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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:
Dear Srirangapriya Ramanuja dasan,

Humble pranams to you. I missed some of your points and 
hence this post. I am nowhere near your humility in speech,thought 
etc. So pardon me in the name of Ranganatha. What I'm going to write 
is based on my personal observation.

> But then, at least those who worship minor gods have a spirit of 
> sheshatva (though it is misguided). In time, association with the 
> teachings of our Purvacharyas might well turn those misguided souls 
> towards the correct perspective. 

It's only He who possesses the infinite knowledge(sathyam,j~nAnam,
anantham brahma). So it's quite unlikely for the worshipers of demi-
gods to gain that knowledge in this human birth itself. Right infront 
of my eyes,I see two guys(who are actually SVs,and were taught URM 
first in their childhood!)who follow advaita and worship shiva. And 
the acharyan is ofcourse advaitic! I pity those guys. EVerytime I see 
them I end up in a fight with them and they would say that they 
wouldn't want to talk about Ramanuja or other things because that 
acharyan has brainwashed them with shankaram shankaram lOka 
shankaram. I scold them mercilessly but still they are attached to 
me. They will realise only when He casts His spell on them. It may 
not happen in this birth also. 

> Now contrast these deva worshipers with someone who already knows 
> Sriman Narayana is Supreme, yet who continues to serve himself - 
that 
> incorrigible person is worse than a naive follower of one deva or 
the 
> other. 

I still feel the second category is better than the first category. 
As long as he worships Sriman NArAyaNa,he is saved. This reminds me 
of Purandara dAsa who was a miser,hot tempered,and headweighted. But 
the Lord slowly removes all his negative traits and makes him a great 
devotee of Him. The moment a person starts worshiping Sriman NArAyaNa 
will get rid of the obstacles and gain the true knowledge and will be 
liberated while a demi-god worshiper will fall back to the cycle of 
samsAra(by BG 8:16). That is the difference between a demi-god and 
NArAyaNa worshiper!

AzhvAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar TiruvadigaLE saraNam
NC Nappinnai






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