Who is a Vaishnava? - (Original Article by PBA Swami)

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Messsage by Sri Dheivanayagam Swami (Original Article by PBA Swami)

 

The article below is real wonder and we hope we all

implement this in our lives.

 

== Who is a Srivaishnava? ==================

Article by Sri PB Annangaracharyar Swami!

English tranlation by TCA Venkatesan

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In the divine work Sri Vacana Bhushanam by Swami

Pillai Lokacharyar, there are many wonderful sutras.

Amongst which is a beautiful one that goes

 

"kuRRam seythavaragaL pakkal poRaiyum,

krupaiyum, sirippum, ugappum, upakAra-

Smruthiyum nadakka vENum".

 

As Manavala Mamunigal says in his work Upadesa

Ratthinamalai

 

"Ar vacanabUdaNaththin AzhporuL ellAm

aRivAr? Ar athusol nEril anuttipAr?",

 

there is not

one in this world that can match their acts to this

good word. However, even if we are not able to

follow it, it would be good to at least understand

it. Its meaning is as follows: If someone were to

commit a sin or a crime against us, we should be

patient with them; we should give them our grace; we

should smile at them; we should appreciate them;

and, we should be thankful to them.

 

We should neither pay them back with a wrong act nor

detest them in our mind for their act. This is being

patient with them.

When a person commits a crime against a devotee

(bhAgavata apachAram), it is guaranteed that the

Lord will punish them. Therefore, we should remain

very concerned about them that even if we are

patient the Lord is bound to punish them. This is

giving them grace.

What does it mean when someone commits a wrong

against us? It is abusing us by stating that we have

many poor qualities or that we have committed

wrongful thingss. We should think about what bad

things are likely to hapen to us due to this abuse.

There are two kinds of bad things: one that happens

in this world and one that happens in the other

world. It is very clear that they cannot create a

bad thing for us in the other world. But they can

make a bad thing happen to us in this world. For

example, they can prevent someone from giving us

some wealth. Were that to happen, we should take

delight that we lost something that was not worth

keeping and not feel bad. Being that the case, we

should feel that these people are silly thinking

that we will be worried by the bad things created by

their abuse, and smile at them.

When someone does a bad thing to us, they can insult

our body but not our soul. This body is actually an

enemy to us. Therefore we should be pleased with

them for insulting our enemy. Also, as these worldy

things are not needed for us, we should appreciate

them for preventing us from obtaining these things.

We should always be aware of our wrongdoings, but we

are not. Beign that the situation, we should thank

them greatly for their help in reminding us of them.

 

If even one of these five qualities were to happen

within us, it is equivalent to winning the three

worlds.

 

Were that to happen, there is no higher

qualification to being a Srivaishnava.

 

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Other PB Annangarachar Swami works Originals at:

http://www.radioramanuja.com/books/PBA/