HH Jeeyar Swamiji's visit to CA Report from Murali Krishna Kalvapudi

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HH Shri Tridandi Srimannarayana Ramanuja Chinna Jeeyar

Swamiji's visit to Bay area

Author: "Murali Krishna Kalvapudi"

 

His Holiness Shri Shri Shri Tridandi Sriman Narayana Ramanuja Chinna

Jeeyar Swamiji's Trip to Bay Area from July 3rd to July 9th, 2000.

 

 

Jai Srimannarayana!!

 

Sri Bhagavathotthamas!

 

His Holiness Shri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji has graced us

by visiting the Bay area from July 3rd to July 9th. It was a rare

event to California which had to wait for four years as the

Swamiji's visit to this place last time was happened in 1996.

Shri Swamiji is greatly followed and widely respected Pithadhipathi

in Andhra Pradesh having His Ashram in Sitanagaram (near Vijayawada

on the banks of river Krishna). He has established Veda Pathasalas

at Sitanagaram and Jaggayyapet and another Ashram in Nadigaddapalem

in Gutur District. Eversince renunciating this materialistic world

at a very young age, Shri Swamiji has mastered the whole of Dravida

and Sanskrit Vedams, Shri Ramanuja Darshanam, Sri Vaishnava

Sampradayam, attained Bhagavat Sakshatkaram, Ashtakshari Manthra

Siddhi and is a pioneer in preserving Vedas and vedic tradition.

We all believe that Shri Swamiji is the reincarnation of Bhagavat

Ramanuja performing Saddharma Prathishtapanam in this world which

is being swept away by the western influences leaving our traditional

vedic dharma. Leading a true Saintly life Shri Swamiji endeavours to

spread Shri Bhagavad Ramanuja Sampradayam throughout the world.

Shri Swamiji also provides spiritual leadership to 'VIKASA TARANGINI'

an organization which provides guidance to the present day youth.

More information about Shri Swamiji and His activites can be obtained

at Shri Swamiji's website at www.chinnajeeyar.org.

 

Although it is impossible to summarize Shri Swamiji's

pravachana saram and the Divya Anubhavam we all had during His visit,

I venture out to place a few words for the benifit of the members.

Learned members please count all mistakes on me and correct me.

 

Shri Swamiji has been touring USA since the last week

of May this year at the request of His desciples. He has graced

several places like Washington DC, Detroit, Florida etc.After

finishing His visit at Los Angeles and Bakersfield in Southern

California Shri Swamiji came to Fremont and blessed Shriman Vishnu

Vardhan Reddy ( religious committee member in Livermore temple) by

staying at his residence for 7 days. Hundreds of devotees and

desciples thronged his house throughout the period of 7 days to have

Shri Swamiji's Darshan, blessings and listen to valuable

pravachanams

by Swamiji.

 

Every day morning there was Tirtha Goshti at 8.30 AM

with Divya Prabandha Parayanam and Sevakalam. Shri Swamiji gave

Perumal Tirtham to everyone filled with His love and Kataksham. It

is a divine experince to receive Tirtham and it is true that whoever

wishes something while taking the Tirtham, that wish fructifies

without fail. There are innumerable incidents sanctifying this

belief.

On 4th July evening, Shri Swamiji has blessed us with

His Divya Pravachanam on Smt Bhagavadgita. More than 700 devotees

have attentively listened. Shri Swamiji has lucidly explained the

intricate meanings of the Gita and emphasized that it is time

to practice what is told in there. In a lighter vein He was

mentioning that several devotees are becoming merely `Sravana

Bhaktas' meaning who just listen and forget whatever is told at the

next moment. He has explained why the first chapter in Gita `Arjuna

Vishada Yogam' is a Yogam. How can Vishadam be a Yogam!

Elaborating on that He says only when one's heart and mind gets

softened, good thoughts and preachings can get into the mind deeply,

like a seed sown in land which is wet, fertile and tilled properly.

