Thiru Arangan Ula- the sojourn of theLord - 4. The AchAryAs after NampiLLai

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Thursday, November 03, 2005 12:02 AM

[ramanuja] Re: Thiru Arangan Ula- the sojourn of theLord

– 4. The AchAryAs after NampiLLai

Just to air out the confusion, SrivaishnavAs born in brahmin families should

perform SandhyAvandanam. Apparently, the period after the "no" in my previous

post is overlooked by many. adiyen. vimalkumar ranganathan

<panardasan > wrote:

The answer to the first question is no. SrivaishnavAs born in Brahmin families

should perform SandhyAvandanam. Delving any deeper into this may lead to a

kalai fight that I am not prepared to kindle. Please realize that this is the

written form of a lecture series, and for more questions you have to contact

Sri Madurai arangarAjan SwAmin(from Madurai), with whom I have little contact.

If you look at the introduction of this series, I would have written that I

have tried to present whatever he said. I cannot speak for Him. For the second

question, it is to be understood that MadhwAs in later days were honored, but

the system was laid down by rAmAnuja to not distinguish.Thanks.Rajaram

Venkataramani <v_raja_ram > wrote:I have a couple of

questions.vimalkumar ranganathan <panardasan > wrote: It was indeed

Swami rAmAnujA started the trend. He spread the branches of Sri Vaishnavism far

and wide, accepting disciples from even the so-called lower castes. Never did he

differentiate between two bhAgawathAs on the basis of caste. He brought people

from all castes under the vase umbrella of Sri Vaishnavism. Those days, lakhs

of people thronged Srirangam; it is unfortunate that this sight can be seen

only in a place like puttaparthi- sign of degeneration of kali!! The Brahmins

in the SrivaishnavA fold are termed as “sAthina SrivaishnavAs” and the bhaktAs

from other backgrounds are referred to as, “sAthadha SrivaishnavAs”. In a way,

it is better to be a sAthAdha Srivaishnava as life can be totally dedicated to

bhagawath-kainkaryam, and there won’t be any worries about performing

SandhyAvandanam, tharpanam, etc. Does Sri Ramanuja any where say that one need

not perform sandhyavandanam etc.? Once a group of vaishnavAs from Andhra

approached Swami rAmAnuja; they had immense desire to perform bhagawath

kainkaryam. rAmAnujA accepted them into the fold. When the naysayer started

questioning their castes, Swami rAmAnuja answered that they belong to the same

caste of the nityasUrIs of vaikuntha!! Swami rAmAnuja honored even the smarthAs

(for e.g. the traditional veena-artistes) in Srirangam, MAdhwAs are given temple

responsibilities, even barbers, cobblers, washer men were all honored in

Srirangam, and such is the greatness of Swami rAmAnujA!!During Ramanuja's time,

there were no Madhwas. How could he have given position to

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