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- In
Commemoration of
Alavanthar
Thirunakshatram 2001
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- HH
Andavan of Poundrikapuram Andavan Ashrama
- ParamahamsEthyAdhi
Srimath GopAla DesikaMahA Desikan
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- Dear BhakthAs :
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- Our AchAryAs are the ground on which we
build our lives .Without
- them we are nothing and our wanderings
here and there on this earth has no meaning whatsoever. Blessed
with the BhAgyam of SadAchArya katAksham and anugraham ,our lives
become purposeful . In addition to reverence for our own direct
AchAryan and His paramparai , we are instructed by SaasthrAs
that we should revere all Sri VaishNava AchAryAs , who grow our
knowledge of Tatthvams and PurushArtham , while holding one's
own AchAryan's sacred feet on our heads since He is the One ,
who blessed us with Pancha SamskArams and performed Prapatthi
for us .
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- The pramANam is :
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- manthrE tath dEvathAyAm
cha , TathA manthrapradhE Gurou
Thrishu Bhakthi: sadhA kaaryA , saa hi prathama Saadhanam
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- ( Meaning): The one and only (primary)
step for our ujjIvanam is the devotion to Manthrams such as AshtAksharam
and Dhvayam , reverence for one's AchAryan, who performed UpadEsam
of these powerful manthrAs and dhruva Bhakthi for Sriman NaarAyaNan
, who is the Para Devathai for these
- ManthrAs .
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- Sustained and unfaltering devotion to
the Three( mathrams , AchAryan and Sriman NaarAyaNan) should
always be there to realize upliftment in our spiritual saadhanais.
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- Our core belief is MahA VisvAsam to our
AchAryan in the spirit of the following pramANam quoted by U.Ve.
SrivathsAnkAcchAr Swamy :
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- GururEva Param Brahma
, GururEva ParA Gathi:
GururEva ParA VidhyA , GururEva ParAyanam
GururEva para: KaamO GururEva param dhanam
YasmAth SadhupadEshtAasou tasmAth GurutamO Guru:
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- (Meaning): AchAryan is Para Brahmam (Supreme
Brahman).
He is the highest to be attained as Education, wealth ,the means
- for PurushArtham and the essence of VedAs.AchAryan
is the One , who instructed us on SadAchAram and anushtAnam .
Therefore , He has to be worshipped by us with reverence at all
times out of gratefulness (Kruthaj~nathai) for His MahOpakAram.
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- Our attitude towards our AchAryan has
to be along the lines
shown by Swami Desikan and Sri NadadUr AmmAL :
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- Achaaryasya PrasAdEna
mama sarvam abhIpsitham
prApnuyAmithi YasyAsthi VisvAsa: Sa SukhI BhavEth
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- (Meaning): The Sishyan, who has the unshakable
faith
in his AchAryan's grace as THE cause for realizing all
that he wishes for , will be the most happy and contented
one .
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- Therefore , our AchArya Bhakthi is molded
along
the lines drawn by Swamy Desikan:
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- archanIyasya Vandhyasccha
KeerthanIyasya SARVADHAA
DhyAyEth japEth namEdh BhakthyA bhajEdh abhyarchyEn MUDHA
upAyOpEya BhAvEna TamEva SaraNam vrajEth
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- AchArya vandhanam , Japam of His Taniyan
, Keerthanam
of His auspicious attributes , dhyAnam with joy should be
peformed by us always . We should seek His feet for succor
as the upAyam for placing our AathmA,the BhagavAn's property
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at His CharaNAravindham as Aathma NivEdhanam .
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- The noblest of instruction given to us
is:
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- " SarIram , artham
, PrANAmsccha SadhgurubhyO NivadhayEth "
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- Everything --our body , wealth and even
prANan--has to be placed at the sacred feet of our SadAchAryan
, who saves us from the terrors of SamsAram and helps us most
mercifully to reach Parmaam Gathi. All Sri VaishNava AchAryAs
in general and one's own AchAryan in particular has to be revered
along the above lines.Let us therefore celebrate our AchAryAs
, who have nothing but our KshEmam in their minds , prepare us
for a state of fitness
for arpaNam of our Jeevan to Sriya: Pathi .
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