Dear Swamin:
Its adiyEn bhAgyam to be aatma bandhu of
ShriVaishnava's! All due to our achAryAs, alwars,
and Sriman Narayanan.
adiyEn,
senthil.b
--- bsundarrajansrivilliputtur
<bsundarrajansrivilliputtur@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Dear Shriman Senthil;
>
> Good Explanation. (Fantastic !!!) Initially i
> was irked by your
> name (Shiva's Youngest Son).
>
> Now i am happy that , you are my aatma bandhu.
> (Shrivaishnavaite)
>
> Adiyaen
>
> Maaran's Dog.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, senthil b
> <b_senthil2002@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Dear Sekhar,
> >
> > Now-a-days peoples dont find time to visit and
> have
> > darshan of Lord in a leisure manner. As like their
> > busy
> > work schedule, they want to have a quick darshan
> and
> > leave the temple immediately. Only because of
> this,
> > there is lot of problems in all the temples
> whether
> > its
> > a Thirupathi or any small temple. According to
> > adiyEns'
> > view, this trend should be changed. Everyone from
> the
> > family has to visit the temple often in leisure,
> and
> > spend the whole day in any divyadesam by
> remembering
> > that divyadesa vaibhavam or alwars pasurams.
> >
> > But if you ask personally to any peoples they will
>
> > tell, there is no time to spend leisure way in
> temples
> >
> > as they were engaged with some works. So, fault is
> not
> >
> > only with archkAs or temple authorities. The fault
> is
> > also with the peoples coming to have darshan.
> >
> > The second reason is that, in the olden days, the
> > temples ran without any financial problems due to
> > generous offering from publics and the government.
> But
> >
> > now, the situation is worse. Except for some of
> the
> > divyadesams like Sri Rangam, Thirupathi, most of
> the
> > divyadesams were depending upon the donors
> > (ubayadhArar's) of high-class peoples Hence
> whenever,
> > those persons visit the corresponding temples, the
> > archakAs has to pay their due respects to those
> > donors.
> > One incident happened in thirukadalmallai
> divyadesam
> > (adiyEns place).
> >
> > While some peoples were standing in queue for
> darshan,
> >
> > one donor with his family members came to temple
> for
> > darshan. Immediately, the archakAs responded them
> and
> > done all upachArams and explained clearly the
> > importance of divyadesam and offered prasAdams. By
> > watching this, the person who stood in the line,
> > commented that, "archakAs will do service only for
> > rich
> > peoples, and they are also longing for money!".
> >
> > Upon hearing this, the archaka replied "They had
> done
> > many kainkaryam to this temple including Utsavams,
>
> > nandavanam maintenance etc.,. Hence we gave
> respects
> > to
> > them when they visit this temple. Why can't you
> stand
> >
> > for sometime?, since you came to have darshan of
> > Lord." The peoples has to appreciate those who
> done
> > some kaimkaryams in running the temples. Adiyen
> > requests the public to appreciate the peoples who
> > involved in servicing the temples like sponsoring
> the
> > utsavams, poojas etc.,
> >
> > One more common incident in this divyadesam
> > (thirukadal
> > mallai) is that, here the temple authority used
> to
> > charge for the entrance, since this
> (Mahabalipuram) is
> >
> > a tourist place. The motive behind this is that,
> this
> > may helpful in running the temple for giving
> salaries
> > to workers, maintenance etc.,. But when the
> tourists
> > asked for the entrance tickets, immediately they
> will
> > reciprocate and started commenting "why should I
> pay
> > money for entering into the temple? This is very
> > uncommon and should not be followed in temples".
> Only
> > these kind of poeples will comment, if any donors
> is
> > given respects inside the temple by the archakAs.
> >
> > The peoples doesnt have patience in waiting in
> queue
> > for some time. Always in hurried ! Hurried!!
> > Hurried!!!
> > Adiyen couldnt find any, and what they are going
> to
> > achieve in this hurried world except having
> darshan of
> >
> > Lord?
> >
> > AdiyEns suggestions:
> > Why cant we utilise the waiting time in queue for
>
> > chanting his namAs or remembering his kalyAna
> gunAs.
> > When adiyEn stood in a queue, adiyEn could find
> the
> > peoples chatting all except about emperumAn's
> lilAs or
> >
> > nAmAs. Instead of watching around and cursing
> others
> > of
> > their misbehaviour, utilise the most valuable time
> in
> > HIS place by remembering his nAmA,swaroopam or
> lilAs.
> > Thank HIM for HIS grace on bringing us to have
> darshan
> >
> > during our life.
> >
> > A good example is that, in life of VivekAnandar,
> when
> > he was a boy and resides in Ramakrishna
> Paramahamsar
> > ashram, VivekAnandar was chatting with his
> friends.
> > At that time, Ramakrishna Paramahamsar entered
> there
> > and asked about their discussions. They replied
> that,
> > they were commenting about the boy who is not
> good!.
> > Immediately Ramakrishnar says that "Who is good in
> > this
> > world? Everyone is weak in certain issues. Thats
> why
> > we took rebirth in this dark world. DONT WASTE
> YOUR
> > VALUABLE TIME IN FINDING FAULT WITH OTHERS!!.
> Utilise
> > by remembering the God always. Once the time lost,
> we
> > cant retrieve it."
> >
> > Actually the peoples thronging to the temple DO
> NOT
> > follows certain rules like:
> >
> > 1)Those who come with children's, they let their
> child
>
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