Guest guest Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 Dear Bhagavathas, Sriman Krishnan said: How does >>Sri Vaishnava tradition integrate into our lives in a modern setting and context? Many Vaishnavas are settled abroad, far away from the divya sthalams, and many more are settled in places that have no temple in the immediate vicinity or even in neighboring areas? These questions are broad in scope but I think answers to these questions would be helpful especially for the youth who are part of this list<<< We should do the best we can with what we have and wherever we are. Understanding and following the Tattvam (TRUTH or MESSAGE), which we can do here quite well (thanks to many resources, more readily available than ever) is more important than our inability (because of desham and kAlam) to keep up with all the sampradAyams (TRADITION). Our religion is limitless, universal and boundless. Please let us not limit it in any way with any sort of agraharam (regional) mentality. For example, we witnessed DOLOTHSAVAM performed by Sriman Dileepan in Cincinnati last month. This was the best ever attended by me. The Navaneetha Krishnan idol was blessed an dsent to USA by Ahobila Swamy. The whole kainkaryam went on superbly. In a way, it is easier to follow our tradition in countries like USA than in present day India. Here we can pay more attention to underlying TRUTH than to the accompanying TRADITION. dAsan K. Sreekrishna Tatachar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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