Dear Bhagavatas: The question has been answered already by saying that we should follow the guidance given to us by Azhwars as explained in my previous mail. Let us have the courage and strength to change what we can change. Let us have the cognition that certain things are beyond us to change. Let us be discreet enough to differentiate between the two. Dale Carnegie once said- "Do you wish to correct someone? It is, no doubt, a good idea. But,why not start it on yourself?" Let us correct our personal attitudes by following the example of Azhwars and leave the rest to Bhagavaan. The discussion on the subject is hereby closed in "Sri Ranga Sri" Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Anbil Ramaswamy ================================================================== --- In SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, narsimhan csl <cslnarsimhan@xxxx> wrote: You are all aware that when Lord's Brahmotsavam takes place all the 33 crore devathas are invited to participate and a daily ritulal called 'Baliharanam' where in prasadam of the Lord is distributed to all the invitee devathas. Each Devatha has a stipulated place in the prakaram of the temple and also has a small Bali peetham for them (many a times not explicit). Under such a precinct one can extend this to a small sannidhi and a balipeetham for this purpose. In otherwords all the devathas can be regular invitees to Lord's daily utsavam and under the orders of Vishvaksena can be recepient of Lord's prasadam, i.e., bali daily. > Lakshmi Narasimha dasan Dear member, Your point is well made, but I think the issue at hand is not whether 33 crore 'devatAs' are on the approved list of guests for the temple "brahmOtsavam". The real debate is about whether the "Agama sAstra" permits indiscriminate proliferation of subsidiary "sannidhi- s" within a Shiva, "perumAl" or Devi temple so as to result in the unfortunate erosion or mutilation of the essentially monotheistic character of the Vedic faith -- that very faith which the temple is actually meant to represent or symbolize. I hope the exact terms of reference of the ongoing discussion is now clear. Thanks and regards, dAsan, Sudarshan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/UwRTUD/UOnJAA/i1hLAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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