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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

> Please note the point->"it did nothing to qualify for the moksham". 
> This includes the self realization act too. But, please remember, 
> if we say "knowledge of swaroopam / opening of the mind is too due 
> to the lord's Nirhetuka krupai" to those with a layman perspective,
> then we put our Purvacharyas into trouble, because, here our 
> statement would be perceived as if the Lord is partial i.e he 
> opens up the mind only for those whom he likes. So, we should be 
> careful in defining the Nirhetuka krupai. 

Whether or not layman catches the point,it's left to God's grace. 
Just because a layman doesn't catch the point,it doesn't put our 
pUrvAcAryAs into trouble! Whether or not I like Sun rising in the 
east,it is not going to change its course of direction! If somebody 
thinks that Lord is partial,let him think so with full freedom. When 
the time comes he will realize that Lord is not partial. Whichever 
direction one goes,one will only see the board "nirhetuka krpa". 
BTW,do you think that by your definition of nirhetuka krpa in 
English,a layman will get a crystal clear picture of the topic and 
also pUrvAcAryAs will be intact? It is Lord's(or AcAryAs) headache to 
correct the jIvAtmAs that are straying away from Him. BTW,nirhetuka 
krpa is the top and prime doctrinal difference between the two sects. 
Just to make a layman's life easy(not to think that Lord is 
partial),you don't introduce sahetukam or make it "sound like" 
sahetukam in pUrvAcAryAs works! Do you understand Lord better than 
NammAzhvAr? NammAzhvAr says he has not done anything and one has to 
accept it as a fact if divya prabandham is drAvida vedam/shruthi! You 
write from perspective of the Lord as if you know the Lord''s mind 
very well.

PS:In the preface of SVB book that I have,Sri TA Sampathkumaracarya 
says if someone(layman/neophyte) feels that some of these teachings 
can not be appreciated or practised,let him understand that he has 
not reached the "necessary state of moral development". I totally 
believe in this.

AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam
NC Nappinnai




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