Sri Sri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam, Dakshinamanaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri



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Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Sringeri Community Centre in Canada

 

December 30, 2008


SVBF Canada Community Centre

With the blessings of Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji, a Sringeri Community Centre with two halls named after the rivers Tunga and Bhadra was inaugurated in the Sringeri Vidya Bharati Foundation, Canada on December 13th 2008. Hundreds of devotees attended the function bearing the severe winter weather. The Administrator and CEO of Sringeri Sharada Peetham Padmasri V.R.Gowrishankar attended the function and conveyed blessings of the Jagadguru in person.

In His Anugraha Bhashanam, the Jagadguru Mahaswamiji relayed live from Sringeri, commended the efforts of the Astikas led by Sri Ravi Subramanaym and Dr.Yagna Subramanyam, who had come together to make the community centre possible, and stated that peace of mind can be obtained only by intense devotion to God, as described by the Lord in the Bhagavad Gita and by Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankaracharya in His works. The Mahaswamiji gave His Blessings for building a full-fledged temple for Goddess Sharada as temples serve as focal points for Astikas to gather and intensify their devotion.


SVBF Canada Hall

Sri Rudra Homa, Purusha Sukta Homa, Sri Sukta and Durga Homa and Srividya Navavarana Homa were performed on the auspicious occasion. On December 14th, Lalitasahasrama Laksharchana and Suvasini Pooja was performed the following day by 108 Suvasinis. Carnatic Music and Bhajans were organised in the evenings.

 
  • Weapons do not cut This (Atma); nor does fire does burn It. Water does not wet (nor drown) nor does wind dry It. This (Atma) cannot be slain, nor burnt, nor wetted, nor dried up. It is changeless, all-pervading, stable, immovable and eternal. Bhagavan Sri Krishna on Significance of God
  • Do not be proud of wealth, people (relations and friends), and youth. All these are snatched by Time in the blink of an eye. Giving up this illusory world, know and attain the Supreme. Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada on Mohamudgara
  • Today God is altogether ignored and this is the cause of all our suffering and misery. Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • By God’s grace, we have obtained a human birth, the power of discrimination and someone to teach us about the ultimate, truth. If we still remain lazy, we will be wasting a marvelous opportunity. Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • No man is omniscient. Hence man should not have the ego that he knows all. It is ego that leads man astray and drives him to commit sins. Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God's Names