Guest guest Posted November 23, 2004 Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 SrI: Dear Sri Mukundan Swami, Excellent account of the seminar.. Blessed are the great bhAgawathOtthamAs, who attended.. Thanks for sending such a wonderful detailed note. Regards Namo Narayana dAsan --- elangadu santanam mukundan <mukundan_es wrote: > - SRIMATHEY LAKSHMI NRUSIMHA PARABHRAHMANEY NAMAHA > > ALL GLORIES TO THE ACHARYAS IN THE DIVYA DAMPATIS' > PARAMPARA. > > ADIYEN MUKUNDA DASAN OFFERING HUMBLE PRANAAMS AT > THE > LOTUS FEET OF ALL BHAGAVATHAS: > > THE SEMINAR HELD ON 21ST NOV.2004 WITH THE BLESSINGS > OF H.H. SRIMAD AZHAGIYASINGAR AND H.H.SRI RANGAPRIYA > DESIKAN SWAMY WAS GLORIFIED BY SEVERAL ILLUMINARIES > IN > THE SRIVAISHNAVA SAMPRADAYA. > > H.H.SRI RANGAPRIYA MAHADESIKAN INAUGURATED THE > SEMINAR > AFTER A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE SEMINAR BY SRI > U.VE. > K.DEVANATHACHARIAR SWAMY, HON.CHAIRMAN, SRI AHOBILA > MUTT,HYD'BAD. > > H.H.GAVE A BRIEF NOTE ON THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF > VISHISHTADVAITA PHILOSOPHY AND THE NEED FOR SUCH > SEMINARS (IN ENGLISH) IN AN ELABORATE MANNER. > > SRI U.VE. ANANTA NARSIMHACHARIAR SWAMY > (STUDIED SANS. UNDER THE LOTUS FEET OF HIS FATHER > SRI > U;VE.K.RAGHUNATHA CHJAKRAVARTHY SWAMY. > B.E.(CIVIL). PRINCIPAL, SESHASAYEE INST. OF > TECH.,TRICHY, SAMASRAYANAM AND BHARANYASAM UNDR SRI > KOZHIYALAM SWAMY, KALAKSHEPAM UNDER SRI > U.VE.MADURANTAKAM SWAMI IN GRANTA CHATUSHTAYAM) > SPOKE ON THE SUBJECT "SADVIDYA". HE DWELVED VERY > DEEP > IN THE SUBJECT BUT DUE TO LACK OF TIME HAD TO WIND > UP > WITHIN 20 MINUTES. > > SRI U.VE. KANIAMBAAKKAM DEVANATHACHARIAR SWAMY > (PROF. AND HEAD, DEPT. OF VISHISHTADVAITA, RASHTRIYA > SANSKRIT VIDYAPEET > MANY PUBLICATIONS TO HIS CREDIT > A SCHOLAR WHO IS OFTEN INVITED BY THE MATATIPATHIS > OF > ALL THE THREE FAMOUS SAMPRADAYAS.) > SPOKE ON THE SUBJECT "REFUTATION OF THE CONCEPT OF > MAYA". HIS REMARK THAT HE IS SPEAKING ON AVIDYA > WHILE > THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SPOKE ON SADVIDYA EVOKED A KEEN > INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT. > > SRI U.VE. MANNARGUDI RAJAGOPALACHARIAR SWAMY > (HE LEARNT KAVYA, NATAKA AND VYAKARANA FROM SRI > U.VE. > MAASARPPAKKAM SESHADRIACHARIAR SWAMY, MEEMAMSA FROM > BRAHMASRI BALASUBRAHMANYA SASTRI. HE IS EXPERT IN > VEDANTA AND MEEMAMSA. HE IS THE MOST POPULAR PERSON > IN CHENNAI CONDUCTING VARIOUS KALAKSHEPAMS AT > VARIOUS > PLACES.) > SPOKE ON THE DOCTRINE OF