Guest guest Posted March 16, 1999 Report Share Posted March 16, 1999 Sri: Dearest Sisters and Brothers, adiyEn's citing Villidaasar/ Ramanuja incident raised some doubts / questions and few have sent private e-mails for the same. That was my anubhavam and enjoyment of the glory of our AchArya Paramparai and that of our Prapannajana santhaana koodasthar Sri SadagOpar, our bondage to NammAzhwAr. That was not to talk less of the GREAT VibHishaNa SaraNAgathy or the concept of Prapatthi, but to talk more of our AchArya Paramparai and its glory. It shall not be misconstrued from my ramble that it is automatically possible just because NammAzhwAr got His mOksham.... No... No... I am sorry to have conveyed wrongly. It is essential for us to perform Prapatthi to the Supreme Sriman Narayanan. The doctrine of Prapatthi is rooted in the concept of His Divine Grace and all that stands between us and the Bliss of Him in the way is the accumulated karma from time beginningless and it is to be overcome by securing the grace of God by the observance of Prapatthi (surrender) or Bhakti Yogam. Saasthras have declared that Bhakti Yogam and prapatti are the only two means (sAdhya upAyAs) by which the Jivans can attain moksham , while the Divya Dampati are the Siddha upAyam. Sriman Narayanan Himself categorically says in Ahirbudhnya samhita: " bhaktyA paramayA vA-pi prapattyA vA mahAmathe/ prApyoham na anyathA prApyO mama kainkarya lipsubhihi " . By no other means will He grant moksham. So, all other processes like Nama sangeertanam, living in a Vaishnava sthalam, bathing in holy rivers /pushkariNis etc should obtain further grace of the Lord and inculcate more bhakti on Him so that due to His grace, we can perform "prapatti" to obtain moksham. It is just a matter of time- perhaps few more lives (or may be within that life time), those Nama sangheerthanam/ Sthala vaasam etc.. would only obtain the grace of the Lord to enable us perform Prapatthi (or Bhakti Yogam) to obtain the eternal servitude at the Lotus Feet of Divya Dampathis at Parama padham (i.e mOksham). Just a clarification post.. Please forgive for any misleading info. Erudite scholars may please correct adiyEn's understanding. Regards Narayana Narayana Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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