New Member - Introduction

[Guest guest]

My Pranamams to all the members of the group.

I had been watching with great admiration the efforts of the bhakti group,

and take this opportunity to commend the efforts taken by all of you to

share your understanding of the srivaishanva traditions with others. I am

indeed happy to be a part of this group.

By way of introduction, I am K.Lakshminarayan, aged 47, coming from an

orthodox srivaishanava family,resident of Bangalore, and run a business in

corporate promotionals and giveaways.

I have been (for the past few days) keenly watching the interaction between

various members of the bhakthi group. While all of you seem to be way ahead

of me in your understanding of the srivaishanava tradition, I hope you will

not mind my suggesting the following points. In fact these suggestion have

been based on: a) My own feelings & b) The gist of various interactions that

I happened to view.

For instance I saw a student member wanting to build a site on divya

desams,there is another member wanting to to a magazine costing

Rs.3/- only. All these are truly laudable. But instead of frittering away

energies, is there not a way all these energies can be coonsolidated and

coordinated?

Can I place the following "consolidated agenda" (in addition to whatever the

group has been doing)for the service of the srivaishnava community:

1) Develop an authentic,simple, direct and lucid commentary on "Acharya

Vaibhavam". This must include all acharayas of all 'kalais'including those

with whom we can interact today.

2) All works of all our acharyas must be consolidated and retold in a

simple,direct,authentic manner.

3)An exhaustise treatise on all "Srivaishava Sampradayas" (from birth to

death)must be compiled which must be authentic,direct and simple.This

compilation should be compulsorily owned by every srivaishanava.

4) A compilation on all Divya Desams (incorporating features like:

background of the dd, Unique features of the dd,seva details,photographs of

the utsava murthies, access to the dd and seva timings,hymns of the various

alwars relating to the dd) could be compiled. The compilation could be made

a compulsary hand book for every srivaishanava.

5) Transalation of the Prabhandam

6) Upkeep arrangements for some of the not so famous divya desams.

Last but not least,since the srivaishnava community is a part of any society

it lives in, we must also address the concerns of the society that we live

in. In this context the relevance of:a) Annadana for all poor, b)

Facilitating marriage for poor girls, c) Facilitating education for poor

boys and girls, & d) Medical help for the poor and unfortunate, could also

be debated.

I would greatly value the bhakti group member's feedback to the few thoughts

I have placed above.

I also feel that since all these would require a lots of finance, we also

need to look at some method of "SELF FINANCING ARRANGEMENT" for this noble

cause.

 

Adiyen

Lakshminarayan.

 

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