Guest guest Posted November 1, 2000 Report Share Posted November 1, 2000 Respected Swamis: I have heard a version of the end of Sri Thirumangai Alwar which I want to check. The version I heard says that the Alwar was murdered in fields near Thirukurunkudi. This unnatural end is said to be the punishment for the bad deeds that he had done, like robbery. is this correct? The alwars are considered to be the avataras of Nityasuris. Therefore how Sri Thirumangai Alwar is said to have done bad things and therefore punished? Kindly enlighten me. I apologise if I have done any abacharam. Adiyen D balasundaram Ramanuja Dasan _______________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2000 Report Share Posted November 1, 2000 Bala Sundaram writes: > I have heard a version of the end of Sri Thirumangai Alwar which I want to > check. > > The version I heard says that the Alwar was murdered in fields near > Thirukurunkudi. This unnatural end is said to be the punishment for the bad > deeds that he had done, like robbery. is this correct? Dear Sri Bala Sundaram, >From all that I have read and heard, there is no evidence for this version. Neither the Guru Parampara Prabhavam nor any of the later biographies by authors within the sampradAya mention such an event. So we can safely say it is probably a belief that is held by a small minority of people. > The alwars are considered to be the avataras of Nityasuris. Therefore how > Sri Thirumangai Alwar is said to have done bad things and therefore > punished? Whether Alvars are avatAras of nitya-sUris or not is a different matter. Even Sri Rama suffered in his sojourn on earth; the explanation is that his suffering was part of his lIlA as a human being. If the Alvars are thought of as nitya-sUris, any punishment they undergo can be considered in the same light. Both Sri Tirumangai Alvar's hagiography and the question of the inherent divinity of the Alvars have been discussed recently. I invite those interested to peruse the October 2000 archives once they are made available. dAsan Mani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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