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From: Mani Varadarajan (mani_at_best.com)
Date: Tue Mar 11 1997 - 21:41:11 PST
Sri Murali writes: > Since my posts seem to be objectionable to Sri Mani, this is my > last post on the subject. I am quite tired of people taking remarks completely out of context. I have never once suggested that the posts themselves are objectionable. In fact I thanked Murali at the beginning of my post precisely to avoid this kind of sentiment. I never stated that a Sri Vaishnava acharya taught that mantras should be uttered for results. I was merely restating what people in the general Sri Vaishnava population say. I have no idea whether an acharya has taught this way or not. I merely brought up some honest questions I had concerning the fruits and purpose of mantra japam. I am astonished at how easily people get unnecessarily offended at some mild and sincere questioning. Sri Murali: I intended you no insult or offense. If you do not wish to post any further, I am not going to beg you to do so. But please do not take my words out of context again as if it were a personal attack. Pardon me if my words are strong, but I have lost patience. Mani