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Maruthi Pavan • April 18, 2002 


Jai Sriman Narayana,

Today, I was thinking about a way in which I could
make Sri Ramanuja happy and get his blessings. The
easiest way, I found out was to recite Tiruppavai
which was so dear to Sri Ramanuja.

If it was not for the divine blessings of Sri
Ramanuja, most of us could have been totally lost in
this life. Just the tag to our names ( Ramanuja Das )
makes us dearest to the Lord.

Sri Ramanuja established the philosophy which is close
to what we can see here and extrapolates in an easily
understandable way to the Unseen supreme. It is
complete in the sense that it gives correct
interpretations to all that is said in the upanishads.
Nothing is left out.

This thought of Sri Ramanuja is fully filled with the
Love for the Supreme and all the beings. It creates a
joy and a purpose for living in us. There can be no
cause of depression in this thought. The thought that
there is a supreme Lord who loves us dearly and has
created all these worlds for us, creates a sense of
confidence and strength to sail thru all the tough
times.

If a person were to be told that there is nothing or
you are that...then what is the purpose of this life?.
will be his first question. If I am that, then why am
I here and suffering like this. Also, why I need to
give up my pleasures and take to self-control and do
all the hard penace for attaining that which is me
already?. If my fellow beings are also that or say
that nothing is there, then with what reason, should I
serve them or be helpful to them?.

The very thought of vishistadvaita, explains the karma
theory, the nature of jIva and the nature of paramAtma
and the relation between them. It shows the great
results that can be obtained by following a righteous
life. It creates love and interest in attaining that
result ( the supreme Lord ) and thus lays the base for
leading a proper life. 

This thought makes an individual most useful to the
society as he works with immense love for the supreme
Lord and all those related to Him.

Though all other philosophies are meant to make a
person lovable to the world, they do not clearly
define the goal and the results which he gets. It is
only vishistadvaita which clearly shows you the goal
(Lord). We are made to move towards Him, on our own
volition as we are made to realize his immense love
and great qualities. In trying to become dear to the
Lord, we also start getting His good qualities one by
one and become lovable to the world.

For a guy like me, being second in a queue always adds
a sense of comfort. The knowledge that my Aacharya and
my Lord are here with me and are taking care of me as
their dear child, creates an immense joy and gives me
real strength.

If Sri Ramanuja didn't descend to this earth, thats
it. There could have been no respite to our problems,
sufferings.

In order to give happiness to our beloved aacharya
lets remember and express our love to :

1) Lord Ranganatha ( Who protected Sri Ramanuja )
2) VaradaRaja perumal ( Who gave us Sri Ramanuja )
3) Srinivasa perumal (the great disciple of yatiraja)
4) Tirunarayana perumal ( the beloved son of yatiraja)
5) All our Alwars
6) Sri Natha muni
7) Sri YAmunA chArya
8) Sri Periya Nambi
9) Sri kurattaalwan.
8) All our pUrvAchAryas
9) Our respective AAcharyas, who are incarnations of
Sri Ramanuja for all us.

I conclude by praying to Sri Ramanuja, to keep us all
glued to his feet forever and give us His service for
ever.

Jai Sriman Narayana
Maruthi Ramanuja Das

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