Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha: Adiyen has not communicated much in this thread, other than being a listener. Varadan swamy nicely iterated the sidhanta. It is to please PerumAl's desire not as an UpAya or with any expectations back for performing the vratam. Adiyen have heard in many lectures from Velukudi Krishnan Swamy, where the emphasis on performing our nitya, naimithika karmas, but we must do it as per injunctions from Sruti/Smriti. The best example is Emberumaanaar when he was 120 years old, he would go to Kaveri with help from other stalwart devotees and leave argyam. Nothing more needs to be said about us following purvAchArya's instructions. But this follows Kannan Emberumaan's instruction "Yad Yad Acarati Shreyas" (Bhag.Gita. 3.21), When great men perform activities, others follow. So, as prapannas we should set examples for others. Please forgive my comments if they are inappropriate. Adiyen Ramanuja dasan, Sarathy --- Varadhan SKM <varadha.ramanujadasan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > srI: > srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha: > > Actually, there is a higher interpretation given to > Bhattar's > saying "Where did you find ekadasi in the midst of > this periya > thirunAL?". During adyayana utsavam, devotees are > supposed to be > totally submerged in the anubhavam of the Lord that > they even forget > things like food etc. How is it that you remember > that there is > something like food and that you are supposed to > avoid it on a > specific day etc? This is also an interpretation > given. > > In any case, the question is: what is the conclusion > of this thread? > Are we suggesting that we need not follow ekadasi? > Can we try to find > out what is our pUrvAchAryas stand on the issue? In > our sampradAyA we > accept only pUrvAchAryas as the final authority on > all such matters. > Is it not? In that case, it turns out that there is > no space for > entertaining what a specific person feels about a > specific issue. > Rather we should try and understand the logic behind > the anushtAnams > of pUrvAcharyAs (pUrvAchAryargaL podham > anushtanangaL - URM). > > Also, the answer given earlier is very relevant: we > do it as part of > saranagathy. (anUkUlyasya sankalpam). Not practicing > EkAdasi is > pratikUlam. So we must avoid not practicing > (pratikUlyasya varjanam). > > Besides, adiyEn thinks we are nowhere near > understanding pAsurams and > their meanings. Who are we to interpret pAsurams? we > should > completely depend on pUrAchAryas for interpretation > of pAsurams and > we should just follow pUrvAchAryas anushtanams as it > is. Once Swami > emperumAnAr was requested by his disciples to give a > discourse on > thiruppAvai. Swami said that nobody can understand > thiruppAvai as it > is. Only AndAL can understand the fullest meaning. > He also said "I am > not qualified to give discourse on it you are not > qualified to listen > to such a discourse". If swami (tiruppavai jeeyar) > felt like that, > where are we? Remember that swami had great > disciples - Azhwan, > andan, embar,arulala perumal emperumanar et al. Each > of them was a > giant in sastras and anushtAnams. He said that they > were not > qualified to listen to that discourse. Where are we? > > kshamikka prarthikkirEn! > > emperumAnAr tiruvadigaLE saranam! > > adinAyEn, > varadha rAmAnuja dAsan. > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/.itolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Azhvar EmberumAnAr JeeyAr ThiruvadigalE Saranam http://www.vedics.net 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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