adiyen's revered guru/acharya - 44th jeer - of Ahobila Muth

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Asmad gurubhyo namah

Srimathe Srivan Shatagopa Sri Vedanta Desika Yatindra Maha Desikaya Namaha

Srimathe Sri Lakshmi Nrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka Srivan Shatagopa Sri

Narayana Yatindra Maha Desikaya Namah.

Sri Lakshmi Nrisimha Parabhramhane Namah

Apologies, since I am posting this late.

On the tirunakshatram of this great acharya, I would like to just express my

gratitude for having provided me the real wealth of my life - ie. Prapatti.

Having born an unknown number of times, it is a pleasure to have a sigh of

relief that such an endless cycle of rebirths is a thing of past due to the

divine grace of my acharya - Srimad Azhagia Singar. I was thinking how can

anyone thank an acharya who takes pity and guarantees attainment of

paramapadam, the ever blissful place where nityas and muktas rejoice without

even a stain of this blemish of carnal existence. There is no person on

this earth who can repay the help done by his acharya. This Acharya-

Disciple relationship is the most auspiscious one. I am shocked at the very

thought - " what if such a relationship is not here on this earth". What

would anyone do without an acharya. It is not a simple meeting you have

with an acharya. Due to some unknown punyas and blessings of that

madusudhana, one gets to meet an acharya. Even for so many who meet an

acharya, fail to recognize that person and the real value and upakaram such

an acharya does to us. It is really a pity that one whiles away one's life

without acharya sambandam - a relationship without which all this life is

just a form of mrityu or death. Only when one understands the value of

"surrender", one can understand that Acharya is nobody else but the Divine

Lord who has come to us in a human garb just to deliver us. One can

appreciate this fact if one ponders about how many apacharams and "rules and

regulations of the shastras", one transgresses every day and inspite of that

our Acharyas have accepted us. In fact HH 45th jeer said that in a second

one can do apacharams which may cost that person continued bondage for

several janmas.. Only when one knows the value of one's acharya, one can

unconditionally submit to Lord. Such a person cannot offend any other

acharya since he knows what his acharya means to him and can definitely feel

for how others keep their acharya in high esteem. Conversely, a person who

offends any other acharya (whoever that may be), has not understood what

his/her own acharya means to his/her life, since he/she has failed to

understand the greatness of this acharya-sishya relationship. This is a

public expression of my sincere prayers to my acharya and should not be

confused otherwise. It is said that " gurum prakashayeth dhiman" - an

intelligent one should publish widely his acharya. ( obviously, this also

shows us that we don't know anything by ourselves but due to the grace of

our acharyas) Hence, this email.

With great respects and salutations to my acharyas, I end this email.

 

Adiyen Krishna Kalale