Guest guest Posted May 14, 1999 Report Share Posted May 14, 1999 > > 3) If people can differentiate between an Iyer person and Iyengar person does it > mean that if God comes in Kshatriya form or as an 'ayar kulatthinil ......' > they wouldn't even care for him claiming/thinking how great their origin is and > if HE is willing to help you feed you , you would just refuse saying that you > can only eat when a Sri Vaishnavite cooks/helps. Dear Sri Ramudu, You are totally mistaken. Whenever Lord descends to the earth with an intention of propagating His tattva, He invariably follows SrivaishNavam. For example, Lord SrIrAm worshipped Lord ranganAtha. rAmAyaNam is nothing but SaraNAgati SAstram only. Lord SrIkrishNa preached bhakti and prapatti. There are many evidences to show that both rAma and KrishNa were VaishNavas, from what They practised as well as what They preached. Whenever Lord comes to the earth, His bhaktas like PrahlAda will always be able to recognise Him. Nobody will be bothered about His kulam. In fact, all devotees of BhagavAn belong to one caste i.e; Tondarkulam or prapanna kulam. Please recall what a few members have written earlier. Anybody who believes that the Parabrahman SrImannArAyaNa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead is a Sri VaishNava. Anybody Who does not believe so is a non SV, though He has taken birth in a community called "SriVaishnava". Lord knows that He is the Parabrahman. So He is also a SV! Moreover, He is the Adiguru of the SV disciplic succession. As learnt from the list only, in many SV temples, Lord is treated as a kshatriya (Son of VasudEva/ DaSaratha) during ceremonies like KalyANam. This is only to acknowledge that He has taken birth in so and so family. Casteism and SrIvaishNavam have nothing to do with each other, though SVm is not against VarNa vyavasthA. In the opinion of people like SrI anandALwAn, people who question the paratvam of SrImannArAyaNa are " "VEdabAhya"s ( do not fit into VEdic system) and "kudrushti"s (people having bad vision- who misinterpret SAstras to suit to their own thought processes). Such people , though born in a very high family, are to be invariably considered as the lowest of the low. adiyEn V.Srimahavishnu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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