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SRI RANGA SRI
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Vol.I/ Issue 2 Dated 9th October 2000
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In this Issue:
1. Editorial on future plans
2. Srimukham Blessings so far received from AchAryas
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1. EDITORIAL
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Dear Bhagavatas:
Hope you have perused the Inaugural Issue Vol.I /Issue 1 dated 8th October 2000, containing Srimukham blessings for "SRI RANGA SRI" from FOUR PONTIFFS belonging to various Mutts and Ashrams. We CONCLUDE the reproduction of Srimukhams with those so far received from SIX ACHARYAS viz.,
 AchArya Purisai Krishnamachariar Swami (Editor, Nrisimhapriya)
 AchArya Seva Srinivasaraghavachariar Swami (Editor, Desika Seva)
 AchArya Srivatsankachariar Swami, French Institute of Indology, Pondy.
 AchArya V.S.Karunakaran Swami, Director, SISI, Chennai
 AchArya M.K. Srinivasan Swami
 AchArya Anantha Narasimhachariar Swami
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We are glad to inform that we have been favored by Yathivaras and AchAryas not only with their Srimukhams but also with numerous articles of quality specially for "SRI RANGA SRI" journal each running to several pages.


Even if we can publish on a daily basis, it is likely to sustain us for at least an year or more considering -
* the space constraints which would not allow more than 7 or 8 pages at a time,
* the time constraints which would not allow such daily postings and
* lowkika preoccupation of the publishers and the readers alike.


We have, therefore, to judiciously stagger the postings which will henceforth be featured at

SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxx

Detailed plans of releases on periodicity and order of presentation will be announced shortly. We will make available in other egroups fraternity only the Editorials indicating briefly the Contents of the respective Issues, as and when released for general information of the respective egroup members.

We earnestly request you to enroll by subscribing to SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxx by sending a request. Please provide us with your Postal address, E.Mail Address, Phone and / or Fax numbers to facilitate a more fruitful interaction and for building up a database of Subscribers to the Journal.
Thanking you
Dasoham
Anbil Ramaswamy
Editor and Publisher, SRI RANGA SRI
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2.SRIMUKHAM BLESSINGS SO FAR RECEIVED FROM ACHARYAS
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Srimukham Blessings from Acharya
Sri Ahobila Aasthaana VidwAn Purisai Nadadur Sri Bashya Simhasanam
Sri U. Ve. Krishnamachariar Swami, Editor, Sri Nrisimhapriya,
Journal of Ahobila Mutt.
Sri Ranga Bhavanam,
17 Devanathan Colony, West Mambalam, Chennai 600 033, Tamilnadu.
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Dated 19th September 2000
To Sri U. Ve Sriman Anbil Ramaswamy Iyengar


I am extremely happy to know that you are starting a n electronic journal named ?SRI RANGA SRI?.

I offer my earnest prayers to Sri Ranganatha and Sriranga Nachiyar that ?SRI RANGA SRI? should spread all over the world and everyone should be benefited by reading the same.

I am sure that you will publish only Satsampradayam matters while taking care not to hurt the feelings of anyone.

I have no doubt that the great Srivaishnava savants will perform ?Mangalasasanams? always and shower their grace with the utterance-
?Sri Ranga Srischa VardhathAm?
(Sd) Purisai Nadadur Krishnamachariar
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Srotriyam Paiyambadi Settalur Mahavidwan
Sri Desika Darsana Pradeepa Sri Vatsankacharya Maha Desikan Swami
(Ex Principal, Sanskrit College, Madras and now at French Institute of Indology,16 Dumas Street, Pondicherry 605 001, India
To Sri U.Ve. Anbil Ramaswamy Iyengar Swami, U.S.A.
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Dated 11th September 2000
?Santhu SreyAmsi BhooyAmsi?
I am happy that you are deeply involved in service to Srivaishnavas living in the U.S.A and that you propose to start an Internet journal. I understand that there are many Srivaishnavas spread all over there who are deeply interested in our Sampradayam.


