Guest guest Posted September 20, 2000 Report Share Posted September 20, 2000 srImathE saTakOpAya namah srImathE rAmAnujAya namah srImathE vEdAnta dEsikAya namah srIman vara vara munayE namah Dear bhAgavathAs, SrI rAmAnujA Mission, Inc., of Srirangam Srimad Andavan Periyashramam and Jeeyar Educational Trust USA, Inc.(JET USA) of SrI SrI SrI Tridandi SrIman nArAyANa rAmAnuja chinna jIyar svAmi are pleased to announce the celebration of the thirunakshattirams of svAmi Sri vEdAnta dEsikan (1268 - 1369) and svAmi Sri maNavALa mAmunigaL (1371 - 1443) on October 28th and 29th 2000 at SrI. venkatEsvara svAmi temple, Aurora, IL. HH Sri Rangaramanuja Maha Desikan (Sri Mushnam Andavan) and HH SrI SrI SrI Tridandi SrIman nArAyANa rAmAnuja chinna jIyar svAmi have blessed us all to proceed with the function. This joint celebration is organized with the following objectives in mind: 1.To seek the blessings of our great AchAryAs by celebrating their thirunakshattirams and following their teachings. 2.To promote unity among people wanting to follow the vEdic tradition having different AchArya lineage (paramparai) with focus on the common theme - our divine lineage to Sri Ramanuja (emperumAnAr). 3.To create interest and provide support for families interested in following the vEdic sampradAyam With the above three objectives in mind, the agenda is tailored to have the following key items: 1.Focus on the teachings of our AchAryAs and their humility and lifestyle. There are 4 short plays - on SrIman nAthamuni, svAmi Sri Ramanuja (emperumAnAr), svAmi Sri vEdAnta dEsikan and svAmi Sri maNavALa mAmuni - focusing on their teachings 2.Talks on the above AchAryAs will follow the plays with focus on what their teachings are and how they are applicable to us 3.Open panel discussions on (i) relevance of temples and their role in the current age (ii) how to follow our sampradAyam with appropriate compromises in this country 4.Songs/dances by members of our sampradAyam focusing on perumAL/AchAryA vaibhavams - This was included to promote an interest in the cultural aspects of our sampradAyam that are essential in developing interest among our youngsters. 5.Temple celebrations (utsavams) with recitation of divya prabhandham, vEda pArAyaNam and recitation of stOtra pAdam We extend our humble invitation to each and every bhagavatha living in this country to attend this celebration - the first of its kind in the United States. October 8th is the thirunakshattiram of svAmi srI vEdAnta dEsikan (purattAsi thiruvONam) November 1st is svAmi srI maNavALa mAmuni's thirunakshattiram (aippasi mUlam). Also around October 28th, we have the following key thirunkashatirams - November 4,5,6 - poygai, bUtham, pEy AzhvAr thirunakkshattirams Nov 4th - svAmi srI piLLai lOkAchAriAr October 26th - dIpAvaLi This period is a very auspicious period for all of us with so many AzhvAr/AchArya thirunakshattirams There is a web page for registration and information - the URL is jeeyar.cc.uic.edu We request bhAgavathAs to give us your thoughts and ideas as to how to make this successful - We request as many people to volunteer as possible for the various tasks that are listed on the web page. AzhvAr emperumAnAR dEsikan jIyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam srI rAmAnuja dAsAs PooNdi vijayarAghavan - President, srI rAmAnuja Mission Inc., Chitra mAdhavan - President, JET-USA Inc. ***************************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing KPMG client engagement letter. ***************************************************************************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2000 Report Share Posted October 13, 2000 Priya Bhagavad bandhus! Jai srimannarayana! We have gone through the details of the program organized for the A:cha:rya thirunakshatra function. You can name it as "A:cha:rya A:ra:dhanam" collectively. We are trying to send a small message by phone, if possible or else, we are asking Sriman Venkatesan tobe there by that time to give our message to all of our bandhus. Hearing the details. Jai Srimannarayana! =chinnajeeyar= Get Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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