When there is a problem the lord always send wise devotees. It is nice to hear the views of Jalasayanan and Sampath. Out of the 38000 temples under the control of HR&CE, most of them have non-brahmana priests - especially saiva and sakta temples. According to some vaishnava scholars all that is required for performing poojas in Vaishnava temples is initiation in vaikhanasa agama. Now, most people know that M. Karunanidhi is a practising Hindu in private albeit for selfish reasons. Even publicly, he is known to subscribe to some of the principles of yoga. According to some sources, he is heavily in to tantra ands srauddha karmas for personal gains. It is likely that he has consulted enough scholars before taking this decision. But what is also likely is that he is merely doing this out aggression against the brahmin caste to consolidate DK votes. The other possibility, the most likely one in my opinion, is that he is doing this to appoint priests who will connive with his party men to swindle rich temples. We have to oppose if it is really against our system. If it is not, which I think is likely the case we have to show that what he is doing is already in place and take the wind out his sail. The biggest problem is the lack of scholary devotees who are willing to spend time and effort on protecting our dharma and disseminate proper knowledge. ZZZ Jalasayanan <jalasayanan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Sri U Ve Swami Sannadhial Adiyen Dasasya Vijnapanam There is no need to worry on this, is my humble opinion. As long as Vaishnavas are appointed for Vaishnavite temples, this is not going to affect us much. Being Paancharaatri, there is no need to make difference between Vaishnav Brahmins and Vaishnav non Brahmins. Vaikanasa Temples are very much limited and most of them off late has taken Paancharaatra courses Problems will mostly will be of Siva Temples where in Sivacharyas will face problems. Even after this, I really doubt how many non brahmins will stick to temple poojas as regular work when the payment is very meagre? JalasayanaDasan ----- Original Message ----- From: Thatha Desikan To: ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; malolan_net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; desikasampradaya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; vaideekam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 6:21 PM Subject: [Oppiliappan] All people can become priests 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 a.. Visit your group "Oppiliappan" on the web. b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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. --------------------------------- --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get to your groups with one click. Know instantly when new email arrives http://us.click.yahoo.com/.7bhrC/MGxNAA/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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