Introduction
Namacharya is a great devotee of Lord Ranganathaswamy of Srirangam. He was born and brought up at Srirangam. He was a close disciple of Sri Ramanuja, and he is considered to be an aspect of the Holy Thirumann, NAMAM of Lord Vishnu. He used to recite to the verses from the sacred Vaishnavite Text, Nalayira Divya Prabhandam on a daily basis, and rendered great divine service by plucking flowers from the temple garden, and used to adorn it to Lord Ranganatha.
It is also believed that Namacharya used to converse with Lord Ranganatha regularly and also tried his level best to reduce the problems of the devotees of Lord Ranganatha. He didn’t marry, and throughout his life he lived as a strict bachelor. Once, when he was sick, the Lord himself had approached him to his place in the form of a young boy and helped him by giving medicines and other food items to him.
As per the divine instructions of Lord Ranaganatha, Namacharya served very well to his Guru Sri Ramanujacharya, and also helped him to spread the “VISHNU BHAKTI”, amongst the masses. Similar to his Guru Sri Ramanuja, Namacharya also wrote several spiritual texts in sanskrit, such as bhasya on the Brahma Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita. According to Sri Namacharya, devotion to a personal God acts as a means to attain spiritual liberation.
He stopped the people towards doing bad karma, and invoked them in the “VISHNU BHAKTI SPIRIT” by uttering the various names of Lord Vishnu. Mainly he wants all of the people to get Liberated (Attaining MOKSHA) by chanting god’s name, “OM NAMO NARAYANA”, and “OM NAMO BHAGAVATE SRI VASUDEVAYA NAMAHA”.
TEACHINGS OF SRI NAMACHARYA
Concentrate your mind only on Lord Vishnu, meditate and worship him, then he would never leave you alone, I promise you that he will always be with you.
Completely control your senses and leave the bad habits like lust, anger and fear, and worship the great Lord Sri Vishnu Bhagavan sincerely, in order to attain his lotus feet.
Fill up your mind with full of spiritual thoughts on Lord Vishnu and never allow any bad thoughts to enter in your mind, so that you would be always protected by Lord Vishnu.
Those who consider Lord Vishnu as the Supreme God, who praises his glories, and sings songs on him, would be freed from the chain of repeated birth cycles.
Believe Lord Vishnu that he dwells on all the living beings in the world, and all of his creations contain his features.
Among the demons, Lord Vishnu is the mighty demon king Bhakta Prahalad, among the animals, Lord Vishnu is the great lion, and among the birds, Lord Vishnu is the holy Garuda, and among the trees, Lord Vishnu is the Ashvatta.
Develop your spiritual Knowledge through constant prayers and meditation.
People must always do good karmic deeds.
Those who act friendly with others, treats others problems as their own problems, and do goodness to others, would be considered as Lord Vishnu’s favourite devotees.
Those who purify their mind and concentrate their attention only on spiritual matters would be considered as Lord Vishnu’s ardent devotees.
“OM SRI NAMACHARYA NAMAHA”
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