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From: Sampathkumar (varadha_at_vsnl.com)
Date: Sat Jun 17 2000 - 18:41:57 PDT
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>>Dear Srivaishnavas let me take you all to the green land of k.l. and
to
>>Sri Sundararaja Perumal Koil. Klang where I left you all in my last
>>posting.More revelations followed when Sh Velukkudi Swami
>>eagerly asked for more informations. from the group of persons who have
>>come. It was not just 10 of them who had come to listen to the upanyasam
>>who are following the srivaishnava sampradaya but about 300 of them who
>>have chosen a Srivaishnava Swamin locally and are guided by him. Most of
>>them are blue collored workmen. They improve their knowledge and more
>than
>>that their Bhakthi thro listening to upanyasam tapes obtained from
>India.All of them
>>meet regularly , only with the sole aim of knowing more and more of the
>>Great philosophy.. Let me stop for a moment here and take you all to
>>another venue.This time it is at Singapore . Velukkudi Krishnan Swami
>>agreed to address a group who are very devouted - and the group is a
>mixed group in the sense it consists of srivaishnavas, saiv aites, mathvas
>etc. The group follows the teachings of a living spiritual leader.The
>topic for discussion was Nava vidha Bhakthi and the discourse was in
>English. As the discourse proceeded the group was spellbound and little
>later got invoved emotionally and little later tears started rolling down
>on hearing the glory of Lord Sriman Nrayana.- A number of Srivaishnavas
>were present with the Thiru Namam prominent on their forehead. Eventhough
>the spirutual leader is not a follower of Srivaishnavism, the group has a
>strong bond towards him.What made these Srivaishnavas to get attached
>strongly to a differnt philosophy-. Scene three . An aircondtioned hall
in
>Laguna park , and another one in University campus Singapore. The
gathering
>, learned, educated cultured, well placed Srivaishnavas with thier
>families. The topic for upanyasam by Velukkudi Swami was on Swami
>Nammazhlwar.It was like an advanced course. The same emotional reactions
>thro the upanyasams.
> The first group consisting of non srivaishnavas by birth,if I may be
>permitted to use that terminology, the second group srivaishnavas gone
>astray if I may be permitted to say so and the third one born
>srivaishnavas totally following the tenents of sriviashnava
>philosophy.While a low percentage of people hopefully clinging on to the
>srivaishnava faith ,a big chunk in the middle group is wandereing like
a
>rudderless boat and the first group on a catamaran with so much
confidence
>looking towards a light house for reaching the shores Let us go back to
the
>issues raised in my first message
>More to follow in the next postings please
>Jaya Sriman Narayana
>H.H.Sri Mudaliyandan Swami shisya sampathsOriginal Message-----
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