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Apachaarams to avoid sri:srimathe ramanujaya nama:srimad varavaramunaye nama: sri vaanaachala mahamunaye nama: Inthe previous articles we have seen the internal qualities that asrivaishnava should aspire to develop. We also saw in the end, howimportant it is to aspire for the association of such srivaishnavas. Inthis article we will understand the different types of apachaarams(offenses) that … Read more
Appreciating another Srivaishnava sri:srimathe ramanujaya nama:srimad varavaramunaye nama: sri vaanaachala mahamunaye nama: Inthe previous article we observed the qualities expected out of avaishnava adhikaari (qualified vaishnava). Before moving on to the nexttopic, adiyen would like to discuss the following point in detail. Oncewe understand the above 5 points clearly, we will automatically lookout for srivaishnavas … Read more
Srivaishnava – Internal qualities sri:srimathe ramanujaya nama:srimad varavaramunaye nama: sri vaanaachala mahamunaye nama: Sofar, we have seen the physical appearance of a srivaishnava, panchasamskaaram which begins a srivaishnava’s life and the acharya-sishyarelationship. Now, we will move on to a very important aspect – theinternal qualities that a srivaishnava should aspire to develop tobecome a qualified … Read more
Our guru paramparai sri: srimathe ramanujaya nama: srimad varavaramunaye nama: sri vaanaachala mahamunaye nama: In the previous article we discussed the unique relationship between acharya and sishya. Some will ask – “Why do we need an acharya between us and emperumaan? Has there not been cases where emperumaan directly acknowledging individuals like Gajendraaazhwaan, Guha perumaal, … Read more
Acharya-Sishya relationship sri: srimathe ramanujaya nama: srimad varavaramunaye nama: sri vaanaachala mahamunaye nama: In the previous article we saw how Pancha samskaaram begins ones journey as a srivaishnavan. We also saw the beginning of a unique relationship named “acharya-sishya” relationship. This is actually a small diversion from the original topic – but since this is … Read more
sri:srimathe ramanujaya nama:srimad varavaramunaye nama:sri vaanaachala mahamunaye nama: We have seen the physical attributes of a Srivaishnava in the first article of this series. Someone may ask “Why is the physical appearance is important? Why cant I bea srivaishnava without the physical appearance specified in thesaastra?”. It is possible for some advanced srivaishnavas in some … Read more
Srivaishnava – External appearance/qualities sri: srimathe ramanujaya nama: srimad varavaramunaye nama: sri vaanaachala mahamunaye nama: There are several places in our purvacharya granthas where srivaishnava lakshnam is explained. In this series, we will see many of those references from our purvaacharya works – one at a time. Let us start with a very basic pramaanam … Read more