non Sri vaishNava hymns

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the two main languages Srivaishnava hyms have been composed in. Due to my

knowledge of Hindi/Gujarati i am able to recite Sanskrit hyms but with great

difficulty. Therefore i feel the need to recite bhajans and Keertans in Hindi

and Gujarati (such as tulasidas and Narsihn mehta).. Another point i must

make is that here in the Britian there very few Srivaishanavas, so even though

i follow Ramanuja Sidhanta, ISKCON which is more larger remains a major part

in developing my bhakthi. Due to fewer language barriers i find the ISKCON

keertans easier to sing and have expreinced great joy and Hari bhakthi whilst

doing so. Again thanks for all your kind replies Jai Sri Krishna. vinod

sv <winode_sv (AT) (DOT) co.in> wrote:

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nama:SrI lakshmI narasimha parabrahmaNE nama:dear vaishNavas,Respect others,

worship yours.This is a simple suggestion with its meaning beingvery deep. SrI

AchArya’s instruction can be analyzed asRespect all other’s even if it is

unacceptable to you,as it is other’s; but nevertheless worship yours only.->

‘Tolerate’ others in all circumstances even iftheirs is against yours; but

nevertheless continue toworship yours only.And this simple instruction also

suggests us not toaccept other’s simply because you have to respectothers; but

‘practice yours ONLY’. However, most people take it as accepting other’sviews

for us to respect theirs. In reality, we canrespect other’s views without

accepting them. A Hinducan respect a Christian without acceptingChristianity. A

Christian can respect a

Muslim withoutaccepting qurAn. There is no necessity for people toaccept other’s

views to respect their views. So is thecase within the beliefs within Hindus.We

can respect shankara AchArya followers withoutaccepting advaita. Respect is two

fold, one being merediplomacy wherein one has to just follow someprotocols to

exhibit it; in the latter, one has toexhibit a genuine respect for the fellow

person deepin the heart. As we all know, vaishnavism is all aboutbeing devoid

of duplicity, we do respect people comingfrom all religions and beliefs to the

core of ourhearts; but we do not accept their philosophies unlessthey are in

line with Emperumanar’s. And if we haveproblem with this, we have to check if

we are trulybelieving in Yati rAja.Here our context is to read the slokas

written by nonSrI- Vaishnavas. Our context is also to check theanology shown

between established hymns(withnon-sAmpradAyic

commentaries) and the non-sAmpradAyicslokas.1. ‘SrI vishNu sahasranAmam has

even non SrIvaishNavic commentaries, but for that reason, we arenot discarding

it’:::: So there is no harm in readingto the slokas of AchAryas of other

sAmpradAyams. This argument appears to be substance-less in light ofthe author

of this hymn being Sri vEda vyAsa Himself.‘vyAsAya vishNu rUpAya. vyAsa rUpAya

vishNavE’. SrIvyAsa dEva Himself has written Lord vishNu’s 1000names, for which

some people have given explanationwhich is not sAmpradAyic. This is akin to, ‘if

someone attempts to give an advaitic commentary to AchAryarAmAnuja’s gadya

trayam, we cannot reject gadya trayamas advaitic’. Some times, some of the Sri

vaishNavascriptures are commented by non sAmpradAyic people,but their

commentaries are invalid, and for thataccount only our AchAryas have given us

correctcommentaries, discarding the

wrong ones. If the personwho attempted to give wrong interpretation ofrAmAnuja’s

gadya trayam has also written another setof slokas, we cannot argue that because

we cannotreject gadya trayam, we cannot reject this new set ofslokas also. This

person’s wrong connection torAmAnuja doesnot approve his other works, because

hisconnection with the rAmAnuja’s work itself is invalid.From this we can

safely conclude that, if some onecomposes a work not in line with emperumanar,

all hisother works lose their ground to be acceptable to asri vaishNava.

Nevertheless, SrI vaishNavas respectall others; although worship theirs own.

Please do notpromote non vaishnavism and duplicity. Respectingothers doesnot

mean accepting others and followingthem.Then the question remains, ‘ why do we

want to chantthe slokas written by non sri vaishnavas? Are there nosufficient

works of Sri vaishNava Acharyas that wehave to

resort to other sAmpradAyas????????’If we mean to chant the slokas to praise

SrImAnnArAyaNa, it is best for us to learn the meanings ofthe slokas, because

praising SrImAn nArAyaNa cannot bemere ritualistic. When one doesnot have

thepossibility to learn the meanings of the slokas, thenit is atleast better to

chant them; in that case, oneshould strictly take the hymns written by

SrIvaishNava AchAryas if one truly believes insAmpradAya. This is called pAti

vratya (chastitytowards the Master). Let us promote the works of SrIAchAryas

who are infinitely compassionate and aresacrificing everything for the welfare

of badha jivAs(conditioned beings). We do have innumerable hymnsfrom our pUrva

AchAryas. Please, let us not go out ofsAmprAdaya fold and be disloyal to our

AchAryaparampara. Please do not promote wrong meanings tosecularism. Secularism

means ‘Respect others, worshipyours’.dAsOham,SrIperumbUdUru

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