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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all,

The Acharya parampara anusanthAnam or dedication to
the Acharya lineage should culminate and become
fulfilled upto the Supreme Paramathman who is the
Paramachaaryan. It signifies that one should remember
lovingly and devotedly the Acharya lineage beginning
with his own acharya with great reverence and respect,
gratitude and bhakti. 

DhyAyEtha japEth namEth bhakthyA bhajEdabhyarChayEth
mudhA |
Gurupaadhaambhujam DhyAyEth.. ||

Sruthi also ordains that ?sa Cha AchArya vamSO gnEya:
- One should meditate with bhakti upon the Acharya
[Preceptor]. One should repeat his holy name,
prostrate, worship, and praise the Guru with delight.
One should worship the lotus feet of the Acharya.   

Our AchAryAs are the ground on which we build our
lives. Without them we are nothing and our wanderings
here and there on this earth has no meaning
whatsoever. Blessed with the BhAgyam of SadAchArya
katAksham and anugraham, our lives become purposeful.
In addition to reverence for our own direct AchAryan
and His paramparai, we are instructed by SaasthrAs
that we should revere all Sri VaishNava AchAryAs, who
grow our knowledge of Tatthvams and PurushArtham,
while holding one's own AchAryan's sacred feet on our
heads since He is the One, who blessed us with Pancha
SamskArams and performed Prapatthi for us.

The pramANam is:

manthrE tath dEvathAyAm cha, TathA manthrapradhE Gurou
Thrishu Bhakthi: sadhA kaaryA, saa hi prathama
Saadhanam 

The one and only (primary) step for our ujjIvanam is
the devotion to Manthrams such as AshtAksharam and
Dhvayam, reverence for one's AchAryan, who performed
UpadEsam of these powerful manthrAs and dhruva Bhakthi
for Sriman NaarAyaNan, who is the Para Devathai for
these ManthrAs.  Sustained and unfaltering devotion to
the Three(mathrams, 
AchAryan and Sriman NaarAyaNan) should always be there
to realize upliftment in our spiritual saadhanas.

Our core belief is MahA VisvAsam to our AchAryan in
the spirit of Supreme God. AchAryan is Para Brahmam
(Supreme Brahman). He is the highest to be attained as
Education, wealth, the means for PurushArtham and the
essence of VedAs. AchAryan is the One, who instructed
us on SadAchAram and anushtAnam.  Therefore, He has to
be worshipped by us with reverence at all times out of
gratefulness (Kruthaj~nathai) for His MahOpakAram. 

Our attitude towards our AchAryan has to be along the
lines shown by Swami Desikan and Sri NadadUr AmmAL: 

Achaaryasya PrasAdEna mama sarvam abhIpsitham
prApnuyAmithi YasyAsthi VisvAsa: Sa SukhI BhavEth

The Sishyan, who has the unshakable faith in his
AchAryan's grace as THE cause for realizing all that
he wishes for, will be the most happy and contented
one. 

Therefore, our AchArya Bhakthi is molded along the
lines drawn by Swamy Desikan:

archanIyasya Vandhyasccha KeerthanIyasya SARVADHAA
DhyAyEth japEth namEdh BhakthyA bhajEdh abhyarchyEn
MUDHA
upAyOpEya BhAvEna TamEva SaraNam vrajEth 

AchArya vandhanam, Japam of His Taniyan, Keerthanam of
His auspicious attributes, dhyAnam with joy should be
peformed by us always.  We should seek His feet for
succor as the upAyam for placing our AathmA,the
BhagavAn's property, at His CharaNAravindham as Aathma
NivEdhanam. 

The noblest of instruction given to us is: SarIram,
artham, PrANAmsccha SadhgurubhyO NivadhayEth  

Everything --our body, wealth and even prANan--has to
be placed at the sacred feet of our SadAchAryan, who
saves us from the terrors of SamsAram and helps us
most mercifully to reach Parmaam Gathi. 

All Sri VaishNava AchAryAs in general and one's own
AchArya in particular have to be revered along the
above lines. Let us therefore celebrate  our AchAryAs,
who have nothing but our KshEmam alone in their minds,
prepare us for a state of fitness for arpaNam of our
Jeevan to Sriya: Pathi.  

Let us enjoy the Acharya parampara?s glories
hereafter. 
AsmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE GuruparamparAm
Regards
Namo Narayana
dasan



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