Fw: Silver Jubilee Celebration of Acharya's ascent to the Peetam

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SrI:

 

Dear AasthikAs :

 

It is adiyEn's delight to forward the invitation from

Sri MadhavakkaNNan Swamy of Srirangam to participate

in the upcoming Silver Jubilee celebrations for HH Srimath

Poundarikapuram Andavan's ascent to the AchArya Peetam of

the Poundarikapuram Andavan .

 

There is a carefully planned Vaidhika celebrations for this 25th

anniversary of one of the greatest Sri VaishNavite AchAryAs ,

HH Srimath ( ParavAkottai ) Poundarikapuram Andavan , who

continues to bless us with insights into the ancient paths of

Rishis , AchAryAs and Dhivya Dampathis for our upliftment .

His AchAram , anushtAanam and Vidvath are legendary .

 

On this illustrious occasion , the SishyAs and abhimAnis will

assemble at Srirangam to prostrate before HH Srimath Andavan

in a spirit of utter gratefulness for the MahOpakArams that he has

blessed them with . The repeated reminder of HH to us to perform ThrikAla

SandhyAvandhanam always and releasing DVDs on Yajur and Saama

SandhyAvandhanam CDs is a great help to AasthikAs .

 

HH Srimath Andavan has been instrumental in examining many

fundamental Sri Kosams of our darsanam and having them released

as Aasramam publications . We are forever grateful to HH for these

releases over the last two decades and half . Had it not been for these

MahOpakArams , many of us would be in the dark about the majestic

and compassionate messages of our srEshta AchAryaas . The scholarly

and sampradhAyic releases originating from Srimath Andavan Aasramam

in a steady stream include Swamy Desikan's Srimath Rahasya Thraya Saaram ,

ChillaRai RahasyangaL , Desika Prabhandham , SthOthrams with scholarly

commentaries , Desika Sahasra Naamam and more .

 

AdiyEn has been immensely blessed by Srimath Andavan's directives

and have benefitted many a time by His sage counsel on new Kaimakryams .

His active interest in the recently completed Sundara Simham Sri Sookthi

project has been a great source of inspiration for all the team members .

 

As a native of ThiruviNNagar with ancient roots in PoundarIkapuram

village as well as the bhAgyam of friendship with multiple generations of

Vangipuram Navaneetham Swamy Family at Oppiliappan Sannidhi ,

adiyEn has a special place in my heart for Poundarikapuram Andavan

Aasramam in general and Prakrutham Andavan in particular.

 

Please participate in the upcoming Feb 14, 2007 Silver Jubilee

and be blessed to send your SamarpaNams for the grand celebrations .

Please also be blessed to acquire the different SrikOsams and

the SandhyAvandhanam DVD/VCDs from Srimath Andavan's pavithra

hastham .

 

NamO Sri HayagrIvAya ,

Ramanuja Dasan , V.Sadagopan

- Madhavakkannan V

; acharya ; nama-singapore

Thursday, January 04, 2007 12:37 AM

Silver Jubilee Celebration of Acharya's ascent to the Peetam

 

 

SrI:SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya nama:Dearest all,asmadhAchAryan His Holiness Srimad PaRavaakkOttaiAndavan Sri Gopaladesika Mahadesikan Swami iscompleting his 25th year of SanyAsa Ashramam this Feb14th 2007. This divinely glorious function is beingcelebrated at Srirangam at the Ashramam. Maasi pooraadam Dwadasi day in the year 1982 we wereblessed to have Our Swami ascending the Peetam ofSrimad Poundarikapuram Andavan Ashramam. He has beenour guiding Pole Star in respect of Saasthricbehaviour, religious conduct, Scriptural learning, andVedic observances. He has encouraged the propagationof Vedas through SaasthrAs, Sampradaya, and literarypublications and has been duly honouring the vedanticscholars deserving recognition. We the numerous sishyas and abhimaanis deem it agreatest privilege to celebrate this Glorious day of25 years completion on this day that culminates as aSilver Jubilee day on the 14th Feb 2007- withfestivities like Veda PaarayaNam, Honouring ofVidwAns, religious discourses, and release ofinvaulable publicatis, etc... As Swami Desika says, we can not pay pack for whatAcharya has done to us- in fact, even the Lord can notpay back for acharya has done to us... Let us just payour obeisance, praise his kalyANa guNAs, utter hisname and adhere to His teaching to the best extentpossible. One for sure- is Trikala sandhyAvandhanam- If we needto show our gratitude to Swami, it is mere performanceof daily thrikala sandhyAvandhanam without fail. I am attaching under files section- the Invitation...which is a feast to the eyes. I received theinvitation yesterday from our Sri MuralidharRangaswamy Swami and Sri Anbil Ramaswamy Swami who arethe erudite sishyas of the Ashramam. Please make yourselves available to attend thecelebration on the 14th February. Click here to view: The file is under the name - "Swami's Ascent to theAsthAna Silver Jubilee Celebration"We owe it to ourselves; we owe it to the Great hoarytraditional lineage of the Acharyas, in whose line ourpresent Acharya has come, strictly adhered to it, andilluminated it to be the light house to all of us, theordinary souls, needing enlightenment. One can only drop tears of joy and anubhavam immersing oneself inSwami's divinity, glorious kalyANa guNAs, ansuhtAnam,jnAna, bhakti, vairAgyam and above all His tremendouscompassion, vaasthsalyam and dhayALu guNA on even onincorrigble erring sishyas like adiyEn... One can imagine His dayA, if He showers His dayA evenon adiyEn... rest assured you are saved as well.adiyEn would like to conclude with VaikuNtavaasi, SriSeva Swamy's sthothra on His Holiness:He is firmly rooted in Satsampradaaya (Sat sampradaayaSiddhah)His intellect is firm as the pole star (SthiratharaDhishnah)He is well-versed in Sastras having heard from hisAachaaryas (Srotriyo)His mind is constantly fixed on Bhagavaan (BrahmaNishtah)His personality is pure Satvaguna( Sattvastha)He is always truthful ( Satya Vaakhyo)His conduct is immaculate (Subha Charitha Yuthah)His occupation is spreading the holy Siddhanta (SaadhuSiddhaanta Vrittih)He is devoid of ego and jealousy etc. ( DambaAsooyaadhiMuktho)He has conquered the senses ( Jita Vishaya Gano)He is like a long standing friend and relative (Dheergha Bandhu)He is compassionate ( Dayaalu)He is concerned about the spiritual welfare of himselfand others (SvaPara Hitha Paro)He is Gopaala, the King of Yathis who shinesbrilliantly on the firmament (Gopalaarya YatheesahDesiko Braajathe Naha)asmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE GuruparamparAmRegardsAcharyan ThiruvaigaLE SaraNamNarayana dAsan madhavakkannan[on behalf of Ashrama sishyas and abhimaanis] ______________________________

 

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