Karma Bhoomi/ bhogha bhoomi

[Guest guest]

Dear SrimAn Soundararajan,

 

Thank you for your kind words about my being a

"believable SriVaishnavan"! (Please permit me to say

however that an "un-believable SriVaishnavan" would be

a contradiction in terms).

 

I'm glad you ask me about Sri Mukkur

Lakshminarasimhachariar. Though he is no more amidst

us bodily, let me say Sri Mukkur Swami continues to be

my mentor and inspiration in spirit.

 

There is not a single day that passes without my

remembering him. A phrase that he uttered, a story he

narrated, a difficult philosphical concept he

elaborated for the sake of a lay person like me, a

majestic Vedic passage he recited in that inimitable

style of his, a poignant "pAsuram" he quoted in praise

of his beloved Nrsimhan.... any one or more of these

things keep crossing my mind, again and again, almost

daily in my day-to-day life --- whether I'm at work in

the office, driving, reading a book or taking an

evening walk...

 

Sri Mukkur Swamy lives with me still... and we

continue to share our silent conversations on this and

that matter ... and more.

 

Do I miss him, after all these years? Of course, yes,

I miss him terribly. More intensely than I could or

even wish to describe in plain words.

 

There are 2 dear persons in life whose earthly

departure I still continue to grieve over --- firstly,

my "thAyyAr", Sangeeta Kalanidhi Smt.Mani Krishnaswami

and secondly, my 'mAnaseeka guru' Sri Mukkur Swamy.

Grief passes in time, but pain, stubborn pain,

sometimes just refuses to go the same way.

 

When I recollect some of my most special moments with

these two souls that were so dear to me in my life, I

cannot but help feel and echo the poet's moving words:

 

When oft upon the couch I lie,

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon the inward eye,

Which is the bliss of solitude...

 

So, Sir, if you ask me the question why in my postings

on the Tiruvenkatam or SriRangasri lists, I don't

openly profess anymore my prized association with

Mukkur Swamy, what can I really say? Perhaps only that

I should be left alone to savour my private and

pensive moments with him -- in solitude, in bliss and

in the abiding quietness that only the inward eye

knows?

 

Thank you so much, however, for your mail. It helped

me today remember a departed mentor... as I certainly

do every other day too.

 

Regards,

 

respectfully,

 

dAsan,

Sudarshan

 

********************

 

--- svadoolan <svadoolan wrote:

>

> Dear Sri Sudarshan:

> Herein you could have re-narrated your discussion

> with Sri Mukkur

> Swamiji regarding performing prAyaschitham for

> having worked in a

> muslim country.

>

> By the way, your yesteryear mails always had

> something to say about

> your mAnasIga Acharyan Mukkur Swamiji. But since his

> reaching

> Acharyan thiruvadi, but for the few mails wherein

> you refer to him

> as late (who is late? we or he in reaching the very

> purpose (atleast

> namesake claim) of Vaikunta prApti) you have stopped

> referring to

> him.Hasnt he provided anymore food for your

> thoughts?

>

> Does one have to be live to be ones mAnasIka

> Acharyan?

>

> Im writing this since, over years, Ive seen very few

> believabale

> Srivaishnavas like you.

>

> Regards

> dAsan

> SoundararAjan

 

 

______________________

India Matrimony: Find your life partner online

Go to: http://.shaadi.com/india-matrimony

[Guest guest]

I appreciate Sri TatachAr's note which is an

excellent exposition of the core tenets of SanAthana

Dharma, and an apposite rejoinder to the shrill voices

we hear, proclaiming that no other land, other than

Bharata Kandam (ie India), can lay claim to the title

of Karma Bhoomi. Even if one were to try harder, one

could not have said it better.

