Dear Vishnu & bhAgavatas, I'll clarify something explicitly, which was always implicit in my previous posts. #1. I never claimed gaudias belong to some 'inferior sampradAyam' than us, because they foresake vedic chanting and vedic rituals. #2. I never claimed that 'somehow being affiliated with vedas/vedic practices/vedic rishis' is quintessential to attain mOksha. It is a matter of definiton - There may be other valid ways to attain mOksha, but the point I was making was, you cannot call yourself a srI vaishNava brAhman and yet foresake vedic practices. Our pUrvAchAryas did not ignore them and some have even performed srauta sacrifices like agnishToma. That bhagavAn is a karuNAmUrti and he will forgive you for your sins is a different issue. (Are you accepting that this is a sin after all :-) ?) Regards, Kasturi Rangan .K
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