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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:
Dearest all,

We have enjoyed the glorious Acharya Paramparai, the
kalyANa guNAs of our Srimad ParavakkOttai Andavan
Swami in particular and also immersed ourselves in
vedic references and saasthric pramANams to Prapatti
yoga and Saranagathi maargam.

Now that we have gone trhough with that: what is that
and how does one behave after undergpoing BharanyAsam
or Prapatti at the lotus feet of Acharyan?

The following would come handy and hence is reproduced
below. [as extracted from Srimad Rahaysyathrayasaram
?the summary or essence of which is written by Sri
Anbil Ramaswamy Swami] 

In the Post-Prapatti period till death the Prapanna
should be free from all anxieties, worries, tensions
or doubts regarding the fact of achieving the goal. He
should look forward to the event of deliverance as
anticipating the arrival of a honored guest since the
release from Samsara (cycle of births and deaths) is a
matter for supreme rejoicing.

He should, nevertheless, be wary of his promises to do
the Nitya and Naimittika karmas pleasurable to the
Lord, avoid those that would displease the Lord and
maintain the Mahaviswasa and remember his own Karpanya
and Akinchanya during the rest of his life. In short,
he will conduct himself as a liberated soul even while
living in this world .

The repentance on his having committed sins and the
atonement therefore are proper before Prapatti;
Otherwise, Prapatti would be ineffective. If on the
other hand, he languishes over his past karma EVEN
AFTER PRAPATTI, it will amount to disbelieving the
Lord's assurance to forgive all that. SO, ATONEMENT
BEFORE AND HOPE AFTER ARE THE HALLMARKS OF A PERSON
WHO HAS DONE PRAPATTI.

A self conceited person might feel that his initiative
has been lost, but the Prapanna would feel that the
initiative was never with him; It was always with the
Lord to whom he had surrendered. Neither our will nor
our mind nor our intelligence work out things for us.
Every action is His; The only action that can ever be
ours is to surrender our will to Him. This surrender,
he does not do for us because it has to come out of
our free will. All he does is to create the
circumstances for us to surrender to Him. 

If we don't surrender in word, thought and deed, He
mercifully lets us go free, but to be tossed about in
Samsara and take our own time to come to Him. Once,
having surrendered, the Prapanna can rest assured of
His protection and has nothing else to do for saving
himself.

This Chapter lays down the duties to be performed by a
Prapanna from the time of his doing Prapatti till
attaining Moksha on death.

(a) A Prapanna should not slacken his attentions to
and performance of his Nitya Karmas.

(b) He should continue to widen his knowledge by
associating with Acharyas and others qualified.

(c) Even if he has achieved a mental evolution
befitting him to a direct communion with God., he
should not feel proud about it since he should be ever
aware of his own insignificance

(d) He should keep his sense organs under perfect
control

(e) He should continue to do service to the archa form
of the Lord as also Nishkamya Karmas.

(f) He should consciously avoid all desire for worldly
pleasures and carry on his daily routine with wealth
earned through Dharmic means.

(g) He should always feel grateful to the grace of the
preceptor who initiated him into Prapatti

(h) He should always utter the Dvaya mantra as advised
by his Guru

(i) He should never boast about his own greatness (j)
He should scrupulously avoid insulting or
disrespecting the Bhagavatas and Acharyas.

(j) He should always be eager to perform service to
Bhagavan, the Bhagavatas and Acharyas.

(k) He should eat only pious foods conducive to
augmenting Satva guna.

What a Prapanna should do and what he should not may
be summarized as follows:

(i) Not to indulge in  Worldly pleasures and desire
therefore
(ii) To remember The great help rendered by Acharyas
(iii) Not to utter Words of Self-praise
(iv) To utter Dvaya Mantra
(v) To avoid in mind  Disrespect to Bhaghavatas and
word and deed Acharyas
(v) To perform in mind  Service to Bhaghavan,
Bhaghavatas word and deed and Acharyas

Atonement for offences:

After Prapatti, a Prapanna will not indulge in
committing any sins

(1) Should he commit any without intention, such sins
will not accrue to him

(2) Sins knowingly and deliberately committed can be
neutralized by atonement -prayaschitta prapatti (not
for the purpose of Moksha)

(3) Should one indulge in sins deliberately and does
not atone, minor punishments will be imposed on him
like becoming blind, lame etc., or disobedience by
wife, children etc. In such an event also the Prapanna
would not be denied Moksha because his papas will be
negatived by atonement or suffering punishment as
aforesaid.

(4) Even major sins except what is stated in (5) below
will be excused by the Lord by inflicting a light
punishment in exercise of his patience, love and
compassion towards the Prapanna.

(5) The only heinous and unpardonable sins which will
nullify the effects of Prapatti are: (a) Disrespect to
Bhagavatas and Acharyas and (b) Adherence to deities
other than Bhagavan.

(6) Though the means and Phala of Moksha are identical
as between a Prapanna and the great Nityas and Muktas
like PARASARA,VYASA,SRI NATHAMUNI and others, the
Prapanna should not arrogate himself by equating
himself with these extraordinary luminaries since they
are far superior on account of their birth, character,
knowledge, discipline etc which are not comparable to
those of the Prapanna.

(7) THE PRAPANNA SHOULD NOT DISCRIMINATE ANY ONE AS
INFERIOR ON ACCOUNT OF THE LATTER'S CASTE, CREED, SEX
OR OTHER DIFFERENCES

(8) The Apacharas committed towards Bhagavatas can
also be expiated but Only by seeking the forgiveness
of the same Bhagavatas

(9) A SUBTLE POINT TO NOTE IN THIS CONNECTION IS THAT
IF A PRAPANNA PRAYS AT THE TIME OF DOING PRAPATTI
FORGIVENESS OF SINS HE MIGHT COMMIT KNOWINGLY OR
UNKNOWINGLY IN THE POST-PRAPATTI PERIOD, THE LORD
WOULD TAKE CARE TO GUARD HIM AGAINST HIS COMMITTING
SUCH SINS ALSO.

(10) The Post-Prapatti sins get exculpated thus:-
1/4th by not repeating such sins; 1/4th by feeling
repentant; 1/4th by efforts to perform atonement
(Prayaschitta) and the balance 1/4th by actually
performing the Prayaschitta. Thus, for the Prapanna,
there is no consignment to hell or the danger of
rebirth under any circumstances.

asmadhAcharya ParyanthAm vandhE GuruparamparAm
Acharyan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan


 
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