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Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Dear bhAgavatas,

I am not sure about whether we can say that "our
conduct has no role in attracting His grace". To
me it appears more that our conduct has no guarantee
that it will attract His grace - since He is sarva
svantantran and therefore is not answerable to any
one for His actions. That is, there is nothing we
can do that we can say is a sure thing to attain
moksha. Then, does this include saranagati to an 
acharya? On the surface, it would appear to be so.
But it also seems that He has taken a vrata to 
accept this as a special thing for those who have
Ramanuja sambandham.

It also appears that while He is independent in
general, He listens to Thayar in allowing His
grace to flow and give salvation to those whom She
recommends. Being this the case, our conduct should
be such that Thayar will plead to Him on our behalf.

In either case, it appears that one cannot simply
sit around and do nothing saying that there is 
nothing to do.

Is adiyEn's understanding as stated above correct?

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

--- Srinivasaramanujan TCA <tcasr@xxxx> wrote:
> Dear Srivaishnavas,
> Nirhetuka Kripa seems to be like Grace in
> Christianity. Many Srivaishnavas have difficulty in
> accepting the concept, though hallowed by
> Purvacharyas.If our conduct has no role in attracting
> His grace, why take the trouble of observing rigid
> rules of ethics in one's personal life?


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