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
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