The current state of our sampradayam

[Guest guest]

SrImatE rAmAnujAya nama:

SrI lakshmI narasimha parabrahmaNE nama:

 

dear vaishNavas,

 

The current thread 'The current state of our

sampradayam' is generating wonderful discussion, all

defending the sampradayam and fortifying its

following.

 

It is agreeable to all of us that the all perfect

sampradayam has nothing to lose because of its bad

followers. Sampradayam offers us the platform with

which we can become unmotivated unalloyed pure

devotees of the Supreme Lord, SrImAn nArAyaNa. In the

recent times many gurus sprouted with some symptoms of

spirituality and misguiding innocent/greedy people.

However, it is true that we can be misled by someone

only when our hearts are impure and our Lord allows

this happen. In one sense, it is true that it is the

sankalpa of the Lord for us to be cheated by these

mundane teachings. However, it is our choice also,

because the Lord never lets His devotees down. Only

when we show cracks of our devotion unto Him, or at

the bottom of our heart we did not want to worship

Him, then only we get away from His fold and follow

the cheaters. Essentially the word cheating means, our

intention to be independant of God. Which when we

develop, the Lord who is antaryami, allows this

happen. Hence we cannot say that Lord is responsible

for our fall.

 

Now, in ramanuja sampradayam, we believe individual

persons or souls to be real and distinct. This also

means that each individual has to make his/her own

decision to surrender to the Supreme Lord. If it is a

forced or non-voluntary one, such worship is

unacceptable to our Lord. A help in any body's

spiritual life is only to mean to educate one about

our philosophy. But surrender should be voluntary.

That is why, no one becomes a vaishNava by birth. Only

when one accepts samAsrayanam from a spiritual master,

who is in the guru parampara of SrI ramanuja, one

becomes a vaishnava. It is unfortuante that some of

these initiated devotees are also taking side tracks

for short term benefits. This can be mainly due to

greed and incomplete belief on the Lord, guru and

scriptures.

 

Acharyas of our sampradaya are very compassionate that

they do not sit at one place and worship their Lord,

but they travel all the land to sanctify the minds of

kaliyuga people. Which is why, we call them

parivrAjaka acharyas. This is only due to their

nirhetuka kripa for badha jivatmas. We must be very

grateful to our acharyas for what they are doing to

us. Instead of questioning acharyas for not teaching

every individual, it becomes the responsibility of the

convinced disciple to spread the word of his/her guru.

All the benefitted disciples should spread the message

of Sri ramanuja's teachings to the nook and corner of

this world.

 

When there is light of knowledge of God, there is no

ignorance. It is rightly pointed out by many of the

members that there should be books spread with basic

information in simple language to the people. We do

not have to fight each and every false baba

individually when we give right education to people.

Because in the light of right knowledge, people can

judge them selves on whom they can put their trust.

 

jai SrIman nArAyaNa!

 

dAsOham,

SrIperumbUdUru vEnkaTa vinOd.