SrimatE Raamaanujaaya Namaha SrimatE Nigamaanta Mahaa Desikaaya Namaha Srimate Sri Lakshminrisimha Divyapadukasevaka Srivan Satakopa Sri NarayanaYatindra Mahadesikaya namaha. Dear Bhagavathas, Sentiments expressed is well appreciated. But we all have forgotton one thing. The question is ' Why Sri Vaishnavites do not worship Ganesha / Vinayaka ?" . In the answer, it is said only those WHO HAVE DONE SARANAGATHI TO SRIMAN NARAYANAN ' do not worship Ganesha / Vinayaka and to expalin, the reasons are given. No where it is mentioned that NO ONE should worship other Demi Gods . No offence meant to any one. In Chapter 10 of Bhagavad Gita , the Opulence of the Absolute is clearly explained through the discussions of Arjuna and Lord Krishna. As such there is no place for anyone to get sentimental on this. Regards Adiyen, Ramanuja Dasan- G.Sampath. gopinathan.r@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: Dear all, My aim is not to say anything personally against anyone. I am just expressing my views about the discussion going on in this forum. I want to recall what Lord Krishna says in the Bhagvad Gita. "Whatever form one worships I reach out to him in that form. And whatever worship or prayer one offers ultimately reaches Me." It may be correct if one thinks that he will worship only a particular form of the Lord. But then it does not entitle him to belittle other forms. It is sad to note that such differences are appearing so prominently at a time when Hinduism itself is fighting for its revival, struggling to fight off, on the one hand the Hindu-bashing by the so called "secular" politicians, tv channels and newspapers, and on the other hand the assault being deliberated and meticulously executed by missionaries of other religions, and the "scholars" of RISA (Religions In South Asia) like Paul Courtright and Wendy Doniger who are specializing in "inventing" nightmarish theories about Hinduism and Hindu Gods. I wish to register my protest to such poor comparisons of worshipping another Hindu God, which don't paint a good picture of Hinduism. This would only add strength to those who are trying to belittle Hinduism. This is the time for us to unite. And if we have atleast any atom of love towards Hinduism then it is for us to display it by avoiding the wastage of our energies in belittling our different Gods by such unpleasant and disparaging comparison of their worship to extramarital and immoral affairs. You might wonder why I am so serious in this issue. Pls continue reading this item and you will understand the validity of my argument. Pls note that whatever I am writing below pertains only to those western scholars and their followers in India who are indulging in slanderous campaign against Hinduism. I was infuriated and extremely shocked to read an outrageous and extremely blasphemous comment made by Wendy Doniger. The Bhagavad Gita is not as nice a book as some Americans think. Throughout the Mahabharata ... Krishna goads human beings into all sorts of murderous and self-destructive behaviors such as war.... The Gita is a dishonest book -- Wendy Doniger, Professor of History of Religions, University of Chicago. Quoted in Philadelphia Inquirer, 19 November, 2000.[i] And Paul Courtright has already stunned the world by his smallness in his macabre misrepresentation Hindu Gods. This is just a sample of the sinister and libellous campaign by these western scholars who are holding the field of religious studies to ransom. With their awful influence on the academic world, Wendy and her academic cohorts are waging a war on Hinduism to establish their western hegemony. Their plan is to project Hinduism in poor light by assassinating the culture, beliefs and puranas of this country, thereby creating an air of shame so that Hindus would think it a matter of shame to even identify themselves as Hindus. Already there is a class of people in India who think that anything Indian is inferior; that our ancestors were barbarians; that our ancestors had never even heard of the word "civilization"; that our religion and customs are replete with false and baseless theories; that our religion's epics and scriptures are overflowing with violence and sexuality; that Christianity and the Europeans came here as redeemers; that Europeans taught us culture and "converted" us into human beings; that Europeans especially the British strived for eliminating the inequalities and injustice forced on a section of our people; that without the advent of Europeans, we would have been savages. Once Swami Vivekananda remarked "The first thing that a child going to school is taught is that his ancestors were fools and such education has not produced a single human being in all the presidencies". Unfortunately, this is what has been taught to us from our childhood in schools, even after independence. Education in this country is one of the most maligned and distorted fields in this country, which has been trampled under the notorious feet of the so-called intelligentsia, whose allegiance to Western philosophies, and their open derision of Indian religion continues unscathed. And independent India has only provided a more independent atmosphere and a more fertile ground to these sepoys who find immense pleasure in serving their western masters. It is a curse in this country that our own people take pride in glorifying the notorious history books written by "western scholars" and the result being our own people turning into sepoys fighting to protect the baseless and blasphemous theories of their western masters. Let all of us unite and fight off these evil forces that are trying to jeopardize our religion and its beliefs. It is high time that we stop fighting within ourselves. Narayana Narayana Narayana R.Gopinathan Loka samastaah sukhinah bhavanthu >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. Important Email Information :- The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. 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