worship as per Pancharatra agama

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Dear Sriman Sridhar:

 

Thanks for your request for information on

the PaancharAthra AarAdhana Kramam.

 

Anticipating the continuing need for this

important information on Bhagavath AarAdhanam ,

the International RaamAnujA Society released

a Multimedia and Interactive CD ROM few months back

entitled " AchArya raamAnujA " .

 

One of the important sections of the CD ROM

deals in detail with the Bhagavath Aaradhana Kramam

according to PaancharAthra Aagamam . Every step of

the AarAdhanam is illustrated with appropriate

manthrams and prayers . The narration is in English

to reach a wider audience of devotees of Sriman NaarAyaNa.

 

There are books on Bhagavath AarAdhanam . They have to be backed up

however by visual ,audio and video material .That is what this CD ROM

as educational material does . There are separate versions

of this CD ROM for Vadakalai and ThennAchAryA sampradhAyams .

 

The International RaamAnujA Society has humble plans to

provide educational material for the use of BhakthAs

thru the use of modern commiunication tools such as

Audio , Video and CD ROM . Some of the work completed

todate among these educational projects/products are:

 

1. AchArya RaamAnujA CD ROM (2000)

2. Twin set of Audio Tapes on the Lives of AzhwArs(2001)

3. 600 Plus Page Commentary in Tamil on Andal " s ThiruppAvai(2000)

4. Lives of AzhwArs and 108 Dhivya Desams : Two CD ROMs (2001)

 

We will continue to look for various other releases

that will be helpful to the younger generation and

also address the pressing needs of BhakthAs , who

wish to know more about our glorious sampradhAyam

and anushtAnams. Nothing is greater than performing

SandhyAvandhanam and Bhagavath AarAdhanam daily

( Laghu/ light or elaborate AarAdhanam ) and partake

Bhagavath prasAdham at the end of such observances

and serve our fellow human beings.

 

THE GRANDEST PROJECT THAT WE ARE DREAMING OF NOW IS THE MOST

APPROPRIATE WAY TO CELEBRATE THE FORTHCOMING MILLENIUM

OF ACHARYA RAAMANUJAA'S BRTHDAY IN 2017 A.D .ALTHOUGH IT

IS SIXTEEN YEARS AWAY , PREPARATIONS CAN NOT BEGIN SOONER

TO IDENTIFY THE MOST VALUABLE WAY TO SALUTE THE GRAND SIRE

OF OUR SAMPRADHAAYAM , WHO DISTILLED THE ESSENCE OF POORVAACHAARYA'S

TEACHINGS FOR THE BENEFIT OF PROSTERITY IN HIS NINE SRI SOOKTHIS.

 

THE JOINING TOGETHER OF ALL ACHAARYAS AND SISHYAAS OF

BAHGAVATH RAAMAANUJA SAMPRADHAAYAM WILL BE VITAL FOR

SUCCESS IN THESE EFFORTS .

 

The views of Sri RaamAnuja Kudumbham will be most welcome

regarding suggestions on how we can organize and celebrate

the forthcoming Millenium of Bhagavath RaamAnujA , who opened

our eyes to the glories of our great sampradhAyam.

 

adiyEn will conclude this tribute to AchArya RaamAnujA and

His blessings to us with three PramANams:

 

1) The 42nd Paasuram of Sri RaamAnuja NooranthAdhi

of Swamy Thiruvarangatthu AmudanAr:

 

" The People of the world , who stood unrelenting through

all ages inspite of the Lord taking so many incarnations , in

so many 'births' , so to say , were all able to turn a new

leaf , imbibed through true knowledge and were redeemed ,

ONCE RAAMAANUJAA CAME INTO THIS WORLD. What a wonderful

phenomenon , this ! " (Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan's translation).

 

2) Links Between Bhagavann RaamAnujA and the Current AchAryAs:

( Swamy Desikan's YathirAja sapthathi : SlOkam 21)

 

The current AchAryAs of the different peetams have devoted their

lives to learn and comprehend the Sri Sookthis of AchArya RaamAnujA

and they through their life breaths destroy the arguments of

kudhrushtis and Veda Baahya darsanams. There is no need for them

to seek the help of all facets of our RaamAnuja SiddhAntham

for this noble endeavour. They need only a portion of the great

insights of our AchArya RaamAnujA . The Jn~Anam of our AchAryAs

belonging to Bahgavath RaamAnuja Darsanam is not trivial .

The treasures left behind by our AchArya RaamAnujA are eternal

and He has plunged the depths of the ocean of Saasthrams

to bring out the pearls and gems blessed to us by Sriman

NaarAyanan . Therefore , the genius of current AchAryAs

following truly the teachings of Bhagavann RaamAnujA

has no difficulty wahtsoever in instructing their sishyAs

about the way to attain unfailing Moksha Siddhi.

 

(3) Seeking Surrender at the Thiruvadi of AchArya RaamAnujA

( Visadha Vaak SikhAMaNi Sri MaNavALa Maamuni's YathirAja

Vimsathi : SlOkam 15):

 

Suddha Aathma Yaamuna gurUtthama KooranATa BhattAkhya

Desika vara uktha samastha naicchyam

adhya asthi asankuchitham yEva mayeeha lOkE

tasmAth YathIndhra karuNaiva thu math gathisthE

 

(Meaning): Oh Emperor of SanyAsis! adiyEn's life is

full of all the deficiencies that were invoked

(NaicchyAnusandhAnams) by pure and great AchAryAs like

AaLavanthAr , KurEsar , ParAsara Bhattar and other gems

of AchAryAs .They were ofcouse SuddhAthmAs and

had no naicchiyam to speak of. Those naicchiyams however

are full to the brim in me.There is no one who is equal to me

in naicchiyams in all the worlds . Therefore , Your DhivyAnugraham

is the only recourse to me to overcome them .For You , it is rare

to find one as low as myself , who qualifies for Your total dayA .

Hence ,Please bless me with Your KaruNA KatAksham and save me !

 

Such is the greatness of Bhagavath RaamAnujA ,

His blemishles SampradhAyam and the AchAryAs

that follow this SampradhAyam .

 

May we all be blessed to inherit the Jn~Anam and

AnushtAna balam bequeathed by AchArya RaamAnujA

and be assured of SadAchArya sambhandham for our

salvation .

 

Daasan , V.SaThakOpan

 

 

>Sri:

>Sri ramanujaya Namah:

>Sri Nigamahantha desikaya namah:

>Sri Lakshmi Narasimha paramatmane Parabrahmane namah:

>

>My Respectfull obeisences to all the bhagavatha's

>

>Can any one pls give me the details where i could find

>details on eloborate worship of SriMan Narayana as per

>the pancharatra agama's.

>

>pls also mention the name of the books ,

>

>Sri:

>Adiyen

>Sridhar.S