agnostics in (Sri)Vaishnava philosophy

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Respected elders,

 

Though I do not know much to say on the above, I would like to quote

Thondaradipodi alwar's pAsuram pointing on non believers of Sri

Ranganatha.

 

' andarkOn amarum sOlai

ani thirivarangamEnna

mindar paindunnum chOttrai

vilakki nAikku idumineere. '

 

He says people who do not utter the nAmA of SriRanganatha are not worthy

of having food (not fit for survival) and we can remove their food and

feed it to dogs.

 

He implies that they instead of relishing on Him and His Temple, relish

only on silly things like food which even a dog relishes. His

contention is that, such people should not be enterained by the

Devotees.

 

I have not known this from any scholar, so if there is anything wrong,

please pardon me.

 

namo narayana,

 

Rajamravikumar