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I have always enjoyed your postings and they have been
excellent. However, I would like to point out one
thing. I do not like the use of the word "ritual." The
word ritual was coined by the English (Christians) to
refer to the sevas (services) we offer in our temples
etc. The word ritual denotes (unenthuastic) mechanical
performance of work as a duty (without love). We do
not perform rituals but we perform sevas (services)
with love and affection to the Lord. When we
celebrate our children's birthdays or wedding, do we
we call these actions as rituals? We don't call these
celebrations as rituals since we celebrate the
birthdays, weddings etc with love and affection to our
children. Similarly, we do not perform rituals in our
relegious practices. We do not perform rituals in
Tirupathi, but we perform various sevas. To the
outsider these actions may appear to be ritualistic,
but we perform these services with enthusiasm, we
clebrate and enjoy each of these actions. The so
called educated (the pseudo educated) have simply
copied this terminology from the Christian
commentators. However, we should not ourselves refer
them as rituals, since they are NOT actually rituals. 

Another major objection is that you have mentioned
that Bhagavad Githa is on par with Bible and Koran.
That is demeaning to SrimadBhagavad Githa and its
acharya. The Bhavad Githa was told by Lord Krishna who
is Bhagavan swayam. On the othher hand, Bible and
Koran were told by messengers. Now there is a
significant difference here between the Githa and the
other books. We Indians (Andhras in particular) have a
tendency to significantly elevate other's stuff and
put down our own.

Perhasp, we Vaishnavas should not be even using the
word Trinity. We know with certainity that Lord Sriman
Narayana is the supreme and everything including
Brhama and Shiva emnated from Him. other with
ignirance can use the word. But, I feel that we should
not ourself use that word. 

Other tha the things raised above, your article is
excellent. Perhaps, you could add the fact that the
Purusa Suktham which is chanted in all the
sampradayams, states that the Supreme Purusha is the
one who has Hri (Godess of shyness) and Laksmi as his
wives (".....hrischyathe Laksmischa pathnow...."). 

With pranams to Jagadguru Sri Sri Sri Thridandi Sriman
Narayana Ramanuja Chinna Jear Swamy, and with all
glories to Lord Sri venkateshvara, I remain,

Sincerely
Narender Reddy
reddynp@xxxx
--- Rama Krishna K <kramakrishna@xxxx> wrote:
> Priya Bhagawadbandhuvullara,
> Srimannarayana Ramanuja Yathibhyo Namaha
> Srimathay Narayananayanamaha
> Srimathay Ramanujaya Namaha
> Jaishrimannarayana
> Lord Srimannarayana is the supreme deity as per the
> paratatva nirnayam
> done by all our Azhwars again and again and again,
> Acharyas and many
> many saints of the past and
> the present. Still millions of people fall into
> doubt when it comes to
> 
> rituals, practices etc; even children of
> vaishnavites are falling into
> this
> doubt trap. So let us all once again list out
> various facts and
> statements based
> on which Lord Srimannarayana is the supreme deity
> for one and all to
> attain non challenging supreme bliss for ever.
> 
> 
> This Ramanuja Dasa Dasa Dasan now starts to
> list out a few
> 
> 1. Lord Srimannarayana is the only deity who
> descended on this earth in
> 
> numerous forms (Dasavataras and many more) and spent
> a very very long
> time especially as Lord Rama.(more than 10000 years)
> and killed
> numerous demons. He also came as Nara-Narayana and
> continued for ever
> there in Sri Badrinath for the benefit of all of
> us.
> 
> 2. Lord Srimannarayana is the only deity who
> descended on this earth
> and gave us the total picture of the human being,
> his duties, aims,
> ways and
> means to achieve etc His supreme abode along with
> His utmost supremacy
> is spelt out
> through Srimad Bhagawad Gita which is the only Hindu
> document that is
> considered by all on par (if not many more) with the
> Bible, Quran etc of
> other religions.
> 
> 3. Even on the basis of Trinity, Lord Vishnu who
> all consider as Lord
> Srimannarayana is the one who sustains this
> universe. Here too
> sustenance is the most important every moment of our
> life; as Creation
> is
> already over (though by Lord Brahma who came out
> from the navel of Lord
> Vishnu and who just follows the manual 'Vedas' 
> which He often drops
> and gets back from Lord Vishnu) and annihilation is
> not of immediate
> concern ( Though even the
> annihilator Lord Siva is born from Lord Brahma who
> is again from the
> navel of Lord Vishnu). Thus Lord Vishnu who is the
> sustainer of each
> and every being is the most important of all deities
> every moment of our
> 
> life to be attached with. Aim of all Jeevas is well
> known to be anyhow
> to get freedom from cycles of births (Lord Brahma's
> purview) and deaths
> (Lord Siva's Purview)
> 
> 4. Mantra pushpam chanted by all the hindu faiths,
> mentions
> 'Antarbahischa tatsarvam Vyapya Narayana
> Stithaha....', which proves the
> 
> supremacy of Lord Narayana. He is the smallest of
> the small and largest
> of the large, which says He covers everything and
> everything and
> everything.
> 
> 5. Sandhyavandam done by all faiths of hinduism
> shows purification by
> Sri Pundareekakshayanamaha, Sri Atchyutayanamaha,
> Sri Anantayanamaha,
> Sri Govindaya namaha which are nothing but the names
> of Lord Vishnu
> 
> 6. The Sun who is undenyingly called the Pratyaksha
> Bhagwan for all is
> called as SuryaNARAYANA. One recognizes or not, 
> each and every being
> is surviving because of Sri SuryaNarayana only.
> 
> 7. . Most of the demons or Rakshasas are the
> devotees of Lord Siva, but
> killed by the forms of Lord Vishnu, which indicates
> that Lord Siva
> do-not/cannot rescue His devotees if they go against
> Lord Vishnu.
> 
> 8. Sri Ashtakshari is the only mantra of Lord
> Narayana called Mantra
> Rajam
> and which is the only one that has Sarvavyapakatvam
> along with built in
> Omkaram. This is declared by none other than Sri
> Veda Vyasa who is the
> author of Srimad Maha Bharatam, Srimad Bhagavatham
> and all the other
> puranas.
> 
> 9. Lord Vishnu had to rescue Lord Shiva numerous
> times from His own
> devotees like Bhasmasura, Gajasura etc.
> 
> 
> Thus Lord Sriman Narayana is to be wedded to be
> none other than one's
> own husband by all jeevas (As all the souls are
> feminine) for one's
> success. Thus a true wife does ArAdhana of husband
> only and any other
> big shot (whatever BIG he is ) she just does
> Adarana. Such attitude is
> the only and only singled-out reason for achieving
> fool-proof success
> in wife-husband relationship anywhere in the world;
> so does
> Atma-Paramatma relationship; and there is no scope
> for any compromise at
> all what so ever even for a millionth of a second.
> 
> 
> Sarvaparadhamulatow
> 
> KILAMBI RAMAKRISHNA RAMANUJA DASAN
> 
> 
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