sri: Dear Devotees: Please accept adiyEn's humble pranams. Please stay away from Bhagavatha Apacharam (please read the complete message) adiyEn is requesting all the devotees to stay away from falling into the Trap of Bhagawatha Apacharam here. Let others say anything they want, we should focus our energies on positive kainkariyams and self-education and devotion. It is indeed very very sad to read such things about the most revered Acharya (Lord's Acharya). It is very painful to see others, spend so much time and energy on such negative mails. Its more painful to see ramanuja members fall into this trap. Manavala Mamunigal says in Upadesa Rattina Malai:- Astikas are Great, and Nasitas are ok as well (As we know where they stand) The most dangerous are the Astika Nastikas As these Astika Nastikas will look like astikas and might take good following as they might talk well and lead others down the wrong path as well. Lord is so great that he presents his devotees with all this information. Anyone who is devotee of the Lord, will not spend time trying to put down Lord's Acharya. Lord has shown over and over again why Mamunigal is HIS Acharya. For those with faith, LORD is always there and so is HIS Acharyan. This is why Mamigal also said: Munnor Mozhindha : Learn from the previos gen. Acharyas. Murai Thappamal Kettu : With proper respects and attitude. Pinnorndhu : Then Later On Tham Madanai Pesadhe: Do not speak of your own. (Only reproduce what has been passed down) Those who speak of their own are prone to all mistakes, as we are humans and are prone to Human flaws and lack of understanding etc. Those who start teching on their own become Murkarawar : Will be Murkha (Foolish) ) The bigger damage here is they will lead the whole next gen to go the Wrong way. So let us stick to the Message Given by Lord to Sri. Lord, Narayana is the first Acharya. He revealed this true knowledge to "Sri" (Maha Lakshmi), This Acharya revealed the true knowledge to Vishvaksena (Commander in Cheif in Vaikhunta), followed by Satagopa Muni (Nammazhwar), followed by Nathamuni, Pundarikaksha, Ramamisra, Yamunucharya, Goshti Purna, to Sri Ramanuja (Time in BhuLoka: 1017 to 1137 AD) (All Acharyas coming in this lienage after this time are named with suffixes/prefixes of Ramanuaja), they represent Bhagawath Ramanuja AS IS. All these Acharyas passed down the knowledge as is, without any adulteration to the original as Given by Lord Narayana to MahaLakshmi. Such a lineage is virutally like a clean pipe, with many pipes together, the water coming at the end of the pipe is exaclty the same as it went in. The Problem: If one branch of the pipe gets adulterated, the end result water at the tap is also adulterated. Perumal shows us, where NOT to look, if we are looking for Clean Water. Let us focus on the clean pipes and clean water. Let us try to keep the water clean so the Next Generation can get clean water. Please let us focus our energies on positive learning, ====For clarification and listing out facts adiyEn will write this ===== If others want to call Bhagawath Ramanuja, Kurattazhwan, MudalaiAndan, Embar, Bhattar, Nanjeer, Nampillai, VenkataNatathar, and even Mamunigal as Vadakalai there is no Harm to the Acharyas, or to the Real Sampradayam, it is one way to allow these great Acharyas works and words into our Vadakalai Brothers as well. As they will take to it more only if they think it is theirs. We should be very happy that more and more are accepting these great Vaishanva Acharyas. adiyEn feels let them feel Swami Venkatanathar and all the above Acharyas as Vadakalai, but sooner or later they will follow these great Acharyas as IS. and Not via a contaminated pipe. (e.g: Swami Desikan Never performed a seperate ritual called Bharanyasam Nor did he perform a seperate ritual for his Sishyas, today's practicing Vadakalai population will get to this truth sooner or later, as and when Perumal wants. Re: Swami Desikan: adiyEn knows that in almost all temples Swami is honoured and in Thenkalai families as well, as Swami is a Great Acharya. It seems that certain people are more in tune with the Thiruman on Swami Desikan, rather than Swami himself. In Srirangam, after