Acharya Vaibhavam - Denver Oct 27th & 28th - Report.

[Guest guest]

Respected Ramanuja Bhaktas,

 

Madhuri and I, along with my brother-in-law, Ranganath, feel truly blessed to

have had the opportunity to

engage in this wonderful celebration of AzhwAr-AchArya vaibhavam with our fellow

devotees from Denver,

Chicago and Houston. My sincere thanks to all those who participated for all

your hard work and support

in making this conference so successful and spiritually inspiring.

 

As Sri Mukundan has so well described, the highlight of the occasion was the

processional (porrapAdu) for

Sri Rama pariwAram, that brought bhaktas from both kalais together with Gaudiya

Vaishnavas, and a host of

interested devotees from the Asian Indian and Western communities to rejoice in

the beauty of the Lord on

His palenquin. To me, it served as an unprecedented example of the unifying and

all-inclusive nature of

Sri Ramanuja sampradAyam. The atmosphere of pure service and devotion shown by

all who accompanied the

Lord through the busy streets surrounding Sri RadhaGovinda Temple brought to my

mind and heart images of

utsavams in divya dEshams. At times, it was difficult for me to hold back the

tears of joy that I felt.

 

A wonderful play highlighting the importance of simple faith by the young

children of our community only

added to the joy of this occasion.

 

With the Grace of our Divine Couple, Sri RadhaGovinda, the Denver community

looks forward to hosting

another conference of this type in the very near future.

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

Mohan

 

 

 

Dan Pattangi wrote:

 

> sri:

>

> Dear Devotees Humble Pranams:

>

> It was a truly educational, inspirational and enjoyable

> Acharya Vaibhavam conference in Denver.

>

> The first conference where we have seen a procession (porappadu) for the

> LORD with about 100 devotees going out in the streets in the USA for

> about 1Hr.

> (About 50 of them Non-Indians and the amount of Pure Devotion (free

> of self ego, lineage & so called knowledge ego was purely inspirational)

>

> Educational dicussions on :-

>

> 1. Acharyas and their contributions. (MudalAzhwars, Ramanuja,

> Venkatanathar & Mamunigal)

> 2. Ramayana (Purpose of RamaAvathara, Vyakyanams on Vali Vadha,

> Mother Sita being sent to Forest, Agni Pariksha etc.)

> 3. Purpose of Life, and what can we do towards this purpose.

> 4. How is Moksha Gauraunteed?

>

> Excellent discussions and beautiful answers as per our Acharyas went

> late into the night on Saturday and Sunday.

>

> Lord and Acharyas blessed Mohan & Madhuri Sagar & the Ramanuja Society

> Team (VishwaChand, Krishnan, Sudarshan, Ranga and all others)

> for the selfless service to the community which was performed with

> grace and smiles.

>

> Thanks to all the speakers, discussion hosts and all the devotees for

> making this a unique funtion.

>

> adiyEn will try to write details later in the next post.

> (Especially on the Ramayana Topics as the dicussions were excellent)

>

> azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam

>

> adiyEn rAmAnujA dAsan

> Mukundan Vangkipuram Pattangi

> www.radioramanuja.com

>

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