AchAryan -Sishyan
4
Recap:
By acting with the mindset that actually he is an extension of his AchAryaan and
impart knowledge, the swaruPam of AchAryan blossoms. By being merciful towards
the disciple, the sishyan gets himself retrieved and therefore, his swarUpam
also blossoms.
Who is
AchAryan?
Now a question arises. The oft repeated
term here is AchAryan. Who is AchAryan. One who imparts Wisdom? One who imparts
mandhrangaL or one who imparts upanishads/
An AchAryan may educate sishyan so many
things.These mandhirams and teachings should be aimed at getting relieved from
samsAram. On the contrary, there are so many mandhram-s whihc may in fact,
encourage samsaram. These are proscribed and disqualifies one to be an
AchArayan. The primary criteria thus, is the mandhiram which dissuages one
from being immersed in samsara and also helps in escaping the bondage should be
taught. As a logical extension, The Thirumandhiram is the primary in this
regards and Sri PiLlai lOkAchAryar clearly states that
One who imparts knowledge of
The Periya Thirumandhiram which is the key to get oneself relieved from SamsAra,
is the AchAryan,
"nEArEa AchAryan
enbadhu- samsAra nivarthagamAna Periya Thirumandhiram upadhEsithavanai"
316;
Though thre are some mandhiram-s even
though directly pertaining to EmperumAn, they may be aimed at other ends but
will not detract one from sasmsAram. For example those who are in materialistic
pursuits -gOpAla mandhiram is prescribed.For those who aim at children rAma
mandhiram is prescribed.Though these are also EmperumAn's mandhiram-the one who
educates this is not AchAryan as the aforementioned criteria, namely the removal
from samsAram is not aimed at. ( Incidentally, it is also seen that EmperumAn
bestows one with the desired end-though materialistic)
Summary:
The One who imparts knowledge overtly that this mandhiram is aimed at relieving
onesel from SamsAram -The Periya thriuamndhriam - is AchAryan. Any other person,
even though they educate with the intention of other ends, though it is
EmperumAn's thirunAmam cannot be counted as AchAryan
(to be continued)
dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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