SrimatE Raamaanujaaya Namaha SrimatE Nigamaanta Mahaa Desikaaya Namaha Srimate Sri Lakshminrisimha Divyapadukasevaka Srivan Satakopa Sri NarayanaYatindra Mahadesikaya nama Dear Bhagavathas, your question : why an Iyengar Should not worship Lord Ganesha/Vinayaka Answer: In my opinion , According to Srivaishnava Philosophy , Lord Sriman Narayanan is the only PURUSHOTHAMAN . HE is the only male and all HIS CHIT creations are female and we are supposed to marry him through the wedlock of Saranagathi . So after the performance of Saranagathi with the help of an Acharyan , we should strictly observe the following . Then only our Saranagathi will have a meaning. One should firmly believe that Sriman Narayanan alone is the supreme LORD and Purushothaman and HE alone can give Moksha. All other demi Gods , though may give other benefits in line with their capacity , cannot give Moksha to any one. As such surrendering unto the feet of Lord Sriman Narayanan alone can give us salvation. There is no other way to go. This is called ANANYA GATHITHVAM. Since all the creations are the property of the LORD , which came from HIM at the time of creation , created for the benefit of Chits , we do not have any right to claim anything as our own in this mundane world. So there is nothing that we can offer to the LORD , which is not owned by HIM . This is called AAKINCHANATHVAM. The last though not the least , is the POORNA VISWASAM. We should have implicit faith in LORD that HE will offer us salvation , as we are all HIS children. In the light of the above it is expected from Srivaishnavites to refrain from worshipping Demi Gods in any form rather than doing service and worship to Lord Sriman Narayanan . If we keep worshipping other demi Gods as well after Saranagathi , it would amount to ( in the worldly order ) wife keeping the photograph of another person ( other than her husband ) in privacy after marriage and having satisfaction. It is highly immoral to do such an act and hence to be avoided. Moreover, when one gets an opportunity to deal with the Big boss ( say Chairman ) in a company , why should we go to the people in lower rank , who cannot solve our problem , to get our job done . Does it not look ridiculous ? Trust the matter is clear now. Regards Yours Ramanuja Dasan, G.Sampath. Yahoo! India Careers: Over 50,000 jobsonline. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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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