Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya nama: Dear KK, This is in response to your post. Did you choose your parents? NO. Similarly you didn't choose Lord Narayana rather He chose you:-) Had your parents be roman catholics,your chances of becoming a SV,mathematically speaking, is 50-50. Otherwise it all depends on His grace. No religion is as subtle and profound as our religion. In the case of chiristianity,it is not enough if I have faith in Jesus but I need to get converted/baptised and only then can I go to heaven or attain salvation. So is true with other religions. But this is not the case in our religion. A person becomes a SV by conduct and of course faith in Sriman Narayana. The samAshrayaNam or pancasamskAram is not the "means" and I don't attain salvation b'coz of these! Conversion does not work in our case. Without forcing others we have been sustaining for ages without any external support. We had been ruled by many but still our religion is rich and hasn't lost any of its spiritual richness due to foreign invasion. Just because we are not able to comprehend this universe,it doesn't mean that it's existence is meaningless. Scientists forget the fact they are trying to solve the mystery/problem of this universe of which they themselves are a part of the solution to be determined:-) Best regards AzhvAr EmperumAnAr JIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam NC Nappinnai > Believe me, I can relate to these words. I had exact same experience > some 3 years back. It was actually depressing ( the fundamental > meaninglessness of this universe and existence. All our beliefs are > arbitrary and whimsical. It really doesn't matter if I accept Jesus > as my Savior of Hari as my Lord. I had chosen Lord Narayan previously > because I come from a family of Shri-Vaishnavas. Would I have done > the same thing, if my parents were, say Roman Catholics? ). >
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