Can a non-brahmin undergo samashrayanam

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ramanuja, Sowmya N V <sowmya_nv> wrote:

> Hi All

>

> I have a doubt

>

> "Can a son born to a brahmin mother and non-brahmin

> father undergo brahmopadesham/samashrayanam?"

>

> Sowmya

 

Dear Smt Sowmya,

The samashrayanam or the Panchasamskaram is done by an Acharyan to a

Sishya, who has absolute/supreme faith on our beloved lord Sriman

Narayana. The one and the only pre-requisite for this procedure is

SUPREME FAITH on the paramathma, sriman Narayana. The AchArya

initiates a person, irrespective of caste, creed or sex, as his

sishya onto the Acharya lineage (which has begun from Sriman Narayana

himself).

 

In general, the human body has to undergo many samskArams. This is

done basically to make the body more pure and thereby aid the jIvAtmA

in the path of the realisation of Paramathma. The greatest stumbling

block for advancement in this direction is their body itself, which

is a result of their previous karmAs. So, sAstrAs prescribe various

samskArams NAmakaranAa, Upanayanam etc for its purification. Out of

which Panchasamskaram is the most supreme.

 

One is a born "BRAHMIN" but definetly not a born "Sri Vaishnava". He

becomes a "Sri Vaishnava" when he/she mentally gets purified, and

attains a state, where he/she believes the one and the only Sriman

Narayana as the "CAUSE" and "EFFECT" of all the happenings that are

taking place in his day to day life.

 

Our Sri Vaishnava principles have their principles based on "Aasai

Udayorgalukkellam" and it has nothing to do with caste or creed. This

is what our poorvaacharyas had clearly stated and they had lived as

per their words.

 

If somebody says only the so called "Brahmins" are previliged to

attain the lotus feet of Sriman Narayana, I am sorry, they cease to

exist as Vaishnavas from that D-day.

 

Azhwar Emperumaanar Jeeyar thiruvadigale saranam,

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan,

Varadaraja Dasan.