RE: CLARIFY ME PLEASE
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• November 27, 2001
-----Original Message----- From: Murali Seshadri [mailto:murali_svsh@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 6:16 PM To: vamsidhara@yahoo.com; bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: CLARIFY ME PLEASE Learned members of the group: I would like to request you to post your answers on this question to the whole of the group for the benefit of all of us. I was planning on posting a similar question to the mailing list. Dear bhAgavtAs, Recently a lot of queries had come-in regarding what position should a srI vaishnavA adopt vis-a-vis other deities. A lot had been said earlier, and readily available in the archives. Please visit http://sriramanujar.tripod.com/ for Sri MS Hari's tutorial. I am no subject expert on this, but would like to share some thoughts. The most popular metaphor offered is the relationship one has to his/her spouse. It is a very special and unique one, with no scope for compromise! While one is a husband or wife, he or she is also a brother, a son, a sister, a daughter or just a friend. As a srI vaishnavA, you should have no doubt whatsoever about your special relationship to srIman nArAyanA and His followers. It becomes an issue only when you extend the same status to other deities. The simple logic is when we know our PerumAl can offer us everything we'll ever need and more, why turn to others? When one visits places of worship of other faiths, there is a potential to get into a difficult situation with respect to one's belief. To remain unswayed requires a strong conviction that comes only with more knowledge and understanding of one's own faith and others' as well. References to Siva / other deities in Sri Vishnu-SahasranAma is to drive home the point that srIman nArAyanA is the antarAtmA or in-dweller/controller of everything. "Devotees of gods go to the gods. The manes worshippers go to the manes. The worshippers of bhUtas go to the bhUtas. And those who worship Me come to e" - Lord srI krishnA, Bhagavad gItA, Chapter 9 Verse 25. AdiyEn, Sriram PS: manes - pronounced maa-nayz - the venerated spirit of a dead person. -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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