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From: A. Bharat (kbharat_at_giasbg01.vsnl.net.in)
Date: Thu Aug 26 1999 - 10:16:24 PDT
On reading the correspondence on the above subject it seems to me that Sri Vesel was enquiring about the beliefs of Sri Bhattadri and not of Sri Sadagopan. And his doubt certainly seems to have some basis ,in my humble opinion.Nobody can deny that Narayaneeyam which is a condensation of Sri Bhagavatham is the outpourings of a great Krishna Bhakta.But all Krishna Bhaktas do not accept all the basic teachings of Swami Emberumanar.For one thing in Sri Visishtadvaita canon the basic puranic text is Sri Vishnu Puranam and not Sri Bhagavatam.The reason again for that is that our Supreme Lord is not a brahmachari Narayana but Sriyah Pati.Without that conviction the greatest of Bhaktas would still not be a Visishtadvaitin. Emberumanar Tiruvadigale Saranam! adiyen BHARAT