Seeking Authentic answers to put up on the Web. (Mamunigal-Lord's Acharya)

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sri:

 

Dear learned members of this list:

 

The following question has been asked in various forms, adiyEn wants to use the

knowledge base in this list to prepare a authentic answer towards this to be put

up on the Web.

 

I have heard Velukkudi Swami's Srisailesa Dayapatram Vaibhavam and Mamunigal

Vaibhavam.

Still looking for answers.

 

Please reply. (The following Qs is from Badri Ramaswamy on another List)

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Q1: Lord has all the Anubhavas, why then does he need to experience the

Thiruvaimozhi?

 

danp

Mamunigal - Avatara of Ramanuja.

 

Dear Sri.Mukundan

 

>From a purely philosophical point of view, all the sruthis (veda) accept

Sriman Narayana as the paramathma and universe as his body. If HE is

above everything and all pervading, how can we accept the concept of

an acharyan for HIM?

 

The phenomenal service rendered by the vedics team is great. quoting

from that: There is so much emphasis on ramanuja smapandham and

acharyan sampantham, to reach Sri parama patham. So, what is the

role of Lord's Acharyan in reaching this goal for the jivathma?

 

Pls educate me.

 

Dasan

Badri

 

 

 

azhwAr emberumAnAr JeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

Mukundan Vangkipuram Pattangi

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Dear Sri Pattangi:

 

I was a little hesitant to show my ignorance on

this topic in front of the great scholars in this

group, but in the end I thought I would say it

and wait to be corrected than keep quiet.

 

This question comes up often - why would Lord

Sriman Narayana chose someone in BhULogam as

His acharya?

 

To my limited knowledge this is how I see the

answer.

 

There are two parts to this query. One is how do

we know for sure that this did happen and the

second is, why did He do it.

 

To answer the first part: I know this for sure

because all those who I look upon as my acharyas

tell me that this is so. Why would I doubt their

words? That is not my relationship with them; and

neither is it the relationship of those who

typically raise this question, with their acharyas.

I trust my acharyas in everyway and this is no

different.

 

I trust them because they obtained all their

information from their acharyas, and so on, and

this goes all the way back to Sriman Narayana

Himself. So, to question my acharyas would be

to question the Lord Himself. And no matter

which sampradhayam one belongs to, this acharya

link back to Him is the same.

 

To answer the scond part: why He would do it? I

am surprised that Srivaishnavas think that they

can understand His motives. Consider who we are

talking about. Imagine the Universe with its

immensity and variety. He created it all and

swallowed it all. We cannot even dream of

fathoming His acts.

 

The very same reason provided by others for

questioning this event is the reason to not

question it. Just because we don't understand

why He would do it does not mean He did not do

it or that it is a meaningless act.

 

If one does indeed need a reason for the act,

it is simply His svAtantarya guNam. He is not

answerable to anyone. If He chose to accept

Sri Mamunigal as His acharyan then that is His

wish. There are numerous acts of His written in

the puranas, itihasas and the great epics that

I do not understand, but that does not mean I

claim that they did not happen.

 

I wait to be corrected on my ramblings.

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

TCA Venkatesan

 

 

 

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