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From: Raja Krishnasamy (rxkrishn_at_us.oracle.com)
Date: Tue Jul 20 1999 - 17:49:15 PDT
Are'nt we are all agnostics ? Can any of us profess as all knowing ? Isn't that why we have: "agnAninA mayA dOshAm asEshAm vihithAn harE kshamasvath thvam kshamasvath thvam sEsha shaila sikhAmaNE " quoted from shrI vEnkatEsha suprabhAtham Regards, Raja Krishansamy rxkrishn@us.oracle.com 781 895 5168 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Group Leader, Server Technologies, Oracle LifeCycle Waltham MA 02154 Manager: Michael Fleck 781 895 5172, mfleck@us.oracle.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mani Varadarajan wrote: > Badri wrote: > > How are agnostics considered in the Vedic tradition > > and in particular Sri Vaishnava tradition? > > Nice to hear from you again, Badri. It's been a long time. > > A quick reply: strictly speaking, Sri Vaishnavas are counselled > to live amonst bhAgavatas and serve them, be indifferent to > those who are indifferent to God, and to avoid those who hate God. > Since the agnostic category as you have defined it did not really > exist to my knowledge in ancient India, this question is not > specifically addressed in any of our acharyas' writings. > The closest thing is the "indifferent" one mentioned above. > > Mani