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From: sampath
kumar
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 9:06 PM
Subject: Fw: Emperumanar Darsanam --- Old Age problems Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 8:48 PM
Subject: Emperumanar Darsanam --- Old Age problems Yesterday I had sent a mail on old age problem and
I was wondering whether it was in impulsive action by me.I glance a few News
papers before the start of the work, and on top of the bunch, was
todays Indian Express[dt 13th Aug)ON the front page ,an article had
appeared on Widows of Vrindavan.I have heard of Lord Krishna doing His
Narthanam all over Brindavan but the title of the article disturbed me a
little and I read the article keeping my office work aside for
few minutes.
The reporting goes like this.The ideal place
to live at the fag end of the life is Brindavan ,as people,especially ladies
believe from Brindavan you reach Moksha.So the practice of old aged ladies
comming to Brindavan started.The ladies used to spend their time singing in
praise of the Lord thro the day continued .Then came the day when it becamethe
"dumping ground" for widows and destitute ladies.With so many of them around it
became difficult to maintain feeding all these ladies .Now they have to sing for
atleast for four hrs in praise of the Lord when they will be given Rs2 per day
for their maintenance.There are a number of Dharmashalas in
Brindavan.
The reporter who filed the news wanted to to
do an investigative report.So he enters few of the Darmasalas and
interviews the inmates.A number of them are from Bengal, the place which gave to
this Universe Chaithanya Maha Prabhu.A number of them have been driven
away from their houses and in a number of cases sons have physically assaulted
thier own mothers.The sons and daughters "realised"their old parents are
"expenses".The article further narrates the pathetic condition in which
these followers of Lord Krishna live and so on.
While in North India Janmashtami of Lord
Krishna was being celebrated with pomp and gaiety the story
appered in the paper.
Can we safely presume the followers of Lord Krishna
also Vaishnavites.
Let me repeat the same question which I raised
yesterday.What has got Emperumanar Darsanam to do with this problem.Our
Jagathacharian Ramanuja ,has he said anything to help another
Srivaishnavite?
Jaya Sriman Narayana
Sri Mudaliyandan Swami shishya sampath
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