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From: lakshminarayan krishnaswamy (tngepl_at_hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Jul 13 2000 - 16:53:21 PDT
Dear Sriman Mani Varadarajan,
Your clarifications to Mahesh's query are quite illuminating. I have certain
specific queries and would appreiciate your feedback to the same:
1) Is a prapatti as performed by me ( due to what was felt by me to be a
divine dictum) a valid one? In fact I have also not gone through the
mandatory "Kalakshepam" for a specified period at the acharyan's thiruvadi.
2) While I am in total agreement with your statement:
"I am the abode of all sins, utterly helpless and without any other
recourse. O Lord! You alone must be my means!", your subsequent
statement,viz: "resolution to conform to His will and not do anything
contrary to His will", is not quite clear to me. Does this presuppose that
we know what the Lord's will is? Would it not be better to state:
"Accept whatever happens as His will" and "Lead a life as detailed (or
atleast as close to)in the vedas. For instance I have realised that even to
follow such ordinary things as "Satyam Vada", "Love every one","Set aside
your ego" or 'do not eat onion" is one hell of a difficulty.
3) Further in the above instance what would be role of an "Individual's
initiatives.
4) I am of the opinion that "Saranagati" as a principle is a very simple
one. But when it comes to practice, considering our inadequacies it is quite
difficult. For instance in the write up to this point how many "I"s have I
used.&
5) I understand that the Azhwars related to the Lord in various ways-
Nayaka-Nayaki,Dasa-Dasi,Mother & Child, Friend etc. Is there an instance in
our Siddhanta where we consider the Lord as our mother? Infact I am tempted
to look upon Him as "my concerned mother", always willing to overlook my
inadequacies, but come to my rescue when I am in difficulty. Infact the
opening stanza of Godha Stuti (to me)appears to be a definition of the Lord
also.
Adiyen
K.Lakshminarayan
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