Friday, July 31, 2015

Audio Release of Movie : Bhagavad Ramanujacharya

Audio Release of Movie : Bhagavad Ramanujacharya (Telugu) By HH Tridandi Chinna Jeeyar Swami.

Yesterday was just another day at work until the day seemed to end. Suddenly a friend called me and asked if I would be interested to join him at Shilpa Kala Vedika where HH Chinna Jeeyar Swami was to arrive for some program. And guess what? Free ENTRY!!
I did notice a model of 'ParthaSarathi' placed in front of the ShilpaKala Vedika hall just the other day and wondered what that was. Now I thought I knew what it was.
I guessed that it was some Gita Parayana or something but on reaching the place it was totally a different program. The chariot was no longer at the entrance and the program was something else.
As I entered the hall, the back center was occupied by a few Sanyasis of the SreeSampradaya surrounded by a few kids from their Gurukul at Shamshabad. One one side sat musicians ready with instruments and the otherside was occupied with VIPs. The Center of the stage was decorated with bharatanatyam dancers ready for the next program.

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The seats in the audience seemed pretty full. Noticably many of them wore the tilak markings of the SreeSampradaya.
As I somehow settled down, I realized that it was the audio release of a telugu movie Bhagavad Ramanujacharya.
Soon after everyone completed the chanting of the 108 names of Sripad Ramanujacharya, HH ChinnaJeeyar swami arrived.

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After all the Sanyasis spoke for sometime, finally he was asked to address the audience. He gave a very clear and practical message overall about society, peace, politics, life and the position of God.
One of the striking points he said really struck a chord!
Talking about the lords omnipotence and his deity form in the temple, he gave a very apt example.
He said, just like air is of two kinds, one is omnipotent and the other one is in your electric devices like fan, cooler, heater etc.
All pervading air is not in our reach but the devices we have, help us to vary the amount of air we need or its temperature.
Similarly the omnipotence of the lord might not be anything we can do much with, but for our sake, the Lord takes the deity form and reciprocates with our love and devotion. He eats if we offer, fasts if we dont. Sleeps when we let him, doesnt when we dont.
Although the lord cannot be compared with anything material, this was the closest example that can be given to a materialistic layman of this world.
It really gives a down to earth explanation about the lords form in the temple.
A 3min trial of the movie was played on the screen, which looked pretty impressive.
Im very much excited for the movie release!

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Monday, July 6, 2015

HH Vishwesha Tirtha Swami

Great fortune is not always acquired, sometimes it is bestowed!
Otherwise how is it possible that a person like me got to touch the lotus feet of a great devotee last Sunday!

"Sri Vishwesha Teertha was born in 1931 at Ramakunja to a Shivalli Tulu Brahmin family and his pre-Sanyasa name was Venkataramana Bhat. He was ordained into Sanyasa at
the young age of 8 years in 1938. His vidya guru is Vidyamanya Teertha of Sri Bhandarkeri Math.
Sri Vishwesha Teertharu is the current Swamiji of the Pejavara Adokshaja matha, one of the ashta mathas belonging to the Dvaita school of philosophy, founded by Sri Madhvacharya. Sri Vishvesha Tirtha is the 32nd Pontiff in the lineage of the Pejavara matha, starting from Sri Adhokshaja Tirtha, who was one of the direct disciples of Sri Madhvacharya." ~Wiki

He was invited at the Bhagyanagar Sri Krishna Mutt at Kondapur for short "Pada Puja" and I was fortunate enough to somehow get there by the mercy of the lord.
The devotees who were allowed was a limited few so I didn't expect to get a chance to actually touch his feet.
On his arrival, he rushed into a small puja of the lord after which the devotees washed his feet and each family came to take his blessings.
Ramachandra prabhu kindly let me join his family while taking blessings.
I tried really hard not to believe that I actually saw him in person and even more, be let to touch his feet!
After he left, the towel that was used to dry his feet lay where it was used and I had to restrain myself from stealing that in broad daylight. :D

On his leaving for the next destination, my dream was suddenly broken by loud cries of :
Hari Sarvothama! Vayu Jeevothama!


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