Sri Vaishnava-dasan Swamy. Namaskaram.

since you have expressed that you do not know the details of this case, we can not arrive at any definitive conclusion. Nevertheless the attitude that is brought out by this instance is quite common. There are many people who claim to be from Brahmana family, and even if they themselves are not following any of the Brahminical daily responsibilities towards the society, they harbor a superiority complex, and don’t hesitate to put down others who they perceive to be below them. This is verily condemnable. Scriptures clearly say the a ‘high’ birth, possession of more wealth, having high education, and having bodily beauty are all great hurdles to devotion. Any of this can easily derail a person from the path of devotion, unless one is very careful.

We have also heard stories of Kannappa naayanar and Thiruppaanaazhwaar.. In both cases the ‘Brahmana’ who initially had poor regard towards the devotee very quickly realised the mistake and rectified themselves. I hope similar rectification happened in the incident you have described.

adiyen dasan.

swamy,

Then where does the teachings and life incidents of Ramanuja stand?. It appears, some people only adore Ramanuja and chant divya prabadham, but not practice the essence of what is told. If it is done with vaishnavas and discrimination is shown, are they not bhagavata apacharam?.

adiyen

What you say is true swamy. If the person who is committing such offence is willing to listen then we can tell them what is correct. But if they are full of their misconception, then we are not in a position to tell them.

The natural consequence of the apacharam can help them rectify. 

On our part, we can consider it as one of the ways Lord is testing us; we can remember our acharyan, remain steadfast in our devotion and move on. May be, we can pray for the erring soul to not incur a severe repercussion for the apacharam, as we can learn from the example of the great Kuraththaazhwaar.

We really are not in a position to know for certain, based on what considerations the other person behaved in certain way. It may even be possible that they had some genuine considerations which are beyond our grasp.

For our part, we shall take it as Lord’s interaction with us and accept it as such. What happens to the other person, that is left to the Lord’s decision. He definitely knows the full heart of the other person and will do the needful to rectify the other person if need be.

adiyen dasan.

May be, we can pray for the erring soul to not incur a severe repercussion for the apacharam, as we can learn from the example of the great Kuraththaazhwaar.
 From கம்பன்தாசன்

I am not magnanimous like Kuraththaazhwaar. For none of my fault, if some apacharam is done, I take it as apacharam only and inform Him. Yes. I have been following this even before I had pancha samskaram, not as apacharam but as offended.

adiyen

Doesn’t this indicate that after ‘Sri Udayavar’ left his shariram, people returned to practicing everything according to their whims and fancies?From srivats

This is not true. There may be few changes over 1000 years. But overall our acharyas have maintained the system given by Udaiyavar in running the temple.

Even the changes that have happened, a significant part is in the last 100 years.

To make a blanket statement “people returned to practicins everything according to their whims” does not serve justice to those who have preserved the system and passed on to us.

adiyen dasan