worship of any devata by vaishnavets

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Dasoham

Anbil Ramaswamy

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Sir,

Thanks for your mail.Glad that you could understand the

difference between the three.By way of answering your question on the not

worshiping the other lords by srivaishnavas,I would like to point out that

everyone will agree that there can be one and only one God-the supreem

power.According to the vaishnavets it is THE GOD VISHNU is that one and only

one suprimum-THE PARAMAPURUSHA.

However,they have faith in and accept the puranas,that speak of

the various devatas.They believe that only Lord Vishun is the ultimate god

and the other devine beings are all devatantarams.

At the same time it is to be stressed that a true vaishnavan

will not,rather should not indulge in Sivanindana or dushana.Siva is also a

vaishanva, and thus He should be worshiped.The only thing,according to the

vaishnavas is that while worshiping Siva,the devotee should bear in mind

that Siva is the supreme srivaishanava desrving deep regard and respect.

I will explain in more detail in a seperate article.

with regards,

V.KANNAN

 

>SIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPLY.

> I UNDERSTOOD THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE THREE.

> ONLY ONE DOUBT I HAVE. ie, DOES RAMANUJAS PHILOSOPHY SAY THAT WORSHIP

> OF ANYA DEVATA'S,IS PROHIBITED INIT.

> WHY DO THE VAISHNAVAS DO NOT GO TO SHIVA TEMPLES.

> REGARDS

> CDR BVN