RE: Question to Sri. Swamiji

[Guest guest]

Swamiji,

I have a lot of questions, but let me ask one question now. I would like to know

about reincarnation of our soul. From my understanding, depending on the good

things we do in this birth, we will be reborn in a better form, and when we

learn to realize the greatness of GOD, our soul goes back to GOD. Ido not

understand this correctly, could you please explain this? What should anyone do

to end the cycle of rebirth and go back to GOD?Answer. When we say any birth of

God, we call it is re-incornation. But when it coms to us, human beings, it is

called re-birth. We take re-birth not by our choice. It is by the force of

karma we perform. That karma has been accumulated since somany births, which we

never count. Not only we, even God cannot count, it seems. That is why, He said

in the 4th chapter of Bhagavad Gita he said "bahu:ni may vyathi:ta:ni janma:ni

thava cha Arjuna" That means lot of janmas have been passed to the soul and to

God also. He used the word "bahu:ni" is interesting. "so....many". Why should

He to say like that? It means even He cannot say the number of the births the

soul has taken and also the Incornations He also has taken to save these souls.

Until & unless the karma has been totally exhausted, this soul cannot reach God.

Till then, good karmas lead to good births and bad ones, to inferior births,

viz., animal, plants, creaters, stones and dust etc. Your statement has to be

corrected a little. When we learn to realize, we won't go to God. After

realization one needs to cross through so,,,,many births and should continue

the same way by different ways of practices and penances. Then there may be a

chance to reach Him. As it is said,

"janma:nthara sahasre:shu thapo: jna:na sama:dibhihi,

nara:na:m kshe:na punya:nam krushne: bhakthih praja:yathay"

So, good karma leads definitely to good births and that it is not the end of the

cycle of birth & death. It continues furtherahead. But, when one surrenders

totally to the lotus feet of the Lord Lakshmi Na:ra:yana through a right

A:cha:rya, then all the previous karmas of that particular soul will be burnt

to ashes. Whatever karmas he does, after surrenderance to God, are not going to

be attached to him, because, he does with a thought of dedication i.e.,

krishna:rpana buddhi. So, he need not reep the fruits of the future karma:s.

Existing karmas, which formed the body viz., pra:rabdha karmas, are necessary

to be experienced and soon after, they are finished, the present body will get

dropped and the Soul will be taken away by the Lord Himself directly to His

Divine Abode. Thus the soul gets Mukthi or ultimate salvation.

[Guest guest]

Respected Sri Jeear Swamy,

 

In your kind response to Smt. Shanti Balaraman's e-mail, His Holiness

write:

>...when one surrenders totally to the lotus feet of

> the Lord Lakshmi Na:ra:yana through

> a right A:cha:rya, then all the previous karmas

> of that particular soul will

> be burnt to ashes. Whatever karmas he does,

> after surrenderance to God, are not going to be attached

> to him, because, he does with a thought of

> dedication i.e., krishna:rpana buddhi. So, he need not reep the

> fruits of the future karma:s. Existing karmas, which

> formed the body viz., pra:rabdha

> karmas, are necessary to be experienced and

> soon after, they are finished,

> the present body will get dropped and the

> Soul will be taken away by the

> Lord Himself directly to His Divine Abode.

> Thus the soul gets Mukthi or ultimate salvation.

 

 

My question is regarding how such a surrender is to be performed.

Some people that I have spoken with on the subject say that this

surrender occurs at the time that the Acharya imparts the pancha

samska:ram, others say that a separate ritual needs to be

performed by the Acharya on behalf of one who has surrendered.

And, still others say that really no ritual is required, that the

whole experience of surrender is more the cultivation of a mood

or emotional state.

 

I seem to have reached a point in my spiritual journey where I

very much want to surrender to the Lotus Feet of Lord

LakshmiNarayana and dedicate wholeheartedly to learning Sri

Ramanuja Darshanam. As a result, this question of how to

experience this surrender in its fullness.

 

adiye:n ra:ma:nuja da:san

Mohan Raghavan

[Guest guest]

Priya Sriman Mohanji!

Jai Srimannarayana!

We got your email and happy for that.

We thought we replied to your question once, it seems.

Sarana:gathi happens when we take Pancha Samska:ra:s.

A:cha:rya does it on our behalf. After

panchasamska:ra is done, we need not think of our own

Ujji:vanam, for the soul has already been dedicated to

Lord Lakshmina:ra:yana through A:cha:rya. If we think

so,we become thieves of stealing Lords' properity.

It becomes His responsibility to take of His soul.

Now, sarana:gathi is not a physical act or just mental

thought or feeling or emotion. It is as guided by the

right Guru. And one more thing you need to know is,

Eventhough we surrender through a guru here, it is

only the great guru A:cha:rya Ra:ma:nuja, who is going

to take care of us. These gurus act as His limbs. And

like the links in a big chain, whic is in the divine

hands of a:cha:rya Ra:ma:nuja, who allows it to reach

Lord Lakshmina:ra:yana.

So, after panchasamska:ra:s again, an act of doing

something is not at all there. As the scriptures say,

sarana:gathi should be done only once and just once

only. If we do that again the first sarana;gati

becomes defunct. There is an example, Hanuman was tied

up with Brahmasthra by the demons in Lanka, headed by

Indrajit. When they came nearer to him, they suspected

the brahmasthra and tied him up again with ropes. Then

immediately the asthra became defunct. That is how the

first sarana:gathi fails, if we do something as an

addition to the panchasamska:ram. It is now doubt a

mental surrenderance of the disciple throgh the guru

only during the time of samska:ram.

So once you got it and you need not scared of

anything. In Charama slo:ka of Gi:tha Lord promised

this to us, in the word "sara pa:pe:bhyah". If you

have the meaning of the manthra you can find it there

or otherwise, we will send it to you.

How is Madhuri and your parrents ? Convay our

mangalasasanams to all.

Jai Srimannarayana!

=chinnajeeyar=

 

 

 

 

 

 

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