srimatE rAmAnujAya nama: Dear Smt.Nappinnai: I think most of us do experience pleasure from the kainkaryams we do...Infact I have heard in kalakshEpams that even in Paramapadam , where in the knowledge of the soul is in full bloom, there is the danger of this experiencing pleasure due to kainkaryam .. But as long as "our pleasure" is not the reason that we do kainkaryam (ie., if it is just a by-product) but only for His pleasure, it should be acceptable... Regards rAmAnuja dAsi "nappinnai_nc <nappinnai_nc@xxxx>" <nappinnai_nc@xxxx> wrote: Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya nama: Dear Smt Sumithra, Humble pranams to you. I always enjoy your articles as they are attached to Parthasarathy. Your statements "for our mental satisfaction" and "any kainkaryam is for his pleasure" seem contradictory to me(maybe I misread your thoughts). Even parents have "little" expectation! But He does not have "any" expectation. It is only expectations that cause unhappiness. You yourself had written that "parents never get happy...". It is easier to develop mental cleaniliness in "upAyam" than in "upEyam(service to the Lord)". Meaning while doing kaimkaryam,we should not derive any happiness. Personally I had never been successful. Conciously but unintentionally there is some happiness produced in me when I do kaimkaryam(be it chanting some prabandham or a thought about Ramanuja or other purvAchAryas). Has anyone experienced the same? Is it avoidable or can it be avoided and how? AzhvAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar TiruvadigaLE sharaNam NC Nappinnai >Of course, we cannot do anything equal to the amount of krupai he >showers on us nor does he expects any but it is for our mental >satisfaction and also to make him happy we have to take care of our >divya desams and abhimana stalams. Can we leave our mother and >father without good clothing, food etc and live happily? Our >parents never get happy with just the money we send, they surely >want us to be with them and do service to them. Similarly we should >not just stop with contributing money for the kainkaryams in the >divya desams but should visit the perumals and make them happy with >our kainkaryams. Any kainkaryam is for his pleasure and not for our >happiness. That is the bottomline of our sampradayam. azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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