[lecture-Announce] AshTa shlOki discourse this saturday (Oct 20)

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SrImate rAmAnujAya namaha

 

Dear bhagavathas,

 

We are honored and delighted to announce the next live upanyaAsam

(discourse) inTamil

by Sri U Ve E S Bhoovarahachar Swami on Sri ParAsara BhaTTar's ashTa shlOki.

 

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Synopsis of previous upanyasam on 9/15/01 by Sri ES Bhoovarahachar swamy

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AshTashlOki is considered to be one of the most insightful works of renowned

sri vaishNava Acharya, Sri parasara bhaTTar (PB), an intellectual giant,

whose divine insights and consummate mastery of the conceptual

underpinnings of srI vaishNavam were matched only by his devotion to

emberumAnAr and srI ranganAtha. Our sampradAyam, known as the tatva traya

sampradAyam, is built around realization of the ultimate reality (paramAtma)

and relationship between chith, achith and Ishwara. This realization is

captured in its essence by the three exalted rahasyAs of the Sri VaishNava

tradition, thirumantram, dvayam and Sri Krishna charama shlOkam.

Comprehension of the esoteric meaning of prapathi (surrender), encapsulated

by the rahasya thraya, forms the essential basis for obtaining artha

panchaka gnyAnam, the knowledge of five fundamental elements that lead to

the comprehension that srImannArAyaNa is the ultimate upAyam (means) and

upEyam (goal) for all prapnnas.

 

In AsTashlOki, swamy PB delineates the very essence of the thirumantram,

dvayam and charam shlOkam, in eight stanzas. The first four stanzas

describe the meanings expounded in the thirumantram, and the other four

provide an easy path to understanding the essence of dvayam and charama

shlOkam.

 

In his wonderful upanyasam of 9/15/01, Sri Bhoovarahachar swamy took us on a

delightful journey, laying bare the brilliant insights latent in the third

shlOkam of ashTa shlOki (akArArthAyaiva swamaha matha mahyam na

nivahAha....kainkarya vidhayaha), describing how the exclusive appellation

of the paramAtma, nArayaNa, means that He alone is the controlling,

sustaning support for the whole universe of chit (animate) and achith

(inanimate) elements, how He is the Supreme reality whose soulabhyam means

that he is easily accessible to everyone of us, how all of us belong to Him

and Him only (not to ourselves or anybody else - ananyArha sEshatvam), how

it is our very intrinsic nature to aspire for kainkaryam at His lotus feet,

irrespective of our own state of mind, location or situation, how He is the

sole facilitator for such ultimate purushArtham.

 

Sri Bhoovarahachar swamy, whose endearing style of delivery is marked by the

ability to

simplify, communicate, abstruse tattvArthams (familiar to all those who have

dialled into the previous upanyasams) will continue the discourse series

with the fourth shlOkam of ashTa shlOki

 

TOPIC: Sri Parasara BhaTTar's AshTa shlOki

DATE: October 20, 2001 (SATURDAY MORNING)

TIME: 10:00 AM CST/8:00 AM PST

Suggested donation: $10 per family

(http://www.radioramanuja.com/lectures.htm)

LANGUAGE: Tamil

 

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Conference number: 1-405-244-5555

Access code: 1533# (Please enter # after the 4 digit number)

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AzhwAr emberumAnAr Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

 

sridhar srinivasan

(srivasan)

 

 

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