SURRENDER. HE GAVE A BRIEF > OUTLINE OF PRAPATTI WITH THE 5 ANGAS. > > WE HAD TO CONCLUDE THE FORENOON SESSION HERE ITSELF. > > THE NEXT SPEAKER AFTER THE LUNCH BREAK WAS > DR.PREMA NANDAKUMAR > > (SHE BELONGS TO THE MUDAL TIRUMALIGAI THATHACHARIAR > FAMILY OF SRIRANGAM. SHE IS THE DAUGHTER AND > DISCIPLE > OF THE EMINENT SCHOLAR DR. K.R.SRINIVASA IYENGAR. > SHE > MADE A NAME FOR HERSELF AS A TRANSLATOR FROM TAMIL > INTO ENGLISH ,LIKE THE POEMS OF BHARATI AND > MANIMEGALAI. SHE IS AN AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST WITH > THIRTY BOOKS TO HER CREDIT) > > SHE PRESENTED HER TOPIC"POETRY AS SADHANA IN > SRIVAISHNAVISM". SHE GAVE MANY EXAMPLES FROM THE > PRABHANDAMS AND EXPLAINED THEIR ECSTATIC > EXPERIENCES > WHICH RESULTED IN PRABHANDAMS. > > THE NEXT TOPIC WAS "VEDIC KNOWLEDGE > BASE-VISHISHTADVAITA VIEW" BY NONE OTHER THAN THE > FAMOUS > CDAC-RAMANUJAN SWAMI.(HE IS THE CHIEF CO-ORDINATOR > OF > THE INDIAN HERITAGE GROUP IN CDAC, BANGALORE. HE > HAS > DEVELOPED TWO SOFTWARES "DESIKA" AND "RAMANUJA". > HE WAS AWARDED "VEDA VARIDHI' TITLE. HE IS ALSO AN > EXPERT IN DRAVIDA VEDAM AND CAN SPEAK 7 LANGUAGES > ELOQUENTLY.) > > HE IS NOT ONLY A SOFTWARE EXPERT BUT ALSO A SOFT > PERSON. HIS EXPLANATION REGARDING VEDIC KNOWLEDGE > BASE WAS WELL PUNCTUATED WITH RECITATIONS FROM > SRUTIS. > > HE WAS FOLLOWED BY DR,SRI U.VE. PADMANABHAN SWAMY. > (A PH.D. IN SANSKRIT, HE IS THE PROF. OF SANSKRIT IN > UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS. HE IS BLESSED WITH > KALAKSHEPAMS > UNDER THE LOTUS FEET OF U.VE. MELPAAKKAM > SWAMY,PURISAI > SWAMY, GOSHTIPURAM RAMANUJACHAR SWAMY,AND PRAKRUTAM > AZHAGIYASINGAR).HE COULD GIVE A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF > THE > CONCEPT OF PRAMANAS. > > HIS LECTURE TRIGGERED SO MUCH INTEREST THAT HLH.SRI > RANGAPRIYA DESIKAN DEVOTED ALMOST 10 MINUTES TO > PRAMANAS IN HIS 15 MIN. SUMMARY OF THE DIFFERENT > SUBJECTS . AT THIS STAGE H.H. RANGAPRIYA SWAMI HAD > TO > LEAVE THE SEMINAR DUE TO PRIOR COMMITMENTS. > AN HUMBLE OFFERING WAS MADE BY THE ORGANISERS AS > SAMBHAVANAI TO THE ACHARYA WHO WAS VERY KIND ENOUGH > TO > SIT ON THE DIAS ALL THIS TIME. > > AT THIS STAGE SRI UVE.CHETLUR SRIVATSANGACHARIAR AND > PUTUKKOTTAI SRI U.VE. SHESHADRIACHARIAR SWAMY AND > SRI > ANANTANARSIMHACHARIAR SWAMY WERE REQUESTED TO > PRESIDE > THE PROCEEDINGS FURTHER. THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO DO > SO TILL THE SEMINAR CONCLUDED AT 5.45 P.M. > > AIR VICE MARSHALL(RETD.) SRI U.VE. SRINIVASAGOPALAN > SWAMY SPOKE ON " PRADHANA PRATITANTRA OF DESIKA > DARSANA- SOME OF ITS IMPLICATIONS IN DAY TO DAY > LIFE. > (HE OBTAINED HIS MBA FROM DELHI UNIVESITY AND RETD. > AS > AIR VICE MARSHALL FROM IAF WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL > AWARDS OF AVSM AND VSM. HE HAD IS SAMSRAYANAM AND > BHARANYASAM AT THE LOTUS FEET OF H.H.SRIMAD TENPARAI > ANDAVAN.HE HAS CONDUCTED STUDY SESSIONS ON > UPANISHADS.H.H.THE PRESENT AZHAGIYASINGAR LAUDED HIS > EFFORTS IN CONDUCTING PROGRAMMES IN PRACTICAL > VEDANTA.HE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER OF "O J A S" > SOCIETY). > > HIS EXPLANATION OF THE TOPIC"PRADHANA PRATITANTRA > WAS > SIMPLE". > > THE NEXT ONE TO THUNDER (WE TASTED THE THUNDER TOO) > WAS DR. U.VE. V.N. VEDANTA DESIKAN ON THE TOPIC > "FROM BHAKTI TO BLISS WITH BHAGAVAN, - EPITOME OF > SRI > BHASHYAKARAR'S PHILOSOPHY. > (HE IS THE GRANDSON AND DISCIPLE OF VIDVAN SRI U.VE. > VANGIPURAM NAVANEETAM KRISHNAMACHARIAR SWAMY. HE > WAS > A CHEMIST BY PROFESSION AND WAS ALSO A TEACHER AT > THE > HIGHEST LEVEL. HE HAS BEEN HONED BY H.H.SRI > PARAVAKKOTTAI ANDAVAN FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS. HE WAS > PUBLISHED MORE THAT 15 WORKS IN TAMIL AND ENGLISH ON > OUR SAMPRADAYA, THE LATEST BEING "AZHWSAN'S > PANCHASTAVAM"). > > SRI U.VE. NEDUNTHERU KANNAN SWAMY SPOKE ON > "VISHISHTADVAITA AS REVEALED BY VEDANTA SUTRAS". > (HE RETD. FROM CENTRAL GOVT. AS JT. SECY. IN > MINISTRY > OF FINANCE. HE DID HIS KALAKSHEPAM UNDER THE LOTUS > FEET OF SRI U.VE. PERUKKARANAI SWAMY, SRI U.VE. > GHOSHTIPURAM RAMANUJACHARIAR SWAMY, PURISAI SWAMY, > PAYYAMBADI CHETLUR SRI U.VE. SRIVATSANGACHARIAR > SWAMY > AND MANNARGUDI SRI U.VE. RAJAGOPALACHARIAR SWAMY. > HE > WROTE A BOOK RECENTLY - "DIVINE SOVEREIGNITY AND OUR > FREEDOM") > > HIS TREATMENT OF THE TOPIC WAS ELABORATE, BUT HAD TO > CONCLUDE ABRUPTLY DUE TO WANT OF TIME. > > AS INTENDED BY SRI SATAKOPA ANOTHER ERUDITE SCHOLAR > IN > DRAVIDA VEDA DELIVERED HIS LECTURE ON THE > INTERESTING > TOPIC"NAMMAZHWAR- TRANSLATOR OR TRAILBLAZER?'' > > HE IS NONE OTHER THAN SRI U.VE. K.SADAGOPAN SWAMY. > A MANAGER IN BANK OF INDIA, HE IS A BANK OF > PRABANDHAMS. HE DID HIS VEDAPARAYANAM UNDER SRI > U.VE. > PAZXHAVERI RAJAGOPALACHARIAR SWAMY. HE HAD IS > KALAKSHEPAM UNDER THE LOTUS FEET OF CHETLUR > SRIVATSANGACHARIAR SWAMY, GOSHTIPURAM > RAMANUJACHARIAR > SWAMY. HE CONTGRIBUTES ARTICLES REGULARLY IN SRI > RANGANATHA PADUKA, SRI NRUSIMHA PRIYA AND SRI > === message truncated === Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 