Disturbing background noise during upanyasam

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SrI:

 

Dear SishyAs and AbhimAnis of SrI Matam:

 

Further to the earlier notes of SrImans Diwakar Kannan,

ParthasArathy Dileepan and Hari SarangarAjan ,

I want to protest in the strongest terms the utterly

thoughtless behavior of a small number of attendees,

who carried on with their own private conversation

while HH SrImath Azhgiya Singar was speaking.The noise

from the baby was another nuisance . A aby has

no place ina KaalakshEpam. If the people,who commit

the apachArams of this kind can not police themselves ,

they should not take part in these extraordinary

upanyAsams from one of the greatest scholars and

AchAryAs of our time. It was distressing to experience

these interruptions . The topic was a difficult one to

follow by itself and HH SrImath Azhagiya Singar had to

go over it from many angles to make it easy for us

to understand the subtelities. The vaathsalyam He has

for us is unfathomable.There has to be some respect for

the anugraha bhAshaNam of such a MahAthmA and AchAryan

par excellence .

 

We can never pay back in any measure the UpakAram

that he does for us thru these KaalakshEpams.

Let us pledge to get these kinds of disturbances

behind us once and for all and enjoy the blessings

that is coming our way .

 

NamO NaarAyaNa,

 

V.SaThakOpan

 

 

>SrI:

>

>Dear Bhagavathas

>

>Inspite of repeated requests there are lots of background noise during

>upanyasam. A " parallel upanyasam " and an infant's voice were heard

>today. I request bhagavathas to follow some basic etiquette while

>listening. Srimad Azhgiyasingar considers this upanyasam very

>important amidst the very busy schedule. Even if there are dOlais on

>saturday, Srimad Azhagiyasingar makes sure to come back on time for the

>upanyasam. Considering Srimad Azhagiyasingar's Thirunakshtram it is

>not a easy thing to sit infront of the phone for 1 1/2 hours. Srimad

>Azhgiyasingar strains His Thirumeni by leaning towards the phone so

>that the audio is better. Srimad Azhagiyasingar also takes notes

>during the afternoon in preparation for the upanyasam. After the

>upanyasam it takes couple of hours for Srimad Azhagiyasingar to take

>complete the day's acvities and retire. We are very fortunate to

>listen to these great upanyasams sitting thousands of miles away.

>Srimad Azhagiyasingar is doing a great upakAram for us and personally I

>feel that I do not deserve.

>

>By the casual attitude of not muting the phone all the efforts are

>undone. On our part we have to make sure that we utilize this

>opportunity with great care. Press *6 to mute the phone. This works

>in the toggle mode (pressing *6 again unmutes). Those who happen to

>have the moderator code should individually mute their phone.

>Universal mute doesn't affect participants who signed on with moderator

>code.

>

>Alternatively speaker phone with mute feature can be used which are

>available for as low as $30.

>

>adiyEn

>Diwakar

>