Dr. SMS Chari
Dr. S.M.Srinivasa Chari ( Dr.SMS Chari)
attained his AachAryan's sacred feet at
the age of 89 on Iyppasi SravaNam day
( November 5,2008) at Los Angeles ,
California . At the time of his passing
away , he was busy editing a new
monograph on Swamy Desikan's
Sri Kosam of Dramidopanishad
Taatparya RatnaavaLi .
His revered Acharyan was the late
Ghoshtipuram Sowmyanarayanacchar
Swamy . Dr.Chari had also completed
Kaalkshepams under the late
Putttankottai Srinivasacharya Swami,
and Sri Saragur Varadacharya Swami
and has been commended by many
AchAryas for his prolific and scholarly
contributions to Vedantic literature .
Dr.SMS Chari , a highly regarded Sampradhayic
Scholar of Vedanta in general and Bhagavad Raamanuja
siddhantam in particular is an author of many important
and lucid monographs in English covering a wide range of
Vedantic subjects rooted in the commentaries of
Poorvacharyaas . Some of the authoritative
and scholarly books released by Dr.SMS Chari are:
(1) Vaishnavism- its Philosophy ,Theology
and Religious discipline (2) Advaita and
Visishtadvaita based on Swamy Desikan's Sata
Dhushani (3) Fundamentals of Visishtadhvaita
based on Sawmy Desikan's Tattva Mukta Kalaapa
(4) The Philosophy of Vedanta Sutras
(5) The Philosphy of Upanishads
(6) The Philosophy of Bahgavad Gita
(7) AdhikaraNa SaarAvaLi of Swamy Desikan
(8) The Philosophy and Theistic Mysticism of the Alvars
(9) Para Mata Bhangam based on Swamy Desikan's
SrI Sookthy dealing with Sva Paksha Sthapanam and
Para Mata Kantanam .
The students of Vedanta will miss this
great sampradhayic scholar known for
his vinayam and scholarship .
adiyEn had the good fortune of keeping
in touch with him , whenever he was in USA
and shared with adiyEn about the progress in
the creation of his many of his books .
For adiyEn , it is a deep personal loss .
Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan