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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