Worshipping other Gods/Deities

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All Glories to Lord Narayana and his devotees !!

There has been a lot of discussion about

Sri Badri's Question regarding worshipping gods/Deities

other than Lord Narayana.

Here are my views :---

Lord Narayana is the origin of the other demi-gods,

and they are meant to serve him, just as we are also meant

to serve him and please him. He is the supreme father of

all living beings including us as well as the demigods.

So we must respect the other gods, since they are also

dear to Lord Narayana.

As aspiring devotees, we can accept anything that is

favourable for the service of Lord Narayana, and reject

anything that is not favourable for his service. We can

worship the other Gods, and even ask them for boons, but

we must utilize the boons only for pleasing Lord Narayana.

For example, goddess Saraswati is the Goddess of

learning and wisdom, so we can pray to her to give us

enough wisdom, so that we can serve Lord Narayana in a

better way. In fact, the demigods would be glad if we

utilize their boons for the Service of Lord Narayana.

While serving Lord Narayana, we might face obstacles,

and praying to Sri Hanuman helps in such situations. I

myself have been benefited in this regard. Sri Hanuman

will be very glad to help anyone who wants to sincerely

serve Lord Narayana.

Of course, for a very advanced devotee, who is COMPLETELY

SURRENDERED to Lord NArayana, there is no need to worship

other gods. But until a devotee comes to such an advanced state,

he can take help from other demigods, but his ultimate

aim should be TO SERVE LORD NARAYANA.

I beg all the devotees to correct me if I have made any

mistakes, and forgive me if I have offended anybody.

Your fallen servant,

Vivek.

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Dear Sri Vivek:

 

Sriman-naaraayana Himself is THE means for the Jeevas to

knowing/reaching/serving Him. and baddha-s like Siva/Gowari/Ganesha cannot at

all help other Jeevas develop devotion to Sriman-naaraayana.

 

(For Srivaishanavas, none but Sriman-naaraayana is THE Dhivya-dhampathi, THE

Saranya-dhampathi and THE Seshi-dhampathi. So Srivaishanavas have nothing to do

with Demi-gods.)

 

Baddha Jeevas (Brahma, Siva, Gowri, Durga, Subramanya, Ganesha, Kaali etc)

however famous they maybe, they are under the influence of thamo/rajo guNas and

they do not have steadfast & complete knowledge of their total subservience to

Sriman-naaraayana, all the time.

 

Sometimes demigods, including Siva picks up a fight (remember the Bhaanaasura

story?) with Sriman-naaraayana.

Remember the Sarasvathi story. She initially tried to disrupt the Yaagham

Chathur-mukha-Brahmaa was performing to see Sri Devaadhi-raaja Perumaal of

Sri-Kancheepuram.

Remember the Chathur-mukha-Brahmaa story. He forgot all the Vedas due to conceit

and Sriman Naaraayana aranged Naradha to teach him the Vedha-s again. ( I dont

remember the details of this story. Can someone please help me out here?)

 

I know you might quote (if you have Hare-Krishna background) the Srimad

Bhaagavatham verse:

"... Vaishnavaanaam yathaa Sambhu:..."

I do not know if our Srivaishanava Aachaarya-s have explained the true import of

this verse.

I request knowlegeable Srivaishanava-s to explain the true meaning of the verse.

 

-adiyen, Venkatanatha Dhaasan

 

 

Sri Vivek Devarajan <vivek.devarajan@w...> wrote:

> [...]

> But until a devotee comes to such an advanced state,

> he can take help from other demigods, but his

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> ultimate aim should be TO SERVE LORD NARAYANA.

>

> I beg all the devotees to correct me if I have made

> any mistakes

 

 

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