 

The proponents of the idea of exclusivity are on shaky

grounds. When they quote Rishis and AchAryas of yore

to claim the exclusive privilege of Karma Bhoomi title

to Bharata Kandam, are they referring to the

geographical boundary of British India ( which

included Pakistan, Bangla Desh and the entire

Kashmir)? Then, are they willing to accept Pakistan

and Bangla Desh as Karma Bhoomi also? How about

present day Afganistan which was, during the time of

ancient Rishis, under the "Hindu" influence and

therefore, may have been included under the definition

of Bharata Kandam !! What if parts of present day

India secede ( Tamil Nadu almost did it under the

DMK)? Will these land masses be removed from the

Domain of Karma Bhoomi? For that matter, who decides

at any given point in Time, what constitutes Bharata

Kandam, the beloved Karma Bhoomi? Don't you think

that the path is getting pretty slippery from here

onwards?

 

 

So, let us shed all the accretions surrounding the

core principles of the SanAtana Dharma and get back to

the basics which are really the gems of our religion.

Let us not be shrill and strident, proclaiming that

Bharata Kandam is the exclusive preserve of

Spirituality. Otherwise we will be no different from

the irrational Christian and Islamic zealots who

proclaim that theirs is the only religion (not

limited to some geographical entity) to save your

soul.

 

Myopic view does no one any good.

 

Your humble dAsan

 

Vasan

 

--- tatachar wrote:

 

>

> Swamin(i)s,

>

> Some of the disciussions in this line. especially

> the latest one with all bold letters,

> clearly shows how successfully we have taken a

> global-universal sanathana dharma and pushed it into

> a gully. No wonder, we are so gullible!

> Contrast this with Christianity and Islam- how they

> have taken a gully religion

> (confined to a narrow strip of Earth) and globalized

> it.

> I think we need to go back to basics of sanathana

> dharma, because, our great religion has been

> hijacked by centuries of tradition, sometimes, even

> at the cost of truth.

> Remember TRUTH is ever eternal and universal,

> TRADITIONS, more often are temporal and regional.

> This is not meant to insult anyone, but only meant

> to make us introspect and intrepret in the light of

> TRUTH and not simply tradition.

> While we enjoy the outpourings of our achAryas,

> Alwars, and other peripheral scriptures

> (out side of prasthAna trayams), let us not do

> disservice to them by limiting them to narrow

> boundaries.

>

> Let me state, these are the pillars of Sanathana

> Dharma- although we all know it, seems to me from

> the discussions going on that we need to be

> reminded:

> 1. Truth is one, wise speak of it variously

> (Ekam sat viprAh bahudA vadanti)

> 2. Let noble thought come to us from all over the

> world

> (a nO bhadrAh kratavO yantu vishvatah)

> 3. One who knows that he/she is blessed, will indeed

> receive the blessing

> (yOpAm Ayathanam vEda AyatanavAn bhavati)

> 4. World is one family

> (vasudhaiva kuTumbhakam)

> 5. IshAvAsyam idam sarvam

> yatkinchit jagatyAm jagat

> tEna tyaktEna bhujjItA

> mA gRedhah kasyasviddanam

> (The whole universe comprising of the animate and

> inaminate

> is permeated by the Lord. Relish your share with

> detachment

> or relish share that has been alloted to you.

> Don't envy others wealth.

>

> Please go back and read bhagavadgItA

> (kim anyaih shAstra vistharaih- what other shastras

> we need?).

> We have been brain washed and pushed into some real

> gully thinking.

> It is about time, we akake and araise.

> Because, we know better- even if we don't want to

> accept, in the name

> of tradition. Let truth shine!

>

> 6. saptAsyAsan paridhayah

> trissapta samidhah kRetAh

>

> (Seven outer limits and seven innert limits of our

> life yagna:

> Seven outer limits: Earth, water, fire, space, wind,

> day and night.

> Twenty one inner limits: pancha karmEndriyams,

> pancha jn~AnEndriyams, pancha prAnams,

> four anthahkaraNams (manam-mind, buddhi-intellect,

> chittam-conscience, and ahamkAram-ego), dharmam

> (right) and adharmam (wrong)

>

> dAsan

>

> K.S. Tatachar

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

The all-new My - Get yours free!