Sri vaikuNTa EkAdasi --Upanyasam by Sri Badri Parasara Bhattar svami -- Sat 03, 2004.

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Tuesday, December 30, 2003 10:12 AM

[vedic_talk] Sri vaikuNTa EkAdasi --Upanyasam by Sri Badri Parasara

Bhattar svami -- Sat 03, 2004.

 

 

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> IMPORTANT: DIAL-IN NUMBER FOR THIS UPANYASAM:

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> Dial In Number : 1-702-835-5000

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> Passcode : 91544#

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> Sri:

> srimathe rAmAnujaya namaha

> srimath vara vara munayE namaha

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> Humble pranam to all devotees:

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> We are blessed to have upanyasam on " Sri vaikuNTa EkAdasi--its

significance " on saturday Jan 03, vaikuNTa EkAdasi dAy from srI

badrinArAyaNa parAsara bhattar svAmi from srIrangam.

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> Date and Time: Saturday, Jan 03, 2004 11AM CST.

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> Here is a brief introdution about srI badrinArAyaNa parAsara bhattar svAmi

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> srI badrinArAyaNa parAsara bhattar svAmi comes from

> the great lineage of svAmi koorattAzhvAn and svAmi

> parAsara bhattar. svAmi koorattAzhvAn and svAmi

> parAsara bhattar are known to everyone, and their

> immeasurable contributions to the rAmAnuja sampradAyam

> is very well known.

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> srI badrinArAyaNa bhattar continues the service to the

> rAmAnuja sampradAyam as one of the current descendants

> of svAmi koorattAzhvAn. He has undergone kAlakshEpam

> for many years (and is continuing to undergo

> kAlakshEpam in advanced topics) from great scholars in

> srIrangam (such as vaikuNTavAsi " kOrukoNda " parAsara

> bhattar, srIrangam srIbhAshya vidwAn srI

> narasimhAchAriAr, srI vELukkudi krishNan svAmi). Even

> at a young age, he has been running a pATasAla " bhattar kuzhAm " in

> srIrangam, where he teaches nAlAyira divya

> prabhandham, stOtras and rahasyAs to more than 50

> students every day. These students range from young

> children to retired people. svami also runs a library " gnAna pirAn "

which houses the treasures our sampradaya in the form of books. srI badri

nArAyaNa

> bhattar's upanyAsams are of the utmost brilliance and

> simplicity. His renditions of svAmi parAsara bhattar's

> thirumanjana kattiyams are said to be very wonderful

> by learned scholars. In fact, recently an elder of the

> sampradAyam said " If one was wondering how the

> child-genius svAmi parAsara bhattar would have looked

> like in his years, one need to look no further than

> srI badri svAmi! " .

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> In spite of his extremely busy schedule on vaikuNTa

> EkAdasi dAy, svAmi has agreed to spend an hour and a

> half with us in sharing the anubhavam of Sri Vaikunda Ekadasi.

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> We urge everyone to attend this upanyAsam and immerse themselves in the

nectar of

> bhavad guNa anubhaavam and bhAgavatha guNa anubhavam.

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