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Re:Pseudo-gods and Hinduism

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lakshminarayan krishnaswamy • August 17, 2000 


Dear Bhakthas,

I refer to Smt.ShubaÂ’s posting on the above subject and would like to add a 
few words  on it.
1) “Self Styled Godmen” is a well know phenomenon.  In an age where people 
look around for instant reliefs, is it correct to hold the gullible 
population alone responsible for the spread of this phenomenon.
2) I quite agree with Smt.Shuba – The one positive contribution of some 
these god men is that they have diverted a large part of the population to 
Bhagawat Vishayams, besides doing social service to neglected and remote 
villages. We may not agree with the content and style of their preachings.  
However their contribution to society cannot be ignored or overlooked.
3)  As regards Smt.Shuba’s reference to the Bhagawad Gita, in chapter 9 – 
23, Lord Krishna says “THOSE WHO ARE DEVOTEES OF OTHER GODS AND WHO WORSHIP 
THEM WITH FAITH ACTUALLY WORSHIP ONLY ME, O SON OF KUNTI, BUT THEY DO SO IN 
A WRONG WAY”.
If we had a burning desire to propagate the religion that we know to be the 
right one, it can only be done by spreading the salient features of this to 
every one without discrimination.Did not Udayavar (even at the risk of his 
going to hell) want the “entire humanity” to be able to go to Heaven. For 
this, the concepts and precepts of this religion have to be re-packaged  in 
a widely acceptable format and in the common manÂ’s language along with 
English.  Further service to humanity has to be accepted as the most 
important mode of service to Sriman Narayana .  In this connection the 
yeoman service of  Sriman. Velukkudi Krishnan Swami in adopting villages and 
doing social service there besides bringing in as large a cross section of 
people into Srivaishnavism needs to be emulated.

Adiyen

K.Lakshminarayan




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