Kalai differences

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

 

Dear Smt. Geetha,

Adiyen will try to answer your question limited to my knowledge.

Other members of this group may be able to give you better explanations.

 

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Qs: geetha_rangarajan2000 <geetha_rangarajan wrote:

1) If prapatti is not considered as an upaya and is against the

swarupa of the soul then how does one 'initiate'

prapatti according to thenkalais? Is samarshayanam not considered as

an 'action' among thenkalais?

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Ans:

'Samasrayanam'is ofcourse a very important thing which is undergone by every

srivaishanava (thengalai or vadagalai). This is the time when the jeevatmas

submits himself to the divine feet of an acharya requesting him to submit us to

the divine feet of emperuman. But accepting and not accepting depends on the

NIRHEDUKA KRUPAI OF EMPERUMAN. The surrender or prapati which we do is not the

upaya but surely it has to be done. For eg, a begger comes to your doorsteps

and asks for some food. You give him food but the next door person does not.

If asking alone is the upaya then he should have got food from both the

houses. But there is one another factor responsible for him to get the alms or

not that is the mercy in the hearts of the person at whose doorsteps the beggar

stands. We are all like beggers and the sarangathi we do is like we crying for

alms but that can never be the upaya for us to get moksha as alms but only the

nirheduka krupa of bhagavan can grant us moksha.

 

Then why not we stay without doing saranagathi atall may be your question?

Do we go and help a beggar voluntarily without him coming and asking us?

If perumal has to maintain his samabhuddhi then he has to show something in

us higher than the others for selecting us to attain moksha.

That is why we should do saranagathi.

 

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2) If sri is considered as a jivatma, how is this jivatma different

from others.

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Ans:

The FIRST LADY of a country is also a citizen but isnt she different from the

other ladies? Surely, she is given all the honors equal to the president but

can she have any powers politically, still people go to her for recommendations.

Similarly thAyar does purushakaram on our behalf to perumal only, she doesnt

grant moksha herself. She is different from the ordinary jeevatmas but still

only a jeevatma given due respect and honored equal to that of emperuman himself

since emperuman himself has given her that position.

 

Hope this clarifies your doubts.

 

azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai

 

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

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