Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya nama: Dear Sriman Srinivasadasa, I love to join the bandwagon. I have done lot of sins consciously and He alone knows how much I have done unconsciously. For a person like me,Sri Bhattar's wordings are the only hope to live for. I can personally feel Lord SriranganAtha's thoughts "what all I do to catch these jIvAtmAs and yet they nicely slip from the net I throw". Our suffering is nothing compared to His! AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam NC Nappinnai --- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, srinivasa chary <srinivasadasa@xxxx> wrote: > Dear Swamin, > This is a great episode. Let Lord's suffering > grow day after day!!! Unworthy souls like adiyen stand > a chance to make it. Thank you for narrating this > story. > -Srinivasadasa > --- vtca <vtca@xxxx> wrote: > > Sri: > > Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: > > > > One time Bhattar was giving a discourse during which > > he > > mentioned that Lord Sriman Narayana does suffer in > > the > > matters of his devotees. > > > > Dasaratha then asked them what noble qualities they > > had seen in Sri Rama. They went on to describe Sri > > Rama's many wonderful qualities at the end of which > > they mentioned one thing - if any subject of Ayodhya > > were to suffer for any reason, then Sri Rama would > > suffer even greater than that person." > > > > Bhattar then asked "O Panditha! Why did you not ask > > the two scholars whether Sri Rama's suffering was an > > auspicious quality or if it was a lowly quality?" > > > > Bhattar then said "If they want proof from the > > sastras and not just the itihasas, do not the > > Vedantas say that He is alone and that He is not > > happy ('na rameti'). How can He, who is surrounded > > by shrI, bhU and nILa devIs, by nityasUris and by > > muktAtmas, be alone. And how is He unhappy. > > > > We find in this world that if we get attached to > > someone through marriage or other reasons, then we > > suffer for them when they are hurting. If this is > > the case for a relationship that came in the middle, > > how could He, who is related to all the jIvas since > > time immemorial and who is the father of all these > > souls, not be worried when they are suffering in > > this world? He feels lonely because not all of His > > children are with Him in His abode and enjoying > > Him and He is unhappy for them." > > > > Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam > > > > A Day in the Life of Our Acharyas: > > http://www.acharya.org/articles/aditlooa/index.html > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. > http://photos.yahoo.com/
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