Thooppul maNdapam

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Dear bhAgavathAs

 

Sri Madhavakannan is pouring his heart and soul writing about our dear

swAmi dEsikan to raise funds for thoopul maNdapam. swAmi dEsikan's

contribution to our sampradAyam is immenese let it be AhAra niyamanam

or magnum opus rahasyatraya sAram or scholarly satadUsaNi. swAmi has

blessed us with numerous SrI sookthis which would take ever for us to

even study once. (kAlakshEpam)

 

Is it not our turn to atleast build this mandapam in his avathAra

sthalam. I request bhagavathas to join this kainkaryam in large

numbers. Say for eg. even if we donate $50 the amount is miniscule when

compared to what we spend on cable tv, phone, eat outs or commissions

for few stock trades. But this will go a long way in completing this

kainkaryam.

 

I would like to reflect upon Sri Vairagya Panchagam

 

"nAsthi pithrArjitham kimchith na mayA kimchithArjitham"

 

swAmi says neither he inherited any wealth nor he has earned wealth and

the only wealth he is aware of is Hasthigireesan.

 

This was supposed to be a reply to a childhood friend who repeatedly

invited swAmi dEsikan to king's court to sing in praise of the king.

swAmi disregarded the wealth he would have gotten from the king,

because wealth distracts one from bhagavath kainkaryam.

 

Though in this material world we cannot say I do not need any wealth,

atleast we can say that we have some money which can be donated to

these kainkaryams.

 

Do you think it is too much to build a mandapam for our dear swAmi who

taught us

 

"mAm madheeyam cha nikilam chEthanAchEthanAthmakam

svakaimkaryOpakaraNam Varadha sveekuru svayam"

 

For a moment just imagine yourself sitting in the maNdapam listening to

the upanyAsam of the present day AchAryas. Doesn't it give a great

feeling!

 

(Check http://www.geocities.com/lsriniva/ for AchAryas SrImukham)

 

Pl. spread the word to your friends and relatives who may not be aware

of the kainkaryam but ready to contribute.

 

Lord dEvAdhirAjan would be too eager to see the completion of the

mandapam for swAmi dEsikan.

 

 

kavi tArkika simhAya kalyANa guNa sAlinE

srimatE vEnkatesAya vEdAnta guravE namaha

 

namO nArAyaNA

Diwakar

 

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Sri Laskshminarasimhan/Sri Madhvakannan

 

Following are the contributions from bhagavathas outside these email

forums for which I have the checks.

 

1. Sri Raghu Rengachari, CA $51

2. Sri Sriraman NC, NY $50

3. Sri Venkatesh Krishnaswamy,CA $50

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