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Dear Vasu,

 

More I think about this organization so far, the VMS is more interested

in philosophical discussions than helping needy charitable projects in

India. If you recollect, I had sent to the Board of Directors a proposal

to consider whereby VMS is less philosophical and more charitable. If this

is not possible, with due repect to Sri Puthige Swamiji, I kindly request

you to remove my name from the VMS list and thank you for your service.

 

As usual, I will be available for any help you may need in the future and

may " GOD " bless you and your family.

 

Gopal Krishna Potti

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Gopal Potti wrote:

 

> Gopal Potti <gpotti

>

> Dear Vasu,

>

> More I think about this organization so far, the VMS is more interested

> in philosophical discussions than helping needy charitable projects in

> India. If you recollect, I had sent to the Board of Directors a proposal

> to consider whereby VMS is less philosophical and more charitable. If this

> is not possible, with due repect to Sri Puthige Swamiji, I kindly request

> you to remove my name from the VMS list and thank you for your service.

>

> As usual, I will be available for any help you may need in the future and

> may " GOD " bless you and your family.

>

> Gopal Krishna Potti

>

>

 

Dear Gopal,

Thanks for the comments. These kind of inputs and comments really help to

clarify the goals and objectives of the organization.

 

These are not mutually exclusive choices. VMS is interested in supporting

interests of the member community that are aligned with the VMS objectives.

There are plenty of charitable works that we can do. There are plenty of mAdhva

and non-madhva

institutions, places of pilgrimage and people that need to be helped. The

question is to get resources, money and volunteers that can implement the

projects. VMS operates on a very small number of dedicated volunteers. They

work hard to keep up

with the current set of activities. There is not enough " bandwidth " to go

around. We do not want to take many different projects and fail to see them

through. So, the plan is to do a small number of projects that we can finish

that is consistent

with the number of volunteers that we have.

So, if anybody wants to do a charity project or any other project that is

consistent with our objectives, I suggest that to them to please come up with a

plan and resources to do it and we can get it started. We need more definitely

need

more volunteers as does any religious organization. It is not good enough to say

that these projects need to be done. It is upto each one of us make it happen.

So, let us think about how to make the things that we want to do happen, offer

concrete

suggestions to make it happen and let us help in implementing solutions.

 

Some of the volunteers have some specific and concrete suggestions on some

simple charity projects that we can do. Sri JV Acharya had a good suggestion

that we can give help to do upanayanam for needy madhva families, or give dhotis

to poor

children studying in pAThashAlas. These are simple charity projects that do not

cost a lot of money. We have to get started and implement them. Again the

question is resources and who will implement them.

 

If people have other suggestions or ideas on this, let us know.

 

Philosophical discussions are very important to many members. All of us want

to increase our understanding of the mAdhva philosophy and religion. All of us

are learners in some sense. It is through these discussions that we learn. When

we are

discussing through E-mails which are in the form of rapid response, there is

bound to be some confusion. That is part of the e-communication. It comes with

the rapid and instant communication that we all appreciate. In the end, I do

seem to feel

that knowledge of the various issues increases, if you follow them closely. As

long as there are no personal insults and acrimony, these sorts of debates such

as the latter part of the dvaita vishisTadvaita debate did clarify many points

and enhance

understanding of both traditions.

 

mAdhva philosophy and religion prides itself on the correct analysis of very

deep philosophical issues and coming up with very logical explanations for

metaphysical issues. I think we miss some part of our heritage and tradition if

we avoid

these philosophical debates and discussions. Part of the debate also involves

examining other traditions and identifying holes and mistakes in them. This is

the tradition of sri madhvAcharya, sri Jayatheertha ,sri vyAsatheertha and sri

raghavendra

swamiji. There is nothing wrong with that as long as it is done in a dignified

and issues oriented manner. Very strong logical analysis and bhakti go hand in

hand in our tradition.

 

So, I urge you to be part of the solution to the problem you are suggesting

and help in the implementation of the solutions. I pray for blessings of sri

Hari and vAyu to you, your family and all of our members.

 

Hare srinivasa,

Regards,

Vasu

 

 

 

 

 

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