Fwd: Tribute to Sriman Anbil Ramaswamy

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tiruvenkatam, sudarshan madabushi

<mksudarshan2002> wrote:

 

Dear Sri Nadadur Mathavan,

 

I am writing this to you to convey my heartfelt best

wishes for the success of the felicitation ceremony

the Ramanuja Mission USA is about to organize on

15May'05 at the Baltimore Siva-Vishnu Temple where the

venerable Sri Anbil Ramaswamy will be honoured and

conferred the title of "kainkarya thilakam".

 

I was introduced to Sri Anbil Swamy first in 1996

through the internet when I d to his

cyber-site SDDS, Desika Darsana Sabha. He was posting

a series of articles under the title "Hinduism

Rediscovered". The articles covered an amazingly wide

range of subjects relating to Veda, the

Prastana-traya, Ramanuja "siddhAnta", SriVaishnava

"aahanikam", AzhwAr "srisookthis" and Swami

Venkatanathan's "rahasya-trayasaram". Sri Ramaswamy's

series, written as it was in simple but elegant

English, was an eye-opener to me as I'm sure it must

have been to hundreds of other interested readers on

the worldwide internet. There were many thousands like

me who had scant knowledge of Sanskrit or Tamil but

who were sincerely seeking to discover the riches of

the Vedantic scriptures of India through the medium of

English commentaries or treatises. To such seekers and

students of Vedanta, Sri Anbil's series of articles

was a veritable treat providing as it did easy access

to rich sources of reference, information, explication

and commentary.

 

Many years later, in the year 2004, a few admirers and

readers of Sri Anbil Swamy (most notably Sri IVK

Chary) in Kuwait, and who were members of the

Tiruvenkatam Group (tiruvenkatam), hit

upon the idea of gathering all the articles of the

"HInduism Rediscovered" series on the internet and

compiling the same into a published book. Sri Anbil

Swamy was contacted and he readily came forward to

help in turning the idea into reality.

 

In March 2004, thus, thanks to the tireless efforts of

Sri Anbil Swamy and to the generous financial support

of the Tiruvenkatam Group members in Kuwait, the book

"Hinduism Rediscovered" was published and released at

a solemn occasion in SriRangam graced by the presence

of His Holiness Srimadh Paravakootai Andavan Swami.

 

I regard Sri Anbil Ramaswamy's book to be a most

valuable contemporary work in English on SriVaishnava

thought and practices. For the SriVaishnavite diaspora

at large anywhere in the world, be it the USA, Gulf

States or Far-East, and especially for the modern

youth of the community there, a reading of the book

would certainly serve as an excellent first initiation

into the treasures that lie deep within the

SriVaishnava "sampradAya" and ethos.

 

Sri Anbil Swamy's undertaking to write the book was

sheer labour of love indeed. He carried it out in a

spirit of humble "kainkarya" to the larger community

of Vedantic 'asthikas' and 'bhagavathas' around the

world. For this effort alone, even if not for anything

else, he richly deserves, particularly at this

glorious stage in his life, the recognition of peers

and admirers alike who are all now gathering at

Baltimore to award him with the title of "kainkarya

Rathnam".

 

On behalf of all the members of the Tiruvenkatam

Group, Kuwait, without whose generous help the book

"Hinduism Rediscovered" could not have been published,

I offer tributes and congratulations to the learned

doyen. While we pray to the Divya-dampathis, the Lord

and Mother, our Deities at Tirumala, to grant Sri

Anbil Swamy long life, good health and cheer, we take

the occasion to offer our individual

"danda-samarpaNam" too to him and seek his blessings

for ourselves and our families.

 

With deep regards,

 

For and on behalf of the Tiruvenkatam Group

 

dAsan,

Sudarshan

[Guest guest]

Could you kindly tell me how to buy that book?

 

Gopi Chari

Mitreya Center