On Gaudiya VaishNana Theories(Was: Please Clarify...)

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namO nArAyaNa!

 

Dear SrI MAlOlan,

 

> You had mentioned :

> >SrI KrishNa is a vibhava avatAra of Para-Brahman.

>

> I understand that Lord Sri Krishna is a purnAvatAram of Sriman nArayanA. I am

> not able to clearly understand the difference between purnAvatAram and vibhava

> avatAram,if any. I feel that I stand to be corrected in this

> regard(purnAvataram).

>

> I hope you would further elucidate on vibhava avataram and purnAvataram and

> clear my doubt.

 

Please go through the following postings in the

SrI Malolan Net.

 

nArAyaNa and His thirumEni :

http://dileepan.busi.utc.edu//may99/0003.asp

 

 

KrsNAstu BhagavAn Swayam :

http://dileepan.busi.utc.edu//may99/0058.asp

 

Password : badran

 

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SrI MAdhavakaNNan wrote :

 

This post- by Sri Anand Karalapakkam about a couple of years ago,

for a query raised by Sri Ramkumar. This gives lot of insight into

the subject. Please go thro' it.

 

Sri Anand, please forgive me for posting this without your

permission. adiyEn had saved this in my data base, as one of the

great posts. (mostly all your posts get into this data base).

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You are one of my great well-wishers and you have every

right to do these things without aDiyEn's opinion.

 

The articles you appended were not from malolan net. But

they were refined and produced in SrI Malolan Net as the

above two mentioned articles during May 1999. So, the

SrI Malolan Net version will be a better read for more

clarity. Please save them in the database (if not present),

instead of the earlier :-).

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SrI R.Venkat,Bahrain wrote :

 

Sri.Anand's articles on understanding our Sri sampradayam are

excellent read and this particular one and other articles on Iskcon

Vs Sri sampradayam are in adiyen's data base as well. In case any

one need to read them adiyen will be happy to forward them. adiyen

used to print out these article and circulate among the interested

devotees to understand our sampradayam better. ........

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SrI Venkat is another great well-wisher of mine. Those articles

were written to some private set of people. Basically, lots of

persons born in SrI VaishNava family have embraced ISKCON,

because of the utter lack of knowledge on our unparalleled

sampradAyam in all aspects. A small set of postings were started

three years back on this regard. By bhagavad anugraham, it has

made positive impact for many, to even accept SrI VaishNava

sampradAyam whole-heartedly and strengthened the convictions

for many. Now also, there are reports at Chennai from dedicated

SrI VaishNava mothers that their daughter etc have embraced

ISKCON ; From Vaidika family at Tirumalai that their son has

embraced ISKCON etc. Its really a pity ....Though ISKCON spreads

VaishNavism and has many plus points to be said about, from

my unbiassed study, it is a very easy conclusion that it has

no match whatsoever to our ViSishtAdvaita Philosophy and

SrI VaishNava Sat sampradAyam.

 

Unfortunately, aDiyEn does not have even a copy of those

postings now, since everything were left at US itself. Its

a great news that SrI Venkat has dedicatedly saved all those

private articles. SrI Venkat has now forwarded those mails to me.

Probably aDiyEn will edit them and post in SrI Malolan Net couple

of months later (as there are many other priorities in queue for

now).

 

Recently, a Gaudiya VaishNava practisioner (for Two years)

has approached aDiyEn, for being her guide in performing a

comparitive study of SrI VaishNavism with Gaudiya VaishNavism,

and complete a thesis for some project requirement reg some

degree. She herself wants to be sure of what she is practising

in the first place. Though aDiyEn can keep lecturing her during

the monthly meets, these articles from SrI Venkat have been

really God-sent in the timely fashion. aDiyEn's job is much

easier now.

 

aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

anantapadmanAbhan.

krishNArpaNam.