On the worship of Vedic Gods and anya-devatas

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Dear Sri Venaktesh :

The following passages from your posting are

very insightful.Thanks very much for sharing them.

V.Sadagopan

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>Periyavacchaan pillai mentions that an acharya should be the one

> who has no interest in artha and kAma but yet lives

> within the world and follows the dharma, artha,

> kAma (lokaparigraha) [and hence practices dharma, artha

> and kAma]

> - maanikka maalai

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> He further explains prapatti as "giving up one, and catching hold of

>another" So, in order to perform prapatti, one has to give up their own

>effort and catch hold of Narayana. This does not mean that you stop

>doing what you do. instead all it means is you perform the regular

>duties, free of any worry or apprehension that you will not be saved.

 

How beautiful this thought is ! (V.Sadagopan )

>Adiyen

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"Madhavkkannan, Vasudevan" wrote:

> >

> > Venkatesh K. Elayavalli [sMTP:vke]

> > Wednesday, June 02, 1999 3:33 AM

> > bhakti

> > On the worship of Vedic Gods and anya-devatas

> >

> > However, Pillai Lokacharya does not address the Vedic Gods directly

> > and some present day scholars have included Indra, Agni etc as well

> > as Buddha, (with respect to non-worshipable forms of Narayana),

> > which, in my opinion, is incorrect.

> >

> >

> Dear Sri Venkatesh,

>

> When you said "incorrect" do I interpret you that we can worship

> Buddha, along with agni, Indra.. Am I misunderstanding you?

>

> Regards

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> Narayana Narayana

>

> dAsan

 

Dear Sri Madhavakkannan,

 

What I meant to say regarding that was, It is incorrect to include

Vedic gods like Agni, Indra among un-worshipable forms/manifestations

of Vishnu, while it is even more erroneous to include Buddha as

an incarnation/manifestations of Narayana.

 

The expalnation for includig Buddha as an incarnation of Narayana is,

as Buddha he discredited Vedas to save it from its misuse by jivas

at that time. To me it appears similar to saying two wrongs make a

right. I have not come across any of our purvacharyas and present

day acharyas included Buddha as an avatar of Narayana, be it

the 10 important ones or the 39 vaibhava avatars of Narayana.

I will be glad to reconsider my view if some one can point to works

of our purvacharyas who have included Buddha as an incarnation of

Narayana.

 

 

adiyen

 

Venkatesh