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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