aRivin payanE

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Question: Does the Lord instruct you to do Prapatti?

YES YES YES, Look at the charama slOkam of

srimadh bhagavath geethai, "maamEkam charaNam vraja."

 

Question: Is prapatti the reason we get saved?

NO NO NO, it is due to the Lord's grace we get

saved. His grace is such that he gives His all

for our prapatti which gives Him nothing. Yet,

after giving His all, He is undiminished, says

Swamy Sri DhEsikan, "thamadhu anaiththum avar

thamakku vazhangiyum thaam miga viLangum."

Thenkalai sampradaayam believes that human

effort is not required, not even recommended.

The Lord will save you no matter what. Just

the unwavering faith that the Lord will save

you is sufficient. Even this may be unnecessary.

 

BTW, the maHaa visvaasam that we must develop

clearly shows that bhakthi goes hand-in-hand with

prapatti. In the adaikkala paththu verse I posted

Swami Sri DhEsikan was not referring to Bhakthi per se,

but about Bhakthi yoga, which may be a longer route

to mOksham than prapatti.

 

Question: What about intellectual reasoning?

The reason we have intellect is to find Him.

Many a scientist is consumed with finding

this ultimate truth. Nammaazhvaar declares

that the Lord is the fruit of our intellect

with "aRivin payanE," thiruvaay mozhi 5.8.6.

 

 

-- Dileepan