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From: "prasanna5" <prasanna5@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 9:48 AM
Subject: [rangapriya] Pearls of Wisdom - V


 shriimate shrii ra~Ngapriya mahadeshikaaya Namah

 SrI:

Dear BhakthAs :

A sishya of HH Sri Ranga PriyA Swamy captured the essence of
a recent anugraha BhAshaNam from this great Acharyan .
It apepared in the saister list  dedicated to Sri RangapriyA
MahA Desikan by His sishyAs .

This is an important upadEsam of wide interest to all of us .
Hence I have taken the liberty of sharing this revelatory UpadEsam .

NaarAyaNa ,
V.Sadagopan


> Paramapujya bhagavatotamas and saha acharyapaadaanghrireNus,
>
>
> The author visited mandiram along with three friends (This was their
> first visit and hopefully the first of many more to follow). Swamiji
> asked us to sit down. Swamiji was alone and a divine silence was
> overflowing in His presence. To break the ice, Swamiji enquired about
> our well being and said, "There are three planes of existence for us.
> The physical plane, the intellectual plane and the spiritual plane.
> There is no place for doubt, arguments, counter arguments and the like
> in the spiritual plane. However, most of the time is spent by us in
> the physical and intellectual planes. There are bountiful doubts in
> the intellectual plane. One must certainly get them cleared. This will
> help us spend more time in the spiritual plane. If you have any doubts
> in the intellectual plane, I would be glad to clarify them. You may ask".
>
>
> The author was reminded of the sloka in Srimad Bhagavad Gita where
> Gitacharyan says
>
>
> tadviddhi pranipatena pariprashnena sewaya
> upadekshyanti te gnanam jnaninastattwadarshinah(Gita 4-34)
>
>
> [one should go to some spiritual master with faith and devotion;
> offspring himself for his services wit humble salutations, should
> express his curiosity for the attainment of that real knowledge. Those
> great philosopher saints, seers of Truth would preach you the proper
> methods of attaining pure knowledge.]
>
>
> Author was wondering, devoid of any sukrutam if one was to get this
> kind of upadesam, then it must be the anugraham of the acharyan. Added
> to that is the loftiness of the three souls that the author has
> accompanied. The author submitted his manaseeka namaskarams to those
> souls who were instrumental in begetting the amrutavarsham from the
> acharyan. Sadguru's grace being avyaaja karunai, it has also drenched
> the author who as mentioned earlier is the least worthy; the less said
> the better - for Swamiji used to say just as boasting about oneself is
> ego, so is talking ill about oneself.]
>
>
>
>
>                            There was a brief pass. Nobody raised any
> questions. Swamiji understood the predicament and said, "I myself will
> tell you something today".
>
>
> "Ok. What weapons does Tiruvenkatamudayan have?" asked Swamiji.
> "Discuss, conch..." came the answer.
>
> "Fine", said Swamiji. "In times of yore, people used weapons like
> spears, bows and arrows, swords, etc. So is it because of this they
> imagined that the Gods also had similar weapons. If that be so, should
> not the Gods now be holding guns, atom bombs, chemical and biological
> weapons etc!!!", asked Swamiji.
>
> "No. The Lord will not have such modern weapons because, the Lord
> revealed His to the great Yogis as He is because of His infinite
> mercy. Neither the form nor the weapons are mundane ones. They weapons
> are tatvas. The conch represents the buddhi tatvam and the chakra
> represents the manas tatvam. There is an annecdote in Mahabharatam.
> Ashwatama was one of those who visited Bhagavan Sri Krishna before the
> kurukshetra war. As he was a guruputra, Bhagavan did atiti satkaram
> and asked him if He could be of some help. Ashwatama asked for the
> sudarshana chakra from Bhagavan. Bhagavan agreed to give him the
> chakram but wanted to know as to why he wanted it (as if He did not
> know). Ashwatama in all audacity, told that the chakram is invinsible
> and using that he would slay Bhagavan in the war, for, if Krishna was
> eliminated the Kuru army will register victory in no minute. Bhagavan
> told that he may take the chakram (raamaH dvir na abhibhaaSate [Rama
> does not speak two things] - Valmiki Ramayanam Ayodhya Kanda - Sarga
> 18, Verse 30) and fulfill his manoratham. Ashwatama tried all his
> might to lift the chakram but could not. His hands got buried under it
> and became crest fallen. Bhagavan had to perform first-aid for him and
> sent him off will lots of gifts. This story illustrates the fact that
> the sudarshana chakram is manas tatvam and not a mundane weapon. If
> one has to weild it, He has to be beyond it. Do you get the point as
> to what manas tatvam is?....It is the summation of all minds...my
> mind, your mind, his mind...the universal mind. Similarly buddhi
> tatvam is the universal buddhi...The supreme Lord Sriman Narayana one
> who is beyond these tatvams alone can weild them.
>
> It is true that He has spun this web of maya which keeps us entangled.
> It we try to get out of it using our manas and buddhi, we get into
> further trouble. The all merciful Lord has put some escape points in
> this web. He reveals them personally or through His mouth pieces (the
> acharyas) to those who seek refuge Him. May we all take refuge at the
> Lotus feet of the Lord and seek His grace to escape this bhava jaalam.
> He will definitely save us".
>
> In a succint fashion, Swamiji drove home the greatest upaayam
> "prapatti" for escaping the birth-death cycle and drove the darkness
> shrouding our mind and intellect...for He is gu(darkness) (ru)dispel.
>
> paalitasiShyavraataM prapattimaargadarshakam
> bhavabhiitiharaM antara~NgapriyaM bhajaamyanvaham.
>
> Sadguro saranam mama




 
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