Om namo venkatesaya

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Jai Srimannarayana Dear Friends,

Om namo venkatesaya.

 

Executive Officer of Tirumala shifted. New Executive Officer Sri Sarmagaru

appointed. This is a great lesson for every living creature from Lord Narayana

and our beloved Acharylu. This infers the following for the happenings at

Tirumala after the brutal demolition of Lord Venkateshwara Temple.

For doing any good, we do not need to plan but for "Dusta Siskshna", it has to

be planned very well.

The following is what shown to us by the Ultimate Supreme

1. Bhakthulaki (Devotees) punishment (incidents occured during Bramostavams)

2. Bhagavantudi (Gods) self punishment (fire accident)<br>

3. Punishment to the rulers (both AP- TDP and India - BJP)<br>

4. Bhagavathacharyuluki (Spiritual Leaders) punishment <br>

5. People of Bharat (Natural calamities)<br>

6. Now, the real perpetrators (EO and ...)<br>

and next GOD ONLY KNOWS.<br><br>

Let us all pray Lord Venkateshwara and our acharyulu to give strength, courage

and humanity to Sri Sarma garu to participate in this noble cause

 

On this occasion let us all chant and write 116 more Om namo venkatesaya

bhagavnthudi namasmaranam.

 

Om namo venkatesaya

Jai Srimannarayana

Narsaraj ramanuja dASI

 

 

 

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Priya Sriman Srinivasji!

Jai Srimannarayana!

We are happy for the interest you have in knowing things. we try to give you

replies in brief at those questions only. You may go through them.

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Dear Sri Swami Maharaj Jai Srimannarayana!Please accept my humble obeisances at

your lotus feet. I came to know you are very busy now and I hope you will help

this insignificant servant of Krishna when you get a chance.

 

My name is Srinivas Palakala and I live in a town called Boise in US. I joined a

job in Boise about 2.5 years ago after finishing my M.S. One day I visited

Krishna temple in Boise and for the first time in life I got the opportunity to

attend Bahagavad Gita classes. I have been attending the Bhagavad Gita classes

and felt very nice by associating with devotees. I started chanting 16 rounds

and tried to develop some vaishnava qualities due to devotees' association. I

have been doing some seva and serving Krishna in my capacity. I was happy to

serve Krishna and inspired by Srila Prabhupada's simple life and the amazing

work he did in the west. But I am unable to surrender totally to ISKCON

philosophy due to various reasons and above all I tried a lot to develop love

for Sri Chaitanya MahaPrabhu but I could not. I have been worshiping Lord

Venkateshwara for a long time and I also fear I might have to give that up. I

have several questions on my mind that are bothering me. I humbly beg you to

bless me with answers to these questions I have:

 

 

(1)Why does the difference of opinion exist between Vaishnavas on who the Source

of all incarnations is? Why does the Supreme Lord leave room for these

differences?

 

ANS: GOD IS NOT A BUSINESS MAN. HE WILL NOT CLEAR THE ACCOUNT OF THE INDIVIDUAL

THEN AND THERE ITSELF, WHENEVER IT IS STARTED.HE WANTS US TO REALIZE AND

PRACTICE GOOD THINGS. WHAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS, GOD DID NOT CREAT SOULS.

NOR HE CREATED THEIR SAMSKARAS. THEY ARE SELF MADE. ACCORDING TO THE SAMSKARA,

GUNAS ARISE, AND ACCORDING TO THOSE GUNAS, BIRTH APPEARS, ACCORDINGLY ACTIVITIES

ARE DONE. SO 'DIFFERENCES OF OPINION' IS NOT GOD-CREATED. IT IS MAN MADE. WHOM

WE CALL AS GOD OR SUPREME, IS ONE ONLY. IT IS ACCEPTED BY ALL. AS YOU REALIZE

THAT SUPREME, YOU GIVE A NAME. 'KRISHNA' ALSO A NAME CAME LIKE THAT,

VENKATESWARA ALSO A NAME CAME LIKE THAT ONLY. NAMES ARE ALWAYS APPEAR TO REVEAL

CERTAIN QUALITIES OR GUNAS. WITHOUT THAT NO NAME WILL BE THERE. WE, HUMAN

BEINGS, MAY HAVE NAMES WITHOUT ANY MEANING OR IRRELEVANT TO THE OBJECT, BUT NOT

THOSE NAMES TO GOD. NOW, THOSE WHO FIGHT SUPPORTING THEIR ARGUMENT, AS 'THIS

FORM OF GOD IS ORIGIN AND EVERYTHING CAME OUT OF IT' OR 'THAT FORM IS THE

ORIGINAL', ARE BASICALLY IGNORANTS AND RATHER ARROGANTS, IN REALIZING THE FACT

THAT 'ALL THE NAMES BELONG TO THE SAME ONE AND FOR GOD, EVERYTHING CAN COME FROM

ANYTHING.

