Sadanandaji has been awarded with the Title of Acharya by Chinmaya Mission

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Namaste:

 

I am very happy to share with the members of the list with a great news. Last

week, our dear founder member and moderator of advaitin list – Sadanandaji has

been awarded with the title of Acharya by the Head of the Chinmaya Mission,

Swami Tejomayanandaji. Sadanandaji is well known to almost all of the list

participants and Sadaji (as he is affectionately called) has been contributing

to the list discussions from the day of inception of this list. Those who live

in the Washington Metropolitan area are aware of his knowledge of the scriptures

and Sadaji has been conducting Sunday/Saturday Vedaanta Satsanghs at different

locations in Virginia and Maryland. Now Sadaji has officially become the fifth

Acharya of Chinmaya Mission Washington Regional Center (CMWRC). I have known

Sadaji for nearly 18 years and I found him a great teacher and a very good

friend.

For this list, Sadaji has always been an Acharya and I have referred him as such

in one of my messages in the year 2000. (Message # 5131 -

advaitin/message/5131)

 

Let me take this opportunity to congratulate Acharya Sadanandaji on all your

behalf. Most of the time acharyas have to change their name (with an addition of

ananda) when they get conferred by a Mission or Swamiji. But Sadanandaji's name

itself contains ananda and no name change became necessary!

 

With my warm regards,

 

Ram Chandran

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--- On Fri, 8/7/09, Ram Chandran <ramvchandran wrote:

 

Thanks Ram for your kind words and for posting this news whole group. I asked

Shree Sunder and Sastriji for the sloka that defines what aachaarya means. The

bottom line of the definition is aachaarya is the one who follows what he

teaches.

 

It always has been easy to teach others than to follow oneself. Now I have to

learn how to follow.

 

I must say I have learned a lot from the group. Some think that these

discussions are only intellectual. Knowledge can only be intellectual and

ignorance, the root cause for samsaara can only be removed by knowledge. All

other means are preparatory to gain this knowledge. Understanding, assimilating

and internalizing is what is involved in shravana, manana and nidhidhyaasana. My

praNams to that Lord who is providing me every opportunity to see His

kaleidoscopic beauty and glory at every moment of this life-happenings.

 

My PraNAms to all.

 

Hari Om!

Sadananda

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advaitin , kuntimaddi sadananda <kuntimaddisada

wrote:

>

>

> --- On Fri, 8/7/09, Ram Chandran <ramvchandran wrote:

>

> Thanks Ram for your kind words and for posting this news whole group. I asked

Shree Sunder and Sastriji for the sloka that defines what aachaarya means. The

bottom line of the definition is aachaarya is the one who follows what he

teaches.

>

> Sadananda

>

 

Dear Sada-Ji:

 

Congratulation for honor fo Acharya. I am sure Sundar and Shastri-ji will add

to the following information on the term " Acharya " :

 

mantravyaakhyaakR^itdaacaarya || amarakosha ||

Meaning - One who defines mantra is known as Acharya.

 

yasmaaddharmaanaacinoti sa aacharyaaH || aapastaba dharma sutra ||

Meaning - Acharya is the one from whom the student accumulates dharma (dharma

sa.ngraha).||

 

aachaaryaH kasmaadaacaaraM graahayati aacinotyarthaanaacinoti buddhimiti vaa ||

nirukta ||

Meaning - One who teaching aacaara (how to behave) and sharpens intellect of his

students is called Acharya.

 

AchArya yonimiha ye pravishya

bhUtvA garbhaM brahmacharya.n charanti .

ihaiva te shAstrakArA bhavanti

prahAya dehaM parama.n yAnti yogam || ma. bhaa. udyogaparva 44. 6 ||

 

Meaning (Liberal) - Just like a mother protects the unborn, similarly Acharya

protects & nurtures spiritual advancements (aadhyaatmikaa) of the student

(brahmacaarii).

 

upaniiya tu yaH shishhyaM vedamadhyaapayed.h dvijaH |

sakalpaM sarahasyaM cha tamaachaaryaM prachakshate || 2.140 ||

 

Meaning - A Brahmin who performs upanayana and teaches veda, yaj~na karma, and

upaniShada is known as Acharya.

 

ekadeshaM tu vedasya vedaaN^gaanyapi vaa punaH |

yo.adhyaapayati vR^ittyarthamupaadhyaayaH sa uchyate || 2\.141 ||

Meaning - (However, one who teaches a portion only of the Veda, or also the

Angas of the Veda as for his profession and earns his living is called the

upadhyaya.

 

Acharya uapanayamaano brahmacaariNaM kR^iNute garbhamantaH || atharva 11.5.6 ||

Meaning - Acharyaperforms uapanayana carries brahmacaari into his vidyaagebha

(womb of learning).

