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Re: alt.religion.vaishnava- a forum open to development
On 2 Jan 1996 11:40:42 GMT, you wrote in soc.religion.hindu:
>In the article <1995Dec20.201519.2038@lafn.org>,
>of Wed, 20 Dec 1995 20:15:19 UTC,
>aq974@lafn.org (Bon Giovanni) wrote:
>>
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>> ... ::: ...::: ::: ::: ::: ...::: ::. .::
>> `::.::' `::.::: ::: ::: ::: `::.::: :::`:::
>> The gift of grace is not granted to the false disciple
>> who thinks not of sundering the soul's fetters, nor of
>> annihilating worldly desires, but takes instead a wayward
>> course.
>> -Tirumantiram 1688
>>
>> I just wanted to remind everyone about the existence of the
>> alt.religion vaisnava newsgroup, and of the archives of
>> alt.religion.vaisnava. In the newsgroup at present there is
>> little discussion, but in those archives you will find allusions
>> to conversations with Bon Giovanni, as well as various quotes
>> from posts that I have written- but do you find my posts there?
>>
>> That version of Vaishnavic fair play is now a matter of history,
>> since to date almost all Vaishnavite discussion at arv has moved
>> to soc.religion.vaishnava, the moderated forum wherein one finds
>> far more polite and fair discussion than ever appeared in the
>> arv archives.
>>
>> To draw attention to srv, Pai suggests twice weekly or more at
>> arv that the very existence of srv means that arv is now to be
>> regarded as "just a vast wasteland for spam, trolling, and
>> crossposts (which are not allowed on SRV)." He urges all to use
>> srv instead.
>>
>> I urge all who agree with Pai to do just that; please do use
>> srv, so that arv may now be developed as a site for open
>> discussion on the glory of the Preserver, Vishnu, Who is the
>> Everpresent, the LORD- be He known as Vishnu, Brahma, Siva or
>> Allah or YHWH or Ra. As fewer and fewer narrowinded
>> fundamentalists use arv, it may well be possible to employ it
>> for cogent discussion as regards The Lord's Many Appearances.
>>
>> To that end, I will continue posting at arv in the hope that
>> insightful discussion will ensue. Those who wish are welcome to
>> reply, while those whose interest is sustained more by the
>> garland built with srv threads, than by posts like mine, are
>> cordially urged to post there, please.
Isn't *exactly* the same purpose as you envision above, for
alt.religion.vaishnava, perfectly accomplished by talk.religion.hindu
as proposed in the reorganization RFD ??
Cheers,
Ken
kstuart@snowcrest.net
"The ego arises from the mistaken notion that the light of consciousness
reflected in the intellect and coloured by objectively perceived phenomena
is the true nature of the Self. Thus, the personal ego falsely identifies
the Self with that which is not the Self and vice versa." - Mark Dyczkowski
