Mamunigal - His Teachings & Works? And PurvaCharyas and Their Works?

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Sri:

 

Humble pranam to all devotees on This Holy day of Mamunigal's Thriunakshatram

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Q 2: Mamunigal - What did Jeeyar teach us, did he write many works like other

scholars?

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No, mamunigal did not want to re-write the already existing works, as some

others did.

His focus was to teach us the importance of protecting and propagating works of

other Acharyas.

To this end, he has composed many wonderful stOtrams (in tamizh and Sanskrit)

and insightful commentaries that lucidly explain the meanings of works by other

Acharyas (pUrvAchAryas). He taught us to write new works only if the existing

ones are inadequate or incomplete.

 

3. So who are these purvacharyas and what are their works?

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swAmy mAmunikaL has written down for us in UpadesaRatnaMAlai (URM) about all

our AzhvArs and purvAchAryas. Here, he says,

 

"enthai thiruvAymozhippiLLai innaruLAl *

vantha upathEsamArkkaththai ssin^thai seythu *

pinnavarum kaRka, upathEsamAy pEsukinREn *

manniya seer veNpAvil vaiththu (2) ... 1

 

He provides this upadEsha so what he has learnt via the Guru Parampara

does not get completely lost or changed in the future. This forms the basis

for any basic education we seek as devotees of the Lord.

All the Acharyas and works we need to know are listed in URM.

There are many more acharyas, but the ones listed here are the ones we

definitely

need to know about as srI vaishNavas. All these acharyas and all their works

support

one another. All their messages are in unison and there is no ambiguity,

no contradiction, no opportunity for confusion.

 

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