SRI: Dear Vidhyalakshmi [My personal views] I full understand your feelings... We have been there in such situations. Dont worry. You are not alone. BUT you are correct that we should not sing in praise of others... But when you are learning music, try telling to your Guru, that you have already performed Saranagathi [as part of our Iyengar ritual- no need to explain further] and hence you are not permitted to sing on other deities. Hence you may politely tell him that it is preferred to be Vishnu songs or Lakshmi songs... They would heed to your requests. There are very many songs sung by many musicians and composed by almost all on Lord VishNu and Lakshmi.. There are thousands of songs on Rama, Krishna and Lord Venkateswara, Ranganathan, Narayana.. We have Annamacharya, Thyagaraja, Bhadrachala Ramadas, Ootthukkadu and many others.. However if he teaches one or two occassionally do not mix with the religion and learning. Enjoy the raaga and may be think of Him as the indweller as He resides and manifests in all including other demigods. It is DECLARED in Our Vedas and Vedantha that Sriman Narayanan alone is the Supreme Lordship. It is applicable to all Hindus. If Hindus accept vedas and GitA, they would vouch this. All JivAthmAs are existent from time memorial; just like the Lord. (so is the achEthana). Everything (in leela vibhUthi)has been either inside His stomach (during mahApraLayam) or outside ; (Nithya vibhUthi stays nithyam -permament). (even devas are temporary. remember- uNdu, umizhndha eccil dEvar. All demi gods are also included in this. Thus, jIvAs are eternal (just like the Lord). jiVas are born (out of Him) and go back to Him (to His stomach). They lie dormant in His stomach; Out of compassion, Lord grants opportunity to jIvAs for being born again so that at least then, if we think of Him, and surrender to His Lotus Feet. (But.. we immerse ourselves in sensual pleasures and materialistic desires)) He ALONE is the Master (PARATHVAM); because everyone else is His servants; Master and servants-ever present al all times. He is otthAr mikkAr illAdha maamAyan avan. He is unparalleled and unsurpassed. VishNu is the Only One who can grant mOksham and is mentioned by Rudran to Thirumazhisai AzhwAr; Sage MarkaNdEyar.. The most important goal for human beings is to get away from samsaaric afflictions, and knowing fully well of JivAThmAs' swarUpam of being eternal servant and sEshan to the Lord, its natural for jIvan to serve the Lord.. (sa Eka:- only One- who is VishNu). A vaishnava should show veneration to others since they constitute the vibUthis or glories of VishNu.. VishNu as all pervasive (vibhu) and inner controller of all that exists in the Universe is the antharAthmA of other deities also. The GitA reiterates that the worshippers of other deities with bhakthi worship only the Supreme Being (VishNu)(Chapter 9.23) unnOdu uRavEl namakku ingu ozhikka ozhiyaadhu; (AND) uRROmE aavOm; umakkE naam AtcheyvOm.. conveys all... This sarIra sarIri is also echoed by Thirumazhisai AzhwAr with a simili: Like the ocean which has waves spreading out from its own(though waves look and are different from the ocean), and takes the whole lot of waves back to its own waters; (and then the cycle repeats.) You (the Lord) let the moving (chith) and non moving (achit) be born and dead and then take them converging back to you (during mahApraLayam) (please forgive me for my free translation). thannuLE thiraiththezhum tharanka veNthadankadal thannuLEthiraiththezhun^thadankukinRa thanmaipOl ninnuLEpi RanthiRanthu niRpavum thiripavum, ninnuLEya dankukinRa nIrmain^in_kaN ninRathE. (Thirucchandha viruttham- 10) Sri Paraasara Bhattar compares the same to Peacock and its feathers that expand when dancing and again goes back (after the performance). What great examples! (even dull headed ones like me can perceive! We tell for our children's teachers and they stick to vishnu songs. There is one girl [in Singapore] who performed her arangetram recently and she started off with Ramanuja daya pathram, Lakshmi natha samarambham etc.. [and not Vinayaka song]. Moksha pradhan Mukundan would be pleased with your form and unflinching faith in Him. May that Only One Bless you. Trust this clarfies. Regards Namo Narayana dAsan Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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