the Thenkalai idol was replaced with the Vadakali one The temple clearly asked for the original idol to be back for the porappadu. Swami Desikan Sannidhi priests and some local Swami Desikan followers decided to keep the new Vadakalai Thiruman Desikan rather than get the original Swami and get the porappadu. Even today Srirangam Trustees want to get Swami Desikan for Porappadu (with the Original Posture and Original ThirumaN), but there is stiff resistance from local Desika Sampradaya followers. (as to the ThirumaN) So the issue with Swami Desikan getting all the due honors, is the Shape of Thiruman. (Not Swami Desikan Himself). ====================================================================== If all the temple conversions, sannidhi Thiruman conversions are halted, and we freeze all the temples in the state that they are in today. Almost all the local insecurities will go away between the groups. But there have been announcements that X number of Temples will get converted in the next 30 years by financial might, by leaders and forerunners. Such statements cause insecurity. adiyEn prays to the Lord to allow us all to keep the main focus on receiving HIS grace and serving HIM without getting distracted. azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE ssaranam At 03:57 PM 4/6/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Just read this and this tells it all about what we >really stand for. Ahobila Mutt scholars will take >every chance to negate Thenkalais. > >I am Vadakalai by birth and i feel ashamed. >=========================================== >Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 17:28:47 +0530 >From: Anand K Karalapakkam <kgk@xxxx> >To: Malolan Net <malolan_net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Tanian of ManavALa MAmuni (Re:Podhu >Thaniyans) > >SrI: >SrImatE rAmAnujAya namaH >SrImatE nigamAnta mahAdESikAya namaH > > Dear bhaktas, > > Thanks to SrI Madhavakannan for his wonderful series > on PeriAzhvAr Thirumozhi. > > aDiyEn would like to say few things regarding the >tanian > dedicated to SrI ManavALa MAmunigaL : > >------------- >There is also another thaniyan which is recited :(by >the sishyas of >thennAcharya sampradayam): > >Sri SailEsa dayA pAthram dhI bhakthyAdhi guNArNavam | >yathIndhra pravaNam vandhE ramya jAmAthram munim || > >I salute Sri ManavaaLa MaamunigaL, who has the >blessings of >Thiruvaaimozhip >Pillai (ManavaaLa Maamuni¡¦s Aachaarya- Sri SailEsar) >and who is an >ocean of >jnAnam (knowledge) and Bhakthi (devotion). > >It is known to one and all that the above thaniyan was >submitted to >the feet >of Sri Manavala mamunigal by none other than Lord Sri >Ranganatha. >Namperumal >wanted to hear tiruvoimozhi kalakshepam from Sri >Manavala mamunigal. >He >conducted kaalakshepam of Thiruvaaym6ozhi starting on >the paritaapi >year >31st day of avani sukla chaturdasi friday. It >continued for 1 year and >the >sARRumuRai was on aani moolam. For this one year all >the utsavams of >namperumal were stopped. During the sARRumuRai, >namperumal appeared as >a 5 >year old archaka boy and recited this sloka in praise >of Sri Manavala >mamunigal. >---------------------------------------------- > > This is the description as per ThennAchAryas, for >whom > MAmunigaL is a very important AchArya and very dear >to > their hearts. > > In SrIra~nga-SrI VivEchanam, SrI MadhurAntakam SwAmi, >a > stalwart of the past century has made some remarks on >this > issue. > > Swami cites YatIndra-pravaNa PrabhAvam, a >thennAchArya > treatise on the glories of MAmunigaL. Page number is >given > to be 117 (of the popular edition I guess). Regarding >the boy who > recited this tanian, the treatise states >"azhagiyamaNavALa > bhattarAna archakaruDaya kumArarAi aindu vayaduLLa >ra~nganAyakan > enRu thirunAmam uDaya siRu piLLai ..." ie. The small >boy's name > was Ra~nganAyakan, aged 5 yrs and was the son of >AzhagiyamanavALa > Bhattar - the archaka for PerumAL. > > What happened was that, the tanian to be dedicated Or >infact a > glorifying verse, was taught to the small boy and was >made to > perform the vinnappam to the goshTi. Recitation by >this boy > captured the hearts of sishyas