SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya nama: Dearest all, asmadhAchAryan His Holiness Srimad PaRavaakkOttai Andavan Sri Gopaladesika Mahadesikan Swami is completing his 25th year of SanyAsa Ashramam this Feb 14th 2007. This divinely glorious function is being celebrated at Srirangam at the Ashramam. Maasi pooraadam Dwadasi day in the year 1982 we were blessed to have Our Swami ascending the Peetam of Srimad Poundarikapuram Andavan Ashramam. He has been our guiding Pole Star in respect of Saasthric behaviour, religious conduct, Scriptural learning, and Vedic observances. He has encouraged the propagation of Vedas through SaasthrAs, Sampradaya, and literary publications and has been duly honouring the vedantic scholars deserving recognition. We the numerous sishyas and abhimaanis deem it a greatest privilege to celebrate this Glorious day of 25 years completion on this day that culminates as a Silver Jubilee day on the 14th Feb 2007- with festivities like Veda PaarayaNam, Honouring of VidwAns, religious discourses, and release of invaulable publicatis, etc... As Swami Desika says, we can not pay pack for what Acharya has done to us- in fact, even the Lord can not pay back for acharya has done to us... Let us just pay our obeisance, praise his kalyANa guNAs, utter his name and adhere to His teaching to the best extent possible. One for sure- is Trikala sandhyAvandhanam- If we need to show our gratitude to Swami, it is mere performance of daily thrikala sandhyAvandhanam without fail. I am attaching under files section- the Invitation... which is a feast to the eyes. I received the invitation yesterday from our Sri Muralidhar Rangaswamy Swami and Sri Anbil Ramaswamy Swami who are the erudite sishyas of the Ashramam. Please make yourselves available to attend the celebration on the 14th February. Click here to view: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/files/ The file is under the name - "Swami's Ascent to the AsthAna Silver Jubilee Celebration" We owe it to ourselves; we owe it to the Great hoary traditional lineage of the Acharyas, in whose line our present Acharya has come, strictly adhered to it, and illuminated it to be the light house to all of us, the ordinary souls, needing enlightenment. One can only drop tears of joy and anubhavam immersing oneself in Swami's divinity, glorious kalyANa guNAs, ansuhtAnam, jnAna, bhakti, vairAgyam and above all His tremendous compassion, vaasthsalyam and dhayALu guNA on even on incorrigble erring sishyas like adiyEn... One can imagine His dayA, if He showers His dayA even on adiyEn... rest assured you are saved as well. adiyEn would like to conclude with VaikuNtavaasi, Sri Seva Swamy's sthothra on His Holiness: He is firmly rooted in Satsampradaaya (Sat sampradaaya Siddhah) His intellect is firm as the pole star (Sthirathara Dhishnah) He is well-versed in Sastras having heard from his Aachaaryas (Srotriyo) His mind is constantly fixed on Bhagavaan (Brahma Nishtah) His personality is pure Satvaguna( Sattvastha) He is always truthful ( Satya Vaakhyo) His conduct is immaculate (Subha Charitha Yuthah) His occupation is spreading the holy Siddhanta (Saadhu Siddhaanta Vrittih) He is devoid of ego and jealousy etc. ( Damba Asooyaadhi Muktho) He has conquered the senses ( Jita Vishaya Gano) He is like a long standing friend and relative ( Dheergha Bandhu) He is compassionate ( Dayaalu) He is concerned about the spiritual welfare of himself and others (SvaPara Hitha Paro) He is Gopaala, the King of Yathis who shines brilliantly on the firmament (Gopalaarya Yatheesah Desiko Braajathe Naha) asmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE GuruparamparAm Regards Acharyan ThiruvaigaLE SaraNam Narayana dAsan madhavakkannan [on behalf of Ashrama sishyas and abhimaanis] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:SriRangaSri-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:SriRangaSri-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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