Dhivyadesams,Bhagavathas,Contributions and practicals

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Respected Vaishnavas,

 

Dandavats Pranams!

 

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namah!

 

It is a humble request to all vaishnavas to kindly

allot ten minutes from their busy schedule to read

these suggestions in connection with the Divya Desam

Kainkaryam.

 

 

 

As suggested by Sri Sadagopan prabhu, we must be slow

and steady on the planning of divya desha kainkarayam

- slow and steady wins the race.

 

In the past two weeks many suggestions have poured in

and more than 75 vaishnavas represented their views

and expressed their desire to actively participate in

the Kainkaryam. More the suggestions, better the ideas

we derive; inviting views from all concerned

emphasizes the importance of their participation.

 

There can be a deadline for receiving suggestions and

views from everyone concerned. Senior vaishnavas like

Sri Sadagopan swamy, Sri Sudharsan Madabushi swamy,

Sri Ivk Chary swamy, Sriman Anbil Swamy, Sri Urupattur

Soundra Rajan Desikan Swamy, Sri Venkat Ramadhurai

Swamy, Sri Swamynathan Swamy of UAR (Dubai), Sri

Krishnan Cidambi Swamy of Bangalore, Sri Mukund

Srinivasan Swamy of Singapore, Tamarupa Sampath Kumara

Swamy can decide on the final date and form a steering

committee.

 

Below are a few of my humble suggestions -

 

Small groups under one roof:

 

It is said that in Vrndavan dham there were several

groups of gopikas serving lord Krsna and they all fall

under Srimathi Radha Rani the most significant amongst

all gopikas.

 

Every group had a prescribed set of services and

responsibilities to perform. These gopikastree groups

competed amongst themselves to serve the lord to the

best of their abilities and they were considered to be

divine and spiritually competitive.

 

Similarly, we too could have few authorized groups to

make our services to the lord better and best. It is

important that all these groups fall into one main

group. It is possible to manage small groups rather

than large groups where there are too many and most of

them would not have an opportunity to participate.

Every small group must have a leader and this service

is again changeable and so every member could have a

spiritual experience in the steering group.

 

It is also easy to manage finances and accounts and

the groups could present their monthly services during

the e-conferences. It is normally observed that the

intrapersonal relationships in larger groups are more

professional and impersonal, whereas intrapersonal

relationships are much better in smaller groups. This

is mainly due to the fact that all members interact to

achieve their said spiritual goals.

 

The Mode of operation:

 

Step 1: Identify groups in India who are already

involved in the divyadesa kainkaryam and financially

assist them.

 

Step II: Existing spiritual groups in the United

States, Europe, Gulf and South East Asian countries

could individually identify a person from India and

decide to work on one Divya Desham according to their

financial capacity. It would be better if the groups

worked on one Divya Desham at a time. After having

improved upon the identified Divya Desham to highest

standard as desired by our Acharyas, they could take

upon work on another Divya Desham. This would

certainly provide Atma Trupti derived from the service

rendered to the fullest extent.

 

Step III: On a certain date all senior vaishnavas

from various groups could share their services

rendered and their opinions on a common e-platform to

broaden their work and ideas. This will naturally

give kainkaryams the said exposure to other group

members.

 

Step IV: Where certain groups, unable to identify any

person in India they could join hands with the other

groups in other countries to achieve their objectives.

 

 

Suggestions on Issues to concentrate:

 

Devotees or bhagavathas are more important than the

Lord himself. Glories of the Lord reach others only

through his ardent devotees or bhagavathas and all of

us are well aware of the fact that Lord Krsna is

extremely happy when a person serves his devotees.

 

In olden days the kings maintained Vaishnava Brahmins

so that they could read the scriptures to them and

preach the same to the public. When there is no

Acharam and pracharam, society degenerates and

corruption persists and so generations lead an

unethical life.

 

Vaishnava Brahmanas are considered to be head of

society and body without a proper head is a useless

one.

 

The modern day kings are ignorant and do not give

importance to the maintenance of temples and his

devotees.

 

1. We must make an effort to improve temples and

Dhivyadesam related to Alwars and Acharyas. The Lord

is happiest when temples singing the glory of his

devotees are improved and maintained.

 

2. The priests in temples should be given an amount

for maintenance and their living they are now being

paid only paid Rs.1, 500/= per month and to maintain a

family one would at least need Rs. 5,000 every month.

The priest’s family should be covered with a medi

claim policy. The children of the priests if

interested must be encouraged to pursue gurukula

system of education and study the dharma shastras. A

piece of land and a nice shelter must be provided for

the priests and should be also provided with a cow if

he can take care of it properly.

 

3. If the priests were quite settled in life, they

would take all efforts to serve the deities in the

temples with love and devotion. The temples glory

depends upon the priest who worships the residing

deity. The groups must ensure that priests at the

temples have immense knowledge combined with bhakti

for the lord they worship daily. They must also

ensure that priest do not mechanically perform puja to

the lord which in turn reflects adversely on the

devotees visiting the temples. If all this is not

done with pure dedication to the lord, the temple has

an ambience of incompleteness.

 

4. There should be many Veda Paathashaalaas to

encourage children from various sects of society to

pursue Vedic education. Children are the future of

our spiritual society. Presently, many temples are

devoid of priests performing Aaradhana, aachaaram and

prachaaram and so this would continue and there would

not be even one to serve the lord at his temples – are

we going back to the dark ages?

 

5. In the past, vaishnavas were financially

handicapped and thus they were forced to take to other

professions. Now by grace of the lord the scene has

changed drastically where there are enough vaishnavas

to financially contribute to the welfare of the

community. So it is our bounden duty to encourage one

of our Children to pursue complete vaishnava life

style. We should also settle down in the Divya

Deshams to actively participate in improving the

temples and vaishnava culture - Charity begins at

home.

 

6. It may all sound too idealistic and complicated,

the lord looks at how much effort, pain and stress the

devotees take to serve him to the highest standards

set by his Alwars and Acharyas.

 

Kindly forgive me for any offences committed in the

above presentation.

 

Yours fallen servant,

Manoram Chaitanya dasan.

 

 

 

 

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