SrI :
SrImathE RaamAnujAya Nama:
Dear BhakthAs :
I would like to invite your attention to a
brilliant
monograph entitled : "Divine Soverignity and
Our Freedom " . It has been adiyEn's bhAgyam
to
study it and enjoy it .
Let me provide some background on the distinguished Scholar/Author
of this Monograph , SrI U.Ve .Neduntheru
KaNNan Swamy .He has
learnt SrI BhAshyam through the traditional KaalkshEpam route
by absorbing the subtle meanings of difficult
pasages by sitting
at the sacred feet of a veritable
assembly of lions among
the current day Sri
VaishNavite AchAryaas .
Many of us participate in such KaalakshEpams but only
a blessed few (microscopic minority ) are full
beneficiaries to
grasp the subtle and true meanings that our
AchAryAs have stored
for us out of their infinite compassion for us .
Even among
those select few , who truly benefit from such
KaalakshEpams ,
only a small (rare) subset of them could articulate
what they
learnt ardently from their AchAryAs and share with
us these
nuggets of Jn~Anam in a clear way to others.
SrIman KaNNan Swamy is one of these few sishyAs
of
whom the AchAryAs are proud of and wish to
treasure.
SrIman Kannan Swamy's sookshma buddhi , vast
diction
in English language and skills in handling
Sanskrit language
at the conversational level have proven to be
unique assets in
preparing himself to create this monograph
appreciated by
the AchAryAs and VaishNavite Scholars alike thru
their
anugraha BhAshaNams ( forewords in the
monographs).
SrIman Kannan Swamy is a very modest and retiring
scholar , who prefers to place his gratefulness
rightfully
to the many AchAryAs
, who have opened his spiritual
eyes regarding Grantha Chaathushtayam and
other
SrI Sookthis .
A partial list of the AchAryAs and scholars , who
have
commended and blessed the monograph
are:
(1) HH SrImath Azhagiya Singar , the 45th Pontiff of
SrI Ahobila Mutt
2)HH SrIamth PoundarIkapuram Andavan
3) Goshtipuram MahA VidhvAn , Vaikunta Vaasi
,
SrI U.Ve. S. RaamAnujAcchAr Swamy
(2) MahaamahOpAdhyAya PerukkaaraNai
ChakravarthyAchArya
Swamy
(3) MahAmahOpAdhyAya SrI U.Ve . V. SrIvatsAngAcchAr Swamy
( Sanskrit Foreword: The Examination of the
Karthruthvam of Jeevan/
Jeeva Kartruthva sOdhanam) .This by itself is a
brilliant analysis
of the issues of Karthruthvam .
4) U.Ve. Villur NadaathUr VidhvAan , Sri V.S.
KaruNAkarAcchAr Swamy
5) MannArgudi VidvAn SrI U.Ve. S.RajagOpAlAcchAr
Swamy
6) Professor Dr. V.K.S.N. Raghavan , Head of the
Department of
VaishNavam , University of Madras .
These forewords amply comment on the
distinguishing features of
this monograph in ENGLISH and its value to us .The
forewords themselves
are brilliant study materials in so far as
identifying some of the key issues
of SrI BhAshyam covered by SrIman KaNNan Swamy
.
SrIman Kannan Swamy has kindly sent two dozen
copies of
His scholarly monograph to me for distribution to
those , who might be
interested to benefit from it . I can not say
enough about the richness of
the SampradhAya Jn~Anam gained by SrIman Kannan
Swamy from his
KaalakshEpams with great VaishNavite AchAryAs after
his retirement
from a long and distinguished service with the
Central Government of India.
The content of the Monograph:
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Some of the difficult sections of SrI BhAshyam as
referred to by Prakrutham
HH PouNdarIkapuram Andavan are : " SarIrasarIri
bhAvam , Jeeva Paaratantryam ,
KarmAdheena kaaryams , Sva-SwAmi BhAvam
,UpEkshakathvam ,
anumanthruthvam ,and PrErakthvam " . SrImath
Andavan has pointed out
that SrIman Kannan Swamy has used his sharp
intellect to absorb , analyse and
share with us in clear language all that he has
learnt from his AchAryAs .
The dialog between Lord RanganAtha and an arrogant
jeevan etched
in the Thirumanjana Kattiyam of Swamy ParAsara
Bhattar is a good
context for the monograph . In that dialog , the
jeevan is convinced that
it is Svatantran and
questions the Lord's sovereignity .The Jevan thinks
that it is Svatantra KarthA and Master of its own
destiny.
There has been a long debate about who has
Karthruthvam
( Independence in performing karmAs ):
Jeevan or GuNams or
Iswaran or all of them in their own roles or
one among them
in a unique role .Is
Jeevan a Svatanthran or a Paaratantryan is
a tantalizing question over which Para mathams have floundered .
AchArya RaamAnujA
has settled this important question for our benefit
in His SrI BhAshyam in an undisputable manner
without inconsistencies
between the different Sruthi-based pramANams (
parAyatthaadhikaraNam) .
These positions of AchArya RaamAnujA have been
elaborated by
Swamy Desikan in AdhikaraNa SaarAvaLi and
Taathparya Chandrika
further .
SrIman Kannan Swamy's powerful monograph
captures the issues
related to " the Divine Sovereignity
and Jeevan's Freedom " and
sums up our AchAryA's conclusions for guiding us . During his
case building effort , SrIman Kannan Swamy helps us to
understand
difficult concepts such as " the First volitional effort / Pratama
Pravrutthi "
by the Jeevan in the context of anAdhi KarmAs . Our AchAryA's
UpadEsam is : " KarmA does not paralyze the human effort but
truly it is a guide". The author focuses on establishing the
correctness
of this view in the light of Bhagavath RaamAnuja Darsanam.
During the course of development of his thesis , SrIman Kannan Swamy
raises some questions , which plagues us all at different times and
provides answers for them based on Saasthrams as expounded by
our AchAryAs .One such question is : " How does ParamAthmA , whom
the Upanishads delienate as a perpetual resident inside the heart lotus of
a jeevan and acts as an inner controller of every chEthanam ,
permit that chEthanam to make mistakes, committ and inflict wrongs
and let the chEthanam court its own disaster ? ".The central question that
is tackled is the difficult one of " Do we have free will --the
freedom
to choose whether to do or not and what is the role of the SarvEswaran
as an anatharyAmi ( indweller watching over all of our actions)? How
free
are we ?Is our freedom real ? What is the relationship between ChEthanam ,
achEthanam and Iswaran in the context of Doership by the Jeevans?
Does ParamAthma abdicate ever His role and leaves the jeevan to
its own recourse ? How long does the jeevan need to suffer ? What
are
the means to get freedom from the samsAric sufferings of the Jeevan ?
".
The monograph concludes with the magnificence of SaraNAgathy/
Bhara SamarpaNam/Aathma NivEdhanam as the easy to practise
means to overcome our SamsAric sufferings and gain Moksha Sidhdi
.
This brilliant monograph concludes with the moving salutations
to SarvEswaran ,
MahA VishNu , by the MahA Kavi KaaLidAsa in his Raghuvamsam .
I encourage all to acquire a copy of this brilliant monograph to
develop
additional familiarity with the greatness of AchArya
RaamAnujA's
SrI BhAshyam and its commentaries by His successors .
It is my fondest hope that SrIman Kannan Swamy
will help us with addiitonal monographs focusing on
the intricate aspects of our SiddhAntham .
NamO veda PurushAya ,
SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan
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