Fwd: FW: Digest Number 303

[Guest guest]

Jai Srimannarayana!!!

 

I have been reading very informative and

enlightening contributions regarding

" Who is a real Guru?". Thanks a lot for

your contributions. I would like to

mention that there is a wonderful text

available from our own Ramanuja Vani.

The name of the text is "THIRU MANTRA

SAARAM". It is writtern by our Pujya

Swamiji. The text deals with Shri

Parashara Bhattar's " Ashta Shloki"

revealing the Three Great Mantras in

our Sampradaya. Being a novice and of

limited ability, I can not fully

express what a great text it is for

aspirants like us. It is my punya

that I have the opportunity to study

" Thiru Mantra Saaram". In this text,

as a preliminary preparation to

"Ashta Shloki", Swamiji has given the

right information concerning the

topics in Digests 295 and 303. Some

of the topics are:

 

1)Ardha Panchaka Gyana, five essential meanings

of life.

 

2) Who is an Acharaya? Who is a Shishya?,

(Achaya Shishyula Lakshanamulu). The qulities

of an ideal Teacher as well as an ideal

student are identified. The requirements

are so stringent, Lord Srimannarayana,

out of compassion took Avatars as an

ideal Acharya (Narayana)and as an ideal

Shisya (Nara) to establish standards and

ideals for the future generations.

 

The text " Thiru Mantra Saaram" is

wonderful and will carry us to the next

level. The text is in Telugu. For the

benefit of Non-Telugu brothers and

sisters and our children, the text

must be translated in to English. I

observe there are very good writers

in our group, the likes of Sriman

Seshagiri, Sriman Rama Krishna, etc.,

we can attemt the translation. I will

do my best to contribute. We discuss

these topics in Vikasa Tarngini meetings

in Houston.

 

With humble Pranaams to Jeeyar Swamiji,

 

Jeevan Pulijala