Respected friends I am happy we are taking a balanced view of this move by Mr Karunanidhi. When Brahmins have adopted all the other professions including some in leather tanning, it is natural corollary the priests work can be equally taken up by others and we should accept all deserving priests from any Hindu community. After all, many great Alwars and Nayanmars were not from Brahmin community. But the worry is the objective of the CM of Tamil Nadu - he says it is a tribute to Periyar, who for all his strong points, was a non believer and called all believers Kattumirandis and immoral (ayoggiyan). Hence I am very concerned whether the government in TN which controls most of the temples in TN will dilute all norms required to become priests and the training needs besides personal habits etc. Already we have seen the extent to which temple properties have been used up for other purposes leaving several temples in bad conditions. We have to cautiously welcome this socially very important move for the benefit of Hinduism as a whole but must be careful of Government's intentions. That so many from priestly community have left that profession and the country itself has brought us to this situation and we cannot save our temples if we do not accept all Hindus who wish to become priests to become one. I visited my native place last month Therazhandur only to see a magnificent temple in a lonely condition waiting for bhkthas. The priest prayed and sang beautifully to three of us and I felt a great distress. He said the nearby people from other Hindu communities are willing to renovate and use the temple for the very purpose for which it was built. That Aamaruviyappan temple was needing care and Bhkthas was touching. Surely more priests from other communities will help the situation. We Brahmins should take the lead in training them shedding age old prejudices. T P Sampath --- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, raghava charya <velugaleti1@...> wrote: > Dear Sriman Padmanabhan Swami, > I fully concur with you about Non-_hindus enjoying the divisions among Hindus. > I strongly feel One Does Not become a Brahmin by Birth only and There are Brahmins by Nature among other Classes due to their Knowledge and Enlightenment, Thus One can not apply the criterion of one being a Brahmin By Birtha alone. > Adiyen > Raghava Vleugaleti Charya > > padhma <padhma23@...> wrote: > Desigan Swamin: > > Thanks for bringing this issue to the forum.It is going to spark COMMUNAL violence in Tamil Nadu soon. Non-hindus are going to enjoy watching the infighting among hindus. > > adiyan > padmanabhan > washington d.c > > Thatha Desikan <tsdesigan@...> wrote: > Pranams to all people, > > I hope many would have heard that the current DMK > government of Tamil Nadu, is going to issue a > government order that "All people, not just brahmins, > can become priests in hindu temples". He has intended > for all the temples that are currently under > government. They also seems a plan to train many > non-brahmin people for this. > > Our tradition is based on varnashrama darma and not > caste fights. But, he wont understand this. > > Sorry to bring this news to groups, but any idea on > what all the temples that might get affected? > > Regards, > Desigan > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Fund raising Beliefs Religion > > --------------------------------- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group "Oppiliappan" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > --------------------------------- > > > > > > > > padhma > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Fund raising Beliefs Religion > > --------------------------------- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group "Oppiliappan" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > --------------------------------- > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Home is just a click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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