Guest guest Posted March 11, 1996 Report Share Posted March 11, 1996 This post may be blasphemical to many people. If you are offended, please forgive me. These are just my thoughts. > I am deeply distressed by the recent discussions on the group > questioning the correctness of Swami Desikan's statements about our > Sampradayam. I hope focus returns soon. I would not classify those discussions as 'questioning'. Even if it were questioning, I so not think that there is anything wrong about it as it is only to understand his teachings as opposed to 'looking down' upon his teachings. It is a futile attempt to try and > analyze the teachings of our Acharyas and Purvacharyas in the context of > modern science and logic. Analysis of teachings has always been a part of our tradition. In my humble opinion, that is what makes our religion different from other (dogmatic)religions. > There are many things for which science cannot provide answers. For > example, why are we at a given place at a given time? Can we provide a > scientific explanation? How can we explain the begining and end of life on > basis of science? True. But that does not mean that one just accepts the teachings without giving it any thought. The thought process in the discussions (at least my perception of it) was to gain a better understanding of the teachings. Nowhere does our Acharyaas say not to reason (or 'question') about the teachings. If Raamanujar had not reasoned about the teachings of Yadava Prakasa (and just accepted it), we would not have Vishistadvaitam today. I am not saying that Vishistadvaitam (or the teachings of our Acharyaas) is flawed. But, asking people to accept the teachings without reasoning does great damage to the understanding of SriVaishnavism, and to a lesser extent SriVaishnavism itself. Asking for your forgiveness, Varadhan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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