Guest guest Posted April 7, 2003 Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 SrI: Dear BhakthAs: we ahd a wonderful celebration of HH PoundarIkapuram Andavan's 83rd Birthday ( Thirunakshathram of Panguni RohiNI) at SrI RanganAtha Temple ,Pomona , NY. Lot of SishyAs and abimAnis of this stalwart of an AchAryan assembled there to join in the Veda PaarAyaNam , recitation of SrI Sookthis of Swamy Desikan at the individual 8 sanidhis of the Temple ( Raghuveera Gadhyam art SrI Raamar Sannidhi , Garuda DaNDakam at Garudar Sannidhi , GopAla Vimsathi at KrishNar sannidhi , GOdhA Sthuthi at Andal Sannidhi, SrI Sthuthi at SrIRanganAyaki's sannidhi , DayA Sathakam at Lord SrInivAsan's sannidhi , Bhagavath DhyAna SOpaanam at Lord RanganAthA's sannidhi , KaamasIkhAshtakam at Lord LakshmI Narasimahn's sannidhi ). AdiyEn had the bhAgyam of reciting Swamy Desika Sahasra Naamam at Swamy Desikan and SrI Lakshmi Sahasra Naamam at SrI RanganAyaki Sannidhi , which is right next to Swamy Desikan's sannidhi. There was a grand Veda-PurANa Periya SaaRRumuRai , the like of which one does not hear at other temples . A great tadhiyArAdhanam tok place after SaaRRumuRai and the temple cook prepared major PrasAdhams for the dhivya Dampathis ,which were shared by the assembled devotees . A grand Sudarsana Homam lasting nearly 3 hours also took place as is wont on Saturdays and Sundays at the Temple . We have now completed 90 Sudarsana Homams this past year (Since first anniversary of the temple in May 2002 ) and hope to complete the 100th Sudarsana Homam during May 24 , 2003 and the 108th Homam during the July 4 weekend . Other AchArya Thirunakshathrams ( AchArya RaamAnujA in My 2003 ,SrIrangam PeriyANDavan in June 2003 , HH the 44th Jeeyar of AhObila Matam and later SrI MukkUr Azhagiyagingar , the Founding Jeeyar of this temple , Swamy Desikan's Thitunakshathram on October 5, 2003 and others will be celebrated this year. HH SrI ThridanDi Chinna Jeeyar will be performing MangaLAsAsanam at the Temple during June 2003 . AnnamachArya's 500th Jayanthi/Vardhanthi will be celebrated on May 24 , 2003 as a aprt of the second Temple anniversary. Please celebrate all SrI VaishNavite AchArya Thirunakshathramsa t SrI ranganAtha Temple in grand Fashion and join ther sath sangham on these auspicious occasions as well as every day . Anna dhAnam is offered every day for all the visitors to the temple . Jayathi Jayathi SrI RanganAtha: Jayathi Jayathi Bhagavath RaamAnuja SiddhAntham, AdiyEn , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan Vice Cahir, SrI ranganAtha temple >SrI: >SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya Namah: > >Dearest Sisters and Brothers, > >Today is Rohini- panguni Rohini. AsmadhAchAryan’s – His Holiness Srimad >PaRavaakkOttai Andavan of Srimad Poundarikapuram Ashramam’s 83rd >Thirunakshathram. > >It is adiyen’s desire to post an article written by Srimad PaRavaakkOttai >Andavan Sri Goapaladesika mahadesikan on Rohini’s Greatness [translated by >adiyEn]. Later in the day, aDiyEn will supplement with other posts as well. > >Today is RohiNi Thirunakshathram. Emperumaan KaNNan’s birth star is Rohini. >KaNNan was born in the month of AvaNi, krishNa paksham, ashtami thithi >combined with RohiNi star. This day is celebrated as “Sri Jayanthi”. Sri >Jayanthi always means KaNNan’s Thirunakshathram. Janma nakshathrams of Sri >Nrusmihan, Sri Vamanan are addressed as Sri Nrusimha Jayanthi, Sri Vaamana >Jayanthi respectively. > >KrishNan means: One who attracts bhakthAs towards Him. >Sankarar (the one who calls Bhagawaan as “nirguNan”) says: > >kandharpakOdi subhagam vaanchithaphaLatham dhayaarNavam krishNam thayakthvaa >kam anyavishayam nEthrayugam dhrashtum uthsahathE.. > >KaNNan is so handsome and beautiful as the sum total of crores (millions) of >manmathans (cupid). He grants all that we desire for. He is the most >merciful; Which other God my would my eyes desire to see and enjoy? (None..) >- Thus Sankara melts at Kannan’s beauty. > >Leelasukhar – a staunch Saivite. Listen to what he says: > >I am a saivite. There is no doubt about that. Everyday, morning and >evening, I meditate and perform siva Panchakkshara japam. While uttering >japam, shouldn’t I not concentrate on the manthra devatha alone and >meditate? That does not happen. My mind always thinks of that Blue hued, >impishly smiling faced, and cowherd Boy KaNNan alone. Japam- panchaaksharam… >Thinking on KaNNan. – What is that you are doing?