Shri Madhva Jayanthi celebrations at Livermore Temple in SF Bay area, California on Sunday Oct 19, 2008

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|| Shri HariH Om ||

|| Shri JagadoddAra Udupi Shri Krishnaya namaH ||

|| Shri HanumaBheemaMadhvAya namO nama: ||

 

 

Hari sarvottama Hare Srinivasa Vayu Jeevottama

 

DhyAna Shlokas:

 

 

 

abhramaM bhamgarahithaM AjadaM VimalaM sadhaa |AnamdhathIrThamathulaM baje thApathrayApahaM ||

 

The always undeluded, unobstructed, free of sloth, and free of filth;that Ananda Tîirtha, the incomparable, I salute, who is the remover of all misery.

brahmAnthah guravah sAkShAth iShtaM dhaivaM shriyah pathih |AchAryAh shrImadhAchAryah samthu Me janmajanmani ||

 

 

Dear Haribhaktas,

By the prerane of Shri HariVayuGurugalu we will be celebrating

Shri Madhva Jayanthi on Sunday Oct 19, 2008 at the community hall, Livermore

temple. This function has been designated as the official temple function. Please

attend and get the blessings.

 

We will need help from the volunteers in food preparation and

other tasks. Please come to the temple at 7AM for help with food preparation.

 

Tentative program:

7AM - Saligrama Devara pooja by Shri Krishna Pandurangi and

theertha prasada prepareation starts in the kitchen

(Volunteers please come and help out)

 

9 - 11.30 AM - Stothra pathana (Shri Vishnusahasranama, Shri NarasimhAshtaka,

Shri Venkatesha stotra, Shri HariVayustuthi punascharane,

Shri Sumadhwavijaya parayana (5 sargas) - with Honey Abhisheka

to Shri Mukyapranadevaru, yathigala taratamya shlokas,

Shri Raghavendra stothra

11.30 - 12.15 PM - pravachana by Shri Krishna Pandurangi

- Works of Shriman Madhvacharyaru

- Sarvamoola grantha - sakshipta summary

 

12.15 - 12.45 PM - Sarvamoola grantha meravanige (in a mene) inside the

temple premises (need to take temple permission)

 

12-45 - 1.15 PM - Archane & Mangalarathi by temple priests

 

1.15 - 3 PM - Theertha prasada to temple priests & madhva elders followed

by theertha prasada to devotees (sit down style)

 

1.30- 2.30 PM (in parallel) - Devaranama recitation by students of

"Shri Haribhajane"

headed by Shri Sateesh Jamakhandi

 

2.30 - 3.15 PM - Devaranamas by Smt Sowmya Anilkumar

 

3.30 - 4.00 PM - Quiz on Dvaita philosophy and Madhva yathigalu

- Shri Bala Krishna

 

4.00 - 5.00 PM - Children's program from Bala Mukunda kids

- headed by Shri Bala Krishna

 

5.15 - 6.00 PM - taratmaya bhajane

 

6.00 - 7.00PM - mangala, mangalarathi & wrap up.

 

A nominal contribution of $25 is suggested to cover the expenses for

the function.

 

for SVBM/VMS,

Sathya

 

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Excerpts from Shri G.R. Raghnatha Rao's posting on dvaita list

***********************************************************************************B. SHREE MADHVACHARYRU:- He is the saint who installed the idol of Sri Krishna at Udipi in Karnaataka.

The philosophy he preached was previously known as Tatwawaada. Now known as

DWAITA- He lived seven hundred years ago. He boldly said to a Muslim King:- By whatever name you may call, God is one.? The Acharya?s knowledge, scholarship

and achievements made him a great savant?- Bannanje Govindacharya.

- The supreme speciality and uniqueness of Sri Madhwachaarya and the Dwaitha vedantha

philosophy are so marvellous that it is impossible to say in few words. Or even by a book.

After reading the two works of Sri Madhwacharya on Gita, one can be happy and healthy

in this world, in thought, culture and peace of mind. The happiness, which is promised in

Heaven, can be enjoyed here, if these two unique works are read and understood as per

one?s capacity.

Sri Madhwacharya is a great healer and helper of mankind. This aspect can be appreciated

and enjoyed by these commentaries under each and every verse- The uniqueness of

Sri Madhwacharys as Guru, Acharya, Preacher, Writer, Follower and Thinker, is

UNPARALLEL.?- Vidwan Mr T.S. Raghavendran

?Sri Madhwacharya by being a staunch, theist opposed atheism, worship of plural Gods,

and merging of Gods into one another very vehemently. He expounded, based on the Vedas,

the GOD is one. Since He is the father of the universe and Chathurmukha Bramha.

He is called "Jagatjanaka"? He rules, controls and destroys at the end. The very essence

of Vedaantha is that He is the cause for everything. As the greatest power He controls all

Jeevas? desire to live by being within them.

By being in the inanimate He regulates them as their Antharyaami. He pervades in Aprakritha

form in every object and propels it to perform its assigned activities. Without His order even

a blade of grass cannot move. So he is the sovereign of all He surveys.

According to Sri Madhwa, God is not a mass of Sath, Chit and Ananda, but made up of

qualities such as Janma, Itcha, Kriya. As potter He made this world by making use of certain

thing and so He is called Nimitha Kaarana. Just as Jeeva is different from the body , God by

being in this world is different from the world. He is not the world nor the world is God. In other

words He is not Upadana KaaraNa. Mandukopanishad says, ? He is the Ruler of all. He is

omniscient. He is the inner controller of all. He is the origin of all s he is the cause of the birth

and destruction of all beings.? Sri Bhagavad Geetha says (13-28: 18-61) that He is present in

the soul of every being and in everything that He has created in this Universe. He pervades and

makes them what they are, by being in every body.

He hears, sees, listens, thinks, speaks and by being in the heart of hearts, guides and leads.

He has no birth or death. His body is divine, imperishable and not made up of the usual five

elements such a body is Aprakritha. He is light and bliss.

He is MahaVishNu in this world. He is Sarvoththama. He is personalized with countless

auspicious qualities and a vault of Supreme virtues. He is kind and derelict of defects. Human

weakness like incapacity, sorrow and attachment are not found in Him. He is capable of doing,

undoing and accomplishing even the most impossible, (Karthum, Akarthum and Anyadha Kartham).

Sri Madhwa extolled Sri Vishnu?s Sarvothvamathwa and preached that He alone sanctions Mukthi

and its relation is through Jnana and Bhakthi.In the line of Devathaas He is on the top of all.

His qualities are infinite times greater than those of the human and the Devathas.

He is not bound by Karma. He is the LORD of all our Karmas. Everything moves according to

His will though he is not the cause for HIM, He is the cause for all of us.

HE is the creator, controller and destroyer of this creation. So Paramaathma is the paramount

power, regulating the Jeevas and Gods, transcending the power of Prakrithi pervading the entire

space, abiding in all things in Supernal forms.

May this message of Sri Madhwacharya whose Jayanthi falls to-day, , permeate the entire

humanity and drive them forward towards Divinity?.

- Sri Madhwacharys Seva Sangha (Regd) KK Nagar, Chennai-78.