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- Subject: Re: [ramanuja] Whats more useful than discussing priest issue??
- From: "varadha rAmAnuja dAsan" <varadha.ramanujadasan@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 11:49:29 +0530
- List-id: <ramanuja.yahoogroups.com>
srI:
srImathE rAmAnujaya namaha
Though it may be true that the kalai issues happen to be one of the main problems facing us today, adiyEn does not think that it is the only issue. The present state has been caused by a systematic collapse of interest in this sampradaya. There has also been a concomitant systematic assault from outsiders (Govt aggression, political&rowdy intervention, Christians aggreesion and so on). This has led to the present state. It is so sad that both of these should happen at the same time and when we look back, it looks so systematic. Its awful.
The main culprit is the english education and interest in things that are foreign. Worse. Most of us think that if something has a "made in abroad" stamp on it, it is good. All the children are given ONLY english education. The general perception is that only english education is "useful". adiyEn thinks that it depends on how we define "useful". For many, "useful" means to earn money, to be rich etc. In one of velukkudi swami's discourses, he says:
"when we ask people as to why they did not learn divya prabandams? The answer is, they were busy studying. How awful? that means they don't consider divya prabandams as EDUCATION."
Thats the usual trend. Most of us iyengars just have "iyengar" badge on us. We dont give children an opportunity to learn concepts in sampradaya. adiyEn was not given any opportunity to learn any concept of sampradaya and kept in the darkness of english education for 22 long years. After which adiyEn came to triplicane and by the mercy of vaishnavas there, adiyEn started learning and getting to know the sampradaya. Still adiyEn is in the same darkness, that of english eduaction. There is no choice for people like adiyEn. Though its not too late, adiyEn always felt that adiyEn should have been given a chance in childhood. The perception that ONLY english education can be useful is total absurdity and nonsense. Swami says: "Why, are the two really irreconcilable? We have to tell the youth that an integral view alone can assure them of a great future.... They have to return to their rich spiritual past to overcome these evils of modern life"
How very true? Its not very difficult to be successful in both. adiyEn knows many auditors who are great expounders of sampradaya. (velukkudi swami, Badrinarayana parasara bhattar swami and many others). And latest, there is this boy (Vijay varadharajan) who has topped the state in this year's +2 exams. He knows all the 4000 pasurams!
Now a metamorphosis is slowly beginning. adiyEn can see it in triplicane. But adiyEn feels that this metamorphosis is localised and has to spread elsewhere. A change in mindset is the need of the hour. Indifference to sampradaya has to be discouraged and curiosity in sampradaya has to be satiated and encouraged.
emperumAnAr tiruvadigaLe saranam!
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adinAyEn,
varadha rAmAnuja dAsan.
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