Digest Number 136

[Guest guest]

MURUGA SARANAM

 

I was very much impressed by the idea of magazine in

English on Vedic

 

Culture. It was in fact correct to inform the members

about sucha a

 

group. But ongoing ruthless business promotion by

targetting and

 

spamming groups and individuals has made some think

that the tariffs

 

are to promote business but not knowledge. Even if

knowledge has to be

 

spread it also needs money. Having decided how it is

going to publish,

 

including the tariffs show the foresightedness and

experience of Mr.

 

Venkatraman in this field. Sometimes it becomes

difficult to obtain

 

useful enlightening information in spite of spending

lot of money. But

 

if Dhandapani wishes it reaches our doorstep without

having to look for

 

that.

 

The people who requested members to pray for have

contributed to group

 

members in many useful ways in the past. Having known

them through

 

their earlier posts people did not need to know the

reason behind their

 

request. While every praying experience is a blessing

in itself,

 

prayingto Shanmukha Nathan for someone else could be

like getting paid

 

for eating Sugarcane (Karumbu Thinna Kooli). Such is

the sweetness one

 

experiences while praying to The Beautiful Lord. When

we get another

 

reason to pray to Him, we forget to think what is that

we are praying

 

for. He is the Knower of all. He knows what we are

looking for. After

 

certaintime we forget our problems and start

seriouslyloving Him.

 

One request I wouldlike to Mr.Vekatraman is if the

said magazine could

 

have articles to inspire people in severe

difficulties. Though God

 

helps those in difficulties many people like Him only

if their wishes

 

are fulfilled. Many others are desperately looking for

inspirations to

 

conquer their difficulties. Islam and christianity

offer inspiration

 

and motivation through their teachings. Churches give

intense

 

counselling with special attention to every

individual. How one will

 

face difficulties and win overthem? What role religion

plays in helping

 

them realise how to win in their difficult situations

or atleast how to

 

face them, to realis what is their actual goal, that

is whether winning

 

the temporary difficulties or look forwardto the

permenant Bliss etc..

 

People should learn to use devotion and develop an

appropriate mindset

 

of how to percieve and approach their problems. Only

those who are able

 

to come out of their material difficulties will be

able to seriously

 

concentrate on the divine path. Somewherethey should

be able to draw some

 

inspiration and find a practical solutionfor

themselves. Forums like

 

these and devotionalliteraturecan offer this to the

devotees. I really

 

dont know how this could be done and not even sure if

Ihave made my

 

point clear to everyone.

 

MURUGA SARANAM

 

With Best Regards

Meyyappan S

 

> I am writing this message in order to discriminate

> between a

> dedication and a business.