Dear AasthikAs :
Both Srimans Sriram and Sadagopan IyengAr have
given
outstanding responses on what a True AchAryA's
invaluable
contributions are .
The Great AchAryAs are compassionate , Scholarly
ones and they have chosen
SanyAsAsramam to help all of us , who are
floundering in the forests of
SamsAram . They use their knowledge of SaasthrAs
and Sath SampradhAyam
to guide us out of the miseries of day to day life
and help us develop Bhagavath-
Bhaagavatha Kaimkarya Ruchi and VairAgyam . They
instill in us reverence for
our ancient heritage and Vedic traditions
.
It is not their business to run around delivering
social and Medical sevices.
They are ill qualified to do this since it is
more the duty of elected officials
with social contracts to improve the quality of life of the poor and underserved
in a material sense .
We know what these politicians have done after a
lot of empty promises
besides enriching themselves .
Should the AchAryans compete with these politicians
and Philanthrophists ,
who have accumulated
their money by fair and unfair means ? My answer is NO .
The AchAryans will be swerving from their SanyAsa
dharmams , if they get
distracted in to these show projects for the sake
of putting their Matams name
in the lime light and marquees .
What they do is to inculcate in the minds of their
sishyAs the concepts of service to
BhagavAn and all His children . The TVS Family ,
the Dalmias and a host of
other well to do sishyAs go implement these
AchArya UpadEsams and create
institutions like Hospitals , Clinics ,
GosaalAs , feeding of the poor etc .
The role of an AchAryA can never ever be
replaced by hundreds or thousands
of Social care givers .We can never pay back
AchAryAs for the greatest UpakArams
that they perform for us : (1) The AchAryan
exceeds the Lord Himself in His UpakArams
(2) He destroys the nescience of the ChEtanams
that approach Him thru His
UpadEsams (2) He
destroys their sins thru His intervention and pleadings with
the divine couple , whom he worships every minute
of His day (3) He corrects
the sishyan even if he is a MahA Paapi (4) He makes
the sishyA's bhagavath
anubhavam as great as His ; this raising of
the level of the anubhavam of
Sishyan extends also to the the fields of Aathma
GuNams , anushtAnam
and Jn~Anam . In the above and so many other
ways , the AchAryan exceeds
even the Lord in terms of showering His compassion
and anugraham to the Lord .
With these special ordained roles to play , why
should an AchAryan enter in to
the crowded market place of delivering social
service thru the abandonment of
His Sva-dharmam as a SanyAsi ? The True AchAryan
should therefore confine Himself
to the UpadEsams on Tatthvam , Hitham and
PurushArTam and stay away
from the ephemeral aspects of being politically
correct as if He is running for
office . He should leave that to the warring
politiicians , who want to amass
wealth by whatever means at their disposal , legal
and otherwise . This ideal
AchAryan should explain the distinctions between
Bhakthi Yogam
and Prapatthi Yogam to help a Chetanan get rid of
rebirth in to this
fearsome SamsAric world . He should teach the
importance of MahA VisvAsam
for the successful Prapatthi . He should teach the
code of conduct after
performing Prapathi to the dhivya damapthis. He
should teach the importance
of revering one's guru paramparai. He should teach
the PrapannAs about
the importance of not transgressing the Bhagavath
SaashtrAs . He should
instruct the sishyan about the doubts
that could arise after Prapatthi and
point out the methods ( ParihArams) for them .
He should teach the sishyan
about the futility of approaching the haughty
wealthy instead of the Lord ,
who can grant all one wishes . The Sishyan should
gain purity of mind ,
speech and Body as a result of the MahOpakAram of
the AchAryan .
With so many serious committment to the spiritual
well being of their sishyAs , their
own BhagavadhArAdhanam , NithyAnushtAnam and
KaalakshEpams in intrepreting
PrasTAna Thrayam and other PrakaraNa granthams ,
where is the time or the need
for a true AchAryan to get lost in the hustle and
bustle of the Market place and
the other non-spiritual pursuits ?
The message of a True AchAryan is Universal and
eternal because it is
based on the SanAtana Dharmam , which is universal
and non-ephemeral .
Seeking Marquee recognition in the glare of the
neon lights and photo
opportunity is not their line. Therefore they leave
it to modern day politicans
and poli AchAryAs and hasten to fulfill the codes
of conduct prescribed for
them in Yathi Dharma samucchayam and other older
dharma Saasthrams .
Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
,
V.Sadagopan
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