Fw: Sri Madhvanavami Celebrations on Saturday, Feb 13 in the SF Bay area...

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Dear Krishna Bhaktas,

We are celebrating Sri Madhvanavami in

the Bay area

on Sunday Feb 13th at 9:30AM in Santa Clara, California. VMS members

outside California, please inform if you have Madhva friends & relatives

living

in the Bay area, about this event and also of our VMS activities here.

 

NamaskAragalu,

Sathya.

 

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> M.S. Sathya <mssn

> mssathya

> Cc: mssn

> Sri Madhvanavami Celebrations on Sunday, Feb 13 in the SF Bay

area...

> Friday, February 11, 2000 4:49 PM

>

> **************************

> * Om Sri Gurubhyo Namaha *

> * Sri Harih Om *

> **************************

>

> Vishwa Madhva Sangha - West Coast Chapter & Sri Vyasa Bhajana Mandali

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>

> Sri Madhvanavami Celebrations in the San Francisco Bay area

> --------------------------

>

> Please join us in the celebrations of Sri Madhvanavami, the

most

> auspicious occasion for the Madhvas on Sunday, Feb 13th at the clubhouse

in

> the Family Tree Apartments in Santa Clara.

>

> Details of the Program:

> ================================================================

> 1. Start the program at 9:30 Am with the recital of Sri PavamAna

> sUktha (one sUktha)

> 2. Sri vAyu sthuti punascharane at 10:00 Am

> 3. Sri Madhva nAma pArAyana at 11:30pm

> 4. Pravachana by Sri Krishna Pandurangi at 12:00 pm

> 5. Thiirtha and prasAda at 12:30pm

>

> 6. Pravachana by Sri Sridhar at 2:00 pm

> 7. Pravachana by Sri Guru prasad at 2:30pm

> 8. break at 3:00 ; 15 minutes

> 9. If time permits, pravachana by Balakrishna at 3:15

> 10. Bhajana at 3:45 pm

> 11. Mangala after bhajane

>

> =====================================================================

> Address , Contact & Directions to the Venue:

> -----------

> Address :

> Clubhouse

> Family Tree Apts

> 1000, kiely blvd, Apt #48,

> Santa Clara CA 95051

>

> Hosts: Smt. Radhika Bai & Sri Raghavendra Prasanna

> Home Ph : (408)-249-4798

>

> Directions :

>

> >From junction of El Camino Real and Lawrence expy (near bharat bazzar)

>

> Travel south on Lawrence Expy.

> Left on Benton (Benton is the first signal after el camino)

> Right on Kiely blvd (This is same as Bowers / great america)

> Family Tree Apt complex is located adjecent to US post office.

> Make right into the Apt complex immidiately after you pass

> the post office. (The complex is situated b/w postoffice and

> kaiser premanente hospital)

>

> Park in any of the uncovered parking slots (visitor parking)

> =====================================================================

> Please let us know as to how many people will be attending from your

> family, so we can get a head count for the food preparation. Madhwa style

> Food will be prepared on site and you may also volunteer for bringing

some

> items from home.

> Please call any of the following for info:

>

> Contact information :

> -------------------

> Raghavendra : 408 249 4798

> Sheshagiri : 408 739 3884

> Ramu : 408 838 0143

> Sathya : 408 252 9170

> BalaKrishna : 510 792 8742

>

> We will also be starting VMS membership drive on this

> auspicious occasion. Both the Detroit & Washington chapters will also be

doing

> the same. It has been decided by VMS to collect an

> annual membership fee of $101 per family. This membership is voluntary

and will

> be utilized for both local (70%) and global activities (30% - worthy

Madhwa

> related activities).

>

> We will also be distributing a booklet on Sri

Madhvacharya

> put together by VMS volunteers. This is in a question/answer form and

will be

> an excellent source for our kids to learn about our great saint Sri

Madhvacharya.

> Sri Vyasa Bhajana Mandali will also be distributing a booklet of

'Taratamya

> Bhajana', compiled by Smt & Sri D.V. Venkatesh with Sri Ramachandra

Srivatsa.

> Thanks to them for their great dedicated effort.

