Sri.Hari Anna: June 2015

Saturday, June 13, 2015

SLOKA FOR THE MONTH JUNE 2015

“ Shochyaashochyasi kam shochyam deenam deenanukampase

Kasya Ko Va Nu Shochyosthi Dehesminbudbudopame”

Only if those who lectureaabout philosophy have true wisdom the audience listening to such lectures will attain the same. Else Vedantha will remain only in the books. Sri Suka preached Philosophy to Parikshith. He was to die in 7 days. Realising that this life is temporary Suka preached Vedantha to Parikshith. Bharathayogi preached Gnana to Rahuugana. Rahugana was on his way to listen to the upadesha of Kapila Vasudeva. So he was a nuththamaadhikari. Barathayogi preached philosophy not to those who came to kill him at the Kali temple but to the rightly deserving Rahuugana. Krishna taught Udhdhva the depth of philosophy. Krishna also preached Arjuna Vedantha to restore his peace of mind. So can we give many examples like Kapila Vasudeva- Devahuthi Bheeshma- Dharamputra Yagnavalkya-Janaka etc.

Tara was a mahapathivratha and a wise woman. She knew darma.Hence she deserved to listen to Vedantha. Vali had breathed his last. Tara wept and lamented a lot. Vedantha relieves suffering but it depends on each person’s maturity. Hence Rama ordered Hanuman to console her. Aanjaneya swami himself was a Vedanthi. He advised her “ The body is temporary. It is like a bubble on a lotus leaf. It might burst any time. So is this body. Aathma is immortal. The jeevan thinks of it as badda ( tied up) because of maya. Hence this maya has to be destroyed by the grace of guru. One has to realise that we are but the aathmaswarupa. Only then we shall enjoy eternal happiness.

PAST EVENTS

The Radha Kalyanam at Brindavanam was very grand with more than 300 vrajavasis participating in the barathi ( wedding of Radha and Krishna) from April 28th to May 3rd. Sri Hari Anna delivered the lectures and enthusiastically performed the uthsava.

EVENTS OF THE MONTH-JUNE 2015

SRI HARI ANNA'S PROGRAMS

1) PROGRAM AT PONDICHERRY
DATE: 15TH JUNE TO 21ST JUNE
TOWN: PONDICHERRY
VENUE: SRINGERI MUTT, ELLAI PILLAI CHAVADY
ORGANISER: AKHILA BHARATHA SADHU SANGAM
TOPICS: UTHTHARARDHAM OF DASAMA SKANDAM

2) SAPTHAHAM AT DELHI
DATE: JUNE 29TH TO JULY 5TH
CITY: DELHI
ORGANISER: DELHI BHAJAN SAMAAJ, RAM MANDIR, HAF POCKET 2,
SRIRAM MANDIR MAARG, SECTOR 7 , DWARAKA

SMT.VISHAKHA HARI'S PROGRAMS

1) PROGRAM AT SRIRANGAM
DATE: 19TH JUNE 2015
VENUE:DASAVATHARA SANNIDHI
TIME: 6.45 P.M
ORGANISER: AHOBILA MUTT
TOWN: SRIRANGAM

2) PROGRAM AT PONDICHERRY
DATE: 21ST JUNE 2015
VENUE: SRINGERI MUTT
TIME: 6.45 P.M
PLACE: PONDICHERRY
TOPIC: PANDURANGA LILA

3)PROGRAM AT HYDERABAD
DATE: 27TH JUNE, 28TH JUNE
VENUE; KEYES HIGH SCHOOL
TIME: 6.30 P.M
CITY: HYDERABAD
TOPICS: SUBRAMANYA VAIBHAVAM, SUNDARA KANDAM

4) PROGRAM AT CHENNAI
DATE: 3RD JULY, 4TH JULY, 5TH JULY
CITY: CHENNAI
VENUE: AASTHIKA SAMAJAM ALWARPET
TIME: 6.30 P.M
TOPICS: DASAAVATHARAM

QUIZ ON SRIMAD BHAGAVATHAM-JUNE 2015

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE QUIZ

1) The answers to the quiz should be sent to the email idannahariji@gmail.com within 26^th of each month.

2) Every month the answers will be evaluated and marks shall be given as points. These points shall get cumulatively added each month.

3) The highest score winner of the year ( April to March) will be awarded 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd prizes.

