Sri Purandaradasara Aradhane Celebrations in the SF Bay Area, Ca...................

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|| Shri Harihi Om ||

|| Shri LakshmiNarasimhaya Namaha ||

|| Shri LakshmiVenkateshaya Namaha ||

|| Shri HanumaBheemaMadhvAya Namo Namaha ||

|| Shri Purandaradasa Gurubhyo namaha ||

 

 

|| Hari Sarvotthama|| ||Vayu Jeevotthama ||

 

Dhyaana Slokas:

 

Manmaobhishta varadham SaRvaarishta PhalapRadham|

Purandhara Gurum Vandhe Daasa ShReshta Dhayaanidhi|

 

We are celebrating Shir Purandaradasara Aradhane (Uttara) on this

Saturday Feb 1st 2003. Attached is a personal invitation from Smt Sudha & Sri

Prabhu. Please RSVP to Sudha/Prabhu directly, if you are planning to attend.

 

- SVBM/VMS

 

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Dear haribhaktas,

 

With shri hari, vAyu, gurugaLa prerane, sudha and I are

hosting on behalf of VMS/SVBM, the ArAdhana mahOtsava of paramapUjya

shri purandharadAsaru on Saturday, Feb 1st 2003, at our house. Please attend

this auspicious function and get the blessings of shri hari, vAyu, gurugaLu.

 

prabhu

34732, Bowie Common

Fremont, CA 94555

510 745 1809

 

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The program is as follows:

10:00 - 11:30 : stOtra paThana

11:30 - 11.45 : yAyivAra/GopaLa (Devotees - please bring very little akki,

beLe and bella to be offered for yAyivAra)

11:45 - 12:45 : pravcana on Shri PurandharadAsaru

12:45 - 1:00 : pUje mattu mangaLArati

1:00 - 3.00 : tIrthaprasAda

3:00 - 3:30 : vishrAnti - pAnaka

3:30 - 6:30 : laghu kAryakrama(pOshakare, nimma makkaLannu tayaaru

mADikonDu banni)

: tAratamya bhajane

6:30 - 7:00 : mangaLa

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Directions:

1. From San Jose

Take 880 North towards Oakland

Take the ALVARADO BLVD/FREMONT (North) BLVD exit

(Ignore FREMONT(South) exit near Automall Pkwy)

Turn Right on FREMONT BLVD

Follow as in 3.

 

2. From Oakland

Take 880 South towards San Jose

Take the ALVARADO BLVD/FREMONT (North) BLVD exit

Turn left on FREMONT BLVD

Follow as in 3.

 

3. Turn Right on PASEO PADRE PKY

Turn Left on SIWARD DR

Turn Left on HAMMER TER

Turn Left on BOWIE COM

House is # 34732 at the corner of BOWIE COM and MENDOCINO TER on the right side

 

Guest Parking : Turn right on MENDOCINO TER and immediately to the

right side next to mail box.

 

Thanks and regards

prabhu

 

Please RSVP sudha or prabhu - (510) 745 1809

ujmik96

 

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Excerpts from the posting by Sri G.R.Raghunatha Rao "

<grrrao on dvaita list

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1st FEB, SATURDAY, AMAVAASYAAM (IST)

( ShraadhDha Thithi Amavasya)

 

Shree Puranadhara dasara P.D. (Hampi) (1480-1564)

 

Born at Purandhara ghada to a Rich man. Got Vairaghya based on an incident

at his 35th year age. Becomes Haridasa after obtaining Ankitha from the

great Sri Vyasarayaru. While paying profound respect to his

Swaroopaadhdhaaraka Guru, Sri Dhasarau composed this Suladhi on this

occasion:

“Vyasaraayara CharaNa Kamala Dharushanavenag, Esu Janmadha SukRutha Phala

Dhorakitho, Enna saasira kula koti paavanna vaayithu, Shreeshanna

Bhajisuvudhakadhikaari naanaadhe.”

 

Later he says “Guru Vyaasarayara CharaNavenage gathi Purandharavitalana

Arithe Ivarindha” and thus he expresses his Guru Bhakthi.

 

There is no exaggeration in his telling “ Guruvina gulamanaaguva thanaka

DoreyadhaNna Mukuthi”

 

The following small composition is self- explanatory.

 

Tumbidha maneya mele tulasi dhaLavanittu,

Hari samaRpakavendhu Horage Bandhu,

 

Traasa thoogidha kaige, ThaaLa, thamboorigaLa MeLavannu Alavadisi

Modhadhindha,

Vyaasaraayara Mantropadesha padedhu

 

Lalitha Kannada Nudiya Lakshopa Laksha, Padha, SuLaadhi, ugaBhogagaLa

NiDhiya rachisi,

 

SaraLa,Sumadhura, Sangeetha, SaraNiyindha,

SulaBhavaagi Hari Bhakthi Sudheya nuNisi,

Daasa DhaRma Dhivyopadhesha Gaidhu,

 

Sura Muneendraamsha Sambhootha Sujana vinutha

Shree PURANDHARADAASA SadhguruvareNya.||

 

Called Karnataka Sangeetha Pitha Maha. Composed 4,75,ooo keerthanas, pada

,suladi. Sri Vyasarayaru called them Purandaropanishat. He showed to the

people as “Esa Beku Iddhu jaisabeku,” in practice and action.

