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Dear Sree Sathyanarayana awargal,
 
Your post was an eye opener...was really good to read and seek enlightenment through your thoughts.
 
Thanks for your message-
 
 
Rahul,
"Sathya. Kaliyamoorthy" <k_sathya@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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


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