 

Hope above information throws some lingt on the term Achayra.

 

Best wishes,

 

Dr. Yadu

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advaitin , " Ram Chandran " <ramvchandran wrote:

>

> Namaste:

>

> I am very happy to share with the members of the list with a great news. Last

week, our dear founder member and moderator of advaitin list – Sadanandaji has

been awarded with the title of Acharya by the Head of the Chinmaya Mission,

Swami Tejomayanandaji.

> With my warm regards,

>

> Ram Chandran

 

Dear Sada-ji,

My hearty congratulations on the well-deserved honour conferred on you by Swami

Tejomayanandaji.

You have already been functioning as an Acharya for so many years. This is only

a formal recognition of this fact.

With my very best wishes,

S.N.Sastri

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Thank you acharya ji's....gurur brahma gurur vishnu gurur devo

maheshwaraha,gurur sakshaat parabrahman tasmayi shree guruvay namaha!

 

suresh.

[Guest guest]

advaitin , Sri Ram Chandranji wrote:

>

> Namaste:

>

> I am very happy to share with the members of the list with a great

> news. Last week, our dear founder member and moderator of advaitin

> list � Sadanandaji has been awarded with the title of Acharya by the

> Head of the Chinmaya Mission, Swami Tejomayanandaji.

 

Hari OM!

Glad to learn it. May Lord's grace and teachings continue to flow

through him to us and around. Looking forward to learning more.

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Best wishes

-Srinivas

[Guest guest]

Dear Sada-ji,

 

Just read the great news. Hearty congratulations! May God bless you with many

more such honours.

 

Best regards.

 

Madathil Nair

[Guest guest]

Namasthe,

 

Dear Sadananda-ji,

 

The title of Acharya by Chinmaya Mission is by no means a small one. You

definetly deserve this every bit. Your humbleness and modesty proves it beyond

doubts.

 

As you rightly said the term acharya means one-who-teaches-by-example and

according to the Agamas all acharyas — must be possessed of the following

qualities.

 

They must be strict followers of the Vedic tradition and therefore faultless in

conduct. vaidika-agresar

They must have unflinching faith in God. sraddhalu

They must be free of egotism. nirahamkara

They must understand the three sacred mantras along with the esoteric meaning.

mantravit

They must be able to explain the meaning of the Scriptures to others in a

skilful manner. pravacana-nipuna

They can be living as a householder pursuing the Four Aims but should be free of

attachment. nissangha

 

Hope the group will figure out how an 'AACHARYA' shall be addressed, respected

and sought after.

 

Regards

 

Balagopal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I heartily congratulate Sadanadji on being conferred with the title of Acharya

by the world renouned Chinmaya Mission.Every one can see a true Acharya in him

and he richly deserves to be called Acharya Sadanandji.All the list members owe

a lot to him for his contribution throwing light to clear the doubts of members.

Regards,

 

Jabali Muni.

 

SarvE bhavanthu sukhinah sarvE santhu niraamayaah

Sarve bhadrANi pasyanthu maa kaschit duhkhabhAg bhavEt.

 

 

 

--- On Sun, 8/9/09, balagopal ramakrishnan <rbalpal wrote:

 

 

balagopal ramakrishnan <rbalpal

Re: Sadanandaji has been awarded with the Title of Acharya

by Chinmaya Mission

advaitin

Sunday, August 9, 2009, 11:26 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Namasthe,

 

Dear Sadananda-ji,

 

The title of Acharya by Chinmaya Mission is by no means a small one. You

definetly deserve this every bit. Your humbleness and modesty proves it beyond

doubts.

 

As you rightly said the term acharya means one-who-teaches- by-example and

according to the Agamas all acharyas — must be possessed of the following

qualities.

 

They must be strict followers of the Vedic tradition and therefore faultless in

conduct. vaidika-agresar

They must have unflinching faith in God. sraddhalu

They must be free of egotism. nirahamkara

They must understand the three sacred mantras along with the esoteric meaning.

mantravit

They must be able to explain the meaning of the Scriptures to others in a

skilful manner. pravacana-nipuna

They can be living as a householder pursuing the Four Aims but should be free of

attachment. nissangha

 

Hope the group will figure out how an 'AACHARYA' shall be addressed, respected

and sought after.

 

Regards

 

Balagopal

 

 

Love Cricket? Check out live scores, photos, video highlights and more. Click

here http://cricket.

 

 

[Guest guest]

praNAms Sri AchArya Sadananda prabhuji

Hare Krishna

 

Kindly accept my humble praNAms & hearty congratulations. May the almighty

shower his blessing on your goodself & your family. It is an additional

feather to the crown alongwith doctorate in philosophy. Kindly let us

know which subject in vedAnta you have taken to do Phd.