>

> Below I have attached the membership benefits put

together

> by the VMS Volunteers. Please join VMS and participate in our goal to

preserve

> and practice our great Madhva traditions.

> -

>

> BENEFITS

>

> * Associating with fellow MADHVAS in your area (world wide through

electronic media).

> * Provide forums and opportunities to raise children with the culture and

> spiritual background of the madhva community. Provide opportunities for

peer

> interaction with other children with similar background. Provide mAdhva

stotras, devara

> namas, and booklets in English for the children.

> * Periodic information about MADHVA (Religious and Cultural) Activities

and

> News through VMS Newsletters (3-4 per year ) .

> * Timely information about MADHVA Festivals, Philosophy, Activities,

News,

> Reports, Stotras, etc. through email-based VMS Mailing List (Please see

> Mailing List details).

> * Support for matrimonial bulletin boards for mAdhva brides and grooms

> on the web site.

> * Abundant MADHVA related information from the VMS Web site at

> http://www..org

> * Madhva stotras, devara nAmas, life histories, philosophy related

> to mAdhva tradition available in English in the web site.

> * Local VMS Chapters (if organized) help children learn about our

> MADHVA SAMPRADAYA by conducting weekly stotra classes, etc.

> * Opportunity to walk away with spiritual bliss by participating in the

> annual VMS conferences and other Aradhana celebrations (Please see VMS

> Project List).

> * Opportunity to serve Sri Hari and Vayu by volunteering for VMS Projects

> (Please see VMS Project List and Volunteers Mailing List details)

> * Getting help from Puthige Math staff in Udupi for organizing a visit to

> Udupi and adjoining kshetras, if informed in advance.

> * A one-time membership kit consisting of VMS Stickers, a simple

> Bhajane procedure with cassette and devaranama-lyrics, etc.

> * Free access to informal VMS publications such as Madhvacharya

> Booklet, Vijaya Kavacha, etc.

>

> VMS PRODUCTS

> * Devara nAma cassette and book - Popular devara nAmAs are encoded in

> Kannada and English accompanied by an audio cassette for easy learning.

> * Madhvacharya booklet - This booklet conveys in easy to understand Q & A

format

> life and philosophy of sri madhvAcharya.

> * Vijayadasa Kavacha - This booklet contains an meanings and commentary

on the

> sri vijayadAsara kavacha.

> * There are audio and video cassettes available of sri sugunendra

> theertha Swamiji's tour,

> mettilotsva in India, Harikatha of sri vAdIshAchary etc.

> * More booklets and other multimedia products are planned for the

> future. Music and speech is planned to be stored in MP3 (compressed

digital

> music format on the Internet) format in the future.

> * Web archives contain lot of useful material on mAdhva religion and

> philosophy.

>

> VMS PROJECTS

> * VMS is producing with sri PoorNa prajna vidyA peetha and volunteers in

India,

> two multimedia CD-ROMs containing sri madhvacharya's life history,

philosophy,

> devara nAmas and all the sarva moola works of sri madhvacharya and many

other

> books and mAdhva philosophical texts. This is a very ambitious venture

that puts

> all of the works of sri mAdhvAcharya on modern technology.

> * VMS donates money to mAdhva related causes in India. VMS is planning to

> support the production of some mAdhva related books in India and

> upgrades to facilities at mAdhva religious places in India.

> * Should also include the successfully conducted Conferences,

Aradhanas,etc.

>

> MAILING LISTS and OTHER COMMUNICATION MEDIA

> * Newsletters- Published in Electronic and Paper format about 3-4 times a

year.

> Old issues are archived on the web.

> * VMS mailing list ( )- This is the general

mailing

> list for communicating and discussing mAdhva related religious and

philosophical

> information. Open to everybody.

> * VMS volunteers list - This list is open to active VMS volunteers who

> are helping various in VMS projects. Membership is by request to

> -owner .

> * Oneline conference calls- Volunteers and Chapter coordinator meet once

a month

> using an online conference calls. Open to volunteers and Chapter

coordinators.

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>

> Please come join and get the blessings of Sri Hari, Vayu & gurugalu and

make

> this function a great success.

>

> Sri KrishnArpanamasthu,

>

> NamaskAragalu,

> Sathya.

>

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