यस्याभवद्भक्तजनार्तिहन्तुः पितृत्वमन्येष्वविचार्यतूर्णम् ।
स्तम्भेवतारस्तमनन्यलभ्यं लक्ष्मीनृसिंहं शरणं प्रपद्ये ॥
Welcome to Sankalpam, a collection of articles authored by Sri M K Srinivasan and Smt Lakshmi Srinivasan. A majority of them are on the subject of Srivaishnavism, while some others are on ethics, education and self-development. Most of them have been published in different magazines and journals; a few are unpublished.
Srivaishnavism
is a branch of Hinduism focusing on devotion to Lord Narayana, who is ever
accompanied by Sri (Lakshmi). Visishtadvaita is the philosophy of
Srivaishnavism, having its roots in the Vedas which are
universally accepted as the earliest Hindu scriptures available
today. More than a century after Sri Ramanuja, another preceptor called
Sri Vedanta Desika came on the scene and wrote several works explaining
the Ramanuja-siddhanta (Ramanuja's philosophy), resolving points of
difference and offering clarifications on many issues. For more, please
refer to the short introduction to Sri Vaishnavism.
Sankalpam is
an on-going project, and the articles contained are intended to give
gleanings about this great philosophy so as to enthuse the visitors to
know more about it through conventional means under a competent
preceptor. Some of them have appeared in various journals like Sri Nrisimhapriya, Sri Ranganatha Paduka, Sri Kanchi Perarulalam, Sri Hayagrivapriya, Sri Hayagriva Sevaka, Sri Desika Seva, Sri Vedanta Desika Vidya, Anjali, besides some souvenirs and commemoration issues. All the articles on sankalpam that have previously appeared in various publications are reproduced here with permission.