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Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

Dear Sri Venkatesan,
You're absolutely right about our sampradAyam. Also 
look at the beautiful writing style of Sri PiLLai LOkAcArya. The 
BAdarAyanA,the author of BrahmasUtra,was a monist. A monist is not 
counted amongst the paramahamsas(most perfect of the renounced order 
of life). Veda vyAsa,in none of his commentaries,explained the 
transcendental activities and auspicious qualities of the Lord. He 
feels incomplete and expresses his despondency in his own words in 
Srimad BhAgavatam(Canto 1,Chapter 4,verses 30-34). It's due to this 
my dear Ramanuja didn't find sanction in the srutis to explain 
certain things,so he keeps quiet. Sri PiLLai lOkAcArya's words do not 
contradict the sAstra at the same time whatever you said holds true! 
HE,out of His own will and volition and for the benefit of 
worshippers,assumes forms and He is the "ocean" of auspicious 
qualities. Sri Ramanuja's GaDyatraya(also enitire NDP)is the proof 
for it. SRi Ramanuja had more freedom in Gita BhASya than he had in 
BrahmaSUtra. Again wrt carama slokam,Sri Ramanuja is in strict line 
with the sAstra(bhakti and prapatti as two paths). Only in GaDya 
traya,you see prapatti as the sole means of salvation and also the 
true spirit of Sri Ramanuja. 

Veda vyAsa is considered as divine incarnation yet it's the 
Lord who infuses the inspiration in him to write such a commentary
(impersonal brahman). Finally everything boils down to "nirhEtuka 
krpa". 

One incidence from Srimad BhAgavatam: some ladies who were all 
bathing naked,immediately started to hide their bodies when they saw 
Veda vyAsa whereas they didn't feel shy nor were they aware of their 
nakedness when they saw SukAcArya,the son of VedavyAsa. Also remember 
SRi MaNavALa mAmunigaL's commentary on carama slokam where he 
says:Superiority of a prapanna over others(sAstra followers)is that a 
person following sAstrAs refrains himself from prohibited objects 
while a prapanna refrains himself from even "permitted" objects.

Veda VyAsa didn't specify the devotional service in his 
writings,and although our sampradAyam is ubhaya vEdAnta,NAlAyira 
Divya Prabandham is superior because it contains all the sAstra but 
sAstra doesn't contain NDP(devotional service to the Lord). I am 
learning our sampradAyam and in the process I'm sure to 
make mistakes but would love to be corrected by learned people. 

AzhvAr EmeprumAnAr Jeeyar TiruvadigaLE saraNam
nappinnai








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