Guest guest Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha Acharyan Thiruvadigale Saranam Dear All: Greetings. Adiyen just wanted to add a couple of cents related to the temple priest discussion. In our opinion, there is no place for the so called brahminism in Sri Vaishnavism, which we call as Emperumaanar Tharisanam. In fact, daily brahminic activities such as sandhya vadanam, Gayatri mantra etc do not find a spot in Vaishnavism. It has a role in the Veidika dharma. Eventhough there is caste system in our soceity, no single caste is superior than the others. Just think how the world will be if there are no people to clean or cut our hair or even cultivate and provide us with food grains. Practically speaking the world can not without these essential occupations. Scriptures in Vaishnavism indicate no preference for a particular caste. In fact, God himself has chosen 9 out of the 10 Azhwars as non-brahmins, who enriched our sampradaya. There cannot be a greater example than the life of Thirupaanazhwar. God himself taught a fitting lesson to those misbehaving brahmins at that time. Unfortunately there are still a lot of people who do not realize or appreciate how Emperuman would like us to live. In fact, anyone can be a vaishnavite- all he or she needs is Emperuman and Acharya's grace. One who performs proper anushtaanams and follows the scriptures can ALSO be a vaishnavite. We all know ........."Nyaanam Anuttaanam Ivai Nanraagave udayanaana Guruvai adainthakkaal Maanilatheer thenaar kamala thirumaamagal kozhunan thaane vaiguntham tharum". There is no mention of brahmin here or as a matter of fact anywhere else in Vaishnava scripts. Please accept adiyen's apologies if I have spoken something thats not true. Nanmaiyaal Mikka Naanmaraiyaalargal Punmaiyaaga karuthuvaraathalil Annaiyaai athanaai ennai aandirum thanmayaan Sadagopan en nambiye. Adiyen , Sathyanarayana Ramanuja Dasan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 srI: srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha: Sathya. Kaliyamoorthy swami, Though all the things you have stated happen to be true, Iyengars cannot escape brahminic duties using this reason. Are you suggesting that we are all vaishnavas and need not do sandhyavandanam? If it is so, adiyEn begs to differ and surely poorvAchAryAs will not agree with your view. If we dont need to practice brahminic activities, then what IS the need for upanayanam and yagnopaveetham? The preface to nithyanusanthanam book by Lifco: (Written by pillailokam sthalasayanathuraivar swami) reads: "A iyengar should never leave these four things: 1) sikhai, 2) thiruman kAppu, 3) yagnOpaveetham and 4) sandhyavandanam" (Though the word iyengar is not mentioned in the beginning, it is understood that it is meant for iyengars - adiyEn does not remember the exact sentence as it is - but the meaning is intact). emperumAnAr tiruvadigaLe saranam! -- adinAyEn, varadha rAmAnuja dAsan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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