Guest guest Posted September 12, 2001 Report Share Posted September 12, 2001 Dear Swamys I think during our discussions some one is pulling Sri Velukudi and Sri Sampath Swamy for no reasons. Though I know Sri VK swamy is unbiased he is being pulled for getting some mileage. I would request that beacause of our mails we should not put others in fray. Pl correct me in this if I went wrong.. Best Regards Gunaseelan Venkatachary Ph:408 588 6672 - "Srikant Sadagopan" <srikasada <bhakti-list> Wednesday, September 12, 2001 12:14 PM Depicting of 'tirumaN-kAppu'. > Dear SriVaishnavas, > Sri T. Sundara Rajan, KM Narayanan et al seem to opine from a side that does > not speak for the whole Sri Vaishnava community. > Less Euphuism, I'll get to the point straight! > > If Sri Madhava Kannan or someone else tried to change("revert"?) the > ThirumaN in the photograph now, shouldnt it be considered sinful?? It is > again against the prevelant norms. If you know someone that was responsible > for making this change in the 1st place then that's a different issue. > > > >The 'AkAram' (graphic form) of the tirumaN-kAppu is important for > >its place in the 'Agamam/purANam/history' and the symbolism of > > >philosophical message. > > > > Whether we like it or not, we need to recognize there's some diversity in > our Sapmradayam. > The ThirumaN-kappu is important for the arCa thirumEni agreed! Atleast one > should be happy that the tirumaN-kAppu *is* there as per the agamas. > But then just because one particular sect has had control over a temple for > some years does not validate or attest the authenticity of the TirumaN. > History of this sort has always been rewritten every twenty years. > > Now if we need to reform things and "preserve" status quo where do we begin? > Triplicane?? Try to convince people there that Swamy DEsikan actually sports > a vadakalai naamam everywhere else and that forcing a nammam on his > ArchA-thirumeni doesnt change a thing..? > > And lastly, we were really blessed by Sri Velukkudi Swami's visit to the US > and Sri Sampath Kumar must realize he must continue to focus on general > unification to receive patronage from both Kalaiyars to sustain this > Sampradaayam be it in the Gulf or in the US and not harp on such > controversial issues. None of us seem to have the capability to reconcile > the two kalais. Let us in the meanwhile atleast try to recognise the > differences and respect each other there, as we are and *carry on in our > services*. > > I promise you all I will write no more on this matter. > > RAmanujasya CharaNau sharaNam prapadhyE! > > > > > > >Message: 2 > > Tue, 11 Sep 2001 08:04:03 +0530 > > Tirumanjanam Sundara Rajan <surangam > >Depicting of 'tirumaN-kAppu'. > > > >Friends, > > > >May I add my own to Sri PB Sampatkumar's appreciation of Sri Madhava > >Kannan's gesture. > > > >I had a recent occasion to address a friend separately on this very > >issue (a little before Sri PBS wrote) and he had been gracious enough to > >take note of it. I paraphrase what I wrote > > _______________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > ----------------------------- > - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - > To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list > Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ > > > Your use of is subject to > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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