You are here: SriPedia - Ramanuja - Archives - Apr 2003

Ramanuja List Archive: Message 00068 Apr 2003

 
Apr 2003 Indexes ( Date | Thread | Author )
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]


Dear Sri Amshuman K,

I was going to reply to you in private, but I thought
it fit to do so on the group so as to bring closure 
to it from my side for those who have been following
this topic.

As I said before, I do not want to discuss this topic
in length with you because I think for the kind of
mindset you are in, it is better for you to talk to a
scholar/acharya than with a beginner like me.

I find it interesting that you say that you are an 
agnostic, a borderline atheist, one who does not
believe in God, and finally one who speaks of God 
as one who exists. Sounds like you are confused and
looking for answers. But I also feel that you have 
a sizeable amount of scepticism and agnostic in you 
that prevents you from accepting many things. This 
cannot be resolved, in my opinion, through 
discussions on an email group.

There are certain things in my earlier post that you
have misunderstood. I did not say that we have to 
take a defeatist stance. In fact, I said we have to 
keep our duties which includes supporting the 
sampradhayam, keeping up our temples and culture, 
spreading Sri Ramanuja's message, etc - but with the 
understanding that nothing happens without His 
involvement. These are the kinds of subtle 
information that you need to gain and answered from
an authority.

In your last point you are talking about a lengthy
post on the logic of perception of the universe and
its reality. It sounds like you want to debate based
on logic rather than a sampradhayic interpretation. 
While it is interesting in itself, adiyEn does not 
want to get into it for a number of reasons. My only
point to you was that you were making a leap of logic
by partially using Smt Nappinnai's statement. Nothing 
more.

I do hope that you find others in the forum who can
provide the answers that you seek. And more so, that
you go seek a scholar and try to get your doubts
answered (this would be the right way).

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

--- Amshuman K <amshuman_k@xxxx> wrote:
> Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:
> 
> Dear Sri Venkatesan,
> Please accept my pranams and promise me that you
> won't offer any more apologies in future with an
> assumption that you might have offended my feelings. 
> 
> You are correct. I did not offer my comments based on
> Ramanuja Sampradayam. As you pointed out I am agnostic
> - even boderline atheist. I do not believe in a
> personal God or God is somebody who listens to our
> prayers.
> 
> ...

__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo
http://search.yahoo.com




[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index ] [Thread Index ] [Author Index ]
Home Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia
ramanuja-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
To subscribe to the list