SrI: Dear Sri Mukundan Swami, Excellent account of the seminar.. Blessed are the great bhAgawathOtthamAs, who attended.. Thanks for sending such a wonderful detailed note. Regards Namo Narayana dAsan --- elangadu santanam mukundan <mukundan_es wrote: > - SRIMATHEY LAKSHMI NRUSIMHA PARABHRAHMANEY NAMAHA > > ALL GLORIES TO THE ACHARYAS IN THE DIVYA DAMPATIS' > PARAMPARA. > > ADIYEN MUKUNDA DASAN OFFERING HUMBLE PRANAAMS AT > THE > LOTUS FEET OF ALL BHAGAVATHAS: > > THE SEMINAR HELD ON 21ST NOV.2004 WITH THE BLESSINGS > OF H.H. SRIMAD AZHAGIYASINGAR AND H.H.SRI RANGAPRIYA > DESIKAN SWAMY WAS GLORIFIED BY SEVERAL ILLUMINARIES > IN > THE SRIVAISHNAVA SAMPRADAYA. > > H.H.SRI RANGAPRIYA MAHADESIKAN INAUGURATED THE > SEMINAR > AFTER A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE SEMINAR BY SRI > U.VE. > K.DEVANATHACHARIAR SWAMY, HON.CHAIRMAN, SRI AHOBILA > MUTT,HYD'BAD. > > H.H.GAVE A BRIEF NOTE ON THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF > VISHISHTADVAITA PHILOSOPHY AND THE NEED FOR SUCH > SEMINARS (IN ENGLISH) IN AN ELABORATE MANNER. > > SRI U.VE. ANANTA NARSIMHACHARIAR SWAMY > (STUDIED SANS. UNDER THE LOTUS FEET OF HIS FATHER > SRI > U;VE.K.RAGHUNATHA CHJAKRAVARTHY SWAMY. > B.E.(CIVIL). PRINCIPAL, SESHASAYEE INST. OF > TECH.,TRICHY, SAMASRAYANAM AND BHARANYASAM UNDR SRI > KOZHIYALAM SWAMY, KALAKSHEPAM UNDER SRI > U.VE.MADURANTAKAM SWAMI IN GRANTA CHATUSHTAYAM) > SPOKE ON THE SUBJECT "SADVIDYA". HE DWELVED VERY > DEEP > IN THE SUBJECT BUT DUE TO LACK OF TIME HAD TO WIND > UP > WITHIN 20 MINUTES. > > SRI U.VE. KANIAMBAAKKAM DEVANATHACHARIAR SWAMY > (PROF. AND HEAD, DEPT. OF VISHISHTADVAITA, RASHTRIYA > SANSKRIT VIDYAPEET > MANY PUBLICATIONS TO HIS CREDIT > A SCHOLAR WHO IS OFTEN INVITED BY THE MATATIPATHIS > OF > ALL THE THREE FAMOUS SAMPRADAYAS.) > SPOKE ON THE SUBJECT "REFUTATION OF THE CONCEPT OF > MAYA". HIS REMARK THAT HE IS SPEAKING ON AVIDYA > WHILE > THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SPOKE ON SADVIDYA EVOKED A KEEN > INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT. > > SRI U.VE. MANNARGUDI RAJAGOPALACHARIAR SWAMY > (HE LEARNT KAVYA, NATAKA AND VYAKARANA FROM SRI > U.VE. > MAASARPPAKKAM SESHADRIACHARIAR SWAMY, MEEMAMSA FROM > BRAHMASRI BALASUBRAHMANYA SASTRI. HE IS EXPERT IN > VEDANTA AND MEEMAMSA. HE IS THE MOST POPULAR PERSON > IN CHENNAI CONDUCTING VARIOUS KALAKSHEPAMS AT > VARIOUS > PLACES.) > SPOKE ON THE DOCTRINE OF SURRENDER. HE GAVE A BRIEF > OUTLINE OF PRAPATTI WITH THE 5 ANGAS. > > WE HAD