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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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