Transcript SRI VAISHNAVISM

SRI: VAISHnAVISM
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A:CHARYA:NUGRAHAM
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 11:15:35 PM
Subject: RE: SRIMANNARAYANA CHARANOW SARANAM PRAPADYE
‘PRIYA
SRIMAN NARAYANAJI!
JAI SRIMANNARAYANA!
WE HAVE GONE THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION AND IT IS SO
EXCITING AND REALLY WONDERFUL.
WE ARE OFFERING OUR MANGALASASANAMS TO YOU FOR YOUR
BIRTHDAY 62. SO FAR YOUHAVE ONLY FINISHED YOUR HALF OF THE
LIFE CYCLE. LET THIS NEW CYCLE ALSO SHOULD START AND GO
WELL WITH ALL SPIRITUAL ENERGIES LIKE THAT ONE YOU HAVE
STARTED WITH THIS PRESENTATION.
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SRI: VAISHnAVISM
READ & AS UNDERSTOOD BY ‘NA:RA:YAnADA:SA’ FROM
‘BASIC CONCEPTS OF SRI: VAISNAVISM’
BY
DR.M NARASIMHACHARY
CHENNAI
BY DEVINE GRACE OF
SRI:MAT TRIDANDI SRIMANNA:RA:YAnA RA:MA:NUJA
CHINNA JEEYAR
SRI: VAISHnAVISM
SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA, SRI:MAHA:VISnU
ALONG WITH HIS CONSORT
SRI: (LAKSHMI)
IS
THE SUPREME BEING,
OF THE SUPREME POSITION
SRI: VAISHnAVISM
VISISTHA:DVAITA
IS
THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND
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THE SYSTEM OF
SRI: RA:MA:NUJA:
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SRI: IS THE MOTHER OF ENTIRE CREATION BEING THE CONSORT OF
SRI:MANNARAYAnA
•
SRI: IS ALSO THE ATTORNEY & MEDIATOR (PURUSHAKA:RA)
BETWEEN JIVA & PARAMA:TMA AND BRINGS RAPPORT
BETWEEN THEM
•
SRI: IS RECOUNTED AS ONE OF THE TEACHERS IN THE
TRANSMISSON OF THIS TRADITION
SRI:RAMA:NUJA:’S TRADITION IS THUS SRI: SAMPRADA:YA
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VISHISTA:DVAITA IS THE PHILOSOPHY OF SRI:RA:MA:NUJA SYSTEM
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ADVAITA = “ONENESS”
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VISISTASYA= OF THE PARAMA:TMA WHO IS “QUALIFIED”
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QUALIFIED BY A “BODY” (SARIRA:)
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BODY IS = LIVING BEINGS (CHIT) AND
INANIMATE MATTER (ACHIT)
WHICH QUALIFIES SRI:MANNA:RA:YAnA, SRI:MAHA:VISHNU
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2.
3.
4.
5.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
SELF “JIVA” AND “PARAMATMA” THE SUPREME
SARIRA-SARIRI BHAVA = BODY AND SOUL
PRAKARA- PRAKARI BHAVA= A MODE AND POSSESSOR OF THAT
MODE
SESHA- SESHI BHAVA = SUBSIDIARY ENTITY AND PRINCIPAL
ENTITY
VISHESANA- VISHESYA BHAVA=ADJECTIVE AND THE NOUN IT
QUALIFIES
AMSI AND AMSI BHAVA= PART AND WHOLE
ETC
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PILLAI LOKA:CHARYA NARRATES 9 RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN
PARAMATMA =‘SRI:MANNA:RA:YAnA’ & JIVA
1.
SARIRA –SARIRI= BODY AND SOUL
2.
SESHA –SESHI= SUBSIDIARY AND PRINCIPAL ENTITIES
3.
PITA-PUTRA= FATHER AND SON
4.
RAKSYA- RAKSAKA= PROTECTOR AND PROTECTED
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PILLAI LOKA:CHARYA NARRATES 9 RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN
PARAMATMA =‘SRI:MANNA:RA:YAnA’ & JIVA
5.
BHATR-BHARYA= HUSBAND AND WIFE
6.
JNATR-JNEYA= KNOWER AND KNOWN
7.
SVA-SVAMI= PROPERTY AND PROPRIETOR
8.
ADHARA-ADHEYA= SUPPORT AND SUPPORTED
9.
