A tribute

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I had not seen any posting from Shri Stig Lundgren before, but his recent

postings are evidence not only of his erudition in vedAnta but also of his

humility. He exemplifies the saying, 'vidyA dadAti vinayam'—learning confers

(or should confer) humility. It is very nice to see a person with a

Norwegian or Swedish sounding name showing so much interest and proficiency

in vedAnta. (I know French and German). I would request him to contribute

more often.

I felt impelled to write this even though it does not fall strictly within

the scope of this forum.

S.N.Sastri

 

 

 

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Shreeman Sastri gaaru - PraNAms

 

While endorsing your timely tributes to Stig Lundgren,

I am taking pride to claim that I have known Stig for

very long time. I happened to have a conference in

Stockholm (2002?)and he made all the hotel

arrangements for me and took me out everyday to some

Indian Restaurant or the other, and had hours of sat

sangh discussing various topics of Vedanta. I barely

attended my technical conference (on Fatigue!) since

Vedanta discussions were much more refreshing. He

organized a talk for me in an Indian Temple in

Stockholm and we had traditional south Indian Dinner

there after the talk.

 

He should be getting his Ph.D. in Philosophy pretty

soon, and is an eligible bachelor looking for girl

(preferably Indian but who has similar interests in

the pursuit of Vedanta - hopefully not a dvaitin!)- By

the by, this is not a matrimonial advertisement, but I

do not think Stig will mind if he finds a good match

for him. He has an Indian name - Shivashankar given

by his guru. He took me to his apartment and he does

his daily puja and sandhyaavanadanam - A very

versatile person to be associated with.

 

I have met many people through this advaitin list -

one of course is our chief moderator, Dennis Waite -

he and his wife hosted me when I visited them. I, of

course met, Prof. VK and his wife through this list

and Prof. VK also organized a talk for me in the

Kuppuswami institute in Madras, while he was in IIT,

Madras on sabbatical. I met him afterwards many times

in Washington.

 

Another person I recall is V. Chandran, an young

energetic man, who is always eager to debate with me

on advaita Vedanta, whenever we had a chance to meet

(he is fascinated by Vijnaana vaada) and of course

Shree Subbu in Bangalore, who is a bundle of

knowledge, and many others. And of course you, sir -

Shree Sastri gaaru - (for those who may not know -

Sastri gaaru has written extensive commentary on

NaaraayaNiiyam - which was published by Chinmaya

Mission) and Srimati Lakshmiji (I have to find out if

she is still in Madras or not).

 

It is privilege to be associated with so many great

souls with similar interests and in that sense this

advaitin list is an exemplary medium providing

excellent vehicle for sat sangh. We are also blessed

with moderators who are authors of Vedanta books.

 

I am reminded of the great Tyagaraja Keerthana in

Telugu - yendaro mahaanubhaavulu, andariki vandanaalu

- there are many many great souls and my prostrations

to all of them.

 

Hari OM!

Sadananda

 

 

--- " S.N. Sastri " <sn.sastri wrote:

 

> I had not seen any posting from Shri Stig Lundgren

> before, but his recent

> postings are evidence not only of his erudition in

> vedAnta but also of his

> humility. He exemplifies the saying, 'vidyA dadAti

> vinayam'—learning confers

> (or should confer) humility. It is very nice to see

> a person with a

> Norwegian or Swedish sounding name showing so much

> interest and proficiency

> in vedAnta. (I know French and German). I would

> request him to contribute

> more often.

> I felt impelled to write this even though it does

> not fall strictly within

> the scope of this forum.

> S.N.Sastri

>