[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Re: : Passing away of Sri S.N.Sastri ji

[Venkatesh Murthy]

 Namaste

Life is only a dream. There is no Death.

On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 2:56 PM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l
<advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> Many Thanks, Sri Ramu ji, for the post paying shraddhānjali to Sri Sastri
> ji.  His magnificent personality is being revealed only now in public.
> That is the mark of mahapurushas.
>
> warm regards
> subbu
>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Ramakrishna Upadrasta via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>> praNAmams to All,
>>
>> parama pUjya brahma shrii Sastri-ji's passing aways indeed a deep personal
>> loss to all of us advaita community.
>>
>> It was due to His early encouragement and kind words that beginners like me
>> started reading more about advaita and samskritam. His presence in the
>> advaita lists was like the beacon light which guided the list and the
>> participants in times of conflicting arguments. In course of the sea of
>> arguments/counter-arguments in the advaita list, His supporting words for
>> beginners made them climb onto a self-confidence boat and continue with
>> their svaadhyaaya. His resoluteness in the advaita-vedaanta-sampradaya
>> tradition was enough for youngsters to take it as pramANa, rather than
>> reading too much of unconventional interpretations of bhagavadpaada's
>> bhAShya-'s.
>>
>> There are too many instances when his personal mails showed deep affection
>> (vAtsalya-bhAva) and appreciation to individual members. His emphasis on
>> inculcating bhakti towards the Ishvara, which is an easy means of
>> liberation was important to many youngsters
>> (shreyo-maargeShu-bhaktaavadhika bahumatiH: naaraayaNIyaM 91.5) who were
>> trying to tackle the difficulty of the unmanifest form (avykata-te-svarUpaM
>> duradhigamatamaM: naaraayaNIyaM 99.10).
>>
>> I personally feel my great fortune to have received many such mails over
>> the course of years. Whether I was contributing to the list or not, he was
>> one of the praatasmaraNiya guru-'s to be remembered, particularly on days
>> like guru-paurNami. When I was doing my svaadhyaaya in
>> veda/vedanta/samskritam, his encouraging words helped in whatever little
>> progress I made. Even in troubled personal times, when I mailed him just to
>> say sAShTang praNAmams, his reply was full of affection and love even to
>> the extent of calling me his grandson.
>>
>> It is not at all a surprise that such a kriShNa-bhaka would leave his
>> mortal coil on a day as auspicious as Ashvayuja-paurNami. I am sure that he
>> is enjoying his parama-aananda-sandoha-lakShmIM (nArAyaNIyaM 100.10)
>> leaving us with his beautiful translations and memories.
>>
>> namaskaarams to All,
>> Ramakrishna
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 11:04 PM, 'Praveen R. Bhat' bhatpraveen at gmail.com
>> [advaitin] <advaitin at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > Namaste, all,
>> >
>> > It is indeed sad to hear respected Sastriji's leaving behind his mortal
>> > coil. I hope he lived his final days comfortably.
>> >
>> > I am sure his clear Vedantic works shared online on his website and
>> > elsewhere will keep on helping many a people for several decades. I was
>> > thinking of Sastriji a couple weeks back, while reading many of his
>> > articles and also a much cherished mail that he sent me once!
>> >
>> > My prayers for his highest goal, which is talked of as सा काष्ठा सा परा
>> > गतिः।
>> >
>> > Kind rgds,
>> > --Praveen R. Bhat
>> > /* Through what should one know That owing to which all this is known!
>> > [Br.Up. 4.5.15] */
>> >
>> > On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 1:54 PM, kuntimaddi sadananda via Advaita-l <
>> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Sasriji has been my mentor/ supporter, whom I met via this list. I
>> >> visited him at his home few years ago and paid my respects to him.
>> >>
>> >> He provided guidance to the advaitin list since he was on board as
>> >> moderator. He also served as  chief moderator for an year. We are going
>> to
>> >> miss him a lot.
>> >>
>> >> Just the other day he has sent me in a private mail, his translation of
>> >> part of Panchapadika, regretting that he is not in a position to
>> complete
>> >> it. I would very much like if that work can becompleted and offer it in
>> >> dedication to  Pujya Sastriji. I appreciate if Pranipataji and/or
>> Subbjuji
>> >> or anyone else can undertake that job in honor of Pujya Sasriji and
>> >> complete it for publication.
>> >>
>> >>  -------------------------------------------
>> >> On Sat, 10/17/15, S.N. Sastri <sn.sastri at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>  Subject: Panchapaadikaa
>> >>  To: "kuntimaddi Sadananda" <kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com>
>> >>  Date: Saturday, October 17, 2015, 5:05 AM
>> >>
>> >>  Dear
>> >>  Sada-ji,
>> >>  Attached is my translation pof part 1 of panchapadika
>> >>  done some time ago. Now I am not in a position to proceed
>> >>  further.
>> >>  Regards,
>> >>  S.N.Sastri
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