Guest guest Posted July 20, 1999 Report Share Posted July 20, 1999 Badri wrote: > How are agnostics considered in the Vedic tradition > and in particular Sri Vaishnava tradition? Nice to hear from you again, Badri. It's been a long time. A quick reply: strictly speaking, Sri Vaishnavas are counselled to live amonst bhAgavatas and serve them, be indifferent to those who are indifferent to God, and to avoid those who hate God. Since the agnostic category as you have defined it did not really exist to my knowledge in ancient India, this question is not specifically addressed in any of our acharyas' writings. The closest thing is the "indifferent" one mentioned above. Mani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 1999 Report Share Posted July 20, 1999 Are'nt we are all agnostics ? Can any of us profess as all knowing ? Isn't that why we have: "agnAninA mayA dOshAm asEshAm vihithAn harE kshamasvath thvam kshamasvath thvam sEsha shaila sikhAmaNE " quoted from shrI vEnkatEsha suprabhAtham Regards, Raja Krishansamy rxkrishn 781 895 5168 ------- Group Leader, Server Technologies, Oracle LifeCycle Waltham MA 02154 Manager: Michael Fleck 781 895 5172, mfleck ------- Mani Varadarajan wrote: > Badri wrote: > > How are agnostics considered in the Vedic tradition > > and in particular Sri Vaishnava tradition? > > Nice to hear from you again, Badri. It's been a long time. > > A quick reply: strictly speaking, Sri Vaishnavas are counselled > to live amonst bhAgavatas and serve them, be indifferent to > those who are indifferent to God, and to avoid those who hate God. > Since the agnostic category as you have defined it did not really > exist to my knowledge in ancient India, this question is not > specifically addressed in any of our acharyas' writings. > The closest thing is the "indifferent" one mentioned above. > > Mani Attachment: vcard [not shown] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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