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Dear BhAgavtas,

As I had recommended that we ignore Sri Anand 
Karalapakkam's article, I will explain why I said
that. 

I don't think we need to keep quiet and put up 
with articles questioning our Acharya and/or our
sampradayam . However it is a question I think of 
who we get into a debate (not a fight) with. When 
Sri Mani Varadarajan wonders why Sriman NArayana 
would need an acharya, we should strive to get the 
question answered. However, the tone of Sri Anand's 
article showed that he had plunged the depths. He 
was not posing any questions. He was writing in 
ahankAram. He was declaring great followers of Sri 
Manavala Mamunigal such as PBA Swami and Puttur 
Swami as those with alpa buddhi. He was using 
convoluted logic to declare that Manavala Mamunigal 
was not a great acharya. And finally, he was taking 
pride in the fact that such a great person is not 
considered to be part of his guru parampara. 

To me, there is no point in debating such people. 
They have made up their minds already. A certain 
amount of book knowledge has lead them to believe 
they can even understand the motives and thoughts 
of the Lord! That is why I recommended ignoring the
person and his article. 

However, it is imperative as Sri Vinjamoor Venkatesh 
said, that we ourselves fully understand the details 
of the issue as well as let others know the same. I 
therefore look forward to his translation eagerly. 
Sri Venkatesh, please do post the other articles on 
this issue as well. They also need to be sent to 
other egroups. 

Dr. M.A. Venkatakrishnan Swami was doing a series 
of lectures on the Sampradayic differences recently 
over the tele-bridge. If someone could translate 
those, that would be very useful too.

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan
TCA Venkatesan
http://www.acharya.org

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