SMS Chary's visit to the Bay Area

[Guest guest]

Those of you living in the San Francisco Bay area are blessed to have

the opportunity to learn about the philosophy of Bhagavad Sri Ramanuja

directly from a learned scholar...

 

 

SrI:

 

Sri S.M.S. Chari, a renowned scholar on Visishtadvaita and Sanatana

Dharma, is visiting the Bay Area this weekend (24th, 25th Aug. 2002).

To learn a bit more about his work, please see the end of this

announcement.

 

Four lectures have been organized over these two days.

 

Sri Chari will discuss the ethical teachings of the Bhagavad Gita and

the qualities of a devotee. He will also present the Gita's view

on the nature of reality as understood by the three major schools of

Vedanta (advaita of Sri SankarAchArya, vishishtAdvaita of Sri

RAmAnujAchArya, and dvaita of Sri MadhvAchArya).

 

The specific topic and emphasis of a particular lecture will be a

function of the interests expressed by the audience. As such, each

lecture will delve into a different aspect of the Gita. He will

address questions at the end of each lecture. Sri Chari is also

available to more informally discuss other issues with individuals.

 

Please utilize this great opportunity.

 

Lecture #1:

 

When : Saturday, August 24th.

Time : 11 am-12:30 pm

Hosts : Sri Raman Rangarajan and Smt. Hemalatha

Where : 1133 Miller Ave. San Jose, CA 95129

Contact: rrangara

408-873-2979 (Home)

650-965-6179 (Work)

RSVP, so that adequate prasadam may be prepared for lunch.

 

Lecture #2:

 

When : Saturday, August 24th.

Time : 5 pm - 6:30 pm

Hosts : Sri Mani Varadarajan & Smt. Vaijayanthy

Rangarajan

Where : 558, 29th Ave. San Mateo, CA 94403

Contact: mani

650-349-3008 (Home)

 

Lecture #3:

 

When : Sunday, August 25th.

Time : 10:30 am - 12 pm

Host : Arun Kumar Sridharan

Where : 2179 Williams Street, Palo Alto, CA 94306

Contact: aruns

650-852-9989 (Home)

 

Lecture #4:

 

In honor of HayagrIva JayantI and Andal's Tirunakshitaram (Tiru

Aadi Puram), the monthly Bay area SriVaishnava satsangam will be held

in Smt. Sumathy and Ram Srinivasan's home. There will be a

recitation of Swami Desikan's 'HayagrIva Stotram,' and 'Goda Sthuthi'

followed by Sri Chari's discourse.

 

When : Sunday, August 25th.

Time : 4 pm - 6:30 pm

Hosts : Sri Ram Srinivasan and Smt. Sumathy Srinivasan

Where : 1880 Granger Ave., Los Altos, CA 94024

Contact: sumathy67

650-969-7267 (Home)

 

RSVP, so that adequate prasadam may be prepared for dinner.

 

Note : As per tradition we will offer sambhavana to swAmi

 

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The following is an introduction to the speaker, taken from one of his

books.

 

S.M. Srinivasa Chari hails from an orthodox Vaisnava family in Mysore.

He has a brilliant academic record with an M.A. in Philosophy from

University of Mysore and Ph.D. from University of Madras. He was a

research scholar at the University of Madras and a fellow of Institute

of Philosophy at Amalner in Maharashtra. He is a finished Sanskrit

scholar trained up by eminent traditional teachers.

 

Dr. Chari joined the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, after the

completion of his university career and worked in different

capacities and retired in 1976 as Joint Educational Advisor.

 

He has travelled widely. He has participated in International

conferences and seminars abroad and lectured at University Centers on

aspects of Indian philosophy and religion.

 

He has written 6 books on Vedanta with the following titles.

 

- Philosophy and Theistic Mysticism of the Alvars

- Vaishnavism: Its Philosophy, Theology and Religious

Discipline

- Fundamentals of Vishishtadvaita Vedanta- A Study based on

Vedanta Desika's Tattvamukta Kalapa

- Advaita and Visistadvaita - A study based on Satadushani

of Vedanta Desika

- The Philosophy of the Vedanta Sutra

- The Philosophy of Upanisads. A Study Based on the Evaluation

of the Comments of Samkara, Ramanuja and Madhava

 

His's recent work on the Bhagavad Gita as commented on by RAmAnuja,

Sankara and MadhvAcharya will be published in a few months.