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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous The glory of piLLai lOkAchAryar piLLai lOkAchAryar has such glories that he is considered to be the reincarnation of nammAzhwAr. His younger brother, azhagiya maNavALap perumAL nAyanAr grew under his grace. They grew up together, similar to iLaiya perumAL (lakshmaNan) and perumAL … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous The glory of vadakkuth thiruvIdhippiLLai After nampiLLai, when vadakkuth thiruvIdhippiLLai was in charge of emperumAnAr dharSanam, his disciples asked him “What is the basic nature of AthmA (sentient entity)?” He replied saying “It is said that ‘It is well known that when … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous The glory of eeyuNNi mAdhavapperumAL After receiving the Idu muppaththARAyiram (commentary written by vadakkuth thiruvIdhippiLLai, based on nampiLLai’s discourses) from nampiLLai, eeyuNNi mAdhavapperumAL taught the vyAkyAnam to his son eeyuNNi padhmanAbhapperumAL. He also taught him necessary esoteric meanings from various other SrIsukthis … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous Glory of periyavAchchAn piLLai After nampiLLai ascended to thirunAdu (SrIvaikuNtam), periyavAchchAn piLLai took over the reins of dharSanam (SrIvaishNava philosophy) and gathered all the disciples of nampiLLai. naduvil thiruvIdhIppiLLai asked periyavAchchan piLLai “You are giving discourse to those who had given discourses … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous During the time that nampiLLai and his disciples were living in SrIrangam, looking after SrIvaishNava dharSanam (philosophy of SrIvaishNavam), there was a lady who was his disciple and who lived in the house abutting nampiLLai’s. One day, when nampiLLai was conducting a … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous nampiLLai once asked a person by name periya kOyil vaLLalAr to give the meaning of the first verse of thirumangai AzhwAr’s thirumozhi 1-1-9 pAsuram kulam tharum (this pAsuram describes the benefits of chanting the divine name of SrIman nArAyaNa; the first verse … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous nampiLLai had two wives. One day, the first wife would cook food while the next day, the younger wife would cook food. When things were proceeding like this, nampiLLai called his first wife and asked her “What do you think about me … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh aravaramunayEnama: Full Series Previous nampiLLai started teaching onbadhinAyirappadi, along with some distinguished meanings, to periyavAchchAn piLLai, his disciple. periyavAchchAn piLLai started making pattOlai (first copy in palm leaves) with these meanings, every day. At the end of the discourses, he brought all the manuscripts to nampiLLai and … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayEnama: Full Series Previous Around that time, a person by the name of dhEvarAjar [also known as nambUr varadharAjar], was living near the padugai chakravarthy temple. He was liked by all, irrespective of the person being an expert or an ordinary one. He was very kind and … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous These two brothers mercifully wrote many prabandhams starting with thathvarahasyam (secrets regarding the truthful entity), living past the age of hundred years, with many great persons having taken refuge under the divine feet of piLLai lOkAchAriyAr, leaving their sustenance to him and … Read more