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Dear Vaidehi,

If 'sEshatvam' is realized by 'letting go' of
one's wrong belief in svAtantrayam, then is that 
letting go indicative of the jIvAtma's independence
in action?

If you perform actions for the pleasure of the Lord,
then are you acting with independence?

adiyEn

--- vaidhehi_nc <nappinnai_nc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sri:
> Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:
> Dear Sriman Soundararajan,
>            Humble praNAms to you. If I follow your
> english(and on 
> the assumption that my English is neither Shakespearean
> nor Bacon)
> closely, I figure out from "pAratantryam is making
> 'oneself' ready" 
> that jIvAtma has independence!!! Correct me if I'm
> wrong/misread 
> your post. I may think that I deserve the krpa of the
> Lord but the 
> Lord may think differently. How can I act in such a way
> that it only 
> gives pleasure to the Lord? Even if I give
> displeasure(according to 
> my eyes) He may lick it as a pleasure(according to His
> eyes). In 
> effect, my act shouldn't become a cause for Him to
> react(that's why 
> His grace is called "causeless/nirhEtuka
> grace/mercy/krpa")! This is 
> a very subtle point which can not be translated into any
> language 
> properly except in the heart,mind and in practice. I'm an
> infant in 
> my sampradAyam so please pardon all errors.
> 
> AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam
> dAsAnu dAsI
> NC Nappinnai           
> 


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