 

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!

bhaskar

 

 

[Guest guest]

Respected Acharya,

Pranams and my best wishes on your achieving this title..

From whatever I have read and heard,for Gyanis like you, these titles are just

Nothing..

 

May Adi Sankara Bless you with all Glories so that common men like me will get

more and more enlightened .

Namsakramas,

S.Rajah Iyer

 

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http://www.srajahiyer.sulekha.com/

 

--- On Mon, 8/10/09, Jabali Muni <jabalimuni wrote:

 

Jabali Muni <jabalimuni

Re: Sadanandaji has been awarded with the Title of Acharya

by Chinmaya Mission

advaitin

Monday, August 10, 2009, 1:15 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I heartily congratulate Sadanadji on being conferred with the

title of Acharya by the world renouned Chinmaya Mission.Every one can see a true

Acharya in him and he richly deserves to be called Acharya Sadanandji.All the

list members owe a lot to him for his contribution throwing light to clear the

doubts of members.

 

Regards,

 

 

 

Jabali Muni.

 

 

 

SarvE bhavanthu sukhinah sarvE santhu niraamayaah

 

Sarve bhadrANi pasyanthu maa kaschit duhkhabhAg bhavEt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--- On Sun, 8/9/09, balagopal ramakrishnan <rbalpal (AT) (DOT) co.in> wrote:

 

 

 

balagopal ramakrishnan <rbalpal (AT) (DOT) co.in>

 

Re: Sadanandaji has been awarded with the Title of Acharya

by Chinmaya Mission

 

advaitin@ s.com

 

Sunday, August 9, 2009, 11:26 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Namasthe,

 

 

 

Dear Sadananda-ji,

 

 

 

The title of Acharya by Chinmaya Mission is by no means a small one. You

definetly deserve this every bit. Your humbleness and modesty proves it beyond

doubts.

 

 

 

As you rightly said the term acharya means one-who-teaches- by-example and

according to the Agamas all acharyas — must be possessed of the following

qualities.

 

 

 

They must be strict followers of the Vedic tradition and therefore faultless in

conduct. vaidika-agresar

 

They must have unflinching faith in God. sraddhalu

 

They must be free of egotism. nirahamkara

 

They must understand the three sacred mantras along with the esoteric meaning.

mantravit

 

They must be able to explain the meaning of the Scriptures to others in a

skilful manner. pravacana-nipuna

 

They can be living as a householder pursuing the Four Aims but should be free of

attachment. nissangha

 

 

 

Hope the group will figure out how an 'AACHARYA' shall be addressed, respected

and sought after.

 

 

 

Regards

 

 

 

Balagopal

 

 

 

 

 

Love Cricket? Check out live scores, photos, video highlights and more. Click

here http://cricket.

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Have just returned from a short holiday to read this news and would like to

add my heartiest congratulations to Sadaji for this well-earned honour. I

myself have been learning from him since before I first wrote to him over 14

years ago. I have since been promoted to editor of some of his material but

will always regard him as an AchArya!

 

 

 

Best wishes,

 

Dennis

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

AchArya SrI Sadananda-ji,

 

mahASaya,

Kindly accept my prostrations at your feet and my heartfelt congratulations!

 

Yours,

Sampath ~

 

!! Aum namO nArAyaNAya !!

[Guest guest]

Hari Om, Acharya Sada-ji,

 

Congratulations on the blessings that you have received with the title of

Acharya. Sadanandaji, may your chitta be in sat-ananda!

 

sAshtAnga praNAms,

--Praveen R. Bhat

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[Guest guest]

praNAm all,

 

Hari Om, Sada-ji,

 

> I asked Shree Sunder and Sastriji for the sloka that defines what

> aachaarya means. The bottom line of the definition is aachaarya is the one

> who follows what he teaches.

> >

> > Sadananda

> >

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kindly permit me to add to Yadu-ji's definitions, the following lines I

heard from Jagatguru of Sonda Svarnavalli maTha, HH Shri Gangadharendra

Saraswati Swamiji (during the shatamAnOtsava of my Guru Shri Sridhara

Swamiji). Please note that any error in the same is entirely a dosha of my

hearing and my lack of expertise in Sanskrit.

 

AcanOtita shAstrAthaM AcAresthApa yatyadi

svayaM Acarate yasmAt tasmAdAcarya ucyate

 

He also added on who becomes an Acarya thus:

 

kR^tArthohi AcAryOnAma bhavati

 

 

gurOrarpaNamastu,

--Praveen R. Bhat

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