BHOKTR-BHOGYA= ENJOYER AND ENJOYED
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CHIT & ACHIT & ISHVARA
ISHVARA= ‘SRI:MANNA:RA:YAnA’ = ‘PARAMA:TMA’
CHIT= ALL LIVING BEINGS
1.
2.
3.
BOUND (BADDHA)
LIBERATED (MUKTAS) &
ETERNAL LIBERATED (NITYA MUKTAS)
ACHIT= PRAKRITI = MATTER
MAHAT= GREAT (‘PARAMA:TMA’)
AHAMKA:RA = I (ATTRIBUTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS)
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CHIT
JIVA= ‘SELF’ ARE INNUMERABLE= AS MANY BODIES
JIVA IS DIFFERENT FROM SENSE ORGANS MIND & VITAL AIRS
JIVA IS ETERNAL, SELF-MANIFEST & BLISSFUL BY NATURE
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CHIT
‘KNOWLEDGE’ IS THE QUALITY WHICH CHARACTERISES
THREE STATES OF EXISTENCESTATE OF ‘WAKEFULNESS,
DREAM PERCEPTION,
DEEP SLEEP’
FINAL STATE ‘TURIYA (LIBERATION)’
JIVA IN
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CHIT
IN LIBERATION JIVA REMAINS KNOWER
•
NEVER LOSES IDENTITY
•
AWARE OF WHAT HE IS
THUS KNOWLEDGE IS INSEPERABLE FROM SOUL
(CALLED DHARMABHOOTA JNANA
= ATTRIBUTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS)
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CHIT
SRI:MANNA:RA:YAnA,
IS ALWAYS
CHARACTERISED BY
THIS DHARAMABHOOTA JNANA=
ATTRIBUTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS
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ARTHA PANCHAKA
(5 THINGS TO KNOW)
1.
THE ESSENTIAL NATURE OF
PARAMA:TMA – SRI:MANNA:RA:YAnA
2.
THE ESSENTIAL NATURE OF JIVA, THE SELF-JIVA
3.
THE MEANS OF ATTAINING SRI:MANNA:RA:YAnA –PRAPATTI
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ARTHA PANCHAKA
(5 THINGS TO KNOW)
4.
GOAL TO BE ATTAINED- PARAMAPADA / SRI: VAIKUNTHA
5.
THE IMPEDIMENTS WHICH STAND IN THE WAY OF
ATTAINING THE FRUIT/GOALAJNA:NA & AVIVEKA
(IGNORANCE & INDISCRIMINATION)
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THE CONCEPT OF SRI:
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SRI:- “SRNATI”–
‘ONE WHO REMOVES ALL OUR SINS ‘NIKHILA:N DOSHAN’
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SRI:- “SRNATI GUNAIH JAGAT”
-ONE WHO NOURISHES THE WORLD BY HER VIRTUES
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SRI: -“SRIYATE CA AKHILAIRNITYAM”
-ONE WHO IS RESORTED BY ALL BEINGS
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THE CONCEPT OF SRI:
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SRI:- ”SRAYATE CA AKHILAIR NITYAM”
ONE WHO STAYS IN HIGHEST ABODE
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SRI:- “SRNOTI”
ONE WHO HEARS PETITIONS
•
SRI: -“SRAVAYATI”
ONE WHO PASSES THEM TO
SRI:MANNA:RA:YAnA, THE PARAMA:TMA
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VADAGALAI
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
TENGALAI
(VEDANTA DESIKA’S VIEWS)
(PILLAI LOKACHARYA’S VIEWS)
SRI: IS MOTHER OF ALL JIVAS
SRI: IS ALL PERVASIVE LIKE
1.
2.
3.
PARAMA:TMA
SRI: IS ISVARI BELONGS TO
CATEGORY OF PARAMA:TMA =
ISVARAKOTI
SRI: IS THE MEDIATOR
(PURUSHAKARA)
SRI: CAN GRANT MOKSHA
SRI: FORMS GOAL OF HUMAN
LIFE
4.
5.
6.
SRI: IS MOTHER OF ALL JIVAS
SRI: IS ATOMIC IN SIZE
SRI: IS ISVARI (BELONGS TO
CATEGORY OF JIVAS = JIVA
KOTI BUT SUPERIOR TO ALL
JIVAS)
SRI: IS THE MEDIATOR
(PURUSHAKARA)
SRI: CAN NOT GRANT MOKSHA
SRI: FORMS GOAL OF HUMAN
LIFE
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VADAGALAI
(VEDANTA DESIKA’S VIEWS)
7.
