Guest guest Posted October 10, 1997 Report Share Posted October 10, 1997 Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances. Regarding the narration pertaining to the meeting between Thirumangai Alwar and Thiru-jnana-sambhandar, I came across this in the Tamil book "108 Vainava Divyadesa Sthala Varalaru", or 108 Vaishnava Divyadesa sthala histories published by the Sri Vaishnava Siddhanta Publications. The author is 'Vaishnava Sudarazhi' A. Ethirajan B.A. of Karaikudi. The book has also been blessed by Sri Varada Yatiraja Jeeyar Swamigal of Sri Perumbudur Mutt and Sri Ranganarayana Jeeyar Swamigal of the Sri Rangam Mutt. Therefore, the incident must certainly have been taken to be of serious factuality. Were there any other meetings between the Alwars and the Nayanmars ? Regarding the Saranagati tattvam of Vaishnavism and its alleged presence in Shaivism, how would we understand Mannikavasagar's Thiruvasagam, Sundara Moorthy Nayanar's Thiruthondar thogai and Sekkizhar's Periya Puranam ? Do they not also allude to a type of Saranagati to Lord Shiva? The Meykandar school of Pluralistic Saiva Siddhanta also seem to point in this direction. It says that pasu(living entity) can get free from paasam (illusion) only through surrendering to Pati(Lord Shiva). Therefore, how do we understand these type of philosophies in Shaivism vis-a-vis the presence of Saranagati tattva only in Vaishnava dharma ? Hari bol ! Daso' smi R. Jai Simman Hari bol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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