Guest guest Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Dear Moderator : Why is this totally inappropriate message coming thru in a Web site devoted to advancing Desika SampradhAyam ? It is beyond me . V.Sadagopan - <desikasampradaya > <desikasampradaya > Tuesday, May 03, 2005 9:06 AM Digest Number 870 > > There are 3 messages in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. Human-buttons > unhcr17 > 2. Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- BhoothatthAzhwAr anubhavam of > ThiruvEnkatam- 1- [25th verse] > Madhavakkannan V <srivaishnavan > 3. Lord RanganAthA's Thirumanjana Kattiyam > bySwamyParAsaraBhattar:PartXI /SlOkam11 . > Sadagopan <sgopan > > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 1 > Mon, 2 May 2005 14:16:09 -0400 > unhcr17 > Human-buttons > > This message is about Human beings, Democracy, UNHCR, Refugees, The > Iraqis, Islam, Kurds, Human rights, Respect, Money, Donations, Angelina > Jolie, Pavarotti, Giorgio Armani, Donors, Peace, History, Campaigns and > about you if you care about these words. > > Hi there, > > I am SAM, an Iraqi refugee living in Lebanon at the moment; I have spent > the last 10 years of my life as a refugee registered with the UNHCR in > Beirut. The last 4 years, I have spent as an activist for peace and human > rights (especially refugees and asylum seekers) on the Internet; I'm also > books author and ebooks publisher. I have launched many campaigns to > improve our situation as refugees in Lebanon and hopefully bring more > understanding to our problems worldwide. I helped make many changes and > improvements at the UNHCR office in Beirut; I used the Internet as the > field for my activities (you can read more about that in my free ebook 'MY > CAMPAIGNS'). All my ebooks are free and could be download from my sites. > > This is my newest campaign, it's about the illegal and humiliating actions > of the UNHCR, who using photos of refugees as banners and human-buttons to > collect money. This is an abuse of the dignity and humanity of the > refugees and must stop immediately and a clear public apology present by > The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. My friends, I am > talking about the pictures you can see here: > http://un4.t35.com > > Where you can read the rest of this message as web page. > For more info about UNHCR and life of refugees you can read my free > ebooks. I invite you as fellow humans and members of the world community > to support my campaign by reading my article on my site and see the > human-buttons. The campaign is to support and improve the UNHCR > http://www.unhcr.ch especially after the last scandals in the UN and > UNHCR, just for example: > > The refugees allege that UNHCR staff is selling most of the food items > they are supposed to be supplied. > " They aren't supplying sufficient food to us because they sell most of the > food items, " they allege: http://allafrica.com/stories/200503140214.html > > Together we will build better world. > > You could reach me fast via this form: http://www.unhcr.us/email_me.htm > and if you like to know more about me, you can google for my name 'osam > altaee'. > > Thanks > THE TRUTH WARRIOR > http://k.domaindlx.com/unhcr > > > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 2 > Mon, 2 May 2005 17:18:55 -0700 (PDT) > Madhavakkannan V <srivaishnavan > Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- BhoothatthAzhwAr anubhavam of > ThiruvEnkatam- 1- [25th verse] > > > SrI: > SrImathE Gopaladesikamahadesikaya namah: > > Dearest Srivaishnavas, > > After Poigai AzhwAr’s anubhavam, let us start to enjoy > the next AzhwAr’s -BhoothatthAzhwAr’s- wonderful > anubhavams on ThiruvEnkatam. > > senRathu ilangaimEl sevvEthan seeRRatthaal, > konRathu raavaNanaik kooRungaal, - ninRathuvum > vEyOngu thaNsaaral vEngadamE, viNNavar_tham > vaayOngu tholpugazaan vandhu. > 25 > > A wonderful verse! > viNNavartham vaayOnghu