Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya nama: Dear Sri Ramanujadasan, Humble pranams to you. Very nice article. True indeed that without Sri MaNavALa mAmunigaL's commentaries on various works of pUvAchAryAs,we would have been like wanderers in the forest. You have quoted me/gita/nappinnai(bhakti-list). My response to the question was wrt people quoting big bang theory(which itself is shaky) and physicists like Stefen Hawking. So it was from the angle of science,I made that statement. The statement God created the Universe immediately throws the question who created God. That's why there are many scientists who are either Atheists/Agnostics. I love to restrict myself to EmperumAnAr. Knowingly why EmperumAnAr would ask that question "why God created the Universe and living beings(lIla vibhUthi)". I don't know if Sri Ramanuja has treated this topic in his Sri BhAShyam. I'm reading in the descending order,I was curious to know how the jivatma is received upon liberation. As you said,lIla vibhUthi is for our benefits,to liberate us from this samsAra and it is HE who struggles,toils,waiting to achieve the same. In my eyes,if someone tries to explain love through logic,it only leads to stupidity and ignorance. Surely Lord SriRanganAthA has the power to explain the lIla vibhUthi(put the question at the feet of the Lord). HE has the power which is equivalent(or more)to the entire Universe in the form of a tiny black hole. His reclining pose itself is food for thought that one would feel guilty to go behind human beauties. Is there any beauty that can match the beauty of Sri RanganAthA in bhOga shayanam? NO. Now I can understand the impatience of SriRamanuja to reach Him and the emotions that flow as a result of it in gadyatrayam. We are surely more blessed than nityasuris to experience the reservoir of redemptive mercy of Him. I strongly believe that He has the power to convert an atheist/agnostic to a theist. Note:Don't classify me as learned(that would be a disgrace to the learned people). My knowledge is like that of "maNDUka",the only difference being that Lord has showered His grace on me with the knowledge that there are zillions of people who can outweigh me in knowledge. My own personal experience(direct & indirect) has only strengthened the position of nirhEthuka krpa to infinity. AzhvAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar TiruvadigaLE saraNam NC Nappinnai/Gita
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