Jakarta Perumal Bramhotsavam

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> Sri:

> Srimathe Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha Divya Paduka sevaka srivan Satagopa Sri

> Narayana Yateendra Mahadesikaya Namah:

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AdiyEn's Dhandavat Pranamams to the learned members of the net

 

The last few days were simply heavenly in Jakarta and those of us who were

present in the temple during the period had a taste of how it would be in

Sri Vaikuntam. The alankaram to Jakarta Balaji this year made one wonder if

Thirumalai Venkatachalapathi himself came here to give us a chance to serve

him so intimately. AdiyEn will try to load the photos taken during the

function in the next few days.

Some people were serving directly near Perumal and many others serving

indirectly in various ways but all for the same purpose i.e. to please the

Lord. Some people took pleasure in serving the Bhagavatals in such

spontaneous and moving ways. The Lord is actually more pleased when we serve

his Bhaktas. Even in our materialistic relationships we can notice that the

easiest way to please the Parents is to praise and please their Children.

All this reminded adiyEn of a portion from the book, Visistadvaita, authored

by Sri. A.S.R. Raghavan and published by TTD. The section describing the

service rendered by Nitya suris to Sriman Narayana is very appropriate here

and adiyEn thought of sharing the portion with devotees.

 

All the above mentioned Nityas have some service or other assigned to them

and they discharge it with great care and love. There are numberless other

Nityas who are not doing service of any particular kind or nature. They

behold the former with reverence and pride, and derive as much delight by

that sight as that of those that are actually discharging that service. The

joy of the Lord is their own joy and so long as the Lord is pleased they are

also pleased and satisfied. There is no feeling of rivalry or jealousy in

them. They do not for a moment think that some have the honour of doing

service which is denied to them. They derive greater joy by attending on

those that serve the Lord directly. For it is the maxim of the Spiritual

Universe that the joy one gets by being subservient and doing service to

those who directly serve the Lord is in no way less, nay, is even more, than

that of the latter. That is the secret of the doctrine of the master-servant

relationship in the Spiritual World. The Sastras declare that there is

desire for mutual service there among the Nityas and every one takes pride

in being subservient to another.

 

 

The added attraction in this years function was the discourse by Sriman M.S.

Hari from Singapore. Notwithstanding his busy schedule in Singapore, he

accepted our invitation at such short notice and blessed us with 3 lectures.

AdiyEn is sure that the powerful speech explaining the only sure and easy

way for salvation (Moksham) in this Kali Yuga i.e. Sharanagathi (Total

unconditional surrender at the lotus feet of Sriman Narayana) was very well

received amongst the nearly 400 people present during the function. The

reaction of one devotee is testimony to the power of his Vak - " In one hour

Sriman Hari has packed and conveyed what most people would not be able to do

in ten hours of talk " . His Darmapatni Srimathi Vijaya Lakshmi also

captivated the Bhaktas with rendering of some of the Pasurams with her sweet

and melodious voice. On behalf of all Jakarta SriVaishnavas, adiyEn would

like to convey our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to this lovely couple

and pray that the Lord gives them his choicest blessings and they continue

to provide such wonderful kaimkaryams for a long time.

AdiyEn is also pleased to inform that on the blessed day of Perumal

Bramhotsavam a new e-group named Nama-Indonesia has been launched. This is a

forum for discussing and posting articles on our activities here in Jakarta.

The details are in the attached mail. Interested persons are requested to

become members by subscribing to the free e-discussion group. Hope to have

many members joining and contributing to the group. All advice and help to

run this group in a useful way are most welcome from learned members.

While informing that the forthcoming events in our temple are the Dhanurmasa

Arambam on 16th December 2000 and Vaikunta Ekadasi on 06 January 2001,

adiyEn would like to end this long babbling.

 

 

> Namo Narayanaya,

> AdiyEn Ramanuja Dasan

> Ananthakrishna

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SrI:

SrI Lakshminrusimha ParabrahmaNE namaH

SrI Lakshminrusimha divya pAdukA sEvaka SrIvaN SaThakOpa-

SrI nArAyaNa yateendra mahAdESikAya namaH

 

namO nArAyaNa!

 

Dear SrI AnantakrishNa,

 

Thanks for kindly writing about the wonderful celebrations

at Jakarta.

 

> The last few days were simply heavenly in Jakarta and those of us who were

> present in the temple during the period had a taste of how it would be in

> Sri Vaikuntam. The alankaram to Jakarta Balaji this year made one wonder if

> Thirumalai Venkatachalapathi himself came here to give us a chance to serve

> him so intimately.

 

Its a great feeling to know about such experiences in your

place.

 

> All this reminded adiyEn of a portion from the book, Visistadvaita, authored

> by Sri. A.S.R. Raghavan and published by TTD.

