Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha Adiyen has some views that are a little different from this. As Smt Nappinnai mentioned in one of the earlier posts, satsangam is important. And the, members of the satsangam must understand the purpose, the goal and the rules. The idea of satsangam is to brainstorm, get more knowledge, get references to purvacharya's work etc. This adds value. One need not go through 16 years of what swami Nammazhwar went through, rather, use his experience via swami Nampillai's eedu vyakyanam. Similarly, we must bank on other's experience, for our life isn't enough to sit and meditate or experience ourselves. At the same time, meditation adds value in terms of giving a peaceful mind, thus, developing a discipline, giving an opportunity to digest what was learnt, to analyse and improve/correct those acts that we have performed etc. Whether it is satsangam(external knowledge) or introspection/meditation, it must be properly channelled. This group is a valuable satsangam. We all understand the purpose of this group i.e to understand our tradition better. As long as no one perceives personal offense, this is a great (virtual) place to participate, share, question, clarify and what not, about our sampradayam. As swami pointed out, definitions of difference etc could be avoided until we reach a point where we first understand our sampradayam to the fullest extent. But at the same time, the meditation in the yogic/tantric senses are completely unnecessary, for, as azhwar said "oon vaada unnadhu uyir kavalittu... thaan vaada vaada thavam seyya venda", one need not control everything, sitting in a place to meditate. Our ancestors have gone through that pain to reveal the knowledge which is now readily available for us via our acharyans. We have to seek our acharyans and just grab that from them and share it with more and more people and "try to follow the same". At this point I have a humble request. I see more questions coming in, but only very few are answered at a satisfactory layman level. I request great scholars like Shri Velukkudi Swami, Shri MAV Swami and other giants to drop a post once a while whenever they find time, to answer us, the ignorant ones, and help us too, to get past these chaos, one step at a time. Kindly pardon my mistakes/ignorance. Yatheendra Pravanam Vandhe RAMYA Jaamaataram Munim Adiyen, Ramanuja Dasan --- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, purohit@xxxx wrote: > Adiyen > > I lament the fact that Srivaishnavas in general are given to too much > chattering about doctrines, dogmas, definitions of difference and > positioning via-a-vis others, seeming to define themselves as separate and > unique. What I would love to see is more meditation upon the refulgent form > of Narayana. Meditation in the real sense of the Yogic/Tantic practices. > Nammalvar meditated for 16 years before he spoke anything, and we speak too > readily without even a reference to meditation/realisation. Its like > discussing the taste of mangoes but never actually eating one. > > Instead of meetings where bhaktas gather to chatter, condemn, and engage in > self-praise while filling themselves on pongal and puli-odharai, I would > like to see then sitting in silent meditation. > > Adiyen > > Sri Ram
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