HH Sri Tridandi Chinna Jeeyar Swamy's prayers and message

September 13, 2001

Respected bhAgavathas,

Our weekly tele-stOthram practice under the tutelage of Sri Chinna

Jeeyar Swamy took on a somber tone yesterday evening, as Sri Jeeyar

Swamy expressed his heartfelt sadness at the horrifying tragedy that has

taken place here in the USA. The Jeeyar has requested all of us to

sincerely pray to Sriman Narayana during our prayers, feeling that the

recitation of our mantras, stOthrams and pAsurams are a means of

generating His Love and Kindness to the world.

He went on to state that these prayers should not just be for the

victims and survivors, but for all of us to have the strength to follow

the ideals of Sri Ramanuja Darshanam in serving the victims and all

those who are attempting to help them in whatever way that we can. We

should also pray for our enenmies, with the hopes that the Lord will

give them the wisdom necessary to see the tragic error of their ways.

Sri Jeeyar Swamy has directed all of us to provide donations of cash,

and if possible, blood in the spirit of serving God through service to

all living beings.

NAMA has already set up a drive to collect funds. JETUSA has joined in

this effort, as well, and has already received a pledge for US$10,000

for this effort. Donations to JETUSA can be made to:

JET USA, Inc.

8370 Denali Dr.

Fort Worth, TX 76137

Please make sure to indicate on the check that the donation is towards

relief of the World Trade Center victims.

Yesterday evening, Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamy dedicated the stOthrams that

we are learning to the victims and to all of us such that the Lord will

Shower His Compassion and Grace to overcome this seemingly

insurmountable tragedy. The stOthrams that were recited were as

follows:

Hari ashtakam -- for Sriman Narayana's Redeeming Grace to come to all of

the departed souls.

KrishnAshtakam -- to invoke the Compassion of the Lord and all of the

AchAryas in our hearts such that we will dedicate ourselves to good

actions

PanchAyudha stOthram -- to protect all of us from any danger

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

Mohan

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