Dear All :
HH Sri Rangapriya swamy is a MahA Yogi , who resides
at Bangalore and is known to many of you . He has some astute insigts
based on His wide knowledge of Saasthrams and Yogic anushtAnams.
He is also one of the most compassionate among Sri VaishNava
AchAryaas .
You might be interested in His remarks on the observance of
Paancha Raathra AagamAs at the VishNu Temples . These remarks
appeared in a sister list .
V.Sadagopan
>
> yesterday Swamiji was invited to a local (Bangalore) Srinivasa temple for
> the > installation of the Utsava deities. while talking about the glory
> of lord Srinivasa, He said that just like lord Rama was the
> presiding lord in the Treta yuga, krishna in Dwaapara, it was lord
> Srinivasa in the kali yuga, His four arms bestowing the four
> purusharthas- Dharma, artha, kama, moksha, and His hand pointing
> towards His feet indicate that whoever takes refuge in Him, can
> walk through the ocean of worldliness, that water of which, would not
> drown him but would be just knee deep.
> He expressed great concern over following the tradition of
> pAncha-rAtra-Agama shastra correctly and
> that it should be carefully preserved for future generations to come.
> one of the points that He mentioned was- the shastras indicate that
> certain services in the temple should be performed only by certain kinds
> of people. He gave an apt example to illustrate this point- A brahmajnani
> cannot be an archaka, once he starts taking the Aarathi, He will lose
> outter consciousness and would not be even able to move the lamps
> properly!
> Be it touching the lord, preparing prasadam, cleaning the temple,
> playing instruments,lighting lamps, there are different adhikaris for
> them. the nature of the work might be different but the ultimate service
> is the same- worshipping the lord in the temple, so irrespective of the
> kind of kainkaryam, the phalam is the same.
> Acharya thiruvadigale sharanam
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