarangatthu-

amudanAr created the euology on AchArya RaamAnujA

known as " RaamAnuja NooRRantdhAthi " and this

became part of the 4,000 sacred collect .Sri AmudanAr

paid tribute to AchArya RaamAnujA's reverence for

Swamy Nammazhwar this way in his prabhnadham:

 

-- tenn kuruhaippirAn

paattennum Vedhappasumtamizh tannai, tann batthi yennum

veettin kaNN vaithavirAmAnusan--NooRRandhAthi: 29

 

IN THIS FIRST YEAR OF THE MILLENIUM , ACHAARYA RAAMAANUJAA'S

BIRTHDAY FALLS ON SUNDAY , MAY 7.

 

Sri RanganathA temple at Pomona , NY and other temples

in USA are celebrating our AchAryan's birthday on

May 7 .Please join the group of BhakthAs THERE and recite

yathirAja Sapthadhi , yathirAja Vimsathi ,RaamAnuja

NooRRandhAthi and receive our Sacred AchAryA's blessings.

 

The NaamA Society chapters are celebrating the birtHday

of AchArya RaamAnujA at the following locations on the

indicated dates. Please join the assembly of BahkthAs

there as well :

 

Cincinatti, OH: May 7

Denver , Colorado: May 14

Dallas/Ft.Worth/Arlington, TX: may 20

Detroit, MI:May 20

Florida: May 5

Los Angeles, CA: May 13

New Jersey : May 13

San Fransisco, CA: May 21

Singapore: May 28

 

Thus , the whole month of May seems to be devoted to

the celebration of the Life and Sri Sookthis of

AchArya RaamAnujA and His AchArya paramparai in USA

India and Singapore.

 

The construction of the thridhaNdam for the Moolavar

at SriperumbhUdhUr is progressing .The MudaliyANDAn

offered as SamarpaNam to AchArya RaamAnujA sannidhi

at ThirunArAyanapuram on Feb 11 , 2000 has completed

the required 45 days of prathishtai there and will begin

to bless the sevArhtis now.

 

AdiyEn will conclude this posting on AchArya RaamAnujA's

Thirunakshathram with the 1,008th (concluding )slOkam

of Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram of Swamy Desikan :

 

Jayathi YATHIRAAJA SOKTHI:

jayathi Mukundhasya PaadhukAyugaLi

tadhubhaya dhanAs thrivEdhim

avandhayayanthO jayanthi Bhuvi Santha:

 

Sri AchArya RaamAnuja charaNou SaraNam PrapadhyE

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

 

P.S : May I request Sri Sampath Rengarajan of

Detroit , Michigan to enlighten us about

the individual paasurmas of Sri RaamAnujA

NooRRandhAthi of ThiruvarangatthamudanAr

in his own unique , anubhavam-fileld style

to take us from here until the next year's

celebration of our AchArya's birthday ?