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From: Bharadwaj, Jaganath (jbb0_at_nreca.org)
Date: Mon Nov 24 1997 - 06:51:00 PST
>Mohan Sagar wrote: > > According to the TenAcharyans, the Lord's Grace is >>spontaneous and causeless, and it alone can bring about one's salvation. >>Consequently, because the Lord is so kind, He finds even the slightest of >>inclinations towards Him, even ones that are unknown to the devotee, to be >>enough of a pretext for Him to work to bring the devotee to Him. So, the >>bhAgavatha's experience of prapatti is in reality the fruit of the Lord's >>own effort. >> >>Please note that the above is only just a sampling of the subtle levels of >>difference between how the two schools view prapatti. It really requires >>much more intense study, perhaps even a lifetime's worth, to even come close >>to experiencing what our pUrvachAryan's had experienced as prapatti. >> >From a careful reading of Swami Desikan's works, it would be clear that even >the Vadagalai act of Prapatti is in reality the fruit of the Lord's own >effort. > >adiyen >jaganath. >