thol pugazhvaan- The One who is > praised to the largest extent (maximum extent- > vaayaara) by the Nithyasuris; His kalyANa guNAs are > innumerable and unbounded; limitless; most auspicious > attributes; Such greatest Lord SarvEshawaran Sri Rama, > went [senRadhu] > to LankA; and there with anger, He killed Ravana; > > That most merciful Lord Sri Rama- [if we have to say- > kooRungaal], has come to this ThiruvEnakatm [which has > tall bamboo trees and cool breezes and drizzle] > > Acharyas have enjoyed the verse beautifully. > > senRadhu- He went from Ayoddhi to lankA; > the verse ends with vandhu- come to ThiruvEnkatam; > from Paramapadham He came here to ThiruvEnkatam. > > He went to lankA; why did He have to go all the way to > lankA? Why did hHe have to be born for that matter as > human being? Get married? Face Parasurama; to be > instructed to go to forests; lose SitA; cry for Her; > finally reach lankA to kill Ravana; > > The Lord could have simply killed Ravana with His > sankalpam (pledge); or He could have simply sent the > chakrAyudham from where He could have killed Ravana; > But why did He have to take all this trouble? The > reason mentioned by vyAkyAtha [commentators] is that > He had come to bless His devotees; BhakthAs; the > sages; jataayu; Sabari; Bharadwaj, Anjaneya; et al. > ParithrANAya saadhoonAm. That’s the reason. To accept > their obeisance. > > He could have simply killed the crcocodile with his > sankalpam or sent the chakrA from Parapadham. Why did > He have to run with His tresses falling on His > forhead; leaving Lakshmi behind; and rush to Gajendra; > to receive the flower that Gajendra was to offer. > Else, His kalyANa gunA would not be enjoyed by us. > > Hence, senRu.. went to lankA. > When the Nithyasuris praise Him with lots of > qualities, kalyANA guNAs;, those guNAs are > swaabhaavika guNAs; These attributes are naturally > with the Lord on its own. None needs to grant Him; > Nithyasuris also have these qualities; But their > qualities were granted to them by this Lord. For Him > alone it is tholpugazh- swabhaavika, anavadhika > adhisaya, anantha kalyANa guNa gaNouka mahaarNavan. > Ocean of kalyANa guNas. > > Such gunAs are enlisted by Sri Ramanuja very > beautifully in Saranagathi Gadya. But Ramaanuja does > not add anger here as His guNA. The Lord never has > anger as the guNA naturally with Him. He needs to > cultivate or forcibly develop anger in Him. He is such > merciful One. > > When Ravana started hitting Rama with lots of arrows, > Rama responds with equal and more vigorously and > victoriously. However when he starts sending arrows to > Anjaneya hurting him, Rama is angered and that’s why > He starts sending arrows fiercely to kill Ravana. > Sinatthinaal thennilankai kOmaanai seRRa (says AndAL > in 12th verse of Thiruppaavai]. > > Same Rama after Ravana’s death immediately asks > Vibheeshana to perform funeral rites for Ravana, his > elder brother. Vibheeshana refuses to perform saying > that Ravana had committed asahya apacharam, which he > could not forgive and he would not touch his body > even. Rama mentions that until death alone enmity is > there; after that there is no enmity. > > It should not be misunderstood that Rama earlier had > considered Ravana as enemy and not that he is dead, > Rama does not consider him as an enemy. That is NOT > what Rama had meant in that statement. Until death, > Ravana considered me as his enemy. Now he would not be > able to think of me as his enemy, Vibheeshana. Are you > going to perform rites or should I? That's why AndAL > calls Him manatthukku iniyaan. > > Such most merciful One has come here to ThiruvEnkatam > to bless us. > > AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam > SrI PadmavathI samEtha srI Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE > Namah: > Regards > Namo Narayana > dAsan > > > > > > > > > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 