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Sri:

Sri Lakshmi nrisimha parabrahmaNE nama:

Sri Lakshmi nrisimha divya paduka sevaka

srivan satakopa sri narayana yatindra mahadesikaya nama:

 

Dear Bhagavathotamas:

 

namo narayana!

 

After many years of ignorant wandering adiyEn has

come to realize, by purely being an undeserving

recipient of Emperuman's limitless grace, that there

is no greater service than the service of Acarya and

there is no greater practice of religion than putting

into practice the divine utterances of Acarya. In

this regard, knowledge about sampradayam can sometimes

be viewed as an inconvenience. But it seems to me

that the answer must not be, " don't ask-don't tell " .

On the contrary, it seems to me, as Sri Vaishnavas

our primary duty is to seek a better understanding of

Acarya's " thirvuLLam " and try to follow it as best

as we can.

 

adiyEn has also come to the realization that in the

course of fulfilling the opportunities that Emperuman

provides for service to Acarya there will be accolades

that are most definitely undeserved, but also criticisms

that are most certainly well deserved. By the grace

of emperuman, Acarya, and well wishers adiyEn hopes

to not get deterred and continue to serve my Acarya

the best way emperuman makes me see.

 

srimad azhagiya singar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

 

-- adiyEn ramanuja dasan

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Esteemed srimAn Dileepan swAmin and all other

bhAgawatas,

 

Please bear with my replying to this e-mail in the

context of the e-mail I sent out earlier. If the

context is inappropriate, I beg your forgiveness in

advance.

 

dEvareer wrote:

> After many years of ignorant wandering adiyEn has

> come to realize, by purely being an undeserving

> recipient of Emperuman's limitless grace, that there

> is no greater service than the service of Acarya and

> there is no greater practice of religion than

> putting

> into practice the divine utterances of Acarya.

> In

> this regard, knowledge about sampradayam can

> sometimes

> be viewed as an inconvenience.

 

aDiyEn's comments:

While this is the ideal that every Sri Vaishnava

" must " aim for, some of us who are less capable have

to deal with a less-than-perfect execution of these

commandments. I can't argue with you on whether

knowledge of religion and the practice thereof are the

ideals we have to aim for. But when you say that

knowledge of our sampradAyam is sometimes viewed as an

inconvenience, I think it is because of our own

inability and frustration at not being able to

practice " all " of our AcAryas commandments.

 

dEvareer continued:

> But it seems to me

> that the answer must not be, " don't ask-don't tell " .

 

I agree with what the answer should *not* be. However,

I might add that the answer *should be* " ask in

private, don't ask-don't tell in public. " It is the

AcArya's job to tell in public if He so chooses.

 

> On the contrary, it seems to me, as Sri Vaishnavas

> our primary duty is to seek a better understanding

> of

> Acarya's " thirvuLLam " and try to follow it as best

> as we can.

 

aDiyEn's observation:

 

I agree, and I might add that we should understand

AcArya's thiruvuLLam on *all* issues, not just on

some, and that too by a conversation with HH in

private.

 

Please tell me how many grihastAs among us are

performing more important " nithya karmas " such as

aupAsanam/panca mahA yajnas. How many brahmachAris

among us are undergoing vEdAdhyanam and performing

samitAdAnam. How many brahmins among us are

practicing unca-vrtti? I can speak only for myself:

I did *not* perform samitAdAnam regularly, and I *do

not* even know how to do aupAsanam. Also, unca vrtti

is way beyond me. Are we not conveniently following

" know-but don't practise? " And then we are hung up on

who should or should not recite Sri Vishnu

SahasranAmam.

 

I would suggest that we ask HH if HH is okay with our

current occupations (vrtti). And if HH says no, I

would wish to see how many among us are willing to

quit our jobs and take up unca vrtti!

 

What I am getting at is that each one of us has an

inner sense of what is doable and what is not, and

with the limited knowledge, time and resources

available during one's lifetime, some may be

practicing the dictates of our AcAryas more closely

than others. There must be, I am sure, some do's and

don'ts more evil than others, and I myself have not

been able to figure out which is what. For now, I

have chosen to be a hippocrite behind closed doors.

 

My point is again: Let each one decide for himself or

herself on what one can and cannot do by discussing

personally with one's AcArya rather get one answer in

public, which may upset the balance in some people's

lives.

 

> adiyEn has also come to the realization that in the

> course of fulfilling the opportunities that

> Emperuman

> provides for service to Acarya there will be

> accolades

> that are most definitely undeserved, but also

> criticisms

> that are most certainly well deserved. By the grace

>

> of emperuman, Acarya, and well wishers adiyEn hopes

> to not get deterred and continue to serve my Acarya

> the best way emperuman makes me see.

 

I sincerely hope that dEvareer did not take my

original e-mail personally. To set records straight,

I was not targeting any particular person, just an

issue.

 

I hope I get the urge and the opportunity to serve an

AcArya the way you do.

 

- aDiyEn, murali kadambi

 

 

 

 

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