Fw: Emperumanar Darsanam --- Old Age problems

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sampath kumar

Monday, August 13, 2001 9:06 PM

Fw: Emperumanar Darsanam --- Old Age problems

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, August 13, 2001 8:48 PM

Emperumanar Darsanam --- Old Age problems

 

 

Yesterday I had sent a mail on old age problem and I was wondering whether it

was in impulsive action by me.I glance a few News papers before the start of the

work, and on top of the bunch, was todays Indian Express[dt 13th Aug)ON the

front page ,an article had appeared on Widows of Vrindavan.I have heard of Lord

Krishna doing His Narthanam all over Brindavan but the title of the article

disturbed me a little and I read the article keeping my office work aside for

few minutes.

The reporting goes like this.The ideal place to live at the fag end of the life

is Brindavan ,as people,especially ladies believe from Brindavan you reach

Moksha.So the practice of old aged ladies comming to Brindavan started.The

ladies used to spend their time singing in praise of the Lord thro the day

continued .Then came the day when it became the "dumping ground" for widows and

destitute ladies.With so many of them around it became difficult to maintain

feeding all these ladies .Now they have to sing for atleast for four hrs in

praise of the Lord when they will be given Rs2 per day for their

maintenance.There are a number of Dharmashalas in Brindavan.

The reporter who filed the news wanted to to do an investigative report.So he

enters few of the Darmasalas and interviews the inmates.A number of them are

from Bengal, the place which gave to this Universe Chaithanya Maha Prabhu.A

number of them have been driven away from their houses and in a number of cases

sons have physically assaulted thier own mothers.The sons and daughters

"realised"their old parents are "expenses".The article further narrates the

pathetic condition in which these followers of Lord Krishna live and so on.

While in North India Janmashtami of Lord Krishna was being celebrated with

pomp and gaiety the story appered in the paper.

Can we safely presume the followers of Lord Krishna also Vaishnavites.

Let me repeat the same question which I raised yesterday.What has got

Emperumanar Darsanam to do with this problem.Our Jagathacharian Ramanuja ,has he

said anything to help another Srivaishnavite?

 

Jaya Sriman Narayana

Sri Mudaliyandan Swami shishya Sampath

 

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