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From: TCA Venkatesan (vtca_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Nov 18 2001 - 19:30:28 PST
Following up to adiyEn's post on this subject.
I think one needs to clarify the concept of "being
sufficient". I don't think anyone contests that it
is Sriman Narayana that gives mOksha. In that sense,
Acharya sambandam alone would be insufficient.
However, it is our pUrvAcharya stance that once an
acharya intercedes on behalf of a jIvan, He does
not permit Himself the choice of not giving mOksha
to that jIvan. That person therefore does not have
to directly plead their case (in whatever fashion)
to Him. In that sense, Acharya sambandam is
sufficient.
An interesting point from Kanninun Siruththambu
vyakyanam that adiyEn talked about earlier. Sri
Periyavaccan Pillai says that Sri Madhurakavi
Azhvar does not take his stance based on Sastric
fact or from his Acharyas upadEsam. He only states
this based on his acharyas tiruvadi sambandam. For
him that alone proved to be enough: both in terms
of proof as well as what he needed to attain. In
our case, we would continue to lack sastric fact,
but we do have acharya upadEsam for this (all our
acharyas starting from Sri Madhurakavi Azhvar
onward). The other interesting fact about this is
that this upadEsam starts coming to us right around
the time the Kali yuga started. Therein perhaps lies
a point that Acharya sambandam is most important in
this period.
adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan
TCA Venkatesan
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