- on nirhEthuka/sahEthuka krupa: Story Illustration from Childhood.

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sri:

Dear Ramanuja Bhaktas: Please accept adiyEn's humble Pranam

 

Here is a story adiyEn recollects once told by a family elder to illustrate this

concept:

Case 1:

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A farmer plants the seeds, waters the crops and after a few months and get his

crops,

once the Crop is harvested He claims, Ahh as a result of MY hard work I could

get these crops.

 

He takes full Credit to himself. (He did the work and got the Crops)

 

Case 2:

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A devotee farmer who is bleseed by the LORD with some Vedic Science

does the same work as Farmer in case 1:.

 

But realizes the crops need water, air and earth. Which the LORD has provided.

He realizes that even the Seeds the Lord has provided.

 

So attributes the Crops to the Lord & to the Hard work the HE put in.

He gives the Lord 50% credit. and takes 50 % for his Hard work.

 

Case 3:

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A Ramanuja Bhakta farmer who is naturally bleseed by the LORD to be in Love with

the LORD

(essense of Vedic Science) does the same work as Farmer in case 1:.

 

He also realizes as the Farmer in case 2 that the seeds, water, air and earth

for the Crops, the LORD has provided.

 

But realizes that even the breath he takes, the water he drinks, food he aats

and land that is walks on,

and the birth he took here is also by the Lord's grace.

 

So to him every thing is because of Lords Nihetuka Kripa:

As we know the lord is not dicriminating in allowing one to get water, air, or

birth, etc.

 

No matter how crazy and unbeleiving we are, the Air, water, Sun, Land to walk on

etc

are not partial to us based on our faith.

 

It takes HIS grace to get to the level as well, to get IT that its all HIS

unconditional grace.

All we have to do is "Stop" blocking that grace from getting through.

(Lord can always over come the blocks we put up which he sometimes does.)

 

Any atma that has received Mokha, will it ever ever say, Ohh I got Mokha because

I Did this and That etc.

or will the Atma say, it all Because of HIS Unconditional grace.

 

The answer to the above clearly says that any realzied soul, will always realize

and say it HIS Unconditional grace.

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The above story was so effectively told to us when we were kids that adiyEn

still repeats the

same story to drive the point of "Unconditional Love, Comapssion and Grace that

Lord bestows on us"

 

Most of us keep beleiving as the Farmer in case 1:

This is my house, My family, My money, My place, My pride etc.......

 

All he wants from us is to get to Step 3, and let the life on Autopilot, Let him

drive for us.

All we have to do then is sit back and enjoy the Ride he has in store for us.

And ACT and do our duties as HE guides us to do.

 

The next qs then we ask is why does he not put us in Step 3 Himself.?

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Anything forced is incomplete, especially in matters of LOVE.

This is eternal Love to Perumal which is our true nature.

 

All we have to do is to NOT get away from HIM that is all.

 

He keeps knocking on our doors all the time everywhere, we just need

to open up and see and allow HIM into our hearts.

(There is another story that illustrates this, can be brought up later if

needed)

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The above are just adiyEn's opinions and and any inaccuracies are as a part of

adiyEn's misunderstandings.

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Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar ThiruvadigalE sharanam

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

Mukundan Vangkipuram Pattangi

 

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