SRI RANGA SRI VOL.04 / ISSUE # 13 A d/02/13/03 -ADDENDUM AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT

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SRI RANGA SRI VOL.04 / ISSUE # 13 A dated 13th February 2003

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ADDENDUM AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT

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Dear Bhagavatas:

 

EDITORIAL

IN THIS ISSUE:

1. DESIKAMRUTAM II:

SWAMI DESIKA’S SIMILES “UPAMA” Part 25 (107 and 108)

By Sri Anbil Ramaswamy

In the last issue SRS 4.13 dated 12th February 2003, the topic on Swami

Desika’s Similes mentioned above was somehow not included. We present the

same here.

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2. QUESTION BOX REPLIES:

Some reader asked for the source details of two Sanskrit SlOkas. While we

answered the one on the invisible witnesses to one’s actions, Vide SRI RANGA

SRI VOL 03 / ISSUE 26 dated 24th April 2002, the Answer to the other

question on “When a lie is considered harmless”” was left out. We present

the same here.

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3. CONSUMERS” ASSOCIATION OF INDIA (CAI)

While in India, I was a Member of the Executive Committee of the “Consumers’

Protection Council in Chennai. I continue to be a member even now. This

Council has been doing wonderful work in protecting the interests of

Consumers. The Council has been renamed as “Consumers’ Association of India”

with All India recognition (CAI). This is a Non-Profit Organization engaged

in Social service to the needy consumers. The CAI wishes to bring to the

notice of well-wishers in USA and elsewhere on their activities. Though

this does not fall within the mission statement of “Sri Ranga Sri”, by way

of recognition of the yeomen service (kainkaryam) done by CAI for the

defenseless consumers, the appeal is featured for the information of

members. Those interested in knowing more about this or like to take part

and help in their efforts may kindly contact the Trustee.

Dasoham

Anbil Ramaswamy

Editor & Publisher

“Sri Ranga Sri”

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1. DESIKAMRUTAM II:

SWAMI DESIKA’S SIMILES “UPAMA” Part 25 (107 and 108)

By Sri Anbil Ramaswamy

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In the last issue SRS 4.13 dated 12th February 2003, the topic on Swami

Desika’s Similes mentioned above was somehow not included. We present the

same here.

 

107

“VEda Vaideeka SaastrangaLir sollugira niyamangaLai baahyarum

kudrishTigaLum braantiyaalE viDugiraviDam “Taamasa tyaagam”…

“KuDumba bharaNaadigaLukku alaindu SannyaasaadigaLaip patruvaaraip pOleE

duhka roopaigaLaana Pravritti – NivrittigaLukku Sombi viDugiraviDam Raajasa

tyaagam..”

Meaning:

“Those who are outside the pale of the Vedas and those who hold heretical

views give up, owing to delusion, these restrictions and regulations that

are ordained in the Vedas and the Sastras based on Vedas. This kind of

renunciation is due to “Tamas”…”Giving up of activities and abstentions

which are of the nature of pain is renunciation due to “Rajas”. His Tyaga is

like that of the man who becomes Sannyasin because of the difficulties in

maintaining a family”

 

108

“Ib bhagavad preeti-prayOjanamaaga anushTikkira ip preetikku mOkshamum

phalamaaga kOlaatE poorva prapattiyaal piranda Parama kaaruNikan

prasaadathaalE mOksham siddham enru ninaithu muktanUDaiya kainkaryam

pOlavum, arOganuDaiya paal vaartu uNNugai pOlavum anushTikkai Saatvika

Tyaagathin ellai nilamaagak kaDavadu. Idu Pasittu uNbaar maatram. Ingan

allaada pOdu OTTathukku appam tinbaar maatram”

Meaning:

“The Prapanna should not ask for even mOksham as a reward, for he should

realize that, by the grace of the All-merciful Lord which has been won by

the Prapatti performed earlier, mOksha is certain. This would resemble a

healthy man eating food with milk (without any thought of the cure from

illness to be obtained from milk). Such a code of conduct is the highest

limit of renunciation due to “Sattvam”. This is like eating food when one is

hungry. Otherwise, their conduct would resemble that of one who eats cakes

for winning a wager. They cannot derive any true pleasure there from and

cannot relish the food”

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2. QUESTION BOX REPLIES:

Some reader asked for the source details of two Sanskrit SlOkas. While we

answered the one on the invisible witnesses to one’s actions, Vide SRI RANGA

SRI VOL 03 / ISSUE 26 dated 24th April 2002, the Answer to the other

question on “When a lie is considered harmless”” was left out. We present

the same here.

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Q.17. Saastras provide for uttering lie in certain circumstances. What are

those circumstances?

