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To enhance Vedic education and to propagate our culture among our community in the United States, JET USA established Jeeyar Asramam at 222 Dey Road, Cranbury NJ, with the blessings from HH Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji. We were fortunate to get the keys to this property on the first day of HH Sri Pedda Jeeyar Swamiji’s Satabdhi celebrations. This is an indication that the Asramam is part of HH Sri Pedda Jeeyar Swamiji’s legacy. The property consists of 31 acres of land. It has the beautiful setting of a hermitage. Jeeyar Asramam serves as the headquarters of JET USA Inc. As we develop further, the Asramam will become a focal point for all community activities both spiritual and humanitarian.
GRUHAPRAVESAM
On Aug 21, 2008, the devotees participated in Gruhapravesam, Vaastu puja, Vaastu homam, eleven times Sri Vishnu Sahasra Namam chanting, and Bhagavad Githa parayanam. It was presided over by our priests Sriman Yugandharacharya Swamy and Sriman Surendracharya Swamy. Since then Asramam is celebrating various religious festivals.
OPENING REPORT – Ashram-Opening-Report1
FUTURE PLANS
With the divine blessings from our acharya we are planning to build a Spiritual and Humanitarian center with Sri Rama Mandir at Jeeyar Asramam. HH Sri Swamiji has named this site Sri Saketa Kshethram. ‘Saketa’ is abode of Lord Sri Rama it also means Vaikuntam. ‘Kshethram’ is the Holy Place, where Sri Acharya’s grace is abundant.
Cranbury township has granted approval to develop Sri Saketa Kshethram with Sri Rama Mandir. This is a historic dream come true. We have worked on this process for more than two years now. The township hearings went on for 8 months. The patience finally paid off and township approved the project.
The plan was to build a 34,000 sq. feet facility with Sri Sita Rama temple, Sri Pedda Jeeyar Swamiji’s Sannnidhi, Sri Rama Sthupam and meditation center, Classrooms for Prajna (Vedic, moral education) and Yoga, Classrooms for classical music and dance, a multi-purpose hall for cultural and spiritual gatherings, a dining area, office rooms for JET USA and VT Seva
The building will be surrounded by natural environment. With the divine grace of HH Sri Pedda Jeeyar Swamiji and with the Sathya Sankalpa of HH Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji, our goal is to complete the construction of Sri Saketha Kshethram by 2017 in time for the Sahasrabdhi celebration (1000th birthday) of Bhagavad Ramanujacharya. All this is possible only with the support of many devotees.
SRI RAMA MANDIR
Lord Sri Rama is considered as personification of Dharma (Righteousness). Though he was the incarnation of Lord Vishnu, Sri Rama lived like a perfect human being as a model to all the people born on this earth. His life portrays how to discharge our duties with punctilious care, and meet our obligations with forthright earnestness. Sri Rama has demonstrated the great qualities as a son, brother, student, husband, friend, father and leader. He was loved by humans, animals, birds, nature and even demons. Sri Rama lived more than million years ago, but these qualities are relevant even today and for future generations.
Praying to Sri Rama parivaram and meditating on their great qualities and practicing them in the company and support of other Bhagavad Bandhus of Sri Saketham, will make us better human beings.
SRI PEDDA JEEYAR SWAMIJI’S SANNNIDHI & SRI RAMA STHUPAM
In Early 1960s Ramayana was denigrated in Chennai (Madras). Sri Pedda Jeeyar Swamiji went there with 300 scholars, dispelled the ignorance of the wrongdoers and enlightened them with the greatness of our scriptures. To clean the sins committed by them, He conducted processions chanting Sri Ramayanam in the same streets of Chennai that earlier witnessed the defamation. In continuation, Sri Pedda Jeeyar Swamiji conducted 108 Sri Rama Krathus all over India, each for 27 days, thus for 9 years continuously. He constructed Sri Rama Sthupas (Pillars) at each venue of Krathus, into which people who experienced the divinity and the noble massages of Sri Ramayana have deposited trillions of Sri Rama nama written by them with great devotion and dedication. Continuing the legacy of Sri Pedda Jeeyar Swamiji, Jeeyar Asramam will establish Sri Rama Sthupam at Sri Sa:ke:tha Kshe:thram. It will be the first of its kind outside India and Nepal. The Sthupam will house a meditation center and Sri Pedda Swamivari Sannidhi. History of Sri Rama (Sankshe:pa Ra:ma:yanam) will be inscribed on the Sthupam, and Patta:bhi Rama will be installed (prathishta) on the Sthupam. Meditation in the presence of this auspicious Sri Rama Sthupam will generate positive vibrations throughout, and it will benefit everyone.
CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL GATHERINGS
Sri Saketham will foster and encourage community activities like educational seminars, yoga sessions, religious festivals, group chanting etc. The facility will enable to conduct programs that are beneficial to the community at large. Classrooms for Prajna, Yoga, Classical Music and Dance Sri Saketham will also have classrooms for teaching and practicing Yoga, Carnatic music and for learning Indian dance forms like Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam. These music and dance students perform during the festivals, as service to the Lord.
On Aug 21, 2008, with the blessings of HH Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji, JET USA established Jeeyar Asramam, called Sri Saketham at 222 Dey Road, Cranbury NJ. We were fortunate to get the keys to this property on the first day of HH Sri Pedda Jeeyar Swamiji’s Shatabdhi celebrations. This is an indication that the Asramam is part of HH Sri Pedda Jeeyar Swamiji’s legacy. The property consists of 31 acres of land. It has the beautiful setting of a hermitage. Jeeyar Asramam serves as the headquarters of JET USA Inc. Sri Saketham will foster and encourage community activities like educational seminars, yoga sessions, religious festivals, group chanting etc. The facility will enable to conduct programs that are beneficial to the community at large. Sri Saketham will also have classrooms for teaching and practicing Yoga, Carnatic music and for learning Indian dance forms like Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam. These music and dance students perform during the festivals, as service to the Lord.
