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i didn't pose any questions?! yet quite interesting explanation. I was waiting for a reply from chinnajeeyar swami and i got reply from your humbleness!

jaisrimannarayana

Sasi






From: "nappinnai_nc" <nappinnai_nc@xxxx>
Reply-To: ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ramanuja] Re: A very Scary Question!!
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 19:32:04 -0000

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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