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sri:
srimathE rAmAnujaya namaha
srimadh vara vara munayE namaha

Dear bhAgavathas,
Vedics Foundation (www.vedics.net) is pleased to announce a rare treat for us 
to listen to divine nectar for about 35 days together starting April 29th 2004 
through June 6, 2004. 

We are having Sri U. Ve. Velukkudi Krishnan swami amongst us visiting many 
cities in USA starting April 29. Please visit www.vedics.net to get the 
complete itenary for swami for various cities in USA. Please also take a moment 
to take a look at the teleupanyasam schedule at : 
http://www.vedics.net/tours/vk2004tour/tus.html

We have two tele-upanyasam series in Tamil during swami's trip here. All the 
lectures will be available in Telebridge at 7AM Local time (wherever swami is). 
When swami is in west coast, arrangements have been made to make the lecture 
available again in the evening for the devotees in central and east coast. 
Please subscribe to these lectures and also spread the word to everyone. The 
registration page for the upanyasams is at: 
http://ramanuja.cc.uic.edu/cgi-bin/vksvami.pl . We have a nominal subscription 
fee of $108 forall the lecuters during this period. All the subscribed devotees 
will get all the lectures in mp3 format mailed to them after swami's tour is 
complete. Please provide us your correct mailing address when you register.

Subscribed devotees will be sent the dialing information in email. So please 
register soon. If you have not received your dialing information, please send 
email to vedic_discourse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

azhvAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE saranam,
jeeyar thiruvadigalE saranam,

irAmAnusan adiyaragal,

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--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Chitra Madhavan <csmadhavan@xxxx> wrote:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
 
It is our privilage and great pleasure to bring you live Upanyasams starting 
from
April 29th to May9th PST 7:00am to 8:30am on Kanninun Siruththambhu, by none 
other than SRI.VELUKKUDI KRISHNAN SWAMI, with whom we all are very familiar 
with.
This topic is chosen to coincide with the celebration of Swami Madhurakavi 
Azhvar and
Thirumalai Ananthan Pillai who were born on the same month same star Chithirail 
Chithirai. This year the day falls on May 3rd, and we are blessed to have live 
lecture
on the most important link in DivyaPrabhandam. As most of us are familiar with 
knowledge laden upanyasams of Sri VKrishnan Swami, adiyen cannot justify an 
introduction.
 
Below is a small introduction on this subject.

 

Kanninun Chiruththambhu

 

?Vaiththa Thirumanthirathin maththimamaam padam pol

Seertha Madhurakavi seikalaiyai ? aartha pugazh

AAriyargal thaangal arulich cheyal naduve

Serviththar thathparriyam therndhu?

 

Lord Sriman Narayana took incarnation as Nara and Narayana, and gave us themost 
holy of the mantras ? thirumantram. The middle part of thirumantram? nama: is 
very special and important. It shows us the path to salvation, and also teaches 
us servitude to the Lord and His devotees. Just as how the nama: word is very 
special in the thirumantram, kaNNinun siruththAmbu isalso special in the divya 
prabhandham ? especially as it teaches the epitome of a jIvA?s svaroopa ? 
servitude to the devotees to the Lord. Svami maNavALa mAmuni, in the above 
paasuram teaches us that learned elders made kaNNinun siruththaambu a part of 
the divya prabhandham.

 

Madhurakaviazhvar (the composer of kaNNi nun siruththaambu) was a disciple of 
svami Nammazhvar. His composition occupies a very important part of everyday, 
and festival rituals in all the temples. In Thirumala during daily 
Nithyanusandhanam, and adyayana uthsavam, this is chanted daily in the end. 
This practice was established by Sri Alawandar, Peria Thirumalai Nambi, 
andSwami Ramanuja. Swami Ananthazhvan confirmed this by being born on the same 
day as Madhurakavi that is CHITHIRAIL CHITHIRAI (to show Acharya Bhakthi, like 
Madhurakavi). Even today in Azhvar Thirunagari kaNNinun siruththaambu is 
chanted as Thaniyan in front of Bhavishyadacharya sannidhi. For Thiruvoimozhi 
this also is chanted as part of Thaniyan. In Thirunarayanapuram (Gnana 
Mandapam), in front of Selvappillai this is chanted prior to Sevakalam.

 

Now let us see why this is held in such high esteem as ?Namaha?. Ohm denotes 
?Akaram,Ukaram,and Makaram. Akara?s meaning is given in Thiruppalandu,and 
Periazhvar Thirumozhi. Ukara?s meaning is given in Thiruppavai, Nachiyar 
Thirumozhi, and Perumal Thirumozhi. Makaram is explained in 
Thiruchchandaviruththam, Thirumalai,Thiruppalliezhchchi and Amalan Adhipiran. 
Namaha is glorified by Kanninun Chiruththambhu.. Narayana?s greatness is 
provided in Peria Thirumozhi. Thus in Divya Prabhandam we see how Namaha is set.

 

Sri Madhura Kavi realized that all the Divya Desam Perumals reside in the 
Thirumaeni of Swami Nammazhvar, and thus He has surrendered onto Him. In all 
the Divya Desams Sri Nammazhvar is residing as SriSatari, and to get to wear 
SriSatari on His Head Madhura Kavi travels to all the Divya Desams. For Him 
Azhvar is the nectar. Perumal is secondary.

