[SriParakalaMatham] Fwd: [Jeeyar Educational Trust] Digest Number 1049

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri VenkatEsaa Iyengar :

 

You have asked for readers" comments regarding

the Q&A excerpts from HH Chinna Jeeyar's corrspondence .

 

Although the subject matter is controversial and can generate

lot more heat than light , I am responding to your request

because of your many services to unite Sri VaishNava Kulam

thru MahA Sudarsana Yaj~nam & other tireless kaimkaryams .

 

Here is my input : I am surprised at the answer from

HH the Jeeyar for the question from a devotee .

 

I totally disagree with the misrepresentation of facts

embedded in the answer .

 

This answer does not help to unite . It only aggravates the unfortunate

existing divisions . Vadakalai and TennAchArya SamprahdAyam

are the two eyes of Sri VaishNavam . You do not hurt one eye to

nourish the other . Both are vital for proper sight and both are rooted

in Bhagavath RaamAnuja SiddhAntham . To say that "Vadakalai people

want to seperate them (?) from the main stream " is confusing and

distorting

the facts on ground .

 

Swamy Desikan was a contemproary of Swamy PiLLailOkAcchAr and

was highly respected by the latter . In the battle at Srirangam (Muslim

invasion ) , one died and the other nearly died . Swamy Desikan escaped

death and left for Melkote . During that difficult journey , Swamy Desikan

carried the Commentary of Sri Bhaashyam by Sri Sudarsana Soori with him

and saved that Sri Bhaashyam commentary for posterity . Where will all

Sri VaishNavAs be , if we had lost Srutha PrakAsika at Srirangam ? ,

How can one describe such a Mahaan as not having respect for

Bhagavath RaamAnuja SiddhAntham ?

 

Swamy Desikan's life was centered around studying Sri BhAshyam ,

performing KaalakshEpam on it 30 times in his life to his disciples ;

He wrote AdhikaraNa SaarAvaLi to explain it and used Sankalpa SooryOdhayam,

Para Matha Bhangam , Tatthva Muktha KalApam , SarvArTa Siddhi

to defend Bhagavath RaamAnuja SiddhAntham . In the last slOkam of

Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram , Swamy Desikan pays His tremendous

tribute to the power of YathirAja Sookthis . Swamy Desikan extolls further

the power of YathirAja Sookthis with 74 SlOkams in YathirAja Sapthathi .

How can he be accused of making his own brand of Desika Darsanam

and downplay Bhagavath RaamAnuja SiddhAntham . He recognized

the main stream of Bhagavath RaamAnuja Siddhantham and immersed in it

all his life and celebrated that BhAgyam thru his Sri Sookthis and

bequeathed

it for all of us as Kula dhanam . By the way , the bhirudhu for Vadakalai

AchAryAs

is " Bhagavath RaamAnuja SiddhAntha NirdhAraNa Saarvabhouma " .

 

It is incorrect hence to say that Vadakalai people follow only VedAntha

Desika and not Bhagavath RaamAnuja . Swamy Desikan exemplified

Bhakthi for AchArya RaamAnuja all his life and he would have considered

himself as a fish out of water , if he had no RaamAnuja Sambhandham .

That goes for all Vadakalai sampradhAyains . Exclusivity of one sampradhAyam

as belonging to Bhagavath RaamAnuja and building the case on

this ricketty foundation is divisive in my humble opinion and

does not serve any useful purpose.

 

Let us all be proud of belonging to the Sri VaishNava Kulam that

starts with the Dhivya Dampathis down to present day AchAryAs .

There are not too many VaishNavAs in the world anyway and let us

unite them instead of dividing them .

 

adiyEn requests the revered Jeeyar to help heal these wounds .

 

RaamAnuja Daasan,

V.Sadagopan (V.SaThakOpan ), New York

 

-

"srinivasa iyengar. venkatesan." <srisudarsana

<parakalamatham>; <>

Monday, January 31, 2005 11:14 PM

[sriParakalaMatham] Fwd: [Jeeyar Educational Trust] Digest Number

1049

 

 

>

> Dear Respected dignitaries!

 

> Here is the question and Answer given hy HH Chinna

> Jeeyar Swamiji.

 

> Do you all agree with His answer! if Yes, why and how?

> if NO, why and how?

 

> I wish to know how you all take it and extent your

> support to promote Sri Ramanuja Siddantha unitedly and

> effectively for the benefit of humanity.

 

> Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha:

> S.Venkatesa Iyengar.

>

> Note: forwarded message attached. Message: 5

> Sun, 30 Jan 2005 23:35:57 -0000

> "Srikaryam"

> Re: Naming:Jeeyar & Nihamantha Mahadesikan

>

> QUESTION)

> Dear Friends,

> As both thennacharya sampradaayis as well as

> vadakalaiyars accept

> Ramanuja dharsanam, why do we have following

> differences?

> 1. Head of Thennacharya sampradayis name themselves as

> "Jeeyar"

> 2. Head of vadakalaiyars name as "nihamantha

> mahadesikan"

> 3. How is "vedantha mahadesikan" different from

> "nihamantha

> mahadesikan"?

> Can anyone clarify? Thanks, Srinath

>

>

>

> ANS:

> IF BOTH ACCEPT RAMANUJA ONLY THEN THERE IS NO PROBLEM

> AT ALL.

> VADAGALAI PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY FOLLOW VEDANTHA DESIKA

> ONLY. THEY

> STARTED CALLING THEIR SAMPRADAYAM AS DESIKA

> SAMPRADAYAM ONLY INSTEAD OF

> RAMANUJA'S. LITERALLY, VEDANTHA AND NIGAMANTHA - BOTH

> THE WORDS CARRY THE

> SAME MEANING. YATHIS OF BOTH THE CULTS ARE CALLED

> JEEYARS ONLY.

> VADAGALAI PEOPLE WANT TO SEPARATE THEM FROM THE

> MAINSTREAM.