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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:SriRangaSri-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:SriRangaSri-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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