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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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