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Jay.Bharadwaj said:

 

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> ........ Later on during Prapatti He instructed us to be

>looking at Perumal while he chanted the mantras. I ignored this

>instructions and chose instead to stare at His Divya Padas. Later on when

>I looked up our eyes met momentarily and I only saw in them the kindest

>pair of eyes looking at me with so much of love and affection. I try to

>meditate on those eyes when I chant His mantra.

 

Thanks for sharing your wonderful experience. Many have quickly

jumped to all sorts of conclusion. IMHO, what ever inquiry

we want to pursue it must be done within the context of sri vaishnavam

and true to the title of this e-mail group, "bhakthi/prapatthi."

There was no RFD or CFV when this e-mail group was formed, the

motivation, as I understood, was to discuss sri vaishnavam

in the context of "bhakthi/prapatti." Questioning the teachings

of any of our acharyaas in the mode of "inquiry" is one thing,

but trashing is another. I am not going to say anything

more on this subject from now on.

 

Jay's experience reminded me of a book I was reading a few

weeks back, a commentary by vidhvaan Kannan swamy of Sri

Ramanuja vaibavam by vadivazhagiya nambidhaasar. The foreword

describes a few instances highlighting sri vaduga nambi's

devotion towards Sri Ramaanuja, not unlike Jay's devotion

towards the 44th jeer. Here is just one.

 

For vaduga nambi, sri raamaanuja's paadugai was the only

thiruvaaraadhana perumaaL. It seems one day he put

both his perumaL, i.e. raamaanujar's paadhugai, and udayavar's

perumaaL together and brought them over to raamaanujar.

When ramaanujar demanded an answer for this "aparadham"

it seems vaduga nambi said to him, "in what way my perumaL

is less than yours."

 

 

-- Dileepan