Social Services and Sri Vaishnavism: part II(Conclusion)

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri. Sadagopan,

 

You have dealt with the issue of social service in a truthful (you do

not twist the Vedic paradigm to suit personal needs) and

comprehensive manner. I am grateful to you for highlighting the fact

that the notions of materialistic individualism and competition are

opposed to the Vedic paradigm. To expand a bit on this point, I

would like to add that spiritual pursuit and materialistic pursuit

are not complementary, as some would like us to believe. In fact the

two pursuits are opposed to each other; this is pointed out again and

again in our Acharya's works. Notwithstanding this, we try to

repeatedly argue that spiritual and materialistic pursuits are

complementary. We do this mainly to console ourselves; however, deep

down we know that we are lying to ourselves.

 

Why can't we admit the truth and recognize that we are on extremely

sub-optimal paths?

 

ramanuja dasan,

Venkat