On 27 Oct 2024, at 2:54 PM, Rangarajan T.N.C. Sent to me in an email this YouTube link : And below was my reply to him via email : Dear Sir, Thank you for sharing with me the above beautiful Shloka from Sankara Bhagavatpada’s masterpiece “Soundarya Lahari …”! This Bhakti laden Sanskrit hymn has a very special place in my heart forContinue reading “Very strong flavour of Visishtadvaitic Thought in the “Soundarya Lahari””
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Just Out ! Updated 2024 Low-Priced Edition of “Tale of Two Cities – An Outline of the History of Sri Vaishnavas of Tamil Nadu that was never written”… !
The NEW 2024 Updated and Second Edition of my book is now available for sale on Amazon, Blue Rose and Flipcart online retail platforms . The first Edition out last year in 2023 needed to be revised to enable the inclusion of a few more very relevant research material that had not been accessible toContinue reading “Just Out ! Updated 2024 Low-Priced Edition of “Tale of Two Cities – An Outline of the History of Sri Vaishnavas of Tamil Nadu that was never written”… !”
The “chinn mudra”: what does it symbolise in Sri Visishtaadvaita Vedanta ?
The picture above is of a beautifully crafted metal sculpture of the palm of the Buddha depicted in some ancient icon kept in some unknown Buddhist “vihara” perhaps … The graceful pose in which Buddha’s palm is seen… in Sanskrit language … it’s called a “mudra” … A “mudra” in Vedic cultures — and moreContinue reading “The “chinn mudra”: what does it symbolise in Sri Visishtaadvaita Vedanta ?”
“Wearing down” Hinduism in a cultural war of attrition- Part-2
Just to further illustrate the main point, of blog published above ⬆️ yesterday, readers should please go back to it and re-read the short list of a few inconvenient and downright “mocking” questions that anti-Hindu brigades pose to us . Many of you after reading the above blog the first time might have wanted toContinue reading ““Wearing down” Hinduism in a cultural war of attrition- Part-2”
Aravindan Neelakandan on “Thangalaan”: Asks how many Sri Vaishnavas today know Bhuminayagam Ramanujadasar?
This Op-Ed below published in the Swarajya, really rattled my conscience. https://swarajyamag.com/culture/thangalaan-a-phenomenon-and-a-warning As a Sri Vaishnava myself, this is the very first time I am hearing of these two unknown, unheard, unsung heroes of social change who, according to Neelakandan, represented the best traditions of Sri Vaishnavism and its world-view: M.C.Madurai Pillai and Bhuminayagam RamanujadasarContinue reading “Aravindan Neelakandan on “Thangalaan”: Asks how many Sri Vaishnavas today know Bhuminayagam Ramanujadasar?”
THE GENTLE BUT POINTED HUMOUR OF HH SRIMAD NARAYANA YATHINDRA MAHADESIKAN , the 45th AZHAGIYASINGAR of SRI AHOBILA MUTT: On Kanchipuram and Sri Rangam
The video-clip is dated excerpt from a Tiruppaavai “upannyaasam” by Srimad Azhagiyasingar explicating at great length the beautiful Tamizh expression : “etra kalangal edhir pongi meedhalippa…” in one of the “paasurams” (stanzas) . Apart from the profundity and narrative skill that anyone listening to him can appreciate in the Acharya’s discourse, I for one alsoContinue reading “THE GENTLE BUT POINTED HUMOUR OF HH SRIMAD NARAYANA YATHINDRA MAHADESIKAN , the 45th AZHAGIYASINGAR of SRI AHOBILA MUTT: On Kanchipuram and Sri Rangam”
EPISTLES OF A PROLIFIC PONTIFF (Second & Updated edition) by M. K. Sudarshan – Books on Google Play
If you’re interested in the subjects but not equipped to study Vedanta,Visishtaadvaita and Sri Ramanuja Siddhaantha in Sanskrit or Tamizh or in any other vernacular … and you earnestly wish to read a lucid work on them in the English language, then you must buy this book! It will be an eye-opener for you !Continue reading “EPISTLES OF A PROLIFIC PONTIFF (Second & Updated edition) by M. K. Sudarshan – Books on Google Play”
Sri Vaishnavas are a community of hypocrites
Take a real good look at the above news item and if you happen to be a Sri Vaishnava prepare to hang your head in shame. The grandson of the Author of this book on Sri Ramanujacharya calls Sanatana Dharma a disease like malaria/dengue to be eradicated … and our Sri Vaishnava muttadhipathis go toContinue reading “Sri Vaishnavas are a community of hypocrites”
“In the Hindu nation-states of Nepal and Mauritius, is Caste consciousness prevalent?”: An informal chat with noted Tamil writer and scholar, Sri Indira Parthasarathy
The above video clip when I shared it with Sri Indira Parthasarathy this morning, it triggered off a very interesting and freewheeling conversation between us on the eternally controversial subject of Caste in Hindu society. Below is reproduced the Q&A verbatim : Me: Sir, watching the video-clip made me feel that NRI Indians are likeContinue reading ““In the Hindu nation-states of Nepal and Mauritius, is Caste consciousness prevalent?”: An informal chat with noted Tamil writer and scholar, Sri Indira Parthasarathy”
T.M.Krishna: the man who weaponized his music
The ongoing public furore — both in the press and social media in India and abroad — over the Madras Music Academy — MMA— conferring its prestigious Annual Award of Sangitha Kalanidhi on T. M. Krishna (TMK) the enfant terrible of the Carnatic Music world, has reignited fierce and polarised social discourse on several themesContinue reading “T.M.Krishna: the man who weaponized his music”