Thirumantram Learning - Open to all Interested devotees - No fees, No Charges.

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sri:

Dear Devotees:

 

We are all blessed to be in a situation where acharyas knowledge keeps pouring

to us.

"All we have to do is NOT to block this with our Ego"

 

Dec 15th to Jan 15th, with HIS blessings, we plan to learn Thirumantram as

taught by our Purvacharyas.

- Led by Sri Velukkudi Swami's CD (and Vyakhyanam Book in Tamil or English)

- Swami will also try to come on the Tele-Bridge to teach and help us clarify

our doubts.

 

If you desire to learn, please register at:

http://ramanuja.cc.uic.edu/cgi-bin/thirum.pl

 

We will provide the CD Free of cost (You will have to pay the Packaging &

shipping charges)

or you may collect from your local VEDICS center for free.

(www.vedics.net)

 

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Note from Sri Velukkudi Swamin

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Mumukshupadi Know yourself through Tirumantram

 

We, the jeevatmas, enjoy an intimate relationship with the Paramatma. Realising

this relationship

culminates into a perennial spring of joy. The most important source of this

knowledge is known

as Rahasyatraya the three sacred mantras Tirumantram, Dvayam and Caramaslokam.

 

=> Tirumantram depicts the Master and servant relationship,

=> Caramasloka instructs absolute surrender (Saranagati) as the only option for

the servant for spiritual union with his Master, and

=> Dvaya is for chanting during actual performance of Saranagati and requesting

service.

 

All the three rahasyas are short in words but deeper than the ocean in their

esoteric meanings.

 

Rahasyatraya knowledge is a must for every mumukshu (one who is longing for

Srivaikuntha).

Kanchi Devaraja incarnated as Swamy Pillailokacarya, and to unravel the

mysticism

of Rahasyas, delivered 18 divine works revered as ashtadasa rahasyas.

Mumukshupadi is

the most important of them on the subject of Rahasyatraya. It comprises of three

chapters,

namely, Tirumantra prakarana, Dvaya Prakarana and Caramasloka Prakarana.

The text is in the form of aphorisms (sutra), where minumum words are used for

maximum meanings.

This text needed a detailed commentary, which was an in born talent of Swamy

Manavala Mamunikal.

 

Being an incarnation of Adisesha, who had thousand divine tongues, Manavala

Mamunigal inherited the

power of description and so was renowned as Visada Vak Sikhamanigal.

 

Now, we have an opportunity to study Mumukshupadi at home.

As a first step we would start with tirumantra prakaranam,(115 sutras) and

understand

the glories of Paramatma and Jivatma. Tirumantram surpasses all other mantras as

it houses

the unique Narayana namam.

 

The suitable time to study this would be the brahma muhurtam of a year, which

is margazhi month (dhanur masa).

Andal, in the first verse of Tiruppavai, proclaims that Narayana is the bestower

of

divine service (narayanane namakke parai taruvan)

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=>Study session would start on 1st day of margazhi (16th Dec 2003) and would

continue for the whole month.

=>Each participant would be given 2 MP3 CDs with a talk time of 18 hours Free

of cost.

These CDs have word-by-word explanation of Mumukshupadi along

with the

commentary of Swamy Manavala Mamunigal rendered by Sri U. Ve.

Velukkudi Krishnan in simple tamil.

=>The participant has to donate $10 : Devotees overseas or Rs 100 : Devotees in

India, towards the Text Book

(copy of Mumukshupadi book in Tamil:This helps the publisher to a large

extent. )

=>For those who are not familiar in reading Tamil script, a simple English

translation of Swamy Manavala Mamunigal's

commentary. (Vedics Foundation USA will make this available in the Web &

in Paper form)

=>Students have to allot 1 hour every day OR 7 hours during the weekends and

complete listening to

the CDs along with the book. (listen to the discourse along with the

book).

=>On the 19th day of margazhi month (kuttu villakku pasuram), the participants

would be supplied with a

simple questionnaire, which they need to answer at home to reinforce

what they learnt.

Participants can form study groups at their towns and answer to these

over weekends and submit the

assignment sheets on or before 25th day (orutti magan pasuram). This is

not to scare anyone but to build confidence.

(VEDICS will make arangements to receive and submit homeworks and

solutions on- line)

=>These assignments would be valued before the 30th day (vanga kadal pasuram)and

results published on the same day.

All the participants would be given a certificate naming them as

"tirumantra pravana"(one who is fond of tirumantra)

and a momento (of Swamy Manavala Mamunigal).

=>Satisfied participants may choose to reciprocate by participating in any

vaishnava kainkaryam undertaken by VEDICS at that time.

 

=>A word of caution only the acharya of a participant has the authority to

preach rahasyatrayam to him.

So every participant is requested to recite his acharya tanian at the

beginning and end of every session.

(If you have not had initiation and are interested please e-mail

danp)

=>This is an opportune moment considering the holidays during margazhi month.

 

We expect everyone wanting to know the right meaning of tirumantram, especially

Narayana namam,

which is essential to be a Srivaishnava, to participate in this programme.

 

We are sure that you would allot 18 hours to know yourself through tirumantram.

 

If you desire to learn, please register at:

http://ramanuja.cc.uic.edu/cgi-bin/thirum.pl

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