Read with interest both Rama and sekar views. Out of >100 dharsana in my 40 ears, 10% we made tricks to have darshan of Perumal, (like anga prdakshinam, and going along with VIPs gate crashing) 10% we bought high value tickets stood in Q and had darshan and 80% had VIP darshan by HIS GRACE itself, and every time PERUMAL SAW US. Even after sitting for 20 minutes in the first row for suprabhatham, I still felt so happy as well as why I am not allowed to stay there itself. Jarukandi shoutings and bouncers were off guard. KR IRS 17924 NB: In the last decade we go to Venkatanarayana road T Nagar only. Ofcourse USA has many Perumal temples and we have a good dharsans. KR IRS 17924
On Tue, 17 Sept 2024 at 16:15, Narayanaswamy Sekar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: N Sekar <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 4:01 PM > Subject: Re: Sharing a post > To: <[email protected]>, Rajaram Krishnamurthy <[email protected]>, > Ravi mahajan <[email protected]>, Chittanandam V R < > [email protected]>, gopala krishnan <[email protected]>, APS Mani < > [email protected]>, YM <[email protected]>, Jambunathan Iyer < > [email protected]>, Rangarajan T.N.C. <[email protected]>, > SRIRAMAJAYAM <[email protected]>, Venkat Giri <[email protected]>, > Bala N. Aiyer <[email protected]>, A R RANGANATHAN < > [email protected]>, Vanakkam Subbu <[email protected]>, > Srinivasan Sridharan <[email protected]>, Yeddanapudi > Markandeyulu <[email protected]>, Dr Sundar <[email protected]>, > Narayanaswamy Sekar <[email protected]> > Cc: Suryanarayana Ambadipudi <[email protected]>, Mathangi K. Kumar > <[email protected]>, Kerala Iyer <[email protected]> > > > Thank you and I can understand and appreciate your feelings. > > I too refused the " recommendation" route but opted for the payment > Darshan. My justification was the payment route is available to all who can > afford it unlike the VIP darshan where one uses / misuses his position. > > I felt that even the payment route was an injustice to the normal, non > paying crowd as I met several of them where both the queues converged at > one place and i heard their stories of waiting for more than 10 hours - > with small children, some fast asleep, some crying with their mothers > trying to pacify them in spite of their own fatigue. > > The name Govinda is the mantra that gives these people the strength to go > thru that gruelling wait. > > I prayed for forgiveness for having played a part in delaying their > Darshan. > When you wait for more than 10 hours every minute is a burden. Just > because we can afford to pay, we get that waiting time reduced but this > results in them having to wait that bit longer. > > I hope a day comes when there is no special Darshan - no vips, no tickets > etc but only some categories like mothers with babies, handicapped, sr or > very senior citizens being given a somewhat direct access. Rest must share > the same route. > > My Guru used to say " it does not matter whether you saw Balaji but the > more important factor is whether He saw you". > > Balaji does not care whether you are a VIP or an ordinary soul but what > matters to Him is how genuine is your Bhakthi. > > It may sound to be a case of sour grapes but the VIP crowd - real, with > recommendations etc. should realize this. They make the ordinary folks > lives that bit more miserable. It is also a form of corruption - misusing > one's position for special privileges one is not entitled to. I have heard > people in my circle brag as to how they spent only a few minutes waiting > in the queue and how they were allowed to have an extended period of > Darshan. They have no sense of remorse but feel others should know they are > in a different, privileged category. > > The old boys network is omnipresent. Rest of us, ordinary mortals, just > have to grin and bear it. Balaji is watching all these though we may not > realize it. When our turn comes to face Him, we cannot flaunt our VIP card > or their recommendation letters. There we will all be equal. It is better > we get used to it while being here. > > N Sekar > > Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer > <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=NativePlacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_EmailSignatureGrowth_YahooMail:Search,Organize,Conquer&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000945&af_sub5=OrganizeConquer__Static_> > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 1:36 PM, Rama > <[email protected]> wrote: > > <https://www.quora.com/profile/Veeren-Tech-Savvy> > What are the miracles of Tirupati Balaji temple? > <https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-miracles-of-Tirupati-Balaji-temple> > > *A post from linkedin ..great to read* > > There was a long line in Tirupati Balaji. My father refused to take VIPs > and asked me to stand. He was 78 so I had no choice but to cooperate. for > 6.5 hours in line we spoke many things. Maybe the highest we spoke ever any > day. I loved that time. I also didn’t know my father speaks so much. > > The sanctum sanctorum came and I saw the magnificent glorious deity. > Spellbound I was frozen. The time I felt was moving in slow motion. I was > hearing the recitation of the crowd. And after some time all became quiet. > > I stared at the idol. Didn’t feel like asking for anything. Just felt > blessed for being in its presence and felt oneness with the supreme. There > were tears in my eyes. A feeling of contentment in my heart. I felt I have > lived a blessed life. > > After a while I again came to reality. Saw the bouncer has chosen not to > touch me while making others move faster. I said thanks to him. He said > nothing. And we came out of the temple slowly. > > My father asked how did you feel? And I said wish this is life. He said > that’s why there is hard work. > > A short cut, compromising principles, a vip treatment, or money can buy > you Quick Look at your goal. But you will not feel anything worthwhile. A > photo reel, some feed for ego, some publicity will make an illusion of your > success and happiness to the world. > > But when you work hard. Give your blood and sweat. And get something. Life > becomes this moment of content. What you get is truly deserving. It’s not > for others. It’s for yourself. And that gives a perfect silence. A bliss. > The true happiness of living life. > > True taste of success is in truly deserving it. Our heart knows when we > deserve it. 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