 

Answer:

There are 5 circumstances when a lie is not considered a lie, as per the

following Sloka in Dharma Saastra.

Vivaaha kaalE rathi samprayOgE praaNaathyayE sarva dhanaapahaarE /

Mitrasyacha aarthEpi anrutham vadEyu: pancha anrutaani aahuh a-paatakaani //

1. Wedding (vivaha kaalE)

2. Conjugal enjoyment (rathi samprayOgE)

3. When faced with danger for life (PraaNathyayE)

4. When one is robbed of all one possesses (Sarva DhanaapahaarE)

5. For protecting a friend from danger (Mitrasya aarththE)

This SlOkam occurs in Mahaabhaaratam, KarNa Parvam- 69.

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3. CONSUMERS” ASSOCIATION OF INDIA (CAI)

While in India, I was a Member of the Executive Committee of the “Consumers’

Protection Council in Chennai. I continue to be a member even now. This

Council has been doing wonderful work in protecting the interests of

Consumers. The Council has been renamed as “Consumers’ Association of India”

with All India recognition (CAI). This is a Non-Profit Organization engaged

in Social service to the needy consumers. The CAI wishes to bring to the

notice of well-wishers in USA and elsewhere on their activities. Though

this does not fall within the mission statement of “Sri Ranga Sri”, by way

of recognition of the yeomen service (kainkaryam) done by CAI for the

defenseless consumers, the appeal is featured for the information of

members. Those interested in knowing more about this or like to take part

and help in their efforts may kindly contact the Trustee.

Anbil Ramaswamy

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CONSUMERS” ASSOCIATION OF INDIA (CAI)

 

Ref. No.CAI/VYY/SB/160

Dated 13.02.03

 

To

 

Mr. A. K. Ramaswamy,

Email: ramanbil

 

Dear Mr. Ramaswamy,

Following is a write up about CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA.

 

Rapid industrialisation, low level of transparency in Government

Departments, and inefficient, substandard service is adding to the woes of

the consumer in India

 

The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 brought marginal improvement in that the

consumers had separate quasi-judicial Consumer Disputes Redressal agencies

in our country. Unlike the Civil Courts which only after a long delay could

punish the offender, the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) gave total redressal

to consumers in getting back what they lost with interest, compensation for

mental agony and costs.

 

Today, there are over 3,000 registered Voluntary Consumer Organizations in

the country, doing good service, but their service is confined to their

locality. There is no single consumer organization with a large all India

membership. It is only the strength of members that can make a consumer

organization strong enough to deal with all problems faced by consumers.

This is what encouraged us to start and build an organization like CONSUMERS

ASSOCIATION OF INDIA, with a large membership base that would be a force to

reckon with.

 

1. PEOPLE BEHIND CAI

The Consumers Association of India (CAI) was founded on 15th March 2001 and

registered as a Voluntary Charitable Trust. It is managed by a panel of

trustees comprising -

Mr. R. Desikan, Consumer Activist/Journalist, Mr. V.Y.Yegnaraman, Consumer

Activist, Mr. K. Krishna Kumar, Consultant Logistics, Dr.T.K.Partha Sarathy,

The Vice Chancellor, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute,

Mr. R. Ramakrishnan, Former Executive Director & Technical Advisor, Ashok

Leyland and Mr. P.K. Ranganathan, Retired, Additional Director General,

Geological Survey of India.

 

2. OUR OBJECTIVE:

CAI’s objective is to build the consumer movement as a Citizen-Consumer

power in India by enrolling as many associate members as possible and

spreading consumer awareness amongst them.

 

3. OUR ACHIEVEMENTS:

¨ We have enrolled over 3000 members during the first year of our

operations.

 

¨ We have helped over 1,500 members to get redressal for their consumer

complaints.

 

¨ We have conducted 8 seminars under the Responsibilities & Rights series to

educate consumers on their responsibilities and rights. The topics were

Patients & Hospitals, Advertising & Sales Promotion, Rational Use of Drugs,

Police & Traffic Management, Motor Insurance, Pension Funds, Medical

Insurance, Safety & Helmets,

 

¨ Consumer’s Guide to Diagnostic Medical Tests-a comprehensive, handy

reference guide for the consumer written by a doctor of international repute

has just been published. Price Rs.200/- per copy.

 

4. WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE TOGETHER:

¨ Our strength as a national body, with a large membership base, will make

us a force to reckon with - a voice that will be heard in circles that

matter.

 

¨ Associate Members of CAI will be able to exercise their rights.

 

¨ CAI can provide guidance on topics of consumer interest thereby providing

an opportunity to represent the problems of the community around you.

 

¨ Important events and news on topics of consumer interest can be publicized

through Consumer’s Digest.

V.Y. YEGNARAMAN

Trustee

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