--- Dear Sriman Vijay, Thank you for the post in which you have rightly mentioned that we should not reject His krupA. If we simply accept His krupA, we can concentrate on serving the bhAgavatas and thinking of His qualities. In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Vijay Triplicane <vijay.triplicane@xxxx> wrote: > ... > > This series of discussion reminded me of something. Don't know if this > has already been discussed. Anyway, the one concept about nirhEthuka krupa > that caught my attention rightaway is "vilakkAmai" (loosely translated as > non-denial). This is how it is described: > > In my understanding, we do not choose Him but it is He who chooses us, in our sampradAyam. This is in accordance with the upanishad statement "yamEvaisha vruNute tEna labhyah..." which means He makes Himself accessible to whoever He chooses. Also we do not have any sort of freedom acoording to Sri Bhattar in ashtaSlOkI. I do not think that Sri Nammalwar is speaking of some freedom in that pASuram where "avar avar thama thamadhu.." comes as quoted by you. Then does the question of partiality not come? If we believe that He is our Master, we need not worry. It is for Him to keep His property wherever He wants. If we do not believe in Him, then also no probs since He does not exist for us! Once He enters our mind, we need not worry since we are chosen. AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE SaraNam. adiyEn Vishnu
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