Dear all, Probably a message from Lord Oppiliappan that those who have read and put them into practice, their past karmas have been wiped out! Srimate Ramanujaya Namah Vijayaraghavan V K ----- Original Message ----- From: <s.ramachandran@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "sadagopaniyengar" <sadagopaniyengar@xxxxxxxx>; "SriRangaSri" <SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 7:21 AM Subject: [SriRangaSri] Re: [Oppiliappan] Re: The case of the fabulous foorprint > > > > > It is the humble opinion of this ignorant writer whose hand is guided by > the Divya Dampathis that fear or hesitation of the mind should not come in > the way of wearing the Lords symbols. > > Be it a movie or office or a meat-eating-liquor party. it does not matter. > Your personal (inner- of fhe heart and not the mind) decision is important. > These activities i.e. movies, TV, meat-eating party etc. are all created by > humans while the Lord is above all these. These are not ever likely to > impact HIS glory in any way. HE is What HE IS. > > So first banish worry and undue concern in this matter. > > However, having said this, if there is a slightest danger or problem likely > to happen to you, your family and to your basic circumstances (food, > clothing,housing, career, job, education etc.) then appropriate compromises > may be considered. > > For example, the writer was with a French bank of repute years back when > the head who was an European had a colonial mentality. He openly asked the > writer not to wear the Vibhuti or Chandanam on his forehead and clearly > told that this could cause a damage to the reputation and image of the Bank > !!!. Utter stupidity but then he was the man who was signing the paycheck. > > Being out of job is not a nice situation to be in. An evil boss is better > than being on dole. The writer had to compromise. > > Such dharma-sankatam may come often. It is not scorn, but at times the > weight of power which can throttle our divine desires. > > Or take the case of certain social circumstances in remote villages, even > now in India. The very sporting of the Tirumanam or Vibhuti is > misunderstandinglyh percieved as a proclamation of ' exclusivness' of the > upper caste and in places where there predominence of a less illitrate, > poor class they openly show animosity. Others before us might have > exploited these people but their combined anger will be on any > 'educated-symbol-wearing' Brahmin and so on. > This also the writer has experienced in some south Indian remote towns. In > such cases, it is prudent NOT to wear the marks. > > Lastly, whether you wear or do not wear or are prevented to wear etc. the > best and highest form of absolving factor has already been taken into > account thousands of years back by the Vedas. The Vedas have given us the > Sandhyavandanam which includes in the initial part a 'confession-cum-pardon > seeking' routine to the Sun to burn out the misdeeds and errors of > body,mind, heart and speech. This is done thrice. If you stick to this > IRRESPECTIVE then in the privacy of your rooms, you would have achieved the > same effect you achieve by wearing the Tirumanam/Vibhuti or Kumkum. > > Om Tat Sat > Tat tvam asi > > > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Srirangasri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >
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