Saranagathi Journal: Volume 3.1(Release : April 12, 2000)

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Dear BhakthAs:

 

After few months of inactivity , the latest

issue of SaraNAgathi Journal was released yesterday

on the auspicious occasion of Sri Raama Navami.

 

Please participate in the growth of this

journal thru your personal involvement.

 

Wishing You all a Happy Tamil New year day!

On the First day of the VikramA year , it is

our prayer to " Ongi UlahaLantha Thrivikraman "

to bless this and other Kaimkaryams

underway .

 

We have now reached the level of $4,500 in

pledges for the AzhwAr's lives /108 Dhivya

Desams CD ROM Kaimkaryam and request BhakthAs

to help us reach the target with 10 more

pledges of $100 each or whatever they can .

Your particpation across the globe is very

important to help realize this CD ROM saluting

the blessings of AzhwArs , who left behind

the Kula Dhanam of Dhivya Prabhandhams.

 

AchAryan , AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , V.Sadagopan

 

Sarva DharmAn pArithyajya mAm Ekam SaraNam Vraja /

Aham TvA Sarva PapEbhyO mOkshayishyAmi mA Sucha: //

 

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VOL : 03.001 12. April 2000

 

In this Issue:

 

1. Editorial

2. Adhikarana SArAvaLi - Part 1 - M S Hari, Singapore

3. PradhAna Sathakam - Part 12 - V. Sadagopan

4. UpakAra Sangraham part 4 - U.Ve.Anantha Narasimhachar,

Srirangam

5. Upcoming Articles

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1. Editorial

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

On this Sri Raama Navami day , it is our pleasure to release the

first issue of the third volume of the SaraNAgathi journal .

 

The Journal was started on Swamy Desikan's Thiru nakshathram

(PurattAsi SravaNam ) on October 11, 1997. The last issue was

released on October 14, 1999. In between, We as a team have

released 30 individual issues housed in two volumes. We are ready

now to start with the third volume and seek AchAryAL's and the

dhivya dampathi's anugraham for continuing this kaimkaryam to the

Sri VaishNavite community in all humility.

 

Since October, 99 we were unable to release any new issues pending

the definition of future directions of the journal. Number of You

have written asking about the timing of the release of the next

issue. The executive committee of the SaraNAgathi journal team

has now completed the internal discussions and adopted policies

that would (1)help release future issues more frequently and (2)

realize issues with a much broader particpation by scholars well

versed in the intricacies of the SaraNAgathi doctrine as taught

by poorvAchAryALs. We have made some decisions to take SaraNAgathi

journal to the next plateau of excellence and it is adiyEn's

pleasure to share them with you.

 

At the outset , it is adiyEn's privelege to thank Sriman Anbil

Ramaswamy, who has served as a publisher since the start of the

Journal. He has been extremely helpful and has given us valuable

counsel. Sri Rengarajan carried a heavy load of responsibilities

to serve as a co-editor and supervised the relese of the Journal

as well as the maintenance of the membership data base. AdiyEn's

deep thanks are to Sri Rengarajan for his tireless services. Sri

Venaktesh Elayavalli has excelled as the most capable webmaster &

has distinguished himself in the tradition of his excellent Sri

Vaishnava Universe web pages. The SaranAgathi journal web pages

designed by him are a pleasure to read and refer to.

 

We are making the following changes for the implementation of

decisions made to enhance the reach and quality of our journal.

Sri Rengarajan will serve now as the Publisher to bring the future

issues more frequently and will also be the co-editor of the

journal.

 

Sri Anbil Ramaswamy has kindly accepted to serve as a SampAdhakar

for the journal, a new post created to benefit from his vast ties

to the network of scholars in India. This is an important role in

that the success of his efforts would help us reach out to this

distinguished community in India and receive articles for

publication from them. We are confident that his efforts will bear

fruit in our quest for excellence of the journal.

 

AdiyEn will continue to serve as the Chief Editor & Sri Venkatesh

Elayavalli will continue to help us all through his innovative web

page design skills .

 

It is our hope that the population of the journal issues with

authentic articles with utmost respect for AchAryAs and AzhwArs

outlining the ancient tenets of our Sri VaishNava darsanam would

be in itself a kaimkaryam about which our AchAryALs will be

pleased. We will include a Q & A section to respond to the queries

from readers and will attempt to get authentic answers from the

community of Sri VaishNavite scholars and our AchAryALs.

 

With the dhivya Dampathi's and our AchAryAL's blessings, we look

forward to serving you further. The first issue of the third

volume is being placed in your hands on this sacred day of

PramAthi Sri Raama Navami. May the Sadas bless these efforts to

grow in the coming year of Vikramaa and thereafter!

 

Daasan ,

V.Sadagopan

Editor-in-Chief

http://www.srivaishnava.org/sgati/

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Excellent series of Articles are expected from:

 

1. Sri U.Ve. RamanujachAriar , Sri Ahobila muth ASthAna vidhwAn

2. Dr. S.M.S. Chari of Bangalore & San Diego

3. Dr NSA iyengar of Bangalore

4. Sri Kalale of San Diego, CA

5. Smt SubadhrA Vasudevan of Canada

6. Sriman SevA SwamigaL of Chennai

7. Sri Kothtimangalam VaradAchAr Swamy of ThirunArAyanapuram

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