Swamy Desikan-20 - ThUppul maNdapam kaimkaryam appeal-concluding part
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• November 9, 2001
SrI: SrImathe Ramanujaya namah: SrImathe Nigamantha mahadesikaya namah: SrImAn venkatanAthAryaH kavitArkika kesarI | vedAntAcArya-varyome sannidhattAm sadA hRdi || May the glorious Sri Venkatanatha, the greatest of teachers of Vedanta, and the lion among poets and debaters, reside forever in my heart. Dearest Srivaishnavas, I am continuing on my appeal and posts on Swamy Desikan and appeal for Thuppul maNdapam kaimkaryam. URL: http://www.geocities.com/lsriniva/thoopulappeal.html It is my humble request to please contribute your mite towards this kaimkaryam, as remembering Acharyan, and talking alone will not suffice. Vedantha Desika was the brightest star in the firmament of VisishtAdvaita next only to Sri Ramanujacharya. Initial exposure to Vedas, Divya Prabandhams, and SaasthrAs provided him with an independent and individualistic insight into the secrets of the world of knowledge. Hence, his knowledge was encyclopedic. His knowledge offered him modesty, which is rare commodity among scholars. In him, there was a synthesis of moral fervour and spiritual insight. He was a saint to the core and detachment, the like of which is hard to notice among others He was a poet, philosopher, scrupulous in the performance of his duties and upholder of the righteous cause. He was imbued with the sense of responsibility to uphold the concepts, which SrI Ramanujacharya preached. He adopted almost all possible ways of writing to achieve this purpose. No writer among the followers of Ramanuja fought for the right place for AhzwArs, as much as Swamy Desikan. His compositions in pure Tamil and in maNipravALam and their graded classifications from the simple to the complex bear ample testimony to this. With all these achievements and attainments, which no single scholar could ever dream of possessing, he has an embodiment of humility, he shunned pelf, repute, gain and adoration and was ever a devout devotee of a Srivaishnava, not slighting anyone. His son SrI Kumara Varadachrya observes: yak khyAthi laabhapUjAsu vimukO vaishnavO janE krayaNIyadasaam praaptah: His appeal to the Lord of Srirangam, that he should be allowed to live amidst those who are mutually well-disposed. “paraspara hithashiNAm parisarEshu mAm varthaya:”. An indefatigable crusader for Vaishnavism like the AchArya Swamy Desikan is quite needed in the present day. Let us pray to the Lord for fulfillment of this prayer of ours. On this Greatest AchAryasaarvabhouman, isn’t it right and most appropriate for us to pay our humble samarpaNams to Swamy Desikan by contributing our mite towards the construction of ThUppul maNdapam for Swamy Desikan? LET US PLEDGE NOW. URL: http://www.geocities.com/lsriniva/thoopulappeal.html Please donate according to your shakthi. The money can be sent to "Thuppul Trust" and the address is: Thuppul Trust Old No.20, New No.24, Thiruvengadam Street West Mambalam, Chennai-600033, India Phone No: 91-44-4741559 / 91-44-3715771 Please contact Sri. V.K. Sudharshan at vksudarsh@vsnl.com or Sri Lakshmi N Srinivasa lsriniva@hotmail.com (He can collect and send it as single amount in USA). The address: Lakshminarasimhan Srinivasa 3 Old Towne Road, #212 Ayer, MA-01432 For those in the South East Asia, please contact me at srivaishnavan@hotmail.com . Please pass on this kaimkaryam to as many people as possible in order to complete the same. kavi-tArkika-simhAya kalyANa-guNa-SAline | Srimate venkateSAya vedAntagurave namaH || Salutations to Sri Venkatesa, in whom all perfection resides, who is the teacher of Vedanta and the lion among poets and debaters! Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Regards Narayana Narayana NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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