3 > Mon, 02 May 2005 23:13:56 -0400 > Sadagopan <sgopan > Lord RanganAthA's Thirumanjana Kattiyam > bySwamyParAsaraBhattar:PartXI /SlOkam11 . > > SrI : > > Dear BhakthAs of Periya PerumAL : > > In the previous slOkam , Bhattar compared Lord RanganAtha to a mountain . > In this slOkam , Bhattar continues with that thought and develops that > theme. > > The 11 th slOkam housing these thoughts takes this form : > > SathvOnnathas-sakala satthva nivAsa-bhUmi: > souvarNa-ramya vibhavas-sumanO manOj~na: > sadhvruttha-sanga samadhishDitha paarsva-dEsa: > sailAthmAnaa sphurasi Rangamaheeswara ! Thvam > > O RanganathA ! Your appearance at the start of Your Thirumanjanam > reminds us of the firm & resolute state of a mountain . Here are the > reaons > advanced by Bhattar : > > 1. SATTHVONNATHA : Both of You are SatthvOnnatha : The mountain will > be SattvOttham because of its massive strength . You are SatthvOnnathan > because of Your dominance of Suddha Sattvam ( Suddha SatthvAdhikO > VishNu: ) . You are Suddha Satthva Svaroopan . Although Yourself as > Iswaran , NithyAs ( eternally liberated ones) amd Muktha Jeevans > ( Liberated souls) are all constituted by Suddha Sattva ( substance , > which is devoid of the three guNams , Satthva , Rajas and Tamas) ; > You are the Suddha SatthvAdhikan. You exceed every one in this aspect of > Suddha Sathvam . Therefore You are SatthvOnnathan .Parvatham( Mountain) > is only strong in a material sense befitting the title that it is a > SarvOnnathan . Oh RanganAthA ! You On the other hand are an eternal , > selfluminous , aprAkrutha tatthvam extending far beyond prakrithi > ( primordial nature ) and the three guNaas . As SatthvOnnathan > (Suddha Satthva adhikan) , the five Sakthis of Sarva , Nivrutthi , Viswa , > Purusha and ParamEshtyn constitute Your SarvOnnathathvam. > > 2. SAKALA SATTHVA NIVAASA BHUMI: NaayanthE ! If we look at a Parvatham , > it is the place of residence (nivAsa bhUmi) of all humans , animals , > birds > and insentients. Oh RangA ! Thou art also Sakala Satthva nivAsa BhUmi in > that You are the abode for all sentients and insentiens ( bhUthA Vaasa: > VaasudEva: ) . > > 3. SOUVARNA RAMYA VIBHAVA: NaayanthE ! The Mountain ( parvatham) > will have beautiful golden veins ( forms , aakArams) : SouvarNa ramya > Vibhava: . As for You , You are a SouvarNa ramya Vibhavan as saluted by > Purusha Sooktam : the birth place of celebrated four VarNams like > the KshathriAs ( Baahu RaajAnya krutha: ) . SouvarNam here refers to > the Kshathriya varNam . > > 4. SUMANO MANOJ~NA: The Mountain will be beautiful with a variety of > beautiful flowers . As for You , You will be a delight ( manOharan) to the > minds of the learned ones , who are SuddhAnantha karaNarkaL ( whose mind > is filled with the bliss of anubhavam of You ). > > 5. SADHVRUTHA SAMAMADHISHTITHA PAARSVADESA: The Mountain will be > populated by the ones with pious conduct ( sadhvrutthaas). Their assembly > will be distinctly witnessed at the mountains' foot hills ( > sangamadhishtitha > pArsvadEsa: ) . When this naama is linked to You , it refers to Your > beautiful > archaa form being enjoyed by the assembly of Saathvika Jaathi purushAs > with Sadhvruttham ( unimpechable sathguNams) . > > 6. SAILAATHMANAA SPHURASI RANGAMAHEESWARA THVAM : Oh RanganaathA ! > Your beautiful state at the beginning of Your Thirumanjanam is like a new > Mountain (abhinava Sailam ) . Your resolute appearance reminds us of a > mountain like steadfastness to protect and uplift those who has sought > refuge in You . > > SrI RanganAtha ParabrhamaNE Nama: > Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan > > Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka > Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: > > > > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > > > ------ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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