SEMINAR ON 21ST NOV.2004 AT HYD'BAD SRI AHOBILA MUTT-MUKUNDAN'S REPORT

[Guest guest]

- 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

HAYAGRIVA PRIYA, APART FROM INTERNET E-JOURNALS.

HE HIGHLIGHTED THE STRIKING SIMILARITIES IN SANSKRIT

AND TAMIL VEDAS.

 

THE LAST SPEAKER OF THE DAY WAS DR.U.VE.

V.K.S.N.RAGHAVAN SWAMY. HE SPOKE ON THE "OUTLINE OF

GURUPARAMPARA"(HE IS THE H.O.D., DEPT. OF VAISHNAVISM,

UNIV. OF MADRAS. HE DID HIS PH.D. IN THE HISTORY OF

VISHISHTADVAITA LITERATURE. HE DID HIS KALAKSHEPAM

UNDER THE LOTUS FEET OF SRI U.VE. UTTAMUR SWAMY.)

HIS TREATMENT ON THE PRATAMACHARYAS (THE DIVYA

DAMPATIS) WAS VERY ELABORATE.

 

SAMBHAVANAI AND SAALVAIS WERE GIVEN TO ALL THE ABOVE

VIDWANS.

THE OTHER VIDWANS WHO WERE HONOURED ON THE OCCASSION

WERE: SRI U.VE. CHETLUR SWAMY, SRI UVE. PUDUKKOTTAI

SWAMY, SRI U.VE. LAKSHMINRUSIMHACHARIAR SWAMY, SRI

U.VE. KARALPPAAKKAM ANANTAPADMANABHACHARIAR SWAMY, SRI

U.VE. MUKUNDAGIRI ANANTAPADMANABHACHARIAR SWAMY.

 

THE VIDWANS HONOURED SRI K.DEVANTAHAN SWAMY FOR SUCH A

NOVEL IDEA. DAASAN WAS ALSO HONOURED ( AS THE THREAD

GETS HONOURED DUE TO ITS ASSOCIATION WITH FRAGRANT

FLOWERS).

ALL THE VIDWANS APPRECIATED SRI DEVANATHAN SWAMI'S

TREMENDOUS EFFORTS IN SEEING THIS SEMINAR IN ENGLISH

THROUGH. THEY EVEN SUGGESTED THAT SUCH SEMINARS

SHOULD BE HELD FOR 5 DAYS ALONG WITH UBHAYA VEDA

PARAYANAMS. THEY WERE ALL ECHOING THE OPINION OF

H;H.SRI RANGAPRIYA SWAMY. ALL OTHER VAISHNAVA

ORGANISATIONS MAY NOTE THIS POINT AND MAY CONDUCT SUCH

SEMINARS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMING GENERATION.

 

THE SEMINAR CONCLUDED WITH PRAYERS TO THE LORD AND THE

ACHARYA.

THIS DAASA'S HUMBLE PRANAAMS AT THE LOTUS FEET OF ALL

THE VIDWANS WHO GAVE AN EXCELLENT CO-OPERATION IN

MAINTAINING THE TIME ALLOTTED TO THEM.

THIS DAASA IS ALSO INDEBTED TO THE AUDIENCE WHO WERE

HEARING ALL LECTURES CONTINUOUSLY WITHOUT CHANGING

THEIR POSITION OR POSTURE.

DAASAN

E.S.MUKUNDAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

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