Dear Swamy/Prriyava,
Adiyen ramanujadasan
Today I was thinking about laughing emotions for an bhaktas . Yes, the love to perumal and respect to Acharya never brings laughing situation. But then bhaktas never have a chance to laugh ? If they laugh for personal reason and it’s an apacharam..? Without laugh a person become DRY ?. Maybe what is allowed as of emotions for bhaktas?.
Adiyen ramanujadasan
Yes, the love to perumal and respect to Acharya never brings laughing situation.
Really? What makes you arrive at this erroneous conclusion? In fact, if we are not laughing that is an insult to them. They have giving us complete shelter despite the challenges in this age; with such deep sense of security how can we not be laughing?
Have you ever heard any one of Velukkudi swamy’s upanyasams? They are filled with humour. If laughter is not there in Vaikuntam, why would anyone want to go there? Even Perumal will vacate the place!
“koodiyirundhu kuLirthElOr” When we are happy in the company of devotees, how can there be any shortage of laughter?
Putting others down, shaming them or insulting them is not the only form of humour. Unfortunately, present day movies may make one think so.
One common feature of humour is an element of surprise; the element of surprise can be in the situation described or in the delivery (or both).
example:
One time in my school, my teacher called me (for a oral test). I said “adiyen”; the teacher put a slap on my back – not with anger, but not a light one either. I said “adi yEn?”.
Yes swamy, I was smiling, laugh when Velukudi swamy deliver nice 🙂 laughter comments for our easy understanding. Understood “Koodiyirundhu kuLirthElOr” allows smile, laughter, happy moments etc… Means very happy.
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha,
Additionally, in 2018 Maargazhi maasam December timing, Velukkudi Swami did Thiruppavai upanyasams each day for each paasuram. During that time, one SriVaishnava, actually a Ramanuja Dasa was sitting in front row and smiling and laughing for everything that Swami was saying.. it was Live upanyasams on the air. At that time, Swami couldn’t focus on upanyasams and said “நீங்க கொஞ்சம் பின்னாடி பொய் உட்காருங்க. அழுகர மாதிரி சொன்னா சிரிக்கிறீங்க. சிரிக்கிற மாதிரி சொன்னாலும் சிரிக்கிரீங்க”. The Ramanuja Dasa went and sat on back row and continued laughing without getting caught in Swami’s eyes. When Swami says karma’s, prarabhtha karma, etc…,we laugh 😂 because Swami already blessed us with Ramanujar ThiruvAdi, so No fear for us. We Ramanuja Dasas are like “Nidhraam kurvandhi nirbhayaha”. உறங்கும் போது நம்மை நோக்குபவன், உணர்ந்தாலும் நம்மை நோக்குவான்”. That’s power of Swami Ramanujar ThiruvAdi.
Adiyen (ElayaAlwar) Srinivasa (DhoddayacharyAr) Dasan.
