Dear Bhagavatas: As explained in the Chapter "Oh! MY God' in my book "Hinduism Rediscovered" while Srivaishnavas are NOT required to worship anyadevatas, they should not be disrespected. There should be neither 'Vandanam" nor "Nindanam" of the anyadevatas because they are also creations of Bhagavaan who ensouls them as much as us, they are also his Sareera as much as we ourselves are and some of them may actually be His Bhaktas (more than us). It is unvaishnavite for a Srivaishnava to denigrate other deities. Hope this clarifies. If you want to read more and need the book, please contact me. Dasoham Anbil Ramaswamy ===================================================== Dear All, I am not a vaishnava and my view point is this. 1. Those who worship Vishnu are Vaishnavas 2. Thus Vaishnavas are venerable of all those in mankind, simply because no one among His creation(incl. gods) can equal Vishnu. 3. Thus we can classify this mankind with those who pray others and those who pray Vishnu 4. The final destiny is Vishnu for jeevas. Thus after many births, with His krupa, we become Krishnabhakthas. 5. Vishnu is antharyami of all - starting from Brahma to insects. Thus when we pray various gods for various occasions, we have to keep this mind and do pooja. Here bhava scores than deed. When saying Vishnu being Antharyami, we shd not, for a moment, critisize, His creation. This holds good for all the other gods who serve Him in various capacities. They are all uttahama jeevas in the court of Vishnu and we should pay respects to them, simply because, they are all in that position having Vishnu as antharyami and they serve him much better than us. For example, When Sage Agasthya preaches Aditya Hrudayam to Lord Rama, he is just preaching Him on Lord Vishnu who is the indweller(Aditya Hrudaya) of crores of Adityas in this galaxies. We need to understand everything in this way, which is vedic. 6. As they say, sarva deva namaskaraha kesavam prathigacchhati, everything goes finally to Him, all we need to do is to know the truth, which Veda brings for us and have that bhava when we pray. Sukumar -----Original Message----- From: Krishna Prasad [mailto:rkrishp99@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 7:19 AM To: With regards from Dr. Kilambi Ramakrishna Cc: srirangasri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [SriRangaSri] Lord Ganesha Hari OM! Dear all, There is not only one GOD there is ONLY GOD, If Vaishnava is not worshipping any other demi God's or GOD's there is no problem, they are worshipping GOD in the form of Maha Vishnu, I see Maha Vishnu in Lord Ganesa also, there is nothing wrong in it. But no body's belief should be condemned, Ganesha is of course Narayana in another form. With Love & OM! Krishna Prasad "With regards from Dr. Kilambi Ramakrishna" <kramakrishna@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Jai Srimannarayana!! Though the question is a old and frequently asked question, it is similar to asking a married woman why she should not go/pray/worship/love any other man other than her husband. Iyyengars/Srivaishnavites are wedded to Lord Vishnu the only One who is called 'The Purushottaman' and thus not necessary to worship any other God/demigod. Jai Srimannarayana Dr.Kilambi Ramakrishna Ramanuja Dasan nagaraj wrote: > Namaskaram > > I would like to know why an Iyengar Should not worship > Lord Ganesha/Vinayaka. > > Any one pl replay.I am asking the same question for 3 time > but none of them have replied. > > Pl guide me. > > jai ram, > > nagaraj > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT --------------------------------- 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 the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Krishna Prasad "Since past and future have never been without the present, to know the eternal Now is to know the Truth" --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ 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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