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Re: Question : SaraNAgati-gadyam

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tg_ramkumar • June 5, 2002 


SrImatE rAmAnujAya nama:

My original question was probably too cryptic & imprecise.

Let me try to re-word it.

I have heard "SaraNAgati is merely the knowledge that the Lord 
Himself is verily the Means and the End. Therefore any action 
performed or words uttered  by a jIva seeking mOksha/bhakti is 
svarUpa-viruddhaM (ie inconsistent with SarIrAtma-bhAva/artha-
pancaka)".    

but I have problem understanding it with respect to SrI-rAmAnuja's  
explicit requests (in SaraNAgati-gadya) to the Lord to bestow upon 
him para-bhakti/para-gyAna/parama-bhakti.

Thanks

aDiyEn rAmAnuja-dAsa:
//Ramkumar

[ The definition of saranagati presented above is the opinion
  of some Sri Vaishnava acharyas, notably who draw their inspiration
  from Sri Pillai Lokacharya and Sri Azhagiya Manavala Perumaal
  Nayanar.  Those who subscribe to the doctrines of Sri Vedanta
  Desika differ in this regard.  It may be useful for respondents
  here to focus not on the classic Thengalai/Vadagali debate but
  on the core question of Sri Ramkumar: why does Bhagavad Ramanuja
  repeatedly ask for para-bhakti, para-jnAna, and parama-bhakti,
  and what role do these play in his saranagati, no matter how
  one defines it? Thanks, Moderator ]


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