Guest guest Report post Posted October 4, 1994 I appreciate the comments of Dr. Venkat Rao. On that regard I would like to just mention that I have a 50 page english article on prapatti. This was`taken from the PhD thesis of Dr. N.S. Anantharangachar. I met him in Nov of 1993. So as to avoid copyright problems, I cannot copy the material and send it to all the people who are interested under one condition .. As per the conversation with Dr. N.S. Anantharangachar, I can copy them and mail them to interested people, provided, they send a check for $5 as a token, so that I can mail the collected money back to the publishers through Dr. N.S. Anantha rangachar. I have already send this article to some people I know. This issue was agreed to by the concerned parties. by the way that book is out of print. Incidentally, Dr. SMS Chari has published a book on vaishnavism which is available at South asia book store : division of Motilal banarsidas. Sudarshan has details on this book store. I would appreciate if he can publish the details of that book store, such as telephone no etc. This book is excellent and a chapter on prapatti is very thorough. I feel that, in addition to reading, one must sit with a guru and learn details of this concept. Interested person should search for a guru. IF a person cannot spend that much effort as to search for a guru to learn the details of "prapatti" then his/her interest in that concept is questionable. Till a person finds a guru, particularly in this country, it is OK to learn through books. even this shows that the reader has genuine interest. I will answer to dileepan's views later when I have enough time. I would advise, if anyone has the book Rahasyatraya sara of vedanta desika he/she should look into the introductory work : guru parampara sara it explains the need for a guru and the details of Bhagawadgita's short instruction: " tad viddhi pranipaatena pari prashnena sevaya- upadekshyanti te jnanam jnaaninaha tatva darshinaha: which means : " know that science of spirit, through prostration and service to a Jnani, they (jnanis) will instruct you, they are the seers of the tatva (or origin of everthing). I know of several people back in India who can teach this concept. If anyone is interested and is visiting India, they can contact me for a list of Gurus and their whereabouts. My address is Krishna Kalale 42 Mesa Place, Nanuet NY 10954 home no: 914-623-1154 off 914-644-2695 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
