Temple priests and clarification

[Guest guest]

Dear Mr. Ranjan,

 

Thanks for putting my views in a much better way.

 

To the other: A Clarification,

 

I am not trying to insult anyone here on this forum.

All of us are here to understand, appreciate, and get

the blessings of Lord Narayana. I mentioned Christian

missionaries because the havoc on Hinduism has already

started in India. When I visited India last, I was

taken aback to see the number of churches that have

come up in many parts of India. I think the memebers

on this forum do not understand what is really

happening in India today. If we put our heads in the

sand like an ostrich, things are not going to improve.

All I said was, we are here talking about who is to be

a priest when the foundations of the religion itself

is being threatened in a big way. I am posting a link.

I hope it works. The first part of the news says it

all.

 

http://www.sulekha.com/news/nhc.aspx?cid=451109

 

Shouldn't we put our energies in saving our system,

our way of life, our philosophies? What is so wrong

about making some changes to the religion for a

greater good (saving the religion from total decline?)

 

Geetha 

[Guest guest]

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

 

Dear bhagavatas,

 

Adiyen would like to make a small clarification.  It is true that christian

missionaries are becoming more powerful each day but that doesnt give us any

room for sacrificing our customs.  Buddhism and Jainism placed their foot

first in India but couldnt sustain for long.  But our Vaishanvism has

sustained without any difficulty for long due to the prime principle of

following our poorvacharyas and the norms laid down by them.  "pessittre

pesalallal" (repeat what has been told earlier) is the credit given to our

azhvars and acharyas.  So it is adiyen's humble opinion that whatever we do

should be only according to the norms laid by our acharyas "rAmAnujArya

divyAgyA varthathAm abhi varthathAm".  There were many sAthAdha

Srivaishnavas in the ghosti of Swamy emperumAnAr but never did they go

against the regular customs.  Moreover emperumAnAr himself has never tried

to take the role of a priest/archakar.  Surely he would have cherished to do

thiruvaradhanam to namperumal which he never did since swamy respected the

sastras/panchratra agamas which gave only specific brahmins who have

attained deeksha to perform the archaka kainkaryam.  So there is no question

for us to argue whether anyone can become priest or why this caste

difference is supported etc.  It is emperuman's thiruvullam to have placed

each one of us in different positions and it is fare to be happy with what

we have got and involve ourselves in bhagavat/bhagavata kainkaryams.  Just

debating on these issues will never work.  Let us all sincerely pray to the

divine feet of swamy emperumanar and the divine couples to uplift the

Srivaishnava community/Hinduism.

 

Let us spend our valuable time in learning and spreading more valuable

informations from the treasures of our poorvacharyas.

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

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"Geetha Raghavan" <geetha123 >

<ramanuja>

Thursday, May 25, 2006 8:29 AM

[ramanuja] Re: Temple priests and clarification

 

 

> Dear Mr. Ranjan,

>

> Thanks for putting my views in a much better way.

>

> To the other: A Clarification,

>

> I am not trying to insult anyone here on this forum.

> All of us are here to understand, appreciate, and get

> the blessings of Lord Narayana. I mentioned Christian

> missionaries because the havoc on Hinduism has already

> started in India. When I visited India last, I was

> taken aback to see the number of churches that have

> come up in many parts of India. I think the memebers

> on this forum do not understand what is really

> happening in India today. If we put our heads in the

> sand like an ostrich, things are not going to improve.

> All I said was, we are here talking about who is to be

> a priest when the foundations of the religion itself

> is being threatened in a big way. I am posting a link.

> I hope it works. The first part of the news says it

> all.

>

> http://www.sulekha.com/news/nhc.aspx?cid=451109

>

> Shouldn't we put our energies in saving our system,

> our way of life, our philosophies? What is so wrong

> about making some changes to the religion for a

> greater good (saving the religion from total decline?)

>

> Geetha

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