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Dear Srimathi Vaidehi
 
I am thankful for your  valuable inputs on the above topic.
I refer to  the point that you have made in your mail regarding the above.

Lord needing a reason to shower His 
grace has no place in TK school of thought if my understanding is right!

You have also added

B'coz there are jIvAtmAs which are totally incapable of even following the 
simplest procedures. If we go by 
strict procedures, we need to ask "how many brahmins learn and 
preach vedas or spend time in DDs instead of sitting abroad(within 
the home country as well as outside)?"

This is a very valid argument. 

There was a recent mail from another knowledgeable person which I quote.

B does not drive the soul to act in a particular way. If that is
so B can be faulted to be partial and unkind. , since
B makes someone to do good and some other to do bad. B
gives us freedom to take the first step and then
directs us to take further steps accordingly.

I have suggested that the first step can be Bhakthi or prapathi.

As you know ,for prapathi,there is no restriction regarding 
location,time,method,eligibility and also the purpose. 

In TK school of thought also ,the Lord needs a pretext or a flimsy reason for 
the flow of His grace. There are also references of unintentional merit and 
imposed merit in Sri vachana Bhushanam.

There was another scholarly  thought from Smt. Sumitra Varadarajan.

The narrative of comparing the Lord with a farmer who cultivates the souls is 
scholarly. I do not know whether this stream of philosophy regarding the Lord's 
eagerness to redeem the souls is different from nirhetuka Krupai according to 
our poorvacharyars.

I request to be excused for any inaccuracies.

Adiyen Ramanujadasan

Soundararajan

Azhwar emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam




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