 

Sri Nathamuni got back the lost DivyaPrabhandam back from Nammazhvar by 
chanting Kanninun Chiruththambhu 12000 times. When one prays to the Lord 
directly what he wants may or may not happen. But if one goes through the 
Acharya, whatever one desires happens. This is proven by the very fact that we 
got Divya Prabhandam back only by chanting Madhurakavi?s work.

 

>From May11th to June 6th we will have Stotra Ratna a great work of Swami 
>Alawandar, regarding the location and time schedule please visit 
>www.vedics.net. Here is a brief introduction below:

 

The simplest means by which we can attain to Him, in the present (Kali Yuga) is 
by singing His glory (bajans, slokas of our Purvacharyars and 
DivyaPrabhandams). Vedic rituals are for a few, but it is every individual?s 
right to sing hymns in praise of the Lord. In reply to a specific question 
fromYudhistira seeking out The name of Supreme Deity Bhishma stated ?one 
whosings with utter devotion about God Vishnu the Lord of the whole 
universe,will be rid of ills, evils and miseries and will attain a state of 
perfectbliss.

 

Our Purvacharyas with their intellect and intense religious devotion 
shouldobviously be our unerring guide. IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE MOST PLEASING TO 
GOD IF THEIR FOOTSTEPS ARE FOLLOWED AND SANG THE VERY SONGS SUNG BY THEM, 
thesoul stirring hymns of unparalleled sweetness and excellence. The 
extraordinary greatness of the Sanskrit sloka is brought out in the name given 
to it ? STOTRA RATNA ?, a priceless gem, like Purana Ratna, and Mantra Ratna.

 

First and foremost, the Stotra Ratna is very dear to us, if not for any reason, 
for this reason ? It was give to us by none other than our dearest Swami 
AlavandAr (Yamunacharya), without whom Ramanuja would not have been discovered 
and taught the great concepts of our religion. Yamunacharya is also the 
grandson of Swami Nathamuni, without whom we will not even have the AzhvAr 
aruLichayals now.

 

In SriVaishnava literature this occupies a unique position of eminence, because 
it throws light on the ?Rahasyas?, portraying the true knowledge of one?s goal, 
in relation to one?s own self and the manner of attainingit. It is a very 
valuable fountain-source of the fund of knowledge, relating to Ubaya Vedantas, 
and expounding the intricacies of SriVaishnavism, available to us now. The 
later compositions of our Jagad Guru Swami Ramanuja, Parasara Bhattar, and 
Vedanta Desika bear the stamp of Yamuna?s scintillating work. In fact it was 
the recital of Stotra Ratna by Mahapurnar that cast the spell on Swami 
Ramanuja, who wanted to find out who wrote such a beautiful and clear stotra. 
From there on, Ramanuja became the disciple of Yamunacharya.

 

In the gadya trayam of Ramanuja, the exact words used to describe the qualities 
of our Lord are directly found in the Stotra Ratna. The Stotra Ratna is even 
more special as it introduces the beautiful concepts explained by our AzhvArs 
in the 4000 divya prabhandham to a Sanskrit audience. The ideas contained in 
Stotra Ratna come not only from the Vedic literature, but also directly from 
the AzhvAr works. In fact, there are two slokas that are almost direct 
translations of two pAsurams from the thiruvAymozhi.

 

In the first five Slokas Yamunacharya pours out His heart to the three great 
ones Sri Nathamuni, Sage Parasara bhattar, and saint Nammalvar.

In the sixth sloka He starts singing about Sriman Narayana, and 7-9 He states 
that not even the mighty Devas could comprehend the Lord.

Slokas 10-20 is highlighted with the infinite glory of Sriman Narayana, 
thesovereign Master, who is the abode for all that is auspicious.

Sloka 21 prepares the ground for surrender path.

Sloka 22-27 emphasizes absolute surrender to His Grace as the only course left 
to us.

Sloka 28-29 they reveal the benefits reaped by Lord?s spontaneous Grace.

Sloka 30-31 here He longs for the sight of the Divine Feet, and wants to bear 
the Divine Feet on His head.

Sloka32-45 Here He longs for Lord Vishnu?s beautiful vision in His celestial 
settings.

Sloka46 He earns for constant service.

Sloka 47-48 alternate despair and Hope

Sloka 49-51 Mutual relationship between God and man

Sloka 52-53 says that we can?t offer Him anything since everything is 
Hisproperty.

Sloka54-56 Stress upon constant and ecstatic devotion to Lord Sriman Narayana.

Sloka 57 utter dedication

Sloka 58-60 on our countless imperfections and the need to invoke His Grace

Sloka61 About author?s birth in a noble family and still didn?t developgood 
qualities

Sloka62 man?s severe disqualifications and our ineligibility for the Lord?s 
Grace

Sloka63-64 Proclaims Lord?s unlimited Grace and magnitude

Sloka 65 Beseeching The Lord to shed His Grace on himself, though He does not 
deserve at least for His grandfather Nathamuni?s sake.

 

Excepts from Sathyamoorthy Iyengar?s book. 

 

Swami Nammazvar and Sri Parasara Bhattar's Thirunakshthrams falls on June 1st 
and 2nd when Sri.V.K Swami may speak on their contributions to Sri Vaishnavism.

To sign up for this great oppurtunity please visit:

http://ramanuja.cc.uic.edu/cgi-bin/vksvami.pl 

For the whole series it is $108.00, and at the end you will also recive 2 CDs.

iramanuja adiyargal

Azhvar Emperumanaar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam.

 

                
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