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Poojya
Swamiji’s Health: Poojya Swamiji’s health after the
surgery and the postsurgery events
has been improving steadily, responding well to the
modified, regulated food schedule. Swamiji now goes around
the Ashram premises and has been meeting visitors. But
physically he is even now weak. He has not been able to
accept the various invitations to inaugurate or attend local
religio-spiritual functions.
Ashram’s
daily routines have been modified slightly to suit Swamiji’s altered
lifestyle. Pushpa-samarpanam
programme, which
used to be conducted during the early hours, has not yet been re-started.
Instead, devotees have been offering pranaams at his feet in the new Mandapam
later in the morning hours. The night satsang has started regularly and
Poojya Swamiji is teaching selected slokas from Sreemad Bhaagavatam and
Yogavasistha Ramayana, expounding the profound concepts with unique clarity.
As announced
earlier, the 4th Sreemad
Bhaagavata Tattva Sameekshaa Satram will
be held in Naimishaaranyam, Paralikad, Trichur, from 24th December 2005
to 1st January 2006.
The venue is the sacred precincts of Tacchanatthukavu Devi Temple. Due to
organisational reasons and also for better usage of facilities, the duration
of the Satram will be for 9 days only instead of 12 days as in the previous
years.
The
Satram has now become an annual event in the minds and hearts of the
Bhaagavata lovers in the entire region. More than four thousand devotees from
different villages and cities are expected to assemble in Naimishaaranyam
daily to listen to the 9-day Bhaagavata exposition.
The
message of Sreemad Bhaagavatam is that Knowledge of the Supreme Truth is the
sole panacea for the human mind afflicted by the world. The Satram aims at
instilling the values expounded in the Text making them ‘the
warp and woof of daily life’. Over
40 distinguished exponents – sannyasins and scholars – will be speaking on
the great Text, emphasizing its philosophy, deeper values and principles.
Whenever
such programmes that uphold societal morals and values are arranged, the
age-old practice is to announce it as widely as possible so that its
benediction reaches out to the larger public. Only then will be generated
lasting public awareness and timely compulsion for gaining right knowledge of
our Dharma and heritage. With this in mind, Sri Krishna Yaatra from
Guruvayur, Dharma Dhvaja Yaatra from Tiruvilvamalai, Sreemad
Bhaagavata Grantha Yaatra from Narayanashrama Tapovanam, Venginissery and Satram
Pracharana Yaatra from Paralikad will be conducted a few days before the
Satram.
Over
1000 devotees will participate in the Vishnusahasranaama
Saamoohika Yajña on
1st January 2006. Every devotee will have the opportunity to worship the Lord
with flowers and witness oblations.
11th Annual Geeta
Tattva Sameeksha in Thrissur will be held between 22nd
and 29th January 2006 at
the Vadakkunathan Temple Sreemoolasthaanam. Poojya Swamiji will speak (in
Malayalam) on the 11th chapter of Bhagavadgeeta.
This
annual event has assumed great significance to the citizens of the entire
district. They look forward to it fondly, cherishing Poojya Swamiji’s unique
style of inspiring and enlightening them with the deep and profound messages
of Bhagavadgeeta.
Geeta
Tattva Sameeksha Committee – of which Sri UK Nair is the convenor – manned
by prominent citizens in the field of religious culture, has been arranging
the yearly programme efficiently and effectively, with all the discipline and
fervour such a Tattva Sameekshaa event calls for.
To the
Trichur listeners, among whom are quite a number of veterans and scholars,
Krishna’s Kurukshetra Dialogue evidently discloses an unheard of depth,
loftiness, inspiration and enlightenment. Swamiji’s stress on the
interactional saadhana, to which Krishna gives supreme importance, goes very
deep into the hearts and minds of many listeners.
That it
is an open-air programme gives it an indigenous cultural look, a factor that
upholds the cultural depth and affinity of our people.
Nutan Swamiji left
for Delhi on Nov 11. He has been conducting classes on Kathopanishad in CIRD.
Satsang sessions are being held during mornings as well afternoons. He is
expected to return to the Ashram on Dec 2.
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