Namaste! Very optly quoted. Thanks for the elaboration, particularly point 6 on prarabdha which also determines jeevas for going to other temples, is hard hitting. One more point that I would think in this regard is on 'adhikara' - fittedness, which decides as to who shall pray whom. Some gaudiya vaishnavas say that krishna bhakti will not come to a jeeva so easily, it is after many births of strenous sadhana that one will be chosen to be a devotee of krishna. Likewise, the one who is fit to pray to Him pray Him while others languish their time by praying to others. Thus 'adhikara' works in disguise within a jeeva so that he will chose his beloved idol for worship. For one who has adhikara/fittedness to pray/contemplate on Narayana, put him in the middle of a temple housing various other gods, beautifully carved idols and huge gopuras, he will not be satisfied, and he looks/searches for any 'Narayana' sannidhi there. Infact, a vishnu bhaktha becomes very impatient when he is made to enter other temples. Because he had a vision of beauty of Narayana and he tends to put him on high priority thus any other idol will not satisfy him much less lessen the impatience in him to see Narayana. sorry for my ranting. sukumar ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/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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