Guest guest Posted July 10, 2000 Report Share Posted July 10, 2000 Dear Bhaagavathas, A few postings back, there had been a question as to why the Lord of Tirumala has his eyes covered with TirumaN kaappu. Sri Sri Tridandi Chinna Jeeyar Swami gave a very kind explanation this weekend at the Shiva VishNu temple in Livermore, CA. (It occured to me that perhaps a Bhakti groupmember had asked him this question during his tour...but since no one else has mentioned this answer I venture to parrot his explanation.) He said that when Sri Ramanujacharya went to Tirumala, he was saddened to see the red eyes of the Lord. The Lord had come down to help the "maNNor" (people on earth) along with the "viNNor" (the Nithya sooris), but like a mother watching the road for her child's return, He had been awaiting the return of all us sinners for a long, long time. His eyes had grown red. Sri Ramanuja then covered those sad and reddened eyes by extending the TirumaN... (Of course I'm tempted to note here that Lord Ranganatha looks at the same situation and seems to say, "Nee varappo vaappa. Adhuvaraikkum, naan inga pooncholaigaLukku naduvule chettha neram thoongindu irukken..". He's so cool, literally and figuratively) It was an exhilarating experience to perform Lakshmi puja along with about 500 others with the guidance and moving explanations of Sri Sri Chinna Jeeyar swamigaL. Sometimes we hear that - People have lost 'Ruchi' for the Lord - People have not organized charitable giving - People give but some city governments are corrupt, etc, and we may feel powerless. It was energizing to spend a few minutes in the presence of this son of our soil who's blissfully carrying out all kinds of activities to keep the flag flying high. He was supposed to talk until 9pm. No one moved until he ended his talk at about 10:30pm. He even used silicon valley jargon to make his points: "He is easily downloadable into your heart", "He is the server, and has all the energy needed, you just have to login to Him..". He spoke of the kind of palace one could build for the Divya Dampathis in one's heart, how expandable the heart is etc, and suddenly, ruchi multiplied in the room without dollars and cents.... Om Namo NarayaNaya! Viji Raghunathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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