Q: Basic tenets of srI Vaishnavism - And its applicability today.

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srimathE rAmAnujAya namaha

 

Respected & Dear Devotees:

 

We have started a student group here in the Chiacgo Area

(called Route to ROOTS -Vedic Culture),

and this group seems to be gaining momentum.

 

We meet once a week and talk about our Vedic Culture. (and what we need to do

as Vedic People.) The main foucs of this student group is to learn and

practice

our culture.

 

Because we are deailing with kids between 16 to 25 years of age fully

immersed in this so called "US Culture" they have questions

 

1. Why do we do this.

2. What do we get out of this.

 

Sometimes I find the need for Marketing approcah, and give them the

message in sugar coated capsules.

 

Could some knowledgeable devotee please send some basic tenets of

srI Vaishnavism with reasons why we do it.

(& if possible what does the doer get in return - Something like PhalaStruti)

 

e.g: Tiruvaradhanam, offer food to god before eating, have faith in Lord

Sriman Narayana, Devotion etc etc.

 

I am looking at putting to this group a basic 10 point or 12 point program,

with the significance of each point explained.

 

How are these Tenets applicable today: (to the person immersed with Student

life & Regular work)

Students have the Q's : I have homework & projects due, How is all this

going to help me today?

Those who work say: I have deadlines to meet & take care of Projects: How

is all this going to help me today?

 

AzhwAr EmberumAnAr Jeeyar ThiruvadigalE saranam

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

Mukundan Vankipuram Pattangi

[Guest guest]

On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 15:39:53 -0600 Pattangi wrote:

 

srimathE rAmAnujAya namaha

>

>

> Because we are deailing with kids between 16 to 25 years of age fully

> immersed in this so called "US Culture" they have questions

>

> 1. Why do we do this.

> 2. What do we get out of this.

>

> Sometimes I find the need for Marketing approcah, and give them the

> message in sugar coated capsules.

>

>

> e.g: Tiruvaradhanam, offer food to god before eating, have faith in Lord

> Sriman Narayana, Devotion etc etc.

>

>

>

> How are these Tenets applicable today: (to the person immersed with

> Student

> life & Regular work)

> Students have the Q's : I have homework & projects due, How is all this

> going to help me today?

> Those who work say: I have deadlines to meet & take care of Projects: How

> is all this going to help me today?

 

 

Dear Sriman Mukundan,

 

Namskaram.

 

Infact, worshipping Lord Sri Venkateswara is the most practical solution to

many many problems in life. Worshipping Srimannarayana is the one and only

one way to do anything in a better manner (as all oher ways including

personal efforts for personal success are either useless or circuitous).

 

We can always tell people who ask such questions that worshipping emberumAn

makes them much more efficient in their studies and/or projects.

I was a student writing exams till April 1998. I used to pray more at the

time of exams for a grand success and it always clicked. Now only I am

slowly realising the imp of kainkaryam, by God's divine grace.

 

Our Lord is the Lord of both the Vibhutis and and those seeking success in

this world also have to invariably pray to Him, which will not only ensure

success in this world but also liberate us from here. Praying to Perumal

does yield many many material benefits.

 

dAsAnudAsan

vishnu

 

AzhwAr EmberumAnAr Jeeyar ThiruvadigalE saranam

>

> adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

> Mukundan Vankipuram Pattangi

>

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