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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