True to Tirumangai Azhwar?s Statement- ?Terindhu Ezhuthi VAsithum VaNangi VazhipaTTum Poosithum POkkinEn POdhu?, it is very commendable that you have taken upon yourself this task of spending your time in such a noble endeavor designed to benefit such Srivaishnavas.

I pray to EmperumAn that everyone there should avail of this rare opportunity to learn our Sampradayam and attain spiritual elevation. I also pray to Lord Sriya: Pathi for your long life with all prosperity and blessings to serve as a spiritual guide and torch bearer to them.
(Sd) Settalur V. Srivatsankachariyar
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Srimukham Blessings (Received through Courier) from Acharya
Seva N Srinivasa Raghavachariar
Founder and Chief Patron, Sri Vedanta Desika Research Center
Founder, Seva Trust, Publisher, Sri Desika Seva (Monthly Journal) and Sri Desika Darsana Diary.
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We are very glad to learn of the launching of a movement called
?SRI RANGA SRI? in America.


There are very many reasons contributing to the glory of Srirangam each one excelling the others. When we think of the greatness of SriRangam, right from the days of Bhagavad RamAnuja to this day, the one thing that strikes our minds is the unanimous statement uttered by every Srivaishnava in daily prayers. That is ?SRI RANGA SRI?. There may be many villages. But, none of them is called ?Sri ...GrAma Sri?

Flanked on either side by the holy waters of Kaveri, the Lord reclines here facing South. Tondaradippodi Alwar reasoned out saying that he was gracing Lanka - ?Then Disai Ilangai NOkki? .Our Kulasekaran also says?Anbodu then disai nOkki. Godha Sthuthi reaches the pinnacle of love. Swami Desikan says that by this Lord Himself was rewarded ?(BahumAnam) Vide-
?Atraiva RangapathinA bahumAnapoorvam
NidrAlunApi Niyatham NihithA: KatAkshA:?


The greatness of Ubhaya Kaveri is unique. It was glorified by Swami Desika when he said-?Hamsa jushTE? meaning Paramahamsas took their abode here only. It is in this ?SRI RANGA SRI? lived those who unfailingly performed their Nitya anushtanams, worshipped Sri Ranganayaki Thayar and attained Sri Vaikunta Paravasudeva anubhavam.
This SRI should spread everywhere; yes, beyond the seas; in America too!


Sri U. Ve. Anbil Ramaswamy Iyengar is involved in this mighty task. I pray to my Aradhaka deity, Sri Lakshmi Hayagrivan that he should be granted long life and all that is best in life, perfect health and all other blessings for carrying out this noble task of spreading SRI RANGA SRI in foreign lands also, so that even those belonging to other nations and faiths come to know of the greatness of our Siddhantam. Wherever we are placed, irrespective of whatever others may hold or say, we should follow the footsteps of Swami Vedanta Desika and hold our heads aloft in such dedication.

I conclude with the PAsuram of Kulasekara-thus-
?Vann Peru Vanagam uyya, Amarar uyya, MaNNulagu uyya, MaNNulagil Manisar uyya, Thunbamigu Thuyar agala, ayarvonrillA sugam vaLara, Agam Magizhum thonDar Vazha, AnboDu then disai nOkki PaLLI koLLum aNiyarangan Thirumutrathu, aDiyAr thangaLinba migu perunkuzhavu kaNDu yAnum isainthuDanE enru kolO irukkum nALE//


SriRanga Sri VardhathAm. AbhivardhathAM.
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Srimukham Blessings from Acharya
Srimad U. Ve.Villur Nadadur Mahavidwan Sri Bashya Simhasanaadhipathi Aasukavi Sarvabouma Srinidhi Srinivasacharya MahaDesika Swami Tiruvadi Pravachana Bhooshanam Karunakaracharya Maha Desika Swami.
V.S.Karunakaran B.E.MIE
Director, Small Industries Service Institute (Govt. Of India
Plot #9 & 10 Bharathiar Street, Sivakaminagar, Gowrivakkam
Chennai 601 302, Tamilnadu, India
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Dated 29th September 2000
?Sriman! SriRanga Sriyam anupadravam anudinam Samvardaya?
This means-
?Oh! Consort of Lakshmi! Please enhance the richness of Sri Rangam
(i.e) Shree Ranga Shree, day by day?


