[Advaita-l] Sringeri Jagatguru announces His Successor

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste
I had already clarified Adi Sankara was a great Integrator. Like him every
Swamiji of Sankara Maths must be a Integrator but not Divider. Even if many
people dont express their mind felt feeling the Guru must understand that
and remove feeling of Division. He must act in such a way to avoid division
of people into linguistic and regional backgrounds. Because Adi Sankara
acted like that.

We can tell youngsters to follow our tradition. To bring up youngsters
properly Parents, Swamijis and other surroundings are all required. You
cannot say responsibility is only with Parents. Swamijis must also do the
duty to guide youngsters. Otherwise in next 50-60 years you will not see
anybody following our Vedic customs.

We tell youngsters to do Sandhya Vandana daily. If they say I can do it
once in while but not daily we ask do you not eat food every day? Similarly
you have to do Sandhya daily. Similarly the Swamijis must also guide the
people constantly. It is not sufficient if they come and give speeches once
in a while or appear on TV once in a while. It must be regular and ongoing.

On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Srirudra <srirudra at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear SriVenkatesh Murthy
> Who are we to direct that Sri Jagatguru should do this or not do this.?He
> is our spiritual guide.He is not for dealing with mundane affairs.Perhaps
> he may clarify as to the exact import of our scriptural teachings in the
> light of modern life styles.It is for us to bring up our youngsters.
> R.Krishnamoorthy.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On 06-Jan-2015, at 5:16 pm, Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > Namaste
> > On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:52 AM, D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> >> In order that the peethadhipathis may understand, relate  and
> communicate
> >> with the modern society, I think they should have some grounding in
> modern
> >> science and technology. If not, they will be more and more alienated
> from
> >> the society and loose their relevance. Already their impact on the
> society
> >> at large is infinitesimal. The only people who look to them is a very
> small
> >> fraction of the society (the priestly class) whose self interest is
> served
> >> by exhortations made by the pontiffs to uphold sanatana dharma. It is
> >> paraspara bhavana. You scratch my back, I will scratch yours. It is high
> >> time for the pontiffs to get out of this rut and take a fresh look at
> their
> >> relevance to the  society.
> >
> > I agree with this. The need of the hour is Swamijis must know how to
> speak
> > and attract young people and children. The Youth are not interested in
> some
> > old stories from Puranas. They want to see why Brahmin Culture and
> Vedanta
> > is relevant in Modern Society. They are already attracted by Western
> ideas.
> > Why not attract them to our ideas? In a way Ramakrishna Mission is more
> > successful than our traditional Maths. But even there the reach is not
> > much.
> >
> > There are two important things. One is Reach. Another is Impact. There
> has
> > to be a wide reach for Swamijis message. They must use different media
> like
> > TV, newspaper, Facebook, Twitter and others. What about Impact? If the
> > message is delivered to right people at the right time in the right place
> > that will have Impact.
> >
> > Swamijis must know how to use modern technology to do this.
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> regards,
> >> Sarma.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Srikrishna Ghadiyaram via Advaita-l <
> >> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Om!
> >>> "rituals of pITArOhaNa would start from 22nd Jan'15 which is followed
> by
> >>> mahAvAkya anugraha on 23d Jan'15."
> >>> Would someone clarify, what kind of prior education or training is
> >>> expected for such selections, here at Singeri or elsewhere, not as a
> rule
> >>> but as a general guideline. From the other posts I learn that, for
> >> Srinegi
> >>> acayra / peetha adhikara, Yajurveda Adhyayana is the minimum expected.
> My
> >>> further question is, is prior education in other Darshanas supposed to
> >> have
> >>> been completed; or is the new initiate expected to start such studies
> >> after
> >>> the initiation.
> >>> Related questions are:
> >>> 1. If, for example, Vedanta studies have been accomplished, how
> mahAvAkya
> >>> anugraha will be significant.2. If Vedanta studies have not been
> >> completed,
> >>> how mahAvAkya anugraha will make 'complete' sense. Is it traditionally
> >>> accepted that after mahAvAkya anugraha, the sanyasi will start studies,
> >>> meaning indirectly that mahAvAkya anugraha does not do the job?
> >>> Further, in general what mental felicitation the new acarya select is
> >>> supposed, or we can assume, to have accomplished in the earlier
> ashrama,
> >>> and how can we, compare such overall mental felicity in children with
> >> other
> >>> secular education, if not in Veda or Tarka etc. This is primarily to
> >>> compare and contrast what one can accomplish in life, not necessarily
> to
> >>> become a pithaadhipati, but to start as an ordinary individual at a
> >> similar
> >>> age, but achieve atma jnana, starting at the age of say 21, but
> >> undergoing
> >>> studies with similar commitment as the acarya towards dharma.
> >>> Om !
> >>> Srikrishna
> >>>      From: Venkata sriram P via Advaita-l <
> >>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
> >>> To: advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org
> >>> Sent: Sunday, January 4, 2015 10:42 PM
> >>> Subject: [Advaita-l] Sringeri Jagatguru announces His Successor
> >>>
> >>> Namaste,
> >>>
> >>> One of the joyous moments for us.
> >>>
> >>> Shri Bharati Tirtha Swamiji has announced His uttarAdhikAri in
> sringeri.
> >>> All the rituals of pITArOhaNa would start from 22nd Jan'15 which is
> >>> followed by mahAvAkya anugraha on 23d Jan'15.
> >>>
> >>> One of the brilliant brahmachArIs of sringeri veda pATashAla shri Kuppa
> >>> Venkateshwara Prasad has been selected as the uttarAdhikAri who is the
> >> son
> >>> of a great vedic & tarka scholar shrI kuppa siva subramanya avadhani
> >> garu,
> >>> who served as veda pATashAla principal in Keesaragutta, near Hyderabad,
> >> and
> >>> is the veda principal of TTD currently.
> >>>
> >>> Let us all pray our due respects to the jagatguru-dwayam of sringeri
> now.
> >>>
> >>> regs,
> >>> sriram
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> >
> > -Venkatesh
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Regards

-Venkatesh