Re[2]: Saligram

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Sri Mani replied for Sri Balram as follows :-

 

In my opinion, based on my exposure to the sastras of our

sampradaaya, Sri Vaishnavas should only obtain and perform

sAlagrAma worship in the spirit of loving service. Going

to the extent of worshipping a sAlagrAma for the sake of

some material or non-material wealth could not be further

from the spirit of Sri Ramanuja's teachings.

 

Mani

 

Now I agree totally with Sri Mani. If the person, Sri V.V.Ramanujam,

he is referring to, is the person residing at Triplicane, I had a

question with him once as to how to identify the swaroopam of a

sAligrAmam, Sri V.V.Ramanujam replied that, there are a lot of

identification marks to be thorougly studied to know whether the

swaroopam is Krishna or Narasimha or likewise.

 

But the important thing he added is that, in our Sampradhayam, PermAL

says that, "You worship me in any form you want, in the sense, you

have a sAligrAmam, but you don't know what is my form in it, but

consider it to me the form of Krishna, then I WILL BE KRISHNA for

you".

 

Sri V.V.Ramanujam also told me that, no where our achAryAs have said

that worshipping a particular type of sAligrAmam will bring any ill

effects to us.

 

adiyEn RAmAnuja dAsan,

 

T.V.Venkatesh

TV.Venkat