SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama: Dearest all, Let us continue to enjoy the acharyaâs glories. In our tradition, Acharya is equal to God if not more than Him. Thus the mainstage of Srivaishnavam was the period of Sriman Nathamuni, Sri Yamunamuni and Sri Ramanujamuni â who are regarded as the muni traya (three saints). Someone asked me the basics of Srivaishnavamâ I thought let us just get back to the basics before we proceed further There are lots and lots of lives on this earth. Human beings, Animals, birds, insects, trees, plants, creepers, etc., etc., - there are so many varieties of lives living in this world. Every day- every minute, there are so many births of such lives and so are deaths. After taking so many lives (they say about 8,400,000 lives), we have come to this human life. Avvayaar, The Tamil poet, says : "aridhu aridhu maanidaraayp piRatthal aridhu"- It is extremely rare and precious to be born of human being. It is quite true that it is our fortune to be born a human being with the capacity of sixth sense. Let us make use of it for our upliftment further. What is good and bad- what to do and what not to do- only human beings are blessed with such discriminating capabilities- We have been given that capacity by Emperumaan. Shall we not make full use of it? Bhagyam: Even out of human beings, it is our pUrva janma puNyam and that of our ancestors for our being SrivaishNavAs. There are so many religions in the world; Even in Hindu religion, there are many sects; and there are hindus who worship many dEvatAs as their Gods. For us SrivaishNavAs, Sriman NarayaNan along with His consort Sri MahAlakshmi alone is the God (Deivam). He is the Primordial Chief. He is the Chief of all dEvAs, including Sivan and BrahmA. Vedas proclaim that Sriman NarayaNan is the ParamAthmA, PeramporuL and ParanjOthi. VedAs also say that except Him all including dEvas, Sivan, BrahmA and Indran are all jIvans. Being born a SrivaishNavA and/or a bhakthA of Sriman NarayaNA, we need not worship other devatAs. We are related to the Great King Himself; why to go and beg the army chief, minister or the Gate keeper? No doubt, all dEvAs are also His great bhaktAs sometime or the other; but they are NOT Gods. There can not be more than one God. He is otthAr mikkAr illaadha maamaayan... Peerless. Unparalleled. Sriman Narayanan is the God. VedAs and SaastrAs say that even to think of Sivan and BrahmA and other dEvas as equal to God is a great sin (mahApaapam). For that matter, Sivan and BrahmA themselves are great bhaktAs of Sriman NarayaNA. I am sure They themselves DO NOT RELISH being considered anywhere near the Adhimoolam- The Primordial Chief. When GajEndrA shouted for help "AdhimoolamE!" it is NOT any name of God-please note! It is just calling the Primordial Chief, the first one- the Parathvam! Nobody dared come claiming for "Adhimoolam" post, it is our Sweet Lord Sriya: Pathih Sriman Naraynan who appeared IMMDEIATELY on GarudA and saved the elephant. You may tell that it is only the name and rose by any name will smell as sweet. But it is vEdAs (which are eternal and apaurushEyam) that proclaim that Sriman Naraynana is the Supreme Godhead. It is not just a name. It is kaaraNa peyar; name with a meaning in it; naaram + ayaNam is Narayanan. Hence, we should worship only Sriman Narayanan. Even uttering His name alone will yield tremendous benefits both in this world and in the next. For us, only vEdAs are the moola pramaaNam. (The proof). VedAs were not created by anybody. They are apaurushEyam. Vedas proclaim the Glories of Emperumaan Sriman NarayaNan. Guru paramparA: As mentioned earlier in this series: Sriman Narayanan is the first AchArya for all of us. He is the Adhi Guru. Next comes Periya Piratti MahAlakshmi. VishvaksEnar (Senai Mudhali)( -no connection with Mudhaliar caste of present times) is the next AchAryan. He is the Chief of the Lord's army (sEnai). Next is NammAzhwAr. VishvaksEnar, it appears had come down to the earth to teach NammAzhwAr. Nathamuni is His sishyA. UyyakkoNdaar, MaNakkaal Nambi, Yamuna Muni (Alavandhaar), Periyanambi come in that lineage. Periya Nambi's sishyar is Our Most reverred YathirAjar, Sri RamanujAchAryA (lakshmaNa Muni). He is the Most important AchArya of VaishNava Siddhantham. [The above is a translation from a booklet written by Dr. Sri U Ve V.N. Gopaladesikan Swami of Oppiliappan Koil] We have covered upto Yamunacharya so far. Let us proceed to enjoy further Acharyan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo narayana dAsan ------------------------------------ Yahoo! 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