QUIZ FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2015

1) When Jarasandha arrested 20000 kings Lord Krishna served them through Sahadeva. Why was it?

2) Who has the right to do Rajasuya?

3) What is the difference between a king ( Raja) and a chakravarthy?

4) When can a king do Rajasuya yaga?

5) Who amongst the Devas conducted Rajasuya yaga?

ANSWERS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2015

1) Ganga

2) Mayan

3) Yudhishtira wanted to show the world that a true Krishna devotee would become a chakravarthy. He wanted to show the greatness of Krishna bakthi.

4) Bruhadratha was Jarasandha’s father.

5) If they had waged war Jarasandha would have sent those 20000 kings whom he had arrested. The Pandavas would have had to kill those kings. Hence the three of them came in disguise as Brahmins.

WINNERS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2015

1) Hema V--------------------------I-----------------------------10+10=20

2) LakshmiKumar-----------------I-----------------------------10+10=20

3) Hari------------------------------I------------------------------10+10=20

4) Raja------------------------------I------------------------------10+10=20

5) Aparna Venkat----------------I------------------------------10+10=20

6) Adithi Venkateswaran------I------------------------------10+10=20

7) N.Krishnan---------------------I------------------------------10+10=20

8) Srinivasan Sujatha S---------I------------------------------10+10=20

9) Vishnupriya-------------------I-------------------------------10+10=20

10) Aradana Anand---------------I------------------------------10+10=20

11) Srividya Krishnan--------------I-----------------------------10+10=20

12) Padma Narayanan--------------I---------------------------10+10=20

13) Sriram Krishnamurthy----------I--------------------------10+10=20

14) Lalitha Narasimhan-------------II--------------------------8+10+18

15) Srinivasan--------------------------III------------------------6

SRISRIANNA - AN INTRODUCTION

WELCOME TO THE GATEWAY OF A GLORIOUS TRADITION – THE PREMIKA SAMPRADAYA

SRISRIANNA – AN INTRODUCTION

SriKrishnapremi swamigal fondly called as SriAnna was born in Sanganallur, a small village in tamilnadu, India. Right from his early days he was a severe practioner of YogaSadhanas. This saint however wished to prove the world that the easiest way to attain the lotus feet of the Lord is nevertheless the path of Bhakthi. He revered SriBhagavanNama Bodendral as his Mansika Guru. He took to Srimad Bhagavatham as his pramana grantha [Authoritative treatise]. He founded a glorious sampradaya called PremikaSampradaya.[SriAnna is addressed as Premika].

SriBhakthaKolahalaKrishna is his Upasana deity. Paranur is a village near Villupuram. SriAnna built a wonderful temple for SriKolahalan in this small village. Thenceforth he started living there. He himself performed all the sevas to SriKolahalan right from Suprabhatham in the morning, the afternoon pooja, the evening rituals till dolothsavam in the night. Like SriThiyagaraja Swamigal who sang Utsava sampradaya keerthanas to his IshtaDaiva Lord Rama, SriAnna composed Uthsava krithis for the seva of SriKolahalan.[Suprabhatham to Dolothsavam]. Those Keerthanas are being sung till date during the pooja of the lord in Paranur. Besides this SriAnna has composed several Shathakas[A Shathaka consists of 100 Krithis] including 1. Raghava Shathakam 2. Radhika Shathakam 3. Yugala Shathakam 4. Govinda Shathakam 5. Ranga Shathakam etc. He has composed more than 1000 Krithis to date. It is definite that SriAnna visits Paranur every Ekadasi.There he follows `the Ekadasi Vratham in a strict manner, fasting, performing Abhishekam to Kolahalan, Pravachanam in the evening and Divyanama Sankeerthanam in the night. Gokulasthtami Utsavam is a grand affair in Paranur with 1000’s of devotees participating, Bhakthi overflowing through the streets. Navarathri Utsavam, Vasanthothsavam, SriRamanavami Utsavam, Keerthanavali utsavam, Thepothsavam are the othert festivals celebrated grandly at Paranur.

SriAnna has also established a VedaPatashala at Paranur. There is also a Goshala beautifully maintained by him. These have been established by a trust founded by him. The trust is named “SriKrishnapremi Swamigal Baghavatha Dharmam trust”. This trust is run exclusively by the efforts of SriAnna.

