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Dear  BhakthAs: 

SrI Venkatesan has kindly  fowarded this 
beautiful mail from SrIman U.Ve. VeLukkudi
KrishNan Swamy. 

In these difficult times , you might like to 
reflect on this powerful message.

V.Sadagopan
>
>Sri:
>Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:
>
>Dear bhAgavatas,
>
>Attached is a message from Sri U. Ve. Velukkudi Krishnan Swami
>for our minds in this time of unrest.
>
>adiyEn
>
>--
>
>Dear Bhaktas,
>
>SrI nidhim nidhim apAram arthinAm arthithArtha paridAna dIkshitam
>sarva bhUta suhrdam dayAnidhim dEvarAjam adhirAjam AsrayE
>
>(Let my salutations be to Lord Devaraja whose unparalleled wealth
>is Perundevi thayar, who Himself is the wealth of all the begging 
>jivatmas, who has resolved to grant all the needs of His bhaktas, 
>who is the well wisher of one and all and who is a treasure of 
>mercy.)
>
>Swamy Koorathazhwan's invocatory verse of Sri Varadaraja stavam has 
>a lot to convey to us. It is all the more important in these days of 
>unrest. We need to pray together and individually for the safety and 
>well being of all our fellow citizens on Mother Earth. Srivaishnavism
>and all the vedas accept that the whole universe is the divine body 
>of Sriman Narayana. All the residents of this earth, cutting across 
>countries, language, sex, community, caste , religion and above all 
>whether they are humans or flora or fauna, belong to one group - 
>Servants to the Lord. One attribute that is common to all of us is 
>SEshatva - absolute unconditional servitude to our Lord. This
>jivatma's first and foremost identification is this SEshatva. Swamy 
>Ramanuja in his work, defines SEshatvam as (paragata atisaya AdAna 
>iccha...) i.e., a servant who is always wanting to add glory to his 
>Master. So let us try to add glory to the Lord.
>
>Alas ! Adding glory to Him is impossible. If He is short of glory 
>I could add. But He is proclaimed as "avikArAya suddhAya nityAya 
>paramAtmanE, sadaika rUpa rUpaya vishnavE sarva jishnavE" .. (one 
>whose inherent nature,attributes and divine body is unchanged). I 
>would fail in my attempt to add any glory to Him as He is already 
>full with it. This failure pushes me to another problem. If I do 
>not serve him by glorifying him, I lose my status to be a SEsha. 
>This leads to the destruction of jivatmas' inherent nature.
>
>Our preceptors have showed us the way to wriggle out of this 
>problem and retain our SEshatvam. He - is the embodiment of all 
>the sentient and non-sentient beings in this Universe. So SERVICE
>TO FELLOW CITIZENS WOULD BE ADDING GLORY TO HIM. Service to 
>humanity would ultimately retain our SEshatvam.  Now let us try 
>to serve humanity. But how?
>
>WE can monetarily or physically help them in days of need. It is
>misconceived that Srivaishnavas should help Srivaishnavas alone. 
>Are we accepting that Sriman Narayana is the Master of only 
>Srivaishnavas? Are the others not the divine body of the Lord? 
>Let us pack up these ideas and focus on serving everyone who is 
>in dire need. I will find some road blocks while implementing 
>this. You have access to known people to help them. Go ahead and 
>do your might. But how do we serve humanity at large? Seek the
>help of someone who is close to all of them. That unique 
>personality is none other than Sriman Narayana. Whether others 
>agree to His Lordship or not, we agree to their servanthood. So 
>let us look upon Sriman Narayana to help everyone. He is the 
>one who can and who should give a helping hand.
>
>This is why Swamy Koorathalwan calls upon us to collectively pray
>to Him as He is the "sarva bhUta suhrt" (common well wisher). 
>Prayer is nothing but a call, a representation, a plea - not only
>for me but for Him, for His well being. His well being would mean
>the well being of this universe. So bhaktas, let us resolve from
>today to pray together for the well being of our Lord and 
>humanity. This fetches many fruits in one throw. I retain my
>SEshatvam, I have prayed for Him, I have prayed for everyone. 
>Lastly this prayer is nothing but a form of "dyAnam."
>
>Swamy Ramanuja says that the first step to salvation is gnAnam - 
>knowledge about self and the Lord. (jivatma paramatma gnAnam). 
>But mere knowledge would make you grope in the darkness of 
>samsara. We need to focus this gnAnam on Paramatma which 
>transforms to dyAnam - meditation. Meditation can be in the 
>form of mantra japa, vigraha pUja etc. Mere meditation would 
>make us rigid and egoistic. One needs to refine it with love 
>and affection (snEham). Ramanuja says "dyAna arcana 
>pranAmadibhi: atyartha priya: tat prApti phala:" (the Lord is 
>pleased with meditation, pUja and surrender - His pleasure is
>the means to salvation). He also defines bhakti as "snEha
>pUrvam anu dyAnam bhakti:" - (meditation with love is known 
>as bhakti).
>
>Swamy Nammazhwar says "eNNilum varum .. "(first centum tenth 
>decade of tiruvoimozhi). The Lord is waiting in the aisle to 
>come to our rescue - expecting us to think about Him. A humble
>thought has the power to invoke Him.
>
>I am sure you would all now appreciate the importance of dyAnam.
>Is it just closing our eyes and thinking about our Lord. We 
>need to do more. We must enjoy his attributes, recollect his 
>divine actions during incarnations for our well being, plead 
>for His well being (mangalasanam / pallandu pallandu un sevadi
>sevvi tirukkappu) and in turn ensure the well being of everyone.
>Perialwar pleaded for the safety of His lotus feet which is the 
>embodiment of all bhaktas.
>
>So make it a daily practise to establish an undisturbed stream 
>of focussed thoughts on Sriman Narayana. Pray to Him. Do not 
>plead for any mean fruits. Request for the well being of 
>everyone. All the other wealth would automatically be granted.
>Once in a while, make this jointly in a satsang, then the 
>energy gets multiplied and you start feeling the synergy.
>
>We can pray. We should pray. Will we pray?
>SarvE janA: sukhinO bhavantu. Samasta san mangalAni santu.
>
>
>
>Namo VenkateshAya namah:
>
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