Post 252:
Thanks.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->No one ever asked me my caste while performing puja in any temple.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->In South Indian temples, visiting people don't perform the Pujas. We are just there to see and be blessed by the Gods. The temple priests peform the Pujas, and everyone partakes of the prasadam. Which in my case is a good thing, since I don't know the particular rites associated with each temple deity and so I wouldn't be very good at doing temple puja...
I will have to visit some North Indian temples some day. It is obviously a must-experience.
I just noticed two things in the following (from post 249) that I didn't notice before:
<!--QuoteBegin-Mudy+Apr 6 2007, 11:09 AM-->QUOTE(Mudy @ Apr 6 2007, 11:09 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> <b>Tirupati lord goes to Dalit homes</b>
TTD chairman B Karunakar Reddy.
[...]
the TTD decided to do the same across the state in a phased manner.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->[right][snapback]66560[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Isn't most of the TTD chairmanship appointed by the State controlled by the christo villain CM Y Samuel Reddy? Is this chairman 'Karunakar Reddy' a temple-appointed Hindu, or is he one of the christo infiltrators who are now in charge? (Even though he is a Reddy, there are nowadays even villains who still feel they have a right to bear this name - like the CM of AP. So the name is no longer an immediate indicator of Hinduness.)
I disapprove of any initiatives that are not taken by Hindus of the temple, because anti-Hindus have no well-meaning intentions in any Hindu affairs. If the Hindu leadership decided on the total processions, then I am glad. But if it was the infiltrators that are enforcing it, then one can be sure that there are ulterior motives at work and nothing they do is sincere or well-intended.
The second problem I have is with
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"Veda is for all. God is for all," he said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->No, the Vedas are not for all.
It should not be restricted based on community background, but open to all Hindu aspirants to truth. But there are Mlechcha minds in all communities and it should be banned to such characters.
Hindus never believed in the very incredibly recent western notion that any education should be free for all. As someone else reminded me recently, all good things come with responsibility, and you should have earned the right for it. The more important it is, the more responsibility that goes with it is, and the more deserving the individual should be who receives it.
Any Hindu who is sincere, who has cultivated good (which are also required) practises like an affinity and respect for Truth and other creatures, and self-control - such a Hindu is automatically deserving of access to the Vedas. Indeed, no other creature could ever be able to keep the Knowledge from such a Person.
But Hindus do need to keep it closed to Mlechchas like the communists and infiltrators and anti-Hindu people (like the DMK party) who only want to enforce universal access to the Vedas because they see the act itself as breaking some 'brahminical stronghold' (or whatever) and don't really care about the Vedas otherwise.
In short: The Vedas are not for all. They are for all deserving Hindus, regardless of community background; but they're not for the villains and anti-Hindus from any community.
Thanks.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->No one ever asked me my caste while performing puja in any temple.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->In South Indian temples, visiting people don't perform the Pujas. We are just there to see and be blessed by the Gods. The temple priests peform the Pujas, and everyone partakes of the prasadam. Which in my case is a good thing, since I don't know the particular rites associated with each temple deity and so I wouldn't be very good at doing temple puja...
I will have to visit some North Indian temples some day. It is obviously a must-experience.
I just noticed two things in the following (from post 249) that I didn't notice before:
<!--QuoteBegin-Mudy+Apr 6 2007, 11:09 AM-->QUOTE(Mudy @ Apr 6 2007, 11:09 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> <b>Tirupati lord goes to Dalit homes</b>
TTD chairman B Karunakar Reddy.
[...]
the TTD decided to do the same across the state in a phased manner.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->[right][snapback]66560[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Isn't most of the TTD chairmanship appointed by the State controlled by the christo villain CM Y Samuel Reddy? Is this chairman 'Karunakar Reddy' a temple-appointed Hindu, or is he one of the christo infiltrators who are now in charge? (Even though he is a Reddy, there are nowadays even villains who still feel they have a right to bear this name - like the CM of AP. So the name is no longer an immediate indicator of Hinduness.)
I disapprove of any initiatives that are not taken by Hindus of the temple, because anti-Hindus have no well-meaning intentions in any Hindu affairs. If the Hindu leadership decided on the total processions, then I am glad. But if it was the infiltrators that are enforcing it, then one can be sure that there are ulterior motives at work and nothing they do is sincere or well-intended.
The second problem I have is with
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"Veda is for all. God is for all," he said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->No, the Vedas are not for all.
It should not be restricted based on community background, but open to all Hindu aspirants to truth. But there are Mlechcha minds in all communities and it should be banned to such characters.
Hindus never believed in the very incredibly recent western notion that any education should be free for all. As someone else reminded me recently, all good things come with responsibility, and you should have earned the right for it. The more important it is, the more responsibility that goes with it is, and the more deserving the individual should be who receives it.
Any Hindu who is sincere, who has cultivated good (which are also required) practises like an affinity and respect for Truth and other creatures, and self-control - such a Hindu is automatically deserving of access to the Vedas. Indeed, no other creature could ever be able to keep the Knowledge from such a Person.
But Hindus do need to keep it closed to Mlechchas like the communists and infiltrators and anti-Hindu people (like the DMK party) who only want to enforce universal access to the Vedas because they see the act itself as breaking some 'brahminical stronghold' (or whatever) and don't really care about the Vedas otherwise.
In short: The Vedas are not for all. They are for all deserving Hindus, regardless of community background; but they're not for the villains and anti-Hindus from any community.