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The immediate step he has to perform to become a vaishavaite is three fold
Step 1: Develop failth in Lord Sriman Narayana and Sri Mahalakshmi and other
Alwars and Acharyas and their teachings.
Step 2: Prostrate before a Acharya and get the Panchasamkaram or
(Samsreyanam) done.
Step 3 Follow the footsteps of the Alwars and Acharyas and never even turn
to other gods.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Varadarajan S (CTC) 
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 5:58 PM
> To:   'ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject:      RE: [ramanuja] Digest Number 823
> 
> 
> Swamin,
> Adiyen would like to clarify a basic principle here.
> Wearing a (PUNAL) is no where related to SriVaishnavisam.
> This is the clear case of getting confused between brahminisam and
> Vaishnavisam.
> People who take birth in a brahmin family need to undergo upanayana
> samskaram and have to wear the PUNUL after this.
> They then get the right to learn and propagate Vedas. But being a
> brahmin is not a requirement to be a Vaishnavaite.
> There are so many Brahmins who do not belong to Vaishnavisam.
> People who may be born in any caste, creed or religion but follow
> Sriman Narayana/Sri Mahalakshmi and other Alwars and Acharyas by "HEART",
> not alone by lips are SriVaishnavites.
> After adoring to vaishnavisam, they dont even look at the other demi
> gods or other gods.
> 
> But this is not the case with a brahmin, he adorns to any god that
> is extolled in the vedas.Eventhough Vedas explain the ultimate Brahmam as
> Lord Sriman Narayana, still in the course of its path it expains about so
> many demi gods and other gods. Brahmins accept all these gods.
> 
> The underlying principle is, Brahmins are born not made but
> Vaishnavaites are made not born as Vaishnavaites.
> 
> In Alwars, Nammalwar, Thiruppanalwar, Thirugamgai Alwar and
> Kulasekaralwar are not Brahmins. In acharyas Thirukkachi nambigal,
> Maraneri Nambigal, Pillai urangavildasar are all well known Non-Brahmin
> Srivaishavaites who do not Adorn any "THREAD" accross their sholders. 
> 
> Adiyen hopes you are clear that wearing a Thread no way is related
> to Sri vaishnavisam.
> 
> 
> Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan,
> Varadaraja Dasan
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> Topics in this digest:
> 
> 1. thread ceremony-a small doubt
> From: "srinivasterakanambi"
> <srinivasterakanambi@xxxx>
> 
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 11:38:22 -0000
> From: "srinivasterakanambi" <srinivasterakanambi@xxxx>
> Subject: thread ceremony-a small doubt
> 
> Dear Bhagavatas,
> 
> my humble pranams to you. i have a friend by name Sreejith. He is a 
> Keralite by birth, and they do not have the concept of PUNAL. But 
> this fellow is an exceptional case. He is very interested in Sri 
> Vaishnavism. He wishes to wear a thread (PUNAL). With great 
> difficulty, he has acquired permission from his parents for this. He
> 
> is asking me for further procedures. So, I request the learned 
> Bhagavatas to give valuable suggestions to go about further. Please 
> do show him the way to proceed, from whom can he get the PUNAL worn,
> 
> and where. Please help my friend to join the Sri Vaishnava
> community. 
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> Srinivas Terakanambi.
> 
> 
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> ________________________________________________________________________
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> azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam
> 
> 




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