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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:
Srimad Vara Vara Munaye nama:

Dear Sriman Srinivas,
Humble praNAms to you and your friend. One showing very 
much interest in SV is itself a sankalpam of the Divine Couple. One 
becoming a Sri Vaishnavite is not an overnight process(even after the 
samAshrayanam) but a journey. Just worshipping Sriman Narayana alone 
doesn't give one the right to claim oneself as an SV. Does one have 
the heart to forgive those,who does harm to one, and even become 
their benefactor or even seek moksha for wrongdoers,on their behalf, 
like Sri KuraththAzhvAn,the disciple of Sri Ramanuja? Probably the 
word Brahmin has distorted meaning these days. Devotees can correct 
me if I'm wrong. A brahmin is he who is in the true devotional 
service. But a brahmin by birth can become a sudra by conduct and 
vice versa. One becomes an SV by conduct not by birth. One need not 
go out of his/her way or put too much self-efforts to become a Sri 
Vaishnavite. It is enough to associate oneself with fellow SVs(even 
for this HE will set the RIGHT time!) and the rest will be taken care 
of by the Lord and the bhAgavathas. Kindly, forgive me for any errors 
on my part.

AzhvAr emperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam
NC Nappinnai 


--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "srinivasterakanambi" 
<srinivasterakanambi@xxxx> wrote:
> 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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