Guest guest Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 Dear all : This input from Sri Srinath would be of interest to you from the perspective of Swamy Desikan's Vaibhavam . Thank you Sri Srinath ! V.Sadagopan - "Srinath Chakravarty" <xsrinath <rangapriya> Friday, December 09, 2005 3:36 PM [rangapriya] Re: satyamangalam > sri Sadagopan! > > Many thanks for posting this article and this URL > by the devout sri Lakshminarasimhan Sridhar: > > http://www.sathyagalamtemple.net > > The wealth bequeathed to us by our poorvacharyas is > measured not in cash or kind, but in gnyaanam. And > it is not just ordinary gnyaanam, it is knowledge of > the absolute, that which delivers us from samsaara. > > gnyaanaat mokshah it is said, and lest we forget the > immortal words of vedanta desika - astime hastishaila > agre, vastu paitaamaham dhanam. Our present day > acharyas are the guardians and transmitters of this > great "poorvaachaaryaaLudaya sotthu". > > Sri Sadagopan has correctly pointed out how dear the > satyamangala kshetram is to sri Rangapriya swami, and > prakrtham sri Parakala swami. Vedanta Desika is not > with us in vibhava avatara today, but pilgrimage to > the lands where he spent several years of his long > life is the closest we can get, to experiencing his > avatara vaibhavam. Surely, none of us here lived > during the time of vedanta desika and came into contact > with him, for if that were so we would have attained > moksha and not been reborn into this present janmam! > > Satyamangalam is the way to experience desika, just as > thirunarayanapuram is the way to experience ramanuja. > Satyakalam, where swami desikan spent over 12 years of > his illustrous life, where is found the sacred srikoorma > peeTham (seat of desikan's anusthanam and upanyaasams), > where is found the shrine of swami's beloved deva perumaL, > and wherefrom emerged desika's testament to courage and > faith - the abheetistavam... may this satyakalam continue > to be a place of inspiration for succeeding generations > of srivaishnavas, and may we show our generous support > to the kainkaryams towards this kshetram and to the > acharyas who lead those efforts. > > rangapriyam mama gurum Saranam prapadye > srimate rangapriya mahadeshikaaya namaH > > sri Rangapriya daasan, > -Srinath C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 - "sgopan" <sgopan "Ponnappan" <Oppiliappan>; "Sgt" <saranagathi>; "SG" <Tiruvenkatam>; "Rajeev" <Parakalamatham>; "acharya" <acharya >; <Ramanujamission>; "Swami" <>; "DS" <desikasampradaya> Cc: "Srinath Chakravarty" <xsrinath; "srihi" <srihi Friday, December 09, 2005 4:34 PM Fw: [rangapriya] Re: satyamangalam > Dear all : > > This input from Sri Srinath would be of interest to you > from the perspective of Swamy Desikan's Vaibhavam . > > Thank you Sri Srinath ! > > V.Sadagopan > > - > "Srinath Chakravarty" <xsrinath > <rangapriya> > Friday, December 09, 2005 3:36 PM > [rangapriya] Re: satyamangalam > > >> sri Sadagopan! >> >> Many thanks for posting this article and this URL >> by the devout sri Lakshminarasimhan Sridhar: >> >> http://www.sathyagalamtemple.net > >> >> The wealth bequeathed to us by our poorvacharyas is >> measured not in cash or kind, but in gnyaanam. And >> it is not just ordinary gnyaanam, it is knowledge of >> the absolute, that which delivers us from samsaara. >> >> gnyaanaat mokshah it is said, and lest we forget the >> immortal words of vedanta desika - astime hastishaila >> agre, vastu paitaamaham dhanam. Our present day >> acharyas are the guardians and transmitters of this >> great "poorvaachaaryaaLudaya sotthu". >> >> Sri Sadagopan has correctly pointed out how dear the >> satyamangala kshetram is to sri Rangapriya swami, and >> prakrtham sri Parakala swami. Vedanta Desika is not >> with us in vibhava avatara today, but pilgrimage to >> the lands where he spent several years of his long >> life is the closest we can get, to experiencing his >> avatara vaibhavam. Surely, none of us here lived >> during the time of vedanta desika and came into contact >> with him, for if that were so we would have attained >> moksha and not been reborn into this present janmam! >> >> Satyamangalam is the way to experience desika, just as >> thirunarayanapuram is the way to experience ramanuja. > >> Satyakalam, where swami desikan spent over 12 years of >> his illustrous life, where is found the sacred srikoorma >> peeTham (seat of desikan's anusthanam and upanyaasams), >> where is found the shrine of swami's beloved deva perumaL, >> and wherefrom emerged desika's testament to courage and >> faith - the abheetistavam... may this satyakalam continue >> to be a place of inspiration for succeeding generations >> of srivaishnavas, and may we show our generous support >> to the kainkaryams towards this kshetram and to the >> acharyas who lead those efforts. >> >> rangapriyam mama gurum Saranam prapadye >> srimate rangapriya mahadeshikaaya namaH >> >> sri Rangapriya daasan, >> -Srinath C. > > > > > > Links > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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