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. ------------------------ 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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