TO CONCLUDE THE FORENOON SESSION HERE ITSELF. > > THE NEXT SPEAKER AFTER THE LUNCH BREAK WAS > DR.PREMA NANDAKUMAR > > (SHE BELONGS TO THE MUDAL TIRUMALIGAI THATHACHARIAR > FAMILY OF SRIRANGAM. SHE IS THE DAUGHTER AND > DISCIPLE > OF THE EMINENT SCHOLAR DR. K.R.SRINIVASA IYENGAR. > SHE > MADE A NAME FOR HERSELF AS A TRANSLATOR FROM TAMIL > INTO ENGLISH ,LIKE THE POEMS OF BHARATI AND > MANIMEGALAI. SHE IS AN AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST WITH > THIRTY BOOKS TO HER CREDIT) > > SHE PRESENTED HER TOPIC"POETRY AS SADHANA IN > SRIVAISHNAVISM". SHE GAVE MANY EXAMPLES FROM THE > PRABHANDAMS AND EXPLAINED THEIR ECSTATIC > EXPERIENCES > WHICH RESULTED IN PRABHANDAMS. > > THE NEXT TOPIC WAS "VEDIC KNOWLEDGE > BASE-VISHISHTADVAITA VIEW" BY NONE OTHER THAN THE > FAMOUS > CDAC-RAMANUJAN SWAMI.(HE IS THE CHIEF CO-ORDINATOR > OF > THE INDIAN HERITAGE GROUP IN CDAC, BANGALORE. HE > HAS > DEVELOPED TWO SOFTWARES "DESIKA" AND "RAMANUJA". > HE WAS AWARDED "VEDA VARIDHI' TITLE. HE IS ALSO AN > EXPERT IN DRAVIDA VEDAM AND CAN SPEAK 7 LANGUAGES > ELOQUENTLY.) > > HE IS NOT ONLY A SOFTWARE EXPERT BUT ALSO A SOFT > PERSON. HIS EXPLANATION REGARDING VEDIC KNOWLEDGE > BASE WAS WELL PUNCTUATED WITH RECITATIONS FROM > SRUTIS. > > HE WAS FOLLOWED BY DR,SRI U.VE. PADMANABHAN SWAMY. > (A PH.D. IN SANSKRIT, HE IS THE PROF. OF SANSKRIT IN > UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS. HE IS BLESSED WITH > KALAKSHEPAMS > UNDER THE LOTUS FEET OF U.VE. MELPAAKKAM > SWAMY,PURISAI > SWAMY, GOSHTIPURAM RAMANUJACHAR SWAMY,AND PRAKRUTAM > AZHAGIYASINGAR).HE COULD GIVE A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF > THE > CONCEPT OF PRAMANAS. > > HIS LECTURE TRIGGERED SO MUCH INTEREST THAT HLH.SRI > RANGAPRIYA DESIKAN DEVOTED ALMOST 10 MINUTES TO > PRAMANAS IN HIS 15 MIN. SUMMARY OF THE DIFFERENT > SUBJECTS . AT THIS STAGE H.H. RANGAPRIYA SWAMI HAD > TO > LEAVE THE SEMINAR DUE TO PRIOR COMMITMENTS. > AN HUMBLE OFFERING WAS MADE BY THE ORGANISERS AS > SAMBHAVANAI TO THE ACHARYA WHO WAS VERY KIND ENOUGH > TO > SIT ON THE DIAS ALL THIS TIME. > > AT THIS STAGE SRI UVE.CHETLUR SRIVATSANGACHARIAR AND > PUTUKKOTTAI SRI U.VE. SHESHADRIACHARIAR SWAMY AND > SRI > ANANTANARSIMHACHARIAR SWAMY WERE REQUESTED TO > PRESIDE > THE PROCEEDINGS FURTHER. THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO DO > SO TILL THE SEMINAR CONCLUDED AT 5.45 P.M. > > AIR VICE MARSHALL(RETD.) SRI U.VE. SRINIVASAGOPALAN > SWAMY SPOKE ON " PRADHANA PRATITANTRA OF DESIKA > DARSANA- SOME OF ITS IMPLICATIONS IN DAY TO DAY > LIFE. > (HE OBTAINED HIS MBA FROM DELHI UNIVESITY AND RETD. > AS > AIR VICE MARSHALL FROM IAF WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL > AWARDS OF AVSM AND VSM. HE HAD IS SAMSRAYANAM AND > BHARANYASAM AT THE LOTUS FEET OF H.H.SRIMAD TENPARAI > ANDAVAN.HE HAS CONDUCTED STUDY SESSIONS ON > UPANISHADS.H.H.THE PRESENT AZHAGIYASINGAR LAUDED HIS > EFFORTS IN CONDUCTING PROGRAMMES IN PRACTICAL > VEDANTA.HE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER OF "O J A S" > SOCIETY). > > HIS EXPLANATION OF THE TOPIC"PRADHANA PRATITANTRA > WAS > SIMPLE". > > THE NEXT ONE TO THUNDER (WE TASTED THE THUNDER TOO) > WAS DR. U.VE. V.N. VEDANTA DESIKAN ON THE TOPIC > "FROM BHAKTI TO BLISS WITH BHAGAVAN, - EPITOME OF > SRI > BHASHYAKARAR'S PHILOSOPHY. > (HE IS THE GRANDSON AND DISCIPLE OF VIDVAN SRI U.VE. > VANGIPURAM NAVANEETAM KRISHNAMACHARIAR SWAMY. HE > WAS > A CHEMIST BY PROFESSION AND WAS ALSO A TEACHER AT > THE > HIGHEST LEVEL. HE HAS BEEN HONED BY H.H.SRI > PARAVAKKOTTAI ANDAVAN FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS. HE WAS > PUBLISHED MORE THAT 15 WORKS IN TAMIL AND ENGLISH ON > OUR SAMPRADAYA, THE LATEST BEING "AZHWSAN'S > PANCHASTAVAM"). > > SRI U.VE. NEDUNTHERU KANNAN SWAMY SPOKE ON > "VISHISHTADVAITA AS REVEALED BY VEDANTA SUTRAS". > (HE RETD. FROM CENTRAL GOVT. AS JT. SECY. IN > MINISTRY > OF FINANCE. HE DID HIS KALAKSHEPAM UNDER THE LOTUS > FEET OF SRI U.VE. PERUKKARANAI SWAMY, SRI U.VE. > GHOSHTIPURAM RAMANUJACHARIAR SWAMY, PURISAI SWAMY, > PAYYAMBADI CHETLUR SRI U.VE. SRIVATSANGACHARIAR > SWAMY > AND MANNARGUDI SRI U.VE. RAJAGOPALACHARIAR SWAMY. > HE > WROTE A BOOK RECENTLY - "DIVINE SOVEREIGNITY AND OUR > FREEDOM") > > HIS TREATMENT OF THE TOPIC WAS ELABORATE, BUT HAD TO > CONCLUDE ABRUPTLY DUE TO WANT OF TIME. > > AS INTENDED BY SRI SATAKOPA ANOTHER ERUDITE SCHOLAR > IN > DRAVIDA VEDA DELIVERED HIS LECTURE ON THE > INTERESTING > TOPIC"NAMMAZHWAR- TRANSLATOR OR TRAILBLAZER?'' > > HE IS NONE OTHER THAN SRI U.VE. K.SADAGOPAN SWAMY. > A MANAGER IN BANK OF INDIA, HE IS A BANK OF > PRABANDHAMS. HE DID HIS VEDAPARAYANAM UNDER SRI > U.VE. > PAZXHAVERI RAJAGOPALACHARIAR SWAMY. HE HAD IS > KALAKSHEPAM UNDER THE LOTUS FEET OF CHETLUR > SRIVATSANGACHARIAR SWAMY, GOSHTIPURAM > RAMANUJACHARIAR > SWAMY. HE CONTGRIBUTES ARTICLES REGULARLY IN SRI > RANGANATHA PADUKA, SRI NRUSIMHA PRIYA AND SRI > === message truncated === Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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