Two Magnificient Celebrations for Sri VaishNavite AchAryAs on August 18 at Pomona RanganAthA Temple and On Sep1-2 at Washington D.C area at RajdhAni Mandir , Chantilly , VA.

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya Nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs :

 

All of you are invited to take part in two major events

in North America during August and September to celebrate

the glories of our AchAryAs.

 

In the earlier two postings , adiyEn has described the reasons

why we as practioners of Bhagavann RaamAnuja sampradhAyam

celebrate and revere our AchAryAs and their paramparai .

 

In this concluding note , adiyEn will provide additional

inputs on the need and necessity to express our gratefulness

to our AchAryAs for what they have done for us with great

affection and caring .

 

adiyEn will also provide contact information for the two

celebrations on Aug 18 and Sep 1-2 respectively.Please plan

on attending and enjoying the company of fellow bhakthAs.

 

WHY DO WE TAKE TIME TO CELEBRATE THEM ?

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Our AchAryAs are the ground on which we build our lives.

Without them , we are nothing and our wanderings here and

there on this earth has no meaning whatsoever. Blessed with

the BhAgyam of SadAchArya KatAksham and anugrham , our lives

become purposeful. In addition to reverence for our own direct

AchArya and His Paramparai , we are instructd by SaasthrAs

to revere all Sri VaishNava AchAryAs belonging to the VaasudEva

Kudumbham. They are the ones , who have grown our knowledge of

True Tatthvams and the PurushArthams that we should focus on.

They perform their duties (aachaaryakathvam) through

the performance of Pancha samskAram and Prapatthi.

That is why we hold their sacred feet on our heads

with humility and reverence.

 

SELECTED PRAMAANAMS FOR THIS ADORATION OF ONE'S AACHARYAN

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(1) manthrE tath dEvathAyAm cha

tathA manthrapradhE Gurou

thrishu bhakthi: sadhA kaaryA

saa hi prathama Saadhanam

 

(Meaning): The three primary steps for our

ujjeevanam ( uplift and survival) are :

 

(a)the devotion to the Manthrams such as AshtAksharam and Dhvayam

(b)unfaltering reverence to one's AchAryan , who performed

the upadEsam of these powerful manthrams

©Dhruva ( steady ) Bhakthi for Sriman NaarAyaNan,

who is the Para Devathai for these Manthrams .

 

Sustained and unfaltering devotion to the three manthrams ,

One's AchAryan and Sriman NaarAyanan should always be there

to realize success in our search for Moksham.

 

SECOND PRAMAANAM

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Our core belief is Mahaa VisvAsam to our own AchAryan

and His paramparai as indicated by this PramANam:

 

GururEva Param Brahma, GururEva Paraa Gathi

GururEva OarA VidhyA , GururEva ParAyanam

GuryrEva Para: KaamO , GururEva param Dhanam

YasmAth SadhupadEsAth asou , Tasmaath Gurutamo Guru:

 

(Meaning): AchAryan is Para Brahman (Supreme Being ).

He is the highest to be attained as Education ,Wealth,

the means for PurushArtham (life's ultimate golas)and

the essence of VedAs. AchAryan is the One , who instructed us

on SadAchAram and sadAnushtAnam . Therefore , He has to be

worshipped by us with reverence at all times out of

gratefulness (Kruthaj~nathai) for His irreplacable

and grand help(MahOpakAram).

 

THIRD PRAMAANAM

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Our attitude towards our AchAryan has to be along

the lines shown by Swamy NadAdhUr AmmAL :

 

Acharyasya prasAdhEna mama SARVAM abheepsitham

prApnuyAmithi yasyAsthi VISVAASA: sa Sukhee bhavEth

 

(Meaning): The Sishyan , who has the unshakable faith

in his AchAryan's grace as THE CAUSE for realizing

ALL that he wishes for will be the most happy and

contented one.

 

FOURTH PRAMAANAM

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Swamy Desikan molded his AchArya Bhakthi from the instructions

given by Swamy NadAdhUr AmmAL, His AchAryan's AchAryan :

 

archaneeyasaya vandhyasccha keerthanasya SARVAADHAA

dhyAyEth japEth namEth bhakthyA bhajEth abhyarchyEn MudhA

upAyOpEya BhaavEna TAMEVA SARANAM VRAJETH

 

(meaning): AchArya Vandhanam , Japam of His Taniyan ,

Keerthanam of His auspicious attributes , dhyAnam with joy

should be performed by us always. We should seek His feet

as succor as the UpAyam (means) for placing our AathmA ,

the BhagavAn's property , at the Lord's lotus feet as

aathma nivEdhanam.

 

FIFTH PRAMAANAM

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The noblest instruction given to us is:

 

Sareeram artham prANAmsccha SadhgurubhyO nivEdhayEth

 

(meaning); Everything--our body , wealth and even prANan

(life) should be placed at the sacred feet of our SadAchAryan,

who saves us from the terrors of SamsAram and helps us most

mercifully to reach the paramAm gathi ( ultimate way to

Sri Vaikuntam).

 

All Sri VaishNava AchAryAs in general and one's own

AchAryan in particular has to be revered along the above

lines. Let us therefore celebrate our AchAryAs, who have

nothing but our KshEmam in their minds ALWAYS , prepare us

for a state of fitness for arpaNam of our jeevan to Sriya: Pathi.

 

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE TWO EVENTS

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(1)August 18 , 2001: Founder's day Celebration at

the Lord RanganAthA Temple , Pomona , NY .On this day ,

the celebration will be for HH SrivaikutavAsi , 44th Pattam

Srimath Azhhagia Singar ( HH MukkUr Azhagia Singar) ,

the MahAthmA , who helped to build the Sothern Gopuram for

Lord RanganAthA at Srirangam . It was under His command that

the Pomona Sri RanganAthA Temple was constructd and consecrated.

 

The web site for the Temple is :

http://www.ranganatha.org

 

It will be a celebration starting from 8AM to 2 PM.

Sri Sookthis form this great AchAryan will be recited

and there will be a Thirumanjanam for this AchAryan

in front of Lord RanganAthan .

 

(2) September 1-2 at RajdhAni Mandir, Chantilly , VA

 

The details on the celebration for the AchAryAs are

at the web site:

 

http://www.ahobilamutt.org/2001conf/confmain.html

 

One of the following three BhakthAs can be contacted

for information relating to your plans for particpation

in this two day long conference:

 

a) Srimathi Vimala Rajajai ( 301-545-0122)

b) Srimathi Malathy Dileepan ( 423-877-9860)

c) Sriman B.Jagannathan (703-222-7601).

 

Please enjoy these sathsangams ,

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan