Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya nama: Srimad Vara Vara Munaye nama: Dear Sriman Srinivas, Humble praNAms to you and your friend. One showing very much interest in SV is itself a sankalpam of the Divine Couple. One becoming a Sri Vaishnavite is not an overnight process(even after the samAshrayanam) but a journey. Just worshipping Sriman Narayana alone doesn't give one the right to claim oneself as an SV. Does one have the heart to forgive those,who does harm to one, and even become their benefactor or even seek moksha for wrongdoers,on their behalf, like Sri KuraththAzhvAn,the disciple of Sri Ramanuja? Probably the word Brahmin has distorted meaning these days. Devotees can correct me if I'm wrong. A brahmin is he who is in the true devotional service. But a brahmin by birth can become a sudra by conduct and vice versa. One becomes an SV by conduct not by birth. One need not go out of his/her way or put too much self-efforts to become a Sri Vaishnavite. It is enough to associate oneself with fellow SVs(even for this HE will set the RIGHT time!) and the rest will be taken care of by the Lord and the bhAgavathas. Kindly, forgive me for any errors on my part. AzhvAr emperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam NC Nappinnai --- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "srinivasterakanambi" <srinivasterakanambi@xxxx> wrote: > Dear Bhagavatas, > > my humble pranams to you. i have a friend by name Sreejith. He is a > Keralite by birth, and they do not have the concept of PUNAL. But > this fellow is an exceptional case. He is very interested in Sri > Vaishnavism. He wishes to wear a thread (PUNAL). With great > difficulty, he has acquired permission from his parents for this. He > is asking me for further procedures. So, I request the learned > Bhagavatas to give valuable suggestions to go about further. Please > do show him the way to proceed, from whom can he get the PUNAL worn, > and where. Please help my friend to join the Sri Vaishnava community. > > Thanks and regards, > Srinivas Terakanambi.
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