Richness of Srirangam means a lot. In our tradition, Srirangam is supposed to be the 3rd Vibhoothi of Bhagavan as it can neither be called Leela Vibhoothi nor Nitya Vibhoothi.

It cannot be called Leela Vibhoothi because it is Vaikuntam itself on earth. It cannot be called Nitya Vibhoothi also because it is on earth. Hence, our AchAryas classified it as 3rd Vibhoothi something like ?Export Free Zone?.

Shree Ranga Shree, therefore, means the richness of Nitya Vibhoothi derived in Leela Vibhoothi.

What is richness in Nitya Vibhoothi?
Uninterrupted enjoyment of Lord.
This can be got in Sri Rangam.
Sri Rangam is only illustrative. Any place where Lord is in the Archa form and His devotees are discussing His virtues and enjoying them, that place is verily Sri Rangam and that enjoyment is Shree Ranga Shree.


With the concept of Cyber space, this Electronic Magazine will now bring Shree Ranga Shree to all the devotees irrespective of their location. It is, therefore, appropriate to call this Electronic Magazine ?Shree Ranga Shree?.

I am given to understand by the learned Anbil Ramaswamy Iyengar that H.H Paravakkottai Andavan named the Electronic Magazine ?Shree Ranga Shree?. Perhaps, Bhagawan RamAnuja had in his vision this magazine also in his mind when he offered his prayer to the Lord. In his form of H.H.Paravakottai Andavan, he has now baptized this magazine as ?Shree Ranga Shree?

I fancy this is a unique magazine, which had his ?Mangalasasanam? for it even before its coming into vogue.

All the Srivaishnavas chant this prayer everyday at the final part of Tiruvaradhana Pooja in their house or temple TWICE. I am sure now they will appreciate the necessity to chant it TWICE
? one, for the Shree Ranga Shree aspired by all Srivaishnavas and
- second, for the Electronic magazine bringing them that richness.
I wish the magazine all success.
(Sd) V.S.Karunakaran
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Srimukham Blessing from Acharya Sri M.K.Srinivasan Swami
President, Vedanta Desika Research Center,
7 Narmada Flats, Motilal Street,
T.Nagar, Chennai 600 017, Tamil Nadu, India
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Dated 12th September 2000
?With His grace, Success is sure?


The name ?Sri Ranga Sri? conjures up visions of piety, learning, sinlessness, and emancipation, not to speak of the sylvan natural beauty of the temple-town, Srirangam, lying between Kaveri and its tributary Kollidam. Above all, it brings before our mental eye the divine beauty of the Lord reclining there under whose visual and verbal directions functioned our venerable preceptors like Sri RamAnuja and Sri Vedanta Desika.

While Sri RamAnuja consolidated and harmonized the two streams of VisishtAdvaita philosophy flowing through the Vedas and Divya Prabandams in Sanskrit and Tamil respectively, it was Sri Desika who strung the real RamAnuja Darsana

He has done this through exhaustive commentaries and original contributions in Sanskrit, Tamil as well as in ManipravAla by different literary methods viz., hymns, treatises, dissertation, poems, prose, drama including dance-drama; through long compositions or short pithy works and in various styles suited to different types of intellects and tastes.

Besides, he had conducted several discourses and debates establishing the tenets of VisishtAdvaita philosophy and Srivaishnava religion. Everyone belonging to the community, whether they are in India or abroad, should study his life and works and learn about them as much as possible.

To the American readers of this new journal ?SRI RANGA SRI?, I would only invite reference to Sri Desika?s utterances which are similar to the famous statement of one of the most popular Presidents of America ? Abraham Lincoln (with whom they must be familiar). While leaving Springfield, Illinois in 1861, he told the friends who had come to bid him farewell on his journey to become the President, he said -
?Without the assistance of that Divine being who has ever attended me, I cannot succeed. With His assistance, I cannot fail?
Compare Desika?s more profound and more spiritual utterance.
Tvayi pravrthE mama kim prayAsai? Tvayi apravrthE mama kim prayAsai?
?With you there to protect me, why should I make any effort? When you deny me protection, of what avail are my efforts??
Sri Desika thus conveys man?s total dependence on God?s grace for the success of his efforts.


