outburst of a angry vaishnavite

[Guest guest]

Pranams :

 

onc i was very proud to be a member of this group .

iam one of the many people inspired by this group to

learn many scriptures by our great acharyas . and

follw there principles.the mails that i have been

receiving i thought i thought were not just written

but follwed . but i found to be wrong . In a recent

function attended by my appa of a member of he said he

was shocked to see the parents of the bidegroom eating

food in both the hands and ever thing against the so

called anushtanams which the group was started the

spread

 

This was done in the family function of the primary

contributor of our group.In this the way the

vaishnavism has to be spread to the younger generation

..As a person belonging to the second generation. I

want elders to answer.

 

Are the mails only for self boasting the knowledge.

Are the mails oly the preach others and not to follow.

I request the elders to answer this

 

Balaji

 

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[Guest guest]

Dear Sriman Balaji,

 

Preaching and practice are very much away from each other. We have to

live with it. Particularly youngsters should not get carried away by

awe-inspiring religious mails but concentrate on their own welfare

with complete faith in SrimannArAyaNa.

 

Regards

Vishnu

[Guest guest]

Dear Mr S. Balaji,

 

A good point raised. But the manner is offending. A

person admitting to an outburst of anger cannot aspire

to Srivaishnavism.

 

Our love for an urbane life has forced us to divest

ourselves of the Vedic and other Aachaarams and

Anushthaanams. Who is to blame?

 

Why punish and slander this group for the 'fault' of a

distant relation of a contributor?

 

While I do not condone any laxity in the observance of

any Anushthaanams, it is time our Aachaaryas enunciate

a new set of Anushthaanams in tune with the modern way

of living. Till that happens, we, as slaves of the

modern lifesyles, shall continue to break without

remorse the time revered Anushthaanams that our elders

had put in place.

 

Cool down, Mr Balaji, this group needs your views and

your rebellious presence. I see no other way to

progress.

 

Warm regards.

Thiruvendipuram Naima Krishnan

[Guest guest]

Namo NarAyaNAya

 

Dear Sri Balaji,

Please accept my humble Namaskarams.

I happen to look at your posting and would like to say

the following, please forgive me if it appears

hurtful, which is not my intention.

 

* First of all, doesn't your great self think that it

can be hurting to the member to whom this is

addressed, given that you are going to the forum which

has many users, instead of directly approacing him??

 

* A son trying to be a SriVaishnava doesn't guarantee

that his father would be one, and vice versa. If

Vaishnavism is based on blood relations, we won't have

beef-eating Iyengars in the modern age.

 

* We are not here to judge each other's actions, look

at each other's flaws. We are here to gain Knowledge

of SriVaishnavism.

 

* I hope this point is not taken in the wrong way, Sri

Prahlada was the greatest devotee, but his father was

the greatest demon. Did the Lord fail to grace him

because of his father's attitude??

 

* The moment somebody says he is a Vaishnava just

because he is born one, he ceases to be a Vaishnava.

Thiruppanazhvar belonged to the Baanan or the modern

day ambattan (barber) caste.

 

* It is really sad and bitter that you could post such

messages. The first mistake anybody does is to judge

others. What that person does is between him and the

Lord, who are we to judge??

 

* This is a forum, and the members are trying to learn

more about our glorious SriVaishnavism. Now, it would

be a big problem if anybody forces you to disobey the

anushtaanams. I guess thats not the case.

 

* Cmon, Balaji!! If you belong to the second

generation, you should understand!! The people

visiting the forum do it out of their free will!!

Successful in the material world, they are looking for

higher spiritual pleasures, they take joy in knowing

and exchanging ideas about SV, thats all.

 

* Don't get me wrong, it is indeed too narrow-minded

to judge a person based on the action of the

bridegroom's father, and I don't know and don't care

who is related to whom. Your attitude is very very sad

indeed.

 

* Do you mean to say that you will stop visiting the

forum or stop following SriVaishnavism just because

some Member's family relative ate with both

hands??Well...

 

* I really pray you don't get offended by my message.

The moment somebody starts to find imperfections in

others, his own imperfections start to grow.

 

Dasan,

Vimal.

[Guest guest]

> In a recent

> function attended by my appa of a member of he said he

> was shocked to see the parents of the bidegroom eating

> food in both the hands and ever thing against the so

> called anushtanams which the group was started the

> spread

 

Others have said it well but I am reminded of

the Biblical statement "Judge not, lest ye be

judged." Who among us has not lapsed in our

ritual purity in some way or another? I shudder

to think of the consequences if I were judged

merely on external appearances. Though none of

us can be compared in any measure, the story of

Jada Bharata also comes to mind as good food

for thought.

 

But yet I am not surprised at the shock of you

and your father. This is the sad state of our

community when orthodoxy is judged principally

on the basis of ritual cleanliness and not on

internal qualities and formal anusthanam of some

form or another is the primary measure of one's

Vaishnavatva.

 

Mani

[writing as a participant and not as moderator]