Dear Bagavathas, Guru pushyam is the utsavam celebrated for three days in Sriperumbudur even today starting from Thriuvadirai Thirunakshatram. To the best of my knowledge what I heard so far about this utsavam, It was the day of installation of Archa Tirumeni of Sri Ramanujar. I have never come across that it as Swami's Thirtha Naal. adiyen srivaishnava dasan sampathkumar --- ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > There are 2 messages in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. The Purpose of Life III - a discourse by HH > Chinna Jeeyar Swamy > From: Mohan Sagar <mmsagar@xxxx> > 2. Re: Teertha Naal of Odaiyavar > From: "Andy Srinivasan" > <Andy.Srinivasan.B@xxxx> > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 20:02:12 -0700 > From: Mohan Sagar <mmsagar@xxxx> > Subject: The Purpose of Life III - a discourse by HH > Chinna Jeeyar Swamy > > Respected Ramanuja Bhaktas, > > The ability to have free control over our mind and > intellect, and the > ability to put our thoughts into practical action is > a great gift to > humanity, one that sets us apart from all other > creatures in this world. > > Sadly, the nature of present day life has > conditioned human beings to > limit our use of this magnificent gift. Our > interests today are mundane > and immediate. I have a house with a 2-car garage, > but feel that a > house with a 4-car garage would be better. So, I > strive for that. > > The Upanishads, particularly, the Taittiriya > Upanishad tells of the > great advancements that an individual can make if > one conditions his/her > mind and thoughts towards great things. This > conditioning process > involves contemplation on the meaning and power of > certain specific > mantras. > > For example, if a person wants to achieve tremendous > power, the > Upanishad suggests that one meditate on the word > "Brahma." If we wish > to achieve invincability, then we should meditate on > "Prathishta:ha." > There are many, many other examples. But, each > limits us only to that > one specific achievement. > > But, to know the purpose of life is to achieve > everything. For this, > there is one simple word that we need, a word that > we are all familiar > with, "Namaha". > > Namaha is used in so many different ways throughout > the day. When we > greet each other, we Indians traditionally use forms > of this word - > "Namaste:", "Namask:aram", "Namaska:r." When we go > to the temple to > perform archana, the priest recites it for us 108 > times with each name > of the deity that is being worshipped - "Ke:sava:ya > Namaha", > "Na:rayana:ya Namah," "Ma:dhava:ya Namaha" and so > on. Of course, in > this day and age, the priest, sensing our need to > complete the ritual so > that we can go home quickly, and perhaps also out of > his own unawareness > of the importance of this word, simply recites as > fast as he can, > generally slurring the words so much that we can > hardly recognize what > the Upanishads say is the most important word in the > recitation. > > Meditating on Namaha leads us to what is really > necessary in order for > the betterment of ourselves and the betterment of > this world. It is > what we should strive to cultivate in our life, it > is our life's true > purpose. And in Sanksrit and Telugu, it is defined > by just two words, > "vinayam" and "vidhe:yata". > > Vinayam means polite conduct, modesty, and > humility. Vidhe:yata means > an obedience to what one ought to do; it is virtue > guided by good > principles. > > Humanity should cultivate these good qualities and > put them into > practice, because having these firmly established in > our mind and heart > will naturally blossom into respect for our elders, > respect for our > sa:stras, respect for our Teachers, integrity, > dignity, pure love for > God, and compassion for our fellow living beings. > This refined approach > to life is what we must all constantly strive > towards. > > So, does merely blindly chanting, Namaha and saying > Namaste: to everyone > move us towards this goal? No. We need to recite > this wonderful mantra > with a proper understanding of its deeper meaning. > > For this, we must require some patience, as this > subject will be > addressed in HH Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamy's next > Telugu discourse at the > end of April. > > Jai Sriman Na:ra:yana! > > Azhwa:r Emperuma:na:r Jeeyar Thirvadigale: Saranam > > adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan > mohan > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 08:27:22 -0600 > From: "Andy Srinivasan" > <Andy.Srinivasan.B@xxxx> > Subject: Re: Teertha Naal of Odaiyavar > > > Srimathe Ramanujaya namah > > Based on information adiyen recieved from Melkote, > the paramapadam naal of > Odaiyavar is recorded as Thai masam Mrigashira > nakshatram recorded in Melkote, > tithi not recorded, and Thai Masam Pushya nakshatram > in SriPerumbudur. Its > amazing that the tithi has not been recorded. But > as far as we sri vaishnavas > are concerned Odaiyavar is very much alive in HIS 3 > divine Tirumenis in this > Leela Vibhuti. > > ramanuja dasan > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/
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