Acharya Thiruvadigale Saranam

Jai Srimannarayana! This is the experience shared by a devotee from USA.
Note: the term ‘adiyen’ means “Humble servant”. It’s a humble way of saying ‘I’ as ‘I’ brings up the ego in oneself.

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Dasohams to all Bhagavathas!
Several years ago, adiyen had the privilege of receiving samasryanam from His Holiness Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji. However, adiyen must admit that at the time, he was thinking that he doesn’t need to do anything because now he got Ramanujacharya pada sambandham, so he will get moksham.

Nevertheless, as adiyen faced the ups and downs of life, he couldn’t escape the stress. It puzzled why adiyen wasn’t experiencing the expected inner peace and contentment despite spiritual connection with Ramanujacharya Swamy.

These questions led adiyen to seek answers and guidance. Adiyen turned to Swamy varu in prayer, hoping for clarity and understanding. Along with that, Adiyen began to immerse in spiritual discourses by Swamiji to comprehend the essence of our sampradayam (tradition).

Through this process, adiyen realized the following key insights:
1. Our acharya is not an ordinary human being but the divine manifestation of Narayana’s feet, sent to us through the recommendation of Mother Lakshmi Devi, to protect and liberate us from the bondage of karma. Disciples will get benefitted if they believe this.

2. The relationship with acharya should be one of complete surrender and devotion, akin to the connection between an insentient object and its owner, this will remove all blockades. As emphasized in the Ashtasloki, Swamithvam prardhanamcha prabalatharavirodhi prahanam

Despite grasping these truths, adiyen is still struggling to break free from desires, anxieties about the future, and distractions that kept adiyen from fully embracing acharya’s teachings and the divine presence of God.

In earnest prayer, adiyen asked acharya to guide and show the path towards spiritual progress. By listening to Acharya’s discourses and observing his lifestyle, particularly in “The truth” video, adiyen adopted three practices that sparked miraculous changes in spiritual journey:

1. Adiyen began praying to God, seeking His grace to develop profound love and reverence for Acharya.

2. Adiyen resolved to observe ekadasi vrat, abstaining from food throughout the day.

3. Adiyen started to control eating habits, first thing adiyen take in a day is mostly some time after 4 PM.

These practices helped adiyen gain better control over thoughts and emotions. Later through progress Adiyen learned to do Ashtakshari ardhanusandhanam and to visualize acharya(subhasrayanam) every time adiyen needed help.

Hope adiyen’s personal experiences and learnings will be of value to someone.
Acharya Thiruvadigale Saranam!
Managalasasanams to our acharya!!