SrI: Dear Sriman VenkataKrishnan Swamy: adiyEn namaskArams:: The following phrase from your mail seems to be wrong: "But, unless one selfrealises Athiesm, advaitam dvaitam etc one can certainly not self experience Visishtaadvaita." What do you mean by selfrealization in this context from your mail? adiyEn, senthil.b --- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, venkata krishnan <bcvk71@...> wrote: > > Dear Mr.Vishnu, > You are very much qualified to undergo Upanayanam since you are a Naiar. But once you undergo Yajnyopaveetam you have to perform Sandhyavandanam For it is your Dharma.The nearest meaning of the word DHARMA is Law of Nature.The word SANAATANA means Perpetual.Hence the meaning of the word SANAATANADHARMA is Perpetual LAW of NATURE.SriVaishnavism is synonymous with SANAATANADHARMA.Ofcourse, The LORD in Bhagavat Gita has declared SARVADHARMAN PARITYAJJA MAAM EKAM CHRANAMVRAJA > AHAMTVAA SARVAPAABEBYO MOKSHAISHYAAMI. > Meaning > Abandan all DHARMA surrender unto me I will, liberate you from all sins and grant you MOKSHA > But, that question is What is meant by BRAHMAN? which is the correct question and to ask who is BRAHMAN? is wrong.Ofcourse LORD NAARAAYANA is the BRAHMAN.But one shoud know what is meant by BRAHMAN.In the Brahmasutra by Krishnadwipaayana Veda Vyaasa, the first Sutra is > ATAATOBRAHMAJIGJNYASA > Meaning: > Then, Therefore an inquiry into the Nature of the Brahman.This is the crux.Various Sampradayaas interprets various meanings and explanation to this sutra and BRAHMASUTRA.The fact is various philosophies of Sanaatanadharma are various levels of self-realisation.And to say they are various paths which leads to one Brahman is wrong.As far as today Visishtaadvaita is the most advanced Philosophy on earth but it is not the ultimate.It is only one of the levels of sprituality.There are innumerous levels of selfrealization after Visishtaadvaita.You have chosen the right philosophy, for it accepts the lower levels of philosophy like athiesm advaita, dwaita, dvaitaadvaita, bedabeda etc.But no lower level philosophy accepts its followers to advance to the higher level of philosophy.But, unless one selfrealises Athiesm, advaitam dvaitam etc one can certainly not self experience Visishtaadvaita. > Yours sincerly. > B.C.VENKATAKRISHNAN. > website: www.vedascience.com > > > > > ________________________________ > From: venkat kanumalla <sridhardikshit@...> > To: Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: vishyata@... > Sent: Friday, February 6, 2009 7:39:59 PM > Subject: Re: [Oppiliappan] Acharya > > > Dear Sri Vishnu, > > You are the most fortunate one since you have come to this decision of Surrendering to Lord Sriman Narayana, after many many births. > > The BEST ACHARYA adiyen can ever think of is asmadhAchArya and what all adiyen can think of as great is our glorified AchArya Parampara of Sri Ahobila Mutt. > > May you be blessed to go the present Srimad Azhagiyasingar, the 45th Jeer Swamy of Sri Ahobila Mutt and be blessed with SamAsrayanam and BharanyAsam, at the earliest. > > It does not matter at all, in which family you are born and what matters is ONLY your reaching Sri-Vaikuntham, at the end of this birth itself, through SaraNAgathi. > > I am sure you might have already read what Lord Sri Krishna said in Bhagavad-Gita that: > " .... striyOh vaisyah thaThA sUdhrastepi yAnthi parAmgathim ". > > adiyen can NOT answer your question of having sacred thread. > Sacred thread is NOT a pre-requisite for all devotees seeking SaranAgati. > I am sure you know that 8 out of the 12 AzhwArs were not born in families that have a sacred thread. > > Again, may you be blessed with SamAsrayanam and SaraNAgati, at the earliest. > > Srimad Azhagiyasingar Thiruvadigale Saranam > adiyen > venkat kanumalla > > --- On Fri, 2/6/09, B. Senthil Kumar <b.senthil2002@ gmail.com> wrote: > > From: B. Senthil Kumar <b.senthil2002@ gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Oppiliappan] Acharya > To: Oppiliappan@ yahoogroups. com > Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 5:06 AM > > > SrI: > Dear Sriman VishNu:: adiyEn namaskArams: : > > AdiyEn welcomes your idea of becoming a Sri VaishNavite. > Caste (VarNam) doesn't have any meaning in Sri VaishNava > sampradhAyam. > Any person who want to, aspire to, devoted to, Love to do kaimkaryam > for Lord Sriman Narayana and His devotees could join in this > sampradhAyam and it's NOT a caste-based. > > Any person who born in ANY CASTE (even if he is born in lower caste) > and have intention to serve HIM and HIS devotees could JOIN in this > sampradhAyam by considering one AchArya. > > Choosing the AchArya depends on many reasons and factors. > AdiyEn didn't have enough knowledge on that. May someone in > this group would advise you on this. > adiyen > senthil > > > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Vishnu Narayanan <vishyata@ymail. com> wrote: > > Dear Friends, > > Namaskaram. > > I am looking for an acharya who has deep devotion for Sriman Narayana and can impart love for the Lord. I want to receive yagnopavita and panchasamskaram. Can you please suggest possible swamins? > > Please note that I am a non-brahmin (Nair) Keralite. Will this be a problem to becoming a part of the sampradaya? > > Vishnu > ------------------------------------ Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/join (Yahoo! 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