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--- In SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "sridevispb" <sridevispb@...> wrote:
>
> Respected Swamins,
>                   I have couple of questions running in my mind.
> 
> 1.What are the duties prescribed for ladies in our sampradayam??
> 2. Why there is no participation by ladies in  any divyadesams?? ( Even 
> though there are many ladies who knows naalayiram) 
> 3. Are there any ladies in the history who did kainkaryam to 
> divyadhambathis?? ( after aandal naachiyar)
> 
> I have learnt so much from our group messages. Hope my doubts are clarified. 
> Thanks in advance for the same. 
> 
> Sridevi Suresh PB
>
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Dear Sridevi Suresh PB,

Jai Srimannarayana.

Lord Ranganatha, Thayaar, Andal and the Alwars shall bless you with every thing 
great in life. I shall input some thoughts. Have careful reading and enjoy His 
will.

1) Duties for Ladies -

In Vaishnava phylosohy there are no Ladies and Gentlemen seperately. All jeevas 
are "STHREE SAMAM" equavalant to Ladies and PARAMATHMA is alone the PURUSHA, 
the ultimmate. Here the meaning is SEVAI and not sex descrimination. The 
protector and the protected are mutually dependant. Similar to JEEVATHMA and 
PARAMAATHMA. The SEVAI (service) is between Lord and Devotee, Narayana and 
Piraatti, Acharya and Sushyan, Child and Mother (Mother serves the child), 
Parents and children, Husband and wife and so on. 

Looking in this context LADIES can do every thing and anything with SEVAI as 
the ultimate. The result is protection, knowledge, growth and love  depending 
on context. However, LADIES have certain limitations imposed by nature 
(Sareeradharmam) and at the same time they excel in giving LOVE as mother, 
sister, daughter and wife. Now you realise when SEVAI is the intention anything 
can be done. I will put even things like writing poetry, having nice chat, 
singing a song, assosciation with devotees, good word from learned men - ALL AS 
SEVAI and for the LORD RANGANATHA. 

Do whatever you can for the Lord and His Devotees. Why devotees, because Lord 
is not easily accessible / visible, but devotees and devotion can be seen and 
felt always. Even if you have Lord and have His glimses also at times, their 
duration is so small for charming that you can not serve at that point.

2) Participation of Ladies in DIVYADESAMS -

You have ANDAL above all. Andal has PERIYALWAR as foster father. Always in 
association of Lord VATAPATHRA SAI and devotional talk. She was helping in 
making MAALAI (Sevai). ANDAL was waring the garlands to see whether they 
properly suit on the Lord and they are as beatiful as Lord. VISHNU CHITTAR was 
nervous, when he saw a hair in the Garland offered to God. But Lord clarified 
to Periyalwar in a dream that he preffered Garland worn by THAI ANDAL. All this 
emphasises SEVAI in its purest form. Nothing wrong should ever happen in Lord's 
context.

Other female characters, we see in our scriptures from SEVAI point of view are 
(1) SABARI craving to see LORD RAMA, (2) Vakula ford Lord SRINIVASA, (3) YASODA 
while serving GOVINDA, (4) RAADHA for Lord KRISHNA, (5) DROWPADI for Krishna as 
brother, (6) RUKMINI always worshiping Lord with TULASI, (7) Even SITA when she 
accompanied RAMA to forest, (8) SRI MAHALAKSHMI herself got the DWAYA MANTHRAM 
form Lord and many more. All the contexts SEVAI and Lord as the goal. The 
server is STHREE and the served is LORD. Here do not distingush as male / 
female. In MADHURA BHAKTI all our saints imagined them selves as STHREE and 
Lord as their destination / goal.

In our divyadesams  - Now many of them are in poor condition. Still I see some 
places, the female sevai indirectly (serving the devotee and Koil), when we 
look at the diety and the priest "CHEERFUL" - clean, bright and peaceful. 
Chanting the MANTHRAS alone is not POOJA. Helping it in any way is in the 
purpose of Lord is also POOJA.

Coming to LADIES who kew NAALAYIRAM and ALWARS so well, I think suitable forums 
are inadequate. However in their homes, families and near relations, they are 
probably honoured adeuately. As such religion is neglected in society from any 
promotional point of view. Religion nowadays has all distorted purposes. This 
is true for both males and females. 

Wishing all the best to ALL DEVOTEES

~ Ever humble to all devotees - Peesapti V V S Chari
~ web site - http://etemples.net




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