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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/
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