----- Original Message ----- From: "prasanna5" <prasanna5@xxxxxxxxx> To: <rangapriya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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