[Advaita-l] REFERENCES FROM VARIOUS PURANAS, UPANISHADS, SASTRAS WHERE VISHNU, RAMA, KRISHNA DON BHASMA TRIPUNDRA AND VISHNU IS A PARAMA SHIVA BHAKTA

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste
On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 5:37 PM V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

>
>
> Reply:  There is nothing wrong in one being inclined towards the stated
> fine arts. However, one should be careful so that there is no danger to our
> principle of ‘chastity‘  expressed as ‘not to worship/bow to any alien god
> even unwittingly’. (‘maRandum puRam thozhaamai’).    Most of these
> activities are aimed at churning money and when that is the motive, the
> first casualty is our ‘principle’ stated above.  For this reason alone it
> is very rare to come across artists who are vowed to ‘not singing the
> songs, enacting the dance, sculpting images and drawing pictures pertaining
> to alien gods.’  Since artists are of this erring type, the rasika-s of
> these art forms too are forced to give up the ‘vow’.   Considering this, it
> is better if Srivaishnavites do not have much indulgence in such fine arts.
> It is taboo for Srivaishnavites to learn, hear and sing the compositions of
> alien gods. It is also forbidden for Srivaishnavites  to visit ‘other’
> temples and witness and enjoy the sculptures or paintings of other gods.
> Even
>

I think this is very strange. Because Srivaishnavas can visit temples like
Belur Chenna Keshava temple and enjoy half naked dancing women's sculptures
but they cannot see sculptures of other gods. What strange logic is this?


> if one is required to learn these in the context of his avocation, one
> should exercise great care in not getting attached to these gods.  Our
> conduct should be in the manner stated in this song
> https://ta.wikisource.org/s/1j9g   கலையறக் கற்ற மாந்தர் காண்பரோ கேட்ப ரோ
> தாம்   [This is a line from a composition of an Azhwar which means: Would
> one who has studied well the (admitted) scriptures ever even look at or
> hear (alien works)?]
>
> End of the excerpt
>
> One can imagine to what extent fanaticism can go. Does it sound like
> abrahamic religion?
>
> regards
> subbu
>
>
> >
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-Venkatesh