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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




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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


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> 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.
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> 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.
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> So first banish worry and undue concern in this matter.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Such dharma-sankatam may come often. It is not scorn, but at times the
> weight of power which can throttle our divine desires.
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> 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.
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> such cases, it is prudent NOT to wear the marks.
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> 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.
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> Om Tat Sat
> Tat tvam asi
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