Re: Ganapathi pooja in Vaishnavism
Originally Posted by
ShivaFan
The context of my questions are how can someone proclaim some so-called litmus test on explicit Vedic references regarding Ganapati or members of the Cosmic Family of Shiva, and yet cannot even provide the same litmus test regarding references to members of the Cosmic Family of Vishnu in the Four Vedas regarding Ram, Krishna, Garuda or Ananta Shesh Nag.[
The problem is, nobody did that. As usual, when you feel the need to argue, you first transform the other person's argument into a strawman you feel more comfortable knocking down. I am well aware of the paucity of references to kRiShNa and rAma. However, kRiShNa and rAma are not the deities worshiped in vedic yagnas, and thus this issue is moot. Feel free to disbelieve in kRiShNa and rAma if you wish. The vedic basis of kRiShNa/rAma/other viShNu avatArs was not the issue. The issue was why Sri Vaishnavas worship some devatas (indra, agni, vAyu, etc) as part of yagna dedicated to pleasing viShNu, and not other devatas (i.e. gaNesha). The answer is that the former are found in the veda-s and the latter are not. It takes only a modicum of common sense to realize that that Vedic yagna must be done according to the prescriptions found in the Veda.
I honestly don't know if you are really this obtuse, or if you just pretend to be. It would be helpful if you could exercise a bit of intellectual honesty and stop misrepresenting my words just to give yourself a reason for sectarian one-upmanship.
Philosoraptor
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