Dear Srimathi Nappinnai, I don't think you have understood my post. Let me try explaining the same again. My post was in the context of the following statement: "Instead, such people from non-SV families are also putting condition on the Acharyas "Do me samASrayaNam". >> How could we make statements like:people from non-SV family or SV family etc? My request was that we must refrain from making such statements - as we know that no one is a born Vaishnava. There is no such thing as a non-SV family. Shri Vaishnavas may exist anywhere in any family. If I am born to a Shri Vaishnava it by no means grants me a right to say that I am a Shri Vaishnava nor does it automatically make me eligible for samashrayanam etc. It is all an Acharyan's unconditional grace that turns the tables around. I request you to kindly stick to the context. And you quoting Shri bhaTTar in this context is irrelevant because I never said that one must identify themselves with their varnam. It is just your interpretation that I meant so. I just mentioned that only varnams are family based "as per shastras" and by that I meant that Shri Vaishnavam is beyond these simple concept of varnams. We already have enough discrimination like brahmins vs non-brahmins which are family based. Now let us not bring in another one like Shri Vaishnava family vs Non-SV family etc - was/is my request and intent. I would like to classify myself as one amongst those who are making sincere attempts to become a Shri Vaishnava, and not so proud nor would like to discuss about their varnam. Adiyen, Ramanuja Dasan. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/.itolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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