 

On 5th July evening, Shri Swamiji has explained the

need for selfishness in today's society, at the Stanford University.

About 200 intellectuals have benefited from Shri Swamji's divine

discourse and thoughts. Swamiji has discussed the meaning of

selfishness and its difference with possessiveness. Shri Swamiji

told that every animal has a characteristic feature of its own

like a cow, a horse etc. which uniquely identifies them.

Similarly human beings have two characteristic features of the

power of realization and responsiveness to the realization.

A young boy identifies his body and immediate surroundings as his

self and will be happy if he gets a new dress, a new toy to play

with etc. When he grows up his self includes his family. He

strives hard to get all good things in the world for his family.

When he takes up a position at work his self includes his ganization,

colleagues and subordinates. When he further grows and takes up a

public role like a minister/politician, his self would include

the whole country/society. Thus we can see that a person's

self/selfishness radius is kept on increasing with his role and age

in the society. The more it expands, number of persons who are

benefited by the selfishness kept on increasing. So Swamiji advocates

that this type of selfishness radius should keep on increasing and

ultimately should include the whole universe, which will bring all

good things to the humanity at large. When this includes even God

then such person becomes a divine Yogi and Sage he says.

 

On 6th July evening Shri Swamiji explained the

greatness of Telugu language, culture and tradition when compared to

other

languages. He said that Telugu is the language which is very close to

Sanskrit and has retained several sounds/syllables which are not

present

in many descendent languages. A large number of Telugu speaking

people

from Andhra Pradesh got inspired by Shri Swamiji's speech and felt

proud

of being Telugu origin reinventing the

greatness of their tradition.

 

On 7th July evening Shri Swamiji made the Lord Sri

Lakshmi Narayana appear before everyone of the more than 500 devotees

participating in the Lakshmi pooja. He has unveiled the kalyana gunas

of Sriman Narayana with numerous examples and also how Lakshmi Devi

the divine mother helps the bhaktas in getting upto Him. He has

explained every act of the Pooja the whys and hows of each and every

kaimkaryam in the pooja. It is an enlivening experince for which I

have no words to express.

 

On 8th July Shri Swamiji has graced us with commentary

on Sahasra Kalasa Abhishekam in Livermore Temple and also in the

evening treated us to the Vaibhavam of Lord Sriman Narayana.

Througout

all these discourses and His visits to the houses of more than 30

devotees during the period He stayed in the bay area, Shri Swamiji

has

answered hundreds of questions and cleared the doubts of many bhaktas

who are in two minds and dilemas. Shri Swamiji's visit has undoubtedly

shown all of us a path to the Supreme Lord before us cleared of all

the obstacles. I am sure many of the attendants and participants are

already experiencing His divine grace and Kataksham through His

kaimkaryam.

 

On 9th July several Bhagavathotthamas in the Bay area

have arrived for the Tirtha Goshti. That day being Thiru Nakshatram

of Periyalwar, Shri Swamiji has explained the significance of the

day, Periyalwar's anubhavam and his greatness, why Vishnuchittar is

called Periyalwar, the meaning of Pallandu etc. After that Thiruvai

Mozhi, and several pasurams of Periyalwar Thirmozhi were recited by

the Bhagavathottamas.

 

Shri Swmiji has concluded the Sevakalam with Tirtha

Viniyogam amidstrecital of Hayagriva Sthotram blessing all of us

for a good education in our lives. Shri Swamiji has also graced

few of the bhaktas with Pancha Samskarams (Samasrayanam) on that

day and concluded his visit in a grand way.

 

I fondly wish that Shri Swamiji visits us again and

again every year and showers his benevolence on all of us so that

we all can progress in attaining the ultimate goal of Moksham in our

lives.

 

We all needs such divine Acharyas and let us join together in singing

Pallandu Pallandu' to Shri Swamji and all of our Acharyas.

 

Adiyen,

Ramanuja Dasa

Murali Krishna Kalvapudi.

 

 

Jai Srimannarayana!