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Understanding Sri Vaishnavism (Re: Dog's Life)

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Sridhar Vasudevan • January 26, 2003 


Dear Sriman Krishnaswamy,
First things first, adiyEn thank you for offering the clarification and re-assurance to visishtadvaitam with a grand similie of Government office - lien while on deputation.  adiyEn is amazed to see how seriously acharyA's observation are received, an attitude aidyen wish to emulate. The spiritual overview URL that swamin has referred could be the threshold for anyone who wish to start  understanding Vishtadvaitam.
SwAmin,  adiyEn is treading cautiously in understanding Visishtadvaitam and to encourage such spirit, the Internal Resource of Bhakti-List is offering an enlightenment - information,  at the speed of a lightening. At this information age, bhakti-list is really a university on visishtadvaitam.
With humble pranamams to the readers.
Dasan 
Sridhar Vasudevan
 
 "M.K. Krishnaswamy"  wrote:Dear Sri Vasudevan, The following sentence is from the article: 
A Spiritual Overview - 1 (Article by Sri U Ve VN Vedantha Desikan):  
which may be seen at http://www.munitrayam.org/andavanashram/SpirtualOverview.htm 
"Ramanuja is believed to be the incarnation of Adisesha, the first and foremost of Nityasooris."   The Lord takes birth at his pleasure and his appearance is welcomed as an Avatara. The Muktaatmaas take birth only when  commanded by the Lord to render Him service  through some action in this material world which He considers necessary for Dharma-rakshaNa. It is in this sense that I compared  their births to being sent on deputation. In govt. service in India, when you are sent on deputation, you hold a lien on your previous job! The rebirth of other baddhaatmas follows the general karmic rule and hence is different in nature from the incarnations of the great, free souls who obey the Lord's wishes, get reborn, perform their allotted tasks and go back to Vaikuntam - sort of an ad hoc appointment!. You have raised an important issue (and quoted an Acharya's observation). I feel that therefore this could be considered by other members of the group also and hence I am endorsing a copy to the Group. Dasan,Krishna



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