GRACE OF SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA,
IS SAHETUKA= IT COMES ONLY IF
ONE DESERVES
8.
GRADES OF MOKSHA ARE ABSENT
9.
KARMA, JNANA ARE ANCILLARY TO
BHAKTI, PRAPATTI IS ANOTHER
MEANS TO MOKSHA
10. SRI: OR LAXMI IS CO-PERVASIVE
WITH SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA
TENGALAI
(PILLAI LOKACHARYA’S VIEWS)
7.
GRACE OF SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA IS
8.
THOSE LIBERATED DO KAINKARYA
FOR SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA
(PARA:RTHA KAINKARYA) AND FOR
THEIR SATISFACTION ALSO
NIRHETUKA, NO REQUIREMENTS
(SVA:RTHA)
9.
KARMA AND JNANA CAN DIRECTLY
LEAD TO PRAPATTI
10. EASIEST, PRAPATTI IS ALMOST
ONLY WAY TO SALVATION
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VADAGALAI
(VEDANTA DESIKA’S VIEWS)
11. SRI: IS THE UPAYA OR MEANS
OF LIBERATION MUKTI LIKE
LORD
12. SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA’S,
VATSALYA LIES IN
OVERLOOKING JIVA’S FAULTS
13. SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA’S DAYA
COMPASSION LIES IN HIS
SYMPATHY, HE DOES NOT
SUFFER WITH HUMANITY
TENGALAI
(PILLAI LOKACHARYA’S VIEWS)
11. SRI: IS ATOMIC LIKE JIVA, NOT
ALL PERVASIVE LIKE VISHNU
12. SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA, IS THE
ONLY UPA:YA, NOT SRI ALSO
13. SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA, LOVES
THE FAULTS OF JIVAS, HE
ALSO SUFFERS WITH
SUFFERING HUMANITY
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VADAGALAI
(VEDANTA DESIKA’S VIEWS)
14. REMEMBERING
SRI:MAN
NA:RA:YAnA, IN THE LAST
MOMENT (ANTIMA SMARANA)
IS NECESSARY FOR LIBERATION
15. PRAPATI IS ANOTHER YOGA
LIKE BHAKTI WITH ELABORATE
PROCEDURE OF SPIRITUAL
CULTURE
TENGALAI
(PILLAI LOKACHARYA’S VIEWS)
14. THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE NOR
EXPECTED FROM US
15. PRAPATTI IS ONLY MEANS OF
SALVATION, IS SIMPLE WITH
NO COMPLICATIONS
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VADAGALAI
(VEDANTA DESIKA’S VIEWS)
16. ONE SHOULD NOT GIVE UP ALL
OTHER DUTIES (DHARMA
TYAGA) FOR PRACTISING
PRAPATTI. ONLY THE FRUITS
OF ALL ACTS TO BE
ABANDONED
17. PRAYASCHITTAS ARE
COMPULSORY
18. FIVE ANGAS OF
COMPULSORY
PRAPATTI ARE
TENGALAI
(PILLAI LOKACHARYA’S VIEWS)
16. ALL KARMAS AND DHARMAS TO
BE GIVEN UP
17. PRAYASCHITTAS ARE NOT
BINDING ON US
18. ALL ANGAS ARE NOT
NECESSARY
WITH MAHAVISVASA ALL WILL
FOLLOW
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VADAGALAI
(VEDANTA DESIKA’S VIEWS)
19. THE MERITS OF PREVIOUS
BIRTH (POORVA PUNYA)
ALONE WILL GIVE RISE TO
PRAPATTI
20. MAN COMMITS SIN
CONTINUOUSLY, SO
PRAYASCHITTAS, CONTINUOUS
PRAYASCHITTAS ARE
NECESSARY BY CONTINUOUS
MEDITATION ON
DVAYAMANTRA
TENGALAI
(PILLAI LOKACHARYA’S VIEWS)
19. SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA’S
NIRHETUKA KRIPA,
MOTIVELESS GRACE ALONE IS
CAUSE OF PRAPATTI
20. PRAPANNA DO NOT NEED ANY
PRAYASCHITTA, PRAPATTI TO
ACHARYA IS THE REAL
PRAYSCHITTA
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VADAGALAI
TENGALAI
(VEDANTA DESIKA’S VIEWS)
(PILLAI LOKACHARYA’S VIEWS)
21. RISHIS AND THEIR WORKS ARE
21. ALVARS ARE SUPERIOR TO
SUPERIOR TO ALVARS
22. PERSON QUALIFIED TO DO
PRAPATTI IS ONE WHO IS
INCOMPETENT TO FOLLOW
OTHER METHODS
23. SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA,
PERVADES FROM OUTSIDE THE
JIVA
RISHIS, THEIR
DIVYAPRABANDHA IS MORE
VALID
22. ANY ONE IS QUALIFIED TO DO
PRAPATTI
23. SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA, ENTERS
THE JIVA TOO
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VADAGALAI
(VEDANTA DESIKA’S VIEWS)
23. KAIVALYA IS STATE OF SELF
EXPERIENCE,FROM WHICH ONE
CAN TRY FOR MOKSHA, AND IS
NOT MOKSHA
24. INDIVIDUALS NEED TO DO
SARANAGATI SEPERATELY
TENGALAI
(PILLAI LOKACHARYA’S VIEWS)
23. KAIVALYA IS LOCATED IN
HIGHEST ABODE, WHO
ATTAINS IT WILL NOT COME
BACK TO THIS WORLD, HE
CANNOT ATTAIN MOKSHA
EITHER
24. SRI:RAMANUJA’S PRAPATTI IS
SUFFICE FOR HIS FOLLOWERS
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‘BHAKTI’- LOVING DEVOTION
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‘BHAKTI’ DERIVED FROM ROOT ‘BHAJA’ MEANS LOVE AND
•
“TAILA DHAARAAVAD AVICHHANNA SMRITI
SANTAANA PARAMPARA” =
SERVICE
UNBROKEN CHAINS OF THOUGHTS ON
SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA
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BHAKTI MEANS
• ‘SRAVANA’ (HEARING)
• ‘KIRTANA’ ( SINGING)
• ‘SMARANA’ (REMEMBERING)
• ‘PA:DASEVANAM’
SACRED PLACES)
(SERVING HIS LOTUS FEET, WORSHIPPING IN
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• ‘ARCHANAM’ (DOING ‘POOJA’ ACCORDING TO RULES IN SACRED
TEXTS)
• ‘VANDANAM’ (DOING ‘NAMASKARAS’=PROSTRATIONS)
• ‘DASYAM’ (SERVING HIM LIKE A SERVANT)
• ‘SAKHYAM’ (BECOMING HIS FRIEND)
• ‘A:TMA NIVEDANAM’ =OFFERING EVERY THING ONE
HAS INCLUDING BODY TO SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA
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PRAPATTI
• ‘A:NUKU:LYA SANKALPA’ = RESOLVE TO DO ONLY THINGS
FAVOURABLE TO SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA
• ‘PRATIKULYA VARJANA’ =AVOIDING THINGS DISLIKED BY
SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA
• ‘RAKSHYATITI VISVASAH’ (‘MAHA VISVASAH’ =FIRM FAITH IN THE
SAVIOURSHIP OF
SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA
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‘PRAPATTI’
• ‘GOPTRITVA VARANAM’ = REQUESTING SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA, TO
BE THE PROTECTOR
• ‘ATMANIKSHEPA KARPANYAM’ = PLACING ONE’S BURDEN AT THE
FEET OF SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA, IN ALL MEEKNESS AND HUMILITY
• ‘MAHA:VISVA:SA’ IS THE VERY HEART OF ‘PRAPATTI’
SRI: VAISHnAVISM
• ‘tadeka upa:ya nishta’= SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA,
PARAMA:TMA is only means
• ‘ananya upa:ya nishta’ = NO OTHER means
but
• ‘ACHARYA NISHTA’ IS ALSO CAPABLE OF
GRANTING ‘MOKSHA’
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TIRU MANTRA A:RA:DHANAM
A:RA:DHANA=SHOWING LOVE
1. ASTHA:KSHARI- OM NAMO NA:RA:YAnA:YA
2. DWAYA MANTRAMSRIMAN NA:RA:YAnA CHARAnOW SARAnAM
PRAPADYE, SRIMATE NA:RA:YAnA:YA NAMAH
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3. SARAnA:GATI
‘sarva dharma:n parityajya ma:me:kam saraNam vraja
Aham twa:m sarva pa:pe:bhyo moksha ishya:mi
ma:sucha’
MA:M = ME , SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA, ALONE
= MOTHER SRI: ALONE
Ekam = THE ONE & ONLY ONE , SRI:MAN NA:RA:YAnA
= ONCE ATLEAST
krishNa:rpaNam