Vedics Membership: An opportunity to learn and serve

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srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha

 

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Introducting Vedics Membership: A Concrete Basis to Join and serve the cause of

Ramanuja SampradAyam

 

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Dear Bhagavatha Bandhus:

 

It is with great pleasure we announce creation of a membership framework to

support the needs of the growing Vedics community in the US. The hoary

tradition of Ramanuja sampradayam, which is the thread that binds all sri

vaishNavas together as a global family, is a great store house of divine

knowledge and wisdom, a spiritual basis for life that at once connects every

sentient being in an inalienable, binding relationship with the ultimate divine

reality, srImannArAyaNa.

 

The Vedics Foundation (www.vedics.net, www.radioramanuja.com ), established

primarily to address the needs of Sri Vaishnavas in North America, has built a

substantive and comprehensive base of resources related to Ramanuja darshanam.

Designed to provide the interested seeker books, publications and learning

assistance in multiple media and formats (from conventional books to web-based

courses and tools to live tele-classes), the Vedics Library now boasts of an

unparalleled collection of books and CDs on both the fundamentals and abstruse

aspects of the Sri Vaishnava sampradayam. In addition, a fundamental objective

of the Vedics organization has been to provide every interested person access to

the true spirit of sri Ramanuja's vision, a vision of universal compassion and

inclusion, a spirit of service towards God and Man. To this end, Vedics is

involved in supporting multiple causes in India and in the US, from maintenance

/ support of divya deshams to organizing and conducting discourses by authentic

scholars of the tradition, to providing learning resources and information on

the true essence of the vEdic philosophy of sri vaishNavam.

 

 

 

In an effort to make these resources easily available to everyone and to

facilitate the opportunity for a diverse audience to benefit from the timeless

message of Vedic truths enshrined in Azhvar / Acharya outpourings, the Vedics

Foundation now provides a simple membership framework for all desirous devotees,

a mechanism to access a wealth of authentic information related to the Sri

Vaishnava philosophy and way of life.

 

 

 

These resources include authentic books on the true vision of the Ramanuja

sampradayam from India, CDs of discourses from leading vidwans and an ongoing

series of live discourses from the best upanyasakas in the sampradayam, an

informative web site and an online course on the fundamentals of the philosophy.

 

 

 

Benefits of Vedics Membership

 

 

 

Ø Free copies of a number of authentic publications in English, related to

the fundamentals of Sri Vaishnava philosophy and way of life.

 

Ø Access to a comprehensive list of books imported from India that can be

procured at members-only, discounted prices

 

Ø Access to free CDs of upanyasams (discourses) on a number of fundamental

topics

 

Ø Access to audio cassettes on divya prabandham chanting and other relevant

material

 

Ø Access to a comprehensive set of CDs (over 100 titles) available as part

of the Vedics archives made available at discounted, members-only prices

 

Ø Free access to live, weekly discourses from the most authoritative and

knowledgeable Acharyas and upanyasakas from India. These currently include

eminent scholars such as Sri MA Venkata Krishnan Swamy, Sri Velukkudi Krishnan

Swamy, Sri Vanamamalai Jeeyar Swamy, and Sri ES Bhoovarahachar Swamy

 

Ø Access to free, live learning resources (weekly / monthly classes to

learn divya prabandham, daily prayers, methods of worship etc), including a

Vedics online course on Sri Vaishnavam

 

Ø Access to a comprehensive web site designed to support needs of devotees

in terms of

 

 

 

§ Details about Azhvars and Acharyas

 

§ Sri Vaishnava festivals and Acharya thirunakshatrams

 

§ Divya deshams and their history

 

§ Pictures and images of Perumal, Azhwars and Acharyas

 

§ Information about visiting divya deshams

 

§ Online support to address specific needs of members

 

 

Members are provided with an initial welcome package of membership consisting of

important books, cassettes, CDs and an identity card. Each member is provided

with a unique ID that would facilitate free access to all Vedics resources,

including the web site, learning tools, classes and tele-discourses.

 

More information on how to become a member can be obtained from:

 

http://www.vedics.net/membership/index.html

 

If you have any questions or need assistance, please feel free to contact any of

the the Vedics cooridnators listed at

www.vedics.net

 

aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

 

Sridhar Srinivasan

Vedics Membership Cooridnator