Event Schedule – Day 2

श्रीमदनमोहनष्टकम् [Śrīmadanamōhanaṣṭakam]

जय शङ्खगदाधर नीलकलेवर पीतपटाम्बर देहि पदम् ।
जय चन्दनचर्चित कुण्डलमण्डि त कौस्तुभशोभित देहि पदम् ॥१॥
jaya śaṅkhagadādhara nīlakalēvara pītapaṭāmbara dēhi padam ।
jaya candanacarcita kuṇḍalamaṇḍita kaustubhaśōbhita dēhi padam ॥1॥

जय पङ्कजलोचन मारविमोहन पापविखण्डन देहि पदम् ।
जयवेणु-निनादक रासविहारक वङ्कि मसुन्दर देहि पदम् ॥२॥
jaya paṅkajalōcana māravimōhana pāpavikhaṇḍana dēhi padam ।
jayavēṇu-ninādaka rāsavihāraka vaṅkimasundara dēhi padam ॥2॥

जय धीरधुरन्धर अद्भुतसुन्दर दैवतसेवित देहि पदम् ।
जय विश्वविमोहन मानसमोहन संस्थितिकारण देहि पदम् ॥३॥
jaya dhīradhurandhara adbhutasundara daivatasēvita dēhi padam ।
jaya viśvavimōhana mānasamōhana saṁsthitikāraṇa dēhi padam ॥3॥

जय भक्तजनाश्रय नित्यसुखालय अन्ति मबान्धव देहि पदम् ।
जय दुर्जयशासन केलिपरायण कालियमर्दन देहि पदम् ॥४॥
jaya bhaktajanāśraya nityasukhālaya antimabāndhava dēhi padam ।
jaya durjayaśāsana kēliparāyaṇa kāliyamardana dēhi padam ॥4॥

जय नित्यनिरामय दीनदयामय चिन्मयमाधव देहि पदम् ।
जय पामरपावन धर्मपरायण दानवसूदन देहि पदम् ॥५॥
jaya nityanirāmaya dīnadayāmaya cinmayamādhava dēhi padam ।
jaya pāmarapāvana dharmaparāyaṇa dānavasūdana dēhi padam ॥5॥

जय वेदविदांवर गोपवधूप्रिय वृन्दा वनधन देहि पदम् ।
जय सत्यसनातन दुर्गतिभञ्जन सज्जनरञ्जन देहि पदम् ॥६॥
jaya vēdavidāṁvara gōpavadhūpriya vr̥ndāvanadhana dēhi padam ।
jaya satyasanātana durgatibhañjana sajjanarañjana dēhi padam ॥6॥

जय सेवकवत्सल करुणासागर वाञ्छि तपूरक देहि पदम् ।
जय पूतधरातल देवपरात्पर सत्त्वगुणाकर देहि पदम् ॥७॥
jaya sēvakavatsala karuṇāsāgara vāñchitapūraka dēhi padam ।
jaya pūtadharātala dēvaparātpara sattvaguṇākara dēhi padam ॥7॥

जय गोकुलभूषण कंसनिषूदन सात्वतजीवन देहि पदम् ।
जय योगपरायण संसृतिवारण ब्रह्मनिरञ्जन देहि पदम् ॥८॥
jaya gōkulabhūṣaṇa kaṁsaniṣūdana sātvatajīvana dēhi padam ।
jaya yōgaparāyaṇa saṁsr̥tivāraṇa brahmanirañjana dēhi padam ॥8॥

VISISTADVAITA BEFORE RAMANUJACHARYA (Abstract) – Swami Yogatmananda

The title VISISTADVAITA denotes (against the actual literal meaning) a philosophy about the relation between the soul and ultimate reality – the God or Brahman which is to be adored and loved as a distinct entity than oneself. This approach is quite natural and more conducive to devotion, rather than the approach known as Advaita or non-duality between the soul-world-God. Being quite obvious for our simple understanding and having automatic practical utility in worshipping the God as ‘distinct’ but ‘related’ entity, Vishishitadvaita attracts a lot of followers, although, the word itself is not so well-known.

The existence of the ‘world’ and of ‘I’ is a matter of experience for all. Each of us intuitively know that the two – ‘I’ and ‘world’ – constantly interact with each other. The conclusion of the of the third – the unseen power that creates and governs ‘I’ and ‘world’, is logically and scripturally derived. There are plenty of statements from scriptures like Upanisads (Shruti), Bhagavad Gita (Smriti) and Puranas which are open for this kind of understanding. The three – Shruti, Smriti & Purana are together called ‘PRASTHANATRAYA’ (three necessary things for the journey to God) and form the core of the Hindu scriptural expanse. The term Vedanta includes all the principal philosophical systems built on the basis of these three. The Vedanta schools have many apparently conflicting divisions, the main of these are Non-dualism (Advaita), Qualified Non-dualism (Vishishta-advaita), Dualism (Dvaita), Achintya-bheda-bheda (fundamental indeterminism about separate & non-separate), Shuddha Advaita (pure non-dualism, which considers the creation to be actually real).

Of these Vishishta Advaita is a school which was given an organized form by Ramanuja and is popularly associated with his name, existed much before his advent. The Alvars and Nayanars, who predated Ramanuja by many centuries, have propagated the same philosophy. Even Yamunacharya – a teacher of Ramanuja – held the same doctrine.
In the Vedanta Seminar, we will explore more about these teachers.

Talk by Swami Kripamayananda

Talk by Swami Prasannatmananda

Talk by Pravrajika Vrajaprana

All Swamijis and Matajis on stage