SrI: Dear BhakthA : PurushArTam means the ultimate Goals of life . Parama PurushArTam therefore stands for the most Superior Ultimate goal of life ( namely ) , Moksham or freedom from the cycles of repeated births and deaths and sufferign in thsi SamsAric world . Practise of Bhakthi yOgam or Prapatthi grants Moksham . Prapatthis is easy to perform . Total surrender of the soul at the sacred feet of the Lord and leaving the protection of one entirely to Him and sacrificing the fruits of that act of surrender to the Lord and living in a state of freedom from fear and serving the dear ones to the Lord and the Lord Himself is a brief description of Prapatthi or SaraNAgathy . A Guru or AchAryan is absolutely necessary for getting us set on observing the rites of Prapatthi . Lots have been written in http://www.Sadagopan.org on the topic of this Parama PurushArTam of Prapatthi/SaraNAgathy and SaranAgathy journal . You might wish to refer to the articles in the latter particularly . V.Sadagopan -- Original Message ----- From: "Guru Meditation" <killuminati@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 8:33 PM Subject: [Oppiliappan] parama-purusArtha > > > Dear BhAgavatas, > > I would like some information on the ZrI VaiSNava perspective on > purusArthas. I do not know very much about ZrI VaiSNavism so please > reply in very simple terms. I understand that there are four purusArthas > (dharma, Artha, kAma and mokza), but I have read references in S.M.S. > Chari's book (Philosophy & Theistic Mysticism of the Alvars) about a > concept known as 'parama-purusArtha'. > > If necessary, I will transcribe the section as I plan to do it anyway, > but I understand that there are several references about this concept > indicating that this parama-purusArtha is: > > - a type of mukti > - type of mukti known as BhAgavad-kaiGkarya > - references to it from NammALvAr and PiLLAN. > > What I would like to know is if this parama-purusArtha counts as a > purusArtha APART from the above-outlined four, and thus counts as a > separate purusArtha as such. A fifth purusArtha, if you will? > > Kind regards, > > S. Dadlani > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/hjtSRD/3MnJAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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