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Dear Nappinnai,

I ask these questions because of my concern that you 
are all advocating inaction on the part of the jIva - 
that is accept everything as the act of the Lord 
(which is fine) and that the jIva has no cause to do 
anything (which is not). Even in the example you
used, Ramanuja did ask Koorathazhvan to ask Lord 
Varadaraja to give him his eyesight back. Why did he 
do that? There are so many instances where all these
acharyas took actions instead of simply sitting
back. Why?

If you see certain activities in Kanchi or anywhere, 
is it your role to be inactive or is your role to 
see how you can serve there - while realizing that 
whatever happens and will happen is His will? If you
see that our sampradhayam is getting crushed, is it 
your role to try to help restore it or do you leave 
that too as the act of the Lord and do nothing about 
it.

For eg, the upanyasam you heard from VK Swami happened
because some folks that that they had to do something
to help the sampradhayam. As another eg, why is
Chinna Jeeyar Swami struggling so hard at Thirumalai
to straighten things there.

If you do decide to act in certain ways (propagating
the Vedas or protecting the Lord's divyadesam or 
whatever), are you acting on your own will and think 
you should not do that; or do you act that way because 
you realize that truly it is the Lord who is directing 
you to act in that fashion? 

After all, he owns you body AND mind right? Since, He
is witness to all your thoughts as well ("uLLuvAr 
uLLaththu udan irundhu aRidhi"), why feel that your 
thoughts of wishing to do certain actions are separate 
from His will? 

There is a wonderful story to think about here: A 
person was drowning and was waiting for the Lord to
help him survive. A log came by and he did not 
catch it; a boat came by and he rejected those who
tried to lift him out of the water, etc. All the
time, he kept waiting for the Lord to come by and
save him. In the end, he drowned. In the other
world, he met the Lord and asked Him why He did
not come to save him. The Lord smiled and asked
him: "I did try to save you. Did I not send the
log, the boat, etc to help resuce you?"

adiyEn





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