Fw: Why do we celebrate AchArya Thirunakshathrams ? Part II

May 25, 2004

- Sadagopan

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Tuesday, May 25, 2004 9:02 AM

Why do we celebrate AchArya Thirunakshathrams ? Part II

Dear SrI VaishNavAs:

The sequel to the article written on the above topic last week

is attached . The article was written especailly for the home pages of

HH AchArya RangapriyA Swamy last year .

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

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Samarpanam- An Offering to Our Achryas

Article by Sri V.Sadagopan, New York

HH Rangapriya Swamiji & HH Parkala Mutt Jeeyar Offering Mangalasasanams at Satyagalam

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 GurouThrishu 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 theseManthrAs . 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 ParAyanamGururEva para: KaamO GururEva param dhanamYasmAth 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 linesshown by Swami Desikan and Sri NadadUr AmmAL : Achaaryasya PrasAdEna mama sarvam abhIpsithamprApnuyAmithi YasyAsthi VisvAsa: Sa SukhI BhavEth (Meaning): The Sishyan, who has the unshakable faithin his AchAryan's grace as THE cause for realizing allthat he wishes for , will be the most happy and contentedone . Therefore , our AchArya Bhakthi is molded alongthe lines drawn by Swamy Desikan: archanIyasya Vandhyasccha KeerthanIyasya SARVADHAADhyAyEth japEth namEdh BhakthyA bhajEdh abhyarchyEn MUDHAupAyOpEya 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 succoras 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 . DaasanOppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan

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