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SrI:
 
Dear BhakthAs :
 
After completing the series on Upanishads ,
Dr.N.S.AnantharangacchAr Swamy is directing
his energies now to create a monograph on Bhagavath
RaamAnujA's  VedAntha Dheepam . I am told that
he has completed the first two chapters of this new
monograph already . Based on his scholarship and
productivity , we should not be surprised if this monograph
should become available in the next three to six months.
Those who wish to help towards the cost of  printing this
book are welcome to contact either myself or Sri Ananatha
Narasimhan Swamy , the son of Dr.NSA SWamy
 
Vaiklunta Vaasi Sri UtthamUr SwamigaL has re-released
the ( Sanskrit ) text of VedAntha Dheepa in the year 1992
under the Ubhaya Vedantha GranthamAlA Series . His Thiruvadi ,
Sri K.BhAshyam has translated this text into English in 1990
from the first edition in Sanskrit original .
 
Vedantha Dheepa among the Nine SrI Sookthis of AchArya RaamAnuja
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Sri BhAshyam , VedAntha Sangraha ( VedAntha Surukku
or Digest) , VedAntha Saaraa ( Essence of VedAntha) ,
VedAntha dheepA ( The lamp of VedAntha) , GitA BhAshyam ,
SaraNAgathy Gadhyam , Sriranga Gadhyam , Vaikunta Gadhyam
and Nithya Grantham are the nine Sri Sookthis of AchArya RaamAnujA .
They are recognized as the Nine Jewels or Nava Ratnams relating to
VaishNava philosophy and Theology . 
 
The first FOUR Sri Sookthis deal with the Brahma SoothrAs in one way or
another . If Sri Bhaashyam --the magnum opus of AchArya --is a technically
intricate , masterly and "severely argumentative " commentary on the Brahma Sutras ,
VedAntha Dheepa is an abridged version of Sri BhAshyam without its terse analysis
and  elaborate disputations . It is for the help of the beginners and to prepare them to scale
the heights of Sri BhAshyam later. In VedAntha dheepa , every Brahma Sutra is covered .
 
It will be most intteresting and valuable to read Dr.NSA Swamy 's monograph on
VedAntha Dheepa since it will have very lucid translations of the original passages
in a way in which it will make a novice feel comfortable and to gain an appreciation of
the genius of AchArya RaamAnujA .
 
MangaLa SlOkam for VedAntha DheepA
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Sriya: kAnthOananthO varaguNagaNaikAspadha vapu:
hathasEshAvadhya: paramakhapadhO vaang-manasayO:
abhUmirbhUmiryO natha-jana-dhrasAm-aadhipurushO
manas-tath-pAdhAbhjE paricharaNasaktham bhavathu mE
 
(Meaning): " May my mind be devoted to the service at the lotus feet
of Him , who is the First of primeval Being , the Lord of Sri, the Immeasurable ,
the abode of excellent qualities , the destroyer of all evil , the dweller of Vaikuntam
and who is beyond the reach of speech or mind , but within the range of
the vision of His devotees ".
 
AchArya defines the scope of VedAntha DheepA as " Brahma Sutra padhAnthastha
vEdAnthArTa: " ( the correct meaning of the words of VedAntha , incorporated in
the Brahma SutrAs) . He salutes his AchAryAs and PrAchAryAs and says clearly
that he is following the path of knowledge (prakriyA) established by them  in their role
as Vedaviths ( authorities in the understanding of the nuances of the VedAs and Vedic
words ).
 
In a poweful summary at the very beginning , AchArya RaamAnujA points out
the unique distinctions ( athyantha-vilakshaNathvam) between the ChEtanAs
( Sentients) , achetanAs ( insentients) and Iswaran. The three classifcations
among the chEtanAs ( Bound , liberated and the eternally free Jeevans) 
are established . The uniqueness of Bhagavaan is defined as (1) abode of all
auspicious attributes ( KalyANa GuNams ) , (2) freedom from blemishes of any kind
( nikhila hEya pratyaneekathvam) , (3) position as the indweller of both chEtanAs
and achEtanams ( antharyAmithvam) at all times and states ( sarvAvasTa chidachith
vyApakathvam) and staying as their Master , Commander and Supporter ( Seshithvam ,
niyanthruthvam and DhArakthvam).  AchArya RaamAnuja develops further the important
concepts for his darsanam that the sentients ( chith) and insentients ( achith) are
Sareeraa( body ) of Iswara and as such , the Chith and achith are Iswaran's
attributes (prAkAraas) .
 
(To Be continued)
 
Sri RaamAnuja CharaNou SaraNam PrapadhyE ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
       
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 

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