Net meeting with Sri Tridandi Jeear

[Guest guest]

I am happy to share that despite some minor

technical problems, the inaugural net meeting with

HH Sri Tridandi SrimanNarayana Ramanuja Jeear

Swamy was very successful and spiritually

inspiring. The meeting took place on Sunday,

August 15 and gathered together a small but

sincere group of bhAgavathas from throughout the

US and India.

 

Building on the occasion of India's Independence

Day, HH emphasized that our true independence is

really yet to come, for it involves becoming free

from our bondage to this samsAram. And it is with

this intent that the Lord came in the avAtharan of

NaraNarayanan, whose thirunakshatram also fell on

August 15.

 

HH described the story of how Perumal took the

form of the two sons of Dharma Prajapati, and how

at a tender age ascended to the Himalayas to began

a penance for the sake of the redemption of all of

the bound souls. This event occured at the age of

the first Manu, approximately 1.8 billion years

ago. Sri NaraNarayanan's tapas at BadrikAshramam

continues to this day as He has taken the vow to

remain on this earth until every bound soul is

redeemed.

 

Sri Jeear Swamy also touched upon how the Lord in

this avAtharan became the first AchAryan of our

paramparai by imparting mantrOpadEsham of the

Thirumantram to Nara.

 

In an interesting twist to the story, Sri HH

described how the dEvathas felt jealous at the

soulabhyam and kArunyam of Sriman NaraNarayanan

towards mortals, and began creating havoc for

human beings visiting His abode. At this point,

Perumal commanded that the use of the temple would

be equally divided, with 6 months of time being

allotted for service from human beings, and six

months of the year being solely reserved for

worship from the dEvathas.

 

During the summer months, when human beings are

capable of visiting the temple, a brahmacharyan

from an orthodox vaidika family is assigned to

serve Perumal as His chief archaka. In the winter

months, when the temple is reserved only for the

dEvas, Narada serves as the archaka.

 

Out of their sole desire to serve their Lord,

Kuberan and Garudan became the dwArpAlakas at this

temple, making it unique among divya dEshams.

And, fulfilling her role as the purushAkAran,

ThayAr appears as the beautiful forest that

surrounds the temple, known as Badarika Vanam,

protecting both Her Consort and His devotees from

the snow and harsh high altitude sun (things that

we Rocky Mountain-ites are all too aware of).

 

Sri HH concluded his discourse by imparting a

thaniyan, composed by the fifth Manu during his

sEvai of Sri NaraNarayanan. As the thaniyan was

composed by a Manu, it is regarded to be a

mantram, meditation upon which will remind one of

the vaibhavam of Sri NaraNarayanan, and inspire

one to take on the path of prapatti to Him.

 

Sri Jeear Swamy's next net meeting upanyAsam will

take place on Sunday, August 22 at 8:30 PM IST

(11:00 AM Eastern, 10:00 AM Central). He will be

discussing the vaibhavam of Sri LakshmiHayagrivan

to mark the occasion of AvaNi Avittam, which falls

on August 26. For details on how to join this

discussion, please contact Sri Raghuram Mudumba

<ramudu or Sri Ravi Yekkirala

<ryekkirala.

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

 

Mohan