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 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/.itolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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