Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha Acharyan Thiruvadigale Saranam Dear All: Greetings. Adiyen just wanted to add a couple of cents related to the temple priest discussion. In our opinion, there is no place for the so called brahminism in Sri Vaishnavism, which we call as Emperumaanar Tharisanam. In fact, daily brahminic activities such as sandhya vadanam, Gayatri mantra etc do not find a spot in Vaishnavism. It has a role in the Veidika dharma. Eventhough there is caste system in our soceity, no single caste is superior than the others. Just think how the world will be if there are no people to clean or cut our hair or even cultivate and provide us with food grains. Practically speaking the world can not without these essential occupations. Scriptures in Vaishnavism indicate no preference for a particular caste. In fact, God himself has chosen 9 out of the 10 Azhwars as non-brahmins, who enriched our sampradaya. There cannot be a greater example than the life of Thirupaanazhwar. God himself taught a fitting lesson to those misbehaving brahmins at that time. Unfortunately there are still a lot of people who do not realize or appreciate how Emperuman would like us to live. In fact, anyone can be a vaishnavite- all he or she needs is Emperuman and Acharya's grace. One who performs proper anushtaanams and follows the scriptures can ALSO be a vaishnavite. We all know ........."Nyaanam Anuttaanam Ivai Nanraagave udayanaana Guruvai adainthakkaal Maanilatheer thenaar kamala thirumaamagal kozhunan thaane vaiguntham tharum". There is no mention of brahmin here or as a matter of fact anywhere else in Vaishnava scripts. Please accept adiyen's apologies if I have spoken something thats not true. Nanmaiyaal Mikka Naanmaraiyaalargal Punmaiyaaga karuthuvaraathalil Annaiyaai athanaai ennai aandirum thanmayaan Sadagopan en nambiye. Adiyen , Sathyanarayana Ramanuja Dasan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> You can search right from your browser? It's easy and it's free. See how. http://us.click.yahoo.com/_7bhrC/NGxNAA/yQLSAA/.itolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Azhvar EmberumAnAr JeeyAr ThiruvadigalE Saranam http://www.vedics.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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