THE SPREAD OF BHAKTHI THROUGHOUT INDIA:

SriAnna wished to spread awareness about the importance of Bhakthi in the minds of the people of India. Hence he toured throughout the length and breadth of India from Kanyakumari to the Himalayas many times. He gave discourses on several topics in several cities including Srimad Bhagavatham, Srimad Ramayanam, Mahabharatham, Bhakthavijayam, Bhagavath Geetha, Azhwargal vaibhavam, Upanishads etc. He is an ocean of knowledge – a reservoir of wisdom. There is in fact no topic not dealt by him. He also founded and established an association called “Akhila Bharatha Sadhu Sangham” throughout India in several cities. The objectives of this institution are

Spread the awareness of “ The Greatness of the divine name – NamaPracharam”
To conduct Bhavatham, Ramayana discourses.
Renovation of DivyaDesa temples etc.

Akhila Bharatha Sadhu Sangam functions in Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Tirunelvelli, Madurai, Pondicherry etc.

OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS: {ASHRAMS}

PREMA MADHURI KUNJAM – BRINDAVANAM, MATHURA, UP

SriAnna holds Brindavanam very close to his hearts. Hence he built an Ashram called PremaMadhuriKunjam in RadhaNivas, Goranagar colony, Brindavanam. Here he built an exquisite temple for SriRadhaVamsidhara Krishna. Here too like paranur the rituals take place according to Premika Sampradaya [ Suprabhatham to Dolothsavam]. The main festivals celebrated here are Radhasthtami, Rasothsavam, Holy, and RadhaKalyanam. Every year SriAnna visits Brindavanam four times for these Uthsavams.

KOORATHAZWAR BHAJANASHRAMAM, ALAGAR KOVIL, MADURAI

This Ashram is at Alagar kovil, Madurai. This picturesque Ashram captivates the heart of every viewer. The natural beauty of this Ashram with the green mountains behind it and flowers of various hues is the apt place for meditating on the lotus feet of the lord. Every Chithra Pournami Lord Alagar comes to this Ashram to the delight of several devotees. SriAnna conducts a Sapthaham during this time. This Ashram is being goverened by Akhila Bharatha Sadhu Sangam, Madurai.

KRISHNASURI BHAJANASHRAMAM, MELKOTE

Melkote is a kshetram near Mysore, Karnataka. SwamiRamanauja retrieved the deity of this kshetram from the Delhi Badshah, after great efforts. Here again a beautiful ashram has been established. Chellapillai - as the deity is popularly known as, comes to this ashram in every July. This ashram is maintained by Akila Bharatha Sadhusangam Bangalore.

PANDURANGAN TEMPLE, THIRUCHANANALLUR

There lived a saint by name Krishnasuri in Thiruchanganallur [Chenganur]. It is he who is called Periyavachanpillai in tamil. He has commented on the entire 4000 Divyaprabhandhams. SriAnna incarnated in his vamsa. Periyavachanpillai had earlier constructed a temple for Lord Srinivasa. SriAnna too has built a small but beautiful temple for Pandurangan in this village. Besides this he has constructed a Mutt for PeriyavachanPillai. Periyavachanpillai too was born on a Avani Rohini incidentally SriAnna too was born on a AvaniRohini[Rohini star – Tamil month of Avani]. Hence on that day there is a procession of Periyavachanpillai to that Mutt built by SriAnna. Also every year it is routine that on January 26^th the KalyanaUtsavam of LordSrinivas and Panduranga are conducted.

SRISRIANNA’S WORKS:

SriAnna has written innumerable works in Sanskrit. To my knowledge after Valmiki and Vyasa he is the only person to write 40,000 slokas. Some of the important works are SriVaishnavaSamhita, Divyadesa Vaibhavam, Brindavana Mahatmiyam etc.He also has written works in various languages such as tamil, telgu, marati and the like. He also runs a monthly tamil magazine called BagavathaDharmam.

BRAHMASABHA:

SriAnna established an association called Bramhasabha to spread BagavathaDharmam throughtout the whole world. Bhajans, Parayans, Pravachans etc are being conducted at USA, Dubai etc by Bramhasabha members.

TO KNOW MORE ABOUT SRISRIANNA VISIT www.srisrianna.org

Sri.Hari Anna