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Sri:
    Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:
    Srimath Varavara Munaye Nama:
    
    Dear Sri. Balaji Swamin,
    
    Kindly accept adiyen's humble pranams. It is beyound doubt and with no  
ambiguity vedas and upanishads have specified the supremacy of Sriman  
Narayanan. It is also clear that the means to attain Him is only Him.  And 
chanting His divine names (which are nothing but His auspicious  qualities) 
must be the only past time of all the chetanas. 
    
    Having stated this, it is well known to all of us that the various 
vaishnava  sampradhayams have different variations of approaches and put 
emphasis  on different mantrams and practices. In this regard, the Hare Krishna 
 mantram is something Sri Vaishnavas do not follow. In each school, our  
poorvacharyas have prescribed us specific steps to be followed.  Anything not 
mentioned or accepted by them is not only to be against  your own acharyas, but 
that practice would be fruitless. Hence, with  due respect to Gaudiya Vaishnava 
and their beliefs and practices,  adiyen beg to differ with you in requesting 
followers from other  schools of Vaishnavam, especially Sri Vaishnavas,  to 
chant different  mantras.
    
    Adiyen
    Ramanuja Dasan.
  Sampath Kumar Padmanaban
    
    Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadikale Saranam
    Jeeyar Thiruvadikale Saranam
  

Balaji A <balajimails@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:          harE krShNa! AzhwArgaL 
thiruvadigaLE sharaNam!   
   
  Dear Sri Ramkumar, very perfectly said and I want to add few more lines.   
   
  Dear Sri Anoop, anything we follow, must be questioned as, "Why should I do? 
Why should I not do?"   So  the same thing we must apply here and think, "Why 
should I chant the  holy names of lord hari and this harE krShNa mahA manthram  
specifically? Why not other manthrAs 108 times?" The answer is: 
   
  In kalisantharaNa upanishadh, it is stated:   
   
  harE krShNa harE krShNa krShNa krShNa harE harE   
  harE rAma harE rAma rAma rAma harE harE |   
  ithi shOdashaka nAmnAm kali kalmaSha nAshanam   
  nAthaha paratharOpAyaha sarva vEdhEshu dhrshyathE ||   
  (Proof Link:   http://www.hindunet.org/alt_hindu/1995_Jan/msg00223.html )
   
  "This  collection of sixteen names (of lord nArAyaNa) destroys the evils of  
the Kali Yuga. There is no, any other effective means (of liberation)  if we 
look in all sections of the Vedas." - lord brahma to shrI  nAradha, in 
kalisantharaNa upanishadh. 
   
  [Note:  Some consider first harE rAma and then harE krShNa. And some 
consider,  first harE krShNa and then harE rAma. However you chant, it doesn't 
matter and kindly don't bother too much about this. You will get the same 
result in whichever way you chant. To read full history for the reason for 
reversing, kindly read in the following link:   
http://www.hindunet.org/alt_hindu/1995_Jan/msg00223.html   ]
   
  So  it is recommended to chant this at least 16 rounds (108 x 16 rounds) as  
our past devotees has specifically stressed "at least 16 rounds are  must". And 
in general time also, if possible one can continue the same.  Or else a person 
can always utter the holy names of lord viShNu, as  stated in brhadh nAradhIya 
purANam: 
   
  harErnAma harErnAma harErnAmaiva kEvalam |   
  kalou nAsthi kalou nAsthi kalou nAsthyEva gathiranyatha ||   
  (Proof Link 1:   
http://www.bvashram.org/articles/93/1/Prophecy-of-the-Golden-Age )
  (Proof Link 2:   http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/aug97/0031.html )
  (Proof Link 3:   http://www.sssct.org/Discourses/2004/ramanavami.htm )
   
  "In  the age of Kali there is no other way to achieve the supreme, other  
than by chanting the holy names of Lord Hari. There is no other way, no  other 
way, no other way." 
   
  So  once if something is stressed for 3 times, one has to take seriously.  It 
is like "Order! Order! Order!". So kindly do practice continuous  chanting of 
the holy names of lord hari/viShNu, so that we all can go  that undying and 
everblissful world where there is no birth, no death,  no pains, etc. as 
confirmed by lord krShNa in BhagavadhgItha in so many  shlOkams: 
   
  One  who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities  
does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material  world, 
but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna. (BhagavadhgIthA 4.9)

After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogis in  devotion, never return 
to this temporary world, which is full of  miseries, because they have attained 
the highest perfection. (   BhagavadhgIthA 8.15) 

>From  the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are  
>places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one  who 
>attains to My abode, O son of Kunti, never takes birth again. ( BhagavadhgIthA 
>8.16)

Yet  there is another nature, which is eternal and is transcendental to this  
manifested and unmanifested matter. It is supreme and is never  annihilated. 
When all in this world is annihilated, that part remains  as it is. That 
supreme abode is called unmanifested and infallible, and  it is the supreme 
destination. When one goes there, he never comes back  in this material world. 
( BhagavadhgIthA8.20-21) 

Those  who know the Supreme Brahman (God) pass away from the world during the  
influence of the fiery god, in the light, at an auspicious moment,  during the 
fortnight of the moon and the six months when the sun  travels in the north, 
never returns in this material world. ( BhagavadhgIthA 8.24)

One  who is free from illusion, false prestige, and false association, who  
understands the eternal, who is done with material lust and is freed  from the 
duality of happiness and distress, and who knows how to  surrender unto the 
Supreme Person, attains to that eternal kingdom.  That abode of Mine is not 
illumined by the sun or moon, nor by  electricity. One who reaches it never 
returns to this material world. (  BhagavadhgIthA 15.5-6) 
   
  So  initially, continuously chanting may be bit difficult and you may find  
cuts or gaps in between the chants. But once you practice this activity  for 
just 1 to 2 months continuously, your chanting comes automatically  with your 
breath. Try to concentrate on the chanting. If not possible,  don't get 
frustrated.  
   
  Because  in shrImadhBhAgavatham 1.1.14, it is stated, "Living beings who  are 
entangled in the complicated meshes of birth and death can be freed  
immediately by even unconsciously chanting the holy name of Krishna, which is 
feared by fear personified."
  (Proof Link:   http://srimadbhagavatam.com/1/1/14/en)
   
  So  I request everyone to chant on the holy names of lord krShNa and harE  
krShNa mahA manthram and just depend primarily on these two,  instead of 
depending on any other means for any kinds of solutions.  
   
  - Balaji - The Servant of Devotees!

          

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