embAr’s AchArya nishtai

sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: embAr – madhuramangalam In srIvaishNava sampradhAyam AchAryan is worshipped with greatly reverence. bhagavAn being the antharyAmi, directs the jIvAthmA to a suitable AchAryan first and subsequently the AchAryan reveals the most valuable principles about bhagavAn to the sishyan. After developing proper understanding about bhagavAn, … Read more

thiruppAvai – artha panchakam

sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: thiruppAvai is the essence of ubhaya vEdhAntham. When one understands the esoteric meanings of thiruppAvai properly, all the hurdles in their journey towards emperumAn is easily removed.  ANdaL – rangamannAr, srIvilliputhUr It is explained by piLLai lOkAchAryar in mumukshuppadi that a mumukshu (one who … Read more

thiruppAvai sAram by nAyanAr

sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: ANdAL is an avathAram of bhUdhEvi nAchchiyAr, the divine consort of srIman nAryAyaNan. bhUdhEvi nAchchiyAr appears in this world as ANdAL (also known as gOdhA dhEvi) to explain the glories of emperumAn in very simple thamizh and help the jIvAthmAs to relieve their sufferings … Read more

periyavAchAn piLLai – vyAkyAna chakkaravarthi

sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama:   periyavAchAn piLLai – sEngaNUr   srImath krishNa samAhvAya namO yAmuna sUnavE yath katAkshaika lakshyANam sulabha: srIdharas sadhA ஸ்ரீமத் க்ருஷ்ண ஸமாஹ்வாய நமோ யாமுந ஸூநவே யத் கடாக்ஷைக லக்ஷ்யாணாம் ஸுலப: ஸ்ரீதரஸ் ஸதா I worship periyavAchAn piLLai who is the son of yAmunar and whose katAksham will … Read more

Srivaishnava AhAra niyamam – Q & A

sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama:   In the original post https://granthams.koyil.org/2012/07/29/srivaishnava-aahaara-niyamam/ relating to AhAra niyamam we observed the fundamentals in this topic. One swamy (Sri U.Ve. Sridharan) who is adiyen’s Apthar prepared a questionnaire on AhAra niyamam and requested adiyen to fill in the details. adiyen thought it would … Read more

Srivaishnavam – Do’s and Dont’s

The principle of dos and donts for a Srivaishanava per koorathalvan’s words in athimaanushastvam (slokam 53): Yat tvat priyam tadiha punyam apunyam anyat – Whatever is pleasing to Emperumaan is to be done and the rest are to be avoided. We have tried to summarize with our little knowledge some of the dos and donts … Read more

Srivaishnava AhAra niyamam

sri: srimathE ramanuajaya nama: srimad varavaramunayE nama: sri vaanaachala mahaamunayE nama: Another conversation – another realisation. Recently during one of the purappaadu’s of Sri AlagiyaSinga Emperumaan (brahmotsavam in thiruvallikeni), one swamy offered adiyen some Thirupathi laddu. While adiyen politely refused to accept it – some swamys questioned adiyen why not accept it? adiyen said “well, … Read more