Dear bhAgavata-s: I received the following feedback from one of my greatest well- wishers, and wanted to share it with all of you. "I find the excerpt below equally or more applicable to the AcAryar, who is the anupravESa bhagavAn. BhagavAn for nammAzhvAr, but AcAryar for us". The feedback is that the term "prabhu" etc. refer to emperumAn as sung by nammAzhvAr, but as far as we, the mumukshu-s and prapanna-s are concerned, our thoughts should always be fixed at the holy feet of our AcAryan as our sole upAyam. Our AcAryan is the pratyaksha bhagavAn for us. SvAmi deSikan lists 14 AcArya lakhshaNa-s in the first Slokam of his nyAsa vimSati, and in the second Slokam, he points out that these are the same lakshaNa-s that emperumAn has, and that AcAryan should be worshipped same as emperumAn (devavat syAt upAsyah). In fact, he is above emperumAn for us because he is pratyaksha daivam for us, and available to us with all his sauSIlyam, saulabhyam, vAtsalyam, etc., unlike bhagavAn who is not available to us except through meditation. (The nyAsa vimSati Sloka-s referenced here are elaborated in my write-up available in the bhakti archives). While I continue to reflect the traditional interpretations given by the pUrvAcArya vyAkhyAnam-s for the Sloka-s of tAtparya ratnAvaLi and tiruvAimozhi, the feedback I have received has helped me to re-focus my thoughts on the importance of always meditating on the holy feet of my AcAryan as my only upAyam. I bow to my AcAryan's holy feet for having blessed me with the feedback through a well-wisher of mine. ?dAsan kRshNamAcharyan Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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