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 > > > > > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. thread ceremony-a small doubt > From: "srinivasterakanambi" > <srinivasterakanambi@xxxx> > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > 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. > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam > >
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