- Kutti KaNNan asks me >naughtily and mischievously. > >MadhusUdhana Saraswathi- who said, “Brahmam sathyam; All others are false. >There are no qualities, attributes for Bhagawaan. There is no form for >Bhagawaan. He had also written “advaita siddhi”. Listen to what he says: > >Let those yogis cultivate their minds on formless, attribute less, jYothi >and meditate.. I do not wish to see with my eyes what they long to see. I >would like to see with my eyes, and enjoy in my mind - that indescribable >beauty, that Blue hued jyOthi KaNNan who ran hither and thither on the banks >of Yamuna River. > >Kualsekara AzhwArs ays: “I see an unparalleled jyOthi in my heart. Its name >is KaNNan. That medicine can alleviate any disease. It is also the tastiest >nectar. Not only does it remove the disease of what we undergo in day-to-day >life. It also dispels the karmic disease of further births and deaths and >can grant the Ultimate Bliss. > >This KaNNan’s archaavataar is here most gracefully showing Himself at >Mannargudi Sri Rajagopala PerumAL. During BrahmOthsavam, (18 days), He shows >His leelAs in his archa vigraham, with the excellent most brilliant >alankaarams being done by priests (bhattars) > >In AsthAnam, the way he has the cloth tied around His Head (muNdAsu), a cane >in his Hand, showing the Lotus Feet for Bhagawathas to get saved, wearing a >smiling face, along with the Cow and the calf.- it can never ever leave our >eyes and mind. For that PerumAn, on Panguni Rohini is ThirutthEr- Chariot >festival. [This Chariot festival day- ThirutthEr – is the day in which >asmdahAchAryan was born 83 years back in Mannargudi and hence was name >Rajagopalan] > >ThiruppANAzhwAr (born in the star of RohiNi) lost himself in the exquisite >Beauty of Lord Ranganathan, and burst out with Pasurams singing the beauty >of the Lord from toe to Head. He finally said “the eyes that have seen my >Arangan will not see anything else” and united with the Lord then and >there. > >ThirukkOttiyoor Nambhi also was born in the Rohini star. He was the AchAryan >of Sri Ramanuja and taught Sri Ramanuja the Rahasyaartthams. > >Thus, KaNNan- ThiruppANAzhwAr, ThirukkOttiyoor Nambhi- appeared in RohiNi >Thirunakshathram. On this great day (of Rohini, when asmadhAchAryan His >Holiness Srimad PaRavaakkOttai Srimad Andavan Sri Gopaladesika mahadesikan >also appeared to save us from samsaaric afflictions), let us all (in the >manner and ways of what our AchAryas, AzhwArs have laid out the paths) at >the feet of archaavataara Emperumaan, perform Pooja, pay obeisance to, offer >flowers, sing His Names and Glories, meditate on him in our minds and spend >time more usefully, remove and get rid of sins (paapams) and be blessed to >live with all wealth and prosperity, peace in this life, and be blessed with >BrahmAnandhAnubhavam in the next.. [theritthezhudhi vaasitthum kEttum >vaNangi vazhipattum poositthum pOkkinEn pOdhu…] > >AchAryan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam >Regards >Namo narayana >dAsam >All errors /faults are mine. If there is anything good, the credit goes to >the greatness of asmadhAchAryan and his anugraham on this seelamillA siRiyOn > > >_______________ >Send a fun phone greeting to your friend! >http://www.msn.com.sg/mobile/fungreetings/ > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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