RE: Return to Home Base

[Guest guest]

Dear fellow members:

 

adiyEn was not aware of Sri Sadagopan's worksite being

in the vicinity of the WTC buildings in lower Manhattan.

Upon finding out right now therefore, I am extremely

relieved that the fanatical actions of some madmen did

not bring any harm to one of our sampradAyam's most

precious followers in this hemisphere - Sri Sadagopan.

 

It is my firm belief that it is the very lord of thiru

viNNagar who has protected Sri Sadagopan...

 

All said and done, we must realize that such barbaric

actions are little different than what SriVaishnavam

itself has experienced, almost seven centuries earlier

during Malik Kafur's rout of Srirangam (1327 CE). The

number of pilgrims who perished at the hands of the

marauders on that dark day, is estimated to be as high

as twelve thousand - by some accounts.

 

It is not any different now. Back then the barbarians

were trying to *get from* wealthy land; now they're

trying to *get back at* a wealthy land. Many of us

weep now, in sorrow over what we behold as the ultimate

act of terror - yet this very act pales in comparison

with the innumerable atrocities committed in the name

of religion by various fanatics during the last one

millennium. In this sense the United States is still

an infant nation, one that has yet to grow up through

battle scars that vandals who don't share its view of

the world can inflict upon its people.

 

The country of our origin - bhArata varsha, has seen

it all and more. It stands today, a pale shadow of

its ancient glory (at the time of the United States'

formation the Indian subcontinent had the highest

per capita wealth on this planet), whose scattered

descendants all over the world cling to memories of

this past - now found only in history's archives.

 

May perumAL grant all living beings, a complete and

never-ending redemption from the evil of butchery

that is carried out in the name of religion.

 

adiyEn

-Srinath C.

 

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> Sadagopan [sgopan]

> Monday, September 17, 2001 12:21 PM

> bhakti-list ; ;

> tiruvengadam

> Return to Home Base yesterday and update on ongoing

> Kaimkaryams.

>

> Dear BhakthAs :

>

> Number of you have been kind enough to send me mail

> expressing your best wishes for my safety during these

> very difficult moments at NY City, where part of my

> work responsibilites take me to a building close

> to the World trade Center . My sincere Thanks to

> you all . I returned safely from my overseas trip last

> night . The tragedy at the world trade center was very

> visible from the air . It is a heart wrenching scene.