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• April 23, 2002
srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha srImadh varavara munayE namaha Dear Sri Balaji, A good question. I will try to answer this to my knowledge. First of all an apachAram is something relative and with respect to the persons involved. Only if it is considered as an offense by the other person, it becomes an offense. Otherwise there is nothing wrong. Sri ThirukkOshtiyUr nambi is lesser than any AchAryA and he is guNa poorNa. The word "nambi" in tamizh is the meaning of the word "poorNa" in sanskrit. "poorNA" means complete. What characters makes a man a "poorNA"? -- The characters of dayA & kshamA makes the man a poorNA. What is a characteristic of a true AchAryA? -- The quality of being neutral in analysing and accepting the truth even if it was said by his sishyA. Sri thirukkOshtiyUr nambi had both the above complete qualities. So, though initially he got offended, he then analysed and accepted what Sri rAmAnuja did and hence forgave him, rather he corrected himself. So where is the question of an apachAram at all here. Now what is true lakshaNa of a sishyA ? -- To know what his guru will think and to act in such a way that you never offend your guru. I am sure every one would accept that Sri rAmAnuja did exactly the same. He knew that he is not doing anything wrong and he also knew that his guru, who is a highly knowledgeable person, will analyse and accept his deeds. THE RIGHT GURU FOR THE RIGHT SISHYA. Outstanding example for Guru- sishya lakshaNam isn't it. AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan Thirumalai Vinjamoor Venkatesh --- In bhakti-list@y..., "K Balaji"wrote: > Dear BhagavatAs, > > While it is a commendable act of Acharya Ramanuja to share Thirumandiram to > one & all, adiyen have one doubt. > Acharya Ramanuja did not respect his guru's command by disclosing the > thirumandiram to all. This way he committed apacharam. > Though his guru later admitted Ramanuja's greatness and compassion by this > act, how did ramanuja overcome this guru apacharam. > Did he undergo any hardship (punishment) for this act ? > > Sorry for this question that too during tirunakshatram celebration time. It > is just out of curiosity. > > NARAYANA NARAYANA > > Adiyen > Balaji K -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Group Home: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bhakti-list Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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