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SrImathE RaamAnujAya Nama:

Dear BhakthAs :

I would like to invite your attention to a brilliant 
monograph entitled : "Divine Soverignity and 
Our Freedom " . It has been adiyEn's bhAgyam to
study it and enjoy it . 

Let me provide some background on the distinguished Scholar/Author 
of this Monograph , SrI U.Ve .Neduntheru KaNNan Swamy .He has 
learnt SrI BhAshyam through the traditional KaalkshEpam route 
by absorbing the subtle meanings of difficult pasages by sitting
at the sacred feet of  a veritable assembly of lions among 
the current day Sri VaishNavite AchAryaas . 

Many of us participate in such KaalakshEpams but only 
a blessed few (microscopic minority ) are full beneficiaries to
grasp the subtle and true meanings that our AchAryAs have stored 
for us out of their infinite compassion for us . Even among 
those select few , who truly benefit from such KaalakshEpams ,
only a small (rare) subset of them could articulate what they 
learnt ardently from their AchAryAs and share with us these 
nuggets of Jn~Anam in a clear way to others. 

SrIman KaNNan Swamy is one of these few sishyAs of
whom the AchAryAs are proud of and wish to treasure.

SrIman Kannan Swamy's sookshma buddhi , vast diction 
in English language and skills in handling Sanskrit language
at the conversational level have proven to be unique assets in
preparing himself to create this monograph appreciated by
the AchAryAs and VaishNavite Scholars alike thru their 
anugraha BhAshaNams ( forewords in the monographs).

SrIman Kannan Swamy is a very modest and retiring 
scholar , who prefers to place his gratefulness rightfully 
to the many AchAryAs , who have opened his spiritual
eyes regarding Grantha Chaathushtayam and other
SrI Sookthis .

A partial list of the AchAryAs and scholars , who have 
commended and blessed the monograph are:      

(1) HH SrImath Azhagiya Singar ,  the 45th Pontiff of 
SrI Ahobila Mutt 

2)HH SrIamth PoundarIkapuram Andavan 

3) Goshtipuram MahA VidhvAn , Vaikunta Vaasi ,
SrI U.Ve. S. RaamAnujAcchAr Swamy 

(2)  MahaamahOpAdhyAya PerukkaaraNai ChakravarthyAchArya 
Swamy

(3)  MahAmahOpAdhyAya SrI U.Ve . V. SrIvatsAngAcchAr  Swamy 
( Sanskrit Foreword: The Examination of the Karthruthvam of Jeevan/
Jeeva Kartruthva sOdhanam) .This by itself is a brilliant analysis
of the issues of Karthruthvam .

4) U.Ve. Villur NadaathUr VidhvAan , Sri V.S. KaruNAkarAcchAr Swamy

5) MannArgudi VidvAn SrI U.Ve. S.RajagOpAlAcchAr Swamy 

6) Professor Dr. V.K.S.N. Raghavan , Head of the  Department of
VaishNavam , University of Madras .

These forewords amply comment on the distinguishing  features of
this monograph in ENGLISH and its value to us .The forewords themselves 
are brilliant study materials in so far as identifying some of the key issues 
of SrI BhAshyam covered by SrIman KaNNan Swamy .

SrIman Kannan Swamy has kindly  sent two dozen copies of 
His scholarly monograph to me for distribution to those , who might be
interested to benefit from it . I can  not say enough about the richness of
the SampradhAya Jn~Anam gained by SrIman Kannan Swamy from his
KaalakshEpams with great VaishNavite AchAryAs after his retirement 
from a long and distinguished service with the Central Government of India.

 The content of the Monograph:
**************************************
Some of the difficult sections of SrI BhAshyam as referred to by Prakrutham 
HH PouNdarIkapuram Andavan are : " SarIrasarIri bhAvam , Jeeva Paaratantryam , 
KarmAdheena kaaryams , Sva-SwAmi BhAvam ,UpEkshakathvam , 
anumanthruthvam ,and PrErakthvam " . SrImath Andavan has pointed out 
that SrIman Kannan Swamy has used his sharp intellect to absorb , analyse and
share with us in clear language all that he has learnt from his AchAryAs . 

The dialog between Lord RanganAtha and an arrogant jeevan etched 
in the Thirumanjana Kattiyam of Swamy ParAsara Bhattar is a good
context for the monograph . In that dialog , the jeevan is convinced that
it is Svatantran and questions the Lord's sovereignity .The Jevan thinks 
that it is Svatantra KarthA and Master of its own destiny.

There has been a long debate about who has Karthruthvam
( Independence in performing karmAs ): Jeevan or GuNams or
Iswaran or all of them in their own roles or one among them 
in a unique role .Is Jeevan a Svatanthran or a Paaratantryan is 
a tantalizing question over which Para mathams have floundered . 

AchArya RaamAnujA has settled this important question for our benefit
in His SrI BhAshyam in an undisputable manner without inconsistencies
between the different Sruthi-based pramANams ( parAyatthaadhikaraNam) . 
These positions of AchArya RaamAnujA have been elaborated by 
Swamy Desikan in AdhikaraNa SaarAvaLi and Taathparya Chandrika
further .

SrIman Kannan Swamy's powerful monograph captures the issues
related to " the Divine Sovereignity   and Jeevan's Freedom " and
sums up our AchAryA's conclusions for guiding us . During his
case building effort , SrIman Kannan Swamy helps us to understand
difficult concepts such as " the First volitional effort / Pratama Pravrutthi "
by the Jeevan in the context of anAdhi KarmAs  . Our AchAryA's
UpadEsam is : " KarmA does not paralyze the human effort but  
truly it is a guide". The author focuses on establishing the correctness 
of this view in the light of Bhagavath RaamAnuja Darsanam.

During the course of development of his thesis , SrIman Kannan Swamy
raises some questions , which plagues us all at different times and 
provides answers for them based on Saasthrams as expounded by 
our AchAryAs .One such question is : " How does ParamAthmA , whom 
the Upanishads delienate as a perpetual resident inside the heart lotus of 
a jeevan and acts as an inner controller of every chEthanam , 
permit that chEthanam to make mistakes, committ and inflict wrongs 
and let the chEthanam court its own disaster ? ".The central question that 
is tackled is the difficult one of " Do we have free will --the freedom 
to choose whether to do or not and what is the role of the SarvEswaran 
as an anatharyAmi ( indweller watching over all of our actions)?  How free 
are we ?Is our freedom real ? What is the relationship between ChEthanam , 
achEthanam and Iswaran in the context of Doership by the Jeevans? 
Does ParamAthma abdicate ever His role and leaves the jeevan to 
its own recourse ? How long does the jeevan need to suffer ? What are 
the means to get freedom from the samsAric sufferings of the Jeevan ? ".

The monograph concludes with the magnificence of SaraNAgathy/
Bhara SamarpaNam/Aathma NivEdhanam as the easy to practise 
means to overcome our SamsAric sufferings and gain Moksha Sidhdi .

This brilliant  monograph concludes with the moving salutations to SarvEswaran ,
MahA VishNu , by the MahA Kavi KaaLidAsa in his Raghuvamsam .

I encourage all to acquire a copy of this brilliant monograph to develop
additional familiarity with the greatness of  AchArya RaamAnujA's
SrI BhAshyam and its commentaries by His successors .

It is my fondest hope that SrIman Kannan Swamy
will help us with addiitonal monographs focusing on
the intricate aspects of our SiddhAntham .

NamO veda PurushAya ,
SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan          






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