Acharya

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya Nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

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 anugrham,

our lives become purposeful. In addition to reverence

for our own direct AchArya and His Paramparai, we are

instructd by SaasthrAs to revere all VaishNava AchAryAs

belonging to the VaasudEva Kudumbham. They are the

ones , who have grown our knowledge of True Tatthvams

and the PurushArthams that we should focus on.

 

They perform their duties (aachaaryakathvam) through

the performance of Pancha samskAram and Prapatthi.

That is why we hold their sacred feet on our heads

with humility and reverence.

 

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SELECTED PRAMAANAMS

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(1) manthrE tath dEvathAyAm cha

tathA manthrapradhE Gurou

thrishu bhakthi: sadhA kaaryA

saa hi prathama Saadhanam

 

(Meaning): The three primary steps for our

ujjeevanam (uplift and survival) are:

 

(a)the devotion to the Manthrams such as AshtAksharam and Dhvayam

(b)unfaltering reverence to one's AchArya , who performed

the upadEsam of these powerful manthrams

©Dhruva (steady) Bhakthi for Sriman NaarAyaNa,

who is the Para Devatha for these Manthrams.

 

Sustained and unfaltering devotion to the three manthrams,

One's AchArya and Sriman NaarAyana should always be there

to realize success in our search for Moksham.

 

SECOND PRAMAANAM

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Our core belief is Mahaa VisvAsam to our own AchArya

and His parampara as indicated by this PramANam:

 

GururEva Param Brahma, GururEva Paraa Gathi

GururEva OarA VidhyA , GururEva ParAyanam

GuryrEva Para: KaamO , GururEva param Dhanam

YasmAth SadhupadEsAth asou , Tasmaath Gurutamo Guru:

 

(Meaning): AchArya is Para Brahman (Supreme Being).

He is the highest to be attained as Education, Wealth,

the means for PurushArtham (life's ultimate golas) and

the essence of VedAs. AchArya is the One, who instructed

us on SadAchAram and sadAnushtAnam . Therefore, He

has to be worshipped by us with reverence at all times

out of gratefulness (Kruthaj~nathai) for His irreplacable

and grand help(MahOpakAram).

 

THIRD PRAMAANAM

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Acharyasya prasAdhEna mama SARVAM abheepsitham

prApnuyAmithi yasyAsthi VISVAASA: sa Sukhee bhavEth

 

(Meaning): The Sishya, who has the unshakable faith

in his AchArya's grace as THE CAUSE for realizing

ALL that he wishes for will be the most happy and

contented one.

 

FOURTH PRAMAANAM

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archaneeyasaya vandhyasccha keerthanasya SARVAADHAA

dhyAyEth japEth namEth bhakthyA bhajEth abhyarchyEn MudhA

upAyOpEya BhaavEna TAMEVA SARANAM VRAJETH

 

(meaning): AchArya Vandhanam , Japam of His Taniyan ,

Keerthanam of His auspicious attributes , dhyAnam with joy

should be performed by us always. We should seek His feet

as succor as the UpAyam (means) for placing our AathmA ,

the BhagavAn's property , at the Lord's lotus feet as

aathma nivEdhanam.

 

FIFTH PRAMAANAM

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The noblest instruction given to us is:

 

Sareeram artham prANAmsccha SadhgurubhyO nivEdhayEth

 

(meaning); Everything--our body , wealth and even prANan

(life) should be placed at the sacred feet of our SadAchArya,

who saves us from the terrors of SamsAra and helps us most

mercifully to reach the paramAm gathi ( ultimate way to

Sri Vaikuntam).

 

All VaishNava AchAryAs in general and one's own

AchArya in particular have to be revered along the

above lines. Let us therefore surrender to our

AchAryAs, who have nothing but our KshEmam in their

minds ALWAYS , who prepare us for a state of fitness

for arpaNam of our jeevan to Sriya: Pathi.

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan