Dear nappinnai_nc, Thanks for your response. I'll sort out the reasons why we shouldn't remain "passive". I know we have to do something :-), but don't know what exactly we should do. For starters, we can try to follow our sva- dharma to the extent possible. Here are observations and I leave them with no interpretation or drawn conclusions: When proselytizing religion gets power or become a majority demographically: (a) Roman emperor Constantine converted - bans all pagan form of worship. The pre-Constantine form of worship was erased from the face of earth. (b) People of "different" religion become governors of South Vietnam (during US operations) - They ban buddhist festivals. Buddhist monks respond by self-immolating. (c) Conversions is near complete in North-East India. Lot of secessionist movements have been on the rise. Hindu festivals like Sarasvati puja, Durga puja are banned by NLFT, Tripuran terrorist group. A nagaland based terrorist group's motto is "Nagaland for christ". (d) Thousands of "missionary" organizations are very active in India and have developed strategy with budget estimates to convert Indian subcontinent. Money is being poured into them from western countries. (e) In India people from 'majority' religion cannot form religious institues (Ramakrishna mission claimed that they were not Hindus but supreme court threw out that claim). Regards, Kasturi --- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "vaidhehi_nc" <nappinnai_nc@xxxx> wrote: > Sri: > Srimathe Ramanujaya nama: > Dear Sriman KK, > > Humble praNAms to you. You know what,you should keep your > mind a "little" softer than your heart:-) If you wanna keep your > hands and legs in every field,fine and have fun! If not,just think of > the example of hologram. The whole consists of parts. Whole is also a > part but part is not a whole. Part is only a "small" representation > of the whole but it is neither "qualitatively" nor "quantitatively" > equal to the whole. You can think the part as KK,Nappinnai or siva or > brahma and what not. But the whole is Sriman Narayana. If some bunch > of fools in the form of politics(and idiot box/TV) and other things > try to damage our religion,who cares! For how long can they bark (may > be one lifetime)??? TV fellows want to make money so they will add > lot of spice to their programs! You don't go by every Tom,Dick and > Harry's word. All matters is "who" the critic is and passes the > judgement. > > I want to give you one simple example that supports > nirhEtuka krpa. Even if the jIvAtmA is at the receiving end,unless HE > graces things will not happen. I asked my father to send srI > kUraththAzhvAn's srI stavam,varadarAja stavam and bhattar's rangarAja > stavam along with sri yAmunA's stotra ratna and sri periya vAccAn > piLLai's vyAkhyAnam. My father felt happy that the daughter is asking > all these and packed nicely so that it consumes less space! But my > cousin said there is no space and she could carry only two books. So > finally I didn't get the father and the son's works. I have the > desire to learn those works and I am ready in my opinion(!!!)but yet > didn't happen. HE sets the time for everything. So wait patiently for > that TIME:-) > > > > Our children in this generation are exposed to these instead of our > > traditional values. The subtle brainwashing is successful to such > > an extant that, our children feel ashamed to associate themselves > > with hinduism (constant hammering of caste discrimination, > > exploitative brahmins in school text books, movies, tv serials etc. > > Most of the TV stuffs only corrupts the mind. This is called GIGO > (garbage in garbage out). You can only brainwash someone whose mind > is already imbalanced! That's why association(satsangh)is very > important. I am not well versed as you're. So,pardon me(generously) > for all my shortcomings. > Best regards > > AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam > NC Nappinnai
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