 

NOW, COME TO THE POINT, THAT LORD KRISHNA BORN IN JAIL AND WITHDRAW HIS

INCARNATION ALSO ON A DAY. THAT CLEARLY SAYS HE IS ONLY AN INCARNATION. THERE

MUST BE SOME ORIGIN FOR THAT ALSO. SRIMAD BHAGAVATHAM ITSELF CLEARLY SAYS THAT

'ORIGIN'S' NAME IS 'VA:SUDE:VA' IN SOME PLACES AND 'NA:RA:YANA' IN SOME PLACES.

 

AGAIN THESE NAMES ALSO WERE GIVEN BASING UPON A PARTICULAR ABILITY OF THAT

SUPREME. WHEN WE GO INTO THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD, THE WORD 'NA:RA:YANA'

ENCOMPASSES WIDER AREA THAN THAT OF 'VA:SUDE:VA'. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE WORD

"KRISHNA" EVEN ITS MEANING ALSO IS LIMITED WHEN COMPARED TO THE WORD

'NA:RA:YANA'. THIS IS ABOUT THE WORD WE ARE MENTIONING. NOT ABOUT THE SUPREME.

"SUPREME IS ALWAYS SUPREME ONLY" IN WHATEVER FORM AND NAME HE IS. NAMES AND

FORMS CREAT LIMITATIONS FOR EVERYTHING. FOR GOD, THOUGH FORMS ARE HAVINGS

LIMITATIONS, BUT THE POWER IN THAT PARTICULAR FORM, WILL HAVE NO LIMIT. CHAPTER

4 OF BHAGAVAD GITHA MAKES IT CLEAR.

 

KRISHNA, THUS SHOWED THE LIMIT OF HIS FORM IN THAT INCARNATION. FOR THE NAME OF

"NARAYANA" THERE IS NO LIMIT EITHER IN THE NAME (ACCORDING TO VYA;KARANAM) OR IN

THE FORM, FOR, THE WHOLE UNIVERSE WITH ALL THE BEINGS IN IT, IN OTHER WORDS,

ENTIRE MATTER & MATERIAL WITH ENERGY, COMES IN TO THAT FORM.

 

SO, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION COMES, WHEN OUR PERCEPTION IS DIFFERENT OR NOT FULL.

IN FACT, THERE NO NEED TO ARGUE. ACCEPTING THAT OURS IS ALSO "A VIEW" IS

ALRIGHT. BUT, IF WE SAY THAT OURS IS ONLY "THE VIEW" , AND ALL VIEWS OF OTHERS

OR WRONG, BECOMES A BIG PROBLEM. A ROSE IS ALWAYS IS A ROSE. BUT DIFFERENT

PEOPLE LOOK IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AT IT. A POET, SCIENTIST, PHILOSOPHER, BUSINESS

MAN, COMMON MAN ETC., HAVE THEIR OWN VIEWS OVER IT, RIGHT! IT IS NOT THE FAULT

OF THE ROSE, BUT OF THE PERSONS. SAME WITH SUPREME ALSO.

 

 

 

(2)Will we reach different destinations if we treat Vishnu as source Vs.

Krishna as source. In your opinion if some one follows ISKCON sampradaya can

that help attain Vaikunta.

 

ANS: ACCORDING TO VEDAS, WHATEVER YOU FIX UP AS YOUR GOAL, AND MEDITATE UPON

GOD, YOU REACH THAT GOAL ONLY. NOT A COMMON GOAL. THIS IS CALLED "yattha:

krathu nya:yam".

 

AS AND HOW YOU MEDITATE, THUS YOU ATTAIN. IN YOUR QUESTION YOU ASKED ABOUT

ISKCON. THEY BELIEVED IN GO:LO:KAM AS THEIR GOAL. BUT NOT VAIKUNTHAM. HENCE THEY

REACH GO:LO:KAM ONLY. HERE OUR OPINION IS IMMETERIAL. THE OPINION OF VEDA IS

IMPORTANT. FOR US VEDA IS SUPREME AND UNQUESTIONABLE AUTHORITY ON ANY ISSUES

RELATED TO SOUL, GOD AND ATTAINMENT.

 

 

(3)Being an Acharya of an authentic sampradaya do you consider ISKCON sampradaya

as an authorized one?

 

ANS: ONLY TO SOME EXTENT, YES. THEY ACCEPT "BRAHMA VAIVARTHA PURANA" AS SUPREME

AUTHORITY. We accept that part of purana & only then, when and where it is not

contradicing the Vedas. In Vedas it is clear that the ultimate GOAL of the soul

should be "so: dhvanah pa:ra ma:pno:thi thad vishno:h paramam padam"

'Paramapadam of Vishnu'. This is only we accept.

 

 

(4)Is it true that the highest position in spiritual world is to serve in

Madhurya raas and is that the ultimate goal one should have?

 

ANS: AGAIN IN VEDAS IT IS SAID THAT " A:NANDA RASA" IS THAT SOUL ENJOYS WITH

GOD, IN THAITTHARI:YA SA:KHA OF YAJURVEDA.