Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya nama: Dear Devotee, Here we are discussing the mindset behind the act. As per sri piLLai lOkAcAryA's mumukshuppadi, mantras like gOpAla mantram, rAma mantram, hayagrIva etc are for certain benefits and lot of people write these namas for gaining something! AsTAkshari stands apart from all these that it explains the actual relation between the jIvAtmA and paramAtma that once the jIvAtmA catches and "understands" this point(and then practising it!), it shouldn't worry about itself. Just for the same reason that you're saying 'there is nothing wrong in calling Om namO vEnkaTEshAya as asTAkshari', the objection was raised! vEnkaTEshAya mantram(or any other mantram) doesn't tell what is the relation between the jIvAtmA and paramAtmA. If you can call anything as asTAkshari, well, then you can call my name as asTAkshari also! There will be no end to this type of non-sensical talks. The objection raised by Sri guna venkat was wrt our attitude and not Jeeyar's attitude which is right. But our attitude is not at the same level as Jeeyar's attitude. With what mindset,people are wtiting these nAmAs is the question in concern. Thsi mindset depends only on the true understanding of the nArAyaNa mantram and not any other mantram. Hardcore R's devotees with more knowledge will talk on my behalf! nArAyaNa is the Super set and all other names are subsets and subset can never equal the Superset. Note that subset has some features of the superset but neither qualitatively nor quantitatively it equals the Superset. To illustrate the point, my favorite was(and still)is srIrAmA. But I didn't have the knowledge of the true relation between me and God until I understood nArAyaNa mantram. srIrAma mantram didn't give me that understanding! And precisely for the same reason(understanding of the nArAyaNa mantram)that my attitude towards everything has changed dramatically. Once people start labelling anything as asTAkshari, then it becomes some "X"s sampradAyam/mumukshuppadi and not srIrAmAnuja sampradAyam or sripiLLai's lokAcAryA's mumukshuppadi. dAsAnudAsI NC Nappinnai --- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Ramanujam Varada Srinivasa Thatta" <acharyatvsr@xxxx> wrote: > > Dear Swamin, > No doubt that "Om Namo Narayanaya" is THE ASHTAKSHARI. But by virtue of this > manthram possessing eight letters we can call it Venkatesa Ashtakshari. > Similarly maybe Naarasimha Ashtakshari. > All manthrams are sacred for us like vaasudeva Manthram etc. In this context > there should be no objection to write or recite OM NAMO VENKATESAYA just as > we write Rama Koti. > Adiyen, > Dasan, > Ramanujam. azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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