Be a Ramanuja Sambandhi Program - Next Module

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Sri:Srimate Ramanujaya namahaSrimad Varavara Munaye namahaDear Srivaishnava Bhagavathas, Pranams. Due to Swami

Emberumanar’s nirhetuka krupai and with Sri.U.Ve.Velukkudi Krishnan

Swami’s continued support for the program, VEDICS FOUNDATION is

delighted to announce the next module in the “Be a Ramanuja

Sambandhi†program. We successfully finished “Vedartha Sangrahamâ€

course from January to August of 2009. Now it is time start the next

course. The next module is “YatÄ«ndra Mata DÄ«pikÄâ€. What are we learning?With

“Vedarta Sangraham†we learnt the basics of Visishtadvaitam and the

greatness of Swami Ramanuja in establishing those concepts and

categorically defeating the arguments of advaitins and others.

“YatÄ«ndra Mata DÄ«pikĆprovides us an opportunity to further strengthen

these concepts and sets a strong platform for further studies. Since

the time that can be devoted for the study of larger treatises is

limited, there arose naturally a need for the presentation of facts in

a small compass. This led to the writing of prakarana-granthas. One

such prakarana-grantha written specifically for the benefit of young

students is “YatÄ«ndra Mata DÄ«pikÄâ€. This grantham is written by Sri.Vadhula Srinivasarya Swami, who lived towards the end of the sixteenth century. He has closely followed the works of purvacharyas and has divided his work into ten chapters or avatars. So

we will be learning fundamentals of Visishtadvaita Philosophy based on

“YatÄ«ndra Mata DÄ«pikÄ" written by Sri. Vadhula Srinivasarya Swami. Sri.

U.Ve.Krishnaswami Iyengar has written a Tamil

elaboration for these granthams. Ramakrishna Mission

has published an English Translation and Sri Andavan Ashramam has

published a Tamil book on these granthams. We will be using these books

also for learning. Who is the Teacher?This

course will be taught by Sri.U.Ve.Bharatan Swami, Srirangam. He is a

young Sanskrit scholar who has left his loukika job and fully entrusted

himself to our sampradayam and currently teaching sanskrit to young

students in Kinchitkaram Trust pathasala in Srirangam. Sri Bharatan

swamy is 31 years old. He is a mimamsa siromani from Mylapore sanskrit

college. He has translated tiruppavai and tiruppalliezhuchi as sanskrit

poems. He is currently learning Sri Bhashyam and Bhagavath Vishayam

from Sri.U.Ve. Narasimhacharyar Swami, Srirangam When does the course start?The course will start from Sunday, 17th January,

2010.The timings are 8:30 - 10:00 PM Indian Standard Time, 10:00 – 11:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, USA (Every Saturday and Sunday) Course FeeMembers in USA: $75 - out of this $25 will be used for Swami Koorathazhvan’s 1000th year celebrations.Payable by Check favoring “Vedics Foundation†or by PayPalMembers in India:

Rs.2000, Payable by Check favoring “Kinchitkaram Trustâ€. Please send

your check to Kinchitkaram trust, No.6, Beema Sena Garden Street, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004.Course MaterialTo reduce the cost, we will only be providing electronic form of all these books (as PDF files).Interested members can buy the hard copy of the books at their own expense.Mode of learningThe course will be taught in tele-conference (for members in USA) and also as a webcast. The

conference number and web details will be provided later. Each class will also available for download for repeated listening.How to join?1. First register at www.vedics.org2. After successful registration, please log in and select Education / Yatindra Mata Deepika / Registration3. Fill in the details and save4. Pay the sambavanai either by PayPal or by Check (use the appropriate address for India and USA).For any questions/ clarifications, please send an email to Sampath Kumar Padmanaban (janasampath)Sundar Saranathan (sundar.saranathan) adiyen Ramanuja dasanSampath Kumar Padmanabanஅடியேன௠சிறிய ஞானதà¯à®¤à®©à¯à®šà¯€à®²à®®à®¿à®²à¯à®²à®¾ சிறியனà¯