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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

Dear bhAgavatha,
Humble pranams to you. SharaNAgathi/prapatti is a 
SrivaiShNavic concept and hence it applies to only SVs. Whoever has 
RAmAnuja sambandham(undergone samAShrayanam)is certainly guaranteed 
mOksha in this very birth. There is no doubt about that. To develop 
that faith,it is enough if one thinks(atleast once a day) of 
disciples like KuraththAzhvAn, vaduga nambi,piLLai uRangA villi dAsar 
etc whose means and ends were the "grace of" and "service to" the 
AcArya/ RAmAnuja(AcArya bhakti as charamOpAya). Contact with the 
Godly like kUraththAzhvAn(who is freed from ahankAram,mamakAram, 
krODham,kAmam)is enough to lead one to salvation even though one is 
deficient in spiritual learning or religious obervances[SVB 204].

PS:Even prior to RAmAnuja there were bhAgavathAs(without RAmAnuja 
sambandham) who attained salvation but the count was just nothing. So 
the Lord was not happy and took incarnations(nothing seemed to 
work out!),then sent AzhvArs(scenario was slightly better but far off 
from redeeming the uncountable souls!). Finally RAmAnuja(&MaNavALa 
mAmunigaL, a re-incarnation of RAmAnuja)was sent to speed up the 
process and He realised that RAmAnuja is the only medicine to cure 
the diseased souls. AcArya bhakti existed even prior to RAmAnuja but 
it reached its pinnacle during and after RAmAnuja's life time. I hope 
through the grace of AcAryas like HH Sri Chinna jeeyar, "AcArya 
bhakti" regains its status and the fragrance. 

mozhiyaik kadakkum perum pugazhAn* vanjca mukkuRumbAm
kuzhiyaik kadakkum* nam kUraththAzvAn caraN kUdiyapin*
pazhiyaik kadaththum iraamaanusan pugazh pAdi* allA
vazhiyaik kadaththal* enakkini yaadhum varuththamanRE. [RAN.7]

AzhvAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar TiruvadigaLE sharaNam
NC Nappinnai 






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