Fwd Msg: Report on Dr. Aralumallige Parthasarathy's visit to Boston

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Dear friends,

 

Report on Dr Aralumallige’s Visit to Boston

 

On the evening of Apr 14, 2005, Dr Aralumallige

Parthasarathy arrived in Boston from Philadelphia. On

15th evening, the lecture programme started at Padmaja

Raghupathy’s residence in Norwood. He addressed a

packed audience on the topic of ‘Kanaka Purandara’.

But he traced the origin of Dasa Sahithya to Sri

Madhvacharya and described how Sreepadaraja, Vyasaraja

and Vaadiraja contributed a lot in enriching it. He

referred to various documents on Purandara and

explained the mystical meaning hidden in Purandaradasa

and Kanakadasa songs. In fact the first lecture itself

triggered so much interest that the second day’s (Apr

16) programme in the morning at Sr Padmanabha Rao’s

(of Infosys) provided new vistas. Dr Aralumallige

spoke at length on the significance of KrishnaKatha

and in particular Krishna’s advice to Uddhava and

highlighted how we can and should learn to learn from

the 24 gurus of nature. Uddhava Geetha was a

remarkable piece of lecture programme. Smt Rama

Sundaresan of Infosys was a completely transformed

person after the lecture and she concluded that Dr

Parthasarathy enlightened that mere intellectualism

does not take a person anywhere! It is the spiritual

strength that gives real Solace!

 

By then, people who had heard him speak for the first

time became so engrossed in his lectures that they

started following him like honey-bees to all venues!

 

On the evening of the 16th the Boston Chinmaya Mission

at Andover had organized a special lecture on ‘Great

Values for a Great India’. The lecture became an eye

opener for many in the audience. Dr Aralumallige

transported the audience to a totally different world.

His understanding and projection of our heritage,

culture and philosophical accomplishments were highly

appreciated. The chief convener of the event, Smt

Shobha Rampriya, acknowledged after the lecture that

it was the most memorable lecture that she had ever

attended at the Boston Chinmaya Mission premises. She

requested that Dr Parthasarathy regularly write

articles for the Chinmaya Mission journal for which

she is the editor. She expressed a great desire for Dr

Parthasarathy to return to Boston for a few more

lectures before his departure to India.

 

On the morning of Apr 17th, the Vridavan Preservation

Society of Boston organized a lecture on the impact

and influence of Bhagavadgita and Ramayana. Many in

the audience were Americans but everyone listened with

rapt attention to the 90 minute lecture delivered in

natural settings on the green lawns of a middle

school. Dr Aralumallige delighted the audience with

his knowledge of various aspects of Ramayana. At the

end, he acknowledged the great services of Keshavji,

the organizer of the Vrindavan Preservation Society,

who had recently visited India and started a full

fledged medical center in South Tamilnadu, to help

Tsunami victims. Raju Sharma, who helped organize the

event, was also thanked.

 

The real great exposition of Dr Aralumallige was at

the famous Lakshmi temple in Ashland, Massachusetts.

His lecture on the ‘Sense and essence of Ramayana’,

appropriately on the occasion of Sri Rama Navami,

coincided with the Rama Pattabhishekam at the temple.

The President and Trustees of the temple sat through

the entire lecture and felt that they rarely came

across such an effective speaker, with the ability to

delve deep into the subject. Dr Parthasarathy’s

observations on certain aspects and characters in the

Ramayana were thought provoking. The trustees of the

temple felt so moved that they spontaneously offered

to arrange for a few more lectures before Dr

Aralumallige’s return to India. The temple committee

honoured and felicitated him.

 

Vidwan Sri Krishna Bhat, senior priest at the temple,

invited Dr Aralumallige to his house and expressed

great joy at the latter’s accomplishments.

 

On the evening of Apr 18th, Dr Parthasarathy’s lecture

at the residence of Lata Ganesh focused on

multi-dimensional concepts of Bhakthi with various

illustrations.

 

To conclude, Dr Aralumallige Parthasarathy is on a

one-man global mission taking Indian values all across

the world. It is indeed extraordinary that he is doing

this all on his own, without any formal sponsoring and

external funding in the true sense of the term. All of

us in Boston are grateful to him for being the

spiritual ambassador who is touching the hearts of

thousands of people all over the world.

 

Regards

Raghupathy