 

This is an excellent book on our sampradAyam. The author

<SrI VaikuNTha vAsi> PudukkOttai SrI A.SrInivAsa RAghavan

is a well known reputed scholar of the past. The book is

a summarized explanation of many chapters (non-mantra

portions) of SrImad Rahasya Traya SAram and the author follows

the original very well. It is a must read for all those who

are comfortable in English. It is the book which made me get

interested deeply in SrImad Rahasya Traya SAram. Please don't

miss this book in your collection - A great gift for the

English based readers. After reading this book, understanding

of many sections of SrI RTS will become quite easy.

 

Probably its out of stock. But, contact TTD anyway.

 

> The added attraction in this years function was the discourse by Sriman M.S.

> Hari from Singapore.

....

....

> His Darmapatni Srimathi Vijaya Lakshmi also

> captivated the Bhaktas with rendering of some of the Pasurams with her sweet

> and melodious voice.

 

>On behalf of all Jakarta SriVaishnavas, adiyEn would

> like to convey our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to this lovely couple

> and pray that the Lord gives them his choicest blessings and they continue

> to provide such wonderful kaimkaryams for a long time.

 

Its nice that SrI Hari's lectures were well received

at Jakarta. Needless to say, his lectures will be very

good. His wife has distinguished herself in the area of

singing the pAsurams of AzhwArs, stotras of PUrvAchAryas

etc very well. aDiyEn too prays the same from my end.

 

> AdiyEn is also pleased to inform that on the blessed day of Perumal

> Bramhotsavam a new e-group named Nama-Indonesia has been launched. This is a

> forum for discussing and posting articles on our activities here in Jakarta.

 

Have a good time in promoting the interests of SrI VaishNavam

at Indonesia. My best wishes and prayers to Lord SrIman nArAyaNa

for the same !

 

aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

anantapadmanAbhan.

krushNArpaNam.

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At 05:18 AM 12/12/00 +0100, you wrote:

Sri:

Srimathe Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha Divya Paduka sevaka srivan Satagopa Sri

Narayana Yateendra Mahadesikaya Namah:

 

Dear Sriman Ananathakrishnan:

 

It is so delightful to read about the AarAdhanam and

festivities for " Jakarta Balaji ' by the Sri VaishNavaas

of Indonesia. Your description of the anubhavam of

Bhaktha GhOshti is wondeful to read .adiyEn had

no idea that there are so many Sri VaishNavites

there . " Poliha , Poliha " of Swamy NammAzhwAr's

MangaLAsAsanam only comes to mind in htis context.

 

Sriman and Srimathi Hari's tireless kaimkaryam

has done so much for a clear understanding of

the tenets of Sri VaishNavam as taught and

propagated by our PoorvAchAryAs.AdiyEn joins

with you for long life blessed with increasing Kaimkarya

Sri for this dedicated couple , who have energized

GhOshtis sofar at Singapore and Indonesia. They have been

invited to Bharain and Middle east by the devout groups

there . It is all very significant news .

Our AchAryAs will be moved to hear about the Kaimkaryams

of the Indonesia group .

 

Please enroll me in the Indonesia -AchArya Group

communications.

 

Namo NaarAyaNAya ,

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

RaamAnuja Daasan ,V.SatakOpan

 

 

>

>The last few days were simply heavenly in Jakarta and those of us who were

>present in the temple during the period had a taste of how it would be in

>Sri Vaikuntam. The alankaram to Jakarta Balaji this year made one wonder if

>Thirumalai Venkatachalapathi himself came here to give us a chance to serve

>him so intimately. AdiyEn will try to load the photos taken during the

>function in the next few days.

>

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SrI:

SrI Lakshminrusimha ParabrahmaNE namaH

SrI Lakshminrusimha divya pAdukA sEvaka SrIvaN SaThakOpa-

SrI nArAyaNa yateendra mahAdESikAya namaH

 

Dear SrI anantapadmanAbhan,

 

>This is an excellent book on our sampradAyam. The author

><SrI VaikuNTha vAsi> PudukkOttai SrI A.SrInivAsa RAghavan

>is a well known reputed scholar of the past. The book is

>a summarized explanation of many chapters (non-mantra

>portions) of SrImad Rahasya Traya SAram and the author follows

>the original very well. It is a must read for all those who

>are comfortable in English. It is the book which made me get

>interested deeply in SrImad Rahasya Traya SAram. Please don't

>miss this book in your collection - A great gift for the

>English based readers. After reading this book, understanding

>of many sections of SrI RTS will become quite easy.

 

>Probably its out of stock. But, contact TTD anyway.

 

I have a copy of the book.It is a very old book...published way back in 1985.

It is written in simple english and conveys original meanings of Srimad RTS

quite

well.

 

If we are not able to get copies from TTD, we could try to secure permission to

reprint the book.

Please let me know if this is viable.

 

The book starts with the following verse

 

trayyantaih eka-kanthaih tad-anuguna

manu vyasamukhyoktibhischa,

Sriman nArAyano nah patirakhila

tanuh muktido muktabhigyah ||

 

(ParadevatA paramarthyadhikAra - RTS of Swami Desikan)

 

I would be glad to be of any help to get this book reprinted.

 

aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

 

mAlOlan cadAmbi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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