Qualities of srivaishnava

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Who is a Srivaishnava?

Translation of an article by Sri PB Annangaracharyar Swami In the divine work

Sri Vacana Bhushanam by Swami Pillai Lokacharyar, there are many wonderful

sutras. Amongst which is a beautiful one that goes "kuRRam seythavaragaL pakkal

poRaiyum, krupaiyum, sirippum, ugappum, upakAra- Smruthiyum nadakka vENum". As

Manavala Mamunigal says in his work Upadesa Ratthinamalai "Ar

vacanabUdaNaththin AzhporuL ellAm aRivAr? Ar athusol nEril anuttipAr?", there

is not one in this world that can match their acts to this good word. However,

even if we are not able to follow it, it would be good to at least understand

it. Its meaning is as follows: If someone were to commit a sin or a crime

against us, we should be patient with them; we should give them our grace; we

should smile at them; we should appreciate them; and, we should be thankful to

them.

We should neither pay them back with a wrong act nor detest them in our mind for

their act. This is being patient with them. When a person commits a crime

against a devotee (bhAgavata apachAram), it is guaranteed that the Lord will

punish them. Therefore, we should remain very concerned about them that even if

we are patient the Lord is bound to punish them. This is giving them grace. What

does it mean when someone commits a wrong against us? It is abusing us by

stating that we have many poor qualities or that we have committed wrongful

thingss. We should think about what bad things are likely to hapen to us due to

this abuse. There are two kinds of bad things: one that happens in this world

and one that happens in the other world. It is very clear that they cannot

create a bad thing for us in the other world. But they can make a bad thing

happen to us in this world. For example, they can prevent someone from giving

us some wealth. Were that to happen, we should take delight that we lost

something that was not worth keeping and not feel bad. Being that the case, we

should feel that these people are silly thinking that we will be worried by the

bad things created by their abuse, and smile at them. When someone does a bad

thing to us, they can insult our body but not our soul. This body is actually

an enemy to us. Therefore we should be pleased with them for insulting our

enemy. Also, as these worldy things are not needed for us, we should appreciate

them for preventing us from obtaining these things. We should always be aware of

our wrongdoings, but we are not. Beign that the situation, we should thank them

greatly for their help in reminding us of them.

If even one of these five qualities were to happen within us, it is equivalent

to winning the three worlds. Were that to happen, there is no higher

qualification to being a Srivaishnava. Mobile- Download the latest

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