SrimatE Raamaanujaaya Namaha SrimatE Nigamaanta Mahaa Desikaaya Namaha Srimate Sri Lakshminrisimha Divyapadukasevaka Srivan Satakopa Sri NarayanaYatindra Mahadesikaya namaha Dear Bhagavathas , Your Question : Why do people celeberate their Birth days. My answer : According to Srivaishnava Philosophy , we chits , are supposed to be part and parcel of the Lord Sriman Narayanan , before the start of the Creation of the Universe by the Lord. So when the Lord has gives us this body , mind and soul , it is our beholden duty to thank HIM continuously for keeping it fit to perform HIS prescribed Karmas based on our vasanas , in line with HIS teachings. As explained in Srimad Bhagavatham , there are nine devotional processes through which we can try to serve the LORD for HIS happiness. Sravanam , Kirthanam , Smaranam , Paada Sevanam , Archanam , Vandanam , Daasyam, Sakhyam and Aatma Nivedanam. For doing all these one?s physical body and the mind should be in sound condition and control . Here , we should have HIS blessings for its proper functioning. Especially , when one advances in age , the sense organs do not listen to our wish and command and they try to function as per their wish . Even though we may be careful In looking after our physical body , unless we have Lord?s mercy in full measure at every stage , we will be far from achieving our objective. So we celeberate our birthdays , only to thank the Lord for having given us this sound health conditions to do the karma and service for HIS satisfaction. Celeberating birthdays with pomp and glory to show off one?s riches or status is not at all appreciated by the LORD and hence to be avoided. It should be a simple thanks giving function for the satisfaction of the LORD. 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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