May the minds of younger generation in America and their children turn more and more towards Sri Desika for success and through him to our earlier preceptors and ultimately to our Lord in Srivaikunta, ever in the company of His Consort, SRI
SRI RANGA SRIscha VardhathAm.
(Sd) M.K.Srinivasan
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Srimukham Blessings from AchArya
Ananthanarasimhachariar, Retd. Principal, Seshasayee Institute of Technology, Tiruchy , 160 South Chitra Street, Srirangam 620 006
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Dated 23rd September 2000
It is really gratifying to note that a periodical named as ?SRI RANGA SRI? would come out soon in United States of America for disseminating precious information on Srivaishnava Sampradayam in general and particularly Swami Desika Sampradayam to all Aasthikas settled down in America.


The naming of the periodical as ?SRI RANGA SRI? appears to be most appropriate and there can be no better name than the above on account of the following reasons:
1. Srirangam is the Bhooloka Vaikuntam and the temple set up is the very replica of Srivaikuntam.
2. Lord Sri Ranganatha who is called Periya Perumal and Lord Kasturi Rangan is called Nam Perumal. Goddess Sri Ranganayaki also called as Periya Pirattiar are sung by all the 12 Alwars including Andal (Goda Devi) and this is the unique greatness of this sacred place.
3. Periyavachan Pillai, a great Srivaishnavite Acharya calls Srirangam as Tritiya Vibhoothi which is neither in Leela vibhoothi (this mortal universe) nor in Nitya Vibhoothi (Srivaikunta Divyalokam.)
4. Srirangam is the birth place of Ubhaya Vedanta (Sanskrit and Tamil) and many Great AchAryas.
5. Sri Vedanta Desika sung in praise of the golden sandals of the Lord in his Paduka Sahasram.
6. Sri Vaishnavism took strong roots in Srirangam only.
7. ?Sri? means wealth. ?SRI RANGA SRI? means wealth of Srirangam. Wealth need not mean money always. It refers to all spiritual activities, temple festivals, writing of books on Sri Visishtadvaita philosophy and Swami Desika?s Sampradayam, Propagation of the teachings of various Srivaishnavite AchAryas in the traditional style known as Kalakshepam or otherwise. This can be not only in Srirangam but also in any part of the Globe which then becomes part and parcel of
?SRI RANGA SRI?.
8. An excellent tradition has been set up in our Srivaishnava Sampradayam for praying for further and continuous growth of
?SRI RANGA SRI? - Everywhere, in every home and in every temple and every day.
9. Sri Bhagavad RamAnuja prayed to Lord Ranganatha to grant a boon for the growth of ?SRI RANGA SRI? and the word ?SRI RANGA SRI? was coined by him.


I pray to the Divine couple of Srirangam to shower their choicest blessings for the continuous publication of the periodical ?SRI RANGA SRI? without any break and also for the widest possible circulation in America and elsewhere so that the readers from all sections of society without distinctions of caste, creed, color etc., may acquire spiritual knowledge and resort to SaraNAgathi at the feet of Sriman Narayana for attaining eternal bliss in Srivaikuntam.

It is also noted with immense pleasure that Sri Anbil Ramaswamy, a great Srivaishnavite Savant in America is the Founder and Editor of this periodical. I am confident that under his able and dynamic editorship this periodical would fulfil all the aspirations of the people.

I pray for the long and healthy life of Sri Anbil Ramaswamy so that his valuable services to Srivaishnava Sampradayam will be available for several decades to come. An appeal is also made to learned scholars to contribute informative and thought provoking articles for. ?SRI RANGA SRI?

Let ?SRI RANGA SRI? grow from strength to strength and reach everyone in every nook and corner of the Globe.

(Sd) Anantha narasimhachariar, Srirangam 23rd September 2000
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