Sri vaishnava

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One pupil heard his acharya compare the lord's

face to a monkey's bottom. This is much more

serious than some yelling. Yet the pupil did

not condemn his teacher, did not say he is not fit to

be my acharya. We cherish this pupil. We say we

want to follow his example. We want to

share his vision with other vaishnavaas of

the world community. Then, let us not show contempt

to one of his teachings, namely do not disrespect

a sri vaishnava. Let us not be so sure of our

wisdom that we dare to trash our acharyaas. Rotting

in hell has nothing to do with it.

 

I hope among us there is no difference of

opinion about the central faith, right?

In trying to achieve critical understanding,

let us not go over board with unnecessary criticisms.

 

I am indeed saddened by the turn of events. I pray

to Lord Lakshminarasimhar to guide us out of the

present controversy.

 

 

-- Dileepan

[Guest guest]

Dileepan wrote:

 

* One pupil heard his acharya compare the lord's face to a monkey's

* bottom. This is much more serious than some yelling. Yet the pupil

* did not condemn his teacher, did not say he is not fit to be my

* acharya. We cherish this pupil. We say we want to follow his

* example. We want to share his vision with other vaishnavaas of the

* world community. Then, let us not show contempt to one of his

* teachings, namely do not disrespect a sri vaishnava. Let us not be

* so sure of our wisdom that we dare to trash our acharyaas. Rotting

* in hell has nothing to do with it.

 

I think I will still stick to my position. If I had the

option to choose my acharya (which is how it should be)

I wouldn't have selected this azhagiya singar.

 

I see this 'vaishnava aparaadha' bandied about in the

newsgroup alt.religion.vaishnava too. To me, it is a

meaningless restriction. I am not trying to slander a

good god fearing vaishnava here. I do not think I

denigrated this azhagiya singar. I narrated an event I

witnessed and simply said that I wouldn't consider him

my acharya.

 

Frankly, I am annoyed by so many things that I consider

are wrong with the two mutts I am familiar with: Sri

Rangam aandavan ashram and Ahobila Mutt ashram. I am

afraid they are going away from the central tenets of

vaishnavism. If I raise these issues then I wonder what

I would be labelled as!

 

* I hope among us there is no difference of opinion about the central

* faith, right? In trying to achieve critical understanding, let us

* not go over board with unnecessary criticisms.

 

I don't think my criticisms (if any) were out of place.

When I narrated this incident (which happened 4 years

back) my parents' reaction was very similar to the

above. They cautioned me not to offend a Sri Vaishnava.

I somehow feel that that is a wrong advice. If someone

feels that I have made a mistake, show me where I made

the mistake and I will retract my statements.

 

--badri

 

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* -- Dileepan

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S.Badrinarayanan

Graduate Student

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Cornell University

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