Anya DevathA worship for a SrI VaishNavan ,who has performed SaraNAgathy

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True .

I feel that our philosophy is strongly built on the foundation that

Lord sriman nArAyaNA is the Lord and all others are soul

encompassing Him -sarEra sarEri.

 

Hence, though other devotees may be in the list, I think when we talk

about our theology, we have to be crystal clear in this regard and no

question of dilution. Of course, there is no intention of offending

others. At the same time, there should be no compromise on our

principles on this ground.

 

I would like to quote thirumazhsai AzwAr 's pAsuram in this regard

 

" kallAdhavar ilangai kattazhitha, kAguthan allAl oru dheivan yAnilEan,

pollAdha dhEvaraith dhEvarallArai, thiruvillAth dhEvarai thErEan min

dhEvu" nAn mugan thiruvandhAdhi 53.

 

Everybody knows that there are innumerable pAsuram-s which again and

again reiterate the indispensable of surrendering us unto Him and

unto Him alone. Hence, without attracting the question of offending

others, we have to reiterate the basic postulate of our philosophy as

shown by AzhwAr-s.

 

( to be continued)

rAmAnuja dhAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan

 

 

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Sudarshan K Madabushi

Oppiliappan

Saturday, July 10, 2004 4:12 PM

Re: Anya DevathA worship for a SrI VaishNavan ,who has performed SaraNAgathy

Oppiliappan, Sadagopan <sgopan@c...> wrote:>

SrI :> > Dear respected List Memebrs :> > Our lists contain

memberships from SrIman NaarAyaNa > BhakthAs and others , whose ishta

dhaivams are different > (anya devathAs). Many worship SrIman

NaarAyaNan > as well as other DevathAs at the same time and feel >

comfortable . Others worship Sriman NaarAyaNa > exclusively following

their AchAryan's guidance and > UpadEsams . Our intent as moderators

is not to offend> anyone and seek to learn from each other , when

subjects> like anya devathA worships come up for discussions . Dear

Sir,Besides the many theological reasons which abound in our

monotheistic tradition against 'anya devata arAdana' (worship of gods

and demi-gods), there is one that is based on simple common sense.

There is much uncommon sense in the worldly adage: "No man can serve

well more than one Master". It applies with equal force and wisdom in

matters of faith and worship too.dAsan,Sudarshan