 

The Januaryy 1964 volume of SUBHODHA magazine was dedicated as Shree

Purandhara Dhaasara Sanchike by Shree Subhodha M. Ramarao.( 0-30Paisa) a

wonderful book.

Shree Dhaasaru left this world one year before the fall of Vijayanagar

Empire

 

 

“Sri Puranadara Dasaru as Spiritual Guide and Social Reformer”

 

Sri Puranadara Dasa originally known as Sreenivasa Nayak, was a trader in

gold. Being an atheist, he was a godless billionaire in the prime of youth

and the height of prosperity and his enormous wealth was equalled only by

his miserliness.

But the Lord Panduranaga was moved with compassion for his wife’s devotion

to her husband. He so shaped the circumstances that Sreenivasa Nayak

realized the futility of material wealth. Once an old Brahmin asked him for

some money to conduct his son’s thread ceremony. After evading him for

nearly six months, Sreenivasa Nayak finally offered to give him one

worthless worn coin. To make amends, his wife secretly gave away her nose

stud to the old Brahmin. Disguised as a trader, the old Brahmin traded the

nose stud for money. When Sreenivasa Nayak asked his wife to show her nose

stud to him, his wife decided to kill herself by taking poison. But

miraculously, the nose stud appeared in front of her. Carrying his wife’s

nose stud back to his shop, Sreenivasa Nayak was shocked to find the nose

stud missing from the locked and sealed safety vault. Realizing the divine

involvement, the nose-stud incident thus served as a prelude for the

miraculous change in him. Following this incident, he then distributed his

wealth among the deserving poor, and left for Vijayanagar with his family to

seek spiritual enlightenment from Sri Vyasarayaswamy, the royal preceptor of

Sri Krishnadevaraya. From then onwards he came to be known as Purandara

Dasa. Sri Puranadara Dasa himself has acknowledged his indebtedness to his

wife for bringing about this miraculous change in one of his melodious

songs:

 

“ Adaddela Olithe Ayithu.” And prays that her tribe should increase by

thousands. He describes in his verses the mode of his past and present life

which is a beautiful contrast between his past preoccupation with earning

money and the present dedication to the service of Sri Hari.

 

If there is any man who can justly be called a Haridasa, it is this

Puranadara dasa who knows the laws of morality, the true nature of Brahman

as revealed by Vedas and conceived by Shree Madhwacharya. He worshipped the

Lord by his devotional music and graceful dance and possessed a soul

sanctified by such worship. Sri Vyasaraya himself has expressed appreciation

of this illustrious disciple in his composition, “Dasarendare Puranadara

dasaraiah”

 

Then, with the gracious permission of saint Sri Vyasaraya, he toured through

out the country with his family, teaching the people the nature of Brahman,

the methods of securing his grace and the material and spiritual benefits

they would desire from his grace, through numerous Keerthanas, Sulaadhees

and Ugabhoghas.

 

In his discourse, G R Raghunatha Rao narrated the anecdotes relating to Sri

Puranadara Dasa, at the “Upanyasam” at Sri Ragigudda Sri Prasanna Anjeneya

Temple, Jayanagar 9th block, Bangalore 69 on 11th Jan 2003.

 

In his discourse, at Sri Ragi Gudda Anjaneya Swamy Temple at Jayanagar 9th

Block, Bangalore ( in connection with the Sri Puranadara dasara Aradhana)

on 11th Jan2003, Sri G R Raghunatha Rao said that a number of stories have

grown around Puranadara Dasa’s personality and his disciples have played an

important role in spreading them. However, it is difficult to separate fact

from fiction in these stories and hence it is imperative to understand

Puranadara Dasa’s personality from his compositions. The originality and

verity seen in his compositions is unmatched by any other saint of his

creed. On the basis of a verse in his name, it is said that he composed

4,75,000 songs. Whatever the number of his songs, one can see his greatness

from the verses available now.

 

People who do not know Sanskrit find it hard to understand the Vedas and

Upanishads. But Sri Purandaradasa has explained the whole essence of these

scriptures in simple Kannada and presents the way that one should live. Sri

Vyasaraya, his teacher himself called these verses “Purandaropanishad”.

 

Some of his Keerthanas make an appeal to the mind to give up thoughts of

sensuous pleasure and contemplate over the glory of the Lord. Some others

make an appeal to the masses to work for Universal happiness, without any

desire for extraneous rewards and with only the aim of pleasing the Lord.

Some Keerthans are expressions of compassion towards the weak who are

tyrannised by the strong.

 

Sri Puranadara Dasa has realized the fact that devotion to one’s owns

preceptor is absolutely necessary for his Mukthi

 

Dhyaana sloka:

 

Manmaobhishta varadham

SaRvaarishta PhalapRadham|

Purandhara Gurum Vandhe

Daasa ShReshta Dhayaanidhi|

***************************** S V B M / V M S *******************************

 

 

 

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