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SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all,
[My sincere apologies for having sent the tenth post
y'day ahead of the ninth.... Probably it is Bhagavath
sankalpam to get to know about the Srivaishnava
concepts clearer first and then to know of the tattva
traya now].

Let us see what is tattva traya..

As per our sampradaya: There are three tattvas: 
(1) jeevathma, It is also called Chit, soul, self,
atma, and chethana. It is sentient i.e. has knowledge,
(2) achethana or matter or achith It is non-sentient.
i.e. does not have knowledge 
(3) Iswara or the Supreme Lord 

The jeevathma or the soul is eternal. It has no
beginning or end. The souls are infinite in number and
are atomic in size. There is no death for the soul and
the death is only for the body. The soul passes from
one body to another or attains salvation or moksha. 

The souls or jeevathmas are divided into three
categories: 

1.      Baddha jeevathmas- who are subjected to repeated
births and deaths and are bound to karma and are in
samsaara
2.      mukthas- who are released from the bondage of
samsaara and have attained moksha
3.      Nithyas- [or Nithyasuris] who are eternally
liberated like Adisesha, Garuda, and Vishvaksena. 

Achethana means it does not possess any jnAnam or
knowledge and is divided into three categories as (1)
matter [prakrithi] (2) Time [kaala]; (3) suddha
sattva. 

Matter is also called as moola prakrithi, akshara or
pradhana, avyaktha and triguna. Matter is made up of
three qualities or attributes (Gunas) which are
sattva, rajas and tamas. 

Srivaikunta is fully suddha sattva. The archa forms of
the Lord and PiraaTTi in the temple are also of Suddha
sattva. 

Iswara or the Supreme Lord is Sriman Narayanan . His
essential nature is Truth, knowledge, infiniteness,
happiness and Purity. [Sathyam, jnAnam, anantham,
Aanandham and amalathvam]. He is present everywhere
and knows everything [Omnipresent and Omniscient]. Out
of compassion for the human beings, Sriman Narayanan
takes the avatharams and comes into this world as
Rama, Krishna, et al out of His own accord, free will
and desire. The purpose of the avatharams is to
protect the good and punish the evil or wicked and to
uphold dharma. 

The most important principle of VisishtAdvaita
philosophy is the Body /Soul relationship [Sareera ?
Sareeri bhaava] between chethana, achethana and Iswara
i.e. the souls [jeevathma], matter and the Lord. The
Brahman or Isawara is the Soul and the other two
entities or tattvas, namely Chethana or Jeevathmas and
achethana [or Matter] form His sareera. 

The Vedas are the basic fundamental authority
[Pramaana]. This world is real. Lord Sriman Narayanan
has all the most auspicious [kalyANa guNAs] attributes
or qualities. All beings are dependent on Him, i.e.
supported by Him, controlled by Him and exist only for
Him or for His pleasure.  The entire universe starting
from Chathur mukha Brahma Rudra, devas, human beings,
animals, birds and others are all His creations. 

The ultimate aim or objective of the human beings is
to attain salvation or moksha. We are repeatedly born,
come into this world and die. There is the repeated
cycle of births and deaths. There is tremendous
suffering in the world. Salvation means release from
all these suffering, from all this cycle of births and
deaths. This means attaining of Paramapadham or
Srivaikuna and permanently enjoying and serving the
Lord Sriman Narayana and Mother Sri Mahalakshmi.

The means or upaya that we have to adopt for achieving
salvation are bhakti yoga and Prapatti. [we will
discuss about this later in details]  The Lord is
pleased with our adoption of the upaya or the means
and grants mOksha or salvation at the end of this life
in the case of Saranagati [or Prapatti] and either at
the end of this life or latter for bhakti yogins. 

Kamra and Jnana yoga are described in the Gita itself
in details. Karma yoga leads to jnana yoga and then to
bhakti yoga. Or karma yoga directly also leads to
bhakti yoga. Jnana yoga leads to bhakti yoga.
Ultimately, thus, it is only bakti yoga or prapatti
[Saranagati] are the emans for moksha [salvation.]

With the above background, the Bhagavad Gita should be
studied and learnt at the lotus feet of Acharya, and
then enjoyed for better appreciation.[from the book
Bhagavad Gita ? Introduction -written by Oppiliappan
Koil Sri U Ve VN Gopaladesikan Swami].      

asmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE Guru paramparAm 
Regards
namo narayana
dAsan


 
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