Ramanujar by Pi Sri and a few thoughts

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Shriyai namaha

Four more chapters have been added and the earlier chapters of the

book by Pi Sri will be removed in a couple of days.

I thank all the members who have written to me in private emails

encouraging this effort of sharing this book with this forum.

I do ask them to post their thoughts about Sri Ramanujar as portrayed

in the book.

It seems to me that the author has done extensive research as well on

the dates of incidents and so on and so forth.

But, what jumps out at us is the extreme affection Sri Ramanujar had

on all his followers and also those who were not his followers- and

this extended to the enemies who tried to kill him! It seems to me

that he was - and is- like a true mother who adores each of her

children. He observed viratams, taught, was affectionate, forgave and

corrected with love when needed and discussed anything and everything

with his followers, and each and everyone had a special place in his

heart what enveloped everyone with boundless love - and he did all

this for all of us. And this came to him like a mother- it flowed

naturally and spontaneously. It just boggles my mind as to what kind

of experience this must have been for everyone who were his

contemporaries and his sishyas and his gurus! It is no wonder that

Bhattar who had thriuvaruL of Thayar, NamperumaL and Ramanujar called

him 'idhatthaai'.

And Bhattar says that the first 'mother' is Nammazhvar who was the

'birth mother', but Ramanujar did much more since he was the

'comforting' mother, who really reared - as 'idhatthaai'!

shreemathe naaraayaNaaya namaha

Bhattar, Ramaujar tiruvadigaLe charaNam

 

PS I do have another set of articles by Pi Sri which he wrote in

sudeasamithran- I don't know when- prabandach cholaiyil Ramanujar- but

these are still in a collection of sudesamithran's original weekly,

torn,collected and bound from the magazine - Does anyone know how to

scan this and share with this forum without damaging the original?

I will be grateful for any input, because I do want to share this as

well.