Emptiness in life... Requesting help...

[Guest guest]

Dear Bhagavathas,

 

I am working as a software engineer for the past 7 years. I am married and

living, in Chennai, with my parents and wife. For the past three years or so, I

feel a very high longing or emptiness (whether in india or foreign countries),

as if I am missing something. My job doesn't appeal to me any more. I am feeling

like a robot who is wasting his life by doing mechanical chores. I want to leave

my job, go to some calm, peaceful village and start learning divya prabhandham

and work in a temple. Could you, kindly, guide me how I should go about it or

where I should go for the same? Please let me know.

 

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan,

Vijayaraghavan Rangachari

[Guest guest]

Dear Sriman Vijay Raghavan swami,

 

Jai Srimannarayana.

 

Srivaishnavism is a humane religion as I understood from Acharyas.

You can be of great use to fellow human-beings living in Chennai. You

may not find divya prabandham experts even in some of the village

agrahArams and they are rare. Understanding the message conveyed in

the prabandhams is more important than learning them by heart and

chanting in temples etc. You can chant the hymns to preserve the

literature and to serve fellow devotees thru singing His qualities

(vAchika kainkaryam). Where do you live in Chennai? Kindly send a

personal mail at vsmvishnu.

 

Ramanuja Dasa

Srimahavishnu Vinjamuri

 

, "vijay raghavan" wrote:

>

> Dear Bhagavathas,

>

> I am working as a software engineer for the past 7 years. I am

married and living, in Chennai, with my parents and wife. For the

past three years or so, I feel a very high longing or emptiness

(whether in india or foreign countries), as if I am missing

something. My job doesn't appeal to me any more. I am feeling like a

robot who is wasting his life by doing mechanical chores. I want to

leave my job, go to some calm, peaceful village and start learning

divya prabhandham and work in a temple. Could you, kindly, guide me

how I should go about it or where I should go for the same? Please

let me know.

>

> Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan,

> Vijayaraghavan Rangachari

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri Vijayaraghavan,

 

I can completely empathize with what you must be feeling, right now. Up until

about a year ago, my life had slowly progressed to a state in which a lot of

what I had been seeking was finally within my reach, spiritually and

emotionally. All of a sudden, and without warning, however, things took a turn

for the worse, and ever since then I have been trying to rebuild all that I had

lost.

 

It was during a recent visit to India, and Chennai in particular, that a series

of dramatic events unfolded to serve as my example of the basic truth that

underlies our ancient wisdom: that life is worth living because it is a gift

from God. God's Unseen Hand is there in every aspect of our life, from our

family, to our loved ones, to our friends, to our job, constantly guiding us so

that we can bring some Good to ourselves and this world. Certainly, there are

times of great uncertainty, great loneliness, and great pain. But it is these

very moments that allow us to seek God such that He can be be our strength and

resolve to go on, in spite of all that comes before us.

 

As Sri Vishnu has stated, although learning Divya Prabhandam, mantras, and so

will help us in some way, I feel that what you are going through should

encourage you to search more deeply for the humane message that is the source of

our Sri Vaishava philosophy. And, you have found a wonderful place to start by

seeking wisdom from Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji.

 

Jai SrimanNarayana!

Mohan

[Guest guest]

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"vijay raghavan"

Emptiness in life... Requesting help...

Dear Bhagavathas,

I am working as a software engineer for the past 7 years. I am married and

living, in Chennai, with my parents and wife. For the past three years or so, I

feel a very high longing or emptiness (whether in india or foreign countries),

as if I am missing something. My job doesn't appeal to me any more. I am feeling

like a robot who is wasting his life by doing mechanical chores. I want to leave

my job, go to some calm, peaceful village and start learning divya prabhandham

and work in a temple. Could you, kindly, guide me how I should go about it or

where I should go for the same? Please let me know.

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan,

Vijayaraghavan Rangachari

 

 

PRIYA SRIMAN VIJAYARAGHAVANJI!

JAI SRIMANNARAYANA!

GOD GAVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU DESERVE, RIGHT! PEACE, ENERGY OR ENJOYMENT ETC.,

WILL NOT REST IN THE THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE OR IN THE SUBJECT WE LEARN. IT

DWELLS, IN THE MIND AS AND HOW WE RECEIVE THINGS AROUND AND WITHIN OURSELVES.

 

"RECEIVING AND INTERPRETING THEM" ARE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS. EVEN IF YOU GO TO A

VILLAGE AND LEARN PRABANDHAS, START CHANTING... EVEN THEN ALSO THAT CHANTING MAY

BECOME MECHANICAL AFTE SOME TIME. YOU MAY SEE MANY PEOPLE CHANTING VEDAS AND

PRABANDHAM, LIKE THAT. SO LEARNING SUBJECTS IS ONE PART. STARTING RECEIVING

THINGS IN A POSITIVE WAY IS MAIN PART OF THE WHOLE.

 

FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU THINK THAT JOB IS YOURS, THEN YOU MAY FEEL BORED TO DO THAT.

IF YOU EITHER FEEL IT DUTY FOR YOUR SURVIVAL, THEN YOU DO IT AS A BURDEN. IF

YOU THINK THAT IT IS A WAY TO SERVE GOD, THROUGH YOUR OFFICE, CUSTEMER, DEALER

OR BOSS, INSTRUMENTS LIKE PAPER & PEN & MACHINES ETC., THEN YOU LOVE EVERY

MOVEMENT, FOR YOU ARE WITH GOD AND SERVING HIM ONLY. ALL THAT WE CHANT MANTHRAS,

PRABANDHAS OR PUJAS ETC., SHOULD ALLOW US TO FEEL THIS. THEN ONLY THEY, WE CAN

SAY, ARE BEING UTILIZED WELL. OTHERWISE, IT IS ONLY SPENDING ENERGIES ON

SOMETHING. YOU MAY TRY THIS FOR SOME TIME AND GET BACK TO US.

OK!!

=Chinnajeeyar=