Second satsanga in NJ

[Guest guest]

Dear Vaishnavas

 

I am happy to report that The NY/NJ/PA/Connecticut chapter of VMS

successfully conducted a second Satsanga last Saturday (5/20). This was held

in the house of Shri Janardhan & Smt. Vidya. Here is a quick report on the

proceedings and follow-up actions.

 

Participants: Janardhan & family, Chetan Bhargiri, JV Acharya and family

(including mother), Bindu Madhavan, GV Srinivasan & family, Navaratna Murthy

& family, Keshava Rao & family, Madhusudhana Bheemasena Rao & family,

Badrinath & family, Naveen Bannur, Hunsur Sriprasad & family.

 

In addition, we were lucky to have a few visiting families from India. Some

of these have been involved in building a temple in Bangalore, through some

very unique fund-raising efforts (they visit a person's house, recite vAyu

stuti or Hari kathAmruta sAra, and accept whatever is offered gladly!). They

were very happy to see such satsangas happening in the US. Considering the

fact that it had been pouring for several days, leading to very bad driving

conditions, it was extremely heartening to see that people had driven for

hundreds of miles to participate in this meeting. One cannot but help admire

such dedication and zeal to learn our shAstra.

 

shri Keshava Rao continued the concepts taught in the first session and

followed up with a detailed exposition on associated terms, and possible

errors (logical & semantic) that one can encounter. It would be punarukti

dosha to state that as always, he delivered a wonderful lecture, but I am

willing to commit that dosha! As always, his communication was excellent and

very effective. He also provided handouts and answered everybody's questions

patiently. People interested in these notes may kindly contact shri Naveen

Bannur (who has been affectionately called as 'tIkArAyaru' for shri kEshava

Rao!) @ naveen

 

If shri Keshava Rao addressed our spiritual needs, the warm hospitality of

Smt. & Sri Janardhan Rao ensured that the physical side was taken care of

equally well! They went out of their way to ensure that everybody had a

pleasant sojourn in their house.

 

The next meeting will be on June 24th in shri J V Acharya's house in NJ.

This time we will follow a slightly different format by starting in the

morning, with a recitation of SMV.

 

On behalf of all participants I wish to thank shrI kEshava Rao for quenching

our spiritual thirst in this manner.

 

vara guru upadEsha dorakitu yenaginnu, innEnu innEnu

sriprasad