The forthcoming Special 80th Birthday of HH PoundarIkapuram Aasramam at Srirangam and your support for that unique Kaimkaryam

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

Our AchAryAs are the ground on which we build our lives .

Without them we are nothing and our wanderings here and

there on this earth has no meaning whatsoever. Blessed

with the BhAgyam of SadAchArya katAksham and anugraham ,

our lives become purposeful . In addition to reverence

for our own direct AchAryan and His paramparai , we

are instructed by SaasthrAs that we should revere all

Sri VaishNava AchAryAs , who grow our knowledge of

Tatthvams and PurushArtham , while holding one's own

AchAryan's sacred feet on our heads since He is the One ,

who blessed us with Pancha SamskArams and performed

Prapatthi for us .

 

The pramANam is :

 

manthrE tath dEvathAyAm cha , TathA manthrapradhE Gurou

Thrishu Bhakthi: sadhA kaaryA , saa hi prathama Saadhanam

 

( Meaning): The one and only (primary) step for

our ujjIvanam is the devotion to Manthrams such as

AshtAksharam and Dhvayam , reverence for one's AchAryan,

who performed UpadEsam of these powerful manthrAs

and dhruva Bhakthi for Sriman NaarAyaNan , who is

the Para Devathai for these ManthrAs . Sustained

and unfaltering devotion to the Three( mathrams ,

AchAryan and Sriman NaarAyaNan) should always be

there to realize upliftment in our spiritual saadhanais.

 

Our core belief is MahA VisvAsam to our AchAryan

in the spirit of the following pramANam quoted

by U.Ve. SrivathsAnkAcchAr Swamy :

 

GururEva Param Brahma , GururEva ParA Gathi:

GururEva ParA VidhyA , GururEva ParAyanam

GururEva para: KaamO GururEva param dhanam

YasmAth SadhupadEshtAasou tasmAth GurutamO Guru:

 

(Meaning): AchAryan is Para Brahmam (Supreme Brahman).

He is the highest to be attained as Education, wealth ,

the means for PurushArtham and the essence of VedAs.

AchAryan is the One , who instructed us on SadAchAram

and anushtAnam . Therefore , He has to be worshipped

by us with reverence at all times out of gratefulness

(Kruthaj~nathai) for His MahOpakAram.

 

Our attitude towards our AchAryan has to be along the lines

shown by Swami Desikan and Sri NadadUr AmmAL :

 

Achaaryasya PrasAdEna mama sarvam abhIpsitham

prApnuyAmithi YasyAsthi VisvAsa: Sa SukhI BhavEth

 

(Meaning): The Sishyan, who has the unshakable faith

in his AchAryan's grace as THE cause for realizing all

that he wishes for , will be the most happy and contented

one .

 

Therefore , our AchArya Bhakthi is molded along

the lines drawn by Swamy Desikan:

 

archanIyasya Vandhyasccha KeerthanIyasya SARVADHAA

DhyAyEth japEth namEdh BhakthyA bhajEdh abhyarchyEn MUDHA

upAyOpEya BhAvEna TamEva SaraNam vrajEth

 

AchArya vandhanam , Japam of His Taniyan , Keerthanam

of His auspicious attributes , dhyAnam with joy should be

peformed by us always . We should seek His feet for succor

as the upAyam for placing our AathmA,the BhagavAn's property ,

at His CharaNAravindham as Aathma NivEdhanam .

 

The noblest of instruction given to us is:

 

" SarIram , artham , PrANAmsccha SadhgurubhyO NivadhayEth "

 

Everything --our body , wealth and even prANan--has to

be placed at the sacred feet of our SadAchAryan , who

saves us from the terrors of SamsAram and helps

us most mercifully to reach Parmaam Gathi.

 

All Sri VaishNava AchAryAs in general and one's

own AchAryan in particular has to be revered

along the above lines.Let us therefore celebrate

our AchAryAs , who have nothing but our KshEmam

in their minds , prepare us for a state of fitness

for arpaNam of our Jeevan to Sriya: Pathi .

 

The special article on the connection between

Lord Oppiliappan and PoundarIkapuram Andavan

and the MahOpakArams of this AchArya Paramparai

headed now by ParamahamsEthyAdhi Srimath GopAla Desika

MahA Desikan is attached . It has been prepared by

Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan with great affection and

reverence for his AchAryan.

 

Thanks for all of your support for many AchArya

Kaimkaryams so far ,

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan