RE: Welcome to Bhakti-List

[Guest guest]

Wednesday, 14 March 2001

 

Dear Mani -

 

Thank you for your e-mail welcoming me as a new member of the Bhakti-List.

A brief background description follows.

 

When I read Yogananda's Autobiography Of A Yogi in 1994, the tears just

streamed from my eyes and my heart. I knew I was once again on the path

homeward/Godward. I began the SRF "Lessons" - and initiated regular morning

and evening meditation sessions - the same year, received the SRF kriya yoga

(AKA pranayama) initiation during 1996, and continue twice-daily meditation

sessions to this day.

 

More recently, I have begun to peruse multiple translations of the

Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, the Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana, and

Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. So, too, when I read Natalia Isayeva's book

entitled Shankara And Indian Philosophy, I felt the most attunement or

resonance with the sections concerning Ramanuja. I recall a sense of inner

knowing to the effect that "This guy knows about bhakti!"

 

Where I am now can be summed-up as follows. While jnana yoga, karma yoga,

and raja/kriya yoga can help one get to the threshold of God-realization,

only bhakti yoga - and the Guru's grace, of course - will help one to cross

it successfully. (N.B.: Krishna is my sat-guru.)

 

I am presently enrolled in a two-year seminary training program and expect

to be ordained in the spring of next year. And even while they do deliver a

respectable program of instruction, it so far lacks devotion. Not only to

remediate this lack, but also to enhance my own practical devotion to God and

all of God's children are what motivate me to seek out Ramanuja's bhakti.

Perhaps the Bhakti-List will help me to do this.

 

I hope that this introduction is sufficient; please let me know if you

need further details and/or clarification. And thank you very much!

 

Aum Mani Padme Hum - Thomas Ayers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hello

 

My name is Hari Iyengar. I am Working for British Airways in London, and

do take intense interest in learning more about Sri vaishnava sampradayam. I am

a sisya of Srimad Azhagiasingar-Ahobila Mutt with whose blessings I had

Bharanyasam done recently. Also I am the younger brother of Sri. Devnath Iyengar

who is already a member of this group for quite some time.

 

Looking forward to hear and learn more from you on our sampradayam.

 

Thank you,

 

Ramanujan dasan

Hari

 

#49, Chester Road

Hounslow

London

TW4 6HP

email : iyengarhari

hary.n.iyngar

 

Tel. No: 0044 2085694324 (Res.)

0044 2085620350 (Off.)

[Guest guest]

Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya,

 

Thank you for welcoming me into the group. My name is

Bala, I am a Malaysian Indian at present based in

Beijing, China involved in teaching human resource

management and at the same time exploring China. I

will be back in Malaysia by the end of the year.

 

At present my research interest is in indian vedic

philosophy and its application in modern management.

I am trying look at the application of the vedic

literatures such as Valmiki Ramayana, Mahabharata,

Bhagavad Gita in the context of human resource

management.

 

Today, we find a lot chinese ancient texts such as

"Bing Fa" or the art of war by Sun Tzu, confucianism,

toasim being published with applications to modern

business strategy. The number of publication of our

ancient indian texts to business application are still

 

limited.

 

If any of the members in the group with similar

interest do email me. My homepage is at

 

www.geocities.com/WallStreet/District/9622/resbala.html

 

Unfortunately I could not updaye my homepage as in

China, I cannot open geocities.com.

 

Bala.