Our parent organization, Jeeyar Educational Trust (JET), was founded by His Holiness Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji and registered in 1983 in Sitanagaram. JET is a global non-profit organization that is committed to improving human lives through education, service, and ancient wisdom.
We believe that through education, service and ancient wisdom we can have a positive impact on human lives
Our Principals
Worship your own, Respect All
Serve all beings as Service to God
The inspiration for contribution should be happiness and not
recognition
Our Founder
His Holiness Sri Sri Sri Tridandi Chinna Srimannarayana Ra:manuja Jeeyar Swamiji
Birth
Born on the Deepavali day, the Festival of Lights, on 3rd November 1956 at Arthamur Village near Rajahmundry in the State of Andhra Pradesh, India to the pious parents, Sri Venkatacharyulu and Srimathi Alivelumanga Thayaru
Monkhood
From the very young age of 23 under the guidance of His acharya Maha Mahopadhyaya Sriman T.K. Gopalacharya Swamy Varu
Ignorance is a curse that causes sorrow and knowledge is the
remedy for it. Learn from the wise.
A Spiritual Teacher
He is reckoned very high among the monks of India and abroad as the pioneer and crusader of Peace. We have heard several stories and legends about God incarnations, Godman, and Acharyas in the past, but very rarely have we come into the living presence of divinity like, HH. Our Swamiji is a profound Sanskrit scholar, a realized Soul, an epitome of learning & enlightenment and embodiment of divine wealth.
There is a reason behind every Vedic activity whether we understand it or not. Follow as prescribed to gain the benefits.
Jeeyar
Educational Trust
He is reckoned very high among the monks of India and abroad as the pioneer and crusader of Peace. We have heard several stories and legends about God incarnations, Godman, and Acharyas in the past, but very rarely have we come into the living presence of divinity like, HH. Our Swamiji is a profound Sanskrit scholar, a realized Soul, an epitome of learning & enlightenment and embodiment of divine wealth.
Be in constant connection with God, in the direction shown by our Acharyas; this enables you to achieve goals effortlessly
Our Mission
To follow the teachings of our acharya HH Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji in fostering Vedic learning through scriptures to raise awareness of our Sanathana Dharma.
To Propagate the sacred sampradayam among individuals raised or living in the United States and prepare them to pass this on to future generations.
To conduct lectures, discussion groups, spiritual study groups, and satsangs in the community and also provide charitable and philanthropic services locally, nationally, and internationally.
The three realities, Nature, Soul and God are different but always exist together and they are represented by the Tridandam’s three split bamboo strips. The fourth strip represents the acharya who propagates this knowledge.
A Spiritual Teacher
Our Swamiji is ever cheerful, ceaselessly active and is unmindful of His bodily comforts but is always concerned about the welfare of others. Swamiji radiates hope and joy wherever He goes. His discourses are profound, given in a language even a child can understand. He comes down to the level of the audience, who is swayed by the rhythm of His language and are enthralled by the beauty of His diction.
From five in the morning till midnight or even later, Swamiji is busy spreading the message of Vedas, Upanishads and messages of great seers tirelessly. He never says ‘no’ to people who want to see Him even at midnight. He is unmindful when it comes to attending to His own needs but very active in attending to others’ needs. Such personalities are rare, and people who have met Him are truly blessed.
Acharya is one who practices first and then preaches it
For the curious, our Swamiji is an unparalleled spiritual teacher; for the intellectuals, He is an erudite scholar and philosopher; for all the suffering in the world, he is the ambassador of peace; for the grief-stricken, He is an ever-helping and inspiring leader, an eloquent speaker, a reservoir of divine qualities; and a uniquely distinguished representative of world’s most ancient but ever fresh Vedic knowledge and practices.
He is the embodiment of rare virtues, an epitome of boundless love for humanity and a holy saint with deep intellectual and spiritual sensitivity. He shares a deep concern and compassion for a society which to such a large degree lacks real spiritual dimension. Acharya is one who practices first and then preaches it. Sri Swamiji exemplifies what He preaches. H.H. belongs to such a highly esteemed line of Sanyasis and monks of the followers of Sri Ra:manujacharya, called Jeeyars.
Surrendering to the supreme makes even the worst sinner become an honorable one
Truth
In 2011, during HH Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji’s Thirunakshatram celebrations in Houston, JET released a DVD named as “Truth”. It captured the divine life and history of our acharya. Check out the 3 part video series to experience the divinity of our acharya.
We can conspicuously observe and learn from the various aspects of our Swamiji’s day to day life and activities. Starting from His tidy dressing, His refined way of speech, unsurpassable perfection in the Sri Vaishnava mark on the forehead, the affection in the way Swamiji addresses people in general, the elegance in the manner of Him distributing theertham to the lucidity and potency in His speech that can uproot ignorance in the receptive provide various learning opportunities for us.
Visishta:dvaitha means “Supreme is one that is qualified by two mere realities, Soul and Nature”, much like a fruit is one, but having shape and taste as attributes.
We can conspicuously observe and learn from the various aspects of our Swamiji’s day to day life and activities. Starting from His tidy dressing, His refined way of speech, unsurpassable perfection in the Sri Vaishnava mark on the forehead, the affection in the way Swamiji addresses people in general, the elegance in the manner of Him distributing theertham to the lucidity and potency in His speech that can uproot ignorance in the receptive provide various learning opportunities for us.
Every living creature lives life, but only humans have the ability to juse their intellect to realize and fulfill the life’s goal
Jeevanam to Ujjeevanam
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