Happened to watch the video of Mr.Velukkudi Krishan in you tube about "Deivam Manushya RoopeNa"
Gist :
In this video Mr.Krishnan says the Almighty is not expecting to do any favor for him directly. Instead he wanted his devotees to help the poor by any means (Physically, Monetarily). He also opposes the wastage of Milk, Curd or any food items that is been used for Abishekam's which can be properly used to feed 1000's of starving children. Also he claims that when a marriage is done in any religion the food is been given to people who already have sufficiently to help themselves. Rather than inviting people who already are well to do the food can be served to larger audience. Also he advices people not to confine themselves to religion/caste/creed/country to help others. According to Upanishad's all human beings are God' children. So immaterial of the barriers he ask everyone to help the needy people.
Finally he claims that a true Vaishnavite/Devotee is not the one who prays or praise the Lord. Lord himself cannot help all people directly. A true Devotee is one who cares for the welfare of the world without expecting anything in return.
Embedded the youtube video of the same.
Cheers
Prasadh S
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2 comments:
Good post Prasadh...does'nt look like a starter.....You have a very good flow...The essence of this blog is what I personally believe and practice. We can also add the following to it..
** Try not to hurt others with our words and actions
** Try not to cheat/scam others
** Try not to lie(but anything that satisfy Valuvar's definition of truth
"வாய்மை எனப்படுவது யாதெனின் யாதொன்றும்
தீமை இலாத சொலல்"...
are considered as exceptions ;))
All the best for all your future blogs....
A nice start to this year blogging. Keep it flowing.
On the point of 'abhishekams and alangarams' I do partly agree with Mr. Velukkudi. In the past, when these grand celebrations were held, Kings used to support this functions. With large donations coming from the wealthiest part of the society, the grand functions made sense.
But now-a-days, that is not the case. However, there is a silver lining to these functions. Despite the amount of milk and curd 'wasted' during the actual ceremony, the temple serves free food to plenty of poor of people.
Thus the difference between the actual amount of food 'wasted' versus the actual amount of food served is very minimal (in my opinion).
Some traditions has been followed for certain reasons. Thus, to say 'only when you stop these un-necessary functions, you can serve society's poor' is false. You can serve the society's poor whether you follow or do not follow these traditions.
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