Guest guest Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 Dear all : This input from Sri Srinath would be of interest to you from the perspective of Swamy Desikan's Vaibhavam . Thank you Sri Srinath ! V.Sadagopan - " Srinath Chakravarty " <xsrinath <rangapriya > Friday, December 09, 2005 3:36 PM [rangapriya] Re: satyamangalam > sri Sadagopan! > > Many thanks for posting this article and this URL > by the devout sri Lakshminarasimhan Sridhar: > > http://www.sathyagalamtemple.net > > The wealth bequeathed to us by our poorvacharyas is > measured not in cash or kind, but in gnyaanam. And > it is not just ordinary gnyaanam, it is knowledge of > the absolute, that which delivers us from samsaara. > > gnyaanaat mokshah it is said, and lest we forget the > immortal words of vedanta desika - astime hastishaila > agre, vastu paitaamaham dhanam. Our present day > acharyas are the guardians and transmitters of this > great " poorvaachaaryaaLudaya sotthu " . > > Sri Sadagopan has correctly pointed out how dear the > satyamangala kshetram is to sri Rangapriya swami, and > prakrtham sri Parakala swami. Vedanta Desika is not > with us in vibhava avatara today, but pilgrimage to > the lands where he spent several years of his long > life is the closest we can get, to experiencing his > avatara vaibhavam. Surely, none of us here lived > during the time of vedanta desika and came into contact > with him, for if that were so we would have attained > moksha and not been reborn into this present janmam! > > Satyamangalam is the way to experience desika, just as > thirunarayanapuram is the way to experience ramanuja. > Satyakalam, where swami desikan spent over 12 years of > his illustrous life, where is found the sacred srikoorma > peeTham (seat of desikan's anusthanam and upanyaasams), > where is found the shrine of swami's beloved deva perumaL, > and wherefrom emerged desika's testament to courage and > faith - the abheetistavam... may this satyakalam continue > to be a place of inspiration for succeeding generations > of srivaishnavas, and may we show our generous support > to the kainkaryams towards this kshetram and to the > acharyas who lead those efforts. > > rangapriyam mama gurum Saranam prapadye > srimate rangapriya mahadeshikaaya namaH > > sri Rangapriya daasan, > -Srinath C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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