thirvAymozhi project

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dear bhagavathaas,

 

As all of you know, due to emperumAn's, pirAtti's,

AzhvArs' and AchAryAs' krupa, we were able to contribute

$2900 from the bhakti list for the purposes of publishing

the 6th paththu of thiruvAymozhi with the various

vyAkhyAnams of our pUrvAchAryAs. Sri. PuththUr svAmi is

very very excited about this, and it is indeed our great

bAgyam that we, in America far removed from our sampradAyam,

have the opportunity to take part in this kainkaryam. Great

indeed is His grace, that allows us to use the very thing

that takes us all away from Him - material pursuits - in

being a part of the sampradAyam and getting closer to Him.

 

This reminds me of the srIvacanabhUshaNam sUtram in the

tripAth vibhUthi prakaraNam that says (and I am quoting

part of the sUtram)-

 

'...samsArikaL pakkalilE thiruvuLLam kudipOy ivarkaLaip

pirindhAl ARRamAttAdhE ivarkaLOdE kalandhu parimARukaikku

karaNa kaLEparangaLaik koduththu, avaRRaik koNdu vyAparikkaikku

IdAna sakthi vishEshangaLaiyum koduththu, kaN kANa niRkil

ANai ittu vilakkuvArkaL enRu kaNNukku thORRAdhapadi, uRangukiRa

prajaiyay thAy mudhukilE aNaiththuk koNdu kidakkumApOlE, thAn

aRindha sambandhamE hEthuvAka vidamAttAdhE agavAyilE aNaiththuk

koNdu, Atchiyil thodarchchi nanRu enRu vidAthE saththaiyay nOkki

udankEdanAy, ivarkaL asath karmangaLilE pravarththikkumpOdhu

mItkamAttAdhE anumadhi dhAnaththap paNNi......'

 

Sri. PiLLai lOkachchaariyAr says:

emperumAn is very distressed at His separation from the jIvAtmAs.

He is very sad on seeing us samsAris wallowing in samsAram here.

So, he gave us the body and intelligence with which we can choose

to do good deeds and perform kainkaryam to Him. He is afraid that

if we all know that He is trying to be with us, we, in all our

agnyaanam will reject Him. So, He tries to be with us just like

a mother who is embracing her child without waking it up. When we

do bad things, He gives us the anumadhi to do that in the hope that

He can find in all of our bad deeds, one deed that He can claim to

be a good deed that He can use to save us.

 

The sUtram goes on to say how emperumAn uses things like saying

His name unintentionally, saying His place unintentionally...

is viewed by Him as something that we said towards Him. (eg. A

thief says 'I want to go rob XYZ's house in thirumalai' - emperumAn

uses this as 'This chetana said thirumalai - he is talking about my

place' and saves the chetana.

 

Great indeed is His grace that allows us to use the material

gain that we obtain from pursuits that take us away from Him

in His service.

 

 

The following is excerpts of sri.PuththUr svAmis letter to us.

Sri. PuththUr svAmi also has published about the thiruvAymozhi

effort in the editorial of this months srI vaishnava sudharsanam.

 

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ingu nidhi paRRAkkuRai kAraNamAga bhagavadvishayam 10

paththukkaLaiyum, mEl adayavaLaindhAn arumpadham pramANath

thirattu (2 vAlyUmgaL) AkiyavaRRai evvARu niRaivu seyyap pOkiROm

enRu eNNi irundhapOdhu thAngaL anaivarum munvandhu seydhuLLa

udhavikku nanRi solla vArththaikaLE illai.

 

When I was worried about how I was going to finish the publication

of the 10 paththus of thiruvAymozhi and the 2 volumes on

adaiyavaLaindhAn arumpadham pramANath thirattu, you all helped

in this effort. I cannot find words to thank you all for that.

 

vegu dhUram senRu uddhiyOgam pArththAlum, nIngaL anaivarum

nam sampradhAyaththil iththakaiya IdupAdu koNduLLadhu emperumAnin

katAkshaththAlEyE. nam dharisanaththil nIngaL anaivarum koNduLLa

IdupAdu, pramANangaLAi vaLarkka udhavi seyyum manappAnmai

Akiyavai menmElum vaLarchchi adaiyavum, unGaL ellOrukkum

sakala sowbhAgyangaLaiyum aLikka vEndum enRu srI ranga divya

dhampathikaLaiyum, srI pangajA nAyaki samEdha srI puNdarIkAkshanaiyum

prArthikkirEn.

 

Even though you all are doing jobs very very far from here, the

involvement tha you all have in our sampradhAyam is entirely due to

emperumAn's grace. I pray to srIrangam divya dhampathis and

sri pangajA nAyaki samEdha srI puNdarIkAkshan that the involvement

you all have in our dharisanam, and the willingness to help

to propagate the pramanams of our sampraAyam grow. I also pray

to them to give you all all sowbhAgyams.

 

6m paththai kUdiya viraivil mudiththu, 7m paththukku thEvaiyAna

nidhi udhavi paRRiyum munnadhAkavE ezhudhukirEn.

 

I will finish the 6th paththu with full speed. I wil also

write to you in advance about the financial details for

the 7th paththu

 

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Daasan,

Varadhan