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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all,

The term AchArya implies: one who acquires philosophic
knowledge (jnAnam) by the proper study of saashthrAs;
by imparting such jnAnam that He had acquired to His
disciples makes them adopt the religious life fully in
accordance with or as laid down by saashthrAs; and one
who follows the saasthrAs himself. Yaangnyavalkya
smruthi says:

AchinOthi cha saasthrArthAn AchArE sthApayathyapi;
Swayam AcharathE yasmAth thasmAth AchArya uchyathE

AchAryan should not only practice what he preaches; He
also makes sure that his sishyas too practice what he
teaches.  Our AchArya lineage does not end 
or begin some time or other in the past. It traces
back to Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan. It is not a
thAnthOnRi (self styled) lineage. It does not 
utter any statement an iota away from Vedic hymns. It
is the most accurate interpretation of Vedas, which
does not violate any Vedic statement. It is 
the one firmly propounded by Bhagavath Ramanuja and
expounded by Swamy Desikan.

The greatness of our Srivaishnavam is that we not only
show respect and pay obeisance to our prakritam
(present) AchArya, also to the entire lineage of 
AchAryas, right upto the Lord. The thaniyan
(dedicatory verse) of our AchArya and thaose of his
predecessors, are to be recited by every Srivaishnava.
It is not only in paying respect to the glory of these
AchAryAs, also to show our gratitude for what GREAT
service rendered by them to our srivaishnava
sampradAyam, by way of disseminating through granthas
and kAlakshEbams.

Swamy Desikan describes this very movingly:

yERRi manatthu yezhil jnAna viLakkai iruLanaitthum-
mARRinavarkku oru kaimmARu mAyanum kANagillAn
pORRiugappathum pundhiyiR koLvadhum, pongupugazh-
sARRivaLarppathum saRRallavOmunnam peRRadhaRkkE.

To the One who has lit the lamp of jnAnam (knowledge)
(in us) and dispelled the darkness from our minds,
there is nothing (no way ) even the Lord can do 
to repay (for what the AChArya has done). Praising
such AchAryan and telling about his greatness to
others, spreading his name, glories, continuously 
will be like an infinitesimal portion for what He has
done. (saRRu - iota) (since it is only so small, why
should I do? should not be our comment please).

Sri maNavALa mAmunigaL in his upadEsaratthinamAlai
says
"jnAnam anuttAnam ivai nanRAgavE udaiya
nAna, guruvai adaindhakkAl - mAnilatthIr!
thEnAr kamalatth thirumAmagaL kozhunan
thAnE vaikuntham tharum."

When one takes refuge at an AchAryan (Guru), who is
the great personification of jnAnam and anshtAnam, oh
folks! the Lord Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan will
grant mOksham [because of Acharya nishtai].

He also stresses that if one wishes to get saved,
place your mind (and yourself) at the feet of your
AchAryan. (uyyaninaivuNdAgil u~ngurukkaL 
thampahatthE vaiyum.. anbuthannai..

Our Srivaishnava AchArya lineage- upto (our AchArya)
asmadhAchAryan, it is of the highest order;
blemishless; faultless; with absolutely no 
interruption (avicchinnam); continuous. Folly,
mistake, falling in character, a black mark in their
qqualities, - no way! It is due to our 
limitless puNyam, grace of Sriya: Pathi Sriman
Narayanan, we have been blessed to have such Greatest
AchArya paramparA. There can be no doubt at 
all on this in any of our minds.

We should recite our AchAryan's thaniyan everyday and
also of PoorvAchAryAs. There can not be a better one
than the dedicatory verses of (y)our AchAryas 
to grant you what you wish for. GuruparamparAdhyAnam,
GuruparamparAsmaraNam, anusanthAnam, - when one does,
there will be showering of sarva ma~ngaLam! 
There can be fullest blessing of Divya Dampathi on
him.

Swamy Desikan has said AchAryAdhiha dEvathAm
samadhikAm anyAm na manyAmahE! Is there a God more
than AchArya? We will never ever consider so.- says
thUppul PiLLai. In every one of our Srivaishnava
AchAryAs, Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan has entered
into and been blessing the Humanity.

GuruparamparA smaraNam is the most important and
essential one. It is the most necessary deed, which is
nithya karma; naimittika karma, as well as kAmyam too.
This can also be for prAyaschittham for one?s pApam.
It grants everything that we wish for.

Those who feel that they cannot recite Vedas, recite
Divya prabandham, etc., at least should recite
thaniyan, mediate on the Greatest AchArya paramparA. 

(Below is an extract from Sri Periyavacchaan Pillai's
Manikka malai from Sri Venkatesh Elayavalli's web site
on  (www.srivaishnava.org)

A  Sishya should be grateful for the AchArya and
follow these principles:

1.   The path of the AchArya
2.   No discussion on the merits and demerits of
others
3.   "Omniscience" about his own faults
4.   Ignorance as to the defects of others
5.   Absence of confusions like
a.   being a servant (Sesha) for any other god
b.   having independence (svAtantrya)
c.   considering the body as the soul
d.   praising himself
e.   abusing others
6.   Acknowledgment of the Lord's quality of
protection
7.   No disrespect to the AchArya, the tirumantram, or
the Lord.

asmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE GuruparamparAm
Regards
Namo Narayana
dasan



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