>I remember that somebody wrote on "amaraprabhu" and "maraprabhu" >story in some of the lists. >Is it not just enough to meditate on the acharya/alvar or the Lord >Himself when a name or its equivalent is heard? The Alwars and so do the nayanmArs use the purest of Tamizh. Tamizh is not antithetical to Sanskrit. Britan already tried to divide and conquer on the basis of language. Unfortunately for the British and other christian academics, the Indians did not use a single weapon to drive away Britannia. Apart from political and historical wranglings, Nammazhwar among the alwars, Thirumoolar among the nayanmArs and Mannickavasagar in the pannirandAm thirumurai have clearly established the sacred status of Samskrutam or the perfected tongue. Coming back to your question, no it is not completely enough to meditate on the Acharya or the Alwar or the LORD himself when a name is heard. One SHOULD understand what that word means. One has been blessed with intellect by Lord Hayagriiva himself. Even if it takes time to learn, it is always good. Adhyaya(learning) should always be an eternal process, so declare the vedas themselves. >Or is it nice to concentrate only on the name and its mis-spelling >and expose your erudition and hidden ego. If you want to do so, it >is upto you. If you are hurt with this, then think of those who were >hurt by your posting. >Apart from these, if a "bhagavata" was hurt in this way, is this not >a great mistake or as you would like to call it "Bhagavata >apacharam"? There are certain rules for who is bhagavata and who is not. A Bhagavata is not some one who merely worships god. One is a Sri Vaishnava not by the dint of birth, but only after pancha-samskAram. After pancha-samskAram one has to understand what bhara-nyAsam means and follow it as per the angA-s. If one does this, then only that one can be considered a "bhagavata". A Bhagavata is certainly not one who has not completely understood these beliefs. And, while in jAlpa (which is a type of an arguement), one is subject to nyAya and tarka (rigorous mathematical formalism and logic). One has to understand the Sri Sooktham-s and the prasthAna-trayam and the entire corpus of the hindu canon on basis of nyAyam and tarkam. Also in addition to the nyAyam and tarkam, one has to use extensively the Niruktam which contains etymology. There is however exception to who is a bhagavata. I qoute one of my mentors at this point: http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/jul98/0044.html I hope i have made myself clear in this matter. I encourage further discussion with the acceptance of the moderator on in private otherwise. I would however take time to reply since my college is starting on monday. nama: sarva RNa vimocanAya nArAyaNAya, (Oh Sriman-nArayana, I beseech you to clear the debts of all!) Regards, Malolan Cadambi Austin,TX __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
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