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INTRODUCTION |
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personified in the image. The greater the desire and intensity of faith of the devotee,
the greater the transformation visualized, until a stage is reached when all personal
actions are surrendered to the image as His, Complete surrender of the self is made.
The divinity in the image serves as a surrender of the self is made. The divinity in the
image serves as a friend, philosopher and guide. In this connection it is worthwhile
knowing Sri Ramanuja’s saying: "God must
always be thought of in two aspects, one the Supreme Lord beyond our comprehension and
existing everywhere in the nature of "Brahman", and the other the personal
aspect of the Supreme. It is these two aspects that are often referred to as the two
Vibhutis of God by Alavandar and the Azhwars in the Prabandhams".
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