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SrimathE RangaRamanuja Mahadesikaya Nama:SrimathE GOpAlArya Mahadesikaya 
Nama:SrimathE NigamAntha Mahadesikaya Nama:SrimathE BhagavathE BhashyakArAya 
Mahadesikaya Nama: SrI: It is NOT true that Bhashyakarar chanted the mantra 
loudly in GhOstipuram temple. Bhashyakarar's acharyan was not ready toreveal 
the mantrArtham(meaning of the mantram) to more than one sishya at a time. This 
is was actually the tradition which was strictly followed. ButBhashyakarar 
thought that if a guru was going to pass on the meaning of the mantra for only 
one sishya at a time then how will Visistaadvaitam spreadfast? Swami Desikan 
had taught Sribhashyam some 40 times in His avathara kAlam. If he taught 
sribhashyam at the rate of one student at a time then wewould be having only 40 
acharyaas directly taught by NigamAntha Mahadesikan!! So Bhashyakarar out of 
'dayai' announced loudly that he would tell themeaning of the mantram for group 
disciples at a time. More importantly he was ready to reveal the meaning of the 
rashya mantram only for those who had panchasamskaaram and that too not in 
public. The acharyan became angry with Bhashyakarar because of his "invitation" 
for disciples to come in group to hear the meaning. But when bhashyakarar 
explained him about his intention the acharyan also agreed. From that time till 
now upadesam is done for groups and the previous strict traditional rule was 
RELAXED. In Srimad Rahasya Traya Saram in the Guruparampara saram swami desikan 
stresses the importance of protecting/safegaurding the mantrOpadesam of an 
acharyan. Swami desikan belongs to the line of acharyaas coming from 
Bhashyakarar. In such a case it is funny to accept such 'stories'. Some of us 
try to encourage suchstories thinking that it will add more to bhashyakarar's 
vaibavam, but it actually would yield a negative result. One should be very 
careful in sorting out 'stories' from biographies! AcharyaLum BhagavathaLum 
KatakshikkavEnum. AdiyEn, PAdhukAdAsan, AravindalOchanadAsAnudAsan. I 
understand that Sri Ramanuja does not use that specific term 
sankîrtana in his writing -- but that he refers to the idea of it in 
his in the Gita bhAshy and in the Nitya (his manual of household
worship) and in his Theology. Can anybody please tell me of these 
references and/or if there are copies of the above mentioned works on 
line

I have also hear:

Sri Ramanuja got the secret mantra from his guru who told him not 
reveal it to anyone and as soon Sri Ramanuja departed after getting 
the mantra he started chanting it loudly for all to hear. Then his 
guru asked him why he had revealed the mantra to so many by chanting 
it out loud and Sri Ramanuja replied that if the mantra had all the 
wonderful power and blessings that he said it had that he wanted to 
share it with everyone and not just keep it to himself.

Is the above true or is it a tale... If it is true where can I read 
more about this 


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