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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:
Dear Devotees,
           Hope all are doing great with thAyAr and perumAL's grace. 
I used that statement "what's the big deal" in the context of 
sAttvIka ahankAram as ahankAram of any sort is injurious to the 
soul. I wrote it after I saw Sri Chinna Jeeyar swamiji. He said so 
many things. If at his level he doesn't have any ahankAram, what are 
we fooling around talking about it? I was more amazed by swamiji's 
choice of words wrt AcArya/disciple relationship. One devotee said 
AcArya is God Himself and hence she considered swamiji like that. 
But swamiji answered without ahankAram and without using any form of 
english/samskrt word that gives rise to doubts wrt EGO/sAttvIka 
ahankAram. There is always misinterpretation(even in direct 
communication) through emails and other forms of similar 
communication. Whoever takes this statement itself seriously to 
one's heart, how would one take/treat a person who has committed 
grave crimes? 
           Why I am saying this is I know that I had committed lot 
of sins and still bhagavAn wanted me to undergo samAshrayaNam 
through Sri Chinna Jeeyar(I feel as though I am seeing Sri Ramanuja 
himself)and I asked swamiji to give me His photo for ArAdhana, 
swamiji looked at me and said:"why do you need my photo when I am 
there for you?" So should I jump and scream with sAttvIka ahankAram? 
NO. That moment I thought that's why "He is a saint and i am not". 
It's all in the mind to accept and reject. All my friends(some were 
atheist PhDs and some were theists with lot of sahEtukam and 
ahankAram attitude) who came along with me to see Jeeyar swamiji 
were amazed(b'coz I had told them even before the meeting about 
swamiji's greatness) and they all said that "your AcArya is full of 
compassion,authentic and expert and it's written on his face". One 
bengAli guy(he talks about Lord SriKrishna on one side and on the 
other side sahEtukam and ahankAram) wanted to undergo samAshrayaNam 
through swamiji but it didn't materialise. But that guy keeps asking 
me "when will your AcArya come again to US?". I take solace in srI 
piLLai lOkAcArya's statement "idhuvum(ellAm) avanadhu innaruLE".
Swamiji said "if you think everyone as your own siblings, you will 
not find fault in anyone." Well, with his blessings, i am trying to 
impliment that in my daily life. We don't know what exactly is going 
on everyone's mind. We are all learning through each others' 
experiences. Language is a barrier and has limitation.
           All the people/devotees(except me) who are writing here 
are not mUrkhAs and they just want to share their experiences. They 
are writing based on their knowledge. If everybody is at the same 
level(wrt knowledge) life will be very boring. Only those with right 
sAmpradAyic knowledge should participate in this forum, I would 
guess there will hardly be a dozen member only in this Sri Ramanuja 
forum. This post is just a feelings of the heart nothing more 
nothing less.

AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam
dAsAnu dAsI
NC Nappinnai     

          



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