Dear Swamins
Whatever you are, a smartha, a vaishnavite, a madhva, gothram is common to all. This is fundamental. During Sri AdiSankara"s period, there was no division such as smartha etc
Upakarma is common to all. There is no seperate date for smartha, vaishnava etc
Pl go through adiyen's small book
Sri Vaishnava sampradayam--sila Mukya Vizhayangal
Sri Vathsa Gothram
Sarvam Sree Hayagreeva preeyathaam
Dasan Uruppattur Soundararajan Srikainkarya
--- On Wed, 2/7/08, Sampath G <sampath_govindachari@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Sampath G <sampath_govindachari@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Sri Vaishnava Sampradayam- Re: [SriRangaSri] Request To: "Nalini Anand" <nalini_152@xxxxxxxxx>, SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wednesday, 2 July, 2008, 2:48 AM
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha !
Srimathe Nigamantha Maha Desikaya Namaha !
Srimathe Lakshminrismha Divya Paduka Sevaka Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana yateendra Maha Desikaya Namaha!
Dear Ms. Nalini Anand
Asservathams to you and Anand.
You need not feel shy about marrying an Iyengar boy , being an Iyer . So long as , one respects truly the vows taken before Agni Bhagawan during marriage , one need not feel ashamed of any action. Krishna expects that every one should follow the doctrines laid down by Him in the sruthis and smirithis. This is what He narrates in the Bhagavad Gita.
Adiyen appreciates your desire to know about the Srivaishanva sampradayam to respect your husband's beliefs .This is the basic requirement of a Sri Vaishnavan. Glad you have that attitude.
Anyhow if you go to the site < www.ahobilamutt. org> , you would find two articles on Sri Vaishnavism and the
requirements of a Srivaisnavan . That should give an idea. Otherwise , there is a CD available in Kinchitkaram Trust in Chennai , where in Swami Velukkudi Krishnan has rendered a 3 hour lecture in English on ' Visishtadvaitham' and also another CD on ' who is a true Sri vaishnavan' . These should help.
May Krishna bless you and anand.
Adiyen , Ramanuja dasan , G.Sampath. ( camp- Denver , CO, USA ).
----- Original Message ---- From: Nalini Anand <nalini_152@yahoo. com> To: SriRangaSri@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Monday, 30 June, 2008 10:01:50 PM Subject: [SriRangaSri] Request
Swamins, Iam an Iyer married to an Iyengar. I would like to know about Sri Vaishnava Sampradhayam. I request esteemed members to educate me on this.
Adiyen,
Nalini
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