[sri ramanuja] Question of Avatara stutus of great personalities in Sri Sampraday

[Guest guest]

Dear Swamin,

 

I apologize if I did not convey my thoughts clearly. What I had

mentioned was that Sri AndAl and Sri rAmAnujar are definitely a step

ahead than Bhumi Prattiyaar and Adi Seshan.

 

adiyEn

rAmAnuja dAsan

 

ramanuja, senthil b <b_senthil2002 wrote:

>

>

> Dear Lakshmi Narasimhan Swamin:

>

> As you mentioned in mail, the reverse i.e., comparing

> BhU dEvi and Seshan with SrI Andal, Ramanujar in terms

> of bhagavat and bhaagavada abhimaanam is more than the

> latter.

>

> BhU dEvi after lifted by Sri VarAha moorthy, she asked

> the way for the uj~eevanam of jeevAtmAs like us.

> VarAha

> moorthy explains the way through Varaha Carama Slokam

> which is explained in Varaha Puranam.

> (Rescue of BhU dEvi by emperumAn in Varaha avatAram

> proves her bhagavad abhimaanam)

>

> Due to her bhaagavada abhimaanam, she took avatar

> as SrI Andal, and lead her life according to the

> Varaha Carama Slokam so that , the latter jeevAtmAs

> like us would attain the feet of Lord.!

>

> Without Her kArunyam towards us, we wont get Thirup

> pAvai now.

>

> Similarly, sEshan is known for his service to Lord

> at Sri vaikuntam as mentioned by alwar:

> "senrAl kudaiyAm irunthAl singAsanamAm..."

> -- muthal thiruvandhAdhi (53)

>

> He is doing kainkaryam to Lord in all forms. This

> proves his bhagavad abhimaanam. Similarly his birth

> as Srimad Ramanujar proves his bhaagavada abhimaanam.

>

> If there's any mistake please forgive and comments

> ont this are welcome!

>

> adiyEn,

> senthil.b

>

>

> --- Lakshmi Narasimhan <nrusimhann wrote:

>

> > Dear Swamin,

> > The answer lies in your question itself. I am just

> > swapping the

> > sequence of information present in your question:

> > >From what i have learned from their life events, is

> > that both were

> > very humble and never claimed to be anything other

> > than servants of

> > the lord.

> >

> > > Now Sri Vaishnava sampradaya is 100% bonafide

> > according to

> > shrastras, i just wanted to know which shastras and

> > authority

> > provide us with the information that Sri Andal and

> > Sri Ramanuja are

> > Bhudevi avatara and Sesha avatara respectively.

> >

> > Similar to Sri Kothai Naacchiyaar and Sri

> > Emperumaanaar, bhudevi as

> > well as adiseshan are humble servants of the lord.

> > We must actually

> > try proving whether Bhudevi and Sesha really have

> > capabilities that

> > could be compared with the former in terms of

> > bhagavad and

> > bhaagavada abhimaanam and priyam rather than

> > vice-versa.

> >

> > adiyEn,

> > rAmAnuja dAsan

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > ramanuja, "tesh_tel"

> > <tesh_tel@> wrote:

> > >

> > > Srimathe Ramanujaya Namah

> > >

> > > Dear devotees,

> > > Jai Sri Krishna.

> > >

> > > I have one issue which i am keen to have some

> > knowledge about. In

> > > Our dharma Sri Bhagavan and his associates

> > periodicaly take form

> > in

> > > the material world for the uplift of Jivas. One

> > unfortunate

> > feature

> > > of this beleif is that many wicked jivas take

> > advantage of this

> > > belief and claim themselves as God, some examples

> > include King

> > > Paundaraka in the Dwarapara Yuga (who claimed to

> > be the real

> > > krishna) and Puttarpathi saibaba in this yuga.

> > >

> > > Our shastras fortunalty provide validification of

> > The avatars so

> > > that we cannot be fooled. As we know by reading

> > the shastras we

> > have

> > > no doubt that Sri Rama and Sri Krishna are the

> > Supreme lord

> > himself.

> > > Now Sri Vaishnava sampradaya is 100% bonafide

> > according to

> > > shrastras, i just wanted to know which shastras

> > and authority

> > > provide us with the information that Sri Andal and

> > Sri Ramanuja

> > are

> > > Bhudevi avatara and Sesha avatara respectively.

> > From what i have

> > > learned from their life events, is that both were

> > very humble and

> > > never claimed to be anything other than servants

> > of the lord. I

> > > cannot recall a time when Sri Andal or Guru

> > Ramanuja displayed

> > their

> > > divine personalities. So how do we know of there

> > true identities???

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

> ________

> India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new

> http://in.answers./

>