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     essence of Sri Vaishnavism - Audarya Fellowship

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    essence of Sri Vaishnavism. I give below excerpts of these, translated from "Sri
    Ramaanujar," ... (written by Sri Parthasarathy Dileepan). ...
    www.indiadivine.org/audarya/iskcon-internal/367802-essence-sri-vaishnavism.html -
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    Essence of Sri Vaishnavism

    In his final moments Sri Ramanuja is said to have


    articulated 82 statements to his disciples. It is not
    an exaggeration to present these statements as the
    essence of Sri Vaishnavism. I give below excerpts of
    these, translated from "Sri Ramaanujar," pi. sri,
    sudhEsamitthiran, pp. 250 - 259, aagaStu 1964 . I
    apologise for the lack of lucidity of my translation.
    (written by Sri Parthasarathy Dileepan).

    1. Serve God and God's devotees. Serve all devotees


    without regard to their status.

    2. Have faith in the teachings of AchAryAs.

    3. Do not succumb to sensual pleasures.

    4 & 5. Do not put your conviction on trivial


    saasthraas, have conviction on the saasthraas that
    deal with God.

    6 - 8. Protect yourself from the five senses.

    9 & 10. Praise the name of the Lord and AchAryAs.

    11. All the knowledge you may have will not protect
    you if you choose sensual pleasures.

    12 & 13. It is not enough to control your sensual


    desires, you must surrender to the Lord.

    14 - 17. Do not be disrespectful of sri vaishnavaas


    for any reason, including age, caste, etc. You must
    show respect to them all.

    18. When you rise from your bed meditate upon your
    ancestral line of AchAryAs.

    19. In front of the sanctum of our Lord, amongst sri


    vaishnavaas utter the words of dvayam. (mentally' Do
    not utter loudly, as they are rahaysyams)

    20. Praise the auspicious qualities of our Lord and


    AchAryAs.

    21 and 22. Welcome sri vaishnavas with open arms and


    praise. Do not praise ordinary people for the sake of
    material gain.

    23. Pay respect when you see the gOpuram of a temple.

    24 - 25. Have undying faith in Lord Vishnu.

    26. Do not find fault with praise of the Lord or


    devotees.

    27 - 29. Pay at most respect to sri vaishnavaas.

    30 & 31. Among sri vaishnavaas do not discriminate


    between poor and rich.

    32. Ignore the faults and praise the virtues of sri


    vasihnavaas.

    33 - 35. Consume Sri paadha theertham with respect.

    36. Do not consider yourself as equal to other


    devotees. Think of yourself as their servant.

    37 - 39. To purify your sins consume the sri paatha


    theertham of great saints. For this, do not consider
    the caste of those saints.

    40 & 41. Duties of families. (Not described in the


    text)

    42 - 44. Visiting temples and securing prasaadam is


    important.

    45. Do not boast about your virtues.

    46. Do not scorn a devotee.

    47. Do not ignore serving devotees.

    48. Praise the auspicious qualities of the Lord daily.

    49. Recite prabhandams like thiruvaaymozhi daily.

    50 - 58. Do not associate with the ones who only


    pretend to be sri vaihnvaas. Do not associate with the
    ones who find faults with others. Do not even look
    upon those who belittle devotees. Associate with those
    who wish to surrender to the Lord.

    59 & 60. Ignore the harsh words of other sri


    vaishnvas. Always do good to them.

    (From this point onwards I am unable to give numerical


    listing as the original text does not give the
    numerical ordering.)

    Do not think of the deities of the Lord as just stone


    or wood.
    Do not think of your guru (AchArya) as just an
    ordinary person. Even simply saying out loud the caste
    of a sri vaishnava is a sin.

    Do not consider anything related to our Lord as


    ordinary. There is nothing greater than making our
    Lord and his devotees happy. Insulting a devotee is a
    greater sin than not praying to the Lord. Your duty is
    to surrender to our Lord. Try to live in Thiru
    naaraayanapuram (mElkOte) at least for some time. If
    you are unable to, where ever you are, live with
    dvayam in your tongue. If you are unable to do even
    this, serve other srivaishnavas.

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