Request For Avoiding Certain Discussions

[Guest guest]

Dear members,

>Regarding the arguments for and against recitation of the Ashtakshara

>mantra by non-brahmin Vaisnavas.

>This says : stri sudras who are bhagavatas they should avoid pranava and

>say moola mantra.

 

In the best interest of our Hindu religion (especially in India), we

should avoid discussions on above topics.

 

Already conversion has taken a heavy toll of our religion. These

discussions could be mis-intrepreted by external forces to

justify conversions.

 

I have seen that even some atheist organizations intrepret these

topics

to their interest and disrupt the temple activities. Four years back

some members of these organizations went inside karpagraham of

Srirangam temple and attacked archakas and disrupted the proceedings.

 

Our current acharyas are aware of these facts and they are doing

all the efforts to safeguard the religion. Like Sri Thiruthandi

Narayana

Jeeyar performing panchasamaskaram for any vaishnavite irrespective

of his birth and performing akanda vishnu sahasrnama parayanam in

open places like Madras Marina Beach.

 

Thank You.

 

 

Your's Friendly

 

S. Sundara Rajan

[Guest guest]

Dear Sirs,

 

One of the important aspects of Hinduism, in general and Vedanta

System in particular is its ability to adapt and accommodate varying

view points.

 

Hindu Religion has constantly been under attack from forces

inside and outside India. It would be unfortunate for us to use that

as an excuse to not to understand our sampradhayam.

 

I agree, we should give equal respect to all living beings, be it

human, or any other. We should not let our negative emotions to

control our desire to learn.

 

To me, the religious conversions, are more economically

(and to some extant politically) motivated than any thing else. There

will be factions that are atheist and some will turn around.

 

So bringing up some issue to the fore for debate should not be stiffled

out of

fear. The so called politcally correct (PC) attitude that prevails in

many

metros in India is the prime reason for downward spiral in religious

awareness. However, in smaller temple towns people are more in tune

with religion, be it Vaishnavism or Shaivism. I grew up in a metro and

had very little knowledge about our Samprashayam. On the other hand,

small kids in Temple towns know a lot more about their sampradhayam

than their counterparts in metros (on a relative scale, exceptions are

always found).

 

We have to learn from our past deeds, both good and bad. We, as a

society,

should not make same mistakes, and one way to avoid that is to talk

about

it.

 

I agree that we need to be more forthcoming in taking all Hindus into

confidence. Certain segments of our Sampradhayam have been doing

the same for many many years.

 

I sincerely apologize for any apacharam committed in the above

statements.

 

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