----- Original Message ----- From: "sgopan" <sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Ponnappan" <Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Sgt" <saranagathi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "SG" <Tiruvenkatam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Rajeev" <Parakalamatham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "acharya" <acharya@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <Ramanujamission@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Swami" <malolan_net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "DS" <desikasampradaya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Srinath Chakravarty" <xsrinath@xxxxxxxxx>; "srihi" <srihi@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 4:34 PM Subject: [Oppiliappan] Fw: [rangapriya] Re: satyamangalam > Dear all : > > This input from Sri Srinath would be of interest to you > from the perspective of Swamy Desikan's Vaibhavam . > > Thank you Sri Srinath ! > > V.Sadagopan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Srinath Chakravarty" <xsrinath@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <rangapriya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 3:36 PM > Subject: [rangapriya] Re: satyamangalam > > >> sri Sadagopan! >> >> Many thanks for posting this article and this URL >> by the devout sri Lakshminarasimhan Sridhar: >> >> http://www.sathyagalamtemple.net > >> >> The wealth bequeathed to us by our poorvacharyas is >> measured not in cash or kind, but in gnyaanam. And >> it is not just ordinary gnyaanam, it is knowledge of >> the absolute, that which delivers us from samsaara. >> >> gnyaanaat mokshah it is said, and lest we forget the >> immortal words of vedanta desika - astime hastishaila >> agre, vastu paitaamaham dhanam. Our present day >> acharyas are the guardians and transmitters of this >> great "poorvaachaaryaaLudaya sotthu". >> >> Sri Sadagopan has correctly pointed out how dear the >> satyamangala kshetram is to sri Rangapriya swami, and >> prakrtham sri Parakala swami. Vedanta Desika is not >> with us in vibhava avatara today, but pilgrimage to >> the lands where he spent several years of his long >> life is the closest we can get, to experiencing his >> avatara vaibhavam. Surely, none of us here lived >> during the time of vedanta desika and came into contact >> with him, for if that were so we would have attained >> moksha and not been reborn into this present janmam! >> >> Satyamangalam is the way to experience desika, just as >> thirunarayanapuram is the way to experience ramanuja. > >> Satyakalam, where swami desikan spent over 12 years of >> his illustrous life, where is found the sacred srikoorma >> peeTham (seat of desikan's anusthanam and upanyaasams), >> where is found the shrine of swami's beloved deva perumaL, >> and wherefrom emerged desika's testament to courage and >> faith - the abheetistavam... may this satyakalam continue >> to be a place of inspiration for succeeding generations >> of srivaishnavas, and may we show our generous support >> to the kainkaryams towards this kshetram and to the >> acharyas who lead those efforts. >> >> rangapriyam mama gurum Saranam prapadye >> srimate rangapriya mahadeshikaaya namaH >> >> sri Rangapriya daasan, >> -Srinath C. > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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