[SVBM:] Bhajane on this Saturday Jan 22, 2005 at Madhu Rao's House - Please note the change in venue

[Guest guest]

|| Shri Harihi Om ||

|| Shri LakshmiNarasimhAya Namaha ||

|| Shri Digvijayaramo Vijayathe ||

|| Shri HanumaBheemaMadhvAya Namo Namaha ||

|| Shri Surendratheertha Gurubhyo Namaha ||

|| Shri Raghotthamatheertha Gurubhyo Namaha ||

 

 

|| Hari Sarvotthama || || Hare Srinivasa || || Vayu Jeevotthama ||

 

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Dhyaana Sloka:

Bhavabhodha Krutham Seve Raghoththama Mahaa GuruM|

Yat Shishy shishyashishyaadhyaa TippaaNaacharya SangnithaaH||

 

Yashchakaaropavaasena Thrivaaram Bhoo PradhaksiNam|

Tasmo Namo yatheendraaya Sri Surendra tapaswine||

 

Dear Haribhaktas,

 

With the prerane of Shri Hari, Vayu, Gurugalu Smt Seetha

and Shri Madhu Rao will be hosting Taratamya Bhajane, Harivana seve on

this auspicious week of the aradhana of Shri RaghOthamma and Shri Surendra

theertharu tomorrow Saturday Jan 22nd, 2004 at their house.

 

Please note the CHANGE in the venue and PLEASE BRING non-rice itmes

for palahara (avoid carrot, cabbage etc)

 

The program is as follows:

 

3.30 - 5.30 PM : Taratamya Bhajane

5.30 - 6.00 PM : Discourse on the Saints

6.00 - 6.30 PM : Harivana Seve

6.30 - 7.00 PM : Lagu palahara

 

Please attend this auspicious event and get the blessings of

Shri Hari, Vayu Gurugalu.

 

Address & directions to the venue:

 

Smt Seetha and Shri Madhu Rao

1360 TANAKA DRIVE, San Jose, CA 95131

 

Contacts: 408-436-8477 Res. 408-828-8241 Cell. 408-828-8239 Cell.

>

> Directions to 1360 TANAKA DRIVE, San Jose, CA 95131:

> Coming from Sunnyvale on 101:

> Take 101 South

> Exit Brokow/First Street

> At the Light Make LEFT on to Brokow.

> Drive for about 4-5 miles. Cross 880 FWY.

> At Ringwood make A RIGHT

> At Sejak Make a LEFT (dead-end)

> At Townsend make a RIGHT (1st intersection on Sejak)

> At TANAKA Dr make a LEFT (1st intersection on Townsend)

> House is 5th on the Right handside. (1360 Tanaka Drive)

> Parking on Street Permitted.

> Coming from 880 From Fremont Area:

> Take 880South

> Exit Brokow

> At he Light, make a LEFT on Brokow

> At Ringwood make A RIGHT

> At Sejak Make a LEFT (dead-end)

> At Townsend make a RIGHT (1st intersection on Sejak)

> At TANAKA Dr make a LEFT (1st intersection on Townsend)

> House is 5th on the Right handside. (1360 Tanaka Drive)

> Parking on Street Permitted.

>

> Contacts: 408-436-8477 Res. 408-828-8241 Cell. 408-828-8239 Cell.

>

 

 

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

<grrrao on dvaita list

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" Sri Gita Bhashya BhavaBhodha:

 

The very purpose of Sri Raghoththama Theertha's appearanceon this earth

in 1557 is expressed as TeekaaBhavaviBhothanaama Jagathaaha

yasthyavathaarOjani-meaning the the purpose of his birth is to elucidate

the very essence of all the teekas to all the satvic souls. His commentary

on Gita Bhashya, called Gita Bhashya BhaavaBhodha is one such work, where

he says that he has said what Jagadguru Sri madhwacharya has extrolled,

which speaks very high of his devotion towards his guru.

 

The very theme of the gita is that God vision is possible only through

utter devotion towards Him. Paramathma sanctions

The fruits of labour according to our own nature and Karma, He all

compassionate and far from partiality. This is true in all ages. The very

intention of Bhagavatha is also the same although some passages here and

there may force us to believe that hatred, enmity would also lead to Mukthi.

Concentration on God with pure Bhakthi( Mahaathma yajnaan Poorva: Sneha

Bhakthi) alone would lead a sadhaka to Mukthi and not hatred or enmity.

These ideas of Gita Bhashya are elucidated elaborately in Sri Raghoththama's

BhavaBhodha.

 

 

Aradhanas Raguttama Theertha(1557-1596) Sri Raguttama Theertha is one of the

honoured saints of the Madhwa Calender. He was admitted to the Sanyasasrama

directly from Brahmacharya. He was the nephew of Sri Raghuvarya Theertha and

succeeded him on the Pontificate of the Uttaradi Mutt in 1557. He belonged

to the Uttara Karnataka and probably a native of Manur, on the banks of the

Bhima river in the Indi Taluk of the Bijapur district. Sri Raghuttama

Theertha studied under the learned Pandit Varadarajacharya of Manur and his

studies under this Pandit was terminated very early. Due to divine

intervension he started giving lessons on the Sidhantha explaining the

intricate points very lucidly even to the scholars at an early age. This had

indeed amazed the public and the scholarly pandits. He occupies a lofty

position in the history of the dvaita vedantha for two foremost reasons

(1) he established schools of dvaita Vedanta (2) contributed seven

prominant works on the Vedanta. " Bhava-bodha " is the general title of a

majority of his works and Sri Raghuttama Theertha himself is known as

Bhavabodhakara or Bhavabodhachrya. He seems to have spent the latter part of his

life

at Titukoilur where he entered the Brindhava in 1596. ( Courtesy. Mail from Dr

M Gururajan, Chennai-32)

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Sri SurEndrathirthara P.D.(Madhurai)

 

14th Pontiff of Sri Rayar mutt (1504-1575)

PooRvasharam name Shree Venkatakrishna charya. A great tapasvi.. Sri

Vyasarajar had all appreciation for his vast knowledge in Madhwa

philosophy-Undertaking " Upavaasa Vratha " performed " Bhoo

PradhakshNa " thrice.( Dvaiata Darshana-page 30)

Performed Sri Rama devara pooja for 33 years and gave Ashram to the

great Shree Vijayeendra Thirtha.

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