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Ram Anbil • March 15, 2002 


SrimatE Raamaanujaaya Namaha //
SrimatE Nigamaanta Mahaa Desikaaya Namaha //
SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anubadravam anudhinam Samvardhaya/
SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anubadravam anudhinam Samvardhaya//
KAvEri VardhathAm kAlE, kAlE varshathu vAsava: /
SrI RanganAthO jayathu Sri Ranga Sri cha VardhathAm//

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SRI RANGA SRI VOL 03 / ISSUE 21 dated 11th March 2002
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EDITORIAL:
Dear Bhagavatas:
IN THIS ISSUE:
1. NOTE TO CONTRIBUTORS # 2

WE REPEAT OUR STANDING REQUEST: T

he issues have been archived for
public view at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/srirangasri IF you
are satisfied with the quality and contents of "Sri Ranga Sri":
Tell your friends to join by sending an email to
"SriRangaSri-Subscribe@Yahoogroups.com" IF not: Tell us, as to
how we may improve. 

 Dasoham Anbil Ramaswamy, Editor & Publisher,
"Sri Ranga Sri"

1. NOTE TO CONTRIBUTORS # 2

Dear Bhagavatas:

Your kind attention is invited to the " Note to Contributors" in
Message # 1044 dated 2nd February 2002 of "Sri Ranga Sri"
archives.

As indicated while launching the Journal on 8th October 2000
(Swami Desika's Tirunakshatram day), "Sri Ranga Sri" is meant to
be a JOURNAL (Vide Vol.1 Issue Vol.1-Message # 001)

" The new journal will feature high quality articles from
Acharyas and eminent scholars on the tenets of our
Siddhantham. Besides general topics relating to our Sampradayam,
special sections will be devoted to the "Grantha ChathushTayams"
under the titles:

- "SriBaashayaaamrutham";
- "Gitaamrutham"
- "Prabandaamrutham" and
- "Desikaamrutham"

We reiterate that this is NOT a discussion group or a forum for
debates and display of personal opinions.

However, postings from members were approved only by way of
encouraging "Reader participation". We have received numerous
complaints that innumerable such individual postings, debates and
discussions not germane to the focus of the journal, defeat the
very objective of "Sri Ranga Sri" - being a journal.

We are, therefore, reluctantly compelled to stop all discussions
except those on matters relevant to the published articles in the
"Regular Issues" of the journal.

We fully endorse the guidelines announced by Sri Mani Varadarajan
for the Bhakti list in creating separate sites for accommodating
specific issues.  Contributors to "Sri Ranga Sri" are advised to
avail of these forums.

We would like to adopt for "Sri Ranga Sri", a few of the salutary
restrictions he has outlined Viz. -

- No general questions. 
  Please move these to one of the other forums.
- No personal attacks
- No emotional outbursts
- No messages of a purely personal nature, including compliments
- No advertising of any form
- No self-promotion of any form
- No announcements of a regional nature
- No politics of any kind
- No "current events" postings "

Only quality articles intended "Exclusively", we repeat -
"Exclusively", for publication in the "Regular issues" of "Sri
Ranga Sri" and which are consistent with the following mission
statement of the journal will be entertained:

"This is a group of "Swami Desika Darsana Satsangam "(SDDS) for
studying Sri Vaishnava - Visishtaadvaita philosophy and practices
as laid down by Azwars and as clarified by Acharyas of Bhagavad
Ramanuja - Swami Desika Sath Sampradayam. Articles and
discussions are welcome subject to the general norms of tolerance
and mutual respect within the realms of the above philosophy and
practices"

If suitable, they will be published with minimal editing.

Contributors are requested NOT to post to "Sri Ranga Sri" copycat
versions of the same materials submitted to other lists, to avoid
cluttering the mailboxes of over 1200 members from all over the
world.

The following are however exempted, as a "temporary measure" and
"Purely as a matter of information" to the readers:

- Announcements like Tele-Upanyasams by Yathivaras, Acharyas and
Scholars of Bhagavad Ramanuja - Swami Desika Sath Sampradayam
that deal with the enjoyment of the Gunanubhavam of Divya
Dhampathis (and NOT polemics on "doctrinal differences"
etc. between the various streams of philosophy).

- Other announcements regarding - Books published, Web sites
created, Audio Cassettes and CDs brought out from time to time,
provided they are consistent with the objectives indicated in the
mission statement of the journal,

- Appeals for funds for various kainkaryams may be posted "only
after making sure" of the genuineness of the prime movers /
administrators. Before posting any such appeals, it may be
ensured that proper arrangements exist for -

(i) Officially acknowledging receipt of contributions

(ii) Utilization of the funds fully and precisely for the
purposes for which they are proposed to be mobilized through
these appeals and

(iii) Adequate audit and accounting to the entire satisfaction of
the donors An assurance of personal responsibility for having
done the above may be included while posting such appeals to "Sri
Ranga Sri".

Otherwise, we will be seen as encouraging indiscriminate
fund-raising appeals and also become liable for any potential
legal action later on (given the conduct of numerous trusts that
have mushroomed and disappeared with the collections).

- Warnings regarding Computer virus etc. and such other
precautions to alert and protect the readers from being trapped
into scams.

Queries and doubts requiring authoritative answers
/clarifications on the principles and practices of Bhagavad
Ramanuja- Swami Desika Sampradayam -to be provided or obtained
from Acharyas and Scholars may be sent to

Ramanbil@hotmail.com and NOT to the Yahoogroups address.

For this purpose, we have provided the following:

A "QUESTION BOX" to which readers may address doubts and
queries. For those questions for which we are not able to provide
ready answers, we will secure and make available authoritative
replies from Acharyas back home.

A "QUIZ PROGRAM": By way of "Reader participation", readers may
be initially requested to provide answers for the queries posed
by us. The best or the correct answers will be published in a
subsequent issue."


It is reiterated that all communications on the above may be sent
ONLY to Ramanbil@hotmail.com

Though the above guidelines take effect immediately, the policy
will be reviewed and revised at the discretion of the Editor.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Dasoham
Anbil Ramaswamy
President: "Swami Desika Darsana Satsangam" and
Editor & Publisher: "Sri Ranga Sri" Electonic Journal



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