and everyone started >pouring out > their anubhavams esp. that Lord Ranganatha Himself >(due to > similarity in the name of the boy, the occasion and >circumstances > etc) has made this vinnappam of this tanian to His >AchArya, in > the form of a small boy. > > Wonderful anubhavam indeed by them. There is nothing >wrong in it. > It glorifies one's own AchArya and the soulabhyam of >PerumAL. > But, in the post MAmunigaL period, these things are >used for > ulterior motives. > > MadhurAntakam SwAmi states that the SamASrayaNa >AchArya is not > mentioned in this tanian; But the "SrIsailEsa" (in >connection > with Thirumalai of Lord SrInivAsa) word connotes both >of his > kAlakshEpa AchAryas. ThiruvAimozhi PiLLai's name is > SrIsailEsar. He taught ThiruvAimozhi with eeDu >vyAkyAnam. Another > SrIsailEsar is the SrI-BhAshya AchArya of MAmunigaL. >It was > Thirumalai-AzhvAn alias KiDAmbi Thirumalai Iyengar / >PurushOttama > DAsar, a disciple of Bramhatantra-Svatantra JIyar, >the stalwart > disciple of SwAmi DESikan. MAmunigaL is referred to >have had the > dayA of his Ubhaya-VEdAnta AchAryas, in the tanian. > > MadhurAntakam SwAmi also points out that MAmunigaL >had a name > called "thUppil kulamuDayAr dAsar" because of the >above reason > (connection with SwAmi DESikan, known as thUppul >piLLai). SwAmi > cites some source for the same which is >interconnected with other > texts/book which I don't have. > > All the thenkalai SrI VaishNavas do recite the tanian >of > SwAmi DESikan viz. "SrImAn VE~nkaTanAthAryaH ..." >when they > perform SrI-BhAshya kAlakshEpam - Because SwAmi >DESikan is > an Acharya for them in their SrI-BhAshya parampara. > > VAnamAmalai Mutt, as well as PrativAdi bhaya~nkaram >paramparai > of ThennAchAryas, recite the tanian of SrI KumAra >VaradAchArya, > the son of SwAmi DESikan, in their daily anushThAnam, >due to their > link with that AchArya in their parampara. SwAmi >DESikan's tanian > is also in their anusandhAnam. > > While MAmunigaL is not an AchArya for VaDakalai >Guruparampara, > SwAmi DESikan is certainly a pUrvAchArya for >Thenkalai > Guruparampara. >------ > > Though the following is not pertinent to the original >posting > by our SrI Madhavakannan, aDiyEn would like to make >few comments : > > Fanatics glorify MAmunigaL to the fullest extent >they can > possibly imagine, not actually to exhibit their >Acharya bhakti > Or whatever one may call, but for their cheap >satisfaction > in their minds which say to them that they have well >made their > case to put down Swami DESikan / Vadakalai >Sampradayam. > Some alpa buddhi ! In essence they want to perform > asahya-apachAram by trying to denounce SwAmi >DESikan, a > PUrvAchArya of VEdAnta reverred by MAmunigaL. But, >they feel that > it will be most pleasing to MAmunigaL !! Such >fanatics don't > know many other things about even MAmunigaL or his >writings, Or > rather does not want to dwell in it as well - But, >like a tape > recorder, always play the tanian episode to the >audience, with > the cheap mentality that everyone of Vadakalai >SampradAyam should > thus accept MAmunigaL as the Topmost AchArya of the >world since > Lord Himself has only one AchArya in him etc (by >suitable > prenentation in their words on the history) and >rather make > Vadakalais feel guilty that they don't have >MAmunigaL as their > AchArya etc etc - hardly makes any sense ! > > Pseudo-Samarasa vAdigaL glorify MAmunigaL to the >fullest extent > possible, not actually to exhibit their own >appreciation Or > whatever one may call towards that Acharya, but to >simply make a > point that they are kith and kin to Thenkalais and >are to be kept > in the good books of theirs - thereby misleading >many of both > kalais. > > Lets be truthful and not be guided by such thoughts >and behave > in a matured manner. That will actually reduce the >kalai conflict > in aDiyEn's opinion. > > aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan, > anantapadmanAbhan alias Anand. > >Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka >Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya >Nama: >======================================
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