Saturday, February 28, 2009

SHLOKA OF THE MONTH MARCH 2009

SARVESHAM HI SA DHARMATHMA VARNANAM KURUTHE DAYAM

CHATHURNAM HI VAYASTHANAM THENA THE THAMANUVRATHAHA



The citizens of ayodhya never tire the sight of Rama on Ayodhya streets. The streets are full of people.. It is filled with not only the citizens of Ayodhya but the others who have come to witness the pattabhisheka function too. The streets, the houses, the house-tops, the roofs, tree tops- people, people everywhere. Sri Rama’s chariot pierces the crowd. His glance is full of mercy. He smiled at some, shook his head at some others, bowed down to elders, he gave what the devotees wanted. There was no difference between the foolish and wise, rich and poor, Brahmin and others in front of Rama. Every one was satisfied that his glance fell on them. There is no boundary to His mercy. There is place for the highly born Vasishta and the low born Guha in Sri Rama’s heart. The gnani (wise) Anchaneya and the fallen Ahalya are treated alike by him. His mercy equally falls on deserving Vibheeshana ( prapanna sreshta) and an undeserving kakasura who knew not even to prostrate. His mercy alone is our only refuge, we being laymen.



EVENTS OF THE MONTH JAN 2009

BHAKTHA VIJAYA PRAVACHANAM
Poornakumbam to hariji
Hariji
Pravachnam

Pravachnam



Audience

From Jan 20th to 26th Sri Hari anna stunned the audience at Ayodhya mandapam ( Ashwamedha mandapam) , mambalam, Chennai. Sri hari Anna’s resonant and emotive upanyasam was enjoyed by more than 700 devotees. The devotion of the bhakthas and the enormous compassion of the Lord was brought before the very eyes of the audience. Bhadrachala ramadasar’s staunch devotion, Purandaradasar’s vairagya, kabir’s gurubakthi, Ekanathar’s patience, Jayadeva’s gopibhavam was beautifully explained by Hari Anna. Sri Gurumoorthy made all the arrangements beautifully with great sincerity.



EVENTS OF THIS MONTH(MARCH 2009)

I UTSAVAM OF THIS MONTH (MARCH 2009) UTSAVAM: Holi Utsavam
DATE: March 1 to 10
TOWN: Brindavan

II HARIANNA'S PROGRAM(MARCH 2009)SRIMAD BHAGAVATA PRAVACHNAM SINGAPORE

DATE: FEB 25 TO MARCH 2
TOPIC:Srimad Bhagavatam
CITY: Singapore
VENUE: Sri Krishna temple,Waterloo street,Singapore
TIME: 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm

III VISHAKA HARI'S PROGRAM MARCH 2009

1.PROGRAM AT CHENNAI
DATE: 1ST MARCH
TOPIC :Vibeeshana Saranagathy
CITY: Chennai
VENUE: Hamsadwany,Youth Hostel,Adayar
TIME: 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

2.PROGRAM AT CHENNAI

DATE: 3rd March
TOPIC: Rukmini Kalyanam
CITY:Chennai
VENUE:Padmanabhaswamy temple,Adayar
TIME: 7 pm to 9 pm

3.PROGRAM AT TRICHY
DATE: 21 March
TOPIC: Sabary Moksham
CITY: Trichy
VENUE:R.R. Sabha
TIME:7 pm to 9 pm

QUIZ ON SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM MARCH 2009

RULES AND REGULATION:
1. The answers should be mailed within 25th of the month to annahariji@gmail.com
2. Points will be alloted for the First, second and Third prizes.First - 10 Second - 8 Third - 6
3. The points will be cumulated every month if you get first, second or third.
4. The participants with the maximum points will be awarded first, second and third prizes at the end of the year.
5. The prizes will be distributed by Hariji at a grand function held at the end of the year.

QUESTIONS FOR THE MONTH MARCH 2009:

1) After the mahabharatha yudha Yudhishtira did aswamedha yaga. How many times did he do so?

2) Ashwaththama discharged the asthra on pancha pandavas. How did Lord Krishna protect the pandavas from it?

3) How did utharakumari seek refuge?

4) “Namasye purusham”- Why is he called purusha?

5) “Vipadaha santhu naha” –Kunti prays for more and more accidents in life. Why is it so?

ANSWERS FOR THE MONTH OF FEB 2009:

1)Who is Gautamy?

Aswaththama’s mother.


2) Why do we call Arjuna as Paartha?

Kunthi is otherwise known as “Prutha”. Arjuna is called “Partha” because he is the son of Prutha.


3) What was Draupadi’s reaction on seeing Ashwaththama?

“ leave him, leave Him” thus said Droupadi and bowed before Ashwaththama.


4) “ harehe haardam”- what is meant by haardam?

“Hardam is the notion of the mind, i.e., sankalpa.


5) What kind of punishment did Arjuna give Ashwaththama ?

He took off the jewel on Aswathathama’s head and shamed him


FEBRUARY WINNERS:
1.Sethuraman-First - 100+10 pts.
2. Hari Gurumurthy-First-38+10pts.
3.Aravind Hariharan-First - 10pts.
4.Aparna Ganesh-First-82+10pts.
5.Thaila-First-32+10pts.
6.Sujatha Nanadakumar-First-8+10pts.
7.Karthik Venkatraman- Second-42+8 pts.
8.Radhika Venkataraman-Third-10+6points

KSHETRA FOR THE MONTH MARCH 2009

SRI RANGAM PART IV

Brahma questions the Lord: “ Oh Supreme Lord of mercy, the All Knower and All- powerful Being please be kind enough to explain how to worship such an archa ( vigraha) form of yours. Who should worship you? How does one worship you? How should one not worship you? Repository of compassion we wait for your answers”

Sri Ranganatha continues: “There are three forms of worship 1) agama 2) vaidika 3) Tantrika. Agama is the form of worship where the temple pooja is done either through paancharatra type or Vaikhanasa type.( In Tirumala the worship is vaikhanasa and in Sri rangam it is paancharatram). Vaidika form of worship is prevelant in temples and houses. Taantrika is prevelant in Kerala type temples. There is the fourth type followed by Vidura, Shabari, the gopis, aandal and many more such devotees. This form of worship is the Prema pooja. The Lord declares “ For a devotee with unflinching devotion I accept all his offerings and instead I give myself to him.”

“ I belong to all. I have no distinction of caste or creed. But my pooja has to be done by those who have the right to do so since several generations. However every person has his won share of service in my temple.

1) The archakas ( priests) worship.

2) The Kings build my temples.

3) Women decorate my temple with rangoli, prepare garlands, clean my campus

4) The sculptors prepare my vahanas

5) Potters mould mud pots for my food

6) Tailors stich my clothes, washermen wash them

7) Artists sing and dance in my temple

8) Farmers plough on my lands, cowherds graze my cows

9) Even barbers have their share of service in my temple. They shave my devotees head.

10) Hundreds of poor eat at my temple. I provide them with free food.

Lakhs of families earn their livelihood with my temple as their means”

( To be continued)