Respected Vishvanathan, I do see your point in retaining the noble act of namaskarams, but according to our poorvacharyas, bhagavatas are not to be disrespected even if we have to respect the allmighty and thats what i see Respected Anbil Swamy saying and quoting Andavan Swamy saying that do the namaskarams at the farthest point so that u do pay your respects to bhagavatas and bhagavan at the same time and not depriving the devotee from anything. These are very subtle details recognised and cherished by the Srivaishnava sampradyam. Thats y even in temples you would see a lot of devotess prostating at the dwajastambham and not coming in between Perumal and the devotees as a mark of respect to bhagavatas and all the devotees. Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan --- Tenkasi Viswanathan <viswanathan_t_m@xxxx> wrote: > /namastE. > > I am somewhat surprised at this. I request that no > such posting be posted. A > /namaskAram is a personal obeisannce. Ourreligion > excels in personal acts > and duties. If you say, a/bhi/vAdayE type of > /praNAm, you have to make a > gesture of touching the feet of the person bowed to, > and it becomes > obligatory to do the /namaskAram in front of the > person irrespective of > other conditions. > > In this case, one could do a general /namaslAram to > all /bhAgavatAs at a > determined moment on call for such a move. > > But to take away the personal element is to lay the > foundations for making > the veneration meaningless in course of time. We > have lost so many such > moves, and we are tryingto rediscover these acts. > > > > It may be considered a noble gesture on the part of > /Srimad Andavan to > forego the direct obeisasnce. But he really deprived > the person of a > psychological boost which the person was seeking. I > am sorry to write so, > but this kind of extreme /nYAsA makes a prayer > meaningless. > > /vantanam. > > > > > From: Narasimhan KP > To: NARAYANHK@xxxx, srirangasri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [SriRangaSri] krishna sahasranamam and > others > Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 21:44:19 -0700 (PDT) > Dear Bhagavatas: > Forwarded is a reply on the subject of doing > Sashtanga namaskaram > inside the temple. > May I add that such namaskaram should NOT be done > between Bhagavaan and His Bhaagavatas > (eg) Periya TiruvaDi (GaruDaazhwar Sannidhi) or > Siriya TiruvaDi > (AnjanEyar Sannidhi) installed facing the main deity > in Sri VaishNava temples?. > I learned this during the Sathabishekam celebrations > of > Srimad Andavan of PouNDarikapuram Swami Ashramam. > When I did DanDavat praNaamams before him and > PerumaaL > on the dais at the special pandal, he asked me to do > so > only at the farther end beyond the groups of > Bhagavatas > assembled in front of the dais chanting Vedas and > Prabandams, > saying that it would be a disrespect to the > Bhagavatas > to do such namaskarams in between. > I would suggest temple authorities to put up bill > boards > to this effect for the guidance of SEvaartis. > Dasoham > Anbil Ramaswamy > =========================================================================== > Dear sir, > Namaste to all. Saashtanga namaskara inside the > temple shall only to the > deity and not to any individual. > regards > kpnarasimhan > NARAYANHK@xxxx wrote: > All, > I would like to have a clarification. > Can any devotee in a Temple do namaskara (touching > the feet) to a Priest? > That too when the Priest is standing in front of the > deity. If this is not > correct, should the Priest advise the devotee > accordingly? > HKNarayan > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Srirangasri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! > Terms of Service. > KPNarasimhan > B-2,"SRINRUHARIPRIYA" > New No.23, Kuppiah Street > West Mambalam > Chennai - 600 033. > Ph: 4894668. > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > _________________________________________________________________ > Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months > FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com
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