Why do we celebrate AchArya Thirunakshathrams ? Part II

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Dear SrI VaishNavAs:

 

The sequel to the article written on the above topic last week

is attached . The article was written especailly for the home pages of

HH AchArya RangapriyA Swamy last year .

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

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Samarpanam- An Offering to Our Achryas

Article by Sri V.Sadagopan, New York

HH Rangapriya Swamiji & HH Parkala Mutt Jeeyar Offering Mangalasasanams at Satyagalam

Our AchAryAs are the ground on which we build our lives .Without them

we are nothing and our wanderings here and there on this earth has no

meaning whatsoever. Blessed with the BhAgyam of SadAchArya katAksham

and anugraham ,our lives become purposeful . In addition to reverence

for our own direct AchAryan and His paramparai , we are instructed by

SaasthrAs that we should revere all Sri VaishNava AchAryAs , who grow

our knowledge of Tatthvams and PurushArtham , while holding one's own

AchAryan's sacred feet on our heads since He is the One , who blessed

us with Pancha SamskArams and performed Prapatthi for us . The

pramANam is : manthrE tath dEvathAyAm cha , TathA manthrapradhE

GurouThrishu Bhakthi: sadhA kaaryA , saa hi prathama Saadhanam (

Meaning): The one and only (primary) step for our ujjIvanam is the

devotion to Manthrams such as AshtAksharam and Dhvayam , reverence

for one's AchAryan, who performed UpadEsam of these powerful manthrAs

and dhruva Bhakthi for Sriman NaarAyaNan , who is the Para Devathai

for theseManthrAs . Sustained and unfaltering devotion to the Three(

mathrams , AchAryan and Sriman NaarAyaNan) should always be there to

realize upliftment in our spiritual saadhanais. Our core belief is

MahA VisvAsam to our AchAryan in the spirit of the following pramANam

quoted by U.Ve. SrivathsAnkAcchAr Swamy : GururEva Param Brahma ,

GururEva ParA Gathi:GururEva ParA VidhyA , GururEva ParAyanamGururEva

para: KaamO GururEva param dhanamYasmAth SadhupadEshtAasou tasmAth

GurutamO Guru: (Meaning): AchAryan is Para Brahmam (Supreme

Brahman).He is the highest to be attained as Education, wealth ,the

means for PurushArtham and the essence of VedAs.AchAryan is the One ,

who instructed us on SadAchAram and anushtAnam . Therefore , He has to

be worshipped by us with reverence at all times out of gratefulness

(Kruthaj~nathai) for His MahOpakAram. Our attitude towards our

AchAryan has to be along the linesshown by Swami Desikan and Sri

NadadUr AmmAL : Achaaryasya PrasAdEna mama sarvam

abhIpsithamprApnuyAmithi YasyAsthi VisvAsa: Sa SukhI BhavEth

(Meaning): The Sishyan, who has the unshakable faithin his AchAryan's

grace as THE cause for realizing allthat he wishes for , will be the

most happy and contentedone . Therefore , our AchArya Bhakthi is

molded alongthe lines drawn by Swamy Desikan: archanIyasya

Vandhyasccha KeerthanIyasya SARVADHAADhyAyEth japEth namEdh BhakthyA

bhajEdh abhyarchyEn MUDHAupAyOpEya BhAvEna TamEva SaraNam vrajEth

AchArya vandhanam , Japam of His Taniyan , Keerthanam of His

auspicious attributes , dhyAnam with joy should be peformed by us

always . We should seek His feet for succoras the upAyam for placing

our AathmA,the BhagavAn's property ,at His CharaNAravindham as Aathma

NivEdhanam . The noblest of instruction given to us is: " SarIram ,

artham , PrANAmsccha SadhgurubhyO NivadhayEth " Everything --our body

, wealth and even prANan--has to be placed at the sacred feet of our

SadAchAryan , who saves us from the terrors of SamsAram and helps us

most mercifully to reach Parmaam Gathi. All Sri VaishNava AchAryAs in

general and one's own AchAryan in particular has to be revered along

the above lines.Let us therefore celebrate our AchAryAs , who have

nothing but our KshEmam in their minds , prepare us for a state of

fitness for arpaNam of our Jeevan to Sriya: Pathi . DaasanOppiliappan

Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan

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