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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

 

Dearest all,

 

asmadhAchAryan His Holiness Srimad PaRavakkOttai

Andavan Sri Gopaladesika Mahadesikan swami will be

completing his 25 years in sanyAsa Ashramam by March

2007. Swami is verily like the Sage Vaishta himself.

He is YathirAjar- the king among ascetics. Erudite

scholars, other acharyas have praised Swami on many

occasions for His jnAna, bhakti vairAgya, anushtAnam

and more on His unbounded mercy on the sishyas and

abhimaanis.

 

It is adiyEn’s rash and daring attempt again to lick

the Ganges waters to get myself purified… to post a

page everyday for next 108 days [till mar 2007] on

Acharya vaibhavam..to commemorate this milestone of 25

years of sanyAsa ashramam. I pray with all sincerity

to the Lotus Feet of Dhivya Dampathi to bless this

kaimkaryam, and only with Their blessings, acharya

anugraham and bhAgawathAs' wishes, they can be made

palatable and all errors and mistaks are entirely due

to adiyEn's lack of or no jnAnam.

 

adiyEn mainly intends this more as an introductory

series for beginners like me to get to know

Srivaishnavam, the glories of our acharyas and the why

and how of Srivaishnavam as far as possible.

 

I am not doing or writing anything new. I will be

basically reproducing the wonderful articles, write

ups already made by erudite scholars. It will be more

of a compilation.

 

It is said in GitA:

tad viddhi pranipatena pari prasnena sevyaya

upadekshyanti tE jnAnam jnAninah tattva darshinah

 

One should fall at the feet of the gurus, serve them,

and ask questions at appropriate times again and

again, to know spiritual knowledge; those seers of

truth will teach you that divine spiritual knowledge.

 

The word Guru means one who removes ignorance

(agnjAnam) of spiritual knowledge. In Prapanna

pArijAtham by SrI NadAdhoor AmmAL Guru is described

very beautifully:

 

A great Guru should be sought after by a person

(disciple), immersed in samsaaric afflictions; who is

afraid of the transitory life; the sorrows due to

internal and external factors (AdhyAthmikam- soul

dependent; Adhiboudhikam- external world dependent;

and Adhideivikam- pertaining to Supreme Lord). The

three types of problems that we encounter are

-tApatrayam-(AdhyAtmikam, Adi bhoutikam, Adi

daivikam).

 

AdhyAtmikam - belonging to to the individual, such as

headache, cold, anger, desire, fear, etc.

Adhibhaudhikam --those resulting from other bhUta-

such as the birds, animals, other people etc., and

Adhidaivikam - those resulting from devatA-s such as

from the wind, sun, rain, etc.

 

Guru teaches and initiates the disciple with the

necessary manthrAs and impart jnAnam to get to know

the swaroopam, the eternal relationship with the

Almighty and the way to attain Him along with the

knowledge of the hurdles on the way.

 

This Guru is the Supreme Highest; he is verily Brahman

(Lord); He is the highest of highs; He is the highest

desire; He is the Highest God Himself. Guru is the

Ultimate wealth; Guru is the knowledge; Guru is our

treasure; Guru himself is means; Guru is the end. He

needs to be worshipped at all times, under all

circumstances; His name shall always be uttered by the

disciple at all times.

 

gururEva parambrahma gururEva param dhanam;

gururEva paraa vidyA gururEva parAyaNam;

gururEva para: kAma: gururEva parAgathi:

tasmAth sathupadEshTasou thasmAth guruthamO guru: (48

Chapter 4- Guru

paddhathi)

 

Swami Sri U Ve Dr NS Anantharangachar Swami mentions

as follows:

 

It is no exaggeration to say that there is nothing on

earth by paying which, we could free ourselves from

our indebtedness to a Guru. The benefaction bestowed

by the Guru is so great that we have to be ever

grateful to him. A number of teachers have taught us

different things and have given a shape to our life.

We have to grateful to all of them.

 

An Aachaarya is celebrated personage who is a SROTRIYA

and a BRAHMANISHTA. Without initiation by an

Aachaarya, it is not possible for one to gain the

knowledge of the ultimate reality.

 

Sri Vedanta Desika declares that there is no God

greater than the Aachaarya himself- 'Aachaaryaita

Devatam Samadhikam Anyam Na Manyaamahe'

 

The Guru shows the path of knowledge, fills one with

faith by his own example, initiates the procedure,

plans for his progress, gives him the necessary

technique, corrects him whenever he goes wrong and

leads him to the ultimate goal surely and safely.

 

The Mundaka Upanishad says that one who has developed

dispassion on seeing the hollowness of the earthly

gains should go to such a Guru alone who is a Srotriya

and Brahmanishta for gaining knowledge of the Supreme

reality.

 

The Guru to be sought should be endowed with the

following qualities.

i) he must have gained realization;

ii) he must be of a firm understanding,

iii)sinless,

iv) well versed in the scriptures,

v) established in Brahman,

vi) Satvic in nature,

vii)truthful,

viii) endowed with virtuous behavior,

ix) free from jealousy, vanity and other vices,

x) endowed conquest over his sense organs,

xi) forgiving,

xii) compassionate,

xiii) corrective whenever there is a lapse and

xiv) mindful of his and other' welfare.

 

The Prakritam Aachaarya ,Sri Paravaakkottai Aandavan

Swami fulfills everyone of these parameters admirably

well and is truly a Srotriya and Brahmanishta fit to

be worshipped as God himself as ordained by Taittriya

Upanishad-' Aachaarya Devo Bhava' and as voiced by

Apasthamaba-'Devamiva Aachaaryam Upaaseetha "

 

SrivAsa Ranga ParakAla MunitrayAbdha

LakshmAtma RakshaNa Yatitva YugAgamAntam

Acharya Bhakti ParipUtamanarGha Sheelam

Gopala Desika Munim GurumAshrayAma:

 

Acharyan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

 

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