Madhwa's Teachings-My Master by M.R.Gopalacharya

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Madhwa's Teachings.

 

My Master by M.R.Gopalacharya-a tribute to

Shri. Satyadhyanteertha Swamiji.

 

The Uttaradi Math of great antiquity has a long tradition

of high priests blessed with profound scholarship and yogic powers.

Some of them born for higher purposes have, like Shrimat Anandteertha

Bhagavatpadacharya, the reviver of the Math, left everlasting

footprints on the sands of time. Shri. Satyadhyanteertha Swamiji was

one of them.

 

 

Shri. Satyadhyanteertha Swamiji, the High Priest from

1912to 1943 was a colossus of intelligence. He was an authority on all

schools of thought; Vedic and non-Vedic and other worldly subjects and

dominated the contemporary philosophical scene in the country. He was

compassionate: his compassion was not confined only to human beings

but it was extended to cover the entire life form. He was generous:

his generosity far exceeded the expectation of the receiver. The

Swamiji had the intellect of platinum, heart of gold and hands of

silver, as a scholar put it. He was an enlightened man. He was a yogi,

who had, among other things, conquered his senses, He slept just for

2/3 hrs a day and devoted most of his remaining time to spread Maadhwa

philosophy through out the country. His contribution to the enrichment

and spread of Maadhwa philosophy was truly immense.

 

Needless to say, it requires a man of exceptional intelligence and

profound knowledge of philosophy to assess His Holiness' contribution

to the cause of Maadhwa philosophy and as most of the scholars agree,

there could be no better person than Pandit M R Gopalacharya who had

the privilege to study under His Holiness and to be closely associated

with him for a considerable period, to under take the work. Pandit

Gopalacharya has paid rich tributes to Shri Satyadhyanteerth Swamiji

in his booklet " My Master " which gives glimpses of multifaceted sage,

Shri Satyadhyanteerth.

 

" Madhwa's Teachings " has decided to e-mail " My Master " in installments

for the benefit of its readers and accordingly dispatches the first

instalment, which is appended below.

 

With Best Regards,

 

Ramchandra Tammannacharya Gutti.

 

My Master

(His Holiness Jagadguru Shri.Satyadhyantirtha)

 

(Majorum Gloria posteris lumen est---Ancestral glory is a lamp to prosperity.

- Sallust. )

 

India has been passing through the throes of a new birth. The last

several decades of our nation's history have been a period of strain

and stress, of toil and turmoil, of a ferment of far reaching

consequences in our social, political, intellectual and spiritual

life. The old forms are crumbling away under the pressure of the new

environment and the new is still powerless to be born. The erstwhile

barriers are breaking down. It is very difficult to predict what will

emerge from this explosive situation. All are breathlessly waiting to

see if the nebulae condense themselves to a star, if chaos boils down

to order, if there would be any creative efforts and fruitful

achievements. The air is thick with fantastic plans, gigantic projects

and shadow visions of the future. Indeed there is an upsurge of new

vigourous life in all directions, but it cannot be denied that there

is so much of distress and dreadful poverty everywhere. People suffer

from harrowing doubts, black designs, blind hope and unreasoning

despair; a feeling of in tense uneasiness broods over the land and

there is a cry of anguish everywhere. The whole country is in a

frightfully transitional state. In the modern world detached from the

distant past there is an air of dogged self-complacency. The belief

prevails that during the last twenty centuries the world has taken

great strides towards the fulfillment of the destiny of the human

race. Man has conquered the elements and sails through water with ease

and flies incredible material prosperity, however. Looms a similar

apparition of terror – the shadow of desolation and extinction. At

man's elbow stands the Temper whispering into his ears and urging to

invent infernal machines for the global destruction. I am sure that

the study of the life and philosophy of great saints like His Holiness

Sri Satyadhyana Tirtha would show a way out of the woods to green

gardens. His philosophy enshrines ways and means of individual

regeneration, which may go a long way towards bringing about the

resurgence of spiritual values and the sound reconstruction of

society.

 

(to be continued)