asmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE GuruparamparAm-2

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SrI:

SrImathE GopAladEsika MahAdEsikAya Namah:

 

Dearest Srivaishnvas,

 

Please accept adiyEn’s dhaNdavath praNAmams at your feet.

 

The role of an AchArya in guiding a human being towards salvation can hardly

be exaggerated. Chandogya Upanishad, Kashyapa samhitha and many other works

emphasize AchArya’s part in shaping a disciple and his future.

 

GithAchAryan Sri Krishna tells Arjuna:

 

Tadhviddhi praNipAthEna pariprashnEna sEvyayA |

UpadEshyanthi thE jnAnam jnAninasthatha dharshina:

 

Learn by prostrating and questioning and by service to jnAnis (who have

seen- realized the truth) who will teach you this jnAnam. One of the most

essential requirements for a srivaishnava, thus, in order to lead a

religious life is to have a well qualified AchArya or Guru ( a spiritual

preceptor).

 

The term AchArya implies: one who acquires philosophic knowledge (jnAnam) by

the proper study of saashthrAs; by imparting such jnAnam that He had

acquired to His disciples makes them adopt the religious life fully in

accordance with or as laid down by saashthrAs; and one who follows the

saasthrAs himself. Yaangnyavalkya smruthi says:

 

AchinOthi cha saasthrArthAn AchArE sthApayathyapi;

Swayam AcharathE yasmAth thasmAth AchArya uchyathE

 

AchAryan should not only practice what he preaches; He also makes sure that

his sishyas too practice what he teaches. Our AchArya lineage does not end

or begin some time or other in the past. It traces back to Sriya: Pathi

Sriman Narayanan. It is not a thAnthOnRi (self styled) lineage. It does not

utter any statement an iota away from Vedic hymns. It is the most accurate

interpretation of Vedas, which does not violate any Vedic statement. It is

the one firmly propounded by Bhagavath Ramanuja and expounded by Swamy

Desikan.

 

And in this AchArya lineage comes our AchArya saarvabhouman Sri

Poundarikapuram Andavan Asramam Srimad Andavan H.H Sri Gopaladesika

mahadesikan Swamy. There is no substitute to show our gratefulness to the

AchArya except to fall at his sacred feet again and again ( puna: puna :

PraNamya ).

 

Please pay your obeisance by contributing your mite and donate generously to

the cause of the 81st Tirunakshatram celebrations planned for March 24-31,

2001. Contributions

from the USA are tax exempt. Please mail your checks to

 

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Please indicate on the memo of your check that your contribution

is

for Srimad Poundarikapuram Ashramam.

 

For those in India, please send the cheque or drafts in favour of "S.P.A.V

Truct, 81st Jayanthi a/c and send to Srikaryam, Srimad Poundarikapuram

Andavan Ashramam, 43- A/13, Asramam Road, Srirangam, TRICHY. PIN 620006,

India.

 

Regards

Narayana Narayana

AchAryan Thiruvadi

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