Fwd: Department of Dvaitha in the University ???.

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Dear HariBhakthas,

 

I thought of sharing following message with you all. This message

indicates that we need to start thinking about some establishment

which can propagate / preserve Dvaitha Siddantha.

 

Shri Hari Priyatham.

Gopalakrishna Varna

 

--- Raja R Cavale <rajcaval.kkh wrote:

>

> Dear Friends,

>

> Prof : B. Basker wrote:-

>

> > I am Prof Dr. B.Basker working as a Government College History

> >Lecturer and belonging to a Madhwa family. I am very much

> interested

> >in our philosophy and have read many books of Sri Madaacharya and

> >other saints of his lineage. I had frantically tried to get a dept.

> >in the Madras University but was unsuccessful as the endowment fees

> >they had asked for the Madhwa Philosophy Department is beyond reach.

> >I had also tried at least to get a department in my faculty on

> History

> >of Madhwas and myself go on deputation to the same but that ambition

> >too seems to be futile. It is heart rending to note that only our

> >philosophy department is non existent in the Madras University and

> at

> >least I hope that an institute will be started to save all the

> valuab

> >le works of our great saints for posterity.

>

> It is heartening and not heart rendering to note that persons like

> Prof B

> Bhasker are concerned about lack of a department of Madhwa Philosophy

> and

> their personal effort to start one at Madras University.

>

> It would not be much difficult for Madhwas living abroad to

> organise the

> starting a department of Madhwa Philosophy, by raising a fund which

> should

> be managed by Trustees. As there is such a value in Indian Rupees for

> the

> foreign currencies like US Dollar and British Sterling, Madhwas

> living

> abroad can make some contribution which will not hurt their pockets.

> Once

> an appreciable fund is raised, then Professor Bhasker should approach

> the

> Madras University or other Government agencies etc and ask them to

> contribute funds at least equal to the amount raised and then the

> funds to

> be kept secure under a committee of Trustees. This can be used to

> initial

> starting of the department and the remaining of the funds could be

> kept in

> a Deposit account.

>

> This is only my initial reaction to Professor Bhasker's effort and if

> he

> thinks that this idea is feasible, I can make a small initial

> donation to

> the good cause and I hope the rest of the fee could be contributed by

> fellow Madhwas living abroad.

>

> Yours sincerely,

>

>

> Rajaram Cavale.

>

>

>

>

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