Why are we trying to understand the mind of God?

[Guest guest]

Dear Bhagavatars

 

This is an extremely long and tedious discussion, sahetuka, nirhetuka - who

cares? It is all a matter for the Lord, it has nothing to do with us. Our

duty is simply to surrender, practice loving kindness and compassion and

serve all beings as they were God Himself (or herself!) and please leave the

rest to Him. We should focus on our practice not on the effect that that

practice has on the Lord (karmanyeva adhikaraste ma phaleshu kadacana). Let

us rather turn our attention to how we can bring ever increasing joy and

happiness to others - does any one have any suggestions?

 

Sri Rama

[Guest guest]

srImathE rAmAnujAya namah

 

srI rAma rAmAnuja AchArya wrote

 

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> us rather turn our attention to how we can bring ever increasing

joy and

> happiness to others - does any one have any suggestions?

>

> Sri Rama

 

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Here is my suggestion - How about we focus on one bhagavad

guNa every week? We can randomly choose emperumAn's qualities,

and everyone can post their thoughts/anecdotes, purANa incidents,

AzhvAr pAsurams, upanishad quotes etc. that pertain to that

guNa of the Lord.

 

How about we start with the beauty of each part (anga) of

the Lord's divine body? May we can start from His lotus feet.

 

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

varadhan

[Guest guest]

Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

Dear devotees,

How about starting from bhAgavathas? We can include our

AzhvArs & AcAryAs(Sri Bhattar and Nanjeeyar conversation is very

interesting to read) life as well in this. Side by side,Lord's

kalyANa guNAs or His Divine parts will automatically enter the life

of bhAgavathAs. If we have to practise a prapanna life

truthfully,first we need to know the lives of great bhAgavathAs. I

love the audacity of Kaliyan biting Lord's Divine lotus feet. That's

how Lord showers His grace on Kaliyan to engulf him completely.

BhAgavathAs practised and hence their lives will have an influence on

the readers. For example,the Lord's thirumEni is so soft and

beautiful that when SriRama stayed in dhaNdakAraNya,the love showered

by the devotees, in protecting the Lord,starting from LakshmaNa,to

guha and his men and the entire residents of dhaNdakAraNya is

amazing! We have so many illustrations of this kind. We can literally

cover all the aspects in the bhAgavatha discussion. If someone can

write on SVS based on Sri Parashara Bhattar's Sri bhagavad guNa

dharpaNa,it will be great and let it go separately of bhAgavatha

discussion. Just a suggestion.

 

AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam

NC Nappinnai

 

> srI rAma rAmAnuja AchArya wrote

>

> ----

> > us rather turn our attention to how we can bring ever increasing

> > joy and happiness to others - does any one have any suggestions?

> >

> > Sri Rama

>

> ---

> Sri TA Varadhan wrote

 

> Here is my suggestion - How about we focus on one bhagavad

> guNa every week? We can randomly choose emperumAn's qualities,

> and everyone can post their thoughts/anecdotes, purANa incidents,

> AzhvAr pAsurams, upanishad quotes etc. that pertain to that

> guNa of the Lord.

>

> How about we start with the beauty of each part (anga) of

> the Lord's divine body? May we can start from His lotus feet.

>

>

> adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

> varadhan

[Guest guest]

Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

Dear TA Varadhan,

We can start the bhAgavatha discussion right from

emperumAnAr,an incarnation of ananthAzvAn/AdisheSha/lakshmaNa/

balarAma,who is not only a bhAgavatha but also our AcArya shining

like a sun(which only removes external darkness)but removing our

internal darkness and who is aptly nicknamed as "udaiyavar(one who

possesses even the possessor SriRanganATha)" by Lord SriRanganATha

Himself and the Lord named our sampradAyam as "emperumAnAr

dharshanam". What do you bhAgavathAs say?

 

AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam

NC Nappinnai