WP article, MaNi & Madhva

[Guest guest]

Dear Fellow MAdhvas:

 

Most of you must have already read it, but for those who may

have missed it, I call your attention to p. A19 of the

Washington Post with the article entitled:

 

" SOUTHERN BAPTISTS, EXPANDING EFFORT, TARGET HINDUS FOR

CONVERSION "

 

Kindly read it if you already have not. Anyway, it gives lie

to the general laid-back Hindu attitude that " if we do not

bother anyone, nobody will bother us " . It is high time we

Hindus stood together as ONE.

 

In this connexion, and CLOSER TO HOME, I would like to bring

to your attention about how some other Christians (not the

above ones) are discredting AcArya Madhva.

 

The new theory is that Madhva is actually a follower of MaNi

(216-274 AD) a Zoroastrian prince turned visionary. MaNi claimed

that he was the last in a series of 4 major prophets, the

other 3 being Zoroaster (660-583 BC), Buddha (563-483 BC) and

Jesus (0-33 AD). MaNi believed in the " election " of certain

souls for salvation. Augustine (354-430 AD), one of the

greatest theologians of Christianity was a Manichean prior to

his conversion. Worship services of Manicheans involved lamps

cymbals and gongs! Driven out of Iran by Zoroastrians

themselves, Manicheans sought shelter in the MalabAr region of

India. Here is the clincher:

 

Madhva is a follower of MaNi not only because of doctrine of

" election " and similarity of worship but:

1. MaNimanjarI

2. MaNipAl ( " protector of MaNi " ) = a town next to uDupI (the

spiritual HQ of Madhvaism)

 

Truly unbelievable isn't it! To what extent some people will

go to!

 

Hari-vAyu smaraNa

B.N.Hebbar