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Re: QUALITY of a srivaishnavan - Sri Visu's comments

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jayasartn • July 8, 2002 


--- In bhakti-list@y..., "lazy_nerd"  wrote:
> Srimathe Ramanujaaya Namaha:
> I don't understand much of what has been said in this thread due to 
> my agyana(ignorance). But I would just like to add one thing. 
Azhwar 
> says - "NETRIYIL NINDRU ENNAI AALUM NIRAI MALARPPAADANGAL SOODI". 
> Just wearing the thiruman the lotus feet of emberuman is good 
enough 
> that will automatically lead to him perumal Please do not call 
> it as a pura-chinnam. 

 I am a 
> 25 year youth who suffered a lot, for wearing THIRUMAN when I went 
to 
> school and college and I eventually stopped wearing it not being 
able 
> to tolerate the criticisms I had undergone. But am sure I will be 
> back to myself very soon wearing them and proudly announcing to 
> everyone that lord is right here with me by placing his lotus-feet 
on 
> my fore-heads. 


Dear sri lakshmi narasimhan,
It is precisely due to problems such as these, I find many people not 
ready to wear or rather retain the Thiruman in the forehead when they 
go out.
I have heard many people telling that they would rather go without 
thiruman than to be made to hear the 'nakkal' and 'kindal' that some 
one or the other takes graet relishment in flinging out. That, to 
them, seems to be  a serious offence than whatever they are likely 
incur for not wearing the thiruman.
In big cities or in temple towns one may not be coming across such 
experiences. But it is not so in many other places. But inspite of 
all this, we find many sv-s sporting sri choornam regularly. that 
much for their concern for the belief in their custom and let us 
appreciate them for that.


I am sorry in case I had offended any one. I didn't 
> mean to. I just showered my feelings and also what I thought would 
be 
> a little value added contribution to this list.
> Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan,
> Lakshmi Narasimhan.
> 
> --- In bhakti-list@y..., jasn sn  wrote:
> >  SRIMATHE RAAMNUJAYA NAMAHA
> > 
> > Many thanks to Sri Visu for making me think more on
> > this subject.
> > He says,
> >  
> > > Even though Smt. Jayasree captions the quality as
> > "desirable", she tends to 
> > > make it obrigatory
> > 
> > This is about the purachinnangal.



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