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Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 2:00
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Subject: Re: [Oppiliappan] ThAraNa
Samavthsaram , / Laghu ThiruvArAdhanam: Part III
SrI:
SrI LakshmInRusimha ParabramhaNE nama:
SrI
LakshmInRusimha divya pAdukA sEvaka SrIvaN SaThakOpa -
SrI nArAyaNa
yatIndra mahAdESikAya nama:
Dear Sriman Sadagopan swamin
Dasasya vignapanam
adiyen
wants to know whether the Acharya Ramanuja CD-ROM for bhagavath Aradhanam is
available and whether it can be sent to adiyen. If so, what is the
cost?
Originally , this CD ROM was
recorded in Microsoft 98 (MS98).
It worked well . When the new MS
Operating Systems came about ,
there was some incompatibility in
the video play areas and
that made it difficult to
play the CD ROM in new machines .
Some bhakthAs , who are
knowledgable about these system
compatibilities have fixed the
problem and it works for them.
In view of
the precious
content of the AchArya RaamAnujA CD ROM ,
both Dr.M.A.Alwar and myelf plan
to bring the older version play on
the new machines and we are
looking in to it for release in few
weeks .
We wish to combine it with the
completion of work on Part II of
AzhwAr Vaibhavam ( Life
and their Prabhandhams ). The First
part covered the Vaibhavam of the
three Mudhal AzhwArs ,
PeriyAzhwAr , ANDAL , ThiruppANar
and Thondaradippodi
in a multimedia format . The
remaining five AzhwArs and
their Prabhandhams ( NammAzhwAr ,
Madhura Kavi ,Thirumangai,
KulasEkharar and Thirumazhisai )
have to be covered in
the Second Part . We need some
funds to complete this work
and I have appealed to BHakthAs to
support this Kaimkaryam .
Regarding
adiyen's doubt about bhagavath Aradhanam:
Adiyen when came to this
country 18 years back, did not bring salagramam due to obvious reasons and
also was told that salagramam should not be taken beyond bharatha kandam -
"kadal thAndi koNdu pogakoodathu".
Adiyen had the bhagyam of
Baranyasam performed by HH Srimad Azhagiya singar almost exactly a year back.
When adiyen asked HH jeer about taking salagramam, HH was kind enough to tell
that salagramam can be taken overseas and that there is no such
restriction. Adiyen now had the bhagyam of getting a salagramam just a
week back from my relative who has gone to India and will be coming back after
6 months or so. For the time being, adiyen is reciting Purusha sooktam,
Sri Sooktam, salagrama dhayana slokam, Daya sadhakam, Swamy Desikan's Sri
Sthuthi etc. and then does naivedhyam.
I am very happy to know that you
have Saalagraama Moorthy at your house.
Please try to get one or two
dhwAraka silAs since together , they form a formidable
prsence of Bhagavan in the house .
As I mentioned elsewhere , the sanctity of
the house having Saalagramam
extends upto 2 miles radius. Having 12 Saalagramams
make your house a Dhivya dEsam .
Thanks to the munificence of a devotee in
Chennai , adiyEn's
Saalagraama Moorthams went upto Twelve along with 2 DhwArakA SilAs
.
As Srimath Azhagiya Singar has
stated , SaaLagramams can travel overseas
and provide immense happiness for
us thru performance of AarAdhanam
for the Lord thru Nithya
Saanidhyam.
Adiyen was told that the procedure for the
Aradhanam - lagu or ghana is first to be learnt (or initiated) by a
knowledgeable person. One of adiyen's friend who does regularly bhagavath
Aradhanam and who is fairly well versed on anushtanams, said that as
long as one had pancha samskaram, one can perform the Aradhanam and there is
no need to wait and no need to be initiated by some body. Adiyen will be
much obliged for swamin's advise on this. Adiyen is having the books
- Sri Vaishnava Dinacharya, SriVaishnavam published by Sri
Thillaisthanam Swamy kainkarya Sabha, Bangalore and lagu thiruvaradhana kramam
by Lifco book.
Your
Friend is correct in his views . Anyone , who has had Pancha SamskAram can and
should
perform Nithya AarAdhanam .
These days , it may be difficult to recieve face to face
instructions
from qualified anushtAthAs
. AarAdhanam should not be left out for that reason
.