Respect to other acharyas, house and home

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krishNabhaktas,

I asked the question that I had posed here last week, regarding

spiritual leaders from other traditions and our attitude towards them,

to sri puthige swamiji. I am going to paraphrase his answer giving the

gist of his message. He said that we have differences in philosophies

between leaders in other tradition like swami vivekAnanda and

ramakrishNa. We have to disagree with them on those issues and

emphasise the correct way as told by srimadAcharya. At the same time,

these spiritual leaders have contributed to the Hindu society at large

in different ways. Swami vivekananda revitalized the Hindu society,

appealing people to be more service oriented, and to throw off the

inertia in our society. They have caused caused materialistic and

athiest people to turn towards God, even though we disagree with the

path specified by them. So, we can respect and honor the other leaders

if they have done work for the betterment for the society and mankind

for such a work, while disagreeing with them philosophically. Same

principles apply to other spiritual leaders like Saibaba etc.

 

This is the gist of his message which balances the two aspects of

this issue very nicely. Any errors in transcription are mine.

 

On those lines, I am giving a link to an excellent article in

Hinduism Today on what makes a home and how should family balance

spiritual and material lives. This is a non-sectarian article and

contains some good points for parents among us. Article is called " Is

Your House a Home Or a Hotel Room? " by By Satguru Sivaya

Subramuniyaswami at

http://www.saivasiddhanta.com/htoday.html

 

 

satyavantara sangaviralu theertha vetake?..

 

Regards,

Vasu Murthy

 

 

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Vasu Murthy

 

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