CharamaSlokam Class - Dec 16 to Jan 30th. On-Line registeration

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sri:

Humble pranam to all devotees:

Small Correction in the original note re: cost.

Vedics members: $10 (To cover Admin, shipping costs)

Non members: $20 (To cover CD, Book,

and other Admin costs)

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Learn CharamaSlokam - From Sri U Ve Velukkudi Krishnan Swami

Dec 16th, to Jan 30th, 2005: Register:

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

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Dear Devotees:

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

pouring to us.

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

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

doubts.

If you desire to learn, please register at:

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

For all Vedics Members we provide this service free of cost, but

request

administrative, packaging and shipping charges: $10

For Non-members we request the administrative, CD, Books, Packaging &

shipping charges ($20).

For Vedics membership visit:

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

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Note from Sri Velukkudi Swamin.

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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 and would continue for the whole month.

Each participant would be given MP3 CDs with a discourse time of 18 hours.

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

Swamy Manavala Mamunigal rendered by Sri U. Ve. Velukkudi Krishnan in simple tamil.

Non-Vedics members to donate $20 : Towards the Text Book , CD, shipping and

Administrative charges (Calling India, telebridge etc)

The students, after receiving the CDs and the book, should mail a

check for $20, made out to Vedics (write Charamaslokam Class in the memo section).

For Vedics Members, This cost is reduced to: $10.

For membership visit: http:\\www.vedics.net\membership\

Non VEDICS Members please mail check made out to "Vedics" 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 will be made avaiable.

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

Students are requested to allot 1 hour every day OR 7 hours during the weekends and

complete listening to the CDs along with the book. (listen to the discourse along with the book).

After completion, the participants would be supplied with a simple questionnaire, which they

need to answer at home to reinforce what they learnt.

This is not to scare anyone but to build confidence.

Participants may form study groups at their towns and study together.

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

These assignments would be valued before the Jan 30th, 2005.

All the participants would be given a certificate and a momento.

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, please talk to your family elders and enquire

about your family's Acharya and then talk to them. If you and your family have

no idea of the family acharya please e-mail danp (AT) uic (DOT) edu).

This is an opportune moment considering the holidays during margazhi month.

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

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

We are sure that you would allot about 20 hours to know yourself

and the only option for the servant towrds the purpose of this life.

If you desire to learn, please register at: http://www.vedics.net/course/index.html

Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

http://www.vedics.net