Grace - part 0

[Guest guest]

An interesting turn of events is bringing about this series of postings. I

had not intended to send the short note concurring with Mani, because I

realized soon after writing it that I should hold off until Mr. Kalale had a

chance to clarify himself. Unfortunately, I forgot to remove the message

from my outbasket, and it was automatically sent when I downloaded E-mail on

Thursday. But, to paraphrase my own statements, perhaps this is good in

some way.

 

So, the following is my elaboration, in response to Mr. Dileepan, on this

unintentionally sent message. But, I would like to take this a little

further and examine Mr. Kalale's follow up message, on the question of Grace

and its limits. I am going to make this discussion very generic, because I

would be interested in hearing Mani's insights on the seeming misconceptions

that started this discussion.

 

Much of the following are as much my own musings and observations as they

are discussions based on what I have read on the subject of Grace as it

relates to Prapatti.

 

But first a few thoughts on my own shortcomings. Being of Andhra origin,

and having grown up in the US (albeit in a devout but ecclectic

environment,) at times makes me feel completely unqualified to even call

myself a SriVaishnava, let alone engage in deep philosophical discussions

with such Bhagavathas as those of you in this forum. My level of active

participation comes from my sheer joy in having the opportunity to engage in

such discussions with all of you. If I may be overstepping my bounds,

please do correct me, for I desire to be nothing more than a student in this

forum.

 

With that, my thoughts on Grace.... <continued>

 

Daasanu Daasan,

 

Mohan

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri Mohan Sagar:

 

I am gald you are going to elaborate your views about grace in general. I

shall look forward to your comments. But, first, I would like you to be a

bit more specific. Since Sri Krishna was labelled as having misunderstood

Swami Sri Desikan and since you concurred with it, please address this

specific issue as soon as possible. It is important that such

characterizations are not left dangling too long without any justification.

 

Remember, to show that Sri Krishna's views were misconceptions you must

show, with Swami Sri Desikan's words, that our Karma has absolutely no role

for mOksham. If you can't show this, frankly, you, and Sri Mani, owe him

an apology. I request you to resolve this issue first before getting into

the general topic of grace.

 

Thank you.

 

 

-- Dileepan