Thirumantram Class - Oct 8th to Nov 14th

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sri:

 

Learn Thirumantram - From Sri U Ve Velukkudi Krishnan Swami

Second Session: Oct 8th to Nov 14th, 2004 register at:

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

 

Dear Devotees:

 

We are all blessed to be in a situation where acharyas knowledge keeps pouring

to us.

 

With HIS blessings, we are blessed to learn Thirumantram as taught by our

Purvacharyas.

 

For those devotees who were not able to make use of the oppurtunity, we are

conducting the class again Oct 8th to Nov 14th, 2004

 

Led by Sri Velukkudi Swami's CD (and Vyakhyanam Book in Tamil or English)

Swami will also try to come on the Tele-Bridge to teach and help us clarify our

doubts.

If you desire to learn, please register at: http://www.radioramanuja.com

 

For Devotees in the USA/ Canada only: We will provide the CD (18 hours) Free of

cost

(You will have to pay the Packaging & shipping charges $10 )

or collect from your local VEDICS center. (www.vedics.net)

 

Devotees not in USA/Canada can still register for the course, but will have to

get the

materials on-line at http://www.radioramanuja.com

 

Following in the Sri Vaishnava tradition there is no fees for the class.

 

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Note from Sri Velukkudi Swamin - As was sent for the 1st session.

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Mumukshupadi - Know yourself through Tirumantram

 

We, the jeevatmas, enjoy an intimate relationship with the Paramatma. Realising

this relationship culminates into a perennial spring of joy. The most important

source of this knowledge is known as Rahasyatraya the three sacred mantras

Tirumantram, Dvayam and Caramaslokam.

 

 

Tirumantram depicts the Master and servant relationship,

Caramasloka instructs absolute surrender (Saranagati) as the only option for the

servant for spiritual union with his Master, and

Dvaya is for chanting during actual performance of Saranagati and requesting

service.

All the three rahasyas are short in words but deeper than the ocean in their

esoteric meanings.

 

Rahasyatraya knowledge is a must for every mumukshu (one who is longing for

Srivaikuntha).

 

Kanchi Devaraja incarnated as Swamy Pillailokacarya, and to unravel the

mysticism of Rahasyas, delivered 18 divine works revered as ashtadasa rahasyas.

Mumukshupadi is the most important of them on the subject of Rahasyatraya. It

comprises of three chapters, namely, Tirumantra prakarana, Dvaya Prakarana and

Caramasloka Prakarana. The text is in the form of aphorisms (sutra), where

minumum words are used for maximum meanings. This text needed a detailed

commentary, which was an in born talent of Swamy Manavala Mamunikal.

 

Being an incarnation of Adisesha, who had thousand divine tongues, Manavala

Mamunigal inherited the power of description and so was renowned as Visada Vak

Sikhamanigal.

 

Now, we have an opportunity to study Mumukshupadi at home. As a first step we

would start with tirumantra prakaranam,(115 sutras) and understand the glories

of Paramatma and Jivatma. Tirumantram surpasses all other mantras as it houses

the unique Narayana namam.

 

The suitable time to study this would be the brahma muhurtam of a year, which is

margazhi month (dhanur masa). Andal, in the first verse of Tiruppavai, proclaims

that Narayana is the bestower of divine service (narayanane namakke parai

taruvan).

 

 

Study session would start on 1st day of margazhi (16th Dec 2003) and would

continue for the whole month.

Each participant would be given 2 MP3 CDs with a talk time of 18 hours - Free of

cost.

These CDs have word-by-word explanation of Mumukshupadi along with the

commentary of Swamy Manavala Mamunigal rendered by Sri U. Ve. Velukkudi Krishnan

in simple tamil.

 

 

The participant (USA and Canada) has to donate $10 : towards the Text Book.

The students, after receiving the CDs and the book, should mail a check for $10,

made out to Vedics

(write Thirumanthram Class in the memo section) and mail it to:

 

TCA Venkatesan

236 Bellshire Lane

Rochester Hills, MI 48307

 

For those who are not familiar in reading Tamil script, a simple English

translation of Swamy Manavala Mamunigal's commentary.

(Vedics Foundation USA makes this available in the Web & in Paper form)

 

Students have to allot 1 hour every day OR 7 hours per week and complete

listening to the CDs along with the book.

(listen to the discourse along with the book).

 

The participants would be supplied with a simple questionnaire, which they need

to answer at home to reinforce what they learnt.

 

Participants can form study groups at their towns and answer to these over

weekends and submit the assignment.

This is not to scare anyone but to build confidence.

 

(VEDICS will make arangements to receive and submit homeworks and solutions on-

line).

These assignments would be valued before the 30th day and results published on

the same day.

 

All the participants would be given a certificate naming them as "tirumantra

pravana"(one who is fond of tirumantra)

and a momento (of Swamy Manavala Mamunigal).

 

Satisfied participants may choose to reciprocate by participating in any

vaishnava kainkaryam

undertaken by VEDICS at that time.

 

A word of caution:

Only the acharya of a participant has the authority to preach rahasyatrayam to

him.

So every participant is requested to recite his acharya tanian at the beginning

and end of every session.

(If you have not had initiation and are interested please e-mail danp).

 

We expect everyone wanting to know the right meaning of tirumantram,

which is essential to be a Srivaishnava, to participate in this programme.

 

We are sure that you would allot 18 hours to know yourself through tirumantram.

 

If you desire to learn, please register at: http://www.radioramanuja.com

 

Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

 

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